Ingrid Sala Santamaria celebrates 50 years of musical life
Pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria is celebrating her golden anniversary as a musician this year.
October 15, 2012
Pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria is celebrating her golden anniversary as a musician this year.
They were two children, a girl and her younger brother, expert swimmers. Their house was destroyed when cataclysmic floods struck Iligan City in Mindanao last December. Their parents perished, along with two other siblings.
Which Filipino artist rules on the international auction circuit?
By now, Jodi Picoult really knows how to mess up a fictional family. Her best-selling novels have a tested formula: Introduce family and then divide them with a hot-button topic like suicide (2007’s fine “Nineteen Minutes”) or organ donation (2004’s “My Sister’s Keeper,” which was adapted into a motion picture). She certainly has a formidable following. For her 19th novel, Picoult goes out of her way to find a rather bizarre set of family problems.
When sensational Australian soprano Claire Primrose debuts in Manila on Nov. 10 with the Manila Symphony Orchestra at Philamlife Theater, she will have ended an 18-year drought of Wagnerian sopranos in Manila.
“I’m not a dumb socialite!’ declares Victoria Zubiri. Although awarded Bon Vivant of the Year by the Philippine Tatler for her joie de vivre despite two brain surgeries, she was an accomplished fashion designer-entrepreneur, a lecturer and store consultant.
A variety of artworks—from Modern to Contemporary art, from established to new galleries, and from works of National Artists to young and upcoming artists—graced this year’s Manila International Art Fair (ManilArt) last Oct. 3-6 at SMX Convention Center.
“I’m currently reading ‘Steve Jobs’ by Walter Isaacson. I’ve always been so inspired by extremely successful people and learning about Jobs’ life is such a big eye-opener for me, being a young entrepreneur. Isaacson did a brilliant job in letting his readers connect not just with Apple but especially with its genius creator.”
AHA Chef Instructor Joey Carpo shows how to cook and prepare Colossal Chili .
Monday finds Batangas City sodden and sullen from the early-morning monsoon drench, with motorists from Manila making their way toward the provincial capital, braving through the new road extension from the Southern Luzon Expressway, which has suddenly been enveloped by a thick fog, obscuring the way and raising fears of a road mishap.
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