AFTER its soft opening in December 2021, Ayala Museum is now fully operational with the opening of the 4th floor, which houses the museum’s revamped permanent exhibitions on Philippine pre-colonial gold, indigenous textiles, and Southeast Asian trade ware ceramics from the museum’s collection.

ON an ordinary day, vehicles pass by the Old Presidencia in Makati City and their passengers seldom notice the presence of the historic structure. But if they slow down — or better yet, stop and enter — they will learn about its role in the development of one of the country’s richest cities.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. —  Elvis Presley experts and historians have long known about a collection of jewelry the singer gave to his manager Colonel Tom Parker.

ON July 9, the Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary held a classical music concert entitled A Rebirth: A Classical Concert For A Cause to raise funds for the rejuvenation of their Learning Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Sanctuary Garden in Baguio City.

THIS year, six Filipino artists each co-wrote and produced a song with a music fan on the sixth season of Coke Studio Philippines, with the results out in the Fan Collaborated Coke Studio EP.

SET during Martial Law and following the struggles of student activists under the dictatorship, Katips: The Movie premieres in cinemas on Aug. 3.

NICHELLE Nichols, whose portrayal of starship communications officer Lieutenant Uhura in the 1960s sci-fi TV series Star Trek and subsequent movies broke color barriers and helped redefine roles for Black actors, has died at age 89, her family said.

THE SEARCH for representatives to compete for the four beauty pageant crowns of Miss International, Miss Intercontinental, Miss Globe, and Miss Grand International ended last Sunday as Binibining Pilipinas crowned four winners at the Araneta Center.

THE COUNTRY’S first and only 24-hour comedy channel, BuKo, is now a year old. Launched on Aug. 2, 2021 by Cignal TV and APT Entertainment, Inc., BuKo has brought laughter to multi-platform audiences on Cignal and SatLite Pay TV, and on the video streaming service Cignal Play.

AFTER a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the MaArte Fair is back at the Peninsula Manila.

AN architect turned to furniture design during the pandemic, and selected rattan as his medium.

A FILM about the tribulations of student activists during Martial Law was the big winner at the 70th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards awarding ceremony on July 30 at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila.