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Milette Millington

Simone Espinet is the business development manager at Henricksen’s Manhattan office furniture store.
Trinidad & Tobago

Local business honors contributions of Black community

By Milette Millington
Screengrab of panel: From left, panel moderator Linda Tigani with NYC Council Member Crystal Hudson, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Council Member Dr. Nantasha Willams, and Council Member Farah Louis.
News

How the impact of slavery is still being felt in New York today

By Milette Millington
Lee Scratch Perry with Reshma B.
Movies

New Reggae documentary premiering at Bronx Music Hall this weekend

By Milette Millington
Wayne Devonish, founder of the nonprofit organization 500 Men Making a Difference.
Guyana

Brooklyn native contributes to his community through youth mentorship

By Milette Millington
Michelle Adams (left), who discussed her debut book, "The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North" (MacMillan, 2025), in an in-person and virtual conversation hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on Jan. 13.
Books

50 years ago: Why integrating Detroit schools was such a struggle

By Milette Millington
Tyriek White, author of “We Are a Haunting” (Astra Publishing House, 2023).
Books

Queens Public Library hosts talk with Brooklyn author on his debut book

By Milette Millington
Screengrab of Rita Omokha (pronounced O-mo-cah), Nigerian American journalist and author of Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America (St. Martin's Press/MacMillan, 2024).
Books

Queens Public Library hosts talk with Nigerian author on debut book

By Milette Millington
Screenshot of Jeanne (she/her) left, and Zinga Fraser (she/her), in conversation at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Center Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on Dec. 12.
Barbados

Why the political activism and legacy of Shirley Chisholm matters

By Milette Millington
Self-portrait of St. Croix native Andrew Lockhart, who has lived in NYC for more than two decades.
Acts of Kindness

Brooklyn resident spreads kindness through hospitality

By Milette Millington
Founder and CEO of The Blueprint Foundation, Inc., Roxanne Hermanstyne-Johnson.
News

Guyanese native celebrates a year of impact with her nonprofit organization

By Milette Millington
Bernard S. Hoyes' 2019 acrylic and oil painting (size: 24 x 30 in), named “Caribbean Utterance.” This is one of the artworks featured in the auction presented by Calabar Gallery and the Caribbean Fine Art Fair (CAFA).
News

Local art galleries collaborate on Art Auction celebrating Caribbean artists

By Milette Millington
Screengrab of Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, who won the National Book Award this year in Poetry for her collection Something About Living (2024).
Books

National Book Foundation celebrates 75 years of hosting National Book Awards

By Milette Millington
Local historian, professor, and artist Tao Leigh Goffe, whose debut book,” DARK LABORATORY: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis” (published by Doubleday/Penguin Random House), will be released on Jan. 21, 2025.
Books

Local historian, professor, and artist Tao Leigh Goffe releasing debut book next year

By Milette Millington
Chloe is one of five Black women featured in the film "I AM" (2023), directed by Jessica Chaney.
Movies

Annual African Film Festival returns to NYC on Nov. 29

By Milette Millington
Danielle Fairbairn-Bland, whose family roots are in the Caribbean country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
St Vincent

Local woman spreads kindness: Delivering essential resources to the vulnerable

By Milette Millington
addox K. Murphy, a high school senior at BASIS Independent Upper School in Brooklyn.
People

High school student makes a difference through dedication to serving others

By Milette Millington
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Legendary Jamaican Jazz Maestro Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander Returns To Birdland For An Unforgettable Week Of Music
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In partnership with the African Film Fes
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Film at The Africa Center Presents “Sudan, Remember Us”
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Conch Shell Productions’ Conch Shell Int
Sept. 18, 5 pm

Conch Shell International Film Festival Presents FREE Community Screening at Forest Hills Library Featuring Award-Winning Caribbean Heritage Filmmakers
Forest Hills, Queens Public Library

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Sept. 18, 5 pm

Celebrate Caribbean Cinema in Queens: Free Community Screening from Conch Shell International Film Festival
Forest Hills, Queens Public Library

The Dark Mother Book Tour Begins! New Yo
Sept. 18, 5 pm

From Ashes to Flames The Dark Mother Book Tour
Blue Stockings Cooperative Bookstore

Caribb-esque 🏝️ is an original sultry Bu
Sept. 18, 8:30 pm

Caribb-esque! Caribbean Burlesque Show & Party
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Join us on Saturday, September 20th, at 
Sept. 20, 11 am

Caribbean and Labor Union Parade
Eastwood Manor

BPL Presents welcomes poet, novelist, di
Sept. 23, 6:30 pm

Emmelie Prophète Discusses Cécé
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