1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Finalists

1st Philippine Airlines (PAL) Photo Contest Finalists

Philippine Airlines proudly announces the finalists of the 1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest. Last week, five judges selected the finalists and winners out of some 2,800 entries submitted by professional , amateur and junior photographers nationwide. The 1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest is the first and most prestigious competition of its kind this year, with winners from the Professional, Enthusiast and Junior divisions receiving over a million pesos in total prizes.

Here are the 1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest finalists (In random order):

Professional Division - The Beauty of the Philippine Scapes Award: Erwin T. Lim , Mark Wendel Dela Cruz, Ramon F. Castillo, Benny Bondoc, John Javellana,Rodney Niduaza, Samuel De Leon, Ronie N. Poblacion, James Park, Leonardo Sexcion, Ferdinand M. Singh, Roberto Mendoza, and Carlo Carlos.

Professional Division - The Beauty of the Philippine People / Portrait Award: Rosemarie Razon, Carlo Carlos, Walter C. Villa, Joseph R. Yamane, Rodolfo Manabat, Romulo Domagas, Dennis Magdamo, Rodney Niduaza, Rolando Jumawan, and Raniel Castañeda.

Professional Division - The Beauty of the Philippine Culture Award: Ruel Bimuyag, Donald Tapan, Carlo Carlos, Bobby Timonera, Michael W. Li, Arnold Jumpay, Erwin T. Lim, Rosemarie Razon, Raniel Jose Castañeda, Carolina Bustamante, Sixto M. Agraviador, Mark Wendel Dela Cruz, Jethro Rafael, and Jesus Tinapay

Enthusiasts Division - The Beauty of the Philippine Scapes Award: Susan Celzo, Ernest Kurt C. Tan, Victor Alvarez, Merlie Biona, Antonio Rojas, Jr. , John Marcel Lainez, Roselyn F. Roldan, Jacob Maentz, Vincent Vilaroza, Teodoro Labay Pelaez, Lhor Santillan, Joylove Delgado, and Judith Carlos.

Enthusiasts Division - The Beauty of the Philippine People / Portrait Award: Leonard Pe, Pacita Tiong, Mark Sandoval, Hannibal Zenon Ong, William Lee Chin, Jacob Borres, Rustom Banal , Jr. , Jose Paolo Sanchez, Josaias De la Cruz, Ronald Rillo, McLloyd T. Jumpay, and Hersley-Ven D. Casero

Enthusiasts Division - The Beauty of the Philippine Culture Award: Antonio Rojas, Jr., Jesse M. Narrazo, Joaquin Ruste, Lemuel Ragaza, Maritoni Nanini, Jojie Alcantara, Maria Catalina G. Jumpay, Leslie Go Alcantara, Rustom Banal, Jr., Pacita Tiong, Ronalie Beltran, Allan Ong, and Japoi Cequina

Junior Division - The Beauty of the Philippine Scapes Award/ People / Portrait Award/ Culture Award Eouia Aum Dueñas, Marirose Angeline Lim, and Marilaine Claudette Gapal,

The awarding ceremony of the 1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest is tentatively scheduled on Sunday, 3pm-5pm, October 28, 2007 at the SM Mall of Asia.

All 1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest finalists will be notified by emails so that they will be there to await the announcement of the contest's nine lucky winners from the Professional, Enthusiast and Junior Divisions.

The 1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest aims to promote Philippine ecotourism, as well as encourage photographers of all ages and skill levels to develop their talents. The competition is for the benefit of Philippine Airlines Foundations ecotourism projects, and is presented in partnership with EPSON and SM Supermalls. Sponsors include I-MAG Photography, Mabuhay Magazine, philphotography. net, El Nido, Marithe Francois Girbaud, The Tides Boracay, The EMBASSY, Gadgets Magazine, Speed Magazine, Action & Fitness,Graphic Expo and OWG Creative Centre.

Co-organized by OneWorkshop, Inc., and Eastgate Publishing Corporation.

