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twin vision Pages 4&5
Living the dream Danny Glover coaches young local actors Celebrity, page 13
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A night with the stars
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ollywood actors Danny Glover and Jeffrey Poitier, as well as movers and shakers from the movie industry, attended a special event for film enthusiasts and students at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas on Monday night. Mr Glover and Mr Poitier were in town for a celebrity workshop hosted by the Bahamas Artist Movement (BAM) called the Dream
Project. They were joined by noted jazz vocalist Charmaine Neville, Michael Dunaway, Sarasota Film Festival creative director and Paste Magazine’s movies section editor, Michael Mackay, technology advisor and film studio designer, and Michael Novak, Dream Project advisory board partner and scholarship ambassador for the Relativity School in Los Angeles. • SEE PAGE 13 for the full story
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Inside Weekend
My perfect Bahamian weekend Nekisha Rolle Author
Interview 4 - 5 Alesha Cadet speaks with talented twins Doran and Darron Cartwright about how their art helped them overcome hardships
Q: Saturday breakfast or Sunday lunch? “I’m such a foodie and would definitely say both. There is something about boil fish on a Saturday morning and a hearty Sunday lunch after church.”
Art 7 - 9 Looking at art in Twin Vision, plus Art for Sail is back for fifth year, and Doongalik Studios prepares for Transforming Spaces
Books 10 Chelsea Clinton pens children’s book, plus a ghostly look at Abraham Lincoln Carnival 11 Euphoria Madness debut costumes and honour fallen group member
Celebrity 13 Hollywood star Danny Glover coaches Bahamian students
Fashion 14 -15 ‘Bahama Bloom’ jewellery for Spring and Summer
Music 17 C J Priest keeps it real with ‘One Night’
Podcasts 18 A scary good listen with horror movie shows
Film
20 - 21 New releases ‘Power Rangers’ and ‘Life’ reviewed
Literary Lives 22 - 24 E P Taylor – The Lord of Lyford Cay Forgotten Facts 25 The Water Tower crowning Bennet’s Hill Puzzles
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27 Fun at the BKC Dog Show, plus Pet of the Week
Gardening 28 Jack Hardy talks air layering Cover photo | Azaleta IshmaelNewry
would be the beach. Have you not seen our crystal clear waters and sandy beaches?” Q: What could you not do without? “Food: a trip to fave sushi spot – Seafront Sushi Night life: Salsa Nights at Via Café on Thursday; it’s my de-stressor. Drink: frozen mint mojito General: family; we love to have fun.”
Q: Wine, Kalik, rum or cocktail? “Would cocktail include a ‘virgin’ Miami Vice daiquiri, blended not swirled?
Q: Weekend away: where would you go? “Harbour Island. It’s on my bucket list of things to do.”
Q: Beach or sofa? “This one is sooooo hard. If I had to choose it
Things 2 Do this weekend Friday • Rich Nights – A Caribbean Fiesta Time: 6pm Venue: Palm Cay Spice up your Fridays with Rich Nights featuring Veuve Cliquot Rich, live music by the Xtra Band, Salsa lessons and more every Friday in March. • Pound Rockout, Workout Time: 6.30pm Venue: Club One Fitness Centre Sweat, sculpt and rock with Pound, a full-body cardio jam session inspired by drumming and using Ripstix. Featured guest instructor is Sarah Lau-Melby out of Wisconsin. The workout is free for members and $15 + VAT for non-members. • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Time: 7.30pm Venue: Queen’s College, Geoffrey Brown Auditorium QC’s high school students bring Shakespeare’s comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to life. Tickets are $15 for students and adults, and $10 for children under 12. • New York, New York Glitz and Glam Time: 9pm Venue: The Pier Join Heineken for New York-style glitz featuring casino games to win prizes, and the latest tunes from the
R&B, hip hop, dancehall and soca genres. Special prizes will be given out to the most glamorous outfit. General admission is $20; VIP is $50.
Saturday • Art Walk at Marina Village Time: 10am-3pm Venue: Marina Village, Atlantis Enjoy Bahamian art, crafts, and music and sample locally grown and made products. • Art for Sail 2017 Time: 2pm - 8pm Venue: Goodfellow Farms, Mount Pleasant SEE PAGE 8 • Romantic Travellers Concert Time: 7pm Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church The Nassau Music Society presents a golden classical trio combining piano, violin and voice. Olga Vinokur is an internationally acclaimed pianist who has been described as a brilliant performer. She forms a trio with the Spanish violinist and international prize-winner Eva Leon and mezzo soprano operatic Anna Tonna, who has been lauded as a “Rossini specialist” by the German Rossini Gesellschaft. Tickets are $30 for members, $35 for non-members and $10 for students.
• Rhythms Bahamas presents ‘Big Bad Soca’ Time: 8pm Venue: Pirates of Nassau Calling all Socaholics, the Rhythms Bahamas mas band is kicking off its Carnival season. Admission is $10. • NAKED Time: 9pm Venue: The Pier Don’t miss Nassau’s sexiest party. Ladies are free before 11pm and $15 after; guys are $20.
Sunday • 40 Mile Road Race Time: 7am (registration); 7.30am (race report) Start: Saunders Beach Hosted by the New Providence Cycling Association, the race is open to juniors, men and women, and masters over the age of 50. Registration is $10 for adults and $5 for juniors (17 and under). • Romantic Travellers Concert Time: 5.30pm Venue: St Paul’s Church Hall, Lyford Cay The Nassau Music Society presents a golden classical trio combining piano, violin and voice. Tickets are $30 for members, $35 for non-members and $10 for students.
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interview Life was not always smooth sailing for gifted twins Doran and Darron Cartwright. Growing up in a rough environment and subjected to unpleasant experiences during their childhood, the duo turned to art as an escape. They tell Alesha Cadet how they hope their talents will secure them a brighter future.
Darron and Doran Cartwright
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lthough identical twins look alike, they often have very different personalities and talents. However, in the case of Doran and Darron Cartwright their gift for drawing is something they most certainly have in common. The 27-year-old twins have been drawing since they were young. Although they went to the neighbourhood park with the kids to play, staying
home and sketching offered the brothers a special kind of enjoyment. Now, as adults, the freelance artists find themselves taking pleasure in creating anything from comics to anime designs, wall murals and portraits under their company called Twin Vision Art. “We always had the passion to draw. Life, however, has not always been easy. Some days, food, light and water was not available. Some days we would
“Some days, food, light and water was not available. Some days we would miss school because we didn’t have lunch to take...To be brutally honest, without our talent we would be lost in this world.”
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miss school because we didn’t have lunch to take,” the artists shared with Tribune Weekend. “The days without food or light just made us dream more. The excitement of drawing new characters was enough for us to wake up in the mornings. Some nights we couldn’t sleep because of the heat. And being called names and bullied by most children of Kemp Road, we developed a stronger bond with each other than others around us. We shared a similar talent, which is art. We enjoy storytelling and visuals, so comics and anime are one of our big joys in life. To be brutally honest, without our talent we would be lost in this world,” said Doran. Darron added: “Moving from house to house we would sacrifice the day and practice our art at night. We drew even when sometimes it would not bring in any income. I use headphones while drawing to drown out all the noise and the world, so I can stay happy and positive and hope my art can get me out of my current situation.” But every hardship they overcame together, the twins said, made them stronger and better persons. Doran said he is the more outgoing and outspoken twin, while and Darron is quiet and more introverted. But while they might differ in personality, they are also each other’s greatest inspiration. “To be honest, our biggest role models were each other. Our rivals were each other. Every other day we would push each other to do better,” he said. Aspiring to be artists, however, was always challenge when it came to their environment. The twins said people would often tell them things like: “We ain’t going nowhere; drawing all day don’t put food on the table” or “Stop wasting time and money on art materials and do something in your life.” “It’s only when we started telling them we’d rather die than stop drawing that they left us alone with our creations,” said Doran. Taking a liking to drawing people and animals, Darron said it has always been his preference to draw living things as opposed to still art or scenery. What brings him joy is knowing his art will be seen by many for a very long time. The Twin Vision artists have done work for people like Dr Carlos Thomas’ paediatric offices on Collins Avenue and Caves Village, party portraits at various events, logos,
Photos/ Terrel W. Carey
“Art can last for decades, unless destroyed by water or fire.”
