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Portraitures in Tribute of a Master and Mentor
Images courtesy of FB Sena Buenas Artes Group of Artists Looking back at his 47 year career in…
Meet the Directors of QCinema 2021
They may be shorts but the six finalists at the QCinema Film Festival 2021 feature stories that are…
Viu Original “Still” series features star-studded lineup
Filipino creatives are still here, and they’re bursting at the seams. Top creatives in cinema, music, and theater…
A Cemetery Chapel on the Way to Recovery
Photos courtesy of Escuela Taller Way back in 2017, The Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio S. David approached Escuela…
Trese: A Deserved Milestone in Philippine Animation
Photos courtesy of Netflix PH Retrofitting the comic book series to fit into an animated format, Netflix’s Trese…
A Treasury of Visual Artists and their Art
In celebration of Philippine visual arts, My City, My SM, My Art campaign featured the works of well-known…
The Hand that Weaves Inspiration for Yakans
Sometime in March, at 1 o’clock in the morning, my friend Sharine and I suddenly found ourselves talking…
Two Artists, two Mother and Child artworks
Images courtesy of White Walls Gallery Depictions of maternal love remain to be common among local artists in…
Three Indays share a creative journey
Images courtesy of Magel Cadapan AS descendants of writer and storyteller Severino Reyes of the Lola Basyang fame,…
Seriously Saving San Sebastian
The word “photobomber” is the term used for the heavily criticized 49-storey Torre de Manila in Ermita. Today,…
The Art of Cargasus
Photos by Raphael Emmanuel V. Kalaw With colored illustrations from renowned artists, Cargasus: The Flying Carabao is one…
Architecture marks Centennial Celebration in the Philippines
Photos courtesy of UAP Communications Team Architecture in the Philippines has come a long way since the establishment…
Rosalia Merino-Santos: Unsung Progenitor, Architect of Modern Philippine Dance
The roaring ‘20s was all about the Charleston, the Fox Trot, Texas Tommy, Black Bottom, Shimmy, and the…
Nature and Art as her Healers
For every little thing that we do, a corresponding effect happens to those around us. These unconscious deeds…
Fil-Am and Filipino women writers take center stage
Four stellar Fil-American and Filipino women writers went under the spotlight in a panel discussion live streamed and…
An Art Capital called Angono
This rapidly-urbanizing town by the shore of Laguna De Bay has been regarded as the country’s “art capital”…
Incognito: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Photos courtesy of Kawangis Komiks Set in a speculative past heavily referencing the Philippine 1890s comes Incognito, written…
Besana’s introspection leads to a spiritual retreat to his temple
Photos courtesy of Robert Besana The early months of the pandemic taught us to adapt and survive, or…
Paradijon potters band together for a promising future
On December 8, 2020, the Paradijon Pottery Center was formally opened to the public. Humble it may seem,…
Living as Social Canvas + Art and Its Many Languages
Art has always been about expression. Or at least that was what it had developed into after the…
Melding, Rizal, Althists & Bare Bones
By Korinna Pia A. Saavedra Photo & images courtesy of Wincy Ong The year is 1888 and Jose…
Women artists lay bare inner being in dead layers
Recently, four contemporary artists bared their souls in a concluded exhibit held in the heart of Makati. Four…
A Christmas Outreach from Winford Manila and PAGCOR
Christmas and the holiday season are not quite the same this year. Instead of the familiar sense of…
The Kid at Heart Leads the Way
“It was the first day of the lockdown and I knew the situation was serious and not good…
Folk tales and the Autochthonous, and Calado and Crocodiles
Many a local lore were told children to provide a more visual learning of community values and the…
Winford wishes you pizza, love, happiness
While Covid-19 could very well be the worst nightmare the holiday season has ever known, many Filipinos will…
Ellinwood Chamber Orchestra Echoes of Orchestral Praise
Long before the Philippines became known worldwide for its pop bands, Filipino musicians were revered artists as showcased…
A Culinary Odyssey Awaits At Winford Manila
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the country’s tourism and hospitality industry, Winford Manila Resort & Casino…
Multi-win for an IT-driven multimedia program
In 2018, students Kathleen Rae Gonzales and Jose Gabriel Gutierez bagged the grand prize in the Thailand International…
Her Groundwork for the Native Flora and Fauna
Drawn to pay tribute to her childhood nostalgia, Cynthia Bauzon-Arre began drawing flowers and fruits from her Quezon…
A is No Longer For Apple, but For Alitaptap
It all began with a onesie. On that one fateful day, Anya Santos-Uy happened upon a child’s garment…
Winford on Wheels: Pinoy comfort food goes luxe
In July, Winford Manila Resort & Casino (Winford) launched an exciting new dining concept which was dubbed Winford…
In Isolation and In Restoration of the ‘Big Church’
Photos courtesy of Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation, Inc. When stricter measures under the Enhance Community Quarantine (ECQ)…
Winford reinvents its wheels
After enduring almost six months of various community quarantine acronyms, the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) continues to plague our…
Student film festival shifts gear amid the pandemic
As the saying goes, the third time’s a charm. After two instances of rescheduling the 18th edition of…
Mulat 2.0: Art as a platform for discourse and protest
Despite quarantine restrictions imposed around the country, Far Eastern University Department of Communication students used their time in…
Coping with Covid-19: Winford on Wheels
By Jami Ledesma For many businesses, the struggle is real. It has been well over four months since…
Cinemalaya 2020 Film Festival goes digital
This year, film patrons should be ready with their Vimeo media player on their devices to access Cinemalaya’s…
NJLA Asia-Pacific
A prime exponent of Philippine literature, the Philippines Graphic has held the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards for 29…
Filipinos as artists in lockdown
The humanities—what we call “the arts”—are sorely needed at this time. The necessary isolation, for all that it is good for public health, has been terrible for mental health—and this is something that the arts can and does help soothe the nation’s collective psyche back to bearable thresholds.
