KULARTS IN THE NEWS
2024-25
Inquirer (January 27, 2024) ‘AntingAnting Project’ launches at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco by Wilfred Galila
2023-24
Medium (October 4, 2023) KULARTS’s Bedside Manner by Andréa Spearman
48hills (September 17, 2023) In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience by Mary Carbonara
2022-23
Art Heals All Wounds Podcast (June 14, 2023) Alleluia Panis: Dancer, Choreographer, and Cultural Leader: Decolonizing Art, Discovering Yourself hosted by Pam Uzzell
SF Chronicle (October 22, 2022) Kularts honor and celebrate Filipinos on the frontline of the pandemic in ‘Nursing These Wounds’ by Rachel Howard
Inquirer (October 21, 2022) Art, dance, ‘Special Healing Cocktail’ honor nurses lost to Covid by Malou Babilonia
KALW (October 20, 2022) On the Arts, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe is back and speaks with KULARTS’ Nursing These Wounds Director & Choreographer Alleluia Panis and Composer & Music Director Joshua Icban
Eastwind (October 19, 2022) KULARTS’ “Nursing These Wounds” by Alleluia Panis, SF Artistic Legacy Awardee and Musical Score by Joshua Icban, Composer and Educator, Delves Deep in Dark Spaces About Pilipinx Nurses in the Diaspora. Opens in SF on Oct. 21, 2022. by Eleanore Fernandez
Stance on Dance (October 10, 2022) Dancing the Private Lives of Pilipinx Nurses by Emmaly Wiederholt
In Dance (Fall 2022) Decolonizing Industries of Care: Nursing These Wounds by Joyce Lu, PhD
Inquirer (September 2, 2022) ‘Nursing These Wounds’ by KULARTS to premiere in October
Asian Journal (September 1, 2022) KULARTS Presents The World Premiere Of ‘Nursing These Wounds’
2021-22
Kenneth Rainin Foundation (April 19, 2022) Survival, Resilience And Collective Healing
Thinking Dance (March 6, 2022) A “Mano Po” for the Manong Generation by Kara Nepomuceno
Asian Journal (December 2, 2021) ‘Man@ng Is Deity’ Presented At SF’s ODC Theater, Dec. 3-5 by Asian Journal Press
Inquirer (November 29, 2021) New Alleluia Panis work, ‘Man@ng Is Deity,’ tells of first-wave Filipinos by Agnes Constante
SF Chronicle Datebook (November 27, 2021) Kularts couples live dance and film to tell the story of the Filipino Manong generation in the U.S. by Rachel Howard
Mission Local (November 26, 2021) Celebrating Filipino pioneers with ‘Man@ng is Deity’ by Andrew Gilbert
SF Chronicle Datebook (November 10, 2021) Bay Area holiday theater 2021: Upcoming shows throw seasonal traditions out the window by Lily Janiak
In Dance (Fall 2021) Where Do We Go From Here: KULARTS and Alleluia Panis Set the Stage for Indigeneity and Decolonization in Performance Narratives of the Filipinx Diaspora by Alyssa Manansala
Inquirer (September 16, 2021) Fil-Am’s fantasy novel mines native music, culture for resistance, healing
Positively Filipino (August 3, 2021) Fil-Ams Among The Remarkable And Famous, Part 24
2020-21
Inquirer (May 18, 2021) Filipino cultural heritage district in SF marks 5th year by Wilfred Galila
Kenneth Rainin Foundation (May 12, 2020) Turning Points 2020: Year in Review
2019-20
Balitang America (October 31, 2020) San Francisco: Kularts dance group hold first public performance amid pandemic
Asian Journal (October 22, 2020) ‘Lakbai Diwa’ cultural ceremony comes to SOMA Pilipinas on Oct. 24-25
SF Chronicle (October 22, 2020) Lakbai Diwa Diasporic Spirit
Positively Filipino (June 30, 2020) Clan of Saints Bay: Real Life (Not Mythic) Warriors of SOMA Pilipinas by Lisa Suguitan Melnick
KQED (June 17, 2020) Hewlett Foundation Announces $1.5 Million in Grants for New Dance Works by Gabe Meline
2018-19
Asian Journal (November 7, 2019) ‘Isugid Pinoy!’: Mythic warriors of SOMA Pilipinas at the San Francisco Public Library
Inquirer (October 31, 2019) Comic art exhibit salutes SF district’s Fil-Am movers and shakers
KALW (May 30, 2019) Kimberley Acebo Arteche reclaims indigenous traditions in the Pilipinx diaspora by Truc Nguyen, Bo Walsh, & Tarek Fouda
Eastwind (May 29, 2019) Utom – Vibrant music from Florante Aguilar by Eddie Wong
