Green advocacy pursued in Santacruzan

NOW BACK. Leon Gallery director Jaime Ponce de Leon happily announced that their extremely popular Facebook page is back!

The country’s premiere auction house lost control over the recent posts due to a cyber-attack on said page. After trying its best to remedy the situation, Leon Gallery regained control. It promised to come up with a much more secure page in the future.
Ponce de Leon apologizes for any inconvenience this situation may have caused. He also thanks all for the understanding and support.

COMPLETE. Joji Alonso of Quantum Post welcomed the arrival of Team Jodilerks dela Cruz, Employee of the Month at the 70th Festival de Cannes with a paella dinner. The only Filipino selection in the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, the short film will have its World Premiere at Semaine de la Critique (International Critics Week). It is about the titular character (as played by Angeli Bayani), a gas station attendant and her last day the station, which is soon to be closed down.
The team includes Alonso, co-producer Ling Tiong (Singapore), director of photography Lim Teck Siang (Singapore) and director Carlo Francisco Manatad.
The festival’s parallel sidebar aims to spotlight first and second films of emerging filmmakers and has had in its roster films by Wong Kar Wai (As Tears Go By, 1989), Guillermo del Toro, (Cronos, 1993) and Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, 2011).

‘WOW’ IS THE WORD. That is what all exclaim when they view the gown that Mrs. Universe South Asia 2017 Joyce Penas Pilarsky will wear as Queen Helena of the Santacruzan of the 60th anniversary of Sta. Rita de Cascia Parish, Philam Homes, Quezon City on May 28, 2017 starting 6 p.m.!
Self-designed, the gown is worn with a white terno with a gold vest attached to an intricate gold shoulder piece with sunrays design, both made from rattan, with pearls that serve as crown and halo. The seven-meter canvas train is done with a spectacular waterfall design running to a lotus pond rendered in textile and acrylic paint and embellished with beads upon beads and appliques upon appliques of flora.
Besides her fresh advocacy of saving children from human trafficking, Pilarsky has always pursued love of the environment as advocacy. This is the reason flora and fauna are central motifs of her couture and accessory designs.
No wonder Pilarsky is a multi-awarded global designer. Her Spring/Summer 2017 Collections are inspired by elegance and beauty of the royalty, being glamorous, fabulous and sexy. She was awarded Second Prize in the Apparel Category Competition for the Royalty Collections Project of International Design Awards (IDA).
Last October 17, 2015, Pilarsky was proclaimed Grand Champion at Los Angeles Fashion Week Design Competition tagged as “Design Warz” by Los Angeles Fashion Week Design Competition.
IDA is an annual competition that recognizes, honors and promotes legendary design visionaries and uncovers emerging talents in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design on global level. The coveted IDA Trophy will be awarded to all Designer of the Year title winners at the official biennial IDA Ceremony in Los Angeles.
Honorary juries examined over 1000 entries submitted by architects and designers of interiors, fashion, products and graphics from 52 countries throughout the world. After final decisions had been made, the jury rewarded the best professional and emerging designers for their achievements in terms of design, creativity, usability and innovation. Judging was a rigorous process, with winners receiving publication of their work in the International Design Awards Book of Designs.
Pilarsky luckily received rave reviews from different shows she joined and she was featured in several magazines in the Philippines, USA, United Kingdom, France and Germany. Being named as the Queen of Philippine Eco-Couture, she is also proud as a model of her own creations which are very unique, one-of-a-kind fashion accessories inspired by the beauty of nature because it makes a heart smile with happiness.
She aims also to promote Filipino fabrics and other Filipino indigenous materials from different regions in the Philippines (like pineapple, abaca, pearls, natural stones and other Filipino materials) at the same time will provide more jobs for creative women. She believes that every woman deserves to feel beautiful and stunning; wearing her creations makes a woman more confident, fabulous and a headturner.

THE ‘TRIO CON BRIO’ OF HAJJI, RICO AND K. In Three in One, expect world-class entertainment when the original Kilabot ng Kolehiyala Hajji Alejandro, the ultimate Macho Guapito Rico J. Puno and the comely chanteuse K Brosas bond on stage to deliver the best of original Filipino music, laugh-out-loud moments and more as they collectively share the spotlight. This triumvirate of seasoned performers is without a doubt, a concert casting coup! Let them entertain and show you how to have a good time in Three In One.
A concert like no other slated on June 3, 2017 (Saturday), 8 p.m., it happens at The Theatre at Solaire Hotel and Casino.
Hear their greatest hits. Hajji’s include “Nakapagtataka,” “Panakip Butas,” “Tag Ulan, Tag Araw,” “May Minamahal” and “Ang Lahat Ng Ito’y Para Sa Iyo.” Rico’s include “Kapalaran,” “May Bukas Pa,” “Lupa,” “Magkasuyo Buong Gabi,”  “Ang Tao’y Marupok” and “Macho Guapito.”
For tickets, call Ticketworld at 891-9999.

POSPORO(S) LIGHT YOUR FIRE. Posporo(s) 2017, a concert series-musical collaboration between Filipino and Spanish bands and musicians, returns with a new exciting set of paired artists from a range of genres and disparate musical styles performing together on a single stage coming from a successful run last year.
This series of concerts, which will run up to November, connects Filipino musicians with Spanish artists whose music represent both countries’ identity, exposing each other to their  musical textures, nature and a sense of their own musical landscape so that these artistic encounters bridge, if not blur, the divides of style, art form, geography and disciplines.
This project is made possible by the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes de Manila with the support of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.