By Jasminee Sahoye From Westmoreland, Jamaica, to Toronto, Canada, the journey for Torrence Abebe Crooks has been one of liberating creativity that manifests itself in one-of-a-kind clothing designs. Today, Crooks who arrived in Canada at age four, is putting his creative thinking into fashion design through his label, ABEBE. At the recent WESRO Changing Lives […]
By Michael Lashley I rejoice every time I see “young people” who give off the shiny halo of feeling happy and successful. Let us look at children, teenagers and others in their twenties and thirties who are enjoying life. What makes them tick? What makes Quincy Bullen such a joy of a jazz musician? Is […]
By Dave Douglas Kernal ‘Kitch’ Roberts wears many hats and is about to try out a new one. Roberts, son of world-famous calypsonian Lord Kitchener, is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer known throughout the Caribbean and beyond as the man with the Midas touch, the man with the golden pen and the Clive Davis […]
Toronto-based musician, composer and arts educator Joy Lapps recently clipped one of the five spots given by the Toronto Arts Council for the Artist in the Library residency program and those who want to enjoy steel pan will benefit. The council and Toronto Public Library partnership awarded four artists and one arts organization programming grants […]
