Arts & Culture

Filipino LGBTQ+ celebrates 25th Anniversary 

Pardz Night has made a historic milestone in the Filipino-Canadian community as Canada’s longest Filipino LGBTQ+ social and network event. (Facebook) Toronto, Ontario Pardz Night 25th Anniversary  Mildred German Toronto, ON – The Filipino LGBTQ+ community, supporters, and allies in the Greater Toronto Area gathered at Pardz Night’s 25th Anniversary on December 21, 2019 at […]

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Book review: After That August

Author Michele Yee reading at November 21st book launch in Orchard Lyceum Gallery, Toronto. INQUIRER/Patty Rivera BOOKS After That August: A photographic memoir of love lost, regained By: Patty Rivera – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau / Toronto Correspondent / 12:21 PM November 29, 2019   TORONTO, Ontario — “I used to be scared. Scared that

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‘Immersion’ book launch on December 7

Ruiz is one of seven Filipino authors included in “Immersion, An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction” to be launched on December 7. Vancouver, B.C. Conversation with I.J.P. Ruiz and Vincent Ternida A day after Remembrance Day, the rain fell signalling the height of the Fall season. Clocks turned back an hour, daylight ends halfway through

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Pinays in SFU Contemporary Arts Graduate Symposium

Kwyn Aquino (left) and Maria Filipina Palad present their works at symposium. (Photo: Kwyn Aquino by Hannah Campbell,   Maria Filipina Palad (Provided)). Vancouver, B.C. Understanding the rapidly changing nature of media: “Visual Becoming” By Ted Alcuitas Two Filipino graduate students of Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts are among seven graduates participating in

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Filipino-Canadian artists in FUSE: Resonances

VanVogueJam founder Ralph Escamillan is performing with Kapwatids and other artists in FUSE: Resonance. Vancouver,B.C. Escamillan, KAPWATIDS featured By Ted Alcuitas Filipino-Canadian artists Ralph Escamillan and KAPWATIDS composed of Immortal, Elysse Cloma and Joshua Ongcol will be among future performers on Friday, November 22 for FUSE: Resonances , Vancouver’s most popular art party. Held at

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How J.A. Tan  journeyed through autism and art 

Diagnosed with autism at age 3, J. A. Tan continues to work at his art. (Facebook) Vancouver,B.C. Artist returns to his ‘happy place’ By Ted Alcuitas He may not be the world’s most famous artist yet but Jose Antonio (J.A.) Tan certainly can count among history’s most inspiring personalities on the autism spectrum as an

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Book review: C. E. Gatchalian’s abiding hunger for art

C.E. (Chris) Gatchalian reading at the KGB Bar, New York. (Photo by Tanya Marquardt) Vancouver,B.C. Reviewer finds Double Melancholy a valuable resource for the diasporic narrative and Filipinx experience Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man by C.E. Gatchalian Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019 $18.95 / 9781551527536 Reviewed by Vincent

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Filipino-Canadian artists share in intercultural performance

Babette Santos of Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Collective Society. (Facebook) Vancouver,B.C. Banyan: an Intercultural Ceremonial Performance  By Ted Alcuitas A group of Filipino-Canadian artists are taking part in an inter-cultural performance of songs, dances, music and stories in ‘Banyan: an Intercultural Ceremonial Performance”, a theatrical representation of ancestral stories and traditional art forms. Led by theatre

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Filipino master carver transforms pumpkins into art

Michael Valeroso creates unique pieces of art out of pumpkins. (Provided) Richmond, B.C. Carving is an art, says Michael Valeroso A helicopter mechanic has turned his passion for pumpkin carving into an art and is making a name for himself in the Halloween circuit. Michael Valeroso says carving pumpkins is not just a game but

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Fil-Am actor Joel dela Fuente stars in ‘Hold These Truths’

Award-Winning Joel dela Fuente plays activist Gordon Hirabayashi in Hold These Truths . (Twitter) The actor who loves ‘Crispy Pata’ By Ted Alcuitas The Umami Fund (Daniel Blinkoff and Tamlyn Tomita) is presenting the International/Canadian debut of Jeanne Sakata’s award-winning play, Hold These Truths at the Cultch Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables Street in Vancouver, which began previews on

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