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Music

Remembering Wycliffe ‘Steely’ Johnston from Steely & Cleevie, Fathers of digital dancehall. For more about Wycliffe ‘Steely’ Johnston see Reflections on Wycliffe Steely Johnson of Steely and Clevie

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Drama

After a well-received Jamaican premiere and 2-weekend run, director/producer fabian thomas and his onstage team of twelve return to the Pantry Playhouse for 3 final performances of In the Red & Brown Water, Part 1 of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ground-breaking and highly praised The Brother/Sister Plays trilogy. The return engagement

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Sean Paul

Check out Sean Paul’s latest number one hit sone, ‘What about us’ with The Saturdays. Jamaican dancehall star Sean Paul has snagged another number one song on the United Kingdom pop singles chart, marking his 22nd entry on the British charts, the most ever by a Jamaican act. The 40-year-old

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Film

    If you’re looking for something different to do in Kingston this weekend check out the French Film Festival which is now on in Jamaica, being presented by the Alliance Francaise de la Jamaique.

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Art

Here’s an interesting video looking at the National Gallery of Jamaica’s recent National Biennial 2012: The Final Word. This short video documentary on the National Biennial 2012 was produced and contributed, as a special courtesy, by Marvin Bartley Studios Ltd. Hope you got a chance to see it! For more

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Worth A Visit

Here’s a cool new site dedicated to one of my absolute favourite parts of Jamaica – Treasure Beach.   treasurebeach.tumblr.com Be sure to check it out!   Jamaican vacations are largely concentrated on the north coast, but one sanctuary on the rockier, sunnier south coast is leading the way as

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Environment

Here’s an interesting take on what climate change is all about and what we can do about it. Since starting to work on a public education campaign for the University of the West Indies, Institute of Sustainable Development to raise awareness about how to develop more climate change resilient buildings, I’ve

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Film

At long last BETTER MUS’ COME will be released in US theaters on March 15, 2013. Storm Saulter’s Jamaican Epic BETTER MUS’ COME will be released at the African-American Film Festival in New York and Los Angeles on March 15. The theatrical release will be preceded by simultaneous one-night engagements in Philadelphia,

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Books

    Check out the schedule for the Kingston Book Festival here: http://bookindustryja.com/kbf The Kingston Book Festival is eight days of events for readers, writers, publishers, booksellers of all things ‘bookish’-fiction, non-fiction, poetry and play writing. The Kingston Book Festival 2013 runs March 2 -10, 2013. In 2013, the Kingston

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Dance

This year, the J.D.U celebrates its 5th anniversary. Their programme of events have been running from Monday, Feb. 25th and will continue until  Sunday March 03, 2013, In keeping with the themes of the ‘Fives,’ The Jamaica Dance Umbrella’s “5 years of Jamaica’s first ever dance festival” will feature four

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