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Category: Arts & Culture

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Finally, the PPO has a star conductor; next concert at Pasig Cathedral Sept. 22

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Sep 20, 2023 9:44 PM

    From the way the Polish conductor projected the essence of the music, one could see musical genius at work.

    PPO

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Sheila Francisco shines in CCP’s 54th anniversary concert

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Sep 12, 2023 7:25 PM

    The Cultural Center of the Philippines observed its 54th year with a new president and a temporary venue (the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts) while the original main theater edifice is undergoing a three-year renovation.

    CCP 54th anniversary, Sheila Francisco

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Tsokolate! The rise of Philippine fine chocolate

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Sep 10, 2023 1:15 PM

    Tsokolate has always been around in our lives, we drink thick tsokolate de batirol, enjoy champorado with dried salty fish, or snack on moron, a rice cake with chocolate inside

    Philippine chocolate, tsokolate

  • Categories Arts & Culture News

    PPO’s 39th season opens Sept. 15 under Polish music director; CCP appoints Michelle Nikki Junia as new president

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Sep 09, 2023 4:48 PM

    PPO new music director Grzegorz Nowak: They are responsive, they connect very well musically and they are more than willing to raise the level of musicianship of the PPO ensemble.

    Grzegorz Nowak, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Jose Tence Ruiz: Of those unspoken things

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Aug 23, 2023 11:22 AM

    An exhibit titled Litanya: 1972-1922 shows the works of Jose Tence Ruiz at the Ateneo Art Gallery until September 2, 2023. It marks the artists’s 50 years “from inception and attraction” to art at age 16.

    art exhibit, Jose Tence Ruiz, Litanya

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    A houseful of musicians

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Aug 15, 2023 8:43 PM

    When violinist Jeanne Marquez, 19, performs at the Manila Pianos on August 17 with pianist Gabriel James Frias, her family for sure would be supporting her quietly.
    After all, she belongs to a houseful of musicians.

    Jeanne Marquez, Kerima Tariman

  • Historical markers: La Liga Filipina
    Categories Arts & Culture Editor's Pick News

    Markers of the country’s significant past relegated to insignificance

    By Rhenzel Raymond Caling and Renz Joshua Palalimpa  |  Aug 10, 2023 5:42 PM

    NHCP’s Alvin Alcid: It’s disappointing that sometimes [the markers’] value gets forgotten.

    history, markers, Philippines

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Reimagining Filipino food as vegan!

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Aug 06, 2023 1:11 PM

    Trying to eat healthy? Have you ever tried meat-free dishes? Are you curious on how to be a vegan? A thousand questions deserve more than a thousand answers.

    vegan

  • Amando Doronila
    Categories Arts & Culture Commentary

    Amando Doronila: A true-blue newshound

    By Johanna Son  |  Jul 28, 2023 4:47 PM

    When I think of Doro, I think of these lessons that have stayed with me: One. The story is the story, and not the journalist. Let the information guide you, and do not let your ego get the better of you.

    Amando Doronila

  • HUSTISYA. Members of progressive artists’ group Respond and Break the Silence Against the Killings (RESBAK) conduct a cultural performance calling for justice for victims of state-sponsored executions. Photos by John Irving Gandia
    Categories Arts & Culture News

    Managing the pain, sharpening resistance vs injustice through art

    By John Irving Gandia  |  Jul 26, 2023 9:27 AM

    RESBAK, an alliance of progressive artists and media practitioners demand justice for victims and an end to state-sponsored killings in their fifth solidarity event through cultural performances and artistic presentations.

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., KAPATID, Oplan Tokhang, RESBAK, SONA, SONA 2023, victim's family

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