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TOFA-NY at 2: One ‘enchanting evening’
By Cristina DC Pastor Despite a ‘Frankenstorm’ threatening to pummel the New York area, TOFA-NY feted the Filipino American community’s best and the brightest at the historic Carnegie Hall in an “enchanting evening” of music, dance and laughter. With speeches ranging from political prisoners in the Philippines to the struggle for equality for same-sex Filipinos, […]
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‘Tangina,’ Eraserheads, what a concert!
By Kata Rojas The Jersey City Armory was Pinoy Party Central Saturday night on October 20 when the Eraserheads came to town. For almost two hours, hundreds rocked, danced, head-banged, jumped, waved, screamed and sang along as Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Marcus Adoro and Buddy Zabala performed their biggest hits. I’ve a confession: I was […]
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Gangnam: Not gangster rap but Korea’s Fifth Avenue
By Cathy Rose Garcia The FilAm Exclusive SEOUL, South Korea – By now, everyone knows “Gangnam Style,” the infectious beat and kooky invisible horse dance that took the world by storm. On my recent visit to Seoul, I saw just how big the Korean rapper Psy has become. Koreans are very proud of Psy’s success. […]
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Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 57: rule breaker, risk taker
By Joel David One fascinating thing about having been present during the emergence of critical awareness in Philippine cinema was observing how games of auteur favoritism played out: who would be the critics’ favorites and how would the rest fare in relation to them? The way the rules were formulated – a series of commentaries […]
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Bayanihan to perform at JALC Nov. 1
The world-renowned Bayanihan, the national dance company of the Philippines, comes to the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center on November 1 at 8 p.m. with a repertory inspired by the Philippines’ indigenous Chinese, Spanish and Islamic cultures. The Bayanihan will offer five suites featuring a display of Philippine culture […]
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Tofa-NY winners voted; to join Charice, Cheesa at Carnegie Hall
A town mayor, a boxing journalist and a Tagalog professor are among this year’s The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York, based on Facebook voting conducted over a period of three months. Mayor Guillermo Udarbe of Ridgway, Pennsylvania won in the Public Service & Politics category. Ring TV reporter Ryan Songalia was voted best in […]
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Respect, sibling rivalry and a pair of sneakers in ‘Kuya Ko’
A short film about respect, two Filipino brothers and a pair of sneakers will be shown October 20 at the Bayanihan Filipino Community Center in Woodside, Queens. Written and directed by emerging filmmaker Dean Banting, the film was his senior thesis at The City College of New York in June 2011. “Kuya Ko” — “My […]
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Milagros Beltran Mendez, 61
By Elton Lugay Mila Mendez died of cardiac arrest September 29, at 2:09 a.m. at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, after a long illness, her husband Fernando told The FilAm. She was the driving force behind the 14-year Philippine Fiesta in America held annually at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New […]
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Three Filipina filmmakers at work on sneakerheads comedy
“Hypebeasts,” a movie about a Filipino collector of first edition, top-of-the-line sneakers, is a thesis project by NYU film student Jess dela Merced. Gigi Dement of the Oscar-winning short film “God of Love” and Marissa Aroy, who received an Emmy for the documentary “Sikhs in America,” are co-producing the film. With touches of comedy, “Hypebeasts” […]