Arts & Entertainment News – Caribbean Life

Musician, disability advocate, author and businesswoman Lachi, who was born legally blind.

Books

Lachi’s new book champions disability culture

By Milette Millington

Stephen "Cat" Coore.

Music

Honoring Cat Coore

By Nelson A. King

Leslie Fields-Cruz BPM executive director.

Movies

HBCU Student Film Festival to premiere award-winning shorts Jan. 27

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician Clifton George Bailey III, better known by his stage name Capleton.

Music

Best of the Best Music Fest returns

By Nelson A. King

Traditional Caribbean Stew Peas (kidney beans) With Ham Bone recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Traditional Caribbean Stew Peas (kidney beans) With Ham Bone

By Chris De La Rosa

Jamaican singer Sean Paul.

Hurricane Relief

Sean Paul headlines Heat Caribbean Night for Jamaica relief

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “Destiny of the Diamond Princess” by Sherri Winston.

Books

A Diamond Princess with a dangerous destiny

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Jungle Bay, Dominica is one of the top retreats in the Caribbean.

Dominica

Dominica launches national gospel festival ‘Glory in Paradise’

By Nelson A. King

Dancehall artiste 1SkiOG releases his viral track, “‘Have You Ever.”

Music

1SkiOG drops ‘Have You Ever’

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Mamdani joins Under the Radar Theater Festival to give away 1,500 free tickets in commitment to making arts and culture accessible to all.

Mayor Mamdani backs free theater tickets citywide

By Nelson A. King

Easy Jamaican Escovitch Chicken recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Easy Jamaican Escovitch Fried Chicken

By Chris De La Rosa

Caren Charles De Freitas holding her first children's book, "Girl in a Pretty Dress."

Books

Vincentian author turns childhood memory into debut children’s book

By Nelson A. King

Composer, pianist, bandleader, six-time GRAMMY winner, and two-time Latin GRAMMY winner Arturo O’Farrill playing the organ during a performance at Bryant Park on Sept 13, 2024.

Jazz at El Museo

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became its Poorest Land” by W. Ralph Eubanks.

Books

Shedding light on an alluvial fan of history

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Michelle Henry performs.

Trinidad & Tobago

A voice with purpose: Michelle A. Henry chronicles life through calypso

By Nelson A. King

Masqueraders during an Epic Carnival Experience tour.

Trinidad & Tobago

Epic Carnival Experience prepares for 2026 T&T Carnival

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

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Mourners pay respects to Pamela Guerrero, who died under mysterious circumstances in Soundview

The Bank Tavern at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and 66th Place in Glendale, which replaced the Bank of Glendale, is shown in this 1940 tax photo.

The rise and fall of the Bank of Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

New Yorkers protest against ICE

ICE agents’ killing of Minneapolis protester sparks emergency march in NYC demanding feds back off

New Yorkers protest against ICE

ICE agents’ killing of Minneapolis protester sparks emergency march in NYC demanding feds back off