Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Edna Manley College campus from 9:00am – 10:00pm, Joy Mechanics in association with the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC) presents Gungo Walk World-Alternative Music & Arts Festival, an official Jamaica 50 event. Its only $100 to enjoy this

The Caribbean’s preeminent filmmaker collective New Caribbean Cinema, founded by filmmakers Storm Saulter and Michelle Serieux, are launching their new portmanteau film RING DI ALARM!. The film which showcases seven short stories by six visionary Caribbean directors: Joel Burke, Nile Saulter, Kyle Chin, Michael ‘Ras Tingle’ Tingling, Storm Saulter and Michelle

Here’s one of my favourite Olympics 2012 races – Team Jamaica setting a new world record in the Men’s 4 X 100m final. TEAM JAMAICA TO THE WORLD!

    Check out this interesting video on the BBC about Jamaica and its tourism featuring our very own Jamaica Cultural Enterprises (JCE) and their range of cultural tours of Jamaica.  See BBC video here. See our archives for much more on JCE!

There’s so much going on this week for Jamaica 50! See the Jamaica50.com official website for a line up of what’s happening for Jamaica 50 and more!  

Recently I met a Canadian young lady named Tiffany Stull in Kingston who introduced me to an interesting project going on in Portland called the TAP Project.  The Turn Around Projects of the Arts (TAP) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to create and maintain integrated arts projects, which

Kingston Kitchen, Kingston’s urban food fair is on again on August 26th, 3PM to 9PM at Hope Gardens. They will be celebrating Jamaica 50 through the smells, flavours and tastes of the island. If you’re interested in participating as a vendor contact them at  (876) 869-7093. They are offering an Early

  KINGSTON’S Brand New Machine (BNM) is primed and ready to take on the international music market. Its focus — the rising crop of Caribbean artistes who produce techno, dubstep, electronica and house music. Launched earlier this year, BNM Records was started by Jamaican duo Steve Wilson and Christopher ‘Redselecter’

Thanks to photographer Tkae Mendez for this photo from the edge. This photo was taken at Blue Lagoon, Portland.

Check out this cool video on Halls of Learning’s MICHI’s Lego Yuh Mind Day held at Kingston High. This is a one day robotics workshop held in Kingston that gives students a hands-on learning experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Every year Halls of Learning hosts summer camps for kids and