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A month of indie gay films
There’s still time to catch the July-long Filipino Indie Gay Film Festival at the Producers Club Indiehouse Theaters on 358 West 44, two blocks from the 42nd Street subway. The series, which began July 14 with the screening of “Pulupot” (Clingy), will feature the following films: July 21: “Laruang Lalake” (Boytoy aka Censored Dreams) July […]
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Teachers as casualties of immigration fiasco
By Cristina DC Pastor A labor violation by Maryland’s Prince George’s County Public Schools has resulted in an ugly confrontation with the U.S. Department of Labor, and some 800 Filipino teachers being caught in the crossfire. It’s a complicated story that may have begun when the PGCPS was actively recruiting foreign-born teachers. From 2004 to […]
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An office warming in Chelsea
After a decade in the marketing business, Grace Hufano-Labaguis opened on July 15 a Manhattan office for her Essential Consulting Services, LLC. The ‘office warming’ was a gathering of close friends, associates and clients, with Fr. Mike Lagrimas officiating at the blessing. “I’m blessed with great, supportive, thoughtful friends and family,” she said. Among her […]
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So long, Harry
By Daniel de la Rosa Life goes around in a circle, and watching the Harry Potter movies over the last bakers’ dozen years with my daughter brought the saga home for me. I watched the earlier movies with my pre-teen daughter all those years ago, and the trio of main actors were all around the […]
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SOM at 3: An album in progress
By Elton Lugay OPM band Sounds of Manila is celebrating its third anniversary this month with a series of concerts and the start of production for its first album. Known for its repertoire of Original Pilipino Music, the group is thrilled about its work in progress, an album featuring the music of Cecile Azarcon. Azarcon, […]
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Elevating the conversation on immigration — to comedy
Trust Jose Antonio Vargas to elevate the discussion on immigration by bringing it to political humorist Stephen Colbert. From the first question alone, Colbert could not resist lunging into the Pulitzer Award-winning journalist for being an “illegal alien.” “No, no,” a smiling Vargas protested the use of the term. “I’m an undocumented immigrant.” “Whatever,” Colbert […]
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• ‘Amigo’ comes to U.S. theaters • 3 days of Philippines in America • Storming Times Square for Bastille Festival
“Amigo,” the much-anticipated independent feature by acclaimed filmmaker John Sayles, will be distributed in theaters across the United States by Variance Films. Set during the Philippine-American War at the turn of the previous century and filmed entirely in The Philippines, “Amigo” — the 17th feature film from Academy Award-nominated writer-director Sayles — features a stellar […]
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$100K reward in Rebong killing
It is one of New England’s most intriguing cold cases. It’s been 11 years since Connecticut hotel employee Mark Rebong was killed by a bullet while driving to his office at the Danbury Hilton, and police have nothing to show but a couple of improbable theories. Mark would have been 39 today. “We may never […]
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Cancer claims Shirley Gorospe, 73
Filipino-Portuguese actress Shirley Gorospe is gone. She died July 9 in Los Angeles, a day after turning 73. Reports say she succumbed to brain tumor and lung cancer complications. Named after the child star Shirley Temple, the Eurasian actress, known for the charming way she mangled Tagalog in her ‘balikbayan’ roles, was widowed in 2002 […]
