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Lea stirs audience, Charice flops in fundraising concert at the Kennedy Center
By Maricar CP Hampton A mix of ethnic pride and a little bit of disappointment showed on the faces of concertgoers on their way out of the Kennedy Center after watching the successful After the Storm fundraising concert on June 15. While Lea Salonga clearly delivered a breathtaking performance with her medley from Broadway musicals, […]
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Kennedy Center to open its halls to Haiyan fundraising concert on June 15th
By Maricar CP Hampton Fundraising for the families that lost their homes to Typhoon Haiyan has reached the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. On June 15, the event, “After the Storm: A Benefit Concert for the Philippines,” will be held at the prestigious venue created to provide jobs to unemployed artists during the Great […]
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Dial a number, listen to Philippine radio…
By Maricar Hampton And get swept away by nostalgia as you listen to news commentators and Filipino music the way you remember them back home. It’s called Radyo Tambuli, a ‘virtual’ radio station that delivers news, music and public service direct from the Philippines. Intrigued by this latest rollout from the Philippine Embassy, I dialed […]
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What to do in this kind of weather?
Filipinos around the metropolitan area will be very busy in the coming weeks. There are post-Valentine parties to attend, sports events, potlucks, not to mention more TPS rallies. Below is a list of fun-filled weekend activities for every member of the family. Let’s all go out and do some marching and dancing. No amount of […]
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Erik Matti on Philippine corruption: ‘The country is like one big Sopranos clan’
By Cristina DC Pastor The political crime drama “On the Job” was about to hit movie theaters at a time when the Philippines is all up in the grill over the P10 billion pork barrel scandal. The uncanny coincidence is not lost on film director Erik Matti. “Yes, the showing of OTJ suddenly became very […]
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Asian festival to showcase ethnic arts and culture
Singer and actress Stephanie Reese will perform at the September 28 & 29 10th Asian Festival at the Rosecroft Raceway in Ft. Washington, Maryland together with an array of Asian artists and talents. The festival venue has moved from Virginia to Maryland as a way of “reaching out to the Asian American community in Maryland,” […]
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Critically acclaimed ‘On the job’ screens in D.C. from Sept. 27th
By Joel David “On the Job” commemorates at least one milestone in the still-evolving narrative of Philippine independent cinema: it is the first digital-era action film to attain the genre’s elusive combination of critical acclaim and box-office profitability, reminiscent of the local industry’s social-realist achievements during the martial law period (roughly the ’70s to the […]
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Mom tells Jose Antonio Vargas via Skype: ‘I did this for you, anak’
By Maricar CP Hampton Two summers ago, Jose Antonio Vargas defied the advice of immigration lawyers and fearful relatives when he publicly announced he was an undocumented immigrant. In the documentary film, “Documented,” which he wrote and directed, the Pulitzer Award-winning Vargas unveils how his life has unfolded since his courageous confessional appeared in The […]
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‘Forgotten Soldiers’ to screen April 29 at George Washington University
By Chris Schaefer When the Japanese launched their Pacific attack, General Douglas MacArthur’s United States Army Forces in the Far East included 10 divisions of newly recruited and poorly equipped Philippine Army soldiers, and one U.S. Army infantry division with supporting units–the Philippine Scouts. “Forgotten Soldiers” follows the U.S. Army’s Philippine Scouts as they protect […]