LET THE WIND BLOW Let the wind blow Where it should On the mountains and hills Where once you have lived To be with the people You fought for.…
Category: Arts and Culture
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RUSSIAN PIANIST WITH PPO AT THE MET SEPT. 12
Russian pianist Andrey Gugnin said here he believes in the idea of competitions as it gives equal opportunity to musicians of different backgrounds to be heard and appreciated. “If some…
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THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
(Editor’s Note: The following short story is one of the Graphic Magazine Salute Awardees for fiction in the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards to be held August 28, 2025 at the…
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LOLIT SOLIS
The showbiz news last July 3 was when Maria Lolita Arguelles “Lolit” Solis passed away at age 78. But surviving daughters say she was really 80 and was born in…
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SCHOLAR RECALLS JUILLIARD YEARS
Two weeks ago, she was soloist in an MSO night of Hollywood music and made something ravishing out of Carlos Gardel’s Por Una Cabeza as arranged by John Williams. Her…
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ISLAND MEMORIES
One fine day with overcast skies, I find myself and my grandson taking a bus trip to the Bicol mainland. From Tabaco City, we take a ferry boat to the…
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CECILE LICAD TO GRACE THE 80TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF CATANDUANES
A fan of pianist Cecile Licad whom he saw in an online concert in New York, Governor Patrick Alain Azanza has endorsed the first island concert of the world-acclaimed pianist…
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THE LOBOC CHILDREN’S CHOIR STORY ON FILM
With good feedbacks from the 2025 Manila international film fest in LA and good notices from another film mecca, one braced for a special screening of King Palisoc’s Song of…
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COCOY LAUREL, 72
“Rivers belong where they can ramble Eagles belong where they can fly I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free Gotta find my corner of the sky…” …
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PORTRAIT OF SHAMAINE CENTENERA-BUENCAMINO AS MOTHER CECILIA
She has logged fifty years in acting in various roles from theater to film and teleseryes and believe it or not, even ballet (as Giselle’s mother Berthe). One first saw…