The #dahlias are here.

#flowers #gardens #gardeners #parks #Paris #blooms #autumn

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe

To read~

QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois

“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social

Sharing:

April 29 to May 6 ~

The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.

Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...

#Trees. #Blooms.

“James Baldwin” (vers 1945-1950) by Beauford Delaney - one of the paintings in “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”.

The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social

Rejoignez-nous du 3 au 7 avril pour découvrir l'œuvre de la cinéaste Sarah Maldoror ! 🎥
À l'occasion de l' #ExpoParisNoir, le Centre Pompidou rend hommage à cette cinéaste unique dont le travail documente et questionne plus que jamais le présent.
Tout le programme ici 👉 bit.ly/CP_CycleSarahMaldoror

“Umbral” (1950), by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, is among the works by #Caribbean #artists in the exceptional exhibition “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”. Featuring 150 Black artists in French #art #history.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.

April 10 & 11, seminar, Poitiers, France:

L’humour et le rire dans la littérature et les arts de la #Caraïbe

Humor and Laughter in #Caribbean #Literature and #Arts

caracol.hypotheses.org

Flowers and the city.

Exhibition “Music + Life” runs until May 18 @ the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris - 1st retrospective of artist Dennis Morris in France.

Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.

Kingston is my birthplace and my happy place. Nice to see it getting some love in T magazine with some f my faves highlighted within. The Caribbean Capital That’s a Creative Superpower—
A guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/t...

That time of year…

#flowers #blooms

Yes, Paris has a Poets’ Garden…

#poetry #writing

Afternoon listening. RIP Roberta

#Caribbean #writing #Jamaica #stories

Sharing ~ Call for Papers

Alice Diop’s Cinema: (Re)formulating the Real /
Le cinéma d’Alice Diop : (Re)formuler le réel
Center for French and Francophone Studies
Duke University
April 11th, 2025

Info (in French & Eng.): www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
#film #history #cinema #arts #language

Monday thought:

In good company…

#books #reading #writing #Caribbean #translation

ART IS THE ANSWER

- seen at the Boghossian Foundation / #Alechinsky exhibition (“Alechinsky, pinceau voyageur”, until March 16), #Brussels.

#art #artists #painting

Work by Beauford Delaney is included in the epic exhibition WHEN WE SEE US: A CENTURY OF BLACK FIGURATION IN PAINTING (at Bozar, #Brussels, Feb. 7 - Aug. 10).

“Untitled (Man in African Dress)” was painted c. 1970.

#art #artists #history #arthistory