As architect Ned Carlos’ pioneering chapel at St. Louis School-Don Bosco in Dumaguete City celebrates its 16th anniversary this...
The 2018 Dance Xchange: The Philippine International Dance Workshop and Festival will be held in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on...
For the first time ever, the Silliman University Cultural Affairs Committee, the city’s unofficial cultural arm, brings to Manila...
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.”
For theater director Amiel Leonardia, it must have been an interesting sort of homecoming—the kind that speaks of the beautiful symmetry of coming full circle—as he finds himself assembling on the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium stage at Silliman University the elements that would recreate a story of war-torn Dumaguete.
In the tales of Scheherazade, a company of merchants and travelers set sail in the seven seas, voyaging from isle to isle, trading goods in the marketplace of cities. They would be received in magnificent halls and seated with nobles and sheikhs to conduct more trading—exchanging stories of marvels and adventures.
It was believed by the folk that when a mermaid is captured (and held captive), it results in a big flood. After “Ondoy,” it is said that more people went to the Manila Aquarium than usual to check whether a mermaid was, indeed, in one of the display tanks.
WE BEGIN with stories of how things began. The story of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete—which celebrates...