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Music

Ok. So anyone who reads this blog knows I love the Jolly Boys.  Here’s a great video about their recent tour of Hollywood, CA. For more on the Jolly Boys see, The-jolly-boys-launch-new-modern-mento-sound 10-absolutely-must-do-things-in-portland-part-2 Also check out their site jollyboysmusic.com & their famous “Rehab” cover    

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Craft

Jamrock Potters Group The Jamrock Potters are inviting all to attend and support their Open Day on Sunday November 13th, from 10am – 3pm at Guinep Tree Studio in Rose Town, Kingston. They will be offering for sale and displaying the pots they have been working on as well as new

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Good Food

Restaurant Week Jamaica spans three cities – Kingston, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios giving diners even more opportunities to eat local this week. All participating restaurants will offer a choice of pre-selected three-course dinner menus. Restaurants will offer three-course meals (appetizer, main course and dessert) in one of five categories:

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Drama

The Earl Warner Trust (EWT) will be hosting a Saturday Soup Lyme at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts (behind the Bridge Cafe) on Saturday, November 12, from 2pm to 4pm. There will be entertainment woven throughout the 2 hours, including Winston “Bello” Bell and students

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Photos from the Edge

Here’s a beautiful photograph of the moon rising over the Blue Mountains taken by Christopher Edmonds from the top of Jacks Hill. Thanks for sharing Christopher! We welcome your photographs of unique things Jamaican. You can email them to yardedge@gmail.com. For more check out our “Photos from the Edge” archives.

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EngineroomMusicRedselecter

Our very own DJ Engineroom has now become REDSELECTER! Check out his first mix right here: [iframe width=”100%” height=”166″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27146587&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=ff0000″]   If you want a copy for yourself, join the REDSELECTER Newsletter @ http://eepurl.com/gFmG9 In the meantime please give a little love to the REDSELECTER social media: mailing

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Jamaican History

This is a fascinating story of the last of the Jamaican Germans and their community in Seaford Town, Westmoreland. This documentary tells the story of German indentured servants that came to Jamaica many years ago and still have descendents living in a small village deep in the isolated mountains of rural

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Videos

Check out this video mix competition to raise awareness about violence against women and girls. Each artist is asked to create a 5 minute video mix to raise awareness of violence against women and to call for an end to all forms of violence against women and girls. The video

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Good Food

Recently, I was at a business expo in St. Thomas and had the opportunity to try a breadfruit juice smoothie, which was, unexpectedly, not bad.  I learned that there were lots of other interesting ways to eat the delicious Jamaican staple which I had no idea about. According to historians, the

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EntrepreneursFashion

  Heneka Watkis-Porter is determined to make an impression on the world stage with Patwa Apparel and so when the opportunity to attend the recent Women Vendors and Exhibition Forum in Chongqing, China, presented itself, she jumped at it. JAMPRO sent an expression of interest to its client in August

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