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RAISING FUNDS IN STYLE Pages 14&15
Reaching to the heavens Local gospel artist in international limelight pages 4 - 5
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holidays
Ready, set, shop! Black Friday madness begins By CARA HUNT
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f Thanksgiving is all about stuffing your face with turkey, ham and pumpkin pie, then Black Friday – the day after the American holiday – is all about massive sales and the official start of the Christmas shopping frenzy. And even though it originated in the US, Bahamians are all over the the Black Friday tradition, and have been for several years now, with local stores also getting in on the action. With just a week to go to the biggest shopping day of the year, now is the time to formulate a game plan to ensure you get the most bang for your buck. The very first thing that you want to do is market research. Think about the things that you would most be likely to purchase, whether it be that much needed washer and dryer, the hot toy that’s at the top of your child’s Christmas list, or even that new wardrobe you are dying to have. Research is important, regardless if you are planning to do the bulk of your shopping locally or online. You will want to see what the current prices are, that way you can be sure that the “sale” being offered is really a good deal or a rip-off. After you do your research you can make a list of all the things on your to-buy list and then shop around. Locally, you can expect to see Black Friday sales advertised in The Tribune or Facebook company pages. So check to see who is offering what and at what price. Shopping online can be a huge temptation, because of
course you will want to make all kinds of impulse purchases. I remember the year my husband had to talk me off the ledge because I thought my son really needed a giant talking sloth that 75 percent off at $39. When he reminded me how much shipping would be it really made the sloth look a lot less cute. Sloth crisis averted! Shipping of course is a major factor to consider when ordering online. My favourite things to order this
way are computer or learning devices like Kindles or laptops because of the duty free factor. If you are ordering from a site that does not have free shipping (I don’t understand this, I really don’t), make sure that the cost of the item combined with shipping is still a good value. Even an inexpensive bulky item can incur massive shipping costs. Of course the other option is to hop on a plane to the US and go into full Black Friday mode. I know that for
some people (OK me) this is what dreams are made of, but others would rather suffer root canal than battle the raging hordes of shoppers. It has its disadvantages and advantages depending on the type shopper you are. If you love a bargain, love that all your favourite stores have signs advertising “50 percent off”, and you love the thrill of shopping from dawn to midnight with thousands of other shopaholics, then
nothing beats the thrill of a Black Friday trip. My advice to make a trip worthwhile again is to meticulously plan your course of action – determine which stores you want to hit up and in what order. Be sure to wear extremely comfy footwear and clothes you can take off quickly or even try stuff on over if a lack of dressing rooms becomes an issue. When it comes to Black Friday in the US, remember it can be a jungle out there. Although in all the years I have gone I have never seen the types of violent fights over bargains that make it on YouTube. Instead, I have seen slightly messy shelves, frazzled sales associates, and maybe one or two cute things not available in the size I need. Be realistic; everyone wants a bargain so it will be crowded. Make sure you eat and stay hydrated so you are not miserable. The final tip I have is to please be safe. Thieves love to come out and play during Black Friday. So look after your money and your credit cards (never keep everything in the same place) and keep track of your packages. If you are staying close to the mall or the shops it may be a good idea to drop stuff off back at your room or even rent a locker so there is less to keep track off. If you do drop stuff off to your car, please drive away and park somewhere else in case an unsavoury character is watching. Above all, just grab some good deals and have fun no matter how or where you shop.
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Inside Weekend Interview 4 - 5 Gospel singer Antonio Rolle has gone from Michael Jackson to Jesus Music 7 Nakhaz Gay finds success with his love song to the Bahamas Theatre 8 - 9 A new one-of-a-kind production blends film with traditional stage play Gardening 10 Jack Hardy asks, which onion is right for you? Entertainment 11 - 13 Jim Beam’s great-grandson visits Atlantis for ‘Bourbon Bash’, plus Canadian creator puts the Bahamas in the spotlight for new TV show Pageants 14 - 15 The Miss Bahamas Organisation does fundraising in style for hurricane relief Pop Culture 17 ‘Baby Yoda’ takes the internet by storm Books 18 The latest releases hitting shelves this week Calendar 19 Things to do around town this weekend Literary Lives 20 - 21 Ta-Nehisi Coates is a new voice speaking for the forgotten Film 22 Can the sequel to ‘Frozen’ recapture the magic of the first movie? Television 23 ‘The Crown’ switches Queens as the Netflix show heads into the 1960s Forgotten Facts 24 - 25 Remembering Bahamas Airways on its birthday Puzzles 26 Animals 27 Cloning your furry family member, plus Pet of the Week
My perfect Bahamian weekend Patrice Francis Playwright
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: Saturday breakfast or Sunday lunch? “Sunday lunch. After being spiritually fed, I love the idea of chasing flavour around town. I fancy Thai cuisine, sushi, or tender, seasoned beef with a loaded baked potato (more sour cream please), tiramisu, and of late: savoury chicken paired with a maple-sprinkled hearty waffle. Is it Sunday yet?” : Wine, Kalik, rum or cocktail? “Well, I don’t drink anything harder than a Vita Malt Plus, so my beverage of choice of late has been something cool and coffee-based. My other go-to drink is a matcha green tea frappuchino.” : Beach or sofa? “Can I get a sofa on a beach? I love the scenery of aquamarine waters against an azure sky, but then again, a comfortable sofa with a good book or a suspenseful television series is never a bad way to go for me.” : What could you not do without? “It’s more whom…I can’t do without my relationship with God, felt in everyday every moment terms by an unmatched guidance of the Holy Spirit and a nearness that reassures and reaffirms. I wouldn’t want to do without the love of my family. It is matchless. Oh, humour – I couldn’t do without that!”
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: Weekend away: where would you go? “Since it makes no sense to go to Prague for a weekend, let’s do South and Central Eleuthera, namely Wemyss Bight and Savannah Sound. There’s a bay in Wemyss Bight that I find particularly enchanting perhaps because my great great-grandparents spent time there. Savannah Sound, a sleepy, charming settlement and the birthplace of our Bahamian legend Timothy Gibson, has some cherished familial ties as well.”
Luce, was first published. • In 1980, some 2,600 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy. Today’s birthdays: US Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer is 69. TV personality Robin Roberts 59. TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is 32. Actress-singer Miley Cyrus is 27.
This week in history
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November 22 • On November 22, John F Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Governor John B Connally, in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded; a suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested; Vice President Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as president. • In 1977, regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis. • In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election of the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot,
announced she would resign. Today’s birthdays: Movie director Terry Gilliam is 79. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 61. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 52. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 35. Actor Dacre Montgomery (”Stranger Things”) is 25.
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• In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.) • In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R
• In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection. • In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of US President John F Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television. • In 1991, rock singer Freddie Mercury of the band Queen died in London at age 45 of AIDS-related pneumonia. Today’s birthdays: Actor Dwight Schultz (”The A-Team”) is 72. Actress Denise Crosby (”Star Trek: TNG”) is 62. Actor-writer-producer Stephen Merchant (”The Office”) is 45. Actor Colin Hanks is 42. Actress Katherine Heigl is 41.
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INTERVIEW
He caught the singing bug after sharing the stage with one of the biggest stars of all time when he was just a kid. Now, decades later, this Bahamian gospel artist tells Cara Hunt about enjoying his own time in the limelight after receiving multiple international award nods for his music.
Antonio Rolle
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ot many musicians can boast that they once shared a stage with a legend like Michael Jackson. But Bahamian gospel singer Antonio Rolle had that honour when he was invited to be a member of the children’s choir which sang backup for Jackson as he performed his song “Heal the World” at the opening of the Atlantis resort in 1998. It was one of the greatest moments in young Antonio’s life and helped cement his desire to one day perform on international stage as the main act. Even 21 years later Antonio says it remains an experience he will never forget. “We were directed by gospel greats BeBe Winans and Byron Cage. It was just an awesome event and I knew that singing was something I wanted to do internationally,” he told Tribune Weekend. Even before his Atlantis experience, Antonio had been musically inclined. From an early age he sang at his church, Mount Tabor, as a part of their children’s musical ministry and was a performer on the “Power of the Blood” television show. He also performed at several local sporting events such as the Hugh Campbell Basketball Tournament, at an
“(My song) encourages people to walk in their destiny and focus on God, who is the one who gives you the gifts. It encourages persons to walk in their greatness.”
