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Sexypink - Always worth the wait.

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Sexypink - What a treat

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SEXYPINK - Trinidad and Tobago Photographer Abigail Hadeed’s recollections of her photoshoot with Black Stalin. Her curiosity and genuine desire to capture her own culture produced these stunning portraits.

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Abigail Hadeed on Photographing the Stars

“We Can Make it IF We Try” In the Mid 80’s I started photographing traditional mas and the steel bands in and around Port of Spain. I was young, in my early 20’s with a passion and desire to learn and explore Trinidad and it’s culture. 

On my own I began to explore South East POS, Laventille, Belmont and the panyards the traditional mas camps, Minshall, you name it I did it.  

 followed my instinct and allowed things to unfold. At the time I did not have a plan and or know that 3 decades would just fly by and along the way I had and have worked with the Regions best and greatest. I have much to be thankful for, being born at the time i have, the people who let me in, and the spaces and people that fed my soul.

 The Black Stalin was definitely one of those memorable shoots at the studio on Long Circular Road.  Black Stalin circa 1991

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Sexypink - Carnival in Martinique 2023 - Mardi Gras de Fort-De-France which kicked off yesterday, Feb 21, 2023. (Courtesy CLICK Island)

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Rihanna’s ASL Interpreter Goes VIRAL During Super Bowl Performance

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                                       A legend has passed

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Black Stalin - Burn Dem

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Peter wait, Peter wait. Trinidad and Tobago mourns the death of Leroy Calliste.

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Sexypink - Upcoming Tobago Festival 2024

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Sexypink - Queen’s Hall presents a comprehensive, one-day symposium focused on Artificial Intelligence and the impact on the Performance Arts. This event is the first part of a series of discussions with artists, theorists, educators and industry professionals reflecting on the recent explosion of interest, use and questions surrounding AI and the Creative Sector.

AI has clearly emerged as a now ubiquitous tool. Its impact on art, and all of our social, intellectual and scientific practices, is only beginning to be understood. There’s no doubt that this is a profound transformation of the digital world. It is now time to learn about it, its consequences, its utility and its creativity.

*Sexypink update: https://newsday.co.tt/2023/09/26/ai-in-carnival-panel-opportunities-for-improvement-danger-of-lost-jobs/

The symposium, themed “Together A.I.” will explore the growing interactions existing between A.I. and the future of the Performing Arts in Trinidad and Tobago. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required (Click on GET TICKETS Tab).

*Update (22.09.23) https://newsday.co.tt/2023/09/15/better-together-queens-hall-symposium-explores-ai-and-carnival/?fbclid=IwAR0ap0hsUP-rWKDpg8-aHxLJ_ZlwraZCtUGKAZYvXEz3jVRzVxR41-xVgY8_aem_Afb-2d0rJvjgh2ARBVZx1CAvl972IHPVN0-sav_nxyYiJZJjoX76guF1qsfslSwugbA

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2023 marks the eighteenth anniversary of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival. The opening night of the Festival will take place at Queen’s Hall on 20 September, 2023 with the Caribbean premier of the film Doubles by Mr. Ian Harnarine. Tickets for the opening night are available on www.islandetickets.com.

The festival then continues from September 21-27, 2023 with movie screenings at MovieTowne (POS), the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS - POS) and The Film Programme Building at UWI, St. Augustine. This year’s festival will also include two special open air night cinema screenings at Fatima College and Naparima Bowl. Full

details at www.ttfilmfestival.com.

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Sexypink - Kaleel Kanor-Doublier’s U-Tube page Kaleel Studio heats up.

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Sexypink - In Bereavement - Thank you Rubadiri Victor for permission to reprint your recollections in text and image of a talent gone so soon.

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Rest in Perfect Peace Mark Akini Nottingham. My Deepest Condolences go out to his Family & Closest Friends- especially to a brother-in-arms like Arnold Goindhan... It is distressful when it is someone so young & still so full of Promise... Mark was an enormously creative soul, with a grand appetite for Life & Creative possibility. When a number of us sparked the underground creative movements of the 1990s, Mark and a cohort of his peers from the St Joseph Valley emerged as the next Rapso young guns- Black Lyrics. 

They were the face of the Rapso generation right after the Kindred generation. They in fact have a pretty good album of young Teen Rapso that has never been released. This may be a great time to bless it with air... The group of four escaped the limitations of their valley home and 'Pinny' and Mark especially descended into the sometimes viper-pit that could be Trini and Port of Spain theatre (lol). 

They actually broke the mold and did excellently for themselves, becoming steadfast working actors and creators- probably the hardest working theatre men of their generation... Mark was a member of my troupe of actors in my company- the WIRE BEND Folklore Theatre.

 They were the first people I called when I formed it in 2015. I owe him, Pinny, Renee Michelle King, Nicole Wong Chong, Karina Andrews 'Arlette', Kurtis Gross, and others so much because they committed to be the vehicles for me to tell my stories, and have done so since. Mark and Pinny in particular have been fearless in disappearing into roles and collaborating with my madness. Not every actor can act well in full body costumes and puppets- fewer can manage 7 complex costume changes, whilst nailing all the respective characters per play.  Dragons, Imps, Lions, Wolves, Old Men, Children, African Kings,- Mark never hesitated to wrestle with the role and render it. He was especially my go-to to play 'The Boy'- that recurring immortal archetype of the mythical innocent young male. 

He did not need to act it- he was very much the Boy. Apart from his fresh-facedness he had that openess, curiousity, and appetite for life. He also had the naughtiness of the Boy too... Because of this and his wit, he also was my choice to portray my version of the traditional Anansi... He nailed it...He and Pinny, like many of us who choose this life, have a profound connection to 'the Child inside' and for the sacredness and essentialness of Play. So Mark was playful as he embodied those essential archetypes- and also as he moved through life. 

He was a committed Teacher, Actor, and Rapso-man. He was moving into being a full multi-media titan embracing film/video and more- especially dedicated to the disenfranchised Boys of the Street- the Zess generation. He wanted to record their songs and tell their stories in film (one of the other things about Mark is that he got things done). I think he understood how profoundly the Arts expanded his life from being an urban village boy from the St Joseph Valley with ceilings on his expectations. 

He wanted to repeat that emancipation for others...Mark- though young- was very much a family MAN. He had a relatively large-ish family and was an excellent father to his kids, who he adored. My heart goes out to them... Too young. This one. Too young. A lot of good ones are going. 

We can only hope it is as Stalin said, ''MORE COME...''We will dedicate the 2023 Season of Wire Bend in April to him. Rest in Peace, Young Brother...

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Gayelle - Cultural Sprangalang - Banyan - The nation has lost a true Artist. Rest in Peace Cultural Sprangalang. 

Dennis Hall passed away on October 2 2020. May he rest in peace. This is a short clip from the Gayelle series. Since 1974, Banyan has distinguished itself as a producer of innovative and entertaining programmes which aim at the same time to inform and reflect Caribbean people and culture. This mixture of entertainment and social comment so akin to the Calypso, the folk song form originating in Trinidad, has become identified as the Banyan style and is applied in the hundreds of productions Banyan has presented in the last 40 years. You can see more info about Banyan here  www.pancaribbean.com/banyan/

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~Sexypink~ A movie to make note of.

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~Sexypink~ Streaming NOW ONLINE.

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Koffee is The Most Successful JM Artist for 2019 | Fox 5 NY Interview