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EVEN THE RAINBOW HAS A BODY—Distinct Artistic Legacies
My very very dear friend, Hydee Abrahan who helped execute the book cover designed by Ysabel Grace Simon and who took most of the vibrant photos in the book. — at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC. EVEN THE RAINBOW...
Share Your Own Story
Thank you, Tita Prosy, for sharing our stories: “…stories of Filipino Americans — brave and bold individuals, who took the extra mile to integrate and show their love for the arts, against all odds.” (from “Even the Rainbow Has A Body” — Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz). A...
Nicole Ignacio Cordoves: A woman of beauty, substance, and grace
“This is a large order! But then we are dealing with a large and wonderful principle, the divinity of man. If you remember who you are, and keep your inward contact, you will not let yourself be drawn into experiences on another’s level of thought. You will meet them...
Let God In
Let God In Fr. Marinello Saguin It was gray, dreary and cold. At least, it was just rain droplets, not rain showers. But this morning, the weariness from lack of sleep at dawn hours is visible in many folks' faces, except this priest, Fr. Marinello Saguin, full of...
Nat’l Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards – LA Press Club
Four Filipino/a Journalists were finalists in different categories: Cher Calvin, Ruben and Janet Nepales and Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz. Janet Nepales won third place for celebrity feature on Garner. She said, "I won in the "Celebrity Feature (Under 1,000 words) -...
31 Days
Thirty-one days of camping, juicing, of cooking nutritious meals. What I did cook today – salmon in tomato broth, oregano, basil, and olive bread with garlic and sautéed mushrooms in butter – all tasted good but weariness is all I could taste. Even the bees sensed my...
A canopy of twinkling stars
When you are seasoned with the salt of Truth, your own body of knowledge suddenly reveals a new dimension. The principle of relativity is mad practical in a new concept of unitivity. You will come to see that even as the subatomic particle has no existence...
Ryan Cayabyab’s Life Journey to Music
PHOTO: JOSEPH PASCUAL (Part 1 of 2 ) The alphabet of grace is full of sibilants (hissing) —sounds that can’t be shouted but only whispered: the sounds of bumblebees and wind and lovers in the dark, of whitecaps hissing up flat over the glittering sand and cares...
After More Than Two Decades, Filipino-American Museum Scheduled to Open
It is nice to see Singgalot exhibit. It was curated by Fil-Ams, from all sectors, around the US, who coordinated with then Smithsonian staffers Franklin Odo and @ Gina Inocencio. It is now housed in FANHS museum in Stockton. We also coordinated this exhibit to be in...