Cove will stay on island time
Harlem’s Cove Lounge uniting with the Broadway musical production “Once on This Island” is a match made in Manhattan that has its roots in the Caribbean. This week ends the collaboration of prix fixe dinners, Caribbean-inspired cocktails and ticket promotions . But the popular Caribbean-themed musical and the special island flavor at the Harlem nightspot will carry on long after the current promotion stops.
Through Wednesday, the Cove Lounge, 325 Malcolm X Blvd. (at W. 126 St.) continues to serve up its special dinners of appetizers, entrees and cocktail, featuring menu selections such as island wings, salt cod fritters, and mango-infused crab cakes, said owner Alyah Horsford.
With book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, “Once on This Island” is based on the novel “My Love, My Love” by famed Trinidad-born writer Rosa Guy, who died in 2012. The musical, which debuted in 1990-1991, began its run last December.
Owner Alyah Horsford assured regular and prospectve patrons that like the “Once on This Island” musical, her weekly “Caribbean Thursdays,” will be continuing. On Thursdays, she is joined by Caribbean cohost Ivo Philbert, from St. John in the U.S. Virgins Islands.
“My grandfather is Antiguan and my grandmother was born and raised in the Dominican Republic,” said Horsford, explaining the roots of the Cove’s fusion concept and Caribbean-focused Thursday affairs.
Chef Harold Benton, who has Dominican roots, and Horsford agreed that a combination authentic cuisine and music make Caribbean Thursday a memorable experience for patrons.
“You didn't even need a plane ticket" to get to the Cove, said Benton, letting patrons know that the food, the music and the atmosphere on Thursdays is truly Caribbean and truly special.
Horsford gave loads of credit to the Caribbean Thursdays music makers — DJ 62 and DJ MoBetta — for creating authentic Caribbean evenings.
Learn more about the Cove Lounge at www.covelounge.com. For tickets and information about Once on this Island, visit www.onceonthisisland.com.
Benefit for Kyte Foundation
Like its revered late namesake, the Dr. Walter A. Kyte Memorial Foundation — and its upcoming “Cultural Event” — are all about educational opportunities for young people.
The March 3 event, one of the foundation's benefit affairs, will be held at the Grace Christian Church, 434 Dewitt Ave. (Malta St.) in Brownsville, Brooklyn, starting at 7 p.m.
The Cultural Event features the music of Denzel White. Donation for the event is $5, which includes participation in a raffle.
Named for the late Walter Kyte, the nonprofit association was started in 2013, the same year the Guyana-born principal of P.S. 298 in Brooklyn died while on an educational mission to his homeland.
For information, call (516) 400-9884, send email to wkytememorial9513@yahoo.com and visit www.facebook.com/WKMemorialFoundation
New Visiting Nurses head
Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island veteran Barrington Burke-Green has been appointed president and CEO of the agency.
Since joining the VNA in 2004, Burke-Green, who was born in Jamaica, has managed the administrative and professional staff of the organization.