October 9-October 16, 2015
EVENTS
The OK Bikol Association, Inc., and the regional offices of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism, hold the annual Orgullo Kan Bikol-Gayon Bicol Trade and Tourism Fair at the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall, from Oct. 8 to 11. Now on its 19th year, it is the longest-running regional trade and travel fair which brings to the fore the distinct products and tourist spots from the six provinces of Bicol. Among the products for sale are abaca products, furniture, home furnishings, cutlery, pottery, gold craft, fashion accessories, processed food and beverages, health and wellness concoctions, pili-based candies and delicacies, and a wide assortment of novelty items. Spicing up the four-day fair are performances by Bicolano artists and provincial cultural cultural groups. The expo will also highlight Bicol’s popular and emerging travel destinations and attractions. For details, logon to www.okbikol.wordpress.com.
Avon Philippines’ Kiss Goodbye to Breast Cancer 2015 Walk and Run will be held on Oct. 10, with the run starting at 5 a.m. and the walk beginning at 6 a.m. It will be held at the SM Mall of Asia Open Grounds, Block 12. The event is open to the general public. It is part of Avon’s long-running crusade against breast cancer through its Kiss Goodbye to Breast Cancer (KGBC) campaign. Those who are not participating in the races can still come.
From Oct. 8 to 18, PELÍCULA-PELIKULA, the Spanish Film Festival, will be featuring the best of contemporary Spanish cinema at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas. Presented by Instituto Cervantes, the Embassy of Spain-AECID, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and Intramuros Administration, the 2015 edition of the Spanish Film Festival will screen around 30 films. The Festival has traditionally been graced by the presence of foreign filmmakers. On Oct. 12, at 9:30 p.m., Spanish journalist Ramón Vilaró will present his film, De aliados a masacrados (2014), a documentary about how the Filipino-Spanish population of Manila was decimated during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War. On Oct. 13, the Czech filmmaker Lenka Kny will present his comedy Milagro en Praga (2013), and followed by an open forum. The romantic comedy film is about two families, Mexican and Czech, who cross paths in Prague over the Christmas holidays. The films to be shown range from romance and comedy (Ocho apellidos vascos, Tres bodas de más, Gente en sitios) to documentary (Paco de Lucía, La plaga), suspense (Relatos salvajes) and drama (Hermosa juventud, Artico). The Festival will have a second leg in Intramuros, from Oct. 19 to 25, which will include an exhibit, Spanish Cinema in 20 Posters, at the NCCA Building where the film screenings will be held. A selection of films will travel to other cities in the Philippines, namely Baguio, Ilo-ilo, Zamboanga and Davao. For the schedule, lineup of films and further information visit www.manila.cervantes.es or log on to www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila.
EXHIBITS
Finale Art File presents Line Between Gestures & Color: Five Artists on Abstraction, a group show of abstract painters until Oct. 24. Finale Art File is located at Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound, 2241 Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. For details e-mail finaleartfileinc@gmail.com, or www.finaleartfile.com.
Samsung Electronics Philippines and the Yuchengco Museum present a tribute exhibition to National Artist for Visual Arts Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera who is marking 50 years as an artist. The interactive exhibit, dubbed BenCab in Two Movements, is on view at the museum until Jan. 16. The exhibition highlights handpicked works he created to capture the dance movements of London-based Chinese dancer San Lee, and Polish dancer and choreographer Paulina Wycichowska. Through Samsung’s SUHD and UHD TV technologies, BenCab in Two Movements hopes to provide museum visitors immersive experiences at the same time curatorial information on shared art experiences between a painter and a dancer. Yuchengco Museum is located at the RCBC Plaza, Corner Ayala and Sen. Gil J. Puyat Aves., Makati City. For details e-mail info@yuchengcomuseum.org or visit http://yuchengcomuseum.org.
Ritche Yee’s solo exhibition, Erosion, is on view at the Cultural Center of the Philippines until Oct. 11 at the Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery). Working in series, the artist produces what he calls “painting-sculptures.” For details, call 832-1125 loc. 1504/1505, 832-3702, 0920-470-0690, e-mail ccp.exhibits@gmail.com, or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.
Ayala Museum presents Giyera: War in the Eyes of Maestro Amorsolo until Oct. 11. In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Manila, the museum is showing Amorsolo paintings from the war years, on loan from several public and private collections. For details call 759-8288 or e-mail hello@ayalamuseum.org. Ayala Museum is located at Makati Ave. corner De La Rosa St., Greenbelt Park, Makati City.
1335Mabini presents Carlos Celdran’s Postcards from Manila, Ian Jaucian’s emit no evil, and Alee Garibay’s Under Observation. All exhibits run until Oct. 16. The gallery is at 1335 A. Mabini St., Ermita, Manila. For details visit www.1335mabini.com. The gallery is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. and on Sundays by appointment.
Silverlens Galleries presents a solo exhibition of Renato Orara’s more recent incarnations from the series Ten Thousand Things That Breathe, begun in 1989. The series is a growing body of work comprised of drawings of objects that happen to be in the artist’s habitat or that he happens to encounter beyond his home. The exhibition is ongoing until Oct. 24. Also showing at Silverlens is These Are Happening Without Your Permission, a solo exhibition by Mariano Ching. Silverlens is located at 2F YMC Bldg. 2, 2320 Don Chino Roces Ave. Ext., Makati City.
