02172023 WEEKEND

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B-HUMANE AWARDS

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Friday, February 17, 2023

The Weekend Fashion Report Brit Awards 2023

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

FAIL Jodie Turner-Smith

Karin says: “She looks like a 1970’s disco queen. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. I absolutely adore the hair. The silver lamé dress…she can pull it off, of course, but it also looks a bit of a complicated mess. I bet she needed instructions on how to get into it. And the beaded necklace is pure overkill.”

Cara says: “I want to like it. I see where she was trying to go – sexy Black ‘70s-inspired goddess. Unfortunately, she got lost along the way and now looks like she’s just wearing a shiny torn trash bag instead. These metallic dresses simply do nothing for me.”

HIT Harry Styles

Karin says: “How very divaesque of him! The flares, both at the waist and at the bottom of the trousers, are also very ‘70s. But he looks good in this velvet tux. Could the floral decoration around his neck have been slightly smaller? Yes. But then he wouldn’t have gotten all the attention he’s been getting.”

Cara says: “I wonder if we will see some daring Bahamian grooms go all out and copy this look. I like it – from the oversized corsage to the flared pants to the bare chest. It’s just a fun but not too ridiculous take on a classic tux.”

FAIL Jessie J

Karin says: “She said she was inspired by Rihanna’s bumpbaring maternity fashion, but this just doesn’t deliver like that did. I like the big ruffle coat, and the crop top style is fine, but the textured material of both the top and the skintight leggings just cheapens this outfit.

Cara says: “I just don’t like it. I’m not against showing off the bump, but it’s just not a cute look. The pants way too tight, the top looks like it’s choking her, and the sleeves just seem like she’s trying too hard... not a fan.”

FAIL Sam Smith

Karin says: “On the one hand I’m glad someone is having fun and being ridiculous with fashion, but on the other hand this just feels like another attention-grabbing stunt. The pumped-up latex bodysuit really crosses the line from fashion (it certainly isn’t wearable) to an installation piece. But he certainly went viral.”

Cara says: “My son saw this pic on my screen and asked why that man is wearing upside down Mickey Mouse ears, and honestly, I can’t come up with anything better than that. Sam, why? We were not feeling it.”

SPLIT

Salma Hayek

Karin says: “Salma was channelling her inner rockstar with this outfit, which consisted of an Alexander McQueen form-fitting bustier and skirt designed to look like a repurposed moto jacket. The fishnet stockings, of course, made the ensemble. I liked it, but am not 100% sure it suited her.”

Cara says: “We are seeing s lot of this black leather look on the red carpet, and let’s be honest, Salma can wear anything and look gorgeous. I don’t love the dress, but yeah, she looks great. It may not be her usual style, but she kinda pulls it off.”

(Photos by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

First-time author bares her soul in “From Adultery To Ministry”

By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features Writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net

Bahamian baker-turned-author Tracey Pritchard gets extremely personal in her debut as a writer. Although she admits it was “terrifying” to bare her soul in her first book, she doesn’t shy away from sharing her personal journey from being an adulteress to finding healing and faith.

Her book, “From Adultery To Ministry”, tells the story of woman who was not always honest in her relationship, but who has since given her life to Jesus and made walking in purity a priority.

She told Tribune Weekend that the book sounds the alarm on the damaging effects extramarital affairs can have on a person, a relationship and the community. It also highlights how a faithful spouse may become complacent in meeting their partner’s needs.

“I walked through my process of therapy as I healed from past traumas and family dysfunctions. This book allows people to know that with Jesus Christ we can truly become better versions of ourselves and no longer walk in shame and condemnation,” said Tracey.

A baker by profession and the founder of the Purpose Sisters movement that focuses on every woman and Jesus, Tracey said she never thought in a million years she would become an author.

“The inspiration for this book came while in a quiet time of prayer. I heard God whisper ‘From Adultery to Ministry’ and I thought I must have heard wrong, but God repeated it to me and said that’s the name of the book. As a believer, I know when we answer the call of God in our life, we don’t get to choose which part of our lives we decide to put on display, and this just happens to be the story He wanted to be told,” she said.

Tracey said writing the book was terrifying, and there were a few times that she second-guessed if this was really what God wanted her to do. However, when she thought about how many lives could be impacted by her telling her story, she was motivated to continue.

“It’s never easy putting yourself on display, especially in a culture that can be very cruel, but I believe by telling my story so many people will be freed from the bondage of their past. The name of the book is definitely divine. I had no hand in coming up with the name, I just used exactly what God gave me,” she said.

“ ‘From Adultery to Ministry’ is indeed my first book and I was over the moon when I saw it go live on Amazon for the first time. Up to this day I still put the title in the Amazon search and stare in amazement that this is my book. I felt so proud of myself for my courage to complete it.”

The main message of the book, she said, is to know that no matter what sin you find yourself

struggling with, God is able to bring you through it once you fully surrender to Him.

“The response from the book has been mind-blowing. I never thought my story would be making this type of an impact. I’m getting reviews every day of how the book is bringing healing to those who found themselves in the (similar) situations, whether its adultery, other sexual sins, out of control emotions or struggling with their faith,” she said.

In addition to writing, Tracey currently hosts a Saturday morning prayer call and a YouTube series called “Purpose Sisters Joyrides”.

“I hope to write more and continue in the path that God has set for me,” said Tracey.

“From Adultery to Ministry” is now available on Amazon in both the Kindle e-book format and paperback. The books can also be purchased personally from Tracey by e-mailing adulterytominstrybook@gmail.com or contacting “Tracey Philippa” on Facebook and on Instagram.

TRACEY signs copies of her new book

TRACEY Pritchard

Heather Hodgson Kosoy

An actress by passion, this Canadian native is bringing a rip-roaring comedy to the Bahamian stage for a good cause. She tells Cara Hunt about her acting journey and what led her to these shores.