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Inter-Island Track and Field meet, and at a boxing match featuring Jermain “Cho Cho” Mackey. He also travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, to sing at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, the church of the late Eddie Long who was a good friend of Mount Tabor Bishop Neil C Ellis. As he gained more exposure, the opportunity to pursue a secular career presented itself, but Antonio realised that his heart was truly with blessing people through gospel music. “I was offered the opportunity to join Baha Men and to work with a Motown label, but I knew where my heart was, and since singing for Him, God has opened up so many doors,” he said. “I do write my own music. I am inspired by anything that is happening in my life, or sometimes God will minister to me and I will then find the words and then the tune will come to me.” And while Antonio considers himself a “worship artist”, he said he does a variety of music on his albums, including dancehall for his younger audience members. “But really, to me, it is all about using my music to help people usher in the presence of God.” His dedication has paid off. Antonio recently got word that he has received four nominations in the International Annual Rhythm of Gospel Music Awards which will held be next June in Birmingham, Alabama. Antonio has been nominated for ‘Urban Contemporary Song of the Year’ for his song “Another Level”. He has also been nominated for ‘International Gospel Artist of the Year’, ‘Best Performance by a Male Artist’ and ‘Special Event Instrumental of the Year’. He explained that his awardnominated song “Another Level” was written to encourage people to pursue their destiny. “It encourages people to walk in their destiny and focus on God, who is the one who gives you the gifts. It encourages persons to walk in their greatness,” he said. The Rhythm of Gospel Music Awards are a televised awards show that recognises outstanding churches, pastors, choirs and independent gospel music artists of all genres for their contributions towards the betterment and advancement of their communities. The event is hosted by the National and Independent Gospel Music Association (NIGMA).
The annual awards show will feature more than 100 different local regional and national music acts from a wide range of genres, including alternative Christian rock, southern gospel, traditional, contemporary, gospel hip hop, urban and folk, as well as cool jazz and hot Texan rhythms. More than 4,500 people are expected to attend the festivities. Even when he is not performing, Antonio makes it a point to reach out and help those around him. He currently works as a senior porter at the Princess Margaret Hospital where he assists patients by transferring them to and from their procedures, as well as transporting documents throughout the facility as needed. “I love helping people,” he said. He initially worked as a security guard at the Walk-in Medical Centre, but when he heard there was a opening at the hospital he jumped at the opportunity. “I’ve been doing it now for the past 12 years,” he said. “As a senior porter I have also been able to mentor some of the other younger men at the hospital about discovering their purpose.” Antonio will be performing this evening at a special Children’s Talent Showcase sponsored by Bahamas Faith Ministries for kids in grades K4 to K6. He will be joined by some of his fellow gospel artists, including Landlord, V-Mac, Big Bruh, Chosen Soldiers, and the BFM children’s choir. The event is hosted by DJ Counsellor. It takes place at the Myles E Munroe Diplomat Centre at 7.30pm. Admission is free.
ANTONIO was only a youngster when he got to perform with Michael Jackson.
ANTONIO’s album which is garnering him all the accolades.
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Nakhaz Gay continues to make waves with his Bahamian anthem By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net
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is dream has always been to instil a stronger sense of pride in his fellow countrymen, specifically the younger generation. And Nakhaz Gay did just that with his newest single called “I’m A Bahamian”, which has become a social media sensation. The lyric video for the song has already racked up more than 50,000 views – an impressive milestone for the young artist. The song is now also receiving support from local radio stations such as 100 Jamz which have the track on constant rotation. “I’ve received nothing but positive feedback from ‘I’m A Bahamian’. I was sceptical about how it would be received at first, but as soon as the song dropped people have reached out to me telling me how much they enjoy it. The feeling is surreal. Even though
I haven’t put out an actual video for the song, people still recognise me in public,” said Nakhaz. “I enjoy all the attention, but what means the most to me is the validation I feel knowing that people enjoy listening to the music I enjoy making. My art is priceless to me. It’s hard for me to put myself out there and share pieces of myself to the public, but having my people receive me with open arms makes this entire journey worth while. ‘I’m A Bahamian’ was my gift to the Bahamas and the appreciation I’ve received is the Bahamas’ gift back to me.” He told Tribune Weekend that his love for music goes back to his singing in church and school choirs. After graduating from high school, he recorded music for a short period of time before venturing into the world of spoken word poetry. In 2017, after four years of expressing
himself through this popular genre, he decided to return to music and to seriously pursue it this time around. “I’m not entirely sure what the most appropriate genre (would be) to classify my music, but I like to think of my style as being a modern Bahamian style. I also have a plethora of unreleased songs in genres such as hip hop, R&B, dancehall and Afrobeat. The way I approached ‘I’m A Bahamian’ specifically is, in my opinion, a brand new genre of music altogether. It is very reminiscent of rake n’ scrape and calypso culture, but it has a New Age hip hop twist to it,” said Nakhaz. With this song, he said he also wanted to introduce the Bahamian culture to parts of the world that aren’t familiar with the country’s creative
abilities. He strongly believes that what Bahamians have to offer is of equal value to any other country, and this was his way of showcasing that. “I’m very passionate about where I come from and I wanted everyone that listens to the song to experience the pride I feel being from this country. With the amount of resources and technology we have today, I believe that this era of Bahamian artists are in a good position to make a global impact. What I like most about the generations prior is their individuality. Once we continue to create music using the styles that are innate to us we can produce sounds that the world didn’t know they needed,” said Nakhaz. The artist and his production team are currently
working on an official video for “I’m A Bahamian.” For Nakhaz, it is important that the video does the song justice. He is anxious to shoot it as he wants everything to be perfect. The team anticipates starting filming in early 2020. “I’m also putting the finishing touches on my debut EP entitled ‘Watch the Road.’ I plan to drop this six-track project early 2020,” the artist said. So far, his most memorable experiences have been opening for Afrobeat and R&B artist Rotimi in Orlando this August and performing at the National Youth Awards of the Bahamas in October, but Nakhaz is anticipating many more unforgettable moments in his future career as a musical artist.
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theatre
One-of-a-kind production blends theatre with film New dramedy ‘Shattered’ shines a light on solar power By ALESHA CADET
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hanks to easy access to professional equipment and software in recent years, local filmmakers have had the opportunity to bring their creative visions to life in new and exciting ways. One such creative who has taken full advantage of modern filmmaking avenues is playwright Dario “Erics” Poitier, who is bringing a one-of-a-kind production to the Atlantis Theatre this December. Part movie, part traditional stage play, “Shattered” combines filmed footage with live performances. “Some people are asking if it’s a movie, well, to address this: some of the scenes are shot in film style prior to the production and will be played on the big screen the night of the production. Audiences will experience a compilation of both high-quality film shot by the incredible Gary Wong,
another Bahamian in the field, along with a quality live stage on the two nights of the production,” Mr Poitier told Tribune Weekend. The play tells the story of prominent businessman Paul, the CEO of the local power company who steps down from his high-profile position to follow his dream of revolutionising the Bahamas through solar energy. His noble quest to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels, however, threatens to destroy all he has achieved. As he faces the loss of everything he holds dear – his home, family and friends – he fights to remain steadfast in his vision and purpose. Mr Poitier said he hopes audiences will be inspired by the story, which he promises will leave them on the edge of their seats as the plot unfolds. “Audiences will be captivated by this one-of-a-kind Bahamian drama. There will be unrelenting laughter,
(jaw-dropping) disbelief, subtle tears, and the impulse to dance and sing along,” he said. With this new production, Mr Poitier said, he wanted to use a theme most Bahamians can relate to. That is why he chose the topic of converting the country’s abundant sunshine into an environmental friendly power source. “It could not be a better time than now, as the Bahamas is gearing up to ban certain plastic items from the country. I want to bring awareness and offer a solution to an age-old vexing problem that has become a generational cry; something that has been and continues to be a hot topic with people pleading for alternative solutions to the norm. Humour is my style and it is the method that has branded me,” he said. The playwright and filmmaker pointed out that although he champions the use of solar energy for the
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Bahamas, “Shattered” is not meant as a criticism of the country’s main electricity provider. “I just want to make a disclaimer that the production is not centered on our current power provider, BPL,” he said. “My team and I will not under no circumstance bash the corporation or defame them. We only used common facts to build a good storyline. We invite them to come and have a good laugh with us. Rather, there is a stern message of
relationships embedded in the play that everyone needs to experience.” “Shattered” is Mr Poitier’s fifth stage production, and sixth overall. Last year, he made the leap from stage to screen with his first film, “Ungrateful”, based on his play “Boy Das Ya Mar”. It’s been an exciting learning process for him along the way. With each production, he said, he has learned something new and feels he is continuously improving with his writing, directing and producing. “I get to manage my cast’s time and their different and unique personalities, meet people, sell a brand and a product and more. I get to run my own company and brand – something I never thought that I was good enough to do,” he said. Mr Poitier also said he would like to see other young Bahamians follow in his footsteps. “We have to instil in the young people that they can do anything as Bahamians. We are bigger than what others before us have created. You are not only a product of your environment. It’s time to show the world that we, too, can do great things,” he said. The “Shattered” cast “Shattered” combines tra- includes Osborne Lockhart, ditional theatre Malikah Pinder, Frantz with previFerguson, Shemika Demously filmed osthene, Armand Williams, footage for the Taniquia Fowler, Anya big screen. McKenzie, D’Meteia Smith, Nikolette Elden, Alicia
“I want to bring awareness and offer a solution to an age-old vexing problem that has become a generational cry.”