comic characters for private clients, plaque cards for demonstrations such as Save The Bays, anime illustrations for comic book covers for local and international clients, and more. “Art can last for decades, unless destroyed by water or fire. For example, the murals inside of Dr Carlos Thomas’ office. Those parents and children will be able to see what we did for years to come. My brother and I painted some of the rooms there when we were only 19 years old, and it’s a good feeling to know we did that. It was even an honour to be called again last year January after so many years to go back to the doctor’s second location at Caves Village and paint the main waiting area wall and a private patient room,” said Darron. For Doran, his goal is to become a professional comics artist and having his work seen both locally and internationally. He remembered his high school teacher, Moya Strachan, who encouraged him to stick with his passion and Japaneseinfluenced style of anime. She taught him to believe in himself and to know that he can
succeed,” he said. As Darron and Doran continue to work towards their dreams, they face a few major obstacles – high Customs duties on art supplies and the lack of specialised tools available in the Bahamas. “A main challenge is finding unique supplies we need to create our art. The Copic markers aren’t sold in Nassau so we have to order everything from Amazon or via other websites,” Doran explained. “Also, it’s hard to buy supplies because Customs duty on art supplies is 45 per cent and that is really high when money is low.” But even when it does not make you fortune, it is important to love what you do, the twins said. Doran said working in a comfortable environment is all he needs to create a masterpiece, whether that be an office or in own their home. For more updates and information on the Cartwright twins, visit the artists on Facebook and Instagram at Twin Vision Art or the website Twinvisionart.com. • SEE PAGE 7 for the Doran and Darron Cartwright’s art.
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dentical twins Darron and Doran Cartwright have been comic book and anime (Japanese style animation) fans since they were young. Today, they the 27-yearold brothers are freelance artists who draw everything from comics to wall murals and portraits for their company Twin Vision Art. “I grew up loving art from very young age. I became tired very fast of colouring books and wanted to draw
and colour my own drawings. I also became very interested in anime, seeing it was different from the American style cartoon comic strips. This lead to my art leaning more towards the Japanese side,” said Doran. Meanwhile, Darron said he wanted he wanted to create his own characters and stories, so he invested any discussible income he had in art supplies and practiced his talent every day.
Artwork by Darron and Doran Cartwright
• SEE PAGES 4&5 for full interview
Photos/Terrel W Carey
Darron (left) and Doran Cartwright
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art
Art show to put wind in students’ sails
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Jewellery by Caroline Anderson
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he Bahamas National Sailing School (BNSS) is hosting its fifth annual art show, ‘Art for Sail’, this Saturday at Goodfellow Farms, Mount Pleasant from 2pm - 8pm. A varied line-up of artists and craftspeople from across the Bahamas will be showcasing their work and donating a generous percentage of their sales to the BNSS. The sailing school, which is totally self-funded, relies on fundraising events such as this to maintain it’s year-round programme in which children from all walks of life can learn and enjoy the skill of sailing. Some of the proceeds also go towards the costs involved in sending some of the school’s top young sailors to represent the Bahamas at international events worldwide. All are welcome to come and peruse the tremendous variety of work for sale: original art and prints by Judith Papillon, Malcolm Rae, Toby Lunn, Harry Quinn, Allan P Wallace, Dion Lewis, Katerina Kovatcheva, Katrina Vanderlip, Jonathan Bethel, Trevor Tucker, Andrew Knowles, Tina Klonaris-Robinson, Quentin Minnis and Ryan Turnquest. Photography by Rashad Penn, Scott Aranha and Robert Dunkley, Jewellery by Caroline Anderson, Ava Forbes, Jennifer Bethel and Nadia Campbell. There will also be textiles by Emma Tinkler and Tiff Barrett, glassworks by Nouveau Glassworks, a collage by Sophie McCarroll and woodturning by Celestine Albury. “Attending this very special show is not only an opportunity to support our National Sailing School and its operations, but also to support local artistic Bahamian talent,” said a BNSS representative. “Last year’s show was an outstanding success and ‘Art for Sail’ is fast becoming one of the top art events in the Bahamas.” Admission is $25 for adults and free for children under 16. This includes a complimentary glass of wine or beer and a selection of hors d’oeuvres.
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Doongalik Studios prepares for Transforming Spaces 2017 Antonius Roberts to carve ‘Sacred’ figure in front of audience
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oongalik Studios is busy preparing for its Transforming Spaces 2017 exhibition under the theme “Inside/Outside Naturally” which will feature the works of 11 multi-disciplined artists as a part of the weekend art bus tour of six Bahamian art galleries on April 1-2. Doongalik’s pre-event activities will begin in the back gardens on Monday, March 27, when the public is invited to observe master sculptor Antonius Roberts as he completes a live installation of the first Sacred Space in eastern New Providence from 9.30am until 3pm. He will be carving one of his renowned ‘Sacred’ figures from a rooted coconut tree that lost its top during Hurricane Matthew. Mr Roberts is eager to establish this landmark, which will be another first for him in his quest to provide such contemplative and healing art sanctuaries throughout the Bahamas, especially during these times of anguish and uncertainty. “As artists, we are extremely conscious of the importance of making these creative statements in public spaces. This has been my mission since 2006 when I created the first Sacred Space with Tyrone Ferguson at Clifton Pier, followed by the second on Blake Road, and others throughout the Bahamian archipelago. People naturally seek hope and healing, and I am thrilled that I am able to use my talents towards this greater purpose,” he said. “We are humbled and honoured that
Artist Antonius Roberts at his first Sacred Space installation, Clifton Pier
“People naturally seek hope and healing, and I am thrilled that I am able to use my talents towards this greater purpose.” Antonius will be gracing the property with this Sacred Space. What an amazing preview event for the TS Tour,” said gallery owner Pam Burnside. “Since we will videotape his installation, the TS weekend patrons will also be able to enjoy the experience.” Mr Roberts’ Sacred Space will stand amongst the garden along with the
‘Sacred’ figures artwork of six additional artists including two ceramicists, a floral designer, a straw haute couturier, a multi-media artist, and a paper artist. These outside exhibits will be complemented by the works of three wood turners whose wood creations will be on display inside the gallery. The Doongalik TS2017 exhibition will remain on display until
Wednesday, April 26. Gallery hours are Monday to Wednesday, 10am – 4pm. Tickets for the Transforming Spaces Tour are available for purchase at Doongalik Studios and The Place for Art, the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, and Hillside House. Much more information can be found on the TS website at www.tsbahamas.com.
