Heights On-Line: October Calendar

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October 1
	Opening of OLD MANILA BOOKSTORE at the right wing of Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman campus, featuring a whole day open house.
	Opening of THE AUSTRALIAN ART EXPERIENCE IN MANILA 1996, a painting exhibit of Australian artists, curated by Cherry Jeans, at the Manila Hotel gallery. Runs until Oct 13.
	Opening of two exhibits by Jemina, at the Lopez Museum in Benpres Bldg, Meralco Ave, Pasig, and at the West Gallery in SM Megamall. Runs until Oct 13.
October 3
	Opening of Rodger's and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL by Repertory Philippines. Runs until November 3, at the Meralco Theater.
	Opening of Spanish artist Betsy Westendorp's SPRING TIME, an exhibit of recent paintings at the Galleria Duemila. Runs until Oct 20.
October 4
	Opening of PANAPANAHON, a joint exhibit of Brenda Fajardo and Noel Soler Cuizon, at the Hiraya Gallery, at 6:00 PM. Runs until Oct 21, hours are 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
October 5
	Deadline for submission to the 1996 AAP ANNUAL ART COMPETITION in five categories--drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and art writing. Call 621-883 for details.
	The first-ever BLESSING OF PETS at the Greenhills Shopping Center at 10:00 AM.
	Opening of NATIONAL OPEN TATTOO FEST, at Kampo West, Quezon City, 10:00 AM. For details, call 522-1868.
October 6
	A one-day EXPERIENCING SHAMANISM SEMINAR by Ateneo professor Tony Perez, at 4-A Scout Albano cor Quezon Ave Ext, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For details, call Melanie Talag at 924-1868.
October 8
	Opening of Ayala Museum's COMING HOME II, and exhibit and sale of vintage prints made by Europeans who visited the Philippines in the 1850s, at the ne Ma'i Room. Open everyday except Mondays, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Runs until Oct 15.
October 9
	Film showing of WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, at the Tanghalang Manuel Conde, CCP, 4:00 PM. Free. Also on Oct 11, 6:30 PM.
October 10
	Performance of STING at the place-formerly-known-as-the- Ultra. This is the first time Sting will hold a concert using his two hands. "I bloody don't know how to do this," said Sting, wondering at how his two hands can hold an entire concert. He adds, "I have never held a concert like this before." During a press briefing in another country, he demonstrated how he might clutch, grab, sieze, and grip his Manila concert. "It's so friggin difficult," Sting commented after he got up from the floor and dusted his cotton pants. Asked if he was joking, Sting replied, "British singers never joke," then proceeded to recall his recent stint with John Cleese in New York.
	Film showing of HAMLET, at the Tanghalang Manuel Conde, CCP, 6:30 PM. Free. Also on Oct 11, 4:00 PM.
	Performance of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT, at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, CCP, 2:00 PM.
October 12
	Opening of A COFFEE FESTIVAL at the Greenbelt Mall. Freshly-made coffee will be sampled to both coffee lovers and innocent passers-by. Runs until Oct 20.
October 14
	Opening of the CENTENARY EXHIBIT at the UP College of Fine Arts Bldg, featuring more than 50 painting and sculptures that form part of the UP Art Collection, including works by Amorsolo, Tolentino, Caedo, Castaneda, Valino, and Bencab. Runs until Dec 31.
October 15
	Opening of Nap Abueva's new public metal sculpture, THREE WOMEN SEWING THE FIRST PHILIPPINE FLAG, at the Quezon Hall of UP Diliman, 5:00 PM.
	Opening of PHILIPPINE POSTCARDS, an exhibit UP Fina Arts student Paul Eric Roca, at the Hiraya Gallery. Runs until Nov 7.
	Performance of DON GUILLERMO, an adaptation by Vic Torres of Freidrich Schiller's play "William Tell", at the Teatrillo, Casa Manila, Intramuros, at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Performed by Peta Metropolitan Theater League and by the Kalinangan Ensemble.
	Deadline for the submission of literary works to first issue of the nouveau journal NOUVEAU, to be released in December 1996, featuring an anthology of works by Filipino writers under the age of 35, titled "1998: New Writings From the Philippines". NOUVEAU's editors, Romulo Baquiran Jr, Jose Wendell Capili, Patrick Flores, Ralph Galan, and Ariel Valerio, are inviting all published and unpublished writers to submit poems, stories, essays, and plays in any Philippine language, aside from English. Entries must be submitted to Baquiran at the UP Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, Faculty Center, UP Diliman, QC; to Capili at the Dept of English and Comparative Literature, UP Diliman; or to Galan at the UP Creative Writing Center, Faculty Center, UP Diliman, QC.
October 16
	Opening of UNBOUNDED, an exhibit of seven artists at the Australia Center. Artists include Gus Albor, Virgilio Aviado, Mars Galang, Junyee, Hermisanto, Roy Veneracion, and Nestor Vinluan. Runs until Oct 31.
	Performance of two plays by UP Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas: Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio's DALAWANG BAYANI and ANG PAGGONG AT TSONGGO. Runs until Oct 30. For details, call 921-9773.
October 17
	Bankard Concert Series presents Junix Inocian in COLORS OF MY LIFE, at the Francisco Santiago Hall, PCIBank Tower I, Makati Ave cor HV dela Costa, Makati City, 8:00 PM. For tickets, call 634-6420.
October 18
	Opening of BITUING MARIKIT, a play by the late Bienvenido Noriega Jr on the life of an ailing Nicanor Abelardo. Also on Oct 19, 20, 25, 27, at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute, CCP.
	Opening of Agustin Goy's exhibit, AT THE BALLET, at the Finale Art Gallery, SM Megamall. Runs until Oct 31.
	Opening of PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS, a neo-classical dance fanstasy by Tony Fabella and Ballet Philippines, at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, CCP, 8:00 PM. Also on Oct 19, 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
	The ASEAN MUSIC SCENE music festival at the Folk Arts Theater.
October 19
	Performance of DON GUILLERMO, an adaptation by Vic Torres of Freidrich Schiller's play "William Tell", at the Teatrillo, Casa Manila, Intramuros, at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM.
October 23
	Performance of Pat Castillio and Tots Tolentino in the FILIPINO ARTISTS SERIES, at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, CCP, 7:30 PM.
October 24
	Bankard Concert Series presents Raul Sunico and Renato Lucas in THE CALSSICS DUO, at the Francisco Santiago Hall, PCIBank Tower I, Makati Ave cor HV dela Costa, Makati City, 8:00 PM. For tickets, call 634-6420.
October 25
	Opening of the LANZONES FESTIVAL in Camiguin Island. Runs until Oct 28.
October 29
	Opening of SMALL WORKS@CRUCIBLE.NET at the SM Art Center, featuring 5x7 inch works on canvas by some 40 contemporary Filipino artists, including Malang, Luz, Olazo, Albor, Bose, Borlongan, Drilon, Hildawa, Lianben, Soler, Sena, and many more. This exhibit can be accessed at Crucible Gallery's website at http://www.pw.net/crucible/.
October 30
	Deadline for submitting entries to PHOTOWORLD '97, which will be the biggest photo exhibit in the country and will be held at the Glorietta next year, from Jan 24 to Feb 2, 1997. For details, call 813-7420/8435341.
	Opening of CHAMBER CONCERT WITH KOREAN ARTISTS, featuring three Korean artists, violinist Young-Zun Kim, soprano Choon-Al Kim, and pianist Hyoung-Kyu Kim, at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, 7:30 PM. Also on Oct 31.