CULTURE

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We been knew! Early Christmas celebration can make us feel happy, experts say

Decking the halls with boughs of holly as early as the first day of September…

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Give Jose Mari Chan a break with these underrated Filipino Christmas songs

Filipinos are “apocryphally” known to be tardy—as in “Filipino time.” This is, of course, not…

Newly renovated Lagusnilad underpass has Baybayin signs but not all netizens are happy about it

Yesterday, Manila City unveiled the newly renovated Lagusnilad or Manila Underpass. The product of a…

Class is in session: Ambeth Ocampo is taking his history lecture series online

This year, writer and historian Ambeth Ocampo is celebrating 10 years of delivering public lectures…

Missed ‘Heneral Rizal’ on Cinemalaya? It’s streaming on YouTube now for free

If like me, you still managed to miss this year’s Cinemalaya online despite the abundance…

8 short films to check out from Cinemalaya’s roster of 70+ films this 2020

It’s a very different Cinemalaya this year, not only because we’re celebrating the film festival…

When it comes to learning more about our languages, there’s no time like the present

Celebrated every August, Buwan ng Wika honors our country’s culture and identity through our language.…

In honor of Sagip Pelikula: 12 films that need to be on your watch list, stat

Since it was established in 2011, the ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project has been home to…

Make your own 3D model of the Metropolitan Theater while waiting for its reopening

The last we heard of Manila’s iconic Metropolitan Theater was pre-COVID-19 when Manila Mayor Isko…

You can help heritage conservation efforts, too. Just donate to this fundraiser

Over the past few months, we’ve witnessed how museums in the metro have reinvented their…