Con­tes­tants of the Miss Tu­na­puna/Pi­ar­co Pageant dis­played a beau­ti­ful se­lec­tion of evening gowns at the Ciprai­ni Labour Col­lege, Val­sayn, re­cent­ly.

If Shinel­ly James could have her way, there would be in­clu­sion in ed­u­ca­tion at schools in T&T—from the pre-school to sec­ondary lev­el.

Stu­dents from The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies’ De­part­ment of Cre­ative and Fes­ti­val Arts lit up the stage at Queen’s Hall’s Win­nifred Atwell Au­di­to­ri­um, un­leash­ing the Rhythm of Cul­ture in a cel­e­bra­tion of Caribbean and di­as­poric her­itage.

The Na­tion­al Panora­ma Sin­gle Pan pre­lim­i­nary com­pe­ti­tion ran from No­vem­ber 12 to 20, fea­tur­ing 48 bands, in­clud­ing three mil­i­tary en­sem­bles — Fire, Reg­i­ment and Po­lice. Al­so cap­tur­ing wide­spread at­ten­tion was the youngest com­peti­tor in Panora­ma his­to­ry: a five-year-old per­form­ing on the small­est pan ever played at the event. Pan Trin­ba­go has apt­ly dubbed him “The Lit­tle Mozart of Pan.”

No­body tru­ly ex­pect­ed the No­vem­ber 23 “Headley Show” to run for the ap­point­ed two hours at the UWI School in St Au­gus­tine as ad­ver­tised.

“I say with con­vic­tion that Alette Liz Williams is en­ter­ing a new chap­ter of her life. It’s about un­leash­ing! No more hold­ing back. No more wa­ter­ing down – just walk­ing ful­ly in what God has al­ready or­dained for me: bold, clear, and un­stop­pable.”

The bounce in his step as he dances to the mu­sic of the Mighty Spar­row be­lies his age, and the sat­is­fac­tion on his face as he sips his rum and coke is a dead give­away of his T&T roots.

One of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s most dis­tin­guished vo­cal­ists, Char­maine Forde, steps bold­ly back in­to cen­tre stage this De­cem­ber with a tril­o­gy of con­certs ho­n­our­ing more than four decades of mu­si­cal ex­cel­lence. Pro­duced by cul­tur­al cu­ra­tor Richard Young, the se­ries of­fers an in­ti­mate, pow­er­ful en­counter with a Caribbean icon whose artistry con­tin­ues to tran­scend trends, bor­ders, and gen­er­a­tions.

For over 62 years, gen­er­a­tions of faith­ful pa­trons have de­clared: “Christ­mas be­gins with the Mar­i­onettes!” This De­cem­ber, the Mar­i­onettes Chorale re­turns to Queen’s Hall’s Winifred Atwell Au­di­to­ri­um from De­cem­ber 5 to 7, invit­ing au­di­ences to ring in the sea­son with their beloved hol­i­day tra­di­tion—a con­cert se­ries that con­tin­ues to warm hearts across the coun­try.

When you walk in­to DH Mai­son in Mar­aval, it’s hard not to pause. Soft mu­sic floats through the air, the scent of cap­puc­ci­no and cin­na­mon fills the room, and Christ­mas lights twin­kle against a back­drop of cu­rat­ed beau­ty. Every cor­ner tells a sto­ry—a col­lec­tion of tex­tures, tones, and de­sign mo­ments that feel like home, on­ly el­e­vat­ed.

The For­ev­er Star Wars ex­hi­bi­tion, host­ed on No­vem­ber 9 at Arn­im’s Art Gal­le­ria, 27 Tra­garete Road, Port-of-Spain, and pre­sent­ed by Jus­tice Gillian Lucky, drew Star Wars en­thu­si­asts from all walks of life—across gen­er­a­tions and so­cial back­grounds. The unique show­case was spe­cial­ly de­signed to cre­ate an un­for­get­table ex­pe­ri­ence for fans, unite those who share a love for the leg­endary saga, and raise funds for wor­thy caus­es.

Now in its 61st year, Wildlife Pho­tog­ra­ph­er of the Year—the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Mu­se­um, Lon­don’s glob­al plat­form for the world’s best na­ture pho­tog­ra­phy and wildlife pho­to­jour­nal­ism—has come to Trinidad and To­ba­go.