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Quickies - Talking Trees Fiesta warms the heart

Published:Friday | June 3, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Last Saturday was typically hot, but, happily, there was a pleasantly strong breeze which made the setting just right for the fair-sized audience which turned out for the first staging of the Talking Trees Literary Fiesta at Two Seasons Guest House, Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth.

Oraine Barrett excited about Fashionweek

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Pulse has given the world Ralph Lauren's Polo supermodel, Oraine Barrett.Barrett, who hails from St Elizabeth, is one of the winners of Pulse's Caribbean Model Search and has made an indelible impact on fashion in all the major markets...

Top-10 festival songs announced

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

From a field of 38 competitors the pool was narrowed to the top-10 finalists at the recently concluded semi-final leg of the Jamaica Festival Song Competition held at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre. The top-10 finalists emerging who will vie for glory...

Jamaican artistes give Miami the Best of the Best

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami was the venue for the much-anticipated Best of the Best concert on the weekend. This year, the promoters decided to stage the event over two days (Saturday, May 28, featuring R&B and hip-hop acts, while Sunday, May 29...

Four founders highlight poetry anniversary

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A shower of good fortune sent the Poetry Society of Jamaica's 22nd anniversary fellowship indoors on Tuesday night, as four of the five founding members gathered on stage in the space named for Dennis Scott, iconic theatre...

Something extra

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The countdown to Caribbean Fashionweek intensifies, and there are so many other exciting activities across the island....

Something extra

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

People are still talking about the inaugural Kingston Pon Di River; everyone had a great time and already plans are in the works to make it a weekend affair....

Mary Mary delivers Gospel in Harmony

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

It was a concert fit for Christians. Through the ministry of some soul-speaking songs and gripping testimonies, the artistes, few in number, entertained and re-educated converts...

CFW brings the party bar

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A new innovation for Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW) 2011 is the party bar.Each night, 500 CFW patrons, who purchase Party Bar armbands, will be able to enjoy an exclusive experience and see the featured fashion designers and entertainers up close....

Concert for high achievers goes well

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

After months of hard work, the natural inclination is to let your hair down and relax - right? And of course, there are many ways to relax; like going to the beach or just simply sleeping...

Poetry Society turns 22

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The quintet which formed the Poetry Society of Jamaica sketched out their plan on the walkway behind the upper tier of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts'...

Something extra

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Sterling Asset Management's 10th Anniversary Golf Tournament Welcome Cocktails & Investors' Briefing event, held at the Constant Spring Golf Club in St Andrew....

Sean Kingston now stabilised and in ICU

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):Hip-hop singer Sean Kingston has been stabilised and moved to the intensive care unit at a hospital, after crashing his watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge, his publicist said yesterday.The publicist, Joseph Carozza, said Kingston's family...

Kimberly Sherlock is Miss Global Jamaica

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

On what turned out to be a stormy night, Kimberly Sherlock, former Miss Universe contestant, surprisingly walked away with the coveted crown of Miss Global Jamaica 2011.Held at the Grand Palladium Resort and Spa on Saturday, the competition...

Rick B's the highlight of men's collection

Published:Monday | May 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

An extremely late start and the long wait during the intermission aside, Rick B's certainly brought some fire to Styleweek's International Men's Collection on Friday evening at Devon House, St Andrew....

'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' author dies

Published:Monday | May 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Gil Scott-Heron, the fiery American poet-activist regarded by many musicologists as the Godfather of Rap, died last Friday in a New York City hospital...

'Calypso Dreams', 'Fire in Babylon' for New York screening

Published:Monday | May 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The stage is set for the first Caribbean Tales New York Film Showcase at the Spike Lee Screening Room at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus in New York.

Machel Montano heads to CFW

Published:Monday | May 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Machel Montano, winner of Trinidad's Soca Monarch and Road March titles this year, headlines Caribbean Fashionweek's (CFW) first ever Caribbean Night, Saturday June 11.Montano's performance comes as part of Pulse's latest innovation to CFW, where full,...

Something extra

Published:Monday | May 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Saint International's Styleweek, which began on May 25, came to a grand finale last night, while out west, it was a grand crab fest....

Trudiann Ashmead Beauty from the east

Published:Sunday | May 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The St Thomas Festival Queen 2011 is 18-year-old Trudiann Ashmead. The upper sixth form student of Morant Bay high school was crowned last Saturday.

St Elizabeth stages movie premiere

Published:Sunday | May 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Roll film, cut, that's a wrap! While those words are synonymous with Hollywood sets, they are also becoming commonplace in rural Jamaica.Hated 2 Death is the latest Collywood production based...

Sheena Sterling wins tight race

Published:Sunday | May 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

It was a keen contest but when the dust settled it was also poetic justice that 23-year-old teacher, Sheena Sterling, won the St James Festival Queen title last Saturday at the Montego Bay Cruise Ship Pier.It started out...

Jamaica Day turns 21

Published:Sunday | May 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

When Hewitt Loague immigrated to Toronto in 1972, there was little Jamaican presence in Canada's largest city.

Three songs of Armageddon

Published:Sunday | May 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Firmly rooted in the Bible, Jamaican popular music is replete with references to a higher power.

Blakka's return sparks encore

Published:Sunday | May 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

It was non-stop laughter from the get-go, well, almost, except when the comedian performed a poem that silenced the audience, just for the duration of the piece.

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