As a middle-aged Bermudian who found poetry within these shores growing up, Alan Smith and Andra Simons are iconic figures to me. They were the most notable voices speaking metaphor, and beauty, and bitterness, and…
By Vejay Steede
“The crew that started Chewstick waaaayy back in 2002 had been performing as aspiring rappers since they were kids, and, no doubt, the need for an organization like Chewstick was firmly established then.” – taken…
“Bermudian Poet. I am he. Bermudian Poet. I am we.” This is the opening declaration of Stephan Johnstone and Marq Rodriguez’s newest endeavour – Bermudian Poet. The project premiered at the Bermuda Society of the…
By Karla Ingemann “Art is a lens through which the culture may be interpreted, through which we derive an understanding of the past and present, and perhaps even gain a glimpse of the future.” Ok,…
Eric Bean Jr is a phenomenal dancer. Blessed with a lithe form that he can bend and shape into spectacular postures at will; even coming to the artform at the relatively late age of 15-years-old…
On the ‘Mount Rushmore’ of great Bermudian dancers, proudly sitting to the immediate left of the iconic Gombey mask, is Suzette Harvey – a young lady who took Bermuda’s dance scene to stratospheric heights when…
I recall climbing the stairs to get to the apartment above Richardson’s Restaurant (where Amis Funeral Home is now located), on North Shore. Somewhat nervous, we were there to visit my relative who we called…