Archive for the Culture, Travel & Heritage Category
Stage 4 cancer survivor living her life’s purpose
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Allison Marie Palmer Editor’s Note: This article was published in 2007. Allison Marie Palmer passed away in 2008. We posted this article as a tribute to her, her family and spirit, but most importantly, to inspire others to continue to fight on. On July 22, 2004, I received the most shocking news of my entire [...]
2007 - articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|No Comments
Tags: adeno-carcinoma, Brooklyn, cancer, debulking, New York, Stage 4 cancer
Lagos in the Sixties
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
By Heloise Annette Oton The Passage to Nigeria How did I get to Lagos, Nigeria? It began in a strange way with my husband. In 1962, Esuakema decided he wanted to return to the Ministry of Information in Lagos after years in New York. So, one early November day, we were off to Lagos on [...]
Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|3 Comments
Tags: afang soup, african club, Afrobeat, akara, calabar, coconut rice, eguisi soup and okra soup with gari, Federal Palace Hotel, ghana, High Life, Ibadan, Ikorodu Road, island club, Juju, kola nuts, Lagos, moi moi, Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikwe, oba, Palm Grove Estate, press club, puff puff, Santeria in Cuba and Candomble in Brazil, Tafawa Balewa, tema, Vodoun in Haiti, yoruba
Destinations: Where Brooklynites will be going this summer
December 27, 2009 by Administrator
by Earl S. Davis, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and Atim Annette Oton As an African-born child with an American mother of Trinidad and Jamaican heritage, some would say I was born to travel. And after visiting over 40 countries across the world, I highly recommend this experience to anyone. The editorial I wrote earlier begins with [...]
Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|3 Comments
Tags: Atlantic Slave Trade, baha, bahia, Bajan Bash, Barbados, Brazil, Brooklyn, Copacabana, egypt, favelas, Ipanema beach, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, morocco, rio, Rio de Janeiro, samba music, tours, Travel, West Indies
Jazz in Brooklyn
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn Brooklyn’s jazz scene shares a long history in the overall movement of jazz in New York City. It wasn’t only Harlem and Midtown’s 52 Street that championed jazz for the Big Apple — add Bedford-Stuyvesant to that list. Not only did Brooklyn produce jazz luminaries such as Max Roach and Lean [...]
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Tags: Ahmed Abdullah, Art Blakey, Bob Myers, Brooklyn, Brooklyn clubs, Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Hugh Masekela, Jazz, Jazz @ 966, jazz luminaries, jazz tour, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Lean Horne, Max Roach, Night of the Cookers, Sista’s Place, Thelonius Monk
Brooklyn, Take me Away! Luxury Spas in Brooklyn
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn Here’s one thing you can now scratch off your list: traveling to Manhattan for a luxury spa. Brooklyn has got you covered and then some. From the latest exotic facial treatments to alternatives in manicure and pedicure procedures to a host of global massage techniques, you can take your pick of [...]
Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|1 Comment
Tags: brooklyn spa, brooklyn spas, Cynergy Spa, day spa, De Islands Brown Sugar Scrub, Fanghi D’Alga Guam Cellulite Treatment, Heavenly Reflexology massage, Hibiscus Day spa, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Le Chateau de Frenche Day Spa, Myofacial Release massage, Nu Yu Day Spa, Providence Day Spa, Swedish massage, tea room
YINKA SHONIBARE MBE (global & central)
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
by Patricia Spears Jones The Brooklyn Museum of Art through September 20, 2009. Curated by Rachel Kent, Senior Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney Member of the British Empire is both an honor and a gesture. The honor is coveted as it moves the member up towards more celebrated realms. But it [...]
2009 - articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|1 Comment
Tags: Brooklyn, brooklyn museum, patricia spea, yinka shonibare