by oes_news | Dec 15, 2003 | News 2003
First major US author published in the Caribbean ST. MARTIN (December 15, 2003) — The Essence of Reparations and Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems by controversial author Amiri Baraka will launch at Manhattan’s Bowery Poetry Club on Saturday, December 27, at...
by oes_news | Dec 11, 2003 | News 2003
ST. MARTIN (December 11, 2003) — The Essence of Reparations and Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems by controversial author Amiri Baraka will launch at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, at 591 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, December 20,...
by oes_news | Dec 1, 2003 | News 2003
ST. MARTIN (December 1, 2003) — St. Martin’s Thanksgiving Day takes place every year on the first Sunday of each December. The 2003 Thanksgiving will be observed on December 7. The Thanksgiving observation for both parts of the island comes out of the nation’s...
by oes_news | Nov 30, 2003 | News 2003
ST. MARTIN (2003) — The “Made in St. Martin” gifts for the 2003 holiday season are books, music, art, dessert and the suggested novel gift this year is the serenade. This gifts list was started about 10 years ago with only House of Nehesi books to present to family,...
by oes_news | Nov 27, 2003 | News 2003
ST. MARTIN (November 27, 2003) — The Philipsburg Jubilee Library will host a practical serenade of words, ideas, stories and languages here on Saturday, November 29, 2003, said Shujah Reiph, president of the Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF). The Saturday soiree is...
by oes_news | Nov 12, 2003 | News 2003
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (November 12, 2003) — The National Symbols of St. Martin is now “recommended” as reading material by the US State Department, said Lasana M. Sekou, projects director at House of Nehesi Publishers. The hard cover book, a primer about St. Martin’s...
by oes_news | Nov 5, 2003 | News 2003
GREAT BAY, ST. MARTIN (November 5, 2003) — Dr. Maria van Enckevort returned here recently from the Netherlands where she delivered a paper on Surinamese revolutionary Otto Huiswoud. Enckevort’s paper, “The Life and Work of Otto Huiswoud: Professional Revolutionary and...
by oes_news | Nov 2, 2003 | News 2003
Marigot/Great Bay (November 2, 2003) — A group of six people represented St. Martin at the Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET) second International Conference on Publishing in the Caribbean, from October 28 to 31, at the luxurious Kura Hulanda Hotel in Curaçao. The...
by oes_news | Nov 1, 2003 | News 2003
ST. MARTIN (November 2003) — Over 100 people attended the book launch for Salted Tongues – Modern Literature in St. Martin by Fabian Adekunle Badejo on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. The book by the former Nigerian diplomatic officer was published here by House...
by oes_news | Oct 12, 2003 | News 2003
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (October 12, 2003) — The image of the book National Symbols of St. Martin – A Primerhas just gotten a presentation boost, according to House of Nehesi Publishers. The hardcover book now fits snugly into its own case and slides out with ease to be...
