archive for November 2009

• Defining Beauty at the Shakti Love Fest

  20 November 2009 by Karin in Happenings On The Edge [ 4 comments ]

  What is your definition of beauty? See what the women at the Shakti Love Fest had to say... Fore more on the Shakti Love Fest

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• New Blog for National Gallery of Jamaica

  19 November 2009 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

  The National Gallery of  Jamaica has recently launched a blog which they describe as a "blog about the National Gallery of Jamaica and Jamaican art". The blog is reasonably well done and worth checking out. National Gallery of Jamaica Blog

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• Brazilian Group Celebrates Five Years Promoting Peace Through Capoeira in Jamaica

  18 November 2009 by Karin in Happenings On The Edge [ no comments ]

  “KAH-POH-AY-EE-RAH” or Capoeira  represents a vibrant and exciting cultural form invented by Brazilian maroons or “quilombolas” in the time of slavery in Brazil. It may seem even more difficult to perform than it is to pronounce to the first time onlooker ...

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• Jamaican Justin Lynch Dances with Naganuma Dance, Show Opens Thursday

  17 November 2009 by Karin in Dance [ no comments ]

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="366" caption="Justin Lynch, photo contributed by Berette Macaulay"][/caption] Nouveau Americain opens at the Joyce Soho Theatre on November 19 to 22. Jamaican dancer Justin Lynch dances this season with Naganuma Dance, a multi ethnic modern dance company based in ...

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• Kingston: Trading Beach Chairs for Bar Stools

  16 November 2009 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_6307" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="The view from the Spanish Court Hotel"][/caption] Some positive press about Kingston for a change... Read more at the New York Times

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• Coming to Jamaica to Run

  16 November 2009 by Karin in Sports [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_6277" align="alignnone" width="604" caption="Chris Morales training in Wasaga Beach, Canada"][/caption] Marketing consultant Chris Morales has a passion for running. A Jamaican / Canadian Morales will be among the hundreds who will gather at the Long Bay Beach Park in Negril in ...

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• Michael Sean Harris Presents Armchair Rebelution 2009

  15 November 2009 by Karin in Happenings On The Edge [ no comments ]

  Check out YardEdge interview with Michael Sean Harris Part 1 &  Part 2

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• “Pot of Gold” New Area Youth Production Opens Dec 5

  15 November 2009 by Karin in Drama [ no comments ]

  A mystical-dramatical-comical-satirical musical opening December 5th at the Theatre Place, 8 Haining Road, Kingston. Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 5:00 pm. Tickets are available at York and Moodie's Pharmacies, The Theatre Place and AYF at 66 Barry Street. Pot o' ...

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