Several years ago, Heather Hodgson Kosoy found herself at a crossroads in her life. She could, as was the original plan, sit the Canadian bar exam, or she could go to acting school and fulfil a long-held dream.

“I knew that if I pursued a law degree, I would spend the rest of my Iife wondering, ‘What if’,” she told Tribune Weekend.

The decision to follow her heart and pursue an acting career is one she has never regretted.

Heather’s acting career has been quite fulfilling. She has performed across Canada on a variety of stages and as a company member of both Drayton Entertainment and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

She has also been featured in a variety of Canadian and American film and television productions, including a recurring role in CityTV’s awardwinning television series “Meet the Family” and the award-winning short film “Pink”, of which she also executive producer.

“Acting has always been something that I wanted to do. It is something that is just deep in my soul. It’s a passion and just makes me come alive. I love that feeling of being able to transport an audience some place,” she said.

And this weekend, Heather hopes to do just that.

She will be starring in the stage play “The Long Weekend” by Norm Foster, directed by Chris McHarge and produced by Heather’s 2Hoops Productions. Proceeds from the comedy benefit will go towards the Bahamas National Trust, the Bahamas Feeding Network and Lend A Hand.

The the two-act, two-hour comedy (with a 20-minute intermission) also stars Bahamian attorney and actor D Sean Nottage, playwright and actor Stephen Sparks, whose host of TV credits include “Warehouse 13” and “Lost Girl”, and Alison Lawrence, who most recently appeared in Amazon Prime’s “The Lake”, and was seen in “Ghosts” (CBS) and “Murdoch Mysteries” (CBC).

The comedy is about two couples who during an “unplugged” weekend see the true nature of their relationships come to the surface. The four so-called ‘best friends’ slowly discover how they really feel about each other. The play is full of non-stop, mischievous fun and scrumptious plot twists, and there are plenty of surprises.

“It’s very funny,” Heather said. “You will laugh out loud. In fact, we estimate that the play will last about 15 minutes longer than the script to accommodate the laugh breaks.

“There is nothing depressing about this script and that is something that people really need now, because things have been so challenging recently; the play is just a great escape,” she said.

The play was a long time coming. It was originally scheduled to run March 2020. But the pandemic put the brakes on the project.

“We were four days into rehearsal when the clock stopped, “she said.

“We had to figure out how to get the actors out of the Bahamas instead of how to get them ready for the show,” she said.

Despite the long delay, Heather said it was easy to get back into character.

“We did have to recast one of the actresses because of scheduling conflicts, but it was easy to pick back up and have everything fall back into place.”

Heather also serves as a producer for the play, which has been a fun and challenging aspect of bringing the production to the stage.

“Usually, I get up around 6am and do a lot of the production work and get that out of the way before we start rehearsals. Producing and performing are like apples and oranges,” she explained.

“Performing is a lot more instructual and producing is more analytical.”

It’s not Heather’s first time producing and starring in a production in the Bahamas.

In 2019, she co-produced “The Love List” with Atlantis, a comedy that sold out night after night.

And just how did the Canadian native end up on the Bahamian stage?

“I fell in love,” she joked.

She met her husband, David Kosoy, a Bahamian resident and president of New Providence Capital Management, in 2014 while he was visiting Canada and eventually followed him back the Bahamas for a visit, and then just never left.

While Heather has acted for both the stage and TV, she said theatre will always be her first love.

“The theatre is just a living, breathing creature. TV and film are alive but just in a different way,” she said.

One of her favourite TV appearances was the Canadian reality show “Meet the Parents”.

It is a hidden camera show where prospective suitors meet their partners’ parents who pretend that they are crazy.

“It was a lot of improv and was just a lot of fun to play one of the parents,” she said,

Heather said she enjoys feeding off her audience; something that can only happen during live performances.

“Although I can and have done drama, comedy is my favourite.”

“The Long Weekend” will also be comedy with a purpose. Production

this weekend in history

February 17

• In 1904, Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” premieres at La Scala theatre in Milan, and it becomes one the most frequently performed operas. Based on a short story and a play by the same name, it tells the story of American sailor in Nagasaki, Japan, who marries and abandons a young Japanese geisha known as Madame Butterfly.

• In 1972, the Volkswagen Beetle overtakes Ford’s famous Model T as world’s best-selling car when 15,007,034th vehicle

A SCENE from ‘The Long Weekend’ benefits the Bahamas National Trust, the Bahamas Feeding Network and Lend a Hand Bahamas.

Each of the non-profit organisations will have one night during the nine-night run with all net proceeds

to its cause from the barbequing and backbiting comedy.

It’s being staged at the Atlantis Theatre. Opening night was yesterday evening and the play runs nightly (except for Monday,

February 18

February 20) until Saturday, February 25.

It starts at 7.30pm and is intended for audiences 13 years or older. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Atlantis box office.

CHARLOTTE May Pierstorff

comes off the assembly line, breaking a world car production record held for more than four decades. The first designs for the Beetle were done by AustroBohemian automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche in the 1930s at the behest Adolf Hitler to create a compact, reliable and affordable car for the people.

• In 1546, Martin Luther, the German priest, theologian and leader of the Protestant Reformation, dies at age 62 in Eisleben, Saxony. His “95 Theses,” which put forth two central beliefs – that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds – sparked the Reformation in 1517, resulting in the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and the Roman Catholic Church.

• In 1930, Pluto, which was once believed to be the ninth planet, is discovered at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, by astronomer Clyde W Tombaugh. Today, we know that Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.

