Arts & Culture

Another Rizal bust rises in Alberta

Airdrie, Alberta Filipino sculptor Toym Imao created the fifth Rizal statue in Canada Charmaine Rodriguez Kara FILIPINO pride ran high in Alberta, Canada when a three-foot bust of national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, was unveiled in a special ceremony in Nose Creek Regional Park in the City of Airdrie on October 23, 2021.  Alberta Associate […]

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Community Arts: 18th Annual Heart of the City Festival

Updated: October 30, 2021, 7:20 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. Filipino-Canadian artists Hari Alluri, Mildred Grace German and Juan Imperial take part at Downtown Eastside’s 18th Annual Heart of the City Festival Mildred Grace German Vancouver Eastside is notably home to the highest concentration of artists in Canada. Particularly the Downtown Eastside has been a hub of many

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Vancouver’s Kimmortal performs at Chan Centre Friday, October 22

Vancouver, B.C. “…being an artist has been a way i can teach and learn…” -Kimmortal Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Filipinx rapper and singer K!MMORTAL brings her music to the halls of Vancouver’s prestigious Chan Centre for the Performing  Arts at the University of British Columbia campus. BUY TICKETS FRI OCT 22 2021 8PM Chan

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Jennilee Austria’s story on reunification is second runner-up

3rd update: October 18, 2021, 7:47 A.M. 2nd update: October 18, 2021, 7:33 A.M. Updated: October 18, 2021, 7:25 A.M. Ontario Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for 2020 Charmaine Rodriguez Kara Filipina Canadian writer Jennilee Austria emerged as second runner-up in the prestigious Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for 2020 and is set to become a

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Two Filipino restaurants among the best in America 

2nd update: October 18, 2021, 5:35 A.M. Updated: October 16,2021, 9:05 P.M. U.S. New York Times list includes Seattle’s ‘Archipelago’ and Chicago’s ‘Kasama’ Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Two Filipino-owned restaurants have been named among the Top Fifty Restaurants in the U.S. by the New York Times. Kasama in Chicago and Archipelago in Seattle made it

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Theatre: Caleb Lagayan’s Les Miserables dream comes true

Updated: October 14, 2021, 10:18 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. Filipino-Canadian actor joins iconic musical in England and Ireland tour Mildred German “You’re good at singing, but you lack the stage presence, ” Caleb Lagayan was once told by his high school teacher. Today, the Vancouver actor  will be joining the 2021-2023 U.K. and Ireland Tour of Les

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Remembering the old Vancouver

Vancouver, B.C. A ‘settler’ reminisces about Vancouver By Rizalina Guilatco Carr History is alive! 41 years ago today, (October 7, 1980), I arrived in Vancouver on a beautiful, bright, cool sunny day. Sitting in the car, my favourite British rock band, “Queen,” blasted “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” through the car stereo. I remember looking

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Closing event and performance at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite

Press Release BOOK TICKETSBECOME AMEMBERMAKE ADONATION Today’s hours: 10 AM – 5 PM OFFSITE: EVANN SIEBENS + KEITH DOYLE APRIL 9, 2021 – OCTOBER 11, 2021 Evann Siebens + Keith Doyle, Pedestrian Protest, 2021, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, April 9 to October 11, 2021, Photo: Ian Lefebvre, Vancouver Art Gallery In a

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World Teachers’ Day 2021

October 5 is World Teachers’ Day 2021 Jaleen Chrissy Nocon: On Teaching, Music, and Art Mildred German Vancouver, BC – As the world celebrates World Teachers’ Day amidst the ongoing pandemic, many of us can be reminded of the big role of teachers in our lives and of our children’s. Particularly, in the Philippines, teachers

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver Art Gallery Commemorates National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day with special performances at šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square and the Elder in Residence Program September 29, 2021, VANCOUVER, BC // Traditional Coast Salish Lands including the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) and Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ) Nations  The Vancouver Art Gallery invites

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