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Ta-ga-logue: A coming-together in conversation
By Precious Sipin Filipinos are naturally creative. We are storytellers, dancers, singers (thanks Magic Mic!), writers. You name it and we know how to do it — with style. We can’t help it. It’s in our blood. With different races mixed in one, I see Filipinos as beautiful masterpieces meant to create, be innovative, and […]
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Film chronicles rescue of Jews from Nazi death camps through politics — and poker
“Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge From the Holocaust” will be shown at the Philippine Center on October 24th in celebration of Filipino American History Month. Actor Liev Schreiber is the narrator of the documentary The New York Times raved as “straightforward,” “fast-paced” and “fascinating.” According to the film’s website, “Rescue in the Philippines” is a […]
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TOFA-NY winners named; lights on at Carnegie Hall on Oct 26th
By Cristina DC Pastor As the government was shutting down midnight of September 30, TOFA-NY was in a race to finish the counting of votes to award the 2013 outstanding Filipinos in New York. TOFA-NY won the race; Congress did not. The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York went to 13 exemplary individuals who garnered […]
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‘Noli me Tangere, the Opera’ opens Oct. 4; big budget, world-class, say producers
By Cristina DC Pastor There they were, the youngsters of “Noli Me Tangere, the Opera” giggling, mugging for the cameras, just being precocious kids. All the time, Kirby Asunto, Elijah Sirilan and his sister Zion huddled close as if they were siblings. At least in the New York production of Jose Rizal’s historical novel, they […]
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Opera singer makes New York debut
Filipino soprano Armela Fortuna makes her New York debut in “Cantares,” a classical program featuring the best in Philippine and European music. She will be performing with up-and-coming Filipino American artists Jared Martin and Jellyn Anne Echon. The trio will be accompanied by pianist Maximillian Antig. Some selections from “Cantares” include Handel’s Piangero, “Puccini’s Quando […]
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Erik Matti on Philippine corruption: ‘The country is like one big Sopranos clan’
By Cristina DC Pastor The political crime drama “On the Job” was about to hit movie theaters at a time when the Philippines is all up in the grill over the P10 billion pork barrel scandal. The uncanny coincidence is not lost on film director Erik Matti. “Yes, the showing of OTJ suddenly became very […]
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‘On the Job:’ On the edge
By Joel David “On the Job” commemorates at least one milestone in the still-evolving narrative of Philippine independent cinema: it is the first digital-era action film to attain the genre’s elusive combination of critical acclaim and box-office profitability, reminiscent of the local industry’s social-realist achievements during the martial law period (roughly the ’70s to the […]
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‘Orange is the New Black:’ How I went from unimpressed to craving-for-more
By Rachel Misty Walt At first, all the buzz surrounding “Orange is the New Black,” Netflix’s recent hot original series, barely fazed me. My interest was initially piqued when I saw a creative subway advertisement, but continuing my commute pushed the image of the ad into the darkness of my dormant memories and I quickly […]
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Jason Tanamor takes on dysfunctional family in coming-of-age novel
Yahoo! writer Jason Tanamor has just released his third book, “The Extraordinary Life of Shady Gray,” about a dysfunctional family where the mother kills the father after the daughter gets pregnant. As funny as that came off, here’s a less dramatic synopsis from Jason: “The book is a coming-of-age novel about a know-it-all kid who […]