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Category: Arts & Culture

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    Pianist Carmencita Aspiras sets series of concerts

    By Marriane DC. Campos  |  Feb 05, 2023 10:11 PM

    Internationally-acclaimed pianist Carmencita “Chita” Sipin Aspiras is ready to once again conquer the stage and captivate her audience starting Feb. 18 at the Ayala Museum together with the Singaporean conductor Darrell Ang and the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra.

    Carmencita Aspiras

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    Revisiting: The artistry of Abdulmari Asia Imao

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Jan 23, 2023 8:40 PM

    The month of January 2023 marks Abdulmari Asia Imao’s 87th birth anniversary. He remains the first and only Muslim Filipino National Artist in Sculptor, 2006.


  • Categories Arts & Culture Editor's Pick

    Remembering Carmen Guerrero Nakpil’s cultural battle  with Gina Lollobrigida

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Jan 17, 2023 3:25 PM

    In the mid-70s while jetsetting with Cristina Ford and Van Cliburn, Gina Lollobrigida met the most famous politician of them all, Imelda Romualdez Marcos.

    Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, Gina Lollobrigida

  • Voyager by Jose Dalisay
    Categories Arts & Culture

    The pleasures of reading Dalisay

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Jan 15, 2023 8:51 PM

    Distractions everywhere: the ping of phone messages, and the clamor for attention from Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter, and more. In a noisy, noisy world, one seeks refuge by reading fiction: short stories, to be precise.

    Jose Dalisay, short stories

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    Triumph and discord in the 2022 MMFF

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Dec 29, 2022 9:43 AM

    The 48th Metro Manila Film Festival started with a bang with the traditional parade that stalled traffic in the Quezon City thoroughfares before opening day on December 25.


  • RepASEAN infographic: Tourist Arrivals in Siargao
    Categories Arts & Culture Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    A year after Odette, Siargao folk put the pieces of life back together

    By J-Ann Avila*, Reporting ASEAN  |  Dec 15, 2022 9:55 AM

    Siargao resident affected by 2021 typhoon Odette: We are doing better right now because we already recovered. There are many tourists again and it’s like we are going back to normal days.

    Project NOAH, Siargao, typhoon, Typhoon Odette

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    The visual delight of the Filipino parol

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Dec 12, 2022 10:29 PM

    The handmade parol remains the most iconic symbol of Philippine Christmas, encapsulating the artistic ingenuity of Filipinos through the years.


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    Toym Imao’s Tree of Life illuminates new paths

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Dec 12, 2022 8:11 PM

    Celebrating the Christmas season, tradition reigns in the lighting ceremony of University of the Philippines Diliman’s Pag-iilaw 2022 with its theme of Bagong Tahak, Bagong Galak last December 9.


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    Spectacular gala performance for Turandot

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Dec 11, 2022 12:12 AM

    Turandot (last seen in Manila in 1979 at the Manila Metropolitan Theater) received a grand and mesmerizing reception on its opening Friday night (December 9) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.


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    Asim: The beguiling taste of sour

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Nov 25, 2022 11:00 PM

    Time to pucker up! For mouth-watering snacks, Filipinos bite into green mango slices with fermented shrimp paste, nibble on fresh kamias, tambis, or pineapple slices with salt, squeeze slices of calamansi on noodles, or dip fried spring rolls or chicharon into coconut vinegar spiked with bird’s eye chilies.

    Asim, batuan, kamias, katmon

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