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Conductor debuts at storied Carnegie Hall
By Lydia V. Solis Nové Deypalan becomes the first FilAm conductor to perform at storied Carnegie Hall with the premiere of “Dream of a Hundred Flowers” on February 3. “I will be conducting for Saxophone Quartet (PRISM Quartet), percussions and four Chinese instruments by a terrific composer, Fang Man,” he said. The New York Times […]
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‘Don’t know how she does it
By Maricar CP Hampton Former FOX-5 reporter Ernabel Demillo is doing a fine juggling act, teaching journalism and practicing it, running a sporting goods business and raising an energetic 8-year-old daughter who dashes from a sleepover to a spa party. Wait, there’s more: She sits on the board of the Coalition for American Children Families […]
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Sen. Chuck Schumer wants Filipina named N.Y. district court judge
New York Senator Charles Schumer has recommended Lorna Schofield as federal district court judge for the Southern District of New York, according to the National Federation of Filipino American Associations. A NaFFAA statement said Schumer submitted the FilAm lawyer’s name to President Obama “with a recommendation to appoint her” to the position. “As a second-generation […]
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Sanitary inspection gets a ‘C’ from restaurant owners
By Cristina DC Pastor A toilet door not closing abruptly. Tongs for pulling hot trays hanging by the oven door. A variety of rice noodles. What do any of these have to do with a restaurant’s cleanliness? Restaurant owners are not sure, but they’ve been slapped fines for all sorts of alleged sanitation violations, prompting […]
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Back in Manila, the ‘missing city of the U.S.’
By A. Mabini I am sitting on the 31st floor of a posh building in Makati with mixed feelings about my trip so far. As I write this, I am watching TV, soothed by the thick Tagalog accents of Pilipino lawyers and lawmakers arguing about how full of shit Chief Justice Corona is. This trip […]
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Thank you, more please
By Jean Charisse A. Arboleda Alright, so we have established the fact that I can be slow. I just realized after three years that the failure of my marriage has prepared me for life in the mean, gritty, and unsympathetic New York City. I never would have lasted this long here had I not made […]
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‘Singgalot’ travels to New York, seeks volunteers
Stony Brook University will house the traveling exhibit “Singgalot — The Ties that Bind: Filipinos in America from Colonial Subjects to Citizens,” from February 12 to April 22. “Singgalot” details the rich history of more than 2.7 million Filipinos in America from the early pioneers who settled in the bayous and marshes of Louisiana in […]
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Mamma Mia! There’s a Filipina in my play
By Cristina DC Pastor What a difference six years makes. In 2006, my family watched “Mamma Mia” and enjoyed every musical minute of ABBA’s songs. Over the years that friends would come visit New York and ask what Broadway show to take in, I would suggest this delightful pop culture theater. For the fifth time […]
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PH television and a sitcom writer named Beer
By Tony Joaquin It was at the start of the ‘60s right after I returned from a one-year fellowship in Toronto, Canada when I got to meet Virgilio “Beer” Flores. He was a department head at the CBN offices in the old CBN building on Aduana Street in Intramuros. This was years before ABS-CBN became […]