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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” […]
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Eric Gamalinda’s ‘Splendor’ explores New York’s sacred places
Poet Eric Gamalinda’s multi-venue work, “Deep Splendor,” brings an 8th Century Buddhist text into the age of mobile devices, the Internet and social media. The work has been chosen as part of the Asian American Arts Alliance’s “Locating the Sacred Festival,” which launches in September with music, dance, visual, and literary arts from the Bronx […]
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Portrait of the hairstylist as performance artist
By Cristina DC Pastor A typical day for Leslie Ferrer Espinosa would be listening to her clients as they are seated on a chair talking about themselves. See, Leslie is not a psychiatrist. She is a hairstylist and makeup artist but she listens just as attentively as any therapist does, and sometimes she gets to […]
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Diversity, individuality in July 14-15 BalaSole dance concert
Roberto Villanueva, founder/artistic director of BalaSole Dance Company, presents “Contrasts,” a new program of 10 dancer/choreographers in a broad range of dance styles, music choices, and artistic voices, July 14 & 15 at Ailey Citigroup Theater. As always, the selected artists, hailing from such diverse locations as Russia, Venezuela, and Wassila, Alaska, will demonstrate a […]
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Kinding Sindaw to dance at Bronx park July 12
The cultural group Kinding Sindaw will be performing at the Van Cortland Park on July 12 in a summer dance-and-music series called Barefoot Dancing. Barefoot Dancing is a celebration of the cultural diversity of New York. It is a series of multicultural programs introducing city residents to various ethnic communities’ and their performing arts. All […]
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Downsizing my mother: Practicality versus tradition
By Roberto Villanueva Last year, I made the wrenching decision of “downsizing” my mother. I transferred her from a large three-bedroom multi-level house to a one-bedroom condo unit. It also meant trimming her expenses and letting go of a suburban lifestyle she was used to for many years, that is, until my financial situation improves. […]
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Filipina architect’s buildings awarded preservation grants
Sixteen historic places received preservation grants as part of the Partners in Preservation competition in New York City, the first-ever citywide effort powered by social media. Four of the sites are current and past clients of UST alumna and preservationist architect Roz Li. These are the Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn, the Lower East […]