2010 Grammy Award Winner Dobet Gnahoré will be in concert on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the Philip Sherlock Centre, starting at 6pm. Dobet Gnahoré is a singer, dancer and percussionist from the Ivory Coast and the 2010 Grammy Award Winner for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. The event is presented by The

  On Saturday, October 22 take a gentle meander through the quaint communities of the Blue Mountains with Jamaica Cultural Enterprises (JCE). Experience the beauty, art, nature, people, and coffee of Jamaica’s majestic mountains. For more information or to make a reservation please email info@jaculture.com. See YardEdge review of JCE

From Banfi Craft -products made from the banana plant! The Golden Grove producers group from St. Thomas produces beautiful paper and other products made from 100% banana fiber under the Banfi Craft brand. This banana fiber is derived from the bark of the banana tree, extracted and processed into paper.

Here’s a new tune from our local rocker, Crimson Heart Replica… See YardEdge’s interview 2 minutes with Crimson Heart Replica   See our archives for more on CHR!      

YardEdge welcomes this guest post from writer, Kathleen Hubert.  Famous Jamaicans and, especially those living in New York City, have become well-established contributors to both the America and the world. Many noteworthy contributions have been made in areas of politics, the arts and sports – just to name a few.

Check out these two links talking about our newly formed “Supper Club” made up of a few good friends who all share a passion for great (and hard to get in Jamaica) food – first up was Vietnamese cuisine! Read more at Jamaica Observer -Cooking-with-Friends and some of the menu items described

Studio174 – Artist Errol Farquharson     Check out this blog post from SeBiArt about some cool educational art projects/community workshops going on in Jamaica… “As some of you know for the past few years – and stemming out of my public school teaching experience with ALATetc and Art for Progress

Anonymous – Music by rockstars will be on at Redbones Blues Cafe Friday, Oct 7. Performing will an eclectic group of musicians and singers including Jason Lee Worton, Sezi, Debbie Pottinger, Beatnik Bill (DJ), Random Chaos, JLA, and Jackomo (from Downstairs). For more info see facebook  

About OnePeople  OnePeople is an exciting new documentary project being produced by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald, Justine Henzell, and Zachary Harding. Scheduled to premiere August 6th, 2012 in Miami, Toronto, New York, London and Kingston, OnePeople is a collaborative documentary that invites people worldwide to contribute footage to celebrate

  Irie ROCK – Naturally Beautiful, Naturally You. Jamaica’s Natural Body Care Many times lessons learned in childhood can last a person a lifetime. This is what happened to Irie Rock’s founder Racquell Brown while growing up in the parish of Trelawny. Surrounded by fruit trees and herbs, Racquell often