The National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica will be performing on Saturday, January 22, at the Courtleigh Auditorium, at 8 pm. This concert marks the closure of the Regional Training Workshop ‘Music for Social Change’, which has brought together instructors and directors from the three Caribbean orchestra programmes for social development:

On a recent visit to Jamaica’s south coast I sat down with Giuliano Pignataro to talk to him about his company, Treading Lightly Developments, and his “green construction” project in Treasure Beach. YardEdge: So what is Treading Lightly Developments (TLD) all about? Giuliano: We are trying to set an example

West African dance classes with Tamara Thomas return January 22. I’ve taken this class and it’s lots of  fun, Tamara is a great teacher! Saturdays from 3:30 – 5:00 at the Jamaica School of Dance, Edna Manley College. ALL LEVELS WELCOME!

Attention is once again focused on the issue of skin bleaching in Jamaica, thanks mainly to Vybz Kartel who recently commented that bleaching was no different really than white people wanting to tan themselves. As Annie Paul points out in her recent post, skin bleaching is no doubt an act

Here is the schedule of activities being planned for the first quarter of 2011 by Jamaica Culture Enterprises. We highly recommend all JCE tours! Read about some of our JCE Art Trek experiences:  Art Trek explores Uptown and Downtown Galleries and An Art Trek Through Kingston’s Art Galleries Here’s the first quarter