Just a quick heads up! Student groups of Toronto, gather your friends and be #IMELDIFIC without breaking the bank!
See Carlos Celdran’s Livin’ La Vida Imelda on Sunday, June 5 with 5 friends for only $10 (regular price valued at $15)! Q&A with Carlos will follow the show.
Email info@kapisanancentre.com or visit Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture at 167 Augusta Ave to get your tickets. Time to get #IMELDIFIC!
See you there! =)
Press Release: Spanish on her tongue (en dos lenguas)
A play on the immigrant displacement, loss of language and denied aboriginality of a queer girl.
JUNE 1 – JUNE 5, 2011
@ Kapisanan
VERY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!!
Don’t get turned away at the door!
“Disco, dictators, and dirty laundry, completely Imeldific”
The shoes, the sleeves, the stunning political cultural comeback — Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, has become an unlikely cultural icon in recent years, inspiring David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, as well as other international playwrights, photographers, and artists.
Get to the heart of what makes her so compelling In “Livin’ La Vida Imelda”, an irreverent and insightful performance that will take you one of the most controversial periods in Philippine history, the 1970’s. It’s the tumultous era of the Cold War, Martial Law, bell-bottom jeans, & Miss Universe, all seen through the life and ambitions of the lady who defined it, Imelda Romualdez Marcos.
Visiting artist Carlos Celdran normally gives this performance / walking tour at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines, one of Imelda’s legacies, and he’ll recreate this setting at Twist Gallery in collaboration with Kapisanan’s resident artists, Kristina Guison and Eric Quebral.
Presented by Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture
at Twist Gallery 1100 Queen St. West, Toronto
Preview Thursday June 2nd 2011 – 8pm
Opening Night Fundraiser Performance + Gala Reception Friday June 3rd 8pm
With DJ Jeremy Glenn
Saturday June 4th 2:30pm and 8pm
Sunday June 5th 2:30pm
Note: Parental Advisory – show has adult content
To purchase tickets RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW (via PayPal), click the show you would like to attend:
Opening Night June 3rd – 8pm
Tickets available at the door, $25 (Cash only)
Preview Night June 2nd – 8pm
Tickets available at the door, $15 (Cash only)
Saturday June 4th Matinee – 2:30pm & Saturday Night – 8pm
Tickets available at the door, $15 (Cash only)
Sunday June 5th Matinee – 2:30pm
Tickets available at the door, $15 (Cash only)
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Kapisanan would like to acknowledge The Ontario Arts Council for their generous support of this project.
This weekend, KAPISANAN becomes national!
KAPISANAN, in community partnership with Aksyon Ng Ating Kabataan (ANAK) Inc., presents the 4th Annual Liwayway Philippine Heritage High School Conference on Friday, May 13, 2011 at the University of Manitoba.
This year’s youth conference will examine the theme Sino Ka?: Our Filipino-Canadian Identity through the Arts. Each year, up to 60 Filipino-Canadian high school students from across Winnipeg are invited to participate in youth-led dialog and discussion on issues faced by Filipino-Canadian youth. The one-day conference concludes with an evening celebration with community supporters, parents, and guests.
Kapisanan’s community of Filipino-Canadian artists will facilitate workshops in three different break-out sessions that will cover topics such as Visual arts, Theatre & Improv, and PSL: Poetry is our Second Language.
From Vintage to Handmade: It’s Your Life Handmade
Some of you may have noticed that Pretty Freedom, the resident inside KAPISANAN’s store-front Vinta Gallery, has grown up and moved next door. We love it so much that they stayed so close by #LittleManila.
One of Pretty Freedom’s favourite consignee was a gorgeous line of hand-made jewelry by Filipina-Canadian artisan, Nicole Tirona. Her Vancouver-based company, It’s Your Life Handmade, got so much love from Toronto, it spurred a relocation for the artist and the company.
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