by Ace Miel | Apr 4, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Intertextual Division is now accepting literary submissions for the 43rd edition of Ani, the official literary journal of CCP. The latest volume will feature multilingual literary works with the theme Zambales, preferably...
by Ace Miel | Mar 25, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines in partnership with the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and FPJ Archives presents CCP Cine Icons, which honors the 100th Birth Anniversary of the late National...
by Ace Miel | Mar 22, 2024 | News Feature, Press Release
For a mambabalagtas, verbal joust and poetry are so much more than a way to express complex emotions and stories. While it was born as a form of entertainment during the bleak era of American colonialism, Balagtasan – a form of traditional verbal jousting – became a...
by Ace Miel | Mar 19, 2024 | Press Release
Take the trip down the Ancient Babylon with Giuseppi Verdi’s Nabucco, premiering in the Philippines through the CCP The Met: Live in HD on April 2, 5:30pm, exclusively at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 1 located in Makati City. Verdi’s third opera is a stirring drama about the...
by Ace Miel | Mar 19, 2024 | Press Release
Like the unexplainable urge to say po and opo as a sign of respect, watching opera should be a part of the Filipino’s national consciousness, something that the Cultural Center of the Philippines has been working on and addressing through various programs. For...
by Ace Miel | Mar 14, 2024 | Press Release
Shakespeare’s most compelling and enduring tragedy, Othello, comes to Philippine cinema through the CCP’s National Theater Live on March 26, 2024, 5:30pm, at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 1. A tragedy in five acts by English national poet William Shakespeare, Othello...
by Ace Miel | Mar 8, 2024 | Press Release
A special screening and talkback of The Flor Contemplacion Story marks the first anniversary of the CCP Cine Icons, slated on March 15, 1 pm, at the GSIS Theater in Pasay City. Free and open to the public, this event is also CCP’s contribution to National...
by Ace Miel | Mar 8, 2024 | Press Release
When the country bore the brunt of the pandemic in 2020, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) ensured to the public that it could still fulfill its mandate to promote and preserve the best of Filipino arts and culture. Back on March 13, 2020, the CCP complied...
by Ace Miel | Mar 7, 2024 | Press Release
In a nation that centers its social foundation on family, it is not surprising to see numerous films centered on family stories. Whether it is about complicated familial situations, the sacrifices that parents make for their children, and heart-warming moments among...
by Ace Miel | Feb 29, 2024 | Press Release
Seasoned classical singer Dariusz Machej brings to life Don Pasquale, the famous wealthy old bachelor character in Gaetano Donizetti’s most popular opera buffa, this on March 8, 2024, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati. To address the dry spell...
by Ace Miel | Feb 27, 2024 | Press Release
An extraordinary lineup of exciting Met opera productions comes to the Philippine cinema through the CCP’s The Met Live in HD starting this March. Now on its 9th season, the opera program of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) presents seven classic operas...
by Ace Miel | Feb 27, 2024 | Press Release
TRUE to its theme “Sulong,” Pasinaya: The CCP Open House Festival forged ahead and pushed through with its regional edition in Tagum City on February 3 to 6, 2024 despite the heavy rains and floods that hit the Davao region in recent times. With safety as...
