THEATER

A stage adaptation of Aaron Posner’s My Name Is Asher Lev by Twin Bill Theater opens Feb. 18, with 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. shows until March 5, at the PARC Foundation, 494 Lt. Artiaga St., San Juan. The cast includes Nelsito Gomez, Robie Zialcita, and Naths Everett, under the direction of Steven Conde. Tickets are available through TicketWorld (891-9999, ticketworld.com.ph).

Tanghalang Pilipino’s Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, featuring Lhorvie and Marco Viañ, opens on Feb. 17 and runs until March 5 at the Little Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. Translated by Guelan Luarca and directed by Loy Arcenas. For details, call 832-1125 local 1620/1621.

Multimedia arts festival Fringe Manila has returned for a third year with a lineup of performances from up-and-coming and returning artist. It is 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).

Repertory Philippines presents an adaptation of John Pielmier’s Agnes of God, directed by Bart Guingona and featuring Becca Coates, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, and Pinky Amador. Show opens on Feb. 17, 8 p.m., at the Onstage Greenbelt Theater in Makati City, and will run until March 12. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).

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, Tuesdays to Sundays, at 3 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).

MUSIC

The 42nd International Bamboo Organ Festival is ongoing until Feb. 22, with most performances at the Las Piñas Church at 8 p.m. On Feb. 17 and 19, Ensalada de Natividad will be held at the church; On Feb. 18, Concert Under the Trees will be held at the church courtyard; on Feb. 20, there will be an Organ Recital in the church; on Feb. 22, The Splendor of Choral Music will be held at the San Ezekiel Moreno Oratory (Villar Sipag Cmpd., C-5 Ext. Rd., Pulanglupa, Las Piñas City). For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).

Concert VI of Timeless Classics, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s 34th Concert Season will be held on Feb. 17, 8 p.m., at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. The orchestra, under the baton of Olivier Ochanine, will perform Tchaikovsky’s March Slave, Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 in G, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).

Lea Salonga: Songs from the Stage, will be held on Feb. 17 and 18, 8 p.m., at the PICC, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. Directed by Bobby Garcia with musical direction by Gerard Salonga, Ms. Salonga will perform with the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).

The concert 3-in-1: No Sugar Added! will be held at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Feb. 18, 8 p.m., and Feb. 19, 5 p.m. Performing are three subgroups of the Philippine Madrigal Singers: MADZ in Love, MADZTIWANAN and MADZ Goes Pop. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).

ART

Your Weekend Guide (February 10, 2016)
The 5th Art Fair Philippines is ongoing until Feb. 16, this time around occupying four floors of The Link Carpark at the Ayala Center in Makati. On view are special exhibits like the Bench ARTEFACTS show in the photo, commissioned works for the fair, and even more participating galleries. Art Fair PHL also launched “10 Days of Art” which is ongoing until Feb. 19, a series of events around Makati City and nearby BGC involving galleries, museums, bars, restaurants, and retail establishments to complement the art fair. For more information on Art Fair Philippines 2017, visit www.artfairphilippines.com or facebook.com/artfairph. Follow @artfairph on Instagram and Twitter. — Paolo L. Lopez

Art in Island will hold the Art Market every third weekend of the month until April (Feb. 18-19, March 18-19, and April 22-23) at Art In Island, 15th St., Brgy. Socorro, Quezon City. For more information, visit the event’s page on Facebook.

Maria Taginuchi will have one of two solo exhibits at the Silverlens gallery at the Lapanday Center, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. The self-titled exhibit will be on view until March 22.

The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines presents a Korean media art exhibit, Eternal Light, featuring 15 works and installation art by Korean artist Han Ho, at the KCC Exhibit Hall, Taguig City until April 28.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s The Serenity of Madness, a traveling exhibition curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong and produced by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila beginning Feb. 17.

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.

Take 5 on Aquarelle, an exhibition of watercolor paintings by five-generations of artists — Alfredo Roces, BenCab, Elmer Borlongan, Kelly Ramos, and Abi Dionisio — is on view at the BenCab Museum in Baguio City 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.

#LUZ@90 is on view until April 8 at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Rizal Library at the Ateneo University campus, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City. The exhibit celebrates the 90th birth anniversary of National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo R. Luz.

The Arturo Luz: First Light exhibition, curated by historian Dr. Ambeth Ocampo, is on view until June 11 as part of Ayala Museum’s Images of Nation, a program in honor of the National Artists for Visual Arts. Ayala Museum is located at Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City.

EVENTS

The fourth edition of the trade fair series, Philippine Harvest, organized by the Department of Agriculture, will run from Feb. 17-19 at Central Square, Bonifacio High Street, BGC, Taguig. It will feature artisanal products by Filipino agripreneurs participating in the 2017 Madrid Fusion Manila — Our Sustainable Gastronomic Planet (MFM 2017) scheduled in April. The public will have the chance to see and buy agricultural products rarely found in the Metro, including flower vegetables, organic meat and vegetables, dried fish, and fresh local fruits. The three-day agri food fair will be located at the lower ground and upper ground floors of Central Square in Bonifacio High Street Central and will be open to public during mall hours.

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