“Caribbean Week in New York” 2025 — the impactful worldwide enterprise occasion that’s closely seasoned with infectious regional tradition — can be hosted by the Caribbean Tourism Group June 1-6 in Manhattan on the Westin New York at Instances Sq. resort.
Opening with the symbolic blowing of a Caribbean conch shell horn and shutting days later with the CWNY’s “Caribbean Cultural Showcase” of performances, cuisines and inventive shows, the week-long occasion can be full of conferences and periods addressing the various financial and sustainable facets of tourism within the area — underneath the theme “Caribbean Resilience: Crafting Tomorrow’s Tourism.”
“Caribbean Week in New York is more than a celebration — it’s a strategic convergence of our region’s top minds and markets,” CTO Secretary-Normal and CEO Dona Regis-Prosper mentioned of the group’s flagship occasion in North America for “government officials, travel professionals, diaspora leaders, and Caribbean enthusiasts.”
With tourism being a serious supply of financial progress and employment for the Caribbean nations, regional help for CWNY 2025 is understandably sturdy with “The Nature Island” of Dominica and the “Naturally in Rhythm” U.S. Virgin Islands confirmed as Platinum Sponsors for this yr’s occasion.
Additionally supporting the financial and cultural actions of the CWNY 2025 are Gold Sponsors: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Journey & Journey Present; Silver Sponsors: St. Kitts, Sandals Resorts Worldwide; and this yr’s Bronze Sponsors: Anguilla and Barbados.
Go to the Caribbean Tourism Group web site for extra info, and the Caribbean Cultural Showcase website for tickets.
Haitian ‘BAYO’ at Barclays
It’s the time of yr when Haiti-born producer, DJ, and philanthropist Michaël Brun presents BAYO — an immersive competition celebration of Haitian creativity, tradition, and group. This yr’s occasion can be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Middle on June 28, beginning at 8 p.m.
BAYO — held final yr on the Prospect Park Bandshell — has offered greater than 30,000 tickets since its inception and has helped rewrite perceptions of Brun’s homeland and convey the sounds of the modern Afro-Caribbean diaspora to an ever-widening viewers.
Brun introduced a free efficiency by Brooklyn’s vibrant Plezi RaRa Haitian people music band at Brooklyn Borough Corridor on Could 9 as a preview of the BAYO occasion, the celebration of the Could’s Haitian Heritage Month, the commemoration of Haiti’s 1804 independence from France, and Haitian Flag Day on Could 18.
One of many artist’s favourite items, “Carnival” is a 2019 acrylic-on-canvas paintings by Haile King Rubie, who has a penchant for the Caribbean area and its tradition. (Handout)
Praising Haile & his artwork
Haile King-Rubie — identified for his inventive expertise and his penchant for Caribbean tradition — was the honored visitor final week with a thirty fifth birthday celebration marking his creativity and a show of his “prominent pieces” on the Victoria Restaurant in Harlem’s Renaissance Lodge on W. a hundred and twenty fifth St.
A proclamation from Metropolis Councilmember Gale Brewer was a part of a VIP occasion on Could 14 for Rubie, who has Costa Rican and Liberian heritage. Study extra about King-Rubie on his web site, hailesimo.com.