Elden, Christina MacwanPoitier, and Tamara Marie Simms. The production also features the cinematography of Gary Wong, special makeup effects by Emerald Sands, photography and posters by Anita Clare, and stage coordination by Brandee Rolle. “We were all charged and ready to rehearse from the month of August as I had already cast it, but then (Hurricane Dorian) came and shifted our entire country. I wasn’t certain if it was appropriate to go along with laughter in a time of national crisis. But the same God that gave me the vision and talent makes no mistakes. Laughter is good medicine for the soul and that’s exactly what we need right now to even begin the rebuilding process. Maybe the spotlight on solar energy can lead us in part of the redevelopment of the Abacos and Grand Bahama,” he said. “I wish to express thanks to Aliv who has always believed in me and who is one of the official sponsors for this event. I welcome the idea from other companies to work with them. It is important to support the arts in our country. If we remain consistent and companies buy into the our craft, I see no reason why we can’t create a film industry here in the Bahamas.” “Shattered” will be performed on two nights only at the Atlantis Theatre: on Friday, December 6, and Saturday December 7; at 7.30pm on both dates. However, Ms Poitier added that his team is also looking at the possibility of staging an encore production in the near future. Tickets are available at Fusion Superplex, The Bible Book and Gift Centre in Palmdale, the Classy Loft Boutique on Robinson Road, and at Monkir Fashion on Carmichael Road. For more information, call 436-6405 or e-mail at dericsproductions@gmail.com.
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gardening
Which onion is right for you? This week, we come to the last of the main vegetable groupings, the onions, says Jack Hardy
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e probably have scallions underway or in use, but the traditional yellow onion used for cooking, the white onion for salads, and the red onion for savoury sweetness, need special care in order to reach their potential. Onions come in different colours, yes, but they also come in different sizes and different levels of sweetness. The most important distinction between onion varieties is, however, their response to length of daylight. Our onions are sown from seed in November or December and are harvested in May, while northern US/southern Canada onions are sown in May and harvested in September and later. From sowing to harvest, Bahamian onions have an increase in daylight of three hours, as shown by these Nassau dates (to the nearest minute): • December 21 – 10.35 hours • January 21 – 10.50 hours • February 21 – 11.27 hours • March 21 – 12.09 hours
• April 21 – 12.54 hours • May 21 – 13.28 hours The Bahamas, because of its sowing period, is called short day. Further north the growing period is called long day; several more hours of daylight. Onions have adapted their growing habits to short and long days making it so short day onions will not swell and bulb in the north or long day in the south. To grow onions successfully in the Bahamas we must use seeds of a short day variety. This information is always on the seed package. There are day neutral varieties, but these tend to be smaller, somewhat specialist onions. The large onions that we are proud to pull in May must be short day stock. Onions should be grown in well-fertilized soil with good drainage. In Exuma (and Bermuda) they were grown in a mixture of well-desalinated seaweed and sand. Seaweed is still a wonderful addendum to the onion patch, but nowadays our means of collecting fresh salty seaweed is in metal vehicles rather than the wooden waggons of
old. You do not want salt in your truck bed, even if it has a liner. If you live near the coast and can collect seaweed on a regular basis, you make a pile, hosing well after each addition. Also beware that a four-foot pile will end up a mere six inches deep by the time it has fermented and is ready to enrich your soil. It’s what I call the ‘spinach syndrome’: a large bag of spinach gives half a cup once cooked. Now choose and buy your seeds. Last year I grew a hybrid onions called Mercedes that produced handsome specimens with, unfortunately, a short storage life. Make a note of the keeping qualities as described on the package. Medium-sized onions tend to store better than large ones. Bear in mind that red onions are more expensive in the store but are usually not good keepers. The seeds can be broadcast into a seeding area or container and have a layer of soil added to make the seeds ¼ inch deep. Keep watered well until the hollow leaves are about six inches tall. Transplant the seedlings into your prepared garden in
rows or blocks allowing the diameter of a mature onion plus one inch space between them. Gardeners and farmers vary in opinion as to the depth of transplant. If you bury your seedlings halfway the onions will remain mostly underground. Onions do not have large root systems so should be watered every two days during the dry months of winter. Onions are biennials but for our purposes the bulbs are harvested within six months. The 12-18 inch leaves begin to dry out when the bulbs are mature. At this point pull the onions, cut away the roots with a pair of scissors, and leave them on the ground for a week or so to cure in the sunlight and develop a protective outer skin. Now comes storage time. Onions must be hung in a shaded dry area where they receive plenty of breeze and no rain. Stoops and porches, with a nail here and there, are perfect. The best way to store is to take a dozen or so onions and shape the bulbs into a sort of rugby ball configuration. Tie twine tightly around the mid point of the
dry leaves and hang them on a hook or nail. Roughly braid them then tie another length of twine around the lower part of the leaves. You now have an attractive bunch of onions that – protected from rain – will be kept healthy by daily breezes. Unfortunately, this occurs close to summertime and the air temperature will be against long storage. You may get close to two months of pickings before submitting to refrigeration. If you decide to refrigerate from the beginning, you must trim away the dead leaves no less than two inches above the crown of each onion. The crown is the last part to fully cure and cutting too close may scar it and cause spoilage. Onions are among the easiest of the major crops to grow. Once the sets have been transplanted it is just a matter of occasional watering and side dressing for four months and keeping the area clear of weeds. For queries and comments e-mail jacktribune242@ gmail.com
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ENTERTAINMENT
Canadian creator brings the Bahamas to life in new TV series
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at Jarosz, an acting scout and coach who has been in the industry for almost 40 years, has developed a TV series inspired by the Bahamian talent she saw at an acting workshop this Summer. Participating in a Choice Model Management (CMM) workshop held here in Nassau, the Canadian creator was so taken with the natural beauty of the islands and impressed by the country’s young aspiring actors, she decided to film a TV series on-location with a majority Bahamian cast. The show is called “Magic of the Chiccharney” She is excited to shop the show to US and Canadian networks in the coming weeks once it has been edited and is ready to go. According to Ms Jarosz, big US production companies are already interested in it. The TV show is a kid/ teen island adventure show based on Bahamian folklore and Caribbean tales. The
chiccharney, an owl-like legendary creature said to be found in the forests of Andros, is one of the central characters of the show which is set throughout the different islands. ‘Now more than ever ..since Hurricane Dorian, there is a great need to show the world the Bahamas is still functioning and you have islands that are still visitable. When I was in Canada and said I was going to the Bahamas, people said, ‘What, the Bahamas is still there? I thought it was wiped out.’ So the importance of this kind of show for tourism right now would be huge.” said Ms Jarosz. The pilot episode was shot earlier this month in Nassau, at sites like the Clifton Heritage National Park, the Tiki Bikini Hut on Junkanoo Beach, and at Breezes Resort. Ms Jarosz said she would like to shoot all over the Bahamas for the second season; on as many islands as possible.
A seasoned Bahamian actor on the show is D Sean Nottage, who plays a father bringing his son to Andros where he is stationed for work. “This opportunity is huge for the Bahamian talent...(So far) the acting scene in the Bahamas only has ever consisted of a local commercial or short film here and there and theatre productions,” said Mr Nottage. “This is a fantastic way for new actors to learn on set with the amazing Pat Jarosz as a mentor, to start to build a reel and resume and show what they can do. They actually now can show up at a movie set at the level of actors auditioning abroad.’ The show also employed a production local team. Nassau-based photographer Vijay Subramanian is the director. Artist Jackson Petit, who has worked on mainstream Hollywood films, was responsible for the cinematography alongside Andrew Bowe and Seven Williams. Tracy Stubbs is the sound technician, and local makeup artists and hairstylists from Slayed Pretty and the Natural HairStylist, respectively, were chosen for the show. Executive producers are Stephanie K Nihon and Amanda Ferguson. Ms Jarosz has been a talent agent for over 15 years and she represents 12 of CMM actors abroad. She frequently sends them self-taped audition requests for roles in major productions. Three of these actors just recently sent in their audition tapes for a “Home Alone” remake and another new big budget motion picture. “The opportunity she is giving Bahamians has never happened before,” said Ms Nihon, co-founder of CMM and one of the first Bahamian models to sign with New York’s Elite Model Management and to appear in Vogue Italia during the 90s.
