Barbados Minister of Energy and Business, Lisa Cummins announced that Barbados will host the 2024 Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum. The event will be held from June 4-6 under the theme “Shaping a New Energy Destiny for the Global South: A Just and Equitable Energy Transition for Global South Countries,” and is being co-hosted… Read More

When we did the Green Fig Salad we would have already discussed that for the most part, bananas are lovingly called FIG/s and the green ones are used in cooking in the Caribbean. There were comments when I posted the video that these were not figs, so I wanted to clarify things again. Photo by… Read More

Jamaican playwright/director David Heron is making goliath strides in remounting “Against His Will,” a dramatic production in New York. First staged in his homeland, the engaging presentation is bound to enhance the profile of Caribbean theater here but more than anything the dramatization also exposes hypocrisy and long-held double standards regarding gender. Can a woman… Read More

“Lena Horne: Goddess Reclaimed” by Donald Bogle c.2023, Running Press                                    $35.00                                                 264 pages   “Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond” by Bethonie Butler c.2023, Black Dog & Levanthal                     $35.00                                                 287 pages   The person on the screen looks just like you. And that is important. Once was… Read More

Su Torino cade da qualche ora una debole nevicata che tuttavia non prelude accumuli nevosi particolarmente rilevanti. In base all’ultimo bollettino meteo infatti il transito della perturbazione su Torino dovrebbe essere veloce e il fenomeno dovrebbe esaurirsi in serata con le prime schiarite. Tale fenomeno meteorologico che sta interessando tutto il Piemonte è al limite… Read More

Ritrovare una nuova alleanza tra gli esseri umani e la natura, basata sulla relazione e non sulla sopraffazione, a partire dal cibo, che rappresenta cultura, condivisione, piacere, ma che è anche l’elemento più potente che ci riconduce alla terra, al suolo, all’acqua. È questa la chiamata a cui risponderà il pubblico che parteciperà a Terra Madre… Read More

Amid much fanfare, I AM Caribbeing and Little Caribbean NYC on Thursday launched the grand opening of their official headquarters on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. Several elected officials, including Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman, and business and community leaders, witnessed and participated in the launching ceremony at 1399 Nostrand Ave., between Martense Street and Linden Boulevard, in… Read More

US Virgin Island raised, Dennis’ Pumpa’ Liburd has been steadily stirring Soca circuits with his hit single ‘The A List.’ The popular single, which is quickly becoming the ultimate waistline starter for female party-goers, has been generating impressive engagement on streaming platforms since its release. With over 330K streams on the digital streaming platform Spotify,… Read More

Questa mattina il salone d’ingresso del Centro di cultura ludica ‘Walter Ferrarotti’ di Iter, in via Domenico Millelire 40, è stato decorato per le festività natalizie con addobbi donati alla Città di Torino dall’azienda Leroy Merlin, nell’ambito del progetto ‘Bricolage del cuore – Xmas edition’. Bambine e bambini con le loro famiglie insieme agli educatori,… Read More

After acting as president and chief executive officer (CEO) since the exit of Stephanie Hill in August, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (BCM) on Wednesday confirmed Vincentian-born Atiba T. Edwards as its new head. “This appointment is an honor and opportunity,” Edwards told Caribbean Life in an exclusive interview on Thursday. “I spent a lot of… Read More