February 19

• In 1872, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opens to the public. It later becomes one of the foremost museums in the world. It had founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens –businessmen and financiers as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day. In 1880, the museum moved to its current site in Central Park. The original Gothic-Revival-style building has been greatly expanded in size since then, and the various additions now completely surround the original structure.

• In 1914, five-year old Charlotte May Pierstorff (who weighed 48.5 pounds or 22.0 kg) is mailed by parcel post on a train from Grangeville, Idaho, to her grandparents’ house 73 miles away in Lewiston, Idaho. After the incident, American parcel post regulations were changed to prohibit the shipment of humans.

TOdAY’S TARGeT

Best described as a number crossword, the task in Kakuro is to fill all of the empty squares, using numbers 1 to 9, so the sum of each horizontal block equals the number to its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the number on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Kakuro increases from Monday to Sunday.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

Across

1 Quarrel has bearing on the French (6)

4 Drink calmed us when upset (8)

9 Highballs for slipshod enthusiasts? (6)

10 Devastated Iran starts being bitter about pollution (4,4)

12 Innocuous meat preparation (4)

13 A bit of exercise? (5)

14 Where needles are kept just in case (4)

17 Sometimes it puts us completely in the shade (5,7)

20 In sound condition though possibly highly strung (3,2,1,6)

23 Almost get to every one (4)

24 Part of church left for contemplation (5)

25 A number of us scowl (4)

28 The painting represents type of resistance patriot (8)

29 Group of players the French keep together (6)

30 Like a shattering snore by a worker? (8)

31 Dolly’s involved in marine insurance (6)

Down

1 Exhibit doubt when the tea is freshly brewed (8)

2 Vessel with an officer and any other sailor (8)

3 See about learning (4)

5 Not prepared to grow crops (12)

6 Laws the expert may break (4)

7 Want to disguise hatred (6)

8 Pulse fast - 49? (6)

11 Announcement from the Roman Capitol (12)

15 Nails badly finished off (5)

16 Meat jelly made with a non-Eastern spice (5)

18 Dilatory perhaps but performed with skill (8)

19 Many employees are students (8)

21 Moderate disposition (6)

22 He had high-flying ambition but became unstuck (6)

26 It’s very hard but laundrymaids do it (4)

27 Bird run over by train (4)

Across

SMAll CROSSWORd

SMAll CROSSWORd

ACROSS

Good 14; very good 21; excellent 27 (or more). Solution next Saturday.

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so the each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday

For today’s solution call: 0907 181 2583 *Calls

lAST SATURdAY’S SOlUTION

ACROSS 1 Boundary, 6 ring, 8 Erase, 11 midday, 12 Cats, 14 Pat, 15 Packs, 16 Lid, 17 Stir, 19 method, 20 Tease, 21 Tree, 22 Tridents.

dOWN 1 Bracelets, 2 Unit, 3 dedicated, 4 ray, 5 Centuries, 7 Imagine, 9 ranks, 10 Seaside, 13 Saves, 18 Torn, 19 mar.

Yesterday’s Easy Solution

Across: 1 Stint, 4 Magical, 8 Pen, 9 Any day now, 10 Indulge, 11 Husky, 13 Grumpy, 15 Scrape, 18 Deter, 19 Insular, 21 Easygoing, 23 Ash, 24 Masonry, 25 Tokay.

Down: 1 Sapling, 2 In no doubt, 3 Trail, 4 Mayhem, 5 Graphic, 6 Can, 7 Lowly, 12 Small talk, 14 Paragon, 16 Earthly, 17 Airily, 18 Dream, 20 Sight, 22 SOS.

Yesterday’s Cryptic Solution

Across: 1 Carry, 4 Refusal, 8 Mid, 9 Advisedly, 10 Amnesia, 11 Incur, 13 Deadly, 15 Angler, 18 Attic, 19 Drawing, 21 Billiards, 23 Ape, 24 Engages, 25 Needs.

Down: 1 Command, 2 Redundant, 3 Years, 4 Reveal, 5 Fashion, 6 Sad, 7 Layer, 12 Cultivate, 14 Licking, 16 Regress, 17 Adores, 18 Amble, 20 Arson, 22 Log.

EASY PUZZLE

1 Farming handtool for cutting (6)

4 Make used to (8)

9 Handbook (6)

10 Habitual criminal (8)

12 Askew (4)

13 Think fit (5)

14 Run away (4)

17 Shrewd bargaining (5-7)

20 Fiercely (5,3,4)

25

Down

1 Compassion (8)

2 Extreme opposite (8)

3 Shakespearean king (4)

5 Passed to different owner (7,5)

6 Threatening (4)

7 Thing of little value (6)

8 Musical miscellany (6)

11 A frank talk (5-2-5)

15 Lure into a trap (5)

16 Slyly derogatory (5)

18 Unlikely story (4,4)

19 Inopportune (3-5)

21 Concealed marksman (6)

22 Powerful in effect (6)

26 Determination (4)

27 Complain pettily (4)

1 Difficulties (8)

6 Pack (4)

8 Celtic language (5)

THE ALPHABEATER

lAST SATURdAY’S SOlUTION

11 Letters at the beginning of a word (6)

12 Exam (4)

14 Curve (3)

15 Tag (5)

16 Stupid person (3)

17 Long-necked bird (4)

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19 Fighting implement (6)

cAn you crack the Alphabeater? each grid number represents a letter – or black square. As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet is used. But you have to complete the grid too! use the given letters and black squares below the grid to start. the grid is ‘rotationally symmetrical’ – in other words, it looks the same if you turn the page upside down. Solution tomorrow

ergo gamer gaper gear germ goer gore gram gramme grape grope groper mare moper more ogre opera ormer pager pare parr pear perm pore pram proem

20 Intended (5)

21 Creative pursuits (4)

22 Gifts (8)

HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? in making a word, each letter may be used once only. each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. no plurals. Verb forms ending in s permitted.

