Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Jean-Michel Lapin announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18, that the national carnival would take place…
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Arts & Culture
Brooklyn Haitian Community Pays Homage to Toto Bissainthe
By Tequila Minsky BROOKLYN – The late Toto Bissainthe was better known as a sultry singer in her more than…
Arts & Culture, Haiti, News
U.S. returns cultural and historical artifacts to Haiti
Friday Feb. 14, as a result of the largest operation to recover cultural property in the entire history of the…
Arts & Culture, Events
Krewe Du Kanaval Honors The Haitian Roots Of New Orleans
It’s Mardi Gras season and in North America, no celebration is more famous than the one put on by the…
Arts & Culture, Immigrant Voices
Chidelson Philippe uses his pen for the cause of Haitian migrants in Brazil
Chidelson Philippewrites a winning poem titled Evitar exceso in Portuguese (Avoid the excess) in which he calls for tolerance towards…
Arts & Culture, Haiti, Spotlight
Haitian filmmakers open a film school in Haiti
Ralphden Laurent, Edmond Wilson and Wood-Jerry Gabriel three former students of Ciné Institute, a film school based in Jacmel, came…
Arts & Culture, festivals conferences, Haiti
Carnival 2020 underway
On Tuesday Feb.4, the national carnival organization committee comprised of 17 members were presented in a ceremony at the Marriott…
Arts & Culture, Haitians In America
Edwidge Danticat awarded 2020 Vilcek Foundation Prize
Tuesday Feb.3, the Vilcek Foundation announced Edwidge Danticat as the winner of the 2020 Vilcek Foundation Prize in the Arts…
Arts & Culture, Spotlight
Adoptive mother pens book for children
Haiti to Chile: six thousand kilometers to be a mother of heart, is the name of the book by Marjorie…
Arts & Culture
Voodoo Ceremonies and Cross-Cultural Jams: Inside Jackson Browne’s All-Star Haiti Benefit LP
Over the decades, Browne has found himself in some unusual situations linked to his music: singing in a jail cell…