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Landscapes on Paper Exhibit @ OWG Creative Centre

Landscapes on Paper
Cathy Lasam's 3rd Solo Exhibition

Opening cocktails on October 24 2007 at 6PM

"Landscapes on Paper" runs from October 24 to November 24, 2007 at OWG
Creative Centre, Ground Floor 2241 La Fuerza Plaza II, Don Chino Roces
Ave. corner Sabio St., Makati City. Gallery hours are from 10am-7pm
daily except Sundays.

For inquiries, call or fax 8192074, e-mail
inquiry@owg. cc, or visit www.owg.cc.

Please come!

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Lunduyan ng Sining @ Magnet Katipunan

Lunduyan ng Sining
POETRY NIGHT at Magnet Katipunan,
Oct 22, 7pm

Audiences can enjoy sultry poetry and music performed and done by contributing artists and friends! Featuring Saffron Speedway, Katrina Pallon of Scarlet Tears, Charms Tianzon of Matilda, Mozzie and Convoy. OCT. 22, Monday. Program starts 7pm SHARP till 930PM only @ Magnet Katipunan. Open mic follows so bring your poetry. Admission is Free!

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Lunduyan ng Sining (sanctuary of art) is a group of young and active women-loving women that aims to address lesbian issues and advocacies. We believe in the artistic ability and beautiful vision of lesbians. We also believe in nourishing that gift by supporting and creating a haven for lesbian art, accomplished by initiating a series of projects to help flourish and make the lesbian voice be heard and acknowledged.


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For more info, check out http://lunduyanngsining.multiply.com

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Literary Events in October

Literary Events in October

The U.P. Likhaan: Institute of Creative Writing Center and The Ortigas Foundation, Inc. invite the public to two literary events in October. Both will be held at the Ortigas Center in Ortigas Avenue corner Meralco Avenue at 6pm.

On October 18 (Thursday), renowned critic Dr. Gemino Abad of the U.P. College of Arts and Letters will deliver a paper titled "Our Sense of Country In Our Poetry In English."

On October 19 (Friday), UMPIL writers Vim Nadera, Krip Yuson, Marne, Kilates, Wendell Capili, Roberto Anonuevo, Rebecca Anonuevo, Teo Antonio, Fidel Rillo, Jun Balde, Mike Coroza, and Teo Antonio will read poems in English and Filipino.

The literary event is held to promote awareness of our Filipino cultural and literary heritage and is open to the public.

Call UP Likhaan at (632) 922-1830, 920-5301 local 7974 / (632) 922-1830 .

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Denise Weldon Artist Talk @ Silverlens Gallery

silverlens gallery invites everyone to attend the first Saturday activity for their current exhibit, EverydayLight by Denise Weldon. EverydayLight is about being mindful and in awe of light and its outer and inner forms … being acutely aware of its movement, its diversity and its constancy … and being in gratitude for the pauses in life that allow us to be spectator of the beauty that abounds in the everyday.

Photographer Denise Weldon will be giving an Artist Talk for EverydayLight on October 20, from 1-3PM.

silverlens gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Warehouse 2, Yupangco Building. Gallery hours are 10 to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays and 1 to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information, call 8160044 or email manage@silverlensphoto.com.

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The Samsons Exhibit @ Kaida Gallery

“The Samsons”
Jerson Samson • Julio Samson • Jaypee Samson
KAIDA GALLERY
28 October – 12 November 2007

You don't have to be Bart to love the Samsons.

Painters and brothers Jerson, Julio, and Jaypee Samson mount a three-man show this month at Kaida Gallery. But unlike the dysfunctional and comical family glorified in American primetime animation, the Samsons are anything but goofy and trivial in their representations of contemporary Philippine society.

Jerson Samson himself as a 'taga-masid' (observer) or 'taga-kwento' (story-teller) of everyday realities, from the mundane to the bizarre. At a time when stories tend to revolve around the centers of power, Jerson Samson chooses to represent stories from the margins of society. These, such as urban poor slums, are spaces often hidden away from the view of tourists or dignitaries, sites occupied by most of the nation's rural poor population.

Julio Samson delivers a more scathing critique of societal ills and excesses in a series of paintings depicting contemporary personalities as half-human and half-animal. The artist appropriates traditional and historical animal symbolisms--often predator species which denote a variety of vices or unsavory qualities--and juxtaposes these with human figures whose attires similarly denote the dominance in the political, economic, military, and religious hierarchies of our contemporary times.

