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St. Croix Arts & EntertainmentLocated mid-island, the Island Center for the Performing Arts hosts St. Croix's major concerts, plays, and performances by visiting entertainers. (340-778-5272.) A premier spot for artistic performances, they have hosted such noted groups as the Boston Pops Traveling Ensemble, the Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey, the St. Petersburg Ballet and the London Ballet. Such notable artists as Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, the pianist Awadagin Pratt, the Naumberg award winner Tomohiro Okumura, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Victor Borge, as well as those less famous, have headlined during the winter season. Caribbean Community Theatre gives local thespians and directors a chance to shine with several productions (comedy & musicals) also during season. There is onemovie theater located in the Sunny Isle area, a mutli-plex right in the shopping center Sunny Isle Theater (340-778-5620. Christiansted has a lively and eminently casual club scene near the waterfront. Easy jazz can be heard in the courtyard bar at Indies Saturday evenings (55-56 Company St., (340-692-9440). Enjoy the sights and sounds of the harbor from the Ft. Christian Brew Pub (340-713-9820) where you can enjoy fine food and lots of beer. They have live music but no set schedule (island style!). Just down the boardwalk, you'll find Stixx On The Waterfront (340-773-5157) where they promise "Free Beer Tomorrow", burgers and pizzas. They also offer live entertainment and dancing on the boardwalk is a blast - just don't fall in the harbor! To party under the stars head to Hotel on the Cay, a tiny island in the middle of the harbor (Protestant Cay, 340-773-2035) has a West Indian buffet on Tuesday nights that features a broken bottle dancer and Mocko Jumbie. On Thursday nights, the Cormorant (La Grande Princesse, 340-778-8920) throws a similar event. The 2 Plus 2 Disco offers calypso, soul, disco, and reggae, with live music on weekends. On the Northshore Bogey's at the Reef Club offers nightly food specials but their most popular night is Fridays where they have live entertainment and a free buffet, known to the locals as "Free Food Fridays". Just West of that is Cane Bay Beach Bar (340-778-5669) famous for their Kick Back Tuesdays, Sunday Brunches and Full Moon parties. Live music, great food and a relaxed atmosphere! Lobster Reef is a new restaurant located just minutes east of Cane Bay in La Vallee. Enjoy casual dining, live music and an ocean view to die for. (340-719-9044)
photo © gotostcroix.com Mt. Pellier is most famous for their beer drinking pigs (seriously) but thanks to the local Animal Welfare Center you can now only buy them non-alcoholic beers. Great for a photo-op if you are into that sort of thing. While you are there you also have to try a shot (Just one! Trust me!) of mama juana, a secret concoction of roots & juices from Santo Domingo probably NOT approved by the FDA, but it tastes yummy and gives you the warm tingles… Some Art Groups are: Caribbean Dance Company, 340-778-8824 The Council provides matching grants to visual and performing artists and organizations. The grants are funded through a yearly grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Council on the Arts participates in and sends exhibits and musical groups throughout the Caribbean, the mainland and the world. Island Center for the Performing Arts, 340-778-5272 With numerous private and public art galleries spread across the islands, openings become social events where islanders gather for a look at an artist's newest work and share a glass of champagne. Since the social scene is special and intimate, openings tend to be gala events. Check the local newspapers for openings while you are here! Mocko Jumbies are masked stilt walkers.
That superstitious force, called the Obeah, which creates those good and bad occurrences, is an African religion similar in some ways to the more familiar Voodoo. While belief in Obeah has never been prominent in the U.S. Virgin Islands, it has been part of the territory's ambiance for years. You won't find many people who actually claim to believe in Obeah themselves, although the natives will tell you stories of something that supposedly happened to someone else. Some of the characters and jumbies you see during Carnival or parades are mere interpretations of the spirits and superstitions of long ago. For information on Mocko Jumbie, contact Willard S John, PO Box 3162, Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI 00840 T (340-773-8909) St. Croix's Crucian Christmas Fiesta celebrated the Christmas season with arts and crafts exhibits, food fairs, parades (one for children, one for adults), the selection of Miss St. Croix, and the coronation of the festival's Prince and Princess. Most events take place in Christiansted and Frederiksted. Each town has a Festival Village complete with amusement rides and nightly entertainment. As for television, residents on all three islands can stay in touch with the rest of the world through cable television. From CNN to the Disney Channel with stops at HBO, ESPN, and a religious channel among the many in between, cable television brings them all 24 hours a day. It also hooks you up, among other offerings, to cable radio for a variety of top-notch classical to rock 'n roll music. On St. Croix contact Innovative Cable TV (340-779-9999) In St. Croix, 97.5 AM, 95.0 FM, 96.1FM and 99.5 FM are the major local news radio stations. Numerous other AM and FM stations air many types of music, headline news, sports and community programming. |
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