The nation’s largest film festival brought closer to cinephiles! This year's theme, "Breaking Through the Noise" Just last month, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Cinemalaya Foundation partnered with Ayala Malls Cinemas and SM Cinema to present special screenings of the Cinemalaya 18...
Manila Bulletin's Liwayway Magazine—the country's longest running magazine in Filipino, which will mark its centenary in November 2022—received the highest award for arts and culture from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)— “Gawad CCP Para sa Sining 2020” under the category...
WALA LANG Showing Mr. John Rockefeller the sights of the city, then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos pointed past the Navy headquarters on Roxas Boulevard saying, “That’s where our cultural center will be.” “My dear girl,” replied Mr. Rockefeller, “that’s water!” Mrs. Marcos...
Time to get back in the classical groove Text and photos by Dexter R. Matilla Whoever it was who said that there is no right time, only time and what one does with it must have been on to something. There is wisdom to be learned from maximizing the most of one’s time and in the past two or so...
A musical appreciation to the 75th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between the Philippines and France French conductor Michael Cousteau Just last month, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and Arts and the Embassy of France in...
The National Artist for Dance breaks a leg with a new company Spending an afternoon with Philippines National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes will always be a distinct pleasure. Under her mentorship, since June 2020, a number of pandemic-displaced Filipino dance artists found renewed purpose in their...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is fasttracking the construction of the new cultural and sports center in Capiz. THE Capiz Cultural and Sports Center in Roxas City being constructed. (DPWH Capiz 1st District Engineering Office) The DPWH-Capiz 1st District...
The “2022 Pinoy K-pop Star: Hail the Icons” finals will be held on July 16 with 10 participants in the vocal and performance categories. To be held in-person at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall, the “2022 Pinoy K-pop Star: Hail the Icons,” to be hosted by Kring Kim, will have five contestants...
CCP Arthouse Cinema screenings for July 2022 CCP Arthouse Cinema holds a special screening of National Artist Fernando Poe Jr.’s Alupihang Dagat (1976) to celebrate the 2022 National Heritage Celebration on Frida, July 8, 2 p.m., at the Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Audio-Visual Room). Copy of...
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines will start three face-to-face classes on July 20. It will introduce Cooking Class, Korean Traditional Dance Class and Taekwondo Class that will all be held at its new building at 59 Bayani Road, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The classes were...
The 50-year-old main building of the Cultural Center of the Philippines finally gets a facelift CULTURE FIX The Main Building of the Cultural Center of the Philippines will have its long-overdue facelift through a three-year rehabilitation plan starting this year until 2025 (Rodel Valiente) Turning...
On June 10, Malacañang Palace announced that it is honoring eight Filipinos with the Order of National Artists following the recommendations of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). President Rodrigo Roa Duterte conferred the order...
