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published: Friday | February 18, 2005

Today

Youth Day Joint Social

The Waterford Seventh-day Adventist Church presents its 1st Youth Day Joint Social under the theme He Wore My Crown at Waterford, St. Catherine, at 9 p.m. Featuring a drama presentation under the sub-themes 'The death, burial and resurrection of Christ'. The day will end with a grand joint social with the Gregory Park Church on the Waterford church ground. Come for a blessing, stay for the fellowship.

Tomorrow

Choir Festival of Praise

Kingsway High and Preparatory School presents a Choir Festival of Praise at the Karram Speid Auditorium, Merl Grove High School, 77 Constant Spring Road, at 7 p.m. Featuring Adventist Praise Chorale, Glenmuir High School Concert Choir, Ecclesia, Meadowvale SDA Youth Choir, Church of the Ascension Bell Choir, Macedonia SDA Youth Choir and the Washington SDA Youth Choir. Adm.: $500. Proceeds in aid of the post-Ivan Canteen Repair Project.

March 25 Cathedral Musicals

The Cathedral Choir presents Maunder's Olivet to Calvary and excerpts from Bach's St. Matthew Passion and also Handel's Messiah and Haydn's Passion, at the St. James Cathedral Church, Spanish Town, at 7 p.m. Featuring Jasmin Holness, Marilyn Brice MacDonald, Orville Manning, Maurice Wilson and Trevor Beckford. Adm.: $550.

Today

Squeeze those senses

Frolik presents Squeeze Stimulating the Senses at the Setting, Kingston. Featuring Champs Models. Music by Jazzy T and Kurt Riley. Adm.: $600. Appleton Inclusive.

JAVAA Jammin

The Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates presents JAVAA Jammin at The Association's Headquarters at Jamaican Vibes, 30 Haining Road (corner of Belmont Road in New Kingston) at 5 p.m. Featuring Donny Ford, Mary Isaacs, Winston 'Rakk the Gadfly' Feanny, Oliver Gordon, Errol Bean, MC Junior Sinclair. Music by Fab 5 Disco. Adm.: $200.

Memba Africa

Mt. Debre Zeit Records presents an evening called Memba Africa at Skill Craft, 2 Skibo Avenue (between Grove Road and Balmoral Avenue). Gates open at 6 p.m. Showtime 7 p.m. Featuring Warrior King, Natty King, Jimmy Riley, Doniki, Yasus Afari, Ras Malekot, Imara, Fred Locks, Steady, Prince Alla, Al Pancho, Nateesha, Jahmel, Jungle Lion and many more. Music by Sound Man International and Crew. Adm.: $200.

Tomorrow

Rhythm and Booze

Dark Entertainment presents Rhythm and Booze at 38 Lady Musgrave Road (across from the flea market), New Kingston. Music by Coppershot, Chromatic and many more. Adm.: $700 women; $1,000 men with invite.

Give it To Me Baby

C-Eye Promotions presents Give it To Me Baby at Epiphany Too Nightclub, Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston. Music by Shawn 'DJ Cut Eye' Clarke from the Mega Skyy Disco and Coppershot Disco. Adm.: $300.

Wolmer's Old Boys' Lyme

The Wolmer's Old Boys' Association Lyme is on at the Indies Pub, Holborn Road, Kingston 10, from 6 p.m. until. Red Stripe, Wray and Nephew and Pepsi drink specials. All friends of Wolmers are invited. Contribution: $300. Proceeds to benefit the Wolmer's Old Boys' Association

Munro Fund-Raising Barbecue

Munro College Library Restoration Committee presents a Fund-Raising Barbecue at Munro College, Potsdam, Malvern, St. Elizabeth, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Featuring special guest artist A.J. 'Boots' Brown. Music by Epidemic Disco. Adm.: $250.

Sunday

Party Vibes

Jungle George and Rambolina, in association with Eastern Carinosa, presents a day and night event dubbed Party Vibes at Eastern Carinosa, Norris, St. Thomas. Music by Sensational Solitaire.

