Art & Leisure

Some of Britain's best-known artists launched a campaign last Friday to oppose planned government cuts that could slash arts funding by 25 per cent.

Jamaica has long built a solid reputation for dominating international athletics. Now, that victorious spirit is spreading to skilled arts and technologies. From October 5-7, HEART Trust/NTA will showcase professional skills at the WorldSkills Jamaica National Skills Competition.

The Art in High Schools exhibition at the Institute of Jamaica's East Street location should have ended in July but, by requests, was extended for two additional months. Now, however, the contributions from 13 high schools islandwide, exhibited under the theme 'Nurture Art', are coming down and in a few months, 'Imagination' will be mounted.

The village of Endeavour was generally quiet but, from time to time, there would be an incident or another that brought much excitement to the villagers. Here are some of them.

The Jamaica Guild of Artists, in association with the Jamaica National Building Society, will, on Sunday September 19, present the launch of The Art of Jamaica - A Prelude.

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Some of the music business' legendary names, such as Sam Phillips of Sun Records and Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records, got their break in the 1950s when rock and roll and jazz were hot.

Two years ago, 19-year-old Everal Daley had an epiphany.

Regional publishing rights to Usain Bolt's new autobiography, My Story 9.58, which is already a big hit in Europe, has been snared by Kingston-based Ian Randle Publishers.The company's managing director, Christine Randle, confirmed that her company...

NEW YORK (AP):There was a time when Hollywood turned to Broadway for movie ideas, transforming shows like Chicago and The Sound of Music into box-office gold and Oscar winners.These days, theatre producers look to the film community for juicy stage...

Yvonne Page, 30, smiled broadly as she contemplated her success in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams. Page was the eldest of nine residents of Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, to be successful at the exams this year.

Hear ye! Hear ye, Christian young women! Here's your chance to get a foretaste of glory divine. The Miss Jamaica Gospel Ambassador contest is here. After years of watching Jamaican beauties from the sideline, the spotlight is now on you. But, please, leave your bathing suits at home. Only long frocks are allowed.