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In her new book The Other Side, Jennifer Higgie pays tribute to celebrated and lesser-known women artists whose work intersected with the occult.

Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Ian Gooding-Edghill, presents a painting to Neil and Sandra McRoberts at the Loyal Visitors Reception, at I ...

So much to do and see during Crop Over festival in Barbados, writes Leah Mahon.

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has an array of activities lined up for this Yultide Season aimed at pushing the products and services of local artists…

Yesterday, President Joe Biden proclaimed today as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a celebration of the lives and culture of Native Americans across the country. Here in Billings, they have a celebration. But this year, it seemed noticeably absent.

Export Barbados and the Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology hosted a high-level delegation recently from the Co-operative Republic of…

Ancient DNA shows humans settled Caribbean in 2 distinct waves A photo provided by Sapienza Archaeo-Anthropological Mission showing excavation of the Juan Dolio archaeological site in Punta Rucia, Dominican Republic. About 2,500 years ago, the archaeological record shows, there was a drastic shift in the cultural life of the Caribbean. Sapienza Archaeo-Anthropological Mission via The New York Times. by Carl Zimmer (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- When Dr. Juan Aviles went to school in Puerto Rico, teacher...

Ancient DNA Shows Humans Settled Caribbean in 2 Distinct Waves Millions of people living on the islands today inherited genes from the people who made them home before Europeans arrived. Taíno ceramic vessels from eastern Dominican Republic, circa A.D. 1400.Credit...Menno Hoogland/Leiden University Dec. 23, 2020 When Dr. Juan Aviles went to school in Puerto Rico, teachers taught him that the original people of the island, the Taino, vanished soon after Spain colonized it. Violence, disease and...