Robert Hass, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former US poet laureate, has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement award.
Melissa Rivers has found a way to work through her grief for her mother, sparring partner and closest friend, Joan Rivers.
The Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), the biggest and longest running book fair in the Philippines, has certainly gone a long way over the past three decades.
National Artist José Joya had a peculiar way of greeting each New Year. On New Year’s eve, Peping, as he was known to family and friends, would lock himself in his studio, away from the charivari and excess of the holidays, to work on a painting and would emerge only after the revelries had the died down.
Homage art is never easy. In honoring the work of great artists, one must transcend mere imitation and create something new.
If you’re offered a Cory Aquino painting, beware. Two years ago, a painting in watercolor, supposedly by the late former President, was offered to Heritage Art Gallery.
A fledgling dance group once dared to pursue a dual mission – to bring ballet to the people and people to the ballet.
A total of 17 full-length films are set to grace Cebu cinemas from Aug. 6-9, as part of the Cinema Rehiyon 7, the flagship project of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) National Committee on Cinema (NCC) headed by film director William Mayo.
Two years ago, on a late afternoon, tour operator and performance artist Carlos Celdran was arrested for reportedly interrupting Mass in Manila Cathedral to stage a protest against priests and bishops interfering with the passage of the Reproductive Health Bill.
The Inquirer Read-Along on Saturday marked its sixth year by training master storytellers and honoring celebrity readers in a daylong affair that gathered children ages 7 to 12 at the Inquirer office in Makati City.