Arts & Culture

New book: ‘Peeled Fruit’ – A Filipino Children’s Book by Xavi de Guzman

Vancouver, B.C. A mother’s love of peeling mango for her baby By: Ria Santos In a time where representation in media matters, actor, screen writer, charity founder, and now author, Xavi de Guzman brings to the world the children’s book Peeled Fruit. The story as old as time about a mother’s love language of peeling

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‘Relive the music’ goes to Winnipeg October 11

The longest-running Canadian-Filipino entertainment show is set to rock Winnipeg. (Facebook) Winnipeg, Manitoba ‘Simply the Best’ longest-running entertainment show Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A group composed of a Canadian-Filipino family and their friends who share their love for music will rock Canadian venues again for the “Relive The Music 50s & 60s Show” this October. Forced

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Toronto: Kultura presents Paniniwala: Acts of Faith, October 5

Toronto, Ontario Performance AGO Live: Kultura Presents Paniniwala: Acts of Faith Wednesday, October 5, 7 PM Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario “Paniniwala: Acts of Faith” Paniniwalà (tagalog) [noun] definition: belief In response to the Art Gallery of Ontario’s exhibit Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire, Kultura invites audiences to witness Paniniwala:

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First person:What’s in a name?

Jasmine Cadeliña Manango gave up Engineering to find her love in writing. (Photo: Facebook) Updated: September 25, 2022, 10:03 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. A Filipina scholar finally found her voice “She wanted to mentor students like me — students who looked like us, spoke like us, knew the importance of being kababayan — so that we

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Comedian Jo Koy rocks Vancouver

Vancouver, B.C. “Laughter is God’s gift to us”, iconic comedian tells ecstatic audience Review by Charmaine Rodriguez Kara Filipino-American comedian Jo Koy brought an audience of over 12,000 in stitches during a two-hour show at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver last night, September 16, 2022. “Laughter is God’s gift to us,” he told the crowd

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Breaking: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa to speak at SFU tonight

Vancouver, B. C. Ressa is first and only Filipino to receive an honorary degree from a Canadian university Charmaine Y. Rodriguez and Teodoro Alcuitas Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Simon Fraser University (SFU) Honorary Degree recipient and renowned journalist Maria Ressa is in town for the SFU Vancouver Speaker Series to discuss the threat disinformation

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Taste of Manila Street Festival 2022 returns with a vengeance

Toronto, Ontario  350,000 participated in ‘Tuloy ang Saya’ By Tony A. San Juan(OCT) The ever-popular “Taste of Manila Street Festival” returns! After a hiatus of over two years, the much-awaited Filipino street festival in Toronto successfully staged its 7th open public engagement. For 6 years, historically, the annual festival operated publicly when it started in

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Artist’s work celebrates nature

Vancouver, B.C. Mildred German’s ‘Meadow’ at the 15th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show (September 2 to October 7) Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist Mildred Grace German’s artwork is inspired by the beauty of wild plants and flowers and the struggle to protect green spaces in big cities such as Vancouver

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Vancouver, BC – “Meadow” is the

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Poetry reading: Three authors share work tomorrow, August 19th!

Vancouver, B.C. TOMORROW AT 7 PM – 8:30 PM Of Memory and Legend Historic Joy Kogawa House 1450 West, 64th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. “Navigating multiple times, historical currents and oceans, a barangay offers a polity, a tentative mooring, and space for precolonial lifeworlds in and beyond the Philippine archipelago. Offering an imaginative series of historical

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