A send-off fit for the Queen of Cinema
The tribute was grand as it was solemn with La Aunor’s flag-draped coffin resting on a bed of white flowers with her National Artist medallion blending with the colors of the Philippine flag.
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Superstar High
The death of Ate Guy has filled our social media feeds with exactly the history that her Noranians live off, and it is one that too many of us failed to appreciate while she was alive, more focused as we were on the controversies and issues.
BTS’ j-hope is born to be onstage
j-hope definitely has to come back — this time with his brothers — to have a blast with Filo-ARMYs again and introduce them to his new favorite Filipino food! J-hope was obsessed with halo-halo and absolutely loved Filipino restaurant Manam’s spread: garlic rice, sisig (“My favorite!” he declared), crispy pata, and his charming take on sinigang na baboy sa sampaloc — “singnigang na baboy sa sampolic.”
Phyllis Zaballero: Memories in abstract form
It is the artist’s 44th solo exhibition and her first one at the National Museum of the Philippines titled Phyllis Zaballero: Landscapes of the Mind at Gallery XV1I, 3/F National Museum of Fine Arts.
Saints of resistance: Devotion to santos
Author Christina Lee states that there is “no definite documentary evidence” that proves Magellan brought the image of the Santo Niño to Cebu and gave it to Humabon’s wife.
Alex Eala’s phenomenal run
Financial rewards are likewise massive since Eala’s semifinal stint already assures the two-time Siklab Youth Sports Awardee a paycheck of US$332,160 (roughly P19 million) and could bump up to $597,890 (P34M) upon reaching the finals by defeating Pegula on Friday.She could end up fattening her bank account by $1,124,380 (P64.5M) once Eala goes all the way to seize the title, a mammoth vault from her total earnings of $32,000 this season.
Geloy Concepcion: Bringing strangers together
In a recent talk at the Ateneo Art Gallery’s ArtSpeak, Finding the Familiar in the Foreign, Geloy Concepcion announced his project for 2025: To go around the archipelago and document the everyday lives of Filipinos, like a diary.
EDSA ’86 cannot be erased
The spirit of EDSA ’86 is alive in the hearts of those who fought the Marcos tyranny 39 years ago. Photos and video by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.
Healing plants in Yvonne Quisumbing’s palette
Yvonne Quisumbing’s exhibit titled Sanctuary until Feb. 5 at Silverlens Galleries, Makati features medicinal plants that grow abundantly in a farmland in Barangay Lugo, Borbon, Cebu. It is a sanctuary for birds as well as for the artist in the last 15 years.
Keka Enriquez: A return to painting
Points and Endings is Keka Enriquez’s first solo exhibition in Manila since 2008, showing some of her early works made in Manila and her latest oil on canvas paintings created in San Francisco, her home city in the last 20 years. It is on view at Silverlens Galleries, Makati until February 5, 2025.
