A one-day, comprehensive workshop on the basic principles of Photojournalism that will cover principles/basic elements of photography, photos that tell a story/photo captioning, income opportunities in photojournalism, and ethics. On April 2, 9AM – 5PM at the North Syquia Apartments, Malate. Contact 0927-8508280, email [email protected] or visit www.writersblockphilippines.com. for more inquiries.

On March 7 – 11 at the UP College of Music, Abelardo Hall Auditorium. Contact 0915-6092286 or 0906-9100467 for more details.

The leading summer workshop in the Philippines welcomes summer 2011 with a brand new experience! The theme for this summer’s workshop is “Color Your World Classes offered are Musical Theater, Streetdance, Public Speaking and Modeling. The venues will be held at The Podium, Global City, Alabang and Shangri-la Edsa Plaza Mall. Limited slots only. Call 631-7252, 636-2842, 381-6635 and 0917-8964034, email [email protected] or log on to www.trumpetsplayshop.com.

On March 12 - 13, 8:30AM to 6PM at the Makati Stock Exchange, Executive Lounge. Call Ticketnet at 911-5555 for inquiries.

The most prestigious and intellectually dynamic event of the year for college students, featuring renowned speakers who are among the best in their fields.

Only 100 students will be given the privilege to look into the many emerging facets of global entrepreneurship and leadership on February 19, so make sure you get yourself counted in!

The seminar is aimed at providing the students with the fundamental and practical knowledge necessary for business starters; participants will get firsthand information from our speakers, who are noted for being pioneers and leaders in their respective fields.

This year, AGBS will feature in-depth talks about relevant and timely issues confronting the business scene from the perspective of Nenita Lim-Cruz, Chair and CEO of HSPI Headhunters and Consultants, Inc., Inez Reyes, Reyes Barbecue CEO, Grace De Castro, Corporate Recruitment Head of Nestle Philippines, Willy Arcilla,President, President of Business Mentors, Inc, Jeffrey Remigio, Corporate Affairs Head of ABS-CBN, and Vitaliano Mamawal, Vice President for Marketing Division of Customer Service Operations of Toyota Motors…

In an effort to provide learning opportunities to schoolchildren in public schools, the Lopez Memorial Museum teams up with the art collective Pilipinas Street Plan (PSP), Knowledge Channel Foundation and Boysen Paints for Gawa/Laro, a toy making workshop to be held on February 12, Saturday from 9AM-12NN.

The workshop participants will use a variety of taka, a traditional art form of Paete, Laguna using paper mache to create toys. Some of the toys made will be sold in Art in the Park on February 19. The proceeds will go to Knowledge Channel’s programs for Filipino schoolchildren.

PSP’s toy making workshop complements the current exhibition Extensions, which also features multimedia work by the collectives Plataporma, Rock Ed Philippines including contemporary artist Maya Muñoz. In the exhibit, PSP rendered a Philippine map on one of the gallery walls; the wall serves as the ground where the street artists marked various landmarks, tagged with stickers, stenciled and sprayed images which have made PSP literally present in these sites. Surrounding and opposite the wall are various small-sized…

Following up on his successful 2010 book launch in Manila, best-selling author and luminary authority on Kabbalah Yehuda Berg returns to shares his non-traditional perspective on how to transform personal and global challenges by using the power of our consciousness. The event is open to the public on February 8, 7PM at the Rockwell Center. Call 0920-9029008 or email [email protected] for more details.

Miguel Hernández was a self-taught writer, from a rural, humble background. The researcher Jesucristo Riquelme will explain how this provincial poet managed to get a name by his own means and his commitment as a universal poet. On February 8, 7PM at Instituto Cervantes. Log on to http://manila.cervantes.es for more details.

Learn the fundamentals of traditional Chinese brush painting—from holding the brush and basic strokes to style and artistic values. With the step-by-step instruction from teacher Arsenia Lim (Pieh Tsai Shiu Yuin), try your hand at painting bamboo, orchids, and birds on rice paper.

Yuchengco museum is offering a new series of Chinese painting classes for the absolute beginner (open to participants 18 years and above) starting January 29, Saturday from 2-5PM ongoing until April 2, 2011. Over the course of ten weeks, learn a new skill, get creative, relax your mind, and meet budding artists from different levels. Each class begins with a demonstration from Ms. Lim, followed by a hands-on practice period.

For inquiries, call 889-1234 or email [email protected].

An intensive annual choral clinic open to amateur choirs and choral conductors to develop their skills in choral singing, conducting and performance. It is a highly regarded workshop that has produced winners in local and international choral competitions. Led by the world acclaimed Philippine Madrigal Singers, the workshop includes a festival component wherein the choir participants are given an opportunity to perform a short program within the duration of the workshop. On October 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 at the CCP.