“After Laughter” is a 2-artist gallery exhibition by Markus Jentes and Bea Policarpio. Presented by Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea at The Picasso Boutique Hotel, the exhibit debuted in early February and will run until April 28. The concept behind After Laughter invites us...
RIVERBANK , oil on canvas, 2025 The lingering warmth of a remembered sunset, the soft echo of waves on a distant shore, the endless green fields under a vast sky - these were the impressions left by Orley Ypon’s “ Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa” at Galerie Joaquin. The exhibit was a journey into...
Theatre Group Asia (TGA) announces veteran playwright, screenwriter, actor and singer Rody Vera as the Narrator/Mysterious Man in its production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods this coming August, to be held at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater (S-PAT). Vera has been performing on...
Image: Freepik Summer afternoon , the two most beautiful words in the English language, said Henry James—and I agree, but maybe because if I were a morning person, I would spend the early hours getting productive, knowing I would spend the evening getting creative, and the...
The highly-anticipated Summer Komikon 2025 is set to take place on March 15, 2025, at the Bayanihan Center, Unilab Compound, Pasig City, from 10 AM to 8 PM. This year's event promises to be an exciting celebration of comics, creativity, and community. In honor of Women's Month, Summer...
BRIDGING CULTURES THROUGH STORYTELLING SM Supermalls president Steven Tan, Book Nook pioneer Architect Shereen Sy and Australian Ambassador HK Yu unveiled the first Australia Corner in Manila at the SM Podium Communities across the country are coming together to celebrate the power of...
The National Book Development Board (NBDB), the country’s book authority, sees the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) as a burgeoning marketplace for Filipino-authored books. “We created a marketplace for Philippine books because it’s difficult for Filipinos to easily access them. We sat...
Photos by Ocs Alvarez / Dulaang UP Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas is staging Mga Anak ng Unos as its second offering for its 47th theatre season this March 28 to April 13, 2025. It is a twin bill that showcases two brand new performances that explore pressing issues in the climate crisis. Mga...
Revitalizing a sleepy, rural village in Tuscany, then two Crime novels that deal with murder in different locations across the globe, geographical and temporal - are the books we review here. Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton A sleepy Tuscan village that’s fallen on hard...
Hitting two birds in one stone, I flew to Bacolod last month to be a juror of the sixth Margaha Film Festival in Sagay and to check one of the finest regional art centers, The Negros Museum, where runs the exhibition A Life of Fashion and Fashion for Life: A Patis Tesoro Retrospective ....
For a while, in my late 20s, when I turned to nonfiction, thinking it was the more adult thing to do, I stopped being a bookworm, not that I didn’t enjoy nonfiction. I did, immensely, but I wasn’t reading for pure pleasure. I was reading for knowledge, for inspiration, for guidance,...
The Malasimbo Music, Arts, and Kids Festival, one of the Philippines' most celebrated cultural events, is set to return on March 8, 2025, with a new twist—this year, the festival moves to the historic Puerta Real Gardens in Intramuros, Manila. This exciting change of venue comes with a new...
