Archive - Arts & Culture

The folk carol tradition is considered an endangered folk Christmas community theater act now and is rarely practiced in the towns of Maribojoc, Antequera and Baclayon.

Repertory Philippines has taken a bold step on its 50th year in mounting the late Sixties musical Hair that extols the lives of flower children and anti-war activists. Hair is on its last weekend run (until Dec. 17) at Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1, Makati City.

Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu has sung six operas during the year from Sydney Opera House to Germany and ending in the Israel Performing Arts Center in Tel Aviv where he wrapped up a total of six performances of La Boheme in the lead role of the starving poet Rodolfo.

Tales of cruelty inflicted on children are part of horrible stories one gets from prime- time TV news.

Manila balletomanes saw a vividly localized Nutcracker ballet with colonial setting last weekend and witnessed rising stars among millennial ballerinas and danseurs.

Austria-based tenor Abdul Candao is preparing for another homecoming concert with the romantic title of “An die ferne Gelibte (To a Distant Beloved)”. Asked if it is meant to acknowledge the Beethoven composition or if he is addressing a real beloved, he stated, “All of the above!”

Susan F. Quimpo, co-author (along with her elder brother Nathan) of the best-selling family memoir Subversive Lives (Anvil Publishing Inc.), has been touring the country, often at her own expense, to talk about life under martial law and to present a slide show about what she calls the Lost Generation.

How are residents faring?

We have seen several documentaries on the state of the country’s marine life, but nothing comes close to the scope and depth of “Philippine Seas” hosted by Atom Araullo.

Experienced teachers teaching newbie and just as skilled teachers—this was the scene at the recent “For Love of the Word: Workshop on Teaching Philippine Literature in High School and College” at the Sarmiento Hall of the University of the Philippines Baguio.

Communities in Bohol have drawn inspiration from their history and cultural heritage to develop creative hubs designed to promote sustainable tourism, create livelihood and help local residents recover from the 2013 earthquake.

For a former turon and lumpiang shanghai vendor in the Pasig market, baritone Zip de Guzman has come a long, long way. Last month alone, he won the Espoir Prize in the lieder category at the 18th Osaka International Music Competition.

Visayan short story writer Teodulfo A. Naranjo is turning 80 this year and he has one wish: to read more stories by Antique’s young writers.

When you grow up with and come of age as a son of a great man like Jerusalino V. Araos, who in his lifetime excelled as sculptor, gardener, writer and father, whatever you do is set against a very high standard. Maybe you would rather seek your niche in a field like molecular chemistry.

When Verdi composed La Traviata (The Fallen One), he was moving away from traditional subjects of opera like stories from The Bible or historical dramas. In his ground-breaking work that met with a lot of resistance from the initial audiences, he tackled prostitution, disease and human passion.

BAGUIO CITY—At the Chinese painting exhibition extolling Baguio’s landscape, father and son Norman and Chino Chow, both born and raised in this city, showed through 15 works what the real skyline of this rapidly urbanizing getaway place is.

They say the youth face the greatest risk in the nationwide HIV situation.

The celebration honors the bounties of the sea, especially seaweed, the top source of livelihood in the province.

The meeting is a simulation. Yet, it has already taught the participants one important lesson: the idea of consensus, and how difficult it can be to reach, in the trademark decision-making process of ASEAN.

By sheer will and determination, young classical musicians still find a way to survive a pop-dominated musical milieu.

Persons with disability make good assets in the workplace, contrary to a deeply-rooted stigma that they are liabilities.

They gathered in Luneta and at the Commission on Human Rights premises in Quezon City.

A third of the Pasig River has already been cleaned but more daunting tasks remain.

Manila is Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff country judging by the number of times you hear Concertos No. 1 and No 2 of said composers.

In the last masterclass of Romanian diva Nelly Miricioiu, one soprano brought the house down with a tough aria from Donizetti’s Linda di Chamonix.

Some of the designs aren’t just fit for everyone--ironically for those who are in danger of being left out during a disaster.

Music and history had an edifying moment Friday night in Iloilo City when the Manila Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Arturo Molina performed at the historic Molo Church constructed in 1831.

Simbulan, who would have turned 60 on Aug. 19, made it her mission to “help produce good journalists, journalists who can be better than me.”

After jumping above regional trends with the highest rate of new HIV infections in Asia Pacific due partly to complacency, the Philippine government has buckled down to address the problem among the most vulnerable populations.

Ask average Filipinos what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is, and most would give answers that vary from vague to downright wrong.