DOWN

pROGRAMMe prom rage rammer ramp rape rare ream reap rear rearm remora repro roam roar roger romp romper rope

TODAY’S TARGET

1 Farm plots (anag.) (9)

Good 26; very good 39; excellent 52 (or more). Solution tomorrow

2 Rowing blades (4)

3 Rescue vessels (9)

Yesterday’s Sudoku Answer

call 0907 181 2585 for today’s target solution

4 Blend together (3)

5 A dimension (9)

Yesterday’s Kakuro Answer

TARGET BATTLESHIPS

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7 Control machinery (7)

9 Ascends (5)

10 Maid, for example (7)

13 Snatched (5)

18 Threadbare (4)

19 Conflict (3)

FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off.

Solution tomorrow

2345678910

Call 0907 181 2586 for today’s Target solution *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. All puzzles use The Chambers Dictionary

● Alternatively, for six Extra Letter clues to your mobile, text DXBEAT to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus your usual operator

WORD BUILDER

Answer the clues so that each word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus or minus one.

New author pens positive stories about Overthe-Hill

There is good news coming from the Over-the-Hill community, but far too often it is not documented. Hence, for a few years, former news reporter Hadassah Deleveaux (née Hall) tapped into the large pool of positive people in this neighbourhood and has made her conversations with them more permanent by publishing a book.

The book, “Over the Hill...The Other Side”, is a compilation of factual short stories. Some of the individuals featured have since moved away from the community, but still have businesses there, family, attend church or they were born and still reside there.

“In my book, blood baths, drug busts and poverty, violence and brokenness have been pushed aside in favour of stories that bring to light positive vibes from the heart of Over-the-Hill.

“I’m not turning a blind eye to the social ills that exist, however, it’s not the whole story,” said Hadassah, who herself grew up Over-the-Hill and still has deep roots there.

Each of the book’s stories stands on its own, has its own narrative footing, but what threads these stories together is the theme of the good came from Over- the Hill and still resides there.

“I take readers on a journey beginning with my cobbler at Sidney and Son on Market Street to KLM Designs, owned by a college graduate in Big Pond, who is one of the most creative hat and fascinator designers locally, to two coffee shops - one in Englerston and one off East Street. This book is about community; a few untold stories of the Over-the-Hill community,” she said.

Hadassah, who spent 10 years in news - inclusive of print and broadcast media - recalled when the idea of writing a book first came to her mind.

“I started with a blog, but in December 2021, while in a kitchen, out of no where I got the word to turn my blog into a book. It just dropped in my spirit,” she said.

In the book, Hadassah writes about Stephen McPhee who grew up in Black Village and went on to become a school principal and is today a union leader. She also chronicles the story of former leader of the Border Boys gang, Valentino

‘Scrooge’ Brown, who is now a community activist and has a radio show called ‘Over the Hill’. Further, she took a personal tour and behind the scenes look at St Martin Monastery on Nassau Street.

During the interview process, she said, she got to pull back the curtain on fascinating lives, while in some cases, deepening her understanding of history.

“One of my favourite stories was of Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King, who grew up in Big Pond, sold newspapers to pay for lunch, uniforms and exams, who slept on the floor with his grandmother, but who has such an indomitable spirit, rising to become the Commander of this national institution,” said Hadassah.

“I had unfettered access to this very high-ranking individual, who was surprisingly so candid. He is an excellent example to our youth,” she emphasised.

Additionally, the author noted that conversations with Arlene Nash-Ferguson, who is a cultural enthusiast; Rosalie Fawkes, daughter of father of the Labour Movement, Sir Randall Fawkes; Rosemary Hanna, a preserver of Bahamian history, and Assistant Anglican Bishop Gilbert Thompson, were very illuminating.

“They are reservoirs of Bahamian history. By the way, Ms Hanna is one of those individuals who I know to have been deliberate in exposing what is good and positive about Over-the-Hill through her own book and a documentary. She is in a special class of her own,” said Hadassah.

The author, who is currently a communications professional, said she could not write a book about Over-the-Hill without including a few iconic spots such as the house through Lewis Street where the late American Civil Rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr stayed while on a visit to the Bahamas. Also, there is a feature on the Lillian G Weir-Coakley Public Library, formerly known as the Southern Public Library. and a shorter feature is dedicated to the 232-year legacy of Bethel Baptist Church on Meeting Street.

“In fact, there’s also a personal piece from me regarding how hurt I was when my former primary school, Mable Walker, was about to be closed. My love of reading was ignited there. I played on those grounds, skipped through those gates and was groomed as a speaker and future news reporter. I felt that closure. I was sad, believe it or not. I had to dig beyond what was shared via the media and discover what’s in the school’s future. My source gave me good info,” said Hadassah.

Additionally, the writer spoke to what makes her proud of the book.

“I am pleased that some of these stories have already been used in English classes at the tertiary level. I know of two instructors at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI), who in the past incorporated them in lessons,” she said.

“I am also particularly pleased that as a two-time graduate of the College of the Bahamasnow UB - the book is now sitting in its bookstore. It’s a good feeling and God deserves the glory.”

For more information, email overthehill242@ gmail.com.

HADASSAH Deleveaux

Moon gardens: Designed to shine when bathed in moonlight

By JESSICA DAMIANO | Associated Press

Planning this year’s garden?

My guess is you’re envisioning plants bathed in daylight.

But the problem is that by nightfall, when the sun has set and you’re ready to kick back at home, you won’t be able to see and fully enjoy the fruits of your gardening labour without flooding the yard with artificial lighting. And that’s not relaxing at all.

Instead, consider planting a moon garden specifically designed to be enjoyed by the light of the moon.

