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                    [ArticleID] => 1534319
                    [Title] => Pedestrian pleasures
                    [Summary] => 

There’s nothing better we’d like to do on a weekend — unless we’re running off to some southern island or parts beyond — than to have a foot massage from our suki Tonton branch on West Avenue before taking in a movie and a Chinese or ramen dinner at TriNoma.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-20 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20151221/Pedestiran-Pleasure-Staircase-Art-Deco.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1440405 [Title] => First issue of Pilipino Komiks [Summary] =>

The first issue of what turned out to be the most popular reading material of the masses, Pilipino Komiks, came out on June 14, 1947. On its cover are two characters of Tony Velasquez’s Nanong Pandak, Talakitok taking a photo of Panchita, sitting atop a carabao, wearing sarong and salakot.

[DatePublished] => 2015-04-04 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1433567 [Title] => Advice to young writers at the NBS-STAR Fave Book Awards: You do not write for yourself alone [Summary] =>

This is an extended version of the brief remarks I made the other day at Solaire during the awarding of prizes to the winners of the “My Favorite Book, My Selfie” contest that is sponsored by National Book Store and The Philippine STAR.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1314981 [AuthorName] => F Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/sunday-life/20150315/SL/Socorro-Ramos-Miguel-Belmonte-F-Sionil-Jose.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1411468 [Title] => Museums and musicals [Summary] =>

Last week I wrote about museums as a popular form of American entertainment and education, reporting in particular on my encounter with the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20150112/Theater-Broadway-style.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1394880 [Title] => Erap allows bars at Baywalk until January [Summary] =>

Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada has allowed bars and restaurants, which will operate only until Jan. 8, 2015, to be set up along Roxas Boulevard’s Baywalk in an effort to reduce the number of unemployed residents in the city.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1381917 [Title] => Much ado about books [Summary] =>

Bibliophilia is the love and passion for books. And for booklovers, recent articles and studies on the future of books have both good news and bad news.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133740 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302661 [AuthorName] => Elfren S. Cruz [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359901 [Title] => If the nuns could see Mother Lily now... [Summary] =>

Back then, the nuns in school put their thumbs down on her as the girl least likely to succeed, describing her as good for nothing.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1358431 [Title] => Stars of Clover Theater & Opera House [Summary] =>

The ’50s may well be called the ‘golden age’ of stage shows, with Opera House and Clover their top venues, located in the Santa Cruz district downtown of Manila. Opera House was along Avenida Rizal, while Clover was right at the foot of Santa Cruz Bridge.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1330935 [Title] => Go signal [Summary] =>

After some years of all talk about the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit, they'll walk the talk at long last. The NEDA has given the BRT the green light.

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Rizal Avenue has now gone to seed — dirty, noisy. The LRT killed business and entertainment establishments. Sidewalk vendors and beggars and vagrants are everywhere. Pickpockets and other criminal elements, too.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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