Butt Catchers Over the Years

Butt Catchers Over the Years

How Filipinos turned an everyday item into something extraordinary.

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Wayne Lacson Forte: A Filipino American Artist Finds His Roots

Wayne Lacson Forte: A Filipino American Artist Finds His Roots

It’s not farfetched to link painter Wayne Forte’s religious orientation with his consistent reassertion of his Filipino roots since Christianity is deeply embedded in Filipino identity and culture. 

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War and Deliverance

War and Deliverance

A family rises from the ashes of the Second World War in the Philippines.

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Remembering the ‘Brain Man’

Remembering the ‘Brain Man’

A daughter distills the highly successful life of her father  who was known in his time as “the best cranioplasty surgeon in the world.”

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Romancing Imelda

 Romancing Imelda

“Here Lies Love,” as disco/techno pop as history, takes some liberties.

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Miniatures: It’s a Small World

Miniatures: It’s a Small World

Welcome to the world of tiny things.

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Paco, Manila – Call It By Its Name

Paco, Manila – Call It By Its Name

Get to know a largely ignored historic district in Manila – Paco.

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Journal of the Vague Years

Journal of the Vague Years

The diary of a doomed movie star also records glimpses of life in postwar Philippines.

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A Meeting Of Giants: Jose Garcia Villa And Nick Joaquin

A Meeting Of Giants: Jose Garcia Villa And Nick Joaquin

Jose Garcia Villa and Nick Joaquin had found their respective voices in the new tongue of English to emerge as its masters in their country.

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An Exchange Student’s Nostalgic Trip After 50 Years: Part 3 - Revisiting Spain

An Exchange Student’s Nostalgic Trip After 50 Years: Part 3 - Revisiting Spain

A former exchange student in Europe searches for Filipino cultural linkages in Spain.

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