Plants with silver, variegated or bright foliage, white or light-coloured flowers, or blooms that open only at night are ideal choices for a moon garden, as are highly fragrant plants. Plant them along a walkway or near your deck or patio, where you can enjoy them up close, or within view of a window.

My favourite white, moon-reflecting blooms include the aptly named moonflower (Ipomoea alba), Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum superbum), four o’clock (Mirabilis jalapa), sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), snowin-summer (Cerastium tomentosum), evening primrose (Oenothera biennis), foxglove (Digitalis), petunias, New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri), and geranium (Pelargonium).

Night pollinators such as the sphinx moth love them, too.

Spring bloomers, like lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis), daffodil (Narcissus) and azalea (Rhododendron spp.), and late-blooming species like chrysanthemum and autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora) extend the season.

Plants with standout foliage include spotted dead nettle (Lamium), Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum), Jack Frost

Siberian bugloss (Brunnera microphylla), variegated hostas, silver lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantine), dusty miller (Jacobaea maritima), Russian sage (Salvia yangii or Perovskia atriplicifolia), silver mound wormwood (Artemisia schmidtiana’

Silver mound’) and variegated euonymus varieties.

They remain visible after sundown and especially seem to glow under a full moon.

Highly fragrant plants like mock orange (Philadelphus pubescens), gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides), lilac (Syringa vulgaris), summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), jasmine (Jasminum officinale) and, in the warmest climates, ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata) and frangipani (Plumeria rubra), will lend aromatic delight to your evenings.

Include a backdrop of shrubs like the sweetly scented Korean spice

viburnum (Viburnum carlesii), or white-blooming hydrangea varieties such as “Annabelle,” “Incrediball,” “Snow Queen,” “Little Lamb,” “Polar Ball” or “Wedding Gown.”

Trees like paper birch (Betula papyrifera), white or silver poplar (Populus alba), acacia and eucalyptus light up the night. Research those that are best-suited to your climate.

For maximum impact, plant in drifts, or groups of three, five or seven, of the same variety. That’s a good gardening practice in general because it avoids creating a jumble of disconnected individual plants. But it’s particularly important in the

moon garden to ensure single plants aren’t lost in the darkness.

Think about hardscaping, too. There are no rules against supplementing moonlight with plant-facing landscape lighting. The glow will enhance the magical flair of your moon garden, as will the addition of white fencing, trellises, paving stones, pebbles, rocks, fountains and gazing balls.

• Jessica Damiano writes regular gardening columns for The Associated Press. She publishes the award-winning Weekly Dirt Newsletter.

A MOON garden designed by and planted at the Cranbrook Educational Community museum complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Plants depicted include Verbena, Cleome, petunia, double purple datura and dusty miller. (Deborah Silver via AP)

The power of museums

This March, for the first time in its history, the Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC) will be coming to the Bahamas to host its conference and emphasise the power and importance of museums in the region and the world.

Partnering with National Gallery of the Bahamas (NAGB), the Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB), the Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation (AAMC), and the University of the Bahamas (UB), MAC will host its 32nd annual conference at the Courtyard Marriott in Nassau, March 1-5, 2023.

This year’s conference theme, ‘The Power of Museums: Relevancy, Advocacy, Transformation’, will provide opportunities for sharing the changes in the museum field since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters will explore how museums and cultural heritage sites have, and must now continue to question, how their role is evolving alongside the world surrounding us. How have, and can, museums stay

relevant, advocate for change, and provide transformative experiences for visitors and communities?

MAC and the conference’s host venues, NAGB, CBB, AAMC, and UB, all look forward to seeing museum and heritage site professionals coming together and discussing these topics, representing different institutions, geographies, backgrounds, and perspectives.

Organises said the Bahamas’ diverse cultural landscape and variety of artistic and cultural offerings make it an ideal location for the 2023 conference. In addition, Nassau has a great variety of heritage museums, historical sites, and art museums and galleries, making it a fitting and relevant backdrop for the conference’s discussions this year.

Katrina Cartwright, NAGB education and outreach manager, is one the local professionals who will be participating in the conference.

The Long Island native is an educator, arts administrator, arts advocate, ceramist and sculptor.

“My professional practice is heavily influenced by the indigenous

cultural practices that were a part of my upbringing, including but not limited to bush medicine, agriculture, storytelling, and music,” she said.

Given the host of challenges that Caribbean countries are facing socially and economically post-pandemic, Katrina says it’s easy for anything associated with heritage, preservation, and the creative fields to be pushed aside in favour of programmes and initiatives that focus on creating traditional jobs or providing food or housing, all of which are important.

“In addition, access to resources was a challenge before the pandemic; hose challenges have now been exacerbated,” she said.

She is encouraging those intending to attend the MAC conference to visit the many local art galleries

and museums: NAGB, the Junkanoo Museum, the Pompey Museum, the Doongalik Art Gallery, ICE Project, D’Aguilar Art Foundation, The Current at Baha Mar, the Tern Gallery and Contemporary Art Bahamas (CAB).

As for what’s next at the NAGB, she said: “We’ve just opened the exhibition ‘Antonius Roberts: Art, Ecology and Sacred Space,’ which will accompany a series of public programming, outreach events and an amazing catalogue. We’re also designing a special National Collection catalogue that commemorates 20 years of the museum’s existence alongside the country’s 50th anniversary of Independence.”

• To register for the upcoming conference, visit https://form.jotform.com/220603846917055.

BREEF welcomes two Bahamas Environmental Steward Scholarship interns

Bahamas Environmental Steward Scholars (BESS) Gayle Burrows and Asia Butler completed their 100day semester at The Island School in Cape Eleuthera in December and are now interning at Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) They are encouraging others to apply for the BESS programme - a transformative year-long experience for graduating 12th grade Bahamian students.

