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Manila’s one-of-a-kind lifestyle fair is back! Shop for awesome finds, eat artisanal food or listen to live performances from talented local artists at Spectrum Fair Manila from May 20 -21, 2017 (10:00 am to 9:00 pm) at Whitespace Manila. Entrance fee is Php150 per person.
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Whitespace is located at 2314 Don Chino Roces Avenue Ext. (formerly Pasong Tamo Ext.), Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.
It’s free admission to all galleries at Ayala Museum on Friday, May 19, 2017 for International Museum Day. To celebrate the museum’s role in telling the stories of Philippine culture, there will be a talk by Toym Imao and Liliana Manahan, themed tours and art activities. Museum-goers may also try some of Mindanao’s food delicacies at the Mindanao Specialty Food stalls.
For more information, visit ayalamuseum.org. For inquiries, send e-mail to hello@ayalamuseum.org or call +63 2 759 8288 local 8272.
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Ayala Museum is located in Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City 1224, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Visit Art Weekend: A Summer Mixer on May 20-21, 2017 at Erehwon Center for the Arts for some designer pop-up shops, cultural performances, art workshops and an affordable art show. Admission is FREE.
The event, a creativity bazaar featuring local artists and makers, will hold a series of activities such as a 2-day rooftop art market (open from 1pm to 11pm, a Family Art Appreciation Class for parents and kids, live performances and much more.
For more information, visit erehwonartcenter.com or Art Weekend’s Facebook event page.
For inquiries, call Erehwon Center for the Arts at +63 2 294 5286 during office hours (Mon-Fri) / send e-mail to ozmendoza@erehwonartcenter.com / send message via Viber at +63 915 267 0515.
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Erehwon Center for the Arts is a former factory that has reinvented itself as Quezon City’s emerging cultural center. It is a hub for activities celebrating the visual arts, performing arts, music, literature and film.
Erehwon is located at No. 1 Don Francisco St., Villa Beatriz, Quezon City (near Commonwealth Ave.), Metro Manila, Philippines.
It’s Adarna House’s Mother’s Day Book Sale today, May 14, 2017 (10 am to 10 pm), and there’s plenty of books you can buy at up to 60% off. Visit the 4th pop-up sale at Lower Ground Level (in front of BPI and BDO), Estancia Mall.
To browse some of the books available at the pop-up sale, click here. All items are for sale until supplies last. Payments are on cash basis only. For more information, visit facebook.com/adarnahouseonline.
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For over 35 years, Adarna House has been responding to the need of Filipino children to have enjoyable literary experiences. The company’s books now serve Filipino kids of every age across the world—from birth through teenage years.
Estancia Mall is located in Capitol Commons, Meralco Ave., Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Presented by Sipat Lawin Ensemble in cooperation with The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Karnabal Festival 2017: Performance and Social Innovation is a two-week festival, running from May 10 to 21, 2017, that will highlight the new works of an alternative wave of local performance-makers and international artists in the Philippines through socially-engaged performances.
Karnabal Contemporary Cultural Laboratory, the organizer behind the festival, supports independent and emerging artists by providing them with resources, education and a platform free from the pressures of commercial success, so that these artists can keep creating original and meaningful performances that address the social and cultural issues of our time.
Like a carnival or a traveling caravan, Karnabal Festival 2017’s Metro Manila venue is mobile and multi-site: from studios, to the great outdoors, to coffee shops, a black box theater, the streets, and even inside homes. Click here for more information on the schedule and venue.
Performances are blank-ticketed instead of having fixed rates, as a form of social experiment where audiences determine the amount of what they pay for based on their perceived value of the work while taking into consideration their economic capacity.
For more information on the festival, visit facebook.com/karnabalfestival/ or visit their crowdfunding campaign to make a donation.
Crafts, pop-ups and workshops on Mother’s Day at Common Room’s Crafting a Home event, a North to South Mother’s Day celebration from May 8-14 at Power Plant Mall and from May 12-14 at Alabang Town Center. There will be FREE capsule workshops at the pop-up stores (walk-in sign-ups only) ranging from wire writing to wood carving and clay dish painting.
For more information and to see workshop schedules, visit @CommonRoomPH.
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Common Room is an arts and crafts store located at #325 Dela Rosa St. Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines 1105. It’s a place and space where makers gather. For inquiries, call +63 977 786 6694 or email commonroomph@gmail.com.
Android Code Camp for Professionals is a whole day seminar and workshop for developers who would like to build their development skills using the Android programming language. Presented by DevCon Philippines in partnership with the Philippine Android Developers Community, Android Code Camp is happening on May 13, 2017 from 8 am to 5 pm. Venue to be announced.
Participants should know basic Java, bring their own laptop and a copy of Android Studio with the latest SDK and an emulator installed. Bringing of an Android device is optional. This one-day seminar is a community initiative and is a non-certificate workshop.
Manila Tech Convention 2017: Culture for the Future, presented by TECHtonic, is an event that aims to connect technology and community for collective growth by showcasing local and international tech innovations, bringing investments to both start-ups and established companies, and convening the industry’s brightest minds.
Poised to be the hottest and biggest tech innovation event in the Philippines, Manila Tech Convention 2017: Culture for the Future targets to gather local and international tech start-ups, different sectors of the government, key industry figures as well as angel investors and venture capital groups worldwide in a two-day learning, networking, and pitching event on July 29 and 30, 2017 (Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 7 pm) at Hall 2, SMX Convention Center.
Click here for registration. For more information, visit techtonic.ph. For inquiries, call +63 995 281 3320 / +63 2 501-0029 / 514 3670 or email info@techtonic.ph for attendees / exhibit@techtonic.ph for exhibitors.
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SMX Convention Center is located in Seashell Lane, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City 1300 Metro Manila, Philippines.
Repertory Philippines (REP), the country’s premier theater company, celebrates its golden year in a musical gala called REP: 50 Years of Telling Stories featuring all the Repertory stage greats at The Theatre at Solaire. REP is inviting everyone to commemorate this special event on June 11, 2017, starting with cocktails at 6:30 pm, main show at 8 pm and afterglow (for some coffee, dessert and fun) at 10 pm. Attire is formal.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event to catch all the theater stars such as Monique Wilson, Leo Martinez, Joy Virata, Miguel Faustmann, Michael Williams, Menchu Lauchengco, and Audie Gemora perform on stage. Acclaimed director Bart Guingona will be at the helm of the show, with Luna Inocian as the writer and Ejay Yatco as the musical director.
Ticket prices range from Php1,000 to Php5,500 and are available for online purchase from Ticketworld.
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Founded in 1967 by a group of actors, REPERTORY PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC., has staged more than 400 productions during its eighty season run in fifty years and continues to stage the best productions from Broadway and the West End, showcasing local talents to promote the performing arts in the Philippines.
The Theatre at Solaire is located in Solaire Resort & Casino, 1 Aseana Avenue, Entertainment City, Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Parents with children ages 2 to 4 are invited to the Nanay & Me Summer Activity Series by Adarna Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI). Through these series of workshops running from May 8 to 12 at Adarna House, AGFI aims to help parents and kids discover fitness mixed with fun while exploring the many instruments, songs, and arts of the Philippines.
Fee is Php2,000 per class and slots are limited to only 10 to 15 participants per class on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is also required and may be done by sending name, mobile number, and chosen workshop/s to info@agfi.com.ph.
Adarna House is located at Sct. Torillo St, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
For more information regarding the workshop, visit Adarna House’s blog. For inquiries, contact Con at +63 2 3526765 local 210 or Van at local 211.
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