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(FEB 6)—Public performances were simultaneously staged at 3 p.m. on Feb. 1 in four different locations at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) to open this year’s 3-month Festival of Culture and of the Arts. Taludturan: Poetry of the Body is a series of performances inquiring into encounters of the body vis-à-vis several concepts […]

(FEB.2)—The Filipino body—what it is, how it is perceived and shaped by art, culture and society and manipulated by social engineering and advertising: these are the themes of Kat(h)awan, the 3-month Festival of Culture and the Arts at UP Diliman. The festival seeks to understand the Filipino body as a creative realm and a locus […]

(DEC. 21)—It was a perfect day blessed with fair weather and a cool gentle breeze when UP Diliman (UPD) once again staged its most awaited Christmas event of the year, the UPD Lantern Parade. As early as 4 p.m. on Dec. 15, students, faculty, staff, residents and spectators converged at the Oblation Plaza and Academic […]

“Pasyal”: UP Diliman Art Trail (“Pasyal 2017”), a monograph and map tandem featuring historical buildings, public art and open spaces at UP Diliman (UPD), is now available at the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA). Pasyal 2017 is a handy tool for visitors who want to roam the campus and explore the […]

If there are two words to describe Sandwich’s mini concert at the Pag-iilaw 2017 held in front of the Oblation Plaza on Nov. 24, it will be electrifyingly nostalgic, figuratively and literally. After all, Raimund Marasigan is a very familiar face in the rock concert scenes having been known not only as Sandwich’s frontman but […]

(DEC. 7) — The rain before the show started did not dampen the mood of performers, crew and spectators alike as “Session Avenue” puts the spotlight on homegrown UP Diliman talents last Dec. 1. The show which lasted about three and a half hours featured bands, duos, solo artists and spoken word artists.  Most of […]

(DEC. 1)—Holiday celebrations is now official in Diliman with Pag-iilaw 2017, the annual ceremony where all the Christmas lights on campus are lit up for the first time followed by a mini-concert. This year the theme is “Paaralan, Palaruan” inspired by “Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture,” a book written in […]

(NOV. 21)-The UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Chancellor announces the 2017 year-end program with the theme “UP Diliman: Paaralan, Palaruan.” This year’s theme is inspired by “Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture,” a book written in 1938 by Dutch historian and philosopher Johan Huizinga, who used the term “homo ludens” […]

It is with deep sadness that we are informing everyone the passing of a well-loved faculty of the UP School of Economics, Prof. Ruperto “Ruping” P. Alonzo, who died yesterday, 7 November 2017. read more…