Arts & Entertainment News – Caribbean Life

Reggae and Dancehall artiste Terry Ganzie.

Music

Terry Ganzie’s ‘Same Africans’ charges up Spin Counts Top 150 Chart

By Nelson A. King

Reggae Sumfest CEO Joe Bogdanovic.

Music

Gaza Meets Gully

By Nelson A. King

Dancehall star Masicka.

Music

Masicka drops ‘Boasty’

By Nelson A. King

Classic Jamaican Brown Stew Salmon

Caribbean recipes

Classic Jamaican Brown Stew Salmon

By Chris De La Rosa

Book cover of “The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love” by Ethelene Whitmire.

Books

The things we do for love

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Eleen Ackie author of “Adam Goes to the Sunshine Corner Store.”

Books

Eleen Ackie pens children’s book inspired by 9-year-old son

By Nelson A. King

Michelle London as Sarah in the David Heron’s Gala Easter Sunday production of Easton Lee’s "The Rope and The Cross."

Power Shift: Herod, Pilate portrayed by women at JPAC April 5

By Tangerine Clarke

Actor with Down Syndrome Race Eberhardt, who stars in the upcoming action film Strait Undercover (2026), which premiered on YouTube on March 21, in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

Movies

Actor with Down Syndrome stars in new action film

By Milette Millington

DTH Company Artist Alexandra Hutchinson in "Firebird."

Music

Dance Theatre of Harlem set to feature ‘Firebird’

By Nelson A. King

Don “Sunshine” Diaz accepting the SUNSHINE Awards Hall of Fame Induction for his father, Cyril Diaz in 2011.

Music

Sunshine Awards joins glowing tributes to legendary Trinidadian bass player Don ‘Sunshine’ Diaz

By Nelson A. King

A photo of wearing heels, standing up against a wall with her right knee bent, and her right arm hanging off of a ledge.

Movies

Festival hosts annual film series spotlighting women in African diaspora

By Milette Millington

King Ajamu headlines inaugural Gospel of Praise Concert at Bedford Central Presbyterian Church in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in September 2023.

Music

Grenadian Calypso King-turned-Gospel artiste Edson ‘King Ajamu’ Mitchell releases ‘Focus’

By Nelson A. King

Allan Singh, assistant general manager of The Skylark, stands inside the Manhattan rooftop venue, where he helps lead one of the city’s premier hospitality experiences nearly 30 floors above the skyline.

Guyana

From Queens to the skyline: Guyanese-American Allan Singh rises in Manhattan hospitality

By Tracey Khan

The cover "Shut Up and Read," by Jeannine A. Cook.

Books

A book to read, quietly. A book to read, then shout about it.

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Lady Da Flame and Richie Stephens drop "Ropeen."

Music

Lady Da Flame, Richie Stephens collaborate on ‘Ropeen’

By Nelson A. King

Reggae Land said on Monday, March 9, that its July 31 edition will headline global superstar Burna Boy.

Music

Burna Boy to debut on Reggae Land

By Nelson A. King

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