RestaurantRow (08/10/17)
Afternoon tea for a cause
THE PENINSULA Manila transforms its classic Afternoon Tea into edible art inspired by the scents, colors, and textures of Philippine-made...
Hong Kong’s swans
In Hong Kong's dingy theaters and man-made canals not too far away from where domestic workers spend their Sundays off, other Filipinos assume the...
Just move
EVERYBODY MOVES, but not everybody moves freely. The poor are particularly susceptible to the arrest of movement, in the figurative and literal sense, by...
Michelangelo’s unrealized marble dream comes true in Italian quarry
QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, ITALY -- In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams.
It was, the Renaissance master...
Nominations for 2018 National Artists now open
NOMINATIONS for the National Artist Award are now open and will run until Sept. 30.
The Order of National Artist is the highest national award...
Art&Culture (08/09/17)
Lecture on book design
BABY IMPERIAL of B+C Design will host Readability and Design, a lecture presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design...
Manananggal in the city again
GET READY to see the manananggal fly once again as Prime Cruz’s Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B will return to theaters -- this time...
Marvel hits back at early Inhumans criticism
LOS ANGELES -- Studio executives hit back at early criticism of the upcoming ABC series Marvel’s Inhumans on Sunday, describing it less than a...
Dark Tower leads at N. American box office but casts a short shadow
LOS ANGELES -- Sony’s sci-fi production The Dark Tower led ticket sales in North American theaters this weekend, but its estimated three-day take of...
Chinese studio rivaling Nintendo rethinks games for the West
CHANCES ARE few outside of China have heard of NetEase, Inc., though it makes more money from games than Nintendo Co. Now it wants...
ABC denies axing Tim Allen’s show over actor’s Trump support
LOS ANGELES -- US television network ABC denied Sunday that it had canceled comedian Tim Allen’s popular sitcom Last Man Standing due to its...
Entertainment (08/08/17)
Cinematography lecture
DIRECTOR and cinematographer Mark Gary, who has an extensive background in television, and has been cited for several award-winning music videos, short and...