Published March 3, 2021, 11:30 PM
Salcedo Auctions holds first major Important Philippine Art & Furniture sale for 2021 to commemorate 500 years of cross-cultural encounters
LARGER THAN LIFE This untitled work in oil on canvas, the largest of Elmer Borlongan’s works ever to go on auction, is the jewel of the collection to go under the hammer at Salcedo Auctions’ March 13 sale
Was Ferdinand Magellan the first to circumnavigate the world? No, but we’ll get to that later.
Was Magellan even Spanish? No, he was Portuguese. His name wasn’t even Magellan, it was Fernão de Magalhães. He was a page to queen consort Eleanor and Manuel I of Portugal, who later denied his campaign to sail west, instead of east, in search of a new spice route on suspicions that he was into illegal trading. So he went to King Charles I of Spain, with which Portugal at that time was engaged in intense conflict. In Spain, he was lavished with every opportunity to succeed, so he did. His was “the grea
Why Isabel Yap keeps coming back to fan fiction
Written by Oliver Emocling
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endIndex: In her debut story collection “Never Have I Ever,” Isabel Yap borrows from mythology and fan fiction conventions to craft narratives that remind readers of their humanity. Portrait by MEG WHITTENBERGER
In my conversation with the U.S.-based Filipino writer Isabel Yap, I found myself confessing to not pursuing personal writing projects. That all I could do after a long day of work is watch an episode of the volleyball anime “Haikyuu.”
“I love Haikyuu!” she says.
Yap, who is currently juggling writing (both fiction and her occasional Substack posts on her practice) and product management at a start-up in California, started watching “Haikyuu” during the second year of her MBA program at Harvard Business School a period where she had to grapple for time to write.
Greenscapes SM North Edsa
SM is well aware of the growing number of Plant Parents, today’s plantitas and plantitos; and so SM has gone nationwide in offering their first ever Plant Fest. It’s the heaven-sent festival for anyone who has a passion new-found or long established for gardening and growing plants. Besides promoting a green environment, these plants have become a source of comfort and happiness, reducing the stress and anxiety that’s been such a prevalent part of our lives ever since the pandemic struck.
Mega Green Hub
From February 15 to 28, SM Supermalls all over the archipelago will have green hubs, where a wonderful selection of plants and greenery are for sale, and where gardening equipment, essentials, and accessories will be offered. Whether one is a neophyte Plant Parent, or even a ‘Plant Grandparent’, it’s a safe bet that you’ll find much to share at these SM green hubs. There’s a strong sense of community among the plantitas and plantitos, so
This 2021, you can expand your reading list and consider these Filipino writers and publishers.
With the country’s notoriously fickle internet connectivity and the continuing danger of physical contact, I find books a safe remedy to the growing loneliness of lockdown. Many local cultural workers and institutions, despite the punishing circumstances of this current crisis, are putting out work, which deserve a much larger audience. This 2021, you can expand your reading list and consider these Filipino writers and publishers.
National Publishers
The country’s biggest publishers often still have books worth checking out. Anvil Publishing has repackaged several Filipino classics for a contemporary audience, including Manuel Arguilla, Lope K. Santos, and the always fabulous Nick Joaquin. Books from the dearly departed Visprint Inc Bob Ong’s bestsellers, Agay Llanera’s heartfelt “Choco Chip Hips,” “Kikomachine,” and “Trese” comics have found a second life in A
ONE doesn’t turn 70 everyday, and writer Alma Cruz Miclat decided that her 70
th birthday was the perfect day to release the second volume of her book celebrating Filipino poets, writers, and artists.
“The bulk of the book consists of features about Filipino poets, writers, and artists who make our country proud,” she said during her birthday party cum book launch on Zoom on December 15. These were collated from her articles in the aforementioned daily, but also the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA)
Sanghaya journals, among others.
Soul Searchers and Dreamers Volume II, is a sequel to the book released in 2015.