Lt 27, 26 (20) limin' times

Now in its 27th Year!

Mar 5 - 11, 2015 Vol.27, No.26

YouR FRee Guide

to our islands’ happenings

Dark & Stormy Anegada Regatta March 6th-9th

Also this week: Full Moon Parties • spencer’s theatre of illusion @ hlsCC • An illustrated history of Road town

This Week’s Feature Story by Jan Critchley

DARK & STORMY – It’s All In The Name Now in its 18th year, the Dark & Stormy Anegada Regatta Celebration 2015, part of the Gosling’s race series is upon us and sailors are gearing up for this iconic regatta. The race is open to cruisers and racers alike and there are lots of great prizes to be won! The event takes place from Friday, 6th March to Monday, 9th March and kicks off on Friday evening at De Loose Mongoose with registration from 6pm to 8pm, BBQ specials, happy hour drinks and lots of music to get you in the party mood.

“About 30 boats are expected to take part again this year,” said Marty Halpern who, together with the West End Yacht Club, has been organizing the race for many years with his fellow organizers and sailors, Harry and Jock. He said, “This year we are making the event a celebration of Anegada as over the years the regatta has helped to make the island a well known sailing destination. Sunday Funday is a main part of our event and we want to invite everyone to come out, to bring their families and join in the fun and make this a celebration for all.”

On Saturday morning, the horn blast signals the first start from Marina Cay at around 10:30am – and the race is on! The finish is at Anegada Reef Hotel, just in time for happy hour and perhaps a “Dark & Stormy,” or two, the famous Bermudan drink made with Gosling’s rum and ginger beer. Sign up for the

BBQ, relax and then dance the night away to the sounds of DJ Richie Rich.

Sunday is Funday, with lots of beach activities such as the “bang and go back” dinghy race, kite building/flying, sandcastle competitions and the ever-popular horseshoes, or take in a sightseeing tour. Don’t miss the prize giving at about 4pm on the beach! On Sunday evening there will be a Caribbean Dinner at Anegada Reef Hotel and MJ Blues will be playing live during the day and after dinner to keep you dancing under the stars.

The Regatta sets sail again on Monday (Commonwealth Day) for the Pursuit Race back to Nanny Cay for the Gosling’s Awards Party at 6:30pm and dinner at Peg Leg’s and the event finishes in the usual fashion with more frivolity, music and dancing.

Can’t make the whole weekend, no problem!

Come over by ferry for Sunday Funday, 8am from Road Town ferry dock and return from Anegada at 5pm – the cost is $30.

So join in the celebrations and head for the racing action and don’t forget when ordering the well-earned drinks – it’s Dark & Stormys all round! For more information contact Marty on 342-3084.

3

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

Ask Koren

Your personal E-therapist, is in the house!

Love andKoren Business Ask Dear Koren, Is it wrong to get into business with a guy even though we are not married? We are dating for about four years and we are both going to put in the same amount of money, but he will mostly control the business because I have a full time job. How do we make this work?

– LB

Dear LB,

What should happen, is that the relevant paper-

If both of you are mature enough to be business

work should be drawn up identifying both parties

partners and not let your romantic feelings play too

financial investment, roles and duties, etc., so that in

big a role in this aspect of your lives, it is possible. For

the event the relationship dissolves, decisions can be

example, if he is running the business and you visit

made based on what is on paper and not based on

and he is in a meeting with a female secretary, can you

any anger or revenge. A marriage is not a guarantee

accept that it is just business? A business between

that a business partnership will work, it just comes

you two can work using the same principles that make

with a legal sharing of assets which a relationship

any small business successful – you must have the

does not have. So if you both can switch hats and

technical skills to produce whatever good or service

focus on your goal and on making some money, you

you intend to market, you should be able to trust each

could be successful business owners. In fact, the abil-

other to fulfill your individual sides of the deal and you

ity to work together as a team can even strengthen

must be fair. It is also crucial, that you both know what

your relationship.

your strengths are, so you do what comes more easi-

Send your questions confidentially to askkoren@live.com or via twitter at @korennorton

ly to you.

Lime ... “to hang around idly” or “to go out on the town.”

Source: The Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole by the late educator and historian Lito Valls.

The Limin’ Times brings you all the news about when and where to “lime” in the British Virgin Islands.

Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

While every effort is made to ensure that information is correct, we cannot accept responsibility for any errors, changes in schedules, ads or other information in this magazine, which is intended as a guide only.

If you have an entertainment event coming up that you would like published, give us a call at 494-2413. Special Notice: Purchase of advertising space in this publication does not guarantee editorial coverage of any event.

4

Published weekly by Island Publishing Services.

Caribbean Printing Company Limited, Pasea Estate, P.O. Box 133, Road Town, Tortola, B.V.I. arlena@bviwelcome.com, © 2015 www.limin-times.com Publisher & Editor: Claudia Colli Associate Editor: Arlena Smith Writer & Editorial Assistant: Jan Critchley Tel: 494-2413; Fax: 494-6589

5

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

The Positive Power and Influence of Sports Many who make decisions about sports only see kids running around, kicking, throwing, shooting, serving or batting a ball. The positive attributes such as discipline, teamwork, time management, organization skills among others – the same used on the job – are lost.

Since the Elmore Stoutt High School officially became a member of the St. Thomas – St. John Interscholastic Athletic Association League (IAA) on December 19, 2014, there have been notable positives that doesn’t have any to do with winning its first boys and girls basketball games.

The positives rather, can be seen in key areas of student athlete lives. “Now they have something to shoot for and aspire to do, they are putting in the work,” explained ESHS athletics director, Derwin Scatliffe. “They are putting in the work in the classroom. They are putting in the work on campus not loitering and it has made a drastic change for our student athletes. It’s a good endeavor and I really appreciate the IAA for accepting us into the league.”

Scatliffe said getting into the league has been very, very good, the kids have taken to it and they are aspiring to do what they have to do now. He explained that student athletes must have a certain GPA in order to play, they can’t get suspended nor be loitering on campus or have any bad reports from teachers.

“It has really made a difference in the way they look at life,” Scatliffe pointed out. “I have kids that used to have a 1.2 or 1.0 GPA and amazingly now as the teachers say, they have a 3.6 and they wonder why this kid couldn’t do his work before. I have kids that every time you looked around, they had their shirt out their pants, they were getting in trouble for Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

Elmore Stoutt High School Basketball team

something and now they are actually sitting down and talking with the teachers. Teachers are actually seeing a great change in them and are now willing to help them to do what they are supposed to do and keep them on the right track.”

Although there are six high schools in the BVI including three private and one each on Anegeda and Virgin Gorda, Elmore Stoutt High – formerly the BVI High School – Scatliffe noted that they have always had boys and girls basketball teams but the problem was they never had competition to play as there is no organized league catering to sports nor an association governing the conduct of sports. As a big school he pointed out there was really no competition to play in hence the reason for joining the IAA League.

“St. Thomas has a number of big schools and it gives us an avenue for us to compete against other schools that are of the same size or similar,” he explained. “The boys and girls basketball teams made their first entrance in the Dr. Martin Luther King Tournament. On January 30, was the first IAA League game for both boys and girls varsity.”

Besides baseball and basketball, softball, volleyball, soccer and track teams will participate in the league.

6

7

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

8

Your Guide to British Virgin Islands Events

By Jan Critchley Happening Tonight Head to Sharky’s tonight, Thursday 5th March at 7pm where “An Illustrated History of Road Town” will be presented by Mitch Kent PhD, FRGS who will be using old maps, drawings and photographs to tell the story of the development of Road Town from 1646 to the present day. Also tonight is full moon so head to the Full Moon Bacchanal at Foxy’s Taboo, Diamond Cay, Jost Van Dyke or go to Paradise Club Sports Bar and Grille for their Masquerade Full Moon party with fire jugglers & dancers in Cane Garden Bay.

Bing’s Drop Inn Bing’s Drop Inn, the iconic bar and art gallery located in Fat Hogs Bay is open every Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm until late.

Established in 1974, Bing’s has great music, dancing, cocktails, mouthwatering burgers and much more.

Admire the original artwork or sit out on the breezy terrace overlooking the bay with a cocktail and a bite to eat, but do drop in - and check out this original after-dark party place soon!

Live Music at Myett’s This weekend treat yourself to some great live music at Myett’s – all the way from Colorado, as part of their VI tour, Chris Thompson & The Coral Creek Band! The band puts on a high energy show appealing to audiences across the bluegrass, blues and jamband spectrum, playing genre-bending original music and unique renditions of traditional bluegrass tunes

and Americana classics. Don’t miss them at Myett’s this Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm.

