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NATIONAL Arts Month kicked off via Facebook Live last Monday with a glimpse of the glittering lobby of the Metropolitan Theater, newly restored and awaiting its reopening in April. The program announced dances and films, theater programs, lectures, talks, and more that will be held throughout the rest of February and March, mostly online because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual celebration of National Arts Month started with the signing of Presidential Proclamation 683, in 1991, declaring February as National Arts Month. Over the years, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), as well as other government agencies and private organizations, has been organizing events and activities to highlight the artistic brilliance of the Filipinos.
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LOOK: Metropolitan Theater new photos released ahead of 2021 reopening
The MET was designed in the art deco style and was inaugurated on December 10, 1931, with a program that included music, drama, and film. All photos from NCCA.
Take a look at the new photos of the Metropolitan Theater (MET) released ahead of the historic Manila landmark’s reopening this 2021 in time for the Quincentennial Commemorations of the Philippines.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) together with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) are spearheading the restoration efforts for the MET in time to host the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan and the country’s part in the first circumnavigation of the world in 1521. The quincentennial event will serve as the maiden show of the MET after 25 years since its closure in 1996.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has released photos of the newly restored Metropolitan Theater in Manila ahead of its much-awaited reopening this year.
IN PHOTOS: Restored Manila Metropolitan Theatre to Reopen Doors This Year
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) shared a glimpse of the newly-restored
Manila Metropolitan Theatre which is set to reopen its doors this year.
From its bright interior with ornaments disguised as local produce adorning the ceiling, to the colorful exterior that beckons the people to give it a visit, the theater is now looking marvelous, 25 years after its closure in 1996.
Photo: NCCA on Facebook
Photo: NCCA on Facebook
“Doors of the newly restored Met will be open to all Filipinos from all classes of our society. For this is the people’s theater,” NCCA chairman Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso said, according to NCCA’s Facebook post.
DESTINATION: ART
This is a town that gave its name to an entire province in the same way that the municipalities of Cavite and Batangas became the names of their respective provinces.
Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso,
CCP president and NCCA chairman
When people learn I am a native of Bulacan, they inevitably ask me about the origin of the name Bulacan. Frankly I am not sure. Some say that the name “Bulakan” is derived from the Tagalog word “
bulak,” which is cotton in English. It is not, however, the same as the cotton that grew in the old American south but “