ET&T Weekly - Features

Readers Review ‘Fete Fails’

2011-06-25T13:40:25-07:00

Trinidad and Tobago has played host to no shortage of A-list international celebrities. Even the late great King of Pop Michael Jackson once moonwalked on a local stage. However, these big budget events don’t always go as planned.

After the party, it’s the after-party

2011-03-21T12:26:52-07:00

So carnival is over, your feet hurt, your skin is a darker shade and peeling, bank account is empty but where/when is the next party? That’s right, as the Carnival season ends, ‘Trinis’ look forward to Easter weekend…well after Lent is over anyway. Who say Tobago, boat cruises and steady clubbing? Making the transition from Carnival fetes to clubbing is not always an easy one but we somehow find a way to pull it off. Already flyers and invitations have been distributed advertising parties for April month and clubs have been busily making plans for their return events.

The ET&T Carnival Wrap-Up

2011-03-21T09:46:53-07:00

The “Greatest show on Earth” has finally come to an end and amidst all the body aches and sore bones we can conclude that it was a great one! Apart from Carnival Monday and Tuesday on the road, the competitions that led up to the two days were very popular and widely discussed.

Surviving An Interracial/Cultural Relationship

2010-07-05T15:30:58-07:00

Some things mix well naturally. Peanut butter and jelly; vodka and orange juice and salt and pepper immediately come to mind. However, when things outside of the realm of edible things are considered, it can get a little trickier especially where relationships are concerned. Some people have the potential to make oil and water look like bosom buddies. Interracial relationships tend to do just that. The pressure placed by society on the people trying to make it work might become too much. Even within the relationship, the obvious differences may prove too much to cope with as race usually carries along with it cultural implications.

Steven Edwards Productions: Theatre with Conscience

2011-06-25T16:50:58-07:00

When an almost unknown drama troupe is able to turn heads locally and regionally, you stand up and take notice. It takes just one Steven Edwards play to get you hooked on this theatre troupe’s unique brand of uplifting and socially relevant theatre. Recently completing a well-received production of “For Better or For Worse” in Antigua, Steven Edwards Productions (SEP) has proven its plays can excel in any forum.