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Filipino-Canadian artists share in intercultural performance

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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

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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’

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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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Dance: World Premier of ‘Passages of Rhythms’

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Passages of Rhythms is a hybrid full-length evening of cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration. In this much anticipated world premiere, acclaimed dancer and choreographer Alvin Erasga Tolentino takes centre stage; presenting an evening of three dynamic duets, featuring three diverse artists, showcasing three different genres – Flamenco, Bharatanatyam, and voices for the body – Passages of

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Thanksgiving Day: Two stories of gratitude

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Eldrizah & Mark Empuerto and their ‘miracle baby’ Mira Cleo. They believed it was a ‘miracle’  from St. Jude that their daughter who is now in Grade 12  survived. (Photo submitted)  Updated: October 15, 2019, 10:00 AM Pasasalamat… By Ted Alcuitas As Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving today, we feature two stories of gratefulness – one for a

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Breaking: Carlos ‘Damaso’ Celdran dies in Spain

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The art warrior Carlos Celdran was in Vancouver in 2011 to do a sample of his walking tour. He is shown here in his signature Padre Damaso attire. ‘Damaso’ is the corrupt priest in Rizal’s novel, ‘Noli Me Tangere’. (All photos by Tulayan , Facebook) Updated: October 9, 2019, 7:40 AM Vancouver, B.C. Art can

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C.E. Chris Gatchalian: “Writing Life Into Art”

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Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Queer Brown Man author Chris C.E. Gatchalian delves into an exploration not only of being queer, but also being brown in Canada. (Facebook) Vancouver, B.C. Musings on C.E. Gatchalian and the 2019 LiterASIAN festival “Much like the rain of the previous night, the flow of tears from Gatchalian’s

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Calling all aspiring young writers

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7-week  poetry writing workshop starts October 8 and runs to November 19. Vancouver, B.C. Sinag-Araw Writing Workshop Calling all Filipino youth aged 15-24! Sinag-Araw is a seven-week poetry writing workshop held every Tuesday from October 8 to November 19 from 7-9pm at the ArtStarts Lab, located at 808 Richards Street. Participants will grow their artistic

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Mental health month: Award-winning filmmaker Joella Cabalu finds a way

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Joella Cabalu’s  first credit as a producer and director was for her own personal family documentary It Runs in the Family (2015), which won Audience Choice Awards at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival and Vancouver Queer Film Festival and an honourable mention for the Loni Ding Award for Social Justice Documentary at CAAMFest. (Photo: Krista MacMillan) Updated:

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Pinoys write their stories

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Mildred German (left), Czarinna Tabobo, and Levi Bustos of the zine group table called “FOB” (Filipinx of Bandcouber). (Photo provided) Updated: Sept. 23, 2019, 10:11 PM Vancouver, B.C. Filipino-Canadians take on comedy, self-expression, self-publishing, and the DIY culture Mildred German Vancouver, BC – With comedy, zine, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture becoming more trendy, and with

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