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Los Angeles Historic Filipino Town groups host ‘Women Against Marcos’ Book Launch
By Florante Peter Ibanez The Friends of Echo Park Library, along with the Filipino American Library and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, hosted this month the launch of Women Against Marcos: Stories of Filipino and Filipino American Women Who Fought a Dictator at the Echo Park Library in Historic Filipino town, Los Angeles. The event […]
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Centennial celebration of the life of novelist artist NVM Gonzalez
Los Angeles – Colleagues and friends will assemble May 21, 2016 Saturday at the Echo Park Branch Library from 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. to remember Filipino writer Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez (NVM for short) on the centenary of his birth. NVM was born in Romblon, Philippines on September 8, 1916 and he passed away […]
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Bookshop celebrates Carlos Bulosan on Filipino American History Month
The book, “America Is in the Heart: A Personal History” by Carlos Bulosan will be the center of the Filipino American History Month celebration on Saturday, October 25. The event is sponsored by Philippine Expressions Bookshop and is free and open to the public. It will be held at Search to Involve Filipino Americans (SIPA) […]
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Shedding my fear, finding my voice at the N.V.M. Gonzalez writing workshop
By Michele Gutierrez A group of writers recently gathered at the University of Washington in Seattle for the 5th biennial N.V.M. Gonzalez Writers Workshop led by Filipino American author Peter Bacho. Now a decade old, the workshop is held every two years at a university where N.V.M. Gonzalez has taught. This year was the first […]
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Philippine American History Month Feature: Getting to know the celebrated FilAm pioneer Carlos Bulosan through grandnephew’s eyes
By Cristina DC Pastor, Founding Editor, The FilAm TFLA Editor’s Notes: Writer Cristina DC Pastor’s enterprising interview with R Sonny Sampayan grandnephew of Carlos Bulosan, brings to light the impact of the anti-miscegenation laws on the last remaining years of Bulosan’s life. Bulosan, one of the most celebrated FilAm writers of the 20th century carried […]
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AB 123 signed into law; textbooks will soon include Filipinos’ role in growth of California labor movement
By Cecile Caguingin-Ochoa Special to The FilAm L.A. Governor Jerry Brown signed on October 2 AB 123 – a first-of-its-kind bill requiring the state curriculum to include the contributions of Filipino Americans to the farm labor movement in California. Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) who authored the bill said Governor Brown’s signature of the bill is […]
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10 authors to sign books at Sept. 7-8 arts festival
Ten authors will be signing their books during the Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC) at Point Fermin, San Pedro on the weekend of Sept 7 and 8. This will be the 22nd annual festival organized by FilAmArts, the premier arts organization of the Filipino American community of Los Angeles. Philippine Expressions Bookshop, now […]
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The FilAm L.A. welcomes ‘PinoyPenman’ aka Butch Dalisay
By Cecile Caguingin Ochoa My weekend brightened up when PinoyPenman aka Butch Dalisay agreed to my request about publishing some of his essays from his popular newspaper column in TheFilAmLA. He describes himself as a “Filipino collector of old pens, disused PowerBooks, ‘50s Hamiltons, creaky cameras, VW spare parts, poker bad beats and desktop lints.” […]