Category: Entertainment
New Twanée Song: “Put It On You”
Bermudian singer Twanée Butterfield has released a new song online, posting the “Put It On You” on Youtube recently. The song was produced by Ky Miller; written by Ms Butterfield, Ky Miller, and Talon Haynes, and courtesy of Mudd Monkey Inc. It is also available as a free MP3 download here. Read More →
Love Is All Around For Photographer
Love really is all around if you bother to look for it, says Bermuda photographer Libby Cook-Toppan Her work on the subject is featured in the current Select Palette Art “BLK/WHT/WoW!” collaborative show involving 15 local artists at Hamilton’s Common Ground cafe. Many of the works explore the theme of relationships and everyday life... Read more of this article
Johnny Barnes Video Tops 100,000 Views
Within three days of Director Matt Morris uploading the full version of “Mr. Happy Man” documentary online, it has garnered over 100,000 views. The award winning documentary features Bermudian Johnny Barnes, the well known morning greeter on Crow Lane who has spent decades waving to commuters. Posted on video sharing network Vimeo, the film has... Read more of this article
Dance Foundation Gala Wows Audience
The Youth Company of Dancing Classrooms Founder Pierre Dulaine wowed a 300-strong audience at the National Dance Foundation of Bermuda’s annual fundraising gala at the Fairmont Southampton Resort on Saturday night. Mr. Dulaine’s acclaimed Dancing Classrooms curriculum, which uses dance to build social awareness, confidence and self-esteem in children... Read more of this article
Upcoming: International Fashion Expo
Spectrum Productions will present, “Some Like It Hot, An International Fashion Excursion” at the Poinciana Ball Room of the Fairmont Southampton Resort on April 6. The show will feature four international designers: Francis Montesinos from Spain; Thomas Lavone, from New York; Sidnie Pee from Manchester, England and Theo Seally from the Bahamas. There... Read more of this article
Shine’s Honours Whitney Houston
Bermudian jazz legend Shine Hayward will be turning the microphone over to local fans who want to honour superstar Whitney Houston at his Hamilton club tomorrow [Feb. 16]. The club’s regular Karaoke session will be a tribute to the singer who died in Los Angeles on February 11 at the age of 48. The New Jersey-born recording artist and actress... Read more of this article
Videos: Weekend Film Series Screenings
A critically acclaimed documentary that tells the inspirational story of African street musicians who become world music stars and a frothy and funny French romantic comedy, are the featured films at the Weekend Film Series this coming Sunday [Feb. 19]. “Benda Bilili!” [pictured] — the story of five paraplegics and a young able-bodied... Read more of this article
Bermudian’s Film Set To Shoot In LA
Bermudian filmmaker Bayard Outerbridge is just weeks away from commencing principal photography on his thesis film at the prestigious American Film Institute. And like even the most experienced veterans of the film industry, the aspiring producer is concerned with stretching the budget, increasing the production values and making the best film possible. “We... Read more of this article
’60s Star For College Weeks Reunion
British rock and roll singer Billy J. Kramer will offer Bermuda College Weeks alumni some blasts from the musical their past when he appears on the island next month. The veteran entertainer is appearing as the featured performer during Bermuda’s first-ever College Weeks Reunion taking place from March 15-18. The three-day Bermuda Department of Tourism-sponsored... Read more of this article
Video: Actress’ Valentine’s Day Film
In celebration of Valentine’s Day [Feb. 14.], Bermuda’s Broadway sensation Rebecca Faulkenberry has written and directed a short film featuring two of her “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” co-stars playing young New Yorkers who have a fateful encounter on the subway. Ms Faulkenberry, who plays the title character’s love... Read more of this article
Daren Herbert Play Opens In Vancouver
The curtain has gone up on the latest Canadian theatrical production featuring Bermuda actor Daren Herbert – a Vancouver revival of Lynn Nottage’s hit Off-Broadway play “Intimate Apparel.” Being staged by British Columbia’s Arts Club Theatre Company, the largest theatrical company in Western Canada and one which helped... Read more of this article
Dockyard Arts Centre’s Winter Show
The Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard’s unjuried winter members show opens to the public on Sunday afternoon [Feb.19]. In conjunction with the opening — being held from from 3.30 to 6 pm — Russian-born artist Sonya Von Walter will be exhibiting a series of works collectively titled “Postcards From Bermuda” in the West End... Read more of this article
