Haunting melody, trippy electronic dance music (EDM), and the ever-improving vocal dynamics between members of the band have been cited by Billboard magazine in naming Korean-Pop (K-Pop) idol band Beast’s “Good Luck” as No. 1 on the US music magazine’s annual Top 20 K-Pop songs.
Artist-activist Caress Banson uses her abstraction practice to tackle social issues like urban hunger.
Galerie Anna presents “Papelmismo,” a group exhibition exploring the various potentials of paper as material. Participating artists are: Benjie Torrado-Cabrera, Thomas Daquioag, Allison Wong David, Neil Doloricon, Alfredo Esquillo, Egai Talusan Fernandez, Emmanuel Garibay, Renato Habulan, Alfredo Liongoren, Arnel Mirasol, Pablo Baen Santos and Pinggot Zulueta.
The diversity and quality of new books that appeared on bookstore shelves in 2014 made readers in the Philippines immensely fortunate. Proving to be greatly popular among Filipinos and adopted by the Philippine publishers in a big way, the electronic publishing platform Wattpad flexed its muscles, leading to the wide release of print versions of their best-selling titles, the release of three motion-picture adaptations (“Diary ng Panget,” “She’s Dating the Gangster” and “Talk Back and You’re Dead”) and various television series. Expect more of the same in 2015. What used to be considered niche fare such as comic books, young adult and speculative fiction continues its march toward mainstream domination. Celebrities brought their own wattage to a wave of titles lit up with familiar names. In a year that saw a rising number of foreign authors visiting Manila, National Book Store’s first Philippine Literary Festival wowed fans by bringing in Amy Tan, Chang-Rae Lee and Eric Gamalinda. Filipino authors continued to be prolific and broke new ground all around. Now everybody seems ready to do even greater things in 2015, after a year that literally and literarily provided something for everyone, and proof that, yes, Filipinos do read—a lot. Here are the Inquirer’s selections for best books published in 2014 arranged alphabetically by title:
There is a strain of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” in the life of pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria. In fact, she titles her memoirs “My Four Seasons.”
A bill has been filed in the House of Representatives proposing amendments to the Revised Penal Code, particularly its provisions on adultery and concubinage that are deemed discriminatory to women.
National Artist Arturo Luz was inside the Swatch+Swatch Center on Arnaiz Ave. (Pasay Road), Makati. He was staring at a massive photograph, transfixed.
Pampanga’s deep historical and cultural roots become palpable as soon as you start the tour. For hundreds of years, the province has fed the growing city of Manila, which helped create the modest Spanish colony into a bustling city. Pampanga became prosperous as well.
It wouldn’t hurt for music fans with nowhere to go on New Year’s Eve to check out the two-night events happening on Dec. 30 and 31 at Ciudad de Victoria, described as “a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Sta. Maria in Bulacan”—where sits the Philippine Arena and, beside it, the Philippine Sports Stadium.
From the person who has everything to the health buff who believes in eating in moderation, Rustan’s Department Store’s home section offers good finds for last-minute shoppers.
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