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Remembering Purita / US paintings on view / Jewish children’s art

By SUNDRY STROKES | May 4, 2005 - 12:00am

The gentle and genteel Purita Kalaw Ledesma, about whom I have written reams of copy as the Grande Dame of Philippine Art, quietly passed away last week. Five years ago, she suffered a stroke, after which her mental...

Opinion

Living on the edge

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | March 11, 2005 - 12:00am

"Is fringe theater a big thing as well in the Philippines?" asked Guy Feldman, the Israeli embassy’s deputy chief of mission. A culture buff, he had brought to Manila this week a troupe to perform...

Opinion

Diplomacy via Music

By Rosalinda Orosa | June 13, 2004 - 12:00am

Since the first "French Spring in Manila" six years ago, Phil-French relations have flourished tremendously, what with world-class French musicians performing here and interacting with their Filipino ...

Starweek Magazine

Diplomacy via Music

By Rosalinda Orosa | June 6, 2004 - 12:00am

Since the first "French Spring in Manila" six years ago, Phil-French relations have flourished tremendously, what with world-class French musicians performing here and interacting with their Filipino ...

Starweek Magazine

Seeds of Sun Trio in Israel national day

By SUNDRY STROKES | April 28, 2004 - 12:00am

It was indeed cause for admiration that so beleaguered a country like Israel should find the time and resources to send a music ensemble abroad – the Seeds of Sun Trio – to mark its 56th Independence Day...

Opinion