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                    [ArticleID] => 754120
                    [Title] => UNESCO director-general's foreword to Ninoy's book / Russia's return / TOPS show
                    [Summary] => 

Cecile Guidote Alvarez, who is largely responsible for having the Philippines named ASEAN’s cultural capital for 2011, has just returned from Paris where, as director of the UNESCO Dream Center, she attended the UNESCO General Culture Commission Conference.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 702828 [Title] => Pianist Medel, 15, dazzles / Superb dramatic players [Summary] =>

Pianist Lorenzo “Enzo” Medel, 15, walked onstage of the Philamlife auditorium with a slight, unconscious swagger that enhanced his charming presence.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486539 [Title] => South African monologue: Spectacular, unmatched / City of Manila awardees [Summary] =>

In a strikingly colorful costume which was in itself a reflection of her sparkling personality, South African actress Gcina Mhlophe opened her one-woman show with a catchy, riveting song.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 480194 [Title] => US music at its best/Award for Cecile Alvarez [Summary] =>

Filfest’s “FIL-AmeriKA” concert at the Insular Life Theater in Alabang last Saturday featured some of America’s most outstanding composers, with eminent American Jefferey Meyer wielding the baton over the FILharmoniKA.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 420340 [Title] => Piazza Puccini concert / Rotary West, PEN events [Summary] =>

The stage of the Mandarin ballroom was transformed magically into a Roman plaza for the “Piazza Puccini” concert which was presented by the Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines headed by Fortune Ledesma, president.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383163 [Title] => Cecile Alvarez’s fury / Remembering Marina [Summary] => Proofreading errors are inevitable owing to the pressure of deadlines. In my review last Wednesday of "Daisies", I wrote on the various emotions conveyed by Cecile G. Alvarez as Medea, including her "fury implacable." What appeared was her "theory implacable"!
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327979 [Title] => A Roces’ zarzuela / Chino’s urgent plea / Open house at EIS [Summary] => The zarzuela, "Something to Crow About", based on the prize-winning book of the same title by National Artist for Literature 2003 Dr. Alejandro R. Roces, will have a sneak preview on Monday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. Venue will be the E. Aguinaldo College Auditorium (Tanghalang Yaman Lahi) on 1221 Gen. Luna street. Music is composed by Ferdinand Dimadura and orchestrated by Nonoy Diestro.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245035 [Title] => Alvarez, Reuter receive Gawad Kultura awards [Summary] => Monday’s ceremonies at the Rajah Sulayman Theater in Intramuros saw Cecile Guidote Alvarez and Fr. James B. Reuter, SJ, each receiving the Gawad Kultura award from the International Organization of Folk Art Philippines Foundation (IOFA).

Fr. Reuter received his "For a lifetime dedication to the moral and spiritual development of the Filipino / For courageously upholding truth, justice and integrity / For steadfast commitment to promote human values through mass media and the performing arts / For creative work in Philippine theater and television."
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 228827 [Title] => Remembering figures in arts and letters [Summary] => My esteemed colleague Isagani R. Cruz marked "All Souls’ Day" in his column by mentioning friends who are now enjoying their just reward in the empyrean realm.

From Isagani’s long list, I shall draw a few who in their lifetime extended to me acts of kindness, or who left indelible images of themselves in my memory.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205530 [Title] => A wedding like no other [Summary] => It was the afternoon Hexilon G. Alvarez, son of Heherson ("Sonny") and Cecile Guidote Alvarez, was to marry Ma. Cristina H. Syquia, daughter of Roberto and Margarita Herrera Syquia, at the Santuario de San Antonio.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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