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Universal Self returns from ‘mind-blowing’ trip to India
By Cristina DC Pastor In the morning of November 27th, Kilusan Bautista was en route to India to perform at the annual Sahabhaga theater festival. Several days later, reports of a New Delhi woman being gang-raped gripped the country, casting his travel into a communal reflection about the society’s values on gender, masculinity and respect […]
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FILAMSPEAK: Memories of Ernie Pena as friend, mentor, artist
For several days, the death of beloved photographer Ernie Pena was the community’s best kept secret. Word had gotten around how he was found in his room by Jersey City police officers after he failed to come to work one morning and his co-workers decided to call in the cops. No one breached the request […]
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Digesting the art of Manuel Ocampo
By Oscar A. Laluyan The Filipino diet is the best and worst. It is a mix of everything fried, super sweet, and all the calories crammed in every bite. It’s a miracle when you don’t get indigestion with every Filipino meal. So when I got wind of this show entitled, “The View Through the Bull […]
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Bayanihan to perform at JALC Nov. 1
The world-renowned Bayanihan, the national dance company of the Philippines, comes to the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center on November 1 at 8 p.m. with a repertory inspired by the Philippines’ indigenous Chinese, Spanish and Islamic cultures. The Bayanihan will offer five suites featuring a display of Philippine culture […]
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Decaying San Sebastian church: What’s being done?
Paint conservator Christine Leggio will give an update on the restoration of the 121-year-old San Sebastian Basilica in Manila in a presentation organized by Bakas Pilipinas. The talk will be held on October 17th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Office of Superstructures’13th Floor at 32 Avenue of the Americas (one block south […]
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Artist explores identity using digital images
Artist Jun-Jun Sta. Ana will discuss the digital exploration of identity and perception through photography-based imagery during a talk on Identity & Perception: A Digital Voyage of a Filipino Visual Artist. The event will be held October 12 at the Asian American / Asian Research Institute at 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between Fifth […]
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Manuel Conde’s ‘Genghis Khan’ to screen at MoMA Oct 12 &17
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will screen Manuel Conde’s newly-restored Filipino classic film “Genghis Khan” on October 12 at 4 p.m. and October 17 at 7 p.m. The screening is part of MoMA’s To Save and Protect International Festival of Film. Filmed in 1950, “Genghis Khan” was co-directed by Conde and Lou Salvador, with […]
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Grace Nono to perform sacred songs in Sept 22 festival
Songs for the Beloved, an intimate concert that features Philippine oral traditional songs with sacred themes, will be performed by Grace Nono, together with fellow Filipino artists Charles Wandag and Bo Razon. This event will take place at the Renee Weiler Concert Hall of the Greenwich House Music School at 46 Barrow Street, on September […]
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Randy Gener draws open ‘Broadway Behind the Curtain’
There is going to be a conversation about fine-art photography, Broadway theater, and people living with HIV/Aids on September 12, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Soho Photo Gallery at 15 White Street. Editor/writer/critic Randy Gener, a nominee for the 2012 The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York Award, will moderate. “Broadway Behind the Curtain” […]