Weddings at Their Best

Beautiful Brides and Mr. Tux Limited present Weddings at Their Best at the Knutsford Court Hotel, 11 Ruthven Road, Kingston 10. Bridal Expo from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Entertainment and Bridal Fashion Show from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

An Evening Of Jazz

Enjoy An Evening Of Jazz at the Mona Open Bible Church, Old Hope Road (between the Chinese Benevolent Centre and KFC Liguanea), at 4 p.m. Adm.: free.

MONDAY

Diana Braithwaite Live Redbones the Blues Café presents Blues soloist Diana Braithwaite Live at 21 Braemar Avenue, Kingston 10, at 9 p.m. Adm.: $300.

Martini Mondays

Martini Mondays will be held at Carlos' Café, 22 Belmont Road, Kingston 5. Happy hour from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Double your Pleasure! Two for one Martinis. Hosted by The Cocktail Goddess! Empress of Elixirs. Music by special guest selectors. Gates open at 5 p.m. until.

Brazilian Night

Brazilian Night will be held at The Hilton Kingston Hotel Poolside, 77 Knutsford Boulevard, at 7 p.m. Music by Brazilian Band, Kingsley Depass.

Jazz All Day

Enjoy Soothing Jazz Music at Christopher's Jazz Cafe' (ground floor), Quad, 20 - 22 Trinidad Terrace, New Kingston, from 11 a.m. until.

Money Mondays

Money Mondays will be held at the Asylum Nightclub, Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston. Music by Cash Money. Ladies enter free before midnight.

TUESDAY

Memories on the Deck

Memories on the Deck ­ Tuesday Nostalgia will be held at The Deck, Trafalgar Road, New Kingston, at 7 p.m.

Girls Night Out

Asylum presents Girls Night Out at the Asylum Nightclub, 69 Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston. Drinks free for all ladies until 2 a.m. Ladies enter free before 11 p.m. and drink free until 2 a.m.

Jerk, Bar-B-Q and Jive Night

Jerk, Bar-B-Q and Jive Night will be held at the Courtleigh Hotel, Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston, at 6:30 p.m. Featuring live entertainment by special guest artistes.

Wednesday

Startime

Asylum presents Startime ­ Beat the Traffic at the Asylum Nightclub, 69 Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston. Gates open at 5 p.m. Happy Hour free from 6 p.m.- 7 p.m., two-for-one drink specials. Free until 8 p.m.

Retro Wednesdays-80s, 90s Night

Totally Retro Wednesdays - 80s, 90s Night will be held at the Quad, Oxygen Night Club, 20-22 Trinidad Terrace, New Kingston, at 9 p.m. Adm.: $500. Music by FAME FM DJs every last Wednesday.

Today

4 Play

David Heron presents 4Play ­ Let the Games Begin at the Pantry Playhouse, 2 Dumfries Road, New Kingston. Showtime: Wednesday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Featuring Karen Harriott, Karl Williams, Maylynne Walton, Orville Hall and Munair Zacca.

Ras Noah and the Hawk

Red Stripe Light presents the 8th Annual JAMBIZ Christmas Production, Patrick Brown's Ras Noah and the Hawk, at the Centerstage Theatre, Dominica Drive, New Kingston. Showtimes: Wednesday-Friday at 8 p.m. Featuring Oliver Samuels, Glen Campbell, Dahlia Harris and the Jambiz Krew. Adm.: $800 downstairs; $900 balcony; children under 12 $400 downstairs.

Celebration of Freedom

People's Telecom Jamaica Limited, in association with the Bob Marley Museum, present Celebration of Freedom at the Bob Marley Museum, Hope Road, from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. All students in uniform or with ID enter the museum free.

Positive!

The Jamaica Association of Dramatic Artists, in association with the Ministry of Health, present a musical drama Positive! at the Barn Theatre, Oxford Road, New Kingston, at 8:30 p.m. Music by Grub Cooper and lyrics by Fabian Thomas. Featuring Dorothy Cunningham, Michael Nicholson, Bobby Clarke, Christopher Gordon, Teisha Duncan, Camielle Davis Everaldo Creary and Ahsaki Clennon. Proceeds in aid of the Jamaica AIDS Support. For two weeks only ­ Thursday and Friday at 8:30 p.m.; Saturday at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m.

