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Get ready for the Second Annual Club Zed Playwrights Festival, hosted by the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) from May 14-17, 2025! Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) is Canada’s longest running theatre company dedicated to the works of Black and diasporic communities. The company strives to create greater cross-cultural understanding by challenging its audience and the status quo. Expanding the representation of Black Canadian artists, BTW bridges cultural divides – uniting hearts, minds and communities. BTW’s community focused Club Zed Festival, which is now in its second year, is dedicated to nurturing the voices of Black Canadian playwrights through a Black perspective. With …

I’ve a few questions to ask my readers. Do you put up a Christmas tree in your house in December? Do you eat turkey during Thanksgiving weekend? Do you buy Chocolate and Flowers for your loved ones duringValentine’s Day? I bet the majority of my readers will reply, Yes! If thats the case, have you ever stopped and ask yourself why? Despite your race, religion, culture or background we come from, we tend to follow traditions and adapt habits without truly knowing the meaning or history behind it. I myself am willing to confess to doing the same. Just last …

This carnival season in Trinidad the Soca scene has been set ablaze by producer Mike S’Obrien popularly known as Stemz and the track “Carry It,” featuring Bunji Garlin. And now, fans are spoiled for choice after international superstar Nicki Minaj jumped on the remix boosting the track globally. The track was intended to be a nostalgic tribute to fetes and parties from « back in the day. » Stemz describes “Carry It” as a song that grew organically, touching the ground with its nostalgic and historical essence. Initially, he did not create it with the intention of being a road …

The 2025 Trinidad & Tobago Carnival season has ended and left us with a lot of historical events. For some life may be returning to normal for most of us but for many Soca artistes, foreigners, International DJs and myself, knows that spreading the love of Carnival and Soca has only just begun. This year Grenadian Soca artists had surely made an impact during the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival season. Also the first soca artist to perform in Montreal will be Lil Natty & Thunder on Friday 21st March. So for all who has been waiting, here’s the results for …

In A Different Hurricane, H. Nigel Thomas weaves a story where the storm is both a literal force—it’s set during the week that Hurricane Irma hits the Caribbean—and a its also a metaphor for the inner storms that rage within and around his characters and their choices. The story explores themes of societal pressure, the cost of conformity and identity. Growing up in neighbouring villages on the tiny island nation of St Vincent, teenage best friends Gordon and Allen are secret lovers until they are forced apart their community’s traditional expectations and their fear of how others will react. They each …

As Montreal breaks historical snowfall record with back to back snowstorm, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is heating up. This year seems to be the most competitive carnival in a while as Soca Monarch is back and rebranded “Ultimate Soca Champion, Machel Montano is a Chutney Soca Monarch finalist and number one contender for Road March. Great news! Montreal popular online Soca mix title “Soca In Yuh 514” Volume 3 is now available on www.soundcloud.com. Ultimate Soca Champion brings the energy and passion of Soca to life as new talents and seasoned performers face off in an epic competition.The semi finals …

Island Scoop is your one-stop article for Soca news during the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago Carnival season which will take place from 3rd to 4th March. So what has been going on since the last issue! This Carnival season Nicki Minaj is featured on the intro of Trinidad Killa’s song ‘Eskimo and promises a verse after one million youtube views. Also Ultimate Soca Champion competition is here to replace International Soca Monarch. First let’s congratulate Trinidad Killa, Pronto, Dori Cowan, Kyle Peters and the full team who put the Soca hit title “Eskimo” together, and a special salute to Nicki …

First and foremost, I would like to wish all the Montreal Community Contact readers a Happy and prosperous New year. Trinidad & Tobago Carnival season is in full bloom and Island Scoop will become your one-stop shop for Soca news during this season. Trinidad and Tobago Carnival will take place from 3rd to 4th March 2025 and I believe this the year of “Showing Gratitude”. The simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other and that’s why in this issue I would like to showcase Michael S’obrian and Lance Cadogan. These two Montrealer’s have been contributing towards …

As we are in the heart of the Christmas season. Here’s some reasons why Christmas is my favourite season. There’re parties aplenty. I can finally rock my ugly Christmas sweater. I get to spend time with. family and friends. Shopping, eating, drinking and more. Everyone is in a great mood, and I can enjoy my own yearly traditions such as my 18th Annual Christmas Day Radio Show titled “Island Riddims”. Island Riddims Christmas show will be live at the Radio stations CKUT 90.3FM. This Annual Christmas Day Show title “Island Riddims” will be airing live on CKUT 90.3FM from 9am …

Desirée Zagbai – Local Journalism Initiative   Marie-Danielle Duval draws inspiration from novels such as Sula by Toni Morrison and All About Love by Bell Hooks. She creates paintings and sculptures that evoke the importance of Black women’s identities and the different aspects of romantic relationships. Her recent exhibition, Cultiver l’amour explores these various topics. Duval has been a visual artist for five years. She knew she wanted to become one when she realized she could express her thoughts uniquely. “Arts was the only thing that gave me this kind of liberty to talk about everything, without censures, without boundaries,” …