Punk & the Pandemic
Story & photos by Bernard Testa Theirs was the underground concert scene, dark and loud, steaming with smoke…
Art as education: the story of Kurit-Lagting
They started in 2002 as a mural painting group based in the Bicol region’s province of Sorsogon—home to…
“A Beautiful Mess” depicts this artist’s ECQ life
As the economy was put on lockdown, many workers were displaced from their posts at work. Even those…
Grandmother
The crash of Wall Street reverberated around the world, its aftershocks reaching even the town of Tabaco and its prosperous harbor. The Americans ordered fewer and fewer quantities of hemp that they turned into rope. The only ropes left in America, Alberto snorted, were quickly being snapped up by stock brokers and assorted businessman for their hangman’s noose. The abaca industry stood still. Hundreds of men were left without jobs.
Creative response to heal body and spirit
For true artists, creativity doesn’t stop in quarantine. At the onset, it is a disabling situation, this pandemic…
Life in the time of COVID-19: Heroes of the hospitality industry
By Jami Ledesma Now on its third month of temporary shutdown in compliance with the government’s enhanced community…
Life in the time of COVID-19: The First 30 Days of ECQ
By Jami Ledesma Since temporarily halting its operations in compliance with the government’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) directive…
Grandmother
By Danton Remoto It was the first day of class, and the traffic was terrible. Wanda left the…
Life in the time of Covid-19: A casino hotel’s action plan
As with most establishments in Metro Manila and the rest of the world, the business operations of Winford Manila Resort & Casino (WMRC) were gravely affected by Covid-19. Gaming volume declined due to fallout in average daily foot traffic in the property.
Woman in the Mirror
By Saraswathy M. Manickam The old woman sneaked into the mirror above the wash basin and lay in…
Literature in the Time of Coronavirus
Auschwitz. The name alone raises images of corpses by the thousands, strewn about in their less than ritualistic…
The 2020 National Arts Month
For one whole month, in February of every year, the country celebrates the National Arts Month (NAM). Started…
In the Graveyard
By Danton Remoto The walls round the graveyard Are ancient and cracked. The moss is too thick they…
Malevolent beauty: Noelle Q. de Jesus’ ‘Cursed and other stories’
While I waited for the book to arrive from Singapore, where Noelle de Jesus is based, the author…
How Filipino painter J.Legaspi sees Maynila
Artwork images courtesy of Julius Legaspi Julius Legaspi’s roots belong to Marilao, Bulacan, but the capital city of…
Lucky Signs in a Casino Hotel
By Jami Ledesma With a heritage dating back to 1912, luck was always the name of the game…
The Phoenix of the Racetrack
By Jami Ledesma Depending on what generation you belong to, the mere mention of “San Lazaro” will conjure…
The artist who wept when Batangas turned gray
Artwork images courtesy of Lino Acasio Lino Acasio, the renowned landscape artist of Batangas, left his hometown Lemery…
Cagayan Valley students lead winners in IS Manila’s film tilt
A short film entry of University of Saint Louis-Senior High School students from Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, ruled the 15-18…
Will and Word
No two writers are the same. That’s stone-hard fact. Some workshops do not want you to think that…
How Filipino painter J.Legaspi sees Maynila
By Carla Mortel Baricaua / Artwork images courtesy of Julius Legaspi Julius Legaspi’s roots belong to Marilao, Bulacan,…
The Tide of Times
By Erwin Cabucos The tide chases the crabs across our back yard, again, but there’s no time to…
Letran filmmakers put values first
For several years, Colegio de San Juan de Letran’s Institute of Communication has established itself as a breeding…
The Making of Unforgettable People
If charity begins at home, empathy for the writer begins at the forefront of all attempts at character…
PUP short film stands out at MMFF
An entry from Polytechnic University of the Philippines recently topped the Metro Manila Film Festival Student Short Film…
“The Kingmaker” Makes Its Philippine Premiere At The CCP
EMMY Award–winning filmmaker/photographer Lauren Greenfield’s critically acclaimed documentary “The Kingmaker,” about Imelda Marcos, will have its Philippine premiere…
Shooting Stars: Celluloid Heroes
By Bernard Testa Post-EDSA Manila Times chief photographer Johnny Acasio and airport veteran photojournalist Rudy Santos always said…
The Lightning Bug and the Lightning
I was still in my light khaki shorts when this instruction from my father literally changed the course…
Bayanihan’s global dance fiesta
Dance is a discipline that stays with you for life—and dance opens up a world of culture to…
Indie irreverence & romance
Curling up with a good paper book is a pleasure one must never, ever underestimate. Me, I’m meeting…
A Filipino hero’s story in a Manga
Every generation needs a retelling of history, and this is one story in history that needs to be…
SDCA Comm students win in issue-based film tilts
Communication majors from St. Dominic College of Asia (SDCA) recently bagged back-to-back victories at the 3rd Rotary Public…
Questions
By Antonio Hernandez This is a night as good as any To ponder origins and ends. E equals…
Year Eleven
By Antonio Hernandez Josh died at age eleven And so did Nin, Mary and I. You, too, without…
Storytelling for Conservation
Story & photos by Celine Murillo I was eight when I was first told I’d be a writer…
Eliza Chawi and the art of Cordillera weaving
Story & photos by Dave Leprozo Jr. Keeping a tradition alive kept her family from want. Now Eliza…
Anyare makes history lessons boring no more
By Carla Mortel Baricaua Photos courtesy of Kawangis Publishing Co. “We want to make learning fun, as in…
Pessoa and the disquiet of literature
Largely unknown, and who described his face as thin, inexpressive, “betrays no intelligence, no intensity, nothing whatever to…
Circumnavigating Furor: Elcano and Magellan, and the Voyage around the World
By: Korinna Pia A. Saavedra Earlier this month, the trailer for the animated movie, Elcano and Magellan, was…
Theatre Titas’ PH ‘MacBeth’: Sound and fury signifying everything
By Geraldine Orense Tan From the moment I walked in the joint, I almost thought I was in…
The Last Dance
By Ken Ly Mabel purses her burgundy lips, sucking hard on the straw, though only ice cubes remain.…
Preserving history through films
This year, PHACTO aims to instill the heroism and patriotism of Bulakenyos in the minds of their fellow…
Fighting for freedom: PEN amid protests
The past four weeks have seen protests erupt around the world: In South America, in Asia, and the…
The Cleaners: The toast of QCinema International Film Festival 2019
Images courtesy of QCinema A crowd drawer and indie film Cleaners bagged the Asian Next Wave’s Best film and…
Tales of Mindanao: A beautiful tapestry of dance
By Lila Victoria F. Mortel / Photos by Gabrell Guazon There’s no better way to say it: Integrated…
Brillante Mendoza and Judy Ann Santos collaborate for the first time for Mindanao
For the first time, internationally-acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza and celebrated actress Judy Ann Santos worked together for the…
As Ephemeral As Clouds: Notes on Jesusito ‘Chito’ Borja’s Wanderland exhibit at NOVA Gallery
By Richard R. Gappi One may easily conclude that Jesusito “Chito” Borja’s pieces are inspired by or even…
Thomasians join the filmmaking fray
The University of Santo Tomas is starting to get noticed in terms of filmmaking with three of the…
Fight Like a Girl
By Kenneth Kwok The arm poking out of the giant bushes about fifty metres ahead of her reminded…
Only you can tell
Any writer can become quite used to the specter of success if and when it pours from above. …
Unleashing the colors of life
With black-rimmed eyeglasses dominating her small, unmade-up face, diminutive Jayme Emille C. Lucas, 22—clad in maong pants, a…
UE filmmakers go international
Filmmakers from the University of the East College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design are slowly carving a…
She wore her lesbian heart on comics
By Carla Mortel Baricaua Photo courtesy of Landlee Mae Fernandez She doesn’t really know her comics characters that…
Freeing the Word: The 2019 NJLA & the grants for humanities research
The winners of the annual Nick Joaquin Literary Awards (NJLA) were feted in the City by the Bay…
If you want to be a writer…
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot…
The Downpour
By Jade-Ceres Violet Dolor Munoz She lost it while walking In the city one day. Her sanity, that…
Band of Brothers: What to do with music so it matters
The already dim bar goes dark, the proverbial hour before a dawning stage explodes into the combined energy…
The Laughter of Children
By Danton Remoto This is the way Children laugh in my country. Gathered round The store in the…
In the Graveyard
By Danton Remoto The walls round the graveyard Are ancient and cracked. The moss is too thick they…
A Win for Quezon’s Game
By Lila Victoria F. Mortel Matthew E. Rosen’s Quezon’s Game in my eyes did not fail to be…