Jaypee Samson exhibits in this show a series of works articulating the woes of the present Philippine public education system. He pays tribute to a familiar though often overlooked figure: the public school teacher, steward of the nation's future. Aware of the increasing dearth of educators, either forced to leave their vocations or find jobs overseas due to economic exigencies, Samson quietly pays tribute to what he terms as the 'new heroes' of this generation: teachers who strive to educate their students at all costs and through whatever means, in spite of the crisis facing

The three Samson brothers all completed their degrees in Fine Arts (major in Painting) at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Fine Arts in Diliman, Quezon City and have earned individual distinctions in various Philippine art competitions.

A consistent Finalist in the 27th, 28th, and 29th Shell National Students Art Competition, Jerson Samson went on to win the Juror's Choice distinction in the 1997 Representational Category of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) Annual Art Competition. He was a Finalist in the 2003 Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards, and the 2000 and 2001 Metrobank Foundation Young Painters Annual. He was also included in the Top Five of the 1999 Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards.

Julio Samson is currently taking up his Masters in Fine Arts, also at UP and has completed units in educational teaching at the Marikina Institute of Science and Technology. He is a Semi- Finalist in the 2006 Philippine Art Awards sponsored by the Philip Morris Group of Company, the Metrobank Art and Design Competition (Sculpture Division), the 2003 Art Association of the Philippines and The Philippine Olympic Committee "Sports on Canvas and Paper Painting Competition", the 2000 Metrobank Young Painter’s Annual Painting Tilt, and the 1997 Pilipinas Shell National Student’s Art Competition.

The youngest of the three, Jaypee Samson is a triple Grand Prize awardee in the 2005 Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS) Painting Competition (Student Category), the 2004 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (Oil-Based Medium on Canvas Category), and the 2004 18th Visual Art National Competition for the PLDT-DPC Telephone Directory Cover. He has held two solo exhibitions since 2006.

The Samsons opens on 28 October, 6 p.m. (Sunday) and runs until the 12th of November 2007 at Kaida Gallery, located at the 2nd Floor, GFO Building, 122 Kamuning Road, Quezon City, Philippines 1102. For inquiries, please call (632) 4144777. 0928.5057285. www.kaidagallery.com

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WPPP Photo Congress 2007

WPPP PHOTO CONGRESS 2007
SAVE THE DATE !

TO ALL PHOTOGRAPHY ENTHUSIASTS, HOBBYIST, AMATEURS, ADVANCED
AMATEURS, PROFESSIONALS AND ASPIRING WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS !

Come and Join the 4th WPPP PHOTO CONGRESS
to be held at the Megatrade Hall 3, Megamall
on October 22-25 2007

This year we have more Trade Exhibitors, Photo Exhibits,Photo & Video
Contests and Seminars by Foreign and Local speakers !
Featuring Martin & Ryan Schembri, World Recognized Father and Son
Master Photographers, watch out for their Highfaluting Lectures and on
the spot demos!

Check out the latest gears and Equipments from suppliers here and abroad!

Don't be left behind! Be a delegate!
Hurry and register now! Limited seats only!

WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE PHILIPPINES
35 P.Tuazon Street Cubao Quezon City
4105561/09177438949

www.photocongress.com.ph

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Cine Europa 10 Films & Schedule @ Shang-ri La

CINE EUROPA 10 - FILMS AND SCHEDULE
OCT. 18-31, 2007
SHANG CINEPLEX, SHANG-RI LA PLAZA MALL

CINE EUROPA 10 - Films
Summer with the Ghosts AUSTRIA
A film is being produced at the medieval fortress of Finterstein in Austria, at the great displeasure on the resident ghosts. Peter, the film producer is visited by his daughter Caroline from Montreal, who is on summer holiday. As her father is busy, she begins her own exploration of the fortress.

The Kiss BELGIUM
Sarah, a beautiful and gifted girl of 15, lives in a wealthy but dysfunctional family. She holds on to one dream: to run away and to become a professional ballerina.

