Filipino Community & Lifestyle News
A Toronto art exhibition presented by the Philippine Artists Group of Canada (PAG) will bring together Filipino artists from across Ontario from June 16 to July 3 at the Neilson Park Creative Centre. Founded in 1998, the Philippine Artists Group of Canada has spent more than two decades promoting Filipino art through exhibitions, workshops, and […]
Broadway is buzzing this April 2025—and it’s got a distinctly Filipino flair. Powerhouse performers like Nicole Scherzinger, Eva Noblezada, and Lea Salonga are lighting up the stage, blending talent and heritage in roles that are stealing the spotlight and winning hearts. Nicole Scherzinger in “Sunset Boulevard” Nicole Scherzinger, renowned for her dynamic presence and powerful […]
Much like the plot for the Tim Burton-directed film Big Fish, Filipino writer Jeff Estrella had been listening to his father tell supernatural tales all his life about an engkanto (supernatural being) who cursed the men in his family. In hopes of breaking the curse, and to offer a token of love to his comic […]
Pop quiz: which Filipino artist originated the Miss Saigon leading role and won a Tony award at just 20 years of age? And which Filipino singer holds over 180 awards, including 15 Grammys? Or the Pinay artist who sashayed on stage at the recent Super Bowl half-time concert with Usher and showed us how to […]
Pantayo—a quintet of Filipino musicians jamming songs using traditional Filipino musical instruments such as kulintang and gongs—is all set to perform at the Fourth Stage in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Pantayo is composed of members Eirene Cloma on vocals, bass and guitar; Michelle Cruz on vocals, agong and synth; Joanna Delos Reyes on […]
An unexplained manananggal sighting as an eight-year-old triggered Motzie Dapul‘s interest in horror stories and the occult. A manananggal is a winged, fanged creature with a severed lower body—a very common mythical creature in Filipino stories. “Nung eight-years-old ako, me manananggal sa labas ng bintana sa Batangas. Nakita ko ang anino, wala akong makita na […]
It’s hard to choose which award to mention first among Patrick Alcedo’s long list of exceptional achievements in the arts. Alcedo is not only a Filipino filmmaker, dance professor and department chair at York University—the first person of colour to hold the chair position in the Dance department’s 50-year history—but also one of Canada’s Top […]
Even though he’s never seen an aswang (monster) in person, it hasn’t stopped Filipino artist Peter Duarte from painting one. Amidst paintings of colourful landscapes, porcelain art, portraits of past Filipino presidents, carabao (water buffalo) sculptures and other works of art, Duarte’s graphic, in-your-face, larger-than-life painting of a Filipino shape-shifter creature stood out at the […]