Art & Leisure

NEW YORK (AP) :A 1965 Pablo Picasso painting inspired by his wife has sold for US$9.3 million at a New York City auction.Last Wednesday's price for 'Woman with the Large Hat, Bust' at the Sotheby's auction house was in line with its pre-sale...

Title: Pirates at Port Royal, Author: Carol Ottley-Mitchell, Illustrated by: Ann-Catherine LooReviewed by: Shaunette A.

Title: Echoes of the Haitian Revolution 1804-2002Editors: Martin Munro and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw Publishers: University of the West Indies Press, Mona, Jamaica, 2008Reviewed by: Billy HallThe timeliness of this book is highly significant for two...

Winston Cox, executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), commended the partnership between the University College of the Caribbean (UCC) and Florida International University (FIU).

The subtitle of the book: 'Native Baptists of Jamaica, Identity, Ministry and Legacy' is really what the book is about, for the book is a searching analysis and critique of many views which are held on the Native Baptists and which are challenged in the publication.

This little book is an update of an earlier publication. The book, handy for pocket or purse, is full of wise advice and carefully crafted elaborations taken from the songs of many of the artistes who have made reggae music a worldwide phenomenon.

The Rastafari movement is a Jamaican cultural expression of growing fame, fuelled by reggae music. Justifiably then, the phenomenal growth attracts serious critical historical and theological analysis.

A double book launch by one person is an unusual enough occurrence. What made last Thursday evening's dual launch by Horace Levy at the Multi-Functional Room, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, even more striking was that he was titled 'Author and Editor'.

In 1995, the people of Xaymaca were caught up in a tornado of politics and winds of change. Since the days of Alexander and Norman, they had been promised Utopia, only to be given Babel instead.

A tear slid down his cheek as Ly Sarith described the constant battle of wits for survival. If they shout "Attention!", don't stiffen like a soldier. They'll kill you. If they ask you to read something, don't. They'll know you're educated and kill you. His father was executed. He survived.

Dr Blossom O'Meally-Nelson's presentation last Monday afternoon of Heart Song: Poems of my Transformation, at the CHASE Fund's New Kingston offices served a dual purpose.

The Rotary Clubs of Jamaica has launched an islandwide book drive. Below are the drop-off points: The Gleaner, 7 North Street, Kingston