October 4, 2014 | Lifestyle.INQ

Bestselling author Amy Tan coming to Manila

Fans of author Amy Tan (“The Joy Luck Club,” “The Kitchen God’s Wife,” “The Hundred Secret Senses”) won’t want to miss October 23 – 25 when the bestselling novelist drops by Manila. She will be one of the authors brought in by National Book Store for their first ever Philippine Literary Festival. Korean-American novelist Chang-Rae Lee (“Native Speaker,” “On Such A Full Sea,” “The Surrendered,”) will also join Amy Tan for the panel and book signing events.

October 4, 2014

Relearning the art of letter writing and using ‘snail mail’

To try to bring back the forgotten art of letter writing in the age of email and 140-character limitations of Twitter, the Department of Education is urging high school students to take part in World Post Day activities.

October 4, 2014

Potted Potter’s Jeff Turner and James Percy: ‘Manila’s just a different world. It’s amazing.’

We spoke to Potted Potter co-creator Jeff Turner and actor James Percy about the show, Potted Sherlock, cruise audiences and their amazing Filipino fans.

October 4, 2014

Growing appetite for craft beer leads to ‘collabrewations’

While they still see themselves as a “drop in the bucket” that is the beer industry, Aldous Bernardo, Marvin Moreno and Chip Vega of Craftpoint Brewing Co. have proven that there is a thirst for craft beers among the local drinking public.

October 4, 2014

Greatly graphic, extremely violent

When we first encounter Nick Dunne and Amy Elliott, they have just met and seem perfect for each other, falling in love almost instantly.

October 4, 2014

Twitter talk with @TitasofManila

When @TitasofManila broke through our collective consciousness last week, with tweet after tweet it reminded us of our own awesome aunts—the sweet, sometimes strict, often funny (whether intentionally or not) ladies who have rocked our worlds since we were kids.

October 4, 2014

Hard-hitting spiker aims higher

Beauty is often associated with fragility. There’s something about pretty things that makes us think they break easily.

October 4, 2014

Pinoy theater productions tour Asian stages

This October, the Philippine Educational Theater Association’s all-male production of “Haring Lear” will tour Taiwan, while the Full House Theater Company’s staging of “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” will tour Singapore. (Full House is the newly established theater company of Resorts World Manila.)

October 4, 2014

Raiders of lost art face blank wall, literally

Authorities literally faced a blank wall at the Marcos Museum in Batac, Ilocos Norte, on Friday, when they searched for prized artworks by world-renowned painters on orders of the Sandiganbayan.

October 4, 2014

Somber and thoughtful, if less than truly powerful

Tanghalang Pilipino’s “Pahimakas sa Isang Ahente” has got to be one of the longest straight (meaning nonmusical) staged dramas in recent history. Clocking at nearly four hours, it’s a bittersweet tale of a once charismatic and perpetually optimistic man on the verge of losing his dreams, his soul and his family (in a manner of speaking).

October 4, 2014