Carib writing on HIGHER SHELF
LIKE SILVER fish in a recently opened though musty old book, the contemporary Jamaican fiction writer has found herself exposed to light. A perusal of bookshelves find many of them stocked with more Caribbean writers than...
Ewart Simpson taps music on the bar
THE TRAPSET, looking pristinely proud, takes centrestage in the living room. With all the furniture pointing at it, the drum set has clearly usurped the television's position. The trapset belongs to Ewan Simpson who is a drummer by passion and, in many...
Cable boxes catch on
THE CABLE television industry in Jamaica has seen several changes and has travelled a rocky road to its current position. It has inched from the state of wild, unregulated days to being a more controlled and regulated business, with the...
The king lives
THE GLEANER has had its fingers on the pulse of the entertainment scene for decades. Naturally, our picture archives contain many a 1000-word story about those who have given us happy, memorable moments. In our new series, 'From the...
L'Acadco Dance Co celebrates 21 years
"WHEN YOU close your eyes and open them you are a big girl," L'Antoinette Stines said, as she gazed off, reflecting on the more than 20 years since she had formed the L'Acadco Dance Company.
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