Gayle is an 18-year-old Queen’s College graduate who has been interested in coastal and marine protection in the Bahamas from an early age. She hopes to pursue a career in ocean and coastal conservation and is looking forward to her experience at BREEF bringing her closer to that goal. Asia is a 17-yearold graduate of Harbour Island All Age School, Eleuthera where she served as president of the Bahamas

Plastic Movement Ocean Ambassador’s Club and has a passion for increasing food security through backyard gardening.

Other 2022-2023 BESS scholars Taye Fountain and Darielle Bullard

completed their internships and are now immersed in their Island School semester. Darielle completed her boat captain’s license before heading to Eleuthera.

BESS scholars

BESS Scholars Gayle Burrows (left) and Asia Butler (right) at snorkel event with students at Cornell University

KATRINA CARTWRIGHT, NAGB education and outreach manager

B-Humane Awards honour animal lovers who have gone ‘above and beyond’

By KIM ARANHA

DR KWESI SMITH (2022)

Dr Kwesi Smith was born 1974 in West End Grand Bahama, “The Home of Hospitality”.

His veterinary journey started in 1986 at the Central Animal Hospital. He got his bachelor’s degree at Tuskegee, Alabama, and his DVM from UWI Mt Hope campus and started practicing as a vet in 2007.

Kwesi is as deliciated as any rescuer could hope for; always willing to save and rehabilitate, always willing to try and save one more

deserving dog, and always going that extra mile.

Twelve years ago, Kwasi became the owner and principal vet at Marathon Veterinary Clinic.

FINA JOHNSON (2022)

A few years ago, Fina moved back to her childhood home on the island of Great Exuma. Very quickly she saw that the culture was just not dog-friendly, with so many dogs begging for help. She has created Fina’s Fosters and works tirelessly getting pups from the dump

and other locations. They all need medical care and heartworm treatment. With only a part-time animal hospital at the moment, she does all she can. She takes the dogs to be spayed/neutered, dewormed, debugged, bathed, microchipped and vaccinated. Once they are healthy, Fina’s Fosters finds them homes. She fosters as many as she can while taking care of her own dogs. She currently has 11 adult dogs and three puppies being bottle fed.

STEPHANIE HICKMAN (2022)

Stephanie moved to Nassau in 2018 with her husband Pete and their dog. Almost immediately, in May of that year, she started fostering for the shelter. The Hickmans have fostered some 200 animals since living in the Bahamas (mainly pups) with an emphasis on fostering special needs dogs/ pups with medical conditions who need a bit more TLC.

As of 2019, she has volunteered at the shelter and got directly involved with the animals, taking on the logistics and paperwork for airlifts. Assisting in prepping and processing animals for the airlifts. She has set up

new computer systems and shelter programmes. Her social media skills have helped hugely in raising money online.

Stephanie also volunteers for Baark! and travelled to Abaco to help the dogs who were displaced by Hurricane Dorian.

MELISSA MAURA (2021)

Internationally acclaimed “artiste extraordinaire’ and great animal lover, Melissa (daughter of Mike Maura of Chalks) was about 12 when she started to help out at

Aftera one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bahamas Humane Society held double B-Humane Awards this year. Here are the winners:

STEPHANIE HICKMAN – International B-Humane Award Winner 2022

FINA JOHNSON of FINA’s FOSTERS –Out-Island B-Humane Award Winner

MELISSA MAURA – Nassau B-Humane Award Winner 2021

DR KWESI SMITH - Nassau B-Humane Award Winner 2022

the BHS. An accomplished horsewoman, Melissa swimming with horses in the sea was a familiar sight for many years. She was heavily involved in the rescue of the racehorses many years ago. As a child she would see injured birds left which nobody was able to care for them, so she learned all she could and 50 years later is still rehabbing the bird community, with enormous success and dedication. Melissa also saves and rehabs raccoons who she calls the most misunderstood of all animals in the Bahamas.

AIDEN MEISTER

Aidan Meister, 11, has had a life-long passion for dogs, particularly the potcake. He was completely surprised by this award:

“Why would they award me for just doing something I really want to do to help?”

He is especially passionate about the potcake dog. In 2022, in grade 5 at St Andrew’s International School, Aidan chose the topic Dog Abuse for his exhibition project.

In 2019, he and his family adopted two Abaco potcakes (Bella and Beau). Later that

year, yet another potcake, Jazz, joined the family.

He attended the University of the Bahamas’

Law society’s online panel discussion, All Bark No Bite, about the laws and practical issues surrounding control of dogs.

Along with classmates, he campaigned to raise funds for the Tito’s Paws in the Air campaign. They raised $1,510, which helped reach the $10,000 goal that Tito’s Vodka matched.

He also wrote, produced and edited a 30-second PSA: “Give Dogs Homes”, encouraging listeners to help the BHS by adopting dogs, spay and neutering, fostering them and by volunteering. The message resonated. The PSA is currently played on two radio stations and used by the BHS.

LORNA WOOLLEY

Hailing from Brazil, Lorna and her family moved here nine years ago and have made the Bahamas their home. She is responsible for many rescues and has a potcake named Wally. Formally a Montessori teacher, and an ‘English as a foreign language’ teacher

and translator, she sas rescued and homed close to 35 pets at different stages of her life. Lorna is passionate about animals. She was given Bobby, her first dog, when she was five.

Her kindness, caring and assistance made the BHS able to keep the shelter together and fully staffed during COVID; she’s a true angel.

TERRI-LYN RHYNO (2021)

Terri-Lynn is from the South Paw conservation in Nova Scotia and has been involved with four main airlifts and many little ones (12 animals at a time) and she still continues to take animals from us.

She been down to the Bahamas several times in order to help identify and arrange animals to go to Canada for a second chance.

