Caribbean Images TV is holding its MLK Award Dinner Dance its annual tribute to he Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18 at the Adria Hotels Conference Center, 220-33 Northern Blvd., in Bayside, Queens, starting at 7 p.m.
Celebrating the life and legacy of late civil rights leader, the 19th annual event will also pay tribute to a number of individuals and institutions.
Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), Kings County Democratic Club Chairman Frank Seddio, attorney Maiaklovsky Preval, and the Haitian American Nurses Associations Greater N.Y. will receive the 2015 Leadership Awards. And 2015 Outstanding Community Service Awards will go to Monica Sanchez, CEO of the Caricom Corp., presenter of the Miss Caricom (Caribbean Community of Nations) pageant and the Global Network for Progress charity for underprivileged Haitian children.
Performing artists for the affair include Mario De Volcy, Buyu Abroise, the Caribbean Dance Troupe and DJ Esalar. Tickets are $90 per person. For information and tickets, call (718) 525-0114, (917) 468-5219 or email peterpouchon@gmail.com.
CARIB ARTISTS IN '30 PLUS 30' GROUP SHOW
Barbados-born artist Carlton Murrell and Jamaica-born painter Lester Gunter known for their works that capture the beauty of their respective Caribbean homelands are two of 15 artists taking part in the 30 Plus 30 Equals 60 exhibition, coming to the Skylight Gallery at the Center for Art and Culture in Brooklyns Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., starting Jan. 17.
The works of Murrell and Gunter will be joined in the exhibition by creations from artists Che Baraka, Tim Davis, Larry Shawn Gray, Jimmy James Greene, Linda Hiwot, Antionette Simmons Hodges, Al Johnson, Ted Lawton, Cheryl Miller, Deborah Shedrick, Deborah Singletary, Brian Williams and Ken Wright.
The 30 Plus 30 Equals 60 exhibition produced by art enthusiast and gallery owner Linda Sutton Jones runs through Feb. 14. For information, send email to lindasartdreams@gmail.com or calling (202) 498-5052.
CARIB FOOD-BEVERAGE BOOST
A new partnership to boost Caribbean economies by increasing agricultural and agri-business exports is placing the Caribbean food and beverage industry in a bright international spotlight.
We believe the Caribbean food industry can become a world leader in promoting innovative business models, said Basil Springer, director of the U.S.-based Global Business Innovation Corp. (GBIC) and spokesman for the initiative, which kicks off with meetings in the region Jan. 12-14.
The Caribbean Food Business Innovation Revolution session will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, presented by GBIC), a firm of Caribbean, American and Brazilian partners, with support from based exporTT the National Export Facilitation Organization of Trinidad and Tobago.
Springer explained that the Caribbean Food Business Innovation Revolution is centered on a three-pronged, coordinated approach governmental investment in manufacturers to boost economic growth, the business communitys investment in manufacturers and the manufacturers support.
The GBIC team includes Guyanese-American Owen Carryl, a product and technology development executive and innovation strategist who previously served in executive leadership positions with Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo.
For more information, contact Springer at basilgf@caribsurf.com, or Crisen Maharaj at cmaharaj@exportt.co.tt.
MARTINICAN AMONG PARIS VICTIMS
While the world mourns victims of last weeks terror attacks at France, residents of Martinique are grieving for Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the unarmed Martinique-born French policewoman who was believed to be killed by terrorists.
Clarissa Jean-Philippe who was new to the police force was shot and killed Jan. 8 in a Paris suburb. Authorities believe Amedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene suspects in the hostage-seize in a Jewish grocery in France were connected to the killing of Jean-Philippe, who was attacked while responding to a traffic accident.
Coulibaly was killed at grocery and Boumeddiene is being sought.
The municipal policewoman cut down this morning was a credit to the nation, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said last week of Jean-Philippe.
The Jewish grocery attack took place after two terrorists killed staffers at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris and fatally shot two police officers. The two Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi were later killed in a battle with law enforcement authorities.
jmccallister@nydailynews.com
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