Soca Mode….it’s the latest song and music video to be released by the female Belizean artist. Earlier this morning, Melonie Gillett made her media rounds and appeared on Open Your Eyes to officially launch the new music video. Gillett, who is traditionally an R and B and reggae soul singer is tapping into another genre […]
The Miss Carnival Pageant is underway at the Bliss. The show, held for the first time, is being organized by the Belize Carnival Association. While it is about celebrating the spirit and unity that should be carnival, organizers say it is also a preview of what this year’s carnival season will be all about. We […]
Musical content, lyrics and stage performance….the first round, to determine the winners of the 2015 National Song Competition, is in full gear. This weekend, in Belize City and Punta Gorda, artists from these municipalities will take the stage to present their songs submitted for the junior and senior categories of the Belize song and carnival […]
And finally to end the news, there is sad news to report. The Institute of Creative Arts and the country have lost an icon in the creative arts industry. Rosita Balthazar lost her fight to cancer on Monday night at her Los Lagos home in the Belize District. One of the founding members of the […]
The arrest on June twenty third, 2015 of Maya Leaders Alliance spokesperson Cristina Coc and twelve other residents of Santa Cruz Village has become an international issue. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the O.A.S. has written to the government seeking information on the arrests on the grounds that the life and personal integrity […]
Right now at the Mexican Institute, ‘Mario Nandayapa,’ a world famous Mexican Quartet is set to kick off a free show. The family quartet plays Mexican and international selections on their decades old instrument. It’s a showcase of culture at its finest and the Mexican Embassy wants you to attend. The show is set to […]
The image factory turned twenty years today and it was a perfect opportunity for the founders of the art gallery to celebrate its contributions and achievements in the art world. The celebration continues tonight with the opening of a retrospective exhibition that captures the works of various Belizean artists in the past two decades. News […]
What is it like for women who are in business or thinking of starting a business in Belize? Well, like other women across the world, the playing field isn’t leveled. And women have a more difficult time to secure financing, while many others lack the technical skills needed to develop their products. And why is […]
The tenth annual Belize International Film Festival is set to open with a bang in the next few weeks at the Ocean Club in Placencia. The festival is competitive and showcases innovative films with a focus on cultural diversity. It features high quality, unique productions from around the world in various genres that provide a […]
The categories for which trophies will be awarded are for Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Short Film and Best Short Documentary and Best Animation. A new category introduced this year is the Best TV Dramatic film which is opened to Belize and the rest of the Caribbean as well as the Youth Audience […]
The first ever Belize International Jazz Festival opened with a live concert at the House of Culture in Belize City just moments ago. The first of its kind in the Jewel, the festival will run through to June fourteenth with several performances in several municipalities as well as performances at the Radisson, Spoonaz Café and […]
Three hundred and eighteen musicians, twelve engineers, nine international and eleven local bands have signed up and will take part in the festival. The ten-day kicked off this morning with a workshop with jazz musicians from Belize, the U.S. and the Caribbean. Liam Teague, Head of Steel Band Studies, Northern Illinois University “I firmly […]
On this Friday, we dig into our archives and flash way back with a 1994 story about the old prison. As you may know, that prison was located in the heart of the city, where the Museum of Belize now sits. Parts of the structure were retained for the museum and now serve as a […]
A major discovery has been made at the Mayan site of Nim Li Punit in Toledo where an archaeological dig is in progress. Professor Geoffrey Braswell, an anthropologist with the Mesoamerican Archaeology Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego is leading the excavation. According to Doctor Braswell, a pair of burial chambers has recently […]
Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Dr. John Morris, acknowledges the breakthrough as significant to the Maya civilization, particularly within the context of the story being told. That account has been decrypted by Dr. Braswell, who commenced work at the site a few weeks ago. The jade ornament, says Dr. Morris, is arguably the second […]
At this time, the launch of an exhibit is ongoing at the Belisle Gallery of the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Entitled, Intelligent Art, it is part of the annual National Festival of Arts. The exhibition adds a new dimension to the festival of arts providing a space for youths to express their creativity […]
His death may have gone largely unrecognized since it happened in March of this year, but Amos Ford’s death made several UK news outlets. He was a member of a group of about one hundred and fifty forestry workers who left the then British Honduras to travel to Britain to give support to King and Empire […]
When was the last time you visited The Museum of Belize? Many Belizeans see it as a place for international visitors to learn about our culture and history, but what many don’t know is that it is also for locals and as the Museum of Belize joins the rest of the world in observing International […]
Festival of Arts has become a part of primary and high school tradition. For years, students have been showcasing their talents through dance, song, and drama at the district and national levels and every year it seems to keep getting better. Since Monday the best of the best from the districts are putting their skills […]
The official launch of an exhibit is currently underway at the Mexican Institute in Belize City. The exhibit features nineteen pieces from Mexican artist, Hipolito Uicab Garcia who is from Chetumal, Quintana Roo. Entitled “the People of My Mayan Village,” the paintings capture the daily life and activities of men and women as well as […]
Culture Uncovered is a mash-up of various mediums of visual art, a collection curated by Kenisha Gooding. Gooding is a fresh face in art circles across the city, participating in her first show earlier this year when she debuted several pieces at the Women in Art Exhibition. For her first major effort she has enlisted […]
The National Institute of Culture and History is adding yet another event to its yearly calendar…the Belize International Jazz Festival. Over one hundred and sixty local and international artists and twelve engineers from across the country have registered so far with the festival and will be taking part in the annual event. The Belize International […]
The event will feature ten days of jazz fusion and will see the collaboration of local culture makers, business enterprises and globally renowned artists to promote the cultural and social love for the genre of music and its respective art. The event will be held from June fifth to the fourteenth and will travel to […]
The Institute of Social and Cultural Research through NICH is in the process of gathering data on historical events. The Belize History Association was formed to engage persons from all walks of life from across the country to add to the collective data about the country. But the association needed a trademark, a logo that […]
But with the official logo finally completed, what’s next for the Belize History Association? Giovanni Pinelo, Research and Education Officer, ISCR “The input from artists, the input from oral historians, community historians, academics and all persons is crucial to the success of the association and in particular to the benefit of understanding our history. […]