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books New novel imagines Lincoln amid ghosts after son’s death
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ays after his son Willie’s death, Abraham Lincoln returned alone, late at night, to his 11-year-old’s crypt. In his new novel, George Saunders takes this historical nugget, gleaned from a cemetery watchman’s logbook, and imagines a night in the company of ghosts. “Lincoln in the Bardo” is an unusual book, written entirely in quotes from the colorful cast of characters, interspersed with quotes from historical sources. Despite the title, Lincoln and his son make only fleeting appearances. Readers instead become acquainted with this bardo — a suspended state between death and the ultimate destination of heaven/hell — through the musings of
This image released by Random House shows “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a novel by George Saunders. (Random House via AP) Hans Vollman (felled by a beam) and Roger Bevins III (slit his wrist). Other characters, and there are dozens of them, include a foul-mouthed couple, black people still suffering the burdens of slavery and an out-of-place clergyman struggling with how he’s ended up
Chelsea Clinton writes children’s book, ‘She Persisted’ Chelsea Clinton has written a children’s book, with a sharply worded title. The book is called “She Persisted” and comes out May 30, Penguin Young Readers announced Thursday. Clinton will honor 13 American women “who never take no for an answer,” including Harriet Tubman, Sonia Sotomayor and Oprah Winfrey. “She Persisted” will also feature a “special” and unidentified cameo, presumably Clinton’s mother, Hillary Clinton. The book will be illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. “I wrote this book for everyone who’s ever wanted to speak up but has been told to quiet down — for everyone who’s ever been made to feel less than,” Chelsea Clinton said in a statement. “The 13 women in ‘She Persisted’ all overcame adversity to help shape our country — sometimes through speaking out, sometimes by staying seated, sometimes by captivating an audience. With this book, I want to send a message to
Chelsea Clinton (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
here. The snippets of dialogue have a somewhat disjointing effect; reading the novel feels like laboring over a 1,000-piece puzzle. Yet, there are poignant passages that resonate. From Thomas Havens, a dutiful slave: “I had my moments. My free, uninterrupted, discretionary moments. Strange, though: it is the memory of those moments that bothers me most. The thought, specifically, that other men enjoyed whole lifetimes comprised of such moments.” From Jane Ellis, a devoted mother of three: “If you are allowed back to that previous place, will you check Cathryn’s clothing and console Maribeth and tell Alice it is not a sin to fail in one’s first attempt? Assure them I have been thinking of them since I arrived here and am trying to make my way home.” The passages that do feature Lincoln forge a renewed appreciation for how agonizing a period this was in his life. It is painful to read about his devastation at losing a beloved child, especially amid the heavy backdrop of the Civil War. “Lincoln in the Bardo” is unlike any other book. Readers will diverge on whether that’s a good or bad thing. RASHA MADKOUR Associated Press
young readers around the country — and the world — that persistence is power.” The title refers to a comment — now a catchphrase — by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the silencing of Senator Elizabeth Warren during a debate in February about the confirmation of attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions. Warren, a Democrat, opposed the nomination and was speaking against it on the Senate floor when Republicans invoked a little-known rule to stop her. “Senator Warren was giving a lengthy speech,” McConnell later explained. “She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” Chelsea Clinton has had a busy publishing career recently. In 2015, she released a book for young people about civic activism, “It’s Your World.” She and Devi Sridhar collaborated on a scholarly work, “Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why?” which came out last month.
Book filled with blank pages tops Amazon’s best-seller list
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joke book “written” by a conservative author and filled with blank pages in a dig at Democrats is the top selling book on Amazon. “Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide” consists of 266 pages. It has a table of contents, chapters and a bibliography, but no words on the pages other than the book and chapter titles. It’s billed in the description as “a political treatise sure to stand the test of time.” As of Friday morning, it was Amazon’s best-selling book. The paperback is available for about $8. Author Michael J Knowles tells Fox News that when he took a look at the Democrats’ “record and reasons to vote for them,” he thought “it was probably best to just leave all the pages blank.”
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carnival
Euphoria Madness honour fallen group member The original intention of Bahamas Carnival was supposed to be to drive more tourists here...so we have focused our efforts and streamlined our marketing strategy to get more ‘heads in beds’, specifically for this period.”
By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Writer acadet@tribunemedia.net
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he Euphoria Madness band last weekend celebrated the life of a deceased member with exuberance during their official launch party for the 2017 Junkanoo Carnival season. The Greek Islands Restaurant on Bay Street was decked out in all colours of the rainbow to host the special costume unveiling. The event was dedicated to the late Christopher Turnquest, who died on October 1, 2016, after a 13-foot skiff occupied by him and another man was struck by a Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol vessel just east of Potter’s Cay Dock. He was 25 years old. Junkanooers at heart, the group’s leaders Roby Robinson and Sean Burrows also wanted to use the opportunity to help showcase Bahama Junkanoo Carnival as a tourism product and attract more visitors from abroad to participate in the ‘road fever’. And this year, Euphoria Madness is going to be all about the colours – red for anger, pink for love, turquoise for hysteria, green for envy, purple for sadness, and orange for happiness. “Sean is responsible for design while my focus is on production and marketing of our costumes,” Mr Robinson explained. “Apart from the launch we have busy getting our costumes ready for production. In addition, we have continued to have small socials for our revellers. It is important for us to keep in contact with all the revellers who have been on the road with us because we wish to grow this together.” For Mr Robinson it is extremely gratifying to be in a position to help lead Euphoria Madness for a third straight year. While they are often faced with obstacles and challenges,
he said it is important that they overcome all in order to get back on the road. “It’s not a cheap venture getting to the road, and so we have to use all the resources we have at our disposal. Time, energy and money has been put into all of the costumes, so the launch allows us all to get the reaction of the guests. This year much emphasis was placed on getting tourists to be on the road with us. The original intention of Bahamas Carnival
was supposed to be to drive more tourists here, utilising this new tourism product called Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, so we have focused our efforts and streamlined our marketing strategy to get more ‘heads in beds’, specifically for this period. While the Bahamian market will always be a crucial market for us, we trust that this year and beyond we will drive more and more tourists here with Euphoria Madness,” he said.
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motivational
Living drama-free By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net
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ahamian women were encouraged to lead “drama-free” lives during a recent workshop hosted by the New Image Young Ladies Organisation. “Beyond the Drama”, which was held at the Peniel Worship Centre, aimed to empower young women so that they can grow in every area of their lives. New Image also sought to mentor them in all things Christian. “(The workshop addressed) the ‘bad’ drama in particular that results in disappointments, hurts, pain, or agony that can utterly damage their lives,” said Rochelle Johnson, New Image administrator. “This workshop was designed to impart
knowledge and share some personal dramatic experiences with the young ladies so that they can gain an understanding of how to overcome dramatic events in their lives. A number of activities were used throughout the event to keep the participants engaged and help deliver the New Image message. Those activities included presentations, an interactive ‘swiping’ session where the women answered questions to figure out if they are “full of drama or not”, and a celebrity trivia where they answered questions about famous persons, both local and international, who are known for drama. Panelists for the event also shared their personal experiences and how they overcome drama in their life. “Each presenter gave so much information that all who were there – the young and not so young – had strategies
The New Image Young Ladies Organisation is seeking ways to teach Bahamian women how to live drama-free lives. on how to maneuver through life’s dramas,” Ms Johnson said. Tanya Sweeting, director of New Image, gave pointers on how to address difficult situations and shared her interpretation of ‘drama’. Aisha Turnquest, marketing manager at Shifting Gears, talked about strategies to prepare for disappointments. Meanwhile, accountant Sheremer Green encouraged the young ladies to wait before entering into sexual relationships by sharing her personal story. Finally, the three forum panelists –Pastor Dawn Clarke of Remnant Kingdom Apostolic Ministries; Felicia Russell, administrator in the local government in Cat Island and proprietor of Classy Jems, and Shaneeshiann Burrows of the Kingdom Discipleship Centre – were candid about the role drama has played out in their life, the results of these situations and how they were able to get over them with prayer, forgiveness and selfrealisation. “The major take-away is that everyone goes through some form of drama or another, but it’s what you do after the drama that makes the difference. Will you let it define you or will you rise above it and use it to overcome and to encourage someone else? This is the message of going ‘Beyond the
Drama’,” said Ms Johnson. New Image was started with the idea of assisting young Bahamian women in becoming aware of the success they can achieve both in physical and the spiritual world. The organisation is geared towards women and girls between the ages of 13 and 25. New Image also actively encourages women to examine their strengths and build their dreams, and seeks to empower to be “beautifully awesome”. For 2017, the organisation will expand to offer consultations and counselling. They will also engage in further workshops, church youth groups and non-affiliated church members, as well as other organisations targeting girls and women. “We have spent time with the young ladies at the Elizabeth Estates’ Children’s Home last month and plan to visit those young ladies again at least two more times this year. There is a Summer workshop next on the agenda for July 2017 under the theme ‘Challenge Yourself’ and much more to come. New Image is also open to invites just for our young ladies. We look forward with eager anticipation to this year’s events to bring a positive impact to this nation,” said Ms Johnson.
