Bands Incorporated 2 – this Friday. Haven’t seen Rootz in a while…looks like it should be a great show!

On Saturday December 12th and Sunday December 13th the Association of Jamaican Potters will be having their annual ART & CRAFT FAIR to be held on the grounds of the Forestry Department, 173 Constant Spring Road, Kingston 8 (just below the Tax Office and Constant Spring Post Office).

The creative industries of film and television will receive a boost this February when CaribbeanTales, a Toronto-based multimedia company, brings together formidable local, regional and international partners to showcase, discuss and promote Caribbean film at  “The Best of CaribbeanTales Film Festival and Symposium that will take place at the Olympus

Kima Francis (right) and friends selling jewellry (See interview with Kima for more info on her line of jewellry.) This past weekend saw the annual staging of the the Grosvenor Galleries Christmas Art and Craft Fair. Artists, craftspersons, entrepreneurs and other vendors displayed a wide variety of fine art, crafts

Now we know who Farenheit has been hanging out with lately…YardEdge caught up with him at the Lopez Tonight Show hanging with actress/comedian Kathy Griffen.

Mutual Life Gallery hosts a solo mixed media exhibit by artist Donovan Fairweather opening on December 10, 2009 (NEW DATE) with a VIP reception at 7pm.

Check out this new video by Sheba Sahlemariam – singer, songwriter and producer – who made her video debut last night on TVJ with “Love this Lifetime”, featuring Bounty Killer and directed by Jay Will.

We know that the picture is not altogether rosy in Jamaica and hasn’t been for some time now…but surely all is not lost as this article seems to suggest especially when compared to many other countries. After all, unemployment in some US cities is close to 20%…. Read more at

RISE Life Management Services is offering cards for sale this Christmas. The packages of six cards are available for both companies and individuals and use images that were photographed from a beautiful mural painted by a group of inner city children involved in RISE’s remedial education and creative arts project. See YardEdge interview with Sonita