ENTERTAINMENT
WINGATE
CONCERT
Jeff Red entertains the audience at Wingate Park. Photo by Tangerine Clarke
Caribbean Life, J BQ uly 12–18, 2019 31
By Tangerine Clarke
Brooklyn Borough President,
Eric L Adams, honored Angie
Stone, Grammy Award nominated
American singer, for her career
that spans more than 40 years. The
songwriter, who has released eight
studio albums, one compilation
album and more than two dozen
singles, was presented with a
citation and a key to the City of
Brooklyn by Deputy BP, Ingrid
Lewis-Martin.
Al B. Sure, eighties pop singer,
songwriter, record producer, radio
host and former record executive,
who was born in Boston and raised
in Mount Vernon, New York, was
also honored with a citation on July
10, the second night of Brooklyn
Honors Wingate Concert Series
during a pulsating evening of
classic throw-back eighties music.
Stone, wearing a white jumpsuit,
and a glamorous Afro, wowed, the
audience, with her jazzy sultry
voice, singing hit Brown Sugar,
and a slew of selections from her
just released album, “Full Circle”
with hit single like Dinosaur.
Al B Sure, who unleashed his
timeless classic “Off On Your Own
Girl,” left the stage singing in his
soulful, sexy voice. There was no
doubt the soul singer raised the
pulse of fans, treated to a face-toface
performance.
The fans screamed and reached
to take selfies with Al B Sure, who
sang popular song “Night and Day”
as he moved his sexy hips much
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The Bodoma Garifuna Cultural Band.
Kylla Herbert
By Nelson A. King
The South Jersey Caribbean Cultural
and Development Organization
(SJCCDO) this Saturday hosts its 19h
Annual South Jersey Caribbean Festival
at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New
Jersey waterfront.
According to Philadelphia-based
Kylla Herbert, SJCCDO president and
coordinator of the annual Caribbean
showcase, the event, which is free to
the public, starts at noon and ends at
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“A Boy Like You” by Frank Murphy,
illustrated by Kayla Harren
c.2018, Sleeping Bear Press
$16.99/ $21.99 Canada
32 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Sometimes, people can barely tell
you and your best friend apart.
If you happen to wear the same outfit
one day, everyone mixes you up because
you’re so alike. You talk alike and look
alike and enjoy the same jokes. But you
know, he’s unique and so are you, and in
the new book “A Boy Like You” by Frank
Murphy, illustrated by Kayla Harren,
you’ll see how very special that is.
How many kids are in your
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rtains BBP Adams honors Al B. Sure, Angie Stone
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