The re­launch of Va­lerie Bel­grave’s mem­oir, Art for the Peo­ple, de­tails the his­to­ry of the pro­lif­ic, mul­ti­fac­eted Trinida­di­an artist, au­thor, and com­pos­er.

On De­cem­ber 11, NALIS host­ed the launch of Hosay Caribbean: Tad­jahs on Wheels by Dr Sat­nar­ine Balka­rans­ingh. This work un­rav­els the lay­ered his­to­ry of a tra­di­tion that be­came both a protest and a means of cul­tur­al sur­vival un­der colo­nial rule.

The Mar­i­onettes Chorale con­clud­ed their sea­son­al con­cert with an un­for­get­table se­ries of per­for­mances at Queen’s Hall’s Winifred Atwell Au­di­to­ri­um. For many, “Christ­mas be­gins with the Mar­i­onettes,” a sen­ti­ment that re­flects the deep con­nec­tion and en­dur­ing tra­di­tion the en­sem­ble holds with­in Trinidad and To­ba­go. Au­di­ences were treat­ed to a mas­ter­ful blend of mu­sic, sto­ry­telling and dance, cel­e­brat­ing an­oth­er mile­stone in the chorale’s 60-plus year lega­cy, show­cas­ing the depth of tal­ent with­in this icon­ic en­sem­ble.

Dionne Brand, a Trinida­di­an-Cana­di­an writer, is one of the most evoca­tive voic­es in Caribbean lit­er­a­ture. Her works weave to­geth­er themes of dis­place­ment, re­silience, and gen­er­a­tional trau­ma. Born in Guayagua­yare, Trinidad, in 1953, Dionne Brand em­i­grat­ed to Cana­da in the ear­ly 1970s, es­tab­lish­ing her­self as one of the most sig­nif­i­cant Caribbean-Cana­di­an writ­ers. Her works span po­et­ry, fic­tion, and es­says, each marked by her sharp in­tel­lect and com­mit­ment to so­cial jus­tice.

When asked, “Why does one vlog?” Ter­mi­ca Vic­tor-Mc Sween replied, “I doc­u­ment my ex­pe­ri­ences with the world as post­cards to peo­ple who haven’t had the op­por­tu­ni­ty. I want to in­spire them to chase the world too.”

Kes’ first re­lease for Car­ni­val 2025, Co­coa Tea, has topped the US iTunes Reg­gae chart and sev­er­al stream­ing plat­forms, charts and playlists in coun­tries all around the re­gion and the US.

Imag­ine your­self bask­ing un­der the blaz­ing fur­nace in the sky, bit­ing in­to a juicy, ex­ot­ic fruit from is­land trees—or savour­ing the rich, dark sweet­ness of choco­late made from T&T’s prized co­coa beans—while a cool­ing sea breeze ca­ress­es you.

Let’s Golf To­ba­go, an NGO formed in Oc­to­ber 2021 by trail­blaz­er Ar­i­fa Bansal, is the first ju­nior clin­ic to be held un­der the aus­pices of the Chief Sec­re­tary’s Char­i­ty Golf Tour­na­ment in Low­lands, To­ba­go.

Ria Ram­bal­ly, CNC3 News An­chor, and Kar­lon Batchas­ingh, the pres­i­dent of TRIN­GEN (Trinidad Ni­tro­gen Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed), cel­e­brat­ed a beau­ti­ful mile­stone in their lives as they ex­changed vows in an in­ti­mate cer­e­mo­ny.

It’s no won­der that we want to look and feel like our most spec­tac­u­lar selves dur­ing the hol­i­days; it’s a so­cial time when many of us con­nect with loved ones, col­leagues, and fam­i­ly and hair can play a big role in the im­pres­sion we want to make. You look good you feel bet­ter. It can be a hair colour trans­for­ma­tion or just sim­ple styling. Trendy hol­i­day is a hair af­fair.

“I love to sit at the feet of the gen­er­a­tions be­fore me who are good busi­ness lead­ers and ex­perts in com­mu­ni­ca­tions.” Near­ly 30 years in the com­mu­ni­ca­tions busi­ness, Lisa-Ann Joseph says she is still learn­ing, a for­ev­er stu­dent, and that “knowl­edge trans­fer trick­les in­to every sin­gle thing that I do.”

She start­ed her make-up jour­ney in the ear­ly months of 2011 and con­tin­ued to build her style and tech­niques over the years. The evo­lu­tion of make-up over the years caught her at­ten­tion and sparked her in­ter­est. “I was ac­tu­al­ly on the ca­reer path of be­ing in the cor­po­rate world, but I al­ways say that God called, and I an­swered,” she said.