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Tito Onching and me
By Tony Joaquin When Mama was carrying me in her womb, Tito Onching was asked by my father, Ping, to stay with her and keep her company especially in the evenings when Papa played piano as a jazz musician at stage shows around Manila at the time. That would be the beginning of Nick Joaquin’s involvement […]
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The Fili: A cross between ‘Monte Cristo’ and ‘Les Miserables’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF Photo Penguin exec Elda Rotor announced the release of “El Filibusterismo” in June, completing the republication of Jose Rizal’s epic novel in the international market. TF: How are sales of “Noli Me Tangere” from the time Penguin reissued it in 2006? ER: We have net sales in the U.S. of […]
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• Hagedorn has a book signing in L.A. • Chauffeur wins case vs Citibank exec
By Linda Nietes Authors Night, a gathering of authors, book lovers and members of the community to launch new books written by FilAm authors is being celebrated April 29 at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles. As in the past, it is being held on the eve of the L.A. Times Festival […]
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• A woman at the CORE of non-profit • Rizal’s ‘Fili’ goes on sale in June
Venessa Manzano was recently elected chair of the non-profit association for young professionals called CORE or Collaborative Opportunities for Raising Empowerment, Inc. She is the first female chair of CORE, after a succession of four chairpersons since it was founded in 2003. A native of Massachusetts, Venessa is born to first-generation Filipino parents and learned […]
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• Tribute to poet-prof Luis Francia • Human rights lawyer Len Weinglass, 77 • Visita Iglesia around Broadway
In this special 20th anniversary workshop reading, the Asian American Writers Workshop honors on April 8 Luis H. Francia, poet, journalist, professor, and former board member of the AAWW. Francia will read selections from his works, including from the just published chapbook “The Beauty of Ghosts,” alongside writer/friends. Linda Faigao Hall, Nita Noveno, Susan Soriano, […]
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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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How basketball defines the essence of being Filipino
By Daniel de la Rosa He was supposed to stay in the Philippines for only one year, but New Yorker Rafe Bartholomew wound up going for three. That sounds like a line from a basketball game. Why go for a point on the free throw line when you could chuck it up for 3 points […]
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‘Took me 50 years to read all of Carlos Bulosan’s books’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo R Sonny Sampayan shares vicarious memories of celebrated Asian American writer Carlos Bulosan, the granduncle he never met. TF: Exactly how are you related to Carlos Bulosan? RSS: My paternal grandfather Marcos Sampayan and Carlos’ mother Meteria are siblings. So it’s Carlos Sampayan Bulosan. TF: And you never met. […]