Vol 29, 34

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Apr 20 - Apr 26, 2017

Vol. 29, No. 34

Cane Garden Bay ALSO THIS WEEK: Bake Sale • Health Screenings • BVI Night–STT Carnival Special Boat

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Bake Sale

The Western District Diabetes Association wants to Help 2Xotic Festival Troupe by supporting their bake sale this Saturday, 22nd at the parking lot of the old Road Town Traffic office. Sale starts at 11am.

Want to get a great deal on joining the Festival fun? Sign up at the bake sale and you’ll pay only

answer that question and any others you might have about helping prevent diabetes next week. The group will be providing free health screenings at the R&R Malone Complex on Monday, 24th, from 8am to noon.

Undersea Cleanup Join Sail Caribbean Divers as they mark Earth Day this Saturday, 22nd, with a cleanup on and around Salt Island. The company will provide dive gear for certified divers who want to help keep the waters around the HMS Rhone National Park pristine, but non-divers are welcome as well. For more information, or to book

$25 to register for the troupe.

your space, call Sail Caribbean Divers at 495-1675.

Wild Wednesdays

Pitch Your Biz

Make your hump day more fun at The Island Last Resort. In addition to their usual tasty food and cocktails, Wednesdays feature happy hour drink specials from 3-7pm plus games like giant Jenga, Connect 4, and Cornhole, plus hermit crab races. Later on, enjoy live music by Fritz at 8:30pm, and a fire show by Purafire at 7:30pm.

Entrepreneurs and aspiring business moguls should get ready now for next month’s BVI Biz Pitch and Biz Expo, where they can compete for a $5,000 prize as well as participate in workshops, panels, and attract new customers and investors. Applications are available now at www.forgebvi.com, but don’t wait,

BVI Night

registration ends April 28th.

The St Thomas Carnival Village is hosting two of the BVI’s favorite local bands on Monday, 24th, themed the “Island Showdown” night of the annual affair. Road Town Fast Ferry is offering a special trip to see Vibe and Showtime in the village. The boat departs from Road Town at 7pm and returns after the BVI bands shut down the show. Round trip tickets cost $50.

Ultimate Thursday For those that love to start their weekends early, Pearla’s Bar in Baughers Bay is the place to be this Thursday, 20th. DJ Turbo Sounds plays from 8pm until late, plus enjoy fresh lobster and fish. Entry is free,

Health Fair

and so is the wifi.

Wondering what your blood sugar levels are like?

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Loving Mother Earth Roundup day, visit the eco market to support local businesses that offer environmentally friendly products and services.

There will also be the chance to learn something new by viewing a short film or hearing a talk from some of the BVI’s own green pioneers at 3:30pm. Visit the green bar for drinks with less waste and tips on how to eat and drink green on the beach. Of course, the day also includes plenty of fun activities. Join the paddleboard parade at 2:30pm, or beginning at 5pm, catch live music.

Later, there will be a fire show, and music by A Type of Toad and CJ the DJ. If you’re on Virgin Gorda, Earth Day also marks the launch of We Recycle, the sister island’s partnership between Green & Clean VI and the Department of Waste Management to recycle cans, plastic, glass and vegetable oil. Teams of volunteer partners from the Bregado Flax Educational Centre, Teens for the Ocean, and BugOut BVI will visit homes around The Valley to share details of what exactly can be recycled, as well as how and where to drop off materials. The teams will also share the latest news from the island’s ongoing efforts to reduce mosquito breeding by cleaning up litter, and administer a survey for residents.

Earth Day is this weekend and brings BVI residents the opportunity to join Green VI and the eco-conscious in nearly 200 other nations around the world to do their part for the earth.

On Saturday, 22nd, Myett’s in Cane Garden Bay is Earth Day central. Fishers and those with a taste for seafood will want to register for the lionfish hunt by 12:30pm. The hunt for the invasive reef fish starts at 1pm, followed by a lesson on how best to prepare it, and a lionfish tasting at 3pm.

Volunteers are also invited to put teams together and spend some time cleaning up litter on the beach or, if they’re divers, underwater. Teams should register by 2pm, and will be eligible to win awards after the cleanup. Throughout the

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.

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.

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live music • events • concerts •

THURSDAY APR 20 ROAD TOWN

Cane Garden Bay

PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Happy Hour 5–7 Game Night! Fun Bar Games all night PIER PARK – “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Thirsty Thursdays w/ Drink Specials for Ladies ALL NIGHT, Live DJ from 9pm

Myett’s Garden & Grill Myett’s Garden Inn Myett’s Sea Spa & Hair Salon Olivia’s Corner Store 284•495•9649 www.myetts.com thebeatgoeson@myetts.com

PEARLA’S BAUGHERS BAY – ULTIMATE THURSDAYS FROM 8PM UNTIL CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S – ‘No Ship Day’. Open 8am–11pm. Happy Hour 5-7pm w/ Candy Man QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour/Marcus Mark 5–7pm & Dinner from 8pm. Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm

Waterfront Bar Tortola Pier Park

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ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” 2 for 1 Personal Pizzas, home-made Sangria. All Day Fun & Games PIER PARK – “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Endless Mimosas & Bloody Marys $20.00 from noon – 5pm OLD TRAFFIC PARKING LOT – 2Xotic Bake Sale & early registration CANE GARDEN BAY

ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” TGIF After Party with DJ CJ Bleu & fire dancing show at 7:30 & fireball

QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour & Dinner w/Too Smooth.

Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm

PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Corporate Happy Hour form 5pm. Drink Specials all night, DJ from 9pm

SALT ISLAND

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Open daily Bar Bites & Drinks Specialty Nights TGIF Parties Fri. 5pm 284•441•9649 Facebook: Chill Zone BVI

SATURDAY - APR 22

MYETT’S — ‘No Ship Day’ Open 8am-11pm. Pizza night. Earth Day All Day starting @ 2pm

FRIDAY APR 21

Chill Zone

QUITO’S – Open 10am. Lunch w/Oren Hodge. Happy Hour 5-7pm Third Dimension & Dinner from 8pm The Edge. Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm

MYETT’S —’No Ship Day’ Open 8am-11pm. Happy Hour 5-7pm w/Marlon “Pan Man.” Pizza night

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SAIL CARIBBEAN DIVERS SALT ISLAND CLEAN UP SUNDAY - APR 23 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Closed

parties • sports • movies and more

PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Sunday Fun Day $3 Beers, $5 Hennessey, Drink Specials from 4pm

PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Taco Tuesdays – $2 Tacos, $3 Corona, $4 Margaritas ALL NIGHT

CANE GARDEN BAY

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S — ‘No Ship Day’ Sunday Brunch from 10am w/Akim @12pm. Marcus Mark @ 7pm

MYETT’S — Happy Hour 2 for 1 eats 5–7pm w/Candy Man. Marlon 7–10pm.

QUITO’S – Open 10am. Happy Hour 5–7pm w/Pan Man Jazz & for Dinner 8pm.

MONDAY - APR 24

QUITO’S – Open 10am. Lunch 12–2:30pm w/Marcus Mark.

Happy Hour 5-7pm w/Marcus Mark & Dinner from 8pm w/ Quito Solo

ROAD TOWN

WEDNESDAY - APR 26

PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Margarita Monday! 2for 1 Specialty Margaritas

ROAD TOWN

PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Martini Mondays $6 Martinis ALL NIGHT CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — ‘No Ship Day’ 2 for 1 Margaritas & Mexican Munchies @ Happy Hour 5–7pm. Al ‘The Singing Chef’ @ 7.

QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour w/ Caave Stoutt 5–7pm.

TUESDAY - APR 25 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” 2 for 1 personal Pizzas, home-made sangria

PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Roti Wednesday. Delicious fresh made rotis.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Paint the Town Blue – Apr 28 Myett’s Art Show & Farmers Market – Apr 30 Cake Sale – Apr 29 Amadeus – Apr 29

PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Wine down Wednesdays 1/2 off House Wines ALL NIGHT

Buy BVI – Apr 29–30

CANE GARDEN BAY

Posh Power Brunch – May 13–15

MYETT’S — Open 8am-11pm.

Sunset happy hour 5-7pm w/ Caave (3D Band) @ 7pm QUITO’S – Open 10am. Happy Hour 5–7pm Quito Solo & Dinner from 8pm

Black & White Thang – May 6

BizPitch – May 6 BVI Dinghy Championship – May 19–20

ISLAND LAST RESORT Happy Hour 3-7pm, Garden games all afternoon. Crab races @ 5 & 6pm. Kiki & Neil Fire Show @ 7:30, live music from 8pm

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Beauty and By the Beast Despite all the controversy surrounding the film and the half bad reviews floating around, Emma Watson, who plays Belle, and Dan Stevens, who portrays the Beast, both give beautiful performances in the remake of the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast.

Following the original film closely, the independent woman and bookworm Belle still has no interest in Gaston (Luke Evans) and I wouldn’t either. The guy is as arrogant as they come and he will do anything to try and get what he wants, even if it means putting Belle’s father Maurice (Kevin Kline) in the crazy house so Belle will marry him.

I still think the only reason he was after Belle is the mere fact that she was the only woman in the village that never wanted him.

If you missed why Belle ended up in the Beast’s castle in the first place, it’s because her father was seeking shelter from a storm. The castle’s enchanted staff was too much for his liking and he decided to leave. On his way out, he spots the Beast’s rose garden, which reminds him that he promised Belle a rose. Seeing him fleeing with the bloom, the Beast accused Belle’s dad of being a thief and took him prisoner.

