Annual African Marketplace now open
BQ Caribbean Life, July 5—July 11, 2019 11
A global gathering of retailers
and patrons to the annual
International African Arts
Festival are enthusiastically
anticipating the July 4 start of
the four-day outdoor calendar
event, which combines cultural
activities with a diverse crosscontinental
serving of familyfriendly
engagement to deliver
Brooklyn’s best.
For the 48th year, the 10 am to
9 pm Independence Day weekend
promise fun filled engagement
with assurances of a myriad
symposia, entertainment,
unique items for purchase all
scheduled to provoke edification
and contemplation.
Patrons will unite for
revelry from two stages when
drummers, dancers, liven crowds
inside Commodore Barry Park
at Flushing Ave. and Navy St.
Among the list of stellar
performers Jamaica’s Etana and
Harlem’s own Ray Chew, the
musical director of the reality
TV show “Dancing With The
Stars.”
And while fans will want
to see and hear the celebrity
lineup of entertainers others
will be driven to attend in order
to sample the diverse culinary
offerings blended to appease the
appetite.
For sure roast corn vendors
will be in abundance.
Stewed and jerked chicken,
oxtails, curry goat, escoveitch
fish, roti and other Caribbean
delights along with rice and
peas, boiled yam, bananas,
plantain, hard dough bread,
coconut cakes and pastries are
bound to satiate the senses of
those hankering for a taste of
the Caribbean.
Asian cuisine is usually in
the mix.
Southern style fried fish
and chicken are also popular
provision from vendors who
travel near and far to deliver
proof that their recipe ranks
among the tastiest when paired
with macaroni and cheese,
collard greens and potato salad
or eaten solo.
Carrot cake and bean pies
will likely emerge wherever a
member of the Nation of Islam
present a copy of the latest
edition of the Muhammad
Speaks newspaper.
However, most patrons
will be enticed by the African
marketplace that at the very
least, guarantee eye-candy and
an opportunity to bargain for
the best agreeable price deal.
Vendors from the four regions
Prof. Leonard Jeffries and Dr. Rosalind Jeffries.
Inside Life
By Vinette K. Pryce
Continued on Page 25
Natural Gas Supplies at Risk in
NYC and LI. We Need Your Support!
National Grid does not have enough natural gas supply to keep
up with the current growth rate in New York City and Long Island.
To support this growth, approval of the Northeast Supply Enhancement
(NESE) Project is needed to access the additional natural gas supplies
required to support our region.
Without NESE, National Grid will not be able to supply natural gas
to new commercial, industrial and residential customers to heat our
homes or run our businesses, putting the region’s economic growth
at risk, as well as impeding state and city carbon emission goals.
Please act by July 13 and tell the NY Department of Environmental
Conservation (NY DEC) that you support the approval of NESE.
Please email your note of support to Ms. Karen Gaidasz at
NESEproject@dec.ny.gov or through U.S. mail to:
Karen Gaidasz
NYSDEC – Division of Environmental Permits
625 Broadway, 4th Floor
Albany, NY 12233
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