‘Wimpy Kid’ goes on summer vacation
From its origins as a series of online cartoons, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” exploded onto the pop culture scene when Jeff Kinney’s first “novel in cartoons” was published in 2007.
August 6, 2012
From its origins as a series of online cartoons, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” exploded onto the pop culture scene when Jeff Kinney’s first “novel in cartoons” was published in 2007.
On its eighth installment, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival bore a bold title that was not only an effective come-on but also an apt description of the over-all quality of this year’s batch of well-received films, the efforts that went into the various productions, and even the event’s general audience, which had undoubtedly grown, filling theaters and selling out tickets in all three venues from July 20 to 29.
In tribute to the Philippines being declared Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Culture Capital for 2010-2011, a group of Russian visual artists, numbering 14, visited the country late last year.
The Bayanihan research team toured Butuan and Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte.
In Faraway Minsk, capital city of Belarus, once part of the unlamented Soviet Union, director Ricardo Abad was beside himself with excitement.
Walking to the grocery at the Ayala Center, photographer Alex Van Hagen points to the stripes and markings on the asphalt and the chipped paint on the parking-lot wall. Although they seem mundane to the average person, Alex finds visual interest that they can become potential abstract designs in a photograph.
As tradition has dictated for the past 29 years, National Children’s Book Day is celebrated on the third Tuesday in July.
Another flyover is preparing to soar in one of Manila’s most populous districts.
A mosaic of random shapes appearing as color bursts formed by daubs of paint in mingling hues and tones suddenly reveals a softly muted idyllic countryside.
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