Free-wheeling and business-oriented, the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is a long way from Beijing physically, culturally and linguistically – and hackles have been raised by reports Communist authorities are demanding local television drop Cantonese in favor of Mandarin.
Reyes Group Capital Holdings Inc. officially broke ground and laid down a time capsule for the Philippines’ first printing museum, the EDIFICIO 1587, last August 9.
Award-winning Korean performing artists will play the key roles in the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ (CCP) staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto” on Aug. 22 (7 p.m.) and Aug. 24 (3 p.m.) at the Main Theater.
Instituto Cervantes de Manila and the Embassy of Spain will present “Queremos Tanto a Julio,” a jazz tribute to Latin American writer Julio Cortázar, on Aug. 26, 5 p.m., at the Leong Hall roofdeck of Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City.
“Monsters are in the eye of the beholder.” This is the powerful phrase that keeps rising up throughout Candy Gourlay’s new novel, “Shine” (Anvil Publishing, Inc., Mandaluyong City, 2014, 232 pages), and it resonates with meaning for the fortunate reader who comes across it.
In connection with the celebration of Buwan ng Wika (Language Month), Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) launched its publication series, Aklat ng Bayan, on Aug. 15 at the National Museum.
The Museum of Three Cultures at Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro (CDO) City has just opened a fascinating exhibit, “Rela.”
In 2006, artist Jill Arwen Posadas staged “Jig,” featuring paintings that interpret the artist’s favorite songs through the use of a drawing style she personally calls “blobs.” (The dictionary defines “jig” as a “lively dance with leaping movements.”)
Heritage advocates and concerned citizens of Nueva Vizcaya province are up in arms against a plan by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to demolish a 200-year-old bridge built by the Spanish missionaries and the Isinay cultural community in Dupax Sur town.
ManilArt fair will kick off its sixth installment with the art caravan, “Salpung,” Aug. 29-31, at Mariyah Gallery in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental. Theme of this year’s art caravan is “Crossing Borders, Bridging Cultures.”
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