Your Weekend Guide (February 10, 2017)
CONCERTS
Tell It Like ’80s, a concert featuring Gino Padilla — best known for the 1980s hits “Closer You and I,” “Let The Love Begin,” “Why Can’t It Be” among others — and Juan Miguel Salvador — the lead vocalist of the popular ’80s band Rage and now the leader of the 1980s cover band The Authority — will star in a pre-Valentine’s day concert on Feb. 11, 8 p.m., at the Newport Performing Arts Theater at Resorts World Manila. They will be joined by guest artist Roselle Nava. Tickets are available at TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
OPM pop rock group Aegis and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra collaborate once more in a pre-Valentine’s day concert on Feb. 11 titled Aegis in Symphony, Symphonic Aegis: The Repeat, Hugot Pa More, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Concert tickets range in price from P300 to P1,500. For details, contact the CCP Box Office at (02) 832-3704 or TicketWorld at 891-9999.
Ivy Violan stars in There and Now: A Homecoming Concert featuring jazz singer Richard Merk on Feb. 10, 8 p.m., at Vu’s Sky Bar and Lounge at the Marco Polo Ortigas. Cover charge is P2,000 per person and comes with one welcome drink.
The Platters and Elvis Presley, a concert of their classic songs performed by Golden Sounds of the Platters and Johnny Elvis Thompson, will be held on Feb. 10, 8 p.m., at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Bituin Escalante headlines Kung may Love Story ka, Eto ang Love Concert Mo. #SoMuchFeels on Feb. 10 and 11, 8:30 p.m., at the Music Museum, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan. The show also features Cris Villonco, Yanah Laurel, Kim Molina, and JC Santos under the direction of Rem Zamora.
OPM for Valentine’s Day
SOME of the country’s top OPM singers will be performing in #LoveThrowback2, a Valentine’s Day concert at the PICC Plenary Hall at Pasay City’s CCP Complex, on Feb. 14, 8:30 p.m. The lineup includes Ariel Rivera, Joey Generoso, Jinky Vidal, Nina, Christian Bautista, and Hajji Alejandro. Tickets are available at TicketWorld (891-9999), TicketNet (911-5555), and SM Tickets (470-2222).
THEATER
L’Opera on Wheels presents Gianni Schicchi, a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini, featuring Noel Azcona, Greg de Leon, Elisanta Cortes, Jasmin Salvo, Randy Gilongo, and Nomher Nival, on Feb. 12, 7 p.m. at the Little Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Multimedia arts festival Fringe Manila has returned for a third year with a lineup of performances from up-and-coming and returning artist ongoing until Feb. 26 at numerous venues around Metro Manila. Tickets for the various performances are available at TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph). For more details and schedule of events, visit fringemanila.com or Fringe Manila on Facebook (facebook.com/FringeMNL).
Isang Harding Papel: A Martial Law Musical, an adaptation of Augie Rivera’s children book of the same title, will be shown on Feb. 10, at the AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. For tickets, call 928-8189 or text 0908-887-2553.
Repertory Philippines’ comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, has ongoing performances until Feb. 12 at the Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1, Makati City. The play stars Cherie Gil, Michael Williams, Roselyn Perez, and Joaquin Valdes in a tale of how two siblings’ sedate life is upturned when their actress sister shows up with a boy toy. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Sa Wakas, a Filipino rock musical featuring the songs of OPM band Sugarfree, has been extended for another weekend, with shows until Feb. 10 at the Power Mac Center Spotlight in Circuit Makati, Makati City. The bittersweet love story revolves around three characters and tells how a relationship ends and begins. For details and tickets, visit Sa Wakas’s Facebook page.
PETA’s hit original Filipino musical Care Divas, about gay Filipino caregivers in Israel and their penchant for crossdressing has performances at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City until March 19. Performances are held Tuesdays to Sundays, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Tanghalang Ateneo presents Edgar Calabia Samar’s Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak na Tabon at the Rizal Mini Theater, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City until Feb. 25. For inquiries, call 0916-314-5475.
