Jamaica Gleaner – Entertainment News
- NDTC to headline Let’s Dance International Frontiers in England April 28, 2024The National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica is set to take centre stage at the Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) festival at the Curve Theatre on May 3 and 4, marking the company’s second performance in England in two years. As...
- Jazz’s Caribbean roots April 28, 2024These days, Jamaicans rarely have the opportunity to experience a jazz performance by international musicians, but I maintain it is essential that Kingston participate in staging jazz concerts because the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
- Ishion Hutchinson hailed April 28, 2024Three pre-eminent Jamaican poets are lauding fellow poet Ishion Hutchinson for being shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious International Griffin Poetry Prize. One of the world’s most generous poetry awards, the prize, this year, is worth CDN$130,000...Michael Reckord - Sunday Gleaner Writer
- JAMMS urges young music producers to generate radio-friendly material April 27, 2024The Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) is encouraging young local music producers to consider making radio edits of their productions to ensure airplay and wide distribution that will maximise revenue. JAMMS General Manager, Evon Mullings, told...
- Miss Universe Jamaica Central embraces diversity and inclusion April 27, 2024The Miss Universe Jamaica Central pageant made history last year in crowning Ayanna Powell-Myles, a wife and mother, following adjustments to the previously rigid Miss Universe International eligibility requirements. This year the central arm of...Kwela Cole/ Gleaner Writer
- Chicago appeals court rejects R Kelly’s challenge of 20-year sentence April 27, 2024CHICAGO (AP): The singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R...