Crimson Heart Replica performs May 14 in Love and Lasers at the new Redbones, 1 Argyle Road. Also performing on the show will be Sezi, Robot Taxi, and Jason Worton among others. See YardEdge interview with Crimson Heart Replica

The 29th Annual West Indian Literature Conference starts on Friday presented by the Department of Literatures in English, UWI. Special guests include Lorna Goodison, Shara McCallum, David Chariandy and winners of the Small Axe Literary Competition 2009 : Tanya Shirley, Ashley Rousseau and Monica Minnott. The conference is open to

Here’s an inspiring story of one family’s experience of a “volunteer vacation” in Jamaica. “Voluntourism” is growing trend among  visitors who are here to have fun but also want to give back while they’re on vacation.

Cezar returns to the new Redbones this Friday.  Showtime is 9pm. Check out this YardEdge interview with Cezar

Here’s an interesting short video on “responsible tourism”. I’m sure we’re all  happy to see tourism in Jamaica growing as long as we’re not destroying our environment while we’re at it…