Category: Arts and Culture
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Featuring: Aireen Arellano
Aireen Arellano Aireen’s work explores themes of juxtaposition, Filipino American identity, belonging, healing generational trauma, and pop culture. A child of first-generation Filipino immigrants, she was born in Chicago in 1983 and lived in Marquette Park until her parents relocated her family to the southwest suburbs in the early 1990s. Influenced by the Pop Art…
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Ang Imprentang Humubog ng Kaisipang Filipino Bago ang 1896 Revolution
Akda ni Ogot Sumulong May isang librong nalimbag nito lamang 2023 na nagbigay ng isang pagsipat sa intellectual landscape ng Pilipinas noong huling hati ng ika-19 na siglo. Akda ito ni Lino L. Dizon na may titulong Imprenta De Ramirez y Giraudier. Ayon kay Dizon, maraming landas ang hinawan ang naturang imprenta (tagurian nating “IRG”) …
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Summer 2025 Tagalog Class just ended
Tagalog Class offers profound experience of joy and discovery of one’s roots and country The ardent highlight was the stirring rendition of the Triumphal March from the opera “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi. And so the first graduation exercises of Rizal Center’s Tagalog class concluded. Verdi’s “Aida” is the traditional graduation march in the Philippines. Its…
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Featuring: Marissa Domantay
Marissa Domantay (They/Them) is a queer Filipino-American illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. They graduated in 2020 with a BA in Art (and minor in mathematics) and received multiple awards for their leadership and artistic practice. Marissa is passionate about telling unique and silly stories through their cute and whimsical art style. Their stories are pulled from…
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Dalawang Salinwika sa Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa
Akda ni Ogot Sumulong Agosto ang Buwan ng Wika sa ating lupang tinubuan. Ipinagdiriwang ito at masigasig na itinataguyod ng Komisyon ng Wikang Pambansa sa mga paaralan ang pagsulong ng Filipino bilang Pambansang Wika at ang malusog na pagtanggap, pagtangkilik at pagkalinga ng ating mga Katutubong Wika. Ang English ay isa sa opisyal na wika…
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A Memorable July at Rizal Center: Celebrating Community, Culture, and Connection
July was a vibrant and meaningful month at the Rizal Center, filled with opportunities to connect, learn, and celebrate as a community. From creative workshops to cultural celebrations, each event brought us closer together. Here’s a look back at the seven standout moments that made this month so special: 1. Improv Workshop with Essential Invisible …
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Tagalog drums up excitement for learning at Rizal Center
For four hours each week that began July 8, Tagalog words, expressions, and basic conversations shake up fresh enthusiasm for the Philippines’ heritage language as participants apply what they’re already learning in the ongoing Tagalog class in Rizal Center. The class combines grammar fundamentals that form the core foundation and practical conversation that helps ease into…
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Pamana Children’s Library-From the Author’s Desk
This July at Pamana Children’s Library Corner, we are honored to feature The Horse Soldier: A Wartime Secret, a moving story inspired by true events from the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. At the center of this powerful tale is Alice, a young schoolgirl who discovers her family is hiding an American soldier—an act of…
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Tagalog class at Rizal Center starts July 8
by Connie C. Triggiano Rizal Center, a cultural hub for Filipino customs and traditions in Chicago, is launching its Tagalog class on July 8, 2025, for Filipinos and foreigners who wish to learn the Philippines’ heritage language. The program runs for 15 sessions, each lasting 2 hours, for a total of 30 hours, every Tuesday…