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A confluence of good food and art at Antipolo

The ARTipolo Group, a group of artists based in Antipolo, launched a month-long exhibit and sale of paintings that now adorn the walls of Casa Nieves Filipino-Spanish restaurant at Robinson’s Place Antipolo. Inspired by the recipes of the late Nieves Rodriguez, Casa Nieves has joined hands with ARTipolo to add…

Dance for a cause: An Intimate Evening with Stella Abrera & American Ballet Stars

Passion meets compassion as international ballerina and first Filipino-American principal dancer Stella Abrera, as well as eight of her fellow dancers in the American Ballet Theater, partners with the Ayala Foundation to stage a night of dance, music and artistry this April 6 and 7. The proceeds of the ballet…

Splendours of Southern France: J’adore!

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ “The French are glad to die for love,” sang the courtesan Satine in the movie Moulin Rouge. Eight days in Southern France is all it takes to know why those words were coined, immortalized in song, and recited with such passion and conviction. Seventeen hours flew…

Mark your calendars: March 10 is a day for ‘Important Philippine Art’

Art worth owning is a story worth telling. This, in a nutshell, is the thought behind Salcedo Auctions’ selection of "Important Philippine Art," which includes "Important Philippine Furniture, Tribal & Ethnographic Art." All these will be going under the hammer on Saturday, March 10, 2 p.m. at Three Salcedo Place.…

Baguio in bloom

After 22 consecutive years of being staged in Baguio, the Panagbenga flower festival continued to wield its brand of magic on Filipinos and foreigners alike. City officials led by Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogan welcomed guests from various parts of the world to the two-day festival last weekend (Feb. 24 to…

Five great female-led podcasts for binge-listening

After years of being pushed aside as a niche medium, podcasts are finally having their heyday. The past couple of years have seen a huge boom in the number (and quality) of podcasts—especially those that are hosted by women and/or talk about women and their experiences. Here are five brilliant…

Fringe Festival 2018 will be heating up the Manila art scene

From Feb. 7 to 25, Fringe Festival 2018 will be flooding the city’s creative hubs with dynamic interdisciplinary performances and groundbreaking contemporary artworks by both established and emerging local artists, as well as international participant and collaborators. Presented by Pineapple Lab and Fringe Manila, the festival will cover a…

Songs and dresses for Marawi

The biggest names on the local stage and runway have joined forces to come up with Marawing Salamat, the Best of Opera and Fashion for Marawi, an opera-slash-fashion show for the benefit of the war-ravaged city of Marawi, particularly “Duyog Marawi,” a project of Bishop Edwin dela Peña, to reconstruct…

Jose Mari Chan will serenade the metro south with a Valentine’s concert

Jose Mari Chan is slated to bring some classic romance to The Bellevue Manila on Feb. 10, 2018 with his new concert, South Serenades: A Jose Mari Chan Valentine Concert. The famous singer will be singing some of the greatest love songs in OPM history. This special concert will be…

Grohe celebrates excellence in Philippine architecture with the Grohe Zeitgeist Design Award

Luxury fittings company Grohe honored the four Filipino finalists of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) with the first-ever Grohe Zeitgeist Design Awards. The four WAF finalists were selected from a total of 400 entries from 68 countries in a variety of categories. Project Streetlight Tagpuro (which rebuilt an orphanage that was…