Gearing up for another momentous era, GRAMMY® winning, multiple Billboard chart-topping artist, and international reggae icon Buju Banton has returned to dancehall with his intoxicatingly catchy new single, “Coconut Wata (Sip).” Out now, via Gargamel Music/ Roc Nation Records / Def Jam Recordings, “Coconut Wata (Sip)” is a “vibrant and catchy dancehall track that encourages… Read More

The Tribeca Festival was transformed into Jamaican music excellence when Grammy-Award winning dancehall reggae artist Shaggy and a slew of other dancehall artists, deejays, and record industry hotshots arrived last Thursday, for the world premiere of “Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall,” a documentary film that delves into the coming-of-age immigrants across Brooklyn during the 80s and… Read More

Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church (VPUMC) Health Care Committee and the Vanderveer Cares Committee on Saturday held what was described as a successful, joint health fair “to provide caring for the East Flatbush community.” According to Dr. Illouise Murillo-Tucker, the Belizean-born chair of VPUMC Health Care Committee and coordinator of the event, the health fair… Read More

The vibrancy of Caribbean culture came alive at Canarsie Park in Brooklyn on Saturday, as the Caribbean-American community celebrated the 3rd Annual Caribbean Heritage and Juneteenth Festival. The event – which featured dances, drumming, costume displays, stilt dancers and Caribbean food, among other things – was organized by Assemblywoman Jaime Williams, the Trinidadian-born representative for the… Read More

Entrano nel vivo le attività per la realizzazione della Cittadella della PA all’interno della Caserma Amione a Torino:un’importante operazione di rigenerazione urbana che, attraverso il recupero e la valorizzazione di edifici pubblici, trasformerà un’area situata in una posizione strategica della città, da sistema chiuso e inaccessibile, a luogo di condivisione aperto al quartiere e dotato di servizi per la cittadinanza… Read More

The Robert Randolph Foundation will host its second BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn partnership, when stellar musicians take to the stage to celebrate Juneteenth Unityfest on Saturday, June 17, at the Lena Horne Bandshell, in Prospect Park. This year, Juneteenth Unityfest will feature performances from seven-time Grammy nominated Singer Songwriter, Joe and Grammy Nominated Singer, Stokley (of… Read More

According to history, more than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom by executive decree in what became known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day. But despite this important historic event took place since June 19, 1865, it only became a recognized federal holiday in 2021. Today, as the understanding of Juneteenth day get bigger, so does the… Read More

Transit ridership has been on the upswing all spring, and it’s showing no signs of slowing as summer begins. On their best day yet (May 17), the subways carried 4.1 million riders – more people than the entire population of Los Angeles. Add in the records for buses (1.3 million on May 12), Long Island… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has, without a doubt, changed the world – and one of its most notable effects has been the acceleration of technology initiatives as the public and private sectors seek to digitize more operations and communications. Many artificial intelligence (AI) products have come out of these advances, and many are being put to… Read More

Mayor Ted R. Green and Assembly Woman Britnee N. Timberlake honored Guyana’s political independence from British rule on May 26, 1966 with a flag raising ceremony on East Orange City Hall Plaza, to mark the country’s 57th Anniversary. Mayor Green, on June 9, thanked Lady Ira Lewis, president of the Guyana American Heritage Foundation (GAHF), for… Read More