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Arts & Culture
Memorable Morning of Movement and Music
It was a full house that witnessed the 38th annual Morning of Movement and Music, staged by the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC), at Little Theatre in St Andrew on Easter Monday. Read More
J'can theatre alive and well
A call has come for a revival of the Jamaica Association of the Dramatic Arts (JADA), the umbrella organisation which represents players in the local theatre community.... Read More
TIME honours James
Jamaican author Marlon James has been listed among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.... Read More
A bellyful of wins
Belly Woman, a production by the School of Drama at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, was the big winner at Monday's Actor Boy Awards held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.... Read More
NDTC's Easter tradition continues
The Little Theatre in St Andrew will come alive next Sunday morning for the 38th staging of the annual act of worship by the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC). Read More
Japanese culture on show
National Museum Jamaica (NMJ) launched a new travelling exhibition dubbed The Dolls of Japan: Shapes of Prayer, Embodiments of Love at its downtown Kingston headquarters last Thursday. Read More
J'can in New York
When Russian-born, American ballet choreographer George Balanchine co-founded the New York City Ballet over 70 years ago, little did he know that a dancer with strong Jamaican roots would rise among its ranks. Today, Christopher Grant is one of the up-and-coming male dancers with the... Read More
Sabrina watches patiently
Sabrina Thomas, one of the lead actors in As He Watches, said her Actor Boy Awards nomination serves as a major motivation for her. Read More
David Heron remounts J'can classic
The Rope And The Cross, Easton Lee's Jamaicanised version about the relationship between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot, is being remounted to mark its 40th anniversary. Directed by David Heron, it takes place April 21 at The New Vibe Lounge in Long Island, New... Read More
The Boxer experience
A portion of the works of art collected by late art historian and scholar, Dr David Boxer, is set to go on auction come tomorrow. Read More
Dawes, Hutchinson win writers' prize
Two Jamaican writers have been named winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize for poetry, which carries with it a US$165,000 prize purse to support their work Read More
Summer of art
The National Gallery of Jamaica is moving forward with the implementation of new programmes aimed at pushing the development of art in Jamaica while showcasing the work of emerging and established talent. Read More
Back to Africa with Shango
The phenomenal success of the film Black Panther, which was released in February of last year and reeled in a staggering US$1.3 billion at the box office worldwide, will undoubtedly have an effect on the sensibilities of audiences, particularly those of African extraction, and their... Read More
March 30 funeral for Aston Cooke
THE celebration for the life of theatre personality Aston Cooke is scheduled for Wolmer's auditorium at Wolmer's Boys' School in Kingston on Saturday, March 30, 2018.Start time is slated for 10:00 am. Read More
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