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Ronald Ventura’s ‘Kalupaan’: Appetite for reconstruction
Saints in hard hats and a bird nesting in a construction site: Ronald Ventura asks what progress costs, in the first show at Cloudgrey Gallery.
Nuts over coco
Chef Chele Gonzalez, a DJ before he was a chef, turns the coconut into a tasting menu: kare-kare bonbon, refined nata de coco, Wagyu with bistek sauce.
How The Bistro Group rewrote the rules of Philippine dining
Thirty years from the first TGI Fridays in Glorietta to 26 concepts and 225 stores: how The Bistro Group changed the way Manila eats out.
The SpY who loved graffiti
A four-metre mirrored sphere at Giza, a globe inflated until it burst in Bilbao: the Spanish artist SpY brings his interventions to Art Fair Philippines.
So long, 2024, and no thanks for all the phish
Phishing texts, meetings about meetings, and A.I. acquaintances suddenly writing like Hitchens. Welcoming the new year with a renewed sense of dread.
Clark ’n’ roll, the Hard Rock Café way
A new Hard Rock Café opens at Hann Casino Resort in Pampanga, where the stage sits above the bar and a Zeppelin tour jacket hangs by Mariah’s pumps.
TGI Fridays: 30 years of maximum fun, food & stories that sizzle
Thirty years from that first fateful Friday in Glorietta 3: RC Tiongson on red hair, truffle chips and why the vibe has not aged a day.
Tradition takes a selfie with disruption
Olan Ventura & Ronson Culibrina take us to the visual edge and back in Olan’s ‘Prismatic Petals’ and Ronson’s ‘Marahuyo’ exhibitions at Goldenberg Mansion.
Have yourself a very Ramsay Christmas
Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill’s first Philippine Christmas: Beef Wellington Rossini, a Jingle Bell Sour, and a gingerbread house built like a Gehry.
Feeling Rizal hover ‘In the Air’ tonight in Heidelberg
Rizal on bread, cheese and forever potatoes: retracing his Heidelberg addresses with Ambeth Ocampo, from the eye clinic to the river.
Literature both spectral & realistic: PH gears up for primetime in 2025 Frankfurt book fair
The Philippines takes the Guest of Honour scroll from Italy for 2025: Patrick Flores and Stanley Ruiz on the pavilion, and a line from Sisa’s chapter.
If winter comes, can Uniqlo be far behind?
Anya Hindmarch’s darning stitches and embroidered eyes meet Uniqlo’s LifeWear staples, just in time for somewhere nippy.