Caribbean Life News Headlines Archive for August 28, 2024

Sold out Bouyou Festival in Queens

Music

New York’s Inaugural Bouyon Festival: A sold-out celebration of Caribbean unity

By Tracey Khan

Branches, Beck and Mango Tree Productions combine in portraying "A Touch of Class.”

Carnival

Play Mas – witness ‘The Evolution’

By Nelson A. King

Duane Gutierrez, lead organizer of NYC Belize Parkfest.

Belize

Celebrating Belizean culture, unity and community empowerment

By Nelson A. King

Pat Nurse relates the sections of the steel pan in "Panorama.”

Carnival

Carnival mas producer Pat Nurse presents ‘Mas! Pan! Calypso!’ at Five Myles Gallery

By Nelson A. King

Revelers dressed in costumes ready to revel with NOMADS Costume band on Labor Day, presented by band leader Marlon Jacobs in collaboration with a Guyana Government delegation from Georgetown.

Guyana

Guyana government delegation to participate in Labor Day festivities in Brooklyn

By Tangerine Clarke

West Indies' Romario Shepherd in action against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium, Sandton, South Africa - March 28, 2023.

Sports

West Indies takes series-winning victory over South Africa

By Devika Ragoonanan

Nigy Boy and 11-year-old Jazmin Headley.

Music

Eleven-year-old Jamaican-Canadian prodigy teams up with Nigy Boy on ‘Goodness of God’

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

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‘Everyone is welcome here’: District 9 celebrates second annual Pride parade at Roberto Clemente State Park

little bay park

CM Paladino outraged by murder in Little Bay Park after teen was stabbed to death, dozens of scooter riders seen fleeing crime scene

NY: 2024 Presidential Election Day

Who’s on the ballot, where to vote and more: Brooklyn Paper’s guide to the 2026 primary election

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Giants’ Andrew Thomas Foundation fundraiser raises more than $53,000 for youth and families in underserved communities