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Broadway director comes to Menlo School to direct ‘Little Shop of Horrors;’ FilAm plays Audrey
Broadway director and choreographer Steven Minning brings more than 30 years of professional experience to direct the high school musical production of “Little Shop of Horrors” at Menlo School in Atherton. Minning was resident director for such famed productions as “Billy Elliot,” “The Lion King,” and “Showboat” and director/choreographer for such classics as “My Fair ...
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On being a Manileño
By Austin Smith It hit me the moment I got off the plane. This is not a vacation. Even though I only packed for five days and came with three different travel guides, I’m not just snapping some pictures and heading home. Manila is my home now. Everything that I write after this must be ...
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Roenna Nepomuceno’s classy, classic couture
By Kay Habana Fashion designer Roenna Nepomuceno came to America in the 1970s, settling in Sunnyvale in Silicon Valley, a white picket fence neighborhood with very few Filipinos. She initially worked as an engineer for a military-based company designing tanks and fiber optic cables. Then, she managed a hotel for almost 10 years. Roenna would ...
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Why I created a movement for Brown Girls
By Jana Lynne Umipig I grew up with the understanding that it is community that raises a young girl into her womanhood. That not just one individual but many are invested in her becoming. And I also understood that it is women who give to her growth the most because they are the center of ...
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2nd FilAm book festival slated for Oct 19-20
The Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA) in cooperation with the San Francisco Public Library and the Philippine Consulate General of San Francisco invite you to celebrate the best of Philippine and Filipino American literature and culture at the San Francisco Main Library at the Civic Center on Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20. ...
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Young Smokey Mountain dancers to hold Bay Area concerts
A group of dancers and musicians from Smokey Mountain, Mga Anak ni Inang Daigdig (Children of Mother Earth) are arriving in California to perform fundraising concerts on October 12th. Mga Anak ni Inang Daigdig is an environmental performing arts group featuring young people and children who were born and grew up in Smokey Mountain, which ...
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‘One Kapamilya Go’ goes coast to coast
ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel’s (TFC) biggest annual event, One Kapamilya Go 2013, will go coast-to-coast for the first time this month: October 18 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and California’s Great America in Santa Clara on October 20. One Kapamilya Go is a whole day event that includes auditions, parlor games, free movie ...