Baguio Features Creative Baguio: The World In Visual Artist Carlo Villafuerte’s Eyes One thing that’s so great about City of Pines is that you get to walk the streets on a normal day and not realize that the person right next to you is either a musician, a poet, a writer, or an artist. It’s just the Baguio way. That could be one of the reasons why Baguio City has been named … Read More
Baguio Features The 2018 Baguio Creative Festival Is Here! Following Baguio City’s designation as a UNESCO Creative City for Crafts and Folk Arts in October 2017, the first Baguio Creative Festival officially opened on Nov. 10, 2018. The opening ceremony was witnessed by local officials and guests during a cool Saturday evening at the Dominican Hill and Heritage Center. It officially kicks off a week-long celebration of creativity with … Read More
Baguio Features Baguio To Hold ENTACool 2018, First Creative Festival in November More than a year after the city of Baguio was designated as a UNESCO Creative City in October 2017, the Baguio artists community together with the local government is holding the first Baguio Creative Festival from November 10 to 18. The festival, named ENTACool, will be a yearly festival like the famous Panagbenga Flower Festival, which is held every February. … Read More
Confessions Lifestyle World Poetry Day 2018: Discovering The Poet In Me In 1999, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) incepted March 21 as “World Poetry Day.” Although World Poetry Month is in April, UNESCO declared the date as an individual celebration. Through this, UNESCO aims to recognize and appreciate literature’s versatile form. As it varies in the topic covered, literature also takes on different faces and figures. For World … Read More
Baguio Features Baguio City Launches Creative Baguio Exhibition Hub At Malcolm Square: 5 Things To Know Baguio City formally opened the first Creative Baguio Exhibition Hub on Feb. 10 at Malcolm Square, Lower Session Road. Mayor Mauricio Domogan welcomed special guests and local folks to the event amidst indigenous chants and dances to the beat of ethnic instruments. Philippine National Commission to UNESCO Secretary General Lila Ramos Shahani shared what it means for Baguio to be … Read More
Baguio Features Baguio Needs To Rethink Urban Planning Vis. Creative City Designation Urban planner Dr. Mary Ann Alabanza-Akers shares her ideas on how Baguio can take on the challenge of being a Creative City of UNESCO. This was during a talk on Urban Planning Strategies to Enhance Creative Cities on Jan. 4 hosted by the Baguio Museum. Dr. Alabanza-Akers, who is the daughter of renown Baguio architect Jose Alabanza, said that her … Read More
Baguio Features Baguio City Joins UNESCO Creative Cities Network, First In The Philippines The Philippines now has a Creative City of its own that is part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network and it is none other than Baguio City. According to a media release on the UNESCO website, Baguio joins 63 other cities from 44 countries all over the world. These cities are recognized as sites where “innovation and creativity” are seen as … Read More
Baguio Features Baguio City Vies To Be First ‘Creative City’ In The Philippines Baguio City hopes to become part of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network and be the first “creative city” in the Philippines. This comes after other cities vying for the title have been eliminated by UNESCO. According to Department of Tourism – Cordillera Regional Director Venus Tan, their office received information about the city … Read More
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