Pramoedya Ananta Toer is an Indonesian novelist who spent many years in a bleak island-prison during the Suharto regime. He was also a supporter of the dictator Sukarno, who persecuted writers. And the Left-leaning Pramoedya refused to help these writers because he considered them pawns of the military.
Due to insistent public demand, Philippine Opera Company’s “Ang Bagong Harana” returns on Oct. 11-20 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City.
“Toward a Green Education in the Philippines and Asia-Pacific: Perspectives, Pedagogies, Performances (Metro Manila Leg)” will be held on Oct. 24-26, at De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.
vMeme Contemporary Art Gallery presents a visual anthology of commentaries about Philippine society and culture in this year’s Manilart 2013. Entitled “No Binaries,” the exhibit explores gray areas through the works of Francisco M. Verano, Veejay Villafranca, Crown Dolot and Resty Flores.
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of PPO associate conductor Herminigildo Ranera will perform a program of Filipino works on Oct. 11, 8 p.m., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Main Theater.
Nothing can make more clearly manifest the qualities of watercolor than to compare it with another medium depicting the very same subject. And no more positive proof is there than the book “The Philippine Coral Reefs,” which features the watercolors of Rafael “Popoy” Cusi and the underwater photography of Scott D. Tuason.
The canonocal image of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de la Naval de Manila is undoubtedly an ancient sacred ivory icon that deserves admiration, not unwanted controversy, in this country.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) gathered 40 young artists for the final edition of the Asean Youth Camp (AYC) on Aug. 26 to Sept. 1. The theme was “In Celebration, Asean Youths Unite.”
“Mist” IS a 12-foot stainless-steel sculpture by Impy Pilapil which will be unveiled on Oct. 10 at the Skypark of SMX Convention Center, SM Aura Premier, Taguig, during the ManiArt fair.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle said, “The eyes of the Vatican are on us,” not to police but to see what happens in the Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) that he has organized on Oct. 16-18 at the University of Santo Tomas.
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