Art Jakarta’s steady growth: a bigger venue, more visitors

AS Art Jakarta settled down in its new home at the JIExpo Kemayoran — a large convention space with high ceilings that it moved...

Pinoy Pride: Olivia Rodrigo’s homecoming concert draws 55,000 fans, and scalpers

FILIPINO-AMERICAN popstar Olivia Rodrigo’s sold-out one-night concert, GUTS, held at the Philippine Arena on Oct. 5, was a visual and musical spectacle that saw the singer serenading 55,000 fans with her raw lyrical storytelling and vocal prowess.

ManilART holds satellite exhibits

MANILART’24, the National Art Fair, will kick off on Oct. 8 and will run up to the 13th at the SMX Convention Center in...

Arts & Culture (10/09/24)

AN upcoming project of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is In Situ, Performance as Exhibition, The Philippine Edition, which aims to bring the power of performance to a transformative exhibition format, set against the backdrop of the urban and rural environments in the Philippines.

Entertainment News (10/09/24)

THE highly anticipated 10th album of pop band Coldplay, titled Moon Music, has landed in stores and on streaming services. Produced by Max Martin, it contains the chart-topping single “We Pray” with Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI, as well as the single “feelslikeimfallinginlove.”

US Supreme Court rebuffs singer R. Kelly’s challenge to sex abuse conviction

WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear imprisoned former R&B superstar R. Kelly’s appeal of his 2022 federal conviction on...

Peru archaeologists find 600-year-old child sacrifice site

LIMA — In a vacant lot outside the town of Trujillo, in northern Peru, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of nearly four dozen children...

The PPO goes to the movies

THE PHILIPPINE Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) will hold a fundraising concert that will showcase timeless cinematic pieces of music on Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., at...

Lady Gaga’s Joker: Folie à Deux is almost as miserable as its lead character

I DID not like 2019’s Joker, Todd Phillips’ film about the Batman villain that won Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. I found it self-important yet shockingly hollow in its attempts to say something about how society warps the lonely. And yet I’ll admit I was excited for its sequel Joker: Folie à Deux. It’s a musical co-starring Lady Gaga. How bad could it be, really?

Daniel Day-Lewis to come out of acting retirement for son’s film Anemone

LONDON — Three-time Oscar winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement to star in his son’s feature film directorial debut, Anemone. The highly...

Weaving the future: Likhang Habi highlights natural dyes in Philippines

WEAVING is one of the most ancient traditions common to all civilizations. The history of the world is written in the threads and expressed in the patterns.

His name in every bathroom

A COLLEGE professor once told us that all of civilization started with the toilet. By no longer leaving their human waste in the ground, humans moved up a class above animals.