It was a magical morning for some 500 children who were treated to tales of determination and sharing brought to life by their favorite fictional characters during Friday’s Inquirer Read-Along in Meycauayan City.
It was 1957, the nation was mourning the death in a plane crash of popular President Ramon Magsaysay, and Jerry A. Dadap, a student at the University of the Philippines College of Music, had taken a jeep in Cubao, Quezon City, to visit an uncle who lived in Santa Mesa, Manila.
Abe (pronounced Ah-beh) is the Kapampangan word for companion or friend. It is also the name of a popular upscale Filipino restaurant named in honor of Emilio Aguilar Cruz—writer, painter, diplomat, gourmand and raconteur.
Japanese cinema master Yasujiro Ozu’s “A Straightforward Boy” (“Tokkan Kozo”)—thought to have been lost to the ravages of time—will be screened in the 12th International Silent Film Festival, not just with live music but also with a narrator, or what the Japanese call katsudo benshi. The festival runs Aug. 30-Sept. 2 at Cinema 2, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has a new president in the person of director Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso. Considered one of the pillars of the Philippine movie industry, he has been likened to National Artists for Film Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.
The small tribe of poets, whose muse is Indung Kapampangan (motherland) and who vowed to nurture the “amanung sisuan” (native language), has become a shrinking community.
People of Negros are known revolucionarios—from the Spanish colonial period, when its leaders like Aniceto Lacson put up the Republic of Negros, through the martial-law years, when religious like Bishop Antonio Fortich advanced the preferential option for the poor.
The 16th annual international conference of the University Museums and Collections (Umac) in Milan, Italy, recently afforded international delegates the chance to tour one of the world’s truly alpha cities, a heritage showcase and an artistic hub.
The lyrics of Matisyahu’s song “One Day” says it all.
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