Just when it seemed like October could not be more packed with cultural events, one more has been added to the calendar. A Caribbean Literary Festival will take place all day at Capital Community College on October 27th. This free event will feature food, music, performances, book readings, and more.
A number of guest authors will be present:
Don Noel–Near a Far Sea, Fay Taylor–Steel, Andrene Bonner, author, actor, educator, Vjange Hazle-Country Gal a Foreign, Mariana, The Dark Side of Darkness, & My Father and Other Disasters, Dr. Javier Campos-Fairfield University, Joy Lindsay-Garvey, poet and artist, Janice ‘Miss Matty Lou’ Hart, poet, performer, cultural icon, Donna Aza Weir-Soley–Caribbean Erotic
Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown, Lecturer in FSS-Sociology, Psychology & Social Work: Faculty of Social Sciences will be a special guest. There will be a panel discussion entitled Unspeakable English: Encountering Caribbean Dialects in the College Classroom. The festival goes from 10-7 and will take place on the eleventh floor of the college.
