Mwa éwitaj Kwéyòl, Creole Heritage Month (October) is in full swing in Saint Lucia. Kherim Nelson (St. Lucia Times) writes, “A spectacle like no other — Mwa Ewitaj Kwéyòl was officially launched on September 30, 2025, under the theme Kwéyòl Sé Fòs Nou, which translates to ‘Creole is our strength.’” This year’s official lineup includes signature […]| Repeating Islands
Karlo Andrei Ibarra’s solo exhibition “Dreamcatcher” [Atrapasueños] will open on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 6:00pm at El Kilómetro (802 Roberto H. Todd Avenue, Santurce, Puerto Rico.) Here is a description by the show’s curator, Omar López-Chahoud. Description (from an essay by Omar López-Chahoud): “Dreamcatcher” [Atrapasueños] is the title of Karlo Andrei Ibarra’s solo exhibition […]| Repeating Islands
The Ringling Museum of Art presents “Nuestro vaivén (Our Sway)”— The Ringling’s first major exhibition “dedicated to contemporary Latin art.” Curated by Amy Rosenblum-Martín with Sarasota-based curator and Ringling trustee emeritus Javi Suárez, the exhibition opened on October 4, 2025, and runs through March 22, 2026. Gallery Talks: October 7 and 21 (with eight Nuestro vaivén artists)Panel Discussion: November 7, […]| Repeating Islands
Co-curated by Brenda Torres-Figueroa and Alejandra Rosa, the project entitled “Residual: To Leave Without a Trace” (September 26 – November 22, 2025) gathers Afro-Puerto Rican performance artists that explore memory, disappearance, and embodied resistance. As part of the “Residual” exhibition and programming, with support from Tiznando el país (backed by the Mellon Foundation) and the […]| Repeating Islands
As an avid reader of renderings or interpretations of the tragedy of Antigone (my favorite: Luis Rafael Sánchez’s La pasión según Antígona Pérez), I was very excited to read about Puerto Rican artist Natalia Lasalle-Morillo’s film En Parábola/Conversations on Tragedy (Puerto Rico, 2024, 63 minutes). In Caribbean Beat (Issue 190: September/October 2025) Jonathan Ali (Film Buzz) speaks […]| Repeating Islands
The Bermuda National Gallery (BNG) presents “The Art of Michael K. Frith: From Pencil to Puppet,” to celebrate the life and work of one of Bermuda-born artist and television producer Michael K. Frith. The exhibition, curated by Eve Godet Thomas and designed by Linda Weinraub, opens to the public October 17, 2025. It will remain on display to April 2026. The BNG is located at 11 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton, Bermuda.| Repeating Islands
[Many thanks to AICA Caraïbe du Sud for bringing this item to our attention.] In Fort-de-France, Martinique, DAC Martinique [Direction des affaires culturelles] and the CMAC [Centre Martiniquais d’Action Culturelle] present Ebony G. Patterson’s exhibition “Out and Bad vs Cheap and Clean.” The opening will take place on October 11, 2025, at 6:30pm. It will […]| Repeating Islands
Marie Léticée’s Camille’s Lakou: A Novel (Vanderbilt University Press, 2025), was translated by Kevin Meehan and Marie Léticée from the 2016 original, in French and Guadeloupean Kreyol, Moun lakou (Ibis Rouge Éditions). Our most enthusiastic congratulations! Description: Camille has worked her way up from the Guadeluopean lakou where she was born and raised to the heights of Orlando, […]| Repeating Islands
Sheena Rose’s solo show, “Lumpy Cou-Cou,” will open at the Queen’s Park Gallery in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday, October 11, from 6:00 to 10:00pm. Supported by the National Cultural Foundation, in partnership with the Johansson Projects, the exhibition was curated by Oneka Small. The show ends on Saturday, November 8, 2025.| Repeating Islands
Month: October 2025| repeatingislands.com
In the book discussion on Hew Locke: Passages (Yale Center for British Art, 2025), Hew Locke will be in conversation with Allie Biswas, coeditor of the publication. This event takes place on Tuesday, October 7, 12:00–12:45 pm (EST). Edited by Martina Droth and Allie Biswas, the book includes essays from leading curators, critics, and scholars […]| Repeating Islands
Warmest congratulations to Trinidadian artist Christopher Cozier, whose work is now on view at the 36th Bienal de São Paulo. Open (with free admission) from September 6, 2025, to January 11, 2026, the Bienal features “125 individual and collective artistic positions, and six chapters that propose critical reflections on humanity.” The organizing theme is “Nem todo viandante anda estradas— Da humanidade como pratica” [Not all travelers walk roads— Of humanity as practice].| Repeating Islands
Month: September 2025| repeatingislands.com
The Hub Collective has been awarded CAD $50,000 from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – one of nine contributions across the Eastern Caribbean, and one of only two in St. Vincent and the Grenadines – to expand its Healing Together program across Union Island, Mayreau, Canouan, and Bequia, which will run from August 2025 to February 2026, for strengthening resilience in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.| Repeating Islands
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The full title of this article by Mark Duell (Daily Mail) is “Now Grenada drops oath of allegiance to King Charles as Commonwealth countries continue push to remove British monarchy as head of state.” Duell writes that the decision comes amid calls for reparations for slavery and admission of enduring inequities, as well as king’s removal as head of state of Caribbean country.| Repeating Islands