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Little Manila Avenue: ‘Let’s make this official’
Will the Filipino American community get its honorary street sign Little Manila Avenue by October 2020? Organizers are hoping that would happen. The street sign will be placed at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street in Woodside, Queens. “It would be particularly meaningful to be able to install this historic Little Manila Avenue […]
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An ugly brawl over a bar’s name
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s been called an “uprising,” this outcry involving a Washington D.C. wine bar and its name. It began when a local paper announced the opening of Barkada Wine Bar on July 29, pointing out that while it chose to name it after the Filipino word “barkada” — meaning the closeness of […]
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Mabuhay mural unveiled in Queens
On June 12th, the Filipino community in Queens unveiled the colorful mural ‘Mabuhay’ (meaning ‘To life’) on the corner of 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue known as Little Manila. According to the organizers, the ceremony was dedicated to businesses and health care workers risking their lives on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our […]
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Juliet Payabyab ‘honored’ to be appointed to Astoria community board
By Cristina DC Pastor On May 31, community leader and retired banker Juliet Payabyab became a member of the community board of Astoria in Queens. She will join 49 other individuals who will be advising elected officials and agencies about matters ranging from land use planning to scheduling of garbage collection. She was appointed to […]
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Author Roselle Lim gives voice to the Filipino-Chinese
By Lynn Alejandrino-Topel Aspiring Filipino authors take inspiration and hope in the number of published works by writers of Asian descent. One such author is Roselle Lim. Her first book entitled “Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune” has spawned a second book in the same universe called “Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop” which […]
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ success failed to boost APA representation on TV: media group
The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC)—the only organization to have graded the top four television networks since 2001—issued its annual Report Cards for the past 2018-19 season, assessing the four major TV networks on their progress toward diversity and inclusion of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) onscreen and behind the camera. Although ABC and CBS […]
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The Meranao epic ‘Pananadem’ premieres on March 12
The New York premiere of Kinding Sindaw Melayu Heritage’s Pananadem (Remembering) will be presented from March 12-14 at 7 p.m. and March 15 at 3 p.m. at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre on 66 E. 4th Street. Potri Ranka Manis, the founder and Artistic Director of Kinding Sindaw, will also lead a Filipino Indigenous Dance […]
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Exploring the world’s oldest housing settlement at the Fuggerei
By Wendell Gaa My recent holiday visit to Germany granted me a rare chance to visit what is considered to be the world’s oldest social settlement, the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Bavaria. This old town neighborhood is unique even in Europe, a continent known for its well-preserved buildings and houses dating all the way back to […]
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Faith and hope hit the streets of Manila
By Johnson Lazaro, Esq. Manila memories of the martyr In my pre-American stage, as a youngster of about 7 or 8 years of age, I vividly recall the procession of the Black Nazarene through the streets of Manila. My dad took part in a number of the annual processions. I remember thousands of Filipinos lining […]