This dedicated lady has been responsible for over 1000 Bahamian animals finding new lives; she’s a great and good friend of the BHS.

CRYSTAL LOWE

(2021)

Crystal is a Bahamian, daughter of David Lowe and Estella Curry-Lowe, who now lives in Freeport.

She was born on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, and moved to Treasure Cay at the age of three.

Schooled in Treasure Cay up to grade 9, Crystal went to the US for high school and college.

Now living in Freeport, she manages a retail/wholesale, restaurant/chemical supply store, Janitorial Cleaning Contracts, Import & Export Co & Trucking.

She and her partner, Edward Whan, presently have 47 dogs, and have been feeding animals for many years. At the moment they feed about 150 dogs and 50 cats per night. Last year, she rescued and adopted out 41 pups to the US, connected with a few small but legal rescue agencies

WILDFLOWERS (2022)

In 2002, the Appleyards created a company named Creative Designs, which grew in to Wildflowers. They enjoyed quiet popularity until their son, Alexander Appleyard, returned from college and revolutionised

the company. For the past decade, Wildflowers has been famous for very lavish and remarkable designs, decorating for opulent weddings and events all through the Bahamas.

This successful family business headed by Natalie, Tony and Alexander Appleyard is hugely generous to the BHS. Tony Appleyard is a former board member and a good friend to us always.

MODERNISTIC (2021)

Modernistic Garden and Pet Supply was established in 1961 by Benjamin Roberts. In 2003, the business was bought by James Thompson and his family. It has continued to grow over the years. Most recently, in 2019, the flagship store relocated to a newly renovated 5,000-square foot storefront in the Palmdale Shopping Plaza on Madeira Street. Modernistic and the family who own and run it never forget the animals in need in the Bahamas and their kindness to the BHS is outstanding. The company is currently managed by Anthony Thompson and his wife Patou Thompson.

AIDEN MEISTER - Junior BHumane Award Winner 2022

TERRI-LYN RHYNO - International B-Humane Award Winner 2021

CRYSTAL LOWE - Out-Island B-Humane Award Winner 2021

LORNA WOOLLEY - Special BHumane Award Winner 2022

WILDFLOWERS – Corporate B-Humane Award Winner 2022

The merits of the Bahamas Historical Society

How can one talk about history and not mention the Bahamas Historical Society?

Founded in 1959 by Lady Mary Elizabeth Arthur, the wife of Sir Raynor Arthur, the then Governor of the Bahamas, it is one of the older non-profit cultural and educational organisations in the country, but tips its hat to the other BHS – the oldest not-for-profit in the country; the Bahamas Humane Society.

Dedicated to stimulating interest in Bahamian history and to the collection and preservation of material relating to that history, the society operates an easy-to-find museum, located on the northwest corner of Elizabeth Avenue and Shirley Street, in a building inherited from the Imperial Order Daughter of the Empire (IODE).

Five days a week, a team of volunteers keep the doors of the museum open and the public is welcome to visit. The entrance fee is $5 per adult,

no charge for children. It is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

It can’t compete with the British Museum or the Smithsonian, but it is cool and well-laid-out.

Once inside, the visitor starts at the left corner and works their way around the room. Starting with the Lucayans, one sees how the Bahamas has changed since 1492, when Columbus discovered America. But please don’t think that he discovered the North American continent, for that wasn’t “discovered” until Easter 1515, by Juan Ponce de Leon. By that year, the original inhabitants had been carried off by the Spaniards.

The Eleutherian Adventurers (1648)

were the first European settlers to make a permanent settlement. Their boat was destroyed on a coral reef, but those hardy folks survived, well enough to make a donation to Harvard. It was the third and, with the exception of that made by John Harvard himself, at that time the largest donation.

Continue through the Loyalist era and slavery, the ups and downs of the Bahamian economy, right through to the 21st century, including Junkanoo.

School groups get special treatments, often having the museum to themselves.

The Society welcomes new members and keeps in touch, digitally, with a monthly newsletter. The latest e-mail

confirmed the monthly talk about Bahamian history.

The Society welcomes new members and once a month – usually o the last Thursday – offers talks on virtually all aspects of Bahaman history. The upcoming meeting is scheduled for February 23, when Wayne Neely will explain “The Impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas - A Comparison Study of this Hurricane with the Hurricanes of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s”. Wayne is a meteorologist with 32 years of experience and author of several books about hurricanes. These talks are open to the public and the speaker always takes questions from the audience.

Teen designs bonny bonnets for protection and comfort

By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features Writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net

NINETEEN-year-old Edilzabeth

Newball purchased her first sewing machine from Facebook marketplace in 2019. Now, less than four years later, the young seamstress and designer has launched her own line of bonnets, durags, pillowcases, scarves, and more.

Her brand, BellaVissi, specialises in different types of bonnets; snug ones, edgewrap ones that can be adjusted, different prints and customised versions.

“This brand was made with an aim to provide comfort, style and protection for all hair types. I wanted to create bonnets with different prints and styles. My goal was to ensure these were bonnets you could not get anywhere else,” she told Tribune Weekend.

Edilzabeth first started sewing in high school, but the demands of senior year caused her to put her dreams on hold for a while. Like many others around the world, she didn’t revisit the hobby again until the lockdown periods during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I made masks, headbands and scrunchies – all from scraps of cloth and elastic I had lying around. I had reached my peak with creating these and tried to think of something that can benefit us while being at home. Three curly headed girls in the home required bonnets for bed to prevent frizz and retain moisture.”

Deciding to give her collection of bonnets a name, she called it BellaVissi.

As the rules of lockdown became more relaxed, Edilzabeth made her first trip to the fabric store and bought a yard of four different colours – ivory, light blue, light pink and champagne. She used the fabric to make a range of bonnets varying in colours and size. However, she still had no intentions to sell them at this time. But after posting her creations online, the requests started rolling in.