Torrid Plights

Torrid Plights, an exhibition of paintings by Diana K. Green, is at the Technology Innovation Centre, UTech. Viewing and selection daily from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

No Disrespect

Basil Dawkins presents No Disrespect at the Little Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, New Kingston. Featuring Volier Johnson, Charles Hyatt/Trevor Fearon, Maurice Bryan, Christopher McFarlane, Kiki Lewis and Nicole Brown. Showtimes Tuesday-Friday at 8:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Iffa Nuh So

Iffa Nuh So, performed by the Pantomime Company, is on at the Little Theatre, 4 Tom Redcam Avenue. Showtimes: Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Adm.: $600.

SATURDAY

Excelsior Past Students meet

The Annual General Meeting of the Excelsior Past Students Association will be held at the Excelsior High School Auditorium, 137 Mountain View Avenue, Kingston, at 3 p.m.

Sunday

An Evening of Praise and Worship

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission presents An Evening of Praise and Worship at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, at 6 p.m. Featuring Rachel Hinds, Katalys Crew, Jean Clarke, special guest Lubert Levy 2004 gospel song winner and many others. Adm.: Adults $200; Children $100.

February 22

A Night of Film

The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank, in association with the Canadian High Commission, present A Night of Film at the Phillip Sherlock Centre, UWI, Mona, at 7 p.m. The films to be shown are 'Black Mother/Black Daughter', 'Speak It: From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia' and 'Underground Railroad: The Jojo Chintoh Series'.

Public Stonings

Public Stonings, Live Poetry, Music, Weird Films and Booze is on at Weekenz, 80 Constant Spring Road, at 8 p.m. Showtime 9 p.m. Featuring Neto Meeks, Revolutionary Poets, Sage, NoMaddz and members of the Kingston Drummers. Adm.: $300.

February 23

Africa Nite

The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica /Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) in collaboration with the Phillip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, present Africa Nite at the Phillip Sherlock Centre of the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona, at 7 p.m. Featuring Amina Blackwood Meeks, Nexus, Wolmer's Dance Troupe and many more. Adm.: $300 presold, $350 at the gate.

February 24

Sir Alexander Bustamante Floral Tribute

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission presents Sir Alexander Bustamante Floral Tribute at the National Heroes Park, Kingston, at 8 a.m.

February 25

Symposium, Sankofa

Liberty Hall in collaboration with the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank invite the public to its Symposium, Sankofa: Slavery and Its Impact on Contemporary Jamaica at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Hall, 10-16 East Street Kingston, at 10 a.m.

February 26

Lorna Goodison Book Launch

Redbones the Blues Café presents Lorna Goodison Book Launch - 'Fool-Fool Rose is Leaving Labour in Vain Savannah' at 21 Braemar Avenue, Kingston 10, at 7 p.m.

February 27

Poetry In Motion

Poetry In Motion will be staged at the Vineyard, 61 Manchester Road, Mandeville, at 6 p.m. Dinner at 5 p.m. Featuring music, dance, comedy, storytelling, fashion and poetry performances by Joan-Andrea Hutchinson, Dr. Carolyn Cooper, Yasus Afari, Lorna Bennett, Mutamba and the St. Bess models, Amina Blackwood-Meeks and the World Beat Jazz band, Robert and Jenieve Bailey. Part proceeds from this year's event will be geared towards the New Hope Children's Home, also located in Mandeville.

March 8

Dynamic Evening of Poetry

Women of the Word presents A Dynamic Evening of Poetry at the Phillip Sherlock Centre, 1 Sherlock Drive, UWI Campus, Mona, at 6:30 p.m. Featuring Joan Andrea Hutchinson, Cherry and Little Natural, Paula Ann Porter, Jean Wilson, A-dizko Simba, Pum Pum Posse with violinist Mark Stephenson, Gina Rey Forest, Barbara Dixon, Marsha Hall, Ingrid Riley, Sabriya, Damali and Syndia Payne. Adm.: $500 adults; $300 children.