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Dance: Unwrapping Culture starts tomorrow

Arts & Culture, Canada News

Vancouver, B.C. Two renowned dancers unwrap their cultures By Ted Alcuitas Unwrapping Culture brings together two exceptional male dance artists: Vancouver’s own Alvin Erasga Tolentino, a Filipino-Canaddian, and Pichet Klunchun, an outstanding exponent of the Thai classical dance style of Khon. Pichet is known internationally for contemporizing this ancient form. Unwrapping Culture will start tomorrow, […]

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Food: Minnoz Restaurant & Lounge, Nanaimo,B.C.

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What’s in my mouth? Food Blog Sharing what I think is Mmm…Sarap!  Making do at Minnoz JULY 5, 2017 WHATSINMYMOUTH I know most would avoid restaurants that are attached to hotels, but sometimes work and time creates limited options and thankfully Minnoz Restaurant and Lounge in Nanaimo did have a surprise or two in store. I ordered the

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Lone Pinay in national art show

Arts & Culture, Canada News

Updated: 6:00 PM, June 8, 2017   Montreal, Quebec Lenore RS Lim  included in Asian Canadian Women Artists Association (ACWA) exhibit By Ted Alcuitas Artist printmaker Lenore RS Lim is the only Filipina artist  to be included in the 15th anniversary exhibition of the Asian Canadian Women Artists Association (ACWA) in Montreal. The exhibition at the Musée des

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Kalayaan: Filipinos prepare to celebrate Independence Day

Arts & Culture, Canada News

British Columbia How to spend your Philippine Independence week By Ted Alcuitas From Victoria to Surrey, North Vancouver , New Westminster and Vancouver, Filipinos are all primed to join celebrations for the 119th anniversary of Philippine Independence on June 12. Leading the celebrations is a flag-raising event at the Filipino Plaza on Vanness Avenue in Vancouver,

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My Family’s Slave: Alex Tizon’s final story

Arts & Culture, Foreign Temporary Workers, Live-in Caregivers (LCP), Politics

Reposting… The story that shook the diaspora By Ted Alcuitas He never intended to write his final story but fate has brought Pulitzer Prize- winning Alex Tizon’s pen to an end. His searing account of how his family harboured a woman – Eudocia Tomas Pulido, endearingly called ‘Lola’ for 56 years as a ‘secret slave’

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Belinda Corpuz releases debut album ‘All I Am’

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Toronto, Ontario A Review of Belinda Corpuz: ‘All I Am ‘ By Yshmael Cabana ContributorCommunity organizer, cultural worker, educator  Huffington Post 05/14/2017  “It pays to remind ourselves that the title June may pertain to a particular time-period commemorating the struggle for an independent Philippine nation-state we recognize today. ”  First off, a flood warning. In only six

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Zenia Marshall lands role in UP TV’s ‘Date My Dad’

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Vancouver, B.C. Zenia is daughter of ‘Tina Turner’ tribute artist Luisa Marshall By Ted Alcuitas Zenia Marshall will play the role of Mirabel Cooper alongside Barry Watson and the legendary actress Raquel Welch in the UP TV’s comedy series ‘Date My Dad’. The series to be released next month (June 2) is about a widower

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Lani Maestro’s work featured in Venice Biennale

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News

Former Canadian resident’s work  at Philippine Pavillion BY Ted Alcuitas “I am Canadian and I am also Filipino. Nationalisms that are based on purist thinking easily become fascism. Categories are not that important; consciousness is. If we have consciousness, then we would be capable of careful listening and mindfulness of “difference.” We would be more

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A tribute to my Mother

Arts & Culture

Remembering ‘Mama’ A Woman of Faith By Ted Alcuitas It was significant that we buried Mama on Pentecost Sunday (Feast of the Holy Trinity), for the mystery of this Feast perhaps embodies my faith in God, the way Mama accepted and lived it. Her’s was the simple faith of a child that often combined the

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Fixed! A new film by Joella Cabalu

Arts & Culture, Canada News

Filipina filmmaker Joella Cabalu debuts new film By Ted Alcuitas Award-winning filmmaker Joella Cabalu is debuting a new film – FIXED! , this time as a producer. FIXED! will have its world premier at DOXA documentary Film Festival in Vancouver on May 8. Screenings will be at 9:30 PM at the Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe

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