Arts-Entertainment

The St. John Arts Festival will host a celebration of the amazing spirit of the people of St. John as they showcase their history, traditions and culture with music, dance, and arts & crafts. The festival will be held Feb. 17-21 at different times. Each day will have a different celebration of the culture. Throughout […]

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will host a pre-screening event of "Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities.”  This thought provoking 90-minute documentary was written, directed and produced by award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson. The film examines the impact Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have had on […]

Mango Tango Art Gallery will hold an opening rum punch reception for the latest works by Jessica Rosenberg (ceramic sculpture) and Mel McCuddin (paintings). There will be music by virtuoso harpist Jesus Zamora. The show will be at the gallery for one month.

San Francisco-based jazz vocalist and songwriter Jacqui Naylor continues her winter tour with a concert on Water Island. She returns to the island following her gigs at the famed Blue Note New York and sold-out shows at SFJAZZ Center on a tour that has included the United States, Italy, Portugal, Germany and Canada. The tour […]

The Forum will present an evening with James Mapes: Master of the Imagination.  All proceeds from “An Experience of Mind Magic” will benefit St. Thomas. Tickets cost $25, $10 for teachers and are free for students who have ID. They are available online or at the following locations: Chelsea Drug Store (Red Hook), Medicine Shoppe […]

The historic St. Thomas Synagogue – the oldest synagogue under the American flag and one of only four synagogues in the world with a sand floor – is getting international attention with the release of Steve Rockstein’s documentary film “Sand on the Floor.”  The voices in the film include historians, professors, writers, rabbis, many congregants […]

The St. John Film Society will feature a one-time screening of “Touch the Light” (“Tocando La Luz”). This 72-minute documentary weaves three stories-all set in the blind community of Havana, Cuba, into a tale of personal independence. As Lis, Mily and Margarita each face family problems and heartbreak, their dependence on others turns out to […]

The Forum presents Academy Award nominee Jude Law starring in the stage production of “Obsession,” broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London. National Theatre Live (NT Live) is an initiative launched in 2009 by The National Theatre of Great Britain that broadcasts theatre productions from the National's stages in London to cinema screens around […]

Don fancy cruise wear and join the MMN players for an intriguing adventure filled with peculiar passengers and conspiring crew members. All aboard! Check the baggage and set sail for a night of sinuous secrets, scandals and seafaring scoundrels. The ever-popular “Murder Mystery Night” (MMN) has returned to Pistarckle Theater for an evening when the […]

In partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Natural and Cultural Resources Task Force, the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts will host various meetings on St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix to provide information on assistance for artistic hurricane recovery and are open to the public. Speakers will include: Andi […]