A Mexican artist and students from Saint John’s College collaborated on mural earlier this week. The use of stencil and graffiti style art piece was started earlier this week and was completed today. With support from Belize Signs, the creators of the mural used a stencil to do their art next to the Mexican Institute […]
Brukdown Queen Leela Vernon passed away on Sunday morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. The well-known Punta Gorda resident has received accolades locally and internationally and her death has been a blow, particularly to cultural enthusiasts. The tentative date for Vernon’s burial is next Wednesday, March first, but even before her […]
Even as news filtered through on Friday of the death of Doctor Cecil “Chubby” Reneau, there were fears for the life of another famous Belizean in the hospital, the “Queen of Brukdown,” Lila Genus Vernon. She had been in treatment for a week for chronic renal failure and family members indicated to us then that […]
At this station, we want to wish the Queen of Brukdown, Leela Vernon, a speedy recovery. Leela has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the K.H.M.H. since last Friday ailing with kidney complications. The Punta Gorda born singer is known for a wide repertoire of Kriol songs, including one widely celebrated for its […]
Fifteen years ago, the Museum of Belize was established from the remains of Her Majesty’s Prison, one of Belize’s longest standing colonial buildings. As former president of the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH), Yasser Musa, related in a note for the official program; “It was a circus of the mind to think that […]
Strange as it may sound, the Museum of Belize is not a national museum – most of its collections detail life in the Old Capital from its days as a colonial outpost to its modern depiction. With space limited at its location, the Museum regularly shifts around its exhibits. But future expansion, says Director Alexis […]
The Museum of Belize is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this Friday. As a part of its celebration, it’s hosting a Mexican exhibition entitled “El Cimmaron y Su Fandango,” among other activities. The exhibition is a photographic depiction on the little known world of the Afro-Mexican as captured by photographer, Mara Sanchez Renero. Today, Duane Moody […]
The Chinese zodiac is divided into twelve blocks just like the western astrological calendar, but the major difference being that each block covers a period of one year instead of one month. This year, it’s the Year of the Rooster, the tenth animal in the cycle. People born in the Year of the Rooster are […]
It’s been just over two years since Belize and the world lost musical legend Paul Nabor. Nabi, as he was affectionately known, was a humble Garifuna fisherman, farmer, and musician, who through his parandero music took his cultural heritage to the world stage. That intangible heritage lives on through Punta Rock musicians and youths in […]
Today marks nine years since musical icon Andy Palacio passed away. Known across the world, Palacio put Belize on the map and left a rich legacy of the Garifuna culture and music. Palacio released three albums, seven E.P cassettes and a several music videos. At forty-seven years old, Andy was at the height of his […]
The first Belize International Yoga Festival takes place this weekend on New Year’s Eve near the Harbor View Greens in Belize City from six a.m. to midnight. Titled, “Breathe – In Stillness All Conflict Must End,” the festival will feature multiple local and international yoga instructors and culminates with a concert by MC Yogi, a […]
In early September we told you about the preliminary findings on the St George’s Caye Battle from the Spanish perspective. A local team made up of historians, Archives and NICH personnel and researchers and educators from Quintana Roo have been transcribing 18th century manuscripts that provide first-hand account of the Spaniards’ activities surrounding the 1798 […]
Over the past two years we have been sharing with you the creative talents of primary school students through the Primary School Art Skills Training project. It started with teaching the basics of drawing, painting and other art skills and it has developed into a full-fledged program where students are participating internationally for awards and […]
The latest edition of BAFFU was released today at the Image Factory; it is also the first printed version. The publication contains a collection of unconventional works by a group of artists who take their idea and express it in a way that is not the usual standard. At least three hundred artists have been […]
A flash mob –or the semblance of one – cut off traffic on Albert Street today for a couple of minutes. Drivers and pedestrian were treated to a group dancing in the street – but it was a dance with a message. The flash mob is a part of the U.S. Embassy’s activities for the […]
A thirteen-year-old Belizean has been making a name for himself through a difficult time in his life. Jayhann Escalante who now lives in the US with his parents was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia last year. But not even chemotherapy has stopped the teen from raising funds to bring awareness for children with cancer and […]
Today would have been his fifty-sixth birthday, but although he has passed his legend lives on. Andy Palacio was not only an ambassador for the Garifuna culture, but also Belize. The musical icon is celebrated around the world and especially here in Garifuna communities. On what would have been his fifty-sixth birthday, his name sake […]
Friday’s final in the History and Social Studies Quiz presented by the Belize City House of Culture and Downtown Rejuvenation Project is one in a series of intended projects to help promote the main project, which includes making the Old Capital’s history come alive. The project includes renovations to the old Government House to make […]
On Friday and Saturday, Belize City, Orange Walk and Cayo will be entertained as dancers from across the country, as well as the U.S. and Mexico, will converge to put off one of the biggest dance shows in Belize. Dance X 2016 is being held under the theme Dance from the Soul and will feature […]
Paranda artist Aurelio Martinez is well-known internationally for promoting the Garifuna culture through music. The Honduras-born artist has spent considerable time in Belize, performing on our stages and working with several Belizean artists and recording previous albums with Stonetree Studios. He has reached a milestone in his career with thirty years in the business and […]
This past Saturday was Garifuna Settlement Day, celebrated annually on the nineteenth of November. It is a national tradition, as all of Belize pauses to celebrate with the Garifuna their rise into a people integrated and contributing to Belizean society. In Belize City and across the country, Garifuna and others observed three traditional pillars of […]
In the next few minutes, a painting and digital art exhibition will open at the Institute of Mexico on Newtown Barracks in Belize City. Punto de Encuentro, La Humanidad – Meeting Point: Humanity is a project of Taiwanese Belizean artist, Yaoling Lee that brings together the artwork of Lee and two other artists – Jose […]
Festivities in commemoration of Garifuna Settlement Day have begun across the country. In Belize City, there is a full itinerary of events leading up to the Nineteenth of November. The rolling and booming bass of Garifuna drums can be heard along Mahogany Street, as well as in other neighborhoods in Belize City. The party culminates […]
Every year, the Mexican Embassy through its Institute of Culture celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day along with the local Garifuna communities in Belize. In 2016, an exhibition by Pen Cayetano, entitled Cultural Heritage, was hosted at the Institute on Newtown Barracks in Belize City. This year, however, the Mexican Embassy, under the direction of its new […]
Yochi, Manna and Soca Mode are some of the productions that made it to the top in this year’s Belize International Film Festival. These local productions competed against thirty others in seven categories including best documentary, best film and best Belizean music video. The panel of judges was swayed by the high standards of the […]
