archive for March 2010

• Farin X Change Joins Rock Saga Festival Lineup

  31 March 2010 by Karin in Music,Farin X Change,Happenings On The Edge [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_7676" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Farin X Change"][/caption] Farin X Change, Jamaica's north coast roots-rock-reggae heavyweights, have been added to the lineup of Rock Saga, Negril's interactive alternative rock festival scheduled for the last weekend in May. With this booking, Farin X ...

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• New Cockpit Country Jamaica Website Launched

  30 March 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 6 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_7654" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Cockpit Country tour guides"][/caption] Check out this new Cockpit Country website produced by the Cockpit Country Local Forest Management Committee, a community run organization dedicated to the welfare of Jamaica's Cockpit Country.  The Cockpit Country is one ...

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• Farenheit’s Birthday Bash Wed at Brand New Machine

  28 March 2010 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2010 [ no comments ]

  Farenheit is throwing his usual Birthday BASH in his own inimitable style this Wednesday at Brand New Machine (Fiction).

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• Reggay Forum/Simulcast Between Kingston and San Francisco

  26 March 2010 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2010 [ 3 comments ]

  Here's an interesting forum happening next week on the dancehall music/culture scene- a simulcast between gay and straight folks in the San Francisco area and Kingston.

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• New JTB Ads Featuring Usain Bolt

  25 March 2010 by Karin in Current Affairs [ 1 comment ]

  For those who haven't yet seen these, here are some pretty cool new ads from the JTB featuring Usain Bolt. Whenever I see them, I feel proud of being Jamaican.

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• Brand New Machine This Wed w/ Engineroom’s Funky 2/3rds World Beats!

  23 March 2010 by Karin in Music,Engineroom [ 1 comment ]

  This Wednesday BNM presents Red Cups & Lollipops, reprising one of the most popular BNM nights with free lollis for the ladies and red cups for all along with that basement party feel. Engineroom will be outside on the deck offering ...

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• RISE Fundraiser In Aid of Inner City Violence Prevention Programs

  23 March 2010 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2010 [ 2 comments ]

  RISE Life Management Services is having a fund raising party at Fiction Saturday, March 27 from 6 - 10 pm. See Yardedge interview with Sonita Abrahams, Executive Director of RISE (Reaching Individuals Through Skills and Education) RISE needs to raise funds because ...

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• The New Redbones

  19 March 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  Redbones is back, and looking good.  It's pretty much a new updated version of the old Redbones. The new Redbones features a bigger outdoor stage, dancefloor, art gallery and the cool bar vibes we've come to know and love. Welcome back. We ...

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