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Indie event production house SYQL Productions presents ‘Fool Moon,’ an April Fools’ themed music and art festival that aims to offer gig-goers an escape from the monotony of real life. Taking place at 123 Block, Mandaluyong on April 1, ‘Fool Moon’ will celebrate alternative and shoegaze musical acts, visual artists and illustrators, and other local […]
When we hear the term “pito-pito”, what instantly comes to mind is the alternative medicine which is actually a combination of seven herbs and seeds (bayabas or guava, mangga or mango, alagaw, pandan, banaba, anise seeds, and coriander seeds) typically blended, boiled, and drank like you would, a tea. People drink pito-pito for lack of […]
Twinlight Project kicked off the new decade with their debut event, Light Luster: Art Breaks Through, celebrating local independent art and music. Founders Gwyn Contreras, Jill Palec, and Gale de Ocampo started the Twinlight Project organization as a means to empower the independent creators in the local music and art scene. Indie enthusiasts, art lovers, […]
Warning: May contain spoilers. Joseph Israel Laban’s Baconaua (Sea Serpent) tells the story of three siblings trying to make it on their own in a small island in Marinduque. Ninety days after their father goes missing at sea, the eldest child Divina (Elora Españo) has no choice but to have him officially declared dead. Between […]
Antonio “TOTO”Estares comes from Tacloban, Philippines, a place ravaged by Typhoon Yolanda. His mother has cancer. He works at a hotel in Manila and tries every which way to get to the U.S. so he can support his family – which he’s been doing since his father died and left them penniless.