3 films to see on the week of March 17-24, 2017

PERFORMANCES

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), under the baton of Yoshikazu Fukumura, will have a concert on March 17, 8 p.m., at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Cellist Renato Lucas performs as guest soloist. The program includes Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 in G, Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite. For inquires, call the CCP Marketing Department (832-1125 local 1806), the CCP Box Office (832-3704) or TicketWorld at (891-9999).

Red Turnip Theater’s The Nether, starring Jenny Jamora, Alba Berenguer-Testa, Junyka Santarin, TJ Trinidad, Bernardo Bernardo and Bodjie Pascua and directed by Ana Abad Santos, will run from March 10 to April 9 at Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Makati. Visit ticketworld.com.ph or www.facebook.com/RedTurnipTheater.

PETA’s hit original Filipino musical Care Divas, about gay Filipino caregivers in Israel, is having its final performances at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City until March 19. For tickets, contact TicketWorld (891-9999, ticketworld.com.ph).

ART

Twenty-three Filipina artists will be gathering for Women In Art, an exhibition in celebration of International Women’s Month, at the Victor Orteyza Community Art Space, 108 Session Road, Baguio City. Opening reception will be on March 18, 6 p.m. The exhibit will run until April 28.

An exhibit of video work by Lani Maestro, “her rain”(slaughter), has been extended for viewing until April 16 at MO_Space at Bonifacio High Street, BGC, Taguig City.

Forced Evacuation, an exhibit of works by Jaime Pacena II, runs until April 1 at the Blanc Art Gallery, 145 Katipunan Ave., St. Ignatius Village, Quezon City. Blanc Gallery has two other ongoing exhibitions: Too Late for Today, Too Early for Tomorrow by Don Dalmacio and Hinggil sa Mukha ng Kasalukuyan.

Pang Hui Ba Ho Public showcases a private space that is made public, specifically a toilet shared by multiple users with varying private routines. The group exhibit runs until April 24, at the Post Gallery, Shop 7 of Cubao X in Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City.

Jewelry, art, furniture, couture, and objets d’art are on view in Wynn Wynn Ong: Redefining Boundaries (A Retrospective) until June 15 at the Yuchengco Museum. Other museum exhibits are Naoko Tosa’s Digital Dimensions . The museum is at the RCBC Plaza, corner Ayala and Gil J. Puyat Avenues, Makati City

Galleria Duemila features Sacha Cotture’s Moments de Creation until April 3. Galeria Duemila is located at 201 Loring St., Pasay City.

Rosscapili’s solo exhibition, The Painted Symphony, is on view at the Ayala Museum ArtistSpace until March 21.

The group show LIGALIG: Art in a Time of Turmoil is on view until May 27 at the Ateneo Art Gallery (AAG). Also at the AAG are Lines: Pictures and Poems by Jose Garcia Villa which is on view until August, and AAG in Review: Bellarmine Hall (1960-1967) and Print and Drawing Room (1997-2005) until May. Also on view is #LUZ@90 which celebrates National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo R. Luz. It is on view until April 8. The Ateneo Art Gallery is at the Rizal Library Bldg., Ateneo University Campus, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City.

Maria Taginuchi has a solo exhibit at the Silverlens gallery at the Lapanday Center, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. The self-titled exhibit is on view until March 22.

The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) presents a Korean media art exhibit, Eternal Light, featuring 15 works and installation art by Korean artist Han Ho, at the KCC Exhibit Hall, Taguig City until April 28.

APICHATPONG Weerasethakul’s traveling exhibition The Serenity of Madness is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts, 950 Pablo Ocampo St., Malate, Manila.

TAKE 5 on Aquarelle, an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Alfredo Roces, BenCab, Elmer Borlongan, Kelly Ramos, and Abi Dionisio, is on view at the BenCab Museum in Baguio City until April 7.

Artinformal has three ongoing exhibitions: Fearful Symmetries by Ronald Achacoso; Other Things in the World by Jan Balaquin, Nice Buenaventura, Nicole Tee, Juni Salvador, Lubin Nepomuceno, Van Tuico, and Reg Yuson; and Still by Raena Abella. The gallery is at 277 Connecticut St., Mandaluyong City.

Arturo Luz: First Light is on view until June 11 as part of Ayala Museum’s “Images of Nation,” a program in honor of the National Artists for Visual Arts. Ayala Museum is located at Makati Ave. corner De La Rosa St., Greenbelt Park, Makati City.

FILM

Instituto Cervantes presents Espacio Femenino, a series of documentaries directed by Spanish female filmmakers at the FDCP Cinematheque, Manila this month. To be shown on March 18, 6 p.m. is Ana Serret Ituarte’s La fiesta de otros, and on March 25, 6 p.m. is Maite Vitoria Daneris’s El lugar de las fresas. For details on the films and schedules, visit www.manila.cervantes.es or www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila.

There will be special screening of ABS-CBN Film Restoration’s copy of Mario O’Hara’s Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (1976) as part of the 1^st Second World War Filmfest on March 18, 2 p.m. at the Ayala Museum. The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film with Nick Deocampo.

EVENTS

A conversation on addiction and how science could be used to address the problem will be tackled in The Science of Addiction, on March 18, 4:30 p.m., at the Mind Museum, Taguig City. This is part of #CafeScientifique, conversations with the public, and is a free event but seats are limited. To register, visit its events page on Facebook or send an e-mail to programs@themindmuseum.org.

The Differently Special Achievers Movement will open an exhibit featuring their artists and a block screening of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast on March 19, 1 p.m., at SM Podium, Ortigas. All proceeds from this event will support the projects of the group for PWDs. Visit their Facebook page to see profiles of featured artists and other projects. Text 0915-539-1947 or 0917-574-1015 for ticket reservations and inquiries.

Linya Erotika, a strictly adult coloring book, will be launched on March 18 at Warehouse Eight, 2241 Don Chino Roces Ave. Warehouse 8-B, 1231 Makati City. Attendees will get to meet the artists and have their copies signed by Kay Aranzanso, Isobel Francisco, and Tokwa Peñaflorida.

March 17 is Havaianas’ National Flip-Flops Day, with a 20% discount offered on all regular-priced items in participating All Flip-Flops stores and retailers nationwide. Those who shop at the All Flip-Flops stores in Bonifacio High Street, Mega Fashion Hall, TriNoma, and CommonThread Powerplant Mall and Greenbelt 5 on that day will receive snacks. Early birds who buy two pairs of flip-flops before noon will receive two Havaianas baller bands. Purchase two regular-priced flip-flops or P1,500 work of pairs in a single receipt and get a chance to buy a multi-way bag for P395. But three pairs between March 17 and 19 and get three complimentary patches. Capping the day at All Flip-Flops Bonifacio High Street is a performance by Escola Brasiliera de Capoeira and Bateria Brigada.