The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity of the UP College of Medicine, in partnership with Bahay Kubo Organics (BKO), introduces Aquaponics to the Mu-Gawad Kalinga Village in Sta. Rita, Brgy. Talon Uno, Las Piñas City on March 23. Under their flagship project, MUtrition, they aim to address the community’s long-standing problem on malnutrition and food security.
Whatever you’re doing this Sunday, wherever you might be, take a moment to reflect on the most popular word in the English language, OK?
A guide to coping with an awkward romantic moment has been awarded a prize for the year’s oddest book title.
It may be premature to say that “The Heist” is one of the greatest albums in rap history, even if the duo that recorded it, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (M&RL), bagged four important awards at the recent Grammys.
A marshmallow is tiny, soft and fluffy—no sweat for a set of hard teeth. However, 91,000-plus Marshmallows—as fans of the TV series “Veronica Mars” call themselves—joined together would be impossible to swallow, or, in Warner Bros.’ case, impossible to ignore.
Blame Zooey Deschanel, Jason Mraz or maybe those Japanese kids flaunting their talent on YouTube for making the ukulele irresistibly popular again. More people are momentarily parking their bulkier instruments in favor of the easy convenience of the uke, churning out covers of every tune you could think of—from heartfelt renditions of the Beatles’ “I Will,” to lighter, more cheerful versions of “Wrecking Ball.”
“Dirty water can be transformed to clean, potable water,” says Carlo Delantar, the 21-year-old Cebuano behind Waves for Water Philippines.
After the gut-wrenching melodrama that was “August: Osage County,” with its bravura, back-to-back (or front-to-front) performances by Baby Barredo and Pinky Amador, it’s business as usual for Repertory Philippines. Meaning, up next is a wacky comedy.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. On Sunday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Art in the Park celebrates its eighth year. Manila’s most awaited affordable art fair expands and takes over the entire space of Jaime Velasquez Park in Salcedo Village, Makati City. Tents full of paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture will lie spread out over the park’s grassy portion. The branches of sprawling Acacia trees in the park’s other side, its asphalted section, will throw shade on even more participants as 58 galleries, art schools, independent art groups, and collectives take part in this year’s fair.
In the Acts Room of St. Peter’s Memorial Chapels in Quezon City, a roomful of artists, colleagues, friends, family and acquaintances gathered to pay respect to artist, teacher and Filipino arts advocate Don Maralit Salubayba, who at just 35, was one of the country’s most prolific visual artists.
The latest in global fashion, beauty, and culture through a contemporary Filipino perspective.
