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It was a day of food, fun, fashion, and plenty of gift ideas at Sunday’s Kingston Creative Art Walk Festival Gran’ Market edition, the final staging of the year. Booth holders and artisans turned out in large numbers, offering clothing, candles,...
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The road to crowning Jamaica’s next global queen, following reigning representative Keri-Ann Greenwood’s first-runner-up finish at the 2025 Miss Global competition, officially began on December 21 with the launch of Miss Global Jamaica 2026 at...
As the 2009 film Avatar concluded, there was a distinct sense of finality. The heroes had won the day, and a new era had dawned over the world of Pandora. It certainly made the 13 year-wait for its sequel much more bearable. Avatar: The Way of...
The Jamaica Youth Chorale and the Kingston Seventeen, under the direction of Gregory Simms, brought Christmas cheer in the form of musical excellence at their annual concert, Christmas Joy, at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at...
As soca anthems begin to pulse across the island ahead of the 2026 Carnival in Jamaica season, Gen XS Carnival Jamaica has released Infiniti as its season theme. “Infiniti stands for endless energy and perpetual possibilities. We asked what true...
Downtown Kingston came alive with music, movement, visual art, and community pride on Sunday as the ArtWalk Festival transformed the city into an open-air celebration of Jamaica’s cultural heritage. Hosted by arts non-governmental organisation...
It was an evening filled with smooth syncopated rhythms and clear improvisations as the Blend Bar at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel hosted a gathering of jazz enthusiasts who turned out to enjoy Thursday Night Jazz last Thursday. Conceptualised and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his immediate release from prison and reverse his conviction on prostitution-related charges or direct his trial judge to...
Weeks after Hurricane Melissa damaged its western Jamaica facility in Montego Bay, St James, and wiped out nearly a month of training, First Dance Studios has successfully defended its national gymnastics title, emerging First Place Club at a major...
Lovers of classical music are in for a treat as world-renowned Jamaican-American mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis takes the stage in Kingston for a special fundraising concert on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Vera Moody Concert Hall, Edna...
NEW YORK (AP): Flashback to February. It’s the 2025 Grammys, and Beyoncé has made history. Not only was she finally awarded the top prize of album of the year, but she also became the first Black woman to win Best Country Album, for Cowboy Carter....
Prolific playwright Patrick Brown takes viewers on a hilarious romp to witness how Boopsie’s homecoming unfolds as much as it unravels in his latest stage comedy of the same name. Boopsie’s Homecoming will have its world première at the...
VP Music Group has partnered with Food For The Poor to support ongoing recovery efforts following the widespread damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, which displaced thousands of families and left many communities facing long-term rebuilding needs....
With a stage name like Complex Ricki, one would think that this young emerging fusion reggae artiste battling a bipolar disorder would be more rambunctious, full of impish mischief and volcanic energy. Instead, in person, she is centred and almost...
Pras Michel has sought bail while he appeals his international fraud convictions. The Fugees rapper was convicted of 10 charges, including acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, back in April 2023 after he accepted $100 million...
Idris Elba is “honoured” to have a Madame Tussauds waxwork. The award-winning actor is the latest star to have the red carpet rolled out for him at the London wax museum. As of last Friday, he joins a stellar, star-studded line-up of wax figures,...
