• In Innerview, fictionist Nikki Alfar tells us that once upon a time, she actually stopped writing because she wasn’t brave enough to pursue it. Look at her now: two Palancas and a National Book Award–and counting.
• Ige Ramos assesses the Roxas Boulevard he sees every day as he travels to and from work. The thoroughfare “offers so much art and a seemingly endless source of historical trivia.” Go back in time and discover Roxas Boulevard’s “unbearable kitschness of being.“
• Former Wall Street yuppie and now a professional fighter and author residing in Asia, Antonio Graceffo imbibes this one big lesson from learning arnis: “Go with the flow.”
• Philippine Star columnist Clarissa Chikiamko asks, “Can’t Filipino art simply be good art, or must there be something Filipino in it?”
• A Miami New Times writer tries out the Filipino restaurant Tatay’s.
• Check out photos from opening night of Disney’s High School Musical, which stars STAGES’ Sam Concepcion as Troy Bolton.
• Graphika Manila 2007, on its second year, opens in August at the SM Mall of Asia.
• Win a pocket Moleskine: PinoyCentric’s komiks contest Ika Nga is still open up to midnight, July 7.
• A heads-up for next week: A feast for more than 100 bloggers at SM Mall of Asia’s Taste Asia, July 3, 7 pm.

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