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 On years and songs: Tribute to soprano Rachelle Gerodias “ON Years and Songs” was a glimpse of the life of Rachelle Gerodias, one of the country’s leading sopranos, on and off the stage. By verafiles | Oct 12, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Art can be one’s salvation HER story of literal heartbreak deserves its own teleserye with the end lesson of how art can be one's salvation. But that is getting ahead of foremost feminist visual artist Brenda Fajardo's true-life tale. By verafiles | Oct 8, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Child psychologist stresses importance of play "PLAY lightens one's load." Somehow that sentence in English doesn't quite approximate this almost heartbreaking statement of a child of an overseas Filipino worker who deeply misses a parent: "Pag naglalaro, gumagaang ang loob (Playing lightens the feelings)." By verafiles | Oct 7, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Exploring Camiguin’s many delights LUSH. Lovely. Lanzones. These are silky words that roll in one’s mouth once anyone begins to tell tales of the rainforest island of Camiguin, lying 10 kilometers north of central Mindanao. By verafiles | Oct 6, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Lessons from world-class artists HOW did soprano Rachelle Gerodias, tenors Arthur Espiritu, Lemuel de la Cruz and baritone Andrew Fernando get to where they are now -- world-class and much-sought after here and abroad? By verafiles | Oct 5, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Youth claim right to peace on International Peace Day SALMA Matias, 19, a member of the Muslim-Christian Youth for Peace and Unity, longs for peace in the island province of Basilan in southern Philippines where she was born. There she had lost many relatives to rido (clan feud). By verafiles | Sep 26, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Tetada grandmaster shares his art with the world IT was a good day for a physical and spiritual workout. A group of men and women wearing black-sleeved white T-shirts and black trousers silently performed what seemed to be a slow dance of coordinated arm and leg movements. Meanwhile, a man in dark pants and matching jacket scrutinized them, filming them as they moved in unison. By verafiles | Aug 30, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture ALIWW: A home for women’s writings A philosopher once acknowledged that women hold up half the sky but their narratives are often neglected. They are not as privileged as their male counterparts and their contributions generally unappreciated. By verafiles | Aug 28, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Lack of child protection in PH decried IF numbers is a reflection of love, the Philippines should be a nation that loves children. There are more than 31 million Filipino children, comprising 31percent of the country’s total population of over 101 million. But many of these children suffer violation of their rights. By verafiles | Aug 25, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture The self in the artist’s hands SINCE most Filipinos have yet to develop the habit of visiting museums regularly, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila and the SM Malls have joined hands to bring genuine art from the museums to the malls. By verafiles | Aug 25, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Oliver Salonga: The care bear of the piano WHEN he walks towards the stage, young pianist Oliver Salonga traipses on light toes despite his heft. One wonders if the name he uses for his email, keroberong, is a sound-alike Filipinized version of care bears. By verafiles | Aug 16, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Singapore restaurant serves Malaysia’s specialty dish THERE'S a Singaporean restaurant in Quezon City that serves a Malaysian dish as its specialty. The restaurant is Singapore Chicken Rice and the dish is Nasi Lemak. By verafiles | Aug 4, 2011 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts navigation Newer posts 1 … 98 99 100 101 102 … 106 Older posts