Archive - Arts & Culture Year 2024 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2015 2014 2012 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 Arts & Culture A ssireum wrestler keeps a community together in K-drama In the reality vs. expectation trap, "Like Flowers in Sand" is the expectation -- supportive community, true friends, passion -- that people wish to be reality instead. It is possible with hallyu magic that make flowers bloom even in the most adverse clime. By Liana Garcellano | Feb 21, 2024 | 12-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture 50 Years: A fiesta of Philippine design Celebrating Philippine design, 50 Years of Philippine Design and Beyond presents the evolution of Filipino design over five decades (1970-2023) at the National Museum of Fine Arts until March 3, 2024. By R.C. Ladrido | Feb 18, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Ambeth Ocampo’s appreciation for ‘useless information’ and the Philippine-American war The Philippine-American war started on February 4, 1899 or 125 years ago -- when Private William Walter Grayson fired the first shot. By Liana Garcellano | Feb 12, 2024 | 12-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Making waves: Pop surrealism 101 When street art, graffiti, and surrealism converge and fueled by the indelible imprint of Japanese manga, anime, cartoons, and video games—the emergence of Filipino artists engage in pop surrealism remains inevitable. By R.C. Ladrido | Feb 11, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture A physiotherapist eases the pain to make you functionally fit Kenneth Giron chafed at being called masahista (Filipino for masseuse or masseur) when he was still a student at the University of Santo Tomas (UST). People then didn't really make a distinction between a masahista and a physical therapist. By Liana Garcellano | Feb 8, 2024 | 11-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Roustem Saitkoulov replaces Krystian Zimerman in Feb. 9 PPO concert Roustem Saitkoulov, winner of the Rome Piano Competition and Grand Prix of the Montecarlo World Piano-Masters, replaces Krystian Zimerman in the Feb. 9, season concert of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). By Pablo A. Tariman | Feb 3, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Baguio’s On Call Vocals gives last hurrah On Call Vocals’ saga is also a cautionary tale about dealing with corporate Goliaths, about keeping one’s dignity in spite of shabby treatment. By Elizabeth Lolarga | Feb 1, 2024 | 8-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Ryan Villamael: His paper universe Ryan Villamael, 36, the foremost Filipino artist working on paper as sculptural medium, presents mostly paper installations in a solo exhibition, Return, My Gracious Hour at the Silverlens Galleries until February 3, 2024. By R.C.Ladrido | Jan 28, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture Tessy Pettyjohn: Ceramics weird and wonderful Patterns, colors, and textures form an organic triumvirate of sculptural clayworks in A Light in Everything, Tessy Pettyjohn’s exhibition at Silverlens Galleries. It runs until 03 February 2024. By R.C.Ladrido | Jan 20, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Arts & Culture The Manilamen and their Australian Connection The Manilamen’s descendants trace their Filipino heritage through food (adobo, dinuguan, andtuba that some descendants recalled their grandfathers produced), music, and dancing and some Filipino words that have become part of Broome’s lexicon. By R.C. Ladrido | Jan 8, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING