What’s Hot this Weekend
EVENTS
Robinsons Land Corp. will host the “City Savor” food bazaar at The Trion Towers in Bonifacio Global City on Dec. 19, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m . City Savor’s list of participating food establishments include El Chupacabra, Mac & Jac, Bald Baker, Baguettini, Chef Adrian Cuenca, Baits, Sabao, Bag Wings, Hillside Cafe, Global Beer Exchange, Buccino’s Ice Cream Experiments, Earth Desserts, Saddam’s Shawarma, Boom’s Cold Brew Coffee, Liquido Maestro, Jertie’s Kitchen, Karnitas Korner, The Juice Stand, Truck Bun, Juice Bar, ChocoATBP, Pipino Vegetarian, Snow Shack and Cannoli & Co, among others.
EXHIBITS
Artist Jonathan Rañola’s Under Tall Shady Trees is on view throughout December at Art Elements Asian Gallery, 3rd Floor, SM Aura Premier Mall, Bonifacio Global City. The exhibit features his figurative portraits in acrylic and pen set amidst flora and fauna on canvas and on wood. For details, call 519-9683 or logon to artelements@surfshop.net.ph.
RE:VIEW 2015, a year-end group show, is on view at the BenCab Museum’s Gallery Indigo until Feb. 7, 2016. The show features the works of 38 artists including Leonard Aguinaldo, Virgilio Aviado, BenCab, Marina Cruz, Emmanuel Garibay, Kawayan de Guia, Winner Jumalon, Arturo Luz, Raffy Napay, Leeroy New, Ramon Orlina, Soler Santos, Rodel Tapaya, and Olan Ventura. Also on exhibit at the museum’s Print Gallery is Philippine Views, an exhibition of 18th to 19th century prints. The BenCab Museum is located at Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio.
Kulay Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art presents Aaron Bautista’s one-man show, Abstracting Angono’s Rustic Scenes. Mr. Bautista belongs to the third generation of Angono artists and belongs to the Neo-Angono Artists Collective, a group that has been exploring art using public spaces through contemporary means and medium. The exhibit runs until Jan. 7. For details call (632) 624-4344 or e-mail bobbit@kulay-diwa.com.
Artinformal has several exhibit which are ongoing until Dec. 28. These are idyls by Salvador Alonday at the Main Gallery, an installation of recent works in stoneware; Rebuilding Blocks by José Santos III at The Big Room, in which he transforms and presents individual rocks into objects that show the material in all its rawness; and Mythamporphosis by Raena Abella at The Inner Room, a meditation on mythology, nostalgia, and transformation. The gallery is located at 277 Connecticut St., San Juan.
Samsung Electronics Philippines and the Yuchengco Museum present a tribute exhibition to National Artist for Visual Arts Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera who is is marking 50 years as an artist. The interactive exhibit, dubbed BenCab in Two Movements, is on view at the museum until Jan. 16. Yuchengco Museum is located at the RCBC Plaza, Corner Ayala and Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avess., Makati City. For details e-mail info@yuchengcomuseum.org or visit http://yuchengcomuseum.org.
The Metropolitan Museum of Manila takes its turn in celebrating the 50 creative years of National Artist BenCab (Benedicto Cabrera) with a retrospective exhibition that will run until Feb. 27. The museum is located at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila. For details, e-mail info@metmuseum.ph.
The Mind Museum presents A Glass of the Sea, an immersive, interactive and constantly updated exhibition on the discoveries from the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines, also dubbed as the “center of the center of marine biodiversity.” The exhibit runs until the end of the year, then will go on tour around the country. The Mind Museum is at JY Campos Park, 3rd Ave., Bonifacio Global City. For details, call 909-6463.
Galleria Duemila in partnership Greenbelt presents New Life, a public sculpture exhibition by Impy Pilapil. The exhibit runs until Feb. 28, 2016 at Greenbelt Park, Makati City. For details, call 831-9990, e-mail gduemila@gmail.com, or visit www.galleriaduemila.com.
PERFORMANCE
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra presents the concert PPO Concert Series IV on Dec. 18, 8 p.m., at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. Yoshikazu Fukumura will conduct the orchestra on a program that includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian.” For details, visit www.ticketworld.com.ph, or call 891-9999.
Children’s show Hi-5 House of Dreams will have performances on Dec. 18 to 21 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Pasay City. The musical play is set during the big Hi-5 sleepover party, where, with the help of Chats the “Dream Meister,” and her magical Dream Catcher, the group journeys on some wild dream adventures. For details, visit www.ticketworld.com.ph, or call 891-9999.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the Bayanihan Folk Arts Foundation present Fiesta Folkloriada 2015, on Dec. 20, 8 p.m., at the CCP Main Theater, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. Fiest Folkloriada is an international folk dance festival that aims to promote solidarity and goodwill among participating countries, and features performing ensembles from all over the world who showcase their unique cultural heritage through folk dance and music. For details, visit www.ticketworld.com.ph, or call 891-9999.
