Literary Arts

From Wappy kill Fillup

Posted by Kori Solomon
April 13, 2013

The Jamaican colloquial expression, "From Wappy kill Fillup", meaning basically, "Since time immemorial" recalls a shooting murder resulting from a domestic dispute between two brothers, William and Philip. The murder occurred in the 1940's in the parish of Portland. At that time, such a crime...

House of the Arts | 2012 Year in Review

Posted by Kori Solomon
January 10, 2013
No-Maddz Live at Red Bones

This year was indeed a great year for us. We officially launched our Website and were more than happy to welcome members of the Art public to be a part of the initiative. Though we would have desired a tad bit more involvement from persons, we are still indeed grateful for how persons responde...

Spoken Wordsmith: Joshua Bennett

Posted by Kori Solomon
November 28, 2012
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Spoken Wordsmith: Joshua Bennett

Joshua Bennett is an award winning performance poet from Yonkers, NY. He has recited his original work at events such as The Sundance Film Festival, [1] The NAACP Image Awards [2],  President Obama’s Evening of Poetry and Music at the White House [3], the ESPN documentary One Night in V...

Edna Manley College Graduation Ceremony

Posted by Kori Solomon
November 22, 2012
Valedictorian and graduate of the School of Dance Aisha Comissiong as she is presented with the Principal's Award for Excellence

EDNA MANLEY AND REX NETTLEFORD AMONG ICONS HONOURED AT EMC GRADUATION CEREMONY 2012 The graduation ceremony for the 2012 graduating class of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC) saw tribute being paid to Edna Manley, Rex Nettleford, Dennis Scott and Olive Lewin, fo...

Anthony C. Winkler - "A Sign of Times"

Posted by Kori Solomon
November 05, 2012
Anthony C. Winkler - Annihilation of Fish and Other Stories

 While reading the short, harsh but yet comical story by Anthony C. Winkler, "A Sign of Times" the reader will definitely find himself laughing and smirking after every paragraph or two. As short as this story is, Winkler captured life in Kingston, Jamaica in an instance. The views of the ol...

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