The life span of symphony orchestras is unpredictable as an artist’s existence. It is especially so in this country where subsidy spells the difference between death and survival.
In the 2013 film adaptation of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” Ben Stiller plays a regular employee who, seeing his life fly past him, often retreats to the fantastic world of his imagination. Unbeknownst to him, this would lead him to a real adventure of his own.
The rain fell during the opening parade of the 20th Kasanggayahan festival in Sorsogon recently, and poured even harder during the Mass. But it did not become a hindrance for the Sorsoganons to stay and attend the celebration.
In celebration of the National Arts Month (NAM) in February, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will stage “Taal-Tunugan” as part of its Philippine Arts Festival. The event will showcase a new musical ensemble whose instruments are made from scraps and other recycled materials.
This week’s Santo Niño de Cebu festivities kick off the long celebration toward the 450th anniversary in 2015 of the rediscovery of the icon by the returning Spanish expedition led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Augustinian missionaries.
“Why are there no great women artists?” The controversial question raised by American art historian Linda Nochlin was also the title of her landmark essay written in the 1960s.
Fresh from the Rough Riders campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba, Sgt. Lee George Rogers of Texas came to the Philippines in 1898 as part of the invading US army that would launch war upon the Filipinos in February the following year.
The benefit concert “Voices for Visayas,” will be mounted on Jan. 15 at the Resorts World Newport Performing Arts Theater.
Pakil, Laguna-based artist Jomar Delluba investigates the creativity of children for mischief in his first solo exhibition, “Maldita,” which will open at Galerie Joaquin Podium on Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. and run until Jan. 27.
Gene Simmons wagged his trademark tongue as an all-glammed-up Kiss swept down the John Varvatos runway in an unannounced appearance during Milan Fashion Week.
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