Arts & Culture

Patrick Cruz opens Langara’s first artist talk

Vancouver, B.C. RBC winner will display art By Ted Alcuitas Multi-awarded Filipino-Canadian artist Patrick Cruz will open the first artist talk at Langara College’s Dept. of Fine Arts on Thursday, January 18 at 1:15PM in Rm. A046. http://www.patrickcruz.org Cruz is a Filipino-Canadian artist and organizer working between Vancouver, Toronto and Manila. He studied painting at the […]

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Shirley Camia launches third book in Vancouver

Author Shirley Camia reads at Pluma’s literary event on November 23  in Toronto. (The Philippine Reporter) Updated: Dec. 30, 2017, 6:11 AM Vancouver, B.C. Children Shouldn’t Use Knives  gains praise By Ted Alcuitas Shirley Camia explores the ‘darker’ side of youth in her daring new book, Children Shouldn’t Use Knives which was  released this fall.

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From bullet holes to a work of art

Burnaby, B.C. Bullet holes inspire art at Burnaby high school Cornelia Naylor / Burnaby Now DECEMBER 19, 2017 09:37 AM Byrne Creek Community School Grade 11 student Maya Arradaza and Grade 12 student Lily Whitford hold up a happy collage they made out of a sheet of plywood that had been used to cover a

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Blogger longs to speak native tongue

Adobo relections   Poetry by phebe   What I long for is to speak my language loud, clearly, in front of the classroom. I long to speak my language – as the legitimate language of instruction – not to be translated – not as the exception – not like we’ll return to English in just

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Mental illness: How Francis Arevalo lost and found himself through music

Arevalo  strives to “connect with others, exploring meaning through community-building and creative expression..” British Columbia One man’s struggle against mental illness By Ted Alcuitas The Canadian Association for Mental Health (CAMH) has named Francis Arevalo as one of 150 leading Canadians who are making a difference for mental health. The Vancouver-born and raised hip-hop artist

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Jesus Christ Superstar features two Pinoys in cast

Two Filipinos in cast of Jesus Christ Superstar By Ted Alcuitas The iconic musical Jesus Christ Superstar will have two Filipinos in the cast – Caleb Lagayan and Jennifer Suratos who plays Pontius Pilate.   URP began as a small community theatre company in 1995 with its first staging of Jesus Christ Superstar. Since then,

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Passages: The erudite Mel Tobias

Mel at his bookstore. Notice the old typewriter. ( Photo: Dahong Pilipino)   Vancouver, B.C. Pumanaw: Man of letters is gone By Ted Alcuitas Last month at the Jim Wong-Chu Celebration of Life, I sat with Filipina author Eleanor Guerrero Campbell and I inquired about Mel Tobias. Author Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell discusses ‘Stumbling Through Paradise’  

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Prize-winning author Miguel Syjuco reveals he has brain tumour

[featured-img-caption]   Syjuco’s ‘Mi Ultimo Adios’? No Eulogy for the Living –  An Open Letter to the Philippines By Ted Alcuitas Miguel Syjuco has only 40 days or 40 years to live! That’s the startling revelation by the prize-winning author of a piece he wrote for the Boston Review published on September 29. Entitled ‘Eulogy

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Filipino poet wins literary award

[featured-img-caption]   Vancouver Karla Lenina Comanda wins Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writer award By Ted Alcuitas LiterAsian has awarded the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for Poetry  to Karla Lenina Comanda. Comanda is the second Filipino to win the literary award by LiterAsian, an  annual festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian writing launched in 2013 by the

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Two Filipina authors in CBC’s writers to watch

Updated: 6:22 AM, Sept. 21, 2017 Catherine Hernandez will be  in Vancouver Sept. 22 By Ted Alcuitas Catherine Hernandez and Lorina Mapa are among 17 writers included in this year’s CBC writers to watch for 2017. Hernandez is the author of the just released novel ‘Scarborough’. Published by Arsenal Press,Hernandez’s plays Singkil and Kilt Pins were

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