Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (April 20, 22,23) last week in Makati City, Cebu and Davao, the second visit of the American Ballet Theater Studio Company (ABTSC) dancers was greeted with…
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Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE 2023 SUMMER METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE
The summer edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) ended last April 18 with varied and more substantial offering than its Christmas edition. It attracted first rate and well-realized…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
RESURRECTION
The Lord has risen On this another Sunday Of our sorrow. I hear bells ring In the nearby church I feel a slight breeze Rustle my potted plants. …
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
REMEMBERING OUR HOUSE BY THE SEA
The only family home I remember was the one facing an islet in my hometown in Baras, Catanduanes. I suppose that house stood in the late 50s before a strong…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
MY MODEST LITERARY COMEBACK IS STILL GOING STRONG
On May 4, 2023, the best of the best from among the poems published in the Philippines Graphic Magazine will be feted at the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards (NJLA) 2023.…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
ODE TO THE SEA
I say goodbye To this footpath Unto the open sea It is my home For a few days Where hours were spent In pure tranquility When silence is interrupted…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE 95TH OSCARS: ASIAN ACTORS MAKE HISTORY
When the cheering and emotional acceptance speeches settled down at the Oscars, only one thing was clear: it was the night of the Asian story, the Asian actors and the…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
ORAS DE PELIGRO IS MOST POWERFUL FILIPINO FILM OF THE DECADE
Many things stay in the mind long after you have watched Joel Lamangan’s Oras de Peligro. It has news reels of the 1986 People Power which got world-wide attention for…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
NINOY AS EVERYMAN ACCORDING TO VINCE TAÑADA
Ako Si Ninoy is Vince Tañada’s second film musical after Katips. The first set the martial law experience into a musical. By turns, it is jarring, if, powerful. It got…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
DIOMEDES SARAZA, JR. AT THE MET FEB. 24
Violinist Diomedes Saraza, Jr. reaches a full musical cycle when he reprises the Sibelius violin concerto as soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic under the baton of Chinese conductor Haoran Li.…