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‘Norte’ by Lav Diaz to screen at Lincoln Center June 20-26
Lav Diaz’s “Norte, The End of History” will premiere at the Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on June 20. The movie will run through June 26. Additionally, the Film Society of Lincoln Center will begin a major retrospective of Diaz’s works on June 22, the first ever by this prestigious institution of a […]
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Community celebrates 116th Independence Day, PHL as a ‘comeback economy’
Amid the festive colors of Filipiniana gowns and tables of Philippine food and cocktails, Consul General Mario de Leon Jr. welcomed the hundreds of well-wishers who came to celebrate the 116th anniversary of Philippine Independence on June 12. First the good news. De Leon announced Manila is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. […]
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A weekend full of festivities, from the NJ Santacruzan to the NYC parade
By Megan Villarin This year, our Santacruzan mass at the St. Raphael-Holy Angels Filipino Parish in Hamilton, New Jersey was held inside the gym. Regardless, it was still a spectacular event. I watched the procession of the statue of the Virgin Mary, the sagalas and their escorts coming into the gym and taking their seats. […]
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Justin Manjares: Selling lacrosse to basketball-crazy Filipinos
A Long Island man is on a mission to grow the sport of lacrosse in the Philippines. Justin Manjares, 31, of Dix Hills is working with a New York team to raise awareness about the sport in a country that worships basketball and where almost every neighborhood block has a hoop. Justin, who is director […]
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Watchdogging the Filipino American Community: An Investigative Reporting Project
THE FILAM online magazine takes reporting to the next level: an Investigative Reporting Project for the Filipino American community in New York area. The following crowdfunding campaign is live until July 21, 2014 on Indiegogo. Why I am asking for your support After three years, THE FILAM would like to take its reporting to the […]
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Finding spiritual solace by the Western Wall, Israel’s most sacred site
By Wendell Gaa As a high school student in the summer of 1993, I took my first trip to Europe, and it was in Rome, Italy where I had a chance to meet then-Philippine Ambassador to Israel, the late Amante Manzano. A very humble diplomat with a genial demeanor, Ambassador Manzano encouraged me to visit […]
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Pianist Rowena Arrieta returns to concert stage Sept. 20th
After a long hiatus, Rowena Arrieta is going back on stage for a comeback concert on September 20 at 8 p.m. at the Merkin Concert Hall on West 67th Street, according to Philippine Pearl LLC. The award-winning pianist, noted by The New York Times for her “fevered, demonic intensity” on the keyboard, is said to […]
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The mainstream press will not tell the immigrants’ stories: Ippies Awards speakers
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas called on the mainstream media to tell more of the stories of the country’s immigrant population. At the same time, he urged anew The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers to drop the use of the word “illegal” in their reporting of immigrants who […]
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Consider yourself charmed as Pinoys with British accent conquer ‘Oliver!’
By Elton Lugay Ten Filipino American actors give life to the restaging of “Oliver!,” the musical reinterpretation of Charles Dickens’s classic novel about an orphan with frisky hands. Eleven-year-old Bonale Zohn Fambrini plays the lead role of Oliver, a young pickpocket, in this National Asian Artists Project’s (NAAP) production featuring an all-Asian cast. “Oliver!” is […]