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                    [ArticleID] => 1525900
                    [Title] => The Manila Critics Circle
                    [Summary] => 

Next week, the Manila Critics Circle and the National Book Development Board (NBDB) will give the 34th National Book Awards at appropriate ceremonies in the National Museum.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-25 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1431032 [Title] => Paintings by Trix, new poetry by Cirilo [Summary] =>

My former partner-in-crime for a weekly television show on arts and culture, Beatrix Syjuco, gained another milestone in her effervescent creative life last Thursday, March 5, when she opened a solo exhibition of paintings at Galerie Astra.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20150309/Trix-Syjuco-Abstract-Paint.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1187111 [Title] => A poet speaks [Summary] =>

Now 72, Cirilo F. Bautista towers over the writers of his generation.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/301/b5pk.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 908531 [Title] => Taboan 2013 [Summary] =>

I was invited to join National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera, keynote speaker Resil B. Mojares, and Leoncio Deriada in a panel entitled “Your Place at the Writers’ Table” during the opening ceremonies of Taboan 2013: The 5th Philippine Writers Festival, held in Dumaguete City.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 890018 [Title] => Good & bad news in global awards [Summary] =>

We hear of this group of youngsters insistent on renaming the National Artists Award, or totally discontinuing it. It appears they are sick of what has happened to that venerable institution that was the country’s ultimate honor given to Filipino artists, something they can wear proudly for the rest of their lives!

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134667 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1170012 [AuthorName] => Bibsy M. Carballo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img801/8862/ent2newthumb.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 706809 [Title] => Nick Joaquin and De La Salle U. live on! [Summary] =>

On July 6, a significant book launch was held at Powerbooks in Greenbelt 4 in Makati.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2847/lif1thumbd.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 427192 [Title] => A world of readers [Summary] =>

"Read to lead” is a soundbite that we hear more often these days. Happily for us, the National Book Development Board (NBDB), the government agency tasked with doing this, is working hard and fast to make sure that our people — especially the young and those glued to their YouTubes — would also find the time to read.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134677 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248080 [AuthorName] => Danton Remoto [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259766 [Title] => Two plays, a book, a journal [Summary] => The tickets may cost arms and legs, but it’s a sure treat, taking in the Metropolitan Theater Guild’s lavish and entirely entertaining production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Carlos P. Romulo Theatre. That’s at the RCBC Towers on Buendia corner Ayala in Makati.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217375 [Title] => Eminent Israeli poet meets Filipino peers / Letter from Germany [Summary] => It is both amazing and admirable that a country as beleaguered as Israel puts culture on top of its priorities. The Embassy of Israel, now headed by Charge d’ Affaires Roi Dvir, has announced that the eminent Israeli poet Ronny Someck is scheduled to be in Manila from August 18 to 20 to exchange insights with his Filipino peers.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148641 [Title] => Hail be to love! [Summary] => The Valentine’s Week schedule for a group of Singaporean poets, writers and publishers has been finalized. It’s the second straight year that such a delegation comes over to Manila for a week of literary readings in universities and nightspots, as well as discussions with Manila poets.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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