Tanghalang Pilipino's IBALONG the Musical | February 8-March 3, 2013

Tanghalang Pilipino caps its 26th season with a dance-theatre musical interpretation of the Bicolano epic, Ibalong, adapted for the stage by playwright Rody Vera and directed by Tuxqs Rutaquio with Carol Bello’s musical direction, and Alden Lugnasin’s choreography. It opens with a gala premiere on February 8 (8 pm) at the Tanghalang Aurelio V. Tolentino, Cultural Center of the Philippines. The show will run until March 3, 2013.

13th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop: Call for Submissions (2013)

The University of St. La Salle-Bacolod (USLS) is inviting young writers to submit their application for the 13th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop which will be held on April 21-27, 2013 at Balay Kalinungan, USLS-Bacolod.

Applicants should submit original work: six (6) poems, two (2) short stories, or two (2) one-act plays using a pseudonym, in five (5) computer-encoded hard copies of entries, font size 12, bound or fastened, in separate folders, and soft copies in a CD (MSWord). Short stories must be numbered, by paragraph.

These are to be accompanied by a sealed size 10 business envelope with the author’s real name and a pseudonym, a 2x2 ID photo, and short resume, which must be mailed on or before March 1, 2013.

Entries in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Tagalog or Filipino may be submitted. Fellowships are awarded by genre and by language.

Fifteen (15) applicants will be chosen for the fellowships, which will include partial transportation subsidy and free board and lodging.

This year’s panelists include Genevieve Asenjo, D.M. Reyes, Ronald Baytan, Dinah Roma Sianturi, Grace Monte de Ramos-Arcellana, and John Iremil Teodoro.

Please submit your application to: Ms. Rowena Japitana, IYAS Secretariat, Special Project Office, University of St. La Salle, La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City. For inquiries, please email iyasliterary@yahoo.com.

IYAS is held in collaboration with the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University-Manila and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Follow me:

Twitter  |  Facebook Page 1  |  Facebook Page 2  

Youtube  |  Google+  |  Pinterest  |  Instagram

Pasinaya Arts Festival 2013: Photography Contest Mechanics

CCP PASINAYA, which takes place on February 3, 2013, is an annual Arts Festival that attracts thousands of visitors in one day to enter the Main Theater Building and immerse in various art programs – theater, dance, music, film, literature, and the visual arts – and other cultural activities.  With a camera or camera-phone on hand, most visitors make this annual event as a rare opportunity to take photographs of themselves, of the CCP Building (inside and outside) and peripheral areas, the performances and exhibitions.

CCP holds a photography contest on the day itself. The photos should be taken within the day at the various event venues in CCP only.

PETA's "D Wonder Twins of Boac" | February 1-March 3, 2013

The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) closes its 45th theater season with another musical, D Wonder Twins of Boac. It is a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy of errors, Twelfth Night. 

D Wonder Twins of Boac mixes 60’s fashion and music under the setting of the late 60's Philippine film industry--during a transition after the golden years of local cinema. The musical will be shown at the PETA Theater Center from February 1 to March 3, 2013.

Cinemalaya 2013 Finalists Named

Finalists for the New Breed and the Directors Showcase categories for the 2013 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition were announced recently by the Cinemalaya Foundation.

The 10 finalists for the New Breed category are:

Diplomat Hotel by Christopher Ad. Castillo

Transit by Hannah Espia

Siyam by Joseph Israel Laban

Babagwa by Jason Paul C. Laxamana

Primera Bella by Richard S. Legaspi

Purok 7 by Carlo Obispo

David F by Emmanuel Palo

Rekorder by Mikhail Red

Quick Change by Eduardo Roy Jr.

Debosyon by Alvin B. Yapan

FEU stages "Noli Me Tangere" (an opera) on January 24, 2013

As part of Far Eastern University’s (FEU) 85th anniversary celebrations, its President’s Committee on Culture is proud to present a one-night only performance of Noli Me Tangere, an opera by Felipe de Leon, National Artist for Music whose birth centennial is also being celebrated this year.  This will be held on January 24, 2013 at 5pm at the FEU Auditorium.

9 Works Theatrical's "They're Playing Our Song" at RCBC Theater (February 8-March 3, 2013)

Based on the real-life relationship of the show’s Broadway creators, the late, great Tony Award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager (who composed songs for Michael Jackson & Celine Dion), They're Playing Our Song takes a peek into the trials that both Sonia and Vernon undergo before finding true love. 

Axe Philippines launches the search for the first Filipino astronaut

Axe Philippines announces the search for the first Filipino astronaut to be sent to space.  In partnership with an American space travel agency called Space Expedition Corporation (Space XC), the iconic male fragrance brand AXE (known as LYNX in some countries) embarks on a massive global undertaking to send civilians to space.

CCP's Pasinaya Arts Festival 2013 | February 3, 2013

A sneak preview of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ 2013 performance season featuring more than 120 shows and 3,000 artists awaits the public as the Pasinaya 2013 opens on February 3, 2013  (Sunday) at 8am-7pm, focusing on Filipino Chinese arts and culture in partnership with Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc. and Bahay Tsinoy. 

Likhaan 7 Journal: Call for Submission

The UP Institute of Creative Writing (ICW) is now accepting submissions for the seventh issue of Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature, the Philippines' leading literary peer-reviewed journal.

Published annually with funding by the Office of the Chancellor of UP Diliman, the journal features the best of new and unpublished Philippine writing in English and Filipino. Submissions to the journal undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by both the editors and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside UP.

The ICW fellows and associates take turns as its issue editor. Previous editors of the journal are ICW director Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, former ICW director and former UP Vice-President for Public Affairs Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, award-winning writer Pedro ‘Jun’ Cruz Reyes, Dr. Roland Tolentino, dean of the College of Mass Communication and UP University Professor Emeritus Dr. Gémino H. Abad.

BNSCWC calls for submission for Premio Ambahan 2013

Photo courtesy of Mangyan Heritage Center

When a Mangyan poet writes of a flower, 

he writes of it not for the purpose 

of celebrating its beauty or fragrance 

but to make it an allegory or symbol of human life, 

its problems, and its challenges. 

– Antoon Postma

The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC) announces a call for submission to "Write Green: Premio Ambahan 2013." This is a poetry writing competition that seeks to promote the writing of ambahan as a contemporary expression deep-rooted in our tradition.

Winners to the Les Miserables Blocked Screening Contest Promo

Here are the winners to the online contest, “Lexcode’s Les Miserables Blocked Screening Promo.”

WINNER OF TWO TICKETS – Colin Dy Tupaz

Consolation Prizes:

A. Winners of Lexcode USB Phone Charger/Adapter and Lexcode Tumbler

1.  Arianne Grace Birog

2.  Milcah Dionne Baluyot

B. Winners of Lexcode Tumbler and Ecobag:

1.  Lawrence Fernandez

2.  Jasper Miguel

Forum: "Art as Criticism/ Criticism as Art" on January 17, 2012 at CCP

* click the image for larger view *

Cultural Center of the Philippines holds a forum on January 17, 2012 (Thursday) at 2 to 4 pm on "Art as Criticism / Criticism as Art." Panelists for the forum will be the CCP 13 Artists Awardees Mideo Cruz, Kiri Lluch Dalena, and Renan Ortiz, moderated by curator Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez. 

Admission is FREE.

+  Follow me on Twitter and join my Facebook Page.  +