MLK Jr. Cultural Dinner featuring Karine Jean-Pierre, January 30, 2026

Event Registration opens on Wednesday, November 5 at 10 a.m. and is required. Deadline is January 16, 2026, or until sold out. COST: Seats are $25 for students and $35 for non-students. Student meal plan holders may use a meal swipe to make a...

A Taste of Martinique: Wrecks, Reefs, and Rum

On my first night in Martinique, I ate lionfish ceviche to the sound of soothing surf and a man in short shorts pouring rum as if it were holy water. It was an introduction I hadn’t expected, especially on a dive trip. If I had to describe...

Palais de Tokyo Says Martinique Flag Artwork Could Be “Illegal” 

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Martinique emerges as the Caribbean’s next luxury villa hotspot

Martinique is redefining Caribbean luxury travel with a new wave of ultra-exclusive villas that fuse French sophistication, world-class service, and unrivaled privacy. Fast emerging as the region’s premier destination for discerning travelers, the...

Cuba receives award for Best Cultural Destination in the Caribbean

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 21 (ACN) For the fifth consecutive time, Cuba has received the award for Best Cultural Destination in the Caribbean at the World Travel Awards, Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla emphasized today. On X, Rodríguez...

From Martinique to New York: On the Trailblazing Career of Paulette Nardal

If the United Nations represented an expansion of human rights discourse in the global world order, then its establishment served to bolster Black Americans’ resolve to agitate for rights and freedom on behalf of all colonized and oppressed...

2025 Kweyòl 5K Run Powered by Lucozade Unites Culture, Fitness, and Community

The St. Lucia Athletics Association (SLAA) once again delivered an outstanding sporting and cultural experience with the hosting of the 2025 Kweyòl 5K Run powered by Lucozade on Sunday, October 19, 2025. The event attracted more than 75...

Cruise Arrivals Continue to Surge in Martinique

Cruise tourism in Martinique is climbing at a strong pace in 2025, with the French Caribbean island reporting 216,641 cruise passengers from January through June — a 15.5 percent increase over the same period in 2024. The growth underscores...

Bear festivals to baguettes: France's world recognised cultural heritage

As cheesemakers call for Camembert to be recognised on UNESCO's list of 'intangible cultural heritage', The Local looks at all of the other French customs and traditions that have made the list. A group of French cheese enthusiasts known as the...

The Saint-Pierre, Martinique Doomsday—and the One Man Who Survived

Dylan Thuras: Hey, Baudelaire, how’s it going? Baudelaire Ceus: How you doing, Dylan? Dylan: I’m good. You’re in the studio. It’s fun to see you in the like real recording studio. Baudelaire: Yeah, you know, it’s nice to come into the city, feel...

Creole and Cultural Ambassador Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles is hopeful the National Creole Consultation will determine a way forward for the creole culture

Creole and Cultural Ambassador Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles is hoping the October 16 National Creole Consultation will determine a way forward for the creole culture. Representatives from Trinidad, Haiti, St Lucia, Martinique and Dominica are expected to...

The magic and miracle of education   

On 27 September 2025, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell addressed the United Nations under the theme of “Better Together.” His speech focused on the value of education, accurately describing it as a “lifeline” and as a “bridge between...

Here comes  D’ Movement

The date is now official for the launch of Grenada’s newest political party called D’Movement. It will be Sunday, November 16 at the Grenada Trade Center at Morne Rouge, St George’s. The new party has a major task on its hand to reverse the...

Falvey Hosts Damas-Césaire Lecture

On Monday, Oct. 27, the Africana Studies Department, in collaboration with the Falvey Library, French and Francophone Studies, Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, along with several other departments, hosted the annual...

Palais de Tokyo removes Cameron Rowland’s Martinican Flag from façade [updated]

The Palais de Tokyo in Paris has removed Cameron Rowland’s Replacement (2025) from its façade. The work, which was commissioned for the ongoing exhibition ECHO DELAY REVERB curated by Naomi Beckwith, consisted of installing a Martinican flag where...

2025 Historic Hotels of America® Annual Awards of Excellence Winners Announced

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 31, 2025-- Historic Hotels of America® is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Historic Hotels of America Annual Awards of Excellence. Historic Hotels of America is the official program of the National Trust...

T&T sends off 8 hurricane relief supply containersJamaica dear to my heart, says PM

Senior Reporter [email protected] Eight 40-foot containers packed with relief supplies were expected to leave the Port of Point Lisas yesterday evening for hurricane-hit Jamaica, as Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar sent her love and support...

Official kickoff of SARSEA Project

The Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) project was officially launched on 28 October in St Lucia, in the presence of numerous government, institutional and scientific representatives from across the Caribbean...

OECS kicks off SARSEA project to tackle Sargassum in the Caribbean

The Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) project was officially launched on 28 October in Saint Lucia, in the presence of numerous government, institutional and scientific representatives from across the Caribbean...

Official kickoff of the SARSEA Project: Enhanced Regional Cooperation to tackle the Challenge of Sargassum in the Caribbean

The Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) project was officially launched on 28 October in Saint Lucia, in the presence of numerous government, institutional and scientific representatives from across the Caribbean...