JAMAICA FOR SALE, is a recently produced documentary on tourism and unsustainable development by Esther Figueroa and Diana McCaulay. It is somewhat controversial as it discusses the negative impact that tourism has had on the Jamaican environment as well as looks at the other economic, social and cultural issues raised

THE 2009 CaribbeanTales 4th ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL Canada’s one and only Forum showcasing The Best of Caribbean Cinema, At Home and Abroad, Classical and Creole, Digital and Celluloid, This Year Puts The Spotlight on “Caribbean Film – A Tool For Education and Social Change”. North America’s premier stand-alone Caribbean Film

YardEdge: What is Café Blue? Jason: Café Blue is an authentic Jamaican coffee shop concept. YardEdge: Describe your vision for Café Blue? What are you trying to create? Jason: We are trying to create a true Caribbean lifestyle product that highlights the best coffee in the world, the wonderful vibrancy

Check out Gas Money at Grosvenor Galleries, November 26.  They are for sure one of the most exciting ROCK bands on the scene today.  For more on Gas Money, check out… Gas Money at Live Music Nation Show Interview with Gas Money band members

Jamaican poet, Dr. Velma Pollard along with Earl McKenzie are launching two books of poetry on Sunday, November 23 at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at 11 am.   Earl McKenzie is launching Almond Leaf and Velma Pollard, Leaving Traces, both published by Peepal Tree Press this year. 

A live performance of Thievery Corporation’s “Radio Retaliation” from their album of the same title, which was released on 9/23. Footage from Merriweather Pavillion in Columbia, Maryland- the last stop of the Outernational Music Tour in June 08.

Recording in their Washington DC-based studio, Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, better known as the international, dynamic DJ and production duo, Thievery Corporation, have managed to blossom in the heart of a city they often refer to as “Babylon.” Although the city is best known as the seat of an

YardEdge talks to Ainsley Burrows, Jamaican poet who was recently featured in the new Guiness TV ad shown above. YardEdge: Why are you a writer? Poet? Ainsley: I am a writer and a poet because I realized that this was the reason why I was put here. YardEdge: When did

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