The UP Vargas Museum invited Filipiniana.net to the Tangláw exhibit opening at Kawilihan Gallery, UP Vargas Museum last October 25, 2007. The exhibit showcased selected works of nine National Artists for Visual Arts namely Fernando Amorsolo, Jose Tanig Joya, Guillermo Tolentino, Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Napoleon Abueva,
Last October 16, 2007, the Philippine Assembly celebrated its centennial anniversary. The Philippine Assembly was the forerunner of today’s lower house or House of Representatives. By virtue of Philippine Bill of 1902, which provided for the temporary administration of the Philippines, a bicameral legislative body was created by the Americans. The Philippine Assembly is composed of individuals representing their own local districts while the Philippine Commission functioned as the upper legislative house.
San Agustin Museum in Intramuros can be good place to visit if you want to wisely spend your Saturday mornings. Located in the heart of Intramuros near Casa Manila, San Agustin Museum offers you the place to view our religious past while relaxing and calmly gazing at ivory statues and paintings that are hung in its many walls.
A fax was received by Filipiniana.net inviting Sir Gus Vibal to the opening of the Película Spanish Film Festival that will be held on October 1, 2007 at the Greenbelt 3 Cinema 2. Instituto Cervantes and its sponsors would inaugurate the Spanish Film Festival by screening a silent film entitled “Universo Chomón” with piano music accompanied by Jordi Sabatés. Since Sir Gus is in Italy, Sir Alfred, managing editor of Filnet, invited me to come to the film screening which I gladly agreed.
We arrived at the venue around 1845, milled around, talked with people we know, and at exactly 1900, we were told that the screening would start so we lined up and entered the cinema. After a short welcome speech by D. José “Pepe” Rodríguez, director of Instituto Cervantes, the silent film entitled “Universo Chomón” started. The film was a selection of silent films made by Segundo de Chomón, a famous Spanish film pioneer/director.
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