The Bruce Museum presents “Moses Ros: HUMAN / NATURE.” The exhibition opened on October 8, 2025, and will be on view through January 4, 2026. The museum writes, “Bold colors contrast with the absence of color, calling attention to issues around environment loss in this exhibition.” The Bruce is located at 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, […]| Repeating Islands
The latest novel by Kittitian-British author Caryl Phillips, Another Man in the Street, was published earlier this year (2025) by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, in the UK, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, in the U.S. The New York Times calls it “The powerful and evocative story of a young West Indian man’s search for home in […]| Repeating Islands
“The Puerto Rican diaspora is a collage of overlapping histories of colonialism, resistance, and survival.” The exhibition “Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People” is on view until November 22, 2025, at the CENTRO Gallery in Harlem (2180 3rd Avenue at 119th Street, New York, New York). Artists featured in the exhibition […]| Repeating Islands
Génesis Ibarra Vázquez reports for El Nuevo Día: “Experts are calling for the reactivation of the captive breeding program that ended in 2003, at a time when the population of this subspecies, endemic to Puerto Rico, is believed to be less than 100 individuals. Ibarra Vázquez refers to the paloma sabanera, which translates as savannah […]| Repeating Islands
Poet Martín Espada will be part of a panel celebrating his father’s photography of the Puerto Rican Diaspora with three photographers — Máximo Colón, David Gonzalez, and Erika P. Rodríguez — to honor the work and legacy of Frank Espada. Presented by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO), registration is free and open to […]| Repeating Islands
The 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is open for submissions. For entry forms, eligibility and guidelines, visit Bocas Lit Fest. The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first presented in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry; fiction — both novels and collections of short stories; […]| Repeating Islands
“There is a killer prowling the Caribbean,” Samuel Moncada said. “People from different countries…are suffering the effects of these massacres.” AP’s Anselm Gibbs and Dánica Coto write about Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Moncada, who condemned a recent U.S. strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people. This occurred […]| Repeating Islands
We are excited to announce that Shantel A. George’s first book The Yoruba Are on a Rock: Recaptured Africans and the Orisas of Grenada is now available at Cambridge University Press. Congratulations, Shantel! [See brief description and chapter titles below.] Description: The Yoruba Are on a Rock focuses on the Africans who arrived in Grenada decades after the […]| Repeating Islands
Bibiana Snyder (The Virgin Islands Daily News) writes about Jungle Bay Dominica— a destination built around sustainability, community, nature, and wellness—which was named the Caribbean’s Leading Retreat for 2025 at the World Travel Awards. She interviewed owner and president Samuel Raphael, a Dominica native who was raised on St. Croix, and who was inspired by […]| Repeating Islands
The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) team announced today that St. Lucian-born Catherine-Esther Cowie is now on the shortlist for the 2025 T. S. Eliot Prize for her debut collection, Heirloom (Carcanet Press, 2025). The Shortlist Readings will take place on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at 7:00pm at the Southbank Centre, in London, followed by the Award Ceremony on Monday, January 19, 2026. Here is the announcement by BCLF.| Repeating Islands
Veronica Villafañe (Forbes) writes that that Puerto Rican-born global superstar Bad Bunny will be recognized as the Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Broadcast live on Telemundo, the award ceremony will take place at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida, on October 23 at 8:00pm (ET).| Repeating Islands
The much-needed legal action comes amid growing public concern over private developments and luxury resorts restricting public beach access in Jamaica. Dr Devon Taylor, President of JaBBEM, told The Voice, “The Beaches of Jamaica are national treasure and should be fully accessible by Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica. We should not have to engage the courts, especially against our own government, to protect our rights; they should be written into our constitution. The coastal land mono...| 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
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
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
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
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