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Danny Glover coaches Bahamian students Danny Glover with the BAM Dream Project kids By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net
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t’s not every day one gets taught the tricks of the trade by an award-winning Hollywood veteran. But that is exactly what 100 Bahamian students experienced this week when they came face-to-face with actor and activist Danny Glover of “Lethal Weapon” and “The Colour Purple” fame. Taking part in a special celebrity workshop by the Bahamas Artist Movement (BAM), Mr Glover played the role of facilitator and teacher, gladly answering questions about his craft. He was featured alongside other top industry talents during the Dream Project masterclass. The workshop kicked off last weekend in Nassau at the St Paul’s Cathedral, Lyford Cay. Mr Glover arrived in Nassau on Monday and started coaching budding actors. Other Hollywood talent participating in the celebrity workshop include Jeffrey Poitier, from the box office hit, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and currently filming season two of the popular WGN TV series “Underground”, and noted jazz vocalist Charmaine Neville, who is offering musical training to the
students. The workshop is open to students between the ages of 14 and 18. It continues today and tomorrow in Eleuthera. At the end for the series, three students will receive full scholarships to Relativity School’s 2017 summer programme in Hollywood. Ronald Sutherland, co-founder of BAM, said the main thrust of the workshop is to help young Bahamians build careers in the film industry and give them hands-on ways of learning the trade. The workshop series, he said, is focused on developing youth in film, TV, theatre, dance, technical and digital media, and is designed to prepare students to compete internationally in the multi-billion dollar industry. “There are three sessions a day. There is a warm-up period and then students are broken up into four groups. Each group is taught four different things. But on the surface they have been learning about attitude, stage presence, confidence, the basics of musicality, characterisation and whole a lot more,” Mr Sutherland told Tribune Weekend. “Danny Glover is overseeing the entire process. He is our heavy hitter.” Mr Glover is an award-winning actor, producer and humanitarian, with
a performance career that spans more than 30 years. From the blockbuster “Lethal Weapon” franchise to hit television shows such as “ER”, Mr Glover has portrayed a myriad of popular characters and has distinguished himself as one of his generation’s most consummate actors. Mr Glover’s performances in such classic motion pictures as “The Colour Purple”, “Witness”, and “Places in the Heart”, have not only showcased his talent and versatility, but have also brought him critical and audience acclaim, said Mr Sutherland. Honoured with awards from the NAACP, BET and SAG, Mr Glover has also received several Emmy nominations for his work in such TV hits as “Lonesome Dove”. He is an activist for women’s rights and the advancement of childcare, especially for black children, and this is why he is here in the Bahamas. “He is also here to give a tactile representation to children to show that they can make it. What he is saying to them is that ‘I am here’, and if I can make it you can make it, too,” said Mr Sutherland. BAM currently offers professional training for passionate artists, old and young, as well as showcase opportunities using works that encourage explo-
ration and critique of social issues. The first celebrity workshop took place in 2014 with actor Jeff Perry who plays Cyrus Beene on the television drama “Scandal”, and Linda Lowy, casting director for celebrated TV shows like “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal” and “How To Get Away With Murder”. “The main take-away from the workshop is that the students have a real, live, living and breathing career opportunity. We are creating professionals and we are giving them the platform to be professionals. Doing that requires you to work with the best and this why we seek out the best,” said Mr Sutherland. The 2017 Dream Project masterclass is produced by BAM and Poitier Productions out of New Orleans. Local sponsors include Pineapple Air, Bahamas Fast Ferries, Sandyport Beach Resort and Burns House/Vitamalt here in Nassau, and Space to Create and The Other Side Hotel in Eleuthera. It is supported by Michael Dunaway, Sarasota Film Festival creative director and Paste Magazine’s movies section editor; Michael Mackay, technology advisor and film studio designer; Michael Novak, Dream Project advisory board partner and scholarship ambassador for the Relativity School in Los Angeles.
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celebrity With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt
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Karin says: “Except for the almost unbuttoned shirt (well, it is Chyna), this is a good ensemble for this kind of event – casual and comfortable. She keeps it stylish by adding some highheeled, bright yellow boots. However, the hair is a bit too big, I must say.” Cara says: “The photos of Black Chyna and her son King Cairo in their mommy-and-son matching outfits at this event were just so cute. He was her best accessory. That being said, I think she chose a super fun look – relaxed but still stylish. I really like her pop of colour with the fabulous boots.”
Karin says: “I don’t think I can ever forgive her for that dreadful ‘Kuu Kuu Harajuku’ cartoon and song, but she always chooses fun outfits for kids’ event. The fishnets (and barely-there silver shorts) add a sexy vibe to an otherwise fun, colourful look. Love the bubblegum pink lipstick and high ponytail as well.” Cara says: “OK, so her little jacket is cute with all the appliqués and I think her thigh boots and fishnets are hot, but I’m slightly baffled by the choice of her shorts, I don’t know, they seem weird to me maybe.”
Karin says: “There is no way Heidi would have approved this on ‘Project Runway’ , so why is she wearing it here on the orange carpet? This dress is trying way too hard to be clever and edgy. It seriously looks like something a first-year fashion student would reject as a failed design.” Cara says: “Heidi is just a disaster on the red carpet these days. I mean, I can’t remember the last time I was wowed by something she wore. OK, to be fair this is not that bad, but only when compared to some of her other recent ensembles. Going by that low standard, this is probably the best she has looked in a while.”
Karin says: “I love Mariah and she’s been looking fab recently. This is so simple and cute. Of course it’s revealing, but not majorly so by Mimi standards. And it was great seeing her and Nick being mature enough to attend together with their kids...they even posed together as a family on the orange carpet.” Cara says: “Love the look, Mimi! It’s cute flirty and fun. I think it’s a great fit and colour, and I really like the little lock on the zipper. Her necklace adds just enough sparkle. Also, love her signature butterflies at the back of her shoes – so fabulous!”
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music
C J Priest keeps it real with ‘One Night’ By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net
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EAL life has always been a source of inspiration for Bahamian recording artist C J Priest. Take for example his first single, “Like You”. It was written in 2009 after he fell head over heels for a woman and wanted her to know that she was indeed the object of his affections. But even though the song was meant to express his feelings, “Like You” was also the song that jumpstarted C J’s music career. And now almost a decade later, the artist continues to let real life experiences dictate the music he produces. “My music career started in 2009 when I wrote a song for a girl I was dating. I approached a friend by the name of Ray R Ewing of Buffboo Records and I told him I wanted to record the song and he said it could be a big song. That song today is known as ‘Like You’, and from there I didn’t stop,” he told Tribune Weekend. C J’s newest single, “One Night”, which will be officially released on April 7, is – like all his previous work – real, raw and from the heart. “Real life inspires my music. Not only how I feel, but also what is happening around me. About 50 per cent or more of my music has nothing to do with me or what I’m going through, but with what I heard or what I see others experience. I try to imagine how I would feel in their situation,” he said. While C J’s career officially started in 2009, he has been performing since he was four years old and plays multiple instruments. He recently signed with the Cyclone Music Group. It was easy for C J to get in the groove of writing “One Night” after
“I can see a lot of people not being able to look their significant other in the eye while listening to and loving this song.”
The cover art for C J Priest’s new single, “One Night”. being sent an instrumental and encouraged by Cyclone Music Group’s founder Preston Kyle Stuart “to write from his heart”. “I thought to myself, you would be surprised by the amount of secrets people carry around with them. The night they went out with their boys or she went out with her girls, and you give them all the trust in the world, but what if they just had that one night with someone they just met and they gave them everything – I mean everything – for just one night. Then the next day they both agree, it’s our secret. You would be amazed if you could read the thoughts of other
people. So I wrote this song as a confessional for a lot of people out there without them actually confessing,” the singer explained. “The thing I love most about the song is the truth in the lyrics, the fact that this isn’t just fantasy, this is what’s actually happening, a lot. I can see a lot of people not being able to look their significant other in the eye while listening to and loving this song.” Presently, the artist is working on a video he believes will “really capture the fullness of the song”. Simultaneously, C J is working on a number of other musical projects that are expected to be released in the com-
ing months. “There are a lot of things in the pipeline, but right now it’s just about putting out great music and building a strong music catalogue while working on my live performance,” he said. “I have already started working on a remix for ‘One Night’ and I am currently working on an EP to be released no later than this summer. I intend to have one or two guest artists on this project. This is going to be a very interesting project.” While real life inspires his music, his wife of three years, Keniece Gardiner, and his daughter K’Liyah are the ones who keep him motivated, he added.
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podcasts
A scary good listen By Stephen Hunt shunt@tribunemedia.net
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f you are a movie lover, there’s a host of podcasts out there covering all manner of films. This week, we focus on podcasts that embrace the weird, the wonderful and the scary.
