Bailey Contemporary Arts explores the culture of Caribbean food preparation with their new exhibition from the Caribbean Culinary Museum. This touring collection, which explores food culture, features an array of historic culinary artifacts from around the Caribbean region.  The collection will be on view from September 6 through October 25. The free opening reception is Friday, September 6 from 6 - 10pm during the monthly Old Town Untapped event. For more information, www.baileyarts.org.   

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica-based film company “Listen Mi Caribbean” says it has landed a deal with Sesame Workshop, best known for the United States television production “Sesame Street”, to produce a live action short film to be aired as part of Sesame Street’s Season 50.

Revelers young and old will have plenty of parties to dive into during the 2019 Miami Broward Carnival season which begins next month in South Florida.

“The Harder They Come”, an iconic movie made decades ago in Jamaica, by Jamaicans and featuring Jamaican cast and crew, was revived last month in the United States.

Kingston, Jamaica: The highly-anticipated Aunty Roachy Festival and Ring Ding Concert, originally scheduled for this Saturday, September 7, Miss Lou’s birthday, has been rescheduled, and will now be staged later in the year.

NEW YORK, NY - The stage is set for the 9th annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival, which was rescheduled to Sunday, August 25th at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, NY. The event was postponed due to a city-wide heat emergency declaration on July 21, for public safety. 

NY: "I am so proud to be Jamaican...I bow down to my lineage, to my heritage, to my history and to my belonging."

The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art curated by Maria Elena Ortiz, Associate Curator at Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), and Dr. Marsha Pearce, Cultural Studies Scholar based at The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus, opened at PAMM on Thursday July 18.

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is pleased to announce the results from the Grand Final of the Jamaica Gospel Song Competition, held on Sunday, August 4 at the National Arena:

Miami, FL - Music lovers in South Florida are in for a very special experience - theJamaican Folk Singers are coming to South Florida. They will give two concerts only, one in Palm Beach on Friday September 6, the other in Coral Springs on Saturday September 7. The Miss Lou Full 100 concerts are presented by the Louise Bennett Heritage Council, as part of their homage to the late Louise Bennett-Coverley – Miss Lou- Jamaica’s beloved cultural icon, in this her centenary year.

ArtServe, South Florida’s historic arts incubator, recently announced the appointment of Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA) Managing Director Ludlow Bailey as consulting curator for its 30th anniversary season.

Miramar, FL - Broward County, Florida is home to an estimated 500,000 Caribbean-Americans, of which the overwhelming majority are Jamaicans and Haitians. Their political, economic and cultural influence has changed the face of the County, especially in the field of entertainment, where there is an abundance of Caribbean festivals, concerts and theatrical events taking place just about every weekend.