Category: Arts and Culture
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Featuring: Dr. Peter Stover
Dr. Peter S.T. Stover is an educator, artist, ethnographer, and transformational leader and coach. Half-Filipino, born in Tacloban City, Philippines, and raised in small towns across Michigan and Colorado, he harnesses human potential through creative, collaborative, experiential learning that fosters mutual growth of both teacher and student. Driven to address the world’s numerous contemporary crises,…
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Featuring: Indigo Field
Indigo Field is a rising sophomore at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus on fibers and material studies, as well as fashion. Based in Chicagoland, her work explores the Filipino-American diaspora experience through a feminine perspective, using materials like lace, rhinestones, and found…
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Featuring: Dr. Peter Stover
Dr. Peter S.T. Stover is an educator, artist, ethnographer, and transformational leader and coach. Half-Filipino, born in Tacloban City, Philippines, and raised in small towns across Michigan and Colorado, he harnesses human potential through creative, collaborative, experiential learning that fosters mutual growth of both teacher and student. Driven to address the world’s numerous contemporary crises,…
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Help Us Build Kusina ng Bayan: The Community’s Kitchen
Chicago’s Filipinx/a/o community has faced significant challenges this year, from rising costs and economic uncertainty to reduced access to essential services and growing pressures on immigrant communities. This past summer, much of Rizal Center’s time, resources, and fundraising has focused on necessary improvements to make our building safer, more accessible, and better prepared to serve…
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A September Reflection: The Art of Doing Nothing and Why It Matters
There emerges a strange phenomenon as summer melts into fall. September arrives with a very specific vibe — yung hangin na medyo malamig na sa umaga, yung sunlight na hindi na kasing harsh ng July, at yung subtle shift sa city rhythm. Sa Chicago, ramdam na ito sa Lakefront breeze, sa mga bata na bumabalik…
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A Legacy of Resistance: Filipino Americans, Martial Law, and the Fight for Democracy
By Grace Fitzgerald As we approach the 54th anniversary of President Ferdinand Marcos’ proclamation of martial law over the Philippines, we must remember the hostile political state that drove hundreds of thousands of Filipinos to seek sanctuary in the United States, and we should recognize the courageous, innovative FilAm activists who persistently fought against the…
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Covering News during Martial Law Years
By Willie Jose Working in a newspaper during those early years of martial law in the 70s was not so hard or fearsome; all the papers had to do was publish “positive stories” about the workings of government and the country —and follow Malacañang’s directives. Those martial law years were the heyday for press releases,…
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Pamana Children’s Library-From the Author’s Desk
This August at Pamana Library Corner, we are pleased to feature The Twin Mermaids of the Island Moon by Filipina author Marilou Urbi. Rooted in Filipino values of family, kindness, and community, this beautifully written story introduces young readers to a magical world where emotions, courage, and compassion are just as important as adventure. Inspired…
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Featuring: Jantzen Loza
Jantzen Loza is a Filipino-American creative professional based in Evanston, IL, who specializes in digital design and photography. In 2008, he traveled to the Philippines to meet his biological father, Ramon “Mohn” Loza, for the first time as an adult. During his visit, he was invited to join his father on an overnight shift at…