The novena to Our Lady of La Naval de Manila is once again being prayed at Sto. Domingo Church, starting with the Enthronement of the historic image of Our Lady on Oct. 4 and culminating in a grand procession to be attended by tens of thousands of devotees on Oct. 14.
Tanghalang Pilipino has produced a coffee-table book, “Tanghalang Pilipino: Celebrating 25 Years of Philippine Theater,” to commemorate its recently concluded silver anniversary.
Paskong Himig, a vocal and choral competition in Pasig City, now accepts applicants to its 14th edition. It is sponsored by the Pasig City government to highlight its celebration of the Yuletide.
“Free to Choose”—This book is an inquiry into the relationship between freedom and economics by Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman. I find Friedman to be a brilliant economist, so I picked up this book.
Dominic Galicia, an architect and new editor in chief of BluPrint Magazine, sent a descriptive e-mail encapsulating the shocking state of heritage in the Philippines.
The Frankfurt Book Fair will spotlight child and youth literature and its role at the avant-garde of the publishing world with playful apps for smartphones and tablet computers as well as interactive games.
A photography exhibit featuring snapshots of daily life around the world will open simultaneously on publicity screens in 22 countries on Monday, a Swedish organizer said.
What can be more romantic than saying your “I do’s” in a chapel on a hill shrouded in mist? The bridegroom professing his love, commitment and devotion to his blushing bride through a poem (in Filipino at that) he penned himself!
Beauty has been immortalized through the paintings of noted hyperrealist painter Claudio Bravo. A national artist of Chile, Claudio had a six-month stint in Manila in 1968 during which he painted several prominent society personalities, including then-President Marcos and Madame Imelda.
In line with a self-imposed observance of austerity these days, we’ve been avoiding keeping the driver beyond 8 p.m., and tonight was austerity night. For the last trip, Vergel would be dropped at the Peninsula for the launch, from 6 p.m., of the book “Juan Ponce Enrile: A Memoir.”
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