Thank you to everyone who came to our booth and supported Brown Nation at the 2008 Pistahan Festival in San Francisco.

Brown Nation Culture and friends are just one of the thousands of filipinos celebrating in this years Filipino Fiesta Parade. The Filipino-American Club from Farington High School and University of Hawaiiʻs GEAR UP

GEAR UP stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.  It is a federal program whose goal is to increase the number of low-income students to attend college.  Project activities aim to increase higher education by providing and increasing access to financial aid.

GEAR UP provides college visits, tutoring, advising, counseling, test preparation workshops, a student club, and other academic enrichment activities for students, teachers, and parents.

Photos courtesy of Haphil Ballesteros

We would like to thank the many who came out to visit brownnationculture.com at the 16th annual filipino fiesta in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thanks for representing.

Left to Right: Fides Ignacio, Leevan Dasig, Wilvin Lucero, Christeen Viernes, Chris Lucero, Ryan Lucero

Top to bottom Left to Right: Wayland Quintero, Wilvin Lucero, MJ Gonzalvo, Leevan Dasig, Troy Apostol, Tracy Flores, Lito Capina

Thanks to the cast or Magno Rubio for a great show and interview. Stay tuned for the interview. The Romance of Magno Rubio, Now playing at the Kumu Kahua Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii

Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm: March 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29; April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2008
Sundays 2pm: March 16, 30; April 6, *13, 2008
*American Sign Language Interpretation performance

It was a great pleasure to meet Bernard Ellorin and the rest of the members of the University of Manoa Kulintang Ensemble at the 15th Annual Leeward Community College International Education Festival on march 15, 2008. Here is a few photos of the performance. Enjoy!!!

Surprisingly, the phones lines were off the hook. We had no idea that there were any listeners since it is an AM radio station. There were lots of giveaways for the listeners. Lot’s of FUN!!! Shout out to Jaime Hartley for taking such awesome photos.