Michael
Barack Obama and the Filipino Diaspora
There was a time, when the Filipino dreamed of becoming president of the United States. As an American colonial for three decades (1899-1945) his social and political aspirations were a mirror of the American mind. The Filipinos were fed with American ideals of equality, industry, civic-mindedness by an American inspired educational system with the hopeful […]
Review: The Romance of Magno Rubio (10.12.08 Skyline College Theater)
Playing to a sold-out theater crowd, the Bay Area production of the “The Romance of Magno Rubio” was well received and with standing ovation. The play, directed by Loy Arcenas from a play by Lonnie Carter, is adapted from Carlos Bulosan’s short story of the same title. Bulosan, as many students of the Filipino-American experience […]
Developing political awareness and prowess: the role of culture and identity
Last Friday, October 3, CSUEB and the Center for Filipino Studies hosted a symposium on Filipino-American political leadership. The assemblage of speakers and guests were impressive, many of whom are battle-scarred but successful politicians who have taken their stake in Bay Area politics: Michael Guingona, former mayor of Daly City, Joe Esteves, mayor of Milpitas, […]
The Irony of Gold
Exhibiting (July 2008) in the Ayala Museum in Makati, Manila is the most comprehensive gold collection shown after Martial Law (hidden, I suspect from the gold-mania that Marcos was known to be obsessed with). The coverage is impressive ranging from pre-historic/hispanic to the turn of the century and displays artifacts that are not even shown […]
“Land of the Morning…”: Pilipino American Artists at Stanford, May 2, 2008
Recently, at Stanford University, we had the opportunity to see and hear about the works of its Pilipino American M.F.A. students Michael Arcega and Lordy Rodriguez. They join a rare cohort of Pilipino Americans artists who have gone through the Stanford M.F.A program: Stephanie Syjuco, etc. The program is unique in that much of the […]
Theater, New Media Education, You Tube & Remix
Exploiting the ease of making web digital movies, You Tube has penetrated the once privileged position of film and theater in the delivery of spectacle, entertainment and information. Its sheer viewing power (over 20 million/month), potential multiplicities (link sharing), and do-it-yourself paradigm (mashups) makes the phenomenon and the technology behind it an unavoidable competitor in […]
Pioneers of Philippine Art: Luna, Amorsolo, Zobel, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Oct 19 2006 -January 7, 2007
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
October 20, 2006- January 7, 2007
Now exhibiting at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, a few Lunas’, a few Zobels’, and a lot of Amorsolos’. Those of you who are familiar with Philippine painting will recognize Luna, the brother of Antonio Luna, a hero of the Philippine-American War; Amorsolo, who singlehandedly […]
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