By: Michael Charles, February 21, 2025 Alignment is not just a concept; it’s the silent force that keeps us moving forward, even when the world seems to pull us in…
Category: ARTS AND CULTURE
Gangster Life Reflection
By: Michael Charles, February 21, 2025 Life in the streets is no joke it’s a one-way road with no easy exits. Once you’re in, the chains of that world are…
Music Unites Jamaica Foundation Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Free Concert “A Moment of Music with Luther Francois & Friends”
February 18, 2025 On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the Music Unites Jamaica Foundation (MUJF) will mark its 30th anniversary with an extraordinary celebration of music and culture at the Shell…
Before My Light Fades
By: Michael Charles February 14, 2025 So many times, I have been cast beneath the gutter, treated as though I were nothing but dirt. Yet each time, I have risen…
Valentine’s Day—A Moment or a Movement?
By: Michael Charles February 14, 2025 Is Valentine’s Day just a fleeting symphony, a crescendo of roses and whispered confessions, where love flares wild, only to fade with dawn? Or is it a…
“Keira and Jaime Discovers A Musical Dream” charts on Apple Books
February 4, 2025 Jenelle Alexia achieves another landmark as her second children’s book in the Keira series has charted on the Apple Books Kids Chart. The highly anticipated book titled…
The 2025 UWI Toronto Benefit Awards Announces This Year’s Honourees, Celebrity Headliner and Marks 16 Years of Supporting Caribbean Education
January 31, 2025 The highly anticipated University of West Indies (UWI) Toronto Benefit Awards is proud to announce its 2025 honourees for the 16th annual evening of recognition in support of scholarships…
Fashion designer drops second children’s book
January 17, 2025 High off the heels of success from her small but impactful role in the recently premiered film Unbelievable, fashion designer Jenelle Alexia drops her second children’s book…
The Dance of Introspection
By: Michael Charles January 10, 2025 In the stillness of a fleeting moment, where the world’s noise fades into the background, there lies a quiet space where the soul reflects.…
Beauty and the Beast
By: Michael Charles January 10, 2025 “Like a gate pass shattered by the mirror of thunder, My heart trembles, a melody soft yet unyielding. It hums through the storm, fragile…
Legendary Jamaican Jazz Maestro Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander Presents ‘A Living History: Jamaica To Jazz’ At Lincoln Center, NYC
January 10, 2025 Celebrated Jamaican-born, Grammy-nominated jazz virtuoso, Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander, CD, O.J., is set to usher in 2025 in spectacular fashion with a historic, career retrospective and musical…
The weight of the barrel
By: Michael Charles January 7, 2025 For centuries, the world has turned its gaze toward the question that lingers like an unspoken truth: why does the collective mindset within Black…