Fearless forecast: 17 Best Movies for 2017
By Richard Roeper
LET’S TAKE A LOOK at my 17 most hotly anticipated movies of 2017. (You should have seen how many I listed in 1999! Just messin’ with ya.)
Opera and improv and ballet and musicals and a whole lot more fill the BGC Arts Fest
Arts Festival
BGC Arts Festival
Jan. 14 and 15
BGC Arts Center, 26th St. corner 9th Ave.,
BGC, Taguig City
WITH PERFORMANCES ranging from a children’s show, to opera, to serious drama, a two-day arts festival this weekend at the newly opened BGC Arts Center celebrates the venue’s identity as “a home of the Filipino artist.”
Trump’s China trademarks risk constitutional crisis, experts say
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Weekend exercise may be as good as daily workouts
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Prince estate awards merchandising rights to Universal Music
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Benefit gala for Hepatitis B awareness
THE Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP), the only recognized professional liver society in the country, will be holding The B Aware Benefit Gala on Jan. 19 at The Atrium and Courtyard of Enderun Colleges. A fundraising and awareness initiative, the event will kick-off the B Aware Campaign of the HSP to raise awareness for Hepatitis B.
Your Weekend Guide (January 13, 2017)
EXHIBITS
Marija Vicente, Tanya Villanueva, and Gail Vicente’s Dark White Chakra, an exhibition of paintings, photos, and objects, opens at MO_Space in BGC, Taguig City, on Jan. 12. It will run until Feb. 5.
Agnes Arellano’s Born of the Moon is a mini retrospective and a “combine-inscape” featuring all her works that celebrate the Moon, from the 1983 Temple to the Moon Goddess to the more recent erotic sketches. Exhibit opens on Jan. 12 at the Altro Mondo in Greenbelt 5, Makati City.
Feelings by Con Cabrera is on view at the Drawing Room Contemporary Art in Karrivin Plaza, Makati City, until Jan. 31.
Aliens vs. Robots, an exhibit featuring works by Clarence Chun, Patrick Cruz, Jon Cuyson, John Fortes, Pow Martinez, Marcius Noceda, Carlo Ricafort, and Cos Zicarelli, runs from Jan. 14 to Feb. 4 at the ARTERY Art Space in Cubao, Quezon City.
Chalk Zaldivar’s STRESS IN NUMBERS opens on Jan. 14 at the Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery on Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.
Silverlens is running two exhibits — Translacion, curated by Gary Ross-Pastrana and featuring Silverlens’ artists, and Echo by Gregory Halili — both on which are on view until Feb. 4 at the gallery’s new location, the Lapanday Center on Chino Roces Ave. Ext., Makati City.
The Ateneo Art Gallery presents #LUZ@90, curated by Ambeth R. Ocampo, which runs until April 8. Featuring recent and early works, the exhibition celebrates the 90th birth anniversary of Arturo R. Luz, National Artist for Visual Arts. The gallery is located at the Rizal Library at the Ateneo University campus along Katipunan Ave., Quezon City.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines celebrates the birth month of National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco via the exhibit Homebound: A Survey of Recent Developments in Angono Contemporary Art which is on view until Feb. 12.
The Metropolitan Museum of Manila’s exhibit The MET and the BSP Print Collections runs until Jan. 13. The Metropolitan Museum of Manila is located at the Bangko Sentral Compound, Roxas Blvd., Malate, Manila.
The Homecoming of Tie a String Around the World, a re-staging of the Philippines’ official exhibition at the Venice Art Bienalle in 2015, is on view at the UP Vargas Museum’s 1F and 3F Galleries. The show will present works of Manuel Conde, Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Manny Montelibano, and Jose Tence Ruiz. The museum is within the UP Diliman campus in Quezon City.
PERFORMANCES
100 bands, five stages, one event — the Rakrakan Festival: OPM Against Drugs will be held at the Mall of Asia Open Grounds, Pasay City, on Jan. 14. The five stages will be divided into Slam, Indie, Groove, Move, and Mosh and there will be music, merchandise, arts and skate. Tickets are available at SM Tickets for P500, P600, P1,500, and P2,000.
The Ateneo Chamber Singers, with conductor Jonathan M. Velasco, presents TATLO: 3 Nations. 1 Voice on Jan. 14, 7 p.m., at The Theatre at Solaire, Solaire Resort & Casino. 1 Aseana Ave., Entertainment City, Parañaque City. The Ateneo Chamber Singers will be joined by the Gaia Philharmonic Orchestra of Japan and the SYC Ensemble Singers of Singapore, with the special participation of Gerard Salonga and the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets range in price from P522.50 to P2,612.50 and are available at TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Twenty Questions by Juan Ekis has performances until Jan. 15, with 3 and 8 p.m. shows, at The Hotel at Green Sun, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. For reservations and inquiries, call 0917-656-7293 or visit facebook.com/20qnijuanekis.
Sa Wakas, a Pinoy rock musical featuring the songs of OPM band Sugarfree, returns to the stage on Jan. 12 to Feb. 5, a the Power Mac Center Spotlight in Circuit Makati, Makati City. The bittersweet love story written by Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan and Marian Abuan revolves around three characters and tells about how a relationship ends and begins. For details and ticket reservations, visit Sa Wakas’ Facebook page.
FILMS
CinemaOne Originals goes to UP Diliman, screening selected films at the Cine Adarna, UP Film Center from Jan. 13 to Jan. 24, with shows at 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are P150. For details and screening schedule, go to Cinema One Originals’ Facebook page.
Genghis Khan, a film by Manuel Conde and Carlos “Botong” Francisco, is playing at the UP Vargas Museum until February at the 1F West Wing Gallery. For the complete screening schedule, visit the UP Vargas Museum Facebook page.
New David Bowie EP marks first anniversary of death, 70th birthday
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Nature’s tradeoffs: brawn vs. brains, looks vs. loyalty
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Where to go in 2017
(Part 1 of 3)
TODAY’S FAST-CHANGING, hyper-globalized world has no shortage of incredible travel opportunities. This year, we’ve done all the legwork for you in rooting out the best, pinpointing the biggest hotel openings and cultural events of the year — along with the places you’ll want to see now, before they change forever.