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Precious Pages Corp. (PPC) is hosting the first-ever PRECIOUS PAGES BOOKFEST on December 4–6, 2020 as part of its continuing efforts to produce and publish stories for all Filipinos. Also, PPC recognizes that despite the presence of so many types of entertainment and other distractions, Filipinos still enjoy the experience of reading.  When asked why PPC chose to call the event a bookfest, founder Segundo Matias, Jr. said that it’s because this event is not just about selling books, more importantly, Precious Pages Bookfest is also about promoting reading, specifically reading progressive and impactful books. Discounts, Webinars, and Workshops During the bookfest, PPC will offer discounts on all its available books. At the same time, there will be free online webinars and workshops featuring some of the bestselling authors and writers under PPC’s various brands. Two webinars, “Pagsulat ng Tungkol sa Coronavirus” and “Pagsasalaysay ng mga Kuwentong-bayan,” will be presented by ...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) is ready to open to doors of its virtual theater, welcoming the first online edition of the PETA Laboratory! Dubbed K.E.-POP: Kalinangan Performers Overcoming a Pandemic, this year’s PETA Lab offers a wide array of new and old works relevant to the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The online streaming festival features a total of six shows streaming via www.ktx.ph from November 27-29, December 4-6, 2020.  PETA Artistic Director and PETA Laboratory Director Maribel Legarda describes PETA Lab 2020 as a tribute to the artist’s capacity to be creative and resilient despite COVID-19. “It’s going to be a mixed bag of things,” she says, “We hope that these explorations will be very interesting for our audiences, especially in these times of isolation and disconnection.” PETA Lab 2020 is offering two sets of new works with three productions in each set: PETA Lab Set A brings audiences Maskian, a dance piec...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Philippine Educational Theater Association’s hit original Filipino musical, Vincent De Jesus’ and Liza Magtoto’s Care Divas is streaming for the first time from Nov 27-29-Dec 4-6, 2020. The show, together with two other musicals, six new works and a PETA documentary will be available for limited pay-per-view via www.ktx.ph.  Hilarious and heartwarming, Care Divas is gut-wrenching and bittersweet story about five gay overseas Filipino workers based in Israel who work as caregivers in the morning and transform into glamorous drag queens at night. First premiered in 2011, the musical dominated the PHILSTAGE Gawad Buhay! Awards that year, bagging seven trophies including Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Outstanding Musical Production, Outstanding Stage Direction(Maribel Legarda), Outstanding Original Libretto (Liza Magtoto and Vincent de Jesus), and Outstanding Musical Direction(Vincent de Jesus). The streaming cast includes the original Divas: Melvi...