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Vol. XXI, No. 1
Friday-Saturday, July 27-28, 2007 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Hot This Weekend (Guide)

PERFORMANCES

Feeling Las Vegas. Juy 27. Music Museum, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan. Willie Nepomuceno will reprise his performance of Las Vegas icons. Call 0917-8997979.

Frida ante el espejo (Frida in front of the Mirror). July 28, 8:15 p.m. Instituto Cervantes, T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila. Myra Beltran premieres a multimedia work. Call 526-1482.

Diario intimo. July 28, 8 p.m. Instituto Cervantes, T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita. Poet Marjorie Evasco will present a prose poem addressed to Frida Kahlo.

Batang Rizal. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on all Thursdays to Sundays until Aug, 25. PETA Theater, #5 Eymard Dr. QC. PETA presents Christine Belen’s Batang Rizal about a boy who meets the young Rizal.

Concert at the Park: Back to the ’80s. July 29, 5 p.m. Rizal Park Open-Air Auditorium, Manila. A performance by Tommy Gun and the Grey Sunday bands. Free admission.

Ang Pasyon ni Kristo. July 18-29 and Aug. 8-12 at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, Palma Hall Bldg., UP Diliman, QC. Dulaang UP stages Ang Pasyon ni Kristo, based on the Wakefield Cycle of 32 Mystery Plays. Call 433-7840.

Sal Malaki in Concert. July 27, 8 p.m. Meralco Theater, Ortigas Ave., QC. Tenor Sal Malaki will have as his guests soprano Rachelle Gerodias and violinist Joseph Valdes.

EXHIBITS

Ayala Museum. aniel A. dela Cruz’s Kandungan: A Tribute to Women in Our Lives until Aug. 6. Japanese Contemporary Pottery: The Rising Generation from Traditional Japanese Kilns until Aug. 5. Potter Toushin Murayama will conduct pottery workshops on July 28 and Aug. 4. Call 757-7117 to 21.

Crucible Gallery. Benjie Torrado Cabrera’s latest engravings in Lines Beneath the Images, Three-Dimensional Engravings, on view until July 29.

Gateway Mall. The Banglos Sculptors until July 31.

Green Papaya Art Projects. Part of the Galleon Trade series. Until Aug. 14, 124 Maginhawa St., UP Teachers Village East, Diliman, QC.

Hiraya Gallery. Ferdinand Cacnio’s Brass Idyls (An Ode to Malabon) at UN Ave., Ermita, Manila, July 27 to Aug. 18.

Lopez Museum. Dime a Dozen until Sept. 22 at the main gallery. Benpres Bldg., Exchange Rd., Pasig.

Mag:net Café High Street. Part of the Galleon Trade. July 24 to Aug 11 with a reception on July 27, 7 p.m.

Mag:net Gallery Katipunan. Part of the Galleon Trade. July 28 to Aug. 16, with a reception July 27, 7 p.m.

Metropolitan Museum. Rocked Age, Images of Loud Music Culture until Oct. 26. Musubitsuki: Japanese Images and Thematics in Philippine Art exhibit until Oct. 5.

Museo De La Salle. Met’s traveling exhibit, The Case of Quiapo: Revitalizing the City, at the Museo De La Salle in Dasmariñas, Cavite, until Aug. 11.

Museum of the Filipino People. Posing Women: Appearance and Revision and City Limits: Scenes from the Urban Landscape until Sept. 15.

silverlens gallery. Christina Dy presents Curtains Matching Carpet until Aug. 4, 6 p.m. A "Haircut Day" on July 28, 2-5 p.m. 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Warehouse 2, Yupangco Bldg., Makati

UP Vargas Museum. Ordinary: Crayon Drawings of Everyday Objects by Eng Chan, until Aug. 30. El Poeta del Color: Amorsolo in the Vargas Collection until Oct. 7.

West Gallery. Jucar Raquepo’s Various Conformations until Aug. 25 at the West Ave., QC, branch of the gallery.

Whitebox Studios. Ouchis’ Tsinelas Mo Ol!, a group exhibit At Stall 59, Cubao Expo, Araneta Center. Call 0927-6538540, 0927-9119528.

Yuchengco Museum. Until Aug. 2 is Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Dugong My Son, a collection of works from the Torres Strait, Australia. Artist Billy Missi will give talks on July 30, 2 p.m., and Aug. 1, 2 p.m.

Miscellaneous

Elements of Style. July 29-30. InterContinental Manila, Ayala Center, Makati. A showcase of events designers and suppliers. There will be a Celebrity Bridal and Debut Gowns Exhibit at the Lobby (July 29 to Aug. 5), Talks by Style Experts. The finale on July 30 will be a show by the designers of the College of St. Benilde at the ballroom. For details call 815-9711.

Film Showing: Modern Times. July 27, 7 p.m. Blacksoup Project, Marikina Shoe Expo, Gen. Romulo Ave., Cubao, QC. It’s Friday night must-see movie, Buster Keaton’s The General. Free.

Film showing: Los Olidados (The Young and the Damned). July 28, 6 p.m. Instituto Cervantes, T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila. As part of the ongoing Frida Kahlo festival, the film Los Olidados (The Young and the Damned) by director Luis Bunuel will be shown. Free admission.

Philippine Exhibition of The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin. Ongoing at SM City-Pampanga; SM Mall of Asia, Sept. 8 to Dec. 9; SM Davao, Jan. 18 to Feb. 3; SM City Cebu, April 4-27. For details call 895-2966, 610-0870 or e-mail shroudexhibits@yahoo.com.

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