Tag: #Nick Lizaso
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Other ‘Skyways’ and ‘bridges’ we need to build
Human connection is as equally important as infrastructure, and a Department of Culture and the Arts can help facilitate that.
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The Metropolitan Theater gets a third life
‘This will be a Teatro ng Bayan, a theater for our people. For our native talents.’
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Bohol: A well-rounded cultural destination
The story of Bohol has romance, myths and legends, blood and gore, triumphs and defeats.
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Bulakan with a K
This is a town that gave its name to an entire province in the same way that the municipalities of Cavite and Batangas became the names of their respective provinces.
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There’s more to Capiz than its famous shell
The luster of Capiz shells is reflected in the way the native Capiznon would readily greet his neighbors or engage in casual banter with ordinary folks such as peddlers, hawkers, and tricycle drivers.
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NCCA chairman and CCP president Nick Lizaso honored with Fernando Poe Lifetime Achievement Award
An award more special than others.
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Baguio: Blooming of a creative city
There’s something new and exciting that is blooming in Baguio. It is taking on a new moniker as the 'creative city.'
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Xian Liam directs ‘Ibong Adarna’ puppet film for kids
This kicks off Sining Sigla’s puppet series to bring arts closer to Filipino children
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Bacolod City: Civilization gone with the wind
When people speak of Bacolod, my mind conjures images of the old pre-civil war South in America. Like America’s old south, old Bacolod used to be the home of aristocratic hacienderos with vast sugar plantations, employing thousands of peasants to work in sugar plantations and azucareras.
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Antique: A destination less traveled
I was also delighted to discover that Antique did not get its name from the word antique, meaning old or vintage, but rather from Hantík-hantik, the local name for the large black ants found on the island. It used to be spelled Hantique with a French twang and silent H by Spanish chroniclers. In the Kinaray-a dialect, it is pronounced as “Antique” (än-ti-ké).
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The new face of Manila is a wall
The mural by art collective, Gerilya, depicts the rich history of the Philippines, specifically of Manila by highlighting the progress of the metropolis while showing the rich history of our country including the pre-colonial times, Spanish colonial period, Philippine-American War, World War II, the First Quarter Storm, Martial Law, and the present.