Once Belle took her father’s place in the castle with the Beast, despite her fears, she befriends the enchanted staff. They, in turn, encourage her to look beyond the Beast’s scary exterior, and she eventually falls in love with his kind heart. The journey wasn’t as easy though. With the help of his staff, the Beast had to learn to be kinder and speak to Belle with less anger.

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through the castle’s magic mirror, the Beast lets Belle go so she can check on her her father. After proving to Gaston and the villagers that her father wasn’t crazy and that the Beast does exist, they set off in the middle of the night to kill the Beast.

Is this remake of Beauty and the Beast still a fairy tale as old as time and was Belle able to break the curse on the Beast and his castle? To find out you will have to go and see how it all plays out.

Beauty and the Beast is now playing at UP’s Cineplex.

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Men Not Monogamous Dear Koren, I don’t think it is natural for a man to be monogamous. Men are biologically and sociologically designed to hunt, to breed and to take care of females. Look at the historical perspective and see how well it worked back then. Even the bible said that the wisest man had 700 wives. Please stop making men out to be villains for having multiple relationships when it is the natural order of things.

– Writer Dear writer, You are quite funny. Biological functions might be genetic, but sociological functions are learned behavior based on the culture in which you grow up; this means they can be changed depending on your geographical location, the times and seasons, what the community traditions are or what you are taught to be the norm; we know that there is no universal standard set of norms as no two places are the same and even in the same place, different time periods come with different expectations. For example even in the BVI alone, at different time periods the same behavior could be viewed differently.

Even if men were biologically designed a certain way, then why aren’t they hunting now? Are women prey to be hunted and taken against their will? To suggest such is to tell men that because of their physical make-up, they have no powers of reason and judgment and they are really no higher than animals! Quite an insult if you ask me. If we look at the historical perspective as a model for modern times, we would embrace slavery, carrier pigeons and women being unable to vote and own property as par for the course.

So from all angles your argument is like a man

trying to hold water in a basket with no clay to hold the straw together. For the record, the same bible that you speak of also asks that a man be the husband to one wife. I realize you are trying a thing, but sorry, it doesn’t work that way. Persons in multiple relationships are at a higher risk for sexually transmitted diseases, domestic violence and self-esteem issues. A man is being objectified if he is used as a breeding stud and it is not something to be proud of.

You are better off with one woman and you are much likely to be happier if a woman feels special and exclusive than if she constantly feels that she is competing with another woman; then she could make your life very miserable and it’s not worth it. Give one woman your all and the rewards are immeasurable.

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Twins in the Field Djimon explained. “The first two throws again were bad, bad, bad, but on the last throw, I knew I had to focus on what I had to do, I executed and got a national youth record and a silver medal.”

Diamante finished fourth with a personal best of 16.27m (52’6”).

In the Discus Throw, Djimon unearthed a 60.43m (198’3¼”) effort to eclipse the 55.51m (182’1½”) he threw earlier in the season. Twin brother Diamante was ninth with a personal best of 44.71m (146’8½”).

“This is absolutely amazing,” Djimon said after the Discus Throw. “I really wanted to throw 60 meters—that was my thinking in the plane before I took off to come here. It’s really special and means I’m in peak condition. I’ve been training and working hard and I’m glad I was able to come through today.”

Winning both medals with personal best and improved his ranking among IAAF World Youth participants, solidifying his spot at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, July 1216.

“This is special,” Djimon said. “When my brother is here, it’s like a support team. He always drives me to do more.”

Diamante said competing with Djimon was an ‘awesome experience.’

“Watching him setting national records and actually going on the medal podium—that’s his first time going on the podium—I’m very happy for him as a brother,” Diamante said. “It helps me to work harder and realize as an individual, that you’re going to have your setbacks and your trials, but, your set back is always a set up for a comeback, so, I’m going to comeback harder next year.”

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Twin brothers Djimon and Diamante Gumbs joined twin sisters Tynelle and Trevia who are now in college, as Carifta Games participants during the championships held in Curacao over the weekend.

Djimon went on to win silver medals in both the U18 Boys Shot Put and Discus Throw with personal bests of 17.58m (57’8”) and 60.43m (198’3¼”), respectively. Diamante was fourth in the Shot Put with a personal best of 16.27m (52’6”) and eight in the Discus with a career best 44.71m (146’8½”).

“Having my brother here was a very good experience for him because he is right where I was when I was in Grenada last year, seeing that it was my first year,” said Djimon who was fifth in the Shot Put and ninth in the Discus Throw last year. “He got personal bests and I’m happy for him.”

In the Shot Put, Djimon came in with a best of 17.52m (57’5¾”), and was lurking in sixth place before he unleashed a mammoth 17.58m (57’8”) to claim silver.

“My first two throws were bad, bad, bad, so I went over to coach Omar Jones and he said to focus and I settled down and got into the finals,” Limin’Times Entertainment Gude

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