THE CREW of “Magic of the Chiccharney” filmed at different locations throughout Nassau for the show’s pilot episode. “(Ms Jarosz) has partnered with CMM to continue to help Bahamian talent and give them a chance at the international spotlight. Her workshops will be held regularly in Nassau going forward
and is also how she auditions local talent to represent.” For further information about the show and upcoming talent workshops, e-mail info@cmmagency.com.
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entertainment
Rediscovering bourbon
Jim Beam’s great-grandson and master distiller visits the Bahamas By ALESHA CADET
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ne of the world’s largest producers of whiskey visited Atlantis last weekend to celebrate all things bourbon. Bourbon whiskey, a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn, is currently dominating when it comes to trends in the alcoholic beverage industry. To showcase the potential of this whiskey, which derives its name from
the French Bourbon dynasty, Atlantis partnered with Beam Suntory – the third largest producer of distilled beverages worldwide – for its inaugural “Bourbon Bash”. Held at the Ocean Club Golf Course’s Clubhouse, the two-day event invited guests to enjoy various cocktails, a bourbon and barbecue dinner, live cooking demonstrations, cigar rolling by Graycliff, and music from the
FRED NOE, master distiller and great-grandson of Jim Beam, discusses his favourite topic: bourbon.
“(Bourbon) is just as refreshing as any other spirit. People think it’s just a shot, like a cowboy riding up to a bar, but that’s not it. You need to sip it, savour it, and enjoy the product.” country’s leading reggae band, Willis and The Illest. Representatives of the Knob Creek and Maker’s Mark labels were present as the resort’s chefs threw steaks, shorts ribs, chicken, and anything that pairs well with bourbon, on the grill. “Bourbon is really on the forefront in mixology and one of the top whiskeys in the Unites States right now, and it is something that we are really focusing on. We have been able to
partner with these two distilleries and actually bring the producers and distillers to be here this evening and persons will get to meet them,” said Chef Sean O’Connell, general manager and vice president of the culinary department at Atlantis. Fred Noe, Jim Beam’s seventh generation master distiller, attended the event and shared with Tribune Weekend his excitement for the event.
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GUESTS enjoy food and drink during the two nights of Atlantis’ inaugural “Bourbon Bash”. “It’s my first time in the Bahamas and for me it is a great honour to come here for the first time... It’s a new market here for bourbon as far as (it concerns) the education that needs to be done in the Bahamas on bourbon, and I love teaching people about the bourbon,” he said. The expert also had some advice for first-time bourbon drinkers: if you take a sip and you make a face, then it’s too strong. “Just cut it down to where it is pleasing to your taste. Don’t listen to anyone else that says don’t mix this and that. If you would like to mix it with a soft drink, or add it to a cocktail, that is great. If you want to drink it out of the bottle...we won’t tell you how to drink it,” he said. Mr Noe announced that there will be many more premium bourbon products available in the Bahamas in future, and more events like “Bourbon Bash” to introduce them to the public. “The key is you have to get it out there in front of people and let them experience it first hand. (Bourbon) is just as refreshing as any other spirit. People think it’s just a shot, like a cowboy riding up to a bar, but that’s not it. You need to sip it, savour it, and enjoy the product. A lot of these products have been aged up to nine years, so that is a lot of tender loving care (that went) into the production. We just want persons to enjoy that,” he said. Mr Noe believes there are a lot of misconceptions about bourbon, but being Jim Beam’s great-grandson, he
has taken it upon himself to explain and provide as much information as possible from “the horse’s mouth” to clear up some of those myths. “Bourbon Bash” was the latest of Atlantis’ culinary events to showcase the resort’s ongoing evolution as a foodie’s dream destination. In October, the Paradise Island property hosted its second annual EAT (Extraordinary Taste at Atlantis) showcase, featuring specially curated chef tasting menus offered at fixed rates across various Atlantis restaurants. “The resort has not only brought new and refined, creative and authentic experiences to Atlantis, but has also made aspirational events more attainable for our guests,” according to the Atlantis team. Chef Sean O’Connell said the resort is looking forward to many more events like EAT and “Bourbon Bash”. The goal, he said, is to continue to evolve, stay trendy with what’s happening globally, and at the same time preserve a unique identity.
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celebrity The Weekend Fashion Report UK Charlie’s Angels Premiere
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Karin says: “Is this dress supposed to make it look like she’s got hips that stick out or is it just that ill-fitting on her? This does absolutely nothing for her. It’s a shiny plaid bore. No style whatsoever.” Cara says: “This dress looks like a garbage bag sprinkled with glitter. It is just shapeless and really not that attractive. Also, I really dislike the messy hair situation she has going on. Not a great look.”
Karin says: “This is sleek and very simple, perhaps a bit too simple. I like an understated look, but she needed a little something more. Maybe an open neckline or some bling; the high slit is not quite enough. I don’t dislike it; it’s still striking on her tall figure, but I don’t love it either.” Cara says: “This look is actually very stunning in its simplicity. Not everyone could make this work, but at 5’10 she carries the look off very well. I also like that she kept the minimalist look with her hair and jewellery, or lack thereof. Definitely a winner in my book.”
Karin says: “Look at Elizabeth showing up all of her Angels! I actually really like this. It’s a very chic, yet sexy look. And it’s unusual, which is what I like seeing on the red carpet. I like the juxtaposition of the slimfitting skirt and the looser top half, and with just the right amount of skin showing.” Cara says: “So this outfit is different, not sure if its good different or bad different, but it does shake up the notion of the little black dress a bit. And by the way, cute sandals. I would say it’s not a miss, but it’s also not a hit-it-out-of-the park look.”
Karin says: “Naomi, this was not a fetish convention! That much black latex just never works on the red carpet. I mean, did she have to take it all the way down to her hands and her legs? I bet she was squeaking all over the place trying to move in this get-up. The blue and black dress on top is also tacky.” Cara says: “Another very striking look, and you know what? Yes, it works for me. Love that gorgeous pop of royal blue against the full-on black and then the simple hair; it just works. It’s a great look.”
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pop culture
A star is born ‘Baby Yoda’ takes the internet by storm
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little green puppet is taking the world by storm. And no, it’s no Kermit from the Muppets. It’s ‘Baby Yoda’ who made his debut on the new Disney + Star Wars show “The Mandalorian” on November 12. The character, whose real name has as yet not been revealed, was the focus of the series’s second episode “The Child” and immediately became an internet sensation. Declaring him (or her) the “the most adorable thing ever”, fans made ‘Baby Yoda’ an instant star of countless memes. They also took to Google to find out if Disney was selling any plush toys or other merchandise featuring the little green cutie with ‘Force’ powers. Even people who haven’t watched the show yet became smitten with this extraterrestrial baby. But the initial news was not good. Director Jon Favreau told the movie news website Collider his team convinced Disney and Lucasfilm not to make or release any baby Yoda toys prior to
the show’s launch to keep the character’s existence a surprise. However, CNBC is now reporting that Hasbro is coming to the rescue and ‘Baby Yoda’ apparel and accessories will be available just in time for the holidays. Plush toys are expected to follow soon. “The Mandalorian” revolves around a lone bounty hunter who makes his way through the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority
of the New Republic. It is set five years after the events of “Return of the Jedi” and 25 years before “The Force Awakens”. It is one of several original series planned for Disney’s new streaming service. Other planned shows include Marvel’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Loki”, “The World According to Jeff Goldblum”, “High School Musical: The Series”, and a reboot of “Lizzie McGuire”.
‘Baby Yoda’ is the breakout star of the new show “The Mandalorian”
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BOOKS
New releases hitting shelves this week
• The Second Sleep by Richard Harris (mystery/thriller) All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is. 1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts – coins, fragments of glass, human bones – which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believes – about himself, his faith and the history of his world – is tested to destruction. From the internationally bestselling author of “Fatherland” and the “Cicero Trilogy”, this is a genrebending thriller.
