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Tertulia Features Talk on National Artist Nick Joaquin

Ambassador Virgilio Reyes delivers a
talk on the legacy of Philippine National Some of the attendees pose with Consul General Dizon-De Vega (7th from left, 1st row) and Amb. Reyes
Artist Nick Joaquin (photos by NYPCG) (6th from left, 1st row)

As part of the commemoration of Filipino-American A lively discussion on the impact of Nick Joaquin
History Month, a Tertulia or salon discussion on “Nick on generations of Filipino and Filipino-American writers,
Joaquin: A Hundred Years of Plenitude” was held on 25 reasons for his belated discovery by international
October 2017 at the Philippine Center in New York. audiences, and supporting greater recognition for Filipino
writers along with other related questions saw the active
The talk on the legacy of Philippine National Artist participation of the audience at the tertulia.
Nick Joaquin was presented by Ambassador Virgilio Reyes,
Jr. former Philippine Ambassador to South Africa and Italy. In Among the audience members were writers,
his presentation, Ambassador Reyes traced the trajectory of theater advocates and artists, second generation Filipino-
Joaquin’s career and place in Philippine as well as post- Americans, arts conservationists, and filmmakers. Ms.
colonial literature, juxtaposed with significant events in Rosario “Sari” Joaquin, grandniece of Nick Joaquin and a
Philippine history. freshman at New York University shared her family
remembrances of the National Artists and expressed
Ambassador Reyes’ talk was made even richer with appreciation for the holding of the Tertulia.
his sharing of personal encounters with Joaquin during Mr.
Reyes stint at the Philippines Free Press. Consul General encouraged the attendees to
reacquaint themselves and also to introduce their networks
The tertulia likewise featured readings from Nick to the Nick Joaquin through the first-ever anthology of his
works published in the United States, “The Woman Who
Joaquin’s works by Antoni Mendezona, Marily Abalos and Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic” under
the auspices of Penguin Classics.
multi-awarded thespian Lorli Villanueva.

National Heroes Day Commemoration in New York

The Philippine Consulate General led simple rites
commemorating Philippine National Heroes Day at the Philippine Center
in New York.

Consul General Theresa Dizon-De Vega led a Flag-raising
Ceremony with personnel of the Philippine Consulate General and the
Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York. Members of the
Filipino-American Community likewise joined the activity.

The ceremony was followed by a

reading of the National Heroes Day Consul General Theresa Dizon-De Vega with Philippine Consulate
Message of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte General and Philippine Mission personnel and members of the

and the opening of a mini-exhibit featuring Filipino Community at the Flag Raising Ceremony.

books written by and about some of the

Philippines’ heroes. The exhibit will run until the first week of September alongside the solo

Mini-Exhibit for National Heroes Day show of Cebu-based artist Celso Pepito at the Lobby-Gallery of the Philippine Center.