Innovations on the mount
The Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival A saxophonist plays his heart out until he on the floor at center of the stage. A group of artists huddled around a bonfire exchanging inspired thoughts. Audiences...
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The Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival A saxophonist plays his heart out until he on the floor at center of the stage. A group of artists huddled around a bonfire exchanging inspired thoughts. Audiences...
View ArticleThe Letter I Was Too Lazy to Write
BABETH LOLARGAThe letter I was too lazy to write said I’m at the point again of wanting To turn off my cell phone To turn my back on texting To refuse to hear the phone’s pings Everyone insists...
View ArticleTribute to National Artist Lucio San Pedro set in April 5
ON April 5, the Lopez Museum and Library and the Orchestra of the Filipino Youth (OFY) pay tribute to the genius of National Artist for Music, Maestro and Professor Lucio San Pedro. The OFY Quorum and...
View ArticleArtists merge arts and religion in exhibit
ELVIRA RIVERA ROYALESPINOY na Pinoy Visual Artists Association Inc. (PPVAAI) is geared up for a month-long exposition of Philippines’ centuries-old churches in realization of the group’s vision to...
View ArticleNCCA’s Taoid jumpstarts National Heritage Month
A toast from last year’s successful Taoid IN the Philippines, May is declared the National Heritage Month. To usher in the celebration, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will hold...
View ArticlePH joins ‘Fashion Access Hong Kong’
A proudly Philippine made handbag by Bon-Ace Fashion Tools Fashion Philippines, a government-initiated branding initiative, will once again participate in the forthcoming Fashion Access in Hong Kong...
View ArticleGoma and the PH Volleyball team are all ‘spiked up’
Actor and avid sportsman Richard Gomez (center) joins an unprecedented fourth national team for volley ball after having been part of previous squads for rowing, fencing and shooting While the...
View ArticleOnline job site introduces ‘Resume Update on the Go’
In time for the graduating batch of 2014 who will soon be on the lookout for employment, online job site JobStreet.com launched an advanced feature to its mobile operation, which allows users to update...
View ArticleFirst Filpino astronaut prepares for space travel
‘Sometimes during class, I imagine myself in space already,’ says Chino Roque who will soon become the first Filipino astronaut When you are set to travel in space, energized calmness can come in...
View ArticleA bachelor’s degree for a popular bachelor
Dingdong Dantes secures a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from West Negros University The long wait is over for actor Dingdong Dantes whose hard work has finally paid off when he marched...
View ArticleThe inspiring march of ‘Yolanda’s graduates’
Sheila Mañalac Staff WriterMarc Ian and Marc Brent Maceda poses happily with their mother Rochelle. The brothers graduate high school on March 24 Despite hardships, challenges, tragedies—and yes,...
View ArticleImperial Manila
Dennis Andrew S. AguinaldoHow straw hat to name a cross a cross. Is there a manuscript? My bereavement swells at your breath, the morning itself is at a loss. The word ‘critical’ has been wanting a...
View ArticlePPO ends its 31st season concert with symphonic music popularized by films
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) closes its season with an interesting program at the movies on April 11, 8 p.m. at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main...
View Article53rd Silliman writers workshop slated in May
The 53rd edition of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop is slated to start on May 5 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia, Negros Oriental. Twelve writers...
View ArticleCCP becomes Center for Choral Performance
The Cultural Center of the Philippines announced that CCP would turn into a “Center for Choral Performance” starting 2014, as it offers an exciting variety of choral music concerts and workshops for...
View ArticleSummer in theater
PETA opens annual theater arts workshops Want a fresh start this summer? Actors and aspiring actors can now spend their summer in a more fun and active way. Philippine Educational Theater Association...
View Article‘Yolanda’ survivor is Pagcor beneficiary
Nine-year-old Juliana Cassandra Encomio, a grade 3 pupil of Anuling Elementary School in Mendez, Cavite is one of more than 10,000 public school students nationwide who benefited from the Philippine...
View ArticleRebuilding lives and reviving communities through art
Orville Tiamson and his painting ‘Paghahanda’ It is said that it is during times of adversity that the spirit of a people can be truly felt. This was evident when the Philippines was struck by Super...
View ArticleArtists unite for ‘Yolanda’ relief efforts
‘To See the Other’ (2012, acrylic on canvas) by Grete Marstein, president of the Norwegian Artists Copyright Association A consortium of international and Filipino artists opens the Haiyan...
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