• Someone to Kiss My Scars by Brooke Skipstone (young adult)
Hunter needs to remember. Jazz needs to forget. They need each other to heal in this teen thriller of survivor love. Hunter’s past is a mystery to him, erased by a doctor at the direction of his father. But memories of the secret trauma begin to surface when Hunter sees other people’s memories—visions invading his mind with stories of abuse, teen self-mutilation, rape, and forbidden sex. His best friend Jazz has dark and disturbing memories of her own that she hides behind her sass and wit. Hunter discovers he can rescue the victims, even though he risks adding their suffering to his own. Hunter and Jazz kiss each other’s scars and form a bond of empathy no two teens should ever need.
• The Savage Deeps by Timothy S Johnston (sci-fi/fantasy)
War has come to the darkest depths of the deepest oceans. Mayor Truman McClusky of Trieste City is at war with the world’s superpowers. Laying claim to the resources of the ocean and its floor is the only way to survive in a world where global warming and rising sea levels ravage the surface. But when a Trieste City spy ends up dead, Mac realises that his city is in mortal danger. Mac flees with a small team that includes scientist and newcomer to the underwater city, Dr Manesh Lazlow. Together they head for a secret base in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where they plan to create new technologies to fight the superpowers for dominance over the oceans. But the French have picked up Mac’s scent and will stop at nothing to kill him. Mac must elude the French, protect his citizens against sabotage and spycraft, and discover the identity of a spy in his midst if he is
going to save his city and compete with the superpowers.
• The Little Book of Big Lies: A Journey into Inner Fitness by Tina Lifford (biography)
In all your years of schooling, did you ever take a single class that explained how to navigate the hurt, drama, and fear that come with living? Tina Lifford sure didn’t. She learned the hard way—through experience as both a Hollywood actress and as the founder of the personal development network The Inner Fitness Project. In 14 raw, personal stories, Tina teaches you how to change your selfperception—to see yourself in the best possible light, to love and honour what you see, and to forge a new sense of what’s possible in every aspect of your life. But make no mistake, The Little Book of Big Lies is not a “rah-rah” quick fix for fear and pain. Like physical fitness, building and maintaining emotional strength requires continued effort.
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• Pineapple Down Album Release Party Time: 9pm - midnight Venue: Pirate Republic Brewery Co Pineapple Down is releasing their first EP so they are having a celebration where it all started, at Pirate Republic where they played their first gig together. Admission is $15 and you get a free CD.
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• 33rd Annual Family Guardian Barracuda Invitational Time: 9am - 11am and 5pm - 8pm Venue: Betty KellyKenning National Swim Complex The members of the Barracuda Swim Club, a parent-run, non-profit organisation, compete against each other for the 33rd year. Admission is $3 at the gate. There will also be a raffle for a Samsung TV, Apple AirPods and Fusion Superplex tickets. • Jollification Time: 11am - 5pm (continues on Sunday) Venue: The Retreat, Village Road The BNT’s annual Christmas Jollification features unique arts and crafts, a wide variety of food, a
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special children’s crafts and games area, and a selection of holiday spirits. Tickets are • Lyford Cay International School Open House Time: 2pm Venue: LCIS, Lyford Cay Drive This event will begin with an introductory session followed by tours of our campus. Financial aid and scholarships available for qualified Bahamian students. Priority application deadline is December 15. • Bristo Reloaded with Vernal Sands Time: 7pm - 1am Venue: Balmoral Club A reunion party of the members and friends of the Bristo Club and a celebration of the life and achievements of the club’s founder, Vernal Sands. The theme of the event is “MacArthur Park” as it was the signature song of the club as performed by the late Donna Summer. Tickets are $100 and may be purchased from Cash N’ Go Palmdale, Carmichael and Navy Lion Road locations. Part proceeds from the event will be donated to the Ranfurly Homes for Children. Entry includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres and an open bar, with disco music from the late ‘70s and ‘80s. Dress code is semi-formal.
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Saturday 26th annual Red Ribbon Ball Time: Saturday, 7pm Venue: Grand Ballroom, Atlantis
“Fire & Ice” is the theme of this year’s black-tie gala event to benefit the Bahamas AIDS Foundation. Tickets are $275. Music by the band Visage and Killer B. Raffle prizes include a Tuscany wine tour, Powerboat Adventures for four, a trip to Grand Isle, Exuma, and round trip tickets for two on West Jet.
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• Backgammon Tournament Time: 10am - 2pm Venue: Green Parrot Bar & Grill Due to popular demand, Green Parrot is hosting another backgammon Tournament and this time proceeds go to benefit the Hurricane Dorian relief efforts of Hope Town United. Pre-register by calling 322-9248. Spectators welcome. • 4th Sundays at the NAGB Time: 12noon - 5pm Venue: National Art Gallery
Bring a little rest, relaxation and creativity into your Sunday as the NAGB incorporates new elements from their “We Gatchu” initiative into 4th Sundays, including a free yoga session at 4pm. Also enjoy free tours of current exhibitions, “TimeLines” and “The Straw Paradox: The Pig that Built His House of Straw”, then roll out a mat and find a moment of quiet while the sun sets. Tours will be held every 30 minutes beginning at 12noon.
Time: 2pm - 10pm Venue: The Dundas Centre for Performing Arts Join HenTie Productions and the nation’s geeks for anime, video games, artists, food and drinks and fun. And there will be free popcorn. Tickets are $5 in advance from various locations and $10 at the door. Check out TheGeekOut242 on Facebook for more information.
• The Geek Out! – Pokémon Pyjama Party
• Restore – A Drama Time: 8pm Venue: The Dundas Centre for Performing Arts The play follows the ups and downs in a marriage between a young church couple, Trevor and his wife Brenda. Tickets are $25 in advance from BR Productions on Faith Avenue South and $30 at the door. Call 455-3211 for more information.
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literary lives | Ta-Nehisi Coates
A new voice to illuminate the forgotten Sir Christopher Ondaatje introduces the American author and journalist who has just published his debut novel, “The Water Dancer”.
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a-Nehisi Coates was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 30, 1975 and has gained a wide readership since then as a national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine where he has written about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white supremacy. Coates has written for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and Time magazine. He has also contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Washington Monthly. He has published two books, a memoir “The Beautiful Struggle”, and “Between The World and Me”, which won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. “The
Water Dancer” (2019) is his debut novel. Coates’ father, William Paul Coates, was a Vietnam War veteran, former Black Panther, publisher and librarian. His mother, Cheryl Lynn Waters, was a teacher. Coates’ father founded and ran Black Classic Press, a publisher specialising in African-American titles. The Press grew out of a grassroots organisation, the George Jackson Prison Movement – which initially operated a black book store called The Black Book. Black Classic Press was established with a table-top printing press in the basement of the Coates’ family home. Coates’ father had seven children, five boys and two girls, by four women. The children were raised together in a close-knit family – sometimes
living with their mothers and sometimes with their father. Coates lived with his father the whole time and grew up in the Mondawmin neighbourhood of Baltimore during the crack epidemic. His father’s work with the Black Classic Press was a huge influence on him, and he read many of the books his father published. Coates had some troubled experiences
in many of the Baltimorearea schools before attending Howard University. He left after five years to start a career in journalism. Coates’ first novel and work of fiction, “The Water Dancer”, is a surrealist story set in the time of slavery concerning an extraordinary protagonist named Hiram Walker who possesses a
photographic memory, and who has the magical ability to transport people over far distances using a power known as “conduction”, which can enfold the Earth like fabric and allow him to travel across large areas via waterways. “While neither polemic nor wholly fantastical, the story is presented as a slave narrative in the tradition of Frederick
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Douglass. ‘The Water Dancer’ is rooted in details of pre-Civil War Virginia. But like Colson Whitehead’s “Underground Railroad”, the story’s bracing realism is periodically overcome by the mist of fantasy. The result is a budding superhero discovering the dimensions of his power within the confines of a historical novel that critiques the function of racial oppression. Coates fantastical elements are deeply integral to his novel, a way of representing something larger and more profound than the confines of realism.” – Ron Charles, The Washington Post, September 23, 2019 Coates’ story opens with a calamity – a horse-drawn carriage plunges off a bridge during a storm on the Lockless plantation. The slave driver and illegitimate son of the plantation owner, Hiram Walker, survives, but his passenger and white half brother drowns. The loss of their father’s heir to the plantation is just one of a number of disasters to strike the money-losing and badly managed Virginia tobacco plantation. To service rising debts more slaves have to be sold each year to the Southern states and Coates bravely uses the plot to relate the white deception of the “Quality” people which transfigures robbery into charity, rape into romance, and slavery into brutality and family deception. “It had happened when I was nine years old, the day after my mother was taken and sold. And what of my father? What of the master of Lockless? I knew very early who he was, for my mother had made no secret of the fact, nor did he. From time to time, I would see him on horseback making his tour of the property ... I knew he had sold my mother ... I was just then beginning to understand the great valley separating the Quality and the Tasked – that the Tasked, hunched low in the fields, carrying the tobacco from hillock to hogshead, led backbreaking lives and that the Quality who lived in the house high above, the seat of Lockless, did not.” – Hiram Walker, The Water Dancer The title of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ first novel “The Water Dancer” is taken from the hero’s mother – a beautiful young slave girl who would dance among the slaves. “And my mother had the drum beating in each and every one of her bones. There were stories when she danced, maybe more true than stories in her
