RPD PUBLICATIONS launched Káin Ná!: An Illustrated Guide to Philippine Food on Aug. 31 at Shangri-La at The Fort’s High Street Lounge. The book was written by veteran culinary historian Felice Prudente Sta. Maria and Singaporean cookbook writer Bryan Koh and illustrated by Mariel Ylagan Garcia. Káin Ná! — which means “Let’s Eat” in Filipino — explores the diverse variety of cookery and dining essentials from around the country.

THE Grand Hyatt Manila’s Grand Kitchen serves multicultural dishes à la minute, from authentic Hainanese chicken rice, to fresh sashimi, to Italian pizzas and pastas.

CLOUD CANYONS No. 31’s catalogue details read as:

A SEARCH online reveals this public information on David Medalla’s Cloud Canyons:

HERE COMES a rare chance to acquire a creation by one of the country’s 19^th-century masters.

THE HOUSE LIGHTS of the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines were off, but the stage, filled with a set of a palace’s ballroom, was illuminated. The lights transitioned from warm and bright, to cool, then slowly faded to black. Tony award-winning lighting designer Jennifer Tipton sat in front of a computer with the rest of the production team as they switched scenes and checked the lighting changes for Ballet Philippines’ staging of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

AS A major investor in distressed debt and a millionaire art collector, Steven Tananbaum is used to getting what he wants. And he wants three giant sculptures he says he paid Gagosian Gallery Inc. $13 million to deliver.

GATHERING: Political Writing on Art and Culture, a limited-edition collection of 43 essays on politics, culture and art written by cultural theorist, critic, and independent curator Marian Pastor Roces, was recently launched at Powerbooks at The Podium in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City.

AS PART of its 80^th anniversary celebrations worldwide, Marvel Entertainment partnered with SM malls to bring official Marvel merchandise and other consumer products to 70 of the mall chain’s locations.

VENICE, Italy — One of Gotham’s most famous villains arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, in a standalone dark story telling the origins of the Joker.

A SHORT film about a love story told through poetry took three of the eight awards given at the first Get Reel Mobile Shorts Film Festival held on Aug. 30 at Fisher Mall in Quezon City.

VENICE, Italy — Greek-born French director Costa-Gavras has been recognized for his “particularly original contribution to innovation in contemporary cinema” at the Venice Film Festival, where the Oscar winner also presented his new movie about the Greek debt crisis.