I wrote a blog about Cebu Carnival Queens - click here https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2022/01/cebu-carnival-queens-philippines-from.html I did research for a couple of articles about Cebu's Carnival Queens. Here's the link to Positively Filipino, which published the article. In a nutshell, Cebu celebrated the Carnival similar to that in Manila. While Manila's Carnival started in 1908, Cebu … [Read more...] about Cebu Carnival Queens Philippines from 1914–1941
Archives for January 2022
Author Cecilia Brainard Gives Talk on UBEC: CEBU REIMAGINED, Cebuano Studies Center
Via Bea Lastimosa of the University of San Carlos Cebuano Studies Center: After a brief hiatus, the Vicente Sotto Lecture Series will resume with a lecture by renowned writer Cecilia Brainard on February 19, 2022 from 10:00 -11:30 AM, Philippine time. NOTE: Philippine time; Sat. Feb. 19, 2022, 10-11:30 a.m. is California time: Fri, Feb. 18, 2022, 6 -7:30 pm. In her lecture titled "Ubec: Cebu … [Read more...] about Author Cecilia Brainard Gives Talk on UBEC: CEBU REIMAGINED, Cebuano Studies Center
Remembering Dr. Herbert Zipper #WorldWarTwo survivor
In around 1992 I met an elderly gentleman Dr. Herbert Zipper, who had been a Jewish composer-conductor in Germany in the 1930s when Hitler was chancellor. Zipper was picked up and sent to Dachau where he organized an orchestra that gave clandestine concerts from an abandoned latrine. He was released from Buchenwald and he went to Manila to reunite and marry the love of his life Trudl … [Read more...] about Remembering Dr. Herbert Zipper #WorldWarTwo survivor
Reflections on the Passing of Philippine National Artist F. Sionil Jose by Cecilia Brainard
Author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard writes a tribute for Philippine National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose who recently passed away. https://ph.news.yahoo.com/frankie-tessie-reflections-passing-f-104700835.html The article also appeared in Sunstar Cebu with more pictures: Tags: #Nationalartist #Philippinenovelist #Filipinonovelist #Philippinenationalartist #FSionilJose … [Read more...] about Reflections on the Passing of Philippine National Artist F. Sionil Jose by Cecilia Brainard