Story and Image: Dominique Rolle/Caya Hico Media From Jennifer Lopez’s meticulous turn in The Wedding Planner to Father of the Bride’s hilariously eccentric Franck, wedding planners are often portrayed in the movies as being obsessive in their commitment to pulling off a couple’s big day. At 31, Providenciales native Joseph Timothy Lewis Jr. never imagined…
Poor, sweet Jenna Marshall! Tormented –then blinded! – by the jealous mean-girl clique of Rosewood, USA, while still just a teenager! But she’ll get her revenge. Or will she? That’s the Tammin Sursok known to fans of the hit Freeform network series Pretty Little Liars (once described as “Desperate Housewives for teenagers”). Think over-the-top tween/teen…
Like most sports-loving Canadians, Ryan Jones grew up playing hockey. At some point, though, he and his twin brother began gravitating toward American football. It became his great love. Today, Jones is a Providenciales resident and a devoted evangelist of the game he credits with sustaining him through the death of his father when he…
During the two exciting weeks of athletic competition at the Rio Olympic Games, we often heard tear jerking stories of impoverished youth overcoming insurmountable odds to achieve greatness. For both Delano Williams and me, natives of the island of Grand Turk, an abundance of love – and food, kept us happily unaware of any lack…
It’s the end of summer showcase at the Edward C. Gartland Youth Centre and Jimkelly Joseph glances over his mentees one last time before leading them out to a roar from the crowd of parents, sponsors, students, and friends. As he guides them through an impressive showcase of boxing technique, fitness and obedience, it quickly…
Island Time is supposed to run a little slow, but the same has never been said about 22-year-old Grand Turk sprinter Delano Williams. With the Turks and Caicos “Golden Boy” set to burst onto the global stage tonight in Rio during the second heat of the first round in the Olympic 4×400 meters relay (local TV/cable…
In “Caught,” David Parsons’ most famous recent work of choreography, dancers captured in strobe light fly above a darkened stage, each leap frozen at its perfect apex and expression. “Caught” is dance distilled to a new essence: Achingly beautiful, yes, but also profoundly isolated. So one of the many happy surprises from the David Parsons…
elaxing family vacation or elaborate lifestyle photo shoot? When the absurdly attractive family in question is led by ridiculously good looking actor Gilles Marini, the results can be hard to distinguish. He’s probably best known for his breakout 2008 turn as “the naked guy” in the Sex and the City movie. Devotees of the franchise…
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In the presentations native Islander David Bowen gives visitors about the culture and history of the Turks and Caicos, more than words spin the tales. Conch shells, pearlescent and bright, sing out long-distance messages from the past. Fibers and grains evoke the fading eras of cotton and salt. He moves as he speaks, too, summoning…
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