The UPLB INFOCUS Multimedia Guild, a university-based student organization catering to multimedia arts, will be holding IMG Week from April 23 to 26, 2018, at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. With the theme Connections, the four-day event aims to showcase the organization’s talent in the field of digital and traditional arts and to…
Mac Andre Arboleda "Ang lahat ng ito, mas malaki pa sa iyo (This whole thing is bigger than you)," said Mendoza (John Arcilla) to his cohort Domingo (Arnold Reyes). Both police officers were investigating the disappearance of farmers en route to Manila on a bus when they were ordered to focus on the killing of…
Text by Kimmy Baraoidan and Chris Quintana All photos by Chris Quintana If you’re an early ‘80s kid or older—generations who played outside and went home reeking of sweat, the sun, the streets—and grew up in a rural area, you are most probably familiar with the enchanting entities and the frightening creatures of the night—the…
Text and photos by Kimmy Baraoidan and Chris Quintana “Actually, totoo kasi ‘yung sinasabi na ‘Sino ba’ng may gusto ng history?’ (Actually, it’s true, the saying, ‘Who even likes history?’” said 36-year-old Sari Saysay, director of Sining Banwa, a community-based theater group from Legazpi City, Albay. We were sitting on the steps of one of…
Last March 1 to 4, 2017, the Arts Research and Training Institute in Southern Tagalog Incorporated (ARTIST, Inc.) successfully launched the LIKHANDULA International Arts Exchange and Collaboration, an arts festival celebrating its namesake manual that has served generations of different artists, educators, and members of the community. The festival became an avenue for artists to…
Zines are all the rage these days. If you can't get enough of them, here's another event you can go to. Match Cut Zine Fair will run for two days, February 20 and 21, Tuesday and Wednesday, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the REDREC Grounds, in front of the University of the Philippines Los…
The biggest comic convention south of Manila is back on its fifth annual run. Organized by the Graphic Literature Guild (GLG), ELBIKON is all set to host over a hundred exhibitors, including Manix Abrera (Kikomachine Komix), and Toto Madayag (Libreng Komiks). ELBIKON is where artists can showcase their crafts in the form of comic books,…
Text by Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan At some point in a band’s life, you will get to experience gigs that will test your patience and flexibility. For Manila-based pop-rock band One Click Straight, such a gig showed just how talented and adaptable the band is. Last January 25, One Click…
Gold Steps Productions is back with its second round of gigs in LB. Bimby in Wonderland will feature Manila-based indie bands One Click Straight and The Adamant. Los Baños-based bands Cold Summer, Lidjah, Red Light, and ALS will also be performing. The show will be held on January 25, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at 77 Events…
Asshulz, Crispy Panda, and Martie Rosales in partnership with Caterwauls and Picked Cafe & Gallery are hosting Munzinelupa on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, 1:00 p.m. onward at Picked Cafe & Gallery, Muntinlupa City. The zine expo/art market will feature Electromilk, The Cabinet, Studio Soup Zine Library, Czar Kristoff, and 18 other artists who will be selling their independently-published work and other art merchandise. Munzinelupa comes timely…