
The cover design of Nativity/Nativité/Natividad, a new poetry book out of St. Martin, appears to be asking us to enter the epic poem through a portal of two towering sculptures by Fernando Botero.
The images that dominate the cover are of the colossal Adán and Eva bronze statues, measuring 222×110×63 and 226×90×75, housed at the Museo [...]
September 5, 2010 | Posted in
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A recap of the major highlights of Barbados’ first ever pop culture convention…

ward winning Jamaican author, radio personality and columnist, Sandy Daley, who is basking in the success of her first book, “Whose Vagina Is It, Really?” has now made it her mission to give back to young girls in the parish of her birth in Jamaica.
“I have decided to donate one US dollar from every book [...]
August 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Zoolook, in cooperation with Soul of the Lion, is pleased to present Nicholas Da Silva’s Dread & Alive: The Lost Tapes.
The debut audio counterpart to the highly anticipated Issue #3 of the Dread & Alive comic book series, The Lost Tapes features top current international roots reggae artists Anthony B, Lutan Fyah, SOJA, Jah Mason, [...]
August 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Babelgum has made a video parody of True Blood that sums it all up in a very funny way and in just a minute of time. They manage to boil True Blood down to its essence: Lots of sex and biting, alongside the allegorical use of vampires to represent other discriminated members of modern society.

The author Cynthia Wilson, a new entrant to Barbadian literary culture, presented copies of her short stories collection, Same Sea … Another Wave, to seven St. Martin institutions, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP).
Same Sea recipients are the St. Martin’s Home and Bethany Home, both facilities for the elderly, the [...]
August 23, 2010 | Posted in
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There are many great replicas of Star Wars ships, but never before has Dvice laid eyes on a life-size recreation of a TIE Interceptor. Yet, here it is, large and in charge on the floor at Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando. See another angle in the video above.

The children of José H. Lake, Sr. (1925-1976) held a family reunion recently in Philipsburg, descendants of the late St. Martin newspaper publisher, labor activist, politician, and patriot, participated in a private prayer at their patriarch’s gravesite; picnicked at Le Galleon Beach; and attended a dedication service at the Catholic Church in South Reward.
Attending the services [...]
August 14, 2010 | Posted in
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As regular readers are aware by now, am thoroughly addicted to Sookie Stackhouse series at the moment, both tv and book, each is correct in its own right and author Charlaine Harris loves the divergence created by HBO writer Alan Ball.
Both series look at how Japanese created blood substitute so potent that Vampires come Out [...]
July 28, 2010 | Posted in
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Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio looks at dreams and how they can be warped and controlled and stolen or exchanged… Sun Tzu the Chinese philosopher once posed a riddle over what is identity using the avatars of man and butterfly, Inception challenges you are BOTH, while a Barbadian artist and writer wonders what if you’re NEITHER?
Via [...]