MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
Musical composition student Hans Gabriel Dela Cruz coined what might be among the best descriptions of a usable past, something that will be understood by casual fans and those steeped in Star Wars lore: History embodies the Force, and maybe history IS the force,[READ]
Buwan ng Wika, Buwan ng Himagsikan: Remembering 130 Years of the Katipunan
A HISTORIC MONTH: 𝙱𝚄𝚆𝙰𝙽 𝙽𝙶 𝚆𝙸𝙺𝙰, but also the very month when a forgetful nation should celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Revolution waged by the 𝙺𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙿𝚄𝙽𝙰𝙽, an anti-colonial campaign of liberation flying more than just the banner of freedom from the shackles of[READ]
Paanyaya: Pagdiriwang ng Ika‑140 Kaarawan ni Antonio Kabigting Abad
PAANYAYA! Pagdiriwang ng ika-140 kaarawan ni G. Antonio Kabigting Abad at pagbubukas ng eksibisyong inihanda ng manunulat at mananaliksik na si Ricky Celeste Ornopia. Sa loob ng delubyo ng kasakimang likha ng mga kawatan, sa harap ng magkabilang dagok ng krisis sa klima, at[READ]
Apple with Apolonia: A Last Look at Pasts Revisited
APPLE WITH APOLONIA: Apple and Jedd visit #PastsRevisited just before everything is dismantled! Umabot! It's been great to introduce #RenatoConstantino and #LetiziaRoxasConstantino to a new audience, with #ApoloniaCatra, the only named woman officer under Gen. Macario Sakay, President of the Republika ng Katagalugan.
Love Birds at Pasts Revisited
Love birds with love birds who now hold books of poems by that much loved poet, Allan Popa. Bea and James managed to catch the exhibit minutes before we began the egress process. #RenacimientoManilaLove #PastsRevisited #LoveBirds
Don’t Miss Pasts Revisited: Final Day This Saturday at Yuchengco Museum
Tomorrow is the last day to catch Pasts Revisited: An Exhibit on A Usable History and the Romance of Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino — closing this Saturday, August 8, at the Yuchengco Museum. Visit this creative showcase by the Constantino Foundation. Y[READ]
A last extension, and then we really have to end the exhibit!
Thank you everyone for the feedback, the joys shared, the happinesses, the questions, the provocations! Promote #UsableHistory, because if the past is not usable, what's the point!
KALOKA-LIKES AND THE IMPORTANCE of CURIOSITY
Two different Filipinos are in the first photo (collage). Can you spot the difference? Is it the curve of the nose? The hairline? The tight curls that grow from it? The pursed lips that break out into a wide smile? While they bear an[READ]
HUMAN NATURE
A One-Day Choir of 140 voices gathered to sing Human Nature at YSpace the other day. We thank Yuchengco Museum's Gloria Ocampo for taking and sharing the gorgeous clip! The #PastsRevisited exhibit is extended to August 8 - catch it and see the exquisite[READ]
MUSIC OF THE HEART
uchengco Museum friends shared a clip of the Bayan Ko-Ako Ay Pilipino medley, a 30-year old arrangement by NY-based Dr Rene Dalandan (on the piano, Yspace homecoming performance) last Saturday. It certainly blended well with the #PastsRevisited Constantino Exhibit . Have a great week everyone,[READ]
