Category: Filipino
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Photography Exhibit: Reconciling Absence and Affection in the Filipino Diaspora
by Jantzen Loza Artist Statement “Ako Ay May Lobo” (translated, I have a balloon) is a Filipino children’s folk song about a child who chooses a balloon over a meal, only for the balloon to pop, leaving them with neither. In a homonymous poem written by my older brother, Franz, he uses this title as…
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Making Space for Our Stories: CIRCA Pintig Celebrates Two Theatre Festivals at the Rizal Center
CIRCA Pintig | November 2026 Six Filipino American plays, four Asian American solo performances, and a community united through storytelling. What happens when artists are given the space to tell their stories, celebrate their identities, and connect with their communities? For CIRCA Pintig, the answer came alive this fall through two celebrations of Asian American…
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Why the Philippines Is the Best Place to Retire
By Willie Jose This is welcome news for foreign retirees worldwide, especially Filipino expatriates who have spent many years abroad. They now have an even stronger reason to return home and enjoy their retirement in the country, as the Philippines has been named the Best Retirement Destination for 2026 in the Expatriate Group’s Retirement Abroad…
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Our Seniors, Our Stars: Lots of Love Takes Center Stage
by Connie C. Triggiano “All the world’s a stage,” according to William Shakespeare. But contrary to his famous line in Act 2, Scene 7, spoken by Jaques in the play “As You Like It,” all the men and women in Rizal Center’s Lots of Love cultural show on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 were not “merely…
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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?…