For the second leg of its series “Underrated Films, Forgotten Filmmakers,” the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA) presents La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw by Joey Gosiengfiao, to be screened for free at the Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theater) on Thursday, November 26, at 4 pm. Shot in 1974 in black and white, [...]
The awaited boxing match between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto this Sunday will be shown live and for free in different venues in Manila. Mayor Alfredo S. Lim thus advised the holders of tickets to the free showing of the Pacquiao-Cotto fight to go to the site of their choice [...]
A popular United Kingdom-based TV show that airs in the National Geographic and British Broadcasting Corporation channel is featuring the country’s unusual methods of transportation. Entitled ‘By Any Means,’ the travel documentary presents host Charley Boorman and his cameraman Paul “Mungo” Mungeam, as they go around using rare transport vehicles. Hosting the crew and providing [...]
It’s a triple treat for film buffs as Instituto Cervantes de Manila brings back Película, the biggest annual Spanish Film Festival in Asia, at chosen venues in Metro Manila from October 1 to 31. Due to the past successes of its first seven seasons, organizers have doubled the number of films (this year more than [...]
The Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), the biggest and longest-running book fair in the Philippines, turns 30 this year. The 30th Manila International Book Fair is set on Sept. 16-20, at the SMX Convention Center, Seashell Drive, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. For three decades now, MIBF has united local and foreign publishers, wholesalers, [...]
Afro-Filipina Anna Maria Flechero performs at the 2nd Annual S.F. Filipino American Jazz Festival at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on August 8. Jazz Vocalist and songwriter Anna Maria Flechero’s first CD, Journey Into The Fourteenth Hour (2004) has been described by Jazz Review as “an articulate and serious expression [...]
Buckle up as Enchanted Kingdom (EK), the country’s first and only world-class theme park, sets off for Speed Month ’09 this August 1 and 2 with two exciting races: the 5th leg of the 2009 Magnolia Karting Series and 2009 Rally Extreme by Roadwise Motoring Foundation. Karters from the Formula SL Novice, Expert, Heavy, Cadet [...]
This month, another Grammy Award-winning American boy band Boyz II Men will perform in Manila and Cebu on July 21 and 22. The Manila concert will be held at the Araneta Coliseum while the Cebu concert will be at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino (Lahug). When it comes to record sales, Boyz II Men [...]
Two Davao local artists will display at least 20 of their original and reproduction paintings at the Davao City International Airport on August 8. Paiter Victor Secuya, along with artist Kublai Millan, said the activity with the theme “Spirit of Davao’, would be a prelude to the week-long Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration from August 17 [...]
ABS-CBN’s once again proved its TV supremacy in the Philippines as fantaserye “Lobo” starring Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual was recently named Best Telenovela in the 30th BANFF World Television Festival held at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Toronto, Canada. Lobo is Angel Locsin’s first telenovela in ABS-CBN – Its a fantasy tv series [...]
