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Talking Books Library to Host ‘Book Club With Nina Garcia’ on October 9

Source Staff -
This month’s book club selections are “Man of War” by Sean Parnell and “Drop Dead Gorgeous” by Linda Howard.

CFVI Joins National Endowment for the Humanities Network of Nonprofit Affiliates

National Endowment for the Humanities -
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has appointed a new jurisdictional humanities council to partner with it in supporting humanities organizations and programs throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Caribbean Writer Renews Call for Creative Work and Artwork for Volume 39

The Caribbean Writer -
The Caribbean Writer (TCW) journal, embedded in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands, has issued its call for submissions for Volume 39 under the 2024 theme: “Beyond Tradition: Inside of Courage.” 

Registration Open at St. John School of the Arts

By Source staff -
Registration is now open at the St. John School of the Arts for the 2024-2025 school year.

Poems “Camille Pissarro,” “Charlotte Amalie,” and “The Iguana” by Sophie Schiller

By Sophie Schiller -
The Source Arts & Literature section highlights the work of our creative readers.

Poem “Unsustainable” by Sandra C. Bradley

By Sandra C. Bradley -
The Source Arts & Literature section highlights the work of our creative readers.

CFVI Awards $232,000 in Humanities Grants With Funding From National Endowment for the Humanities

Source Staff -
This funding's primary goal is to enrich the lives of people throughout the USVI through projects focused on humanities education, lifelong learning and public humanities programming.

Poem “Pay Day” by Sandra C. Bradley

By Sandra C. Bradley -
The Source Arts & Literature section highlights the work of our creative readers.

Mellon Foundation, NEH and Others Fund Grants for VI Architecture Center

Virgin Islands Architecture Center for Built Heritage and Crafts -
The Virgin Islands Architecture Center for Built Heritage and Crafts (VIAC) has received grant funding from national and local sources to advance built heritage, historic preservation, architecture and the building arts at the Old Barracks Property in Christiansted.

Augustin Holder Show Opens at Mango Tango Art Gallery April 27

By Source staff -
Local artist Augustin Kelvin Holder will show his collection of recent works at the Mango Tango Art Gallery, located on 4003 Raphune Hill, St. Thomas, with an opening reception on April 27 from 5 to 9 p.m.

CFVI Announces USVI Center for the Book’s ‘Great Reads from Great Places’ Youth and Adult Selections for 2024

Source Staff -
The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI), which serves as the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book, U.S. Virgin Islands affiliate, has announced the two books selected for the USVI 2024 “Great Reads from Great Places.”

CFVI Announces Availability of $1.3M in NEH Grants for Humanities Projects Funding

Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands -
CFVI has partnered with the National Endowment for the Humanities since 2020 and since then has awarded nearly $1.3 million to community organizations throughout the USVI to support humanities programming and activities.

The Caribbean Writer Announces Prize Winners for Volume 37

The Caribbean Writer -
The Caribbean Writer (TCW), an international, refereed literary journal published by the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences each year, has announced its prize winners for Volume 37 published in December 2023.

Poem “Happy New Year” by Sandra C. Bradley

By Sandra C. Bradley -
The Source Arts & Literature section highlights the work of our creative readers.

CFVI Seeks Nominations for 2024 National Book Festival

Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands -
CFVI) is seeking public input to help select the USVI Center for the Book's 2024 Great Read submissions to represent the territory at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Aug. 24.

Caroline Rogers’ New Book Captures Images of Sea and Sky; Book Signings on Dec. 14 and 19 at Boulon Gallery

By Amy H. Roberts -
Every few years, someone in the Virgin Islands publishes a book of nature photography that is bound to become a classic, a book that reminds locals about why they love where they live and stirs up the longing to return among those who have come and gone.

The Caribbean Writer Releases Volume 37

University of the Virgin Islands -
Volume 37 boasts insightful and exciting poetry, short stories, personal essays, interviews and book reviews by established, as well as emerging, writers from within the Caribbean and its diaspora.  Through the 2023 theme, each submission contends with ideas percolating in the region and its diaspora with

‘The Queens of Spade,’ a Poem and Analysis by Winston Nugent

By Winston Nugent -
The Source Arts & Literature section highlights the work of our creative readers.

O.D. Alexander Reviews ‘I Paved the Way for Real Divas’ by Arthur Petersen

O.D. Alexander -
Arthur Petersen is a product of the Virgin Islands Public Schools and has worked as a paraprofessional for 20 years. He explores the world of select women in classical music from the early 1800s to the present. The book is divided into three parts.

Review: “Masqueraders, Musicians and the Old Time St. Croix Christmas Festival”

O.D. Alexander -
O.D. Alexander reviews “Masqueraders, Musicians and the Old Time St. Croix Christmas Festival” by Dr. Karen C. Thurland.

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