Kwentong Bayan Collective organized its inaugural small press literary space generically called Komiks Zine Fair. (Provided) Toronto, Ontario Young blood brings new crop of Pinoy komiks By Ysh Cabana TORONTO (07/25)—For artists, collectors and geek culture savants, the month of July means it’s time for the San Diego Comic-Con International, North America’s biggest and loudest […]
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Local Filipino Canadian artists and songwriters include top acts Uppercase Band, Sharen Martin and hip hop supergroup Southeeast Cartel. Toronto ,Ontario Toronto Pinoy indie bands play gig series By Ysh Cabana TORONTO (07/26)—Equipped with original compositions, ambitious talent and passion for music, a live indie band scene in the city is thriving. Filipino indie artists
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau serving food at the 2016 Taste of Manila.(Photo: Justin Trudeau, Facebook) Toronto, Ontario ‘Largest’ Filipino street festival in North America By Ysh Cabana TORONTO (07/24)—The massive Philippine food and culture festival next month is called off because of “unbearable” costs, organizers said in a letter to community stakeholders. Taste of Manila
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Jeannine Naboye, left, and Gerald Penaco, background left, Raphael Tolentino and Maicah Macatangay in a scene from Emma the Musical. LARRY WONG / POSTMEDIA NETWORKEdmonton, Alberta By Ted Alcuitas A local Filipino group is putting a musical production Emma The Musical -a romantic tale set against the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during the Second World War.Directed
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Screen grab of Martina Ortiz-Luis singing the National Anthem of Canada. (CBC News) Updated: 8:08 PM, July 2, 2018 Ottawa, Canada Canada Day in the nation’s capital By Ted Alcuitas It was the first time the national anthem was sung at the annual Canada Day festivities with the newly added lyric, “in all of us
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Lily of the Valley, Lenore R.S. Lim (Provided) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Writer and poet Lakshmi Gill and artist Lenore R.S. Lim collaborate in ‘ Scattering & Gathering’, an exhibition on Filipino migration. Opening at the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall on July 8, 2018, ‘Scattering & Gathering’ presents the dialogue between the poetry of Lakshmi Gill
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17-year old Glisha Dela Cruz from Surrey, B.C. will sing the Canadian National Anthem – Oh Canada for the 10th time at the annual Fort Langley, B.C. celebrations. (Photo: George Bencze, Provided) Winnipeg, Manitoba The 1221 “Manila-born and Winnipeg-based power pop punk trio” We’ll be rocking The Forks Market Outdoor Stage at 4:30pm this
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Members of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association Edmonton take part in the 2018 Edmonton Filipino Fiesta parade in Borden Park, in Edmonton Saturday June 23, 2018. The festival continues Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. DAVID BLOOM / POSTMEDIA Edmonton, Alberta Parade kicks off two-day Filipino Fiesta STEPHEN COOK Edmonton Journal Updated: June
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Painting by Maria Ligaya Alcuitas, St. Mary’s High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Acrylic on paper) Shouldn’t we be cuddling the children in a loving embrace of compassion and love instead of wringing them out of their parents and putting them in cages like animals? I still hope America is in the heart as Filipino writer
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Queer filipinx artist Kimmortal joins academics to present her interpretation of the topics that will be discussed in the forum. (Photography by Matthew Power for Discorder Magazine. Vancouver, B.C. Scholars share works on how Filipinos navigate queer intimacies Three scholars will present their works on Filipinos’ positions and home-making in Canada as it emerges from
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