Dead Man’s Hand BELGIUM
A wacky comedy about a frugal husband who spends his days repossessing goods purchased by big spenders–while an old friend teaches his neglected wife how to shop on a grand scale.

Kolya CZECH REPUBLIC
A bittersweet comedy set in Prague about an aging bachelor saddled with a small boy from Russia. It is set in the late 1980s, the period just before the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia.

The Leap DENMARK
Tobias Jacobsen is 42. When the doctors tell him he is fatally ill, the earth opens up beneath him and he finds himself plunging into the abyss.

FC Venus FINLAND
A romantic comedy of men and women, and the differences between the two. It is a story of success and failure, the joy of winning and the fear of losing–and football.

La Mome FRANCE
From the streets of of the cutthroat Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York’s concert halls, Edith Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love.

Summer in Berlin GERMANY
A story of two girlfriends, who, from their balcony–between heaven and earth gaze down at their turbulent and difficult universe, where the right men are all too often exactly wrong, and to get ahead even a good-looking woman had better be strong.

Just Sex and Nothing Else HUNGARY
Discovering that her lover is already married, Dora, a 30 year-old playwright, decides to give up on men. She focuses on satisfying her own desire to have a child and starts to look for a donor.

Inside I’m Dancing IRELAND
Michael has cerebral palsy and has spent all his life in residential care. He knows nothing beyond the walls of the Carrigmore Home for the Disabled. Until, that is, he meets new resident Rory, a wise-cracking rebel who will not allow his Duchenne muscular dystrophy to sap his spirit.

Facing Windows ITALY
Giovanna is a bookeeper in a company which packs chickens. She is married to a man who has a precarious job. Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna begins to reflect on her life and turns to a young man who lives across from her.

You am I LITHUANIA
A contemporary tale about an architect-dreamer building a futurist house in a tree, within a gloomy forest.

Ellis in Glamourland THE NETHERLANDS
A world famous glamour guru is in town publicising her hugely successful help book. In a moment of brashness at a publicity presentation, she randomly selects unsuspecting hotel cleaner and single mother, Ellis, promising to turn her from "ugly duckling" to "beautiful swan".

Meeting the Enemy SLOVAKIA
The setting is a snow-covered landscape towards the end of World War II. The film revolves a day in the life of a soldier, who was tasked to escort his prisoner with orders to shoot him.

Carol’s Journey SPAIN
Carol, a 12 year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the secretive family environment.

Jalla! Jalla! SWEDEN
Måns and Roro are best friends and work as park attendants. The days calmly pass by until Måns all of a sudden has serious problems getting an erection and Roro is faced with the fact that he has one week to avoid being married off.

Taming of the Shrew UNITED KINGDOM
Baptista has 2 daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody’s much interested in problem child, Kate until Baptista declares that he won’t give Bianca away in marriage until he’s found a husband for Kate.

CINE EUROPA 10 - Schedule
OCT. 18 (THURSDAY)
OPENING NIGHT
Shooting Dogs (1:55) 7:00 PM

OCT. 19 (FRIDAY)
Summer with the Ghost (1:25) 12:00 PM
The Kiss (De Kuss) (1:37) 2:00 PM
Dead Man’s Hand (Petite Miseras) (1:17) 4:00 PM
Closely Watched Trains (1:29) 6:00 PM
Fanny & Alexander (3:08) 8:00 PM

OCT. 20 (SATURDAY)
Kolya (1:48) 12:00 PM
Leap (1:31) 2:15 PM
FC Venus (1:47) 4:15 PM
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1:31) 6:30 PM
La Mome (2:20) 8:30 PM

OCT. 21 (SUNDAY)
The Leopard (II Gattopardo) (3:05) 12:00 PM
Summer in Berlin (1:47) 3:30 PM
Just Sex & Nothing Else (1:30) 6:15 PM
Ellis in Glamourland (1:35) 8:15 PM
You am I (1:30) 9:20 PM

OCT. 22 (MONDAY)
Facing Windows (1:36) 12:00 PM
You am I (1:30) 2:45 PM
Karakter (2:00) 4:45 PM
Lives of Others (2:17) 7:15 PM
Ellis in Glamourland (1:35) 10:00 PM

