Dining In/Out (08/18/22)
AS part of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jasmine at New World Makati Hotel celebrates the occasion with an assortment of mooncakes to give to loved ones and friends.
Tokyo diners nosh on Demogorgon pasta, Eleven’s waffles at Stranger Things café
TOKYO — Japanese fans of the sci-fi hit Stranger Things can chow down on demonic pasta and rock out to retro 1980s tunes at a pop-up cafe inspired by the Netflix horror drama.
What’s in a name? Illinois hopes to make invasive carp fish more palatable
ILLINOIS is rebranding an invasive carp in the hopes of encouraging people to eat it — and solving a decades-old issue that has been threatening the ecosystem of the US state’s waterways.
Filipino recipe book distributed to indigent families
PAGHILOM sa Pagkain, a printed recipe book focusing on daily nutritional needs, was distributed to indigent Filipino families residing in Barangays 42 and 45 of Pasay City and Barangay 745 of Manila to help them receive proper nourishment amid the trying times.
Aliw Theater rises from the ashes
Resident company Ballet Manila starts performing again
It has been three years of challenges for the dancers of Ballet Manila. After the company’s home base,...
How Salman Rushdie became a scapegoat for complex historical differences
By VIJAY MISHRA
THE CHAUTAUQUA Institution, southwest of Buffalo in New York State, is known for its summer lectures — and as a place where people come...
Manifestation of societal ills
DISEASES manifest and cause disruption in our bodies, as do problems and ills in our environment and within society. Visual representations of the ills...
Arts & Culture (08/17/22)
Galerie Joaquin presents ‘Phantasmagoria’ at ArtistSpace
Presented by Galerie Joaquin, “Phantasmagoria” is a solo exhibition of Filipino visual artist Averil Paras. It will be on...
The Baseball Player, Blue Room are top winners at the 18th Cinemalaya
A FILM about young musicians who are arrested for drug possession and one about a young boy who trains tirelessly to become a baseball player in a time of war were the top winners at the 18th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, the awarding ceremony of which was held on Aug. 14 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
The Sandman: How representations of dreams and nightmares have changed over time
By Karl Bell
AS NETFLIX’s new series, The Sandman, notes, we spend a third of our lives in sleep and dream. In popular culture, The Sandman is a folkloric being who helps us drift off to the land of nod where he controls whether we have nightmares or dreams. He is also the center of Neil Gaiman’s popular comic book series (1989-96), which the new series is based on.
Bullet Train repeats No. 1, Top Gun returns to second place as US box...
LOS ANGELES — Is everyone on vacation?
Entertainment News (08/16/22)
THE FILMS of the late great Cherie Gil (a.k.a. Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann) are now available to stream online for free at Regal Entertainment’s YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/c/RegalEntertainmentInc).