Arts & Culture

Dancers keeping pace despite ‘Overload’

FOR members of the dance group Overload Skankers, it is all about 'getting a hype' when they showcase their moves at parties. After four years on the dance circuit, Romario 'Reds' Douglas, Teroy 'Chukki' Dobson and Oshane 'Mutty' Forrest are still paying their dues. During a break from rehearsals ... Read More

JCDC gospel semis today
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The semi-final round of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCD ... Read More

NDTC'S RHYTHM TWINS
DURING the early years of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC), Barry Moncrieffe and Patsy Rick ... Read More

Spoken word takes on life in Manchester
THE Poetry in Motion show held last Sunday at Manchester Golf Club, proved that Jamaican poetry is a ... Read More

Poetry at Red Bones

Basil Walters | Wednesday, February 19, 2014

FOR many people, Blossom O'Meally-Nelson is a respected educator and Jamaica's first female postmaster general. But recently, the 2010 Business Observer nominee showed her literary profile with a satisfying performance at Red Bones Blues Café in St Andrew. O'Meally-Nelson entertained with poems from her anthology, Heart of a Song: Poems of My Transformation. Her pieces included On The Verge, The Call, Soft Velvet Hills and Dust. She touched a range of issues in language the average pers ... Read More

Spoken from the 'Art'

Richard Johnson | Sunday, February 16, 2014

SPOKEN-word artistes will be on show today at the second staging of Arts in the Park on the East Lawns of Devon House in St Andrew. The event is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment. According to Gillian Wilkinson-McDaniel, senior director in the ministry, organisers decided to showcase the spoken word medium as it rarely gets an opportunity on local stages. "The objectives are threefold. Firstly, giving the artistes a platform to show their art. Then there is the deve ... Read More

Cooke at JCDC helm

BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com | Wednesday, February 12, 2014

COOKE... I am
elated with this
assignment

ASTON Cooke, newly installed chairman of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), is prepared to hit the ground running. A theatre practitioner, Cooke was promoted to chairman on January 24 following the resignation of Dr Dennis Howard. He has served on the board of the JCDC for nearly two years. Howard was appointed chairman in 2013. His successor looks forward to making an impact. "I am elated with this assignment and look forward to guiding the work of the JCDC and delivering on ... Read More

Dutty Berry for Comedy Café

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

DUTTY Berry is the first to admit he is not a stand-up comedian. The social media geek, however, is special guest performer at Comedy Café's season opener scheduled for South Beach Café in Kingston on Wednesday. "I see myself as a person who can talk and make people laugh... I can engage an audience with a bit of humour. A stand-up comedian, 'No'," he told the Jamaica Observer. Dutty Berry, (given name Russhaine Berry) and in his early 20s, rose to local prominence after making w ... Read More

The World Stage: Jamaica

By Andrea Chung | Sunday, January 19, 2014

Kehinde Wiley opened his first UK solo exhibition at the Stephen Friedman Gallery in London October 15, 2013 to November 16, 2013. The show was entitled: The World Stage, Jamaica and. Wiley, it is important to note, is a 36-year-old African-American portrait artist from South Central LA who has painted hip-hop icons such as LL Cool J, Ice T, Biggie and even Michael Jackson. This show featuring Jamaica was the seventh in a series of exhibitions that have focused on black and brown images from ... Read More

Three Little Birds turns musical

Friday, January 17, 2014

A scene from the musical Bob Marley's Three Little Birds. (Photo: repeatingislands.com)

THE musical, Bob Marley's Three Little Birds, written by the reggae legend's daughter, Cedella, opens at the New Victory Theater in New York on February 7, one day after what would have been his 69th birthday. "This is going to be the best birthday ever for Dad," Marley told the Speakeasy magazine. "There will be a lot of children around celebrating." The musical is based on Marley's children's book, Three Little Birds which she says was inspired by her three sons. "That was the song that cou ... Read More

God 'nah' sleep!

By Richard Johnson Observer senior reporter | Monday, January 13, 2014

Donald Anderson and Zandriann May in a heated scene from
My God Don’t Wear Pajamas.

PLAYWRIGHT Basil Dawkins' decision to use the less popular adage 'My God Don't Wear Pajamas' as the title for his latest production, has some onlookers puzzled. Perhaps, if it was explained in Jamaican parlance 'God nah sleep', then many will have an immediate 'aha!' moment and make it to the Little Little Theatre in St Andrew to see the play. If they do, an entertaining evening awaits. Dawkins has assembled a talented cast to bring to life a personal experience. My God Don't Wear Pajamas ca ... Read More

DANCE AWARDS a step closer

BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor — Auto and Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, January 12, 2014

L'ANTOINETTE Stines — founder/artistic director of L'Acadco dance group -- is planning to announce the creation of an awards ceremony aimed at recognising Jamaica's outstanding dancers and companies. The announcement, according to Stines, will be made at the L'Acadco Dance Awards scheduled for the Pollyanna Caterers and Banqueters in St Andrew, at 6:00 pm today. "There are no awards ceremony for dancers in this country. There are competitions, but no awards ceremony," she told the Sunday ... Read More

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