Creating Sustainable Practices in Artistic and Cultural Endeavors Inc. will formally open “Against the Current: Contemporary Social Realist Art in the Philippines” on Aug. 31, 7 p.m., at vMeme Contemporary Art Gallery (61 Visayas Avenue, Quezon City). Exhibit will run until Sept. 28.
The recent opening of the “ArtWearAble” exhibit at Yuchengco Museum proved that man was no longer “just a subject but a canvas for contemporary artists.”
A month after the bombing at Limketkai Center, the city gears up to celebrate the feast day of St. Augustine on Aug. 28.
The Philippine Center of the International PEN (Poets & Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) will launch Fe Aldave Yap’s “Global Filipino: Crossing Borders” on Aug. 31, 5 p.m., at the Solidaridad Bookstore, Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila.
The verb “regurgitate”—meaning “to throw or pour back or out from a cavity”— may seem indecorously inappropriate when paired with the charming name of a flower, the daisy. It is this seemingly inelegant confluence of two words that ignites the show “Regurgitating Daisies,” now on view at Galerie Anna, SM Megamall.
“Putting the Philippines on the Map,” an exhibit organized by the Philippine Map Collectors Society (Phimcos) to help promote a sense of national pride, is on view at the Mall of Asia main lobby until Sept. 1.
An exhibit of vintage photographs on the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century is on view at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Gallery in Intramuros, Manila, until Aug. 30.
Backpacking as a mode of travel is a definition of identity. If you feel like a fish taking to water despite that cumbersome load on your body, then it is for you.
Seventh High (Bonifacio High Street, BGC) is a nightspot with three spacious areas: The Club, for the dancing crowd; The Club Room, for those who want privacy while chilling out; and The Apex Lounge for those who want to hear live music while drinking.
My problem is my relationship with my high school best friend. We were classmates all of four years in high school but took up different courses in college. We are both considered “beauty and brains”; she looks more Chinese, I am very Filipino.
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