Faculty of Horror One of my favourite podcasts is Pseudopod – a podcast giving readings of horror stories. It was one of my podcasts of the year last year and a regular listen for me. So when they gave a shout out to Faculty of Horror, it had to go on my review list – and I’m awfully glad to find them. Faculty of Horror is hosted by Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West, who analyse a host of horror movies across the episodes they’ve recorded. The latest show focuses on rape revenge movies such as ‘I Spit On Your Grave’. I was somewhat wary of trusting a show I’d never listened to before to cover such movies in a non-exploitative way – heck, such movies themselves don’t really do that – so I chickened out and listened to the previous episode, an in-depth study of the brilliant movie ‘The Descent’. If you’ve never seen ‘The Descent’, it’s a fantastic horror movie from Neil Marshall, whose most recent career highlights have been becoming the go-to guy for the big battle episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’. It follows a group of women as they explore a cave system on an adventure holiday. Except the cave system they’re exploring isn’t the one they thought they were – and they’re not alone down there. The hosts are incredibly knowledgeable. The information about the movie just trips off their tongue in a way that shows the depth of their knowledge of the movie. The analysis is great, taking in everything from the set design through to feminist readings of the film. Geek that I am, I thought I knew just about everything there was to know about this movie – but the hosts went far beyond what I thought I knew. They are engaging, the production is
excellent, the analysis is on an academic level and... well, I’d best stop chickening out and go back and listen to the latest episode, hadn’t I? Website: http://www.facultyofhorror. com
Nightmare on Film Street With the same format – two hosts chatting about a classic movie – Nightmare on Film Street is an ideal companion to Faculty of Horror. Hosts Kimberly and Jonathan are unashamed enthusiasts for the horror genre. You can hear the love as they chat about the movies. The episode I listened to compared the Tim Burton movie ‘Sleepy Hollow’ and the Guillermo Del Toro tale ‘Crimson Peak’ – both lush, Gothic romances as much as they are horrors. They don’t stick as tightly to their subject as the Faculty of Horror crew, even ranging across to chat about such things as the voice of the actor who filled the Darth Vader outfit in ‘Star Wars’ (though, pointer to the hosts, he had a Cornish accent and not a posh English accent, the video is out there of him speaking in the suit and it’s well, well worth finding for comedy value). That said, when they go off piste, they go there because the conversation is fun. There are spoilers to be had in here, but the hosts are up front about that, so no accidental spoilers here. If Faculty of Horror is an academic analysis, this is the show that makes you think of hanging out with your horror nerd buddies and picking apart the movie on the drive home from the cinema. Great listening. Website: http://nightmareonfilmstreetpodcast.com
30 Minutes of Diabolical This is an odd one, in that it is as much a soundscape as a podcast. The episode I listened to focused on the Red Planet – and what that ultimately meant was a roaming chat about things to do with Mars, including conspiracy theories about a bunch of Martianrelated movies all coming out at once and joking that it was really all a cover to give excuses for NASA not really having sent a probe to Mars but shot
The Faculty of Horror podcast gives an in-depth study of the movie ‘The Descent’.
Sociologist and writer Andrea “Lady Hellbat” Subissati is the co-host and producer of the Faculty of Horror podcast. all their footage on the back of a sound stage somewhere. Ultimately, the hosts settle on talking about the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total Recall. Not, we hasten to add, the remake, which is a horror story in itself that a studio thought that was a good idea. The analysis, it has to be said, isn’t terribly deep, though the hosts clearly know the movie and pick out the various moments they feel were cool. But simmering in the background is
music inspired by the Red Planet – and interwoven at the end with moments from the Arnie movie. It’s a nice idea, creating a work of art out of the material they are talking about, and if the examination of the movie alongside it was more rigorous, this would be a belter of a show. As it is, it felt a little light, but with great potential for the future. Website: http://squidnova.com/category/podcasts/
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gardening
Air layers If you want to propagate your hedges, shrubs and small trees, air layering is the way to go. Jack Hardy explains how.
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ost annuals are grown from seed and that is that. Perennials can also be grown from seed but thereafter have a great number of means of propagation. Some produce side shoots such as stolons, pups, sets and suckers. Others develop rhizomes or swollen roots underground, corms and bulbs. Some plants – like leaf of life and century plants – produce the finished article in the form of a miniature complete with roots that fall to the ground and establish themselves independently of the parent plant. There are some means of propagation that hardly occur naturally but are used by nursery technicians regularly. These include cuttings, air layers, grafting, budding and tissue culture. The home gardener often takes cuttings but only rarely needs to air layer. Fruit trees are usually bought in grafted form and budding is an art mostly practised in orchards or plantations. Tissue culture is used to produce most of the orchids available these days and takes an average of eight years for a single plant to mature, a method of propagation that is way out of a home gardener’s league.
Air layering is useful for small trees or shrubs that are hard to catch from cuttings. The harder the wood, the harder it is to make a successful cutting. Here’s where air layering come in. The last air layering I did was a bay laurel, a shrub that resisted propagation from ordinary cuttings but rooted well when air layered. In many ways air layering is a delayed form of cutting, but where cuttings take six months to become established, air layers take a year. Air layering was first practised in India and was called gootee. A diagonal cut was made just below a growth node and a small rock was inserted into the cut to keep it open. The wounded area was covered with a handful or two of soil and bound with coir fibre. An earthenware pot with a single hole in the base was hung above and a knotted piece of thin rope led from the pot and was wrapped several times around the parcel of earth. When the pot was filled with water, the string acted as a wick and kept the soil parcel damp. Air layers are much easier to make in this age of plastic. A healthy branch should be selected that is in a good position to be easily worked on. The size is not critical but ¾” to 1” is the usual diameter. Instead of cutting the branch, the area below a growth node is ringed. Two cuts are made around the branch about an inch apart and the bark and green tissue are removed
with a sharp knife. The area between the cuts should be pure white without any trace of green tissue. If green tissue does remain, the tissue can bridge the ringed area in self defence. Instead of soil we should use sphagnum peat moss that has been soaked in rain water for several hours. Squeeze a handful or two of peat moss to get rid of excess moisture, apply it to the layer area, then hold it in place with clear plastic wrap which in turn is fastened with string or twist ties top and bottom. I have made this sound simple but it can be really tricky and it helps to have three hands. If plastic wrap the size of a man’s handkerchief is wrapped around the branch and tied about 2” below the ringed area, the wrap can be opened up to form a funnel. Damp peat moss can be pushed in with one’s fingers until a nice fat package is created and the top of the wrap can be tied in place. Massage the package lightly to ensure an even distribution of peat moss around the layer area. Roots do not like to grow in light and our plastic wrap is clear so the whole package must be covered by an opaque layer such as a square of cloth. Every month the package can be opened at the top and the peat moss felt for moisture. If you find it drying out you can add water easily and re-seal the package. It usually takes five to six months for
a solid mass of roots to form but do not cut the rooted branch from the parent tree until midway through October or later. The cooler weather will be more to the new plant’s liking. Rather than place the air layer into the ground I would suggest transferring it to a 3 to four-gallon pot. The plant will have no stability until its roots have spread further than was possible in the peat package. In order to stop wind moving the plant and breaking its new roots I suggest you place a tomato tower in the pot and tie the plant north, east, south and west with plastic tape so it will not have any lateral movement. Put the pot in a location where it will be sheltered from north winds but receive full sun. Work a teaspoonful of Osmocote into the top of the soil to provide nutrition, then again in January. When the year is up you will have a solidly rooted new shrub or tree that will produce flowers and/or fruit much earlier than from other propagation methods and produce fruits identical to the parent tree. But there is one caveat: your new tree will not have a taproot and will be prone to flattening by hurricane strength winds. Patience is the key to success. Do not try to rush nature. Commit yourself to the year. • For questions and comments e-mail j.hardy@coralwave.com.
Use peat moss that has been soaked in rain water, squeeze it to get rid of excess moisture, then apply it to the layer area and hold it in place with clear plastic wrap.
