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TORONTO, Ontario – Prominent Toronto promoter, Michael Charles, passed away, peacefully, in his home last Friday, after a two year bout with GIST, a rare form of stomach cancer. Charles, the consummate professional, was known for producing large-scale, Black stage ...

Photo above: Pride News Magazine’s Copy Editor, Sharmon Carrington, shares a few words with Sir Shridath Ramphal at the launch of his memoirs. By Sharmon Carrington Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The historic memoirs of Sir Shridath Ramphal were launched ...

Photo above by Ardean Peters. BRAMPTON, Ontario — When art speaks, society listens. That is the mission when spoken word artist, published writer, and small business owner, Lamoi, of Our Love is Reckless (OLIR), brings the art-form of soulful poetry to ...

Photo above is of Majah Hype portraying one of his many popular, hilarious characters, Di Rass. TORONTO, Ontario – For the third year in a row, in Toronto, the best comedians from Africa will take on the best from the ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer A Review TORONTO, Ontario – The National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica returned to Toronto after 15 years with a delightful showcase of its repertoire – some old, some new to us in ...

By Victor Carrington Pride Guest Writer A review by an audience member In celebration of Jamaica’s 52nd anniversary of Independence, the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica delivered a stunning presentation of dance and music, at the Sony Centre ...

With over 150 concerts a year, 25 hours a week helping the poor in her Outreach Ministries, several Grammies, and 30 record albums to her credit, Shirley Caesar may seem to be a whole army of gospel singers instead of ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Anyone who has seen Anne-Marie Woods, aka Amani, perform her spoken word knows exactly what to expect – her tell-it-like-it-is rhetoric about living in Toronto laced with satire and thought-provoking observations ...

Photo above by Bryan Robinson. By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor The National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica “is alive and well at 52″, championed the Jamaica Observer headline on July 27 of this year. In the accompanying article, ...

TORONTO, Canada CMC – A contest aimed at increasing the visibility of the Jamaican music, reggae, is being planned for Canada. “The goal of the Reggae Song Contest is to contribute to increasing the visibility of reggae and its share ...