Archive - Arts & Culture

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.

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.

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.

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.

Vloggers or bloggers, famous or infamous, are the new celebrities of the country’s media landscape.

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.

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

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).

Just a few days after their sendoff concert in Manila last June 27, the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) under the baton of Jeffrey Solares was awarded the gold prize plus the Grand Prix in the 13th Bratislava International Youth Music in Slovakia July 4.

The Covid-19 pandemic deepened the dire straits of Filipino nurses, which is why comedy skits parodying their working conditions or even their provincial accents add insult to their plight

Island painter Alma Ang from Virac, Catanduanes is in two art exhibits in Metro Manila.

Remember when a government entity in 2021 had the idiotic idea to standardize Filipino adobo, with sinigang, lechon, and sisig to follow?

Many dance memories come to mind as National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes prepares for the restaging of Carmina Burana June 14 and15 at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts.

Evocative and atmospheric, Rosario Bitanga's works draw upon the natural world, the four elements of Earth-Fire-Water-Air, into abstract movements and emotions that form the core of her artmaking.

Originally published in 2014, Clinton Palanca’s My Angkong’s Noodles features over a hundred recipes for rice, noodle, seafood, meats, vegetables, and snacks and desserts for everyday eating and celebrations.

Jonathan Best offers a distinct visual approach into the rich culture and heritage of the peoples of the Cordilleras from 1860 to 1930 in his book, Philippine Colonial Photography of the Cordilleras (1860-1930). Quezon City: Vibal Foundation, Inc. 2023., 112 pp.

Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu debuts as the Roman consul Pollione in the opera Norma by Bellini at Oper Klosterneuburg in Austria July 6 to August 4, 2024.

Imelda Cajipe-Endaya’s inaugural exhibit Rigodon presents her early abstract prints at Silverlens Galleries until May 25, 2024.

The first week of the humid and infernal month of May yielded outstanding performances and great soloists involving two orchestral ensembles and an all-Bach cello recital.

What is beautiful? An eternal question and human beings have made themselves beautiful in their own eyes, across space and time.

Cellist Damodar das Castillo has a tough act to follow when he interprets the Dvorak cello concerto May 4 with the Manila Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Finnish conductor Sasha Makila.

What do Klaus Makela, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Tarmo Peltokoski and Sasha Makila have in common?They are all distinguished conductors from Finland and enjoying world-wide high esteem from both audiences and critics.

The most curious thing in the music world is the student-teacher relationship.

When cellist Renato Lucas returns at the Manila Pianos May 5 for another round of Bach suites and a sonata, he will most likely bring with him years of experience as a cellist.

For Daniel Coquilla, the streets of Metro Manila with a population of 13 million plus, offer a vibrant space to document visually what’s going on, what’s in, and what’s out.

Amidst drought and extreme heat scorching the country, CANVAS unveils the first “If Trees Could Talk” International Art Biennale in the green fields of Ibaan, Batangas until 24 June 2024.

Vida Doria concentrated on flora, a reaction to her childhood and youth spent in coastal Pangasinan “where there were no flowers, except violet water lilies we would see on the fishponds or at wakes

Raffy T. Napay has been stitching threads in a variety of colors and patterns for over a decade now. He used to work in oil paints but a serious allergy led him to switch to thread and scrap cloth, materials plentiful around him. Later in 2010, when working on a piece for an art competition, he asked his mother, a seamstress, to teach him how to sew.

Even as the good reviews are pouring in from both audience and cultural cognoscenti, National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario did a unique tribute to Cecile Licad with a poem after the pianist’s landmark performance at the Manila Metropolitan Theater March 19.

Painter Jose Ramon “Joven” Ignacio is a naturalist to the core. He doesn’t need to go birding in far-flung places or deep in the forests to observe flora at their wildest and best to capture his subjects. But into nature and art he has always been.