Scaramouche Head to Scaramouche lounge bar for their Sunset Party this Sunday, 8th March for great music, great food and a great vibe. For more info call 343-1602.

Spencer’s Theatre of Illusion If you enjoy a bit of magic in your life, then book your tickets today for Spencer’s Theatre of Illusion at HLSCC on Friday, 6th March starting at 6:30pm. The production is a unique fusion of magic, illusion, humor and mystery and stands in stark contrast to the traditional magic show. The Spencers, dubbed, “Modern Day Houdinis” by critics present a big, high-tech stage show that combines drama, comedy, romance and suspense with elaborate stage illusions.

Tickets are $20 for students and $30 for adults.

Fly the Flag Monday, March 9th is Commonwealth Day and the Deputy Governor is inviting the public to the Territory’s first observance of the “Fly the Flag for the Commonwealth Initiative.” Everyone is invited to attend the event, which will begin at 9am at the Central Admin Building, and you will be a part of what is expected to be the largest coordinated raising of the Commonwealth Flag in history. So do your part and help make history at this multi time zone, multi-cultural event for people of all ages and every walk of life.

9

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

live music • events • concerts •

THURSDAY - MAR 5

EAST END

ROAD TOWN

HLSCC — Spencer’s Theatre of Illusion from 6:30pm

SHARKY’S — An Illustrated History of Road Town

DE LOOSE MONGOOSE — Dark & Stormy regis-

presentation 7pm

tration 6-8pm. BBQ Special & Happy Hour

CANE GARDEN BAY

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

MYETT’S — KapEye & the International Rhythm

PIRATES BIGHT — MJ Blues live from 7pm

Section 5-7pm. GSmooth live on stage 7:30pm QUITO’S — Half price happy hour 5pm-6pm,

SATURDAY - MAR 7

Awesome Crew 8pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

PARADISE CLUB — Masquerade Full Moon Party

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ Kapeye & the

w/ fire juggler & dancers

International Rhythm Section 5-7pm. Chris Thompson &

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

The Coral Creek Band play live 7:30pm

PIRATES BIGHT — Daily Happy Hour 4-6pm

QUITO’S — Too Smooth 5:30 Happy Hour 5pm-6pm:

FOXY’S TABOO — Full Moon Bacchanal Party Pizza Night

FRIDAY - MAR 6 ROAD TOWN

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

BEACH CLUB TERRACE — Happy Hour 5-7pm

PIRATES BIGHT — Pan Vibes live from 7pm

w/ Free Wings & DJ Music.

MARINA CAY — Dark & Stormy Race 10:30am

CANE GARDEN BAY

SUNDAY - MAR 8

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm. Chris Thompson & The Coral Creek Band play live 7:30pm

ROAD TOWN

QUITO’S — Ras Rio Happy Hour 5pm-6pm: The Edge

BOTANIC GARDENS — 2nd Annual Rita Frett

& Friends 9:30pm

Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

Georges Tea - International Womens Day 2pm

10

ts • parties • sports • movies and more

BEACH CLUB TERRACE — Oldie Goldie Night w/ DJ

NANNY CAY

from 7pm until

NANNY CAY — Dark & Stormy Pursuit Race

CANE GARDEN BAY

from Anegada to Nanny Cay for prize giving &

MYETT’S — Sunday Funday Brunch w/ Steel Pan

awards party 6:30pm & dinner

Vibe & Bottomless Mimosas. Sunset Happier Hour w/

TUESDAY - MAR 10

Island Vibes by Oren Hodge 5pm

ROAD TOWN

QUITO’S — Closed

BEACH CLUB TER. — Happy Hour 5-7pm

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

WEST END SCARAMOUCHE — Sunset Party VG & OUTER ISLANDS ANEGADA REEF HOTEL — Dark & Stormy Sunday

CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ Kapeye &

Leverick Bay Poker Run May 24

the International Rhythm Section 5-7pm.

