Month: August 2024

United Community Centers (UCC) Mas in East New York, Brooklyn will be portraying “A Day at the Circus” for the very first time in competing in the Junior Carnival in the Brooklyn-based West Indian American Day Association’s (WIADCA) Carnival. “I just want to do something fun and whimsical to introduce carnival to our young kids,” Diana Barnes, band leader, designer and executive director at the center, 613 New Lots Ave., […]

A week after Grenada threw a huge party, motorcade and presentation of gifts for three medalists at the just-concluded Paris Olympics, fellow Eastern Caribbean island nation of Dominica on Sunday did likewise for triple jumper Thea La Fond-Gadson who brought the first ever Olympic medal to the Emerald Island. La Fond-Gadson, her husband and coach Aaron as well as other family members rode in a state vehicle and motorcade from […]

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With a son on the Autism Spectrum, Trinidadian-American Nancy Tannis says she has been endeavoring to get autistic kids involved in the West Indian American Carnival in Brooklyn. Tannis, who was born in Brooklyn to Trinidadian parentage, told Caribbean Life on Thursday that she is the mother of two boys, Ian, 14, who is autistic and non-verbal, and Chayse, 8. “As a child growing up, I was very involved with […]

Tropicalfete, last Sunday, for the third year in a row, brought the colorful spirit of the West Indies to the cross-roads of the world, putting thousands of on-lookers, many nationals, into a screaming frenzy at its Pop-Up Caribbean Carnival in Times Square, on Broadway, between W46th & W47th avenues. Alton Aimable, founder, and president of the non-profit, that promote culture as a tool for social transformation, brought popular Trinidad Soca […]

Jamaican residents of Chicago are enthusiastically embracing policies Vice President Kamala Harris proposed during last week’s Democratic National Convention which was held in the state of Illinois. “A change is coming,” Ephraim Martin said after hearing priorities laid out by the potential first female commander in chief. “I accept your nomination to be president of the United States,” a confident, fast ascending challenge to the Republicans said. “We’ve come a […]

Shelley V. Worrell, the Trinidadian-American founder, chief vibes officer and band leader of I AM CARIBBEING and Little Caribbean in East Flatbush and Flatbush in Brooklyn, says she’s “honored” to portray “Sailing Di Parkway” for the massive West Indian American Day Carnival Parade on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, for Labor Day Monday. “Sailing Di Parkway’ is our interpretation of Sailor Mas, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago,” Worrell told Caribbean Life […]