We are a deeply troubled soul these days. We’ve just seen Roland Emmerich’s latest movie and we rather enjoyed it. In “Anonymous,” the German-born director portrays the rise of Shakespeare parallel to the decline of Queen Elizabeth I, and the thriving of Shakespearean drama amidst the political intrigues in the Elizabethan court. Never have we been so taken by a movie about Shakespeare as now.
For someone whose mastery of the craft of painting is that of Sofronio Ylanan Mendoza, popularly known as Sym, one must follow one’s heart despite the pleadings of many collectors who prefer his works in the 1970s.
In “Desiccated Proxy” (on view at the Galleria Duemilla until Feb. 29), Jose Tence Ruiz continues to explore the paradoxes, contradictions and the absurdities of human existence, as he portrays various social ills alongside existential queries mostly with the use of Catholic symbols, in his attempt to make some sense of the complexities his finds in life.
The chamber music event of the week is the performance of Arensky’s Piano Trio No. 1 and Chausson’s Concerto for Piano, Violin and String Quartet at the Philamlife Theater on Feb. 25, featuring cellist Wilfredo Pasamba, violinist Gina Medina and pianist Mary Anne Espina.
Veteran advertising art director Gil Corcuera has reinvented himself as one of the country’s most interesting sculptors. This in itself is already welcome news in a country where the three-dimensional medium has always remained in the shadow of the better appreciated medium of painting.
“The Future Begins Here” is not your regular history book. It was published to celebrate the 100-year story of De La Salle University, an event marked by a yearlong celebration that culminates in March 2012.
Haggling for talent fees but getting paid less than what was agreed upon. Negotiations conducted through text messages, with no official contract to back up the deal. Having the same talent fee for the last five years. Enduring long hours of taping in a rugged out-of-town location and provided only with monobloc chairs as bed for much-needed rest.
Cecile Licad sported a new look in her latest triumphant concerts in New Mexico and Texas last weekend. Her new bob made her look many years younger and her Filipino fans were cheering.
Campus-based theater groups are concluding their respective 2011-2012 seasons.
An ecumenism of musical genres and styles take center stage in this year’s 37th International Bamboo Organ Festival to be held in St. Joseph Parish Church at Las Piñas, Feb. 23-29.
There wasn’t much on Wilson Street in San Juan in the early 1980s.