GSmooth live on stage 7:30pm

Funday w/ horseshoes, dinghy races, kite flying & more

Brandywine Pig Roast Birthday Bash — Mar 15

QUITO’S —Quito Solo 7:30pm

MONDAY - MAR 9- COMMONWEALTH DAY

St Patrick’s Day — Mar 27

EAST END

ROAD TOWN BEACH CLUB TERRACE — Happy Hour 5-7pm ADMIN BLDG — “Fly the Flag” Commonwealth Day celebrations from 9am

BING’S — Cocktail Bar & Art Gallery open TuesSunday from 7pm til late

WEDNESDAY - MAR 11 CANE GARDEN BAY

Jazz Showcase @ HLSCC — Mar 20 Hudson & the Hoo Doo Cats @ Myett’s — Mar 27

CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Mexican Monday w/ speciality Margaritas & Mexican Munchies 5-7 w/ Candyman & Singing Chef

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ Island Vibes by Oren Hodge 5-7pm. Caribbean Dinner & Dance w/ 3D Band at 7pm

Al on stage 7:30pm QUITO’S — Half price happy Hour 5pm-6pm Quito Solo from 7:30pm

NTL Treasure Island @ HLSCC — Mar 28 First Ultra Marathon — April 25

QUITO’S —Half price Happy Hour 5pm-6pm Quito solo happy hour & Too Smooth from 7:30

8th Annual Black & White Thang — May 2 HLSCC Spring Concert — May 16 Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta — May 22-24

11

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

Call 494-2413 to Advertise Today!

Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

12

13

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

By Leslie Cramer

Kids are Kids I wouldn't exactly call myself a world traveler, though I have ventured about the globe a bit. But no matter where I've travelled – all over Asia, Mexico and the Baja, all over America including the isles of Hawaii, many spots in the Caribbean, a couple spots in South America, and throughout Europe: kids are kids are kids, no matter what part of the planet you venture into. And the behaviors they manifest are pretty much the same, across the board.

I think I first consciously noticed this, observing a large-ish group of young children, playing on the beach and in the waves, in Cane Garden Bay. I then reflected on visits to Vietnam and South America some years back, where the children in these respective countries were playing on the beach in the South China Sea (and on land), and doing the same exact things.

The Cane Garden Bay kids were splashing about, using simple beach toys, like tennis balls, floaty noodles, and even an old plank from the dinghy dock.

There were no iPads, no cell phones involved, no electronics of any sort. The Vietnamese kids, were playing in the exact same fashion, while their parents were doing Tai Chi exercises on the beach.

In Caracas, Venezuela, same thing, though not on the beach, but in the town square of Simón Bolivar – boys jumping off high walls in death defying leaps, cheering each other on, while the girls below watched with popping eyes and high pitched screams as these

Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

boys continued to show off, as much for their boybuddies, as for the girls they were attempting to impress.

It boils down to this: if kids are left to their own devices, and given the barest minimum of toys, they will find – and make – their own fun, this is definitely a safe bet. Boys will always be boys, using sticks for weapons, and being physically more aggressive than their girl counterparts – pushing, shoving, splashing, etc. The girls will shriek, run away, all the while hoping the boys actually chase them, all in harmless fun.

Though in each of these countries, the kids were all speaking their own native languages, they all exhibited the same clear-cut behaviors – that fun is fun is fun, when you have friends to share the good times with.

As a global society, we need to spend more time observing, and learning from the wee ones. They instinctively have much to teach us, if we just take the time and pay a little closer attention. Fun can be found or made anywhere. And, we all laugh, cry, and smile in the same language.

14

15

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

By Claudia Colli

Chef A road trip movie with a twist, Chef is a savory and satisfying look at the world of cooking and one’s vulnerability in the twitter age.

Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) is a top Los Angeles chef in a trendy restaurant. He is all about food as art while the restaurant’s owner Riva (Dustin Hoffman) is all about playing it safe. When one night the city’s top food critic Ramsey Michel (Oliver Platt) comes to the restaurant, Carl wants to serve a meal that had never before been on the menu. Riva refuses and the same old fare that is served every night is sent to Michel’s table. Carl becomes enraged when the critic pans the food as tired and commonplace, setting off a chain of events that goes viral on twitter.

Things don’t end well and Carl finds himself without a job, unsure what the future holds for an out of work chef who has been shamed nationally on the Internet. Divorced from Inez, a glamorous Latin American (Sofia Vergara), and the reluctant weekend father to their son, Percy, Carl sets out on a new and unexpected road to redemption. He relocates to Miami where Inez and he had once lived – and with the help of Inez’s rich and narcissistic second ex-husband (played by Robert Downey, Jr) he buys a Cubano food truck. Here they meet up with Inez’ father, a popular salsa musician, and we see the glimmering of a rekindled romance between Carl and Inez. He is joined by his Cuban friend Martin (John Leguizamo), the sous chef from his former LA restaurant, who unexpectedly flies in from California. Offering Carl a much needed helping hand, Martin helps him refit the truck, smooths out some tricky labor issues with a group of Spanish speaking workers and imbues the Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

operation with Latin expertise and enthusiasm.

