The Forest Conservation Fund (FCF) is running a photography competition in honour of the International Year of Forests 2011. Deadline is October 21, 2011, For more information on FCF see Jamaica Protected Areas Trust . Contact FCF at their offices: Protected Areas Trust/Forest Conservation Fund, Suite 201, 72b Hope Road Tel: 876-927-9956;

Here is a very cool video about a documentary being made in the Cockpit Country. Please check it out and see how you can help to get it made. About Cockpit Country: A Paradise in Peril Miles of hiking trails. Scores of underground caves. Thousands of unique plant and animal

Jamaica just achieved an impressive third place in the first ever Red Bull Tum Tum Pa global university drumming competition. Music is a universal language. Doesn’t matter your nationality, race, male or female. Red Bull Tum Tum Pa gathered 150 students from different parts of the world in Rio de

Come support the premiere of “Bad Friday”, a documentary film this Thursday 6:30pm at the Bob Marley Museum. This is a Kingston On The Edge (KOTE) endorsed event. As many of you may have heard, there will be no KOTE 2011 but there will instead be a series of KOTE endorsed

On Tuesday June 21 at 6pm, Bookophilia is hosting celebrated poet and author, Jacqueline Bishop, as she reads from her collection of poems Snapshots from Istanbul, and her novel The River’s Song. Ms. Bishop was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, before going to the United States to attend college —

Come down to the Palmyra Resort and Spa for the July 1 weekend and enjoy the stunning Palmyra facilities PLUS the BNM SO REAL Beach Party on Saturday July 2 (remember date was changed) with HOUSE DJ’s STEREO MASSIVE. YardEdge has negotiated special rates for our TRIBE!! Our Package: US$150.oo per night

LOVE THIS NEW VIDEO by Nicole ‘Sky’ Grey! The ‘Lollipop’ video recently premiered at Caribbean Fashion Week and was directed by William Richards.  It’s great to see new concepts, style, and visuals in our local videos. Also a talented actress, Sky recently starred in the Jamaican indie film, ‘Better Mus

Rootz Underground goes on tour July 2, here is their summer tour schedule. And check out their new video for Unknown Soldier. Lots more on Rootz Underground in our archives!

Here’s a trailer on a documentary by David Ritter that examines the minority groups of Jamaica from a contemporary and historic outlook. David Ritter is a film maker, adventurer, lover of music and art, and the director and creator of the ‘Forgotten Faces’ series. ‘Forgotten Faces’ is a video documentary

Here are the dates for the summer 2011 tour for Dubtonic Kru. Dubtonic Kru recently won the GLOBAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS “BEST NEW BAND IN THE WORLD” 2010 – 2011. JUNE 09 LAKEPORT, CA KONOCTI VISTA CASINO 01 JUNE 10 SANAT CRUZ, CA MOES ALLEY JUNE 11 CASPAR, CA CASPAR