“Rare… monumental” book on a century of Mindanao literature launched on February 27
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – The two-volume book on a century of Mindanao literature -- from 1890 to 1990 -- will...
BARMM and MSU sign partnership on writing, righting Bangsamoro history
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – Ten years after the Philippine government finally and officially recognized the “Bangsamoro” and three years after...
Ngilngig Film Fest set for Oct. 27 to 30 in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – The Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival, featuring acclaimed films created by Filipino and international filmmakers from...
Mindanao Art Fair: from 3 days in 2019 to 3 weeks in 2022
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 October) – Mindanao Art 2022 opened Friday night at The Club at Northtown in Cabantian, a huge venue...
MINDANAO ART 2022: Aligned. Interconnected
Aligned. Interconnected. Stella A. Estremera's poem explains the theme of Mindanao Art 2022, the fourth since 2019. This year's venue...
MINDANAO ART 2022: Aligned and Interconnected, we are one with all
(Opening remarks delivered by artist Ray Mudjahid “Kublai” Millan of Lawig Diwa at the gala night of the 4th Mindanao Art Fair on...
School of Living Traditions opens in Bukidnon village
LANTAPAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 15 October) -- A School of Living Traditions was opened to the public on Friday in Barangay Songco,...
After 2 years, street dancing is back in CDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 27 August) -- Carnival street dancing is back in Cagayan de Oro’s fiesta celebration after two years...
Writing Mindanao, Righting Mindanao: 59 books published during the pandemic
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 June) – The collective launch of 59 Mindanao books published during the pandemic (2020 to 2022) and...
Agnes Locsin is 6th National Artist for Dance, 6th Mindanawon National Artist
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 June) – Dance icon Agnes Dakudao Locsin of Davao City is among eight National Artists for 2022 named...
Raising awareness on Mindanao settler literature
Karlo Antonio G. David talks about "Pongumanon woy Unahon: Writing Literature in Kidapawan” at Central Mindanao Colleges, Kidapawan City on September...
At least 35 Mindanao books published in the time of COVID-19
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 January) – The COVID-19 pandemic did not stop Mindanawons and non-Mindanawons from writing books about Mindanao: at...
Films on Mount Apo and Marawi screening on Cinemalaya
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) -- The independent film festival Cinemalaya stages its 17th season with its second online festival from August 6...
Watch special online screening of “A House in Pieces” on May 23, Year 4...
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – A special online screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary, “A House in Pieces” will be presented...
Babu Kwan resto sizzles despite the crippling impact of COVID-19 pandemic
ILIGAN CITY ( MindaNews / 3 February) – While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ravaged the global economy forcing many businesses to shutdown,...
Oro Justice Society’s online art exhibit: “for the love of one’s right to life”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 July) – “For the love of one’s right to life,” artists mostly from Northern Mindanao have mounted an online...
TULA: Bagong Bahagharì
Magkikita-kita pa rin tayong mulî
Magsásalu-salong dî nagmámadalî
Sa pinagdaanan babangon, babawi.
Ang dî nakadalaw at dî nakauwî
Ang maglalakbáy pa sa malayong lahì
Makararatíng din nang maluwalhatì.
Ang dilím...
TULA: Takipsilim
Paano ko masasambit
At inyong maririnig
Ako’y nalulungkot
Ako’y natatakot
Mahirap mang aminin
Unti-unting tumatakas na lakas
Mga ala-alang kipkip sa diwa
Nagbibigay ng ngiti, masasayang gunita
Unti-unting tinatangay ng hangin
Yugto sa...
Celebrating Mindanao in the midst of a pandemic: face masks made of ‘Inaul’ and...
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 May) -- I have always been mystified by the woven fabrics of our Mindanawon weavers. This fascination to anything...
POETRY: The Morning Dew
(The rainy season has just come forth and every morning I see a few awesome dew desperately hanging on for dear life only to...
POETRY: Bathed in Amber Sunlight On Fajr
Subhan Allah!
Not blinding at all
Oh never!
Squinting I gaze in awe
through eyes half-closed
Bathed in heavenly glow
Making me smile
Softly feeling blessed!
Majestic! No wonder
Allah made an oath
Benedicting...
POETRY: On the Mushaf I found Thee (And the House of Praise that Awaits...
(Warina Sushil A. Jukuy wrote this poem Friday night, 17 April 2020, for her younger sister, Wadrayna Jukuy – Dimafelix, a Muslim Tausug nurse-frontliner...
