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The resilience of Bamboo Girl: From warrior to healer
The bellicose Bamboo Girl zine editor of the late 1990s has recognizably mellowed. Margarita Alcantara is now a calmer person, an acupuncturist with a private practice and a life she concedes is not as self-obsessed. By Cristina DC Pastor TF: Where is the angry, confrontational Bamboo Girl now? MA: My fire is still there, it’s […]
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• Ateneo, La Salle do a ‘Pasiklaban’ • Pinoy Idol finalists named • Free films at Secaucus Library
The Ateneo Alumni Northeast Inc. (AANI) and the De La Salle Alumni Association Metro New York are sponsoring a volleyball and basketball tournament featuring alumni players. Pasiklaban 2011: Rivalry for Charity is slated for July 9, 12 noon to 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s College on 870 Montgomery Street in Jersey City. The AANI beneficiary […]
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Gala dinner kicks off ‘balikbayan’ campaign
By Elton Lugay Like an ‘ilustrado’ soiree at the turn of the century, more than 200 community leaders and Philippine government officials resplendent in their ‘barong’ and ‘terno’ gathered at a gala event promoting the Pinoy Homecoming and Balikbayan Plus campaign of the Department of Tourism (DOT). The dinner, commemorating the declaration of 2011 to […]
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China is a bully vs. Don’t mess with China: FilAms split
These two positions over the Spratlys dispute — and China’s looming ambitions in the region — are so far apart, yet they come from one community. The U.S. Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG) is mobilizing FilAms to protest on July 8 in front of Chinese embassies and consulates around the world over Beijing’s incursions into […]
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Proud and empowered, partnered or not
By Elton Lugay Just two days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the same-sex marriage bill, the June 26 gay pride parade on Christopher Street became more than an annual tradition. It was a momentous milestone for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community. Close to a million people poured into and around 36th Street and […]
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• Course in women’s activism opens in August • Filipinos in N.Y. now at 104K; in N. J. 110K
The Association of Filipinas, Feminists Fighting Imperialism, Re-feudalization, and Marginalization (AF3IRM NY/NJ) is offering an educational and transformative space for women interested in exploring and activating the intersections of their personal and political identities. For four consecutive Saturdays in August, the Summer School of Women’s Activism will offer a unique course on women’s history, method […]
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Pandemonium at Friendship Day parade
By Elton Lugay The Filipino-American Friendship Day on June 26 drew a huge crowd, and with it a melee triggered by film star Aljur Abrenica. Pandemonium broke out when eye candy Aljur showed up on stage for his number. One woman passed out from too much heat and too thick a crowd. Two fans, who […]
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‘It truly takes a village to raise a child’
By Venessa Manzano It was something my younger, American-born sister said that got me thinking. She said, “No offense, but why should I think about helping the Philippines if I feel like I have no connection to it?” I never forgot that statement. Working closely with the Filipino American community in New York and New […]
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KC and Sam: It’s complicated
By Elton Lugay Want to put KC Concepcion on the hot seat? Ask about her rumored breakup with Piolo Pascual, and also how she is getting too close to his buddy and fellow actor Sam Milby. “Clearly no, and I have said that many times,” she sounded slightly annoyed when asked by The FilAm during […]