The joy and en­er­gy of Shouter Bap­tist Lib­er­a­tion Day are cap­tured in these im­ages by Edi­son Boodoos­ingh at cel­e­bra­tions host­ed by the Coun­cil of El­ders at the Spir­i­tu­al Shouter Bap­tist Em­pow­er­ment Hall in Mal­oney.

Few mem­bers of the Queen’s Hall au­di­ence of March 23 would ar­gue too heav­i­ly against the view that there was per­haps more dou­ble en­ten­dre and clever po­lit­i­cal satire in the dra­mat­ic read­ing of There­sa Awai’s De­ci­sion 2010 than en­coun­tered through­out this year’s ca­lyp­so sea­son.

Free­town Col­lec­tive’s Take Me Home is a big song—big in mu­si­cal­i­ty and lyrics. It is build­ing on a genre of slow­er, deep­er Tri­ni mu­sic that is aimed at the soul.

The thread wo­ven neat­ly through­out her life, Rae-Marie Brig­gs has al­ways found her way back to her art. Born in Ma­tu­ri­ta, Ari­ma, Brig­gs grew up with her aunt and un­cle fol­low­ing her par­ents’ sep­a­ra­tion at a young age. While her fa­ther lived in Cana­da, Brig­gs spent many of her ear­li­er years in­ter­mit­tent­ly with her moth­er and fa­ther.

The Spir­i­tu­al Bap­tist faith is one that is very deep and ex­ceed­ing­ly com­plex. This is why it can of­ten be mis­un­der­stood.

For many, the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic was a time of fear and hes­i­ta­tion. But for Hu­daa Mo­hammed it was time to take a bold leap. The qual­i­fied teacher launched Hi­jabi Fit Na­tion af­ter grad­u­at­ing as an in­ter­na­tion­al­ly cer­ti­fied per­son­al fit­ness train­er from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Fit­ness As­so­ci­a­tion in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the In­ter­na­tion­al Sports and Con­di­tion­ing As­so­ci­a­tion.

March and April are brit­tle, dry months. The days stretch, cracked and dusty, un­til colour in­trudes sharply—a burst of bougainvil­lea’s red, the sud­den gold of poui blooms.

Women play a cru­cial role in nur­tur­ing and sup­port­ing both them­selves and those around them. Yet, amid their busy lives, one crit­i­cal truth of­ten gets over­looked—true strength be­gins with prop­er nour­ish­ment.

In a ma­jor cul­tur­al mile­stone for the Caribbean, T&T will host the glob­al­ly cel­e­brat­ed Alvin Ai­ley II dance com­pa­ny for the first time this Au­gust. Known as The Next Gen­er­a­tion of Dance, Ai­ley II is set to per­form its ac­claimed reper­toire—in­clud­ing Alvin Ai­ley’s time­less mas­ter­piece Rev­e­la­tions—at Queen’s Hall on Au­gust 27, 2025.

Paramin, a vil­lage in north Trinidad, is known for its scenic views, cul­tur­al tra­di­tions, and farm­ing.

Chut­ney So­ca Monarch and Road March King, Machel Mon­tano is cur­rent­ly in In­dia af­ter re­cov­er­ing from the Trinidad Car­ni­val sea­son. How­ev­er the mu­sic-lov­ing “Monk” made sure to is­sue a list of thank yous across the in­dus­try this week, salut­ing all con­trib­u­tors, col­lab­o­ra­tors, sup­port­ers and fans.

Twen­ty years in the so­ca in­dus­try is no small feat. It takes re­silience, adapt­abil­i­ty, and a love for the craft that goes be­yond the fleet­ing mo­ments of Car­ni­val sea­son. For Shiv­onne “Lil Bitts” Churche-Isaacs, cel­e­brat­ing this mile­stone isn’t just about look­ing back; it’s about giv­ing back.