“Nothing piques a child’s interest in astronomy as 
effectively as looking through a telescope she/he built herself/himself.” 400 Galileoscopes have been donated to Jamaica in a joint project between the Astronomical Association of Jamaica (AAJ), the Ministry of Education and the UWI Physics Department.

Here is a an interesting video talking about our water problems.

Calling all dancers! Kofi’s contemporary dance class will be starting again on Tuesday, February 1 at Edna Manley from 6 to 7:30. See his facebook page for more info.

Font Hill is a beach park off the main road in St. Elizabeth (near the boarder with Westmoreland) about 20 minutes from Black River.  It’s a small cove really, but the water is beautiful, the beach is clean and the facilities are good (restrooms, changing area, bar, snack counter, covered

The YardEdge mascot celebrates two years! Happy Birthday to YardEdge! To show our appreciation to you our faithful followers and readers, we’re giving away some cool YardEdge prizes. Winners will be chosen in a draw on Monday, April 26th 2010!

Farin X Change, Jamaica’s north coast roots-rock-reggae heavyweights, have been added to the lineup of Rock Saga, Negril’s interactive alternative rock festival scheduled for the last weekend in May. With this booking, Farin X Change joins some of the biggest up-and-coming alt rock bands in the international market, including Lovehammers,

Check out this new Cockpit Country website produced by the Cockpit Country Local Forest Management Committee, a community run organization dedicated to the welfare of Jamaica’s Cockpit Country.  The Cockpit Country is one of the most biologically diverse areas on earth and home to hundreds of endemic species of flora

Farenheit is throwing his usual Birthday BASH in his own inimitable style this Wednesday at Brand New Machine (Fiction).

Here’s an interesting forum happening next week on the dancehall music/culture scene- a simulcast between gay and straight folks in the San Francisco area and Kingston.

For those who haven’t yet seen these, here are some pretty cool new ads from the JTB featuring Usain Bolt. Whenever I see them, I feel proud of being Jamaican.