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review
So-so ‘Power Rangers’ reboot is cheesy, self-serious power rangers running time: 124 mins
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here’s a question every piece of intellectual property needs to ask itself before a new version is made: How seriously should we treat the source material? There’s no right answer. There’ve been successful versions of both. Irreverent and meta takes on dated or impossible material have worked as have deathly serious interpretations. In the case of “Power Rangers ,” that cheesy Saturday morning show that cobbled together shameless merchandising goals, dubbed Japanese ac-
From L to R: Naomi Scott as “Kimberly,” RJ Cyler as “Billy,” Dacre Montgomery as “Jason,” Ludi Lin as “Zack” and Becky G as “Trini”. tion footage and sanitised high school shenanigans, they went mostly serious. And it might not have been the best call for a story that still involves a villain named Rita Repulsa who wanders around town eating gold. But we’ll get to her later. Even with such campy morsels to play with, director Dean Israelite seems to be going for is “Friday Night
Lights” meets “Fantastic Four,” which actually isn’t totally awful at the beginning as we meet the five high school students destined to wield their newly found superpowers to save the world. There’s the star football player, Jason (Dacre Montgomery), who’s rebelling against his good-boy image; the once-popular girl Kimberly (Naomi Scott, who looks like a combination of
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Emma Roberts); the “on-the-spectrum” Billy (RJ Cyler); the mysterious new girl Trini (Becky G.); and the adventurous Zack (Ludi Lin). They’re angsty teens with secrets and zero perspective so imagine how weird things get when they all happen to be hanging out one night in a restricted mining area, stumble upon some jewels, get into a would-be fatal car crash and wake up with the ability to crush iPhones and scale mountains. It’s hard to muck up the excitement of testing out your newfound superpowers, but then the ridiculous plot has to kick in (and all the requisite origin story clichés) and you can see the film struggling to maintain its straight face while Bryan Cranston’s pin art face bellows at the Rangers and Elizabeth Banks’ Rita Repulsa devours every piece of gold she can find. Banks is actually fairly fun in the part. But good lord does this film overstay its very conditional welcome. Israelite, who also made the occasionally riveting found-footage, time-travel pic “Project Almanac,” gives the images some grit and visual interest, but the story just spends too much time on the maudlin coming-of-age and teambuilding. A little less therapy and a little more action would have gone a long way in the mushy middle section. LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
Box office reaches new record, but international sales flat The Motion Picture Association of America said Wednesday that the worldwide box office reached a record $38.6 billion in 2016, though international revenues were essentially stagnant. The MPAA’s annual report showed a global increase of .5 per cent in ticket sales from 2015. While China, the world’s second-largest market after the US, has long been a priority of Hollywood, it dropped 1 per cent last year with $6.6 billion in ticket sales. Box office in North America hit a record $11.4 bil-
lion, although the increase of $300 million was due largely to rising ticket prices. About 11 per cent of North Americans, the MPAA said, are frequent movie-goers — those who go to the theater at least once a month. They make up 48 per cent of all tickets sold. About 71 per cent of the US/Canadian population went to the movies at least once in 2016, up 2 per cent from 2015. Among the year’s biggest box-office hits were “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Finding Dory” and “Captain America: Civil War” — all
signs for growth in the future.” Other notable conclusions from the report include: • Younger moviegoers increased. The biggest jump was for 18- to 24-year-olds, who went on average 6.5 times in 2016, up from 5.9 times in 2015.
‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ was one of the biggest box office hits in 2016. of them, it’s worth noting, released by the Walt Disney Co. The MPAA noted that three of the top five grossing films drew a majority female audience. “Even with an incredible
variety of viewing choices available to audiences, cinema remains the premier way to experience the magic of our movies,” said MPAA chief Chris Dodd. “And the good news is, there are positive
• The appeal of 3-D continued to slide. Sales of 3-D movies fell about 8 percent to $1.6 billion, even though there were 30 percent more 3-D releases. • African-American and Asian movie-goers continue to increase. Per capita, Asians/ other ethnicities go more than any other group, seeing on average 6.1 movies a year. JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
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Ryan Reynolds, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal appear in a scene from, “Life.”
Gyllenhaal and Reynolds enjoy bromance filming ‘Life’
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here’s a bromance brewing between actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds. The Hollywood stars say they hit it off so well during the filming of their new sci-fi thriller called “Life” that a genuine friendship has blossomed. The movie, about a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station who find an alien life form from Mars, is premiering Saturday at the South by Southwest festival in Austin. The “Brokeback Mountain” and “Deadpool” stars were mostly all jokes during rounds of press interviews prior to the film’s premier, answering most questions with a back-andforth comedy shtick. But they turned serious when asked about the connection formed on set.
Ryan Reynolds as Rory “Roy” Adams on board the International Space Station “You do these films and get to work with really amazing people, really talented people and you think ‘oh I’m going to hang out with these people afterward and see them again,’” said Reynolds. “You don’t most of the time because you go on living your life. But with this guy, we’ve stayed friends.
That’s a lucky thing. It doesn’t always happen.” Some of the first signs of the newly-forged bond came earlier this week when Reynolds gave high praise to Gyllenhaal on Good Morning America, calling him one of the most interesting actors currently working in Hollywood. Reyn-
olds said Saturday that his costar is “one the greatest actors of this generation.” “I loved working with this guy,” he said. “I loved spending time with this guy. It’s not often you get this experience.” Gyllenhaal was equally complimentary, saying Reynolds’s role last year as a foul-mouthed superhero is exactly what he strives for —a performance so authentic that it would be nearly impossible for another actor to duplicate. “We sort of grew up in this business together without knowing each other until very recently,” Gyllenhaal said. “It’s hard in a business where ... a lot of times we’re pretending to get closer to the truth and to find somebody who you feel is genuine. I feel that way about him, so we’re friends.” The movie plot draws some notable parallels to Ridley
Scott’s 1979 classic “Alien,” tracking a team of scientists on a spaceship who encounter an alien life form that wreaks havoc. Their discovery – the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars – turns out to be a threat not only to the crew but to all life on Earth. But even with the backdrop of a sci-fi heart pounder, Gyllenhaal says he and Reynolds found some levity throughout the filming. “This experience of what’s happening right now was consistent to what it felt like while we were shooting,” Gyllenhaal said in between puns served as answers to questions. “We had really scary situations in the movie and scenes that were really tense, but we were laughing constantly and it was so much fun.” DAVID SALEH RAUF AP Writer
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literary lives e p taylor
The Lord of Lyford Cay Sir Christopher Ondaatje recalls the Canadian business tycoon, philanthropist and horseracing breeder who founded the Bahamas’ best known luxury gated community.
E P Taylor and his wife, Winnifred Taylor (née Thornton) in 1978.
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dward Plunkett Taylor, known to everyone as “Eddie”, was born in Ottawa, Canada , graduated from McGill University in 1922 with a Bachelor of Science degree, and immediately went to work for McLeod Young and Weir, one of Canada’s leading brokerage houses. For the rest of his ever expansive life he was never far from the Canadian investment scene. Peter C Newman, the author of ‘Flame of Power’ (1959), an intimate portrait of Canada’s greatest businessman, describes Taylor as “the most successful Canadian businessmen of his generation, and one of the most influential financiers in the world. In mid-
Edward Plunket Taylor (January 29, 1901 – May 14, 1989)
century Canada, Taylor has become as much a symbol as a man. He stands out in the classic struggle between the haves and the have-nots as the epitome of riches gained and power wielded.” He also adds that “E P Taylor’s personal creed is that of an unbridled entrepreneur who has mastered the workings of capitalism”. Setting out with a brewing business - Brading Breweries Ltd - which he inherited from his grandfather, Taylor merged no less than 30 breweries in six Canadian provinces and seven states in the United States into Canadian Breweries Ltd. It was at the time, at the end of the 1950s, the largest brewing company in the world. During World War II he was appointed to the executive committee of the Department of Munitions and Supply in Canada, and would be appointed by Winston Churchill to run the British Supply Council in North America. Influential in his wartime activities and
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Windfields Estate was E P Taylor’s main residence and was situated North York, Ontario (now part of Toronto). It was part of a 1,500 acre thoroughbred horse breeding farm founded by Taylor. The last royals to stay there were Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in the summers of 1974 and 1981, and Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales.
