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Tag: Arts and Culture
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
JUNE BRIDES AND OTHER WEDDING TALES
“O month when they who love must love and wed.” –Helen Hunt Jackson What’s with the month of June that people wanted to get married at this time of…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE VISUAL ARTS JOURNEY OF ALMA ANG
Island painter Alma Ang from Virac, Catanduanes is in two art exhibits in Metro Manila. The first is the Bikol Expression exhibit at SM Megamall Art Center called Sarong Dekada…
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ALICE REYES IN THE REALM OF MODERN DANCE
National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes is into her early 80s and still preoccupied with dance as she invites one in the restaging of one of her acclaimed works, Carmina…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE FILIPINO ORCHESTRAS AT A GLANCE
(Talk delivered at the selection committee of the National Performing Arts Companies, City State Tower Hotel, Ermita, Manila, May 9, 2024.) I am here to take up the profiles…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
1973 MISS UNIVERSE AS CCP PRESIDENT, AUTHOR AND AS FRIEND OF SALVADOR DALI
At 70, Margarita Moran-Floirendo (known to friends as Margie Moran Floirendo) can rightfully say she has done everything she needs to do after the glory of being Miss Universe 1973.…
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ARTHUR ESPIRITU DEBUTS AS POLLIONE IN NORMA
Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu debuts as the Roman consul Pollione in the opera Norma by Bellini at Oper Klosterneuburg in Austria July 6 to August 4, 2024. The other lead…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
GREAT CONCERTS IN MAY
The first week of the humid and infernal month of May yielded outstanding performances and great soloists involving two orchestral ensembles and an all-Bach cello recital. Friday night (May 3)…
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WHEN BOTH MUSIC TEACHERS AND STUDENTS INSPIRE
The most curious thing in the music world is the student-teacher relationship. The world of the aspiring musicians almost always begins with his or her first teachers. The first impressions…
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THE DANCE ADVOCACY OF SHIRLEY HALILI-CRUZ
When the country’s dance community observed International Dance Day last April 27, it was also perfect time for dance advocates to get together and celebrate the unifying power of dance…