Rounding out the staff is Percy who’s on his school break and relishes the idea of spending time with his largely absentee father.

With the truck revamped and reequipped the unlikely trio set out for South Beach where the young and beautiful line up to get their gourmet Cubanos (a special Cuban sandwich made with sliced pork). For Carl, it is back to his culinary roots, producing simple food made to perfection and that tastes great. As the self-appointed social media guru Percy tweets their location, and menu wherever they go. Together the threesome heads west, first to New Orleans and then Texas – and wherever they stop, they are met with large enthusiastic crowds until eventually they arrive in Los Angeles.

With Percy’s tweeting help, their arrival is well anticipated. But to their dismay, among those meeting the truck on its return is none other than Ramsey Michel, the food critic. The ending is perhaps a bit too neat and tidy for real life, but then again this is Hollywood where, like a good Cubano, all endings should be perfectly cooked.

16

Cast & Credits Gerard Butler-------------------------Mike Banning Aaron Eckhart-----------------Pres.Benjamin Asher Rick Yune--------------------------------------Kang Morgan Freeman ------------------Speaker Turnbull Angela Bassett--------------------SSD Lynn Jacobs

17

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015

By Jay Bobbin

Probing the past of a ‘Good Wife’ Lawyer Q: I’ve been thinking that the actor who plays Cary on “The Good Wife” looks awfully familiar. Where would I have seen him before? A: You likely know Matt Czuchry as Logan, Rory’s (Alexis Bledel) boyfriend, from much of the run of Gilmore Girls. Before that, he was in the short-lived show Young Americans, and he’s had guest roles on such series as Friday Night Lights and Veronica Mars. His movie credits include Eight Legged Freaks and I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.

Q: Why was Stephen Colbert the host of the Kennedy Center Honors the last time?

A: Quite fitting since the location was named for her president father, Caroline Kennedy succeeded the late Walter Cronkite in presiding over the event ... but after she became the U.S. ambassador to Japan, the hosting job had to be handed over to others. Glenn Close filled the role in 2003, and Colbert inherited it this past December.

Undoubtedly, he also was chosen so that viewers could warm up to his presence on CBS. As is wellknown by now, he’ll become Late Show host after David Letterman leaves the chair this spring. As you may have seen, there was a humorous reference to that at the Honors; when Letterman came out to present the segment saluting Tom Hanks, Colbert followed him ... to which Letterman uttered over his shoulder, “Not yet.”

Q: I saw Lea Thompson mention that she was going to direct an episode of her show “Switched at Birth.” Has she directed before?

A: Actually, this marks her third time doubling as director of her ABC Family show. She did the same

dual duty on a couple of the Jane Doe mystery movies she made for Hallmark Channel several years ago, and the recent Dancing With the Stars contestant is getting ready to direct her first full-length feature ... which also will involve her daughters, Zoey and Madelyn Deutch.

Thompson has a big inspiration for spreading her wings into directing: Her husband is Howard Deutch, who guided her in the movies Some Kind of Wonderful and Article 99, and also helmed Pretty in Pink and The Whole Ten Yards. He’s done considerable TV work lately, encompassing such shows as Jane the Virgin, American Horror Story and True Blood.

Q: Why do actors from “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD” turn up on each other’s shows so often?

A: It’s by design. Dick Wolf, the executive producer of both NBC shows, wanted to “cross-pollinate them” so that the two series would be linked naturally ... with the hope that viewers would watch both.

Also, as “PD’s” Sophia Bush (alias the show’s Erin Lindsay) told us, it’s entirely conceivable that members of police and fire departments located close to each other would have frequent interaction.

Weekly Suduko

The objective is to fill the full 9x9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 “sub-grids” that compose the main grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9 – with no repeats within each row or column within the entire square. A partially completed grid is usually provided, which typically has a unique solution.

See next weeks Limin’ Times issue for solution.

19

Vol. 27, No. 26 • Mar 5 - 11, 2015