Arts & Entertainment News – Caribbean Life

Singer Nesta Nelson (c) and her dancers, moments after she won the recent Dancehall Monarch competition in Georgetown, Guyana.

Music

Singer Nesta Nelson creates history as Guyana’s first female dancehall monarch

By Nelson A. King

Black History Month books for adults.

Books

Celebrate, study, remember: Black History anytime

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Beres Hammond performing in Westbury, NY in 2022.

Music

Beres Hammond headlines ‘Reggae Meets Soul’ Mother’s Day celebration

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and recording artist Minna LaFortune.

Music

Minna LaFortune celebrates ‘African Women’

By Nelson A. King

The Original Jab Jab band portraying "Dancing Warriors" in Couva Carnival, Trinidad.

Trinidad & Tobago

Montano makes Road March Title history

By Devika Ragoonanan

A scene from “Men Of Courage” produced by Byron Hart.

Movies

BPM premieres ‘Men Of Courage’

By Nelson A. King

Screenshot of Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and author Eugene Robinson (left), with moderator Darren Walker, president of the National Gallery of Art (NGA).

Books

Pulitzer winner talks new American history

By Milette Millington

Album cover of Terry Ganzie’s “Same Africans.”

Music

Terry Ganzie drops ‘Same Africans’ for Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

Carnival

Terri Lyons crowned 2026 T&T National Calypso Monarch

By Nelson A. King

Best Simple Jamaican Jerk Turkey Legs: Easy Oven Recipe

Caribbean recipes

Best Simple Jamaican Jerk Turkey Legs: Easy Oven Recipe

By Chris De La Rosa

Poster promoting St. Thomas Carnival 2026.

Carnival

USVI announces dates for 2026 St. Thomas Carnival

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “I’ll Make Me a World” by jarvis R. Givens.

Black History Month

The history of Black history, told in one volume

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Kacy Rankine, CEO of RoadBlock Radio.

Music

RoadBlock Radio CEO hails Keznamdi GRAMMY as ‘Giant Victory for Reggae’

By Nelson A. King

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka in Toyin Ibrahim Adeyeke's “Bigger Than Africa.”

Black History Month

Bigger Than Africa digs deep into Black History

By Nelson A. King

Bronx-born filmmaker Dante Hillmedo.

Jamaica

Bronx filmmaker spotlights Jamaican Diaspora stories

By Nelson A. King

Abena Amory entertained patrons last month at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines' 45th Gala Independence Anniversary Luncheon at Russo's on the Bay in Howard Beach, Queens.

Music

Abena Amory drops ‘Love Is Not a Game’

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

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Meet Joseph Marte, the Bronx native behind Fordham’s newest taco spot, Tacos Supreme

Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly stealing $34,000 worth of trading cards in a violent robbery in Corona and a burglary the following night a couple of blocks away.

Suspect steals $34K worth of trading cards in Corona crime spree: NTPD

bess

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Harvey Weinstein

Weinstein hires Mangione, Combs legal team ahead of third New York trial