Month: March 2025

Gateways Music Festival will be in New York City from April 24 to 27 for a series of magical musical moments. Gateways said Spring Festival 2025 kicks off in Rochester and then moves to the Big Apple. The NYC events are capped by the Gateways Festival Orchestra's return to Carnegie Hall on Sunday, April 27, under the baton of Anthony Parnther. The orchestra sold out during its last appearance in […]

Multi-talented Jamaican singer, songwriter, and producer Jada Kingdom makes a powerful statement with the release, on March 21, of her audacious new single, "G.A.D.,"  an acronym for "Girls Are Drugs." Trinidadian-born entertainment publicist Paul Thom of The Thom Brand said the track features "an exhilarating, guitar-driven production crafted by renowned Jamaican producer Yo Christon [Vybz Kartel, Sizzla, and Buju Banton] and transports listeners into an electrifying world of pop-punk, characterized […]

"The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir" by Martha S. Jones c.2025, Basic Books                                         $30                                                     315 pages   "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families" by Judith Giesberg c.2025, Simon & Schuster                             $29.99                                                309 pages   Who do you think you are? That's a question that can be taken in multiple ways. It's in-your-face, aggressive, angry. Or it's inquisitive […]

@nationalgridNY’s networks provide safe, reliable energy to our customers. Did you know that National Grid’s downstate gas distribution network serves 1.9 million customers and is continuously being enhanced to improve reliability and energy efficiency, especially for extreme weather conditions? For more than a decade, National Grid has been strengthening our networks and lowering emissions. In that time, we have replaced more than 1,500 miles of gas main, reducing system emissions […]

An angry Chinese government Friday lashed back at fast-growing US and Guyana ties, making it clear that it felt slighted by Thursday's remarks from Guyanese President Irfaan Ali that the US will get preferential treatment from the oil and gas-rich CARICOM nation over others, especially after Washington pledged to militarily defend Guyana against any attempts by Venezuela to annex a large swathe of Guyanese land. Ali made his remarks during a […]

Here’s yet another comforting dish that takes me back to the warm shores of the Caribbean, especially during those bitter-cold Canadian winters. Similar to how we did the Classic Caribbean Coconut Stewed Beef, and you’ll see traits of this recipe in the Rib Pealu dish we did about three years ago. You’ll Need… 3 lbs pork spare ribs (aka short ribs) 1 lemon (juice) 3/4 tablespoon salt 2 tablespoon Caribbean Green […]

The Far Rockaway, Queens-based La' V' en Rose Productions, LLC, on March 15, honored singer and actress Melba Moore and seven other women during its gala 11th Annual Phenomenal Woman Awards at the Queens Museum of Arts. "Melba Moore made it special," Rose Guerrier, the Haitian-American founder, producer, and creative director of the Award, told Caribbean Life, stating the gala was "a heartfelt celebration of extraordinary women who are making […]