Museum date, anyone? If you’re looking for a fun yet meaningful way to spend your weekend, you should definitely visit these museums in Pampanga to learn more or perhaps relearn our history and culture. Here are seven museums you can visit with your family, friends, and/or your special someone: 1. Center for Kapampangan Studies Address: …
Arts and Culture
Local cafe invites you to capture Pampanga’s culture
Documentation, such as taking pictures, is one way to preserve our rich culture and traditions. And this is what Singku Cafe aims to achieve in its newest event: a photo competition. Since its establishment in October last year, this local coffee shop along Nepomuceno Street in Sto. Rosario, Angeles City has been a place where …
MPSH celebrates independence with a freedom concert and interactive exhibit
Every year we commemorate the Independence of our nation from the Spanish colonizers. Unfamiliar to many is the fact that President Emilio Aguinaldo was in Angeles City when the first anniversary of the Philippine Independence on 12 June 1899 was celebrated. According to the La Independencia news correspondence published on 14 June 1899 that was …
Kapampangan Spoken Word Poetry group to stage anniversary show at the 25th Sinukwan Festival
Paper Soul, a Kapampangan performing arts and spoken word poetry group, will be celebrating its 5th anniversary with its annual show this coming December 8, 2022, Thursday, in co-celebration and partnership with Sinukwan Festival. Themed “Karulugan,” a Kapampangan word that pertains to a certain point or place in one’s life where we felt the most …
Sining 2022: a celebration of Kapampangan artistry by UP Aguman
The pandemic did not stop the passionate people of the University of the Philippines (UP) Aguman in providing an avenue for talented young Kapampangans. FOLLOWING the success of last year’s Sining Arts and Talents Competition despite having it virtually, Sining 2022 promises a grander and more exciting event for all of us. This year’s virtual …
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Cinema Culinarya Film Festival
Gather your secret ingredients, unearth family recipes and roll the cameras as the National Commission For Culture and The Arts (NCCA), powered by YATU Film Productions and North Luzon Cinema Guild Inc., launches 2022’s edition of Cinema Culinarya Film Festival (CCFF). In accordance with Proclamation No. 469, declaring April as the “Filipino Food Month” or “Buwan Ng Kalutong Pilipino,” CCFF aims to champion …
Giant Lantern exhibitions now open to public
Missing the pre-pandemic holiday festivities? Don’t worry because the Christmas Capital of the Philippines is at your service! For this year, the City Government of San Fernando is celebrating the biggest, brightest, and most colorful Christmas event in a “new normal” way! The Giant Lantern Festival kicked off on December 16, showcasing an exhibition of …
Duman: Cultivating rice, cultivating culture
“Mal ya ing duman uling mal ya ing lahing Kapampangan (Duman is expensive because the Kapampangan race is priceless),” says Sta. Rita tourism officer Randy del Rosario. Duman is one of the heirloom delicacies in Pampanga, specifically produced in the town of Sta. Rita. These golden green rice grains are relatively expensive because only few …
San Fernando lanterns shine bright along the city’s major thoroughfare
It’s that time of year once again when being stuck in traffic is not bad at all… at least for those passing through the Jose Abad Santos Avenue in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Kapampangan visual storyteller Gerald Gloton captures the beauty of the lanterns and other holiday decorations along the brightest road in …
Mekeni, Sálangí kó pû: Mirjan Hipolito showcases the beauty of Angeles in Miss Universe-Philippines’ tourism video
“Mekeni, Sálangí kó pû.” (Come and visit us!) MISS Universe-Philippines Angeles City Mirjan S. Hipolito, showcased the fascinating culture, historical places, cuisines, and people of her hometown through this year’s Miss Universe Philippines’ 2021 Tourism Video portion. After the announcement of the Top 30, the Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) organization posted the Tourism videos of each …