PERFORMANCES of Ballet Philippines’ Swan Lake are ongoing until March 5. The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra will perform during the gala performance on March 3, 8 p.m. Tickets are available at TicketWorld (891-9999 or www.ticketworld.com.ph).

A STAGE adaptation of Aaron Posner’s My Name Is Asher Lev by Twin Bill Theater will be having 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, www.ticketworld.com.ph).

TANGHALANG Pilipino’s Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl has performances until March 5 at the Little Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. For details, call 832-1125 local 1620/1621.

Repertory Philippines presents John Pielmier’s Agnes of God, directed by Bart Guingona and featuring Becca Coates, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, and Pinky Amador. It runs until March 12 at the Onstage Greenbelt Theater in Makati City. 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 cross-dressing, has performances at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City until March 19, Tuesdays to Sundays, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).

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
The closing reception and walk-through of Last Full Show: Danilo Dalena Retrospective will be held on March 4, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the 3rd and 4th levels of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Curators Eileen Legaspi Ramirez and Claro Ramirez will lead the walk-through, while the artist will be represented by his three daughters, Sari, Aba Lluch, and Kiri Dalena.

LIGALIG: Art in a Time of Turmoil is on view until May 27 at the Ateneo Art Gallery (AAG). The group show features works by Nunelucio Alvarado, Virgilio Aviado, BenCab, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Charlie Co, Kiri Dalena, Leonilo Doloricon, Antipas Delotavo, Alfredo Esquillo, Edgar Talusan Fernandez, Emmanuel Garibay, Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi, Renato Habulan, Galo Ocampo, Onib Olmedo, Jose Tence Ruiz, among many others. Also at the AAG are Lines: Pictures and Poems by Jose Garcia Villa which is on view until August, and AAG in Review: Bellarmine Hall (1960-1967) and Print and Drawing Room (1997-2005) until May. Also on view is #LUZ@90 which celebrates the 90th birth anniversary of National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo R. Luz. It is on view until April 8. The Ateneo Art Gallery is at the Rizal Library Bldg., Ateneo University Campus, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City.

Maria Taginuchi has a solo exhibit at the Silverlens gallery at the Lapanday Center, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. The self-titled exhibit is on view until March 22.

The Korean Cultural Center 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 produced by Independent Curators International, New York, is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts, 950 Pablo Ocampo St., Malate, Manila.

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: Fearful Symmetries by Ronald Achacoso; Other Things in the World by Jan Balaquin, Nice Buenaventura, Nicole Tee, Juni Salvador, Lubin Nepomuceno, Van Tuico, and Reg Yuson; and Still by Raena Abella. The gallery is at 277 Connecticut St., Mandaluyong City.

CHALK ZALDIVAR’s Stress in Numbers is on view at the Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery on Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.

Arturo Luz: First Light, 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 Ave. corner De La Rosa St., Greenbelt Park, Makati City.

EVENTS
THE Wanderland 2017 music festival is on March 4 at the Filinvest City, Alabang, Muntinlupa. There will be 16 performances to be headlined by The Temper Trap, The Ting Tings, LANY, Yuna, Explosions in the Sky, Purity Ring, HONNE, Woodlock and a lot more. Tickets are available at SM Tickets outlets and at www.smtickets.com.

BATINGAW: Arts Festival for Peace gathers several artists and performers in one big event on March 5 at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Elliptical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City. Headliners for the main stage from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. are BLKD/Tabakk, Danny Fabella, Gazera, Lady I, La Loba Negra, SINOSIKAT?, Talahib Peoples Music, Tag-ani Performing Arts Society, Tao, The General Strike, The Republicats, Tropical Depression, TUBAW, Tukar Sinati, and Wilderness. Pocket performances will feature One Pro, Panday Sining, SIKAD, SINAGBAYAN (Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan), Sining Bulosan, Tabakk/TaBaKK, Boyet De Mesa, and Hermie Pineda. For details, visit Batingaw’s Facebook page.

AYALA MALLS’ Creators Meetup will be held at the YouTube Lounge on March 5, 2017 (2 p.m.-5 p.m.) at the Glorietta Activity Center. International online stars Jayden Rodrigues and Joanna Soh will be on, along with a star-studded local lineup which includes Erwan Heussaff, Lloyd Cadena, Janina Vela, Mikey Bustos, and more. Follow #YTLoungeCreatorsMeetup on Facebook and Twitter for more details.

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