Posts Tagged Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Launch Editorial
January 9, 2010 by Administrator
Dear Reader: Welcome to CALABAR, a new publication about home décor, fashion, culture and the arts in the hottest borough of the greatest city in the world. Why Brooklyn? Look around – Brooklyn is booming … not just with new construction everywhere, but with creative energy and entrepreneurial verve that we haven’t seen in ages. [...]
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Tags: African, American, Asian, Bonnie Sandy Sterling, calabar imports, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, patricia spears jones
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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