POETRY: Milton’s Child
Find me
a womb
of meanings
for frigid verses
This nomad
awaits
the birth
of night
The dark
hides
the pain
of pains
At daybreak
let me
smell
the dew
before it leaves
with the
breath of
the morning wind
(Redmoon of Bukidnon likes...
SONG: Alay sa mga Frontliners
https://youtu.be/0eFsfdFWhZ0
Manggagamot pawiin ang sakit
ng bayang nagdurusa
sa salot , walang patid
Buhay ng tao ngayo’y
nawawaglit
Isang kisap mata’y tapos na
Buhay ng tao nasa panganib
isang kisap mata’y tapos...
TULA: Alay sa mga Frontliners sa COVID-19
(Para sa kawani sa kalusugan, lansangan, basurero, panadero/a, taga palengke, boluntaryo, tagapagpaganap sa barangay, social workers, taga gawa ng batas, nagpapatupad ng batas, bumubutas...
Docu film on Marawi Siege aftermath premieres on March 20
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 March) -- The documentary film A House in Pieces will make its world premiere on March 20 during the...
Malong Day
Malong Day' on March 2, 2020 at the Mindanao State University main campus in Marawi City. The University Library started ‘Malong Day’ on March...
The Bauhaus gallery’s first exhibit: soil paintings by Talaandig artists
The Bauhaus at Dona Vicenta Village in Bajada, Davao City will launch its art gallery on February 20 with an exhibit of soil paintings...
REVIEW: “Mindanao” the movie: the script reduces an island so full of cultural and...
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 05 January) -- I finally had the chance to watch Brillante Mendoza's "Mindanao."
You have to give it to Judy Ann...
REVIEW: A Little Show Of Horrors: As diversion or defiance, the Philippine teleserye is suddenly...
MINDANEWS (08 December 2019) -- A year ago, Oscar Albayalde, who was still getting the hang of his appointment as the new chief of...
4 Mindanawons featured in Budayaw Festival visual arts exhibit in Kuching
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 November) – Four Mindanawons are representing the Philippines in the ongoing BIMP-EAGA Budayaw Festival in Kuching, Malaysia on November...
‘Look After’: Notes on Philippines’ visual arts and photography exhibits in Budayaw Festival 2019...
KUCHING, Malaysia (MindaNews / 20 November) -- ‘Look After’ is a phrasal verb that refers to act for the betterment of others – an...
Bathalad-Mindanao holds 23rd annual convention: A gathering of wordsmiths
By Raul G. Moldez
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 7 November) – Stormy weather and heavy pouring of rains did not deter the Binisaya writers coming...
Arnel Villegas’ “Forest Images 5” exhibit opens Oct 23
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – “Forest Images 5,” pen-and-ink artist Arnel Villegas’ 15th solo exhibit, opens at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October...
UP Mindanao’s Koro Kantahanay performs at MusiKapayapaan
Koro Kantahanay, the resident choir group of the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao, was one of 52 choirs -- and the only one...
Brewing Art, Brewing Culture
Artist Rameer A. Tawasil welcomes guests at the opening on Sunday, October 6, of a group exhibit titled “Brewing Art, Brewing Culture” at the...
MindaArt (10 of 10): FLUJOS (Flows) by the Gallery of the Peninsula and the...
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (9 of 10): COLORS OF THE EARTH by Talaandig Soil Painters
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (8 of 10): COLLECTIVE EXPRESSIONS by Likha-Karaga
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (7 of 10). RECENT CRESCENT by Capitol University Museum of Three Cultures
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (6 of 10). LEAVING & LIVING by Tabula Rasa
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (5 of 10): THE SILENT WITNESS by Piguras Davao
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (4 of 10): CONVERGENCE by Gallery Down South
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt: a momentous event for Mindanawon Artists
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 October) -- Waters. What would Mindanao be without its waters especially the sea that surrounds the main island and...
MindanaoArt (3 of 10): Datu Bago Gallery Cafe (DCNHS Senior High Lab)
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (2 of 10): THE TWINNING OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION by Bintana Art Gallery
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
MindanaoArt (1 of 10). MEANDER by Art Portal Gallery for Contemporary Art
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit
Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity
Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City
10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6,...
Where is Mindanao in the Philippine art scene? Visit the 1st Mindanao Art Fair...
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 October) – “Where is Mindanao in the Philippine art scene? Is there such a thing as Mindanao art?”
Visit Davao...
ART TALK: Traversing the River of Creative Generations
(Curatorial notes for the 1st Mindanao Art Fair, Exhibit, and Conference)
Headwaters emanate from above, higher than where many of us are. These trickle down...