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From ube-scented candles to Halo-Halo-inspired trinkets, Filipinxt Marketplace opens to the public
By Sarah Gassel Rose Rubio was on the way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art when she was stopped by a familiar sight. Spilling out onto West 43rd Street, a stylish, growing crowd stood outside a wooden double-door entrance. For New York Fashion Week, this wasn’t an uncommon occurrence. Instead, it was a commonality between […]
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At NYFW, Darren Apolonio captures beauty in the bizarre
By Ferlie Andong I attended New York Fashion Week for the first time, and came in with zero expectations. It was a little early when I arrived so I caught parts of the rehearsal for Darren Apolonio’s Spring Summer 2026 show at the Flatiron District in Manhattan and wondered what I was about to witness. […]
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HLL’s Jasmine Forsberg stars in new Princeton musical
This fall, Princeton’s McCarter Theatre will debut “I & You: The Musical,” adapted from Lauren Gunderson’s award-winning play of the same title. The newly announced cast features two rising Broadway stars. Jasmine Forsberg (“Here Lies Love;” “Six;” “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends”) and Benji Santiago (“The Notebook”) will play 17-year-olds Caroline and Anthony, bringing youthful energy […]
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Reliving the Battle of Britain aboard a Spitfire aircraft
By Wendell Gaa The year 2025 marks the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, one of the most pivotal air battles not only during the Second World War, but in the history of Western civilization. It was in this military conflict when Nazi Germany under its dictator Adolf Hitler had by 1940 overrun much […]
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A memoir on surviving trauma by Cordillera-born author
By Sheilah Jane I grew up poor, in the shadows of Martial Law in the Philippines. I was born and raised in Ifugao in the Cordillera Mountains navigating hardship and uncertainty long before I moved to America. I came to America 1998, 28 and pregnant with my third child. Here, I straddled two worlds—one shaped […]
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‘Not just their story, it is mine too:’ A personal reflection on ‘Nurse Unseen’
By Agustin T. Guido III, RN “Nurse Unseen,” directed with aching tenderness by Michele Josue, is not just a documentary. It is a mirror – one that catches the invisible light and shadow cast by the Filipino nursing diaspora in the United States. Josue wields her camera like a compassionate witness. She does not shout; […]
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Calendar from October
October 2 Casino Night from Charm City 22nd Eastern Regional Conference of the Philippine Nurses Association of America Live Casino & Hotel 7002 Arundel Mills Circle Suite 7777 Hanover, MD October 2 to October 30 Fall 2025 Adult Conversational Filipino, Beginner 1 with instructor Bing Magtoto Deadline for enrollment is Monday, September 29 For more […]
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September 11: A couple’s story of survival and purpose
September 11th remains a deeply painful and unforgettable day for life partners Jerry Sibal and Edwin Josue. Twenty-four years after the World Trade Center attacks, they are “grateful that God spared our lives,” and that what they have now is “our second chance.” Weeks before that fateful day, Jerry’s client, Verizon, hired his company to […]
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Joyce Castillo: From Ilocos to Wall Street and into the heart of the Filipino community
By Cristina DC Pastor When Joyce Alano Castillo and her husband Arnold moved to Woodbridge, New Jersey in 1997, the world was in mourning. As they unloaded boxes into their new home, the radio carried the shocking news: Princess Diana had died in a car accident. Their sons were very young. One was entering high […]