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Jun 1, 2026

Archaeology and the Law

The bespectacled Kathleen Felise Constance dela Cuesta Tantuico may strike one as a studious hoarder of degrees the way one can be a hoarder of hobbies. This 38-year-old author of the ground-breaking book Archaeology and the Law: Legal Awareness and Advocacy in Philippine Archaeology has been praised by Raul Pangalangan, professor emeritus of the University of the Philippines College of Law, former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), incoming dean of the new Pamantasan ng Pasig school of law and a member of the newly formed Truth Commission, for being “the first and only Filipino lawyer-archaeologist (who has) identified legislation that impinges upon archaeology as a discipline."

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Archaeology and the Law
May 24, 2026

Vida for life and lust for the painted images

Former beauty queen Vida Doria Legaspi is observing her 21st year as a painter with an ongoing exhibition called "Tapestry of Woven Dreams" at the second level atrium of The Podium on ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. The exhibit with the group Katha Arts runs until May 28.

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Vida for life and lust for the painted images
Apr 21, 2026

Theater’s truth-telling power

At the curtain call, it was inevitable that Capinding would call on the true Maestro, director Anton Juan, who drew out these stellar performances in a setting so intimate that we sometimes feared an actor might trip on our foot or brush past our shoulder.BJ Crisostomo’s Saglit Lang goes onstage again at the Mirror Studio Theater, on April 25 and 26, with two stagings at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the fifth floor of SJG Building at 8463 Kalayaan Avenue corner Don Pedro Street, Makati. On May 11, it goes to Bacolod City.

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Theater’s truth-telling power
Mar 16, 2026

Countertenor resumes MCOF’s Young Artists Series

It just seems part of nature’s course that a boy’s falsetto lowers as he moves out of puberty. But some retain or choose to keep that voice the way countertenor Paul Ryan Arcolas does. In his case, he experienced an identity crisis with his voice post-puberty.

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Countertenor resumes MCOF’s Young Artists Series
Dec 11, 2025

Son, behold your mother

To young Araos, his Inay is “the woman behind Ama (Jerry) and our family. It is the greatest honor to pay tribute to her. All her life she has never been given that kind of tribute. She’s the woman who’s the pillar of and behind the genius of Ama.”“Tribute” runs until Dec. 14 at Crucible Gallery. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Son, behold your mother
Nov 22, 2025

Baguio’s poets of black and white film photography

To a certain community in Baguio, film is the way to go to capture a different rhythm of life, far from the easy-to-capture pixels of smart phones and digital cameras.Ongoing at the iBAG-IW 2025 exhibition at the basement of the Baguio Convention Center are the “Silver Gelatin Print Exhibition” and “B: Show! A Community Exhibit of Analog Photography and Silver Gelatin Prints” at Oh My Gulay at La Azotea building, Session Road.

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Baguio’s poets of black and white film photography
Oct 10, 2025

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.”

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A day of wine and roses with Pablo Tariman
Aug 13, 2025

The bold but reverent collages Del Tolentino left behind

His sudden death in May this year left the academic and art community of Baguio bereft. Prof. Delfin L. Tolentino Jr. wasn’t just a hardworking literature teacher, he was a wit, a raconteur, an aesthete, an artist himself.Proof of this is his current, posthumous exhibition “Our Mother of Pearl” at the café of Museo Kordilyera at the University of the Philippines Baguio. The show runs until the end of the month as part of the university’s celebration of Buwan ng Wika.

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The bold but reverent collages Del Tolentino left behind
Dec 25, 2024

Unforgettable encounters with the arts’ leading lights

From the weight and thickness of Pablo A. Tariman’s Encounters in the Arts alone and the starry names that fill the contents page and photo folio, the author has veritably compiled his life’s work. And what a compilation it is, with a knockout cover featuring international pianist and national treasure Cecile Licad and art patron Nedy Tantoco in the inset.

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Unforgettable encounters with the arts’ leading lights