Archive - Arts & Culture

Panulok offers an invitation to “magtulok sang maayo” or “look carefully,” embedding in us a spirit of reflection, intentionality, and empathy.Panulok, in its second iteration, is an exhibit of 18 artworks by 15 Negros artists until August 15, 2026 at the Negros Creative Corner, 1F Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City.

The Philippine response to ube’s global demand is mostly reactive. Teodoro C. Mendoza, PhD, a retired UP Los Baños professor and agricultural scientist, has argued for a strategic Philippine plan on ube and to control its whole value chain.

Rosalinda Ofreneo: The Constantinos’ romance went beyond the commonplace connection and encompassed the country in their advocacy of nationalism. They shared what Ofreneo called “usable love,” with Letizia serving Renato “hand and foot, as prescribed by patriarchal culture,” and later becoming his equal intellectual partner.

Showing some 28 works, Halangdon is a survey of Navarro’s art practice that spans painting, sculpture, assemblage, printmaking, and graphic design using a diverse media of oil, acrylic, watercolor, metal, wood, and found objects.

Bike commuting is a big step toward weaning the Philippines from dependency on fossil fuels. It’s the bestoption for the underprivileged. It increases road safety, and it’s good for the environment and humanity.

There was at first a slight confusion over the name of the jazz bar where the event “Mermaids and Tangos” would be held. The numerals 78-45-33 served as the bar’s name. After some thinking, eureka! Those numbers refer to the formats of vinyl records—their revolutions per minute or RPM, depending on the record’s size (75, 45 or 33).

Patubas: Aning Ani features some 40 contemporary works by winners of the Philippine Art Awards through the years at the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art, Iloilo City.

“Opera Unveiled: Comedy and Tragedy” features 11 young classical singers trained by renowned tenor Arthur Espiritu. Produced by the Cultural Arts Events Organizer,performance will be on June 19 at 7 p.m. and 21 at 5 p.m., at the Mirror Theater, fifth floor of SJG Building, 8463 Kalayaan Avenue, Barangay Poblacion, Makati City.

The bespectacled Kathleen Felise Constance dela Cuesta Tantuico may strike one as a studious hoarder of degrees the way one can be a hoarder of hobbies. This 38-year-old author of the ground-breaking book Archaeology and the Law: Legal Awareness and Advocacy in Philippine Archaeology has been praised by Raul Pangalangan, professor emeritus of the University of the Philippines College of Law, former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), incoming dean of the new Pamantasan ng Pasig school of law and a member of the newly formed Truth Commission, for being “the first and only Filipino lawyer-archaeologist (who has) identified legislation that impinges upon archaeology as a discipline."

The Philippines remains burdened by a profound scarcity of mental health resources and specialized facilities despite the rise of mental health awareness programs in the country.

Former beauty queen Vida Doria Legaspi is observing her 21st year as a painter with an ongoing exhibition called "Tapestry of Woven Dreams" at the second level atrium of The Podium on ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. The exhibit with the group Katha Arts runs until May 28.

An exhibition titled Sulunod features the prints and ceramic works of Nelfa Querubin in her own permanent gallery at the UP Visayas MACH (Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage). Its title comes from the Hiligaynon root word suno (according), suluno (consistency or in accord with), and sulunod (one after the other) that describes a lifetime of Querubin’s creative work on paper and clay.

Migrants from the Philippine travel the world, and the longing for home always stays with them. Six artists and their 16 paintings express their yearning for home in an exhibition titled Sown by the Traveler: Women and Migrants in Philippine Art, at UPV MACH (UP Visayas Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage), Iloilo City. Curated by Patrick D. Flores from the collection of the Lopez Museum and Library, it runs until May 8, 2026.

At the curtain call, it was inevitable that Capinding would call on the true Maestro, director Anton Juan, who drew out these stellar performances in a setting so intimate that we sometimes feared an actor might trip on our foot or brush past our shoulder.BJ Crisostomo’s Saglit Lang goes onstage again at the Mirror Studio Theater, on April 25 and 26, with two stagings at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the fifth floor of SJG Building at 8463 Kalayaan Avenue corner Don Pedro Street, Makati. On May 11, it goes to Bacolod City.

Yes, only the Baguio climate is hospitable to an outdoor weekend event like the recent Arts and Crafts Fair, now on its tenth year.

Leonard Aguinaldo’s work critiques the curse of development in Baguio as seen in the rampant rise of shopping malls and condominiums and their environmental impact: destruction of habitat and natural ecosystem and loss of biodiversity.

It just seems part of nature’s course that a boy’s falsetto lowers as he moves out of puberty. But some retain or choose to keep that voice the way countertenor Paul Ryan Arcolas does. In his case, he experienced an identity crisis with his voice post-puberty.

Long before air fryers and breadmakers, convenience in a Philippine kitchen comes with various manual tools and implements that enable a household to host feasts and celebrations, aside from the everyday demands of feeding a family.

Endaya notes that nothing has really changed: The situation repeats itself…While technology has changed from prerecorded messages in cassette tapes to today’s instantaneous text messages and video calls through smartphones, the materialism continues. OFWs shower their children with expensive goods like Nike shoes to make up for their absence; the children have lost affection and nurturance.

Retaining its Filipino spirit, Philippine Art Deco is characterized with “an eclectic and hybrid interpretation” of traditional motifs integrated with the international style of Art Deco. Using stylized tropical flora such as bamboo, coconut tree, mangoes, bananas, sampaguita, as well as Mindanao’s okir designs, capiz shells, and indigenous textile patterns provided a rich overlay of forms and textures.

MSO Executive Director Jeffrey Solares hopes that in the coming years the government will finally lend its support to the orchestra. “The letters are in their archives,” he said, referring to the MSO’s unanswered messages to the government asking for help and sent as far back as the 1950s.

Leonard Co: Ang utak, hindi lang ginagamit para mag-imbak ng impormasyon, kundi para pag-isipan ang mga bagay.

The first 25 years of the 21st century is almost over, and the turmoil around us continues. A recent exhibit, Hardware 3: Resistance is Fertile at Kaida Contemporary, Quezon City, reflects on the country’s socio-political trajectories through 33 art works by 12 visual artists attuned to the pulse and sentiments of the streets and to the particularities of history.

To young Araos, his Inay is “the woman behind Ama (Jerry) and our family. It is the greatest honor to pay tribute to her. All her life she has never been given that kind of tribute. She’s the woman who’s the pillar of and behind the genius of Ama.”“Tribute” runs until Dec. 14 at Crucible Gallery. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.