When she graduated high school in 2020, Edilzabeth used all of her graduation money to order small bulks of fabric and packaging. So far, her most memorable client experience was one of her very first orders, purchased by her late grandfather.

“It was 25 bonnets handmade and packed, ready to ship to Panama in November 2020. He made it clear that he supported my new business venture. I always keep him in mind while creating these unique pieces,” she said.

Since then, Edilzabeth said her business has grown in a number of ways.

“The first way was moving from sewing on a small desk in my bedroom to having my own workspace with an adequate sewing and cutting table. This business started in Grand Bahama, however, we moved to the capital in July 2022. I was given the opportunity have my products in a flagship store on Parliament Street. Since then, I have been able to reach a larger audience as they have guests from around the world purchasing Bahamian-owned products,” she said.

“This has allowed me to express my creativity while helping others protect their skin and hair. In addition, in July 2021, I got a request to make a birthday dress for an old classmate. I told her I would try my best to execute her vision and she was satisfied with the outcome. I have expanded the BellaVissi brand from bonnets, and hair care accessories to custom garments. Working with my clients has allowed me to try new things, meet new people and allowed me to test my limits....The BellaVissi brand has kept me busy and inspired

EDILZABETH Newball

me to keep pushing towards a dream I never knew I had,” she said.

Edilzabeth said her most popular print at the moment is the ‘Bahamas Batik’ that she released as part of the brand’s Independence Collection last July.

“The way we ensure staying innovative and modern is by using social media. This is our main marketing strategy; keeping up with social media trends and trying to find other ways to protect hair in a stylish way,” she said.

“I hope to expand my business’ social influence as I promote reasons people should protect their hair and skin during the hours that they rest. Another goal for my business is to expand my workspace and upgrade my primary Ewing machine to an industrial machine that works faster. Finally, to expand my clientele to the United States and neighbouring countries. I currently am based in New Providence and ship to Family Islands. Last year, I tested the waters of shipping internationally. However, it was struggle to find an affordable and fast shipping company that would work with my brand. This year, I plan to do more research so that BellaVissi can be a brand known for comfort, style and protection around the world,” she said.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.

MOVIES

— Just a week after hitting theaters the neo-noir thriller “Sharper,” anchored by Julianne Moore and starring Sebastian Stan, arrives on Apple TV+ today. No one is quite who they seem in the film, directed by Benjamin Caron, whose credits include “Andor” and “The Crown,” as we delve into myriad cons among New York’s well-heeled set. In his review, AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote that the “slinky, slick caper that finds ways to distort expectations while unfolding a puzzle-box narrative.”

— Gina Prince-Bythewood’s action epic “The Woman King”,

starring Viola Davis as an African warrior, has arrived on Netflix, perfect for a rewatch or to finally get those holdouts on board with one of last year’s most exciting mainstream blockbusters.

— If you’ve already made it through last week’s streaming rom-com options, “Somebody I Used to Know” on Prime Video, and “Your Place or Mine” on Netflix, another starry offering is coming to video on demand.

“Maybe I Do,” available to rent and brings together Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey and William H Macy for a classic meet-the-parents set up.

— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr

MUSIC

— You can take away Pink’s dinner, fun, liquor, soul, dog,

birthday cake and everything she loves but don’t take away her dancing shoes. That’s the message from “Never Gonna Not Dance Again,” an explosion of pop she wrote with hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, with a video of Pink roller-dancing through a supermarket. The single is on ”Trustfall,” her ninth studio album set for release today, which features appearances from The Lumineers, Chris Stapleton and First Aid Kit.

— BTS star J-Hope has a documentary dropping today that chronicles three milestones: the making of the singer’s first solo album, “Jack In the Box,” his 2022 Lollapalooza performance as the first South Korean artist to headline the festival and the album’s listening party. “J-Hope in the Box” will release globally on Disney+.

— Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy

TELEVISION

— Billy Crudup stars in a new Apple TV+ series called “Hello Tomorrow!” Set in the future — which looks like a mashup of “The Jetsons” and “Pleasantville,” Crudup plays Jack, a travelling

salesman of lunar timeshares. He is a leader among his colleagues (including Hank Azaria) for his unwavering optimism and sales numbers, but beneath the surface, life isn’t so perfect and there’s a darker side to Jack who has secrets he doesn’t want revealed. “Hello Tomorrow!” debuts today.

— Alicia Rancilio

VIDEO GAMES

— Hunting games have come a long way since 1984′s Duck Hunt, with the prey getting ever more ferocious while the weaponry gets ever more elaborate. Capcom’s Monster Hunter series has dominated the genre lately, but Electronic Arts is getting in on the action with Wild Hearts, from the Japanese studio best known for the hack-and-slash franchise Dynasty Warriors. You start off with a simple katana, but Wild Hearts’ “Karakuri” feature lets you build defensive structures, traps and vehicles on the fly. You’ll need all the firepower you can muster to take down these magic-fueled behemoths — but, fortunately, you can invite friends to help out. The hunt begins today on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.

— Then again, maybe you like wild animals. Blanc, from the French studio Casus Ludi, would be more up your alley. It’s the tale of a fawn and a wolf cub who get lost in a snowstorm and help each other find their way back to their families. The critters are adorable, and the hand-drawn, black-and-white landscapes are elegantly gorgeous. Blanc is a quiet, nonviolent, cooperative journey — maybe ideal for teaming up with a young child on the couch or online. It’s available on Nintendo Switch and PC.

— Lou Kesten

New this weekend: ‘Woman King,’ ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ and ‘Wild Hearts’

(Photos/Vertical Entertainment/TriStar/Apple TV+ via AP)