The Department of Literatures in English will host the launch of Considering Woman 1 & 2, a collection of short prose by Velma Pollard on Sunday, April 17 at 11:00am at the Multifunctional Room, Main Library, UWI. The guest speaker is Dr. Elizabeth “Betty” Wilson. Published by Peepal

Debra Ehrhardt’s story of “coming to America” and one woman play, “Jamaica Farewell” which played in Kingston last year to rave reviews is now showing at the Falcon Theatre, Los Angeles. See link for more info and to check out an interview with Debra and director, Joel Zwick who directed Big Fat Greek

See Chapter 2 here Tony “Paleface” Hendriks is a  hilarious! Jamaican comedian living and working in London, England but lived and worked for many years in Jamaica.  YardEdge recently chatted with him about his latest project “Operation Pandora”. YardEdge: Tell me about Operation Pandora? Tony: Operation Pandora came out of some writing

Here’s the link to Barbara Walker’s presentation made at the recent ECCO Magazine’s Green conference. The presentation was entitled “Reducing Carbon Emissions Through Sustainable Living” and focused on the procedures and management strategies implemented to make Hotel Mocking Bird Hill a “green” hotel. Barbara is the co-owner and manager of Hotel Mocking Bird

Video highlights from the Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp (more here) – fabulous production for Red Bull by New Caribbean Cinema (Storm Saulter, Nile Saulter & Michelle Serieux).

Producer and manager Jeremy Harding, songwriter and producer Mikey Bennett and producer Sawandi Simon shared two days of musical knowledge with twenty-five aspiring musicians and music industry practitioners at the Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp this past week.

On Saturday, April 16, Jakes Hotel will be hosting the 2011 Jakes’ Off-Road Triathlon in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. The Jakes Off-Road Triathlon is an annual run, bike ride and swim race —  500 meter ocean swim, 25k mountain bike, and 7k country run. All proceeds benefit BREDS, the Treasure Beach Foundation,

A film charting the rise of Bob Marley and The Wailers to international stardom – made from footage shot in the early 1970s and lost for 30 years – is set to get its first public viewing. Read more at the BBC  

The BIG PICTURE Global Exchange by ILLITERATE Gallery in Denver, Colorado is a very cool project where photography meets street art on a global scale. Big Picture 2011 is an international photographic exchange where photographers from around the world submitted images to be blown up as large format prints and displayed

  Here’s a great story in the Observer about Rootz Underground’s new initiative to encourage persons to plant trees around the world. They are trying to have 100,000 trees planted in the next year. Lots more about Rootz Underground in our archives.