Your Weekend Guide (February 3, 2017)
PERFORMANCES
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) presents Pasinaya 2017: Palihan at Palabas (Workshops and Shows) on Feb. 4 and 5. The festival, which will be held at the CCP and various museums and galleries in the city, will feature excerpts from the works of over a hundred arts groups and thousands of artists from around the country. For inquiries, call 832-1125 local 1129/1115.
Museo Orlina and Docdef Productions present Tagaytay Art Beat 2 on Feb. 4, noon to 2 a.m. at Museo Orlina, Tagaytay City. The festival features performances by local bands and exhibits by various artists. Ticket prices range from P800 to P1,500. For details, follow them on facebook.com/tagaytayartbeat.
Repertory Philippines’ comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, has ongoing performances until Feb. 12 at the Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1, Makati City. The play, stars Cherie Gil, Michael Williams, Roselyn Perez, and Joaquin Valdes in a tale of how two siblings’ sedate life is upturned when their actress sister shows up with a boy toy. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Sa Wakas, a Filipino rock musical featuring the songs of OPM band Sugarfree, has been extended for another weekend, with shows until Feb. 10 at 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 how a relationship ends and begins. For details and tickets, visit Sa Wakas’ Facebook page.
Hit original Filipino musical Care Divas, about gay Filipino cargivers in Israel and their penchant for crossdressing performances. The play opens Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (PETA) 50th anniversary season with 50 shows from Feb. 3 to March 19 at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City. Performances are every Tuesday to Sunday, 3 and 8 p.m. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Tanghalang Ateneo presents Edgar Calabia Samar’s Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak na Tabon on Feb. 1 to 25 at the Rizal Mini Theater, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City. For inquiries, contact Dean Silva at 0916-314-5475.
FILMS
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.
ART
Take 5 on Aquarelle, an exhibition of watercolor paintings by five-generations of artists — Alfredo Roces, BenCab, Elmer Borlongan, Kelly Ramos, and Abi Dionisio — opens at the BenCab Museum in Baguio City on Feb. 11, 4 p.m. Exhibit will run until April 7.
ArtInformal has three ongoing exhibitions: Forging/Foraging by Jacob Lindo and Jel Suarez; New Dogs, Old Vices by Bree Jonson, and Mike de Leon’s Kakaba Ka Ba? by Nix Puno. The gallery is at 277 Connecticut St, Mandaluyong City.
Edamame, a toy and artwork exhibit by Nathan Jurevicius, is on view at Secret Fresh Gallery, Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, San Juan.
THE CHAIR PROJECT: A Study Collection of Seating Furniture by Tesa Celdran is on view at Pineapple Lab in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City, until Feb. 27.
Marija Vicente, Tanya Villanueva, and Gail Vicente’s Dark White Chakra, an exhibit of paintings, photos, and objects, is on view at MO_Space in BGC, Taguig City until Feb. 5.
Waste a While by Jordan Isip and Zero Point of Nothing by Louie Cordero are on view at the Blanc Gallery, 145 Katipunan Ave., St. Ignatius Village, Quezon City.
Agnes Arellano’s Born of the Moon — 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 — is on view at the Altro Mondo in Greenbelt 5, Makati City.
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 until Feb. 4 at the ARTERY Art Space in Cubao, Quezon City.
Chalk Zaldivar’s Stress in Numbers is on view 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 of 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. The exhibit celebrates the 90th birth anniversary of National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo R. Luz. The gallery is at the Rizal Library at the Ateneo University campus, 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 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 Vargas Museum, UP Diliman, Quezon City. The show presents works by Manuel Conde, Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Manny Montelibano, and Jose Tence Ruiz.
Crime victimization in the Philippines
THE FIRST SIX MONTHS of the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who campaigned on a promise of strong law enforcement, saw citizens’ brush with crime ease marginally towards yearend, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that still bared increased perception of presence of drug addicts as well as fears of burglary and unsafe streets. Read the full story.
Philippines’ gross domestic product performance
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY grew at a three-year high in 2016, closing the period near the upper end of the official target range and providing impetus to meet 2017’s higher goal. Read the full story.
