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Last Friday evening, too, artists as diverse as the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, the Harvard Caribbean Dance Team, and the Harvard Glee Club gathered in Sanders Theatre for the “Harvard for Haiti” benefit concert. The event, whose proceeds were given to Partners in Health (PIH), also featured a slate of speakers including PIH Executive Director Ophelia Dahl. Last Saturday, the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club also made their contribution to the fund-raising effort by collecting donations at a benefit performance held in the Loeb Experimental Theater...
...Nevis, as Kaddy, the ebullient barman of Montpelier Plantation Inn, says, "the dining do mellow." And indeed, the exceptional choice of eating contained in just under 95 sq km is one of the reasons why it's so easy to bliss out on this lush, low-key Caribbean island. Better still, most of the produce is farmed and fished locally and the dining scene is constantly evolving. Here are four great places to check...
INDIGO Newly open on weekend evenings at the Montpelier Plantation Inn is Indigo, tel: (1-869) 469 3462. Its menu offers inspired sharing dishes, tapas-style, but with a Caribbean accent: try mahi-mahi tartare, sesame tempura shrimp or steak with chimichurri sauce, served with stupendous views of the island's famed peak. (See pictures of luxury private islands...
...dramatic extension of its dining area by Aman Resort designer Ed Turtle, this popular resort, tel: (1-869) 469 3346, now boasts well-known British-born chef Janice Ryan. Her dishes highlight the importance of marinades and seasonings - especially allspice and Scotch bonnet peppers - to the very best Caribbean cooking. Outstanding are conch chowder, coconut-water-and-rum shrimp salad and spice-rubbed snapper with tamarind...
...sold-out relief concert featured original dance and musical compositions by Harvard students. Performances included a show by the Drummers of the Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble, a dance by the Caribbean Club Dance Troupe to the beat of Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, and a rendition of Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” from the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College...