Master Pianist Van Cliburn’s Filipino Connections

Master Pianist Van Cliburn’s Filipino Connections

Renowned pianist Van Cliburn did more in the Philippines than be friends with Imelda Marcos.

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Play Plunges Actor Alexandra Hellquist in Unresolved Debate

Play Plunges Actor Alexandra Hellquist in Unresolved Debate

A play about the making of a film on interracial romance by D.W. Griffith, creator of the 1915 movie that inspired Ku Klux Klan violence, puts a Chinoy-Caucasian actor in the ambit of an unending racial debate.

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Carlos ‘Totong’ Francisco II: Art on His Own Terms

Carlos ‘Totong’ Francisco II: Art on His Own Terms

Visual artist Carlos “Totong” Francisco II takes after his painter-muralist grandfather, National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco, but with a difference.

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The Dance Odyssey of Alice Reyes

The Dance Odyssey of Alice Reyes

Even into her eighties, Philippine National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes is still absorbed in her art.

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An Artist Reunites with Her Muse

An Artist Reunites with Her Muse

Upon retirement, a Filipino Canadian career civil servant reawakens her artist self.

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The Making of a Cello Prodigy

The Making of a Cello Prodigy

Meet Damodar Das Castillo, a 16-year-old cello virtuoso who’s out to conquer the concert music stage.

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Portrait of the Filipino as a Book Designer

Portrait of the Filipino as a Book Designer

Felix Mago Miguel’s coffee table books tell us so much more of where he came from, and the sad ethos of our country’s divisions and aspirations.

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Caroline Cabading's Musical Journey Through Filipino American History

Caroline Cabading's Musical Journey Through  Filipino American History

Artist Caroline Cabading’s deeply personal Sugilanon transcends her family narrative to become a universal tale.

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Memories of Cotabato

Memories of Cotabato

Filipino American artists immerse themselves in the cultural and spiritual lifeblood of the Maguindanao people of Cotabato, Mindanao.

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Women Workers of 19th Century Manila, Part 2

Women Workers of 19th Century Manila, Part 2

Get a glimpse of women’s jobs that were common during the colonial period but have now faded into memory, as well as livelihoods that persist today.

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