This past Saturday, a friend and I visited the Trench Town Culture Yard in west Kingston to learn more about the area that Bob Marley called home. Upon arrival we met our tour guide Stone Man, aka Willing & Able, who gave us a full tour not only of the

Newton Marshall, the resident dogsled tour guide and trainer at Chukka Caribbean Adventures has become the first Jamaican to compete in Canada’s biggest dog sleigh race. Congrats to Newton!

Local young and aspiring film makers will have an opportunity to show their work at the Jamaica World Cinema Showcase from April 1 to 3. Local films to be featured are Kimala Bennett’s “Hair”, Mykal Cushnie’s documentary “WAR Stories”, Omaall Wright’s “Real Ghetto Youth” and the Rickards Brothers’ “The Last Don”.

Friendship Gap, St. Mary is more commonly known as the OFC chicken stop on the Junction Road.  This “rest stop” is on the main Junction road from Kingston to the north coast and is complete with a few choice restaurants, bars and a decent bathroom for women (at OFC). The

Chef Thomas Buckley, Executive Chef of Nobu Restaurants, along with his team will fly to Jamaica to craft an authentic re-creation from the restaurant’s popular menu this March 29, 30 and 31 at Strawberry Hill.

Fiona Godfrey has been commissioned to do a huge 75ft mural for the Montego Bay airport. YardEdge talks to Fiona about what it takes to accomplish this mammoth task and about being an artist in Jamaica…

Please support these events this weekend for the Rotary Race to Literacy FRIDAY Rotary First Friday at the Deck – March is Literacy Month 6pm-10pm

SeBiArt aka Berette Macaulay has entered her video “LABYRINTH OF FOREVER: Doorway for the Spirit Chasers” in the annual Art For Progress competition: Clash of the Artists 2010 and needs your vote! It’s a small annual global contest with a handful of competitive categories: Visual Art, Music, Film, Fashion, DJ,

“Art Fresh”, being opened on Thursday March 4 at the Mutual Gallery at 7pm, is yet another demonstration of talent amongst the younger generation of artists.