Balitang America (May 28, 2019) New Indigenous Art Exhibit Features Original Mindanao Talaandig Tribe “Soil Artists” by Rommel Conclara
Inquirer (May 23, 2019) Lake Sebu myth to be told with T’boli music at SF art festival by Walter Ang
Asian Journal (May 16, 2019) ‘Post Colonial Survival Kit’: Addressing the challenges brought by centuries of colonization
Inquirer (April 23, 2019) Fil-Am artists explore immigration, survival, adaptation by Walter Ang
Hella Pinay (April 10, 2019) Konnecting Body to Movement to Kwento by Jazlynn Pastor
Datebook SF Chronicle (March 21, 2019) Filipino immigrants’ stories fuel ‘In the Belly of the Eagle’ by Claudia Bauer
Inquirer (March 20,2019) New dance work probes SF’s 20th Century Filipino immigrant life by Walter Ang
KALW (March 18, 2019) Choreographer Alleluia Panis tells the story of 20th-century Filipino migration to San Francisco by Jenee Darden, Tarek Fouda, & Bo Walsh
KALW (March 14, 2019) Sight & Sound: Alleluia Panis by Jenee Darden, Tarek Fouda, & Bo Walsh
This Filipino American Life (March 13, 2019) In the Belly of the Eagle: Man@ng is Deity Reminds Filipino Americans of Their Important Past
2017-18
KALW (May 10, 2018) Sights & Sounds by H. P. Mendoza
KPFA (May 4, 2018) Incarcerated 6×9 Illuminates Asian Americans Caught in the US Prison System (listen at 23:00)
APEX Express (May 3, 2018) Kirthi Nath on CAAMfest 36, Incarcerated 6x9, Paper Sons
Hella Pinay (May 3, 2018) Move Over Coachella - This is the Festival You Should Be At
We are KUBO (May 2, 2018) Exploring the Experiences of Incarcerated Filipino-Americans in San Francisco: INCARCERATED 6x9
Positively Filipino (May 2, 2018) Dance Theater Review: ‘Incarcerated 6 X 9’ Gets You On The Cell-Ular Level
SF Gate (May 1, 2018)
‘6x9’ dance explores Asian American incarcerationPhilippine Daily Inquirer (April 14, 2018) "Alleluia Panis’ new dance work plumbs imprisoned mind"
Balitang America (December 10, 2017) “Art collaborations exhibit Filipino history and culture in SOMA San Francisco”
Inquirer.net (December 2, 2017) “SF parol fest to light up puto bumbong and other X’mas fare tastings”
Positively Filipino (October 25, 2017) “She Who Dances Stories Into Being”
ABS-CBN News (October 19, 2017) “Pinay dance artist honored with Legacy Award”
Inquirer.net (September 25, 2017) “Alleluia Panis gets the very first SF Artistic Legacy Grant Award”
SF Chronicle (August 22, 2017) “Panis Honored” (under Revamped jazz protest piece ‘We Insist! Freedom Now Suite’ to play Herbst)
The SF News (July 19, 2017) “Communities Become Part Of CA Cultural Districts Program“
Inquirer.net (July 14, 2017) “SOMA Pilipinas included in new Calif. program that aids cultural districts“
Hoodline (July 13, 2017) “Mission & SoMa Heritage Groups Added To State Cultural Districts“
2016-17
Inquirer.net (June 8, 2017) “Artists explore state of Filipino art, culture in the diaspora“
Asian Journal, SF Magazine (April 27, 2017) “‘Incarcerated 6×9’: A story of hope and survival inside prison“
Inquirer.net (December 22, 2016) “Filipino culture shines brightly at 14th parol fest in SF“
Inquirer.net (September 22, 2016) “Artistic trifecta delivers an enchanting ‘Bae-Makiling’ in SF“
In Dance (September 1, 2016) “Ba-e Makiling: Deconstructing the Present to Re-imagine the Past”
2015-16
Inquirer.net (June 8, 2016) “Artists ponder state of Filipino dance, culture in the diaspora”
Asian Journal, SF Magazine (March 31, 2016) “Don Ellis Aguillo, graphic artist & illustrator: Expressing himself in a way the world hasn’t seen”
Balitang America (December 26, 2015) “Parol festival lights up downtown San Francisco”
In Dance (September 1, 2015) “SHE, WHO CAN SEE, Finding balance with choreographer Alleluia Panis”
Asian Journal, SF Magazine (August 27, 2015) ‘She, Who Can See’: A haunting contemporary live performance about worlds in collision”
2014-15
Inquirer.net (April 24, 2015) “First of its kind ‘Pinoy Arts Festival’ set in San Francisco”
Asian Journal, SF Magazine (April 23, 2015) “Ma’ARTES Pinoy Arts Festival: Celebrating the Pinoy diaspora through the arts”
Positively Filipino (February 1, 2015) “Maség, An Artistic Tempest“