March Event

March 4:   "The Issue of Race in Guyana"
                 Lunchtime Lecture
                 Speaker: Dr. Kean Gibson
                 Grande Salle, 12:00 noon
                 CBOB/University in the Community Lunchtime Lecture Series
                 The Public is invited

A Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Dr. Gibson examines the issue of Race in Guyana – a country whose history has resulted in a melting pot of diverse ethnic groups. 

March 9:  "Introduction of Constituency Councils" - 16th Annual Louis
               Lynch Memorial Lecture
               Speaker: The Hon. Christopher Sinckler, M.P., Minister of Social Care,
               Constituency Empowerment and Urban and Rural Development
               Grande Salle, 7:30 p.m.
               The Public is invited

This annual event honours the memory and the deeds of prominent educator Louis Lynch, who founded Barbados’ Modern High School in 1944 with two students and eventually expanded it to a roll of some 1,800 pupils prior to his death in 1969.  The Roebuck Secondary School was renamed for him in commemoration of his contribution to education, and a stand at the National Stadium bears the name of this former outstanding athlete as well.  A bust of Louis Lynch stands on the grounds of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados on Roebuck Street – a spot where his school was once located.  A question and answer session will follow the lecture.

March 12: "Getting Ready for an Online University: A Study of the
                Technology Skills Needed"
                Panel Discussion
                Panelists: Drs. Paul Walcott, Leah Garner & Colin Depradine
                Grande Salle, 12:00 a.m.
                CBOB/University in the Community Lunchtime Lecture Series
                The Public is invited

The preparation for an online university comes into focus during this Panel Discussion, to which the public is invited. The panelists are drawn from the UWI Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, where Dr. Walcott lectures in Computer Science, Dr. Garner lectures in Chemistry and Dr. Depradine serves as Deputy Dean, also lecturing in Computer Science. 

March 13:  Theatre: (Gala Opening): Derek Walcott's "Pantomime"
                  Presented by Dramaworks (Barbados) Ltd., in association with Cave
                  Hill Drama Workshop
                  Frank Collymore Hall,  8:00 p.m. (continues on March 14, 15, 20-23)
                  Tickets: $100
                  Box Offices:  CS Pharmacy and all Super Centre stores (except
                  Warrens)

Warning! "Pantomime contains explicit language essential to the play's integrity"

Written in April 1978, “Pantomime” helped cement Derek Walcott’s reputation as one of the most important playwrights in the West Indies, confirming that West Indian drama was a force with which to be reckoned. The play is set in Tobago and was inspired by contemporary Caribbean social conditions and directions, using the principal characters to examine the changing relations between the colonizer & the colonized. In 1992, the St. Lucia-born luminary was presented with one of the world’s highest accolades, the Nobel Prize for Literature.

March 14 - 15, 20 - 22  Theatre: Derek Walcott's "Pantomime"
                  Presented by Dramaworks (Barbados) Ltd., in association with Cave
                  Hill Drama Workshop
                  Frank Collymore Hall,  8:00 p.m. (continues on March 15, 20-23)
                  Tickets: $60  (Under 18yrs - $30)
                  Box Offices:  CS Pharmacy and all Super Centre stores (except
                  Warrens)

Warning! "Pantomime contains explicit language essential to the play's integrity"

March 18:  "And She Sang" - Free Sunset Concert & CD Launch
                  Featuring Paula Hinds
                  Frank Collymore Hall, 6:15 p.m.
                  Free to the Public

Described regularly as “Barbados’ top female gospel singer”, vocal powerhouse Paula Hinds is launching her long-awaited CD. Immensely likeable and popular, she has wide crossover appeal, occasionally showcasing her abilities in jazz, calypso and other genres to appreciative audiences, such as the thousands who gathered for the Rihanna tribute concert in 2008.  No stranger to the Frank Collymore Hall, she was one of three ‘divas’ featured in the “I’m Every Woman” concert on October 4, during the 2008 City Nights season.