Large Car­ni­val band Pa­parazzi, launched its 2027 pre­sen­ta­tion, Fes – Whis­pers of the Med­i­na, at An­tigua Dri­ve, Fed­er­a­tion Park last week Sat­ur­day.

If the songs Bal­ance and Wah Yo Deh Pan by Ayet­ian are in heavy ro­ta­tion on your playlists, or even Valen­tine by Kalon­ji, then you’re al­ready fa­mil­iar with the work of a Point Fortin pro­duc­er who has con­sis­tent­ly been cre­at­ing dance­hall hits. Akiel Ri­ley, al­so known as Black­s­The­Man, con­tin­ues to blaze the trail.

Is Trinidad and To­ba­go bet­ter off in the post-colo­nial era, and can it tru­ly gov­ern it­self? Those are the cen­tral ques­tions be­ing re­opened on stage this week as Vic­tor D Ques­tel’s One Man and His Dog re­turns in a reimag­ined pro­duc­tion at the Trinidad The­atre Work­shop (TTW), 6 New­bold Street, St Clair, on June 27 and 28.

For cen­turies, mys­te­ri­ous sto­ries of At­lantis, the Bermu­da Tri­an­gle and the Foun­tain of Youth have fas­ci­nat­ed his­to­ri­ans, ad­ven­tur­ers and con­spir­a­cy the­o­rists.

A pholourie is not usu­al­ly the sort of thing one as­so­ciates with fine din­ing. It is of­ten sold from road­side stalls and ven­dors across T&T as a com­mon com­fort snack. But for Chef Sab­ri­na Nicholls, sim­plic­i­ty is nev­er enough.

For many Trin­bag­o­ni­ans, like much of the rest of the world, a morn­ing cup of cof­fee is a when rather than an if. But what hap­pens when the dai­ly rit­u­al bor­ders on ad­dic­tion or habit?

The coastal com­mu­ni­ty of Care­nage, long recog­nised for its fish­ing her­itage and pop­u­lar lo­cal dish­es such as fish broth, roast fish and boni­to pelau, is set to high­light its culi­nary tra­di­tions and com­mu­ni­ty spir­it at an all-day food fes­ti­val lat­er this month.

If you’re a fan of Ko­re­an cul­ture and cui­sine, the word ‘kim­chi’ is not un­fa­mil­iar to you. How­ev­er, for those who have nev­er heard of it, it is one of the most pop­u­lar pro­bi­ot­ic well­ness dish­es.

By Ál­varo Sánchez Cordero, Am­bas­sador of the Bo­li­var­i­an Re­pub­lic of Venezuela to the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go

If based in Bei­jing, there are cer­tain cul­tur­al touch­points you must vis­it when in Chi­na. We’ve al­ready been to the Great Wall; now you need to vis­it the For­bid­den City.

High in Trinidad’s Cen­tral Range, the vil­lage of Los Ata­jos—Span­ish for “short­cut” — sits serene­ly along Bras­so Tamana Road, near Flana­gin Town.

Most peo­ple wor­ry about their heart. Some wor­ry about their blood sug­ar, can­cer, cho­les­terol, blood pres­sure or the mys­te­ri­ous ache that ap­pears af­ter the age of forty and nev­er en­tire­ly leaves.