Category: Press Release
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REVIEW OF THE ART OF BELONGING
The Art of Belonging at the Rizal Center By Ginger Leopoldo In recent weeks, the Rizal Center has become a home for The Art of Belonging, a multidisciplinary theater experience blending literature, archival film, and live performance into a communal act of remembering and imagining. The production offered more than a show. It created a…
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Meet the Heartbeat: CIRCA Pintig Announces Inaugural Acting Ensemble
As CIRCA Pintig celebrates its landmark 35th season, the organization is taking a historic step forward by establishing its first-ever official acting ensemble. This troupe of talented Filipino working actors and performers serves as the creative pintig—the heartbeat—of the organization, dedicated to sharing Filipino stories across Chicago’s theatrical landscape. To celebrate this milestone, the community…
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Arts & Healing Across Communities
Arts & Healing Across Communities uses performance, storytelling, ritual, and participatory theater to transform grief into resilience and isolation into solidarity. Rooted in the Filipino philosophy of Kapwa — shared humanity — this initiative invites Illinois communities into powerful spaces of reflection, healing, and collective engagement. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/arts-and-healing Performance & Talkback I (3/28, 7pm – 9pm…
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In Loving Memory of Michael Caga-anan Aguhar
Dear Community, We are writing to share the funeral arrangements for our beloved Michael Caga-anan Aguhar. The service will take place in Houston, Texas, and the details are included below for those who would like to attend or support from afar. We also want to let you know that a Celebration of Life is being…
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Message of Gratitude
On behalf of the FACGC, I extend my heartfelt thanks to the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Greater Chicago (UPAAGC) for their partnership, leadership, and stewardship in bringing the Oblation Suite to life. We are deeply grateful to everyone who joined us for the ribbon cutting — your presence made the occasion truly…
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PABASA
by Rowena Luna PABASA, a traditional Lenten Filipino Catholic devotion, is one of the oldest Holy Week tradition which begun in the 17th century. It was started by Spanish Missionaries in melodic form and translated into Tagalog so the Filipino indigenous people could be familiar with it. It is a continuous chanting of a long…
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A Proposed Blueprint for Filipino Americans’ Political Recognition
During every election cycle, Filipino American voters bring a cluster of priorities highlighting economic needs, immigration anxieties, and health care, among other issues in the mix but these community concerns rarely surface in mainstream political narratives. The core issue behind this absence in the political landscape that tends to perpetuate Filipinos’ under-recognition is not a…
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Kusina ng Bayan Fundraising Update
By Ryan Viloria Status Report We are excited to share a progress update on Kusina ng Bayan, aka The Community’s Kitchen! Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we’ve reached 25% of our fundraising goal, raising $16,250 toward restoring this vital community kitchen. Special shout out to Alpha Nicolasin for leading a fundraising team that…
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Call For Content Contributions
Got something fun, meaningful, or a little weird to share? 👀 A story, photo, video, poem, playlist, or memory? If it connects to Filipino or Filipino American life, Chicago, the Philippines, or your time with the Rizal Center, we want to see it. Did the Rizal Center leave a mark on you? Bring you back…
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A Trilogy of Stories, a Century of Memory:
THE ART OF BELONGING Theater, Archival Film, and Filipino American Memory Come Together in Chicago Chicago, IL — CIRCA Pintig announces The Art of Belonging, a multidisciplinary theater and film project that celebrates Filipino immigrant life in the Midwest through staged readings and rare archival home movies. The project pairs three short plays adapted from…