June 28 marked the culmination of the art competition, The Youth Craft Project (TYCP), a community, education and marketing initiative conceptualised, crafted and executed by Danielle Wilson for technology and wireless Internet service provider DEKAL...
It's as austere as its land of origin, yet complex and intriguing - pressed, meticulously laid out, rolled and neatly cut - sushi is often referred to as a Zen Garden, savoured not only by the taste buds but its neatness, presentation and colours are relished by the eyes.
A few short weeks ago, Nelson Mandela was erroneously declared dead. Lying in a hospital bed in Pretoria for an inordinately longer time than his previous visits had kept him, when news of the anti-apartheid South African leader's deteriorating health surfaced, it quickly set off panic buttons among the hordes clamouring outside his hospital as well as the rest of the world.
From the recollections and conscience of Caymanian griots, historian and academic, J.A. Roy Bodden, repaints his country with a deep, rich colour of unquestionable truth. We are all familiar with the Cayman Islands, the British Overseas territory and the tourist haven. But the social enigmas, the dissociation and the complexity of identity in Bodden's authentically driving oeuvre, we are not.
The Embassy of Spain and The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation in collaboration with the Arts Foundation of the Edna Manley College (EMC) awarded scholarships valued at J$125,000 each to five talented students from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in a handing over held on the college campus earlier this week.
Indigo dye, also called indigo, is derived from the leaves of several species of the indigofera plant. The dye is regarded as the only natural blue, which has many shades. The substance that they possess in common is called indicant, and it doesn't need any chemical for extraction.
Would you hire you? Consider that question carefully for a moment. It applies to you as an entrepreneur, an employee and even you as an author. Would you hire someone who wakes up each day, knows that there are set activities to accomplish at the end of that day for every working day of the week and does not accomplish them?
Young love is always an exciting experience. Especially first love. But that first relationship doesn't always end well - especially if it includes too many firsts too quickly. This is what protagonist Anne Dru Persaud (Andie) discovers in Teisha Mott's novel, The Bet.
Paris gives you the gift of walking amid great beauty with its marvellous architecture, magnificent outdoor sculptures, grand boulevards, narrow cobble-stoned lanes, parks in which to linger, historic bridges from which to watch the ebb and flow of life on the River Seine, and museums, some without entry charges...
Oonoo evva hear bout a magician?/Nuh badda upin oonoo yeye so wide/Dem seh a magician is a tree-card man/Dem seh a magician mek ian float pan waata/'Im tun kerchive eena rabbit and tun felt hat eena duck/An ef oonoo nuh tan trang dem tek every cent outa oonoo packet an tun oonoo eena buttafly/But ef oonoo waan fi si magic wok...
It was always like Graham to never leave the house. He never made friends, never played any sports or extra-curricular activities, he didn't talk to his neighbours and he most certainly didn't talk to girls. It was just school and back every day for the last 15 years of his life.
This week, the professional shutterbugs have joined the fun! Last week, we told you the story of multi-award-winning photographer Howard Moo-Young sharing his photography skills with young, aspiring photographers.
Claudia Jones' mother has four children for different men, none of whom settled with her. Domestic days work is her main source of income, so the children, except Claudia, didn't go to school beyond grade nine.
Photography is one of the fastest growing hobbies/careers around today and, more and more, people are beginning to appreciate the beauty and value of this art form.
