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Education Ministry to increase emphasis on STEM subjects in several schools; Office of the Children’s Registry branch coming to Westmoreland; and Jamaica hosting Caribbean Climate Change Workshop.

The Little Theatre Movement, LTM, has been producing the National Pantomime for over 7 decades. Now in its 72nd staging.

For the past 24 years the Scotia Singers have been thrilling Jamaicans with renditions of traditional and contemporary Christmas Carols. This year is no different.The Scotia Singers recently wowed members of the public with their Annual Carol Service at the Emancipation Park.

The Ministry of Youth and Culture recently launched its annual Visual Arts Exhibition at the Jamaica Conference Center in Down Town Kingston.

Come January 2014, Jamaica will once again have a Poet Laureate, who will serve the country for a term of three years.

Schools across the island are being encouraged to start organising their pieces for mounting in the Institute of Jamaica’s 2014 National Exhibition for Art and Craft in Schools.

The Spanish Embassy has flown in a Spanish Conductor for a series of intensive workshops and a special concert with the National Youth Organization of Jamaica

Jamaican Nigerian spoken word artist Adziko Simba Gegle to discuss her new novel, All Over Again.

Bolo The Monkey

In April, the Institute of Jamaica will for the first time mount an exhibit solely on the Rastafari Movement in Jamaica.

Each February, Reggae month is celebrated both here and abroad. And for the last 5 years, the local celebrations have been spearheaded by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Culture.

Reggae Month is now on in earnest with activities almost daily! The Emancipation Park in New Kingston has become the unofficial home of the celebrations.