Arts & Theater News – Caribbean Life

From left, Fab 5 Freddy, BP Antonio Reynoso, and Jamel Shabazz.

Brooklyn’s finest: Photo exhibit salutes Hip-Hop legends and lens masters

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

From left, Dario Mohr poses with artists Damali Abrams, Wei Xiong, Kraig Blue, Coralina Rodriguez-Meyer and Chihiro Ito (front center). The artists are members of the 2024 Fellowship and will participate in the Biennial exhibition opening Jan. 23.

AnkhLave Arts Alliance brings ‘Echoes of Home’ from Kenya to Brooklyn

By Tracey Khan

Final performance of the night with all Tropicalfete performers on stage, stilts, dancers, masqueraders, steelpan players with the music of ‘Take Me Home’ by Freetown Collective and arranged by Jeanine Ruiz.

Cultural Gift

By Nelson A. King

Hercules sings "50 Years" on way to winning Golden Jubilee Independence Monarch last year.

Year-in-Review 2025 – Arts and Entertainment

By Nelson A. King

Sunday School children perform a dance routine.

‘Good news, great joy’: Antiguan-born Joycelyn King hails FSUMC Children’s Christmas Pageant

By Nelson A. King

Curators Heather Simms and Patrice Johnson Chevannes standing next to each other on stage at the Billie Holiday Theater for the celebration on Dec. 13, 2025.

Billie Holiday Theater hosts inaugural Caribbean Theater Festival

By Milette Millington

Governor Kathy Hochul at the 217th session of the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy. The ceremony was held at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany.

NYSCA awards $63M in arts and culture grants

By Nelson A. King

Students Performing Glow in the Dark Illusion Thriller Showcase.

Brooklyn Performing Arts Students recreate iconic ‘Thriller’

By Nelson A. King

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Corrin Rachelle Mitchell and Michael Jackson Jr. in Alvin Ailey's Revelations.

Curtain Up

By Nelson A. King

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Oliver Samuels brings the laughter — America’s premiere backs Jamaica’s hurricane relief

By Nelson A. King

Alice and Tati face off. Alice is balancing on her short crutches, legs bent and folded under herself, tops of her toes grazing the floor. They peer at each other with curiosity and intensity.

Art in Motion

By Milette Millington

President Barack Obama after he announced live on television the death of Osama bin Laden, from the East Room of the White House in Washington May 1, 2011.

’44’ The musical salute to President Barack Obama

By Vinette K. Pryce

Cameroon native Yolande Boyom, who created the play/upcoming film “The Road to Freedom,” to bring awareness to human trafficking.

From Cameroon to the stage: Playwright’s debut tackles human trafficking

By Milette Millington

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lar Lubovitch’s Many Angels.

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Ailey II’s world tour includes Jamaica

By Nelson A. King

Sydnéi SmithJordan and her collector Whoopi Goldberg.

Acclaimed artist Sydnéi SmithJordan celebrates with new mural

By Nelson A. King

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