The holiday season at Shangri-La Plaza features a great deal of music. Voces Manila performs on Dec. 21, 5 p.m., at the Grand Atrium, while the all-male choral ensemble Koro Ilustrado takes over the East Wing’s East Atrium with classic and contemporary tunes on Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. The Hail Mary the Queen Children’s Choir, best known for singing “We are All God’s Children” with Jamie Rivera, the official theme song for the Papal Visit of Pope Francis, will perform on Dec. 22, 5 p.m., at the Main Wing Grand Atrium. Soloists Arthur Manuntag and Shiela Valderrama-Martinez follow at 6:30 p.m. on the same day at the East Atrium, followed by the UE Chorale at 7:30 p.m. It is the turn of the Kilyawan Boys Choir on Dec. 27, 5 p.m. at the Main Wing, and The Executives Band will rock the East Atrium stage at 7:30 p.m. For inquiries, call 370-2500 loc. 593 or visit www.facebook.com/shangrilaplazaofficialfanpage.
Robinsons Malls nationwide will celebrate the holidays with a slew of musical performances plus entertaining shows and activities for kids. For the children, there is the Jungle Book Jive, a live show from Australia featuring Mowgli and his friends, which will have performances at Robinsons Sta. Rosa and Robinsons Place Bacolod on Dec. 19; Robinsons Place Manila, Robinsons Place Malolos, and Robinsons Fuente on Dec. 20; and Robinsons Magnolia and Novaliches on Dec. 21. Robinsons Place Lipa will host the Jungle Book Playland. Meanwhile, the Jungle Book Jive Photoland lets kids take souvenir photos of this experience at Robinsons Place Las Piñas, Robinsons Place Imus, and Robinsons Sta. Rosa. Animated mechanical displays bring children to the Winter Park and the Winter Wonderland. The animated Winter displays are running at Robinsons Place Antipolo, Pangasinan, Gensan, Dumaguete, Bacolod, and Butuan, and at Robinsons Metro East, Robinsons Ilocos, Fuente and Cybergate Cebu. The popular Giant Lantern Festival kicks off at Robinsons Starmills Pampanga on Dec. 19, with nightly shows of the Giant Lanterns held from Dec. 20-23, Dec. 25-30, and Jan. 1-6 at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. There will also be fireworks display across the many Robinsons Malls in the country. Meanwhile, shoppers will be serenaded with the hottest hits and all-time favorite Christmas tunes by Ely Buendia (Robinsons Place Manila on Dec. 18, and Robinsons Magnolia on Dec. 19, at 6 p.m.), The Company (Robinsons Galleria on Dec. 18, at 5 p.m.), Sitti Navarro (Robinsons Place Las Piñas on Dec. 19, 5 p.m.), and Juris Fernandez (Robinsons Place Angeles on Dec. 20, at 5 p.m.).
Bonifacio Global City (BGC) literally wraps up the development in holiday cheer with larger than life gift bows to mark the season. At the heart of all of this are a series of activities and events geared towards the community. The Christmas Box Spectacular will be performed at the main stage every night, while the Wandering Minstrels sing familiar holiday tunes. A Christmas Symphony will be performed at Bonifacio High Street on Dec. 19; and there will also be performances by employees from Globe, Deutsche Bank, St. Luke’s Medical Center, the NET Group and The Mind Museum to name a few, over the holidays. Grab a Santa Hat by presenting receipts worth P2,500 from Bonifacio High Street establishments. Each hat will allow the wearer access to selected holiday activities such as Meet and Greet Santa, Santa’s Mail Station and Christmas Carriage Rides. Alternatively, a donation of P500 can get you a Santa hat as well. BGCitizens, however, need only present any proof of residence or employment to get one free Santa hat. Everyone is invited to donate gifts and wrap boxes on Saturdays of December, in a project by Fort Bonifacio Development Foundation which will deliver these presents to the children of the different barangays. For the full holiday schedule of activities, e-mail info@bgc.com.ph or visit www.bgc.com.ph and www.facebook.com/bonifacioglobalcityph.
Megaworld Lifestyle Malls has officially begun the “Season of Sharing.” There will be musical performances by: Jed Madela on Dec. 19 and X-Factor Australia Grand Winner Marlisa Punzalan on Dec. 27 at Lucky Chinatown. Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill host a performance by Marlisa Punzalan on Dec. 26. At Eastwood City, meet Santa and the Minions every weekend. Children’s play Jack and the Beanstalk and a meet-and-greet with Dibo the Gift Dragon, will be held on Dec. 27 the Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill. Grand fireworks displays will be held every weekend at 8 p.m. in Eastwood City and Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill, and 7 p.m. at Lucky Chinatown. The malls will also be holding raffles in its Gift of Joy Holiday Promo. A Volkswagen Beetle, a condominium unit at Eastwood Le Grand Tower 2, and P1 million worth of jewelry from Rustan’s Silver Vault are up for grabs for those who will spend at least P2,000 at Eastwood City, Newport City, and Lucky Chinatown, or P1,000 at Venice Piazza, Forbes Town Center, The Clubhouse at Temple Drive and Paseo Center. For details call the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls Concierge at 709-9888, 709-0888, 0917-838-0111 or visit www.megaworldlifestylemalls.com.
Bituing Walang Ningning (The Musical) has performances at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila until January. Starring Mark Bautista, Antoinette Taus and Monica Cuenco, it is based on the famous film of the same name about an established star who finds herself competing for fame and love with a newcomer. For details, visit www.ticketworld.com.ph, or call 891-9999.