Love, dance away
When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances on the floor. What we call “white” is a rainbow of colored rays packed into a small space. The prism sets them free. Love is the white light of emotion. It includes many feelings which, out...
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Teaser
“ROYAL CATFIGHT caps uncommon year of German drama in Manila.” That’s an efficient if rather glib way of summing up the year about to close, weaving as it does the three main imprints that marked local theater in 2008.
First, the German connection: By some serendipitous alignment of vision, various...
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Annamanila: from blogger to book author–at 66
I once complimented my friend Annamanila about her blog, Ode2Old, with these words:
With wit, charm, heart and grace, she shows by example how senior denizens like her can live active, fully engaged lives without fear of technology, modified mores or the disruptions of changing times. There's no better...
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Kiss of the Spider musical
The opening bridge scene is followed closely by the arrival of a giant web woven by Arachne, a temptress who is the musical's central invention. “A giant loom is revealed--seven actors swing on vertical silks to form a tapestry,” the stage directions read. At another point, Spider-Man is so busy...
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Thank you, Raul Pangalangan
The Constitution says it loud and clear. “The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.” “No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights.” Yet the Comelec cites the Bible where it condemns “vile affections” which, this time citing the Koran, are…
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Talent in excelsis
Thirty years ago, when Irene Cara was singing “Out Here On My Own”, famous people were famous for doing something. They could break your heart with their singing, or defy gravity when they danced, or sum up the human experience with a line reading. Talent meant something. (True, there have always...
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And kids’ most-loved classical music is…
John Williams' Harry Potter theme, according to a poll by Classic FM in the UK. So, two caveats: British kids mostly, and, in the case of Williams, not really classical, just heavily orchestrated film music. But a good thing nonetheless. I mean, kids + the classics? An unusual combination in these R&B...
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Shadow play
The infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake, according to a new analysis by a Dartmouth College professor.
Oswald, who was shot to death days after being charged with the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, claimed...
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