Arts and Culture

Harvest of awards for Eagle Broadcasting Corporation

EBC named Best Media Broadcasting Corporation by Golden Globe Annual Awards, as DZEC Radyo Agila sweeps DOST’s Bantog Media awards for radio   (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation was named as “Best Media Broadcasting Company” for 2018 by the Golden Globe Annual Awards for Business Excellence on Friday, Sept. 28, citing its excellence in innovative business practices and reputable ethical image. In awarding ceremonies at the Mania Hotel, EBC president Rowena dela Fuente Deimoy […]

Art rebels Basquiat and Schiele face off in Paris shows

by Jean-Louis DE LA VAISSIERE / Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Two new major exhibitions opening in Paris on Wednesday counterpoint the work of a pair of art world rebels — Jean-Michel Basquiat and Egon Schiele. Although the black New Yorker who began as a graffiti artist and the early 20th-century Viennese painter came from very different worlds and eras, both lived hard, died young and battled their demons on canvas. […]

Edmonton Expo costumes and memorabilia wow fans

  EDMONTON (Eagle News) — The three-day Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo, or Edmonton Expo for short, was a  successful and fun event not only for the kids but also for the adults who dressed up in their favorite science fiction, comic book, horror, fantasy, pop culture and animated characters. The annual event was held from September 22 to 24 at the Edmonton, Alberta Expo Center where many exhibitors and vendors displayed their crafts and specialties […]

Wooden library lures bookworms outside Beijing

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Deep in the heart of a valley surrounded by rocky hills, a wooden library sits just over a creek on the outskirts of Beijing, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Every weekend, hundreds of bookworms flock to Liyuan Library in Jiaojiehe village, a book sanctuary surrounded by chestnut, walnut and peach trees whose branches were used to decorate the building. The lush environment is what first drew architect Li Xiaodong to […]

UP Singing Ambassadors captures hearts in Paris with final Europe concert

  By Malou Francisco EBC Europe correspondent, Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Even in the world’s famous art and cultural center in Paris, the University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) has won recognition from music enthusiasts and has captured their hearts fulfilling the group’s motto of “Sing from the heart to bring joy and peace through music.” Winner of numerous grand prizes and top prizes in their European tours, the UPSA held their […]

Ballet Philippines brings back Carmina Burana to CCP

  “Overwhelming!” – National Artists for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera “It’s fantastic, superb.” – Heritage Conservation Society Chairperson emeritus  Gemma Cruz Araneta Catch the final performance of Ballet Philippines’ Carmina Burana tonight, September 9, 8pm at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater. Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuren), a ballet based on a collection of Goliard poems discovered in a Bavarian monastery in the early 13th century is choreographed by the company’s Artistic Director and […]

EBC serves as venue for INC Templo Central Art Exhibit

  (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation served as the venue of an art exhibit that marked the 70th year of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Central Temple. The INC District of Central opened the exhibit entitled “Art Exhibit 2018: Templo Central @ 70” that runs from September 8 to 9, 2018 at the Ground Floor of the EBC Building in Quezon City. Aside from the paintings that featured the INC’s Executive Minister […]

The Indian artist drawing portraits with a typewriter

by Peter Hutchison Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ding rings out from a home in India’s Mumbai where Chandrakant Bhide is creating his latest artwork — on a typewriter. The 72-year-old thumps the keys of the bulky, manual machine to draw portraits of famous people, all bearing an unmistakeable resemblance to their subject. From politicians and film stars to cricketers, animation characters and religious symbols, Bhide has produced around 150 pieces […]

Egypt unearths one of oldest Nile Delta villages

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) —  One of the oldest villages in the Nile Delta has been discovered after archaeologists unearthed artifacts dating to the fifth millennium BC, Egypt’s antiquities ministry has said. Remains of the village were uncovered by a French-Egyptian team at Tel Samara, in northeastern Egypt, the ministry said Sunday. Similar structures dating to the period between 4,200 BC and 2,900 BC “have never been found in that region,” said Ayman Ashmawy, the ministry’s […]

Australia mints its most valuable coin ever

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia has minted a gold coin encrusted with rare pink diamonds worth Aus$2.48 million (US$1.8 million) to meet growing demand for high-end collectables from the ultra-rich. The two-kilogramme treasure, which depicts a sailing ship, a gold prospector and boab trees found in Western Australia, is considered legal tender and will be sold to the highest bidder. It is the most valuable coin ever made in Australia and is expected to be […]

India’s billion-dollar battle to build the world’s biggest statue

by Premal Balan Agence France Presse SARDAR SAROVAR DAM, India (AFP) — The world’s biggest statue is rising in a remote corner of India to honor an independence hero but it could quickly be outdone by a monument to a Hindu warrior king in the sea off Mumbai. In a burst of nationalist fervor, around one billion dollars is being spent on the two giant effigies, each more than twice as tall as the Statue […]