St. Maarten / St. Martin Culture & Arts Blog

poster with announcement o =f DMF's calypso and road march elimination

February 25, 2025

Dow’s Musical Foundation Presents their 3rd Annual Calypso and Road March Elimination

Dow’s Musical Foundation presents their 3rd annual Calypso and Road March elimination on Sunday, March 2nd, 2025. The eliminations will take place from 5.00 – 7.00 PM at Dutch Quarter Community Center with an admission fee of $10.00.   Come

sunset at the beach in philipsburg

February 24, 2025

Photo Of The Week: Sunset In Philipsburg

On this picture, the Fort Amsterdam peninsula seems to be wholly separated from mainland St. Maarten by the fierce sunlight right before sunset, reflecting in the surf of Great Bay Beach. It is a great reminder that many new bars and

La Belle Creole sign at entrance

February 21, 2025

La Belle Créole: A Most Ambitious Project

Claude Philippe’s Visionary Ambitions   The quality of visionaries is not always that their dream image becomes reality, but rather that they inspire others in the pursuit of a goal. Just like John F Kennedy with his goal of putting

A view of people on the Flying Dutchman at Rainforest Adventures St Maarten, with a view over the Dutch Caribbean island

February 20, 2025

11 Places on St. Maarten / St. Martin That Could Serve As Movie Decor (And Have Not Done So Yet)

St. Maarten already has been the decor of many movies. Recently, the third series of Below Deck recorded on island was added to the island’s impressive resume as background for television and cinema. That does not mean that there is not

Sunset in St maarten

February 18, 2025

Culinary Secrets of a Frequent Visitor: The Story of Anthony Bourdain and St. Maarten / St. Martin

Not a one time, but frequent visitor   As one of his culinary disciples Agustina Deis states on eatlikebourdain.com, the reason Anthony Bourdain did only one episode of his food travelshows on Culinary Capital of the Caribbean St. Maarten /