Bonifacio Global City (BGC) has launched various initiatives focusing on food sufficiency, eco-friendly practices, open spaces, circular economy and community recovery.

FROM a tiny office in southern India, S. Vijay Kumar scans case files on his laptop with the precision of a forensic scientist. To an untrained eye, the width of a bronze Shiva’s nose or the definition of its knuckles are invisible details. To Mr. Kumar, these are clues on a statue that unlock some of history’s biggest art heists.

OVER 61 galleries, art schools, independent art spaces, art collectives, and, for the first time, an NFT marketplace, are slated to showcase their exhibits online from 10 a.m. on April 24 to May 1 at www.artinthepark.ph. And as the world opens up to more face-to-face activities, Art in the Park will also be presenting a lineup of events and exhibits live on April 28 at the Jaime C. Velasquez Park in Makati City.

AFTER TWO years of cancellations due to the pandemic, Instituto Cervantes, the cultural arm of the Embassy of Spain, brings back the tradition of celebrating the Día del Libro (International Book Day) on April 23.

“IF you remember the ’60s, you weren’t really there.” This famous quip says much about our rose-tinted nostalgia for the decade. The fun-loving hedonism of Woodstock and Beatlemania may be etched into cultural memory, but Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits reveal a darker side to the swinging ’60s that turns our nostalgia on its head.

WITH only a few days before the national elections, Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) is streaming its timely play, Doc Resureccion, a filmed performance.

JERUSALEM — Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages.

NEW YORK —  The personal and professional life of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is being shared in a new experience titled, Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure in New York City.

THE SECOND season of the Indonesian adaptation of the drama series Pretty Little Liars premieres this month on PCCW’s pan-regional OTT video streaming service Viu in its original language and a Filipino dub.

IT’s a credit to the developers that even those outside of the intended audience find lots to appreciate about Gran Turismo 7. If nothing else, it brings gamers back to a simpler time, when simply basking in the thrill of fast cars roaming in picturesque countrysides could not but be the ultimate objective in and of itself.

LOS ANGELES — Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third chapter in the Harry Potter spinoff series, collected a muted $43 million in its domestic box office debut.

GMA and ABS-CBN and several of their talents were honored at the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Awards 2022, with ceremonies held on April 8.