Arts & Entertainment News – Caribbean Life

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute presents 15 Well-Being Concerts.

Music

Carnegie Hall announces 2026–2027 ‘Well-Being Concerts’

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican reggae singer Mikey Spice will headline the 3rd Annual Festival on July 4.

Music

Veteran reggae singer Mikey Spice to headline All White Caribbean Jerk Fest

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican dancehall recording artist Masicka will perform at Brooklyn's Barclays Center as headliner of Reggae Fest on Aug. 15.

Music

Dancehall artist Masicka ‘Forever Reign’ to make Barclays Center debut

By Nelson A. King

Awarding-winning, Brooklyn-based Fashion Designer Roger Gary, left, with a model wearing a swimwear from his Spring, Summer Resort collection, recently shown on the runway of Summer Sizzle fashion show, in the British Virgin Islands.

Guyana

Brooklyn-based designer Roger Gary set for Guyana’s 2026 Origins Fashion Festival

By Tangerine Clarke

Dexta Daps.

Music

Dancehall star Dexta Daps bringing ‘Champagne Tour’ to Newark June 12

By Nelson A. King

Sean Paul recently attracted thousands of fans at his highly successful “Timeless Tour."

Music

Sean Paul’s ‘Timeless Tour’ demonstrates global demand for dancehall

By Nelson A. King

"Listen to Me" will be available on the PBS App and PBS.org.

‘Listen to Me’ premieres on Black Public Media’s AfroPoP

By Nelson A. King

Families get a taste of Haiti as Jonathan Pierre Lafleur leads a hands-on pikliz workshop.

Haiti

Taste of Haiti: Jonathan Pierre Lafleur brings Haitian culinary storytelling to NYC families

By Orlande Fleury

People maintain the grounds in front of the U.S. Capitol building, as construction is done on the National Mall for events related to the United States' 250th anniversary and the Washington Monument rises in the background, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 3, 2026.

Music

‘Brick House’ hit makers say no to White House invite

By Vinette K. Pryce

Jemere Morgan's new single, Know Better," is a soulful reggae love ballad.

Music

Jemere Morgan rises in modern reggae with ‘Know Better’

By Nelson A. King

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor's new memoir is “Something We Said."

Books

‘Something We Said’: When words hurt, is a father’s love the balm?

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Battery Dance will begin on Aug. 10 with dynamic community workshops led by selected local dance groups.

Dance

Battery Dance to host free performances in Wagner Park

By Nelson A. King

Marian Makeba in Mama Africa.

Movies

ADIFF celebrates over 30 years of ArtMattan Films

By Nelson A. King

Columbia University’s Miller Theatre is led by Executive Director Melissa Smey.

Music

Miller Theatre looks ahead to 2026-27 season

By Nelson A. King

From left to right: Shania (Forrester Creative Renaissance Fund), sitting on a chair in the corner; Karl Bigby (Faceless Studios), Meschida Philip (MProjekts Creative Group), and TAMCC students who shadowed the audition/workshop event in addition to people who came in to audition.

Grenada

NYC x Grenada Film collaboration expands creative opportunities for emerging Caribbean talent

By Nelson A. King

US Virgin Islands dancehall recording artist Kruziano, left, with award-winning US producer BL Tha Hook Slaya.

Music

USVI recording artist Kruziano working on new single ‘I’ll Be There for the Weekend’

By Nelson A. King

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emirates

NBA and Emirates unveil newly renovated technology and gaming youth space at PAL Webster Center

Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire that began in a garage and spread to a neighboring home in Ozone Park on Wednesday, June 17.

Five people hurt, including two firefighters, in two-alarm Ozone Park house fire: FDNY

guns laid out on table as supreme court hears arguments about new york gun laws

U.S. Supreme Court lets stand a New York law enabling people to sue gun manufacturers for negligence

6th Avenue roadway in Manhattan where a busway will be built

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