Those in love with Eleuthera and all of its charms will have an opportunity to meet and talk with Italian photographer Alessandro Sarno who captured the idyllic beauty of the island in his newly released photo book, Eleuthera: The Garden of Freedom and its complimenting travel guide, White Bull on the Highway.

Sarno will host a book signing from 11 to 1pm Saturday at Oasis Furniture, the boutique home and décor store downstairs from Club One Fitness Centre in Sandyport’s Plaza...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Lanisha Rolle joined Acting Permanent Secretary Rhoda Jackson, Executive Director of Culture Rowena Poitier-Sutheralnd, Deputy Director Dereka Deleveaux-Grant and Senior officials of the Cultural Affairs Division in launching Cultural Heritage Month, at the beginning of December, at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. 

Also present were Director of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas Amanda Coulson and her fellow staff members, cultural stakeholders and the general public.  Minister Rolle read the Cultural Heritage Month Proclamation...

Works of well known Bahamian artist Alisa Streather will be featured at this year's Festival Noel December 7th at the Rand Nature Center.

Welcoming in the Christmas season, this year's Festival Noel’s theme is a “Nature Wonderland of Art” which is so very appropriate for this year’s featured artist who has been known to paint the wonders of the deep of our beautiful islands.

Culture And Art Intertwine At Art Africa Miami Arts Fair December 5-9, 2018 While Celebrating Historic Overtown’s historic legacy.

If a picture is worth a thousand words Italian photographer Alessandro Sarno said a mouth full in his coffee table, photo book, Eleuthera: The Garden of Freedom and its complimenting travel guide, White Bull on the Highway – a beautiful way for armchair travelers to explore the idyllic island and for locals to rediscover favored hideaways.

The official book launch and signing for Sarno’s latest photographic work, the second in his island series, is set for Wednesday at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas at 6:30 pm.

Inspired by an island celebrated the world over for its beautiful pink sand beaches, Sarno’s book pays homage to Eleuthera...

Plastered in Pretty by N.C. Marks is a new pop culture novel published here by House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP).

Felicity L. Johnson, Author. Launch date:  Sunday, December 2nd 2018 from 2-4pm at Doongalik Studios, #20 Village Road.

Five artists from Grand Bahama—Chantal Bethel, Claudette Dean, Laurie Tuchel, Del Foxton, and Paula Boyd Farrington—will be featured in a group art exhibit titled YIN at Hillside House Gallery in Nassau, 9 November–30 November 2018.

The works of young Bahamian artist, Lyndera Hall, were recently displayed in The Islands Of The Bahamas booth during the Las Olas outdoor art event in the arts district of downtown, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

In the
Absence of Trumpets
must Toot my own Horn

so it is my responsibility
to claim, to tame the breast
that Kemp Rd. is or that it can be

or to provide  a totally
contradictory image or symbol
for this street that is believed to be

beyond redemption/
irredeemable, irreversible...

Rev. Dr. Philip Rahming presented a copy of his recent book, 'The Unsigned, Undelivered Letter,' in a courtesy call on Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling at Government House on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. 

(BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)...

On Saturday, September 15, at the annual Freeport Players’ Guild President’s Cocktail Party which opens the theatre season Liselle Harris-Russell was conferred with Lifetime Membership. This prestigious honour places her in the company of such luminaries as Sir Jack Hayward and Gloria McGlone. It is a well-deserved honour.

(Photos: David Mackey, Mackey Media Ltd)

Freeport Grand Bahama Island - Friday Sept 7, 2018 Bahamas Federation of Performing arts (BFPA) held it's second Legal Round Table discussion with a very engaged audience at the C.A. Smith Building Training Room. The presenter was their Legal Affairs Director, Jacy Whittaker who delved further into the legal steps one must take in order to protect their creative works via Copyright, Trademarks and patents. At times the audience was quite shocked by the realities pertaining to creative rights protection in The Bahamas and the limitations Vis-a-vis the United States.

The event was free for BFPA members and $5 for non members. The information attendees received would have cost several hundred dollars or more to have their questions answered as they were at the Legal Round Table...

Doongalik Studios is pleased to announce the Opening of Dwight Laaden Ferguson’s “Hope & Grace” Exhibition on Thursday, September 6th from 6-9pm.

Ferguson’s collection for this show is centered around a positive message of hope that was surprisingly triggered by an empty lot filled with sunflowers growing wild and unattended next to his home...

The National Junkanoo Committee (NJC) introduces the annual NJC-MobileAssist Viewers Choice Award, an award that is determined by allowing fans to vote for their favorite Junkanoo group in the MobileAssist app. Kishlane O’Brien and Dr. Dwight Marshall (Co-Chairpersons of the National Junkanoo Committee) wanted to find a way to give Junkanoo fans a voice and a chance to participate in their very own voting process and the MobileAssist App was the answer. MobileAssist and the National Junkanoo Committee joined forces, making the 2018 New Year’s Day parade its first MobileAssist Viewers Choice Award with the Shell Saxons Superstars (New Providence) and Platinum Knights (Grand Bahama) winning the inaugural award for their respective parades...

Doongalik Studios announces the Wednesday, July 18 opening of a new exhibition entitled “Reflections” by Noella Smith consisting of almost 40 abstract paintings that the self-taught artist has been working on for a period of years which are a reflection of her past experiences.

Governor General Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling was presented a book entitled, “The Journey” by Mrs. Emily Osadebay on June 4, 2018, in the Drawing Room of Government House.

(BIS Photo/Derek Smith)...

One thing’s for certain, if you didn’t catch The Holy Hook Up when it landed on stage as a teaser last year, you’re bound to fall in love hook, line and sinker when it returns full blast at the Regency Theatre on Friday, June 8th.

When the play first debuted, it lasted all of 30 minutes and shared the stage with two others. This time around, Shauna Joseph Productions promises it’s returning with all the bells and whistles, additional cast members and a whole lot more laughs.

Best known for her vocal skills, the singer, songwriter, actor and now playwright Shauna Joseph is walking into her season and owning her place in the world of theatre...