The touring show of Wicked, a retelling of the story of The Wizard of Oz, focusing on the two witches, is ongoing until March 12 at The Theater at Solaire. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
ART
That’s The Way Aha Aha I Like It, an exhibit of recent works by sculptor Pete Jimenez, and Agnes Arellano’s mini-retrospective Born of the Moon are on view at the Altro Mondo in Greenbelt 5, Makati City. Also on view at the gallery are paintings, prints, and videos of 21 mentors of the School of Design and Arts of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in a group show titled Re-Calibrated, on view until March 5.
2017 MET International Artist in Residence Maria Jose Arjona will have an artist interaction on Feb. 11, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Open Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex, Roxas Blvd., Malate. The launch of the exhibit PRACTICE follows after at 4 p.m.
Take 5 on Aquarelle, an exhibition of watercolor paintings by five-generations of artists — Alfredo Roces, BenCab, Elmer Borlongan, Kelly Ramos, and Abi Dionisio — opens at the BenCab Museum in Baguio City on Feb. 11, 4 p.m. Exhibit will run until April 7.
ArtInformal has three ongoing exhibitions: Forging/Foraging by Jacob Lindo and Jel Suarez; New Dogs, Old Vices by Bree Jonson, and Mike de Leon’s Kakaba Ka Ba? by Nix Puno. The gallery is at 277 Connecticut St, Mandaluyong City.
THE CHAIR PROJECT: A Study Collection of Seating Furniture by Tesa Celdran is on view at Pineapple Lab in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City, until Feb. 27.
Chalk Zaldivar’s Stress in Numbers is on view at the Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery on Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.
The Ateneo Art Gallery presents #LUZ@90, which runs until April 8. The exhibit celebrates the 90th birth anniversary of National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo R. Luz. The gallery is at the Rizal Library at the Ateneo University campus, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines celebrates the birth month of National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco via the exhibit Homebound: A Survey of Recent Developments in Angono Contemporary Art which is on view until Feb. 12.
The Homecoming of Tie a String Around the World, a re-staging of the Philippines’ official exhibition at the Venice Art Bienalle in 2015, is on view at the Vargas Museum, UP Diliman, Quezon City. The show presents works by Manuel Conde, Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Manny Montelibano, and Jose Tence Ruiz.
EVENTS
Snapshot Japan, a mini-fair of Japanese products, including food, apparel, fashion accessories, and cosmetics, is ongoing until Feb. 11 at the Yuchengco Museum, RCBC Plaza in Makati City. This is held alongside a museum exhibition, Digital Dimensions: Video Art Projections by Naoko Tosa.
Robinsons Galleria-Ortigas and Robinsons Place Manila hold a series of events to mark Valentine’s Day. On Feb. 10, 5 p.m., at the Robinsons Galleria activity area, acoustic balladeer TJ Monterde will serenade shoppers with songs from his sophomore album Tulad Mo, Kung Siya Man and Dating Tayo. On Feb. 11, 6 p.m., at the Robinsons Galleria activity area, stand-up comedians James Caraan, Red Ollero, and Alex Calleja will take shoppers on an amusing and humorous date. On Feb. 12, 4 p.m., Robinsons Galleria will be throwing a music jam at the activity area featuring retro band Before and After. On the same day at Robinsons Place Manila’s Midtown Atrium, Daryl Ong, Iñigo Pascual, Morisette Amon, and Kaye Cal will hold a concert. Bailey May and Ylona Garcia share the love with the kids from Boystown on Feb. 18, 5 p.m., at Robinsons Galleria activity area and the young PGH Cancer patients on Feb. 19 at Robinsons Place Manila Orosa Atrium. The shows will feature performances from the young lovebirds and ceremonial turnover of the gifts to the youth of Boystown and PGH Cancer patients.
