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The fashion-forward spirit of Brooklyn came alive once more as A Very Brooklyn Fashion Show returned to Industry City on Tuesday, Oct.15, bringing together some of the borough’s most vibrant design talent. Presented by the Brooklyn Made Store and co-produced by Fashion Week Brooklyn and Runway the Real Way, the event was held at bkONE Productions, celebrating Brooklyn’s unique cultural edge. Gabrielle Napolitano, director of Partnerships and Communications at Brooklyn […]

Barbadian and global superstar Rihanna returned to the place of her birth this week to launch a beauty care line that will initially be available on the island, parts of the Eastern Caribbean and elsewhere in the region. Hundreds turned up at Duty Free Caribbean’s city outlet in Bridgetown to witness the launch of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty ensemble that include face, skin and hair products as well as creams and fragrances. […]

The Brooklyn-based umbrella Vincentian group in the United States, Council of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Organizations, U.S.A., Inc. (COSAGO), on Sunday, Oct. 27 honored its former president Laverne McDowald-Thompson and the perennial Vincentian mas band in Brooklyn, Mas Productions Unlimited, during its Gala 45thIndependence Anniversary Luncheon, commemorating St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ independence anniversary, at Russo’s on the Bay in the Howard Beach, Queens. “I acknowledge our honorees, Laverne […]

This recipe is loosely based on the ‘bake’ (oven roasted) chicken mom would make for us as part of our Sunday lunch, growing up in Trinidad and Tobago. As mentioned in previous posts, Sunday Lunch was traditionally the biggest meal of the week and included several dishes which still brings comfort to me all these years later. A meal usually shared with visiting relatives and topped off with dad’s homemade […]

Swimmer Dylan Carter did not have much improvement in the pool on day three of the World Aquatic Swimming World Cup, following an overall under-par ninth-place finish in the 50-metre backstroke and 100-metre freestyle events recently, which entered its second leg at the Munhak Park Tae-Hwan Swimming Pool in Incheon, Korea. Competing in lane five, for yet another time, the 28-year-old, delivered a time of 22.84-second in the 50-metre butterfly […]

Evin Lewis blasted his fifth One-Day International century, and Sherfane Rutherford registered his third successive half century, as the West Indies ended on a winning note in the third and final One-Day International by eight wickets at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Following a five-hour delay due to persistent showers, Sri Lanka’s innings eventually ended at 156 for three from 23 overs. The visitors then easily overhauled their revised target […]