Archive - Arts & Culture

  By MIKHA FLORES Photos courtesy of the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES IN a country where majority of the people are more concerned with economic survival, how to interest them to visit museums is a challenge. Dr. Nancy Knowlton, a marine scientist and a high-ranking executive at The Smithsonian, said in a lecture at

  By  PABLO A. TARIMAN EVERYONE in the theater circuit agree that the Philstage Gawad Buhay life achievement award in theater for Felix “Nonon” Padilla was well-deserved. Padilla started in Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) in the company of Lino Brocka and Cecile Guidote Alvarez in the 70s but he actually debuted as stage director

By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Photos from the book The Odyssey of an Igorot Mission Girl FOR a woman who formally entered school at age 10, Esperanza Daliwa Somebang of Nadatngan, Mountain Province, travelled far and wide, a great believer in education and in the spirit of service to humankind. Somebang grew up in a culture where

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN FRIDAY night last week, it seemed everyone who owns a TV set was glued on the final airing of the Channel 2 teleserye, “Ina, Kapatid, Anak”  directed by Don M. Cuaresma and Jojo A. Saguin. The evening audience profile surprisingly cut through and went up the usual CD audience categories

  By PATRICK KING PASCUAL FESTIVE street parties, parades and marches usually mark the annual celebration of Pride month in June by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in the country and elsewhere. “But Pride Month is not just about parties,” Michael David Tan, executive director of Bahaghari Center for LGBT Research, Education

    By ELIZABETH LOLARGA “FUSION” seems to be the best word to describe the look of Filipino buildings and home interiors. Filipino Style, a 1997 de luxe book put out by the Department of Tourism in time for the country’s national centennial in ’98 and preceding the current soft-cover Philippine Style: Design and Architecture

  By CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS USHERING the celebration of the country’s Independence day, a young ballet company will present a tribute to the everyday heroes. “Duyan ng Magiting,” by ACTS School for the Performing Arts will veer away  from the usual  tribute to the heroes in Philippine history. Rather, it will showcase  the little acts of

Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA   LIKE any other artistic genre, film is a way of “telling our stories to reflect the human experience.” Scriptwriter-director Martin Masadao, whose debut film Anac Ti Pating won Best Picture and Best Actor honors at last year’s Sineng Pambansa Festival in Davao City, emphasized this at a recent

  Text and photos by HAZEL P. VILLA HOW he ended up by his lonesome in a rice field somewhere in the heart of an island of white sand and jagged black rocks and cliffs was a mystery to then 12-year-old Daniel Villarias. There he found the barely moving baby sea hawk, which he christened

    By ELLEN TORDESILLAS THERE’S no sweeter applause than the ones coming from the hometown audience. For the audience, there are no stars who shine brighter than those from home. On Saturday, dance enthusiasts will have a rare treat of Filipino dance artists who are shining in the world stage perform together. Ballet Manila’s

  IF Manila is a city that leads to the gates of hell, then your ticket to a wild ride is Juana C. in her bikini. “Juana C. The Movie” is a fast-paced hodgepodge of sex and politics in a ludicrous yet compelling plot. Leading a talented cast is political activist Mae Paner, Juana Change

  Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA ONLY 28 and up to all sorts of tricks, as far as playing the guitar is concerned—that in a phrase is Hikaru Tanimoto. He captivated a Baguio audience in a one-night performance at Hill Station which is slowly, even unconsciously, building up a reputation as a performing arts

Video by LUCILLE SODIPE, Unlimited Productions, Inc. BLIND voter and party-list candidate Michael Barredo got a taste of the obstacles that persons with disability (PWDs) had to overcome just to be able to cast their votes last May 13. Despite a resolution by the Commission on Elections to make PWD voting centers accessible, Barredo, guided

  By NORMAN SISON IT was not your usual errand. Several days ago, the head of the security force tasked with protecting President Aquino, toured a small three-storey plant in a Manila suburb that manufactures M4 assault rifles, the standard battle rifle of the US Army. In April, United Defense Manufacturing Corporation sent a letter

By PABLO A. TARIMAN BATTERED by typhoons, ruled by two generations of politicians and largely influenced by the Church which has lured  many a young islander to take up priesthood for many decades, Catanduanes – the 12th largest island in the country — now wears a proud face with its sons and daughters making their

  By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Photos courtesy of AZE ONG SHE is not that traditional craftswoman doing crochet while on a rocking chair with the television set on. She does not follow a pattern from a catalogue. Free-spirited Aze Ong is moved by the light that falls on colors and makes them vibrate. From there she

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN CHAMBER music enthusiasts will have another special treat when Singapore-based Filipino pianist Albert Tiu teams up with Belgian clarinetist  Marcel Luxen Saturday, June 1 at the Ayala Museum courtesy of the MCO Foundation. A highlight of the recital is the performance of Brahms sonata Op. 120 for  clarinet and piano,

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL                                                                                          PERHAPS for breaking a world record, she has already found the answer to every jigsaw puzzle ever made. But Georgina Gil-Lacuna has one more left unresolved: the puzzle of time. And she likes it that way. Sharp enough to be the world’s fastest jigsaw puzzle maker, the 61-year-old retired businesswoman