Archive - Arts & Culture

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.