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• Banana fashion from the republic • Angono artist holds painting workshops
Designer Dita Sandico Ong, known for her diaphanous banana fiber — or abaca — clothing collection opened an exhibit, With a Touch of Green, at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center on March 15. The lobby exhibit runs through April 8. Dita has worked vigorously for the past 25 years, enjoying a reputation for […]
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• Danseur exits dance company to ‘follow my heart’ • Despedida for beloved DCG Millie
The Israel-born ballet dancer Leo Arpon is bidding goodbye to the Armitage Gone! Dance company that has been his home in New York. This is his eighth and last season. Arpon taught ballet in Israel, Japan and New York, and before becoming a U.S. citizen, considered the world his home where he continues to nurture […]
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‘I went to a spa, had a massage with Marcos money’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo Feminist writer and former political prisoner Ninotchka Rosca was one of more than 7,500 claimants to the $10-million settlement paid to victims of human rights violations under the Marcos regime. TF: What did you do with your $1,000 check? NR: I ate something really nice, I went to a […]
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• Vanessa Hudgens as ‘badass’ Blondie • A book of masters’ paintings • Focus group looking for immigrants
Disney darling Vanessa Hudgens was in town March 8 for a series of media interviews to promote “Sucker Punch,” a fantasy action film. She plays Blondie, one of five young girls locked in a futuristic asylum and who plot to escape their captors. The other girls with Vanessa are Abbie Cornish, Emily Browning, Jena […]
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• Multicultural women’s art exhibit opens • UP’s Gabriel Esteban is new Seton Hall president
The exhibit by 12 multicultural women artists will continue to hang at the Project Reach 4th Floor Gallery, 39 Eldridge Street until March 31. The event is part of the feminist organization AF3IRM‘s commemoration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. “Arrivals/Departures: Women’s Experience of Migration Under Globalization,” curated by Leilani Montes, a Guatemalan-Mexican, […]
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• Arachne changes hands • Philippine life as seen through Hungarian eyes
From one FilAm actress to another. At least that’s how the role of Arachne in the mishap-plagued “Spider-man: Turn off the Dark” has passed the torch. The production is so troubled by rehearsal and soft launch accidents the grand opening has been delayed five times! The exit of FilAm actress Natalie Mendoza, citing health reasons, […]