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A loving and joyful sendoff for Pablo Tariman

Excerpt from a poem by Pablo Tariman: I like the peace that comes with the prospect of dying./ But when you die young you pause and think of the possibilities of a more fruitful life ahead./ Then and now, you learn to appreciate the long and short of a borrowed life.

A loving and joyful sendoff for Pablo Tariman

A day of wine and roses with Pablo Tariman

Whenever I’d complain aloud to Pablo about the financial challenges of being a freelance writer, he would quiet me down by saying, in his serious baritone voice, “It’s the only good thing we know how to do.”

A day of wine and roses with Pablo Tariman

Ancient glass beads of Bacong, Negros Oriental

A research paper titled Island Southeast Asia and ancient glass exchange: Insights from jar burial sites in Bacong, Central Philippines investigates the composition and origin of glass beads in Bacong, Negros Oriental dated 2,000 years ago. It also examines its origins and travel routes from and into the Philippine archipelago, and what local products did foreign traders seek in exchange for the beads.

Ancient glass beads of Bacong, Negros Oriental

ANI: Plants! Glorious plants!

Celebrating Botanical Art Worldwide 2025, ANI: Our Assets, Natural Heritage, and Cultural Identity is an exhibition by the National Museum of the Philippines (Museum of Natural History, Gallery XII, 2F) and the Philippine Botanical Art Society until November 2025

ANI: Plants! Glorious plants!

FEU Theater Guild’s ‘Karne’ takes on unsettling realities alongside ‘adobo’

“Karne” gets under one’s skin, leading one to wonder why Filipinos perpetually “simmer” in crises. Resilience is laudable until it isn’t. “Karne” runs at the FEU Center for the Arts Studio on Sept. 11–13, 18–20, 25–27; Oct. 2–4, 9–11, 16–18, 23–25, 30; and Nov. 6–8. The show starts at 6:30 p.m.For tickets, connect with FTG on Facebook: Far Eastern University Theater Guild, Instagram and TikTok: @feutheaterguildofficial, and Twitter/X: @ftg1934.

FEU Theater Guild’s ‘Karne’ takes on unsettling realities alongside ‘adobo’

Art Deco Philippines: In search of modernity

In the Philippines, art deco found its way through the architects who had studied in America and Europe such as Juan Arellano, Andres Luna de San Pedro, Juan F. Nakpil, Tomas Mapua, Pablo Antonio, and Fernando Ocampo. They incorporated local motifs in their art deco designs of theaters and cinemas, hotels, apartments, mansions, schools, and government buildings.

Art Deco Philippines: In search of modernity