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Andrew Woolbright, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, 2021.

Arts & Entertainment

Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program announces recipients for 2024-2025

By Nelson A. King

Founder of Queens Book Fair and Literary Festival Dr. Dhanpaul Narine with honorees of the Indo-Caribbean heritage celebrations Dr. Basdeo Mangru and Sherry Algredo.

Books

Queens Book Fair and Literary Festival: Six years of empowering and educating the community

By Tracey Khan

hall

QNS

Queens Borough Hall celebrates Pride Month

Book cover of "Traveling without Moving: Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America" by Taiyon J. Coleman.

Books

And so, moving on…

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Jamaican singer Beres Hammond.

Music

Beres Hammond to light up NY with tri-state tour

By Nelson A. King

Delicious String Bean Recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Delicious String Bean Recipe You Need To Try

By Chris De La Rosa

Rejector sings ”Mash Up D Place.”

St Vincent

Eight calypsonians vie for semifinal spots in Vincy Mas

By Nelson A. King

Naala Royale-Holder, owner of Dunns River Lounge, celebrates her 20th anniversary in business, surrounded by Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Rockville Centre Deputy Mayor Kathy Baxley, Councilwoman Laura Ryder, Legislator Scott Davis, Minority Affairs Executive Director Lionel Chitty, President of Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce Ed Asip, and employees during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Business

Celebrating 20 years of Dunns River Lounge: A culinary jewel in Rockville Centre

By Tracey Khan

Bok Choy with Corned Beef

Caribbean recipes

Bok Choy with Corned Beef

By Chris De La Rosa

Roger Victor Archibald, WIADCA’s new president.

Carnival

WIADCA appoints prominent Trinidadian-born lawyer new prez

By Nelson A. King

Covers of two books on Juneteenth.

Books

It’s time for jubilee!

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Jamaican international reggae icon, Buju Banton.

Music

Due to popular demand: Buju Banton adds second show for ‘Long Walk To Freedom-NY’

By Nelson A. King

The carNYval Dancers on stage performing during the 2023 Queensboro Dance Festival.

Dance

Queens celebrates 60th Anniversary of World’s Fair with special local event series

By Milette Millington

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Hannah Alissa Richardson.

OUTSTANDING DANCE COMPANY

By Nelson A. King

US President Joseph Biden.

Music

Biden proclaims June as Black Music Month

By Nelson A. King

Artiste Nigy Boy (left) with his mother, Claudette Hill.

Music

Reggae Sumfest boss Joe Bogdanovich hails Nigy Boy’s academic achievement

By Nelson A. King

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business

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This 1922 photo taken by Eugene Armbruster shows the Metropolitan Avenue streetscape near present-day 78th Street in Middle Village. The three-story former Brick Tavern, built and opened in 1845, is shown in the backgrond at left.

Middle Village grew around this old town tavern: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Candidate for NYC Comptroller Jenifer Rajkumar addressing supporters, some holding placards, during a kickoff campaign on Nov. 21 at the Palace in Woodside.

Jenifer Rajkumar begins campaign for comptroller

Congestion pricing traffic on Manhattan street

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