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The Art of Storytelling with Christopher Creary & Christine Neil Wright Part 2
This week on The Arts Page, we continue our series on storytelling with newly elected President of the Jamaica Tour Guide Association, Christopher Creary. All part of our Miss Lou 100 celebrations.
The Art of Storytelling with Christopher Creary & Christine Neil Wright
From September 1 to December 10, Jamaica will be celebrating its most famous of storyteller, Louise Bennett Coverley. Today we are also featuring two people who have made the practice into a career, Christopher Creary, storyteller and tour guide at Hope Botanical Gardens and animated storyteller Christine Neil Wright.
Featuring Miss Lou 100 Activities
On this week’s edition of the Arts Page, we present a breakdown of the activities for the Miss Lou 100 celebrations. Plus, Storyteller Amina Blackwood Meeks shares one of her Miss Lou favourites.
Arts Page Celebrates Miss Lou 100
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has officially launched Miss Lou 100, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of cultural icon Louise Bennett Coverley. Activities have been spread across the globe, from Jamaica to Florida to Canada, with pockets of Jamaicans celebrating the mother of Jamaican Language and Culture in their own way. Dub Poet and Linguist Cue Kirk...
Production Company, Listen Mi Caribbean Lands Sesame Street Deal at KingstOOn
When Kenia and her team at Listen Mi Caribbean heard the good news, they were beside themselves. They would be working to produce content for the 50th season of the globally loved children’s show Sesame Street. This opportunity will allow them to walk a path few local studios have before.
Arts Page discusses the Jamaica Poetry Festival
The Louse Bennett Garden Theatre will come alive with poetic sounds this Sunday August 11 as SenYAcum Edutainment in collaboration with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and the Canadian High Commission presents the annual Jamaica Poetry Festival. This year the event marks nearly a decade since its rebranding as an annual poetry festival and I have on the line, the...
JCDC Festival Song Winner 2019
On this week’s edition of the Arts Page, a conversation with 2019 Jamaica Festival Song Winner, Raldene ‘Loaded Eagle’ Dyer, plus, the full run down of this year’s festival activities
Sandals Hosts Festival of the Arts
On today’s programme, team members from across the region face off at Sandals’ Festival of the Arts, Plus, JCDC Festival Song Competition Finals happens this weekend. And later, a selection from Jamaica’s Poet Laureate, Lorna Goodison, in our Poet Laureate Segment. That’s what’s on this week’s edition of the Arts Page.
The Launch of EMANCIFEST 2019
Thousands of Jamaicans and visitors to the island are expected to journey to the historic Sligoville community in St. Catherine on July 31 and August 1 for Emancifest 2019, to be held at the Sligoville Multipurpose Stadium. Now a staple on the country’s Emancipendence activities, Emancifest will be staged under the theme ‘Where freedom meets culture…Preserving our culture’.
Arts Page’s Rasheeda Shaw Returns from Namibia
This week, conversations with Jamaican Poet Rasheeda Shaw, fresh off the boat from Namibia. That’s what’s on this week’s edition of the Arts Page.
The Arts Page Features JCDC Children’s Gospel Song Winner: Kevinna Melbourne
The 2019 Jamaica Children’s Gospel Song Competition hosted in June, marked 16 years of honing the talents of some of Jamaica’s youngest and most promising vocalists. This year’s grand finals show was dubbed the “Sweet 16” and as fate would have it, this year’s winner in the 11-15 category was just weeks away from her 16th birthday.
Kingston Creative’s Kingston Art Walk
On today’s programme, we walk through the streets of Downton, Kingston with the Kingston Creative crew and a group of talented artists.Plus, the group shares what it has in store for this weekend. Stick around as we explore this week’s Arts Page.
Arts in Tribute to Seaga
On this week’s Arts Page, highlights of the Arts in Tribute to former Prime Minister Edward Seaga.