Archive - Arts & Culture

If her oncologists and other medical specialists had their way, they would remove Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte’s remaining jaw and seal her mouth permanently shut.

When Turandot opens at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Dec. 9-11, 2022, it will bring to mind Filipino singers who distinguished themselves in the last Puccini opera.

Music lovers in Metro Manila are not aware opening nights at the Met could be had for the price of P450 at the Greenbelt Cinema 3.

Art is a powerful way to express truth. View the horrors of human rights violations during Martial Law through the eyes of artists in the online exhibit "Pira-Pirasong Kwento ng Martial Law" organized by Buklod Sining and DAKILA.

The Woven Networks project tells stories of handloom weaving communities across the country and their interconnection with the land and the forest —the source of their livelihood. It includes weaving communities in Sierra Madre, Nueva Vizcaya, Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Samar, Leyte, and Cebu.

Poet and ex-underground figure Mila D. Aguilar met Nelia Sancho in 1974 in Iligan City when the former had just been assigned to head the Mindanao Urban Committee. Nelia, a former Queen of the Pacific title holder, suddenly had to go underground again because she had been exposed in Davao City. She was assigned to head the Communist Party of the Philippines Finance Committee.

The staging of Minamahal Kita by the Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines (FCCP) Thursday night (Sept. 15) at the CCP main theater lobby yielded a fine young baritone singing Abelardo’s Bituing Marikit with rare consummate artistry.

The Romanian film To The North by Mihai Mincan headlined by Filipino actors Soliman Cruz and Bart Guingona eluded awards in the Orizzonte section of the recently concluded 79th Venice Film Festival. But the good news is that the independent film critics of Venice presented the Premio Bisato D’Oro 2022 for best film for the Soliman Cruz-starrer.

Analog Childhood evokes Toym’s childhood under martial law, when his three favorite Japanese super robot TV anime series, Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Daimos, and arcade games, were banned for “excessive violence” by the Marcos regime in 1979. Voltes V was the most popular among Filipino kids then —an anime series that revolved around themes of resistance and rebellion.

The inauguration of the CCP Black Box Theater Thursday night (Sept. 8) became doubly memorable with the ecstatic bravos and thunderous applause resounding at the new theater after tenor Arthur Espiritu’s rendition of Una furtiva lagrima from Donizetti’s L'elisir d'amore.

Talent manager Ferdy Lapuz was in a quandary as he received FB comments his talent, actor Soliman Cruz, was not wearing appropriate attire during the red carpet walk at the recently concluded 79th Venice International Film Festival.

Babeth Lolarga’s latest book of poems, Moon Hanging Low Over My Window and Other Poems captures beautiful, if, ethereal, moments we are inclined to disregard as we cope with the work-a-day world.

Much is in store for music lovers when soprano Stefanie Quintin performs for the first time at Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (Black Box Theater) on Wednesday, September 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Distinguished baritone Andrew Fernando has died August 23, 2022.

Without doubt the music event of the year in Science City of Muñoz, in Nueva Ecija is the recent performance of 18-year old violinist Jeanne Rafaella Marquez with pianist Dingdong Fiel.

Who is Felix Laureano?

Some five years ago, Mheco Manlangit stunned observers in the last masterclass of Romanian diva Nelly Miricioiu when she brought the house down with a tough aria from Donizetti’s Linda di Chamonix.

Prize-winning clarinetist Andrew Constantino is all set for one of his first live concerts this time with internationally acclaimed tenor Arthur Espiritu at the Manila Pianos on Monday, 6 p.m. October 17, 2022.

We have been eating tinapay for a long time.

Shrinkflation comes inevitably amidst the rising prices of almost everything, including pandesal.

When Katips (short for Katipunan) was first screened in November last year, nobody knew the Marcoses were poised for a dramatic comeback.

The last three months were constant, if, extreme, challenges for the country’s foremost tenor.

Richard Sy-Facunda – the man behind the highly patronized Manila Artists Series -- fell in love with classical music when he found himself listening to vinyl records given by friends during his high school years.

When 18-year old Jeanne Marquez performs in Iloilo, Nueva Ecija and Manila this month and later guesting with the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, she will surely bring back cherished memories of distinguished violinists in the country.