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The women of ‘First Draft’
By Elizabeth Lolarga In my 30s, I joined the Women Writers in Media Now (still existing but under a different and shortened name), which put out two ground-breaking volumes, published by New Day, with an all-women authorship. Decades passed before I joined anything like it. It was everybody’s cultural heroine Gilda Cordero-Fernando who told me […]
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The new year always brings hope
The FilAm Editorial In the intimacy of our homes while the lights twinkle in the gloaming, we quietly celebrate the advent of another Christmas and look hopefully to another year, albeit one with an extra leap day in its fold. We Filipino Americans buy our hams, craft our fruit salads and try to give into […]
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Dancer Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish: ‘Filipinos are my people, but my tribe is Ailey.’
A dreamlike duet “Me, Myself and You” is part of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 65th anniversary celebration. Choreographed by former Alvin Ailey dancer Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish to music by Duke Ellington and arrangement by Damien Sneed, “Me, Myself and You” will travel all across the United States and perform in 22 cities. “It is a […]
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The Filipina as lover, fighter in ‘The Hurricane Wars’
By Allen Gaborro It wasn’t that Thea Guanzon’s novel “The Hurricane Wars” had achieved the status of a New York Times bestseller or that it was written in the alluring fantasy romance category that tempted me to write about it. With exceptions, I tend to be deaf to the sound of “bestseller” and the fantasy […]
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‘Pasko in America’: 5 Christmas-inspired takeaways
By Angelito Cabigao Whether you can relate to Disney Christmas’s “From Our Family to Yours” or an Ayala mall Philippine Christmas experience, the December 16, 2023 Pasko in America was a unique event that captured the essence of both. Let’s take a look at five reasons why: 1. Parol. One of the most recognizable symbols […]
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St. Agnes’ Academy, Albay’s Class ’59: ‘Alive, well and full of joy’
By Loida Nicolas Lewis “Ora et Labora”is Latin for “Pray and Work”, the motto of the Benedictine German Nuns in St. Agnes’ Academy (SAA) in Albay, Legazpi City from where we, my high school classmates of Class ’59, graduated nearly 65 years ago. Recently, 11 of us had a reunion in Easthampton where the Lewis […]
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Consul General Senen Mangalile on his 1st year in N.Y.: ‘Gallimaufry’
By Cristina DC Pastor In January 2023, Senen Mangalile officially assumed the position of consul general in New York. He came into a discordant community that was struggling to understand why the shift in consular chiefs was abrupt and reeked of confusion. Mangalile tried to explain that diplomats are like soldiers. When interviewed in the […]
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‘Ang Pasko ay sumapit’ comes to an American mall
Pasko in America, an offshoot of the summer event Fiesta in America, will launch its Filipino Christmas festival on December 16, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It will transform the venue – the second largest entertainment and retail center in the U.S. — into a nostalgic […]
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Bratislava: Underrated gem of Europe
By Wendell Gaa Bratislava, the historic European capital city of Slovakia, is oftentimes seemingly overshadowed as a traveler’s destination by its more popular neighboring cities in Central Europe: Prague, Vienna and Budapest. This is a bit of a shame as I’ve recently learned for myself during a stopover which my mother, aunts and I made […]