Duvasana Bisoondial | Staff Writer As Native American Heritage Month comes to an end, we turn to a comedy-drama film praised for its authenticity and representation of Native American culture. “Smoke Signals” combines modern-day situations with Native American ideals, tackling tropes of death, alcoholism, domestic abuse and more. Directed by Chris Eyre, the movie takes […]
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director It’s the beginning of the end for the Wertheim School of Music’s performances this spring term with April’s catalogue of events. Their list of events is expansive, but here’s some of PantherNOW’s suggestions on some big events to keep an eye out for. Starting the month on April 1 […]
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Writer It’s the year of the dragon, and the Korean Culture Club and the Korean Language Empowerment Club united to celebrate the lunar new year with a roar. Though Seollal is on Feb. 10, KCC and KLEC hosted an event on Thursday, Feb. 8, in which Panthers enjoyed traditional Korean […]
(Check out a slideshow of the event above! Drag to view all pictures.) Alejandra Ayala | Photographer Student contestants raced for the Miss CSA pageant crown in the Graham Center stage on Jan. 30. Hosted by the Caribbean Student Association, the contestants represented countries from all over the Caribbean, including Haiti, Grenada, Cuba and Jamaica. […]
Susannah Diaz | Contributing Writer Caribbean culture cheerfully flowed from the Graham Center last week. The Caribbean Student Association has officially hosted its first Culture Night of the semester here at Modesto Maidique Campus. CSA teamed up with the Jamaican Student Union and the Haitian Student Union to create a great night for students on […]
Parsa Sadjadi | Contributing Photographer (Check out our video coverage below! Pause to cycle through clips.) The art of salsa dancing was in full display for Hispanic Heritage Month. Latin American Dance Club showed a presentation on the history of salsa and its origins, before inviting students to step into the Graham Center pit and […]
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director Undeterred by pouring rain, FIU hosted a colorful Juneteenth celebration honoring Black history and culture. Held in the Dotson pavilion last Saturday, the third annual cultural event saw massive attendance catered by music, dancers, food and local vendors. Though the event was meant to begin at 12 p.m, heavy […]
Mariana Riano | Contributing Writer “Dreaming in Multiverse,” Chitra Ganesh’s traveling multimedia experience, mixes comic book graphics with painting and animation to create a surreal experience. The exhibition features select pieces from Ganesh’s recent collections, from a series of prints titled Multiverse Dreaming, to a ceiling-high projection of her animations, to striking depictions of worker’s […]
Mariana Riano and Angela Alvarez | Contributing Writers The Frost Art Museum is home to one of the largest collections of Haitian paintings in the United States, with work from the 1980s to now. One of the newer exhibitions, “Everything, Earth, and Sky” is part of ongoing efforts to study and digitalize art by Haitian […]
Kaysea Suzana | Staff Writer The exciting music of the Caribbean Culture night brought life to the Graham Center pit last Wednesday. Hosted on March 15, the event began at 9 p.m. and nearly lasted until midnight to give students leaving from class an uplifting end to their day. The event was organized by the […]
Abdul Djabbour | Staff Writer Numerous unique events, initiatives, exhibitions, and websites honor the remarkable achievements made by Latinos/Hispanics as well as their ancestry, culture, and spirit. Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from Sept 15 to Oct 15, and celebrates the language, sports, customs, and contributions to the world of art, music, and medicine by […]
Judith George/Staff Writer It was Haitian Flag Day during my senior year of high school. I wasn’t decked out in Haitian Flag day gear, unlike my fellow Hatian students who wore bandannas, chains, wristbands, shirts and even giant capes. It just wasn’t my style. I was more subtle, preferring to simply wear the colors that […]
