Arts & Entertainment News – Caribbean Life

Joé Dwèt Filé performs onstage during Global Citizen's Power Our Planet: Live in Paris on June 22, 2023 in Paris, France.

Haiti

Billboard lists 10 Caribbean artists to watch in 2025

By Nelson A. King

Reggae-dancehall artiste, Alkaline.

Movies

Alkaline’s New Rules Festival heads to Toronto

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican singer Beres Hammond.

Music

Valentine’s Day Concert

By Nelson A. King

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

Book cover of “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement” by Juan Williams.

Books

The Civil Rights Movement, Part II

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Moderator Ian Kamau.

‘Loss’ and Found ‘Under The Radar’ in Harlem

By Vinette K. Pryce

Classic Caribbean Callaloo Soup recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Classic Caribbean Callaloo Soup

By Chris De La Rosa

Jamaican-born, New Jersey-based dancehall recorder Ras Emmanuel.

Haiti

Ras Emmanuel’s ‘Dancehall Forever’ introduces Vybz Kartel at New Year’s Eve Freedom Street Concert

By Nelson A. King

Movies

Eight Caribbean film projects receive awards, support thanks to UNESCO-EU

By Nelson A. King

Richie Stephens with some of his fans.

Haiti

Richie Stephens rings in New Year ‘Under The Stars Block Party’

By Nelson A. King

Carlos "Rejector" Providence, president of the Brooklyn-based Dynamite Calypso Tent, renders "Mash Up D Place" during the preliminary judging, in Brooklyn, for Vincy Mas in June 2024.

St Vincent

Brooklyn’s Dynamite Cultural Organization unveils seminal Cultural Hall of Fame

By Nelson A. King

Grenada Consul General to New York Michael Brizan, center, holds plague presented to some members of Quake USA. Spokesperson Cheryl Vincent is at Brizan's immediate right.

Belize

Grenadian-American Ex-Teachers group honors Quake USA, six others at Yuletide Gala

By Nelson A. King

Dr. Ivelaw Griffith and his partner of 40 years, Francille, at a book signing in Manhattan, New York.

Books

Dr. Ivelaw Griffith’s fictional debut examines the impact of drug trafficking in the Caribbean

By Tracey Khan

Jerk Stewed Chicken Recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Jerk Stewed Chicken

By Chris De La Rosa

Book cover of “Building The Worlds That Kill Us” by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz.

Books

Sniffles? Cough and sneezes? Read this book for your health

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Tropicalfete’s Grand Finale 3 Steel Pan Performance.

Dance

Tropicalfete celebrates ‘Year of Cultural Excellence’

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

ProXtracts was issued the first tier one cannabis processing license in New York City and plans to start producing this spring in Morris Park.

NYC’s first tier one cannabis facility opening in the Bronx this spring

Video footage that the NYPD released Wednesday shows the suspect moving debris next to the sleeping individual, in the view of two other passengers, seconds before it burst into flames. The firebug then moved to exit the train car as the individual slept.

Arsonist at large for setting fire near Queens subway passenger and torching NYPD vehicle at City Hall

trump

Trump’s second term sparks fear among New York’s immigrant communities as deportation plans loom

alleged street gang member in gun trafficking bust

Migrant gun runners: Alleged high-ranking street gang member among three charged in Manhattan for firearms trafficking