Haiti Entertainment News

In the kitchen at the Marriott Hollywood Beach, executive chef Ron Duprat is deftly garnishing plates, coaxing a laugh from his staff and showing off dishes from his new menu. At home amid room service carts, restaurant patrons, conference goers...

Nimble on His Feet, and Doing What He Loves Published: November 23, 2009 “Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive, ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive.” It is a Tuesday morning at the Educational Alliance , a 120-year-old social...

Reuben Krum will step away from his usual brand of upfront comedy for a music-driven performance that he says “drowns sorrows and toasts [to] life”. Titled Reuben Krum Going to the Dogs, the show will be performed in Melbourne at...

Carly Ozard's cabaret show, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bipolar," takes a fresh look at life's ups and downs under the guardianship of musical director Joe Wicht. Ozard won the award for best new cabaret performer at the 2009 Cabaret Showcase Showdown...

The remarkable voices, songs and images in the recently released box set Alan Lomax in Haiti are a stunning, delightful treasure, a vivid portrait of a time and place. On the set's 10 discs average people sing their everyday stories,...

Meet Jan Brett, author of The Mitten, The Hat, The Three Snow Bears, Gingerbread Friends and other children’s books...For age 18 and up, this is a recreational competition to allow adults with developmental/mental disabilities to showcase their talents.

After reading Madison Smartt Bell's new novel, one can see why Mrs. Gump named her slow-witted boy after Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Like the Haitian liberator Toussaint L'ouverture, another historical figure Bell has written about, Forrest was a self-taught...

From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion (* * * out of four) , a 13-track concept album, finds the former Fugees star adopting the persona of Toussaint St. Jean, a character suggested by collaborator T.I . and...