Exhibitions
"Intersect",the 2013 Junior Residency Exhibition by Gio Swaby and Kachelle Knowles, continues at Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Arts. For more information, call 322-7834.
"Undercurrent", a film exhibition by Holly Parotti, continues at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB). For more information visit www.nagb.org.bs, email info@nagb.org.bs or call 328-5800/1.
Kishan Munroe's "Swan Song of The Flamingo", a multidisciplinary collaborative exhibition, continues at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
For more information, visit www.nagb.org.bs, email info@nagb.org.bs or call 328-5800/1.
"Get Out", a Salus Project exhibition, continues at the Ladder Gallery, New Providence Community Centre, Blake Road.
"40 Years of Bahamian Art" continues at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB). For more information visit www.nagb.org.bs, email info@nagb.org.bs or call 328-5800/1.
Film
Passage (2013), the award-winning short film by Bahamian filmmaker Kareem Mortimer, will be screened on Thursday, January 23, 2104 at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, 6 p.m.
The film tackles the harrowing subject of immigration. The 15-minute film will be preceded by a "making-of" that explores the director's motivation.
Following the screening in the ballroom gallery, there will be a panel discussion moderated by radio personality Louby Georges, host of 'The Creole Connection' on Guardian Radio 96.9. Panelists include R.E. Barnes from Amnesty International; Erin Green, interim deputy chairman of CARFA; and a representative from the United Haitian-Bahamian Association.
Poetry
Illiterati Story Slam -- a forum where writers, storytellers, poets, musicians, comedians, artists and others share thier stories -- will take place on Friday, January 31, 6pm-9pm at Doongalik Studios Art Gallery, Village Road. The forum is held on the final Friday of every month.
Each month a new theme is selected and participants are invited to share a story of 10 minutes or less on the topic. This month's theme is "Stories About Change."
The winner of the season's story slam will receive the opportunity to have their stories compiled in a hand-bound chapbook by Poinciana Paper Press.
Tours
Islandz, having acquired Downtown Art Tours, offers its Islandz Gallery Hop tours, examining art spaces downtown on Saturdays. Tickets are $20 per person for the two-hour tour.
For more information or to book tickets, call 601-7592 or visit Islandz online at www.islandzmarket.com.
Tru Bahamian food tours offers a "Bites of Nassau" food tasting and cultural walking tour to connect people with authentic local food items, stories and traditions behind the food and the Bahamians that prepare and preserve them, through a hands-on, interactive, educational tour and culinary adventure. Tickets are $69 per person, $49 for children under 12. Tours are everyday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., starting at the British Colonial Hilton and ending at Tortuga Rum Cake Company. For more information visit www.trubahamianfoodtours.com.
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