Author: RC Editorial Staff
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Digital Art Gallery October 2026 Featuring: Mark B. Agcaoili
Mark Bernardo Agcaoili is a visual artist from Ilagan City, Isabela. After contracting meningitis at a young age, he lost the use of his hands and experienced difficulty speaking. Despite these challenges, Mark found a way to continue doing what he loves. He taught himself to draw and paint using his feet. Mark creates portraits…
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Digital Art Gallery October 2026 Featuring: Litany Esguerra
Litany Esguerra is a self-taught artist, musician, and researcher living in West Town, Chicago. She experiments with other forms of mixed media such as collage, cyanotype, and pastel, although they mainly paint with oil and acrylic. As a second-generation Filipino-American, Litany’s art centers on themes of identity, solitude, and culture. She is particularly interested in…
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Digital Art Gallery October 2026 Featuring: Set Gozo
Set is a visual artist born in the Philippines and raised in Majayjay, Laguna, a small town at the foot of Mount Banahaw known for its lush green scenery and bodies of water. Growing up in this naturally rich environment sparked her interest in art at an early age. Her work reflects nature, as well…
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SAYAWAN AT BAYANIHAN SA RIZAL CENTER
A Monthly Community Dance, Fellowship, and Fundraising Program Sayawan at Bayanihan sa Rizal Center brings members of the Filipino American community together through dance, movement, music, fellowship, and shared responsibility for the Rizal Center. Rooted in the Filipino tradition of bayanihan, Sayawan recognizes that sustaining our community center is a collective effort. Everyone can contribute.…
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Manang’s Memories Are Never Really Recoverable: An Unpopular Take on the Plight of the Manananggal in Forgotten Island
By Susan T. Layug Warning: spoiler alert. Here’s what I think Manang’s memories really are: they are the broken pieces of her heart, puso, that she recovered and wore at the end but were never put back together See how they were shown as being cradled in her breast, but not resting in her head?…
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SIXTEEN
ni Jimmy Reyes Kaysarap iyapak sa alpombrang lapagAng hubad kong paang malalapadParang kanina lang ang kahaponNang ang niyayapakan ko’yMatatalim na batuhan sa nayon Tama nga yata si AteNang ako’y kanyang kinumbinseNa magbakasyon muna sa AmerikaNang makatikim naman ng ginhawa At ako nga ay sinundo niya sa O’Hare kaninaAt dinala niya sa bahay niya sa Pa-u-li-naTeka,…
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Bakit Amerika?
ni Jimmy Reyes “Kahit anong sobra, masama. Pagka kumain ka nang sobra, maiimpatso ka. Pagka-natulog ka nang sobra, mamamasin ka.” Isa lang ito sa maraming salawikain ng erpat ko na natanim sa isipan ko. Marahil meron nang nakapansin na bihira kong banggitin ang erpat ko, si Patnubay Jones (anak). Marahil, maiisip ng iba na malayo…