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Published:Friday | November 30, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Poetry Society of Jamaica wrapped up another year of monthly fellowships on Tuesday night with Re-Verse, reflecting on another 11-month run of gatherings.

Published:Friday | November 30, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Elina Garanca, star of the Live in HD transmissions of Carmen and La Cenerentola, returns to the Met as Sesto in a rare revival of Mozart's opera of ancient Rome, La Clemenza di Tito...

Published:Friday | November 30, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Events coordinator Richard Henry is all set to host the first staging of his event, Self Made, on Sunday. It will take the shape of a pool party at 1 Pembroke Close, Red Hills, St Andrew....

Published:Friday | November 30, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Poolside 'riddim' has caught the attention of international dancehall superstar Sean Paul.

Published:Thursday | November 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Western Bureau: Jamaica is poised to lose its first home-grown international pageant, at least for a year, as according to Montego Bay businessman Lachu Ramchandani...

Published:Thursday | November 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Historic but violence-tainted August Town will host its own film festival next summer.Professor Ian Boxill and S.Carlton Alexander, chair of the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies...

Published:Thursday | November 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Known for his satirical sense of humour and his rambunctious personality, Oral Tracey is looking to parlay his experience with the short, but sweet, Sports...

Published:Wednesday | November 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

In keeping with the community policing efforts of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), the cops have embarked on a series of town concerts across the island.The initiative is aimed at improving and maintaining...

Published:Wednesday | November 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

ARGUING THAT the creation of entertainment zones will not solve the problem of noise pollution caused by events such as parties and street dances, the junior minister in the entertainment ministry says the Government is not rushing to designate areas...

Published:Tuesday | November 27, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Working Initiatives and Resources for Empowerment and Development (WIRED), a Christian faith-based organisation, has, for the past eight years, been involved in offering hope, truth...

Published:Tuesday | November 27, 2012 | 12:00 AM

When a potential new convert walks through the church doors, all hell breaks loose. Meet three single Christian women who are waiting for God - or so they say - to provide suitable mates for them to marry.

Published:Tuesday | November 27, 2012 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:DJ Nicholas and Judith Gayle were electrifying as they brought the curtains down on the third instalment of Betta Tomorrow concert at the Dump Up Beach, Montego Bay, on Sunday morning, which left hundreds...

Published:Monday | November 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

He is no stranger to controversy but this time, Vybz Kartel's co-author of his book, Voice of the Jamaican Ghetto, has come to his defence. In a recent Gleaner article, it was revealed that National Security Minister Peter Bunting had introduced the audience...

Published:Monday | November 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The 81-year-old actor - famed for playing Dallas villain, J.R. Ewing - passed away on Friday (November 23) from ongoing complications in his battle with throat cancer, and stars have taken to twitter to remember him...

Published:Monday | November 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Lasana Bandelé's résumé shows that he applies his voice to the sung and spoken word in equal measure. In 1980 he earned a bronze medal from the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission...

Published:Monday | November 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Two regular features in any entertainment event in this calendar year are the use of the colours of the Jamaican flag in the décor and some reference to the 50th anniversary in the theme or title...

Published:Monday | November 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Bella Swan, James Bond and Abe Lincoln have combined to lift Hollywood to record Thanksgiving holiday revenue at ...

Published:Monday | November 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

With 50 album submissions making the initial shortlist for the coveted Grammy Award in the Reggae Category to be announced next February, there is no shortage of tales from satisfied performers....

Published:Monday | November 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES ](AP): Bella Swan, James Bond and Abe Lincoln have combined to lift Hollywood to record Thanksgiving holiday revenue at the box office.Kristen Stewart's finale as Bella in The Twilight Saga...

Published:Sunday | November 25, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Deejay Busy Signal, having served his time in the US, is back in Jamaica and a very happy man. While he does not seem in a rush to hit the studios with a slew of prison-related material, there are already a number of songs which cover the range of entertainers' encounters of the unpleasant kind with the justice system. Of course, this also means that many a prominent Jamaican music personality has had brushes with the law.

Published:Sunday | November 25, 2012 | 12:00 AM

'Honour your Father and your Mother that your days may be long in the land' - an excerpt from Exodus 20 verse 12, is one of the commandments handed down on tablets of stone to Moses by the Almighty. It must have occupied a very special place in the heart of a young Desmond Dacres, for him to choose that verse as the title and theme for his first recording in 1963.

Published:Sunday | November 25, 2012 | 12:00 AM

"Devastating at first," is how Glendale Gordon described the last six months of his life which saw him being arrested, extradited to the United States, and spending two months in jail before being released and returning home, ready to resume his career as entertainer Busy Signal.

Published:Sunday | November 25, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Ever so often a new '90s music party appears, adding to the many others that exist and also highlighting the love for that era of music. Headline Entertainment's managing director, Jerome Hamilton, said it was the era in which artistes like Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Baby Cham and Spragga Benz came to the forefront of dancehall music.

Published:Sunday | November 25, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Some four years ago, five students studying music at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts decided to start a band. They chose the moniker 'Pentateuch and now the band has released its debut album which is already poised to make waves in the reggae arena.

Published:Saturday | November 24, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Ghetto Youths International artiste Christopher Ellis and Bay-C of TOK have tapped B+ (aka Brian Cross) of the Los Angeles-based Mochilla Production Company to create the video for their new single Don't Change Your Number.

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