World Conference on

C A R N I V A L

Showcasing the Caribbean

Special Events:

Exhibition

"Mama Dis Is Mas":
Caribbean Carnival Traditions
Trinidad/Tobago and Puerto Rico

Widener Gallery, Austin arts Center

September 2-13

Felice Caivano, Curator

Jeffrey Chock and Carlisle Chang, Consultants

Photographs by
Héctor Méndez Caratini, Norman Magden,
Jeffrey Chock, Pablo Delano,
Abigail Hadeed, and Gordon Means

Objects provided by
Tedder and Curtis Eustace, Narcenio Gomez,
Jason Griffith, Hollis Liverpool,
Peter Minshall, and Guakía, Inc.

Slide presentation by
Helene Bellour, Jeffrey Chock, and Philip Duffy

Website designed by
Luis Figueroa

Exhibit

Uruguay:
A South American Carnival
Photographic Exhibit

Mather Gallery

Exhibit on display:  September 3-15

Reception:  Saturday, Sept. 12, 3:00-4:00pm

Assembled and Presented by

Prof. Gustavo Remedi
Dept. of Modern Languages
Trinity College

Exhibit

Carnival Book Exhibit

Gallows Hill Bookstore, Trinity College

September 9-13

Free and Open to the Public

Books and information on Carnival scholarship

Wednesday to Friday  - 9 am - 8 pm

Saturday  -  8 am - 5 pm

Sunday  -  10 am - 4 pm

Community Event

A City Celebrates!

Student Workshops

Trinity College Campus

Wednesday, September 9

8:30 am - 2:30 pm

1,200 Hartford-area school children join
local and international mentors to
learn Carnival costuming and
performance traditions.

Coordinator, Francia Prescott

Sponsored by:
the Hartford Board of Education,
Allan Jones and Rebecca Brown;
Multicultural Arts and Technology, Multicultural and Interdisciplinary,
and Interdistrict Grants
from the Connecticut State Board of Education,
administered by Augustine Cofrancesco,
Farmington High School.

Participating communities:
Avon, Farmington, Hartford,
New Britain, Plainville,
Central Connecticut State University,
Trinity College.

Community Event

Children's Mas' Workshops

Mather Campus Center

Thursday, September 10

Mask-creating -- 9-11:30am

Performance -- 12:15-2:30pm

100 children from Hartford and Trinidad
work intensively with international mask-makers.

Organized by
Prof. Arthur Feinsod
Dept. of Theater and Dance,
Trinity College

Launching of a Special Issue of

The Drama Review:
Journal of Performance Studies

T 150, Fall 1998

on Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

Guest Edited by Milla Cozart Riggio

Editor, Richard Schechner

Friday, September 11

Community Event

Saturday Night City Fête

featuring world-famous calypsonian

Gypsy

and Connecticut Samba Ensemble

Sambatucada

Directed by Eric Gaim

Bushnell Park

Saturday, September 12

7pm - ???

Free and Open to the Public

Bus transportation available before and after the show.

Premier Production of the Play

The Dragon Can't Dance

Adapted from the classic Carnival novel
by prize-winning novelist

Earl Lovelace

Directed by Tony Hall

Trinity College, Goodwin Theater

September 10 - 12, 1998

Community Concert featuring

David Rudder

and Sol de América

Trinity College Main Quadrangle

Sunday, September 13

3:15 pm to Dusk

Everyone is Welcome!

For more information, please contact the organizers at the
Carnival Hotline

or e-mail us to:
Carnival@TrinColl.edu