Until Nov. 21, the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) presents The Vexed Contemporary featuring 16 Filipino artists whose practices lend themselves to a global compass. They are: Pio Abad, Poklong Anading, Victor Balanon, Yason Banal, Lena Cobangbang, Louie Cordero, Kiri Dalena, Leslie De Chavez, Kawayan De Guia, Patricia Perez Eustaquio, Cocoy Lumbao, Gina Osterloh, Gary-Ross Pastrana, Ikoy Ricio, Maria Taniguchi, and The Weather Bureau. MCAD is at De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, School of Design and Arts Campus, Vito Crruz, Malate, Manila. For details, e-mail mcad@benilde.edu.ph, call 230-5100 loc 3897, or visit www.mcadmanila.org.ph.
The Mind Museum presents A Glass of the Sea, an immersive, interactive and constantly updated exhibition on the discoveries from the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines, also dubbed as the “center of the center of marine biodiversity.” The exhibit runs until the end of the year, then will go on tour around the country. The Mind Museum is at JY Campos Park, 3rd Ave., Bonifacio Global City. For details, call 909-6463.
Galleria Duemila in partnership Greenbelt presents New Life, a public sculpture exhibition by Impy Pilapil. The exhibit runs until Feb. 28, 2016 at Greenbelt Park, Makati City. For details, call 831-9990, e-mail gduemila@gmail.com, or visit www.galleriaduemila.com.
PERFORMANCE
German conductor Henrik Schaefer leads the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra on Oct. 9, 8 p.m., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo. This is the second concert of the PPO’s 2015-2016 concert season. Program includes the music of Emilie Mayer’s Ouverture to Faust Op. 46, Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3. For inquires and subscription, call the CCP Marketing Department (832-1125 loc. 1806), the CCP Box Office (832-3704) or TicketWorld (891-9999).
The University of Santo Tomas Singers, under the baton of its conductor Prof. Fidel Gener Calalang, Jr., will stage A Joyful Noise! A Thanksgiving Concert on Oct. 10, 8 p.m., at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The UST Singers recently arrived from their successful 28th International Concert Tour of Europe, where they performed in key cities in Germany and Italy. Highlighting this trip was their win at the 4th Florence International Choir Festival in Florence, Italy, where they were proclaimed the Grand Prize Winner, bagging a total of eight awards, including four First Prizes, the Best Male Soloist Award, and two special awards for Prof. Calalang. This concert will also serve as a send-off for the 32-member ensemble as they embark the next day on another concert tour of South Korea. Tickets to A Joyful Noise! are available at the CCP Box Office (832-1125, 832-3704) and TicketWorld (891-9999). For inquiries, call the UST Singers at 0915-129-3129 or 0915-101-3275.
Actor’s Actors, Inc. and The Necessary Theatre present The Normal Heart, the 2011 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Play about the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City. The play runs until Oct. 11, at the Carlos P. Romulo auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City. Written by playwright and activist Larry Kramer, the play is directed by Bart Guingona who also essays the lead role. Tickets range in price from P500 to P1,500. For details, call 215-0788 or 0917-537-8313, or TicketWorld at 891-9999.
Gloc 9 — ANG KWENTO NG MAKATA will be presented on Oct. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 8 p.m., at the Music Museum Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan City. For every Saturday performance the rapper will be joined by different guests including Bamboo, Kylie Padilla, Aiza Seguerra, Rico Blanco, Janno Gibbs, Ebe Dancel, Yeng Constantino, Jolina Magdangal, Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez, and Jay Durias, among many others. Tickets range in price from P953.60 to P2,980. For details, call TicketWorld 891-9999 or visit www.ticketworld.com.ph.
No Filter 2.0: Let’s talk about ME has performances until Oct. 25 at the Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Lane, Circuit Makati A.P. Reyes Ave., Brgy. Carmona, Makati City. Presented by The Sand Box Collective, it is an updated version of the original series of monologues focussing the lives and interests of Millenials. It stars Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Sam Concepcion, Lauren Young, Saab Magalona-Bacarro, Carla Humphries, Cai Cortez, Sarah Facuri, Mikael Daez, Micah Muñoz, Paolo Valenciano, and Khalil Kaimo, under the direction of Toff de Venecia. Tickets range in price from P836 to P1,567. For details, call TicketWorld 891-9999 or visit www.ticketworld.com.ph.
Repertory Philippines presents Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a staging of Michael Valenti and Elsa Rael’s adaptation of the classic fairy tale. Directed by Joy Virata, the play stars Christine Flores, Alana Vicente, Becca Coates alternating as Snow White; Bituin Escalante, Ring Antonio, and Pam G alternating as the queen; and Hans Eckstein, Jos Jalbuena, Jeff Flores alternating as the prince/woodsman. The play is being staged until Dec. 10 at Onstage Theater in Greenbelt 1, Makati City. Ticket prices range from P400 to P600. For details, call 843-3570, TicketWorld at 891-9999 or www.ticketworld.com.ph.
