Af­ter near­ly two decades op­er­at­ing from a retro­fit­ted ship­ping con­tain­er, the Parish of St Jude in Ari­ma is tak­ing steps to­ward re­build­ing its long-lost rec­to­ry with the help of a ma­jor fundrais­ing ef­fort this Moth­er’s Day.

“He is one of the coolest peo­ple. What will we do with­out him?” That’s the kind of sen­ti­ment echoed by staff at Sam­ford Uni­ver­si­ty in Al­aba­ma when speak­ing about Caleb Noah John—a young man whose qui­et strength and char­ac­ter left a last­ing im­pact far be­yond the class­room.

Kevin Al­lis­ter Gar­cia’s re­cent so­lo ex­hi­bi­tion at the Art So­ci­ety of T&T pro­vid­ed view­ers with fas­ci­nat­ing in­sights in­to the heart and mind of a cre­ator in­tent on ex­plor­ing as many facets of his craft as are avail­able and, in the process, pre­sent­ing truths about T&T life.

Saman­tha John Best, the well-known for­mer news an­chor, is us­ing her ex­pe­ri­ence to help oth­ers con­quer one of the most com­mon fears—pub­lic speak­ing.

Amer­i­can Tra­cy Thorn­ton first heard the steel­pan in 1988 on a song, Jane Says, by his then-favourite rock band, and thought it was cool.

Ac­claimed Trinida­di­an vo­cal­ist Le­An­dra cap­ti­vat­ed au­di­ences with the con­cert Le­An­dra Live —Strings and Voice II, an el­e­gant mu­si­cal show­case at the his­toric Stollmey­er’s Cas­tle (Cas­tle Kil­lar­ney), Port-of-Spain.

A chance to own a piece of col­lectible art­work by an ac­claimed T&T painter, and sup­port lit­er­ary de­vel­op­ment at the same time? That’s the dou­ble ben­e­fit of the of­fi­cial poster re­leased by the Bo­cas Lit Fest to com­mem­o­rate its 15th an­nu­al fes­ti­val.

Artist Shali­ni Singh will present her 11th so­lo ex­hi­bi­tion, Joy by Shali­ni Singh, at Arn­im’s Art Gal­le­ria’s Wood­brook branch from May 2-15.

The 519 Restau­rant and Bar at C3 Cen­tre in south Trinidad was trans­formed in­to a pul­sat­ing night­club on April 12 when it joined with the Rapid­fire Kidz Foun­da­tion (RKF) to host Maui Nights—The White Lo­tus.

“I’m look­ing for­ward to this run of shows go­ing to the Caribbean, Mid­dle East and all over the US. We have so many spe­cial per­for­mances lined up. It will be a fun-filled spring and sum­mer, and I hope you’ll join me some­where,” he said.

Meta­mor­pho­sis Dance Com­pa­ny’s 2025 pre­sen­ta­tion, Paths Of Pos­si­bil­i­ty, was staged at NA­PA, Port-of-Spain, on April 12 and 13.

An­tho­ny John’s jour­ney is a tes­ta­ment to the pow­er of de­ter­mi­na­tion, pas­sion, and self-be­lief.