TROPICALFETE’S CARNIVAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATES CARIBBEAN CULTURE, CALYPSO, SOCA, STEEL PAN, MASQUERADE
AND COMMEMORATES THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT LEARNING LITERACY ZONE
As summer comes to a clo
by Jonathan P-Wright
Thousands of people risk their lives daily crossing
Read more…BlackRock Center for the Arts will once again be filled with the sounds of families attending performances and classes this Saturday, Sept. 18. After more than a year of virtual programm
Read more…For the Michigan Philharmonic this year will be a "Take2 Celebration," a series of concerts dedicated to the community and honoring its 76th birthday season that includes world premieres, exciting concerts designed for unique instruments like mandoli
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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is well underway to rekindling the National Youth Steel Orchestra in time for a grand performance in November. Last Friday, September 3, sixty students separated in groups of 10s, completed a three
Read more…WHO IS ROBERT HERNANDEZ?
A dedicated Pan Lover, Steelband Leader, Seasoned Professional with extensive experience in Corporate Governance and Executive Management. Proven track record as a successful negotiator and Business Consultant.
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Plymouth, Michigan, USA - Michigan's premier regional orchestra is returning this fall with a historic season of live performances that begin in October and run throu
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - “Tropicalfete regrettably announces the postponement of their end of summer Carnival Festival, scheduled for September 11th at the Brooklyn Public Li
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Baz Dreisinger Contributor Lifestyle
What’s the opposite of a global pandemic?
Trinidad Carnival.
The ultimate life-affirming ritual, a celebration of freedom in its most distilled sense, the Caribbean’s largest Carnival has of course been on
Read more…TROPICALFETE’S CARNIVAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATES CARIBBEAN CULTURE, CALYPSO, SOCA, STEEL PAN, MASQUERADE
AND COMMEMORATES THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT LEARNING LITERACY ZONE
As summer comes to a clo
Duante Beddingfield - Detroit Free Press
Charles was born into a musical family.
“My father played in a steel band and was a DJ,” he said, “and my mother came from a musical family and played records all the time. So there was always music in the ho
Read more…“In my opinion, they are not represented as well as they ought to be. There is no Musician’s Union in this Republic, even though there are prominent examples in other jurisdictions. Accordingly, players are always left hanging out to dry; then, orche
Read more…PanoGrama Entertainment (PE) is dedicated to the advancement of youths and their development. As a result, we have established a professional relationship with the University of the West Indies Mona Campus to provide training experience for interns s
There will be no Brooklyn West Indian American Day Carnival Parade again this year, unlike in 2019. (Hayden Roger Celestin image/NANN)
By NAN ET Editor
News Americas, BROOKLYN, NY, Fri. Sept. 3, 2021: For a second year, COVID-19 has side-lined the
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Steelpan musician Josanne Francis will close out the 2021 MPAartfest on Oct. 3 (courtesy McLean Project for the Arts)
After shifting to a virtual format last year, the McLean Project for the Arts will be
New York Times
By Nichole M. Christian July 19, 2001
By the calendar, it is pan time in Brooklyn, the annual rite of summer when hundreds of Caribbean immigrants and their American-born children turn sidewalks, vacant lots -- any sliver of concrete
Read more…Members of Steel Alchemy, a steel drum band based in Piffard.
GENESEO – Three steel drum bands will bring the tones of the Caribbean to Conesus Lake on Wednesday.
The “Rainorama Concert” — it’s named for a Trinidadian calypso — is scheduled from 6:
Read more…The three-track EP features AJ Tracey, Jelani Blackman and Alicaì Harley
by Will Richards

Gorillaz live. CREDIT: Luke Dyson
The EP’s title track was previewed at the band’s recent sold out shows at The O2 in London, one of which was attended sol
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