Dr James Procter, visiting lecturer from Newcastle University, will deliver the 7th Edward Baugh Distinguished Lecture on Sunday, November 3, at 11 a.m.
Carmen and Charmaine wanted to assist Jessica in her room by getting her dressed for the moment of her life. A day the union of man and woman shall become one.
You know the routine. Get up, get the kids to school, go to work, return home, prepare dinner, do homework, sleep and wake up the next day to follow the same routine all over again.
Jamaican Revivalists are known for their colourful and elaborate uniforms, sometimes embellished with objects and symbols to which deep spiritual meanings are assigned, and which say something about the wearer.
In 2000, when Michelle Sutherland landed in Canada with two-year-old son, Lemar, in tow, the biting cold did little to dampen her enthusiasm and hopes that the dawn of the new century would also herald a new beginning for her family.
At only the second staging of its biennial Rex Nettleford Arts Conference, The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) presented the first issue of its Jonkonnu Arts Journal recently.
Do you not like duppy stories? "Uno nah live nuh life yet man. I remember long time ago when people used to draw long bench ina de moonlight and chat pure duppy stories till granny call fi go light de lamp an wen dem fraid fi dweet, an' she fling de chimmey afta dem ... ".
A-dZiko Simba Gegele is a renowned award-winning poet, among other things. Add novelist to the list as, recently, she launched her first novel, All Over Again, published by Blouse & Skirts Books, an imprint of Blue Moon Publishing.
It was a humbling experience to attend an international conference of writers, publishers, literary agents, screenwriters, TV and movie producers a few weeks ago in Los Angeles, California. Three to four days of back-to-back, sometimes conflicting sessions.
Most potent things come in small packages, it is said, which might hold true for a landmass that can be traversed in half a day, point to point. The potency of creative juices is both intoxicating and a heady cocktail of cultures and media.
Like many of us over 50, what I used to get away with in my 20s and 30s (health-wise), has now been swapped for good, or maybe, better habits. I am enlightened.
The Hindi language originates thousands of miles away from my home country, Jamaica, but it is now important to my life. It came to me by chance - my mother showed me the advertisement in the newspaper because she knew that I wanted to learn new languages. The rest is history, as they say.
With beats emanating from every corner of the island, music is as much a part of the character of Jamaica as the pristine beaches, the vast expanse of the turquoise seas and the delectable food.
The second biennial International Rex Nettleford Arts Conference will come alive with live performance shows from Wednesday, October 16, 2013 until it closes on Friday, October 18, 2013.
WASHINGTON (AP):Vincent van Gogh's various versions of some of his well-known paintings are featured in the first major exhibit of his artwork in Washington in 15 years at The Phillips Collection.'
On an October afternoon, as the sun played hide and seek among the clouds, the shadows of the Georgian façades stretched and contracted like a time lapse video - the Spanish Town Square sat enclosed in a time warp as the world whizzed past.
Huracan, a Diana McCaulay novel is steeped in history, genealogy and culture. It deftly chronicles the progeny of a Scotsman with Jamaican roots while focusing on Leigh McCaulay, a young woman determined to quiet the noisy ghosts of a childhood bereft of attentive and loving parents and an ancestral past that is far from wanting.
Using her petite frame, big voice, expressive face and a wide range of emotions, A-dZiko Simba Gegele engaged and enthralled a packed room in the Centre for the Arts at the University of Technology, Jamaica, on Sunday, September 29.
