The energy was flowing on Thursday night on Dolphin Street as Southside Masqueraders displayed their colorful water-themed costumes and gyrated to soca beats. The band is one of the biggest senior bands for this year’s grand road march on September third. They have been practicing for months and are just about ready to put on […]
The trans-Atlantic slave trade cost millions of lives and disrupted and forever changed the future of Africa. But once transplanted in the Caribbean and Central America, the descendants of Africans mingled with the native people of the so-called New World and forged thriving cultures and traditions. According to Emerson Guild, several Belizeans are headed to […]
On Thursday the Institute of Mexico will open an exhibition titled ‘Cinco Mas Uno’. The exhibition, which will feature the work of six distinguished Mexican artists, will showcase contemporary and abstract pieces painted in the past year. Press Officer for the Mexican Embassy, Marcelino Miranda, says that the pieces depict the colorful histories of the […]
Over the last two weeks over fifteen Belize City youths attended a workshop on documentary storytelling. International filmmakers, The Fantauzzi Brothers, who are here on their annual pilgrimage, trained the youths in various aspects of filmmaking, from narrative development and cinematography to editing. Today, the aspiring filmmakers screened their individual projects. News Five caught up […]
Youth Voices has embarked on a yearlong program that seeks to inspire youths to write, speak, and complete video productions. The program funded by a U.S. State Department grant, has been nurturing the minds of its participants while keeping them from the city streets. This afternoon, the youths were treated to an internationally recognized and […]
On Wednesday night we told you about the spoken word summer camp that is using video and photos to tell stories. On Friday that camp will culminate with an exhibition of the students’ work and the hosting of world-renowned poet, Willie Perdomo. Perdomo is set to perform and display some of his works. Film maker […]
For the second year in a row Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Global Parish Project, is holding its Documentary Story-telling Summer Program. Over fifteen youths will learn photography and videography techniques to help tell their stories via Spoken Word. The youths started the summer camp a week ago and today News Five caught up […]
The Belize International Film Festival has grown significantly in its six years of existence with the addition of workshops, the big red carpet gala on opening night and this year, the Belize comedy tour. But the movies, documentaries and film making on a whole remain at the heart of it all. And while the actors […]
The Garifuna Collective and Umalali Women’s Group is back in Belize from Washington D.C. It was a particularly memorable tour for the group because they retraced the steps of their mentor, Andy Palacio. For the past two weeks the group participated in a music festival as a part of the Peace Corps fiftieth anniversary. Josh […]
Duets opens tonight and that will be followed by the grand opening of the annual film festival at the Bliss on Friday. This year a number of new activities have been incorporated so if you are a moviegoer, a writer, lover of comedy or you want to venture into film production; there’s something for you […]
From photography to art, there’s no lack of talent. Two young Belizean artists are collaborating with the Institute of Creative Arts to showcase their work. Today News Five met one of the artists, who hails from San Pedro and started painting a little over three years ago. Her passion and love for the visual art […]
The Institute of Creative Arts is holding the first ever Belize Design Week. The initiative is geared toward stimulating the interests of designers to continue producing local artistry for the local and international markets. Caribbean designer, Robert Young, whose line “The Cloth” is featured across the world, is a participant in the event. He says […]
There are spaces available for an exciting creative arts summer program so if you want to bring out your children’s hidden talents, you need to head out to the Bliss Centre. Registration is ongoing for the Summer Arts Institute 201, which will be teaching children ages seven and older how to dance, paint, sing and […]
On Tuesday night the National Festival of Arts kicked off at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts with riveting presentations by students from across the country. The audience was treated to performances in dance and music; both contemporary and traditional pieces were staged. If you missed it, well here’s snippet of the night’s presentations. {Highlights […]
Aurelio Martinez is in Belize as part of his Laru Beya world tour and tonight is the first of two concerts at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. The Honduran born artist is following closely in the footsteps of his mentor and has dedicated his latest album to the late Andy Palacio. The tour […]
This weekend Aurelio Martinez will be performing at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Aurelio is also in Belize to launch his most recent CD, which is dedicated to his close friend and icon, the late Andy Palacio. From Belize, Aurelio will continue on a world tour that will take him from the Caribbean, […]
Aurelio Martinez was featured on Andy Palacio’s Watina Album as a soulful accompaniment. Aurelio and his StoneTree Record Label Producer Ivan Duran recently returned to Belize to hold two shows at the Institute of Creative Arts this weekend. The album and tour called Laru Beya is expected to have the Bliss filled for two nights […]
We told you last week that a Belizean cuisine restaurant in Chicago would be featured on the Food Network’s hit show, Diners Drive-ins and Dives. The episode aired on Monday night and it definitely put our local dishes on the map as the host, Guy Fieri, as well as the patrons, had rave reviews about […]
The public opening of an art exhibition is taking place at the Mexican Institute tonight. It is showcasing the works of two Belizean artists, Lucky Chiang and Vivian Liu as part of a cultural exchange program between Belize and Mexico. The pieces take us into the hearts and minds of the two artists through different […]
Diverging perspectives on the state of race relations in the Jewel since Independence was at the centre of an educational forum at the Bliss Institute. Students from three tertiary level institutions; the University of Belize, Ecumenical Junior College and Galen University presented their research findings on the weighty topic of Social Cohesion in Belize’s Multi-Cultural […]
30/40 is the catchy name of an exhibition that opens on Friday night at the Image Factory. Thirty represents the three decades of Belize’s independence while forty is the number of years since the Art program began at S.J.C. On display are over five hundred pieces of art from S.J.C. and other schools including drawings, […]
Are you between the ages of eight and twelve years old? Do you have a keen interest in painting? Then you’d be interested in the fifteenth annual Mexican Children Painting Contest, which is open to Belizean students. This year the competition is being held under the theme “How do you imagine Tourist Destinations in Mexico?” […]
Earlier today, the Garifuna Collective and the Umalali Women’s Choir left for the U.S on tour. The group of more than thirty powerful voices from Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, have been keeping the Garifuna culture alive though a blend of their traditional music with modern influences. But they have been facing a challenging time and […]
Culture by definition is the knowledge and values shared by a society. But in Belize, you don’t need a dictionary to know what it is; you simply have to look around. That was especially evident today at a multi-cultural fair held by the University of Belize, where students and teachers sported their best cultural attire […]
The various cultures that make up the Belizean society were in full display at the Holy Redeemer Primary School today. Whether you love rice and beans, chow mein or if you can’t resist punta, you could find a taste of the uniqueness of the Jewel. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Cultural integration […]
