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Gov. Cuomo: Empire State is ‘privileged’ to honor outstanding Filipinos
By Cristina DC Pastor On a night when it snowed in October for only the third time in 142 years in Manhattan, Carnegie Hall glittered as hundreds huddled to honor and fete 2011’s best Filipino Americans in New York, among them an undocumented immigrant journalist and a transgender woman. “The Empire State is privileged to […]
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Shakespearean comedy goes Hong Kong retro
The grassroots theater company Leviathan Lab presents its inaugural production, Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” at the Arclight Theater at 152 West 71st Street from November 3 to 19. In “Twelfth Night,” Viola, a young woman shipwrecked and stranded in the seaside city of Illyria, sets a series of events into motion that create a tangled knot […]
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No more ‘stupid tricks’ for topnotch talent hound
By Cristina DC Pastor For eight years, Darren Demeterio supplied David Letterman with dogs that sneeze, answer the phone or people who wear toilet plungers on their heads. The Stupid Human and Pet Tricks was a beloved staple that contributed to making “The Late Show with David Letterman” a six-time Emmy winner and an enduring […]
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Bullying Prevention Summit Oct 29 at CUNY
Join the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) at an all-day summit on October 29 with top administration officials, federal agency representatives and local organizations, MTV and Facebook, to learn what is being done to protect Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Muslim American youth from bullying. The Bullying Prevention Summit will […]
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Zuccotti Park now echoes with immigrant voices
By Cristina DC Pastor Feet in Two Worlds A month ago, they looked like a lost tribe of Klansmen who wandered into New York. Today, the so-called “hippies” of the Occupy Wall Street movement have metaphorically hung out a sign proclaiming: “All races welcome.” People of color and immigrants are now coming to Zuccotti Park […]
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Read a good book lately? We try
By Cristina DC Pastor I’ve been reading “A Year by the Sea” for almost two years now. The book by Joan Anderson about a journalist who takes a sabbatical from marriage has been sitting in a little corner of my bedroom along with other books on food, true crime, politics and the Taliban. It’s a […]
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A tepid fight, a lot of love for Nonito
By Elton Lugay An air of eager anticipation was evident among Filipinos as they arrived at the Madison Square Garden on October 22 to watch the World Bantamweight Championship between Nonito Donaire of General Santos City and Omar Narvaez of Argentina. Toward the end, the excitement turned to jeers and boos, prompting Donaire to apologize […]
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Jose Rizal was a boxer, too
By Nestor Palugod Enriquez Dr. Jose Rizal was the Philippines’ Renaissance Man. He was a physician, a linguist, poet and fighter. His hands were not only for writing, but the hands of a martial artist, a boxer, trainer and instructor. The maestro taught his pupils in Dapitan instruction on boxing and fencing. In London, he […]
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Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Asuncion’ inspired by ex-girlfriend
An off-Broadway production will feature a Filipina student as a pivotal character, and we don’t mean Sunshine Corazon. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents “Asuncion,” a play about a Filipina student who shares an apartment with two white male students. “The Social Network’s” Jesse Eisenberg debuts as a playwright. Rising star Camille Mana (“Smart People,” “College”) plays […]