Published:Sunday | July 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
IT WAS a fine show featuring impersonations of some Motown greats and other vocal standouts at the idyllic Countryside Club, Courtney Walsh Drive, on Saturday night....
Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:19 AMMarcia Rowe
In What began as a marketing strategy, the CB Pan Chicken Championship, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. And in order to mark this significant anniversary, not only is the 2015 series dubbed PAN-X, but some new components will be...
Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
Proudly carrying his firstborn, G Whizz bounced unto the main stage at Sunday's Funfest; The Unique Family Festival. After singing a part of his opening song and acknowledging that it has been a long time since he has performed in Jamaica, he...
Published:Monday | July 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
For the ninth time in four years, dazzling company feather banners, spectacular rides, and brightly-coloured tents transformed the pothole-filled Royal Botanic Gardens' (Hope Gardens), main entrance driveway and its surroundings into an oasis of fun...
Published:Monday | June 29, 2015 | 2:25 PMMarcia Rowe
Deh Jah Dance Theatre and Academy produced a good show on Saturday at the Little Theatre, Arthur Wint Drive, St Andrew, to open their sixth season. While many hours of hard work was evident, it was the sheer enthusiasm and high energy of the dancers...
Published:Sunday | June 28, 2015 | 6:15 AMMarcia Rowe
"Making this album has been a truly cathartic experience for me. It stripped me of all residues of pain. It gave me stronger legs to stand on with deeper roots and it helped me to embrace all of me," is how Stephanie Wallace begins the thank you...
Published:Monday | June 22, 2015 | 4:48 AMMarcia Rowe
Force Ripe: How Young is too Young? is a play of contradictions. Written and directed by Fabian Barracks, it is strong on message, has great entertainment value, and presents a pleasing spectacle. Alas, the production is weakened by superficial...
Published:Tuesday | June 9, 2015 | 1:08 PMMarcia Rowe
Sunday's staging of the annual Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival left organisers and patrons in a good mood. The one week of activities was moved up on the entertainment calendar by two weeks, but that did not stop patrons from turning...
Published:Tuesday | June 2, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
It was a late start for the second of two shows staged on Sunday for the 15th annual vaudeville, Powerful Women and Men Perform for Charity. However, the large turnout would soon forget, as wonderfully delivered songs, creative energetic dances,...
Published:Sunday | May 31, 2015 | 2:37 PMMarcia Rowe
Pathetic fallacy - the writing technique of attributing human emotions to objects that are not alive, animals, or events in nature - reigned supreme at Saturday's excellent opening night of Jambiz International Limited's latest production, Hurricane...
Published:Wednesday | May 27, 2015 | 1:33 PMMarcia Rowe
Set against the backdrop of tall buildings on the usually busy central artery of the New Kingston corridor, the largest fashion catwalk in the Caribbean came to life on Sunday night.Graced with pulsating music, eclectic collections worn by two of...
Published:Sunday | May 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
Invitations were issued to attend a dance concert, and those who accepted were blessed with outstanding creativity in different dance genres choreographed to well-chosen music and spectacularly presented. More important, the audience experienced the...
Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
With amazing lyrics, fantastic musical arrangements and wonderful singing, Father Ho Lung and Friends lifted the story of King David from the pages of the Bible and placed it on the open stage of the National Arena in Kingston. The mixed-style...
Published:Sunday | May 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
Director of the Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival, Myrna Hague, was in a contemplative mood at Hotel Four Seasons, Ruthven Road, St Andrew, on Thursday at the media launch of this year's staging of the event.Started by Hague's late...
Published:Thursday | May 7, 2015 | 1:15 PMMarcia Rowe
The popular Jamaican saying, "One han' cyaa clap", sums up the necessity of cooperation for success. And while a piano's black and white keys far outnumber the fingers of the human hand, the instrument cannot play by itself.And instead of them...
Published:Sunday | May 3, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
LIME Comedy Café is on the move. Its first stop away from its accustomed South Beach Café base was the Courtleigh Auditorium, New Kingston, last Wednesday. Organisers Ellis International chose the venue because "it's a nice place for comedy, with...
Published:Monday | April 27, 2015 | 1:45 PMMarcia Rowe
There are a number of words or phrases that may be used to describe attorneys in general. They are wonderful orators, interpreters of the laws of justice, and in light of some high-profile cases such as the Tivoli Gardens commission of enquiry, they...
Published:Tuesday | April 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
For nine young ladies from Jamaica's capital, the intimate setting of the conference room at the Police Officers' Club will forever be a special place. It was the venue where they were joined by sponsors, family, friends and other stakeholders for a...
Published:Monday | April 20, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
For the past two months the series Soul Sessions: The Heart of Art added a new dimension to live music presentations at Redbones Blues Cafe, New Kingston. On Saturday the combination of concert and on-stage conversation with persons involved...
Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2015 | 4:50 PMMarcia Rowe
WHILE IT was not a full house at Sunday's staging of McCam Child Development Centre Benefit Concert, there was no denying that those who came out to support the worthy cause were satisfied with a show that offered great entertainment. The suppliers...
Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2015 | 11:35 AMMarcia Rowe
"People need to hear good news, and all of you are part of that good news," Father Richard Ho Lung told guests at the Grand Press Conference and Media Launch for the musical, King David: The Celebration of a Man After God's Own Heart, scheduled to...
Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2015 | 2:36 PMMarcia Rowe
"Easton yuh don't have to invent a thing you know, just listen to what our people are saying, the stories they are telling, listen to what they say, and how they say it," was the sound advice given by his dear friend and mentor, the late Louise...
Published:Wednesday | April 8, 2015 | 1:37 PMMarcia Rowe
Thirty years ago, a pair of talented Jamaican actors, who were no strangers, embarked on a stand-up comedy career. Both Owen 'Blakka' Ellis and Winston 'Bello' Bell were competitors at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Festival of the...
Published:Sunday | April 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
Testimony 2, A Celebration of God's Favour, was a showcase of excellence in technical production. From the fabulously decorated VIP lounge elevated at the back of the house, to the ever-burning pyrotechnic flames on stage, the Ranny Williams...
Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
On an evening when Jamaican thespians were honoured for their hard work and dedication, Edna Manley College's School of Drama production - Echo in the Bone - was crowned with the coveted title of Best Production, and more.The 25th staging of the...
