More than 40 college- and university-based as well as community-based theater groups participated in Kilos Sining sa Paaralan (KSP),...
Nonon Padilla’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, translated into Filipino by Bienvenido Lumbera, started and ended on an unforgiving note
MANILA, Philippines—The Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), is holding a post-Valentine’s...
While ABS-CBN assembled its bevy of celebrities for its annual, highly publicized dress-and-glam-up festival known as the Star Magic Ball, the palatial Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) played host to an event of even grander and genuinely international scale.
A mostly Filipino-American crowd gave a standing ovation and rave reviews to “Noli Me Tangere, the Musical” at its opening performance August 23 at the Aratani Theater.
Teatro Pilipino USA is staging a one-night-only performance of the musical “Noli Me Tangere” in Los Angeles this August, with the English supertitles provided by Palanca-award winner Chynna Roxas.
The fight is far from over, as far as the Superstar’s supporters are concerned. Inevitably, the noninclusion of actress-producer Nora Aunor on the roster of newly declared National Artists has resulted in numerous complaints among artists and ordinary citizens alike—with the most vehement objection coming from a National Artist and the chair of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
June ushers in the monsoon rains, but before the heavy downpours inundate us, I managed to squeeze in another summer holiday in Palawan. This time, I stayed in a more secluded side of the island that is about an hour’s drive northeast from the capital Puerto Princesa.
National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera is a believer in the Filipino language.
Fashion retailer Freeway has a unique way of honoring National Artists every year. It holds fashion shows for them, creates clothes inspired by their works (and they’re for sale), conducts forums in which experts and relatives of the National Artist are invited as resource persons, and gets some luminary to host the program.
