Category: Arts and Culture

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Captured glimpses from the League of Chicago Theatres and CIRCA Pintig Cultural Conversations event on Thursday, May 29 from 7pm to 9pm at The Rizal Center (1332 W Irving Park Rd) reveal the energy and connections made throughout the evening. From lively conversations to moments of reflection, the gathering brought together a vibrant community united…

Featuring: Sheryl Coaxum

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Sheryl Coaxum, Sheryl is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and youth advocate whose work celebrates the strength, beauty, and diversity of women and communities of color. Born in California and shaped by her formative years in Hawai’i and Japan, Sheryl brings a rich cultural perspective to her practice. Now based in Chicago, she holds a BA…

Featuring: Viola C. Mayol

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Viola was born in Tacloban City, Leyte and came to the US in 1976. She has made art all her life, in various media, following in the footsteps of her grandmother and mother, who worked magically with cloth. Her work is informed by native crafts from the island of Higatangan, Biliran Province where Viola spent…

Tagalog Must Be a Dying Language and Needs to Be Rescued

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by Connie C. Triggiano For three weeks over the Lenten season in the Philippines last month, I was witness to the many ways that I thought Tagalog, the national language and cornerstone of the country’s culture and history, was indeed being mangled, bastardized, spliced or replaced, riding out the mandate of its magistral constitution, the…

OPM OPEN MIC

2025-05-23

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Ginger Leopoldo

Join us for an afternoon of Original Pilipino Music with the Filipino American community in Chicago and hosted with SamaSama Project! Sign up to perform or RSVP as an audience member. Flex your chops singing or playing OPM / Kundiman (instruments available) or join in community singing as you learn about The Great Filipino Songbook…

Featuring: Valerie May Baqueriza-Belleza

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Valerie is a graduate of the West Visayas State University and was a former teacher of the SPED-Integrated School for Exceptional Children in Iloilo City, Philippines. She found her passion in the visual arts under the tutelage of the multi-awarded Ilonggo visual artist, Mr. Ronie Granja. Her first artwork was one of the few works exhibited…

Uyayi ni Inay

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Tula ni Ogot Sumulong Ako ang talinghagangBabasag ng bangungot,Papawi ng pighati. Ako ang tambuli,Ang tinig, ang talimNg malayang bukas. Ako ang talinghagangTutugis ng tulisan,Papanday ng pangarap. Tulog na mahal koGigising kang layaAng halik ng araw. Si Ogot Sumulong ay isang retiradong ipinanganak sa Pilipinas ngunit tumira na dito sa Chicago mula pa noong ang alkalde…

Facets Chicago Premiere: ‘Hasik (To Sow)’: The Story Of Filipino Farmers Fighting For Food Sovereignty

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In a world increasingly shaped by climate disasters and rising food insecurity, Global Seed Savers presents a powerful and urgent story of resilience at Facets, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60614, on Friday June 27, at 6 p.m. with the local premiere of “Hasik (To Sow)”. In this timely, full-length documentary, filmmakers Marissa Mejia and…

Featuring: Marea Cordero

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Marea hand cuts intricate, layered, paper art focused on anatomy, spirituality, and the ability to evolve in adversity. Paper shifts from a format for art to be created upon into art itself by sacrificing pieces of itself. It becomes line and form, letting the space it lives in contain a new object. Bold, anatomical female…

Pamana Children’s Library-From the Author’s Desk

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