Violin virtuoso Joaquin Maria “Chino” Gutierrez, the young man who first wowed the late maestro Oscar Yatco when he was a mere child of 9, was only coming home for the Christmas holidays last year when he received a most unexpected e-mail on the flight back home.
The Embassy of Brazil and Instituto Cervantes present the film cycle “Cine Brasileño,” a series of recent Brazilian films to be shown every Saturday this February at the Instituto Cervantes theater.
The Culture Arts Council of Korea (CACK), a traditional performing arts group, joined the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in the formal opening last Feb. 1 of
What makes for a modern love story? In an era loaded with cynicism and highlighted by big gestures, newly written books about romances tend to be either post-modern or nostalgically
Lita Carlos and her cousin Ernesto “Esto” Lichauco heard it at the same time late Saturday afternoon, Feb. 3, 1945— the drone of low flying aircraft. From the Lichauco residence
For 18 days beginning Feb. 12, from Vito Cruz Street to Intramuros, Manila will claim its official title of Bohemia this side of the world by donning its manton de
An artist of reinvention is Francis Nacion Jr. Known before for his colorful-genre-style paintings with highly textured etched-on-wet-paint details and half-revealed, half-hidden faces, Nacion has lately been painting in
Lovi Poe LOVI Poe is the popular and award-winning actress on such TV series as GMA-7’s “Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real” and is playing the titular heroine in the upcoming
Robinsons Forum on Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong, is hosting “Different Strokes 2,” a painting-and-sculpture exhibit to be held at the fountain area on Feb. 1-9. This event is a partnership between the League of Mandaluyong Artists and Robinsons Forum. Free workshops will be held and will be open to the public from Feb. 2 to 7, at 3 p.m. Workshops include those on basic therapy painting, basic watercolor, basic oil pastels, soft pastels, arts and crafts, and sculpture. For more information, contact 3988058 to 59.
Fr. Carmelo “Tito” Caluag told guests that the fabulous dinner held in the spacious lanai of the home of Bienvenido “Rico” Tantoco Jr. and wife Nena in Sta. Elena, Laguna, was just a “dry run.”
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