THE NAME Ta-Nehisi is derived from an Ancient Egyptian language name for Nubia, a region along the Nile river in present-day northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
COATES’ debut novel has been added to Oprah’s Book Club
words. I remember her patting juba with her sister Emma, how the shell necklace would shake, how the jar of water stayed fixed upon her head. And those were the good years, good years, under the Task. But the Task is the Task, and I do believe my mother, my Aunt Emma, danced as they did because they knew what good there was could not last.” – Hiram Walker, The Water Dancer Knowing her history, and some history of the Underground Railroad, Oprah Winfrey has cleverly made “The Water Dancer” the selection of her new book club, which will be promoted on Apple TV, when it is launched on November 1. Both will get the success they deserve. At its peak, over 1,000 slaves a year escaped from slave-holding states using the Underground Railroad. More than 5,000 court cases for escaped slaves were recorded – many fewer than
“A Ride for Freedom - Fugitive Slaves” (1862) by Eastman Johnson, The Brooklyn Museum
the natural increase of the enslaved population. The resulting economic impact was miniscule – but the psychological influence on slave holders was immense. Under the original Fugitive Slave Act in 1793, officials from free states were required to assist slaveholders, or their agents, who recaptured runaway slaves. But citizens and governments of many free states ignored the law, and the Underground Railroad thrived until well into the American Civil War (1861-1865). Coates narrates his hero’s story over a century and a half later, but he describes everything with invigorating immediacy. “Despite his extraordinary skill as a modern-day social critic, Coates never intrudes on the stately, slightly antique voice of his narrator. But his understanding of modern-day racism illuminates this portrayal of the 19th century, and it’s not difficult to hear the contemporary echoes of Hiram’s observations ... Our national mythology still regards slavery as a tragic footnote, not the essential precondition of America’s rise to power. As Coates writes ... ignoring the prominence of slavery remains essential because it leaves “white Americans free to trumpet their love of freedom and domestic values”. – Ron Charles, The Washington Post, September 23, 2019 “The Water Dancer” delivers a gutsy narrative that pulls intriguingly on the ephemeral and transcendental aspects of slavery and deepens Coates’ intellectual project of articulating how the remnants of history have shaped and impacted Black life in America. Perhaps Leah Greenblatt, the Canadian journalist and critic at Large for Entertainment Weekly, is correct when she says that “historical amnesia may well be the fuel that keeps America’s national innocence burning bright.” NEXT WEEK: A sensitively brilliant short story by an influential Italian writer • Sir Christopher Ondaatje is the author of The Last Colonial. He acknowledges that he has quoted liberally from Wikipedia; Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly (September 2019); and Ron Charles, The Washington Post (September 23, 2019).
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film
'Frozen 2' aiming to build on the power of the original
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icture this: A princess is in distress. It looks bad. Her dashing young man rides up in the nick of time and says, “Here I am to save you, my dear!” Actually, he doesn’t. He just says, “I’m here. Whaddya need?” She has a plan, and off they go. This little exchange between Kristoff and Anna may not be the showiest in “Frozen 2,” the long-awaited sequel to that little 2013 Disney movie that won two Oscars, broke box office records and caused countless young girls (and boys) to find their inner belting voice. But if you’re a parent looking for your young girl or boy to learn good relationship behaviour, they could do
well to watch Kristoff, who has now become probably the most evolved iceman this side of Arendelle or all of Scandinavia or maybe the entire European Union, pre- or post-Brexit. Not that a man is the answer to Elsa and Anna’s problems. As in the first movie, the sisters are still doing it for themselves. And they’re wearing the pants — literally. Gowns give way to more practical attire, even a royal wetsuit. But, folks: Kristoff has the best song, too. Sorry, Elsa! You sound great — because you’re Idina Menzel, duh. But “Lost in the Woods,” sung by the effortlessly lovable Jonathan Groff, might just be the true heir to “Let it Go,” at
ELSA, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven journey far beyond the gates of Arendelle in “Frozen 2”. least in terms of its addictiveness. An angsty love ballad, performed in retro glam rock style with intentionally cheesy music video moves, a reindeer chorus and Kristoff’s blond mane blowing in the wind ... what’s not to love? “You’re my only landmark, so I’m lost in the woods,” he sings. Sigh. It’s a highlight of the film. The rest, you ask? Well, it’s got quality, and it’s got quantity. It just doesn’t have the exciting, lightning-in-abottle feel that the wonderful original had. Perhaps that was too much to ask. Certainly, the main characters, who have aged three years (though we humans have aged twice that — drat!) are in good voice, led by Menzel’s majestic Elsa and Kristen Bell’s spunky Anna. Olaf the snowman (Josh Gad) is back, too, and he’s learned how to read, and he has questions. And if it all seems less effortless, more workmanlike than the first film, with a very complex storyline that will definitely be harder to follow for younger fans, there’s plenty to like, especially the lush visuals. Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck give us an animated ocean that looks incredibly real, a more mature, autumn-hued colour palette, and a magical forest
surrounded by a wall of mist. There are new creatures, from imposing “earth giants” to a sweet little salamander. There’s an interesting new character played by Sterling K Brown, a man from Elsa and Anna’s past. And there are seven new original songs by the estimable songwriting team of Kristen AndersonLopez and Bobby Lopez, including a fitting anthem for each main character. We begin, of course, in Arendelle. In flashback, we see Elsa and Anna as young girls, being put to bed by their mother, Queen Iduna (Evan Rachel Wood). In her soothing lullaby, “All is Found,” there’s a message that will shape the story. Back to present time: It’s autumn, a season we haven’t seen yet in the kingdom. Elsa has gained some control over her magic. All seems well. “Some Things Never Change,” the four main characters sing, in what amounts to a Broadway-style opening number. Except it’s wishful thinking. Elsa suddenly hears a voice calling from afar — a voice only she can hear, making her feel deeply unsettled. She decides she needs to voyage far “Into the Unknown” — that’s the new anthem she
belts out — to see who’s calling her, and why. Anna insists on going along — they’re in all this together, she reminds Elsa (she has to do this a number of times — it’s the only conflict they still have). And so, accompanied by Kristoff, his reindeer buddy Sven, and Olaf, they head off toward the enchanted forests, unsure of what they’ll find. Meanwhile, Arendelle is in great danger; Elsa has awoken some powerful spirits. It’s best not to give too much detail about what the band of voyagers will find in that mist-surrounded forest. Suffice it to say that they encounter clues from the past, about wrongs that must be righted if they, and Arendelle, are to have a future. The voyage has its lighter moments. Olaf gets into his usual jams, and sings about getting older. Kristoff keeps trying to propose to Anna, but saying the wrong thing, and she keeps slipping from his grip. At one point she apologises, and he replies: “That’s OK. My love is not fragile.” Keep on modelling that enlightened boyfriend stuff, Kristoff. Our love for you is not fragile, either. JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer
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television
Times, actors are changing as 'The Crown' enters 1960s, '70s LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Crown” opens with a clever acknowledgment that time has passed for Queen Elizabeth II and taken with it the Emmy-winning actress who played her in the Netflix drama’s first two seasons. In the scene, postage stamp portraits are displayed for the monarch: one with Claire Foy’s likeness as the alluring young queen, the other showing a woman edging toward middle-age mundanity. A subordinate clumsily tries to gloss over the physical differences, but Elizabeth, now embodied by Olivia Colman, will have none of it. “One just has to get on with it,” she says, tartly, advice for herself and the audience that will meet other series newcomers, including Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret and Tobias Menzies as royal spouse Prince Philip, when the 10-episode third season is released Sunday. Josh O’Connor and Erin Doherty join the cast as Charles and Anne, the grown offspring of Elizabeth and Philip. Peter Morgan, the series’ creator and writer, said transparency was the proper approach. “I thought, let’s just get it out in the open. It’s always best to, as it were, be honest and direct about it: We’re changing cast. This is the new one,” he said in a phone interview from London this week, with production for next season’s episodes in progress. There’s change as well in swinging 1960s Britain, where this season of “The Crown” begins with the Labour Party narrowly winning power and Harold Wilson (Jason Watkins) installed as prime minister. Cold War rumours that Wilson is a Soviet spy
MARION Bailey as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, left, and Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret. (Des Willie/Netflix via AP)
OLIVIA Colman takes over from Claire Foy in the portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the new season of “The Crown” on Netflix. (Sophie Mutevelian/Netflix via AP) are feverishly circulating, a reminder that the spread of dubious information predates the internet. When the allegation reaches the queen via Philip, she sensibly asks the source. His nonchalant reply: “Friends at the club.” Current events echo elsewhere in “The Crown,” including frustration over economic disparity that exposes the monarchy’s expensive upkeep to criticism, and fraying international relations, particularly between Britain and the United States under President Lyndon B Johnson. The season ends in the late 1970s.
