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Home is where the heart is
By Cathy Rose Garcia Struggling with two ‘balikbayan’ boxes on a trolley while trying to find the exit at San Francisco International Airport, I knew I didn’t exactly look like the George Clooney character in “Up in the Air.” It didn’t help that I just had a near anxiety attack while being questioned by U.S. […]
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• An evening with Lea Salonga • Get Etta outta CHR: Bayan USA • UniPro hosts youth summit June 2-4
Lea Salonga will be back at Café Carlyle in a three-week return engagement June 7 to 25. Best known for her Tony Award winning role in “Miss Saigon,” Lea made her Café Carlyle debut last season. In “Lea Salonga: New York in June,” she will take her audience on a musical tour of her multi-faceted […]
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‘I would love to be in a Judd Apatow movie’
By Cristina DC Pastor J. Elaine Marcos plays a Filipina mail-order bride in the Broadway hit “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” which opened March 20. Catch the show and sing along with the ‘caged bird’ Cynthia Campos. TF: Are you related to the Marcoses? JEM: Very distant. My dad grew up in same area in […]
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VP Binay to lead June 5 Independence Day parade
Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay is expected to grace the 113th Philippine Independence Day parade June 5 on Madison Avenue. He will be joined by young ABS-CBN stars Jericho Rosales and pop singer Karylle Padilla. The annual celebration will feature a trade fair, a cultural program, and a flea market of crafts and Filipino comfort […]
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• Anding Roces, 86 • Coming soon to New York: Brinoy music
Writer-educator Alejandro “Anding” Roces, whose musical zarzuela on cockfighting was staged in New York in 2007, passed away May 23 in the Philippines. He was 86. Roces, who served as Philippine secretary of education in the 1960s, was named National Artist for Literature in 2003. His comedy, “Something to Crow About,” was an off-Broadway hit […]
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Happy birthday, Iskwelahang Pilipino
Massachusetts-based Iskwelahang Pilipino (IP), the oldest cultural school for FilAm children on the East Coast, will celebrate its 35th birthday May 29 at The Eleanor Welch Casey Theatre of Regis College in Weston. Organizers said tickets are all sold out, proving the “strong Filipino American community support and following that IP has.” IP began in […]
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• Fifth Avenue showcase for tofu chef • Ambassador receives Wharton honors
Chef Alex Dino is the latest talent to be featured in the Best of the Philippines on Fifth Avenue Project of the Philippine Consulate. This means that for one month, a mural poster of Alex will be gracing the consulate window for all Fifth Avenue passers-by to see. Alex was chosen to represent the month […]
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Unveiling the ceramic ‘bulol’ on Independence Day
The god of harvest is getting a makeover. Stoneware potter Hadrian Mendoza is showing 15 pieces of ceramic ‘bulol’ at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue from June 6 to 17 to coincide with the celebration of Independence Day on June 12. Opening night is June 8. The traditional, wood-carved ‘bulol’ – or granary god […]
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The maid and other women like her: A Filipina immigrant perspective
By Cristina DC Pastor Feet in Two Worlds Humping the help, let me say, is not just a Sacramento, CA phenomenon. In the Philippines, where I come from, it is not unusual for the head of the household to help himself to a servant. When the wife finds out, the maid is often kicked out […]