Tag: May 13, 2010

STORYTELLING has gone a long way, from simply telling stories by mouth to writing them in books, people have even developed a way to tell stories through the screen. The television networks have merged the classic fairytale and the soap opera, resulting in the fantaserye, an often engrossing dramatic series which shows the fantastic in the human and the fantastic into human.

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Voters’ education programs on TV such as Harapan and Kandidato have added to the hype of this year’s electoral process, urging voters to take a closer look at candidates and make the right choice. But do these programs really inform the viewers about the candidate’s platforms, or are they just tawdry shows looking to boost the networks’ ratings?

FOUR different styles in Galerie Joaquin Group’s simultaneous art exhibits, “Four Shows: A Narrative of Humanity,” last April 14-20 at the SM Art Center in SM Megamall, featuring Lydia Velasco’s “Paradiso,” Jerry Morada’s “Kinang,” Juanito Torres “Allegory,” and Buen Abrigo’s “Indeterminacy”.

“Everyone indulges in his own preferred style, but all the artists are bound together by a single concept. These works are their individual interpretation on social issues here in the Philippines,” said Ruben Cañete, the curator and a UST alumnus.

AN INTERNATIONAL exhibit will trace the 400-year history of the University through rare books and memorabilia that form the priceless treasures of UST.

Lumina Pandit: An Exhibition of Historical Treasures will be open to Thomasians and the public at large from June 17 to January 2011 at the Miguel de Benavidez Library ground floor.

Fr. Angel Aparicio, O.P., prefect of the libraries, said the exhibit is a “journey to look backward,” a way of telling UST’s history through books.

“A sense of history is vital to the nation, and books are the primary medium for a credible past,” he explained.