Women on Calypso Symposium

07/01/2023

Carnival coming. We want to see the fruits of the loom. Want to hear more of this? Come out to Nyam ! Caribbean Dinner and Comedy Show . Featuring live from Jamaica, king of standup comedy, Blakka Owen Ellis inside Spade Bar and Lounge on July 8. Featuring Crystal Ferrier Jay Martin Nicole Osbourne James aka Enoje Ozjam. Hosted by Rhoma Akosua Spencer. Tickets at http://nyamcomedy.eventbrite.ca

05/26/2023

We are sold out!

10/31/2022

https://youtu.be/EuYMmSABl80
We had 175 Registrants but many of them did not actually logon, so for those of you who missed our recent Symposium on Calypso Rose, here is the recording for your listening pleasure. Don't forget to share the spoils as well.

Convened by the 2022-23 Q***r and Trans Research Lab Artist-in-Residence, Rhoma Spencer, A Rose Among Thorns: Calypso Rose - Life Music and Impact will explo...

10/25/2022

"I never had a man in my life."

Rhoma Spencer reads a quote from Calypso Rose during the Women on Calypso Symposium produced by The University of Toronto this past weekend.

10/24/2022

We wish to thank all our attendees to our second Calypso History Month Webinar of A Rose Among Thorns- Calypso Rose Life, Music and Impact. Presented by The Q***r and Trans Research Lab at the The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies with support from Women and Gender Studies Institute and Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto. If you missed the occasion, no worries. Stay tuned here for it's recording.

10/21/2022

RAY FUNK The University of Toronto is holding a special webinar, A Rose Among Thorns: Calypso Rose’s Life, Music and Impact, as part of Calypso History Month celebrations, on October … Continue reading Online Calypso Rose seminar set for October 22

10/20/2022

Introducing Susan Grogan, one of the guest entertainers at the Symposium, A Rose Among Thorns- Calypso Rose Life, Music and Impact this Saturday Oct 22 at 2pm EDT.

Registration is free and you can attend by registering here:http://calypsoroseuoft.eventbrite.ca/

Susan Grogan is best known for her smash hits ‘Gimme Pan’, ‘Forbidden Wine’ and ‘Mr. Music Man’. She has made international appearances on stages including the Cayman Islands, Colombia, and several cities in the USA and Canada.

Susan G. started her singing career as a background vocalist with the Battle Ground Calypso Tent and lead vocalist with the pop band Sauvage in Barbados. In the early 90’s Susan made Toronto her home and started singing with the band Taste of Madness.

She is now the lead vocalist and band leader of the band Neu Jenerashun – a top Soca dance band. Susan has been a lead singer with the highly-acclaimed COBA. In 2007 she won the titles of Calypso Monarch Competition of Miami, U.S.A. and of Ottawa, Canada.
Ramabai EspinetCalypso Rose The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies George Maharaj Rudolph Ottley Stacey Sobers Abraham Alison Mc Letchie

10/20/2022

Introducing Macomere Fifi, one of the guest entertainers at the Symposium, A Rose Among Thorns- Calypso Rose Life, Music and Impact this Saturday Oct 22 at 2pm EDT.

Registration is free and you can attend by registering here:http://calypsoroseuoft.eventbrite.ca/

Macomere Fifi is Canada’s most successful Calypso singer, having won the Canadian Calypso Monarch on six occasions. Hailing from the village of Les Coteaux in Tobago, Eulith Tara Woods has charted a course unparalleled by any other Calypso artist in Canadian history. She has performed in the UK, Hong Kong, Atlanta,Miami,Vancouver and Trinidad and Tobago.

In 2007, she was the subject of a documentary series titled Heartbeat, and was featured in a CBC Radio special concert at Glenn Gould Studio. She also starred in the Dora Nominated, All female Production of Obeah Opera.
Macomere Fifi has previously been a semi finalist and reserved finalist for The Calypso Monarch competition in Trinidad and Tobago.
Stacey Sobers Abraham George Maharaj Ramabai Espinet Calypso Rose The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. Rudolph Ottley Rhoma Akosua Spencer Andil Gosine Alison Mc Letchie

10/18/2022

Calypso Rose REIGNS SUPREME.

Join The Women on Calypso Symposium on
Saturday, October 22nd
from 10am to 3pm EDT for
A Rose among Thorns: Calypso Rose,
Her Life, Music, and Impact
a one-day symposium with
an ALL-STAR line-up of speakers.

Featured Speakers include:
- Dr. Hope R. Munro (Calypso Rose On The Bandstand: Changing Musical Textures)
- Dr. Andil Gosine(Rose in France)
- Dr. Alison Mc Letchie (Her Majesty: Exploring Wajang Feminist in Calypso Rose's work)
- Rhoma Akosua Spencer (The Politics of Calypso Rose - Shape-shifting and Disrupting The Normative)

This symposium will be Hosted and Moderated by Dr. Ramabai Espinet.

https://www.facebook.com/womenoncalypsosymposium/videos/478646260893114/

10/18/2022

Calypso Rose REIGNS SUPREME.

Join The Women on Calypso Symposium on
Saturday, October 22nd
from 10am to 3pm EDT for
A Rose among Thorns: Calypso Rose,
Her Life, Music, and Impact
a one-day symposium with
an ALL-STAR line-up of speakers.

Register now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-rose-among-thorns-calypso-rose-life-music-and-impact-tickets-420545090687

Featured Speakers include:
- Dr. Hope R. Munro (Calypso Rose On The Bandstand: Changing Musical Textures)
- Dr. Andil Gosine (Rose in France)
- Dr. Alison Mc Letchie (Her Majesty: Exploring Wajang Feminist in Calypso Rose's work)
- Rhoma Akosua Spencer (The Politics of Calypso Rose - Shape-shifting and Disrupting The Normative)

This symposium will be Hosted and Moderated by Dr. Ramabai Espinet.