Another educational piece…This young man, a Jamaican living and teaching in Japan, has written a book: “Jamaica to Japan: A Reflective Comparison of Classrooms and Cultures.” Take a look at it on amazon.com. Coincidentally, Adam and his wife live in Saitama, in Japan – where I spent some two years of my life after graduating from … More On Teaching Poetry (Jamaica to Japan)
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus is hosting a March is Movie Month film festival. The British Council will present the premiere of Shakespeare in the Caribbean, a documentary commissioned in 2016 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. Entrance is free! Please see the information below. Shakespeare in the Caribbean | the Caribbean … More Shakespeare in the Caribbean Documentary Premieres at UWI’s “March is Movie Month”
The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath. What Portia was saying in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is that mercy should flow naturally from the human heart. I find the word “mercy” a little difficult, but liken it to “compassion” – a quality that I … More National Mercy Week Begins Today
As you may have noted from previous posts, we do love a good dose of opera. The new season of live HD performances streamed from the Metropolitan Opera of New York began recently – and promisingly. Despite my ongoing relationship with the chikungunya virus (resulting in me climbing the Carib Cinema’s steep steps to the … More A Tale of Two Divas
Businesswoman, philanthropist, writer, poet and newspaper columnist Jean Lowrie-Chin is also a committed Christian (in thought, word and action). She comments in a kind, thoughtful way on Jamaican society in her weekly “Jamaica Observer” column, always seeking to highlight hopeful stories. In today’s interesting piece, Ms. Lowrie-Chin gently but firmly puts her fingers on several … More We Have Enough Battles to Fight…
Today’s story is about a theatrical production, which is part of the Globe to Globe Festival at London’s Globe Theatre. The festival includes “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Swahili and a South African version of “All’s Well That Ends Well” – and a hip hop version of “Pericles,” by the way. It sounds like enormous fun. Shakespeare’s Globe is a reconstruction … More African Postman: Shakespeare in Shona
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