Arts & Entertainment News – Caribbean Life

Singer Minna LaFortune.

Music

Reggae artist Minna LaFortune calls for ‘Cease Fire’

By Nelson A. King

The Meyer Levin Drama Department students performed during the school’s Black History Month Showcase.

Music

‘Every Voice’

By Nelson A. King

How To Make Coconut Shrimp recipe.

Caribbean recipes

How To Make Coconut Shrimp

By Chris De La Rosa

From left, Kayla Sconiers, Brittney Bryanna Burgess, Alexis V. Prescott, and Brianna Garcon are all alumni of the Eastman College of Music at the University of Rochester and the creators of Black Collegiate Musicians (BCM).

Music

New union aids Black music students access to needed resources

By Milette Millington

Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. had a deep discussion about libraries with podcast guest Dennis Walcott.

Books

Addabbo features Dennis Walcott on ‘Library Lovers’

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “Becoming Spectacular” by Jennifer Jones.

Books

The steps you take to break ground

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter Ajii, left, and Wé Ani.

Music

Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter Ajii, Wé Ani ‘Forget About You’

By Nelson A. King

Kendra J. Bostock, founder and director of STooPS, performing at Black Future Festival 2024.

Black History Month

Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts Black Future Festival: Week-long celebration of Black History

By Nelson A. King

Reggae-dancehall artiste, Alkaline.

Music

Alkaline enlists Armanii, Rahjahwild for New Rules Festival UK

By Nelson A. King

Star Fruit (Carambola) Anchar recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Star Fruit (Carambola) Anchar

By Chris De La Rosa

Jamaican singer Sean Paul performs live on stage during a concert at the Huxleys on July 6, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.

Jamaica

Sean Paul ‘Nah Follow Dem’

By Nelson A. King

Dr. Hollis Chalkdust Liverpool.

Trinidad & Tobago

Calypsonian Chalkdust, co-founder of Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame, honored with Prof. Emeritus title

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “Fearless and Free” by Josephine Baker.

Books

The life of a star, in her own words

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Nelson Mandela.

Haiti

UN welcomes nominations for Nelson Mandela Prize

By Vinette K. Pryce

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Aileys Revelations.

Ailey Dance Theater reaches across America for Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

Gilman 'Gil' Figaro

Belize

Black History Month: Trinidadian Gilman ‘Gil’ Theophilus Figaro, Sr., founder and chairman of the Sunshine Awards

By Nelson A. King

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