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The acid truth about Alkaline
Ian JacksonMay 10, 2015Hi fans of this Spotlight column! Before I take you on another artistic journey or comment on the Arts, I pause to make the following correction .In the article which ...
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A critical examination of donations and sponsorships
Ian JacksonApril 29, 2015The words donation and sponsorship are often used in the same context to describe funds people receive as gifts. Donation and sponsorship are, however, two completely different concepts in the ...
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A "Pearl" in Dominica's culture: cultural stalwart Pearle Christian
Ian JacksonApril 21, 2015It is inevitable. All good things end at some point but for Pearle Christian it has been an amazing 33 years of a labour of love at the Cultural Division ...
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Second Chance: the theatrical production
Ian JacksonApril 17, 2015The Goodwill Pentecostal Assemblies and artistic director Ruth Augustine really moved up a few notches from the last production I witnessed at the Arawak House of Culture. This play consisted ...
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Dominica's Reggae musicians in the spotlight
Ian JacksonApril 8, 2015Harry "Runaway Slave" Mo, brother local performance poet and cultural officer Ras Mo, is on his way musically with his latest album release "On my way". Harry Mo who visited ...
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MMTS delegates inspire in Gospel Concert
Ian JacksonApril 2, 2015From all reports from the dozens of patrons, sponsors and proposed sponsors who made it a family affair at the Anchorage Hotel, the MMTS Gospel concert was one to remember. ...
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Encountering tomorrow's writers, today
Ian JacksonMarch 24, 2015The title "encountering" is twofold in nature as the extracts you are about to read not only represents English students from various form levels at one secondary school, the Saint ...
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Give credit to our MCs and sponsors- a response to ...
Ian JacksonMarch 18, 2015Well, the art of MC-ing has been found wanting everywhere. A few weeks ago, I lamented the fact that very few associates in the Arts cared about the health problems ...
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Dance, Camera, Action! (Part II)
Ian JacksonMarch 12, 2015Last week we featured dancer Vince Jno Baptiste, now we turn our attention to videographer Sheldon Casimir who says he still likes to refer to himself as a photographer…his first ...
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Dance, Camera, Action! (Part I)
Ian JacksonMarch 3, 2015Yes, Carnival is over but we never seem to stop to consider the persons behind the scenes or even those on stage who either bring us events via the cameras ...
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It is what it is: Karessah is Kaiso Monarch
Ian JacksonFeb. 28, 2015In his illustrious career ths only the fourth time that King Dice been defeated, first by Observer, followed by Hunter in 2007, Tasha P in 2011 and now in 2015 ...
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From Carib to Kalinago
Ian JacksonFeb. 21, 2015I was drawn by the pronouncement by the new minister responsible for Kalinago Affairs of his intent to officially change the name Carib to Kalinago as one of his first ...