The National Gallery of  Jamaica has recently launched a blog which they describe as a “blog about the National Gallery of Jamaica and Jamaican art”. The blog is reasonably well done and worth checking out. National Gallery of Jamaica Blog

“KAH-POH-AY-EE-RAH” or Capoeira  represents a vibrant and exciting cultural form invented by Brazilian maroons or “quilombolas” in the time of slavery in Brazil. It may seem even more difficult to perform than it is to pronounce to the first time onlooker who is invariably captivated by the enchanting rhythms and

Nouveau Americain opens at the Joyce Soho Theatre on November 19 to 22. Jamaican dancer Justin Lynch dances this season with Naganuma Dance, a multi ethnic modern dance company based in New York. Naganuma Dance makes its Joyce Soho Theatre debut with Nouveau Americain, a collection of vignettes by Darcy

Some positive press about Kingston for a change… Read more at the New York Times

Marketing consultant Chris Morales has a passion for running. A Jamaican / Canadian Morales will be among the hundreds who will gather at the Long Bay Beach Park in Negril in the early hours of December 5, in the light of bottle torches and to the sound of Reggae music

Check out YardEdge interview with Michael Sean Harris Part 1 &  Part 2

A mystical-dramatical-comical-satirical musical opening December 5th at the Theatre Place, 8 Haining Road, Kingston. Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 5:00 pm. Tickets are available at York and Moodie’s Pharmacies, The Theatre Place and AYF at 66 Barry Street. Pot o’ Gold features the AYKrew with Majah Bless

Jake’s is located in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, on Jamaica’s south coast about an hour southwest of Mandeville. Part of the Island Outpost family, Jake’s offers visitors a unique semi-rustic experience (most rooms have no a/c, no phones and no TV, although there are CD players and CD’s provided at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manuelino/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This is an interesting interview with Sean Paul talking about his music and demonstrating some recent dancehall moves… Check out video of Sean Paul interviewed on CNN

YardEdge earrings My uncle Richard Hitchins was murdered several years ago in Jamaica. In order to give this senseless tragedy some positive outcome, my brother Steve Wilson decided to start the Richard Hitchins’ Scholarship Fund to help students at St. Georges College (my uncle’s alma mater) with their exam fees,