Archive - Arts & Culture Year 2023 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 Arts & Culture A houseful of musicians When violinist Jeanne Marquez, 19, performs at the Manila Pianos on August 17 with pianist Gabriel James Frias, her family for sure would be supporting her quietly. After all, she belongs to a houseful of musicians. By Pablo A. Tariman | Aug 15, 2023 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Markers of the country’s significant past relegated to insignificance NHCP's Alvin Alcid: It’s disappointing that sometimes [the markers’] value gets forgotten. By Rhenzel Raymond Caling and Renz Joshua Palalimpa | Aug 10, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Reimagining Filipino food as vegan! Trying to eat healthy? Have you ever tried meat-free dishes? Are you curious on how to be a vegan? A thousand questions deserve more than a thousand answers. By R.C. Ladrido | Aug 6, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Amando Doronila: A true-blue newshound When I think of Doro, I think of these lessons that have stayed with me: One. The story is the story, and not the journalist. Let the information guide you, and do not let your ego get the better of you. By Johanna Son | Jul 28, 2023 | 8-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Managing the pain, sharpening resistance vs injustice through art RESBAK, an alliance of progressive artists and media practitioners demand justice for victims and an end to state-sponsored killings in their fifth solidarity event through cultural performances and artistic presentations. By John Irving Gandia | Jul 26, 2023 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Prehistoric Filipinos: Mastery of plant fiber technology A groundbreaking discovery of the earliest evidence of plant technology use in stone tools in Southeast Asia reveals the amazing ingenuity and resourcefulness of prehistoric peoples. By R.C. Ladrido | Jul 23, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture The making of a dance school There is a lot to celebrate as the Halili-Cruz School of Ballet observes its 38th year with a grand showcase concert at the Newport Theater for Performing Arts, Sunday, July 30, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 21, 2023 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Vienna newspapers hail Arthur Espiritu’s Don Carlo For the past several years, tenor Arthur Espiritu has sung Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Traviata (Alfredo), Rigoletto (Duke) with Oper Klosterneuburg in Vienna to generally good notices. Last July 8 opening night of Verdi’s Don Carlo was different. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 16, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Kabog Millet: Rediscovering an ancient, climate-friendly grain The United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets to promote the resilient cereal’s cultivation. Millet is known as dama in Tagalog or kabog (humas) in Visayan. By R.C. Ladrido | Jul 12, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture A small café overcomes the pandemic with coffee, milk tea, and kebab Ronaldo Mariano is hands-on when it comes to RM Coffee and Tea -- his café on J. Erastain Street in Kamuning, Quezon City By Liana Garcellano | Jul 9, 2023 | 9-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Agnes Locsin on surviving challenges on teaching dance As National Artist for Dance Agnes Locsin prepares for the 41st summer showcase of her dance school July 14, she can’t help but look back on the years dance was taking a foothold in her native Davao City. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 8, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Michelangelo’s masterpieces up close until Sept. 30 Some 548 years after he was born, Michelangelo’s works in the hollowed Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are suddenly available in Pasig City now observing its 450th year. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 7, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture The dance odyssey of Perry Sevidal Perry Sevidal Ballet on its 29th Year presents: A Day of Dance on July 1, 2023, 11 a.m. at Dancing Queen Studio in Makati Cinema Square, Makati City. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jun 30, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture When clay meets fire: The ceramic magic of Jon Pettyjohn Jon Pettyjohn: I have attempted to use my pottery skills to go a little further and say something more. By R.C. Ladrido All images courtesy of Silverlens Galleries and ArtFairPH2022 | Jun 22, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture New production of Verdi’s Don Carlo in Vienna stars Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu is back in Vienna, Austria in the title role of a new Oper Klosterneuburg production of Verdi’s Don Carlo opening on July 8, 2023. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jun 21, 2023 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Classical guitar bounces back Classical guitarists and singers are on the rebound after being hit hard by the pandemic. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jun 20, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture A clarinetist’s spectacular Manila debut Saturday night (June 17) at the Manila Pianos showroom, clarinetist Jason Marquez surprised local music afficionados with a rarely played program for clarinet so varied and wide-ranging it left an audience asking for more. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jun 19, 2023 | 7-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture The Manila Galleon: Antoni Muntadas weaves new interconnections Muntadas identified three traded objects or presentés —the mantón de Manila or Manila Shawl, medallions and coins, and ceramics —as his subjective interpretations of connecting with the past and the present of the Philippines. By R.C. Ladrido. All images courtesy of the Ateneo Art Gallery | Jun 12, 2023 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 Older posts