Culture Shock and Awe: A diary of National Arts Month
A scene from the Met Opera’s Bluebeard’s Castle
ON SUNDAY we ran into Grace at the ballet at the Cultural Center, and on Wednesday we saw her again at the opening of the Art Fair. “Uyy, culture!” she said, and there has been an unusual number of arts and culture events in February. I know, because otherwise I would’ve seen Deadpool five times (You snobs don’t know what you’re missing. My favorite line: “Of course looks matter! Ever heard David Beckham speak?”). For a few weeks it felt like Manila was a Culture Capital, fairly teeming with plays, screenings of classic Filipino movies, art expositions, even opera.
Then I learned that February is National Arts Month, which means that when it ends we go back to being, as Noel puts it, culture lower-case.
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