Kate Torralba launches her first solo album on Sept 28.
READ SOME POETRY
Sept 27. Three-time Palanca award winner Mikael de Lara Co marks the launch of his book, What Passes For Answers, with a reading. 8pm. Last Home Resto Bar, Unit 175 Bldg C, Ortigas Home Depot Complex, Julia Vargas Avenue, Pasig City. BYOB. www.facebook.com
CATCH A BRAZILIAN FILM
Sept 27. Celebrate Brazil’s National Day by plopping down in front of the big screen. In Os 12 Trabalhos (5pm), a young Black man freshly released from a juvenile institution applies for an honest job as a motorcycle delivery boy. To wing it, he needs to perform 12 tasks. In Anjo do Sol (7.30pm), 12-year-old Maria is sold by her parents as a maid to a rich household, but is forced to work at brothels all around Brazil. 5pm & 7.30pm. UP Film Institute Film Center, Dillman, Quezon City; +63 2 926 2722. Free. www.filminstitute.upd.edu.ph
LISTEN TO UNDERGROUND MUSIC
Sept 28. The State University’s Underground Music Community marks its 11th anniversary with a concert featuring With Fingers Crossed, Anton and the Salvadors, Extrapolation, Ivan Theory, Lights in Transit, Stomachine and Ang Bandang Shirley, among others. 7pm. UP Diliman (AS parking lot), Quezon City. Free. www.facebook.com
WATCH A ROCKED-OUT BALLET
Sept 27 & 28. Popular rock personalities like Dong Abay, Rico Blanco and Ebe Dancel roll out the music for Ballet Philippines’ ballerinas in [rock] Supremo, an engaging production that marks the 105th birth anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio. Fri 3pm & 8pm, Sat 2pm & 6pm. Cultural Center of the Philippines (Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino), Roxas Blvd, Pasay City; +63 2 8321125. PHP1,000-PHP1,200. www.ticketworld.com.ph
GET INKED
Sept 27 & 28. Dutdutan: Philippine Tattoo Expo is back with a whole slew of activities ranging from drum duels, MMA fights and, of course, tattoo seessions. Noon-2am. World Trade Center, Pasay City; PHP400-PHP700. www.dutdutan.com.ph
WATCH SHAKESPEARE
Sept 27-29. This classic Shakespeare play is about a bitter, detested Jewish moneylender who seeks revenge against a Christian merchant who has defaulted on a loan. Tanghalan Pilipino’s version, directed by Rody Vera, is set during the Holocaust. Fri & Sun 3pm, Sat 3pm & 8pm. Cultural Center of the Philippines (Studio Theatre, Roxas Blvd, Pasay City; +63 2 8321125. PHP300 & PHP600.
EMBRACE A WHOLE NEW WORLD
Sept 28. It’s not just teenage heartthrobs that the country’s largest broadcasting network produces, it also has the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra and they’re playing symphonic suites, matching them with animated clips from Disney hits like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Litte Mermaid, Mulan, Tarzan and many more. The Magical Music of Disney is hosted by Nikki Gil, with Gerard Salonga as music director. 3pm & 8pm. Cultural Center of the Philippines (Main Theatre), Roxas Blvd, Pasay City; +63 2 8321125. PHP554.20-PHP3,879.40. www.ticketworld.com.ph
ATTEND KATE TORRALBA’S ALBUM LAUNCH
Sept 28. Rumor has long had it that fashion darling Kate Torralba has an album up her sleeve. Tonight she sings select pieces from Long Overdue, an 11-track, all-originals record that took her five years to complete. 7-9pm. Privé Luxury Club, Unit C, The Fort Entertainment Center, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig; +63 917 8988181. www.facebook.com
READ: Kate Torralba talks about Long Overdue
GET SOME ART
Sept 28. Catch rising photographer Francesca Balaguer-Mercado in Curious Comfort, her second solo show. She’s inspired by life-altering events experienced since returning to Manila from the US in 2011. 6.30pm. Avellana Art Gallery, 2680 FB Harrison St, Pasay City; +63 2 8333357. Till Nov 16.
GET LOST IN WONDERLAND
Sept 28 & 29. Lewis Carroll’s beloved character gets stage time in this Repertory Philippines production featuring Bituin Escalanate as the Queen of Hearts. Sat 1.30pm, Sun 2.30pm. Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Paseo de Roxas cor Legazpi St, Makati City; +63 2 8919999. www.ticketworld.com.ph
BUY THE BEST OF NEGROS
Till Sept 29. Snag food, clothing and furniture made in the culture-rich island at the super popular Negros Trade Fair, now on its 28th year. 10am-9pm. Glorietta Mall (Activity Center), Ayala Center, Makati City. PHP50. www.negrostradefair.com
SMILE, JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE
Till 2 Oct. Restore your faith in humanity by looking at these original photographs shortlisted to the now-infamous Smiles for the World competitition (a college student had won first place for a photograph he stole from the Internet; his prize was later forfeited and he has apologized). The new first prize winner is 55-year-old Medardo I. Marquez from Negros Occidental. 8am-8pm. Cultural Center of the Philippines (Little Theatre Lobby), Roxas Blvd, Pasay City; +63 2 8321125. Free.