Morgan said he wasn’t “engineering” parallels between then and now, but realistically depicting a “country really at its own throat” during that period. “You have the left and the right screaming at each other, and not hearing and not listening to one another,” Morgan said. “In a funny way, it was reassuring because what the show has continually reminded me of, again and again and again, is that crisis is the default position rather than harmony. But we project a harmony into the past.” The series artfully weaves together the political and personal. There’s a tender
scene in which Elizabeth visits a frail Winston Churchill (John Lithgow, who won a 2017 Emmy for the role); a wrenching disaster that tests the queen’s capacity to serve as comforter-in-chief, and a national economic crisis that gives second-fiddle Margaret a chance to shine. Morgan doesn’t mingle with the royal family, but he did have a brief encounter with Prince Charles in 2015, when the heir to the throne invested him, among some 80 others, as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire — in Morgan’s case, an honour recognising his services to drama. “So you’re a scriptwriter?” Charles asked him, adding his view that what a writer chooses to leave out is more important than what’s included — a comment that Morgan says he didn’t take as a veiled message (it was, to be fair, before “The Crown” had debuted, but after “The Queen” had taken a hard look at the House of Windsor).
“I don’t think he had the faintest idea who I was,” Morgan said, matter-of-factly. “I think he would have been far more excited and far more interested to meet people involved in conservation, or farming or even in science and invention. It’s hard to imagine, for those of us in London, New York or Los Angeles, but there’s a huge world out there that doesn’t give a (expletive) about what we do.” “The Crown” has proven compelling to audiences and, although Netflix doesn’t release ratings, Morgan happily noted that views have jumped for this season’s preview trailer. He’s mulled both viewer dedication to the series and his own (“Why am I still doing this?”) and concluded part of the answer is the canvas it offers to examine the latter half of the 20th century. “On the one hand, you’re looking at history and you’re looking at a family and you’re looking at the British constitution. But because these people are such strong connective tissue ... you’re also looking at your grandfather, your grandmother, your father, your mother, your own childhood and your children’s childhood,” he said. He hadn’t foreseen that the series “would be the story of our lives,” he said, invoking Warren Buffett’s name and economics to bolster his resolve to stick with “The Crown” to its end, whenever that may come. “In a funny way, I think it’s important that I carry on doing, because it’s a bit like compound interest,” Morgan said. “It becomes more profound the more of it there is.” LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer
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HISTORY
Remembering Bahamas Airways on its birthday Forgotten facts | Paul C Aranha
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n November 22, 1936, 83 years ago today, Bahamas Airways’ first plane, a Douglas Dolphin amphibian, landed in Nassau. The next day, Captain Rupert Watkins of Rock Sound and his daughter made history by being BAL’s first passengers. In the following years, as BAL grew, its planes opened up the Out Islands to the world. By 1970, it was poised to start longer-range, international flights – until October 9, 1970, when somebody pulled the plug, leaving hundreds of people unemployed, The history of that airline is covered in my book “Bahamas Airways – The Rise and Demise of a British International Air Carrier”, but so many stories are not included, and, although I can’t vouch for the absolute truth of some of what I am about to recount, here are a few: Drifting out to sea In the days of the amphibian Grumman Goose and Grumman Widgeon, a businessman hired a plane to take him and his clients to Cat Island for the day. There was no airfield at Cat Island, so the plane landed in the sea on the western side of the island and taxied up to the beach so the passengers could get off. Then the pilot anchored the plane a little way from the beach and settled down comfortably to read a book while keeping an eye on the plane. As the sun moved toward the west, the beach got uncomfortably hot, so the pilot hired a Cat Island boy to watch the plane while the pilot moved inland, under trees, where he
One night, at a meeting of the pilots’ union, it was agreed that the union should negotiate a change in the agreement with the company to establish a more flexible pay scale – pilots flying big(ger) planes would be paid more than pilots flying smaller planes. Next morning, a cold front had passed Nassau and a 30-knot wind was blowing from the northeast, which meant that planes would be experiencing strong crosswinds on all the islands in the southern Bahamas. The manual for the DC-3 sets a limit of 20 knots, at right angles to the runway. At Georgetown, there was a 90-degree crosswind of at least 30 knots, and the co-pilot was ready to turn back to Nassau, but that was not how Bahamas Airways served the people
CAPTAIN LEONARD THOMPSON, BAL’s first Bahamian pilot fell asleep. On waking up, he shouted to the boy, “How’s the plane?” The answer came back, “The plane fine, boss, but it’s getting small, small.” The plane was dragging its anchor and heading out to sea, with the pilot swimming as fast as he could to catch up with it, having left all his clothes on the beach. Against the wind As more and more airstrips were built in the Out Islands, the Douglas DC-3 became the workhorse of the airline. It could do anything and everything. One pilot described her in these words: “The DC-3 will never hurt you, but she’ll sure cut you down to size.”
CAPTAIN PHILIP FARRINGTON, BAL’s second Bahamian pilot (1946 - 1970)
in the Out Islands. The pilot lined the plane up with the runway and pointed the nose far to the left, crabbing into the wind, so far to the left that the co-pilot could see the runway through the right side window. At the last minute, the pilot brought the nose around to point down the runway and lowered the left wing to stop the wind from blowing the plane sideways towards the bushes on the right. The landing went well – and the co-pilot, much relieved, said: “I think DC-3 pilots should make more money than Viscount pilots.” Crank it up The DC-3 is equipped with two 1,200-hp engines and the starting procedure sounds simple: “Energise for 10-15 seconds/release energiser switch for two seconds/engage mesh switch.” What this means is that an electric motor turns an unseen flywheel until it’s turning fast enough, then the pilot connects the flywheel to the engine and the propeller starts to spin. If the starter motor fails, the DC-3 is equipped with a handcranking system, somewhat like the Ford Model T. Just open a hatch underneath the engine, insert the hand-crank and turn it until the flywheel is spinning at near maximum speed, so the pilot can engage the flywheel and get the engine running. This procedure is explained to every DC-3 pilot, but nobody makes you do it. When a starter failed in Havana, the captain asked the English-speaking agent to ask the Cuban mechanic how long it would take to fix the plane.
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After much conversation, the answer was: “It will take a half hour to decide how long it will take to fix it.” That’s when the captain decided to hand-start the engine. With the hand-crank in hand, the copilot opened the engine hatch, inserted the crank, but wasn’t strong enough to turn the handle. Two people couldn’t turn it, nor could three. It took five or six men to get that prop turning. Team effort The HS-748 was the first turboprop plane to be used around the Out Islands. It was intended to replace the DC-3 and may well have done so, if the airline hadn’t gone out of business. The brand-new HS-748s were faster than the DC-3 and had air-conditioning. After landing at South Caicos, the 748 parked on the unpaved ramp and the passengers disembarked, followed by the crew, who heard a loud hissing sound and watched one of the four main-gear tyres going flat. A small plane delivered an engineer, a wheel with tyre, a jack and the necessary tools. After unloading, the pilot rushed to take off before sunset, as required by law, and the engineer set to work. Think about changing a tyre on your car. The first thing you would do is jack it up. The engineer placed the jack under the landing gear and started pumping. But the unpaved ground was so soft that the heavy plane pushed the jack downwards, into the ground, Next, a long piece of wood was placed under the jack – and wood and jack were both pushed into the ground. The solution was simple – on its three normal main wheels and tyres, the plane was taxied onto the tarmac of the runway, where the jack was sure to work. The wheel was changed, the jack was removed, but running the engines to taxi had blown away the hub-cap and its retaining screws, essential parts of the anti-skid system. If this weren’t bad enough, the sun had gone down and there was not enough light to find the missing parts. Next morning, at sun-up, the engineer, the pilots, the stewardesses, the agent and a dozen or so other people joined arms and walked in a straight line from where the plane was standing to where it had first parked, then beyond. Luckily all the parts were found and duly installed so the plane could get on its way back to Nassau. The evening flight to Miami was delayed because the red light on the left wingtip had to be replaced. To
A on the Harbour Island Ramp. Captain “Tubby” Welch chats with Rem Malcolm, while Alan Malcolm (back to the camera) welcomes arriving Pink Sands guests.
