MANILA, OUR MANILA OF MEMORYIn February of 1945, the City of Manila was completely destroyed in a battle between the United States Armed Forces and the Japanese Imperial Army. An estimated 120,000 people were lost and the City of Manila was never the same again.
So join The Museum of the Filipino People, John Silva, Intramuros Administration, Repertory Philippines, Manila Memorare Foundation, and myself in a series of events that pay tribute to this colossally unsung moment in our history.
NICK JOAQUIN'S CLASSIC "PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO"
FEB. 6, 7, 8, 2009 - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
ONSTAGE GREENBELT ONE THEATER
3:30pm matinees or 8:00pm evening shows
Php 550.00, Php350.00, Php250.00
87-0710 or 891-9999
Set in pre-war Manila, "Portrait" is a story of two spinster sisters who still reside in their aging artist father's Intramuros home in the days before liberation. It is a powerful play on the emotional nuances and complexity of a society on the verge of transition. Read PEP feature here.
LEST WE FORGET
FEBRUARY 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25 MARCH 4, 7, 25, 26, 2009 - Wednesdays and Saturdays
MUSEUM OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, FINANCE ROAD, RIZAL PARK
10:00am to 1:00pm
Php800.00 adults, Php600.00 children
5272082 or 9267299029
Join Museum of the Filipino People's director, John Silva on a three hour tour of the stunning tour of the American Colonial-Era Finance Building (today our National Museum), and breeze through 40,000 years worth of Philippine artifacts. A special focus will be given on pieces in the collection which relate to the Liberation of Manila.
MANILA MEMORARE
FEBRUARY 18, 2009 - Wednesday 8:30am
PALACIO GOBERNADOR, PLAZA ROMA, INTRAMUROS
A group of Filipino survivors of the Liberation, along with representatives of the Japanese Embassy and American Embassy will lay a wreath at the Manila Memorare monument on Gen. Real Street in Intramuros. The opening of an exhibit of rare photographs of the Battle of Manila from the collection of Rico Jose will follow. The event will be capped by Intramuros Administration's announcement of a design competition for a monument to the guerilla and civilian victims to be erected inside the Fort Santiago (sculptors, architects, and artists TAKE NOTE).
TRANSITIO MANILA 1945
MARCH 7, 2009 - Saturday 7:00pm Meet at Manila Cathedral
ALL AROUND INTRAMUROS
Multi media artist Tad Ermitano, dancer/choreographer Donna Miranda, poet Mabi David, musicians Malek Lopez, Caliph8, curator/artist Ringo Bunoan, and I will pay tribute to the City of Manila. Through an evening of touring, music, video, performance, poetry and dance, we shall at once commemorate and celebrate the City of Manila that was - and the City of Manila that will be.
The evening will end with the release of 120 spirit balloons into the night sky.
So join The Museum of the Filipino People, John Silva, Intramuros Administration, Repertory Philippines, Manila Memorare Foundation, and myself in a series of events that pay tribute to this colossally unsung moment in our history.
NICK JOAQUIN'S CLASSIC "PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO"FEB. 6, 7, 8, 2009 - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
ONSTAGE GREENBELT ONE THEATER
3:30pm matinees or 8:00pm evening shows
Php 550.00, Php350.00, Php250.00
87-0710 or 891-9999
Set in pre-war Manila, "Portrait" is a story of two spinster sisters who still reside in their aging artist father's Intramuros home in the days before liberation. It is a powerful play on the emotional nuances and complexity of a society on the verge of transition. Read PEP feature here.
LEST WE FORGETFEBRUARY 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25 MARCH 4, 7, 25, 26, 2009 - Wednesdays and Saturdays
MUSEUM OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, FINANCE ROAD, RIZAL PARK
10:00am to 1:00pm
Php800.00 adults, Php600.00 children
5272082 or 9267299029
Join Museum of the Filipino People's director, John Silva on a three hour tour of the stunning tour of the American Colonial-Era Finance Building (today our National Museum), and breeze through 40,000 years worth of Philippine artifacts. A special focus will be given on pieces in the collection which relate to the Liberation of Manila.
MANILA MEMORAREFEBRUARY 18, 2009 - Wednesday 8:30am
PALACIO GOBERNADOR, PLAZA ROMA, INTRAMUROS
A group of Filipino survivors of the Liberation, along with representatives of the Japanese Embassy and American Embassy will lay a wreath at the Manila Memorare monument on Gen. Real Street in Intramuros. The opening of an exhibit of rare photographs of the Battle of Manila from the collection of Rico Jose will follow. The event will be capped by Intramuros Administration's announcement of a design competition for a monument to the guerilla and civilian victims to be erected inside the Fort Santiago (sculptors, architects, and artists TAKE NOTE).
TRANSITIO MANILA 1945 MARCH 7, 2009 - Saturday 7:00pm Meet at Manila Cathedral
ALL AROUND INTRAMUROS
Multi media artist Tad Ermitano, dancer/choreographer Donna Miranda, poet Mabi David, musicians Malek Lopez, Caliph8, curator/artist Ringo Bunoan, and I will pay tribute to the City of Manila. Through an evening of touring, music, video, performance, poetry and dance, we shall at once commemorate and celebrate the City of Manila that was - and the City of Manila that will be.
The evening will end with the release of 120 spirit balloons into the night sky.
