If ever you wondered if Filipinos still loved to read, then 2017 answered that question with a bang. Readers enthusiastically showered books and authors with affection and compulsion throughout the year.
A heritage group has expressed its opposition to the planned reclamation projects on Manila Bay.
He sang a ravishing “Traviata” duet with Nelly Miricioiu at the Ayala Museum and then delivered a powerful aria, “Che gelida manina” (“La Boheme”) to a rousing reception.
Many seemed rather puzzled, if not surprised, when Filipino-Canadian artist Lani Maestro was chosen as one of our two representatives at last year’s Venice Art Biennale, which closed Nov. 22.
At the 2017 University of Santo Tomas National Writers’ Workshop, the annual weeklong event organized by the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (CCWLS) in Ridgewood Residences, Baguio City, writer-critic-teachers outnumber the writing fellows.
To celebrate its 90th anniversary (1928-2018), the Varsitarian, the influential student publication of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), will be holding “Valik Varsi,” the grand alumni homecoming, on Jan. 20, 5:30 p.m., at the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes O.P. Alumni Center Building (former UST Gym), España, Manila.
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