Lavish P35M digital-aided production of ‘Noli–The Opera’ due Jan. 28
A “Chinoy” from Binondo, Manila, Jerry Sibal had been a folk dancer since he was 16 when one day a kind of Joycean epiphany occurred and he decided to leave
A “Chinoy” from Binondo, Manila, Jerry Sibal had been a folk dancer since he was 16 when one day a kind of Joycean epiphany occurred and he decided to leave
It’s been about 20 years since Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams first performed in Manila, at the old Folk Arts Theater. We didn’t see the concert, but according to one anecdote, Adams walked around the CCP complex a few hours before the show to shake off a temporary ailment.
She ran her fingers up and down the ivory keys of her grand piano, the engaging melody of a popular piece somehow animating the framed Amorsolo adorning the wall of a plush Makati condo.
YOUR mantra for the week: “I am undaunted about all obstacles. I overcome them easily.”
Your mantra for the week: “Abundance is quality, not necessarily quantity.”
Put your attention now on your Higher Self which is the God within you. Fill your mind and heart with love and gratitude, and this feeling will bring to you all the things you will ever need—everything for your highest good and greatest joy.
Loida Nicolas-Lewis breaks into a disarming smile while playing a few bars on the piano in her condo, where she stays when she’s in town from New York.
Long before she was named one of the World’s 100 Most Influential Women by the Filipino Women’s Network, Loida Nicolas Lewis’ name had already become a byword in a small town in Sorsogon.
“LET GOD arise in your consciousness and all your thine enemies shall be slain and scattered,” according to the Scriptures.
“Cancel it,” costume and set designer Jerry Sibal recalls telling philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis, four months before the New York staging of “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera.”
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