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2 years after superstorm Sandy, how is RN hero Menchu de Luna Sanchez doing?
By Cristina DC Pastor She is still working at the NYU Langone Medical Center but in another department. She still lives in her Secaucus, New Jersey home with her husband Judith (yes, the girl’s name) and children Jude and Michelle, their home for the last 22 years. She still looks back with overflowing pride at […]
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Lifting the shroud of shame on Domestic Violence, FilAm youth share stories of abuse
By Cristina DC Pastor Leani Auxilio loved her father dearly. He was, in good times, a funny man and a great cook. But when soused with alcohol and he would start beating up her mother, she wished he were gone. “In one fight, he kicked my mother as they argued over who would give me […]
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An artist can never be too busy to take care of his health
By Ramon Gil A few weeks ago, after a little too much ‘lechon kawali,’ I felt some tightness in my chest. Since I have a history of heart disease, I thought ‘better safe than sorry’ and went to the emergency room at Lennox Hill, just in case. While they didn’t find anything wrong at first, […]
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October 20, 1944 remains unforgettable with echoes of ‘I Shall Return!’
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. There are dates in the Philippines’ World War II history that have their staying power. But not all belong to ‘must’ remembrances. A few brought joy. Some are meant to be shunted aside because they bring nothing but sorrow. But there is one date that has, as time moves on, […]
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TOFA-NY’s 4th year: Through thanks and tears, reflecting on what’s next for the Filipino American achiever
By Cristina DC Pastor And there was music and wonderful moments. Some tears too, and through it all a challenge to Filipino Americans: It’s time to “take the lead.” The fourth The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York was an occasion to celebrate the achievements of Filipinos in the New York area during Filipino American […]
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Manila designer Joyce Pilarsky breaks into Boston Fashion Week
By Cristina DC Pastor A funny thing happened to Joyce Penas Pilarsky on her first visit to the U.S. in 1982. Her family was visiting Disney and in their excitement forgot where they parked their car. After several hours of searching, they gave up and went back to their hotel. They returned early morning the […]
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The Filipino Renaissance: Finding a viable balance between community dialogue and popular theater (Part 3)
This latest Investigative Reporting Project chronicles important milestones in Filipino American theater history in New York. The author, Renee Barabad Floresca, is an actor, director, educator and writer whose latest production, “Undressing the Fragments,” is playing Oct. 24th to 26th at Wow Café Theatre at the Lower East Side between Bowery and 2nd Avenue. — […]
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‘Here Lies Love’ provides full-time jobs to FilAm actors (Part 2)
This latest Investigative Reporting Project chronicles important milestones in Filipino American theater history in New York. The author, Renee Barabad Floresca, is an actor, director, educator and writer whose latest production, “Undressing the Fragments,” is playing Oct. 24th to 26th at Wow Café Theatre at the Lower East Side between Bowery and 2nd Avenue. — […]
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROJECT: The first wave of Asian American actors were Filipinos (Part 1)
By Renee Barabad Floresca This latest Investigative Reporting Project chronicles important milestones in Filipino American theater history in New York. The author, Renee Barabad Floresca, is an actor, director, educator and writer whose latest production, “Undressing the Fragments,” is playing Oct. 24th to 26th at Wow Café Theatre at the Lower East Side between Bowery […]