MICHELIN said on Friday that its world-famous guide would suspend all restaurant recommendations in Russia in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

GOLDILOCKS has become the first official licensor of BT21 cakes in the Philippines and has launched its line of BT21-themed fondant cakes.

Southeast Asia hasn’t quite caught up with the body positivity wave experienced in other cultures, according to panelists in a discussion on beauty biases. Even in multiracial societies, said Malaysian fashion model Nalisa Alia Amin, slim, fair skin, and straight hair is still the standard.

AFTER getting more than 276,000 website views and over 40,000 visitors in its first online edition in 2021, Art Fair Philippines returns as a hybrid event for the 10th edition, which runs from March 23 to April 1. 

PRINTS are mirror images of inked or painted designs transferred to paper, cloth, or wood. The same design can be produced in limited editions and so a work marked “20/30” means that it is the twentieth print from an edition of 30 prints of the same image.

FOR its first auction in 2022, Salcedo Auctions presents Important Philippine Art & Furniture, including Tribal & Ethnographic Art scheduled on March 12 at 2 p.m. live at Salcedo’s NEX Tower sale room and online via salcedoauctions.com.

THIVA, Greece — In a tiny classroom in a migrant camp in Greece, 18-year-old Roya Rasuli teaches a bustling group of young girls how to paint. For Ms. Rasuli, it’s also a lesson in women’s empowerment.

LIPON, a group exhibit presented by Kaida Contemporary, features six Filipino visual artists: Benjie Cabangis, Jeff T. Dizon, Neil Doloricon, Hermisanto, Nestor Vinluan, and Junyee.

THE FILM Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) celebrates women in film at the Cine Filipina film festival which runs from March 7 to 27 on the FDCP Channel online streaming platform (www.fdcpchannel.ph).

WHEN it was released 50 years ago, The Godfather won a swag of Oscars and hailed director Francis Ford Coppola as the voice of a new auteur. But timing is, as they say, everything.

THE POPULARITY of livestreaming has turned the whole world into a stage, where a room transforms into a studio, and a smartphone becomes an entire camera crew. Creating content and sharing one’s talents and skills is more accessible. And with the growth of performers showcasing their talents online, the livestreaming app Kumu has launched Sing for the Stars, an all-digital international singing competition.

LOS ANGELES — Holy ticket sales, Batman!