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Decoding K-pop Fandom Lingo—From Stan to Sasaeng (and Everything In Between)

Lost in Translation? Not Anymore! When you first enter K-pop fandom, it can feel like learning a new dialect. Suddenly everyone’s saying things like “omg he’s my bias, but her aegyo is killing me, ISTG!” and you’re scratching your head. Don’t worry, naiintindihan namin. We’ve...

Archipelago Abroad: An exhibit of Philippine diaspora in Belgium

Exhibition Dates: 17 January – 1 March 2025 The Museum of Migration in central Brussels hosts “Archipelago Abroad,” a temporary exhibit on Philippine diaspora in Belgium. Organized by the Philippine Art and Culture Exchange (PACE), the exhibit is a poignant narration of the many roads...

Prize-winning Russian pianist debuts with PPO on Nov. 17

Prize-winning Russian pianist Nikolay Khozyainov will debut with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto  No. 2, Op. 18 on Friday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.Cm.  at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts in Circuit Makati. Newly designated PPO music director Grzegorz...

Handel’s Messiah at the CCP on December 16

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra  celebrates the Yuletide Season with Handel’s Messiah at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) main theater on Dec. 16. With a mammoth choral ensemble composed of 200 singers from various choirs, Handel’s Messiah will once more re-assert itself as...

Fondly Remembering Spain: An exhibition by painter Phyllis Zaballero

Instituto Cervantes presents “Fondly Remembering Spain," an exhibition of Phyllis Zaballero’s Spanish paintings. It will be on view at the Instituto Cervantes' Intramuros branch from Nov. 10, 2022 to Jan. 22, 2023. This collection of paintings, including those from private collections and those from...

PELÍCULA Spanish Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition; returns to the big screens in Manila, Malaysia and Australia

From Oct. 5 to 16, the 21st edition of PELÍCULA-Spanish Film Festival will return to face-to-face screenings. After two years of having a virtual festival, PELÍCULA will screen around 20 movies in three venues of Metro-Manila -–Shangri-La Plaza, Cine Adarna at UP Diliman,...

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Noticing Makati from underneath the sky

My feet were nailed for a while to the ground after seeing what was happening before me: The half-human half-horse creature, a tikbalang, was...

Juan Arellano: Framing the Theatrics of Space

Juan Arellano’s corpus of work as an architect and a visual artist is suffused with a theatrical quality in which spaces are framed to...

National Museum receives Philippine archaeological specimens from the University Of California Los Angeles; hosts book launch of Indigenous Archaeology In The Philippines: Decolonizing Ifugao History

The National Museum of the Philippines hosted two important events last July 21—the turnover of Philippine archaeological specimens from the Fowler Museum of the...

Lady Fishbone wins 2018 Maningning Award

A canvas of fishbones (tinik ng isda) titled “Motion of Life” won the coveted 2018 Maningning Art Award held at the historic Far Eastern...