HARCOURT Fernander joined BAL on May 12, 1965. He was promoted to captain on April 28, 1969.
make up time, the crew did the normal walk-around (pre-flight inspection), made their way to the flight deck and, while the light was still being replaced, allowed the passengers to come on board. Before long, the engineer asked the captain to turn on the navigation lights and gave a thumbs-up signal that the job had been successful. The 748 taxied out, and Bahamas 443 flew to Miami, taxied in, taxied out and flew back to Nassau. At that time of night there were only two planes in the Bahamian sky and they landed at more or less the same time. On this night, Bahamas 444 landed and while it was taxying to the terminal. Bahamas 244 had just touched down and a very English voice was heard, saying: “Tower, this is Bahamas 244. Would you tell Bahamas 444 that they have two green navigation lights.” Nobody else had noticed. Dead before arrival Another DC-3 was at Rock Sound when a group of friends, who may have had too much to drink, escorted one of the passengers to the plane and seated him in the rear seat next to the door.
The friends went away, and the stewardess, an English girl who had been a nursing sister in a big London hospital, went over to settle the passenger. She rushed up to the captain to say: “If I know anything about nursing, that man is dead.” The captain looked at the passenger and agreed that he looked dead, so the agent was called out to the plane, looked at the man and phoned the doctor. The doctor was 50 miles away, tending to patients, so his nurse came to the airport, agreed that the man must be dead, but she did not have the authority to certify him dead – so she certified him “unfit to fly” and he was removed from the plane. BAL had a lot of English pilots, and one evening a newly-hired American stewardess asked the pilot, who would be her captain next day, for a lift to work. In his best British English he replied, “Just tell me where you live, and I will stop by and knock you up.” • For questions and comments, e-mail islandairman@gmail.com
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Friday, November 22, 2019
animals
Cloning a pet
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Animal matters | KIM ARANHA
s modern science advances we are able to do more genetically: the issue of cloning becomes a topic that warrants the time for a conversation. I am sure that many of you recall the sheep Dolly, who was successfully cloned from an adult cell in 1992. She was the first mammal to be successfully cloned and she was the topic of countless very serious ethics conversations. Cloning is not new to nature, as it exists in asexual bacteria and “virgin births” in aphids. But Dolly was the first mammal that we could see as being tangible and we could stroke. What is a clone? A clone has the same DNA sequence as its parent and so the two are identical genetically. Before Dolly, other clones had been produced but never from an adult cell, which was a huge achievement, proving that adult cells can create an entire organism. Dolly died at age six, which is quite young for a sheep as their average lifespan is 10 to 12 years, I do not know if her short life was due to the fact that she was cloned or some other misfortune. The papers were full of chat about Dolly and where this would lead the world; would we want to clone humans and the ethics of such a move. The discussions were heated and sincere, and then as far as the general public was concerned, it dwindled until one heard no more talk about cloning at all. Cloning has now returned to the news, in as far as I am concerned, a surprising context. People are cloning their adored pets: dogs and cats. The TV show “60 Minutes” showcased this idea of cloning and clearly got the attention of some pet owners. The magic science that made Dolly the sheep possible is now available
to any people willing and able to pay a very high price. It costs $50,000 to clone a dog; there are two places in the world that do it and one of them is in Texas. World famous singer Barbra Streisand made headlines when she had her Coton de Tulear named Samantha cloned in 2017. It is a relatively easy process, a vet needs to take tissue samples and then they are sent to the laboratory to work their miracles. Now, what confuses me is that with this expensive cloning process you can replicate the physical aspects of the animal, but not his personality or characteristics. I don’t think that would be good enough for me. When I think of losing my dogs I would not want a dog who just looks like the one I loved. It is the personality that made that dog special and endearing, his funny little
BARBRA Steisand used cells from her old dog’s mouth and stomach to create Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett. (Photo/Twitter)
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Lovable Lolo
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wo months after Hurricane Dorian, the unclaimed rescued dogs from Abaco are now available for adoption. Lolo is one of these dogs. This one-year-old male has a very sweet personality and wants nothing more than to curl up on your lap and cuddle. Lolo is good with other dogs as he’s still young and could probably even be trained to like cats. As a potcake, Lolo is very smart and would love a home that will keep him challenged and loved. Have you a spot for Lolo? If so, come in to the Bahamas Humane Society to meet him! Adoption hours are 11am to 4pm, Monday to
Friday, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday. Lolo looks forward to meeting you! If you know anyone from Abaco missing their dog still, please encourage them to come and see if it is at the BHS. • BHS raffle tickets are now available, from the Shelter of any board member. The grand prize is $10,000 worth of groceries from Super Value. Get your tickets early. The draw will be held in December. Tickets are $5 each or a book of 21 for $100.
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habits, his mannerisms; those cannot be replicated. So I am thinking that is a whole lot of money to get a dog who looks like your special fella but is nothing like him in personality necessarily. After all, all good breed dogs with pedigrees look like each other. What makes one different from the other is their personality. And dogs do have very definite personalities, as do cats. They have likes and dislikes just as we humans do. So imagine spending $50,000 to get a dog who looks like Chiefie but has none of his adorable personal traits. I guess if you have a street dog that is a mixture of a mass of breeds that would be a way of ensuring the same sweet little face. But it’s not for me. I think each dog and cat that comes in to your life is special; special because of who they are and what made them who they are. It is frightfully sad when your beloved pet dies and the pain from the loss is very real indeed. I cannot imagine that having a lookalike who is different in spirit would help me much. It is better to start fresh and adopt a loving soul who needs you just as much as you need him. The greatest tribute you can pay to your dog is to adopt another one. It is the best gesture you can make in his honour, to save another life in his name; to make one more dog happy and whole again. I know that the people who clone their pets mean well and they loved their animals so, so much, but please stop for a minute and think how much good that $50,000 could do for the shelter of your choice. Here at the Bahamas Humane Society $50,000 is a huge sum that can make a difference to the lives of the animals we have at the shelter. It is certainly an interesting concept, hopefully it will not become very popular and people will continue to visit shelters for their new fur friends.
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Friday, November 22, 2019
charity
On the road to recovery
Hands for Hunger kicks off the season of giving
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icking off the holiday season with the spirit of giving, Hands for Hunger (H4H) invites the public to attend the upcoming Paradise Plates 2019. The organisation’s signature fundraiser will now take place on its new date Saturday, December 7, in Atlantis’ Imperial Ballroom. Having taken an active role in hurricane relief efforts, the charity continues to focus on the road to recovery, recognising the increase in need among its agencies and new outreach partners seeking assistance. “As shelters begin to close and displaced survivors integrate into New Providence, hurricane relief efforts have extended into the communities we already serve,” said Keisha Ellis, strategic initiatives manager of H4H. “We’re reminded that more than 43,000 people already live with the reality of food insecurity and the impact of a hurricane only intensifies the demand for food.” An internal assessment of the H4H network indicated that agencies have seen an increase in the number of people seeking assistance since the passing of the storm. Support is needed now more than ever to keep the H4H trucks on the road six days a week for another year to continue to help as many people as possible.
CHEF Gal Kotzer of Pink Octopus describing his delicacy
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CAFÉ Madeleine serving samples with a smile “Paradise Plates is our main fundraiser,” said Paige Hanna, H4H’s multimedia manager. “Every ticket sold goes directly back into the
organisation and allows Hands For Hunger to continue its work and introduce new programmes. We have expanded our reach since Hurricane
Dorian and depend on continued community support to fulfil our mission.” With over 40 restaurants and beverage purveyors, the event is an opportunity to bring together culinary experts, corporate sponsors, artists, entertainers and the community alike to support one cause. TradeZero has increased its support as the 2019 presenting sponsor of Paradise Plates. The specialty sponsor is Bristol Wines & Spirits. Paradise Plates tickets can now be purchased online at
www.handsforhunger.org or in person at the H4H office in the New Providence Community Centre on Blake Road and at Bahamas Vision Centre in the Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza. Guest experience tickets are $200, while premium access tickets are $300. All proceeds from this event benefit Hands for Hunger. Hands for Hunger is a registered not-for-profit Bahamian charity led by a volunteer board of directors, a small staff and fuelled by the efforts of over 1,800 dedicated volunteers.