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Music Video “The Shake (Awful Feeling)” from the american Band My American Heart.

Michael Golamco is a critically acclaimed, emerging young writer. He was selected by the Tribeca Film Festival for the All Access program in both Film and Theater. He was also a Top 50 Project Greenlight screenwriter, and was a top 15 finalist for the ABC/Disney Writing Fellowship. His works garnered rave reviews from critics. Theater [...]

This coming Saturday, August 23th, 2008, East West Players will be having a musical treat for the audience featuring the The Three Filipino Tenors – Antoine Reynaldo Diel, Randy Guiaya, Lito Villareal, with Ethan Le Phong, Kerry K. Carnahan, Maegan McConnell, Jenni Selma, Kathy Villanueva. The show is called, “One Night Only: Divas vs. [...]

GMANews.TV reported that National Artist for Music Lucrecia R. Kasilag died of pneumonia last Saturday night. Kasilag, 90, wasn’t only a composer but also a performing artist and a leader in music education. She innovatively fused Filipino ethnic music with Western music, using indigenous instruments in orchestral productions and led many Filipino composers to experiment [...]

I was about to take a nap before getting back to work again but I came across this blog from filipinasoul and mentioned that, ” the nominees of the Philippines for the New Seven Wonders of Nature are slipping from their top ranks. The Tubbataha Reef is now at Number 9 from its previous spot [...]

BakitWhy | Pilipin@ American Lifestyle is a fresh online community dedicated to uniting Pilipino-Americans and friends globally. Whether it’s connecting to our pamilya back home, or creating discussion with our kaibigan in the states, BakitWhy serves as a complete outlet, forum, and network for all Pilipino-American interests.
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One of the fresh faces gracing the Broadway stage these days is Emily B. Morales. She will be playing the principal role of Liat in the South Pacific Broadway Revival (tomorrow) on Aug. 12-17 2008.

South Pacific, which is based on James Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific, starred Mary Martin as Nellie and Ezio Pinza [...]

The artists presented are Filipino, Filipino American, American Filipino, scholars of Philippine Studies or Pinoyphiles, marking the growth and development of the Filipino visual arts community; Overmapped is a pause, to look, and take stock of what is happening with young artists, established artists and their career trajectories, with hobbyists who find themselves deep in [...]