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Rosé Picnic Toronto 2024

The Rosé Picnic and Summer Solstice Party at Hotel X

The annual Rose Picnic Toronto 2024 took place on Hotel X grounds on June 22 – beautiful pink-adorned picnickers enjoyed rosé and other wines and beverages along with food and products curated with a pink plus Caribbean theme.  It was preceded by the Summer Solstice Party. With Barbados being a major sponsor, attendees were greeted…

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UWI Toronto Benefit Awards 2024

UWI Toronto Benefit Awards 2024 dazzled the Ritz Carlton on Saturday, April 20, 2024.  The 15th Annual University of the West Indies (UWI) Toronto Benefit Awards brings together corporate, public and individual supporters for an inspiring evening of giving, sharing and celebrating.  The event supports a scholarship fund for outstanding academic achievers in the Caribbean,…

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Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2022 Shines!

Martin Luther King had a dream!  In 1967, so did the creators of Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2022 – to showcase Caribbean Canadian culture in Canada! The result was called Caribana which they based on the huge and exciting Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.  The founders of Caribana envisioned it as a gift of culture to Canada. …

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Toronto Caribbean Carnival aka Caribana 2019

Martin Luther King had a dream!  In 1967, so did the creators of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival – to showcase Caribbean Canadian culture in Canada! The result was called Caribana which they based on the huge and exciting Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.  The founders of Caribana envisioned it as a gift of culture to Canada.  This…

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Luminato 2019 – Obeah Opera

Obeah Opera is a stunning rhythmic opera of the Salem witch trials told from the perspective of the young Caribbean slave Tituba who experienced it.  Asah Productions – A Nicole Brooks Vision presented it from June 18 – 22, 2019 at the Fleck Dance Theatre as part of Luminato.   14 women, 5 men, and 2…

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Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival aka Caribana 2018

Martin Luther King had a dream!  In 1967, so did the creators of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival – to showcase Caribbean Canadian culture in Canada! The result was called Caribana which they based on the huge and exciting Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.  The founders of Caribana envisioned it as a gift of culture to Canada.  This…

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Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival aka Caribana 2018

Martin Luther King had a dream!  In 1967, so did the creators of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival – to showcase Caribbean Canadian culture in Canada! The result was then called Caribana which they based on the huge and exciting Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.  The founders of Caribana envisioned it as a gift of culture to Canada. …

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