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Homecoming sa Konsulado draws alums from 20 schools, from Ateneo to Adamson
It was a day of parlor games, cheers and camaraderie — minus the white starchy uniforms. Homecoming sa Konsulado saw Filipino American professionals representing about 20 colleges and universities and competing like the esteemed reputation of their schools depended on it. The event happened on November 9th or the weekend after Typhoon Haiyan swept through […]
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Laugh, cry, grow with this ‘unconventionally traditional’ family
Explore the Flores home and meet a Filipino American family in the Bay Area living in a small, cluttered and comfy house and dealing with the world of a “fairy dust” addict. Written in prose, poetry and spoken word, “Nanay, Tatay, Anak” recreates an episode in the young life of producer-director Renee Rises. The story […]
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Jersey City violinist to perform in Dec. 8 winter concert
Ryan Ramos of Jersey City will perform in the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra’s 24th annual winter concert on Sunday, December 8, at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. The program showcases New Jersey’s student musicians in one concert. They include the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra (GNYO), the Greater Newark Chamber Orchestra (GNCO) and […]
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He repaired typewriters for Woody, Coppola; after 28 years he’s closing up shop
By Heather Dubin Bino Gan of Typewriters ‘N Things (profile) from Rupeshi Shah on Vimeo. After 28 years in the business, Bino Gan, owner of Typewriters ’N Things in the West Village, is closing up shop. Gan and his wife, Nita, who also sell office supplies and stationery, will bid their loyal customers a final […]
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‘Metro Manila’ and ‘Transit:’ Ambitious, impressive (Part 2)
By Joel David Sean Ellis’s “Metro Manila” is made of more ambitious stuff, the same way that Danny Boyle presumed that he was in a position to envision the slums of Mumbai as an Oscar-worthy film in “Slumdog Millionaire.” Alas, just as “Slumdog Millionaire” could only hope to repackage a proletarian children’s fantasy via all […]
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The OFW finds well-deserved recognition in Hollywood (Part 1)
By Joel David The present year, 2013, will be memorable for Pinoys mainly for the succession of national traumas it proffered, from the usual showbiz decouplings and sex scandals to pork-barrel exposés, separatist-militia violence, and global-scale natural disasters. On the other hand, those who wish to remember whatever positive developments occurred will have enough to […]
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Exploring family-friendly Copenhagen
By Wendell Gaa The new Disney film “Frozen” is set to open in theaters on November 27. Based on the classic children’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, “Frozen” is just one of a handful of Disney animated adaptations of stories by the famed Danish author, and its timely opening has me […]
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The hunt for Bigfoot continues in New York
By Wendell Gaa It was late summer 2011 when I spent a weekend traveling to northern Washington State to visit my cousins. Their residence in the tranquil town of Bellingham is blessed with the ideal natural backdrop settings of the Pacific Northwest: rugged mountains, thick forests, and greenery everywhere. Being an outdoor enthusiast, I had […]
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TOFA-NY: Honoring the community’s ‘brightest and most committed’
By Cristina DC Pastor The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) was a night of recreating, reenacting and reconnecting with Filipino roots, a fitting culmination to Filipino American Heritage Month. Judge Lorna Schofield of the Southern District of New York, who was a keynote speaker, recalled memories of her mother, Priscilla Tiongco, who as […]