Post-Manila FAME, here are the brands I’m stalking online
The 70th edition of Manila FAME wrapped up as quickly as it opened. At least that’s what it feels like to me. The…
“LAS ovejas no pierden el tren” (Spain, 2015; English title: Sidetracked), written and directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero, is a...
Why does John Lennon sing “Help!”? “Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados” (Living is Easy with Eyes Closed, 2013) is set in 1966, a time when the Beatles were rumored to be breaking up, an interlude for John Lennon who went on a sojourn in southern Spain.
The quaint Mt. Cloud Bookshop, located in the basement of Casa Vallejo in Baguio City, has staged a remarkable show for book lovers and art aficionados: a book art exhibit by Cordillera studies scholar and all-around culture historian and critic Delfin Tolentino Jr. called “Bric-a-Brac.”
Nestled in the 19th-century wing of Mandarin Oriental Bangkok is the Authors’ Lounge, which, according to the sign, serves afternoon tea in the “charming ambience of bygone days.”
To be shown during the Pelicula/Pelikula Spanish film festival on Oct. 3-13, “Blancanieves” (Spain, 2012) is about the ill-fated birth and end of Carmencita Villalta, the “Snow White.” Scripted and directed by Pablo Berger, it was Spain’s official entry to the Best Foreign Language Film derby at the 2012 Academy Awards.
In the tales of Scheherazade, a company of merchants and travelers set sail in the seven seas, voyaging from isle to isle, trading goods in the marketplace of cities. They would be received in magnificent halls and seated with nobles and sheikhs to conduct more trading—exchanging stories of marvels and adventures.
A novel originally penned in Spanish by Gabriel Miró in 1921, the English translation of “Our Father San Daniel” is a collaborative venture, involving translation and publication, between UST Publishing, Instituto Cervantes de Manila, Ministerio de Cultura of Spain, the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines, and the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo, Spain.
In 2008, one of the five awardees of Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas was a small, unassuming man who received the Manuel Baldemor trophy with quiet delight. He wrote under the name “Yun H” or “Cloud Crane.”
From Spain comes an unusual cartoon that tackles the conditions of old people.
The title “Lope” refers to one of the most singular dramatists/poets of the Golden Age of Spanish literature who’s credited...