“Taylor merged no less than 30 breweries in six Canadian provinces and seven states in the United States into Canadian Breweries Ltd. It was at the time, at the end of the 1950s, the largest brewing company in the world.”
Lyford Cay in 1957 contacts across Canada and around the world, he founded Argus Corporation in 1945 and exchanged his Canadian Breweries stock into the new holding company where, with his partners, he controlled 40 per cent of the company, thus giving him a major say in Canada’s pulp and paper, chemical, agricultural and food companies. With annual sales exceeding $1.5 billion, Taylor’s company affected the lives of nearly every Canadian family. In the ensuing years Argus Corporation
acquired control of some of Canada’s largest corporations including Canadian Food Products, Massey-Harris, Orange Crush Ltd, Standard Chemical, Dominion Stores, British Columbia Forest Products, Dominion Tar & Chemical Co, Standard Broadcasting and Hollinger Mines Ltd. E P Taylor had become one of Canada’s richest businessmen. In 1956, Taylor purchased 5,000 acres at Lyford Cay, 15 miles west of Nassau on New Providence Island. The land
was offered to him by Harold Christie, a business associate of Sir Harry Oakes. Taylor paid $2 million for the rough scrub land and then spent $6 million improving it, building an 18-hole golf course and a luxurious beach club, which he called the Lyford Cay Club. Beach lots were sold to prospective club members for between $10,000 and $75,000, enticed by Taylor’s plans for an exclusive retirement community. Today Lyford Cay Club is a gated community, celebrated for its understat-
ed style and being a private haven for members from Britain, Canada, Cuba, France, Greece, Ireland, Switzerland and the United States. The Club is renowned not only for its Rees Jones golf course but also for its tennis centre, a full service marina, world class restaurants and one of the finest mile-long white sand beaches in the Bahamas. In the 1950s, E P Taylor and his wife, Winnifred, began breeding thorough-
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E P Taylor’s first Queen’s Plate win in 1959. The Queen’s Plate is Canada’s oldest thoroughbred horse race.
Northern Dancer – a Canadian racing icon –poses with owner E P Taylor and jockey Bill Hartack after winning the Queen’s Plate in 1964 (PhotoCanada’s Sports Hall of Fame). Continued from page 23
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E P Taylor and noted thoroughbred horse racin before Queen’s Plate in 1964.
bred horses, originally located at Windfields Farm in Oshawa. In 1961, their breeding operation produced Northern Dancer who, in 1964, won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Queen’s Plate. Northern Dancer retired to stud at Windfields Farm and was an immediate success when his first crop reached racing age in 1968. However, it was the success of his second crop, led by English Triple Crown winner Nijinsky, which brought him fame on the international stage. He was relocated to the Maryland branch of Windfields Farm where he became the most soughtafter sire of his time. Taylor was President of the Ontario Jockey Club from 1953 to 1973, and voted thoroughbred racing’s Man of the Year in 1973, and the following year elected to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Taylor’s horses won 15 Queen’s Plate races in Canada and were named Canadian Horse of the Year nine times. E P Taylor’s main residence remained at Windfields Farms on Bayview Avenue in Toronto until he
moved to his luxurious Lyford Cay Club in 1963 to enjoy his retirement and to take advantage of the Bahamian inheritance and tax laws. President John F Kennedy stayed at Taylor’s house in December, 1962, while he had talks with the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Taylor died there in 1989 when he was 88, respected as the last of the great Canadian business moguls and lauded as one of North America’s great sporting heroes. A man with incredible vision and determination, he was successful in every enterprise he entered, no matter what the challenges and odds against him. It is unlikely we will see anyone like him in our lifetime with such a zest for living, triumph and fulfilment. NEXT WEEK: Sir David Attenborough, veteran naturalist and broadcaster. • Sir Christopher Ondaatje is an adventurer and writer resident in the Bahamas. A Sri Lankan-born Canadian-Englishman, he is the author of several books, including “The Last Colonial”.
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history
The Water Tower crowning Bennet’s Hill Forgotten facts Paul C Aranha By Paul C Aranha
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set out to write about the Water Tower, but it is almost impossible to separate the tower from the Queen’s Staircase (which older Bahamians knew as ‘The 66 Steps’) and Fort Fincastle. So let’s start at Elizabeth Avenue (formerly Union Street) and climb the remaining 65 steps to get to Bennet’s Hill. If there’s enough energy left, we might think of climbing the stairs to the top of the tower (the elevator would be more convenient) to enjoy a spectacular panoramic view of the city, the harbour and the surrounding suburbs and countryside. The view is still there but it has been several years since the public was allowed access to the tower, though I am told that renovations are underway and change is in the air. When that day comes, what with VAT and all that, admission will probably be more than the 25 cents of yesteryear. Seighbert Russell wrote that the tower, which reaches up 216 feet above mean sea level, was erected in 1928 and had a white light on top of it, which flashed every ten seconds and was visible for 18 miles. Clearly the tallest ‘lighthouse’ in the Bahamas. In 1953, for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, it was decorated with an illuminated crown. Bennet’s Hill, the highest elevation in the downtown area, was chosen as the site for a water tower so the natural force of gravity could be harnessed to feed water to the city of Nassau.
The Water Tower, Fort Fincastle and the surrounding neighbourhood
Nature reclaiming a Fort Fincastle house Fort Fincastle is the other monument to bygone days on this hilltop site. Built by Lord Dunmore in 1793, it was a part of Dunmore’s strategic plan to defend the city and the island. He boasted that his comprehensive defence system would guarantee that no enemy would ever successfully attack the island again and, so far, he has been absolutely correct. I took a stroll through the residential area of Fort Fincastle with a friend who once lived there and was fascinated by what I saw. There was abundant evidence of a more affluent past and one of the elderly residents said that the boys of the area amused themselves by climbing down the lightning rods on the outside of the tower.
A Fort Fincastle residence
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CRYPTIC PUZZLE Down 1 Sailor gains trophies - very good prizes (8) 2 Unusual for one (8) 3 In the end a girl is confused (4) 5 Having broken a personal record, though on the decline (4,4,4) 6 Not all fire alarms are genuine (4) 7 Gadget wrongly labelled (6) 8 Strays around in the woods (6) 11 He works at intervals (12) 15 A tax return to distribute (5) 16 Might be cold, yet good tempered (5) 18 Game to set kilts swirling? (8) 19 Ships, and in them, pirates (8) 21 It’s piled on the floor (6) 22 Successfully retired? (6) 26 Good starting points for a drive (4) 27 He ruled in one Roman era (4)
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Yesterday’s Cryptic Solution Across: 1 Infer, 4 Flouted, 8 Pea, 9 Intestacy, 10 Oysters, 11 Get on, 13 Static, 15 Staple, 18 Cuffs, 19 Allured, 21 Smugglers, 23 Win, 24 Erector, 25 Sorts. Down: 1 Impious, 2 Flagstaff, 3 Raise, 4 Fetish, 5 On sight, 6 Tea, 7 Doyen, 12 Top drawer, 14 Insight, 16 Endings, 17 Career, 18 Caste, 20 Lists, 22 Use.
