Entertainment

For admirers of Philippine literature, September has always been marked by literary events, and not just because it begins with the awarding of winners of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. But for this year, this month is shaping up to be quite a busy one, particularly in the first half.

World-famous Filipino premium rum Don Papa Rum is inviting Filipino artists to reimagine and reinterpret its award-winning label and design its secondary packaging by joining the 2016 Don Papa Rum Art Competition.

Guests can stir their taste buds to life at Makati Shangri-La, Manila with its “Grand Getaway: Savor the Experience” package, which lasts until Oct. 6.

Story and photo by Alvin I. Dacanay  Actress Liza Diño, the new chairwoman of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), aims to forge partnerships with industry and arts-and-culture organizations and promote the production of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) films, as well as streamline or strengthen her agency’s programs, during her three-year term. 

To celebrate the 25th year of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in the Philippines, the 19th Cine Europa film festival will highlight its chosen theme of friendship in the 24 European films, including an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, and four Filipino movies it will screen for free at the Shangri-La Plaza mall’s Shang Cineplex from Sept. 8 …

Last Friday night, the Carlos Palanca Foundation Inc. honored 51 creative writers in 20 categories at the 66th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature at The Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati City. 

Life in Metro Manila is about to get easier and better. 

Conclusion (For the second part of this column, click here) Like in Mercury is Mine, a bond also plays a central part in Roderick Cabrido’s splendidly shot and deliberately paced Tuos (Pact). This bond is different, though: it’s deeper and tighter, spans generations, and is marked by memory and myth, as well as by blood. 

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and Ma-Yi Theater Company, in association with Tanghalang Pilipino and Philippine Air Lines and with the support of Stage Craft International, will stage Asian-American playwright Lloyd Suh’s The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go! at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater) from Sept. 16 to 25. 

Story and photo by Jill R. Beltran Philippines News Agency  Millennials—those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s—will be the focus of the 27th Philippine Travel Mart (PTM), to be held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City from Sept. 2 to 4, event organizer Philippine Tour Operators Association (Philtoa) announced last week.