Archive - Arts & Culture Year all all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Arts & Culture Telling their story: Those ‘timid, shy, subservient’ Filipino women Offering an invaluable insight into the lives of working women, the revised edition of Working Women of Manila in the 19th Century by Ma. Luisa Camagay. University of the Philippines Press, 2024 reminds us that Filipino women represent a formidable pool of talent and capability whose full potentiality remains untapped to this day. By R.C. Ladrido | Jul 31, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Artist Tin Garcia transforms grief into art The gigantic, 16-foot tall Alice sculpture took around seven months to complete. She said she chose to execute it on “a grand and grey scale to capture the overwhelming emotions associated with grief and to make a bold statement that can’t be ignored.” By Elizabeth Lolarga | Jul 24, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Dengcoy Miel tackles West Philippine Sea in Sacred Shores exhibit In Sacred Shores, Dengcoy Miel reflects on the idea of ownership, sovereignty, and territory amidst Filipinos’ seeming apathy to the issue. By R.C. Ladrido | Jul 20, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Gala screening of ‘Jose Rizal’ at Cinemalaya Aug. 7 One of the exciting highlights of Cinemalaya 2024 is the screening of the remastered version of the 1998 landmark film Jose Rizal by National Artist for Film Marilou Diaz-Abaya. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 20, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture The well-heeled, elitist bullies in and out of K-drama Bullying is ubiquitous worldwide yet it seems to be associated with South Korea as its celebrities, athletes, and others of their ilk are regularly called out for bullying. By Liana Garcellano | Jul 18, 2024 | 11-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Musical tribute for Nedy Tantoco July 20 Zenaida “Nedy” R. Tantoco -- patron of the arts and one of the moving spirits behind above-mentioned landmark musical events -- will be given a special musical tribute on her 78th birthday on July 20, 2024, 7:15 p.m. at the CCP Black Box Theater. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 15, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Brillante Mendoza‘s Moro in Netflix July 19 Moro is another well-nuanced look at a typical Muslim family plagued by both family feuds and the recurring conflict between rebels and the military. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 14, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Elmer I. Nocheseda: Kutkutan diaries in the face of challenges In Elmer I. Nocheseda’s first solo exhibit titled Serendipity Flukes: Kutkutan Diaries at Mono8 Gallery in Greenhills until July 18, 2024, mixed media works on paper are full of intricate designs and patterns overlaid with a kaleidoscopic array of colors. By R.C. Ladrido | Jul 10, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Inside the psyche of itinerant vloggers Vloggers or bloggers, famous or infamous, are the new celebrities of the country’s media landscape. By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 8, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Pastoral vs. brutal: The Filipino farmer in Art Filipino painters have often painted the rural landscape in bucolic settings: a nipa hut by a stream, coconut trees and bamboo groves, carabaos and their mud baths, or the planting and harvesting rice. They have also honored the Filipino farmers in their works. By R.C. Ladrido | Jul 7, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Reconsidering Emilio Aguinaldo through artifacts In a recent lecture, historian Ambeth Ocampo challenged his audience to look at Emilio Aguinaldo -- “the hero we love to hate,”-- in a different light as he discussed the Philippine flag, the national anthem, and a narra table By Liana Garcellano | Jul 7, 2024 | 10-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Tarmo Peltokoski is new music director of Hong Kong Philharmonic The music news of the week is that Filipino-Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski as the 9th and the youngest music director designate of the Hong Kong Philharmonic (HK Phil). By Pablo A. Tariman | Jul 6, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Posts navigation Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 106 Older posts