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Bahamian and Chinese culture collide
Bahamian and Chinese culture collide
Bahamian culture collided with Chinese culture at Garvin Tynes Primary School as the student population yesterday celebrated the Chinese New Year known as the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival with more than 4,000 years of history and which is the grandest and most important festival for Chinese people...
Graycliff opens two new airport lounges, starts construction on third
Graycliff is forging ahead with the expansion of its brand in airport lounges in the Caribbean and the U.S., having opened venues in Cincinnati and Bermuda last month and started construction on a new airport lounge in the Orlando International Airport which is set to open by the end of the year.
The new airport lounge venues come on top of the two lounge offerings the company already owns and ope...
Goombay Summer -- it's a feeling
Goombay Summer -- it's a feeling
There's a Black Eyed Peas song that goes "I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night; That tonight's gonna be a good good night." And I'm kinda getting that feeling, because it's the first Friday of three consecutive Fridays during which the Ministry of Tourism will host the Goombay Summer Festival -- a festival people flocked to in the 1970s and early 80s -- because of that "feeling" th...
Stepping Stone opens annual quilt show
Stepping Stone opens annual quilt show
For decades, straw work has been seen as one of the few authentic Bahamian forms of creative expression, but for 26 years, a group of women have been breathing life into the Family Island tradition of quilt making.
The Stepping Stone Quilters Guild is a group of women who've learned to quilt and honed their skills to produce some of the most amazing art one has ever seen.
Thursday, January 24 ma...
New Vitamin Drink 'Junkanoo Splash' Makes A Splash With The GBPA
Freeport, Grand Bahama -- Management at The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) got a chance to sample the island's newest vitamin beverage, 'Junkanoo Splash', when manufacturer, Kindra Crawford paid a recent courtesy call.
Rushing Into Kemp's Sixth Grade
Rushing Into Kemp's Sixth Grade
When the students in Valdarine Kemp's sixth grade class at Oakes Field Primary School walked into her classroom at the start of the school year, they were met with more than just statements posted on the wall for inspiration.
Graycliff Unwraps Chocolate Factory
Graycliff invests in slice of authenticity
Graycliff invests in slice of authenticity
In tough economic times, when many businesses are tightening their belts, investing $80,000 in a pizza oven might not be top of the agenda for local restaurants.
Enrico Garzaroli, however, thinks differently.
Perched on a high stool, he gazes from the bar into an open kitchen on the other side of the room. Amid tables adorned with colorful tablecloths, the head of Graycliff admires what he calls "...
Celebrating Our Culture; Restoring Our Community
Celebrating Our Culture; Restoring Our Community
Nassau, Bahamas ? July 30, 2012 ? In 2010 they gave you BIG. In 2011 they gave you BIGGER and now the Hatchet Bay Festival Committee promises to give you the BIGGEST festival EVER: Bay Fest 2012- The Best Is Yet To Come! August 1-6th, The Hatchet Bay Festival Committee will give you FIVE unforgettable days of summer unlike any other at Bay Fest 2012 in Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera.
Celebrating the crab
Celebrating the crab
Whether it's by boat or plane, people in the know are making their way to Fresh Creek, Andros, this weekend for the 15th Annual All-Andros Crab Fest.
From the iconic release of thousands of white and black crabs, which people make a mad dash to catch, to the crabby games, to a special corner set up just for the kids, and the many ways to indulge in crab cuisine at Queen's Park, Crab Fest is a fest...