LOS ANGELES (AP): The Hunger Games is still the first item on the menu for movie fans, taking in $61.1 million to remain the No.1 film in its second weekend...
The second event to mark International Theatre Day was held on Wednesday. During a symposium titled 'The Theatre of Jamaica 50, 'Righting' Our History - The Conscience of Post-colonial Playwrights', Honor Ford-Smith deconstructed the works of Marcus Garvey, Dennis Scott and Sylvia Wynter.
In acknowledgement of International World Theatre Day observed on March 27, a symposium was held at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre (EMC) on the topic 'From the Periphery to Centre: Jamaican Theatre at 50'.k
Much of Tommy Ricketts' introduction of Owen 'Blakka' Ellis at the amphitheatre, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC), on Tuesday night was personal recollection of a then dreadlocked Ellis' fiery exploits...
International theatre director and writer Yvonne Brewster (OBE and a Black Theatre Fest Living Legend) was the lecturer during a master class for directors of the stage titled 'Some Principles and Practicalities of Directing for the Stage'.
The end was unexpected and many were disappointed. Fortunately, the reason for that disappointment has not lasted. Calabash International Literary Festival will be making its return in May under the theme 'Jubilation! 50'.
Louis Jordan, best known for his infectious, uptempo recordings like Cho-Cho-Chi-Boogie, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Caledonia, Show Me How You Milk The Cow and many others, was indeed the single-most...
CAREY Robinson's much-awaited Memoirs of A Jamaican Media-Man will be launched at 6:30 this evening at Pulse's Studio 38, Trafalgar Road, St Andrew.Described in a Sunday Gleaner review as "a simply wonderful literary feast",...
Director Pablo Hoilett aims to offer a different type of entertainment to patrons and raise the standard of Jamaican plays when Chain Reaction opens on April 7.
During a party to launch season two of 'Mission Catwalk' at The Acropolis Gaming & Entertainment Centre in Barbican on Tuesday, host and executive producer Keneea...
The Floss Team is gearing up to host their debut event, Floss, Pop Bottles. According to Wanyou Floss, a member of the organising team, Floss, Pop Bottles will showcase premium liquor at an affordable price...
Motherland Promotions of the Twelve Tribes of Israel has held fund-raising events before, a dinner and boat ride, but tomorrow's Ital Livity Expo is a step on to new ground for the group which does benefit events for the Jamaican Rastafarian Development School...
Lonely at the top - Some political observers say it is indeed lonely at the top, referring to the very meagre crowd on hand at the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) headquarters to receive the local government elections result on Monday night.
ATLANTA, Georgia: Jamaican Maroon Pride was on display at Georgia State University in Atlanta Georgia, with a sneak preview of the documentary Akwantu - The Journey...
As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its 50th year as an independent nation, the top 10 songs for the 2012 Festival Song Competition have now been selected. From 160 potential aspirants islandwide...
Delroy Sterling, a popular community radio programmer and emcee at CHRY Radio 105.5 FM in Toronto, passed away on March 18 at the Etobicoke General Hospital.Sterling was born on August 8, 1957 in Montego Bay, Jamaica....
Reggae legends Third World will travel 7,000 miles to Cape Town, South Africa, to headline in the leading South African event, Cape Town International Jazz Festival...
Sunday evening's announcement of the top three Man A Man: LIVE UP Video Competition entrants at Emancipation Park, New Kingston, was a combination of an awards ceremony and concert, the substantial audience naturally seeming to enjoy the latter much more....
