Arts & Culture

Reid takes on Frenemy

ALL it takes is a minute with actress Audrey Reid to have you doubling over with laughter. She has been winning over theatre-goers with her many roles since her debut in the early 1990s. Read More

'Poor song quality'

BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter | Sunday, July, 9 2017    

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Olivia “Babsy” Grange, minister of culture, gender affairs, entertainment and sports, said the overriding factor that influenced the decision to scrap the festival song contest this year was the poor quality of the entries. Read More

Slice of Life: worth a bite

Monday, July, 3 2017    

It is said life is what you make it, and it was the playwright George Bernard Shaw who noted that, “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” Read More

Plié Academy coming

Sunday, July, 2 2017    

Plans are in high gear for the establishment of the Plié Academy of Excellence to foster the development of local talent in the area of the performing arts. Read More

International dancers for September gig

BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, July, 2 2017    

Still revelling in the success of their maiden project, Plié for the Arts, a local organisation dedicated to the development and promotion of artistic endeavours, is on to its next project. Having brought New York-based contemporary ballet company Complexions to Jamaican shores earlier... Read More

Jamaica Youth Theatre heads to international fest

Sunday, July, 2 2017    

Jamaica Youth Theatre (JYT) is one of two Caribbean groups selected and invited to participate in the prestigious Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2017 scheduled for July 28 to August 5. Read More

School of Drama incorporates community intervention in its programme

Monday, June, 26 2017    

The school of drama at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts has incorporated community intervention as a significant aspect of its programme offering, designed to help students identify the value of the arts to society. Read More

An affair art of the Art

Sunday, June, 25 2017    

Jamaica-born German artist Barbara Matthews Von Enger is currently preparing for her major upcoming exhibition at the Twin Gambh in Bad Homburg, Germany in October. Read More

Rex Nettleford: Caribbean man of dance

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer | Sunday, June, 25 2017    

This is the 13th in our daily series highlighting 55 Jamaicans who broke down barriers and helped put the country on the world stage. Each day, one personality will be featured, culminating Independence Day, August 6. Read More

Edna Manley: Mother of Jamaican art

By Richard Johnson Observer senior reporter | Thursday, June, 22 2017    

This is the 10th in our daily series highlighting 55 Jamaicans who broke down barriers and helped put the country on the world stage. Each day, one personality will be featured, culminating Independence Day, August 6.   Read More

Miss Lou — Mother of Jamaican culture

By Richard Johnson Observer senior reporter | Sunday, June, 18 2017    

This is the sixth in our daily series highlighting 55 Jamaicans who broke down barriers and helped put the country on the world stage. Each day one personality will be featured, culminating Independence Day, August 6.   Read More

Marcia Jackson doing the dub

Sunday, June, 18 2017    

THE world of dub poetry is widely dominated by men. However, Florida-based Marcia Jackson remains undaunted in her determination to make her mark. Read More



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