UNDERSTANDING and knowledge of a culture is achieved through immersive experience. The value of that knowledge widens when it is recounted in words for others to read.

FOLLOWING Spanish painter Betsy Westendorp’s ongoing retrospective exhibit PASSAGES: Celebrating the Artistic Journeys of Betsy Westendorp at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila is the release of a commemorative monograph of the same title.

NEW YORK — After two decades of hard work, New York artist Guy Stanley Philoche planned to celebrate the success of his two-day sold-out show at Cavalier Gallery a year ago by buying a $15,000 watch.

A BLOCKCHAIN company has bought a piece of Banksy artwork and burnt it. But instead of destroying the value of the art, they claim to have made it more valuable, because it was sold as a piece of blockchain art.

PJ Rebullida of Galaw.Co will hold a special musical theater dance class on Mar. 14, 4 p.m. Mr. Rebullida was part of Ballet Philippines and Ballet Lüneburg in Germany. He has also worked with 9 Works Theatrical, Repertory Philippines, Trumpets, and Dulaang UP. No prior dance experience necessary for the class. There will be a requested donation of P500 per participant. Register at www.bgcartscenter.org/yanaworkshop2.

Dove soap maker Unilever will remove the word “normal” from its beauty and personal care products, as well as stop digital alterations of body shapes and skin color of models used in its advertising in a push to be more inclusive.

LONDON — A hundred years since Charlie Chaplin directed and starred in his first feature-length film The Kid, some of the silent comic’s best-known movies are being restored to be released in cinemas worldwide.

TV5 has added several more ABS-CBN shows to its primetime offerings, including the long-running primetime series FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano. It will also be adding two new game show franchises to its lineup.

BERLIN —  The Romanian director Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, a sexually explicit dark comedy of the everyday aggression experienced by a teacher in contemporary Bucharest, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear award.

LOS ANGELES —  New York City movie theaters welcomed back customers for the first time in nearly a year this weekend.

LOS ANGELES —  California health officials set new rules on Friday that would allow Disneyland and other theme parks, stadiums and outdoor entertainment venues to reopen as early as Apr. 1, after a closure of nearly a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

THE FIRST ever tweet —  “just setting up my twttr” —  is up for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his famous post as a unique digital signature on a website for selling tweets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).