Arts & Culture

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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Author Chris Gatchalian at two literary festivals 

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Author and former frank theatre director C.E. Chris Gatchalian in two back-to-back literary festivals. Vancouver/Winnipeg Liter Asian , Vancouver Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver author Chris C.E. Gatchalian will be participating in two literary festivals in Vancouver and Winnipeg. The author of Double Melancholy is a panelist at Vancouver’s Liter Asian Festival

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Film about murdered January Lapuz shown on Sept. 21 and 28

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January Lapuz, 26, was stabbed to death at her home in New Westminster, B.C., in September 2012. (Facebook) Surrey, B.C. My Name Was January is a memorial of January’s life and light- Director By Ted Alcuitas Award-winning indie doc My Name Was January is being screened on September 21 and 28 at Surrey’s City Centre

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“Manila Comes to Town” and how Filipino food is disrupting established western culinary circles

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People line up to have a taste of Filipino food. (All photos by Carlo Javier) Vancouver, B.C. Eat Your Heart Out By Carlo Javier The late summer sun was almost uncomfortable. Yet despite temperatures approaching the mid-30s on back-to-school week, Canada Place and the general Vancouver harbour area looks as exuberant as the peak of

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Artist Karissa Narukami’s show at The Edge

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Narukami has explored drawing, painting and sculpting, creating detailed images with innumerable lines. The Edge includes her work in watercolour and ink. (Photo cropped from Narima dela Cruz FB post) 2nd update: Sept. 5, 2019, 8:25 PM Updated: September 5, 2019, 3:20 PM. Hycroft Gallery features young artist’s work By Ted Alcuitas Artworks by a student who was

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Christina Panis one remarkable woman

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Christina Panis has been included as one of The City of Vancouver’s Remarkable Women for 2019. (Photo: Simon Fraser University) Vancouver, B.C. Pinay one of Vancouver’s Remarkable Women By Ted Alcuitas Walk into a Vancouver Community Centre and you won’t fail to notice a display board with womens’ images on it. Look closer and you’ll

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Philanthropy: Marissa and Antonio’Tony’ Peña makes donation to UBC Library

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Philanthropists Marissa and Tony Peña shares what they have with others. (Photo: UBC Library) Vancouver, B.C. Gift to UBC Library to Transform Lillooet Room By Ted Alcuitas  The former  owner of pioneer money-remittance company Manila Express has made a donation to the University of British Columbia’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The Lillooet Room, part of

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Fame dancer Alvin Tolentino celebrates 30 years of work

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Alvin Erasga Tolentino – Then and Now (right- Undivided Colours, 2014) (Photo: Co. Erasga) Updated: Sept. 4, 2019, 9:20 AM Updated: August 30, 2019,4:00 PM As Tolentino mounts a retrospective of his works today, we repost an article we did last April 2018. Contemporary dance: Co. ERASGA brings ‘malong’ to life Vancouver ,B.C. Opening Reception

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