He came on to the music scene back in 2005 with his hit song, “Livin’ ina Di Devil” and over the past twelve years, Belizean artist Positive Vibes has been creating other hit tracks on four different albums, including collaborations with other Punta Rock artists, Consego and Taprick. But today, after nine months and countless […]
The provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were brought together in 1867 to form what is now known as Canada. Since then, that North American country has expanded to include ten provinces and three territories. In celebrating one hundred and fifty years of confederation, Canada’s diplomatic missions across the world are hosting […]
The national festival of arts concluded earlier this week. Golden performances from across the country converged at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts to showcase the best of the best for 2017 in dance, drama and song. As that event concluded, the second annual Vernon Leslie Memorial Lecture took place at the Bliss. It […]
There is another festival this weekend. It’s the Belize International Jazz Festival. For the third year, the festival has been a medium to increase appreciation and love for jazz music. It provides a venue for musicians to get up to speed on jazz techniques as well as to network with other professionals from the region […]
If you were thinking of pursuing music studies in Belize, you will now have a chance to do so. For the first time a local school is offering a degree programme for students to study music. The programme will officially start in the upcoming school year. For S.J.C., the road to realizing this new programme […]
The Children’s Festival of the Arts takes center stage this weekend, as it does each year at this time at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. But for the opening ceremony, the Ministry of Education and National Institute of Culture and History went to the seaside, to B.T.L. Park, where the excited voices of […]
A dance show, the second of its kind by a young company, will be on display at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Precision and Style Dance Company is the brainchild of Crysel Gabourel-Baptist, who is a former senior dancer with the Belize National Dance Company. It starts on Saturday at seven p.m. with […]
The Museum of Belize under the National Institute of Culture and History culminated a two-day workshop entitled, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Collections. Its objective is to empower collectors, custodians, and museum operators to be strategically prepared in the face of disaster, and to recover as quickly as possible, with minimal damage to collections. It […]
The worldwide community of museums today celebrated International Museum Day, which is recognized annually on and around May eighteenth. Established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums, it is used to increase public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society. This year, the theme is, “Museum and Contested Histories: Saying […]
Just before news time today, a photographic exhibit was launched at the Museum of Belize. Approximately sixty photos from the Club of Photography of Panama will be on display, starting today and will remain open for two months inside the museum for viewing by the public. The exhibition is the result of a partnership between […]
Belizean artists across the country are celebrating Music Week 2017 by attending a number of activities that have been organized through the Office of the Music Ambassador. This week, musicians, young and old, across all genres local and regional, will be participating in workshops on copyright and intellectual property. They will also be performing at […]
Art is being used as a means to bring communities together. In the south side of Belize City, the Department of Youth Services has turned bare walls into colorful pieces to promote peace in the community. Three generations of men and women came together to create murals that are not only pleasing to the eye, […]
Indigenous women from Belize participated in a three day symposium in Trinidad earlier this month. Cristina Coc, Cynthia Ellis-Topsey, Annelita Garcia and Sandra Miranda, along with Selene Solis of the ISCR, attended the “Indigenous Geographies and Caribbean Feminisms: Common Struggles against Global Capitalism” symposium. They brought together Indigenous and other women in the Caribbean to […]
At this time of the year, Belizeans, like millions across the world, celebrate the Easter season according to their beliefs and their religious denominations. It is said to be the most important Christian holiday and Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday is celebrated as the day that […]
As you heard earlier, depression comes in many forms and affects persons in many ways. To bring further awareness to the topic, artist Katie Usher, expressed the condition through Panic. It is an exhibit of poetry in which she captures what triggers her own anxiety. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The […]
World famous Parandero, Aurelio Martinez, is back in Belize to celebrate thirty years of Garifuna music with the launch of a new album. Darandi, or thirty in Garifuna, is a collection of a dozen songs that are either composed by Aurelio or performed by him, and includes a cover of Paul Nabor’s classic, Naguya Nei. […]
For the past week, pre-schoolers have been putting on performances at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts showcasing the best in talent. On Saturday night, performers from the Belize District took to the stage to show off their skills in singing, dancing and acting. Here are highlights: {Highlights of the Preschool Festival of […]
For the past week or so, Belize’s youngest performers in the districts have been on the stage giving of their talents in art, music, dance, and drama as part of the Pre-School Children’s Festival of the Arts. The junior companion to the main show in May and more recently for secondary schools, it offers an […]
Much like the heyday of the adult Festival of the Arts in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, the various incarnations of children’s Festivals of the Arts have given Belizeans their first look at future stars of stage and screen. According to Leroy Green of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the effort continues […]
If you’re looking for some clean entertainment this weekend, head west to Belmopan for the Annual Gospel Fest at the Showgrounds. It’s a time for the Christian family of Belize to come together for healing, worship and prayer and spreading the Gospel among youth. For the evening concert, the headline artist is Trinidad and Tobago’s […]
Ninth of March is the official Heroes and Benefactors Day, set aside to honor those who have contributed to the development of Belize. While most of you may know about the works and life of Philip Goldson, George Price, Baron Bliss – there are others who have significantly contributed within their own fields. And so […]
“Lone Wrasse” – it sounds like a dirty phrase – but it is OCEANA and the Mexican Institute’s new exhibition, which opens tonight at the Institute on Wilson Street. The creative showcase subtitled as “exhibition of trashy art” plays on the trash and the specie of Wrasse fish predominant in Belizean waters. Artists from around […]
In Punta Gorda this morning, cultural icon Leela Vernon was laid to rest with all the trappings of an official funeral. Vernon passed away on February nineteenth. She had been ailing for some time and was hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where she passed away. Her death has had a tremendous impact on […]
As the country prepares to put her to rest, Leela Vernon’s sprit was alive on Monday night. A tribute to honor the iconic ambassador of Belizean Creole culture took place at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts; the lineup of artists paying tribute was impressive and included the singing of the national anthem in […]
The seventh edition of the anticipated Street Art Festival took place over the weekend in the downtown area of Belize City. The arts were in full display, from paintings to music and fashion. But one activity that had a strong following was the impressive sidewalk chalk competition. News Five’s Duane Moody was there and has […]