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Across 1 Associate socially (6) 4 Unquestioning (8) 9 Settle cosily (6) 10 Impracticality (8) 12 An enticement (4) 13 Point of view (5) 14 Ready to go on fighting (4) 17 Occasionally (4,2,1,5) 20 Wild (12) 23 To incline (4) 24 Compare (5) 25 Enthusiastic (4) 28 Ordinary (8) 29 To decree (6) 30 Acquiescent (8) 31 In truth (6)
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Friday, March 24, 2017
animals
Fun at the BKC Dog Show
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t was simply a gorgeous weekend for a dog show last Saturday and Sunday. The Bahamas Kennel Club (BKC) kept the show to themselves on Saturday, but on Sunday the Bahamas Humane Society (BHS) joined in the fun and dogs were invited to participate in some classes that attracted a large spectator crowd and much laughter and applause. The BHS’ fun categories were: Best Kisser, Best Tail Wager, Fastest Recall, Fastest Retrieve, Best Trick and Best Costume. It was wonderful to see how many serious competitors quickly became pets, playing and pleasing their humans, and the uncontrolled delight and pleasure owners and spectators experienced. It was such an amazing setting; the colourful tents were grouped under our magnificent Fort Charlotte on Clifford Park. Parking was easy and access was simple for the general public. The entry fee was reasonable ($5 for adults and $2 for kids). There were tons of little ones at the show. And what a wonderful way to introduce them to dogs! Most of the dogs who attend a dog show are people-friendly and behave, otherwise their owners would not bring them to the show in the first place. We also saw quite a few young people handling their dogs in a very mature and adult manner. God bless their parents for teaching them how to respect and interact with their dogs. The BHS had a hugely successful booth with a hoopla game. People absolutely loved playing it. The funds are always greatly needed at the shelter and people had immense fun playing and winning an assortment of gifts, appropriate for adults, as well as prizes for kids. It was really heartening to see the support. The BHS was also raising money in order to be able to take a bunch of pizzas up to those poor guys working at
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Sister act By The Bahamas Humane Society
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hen Sarah and Lydia first arrived at the Bahamas Humane Society they had a few skin issues. However, these lovely twoand-a-half-year-old sisters are now past those and have full, soft coats of fur. The girls are very friendly and would really like to find homes (or a home!) of their own. They’ve now been at the BHS for several months. Sarah and Lydia would like you to know that their adoptions would be considered part of the March Madness special, where all adult dogs can be adopted for a mere $10. Just think, for barely more than the cost of your morning coffee and croissant, you can bring a joyful new family member home. Do you have a spot for Sarah or a lounge for Lydia? They don’t mind being adopted separately if you only have room for one. There are also many other adult dogs to choose from, but the important detail is to come in to the BHS to complete an application and meet the dogs. Adoption hours are 11am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday, or you can call 323-5138 for more information. All adoption dogs are fully vaccinated and spayed/neutered. Sarah and Lydia look forward to meeting you! • Pull out those hippy outfits! The BHS Flower Power Party is back
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Animal matters Kim Aranha
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on Saturday, April 29, at the Nassau Yacht Club. The fun starts at 7pm. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. Tickets are $75 and are available at the shelter. Photos/Terrel W Carey
the dump who are trying to keep the fire down and the flames away. We didn’t raise quite a much as we hoped, but it was very nice to see how willing some people were to dig into their pockets for a couple of dollars.. The food was of course wonderful. There was the ever faithful and well-equipped Rotary hamburger van selling hot dogs and burgers. The Batter Girls were right next door to us and their conch fritters, French fries and more kept tempting us throughout both days. Those ladies certainly work very hard indeed and produce delicacies to be proud of. I do not write about the winners of the dog show as I am sure that the BKC has already made those results public. I hope that everybody walked away with the same happy and positive feeling that I did. This was the Bahamas at its best: the weather was beautiful and the view was spectacular on both sides (the fort above and the blue sea below). Lots of people were parading their dogs; the dogs were happy and the people were happy. I didn’t hear one angry word the entire time I was there. People won and people lost, but it was not a drama. Life went on peacefully. There is a very big lesson to be learned from events like the BKC Dog Show and the BHS Fun Day: serious can meet silly. The dogs competing in the BKC Dog Show were very serious about winning, but were happy to get a little goofy in the ‘Best Kisser’ category. The highly acclaimed champion is still a dog and likes to mess around like any potcake. Dogs are dogs, like people are people. It was delightful to see everybody have a good time, enjoy the food and the drink (yes, there was a bar, but no problems) and enjoy the company of one another. This is the first year that the BHS has been included, and we were really happy to be part of the show on Sunday. I know a lot of people enjoyed it, and if we get invited back I assure you we will be there. We will have a couple of different categories such as ‘Best Shelter/ Adopted Dog’. We might have another couple of games. Yes, the BHS and BKC are going to have a great time working and playing together. Well done BKC for pulling it off once again! You should be very proud. Even if you are all exhausted today, it was well worth it.
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Friday, March 24, 2017
gardening
Air layers If you want to propagate your hedges, shrubs and small trees, air layering is the way to go. Jack Hardy explains how.
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ost annuals are grown from seed and that is that. Perennials can also be grown from seed but thereafter have a great number of means of propagation. Some produce side shoots such as stolons, pups, sets and suckers. Others develop rhizomes or swollen roots underground, corms and bulbs. Some plants – like leaf of life and century plants – produce the finished article in the form of a miniature complete with roots that fall to the ground and establish themselves independently of the parent plant. There are some means of propagation that hardly occur naturally but are used by nursery technicians regularly. These include cuttings, air layers, grafting, budding and tissue culture. The home gardener often takes cuttings but only rarely needs to air layer. Fruit trees are usually bought in grafted form and budding is an art mostly practised in orchards or plantations. Tissue culture is used to produce most of the orchids available these days and takes an average of eight years for a single plant to mature, a method of propagation that is way out of a home gardener’s league.
Air layering is useful for small trees or shrubs that are hard to catch from cuttings. The harder the wood, the harder it is to make a successful cutting. Here’s where air layering come in. The last air layering I did was a bay laurel, a shrub that resisted propagation from ordinary cuttings but rooted well when air layered. In many ways air layering is a delayed form of cutting, but where cuttings take six months to become established, air layers take a year. Air layering was first practised in India and was called gootee. A diagonal cut was made just below a growth node and a small rock was inserted into the cut to keep it open. The wounded area was covered with a handful or two of soil and bound with coir fibre. An earthenware pot with a single hole in the base was hung above and a knotted piece of thin rope led from the pot and was wrapped several times around the parcel of earth. When the pot was filled with water, the string acted as a wick and kept the soil parcel damp. Air layers are much easier to make in this age of plastic. A healthy branch should be selected that is in a good position to be easily worked on. The size is not critical but ¾” to 1” is the usual diameter. Instead of cutting the branch, the area below a growth node is ringed. Two cuts are made around the branch about an inch apart and the bark and green tissue are removed
with a sharp knife. The area between the cuts should be pure white without any trace of green tissue. If green tissue does remain, the tissue can bridge the ringed area in self defence. Instead of soil we should use sphagnum peat moss that has been soaked in rain water for several hours. Squeeze a handful or two of peat moss to get rid of excess moisture, apply it to the layer area, then hold it in place with clear plastic wrap which in turn is fastened with string or twist ties top and bottom. I have made this sound simple but it can be really tricky and it helps to have three hands. If plastic wrap the size of a man’s handkerchief is wrapped around the branch and tied about 2” below the ringed area, the wrap can be opened up to form a funnel. Damp peat moss can be pushed in with one’s fingers until a nice fat package is created and the top of the wrap can be tied in place. Massage the package lightly to ensure an even distribution of peat moss around the layer area. Roots do not like to grow in light and our plastic wrap is clear so the whole package must be covered by an opaque layer such as a square of cloth. Every month the package can be opened at the top and the peat moss felt for moisture. If you find it drying out you can add water easily and re-seal the package. It usually takes five to six months for
a solid mass of roots to form but do not cut the rooted branch from the parent tree until midway through October or later. The cooler weather will be more to the new plant’s liking. Rather than place the air layer into the ground I would suggest transferring it to a 3 to four-gallon pot. The plant will have no stability until its roots have spread further than was possible in the peat package. In order to stop wind moving the plant and breaking its new roots I suggest you place a tomato tower in the pot and tie the plant north, east, south and west with plastic tape so it will not have any lateral movement. Put the pot in a location where it will be sheltered from north winds but receive full sun. Work a teaspoonful of Osmocote into the top of the soil to provide nutrition, then again in January. When the year is up you will have a solidly rooted new shrub or tree that will produce flowers and/or fruit much earlier than from other propagation methods and produce fruits identical to the parent tree. But there is one caveat: your new tree will not have a taproot and will be prone to flattening by hurricane strength winds. Patience is the key to success. Do not try to rush nature. Commit yourself to the year. • For questions and comments e-mail j.hardy@coralwave.com.
Use peat moss that has been soaked in rain water, squeeze it to get rid of excess moisture, then apply it to the layer area and hold it in place with clear plastic wrap.