Keeping the Garifuna culture and music alive…that is the mission of the Garifuna Collective who for the past couple of years have been performing various styles of Garifuna music locally and internationally. Six years ago, the collective, along with Andy Palacio ruled the world stage with Watina and in July of this year, launched a […]
Another activity being held this Saturday takes place at the newly renovated Memorial Park. It is the second annual Village Arts and Crafts Expo which will showcase the talents of Belizean artisans to local and international visitors. Expectations are high as the number of participating entrepreneurs has doubled. The Village Arts and Craft Expo is […]
Since it was first held in 1972, CARIFESTA has been promoting Caribbean artists and writers. The festival has been fading but this year, it revved into full gear in Suriname. A delegation from Belize, the smallest to attend, headed there and successfully participated in several workshops promoting crafts and jewelry. A Belizean designer made an […]
Belize is being represented to the fullest in the 2013 CARIFESTA in Paramaribo, Suriname. Despite being the smallest delegation; the jewel is showcasing Belize at its best in music, dance, theatre, visual arts, literary arts, fashion and jewelry. The participants in creative arts have been performing at various venues throughout the ten-day event. The contingent […]
They are back in the Jewel….the Garifuna Collective is back from a tour in North America where they were featured in thirty-eight festivals and made appearances in twenty-five cities. The group recently released its latest album named Ayo in the U.S. and now they are in Belize to make a local debut. The album is […]
A delegation of thirty-five Belizean performers, fashion designers, visual artists and writers, led by president of the National Institute of Culture and History Diane Haylock, left for Paramaribo, Suriname this morning, where they will be representing the Jewel for the next sixteen days. The Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA 2013, a celebration of the region’s […]
The first event in this year’s national celebrations committee took place on Saturday night at the Memorial Park. Junior and senior artists battled to win the top spot in the National Song Competition before a huge crowd and television audience. To make the cut, the hopefuls were judged on lyrics, stage presence and much more. […]
A group of very happy youths today concluded a three week camp dedicated to the arts. They danced, acted, painted and played music and will be taking home great memories and new friendships. For the majority of the participants, the exposure to the arts was a first and lasting experience. Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
From August first through to the fourth, La Isla Bonita will be ram jam packed for the biggest International Festival. Aside from big names in entertainment, the La Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant featuring delegates from Belize, Mexico and Central America, is one of the main features of the festival. The delegates vying for […]
The Belize Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage recently unveiled its new logo. The umbrella organization and its fight to preserve the natural wonders of Belize has taken on a softer tone. The coalition is hosting its first summer camp for kids. The camp is free and the first two days will take place at […]
If you don’t have the feet for nature as the coalition hopes, then perhaps you have the ears for music. A young artist hopes that you will be inspired by his lyrics to his song “Some Days.” This afternoon, budding artist Joseph Matura stopped by our studios to launch the video for Some Days. […]
Group B in Be the Next Superstar returns to the Bliss stage tonight bringing with them the hype and energy that characterized the group when they made their debut. Tonight, it’s going to be extremely competitive and nail biting for the bottom three who will perform in a knockout round. Only one will survive and […]
A twelve year old Belize City student has been given the opportunity to tour parts of Mexico because of his participation in an international art exhibit. Ammon Segura, a student of Saint Joseph Primary School, loves to draw so he entered a competition that was devised by the Mexican government. Segura’s piece “Things not to […]
Six years ago, the Garifuna Collective and Andy Palacio ruled the world stage with the album Watina, which was hailed as one of the greatest world music albums of all time. And now the group plans to make history again with the launch of its second album entitled Ayo, a tribute to Palacio. That launch […]
The Garifuna Collective left Belize on Wednesday to kickoff a major tour of the United States and Canada which will span seven and a half weeks and touchdown in twenty-five cities. The group came to international fame along with renowned musician Andy Palacio six years ago with the release of Watina, and though Palacio died […]
The National Institute of Culture and History and the National Youth Orchestra and Choir of Belize announce the international recognition of young Belizean violinist Courtney Gillett. Gillett, who lived her entire life in Burrell Boom, is the daughter of Lincoln and Antoinette Gillett. Her star is shining brightly as she recently completed a two-weeks intense […]
Contagious…it is a new exhibit that is launching tonight at the Image Factory. Although presumed to be the works of several artists, it is in fact the artwork of nineteen year old Julian Kuo. The fifty-five piece collection is the artists best works that he painted between February to April of this year. Using different […]
A prolific art exhibit is currently hung at Belisle Art Gallery. The curator had scoured the country for artists who are constantly working to improve their trade. Some of the faces have been on display before but all of the emergent artists are hungry to share their work. Some pieces are vibrant and others carry […]
About one thousand students and other youths will be taking part in the 2013 National Festival of Arts which is underway at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts. The next two weeks will see a host of students on stage showcasing cultural and artistic skills. The annual event is organized by the Institute of Creative […]
Music is a form of emotional expression. For young people, popular music is the medium through which they often express their mood, aspiration and development of their own cultural identity. Tonight News Five’s Isani Cayetano looks at the power of song and in this case, the power of dancehall music. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Across […]
A new N.G.O. introduced itself publicly on Thursday; it is called Research, Education and Advocacy for Social Change. As the name suggests, REACH will be actively promoting social change. In so doing it will develop the potential of youths caught in the vicious cycle of violence; all this through the different forms of the creative […]
Friendship between Belize and Mexico has recently further enhanced by a meeting of representatives working in the tourism sector. But for those who don’t cross the border to visit, our neighbors have brought the art of one of its painters to Belize. Tonight, the Embassy of Mexico invites the public to view the works of […]
Belize is this week entering the history books as it hosts the forty-fifth Annual Association of Caribbean Historians for the very first time. Those historians, some of the most eminent from the Caribbean and the world, will be presenting papers, fielding questions and facilitating discussion on a wide range of topics affecting the Caribbean…past, present […]
The tragedy that has fallen on the Chen and Teul families has sprung hope from the public. Offers to assist with financial costs for the funeral of the children are emerging from the public. Funerals are costly and a member of the public, who shares the nation’s collective pain, decided to place her passion for […]
A little over a month ago, the Preschool Festival of Arts was held at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Since Wednesday, the high schoolers have been taking the stage…this time at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall for the District festival. Simultaneously around the country, the Belize District High School Festival of Arts is […]
