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Featuring: Susan Cua
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Susan Cua is a Filipino-born, Chinese Filipino American artist whose work reflects her lifelong passion for painting, music, travel, and cultural heritage. Growing up in Manila, she discovered art early and carried that creative drive to the U.S. at 18, eventually settling in Evanston, Illinois. Supported by the local arts community, she developed a style…
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Featuring: Cesar Conde
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Cesar Conde is a Filipino immigrant shaped by diaspora and Martial Law, has lived between Chicago and Seattle, where early experiences with school integration influenced his socially engaged art. A contemporary realist painter trained at the Angel Academy in Florence and under Patrick Betaudier in France, he also works as an actor, writer, and activist.…
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Success of the Kapwa Collaborative Benefit Gala
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On November 30, 2025, despite experiencing the most snowfall in Chicago for the month of November, the Kapwa Collaborative Benefit Gala was a resounding success! Held at the elegant Allegra Banquets, the event drew an overflow crowd, primarily composed of essential and healthcare professionals who graced us with their love for community through dance and…
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Niles West High School Students Engage with Community Leaders at the Rizal Center
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On December 4, 2025, we were thrilled to welcome students and chaperones from Niles West High School to our Rizal Center! This visit provided a wonderful opportunity to engage with youth and share the rich history of our Filipino American community, all while preparing for our annual Paskuhan celebration. Welcoming Youth to the Rizal Center…
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Support Kusina ng Bayan, the Kitchen that Feeds More than Hunger
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Chicago’s Filipinx/a/o community has faced plenty of hardships this year, from rising prices and lower wages to reduced access to healthcare and attacks on our immigrant communities. Amid these challenges, food has become one of the primary ways our community continues to stay connected, resilient, and rooted. Through these challenges, Chicago’s Filipino food landscape has…
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Pamana Children’s Library-From the Author’s Desk
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This December at Pamana Library Corner, we celebrate Rizal Month by highlighting one of the most refreshing contributions to Filipino children’s literature: Halo-Halo Histories. Published by Tahanan Books, the series has won the hearts of readers by showing that history can be fun, colorful, and easy to enjoy. Created by a talented group of writers…
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Pamana at Two: A Growing Legacy of Filipino Culture for Our Children
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Rizal Center’s Pamana Library will celebrate its two year anniversary on December 9! Let’s take a look back at some of the ways Pamana has shared the love of Filipino culture with kids since then: We look back with gratitude on the many people who made our December 9, 2023 ribbon-cutting festival possible. Consul Ella…
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Making Filipino American History
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by: Gabriel “Jay” Catanus In October of 1587, Filipinos landed in what we now call Morro Bay, CA. They were either sailors or slaves on board a Spanish trading ship Nuestra Seniora de Buena Esperanza that sailed between Manila and Acapulco. A similar arrival is recorded in 1595. Many years later, in 1763, Filipino sailors…
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The mini saints and ghoulish little people and adults of Halloween
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They were mini saints carrying their respective instruments, attributing to their special holiness. The little St. Cecilia carried a small keyboard representing an organ, signifying her role as patron saint of music. The little Veronica showed extended arms with a length of fabric impressed with the legendary three faces of Christ from Lenten rituals. The…
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