OCT. 23 (TUESDAY)
Meeting the Enemy (2:00) 12:00 PM
Carol’s Journey (1:44) 2:30 PM
Jalla! Jalla! (1:28) 4:45 PM
Taming of the Shrew (2:07) 7:45 PM
Shooting Dogs (1:55) 10:00 PM

OCT. 24 (WEDNESDAY)
Closely Watched Trains (1:29) 12:00 PM
Fanny & Alexander (3:08) 2:00 PM
The Kiss (De Kuss) (1:37) 5:30 PM
Summer with the Ghost (1:25) 7:45 PM
Dead Man’s Hand
(Petite Miseras) (1:17) 9:40 PM
OCT. 25 (THURSDAY)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1:31) 12:00 PM
La Mome (2:20) 2:00 PM
FC Venus (1:47) 5:00 PM
Kolya (1:48) 7:20 PM
Leap (1:31) 9:40 PM

OCT. 26 (FRIDAY)
Taming the Shrew (2:07) 12:00 PM
Ellis in Glamourland (1:35) 2:30 PM
You am I (1:30) 4:30 PM
Karakter (2:00) 6:30 PM
Facing Windows (1:36) 9:00 PM

OCT. 27 (SATURDAY)
Shooting Dogs (1:55) 12:00 PM
Taming of the Shrew (2:07) 2:30 PM
Carol’s Journey (1:44) 5:00 PM
Jalla! Jalla! (1:28) 7:15 PM
Meeting the Enemy (2:00) 9:15 PM

OCT. 28 (SUNDAY)
Summer with the Ghost (1:25) 12:00 PM
Dead Man’s Hand
(Petite Miseras) (1:17) 2:00 PM
Fanny & Alexander (3:08) 4:00 PM
The Kiss (De Kuss) (1:37) 7:30 PM
Closely Watched Trains (1:29) 9:40 PM

OCT. 29 (MONDAY)
Jalla! Jalla! (1:28) 12:00 PM
The Leopard (II Gattopardo) (3:05) 2:15 PM
Facing Windows (1:36) 5:45 PM
Just Sex & Nothing Else (1:30) 8:00 PM
Lives of Others (2:17) 10:00 PM

OCT. 30 (TUESDAY)
Leap (1:31) 12:00 PM
La Mome (2:20) 2:00 PM
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1:31) 4:50 PM
Kolya (1:48) 6:50 PM
FC Venus (1:47) 9:15 PM

OCT. 31 (WEDNESDAY)
Just Sex & Nothing Else (1:30) 12:00PM
Karakter (2:00) 2:00 PM
Carol’s Journey (1:45) 4:45 PM
Summer in Berlin (1:47) 7:00 PM
The Leopard (II Gattopardo) (3:05) 9:15 PM

CINE EUROPA 10 - FILMS AND SCHEDULE
OCT. 18-31, 2007
SHANG CINEPLEX, SHANG-RI LA PLAZA MALL
http://www.delphl.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm?pagename=specialfeature&feature...
DATES AND VENUES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.

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British Council & UP Likhaan Sponsor Reading Workshop

BRITISH COUNCIL AND U.P. LIKHAAN SPONSOR READING WORKSHOP
by Arvin Abejo Mangohig

What do literature teachers do during their spare time?

The British Council has Alan Pulverness to offer. The internationally acclaimed reading specialist will deliver five lectures in the Philippines for free between October 19 and 27 and the UP Likhaan: Institute of Creative Writing will host him on October 26, 9am to 5pm, to talk about “Teaching Language through Literature: Reading Across Cultures” at the UP College of Arts and Letters Audio-Visual Room, Faculty Center, UP Diliman.

Alan Pulverness is a freelance teacher trainer, materials writer, and an Associate Trainer with the Norwich Institute for Language Education. His areas of special interest are culture and the teaching of literature. He has a degree in Comparative Literature and Applied Linguistics from the University of East Anglia . He has edited and advised for several new volumes on new fiction and worked on an award-winning course on Macbeth.

Pulverness was part of the Reading Reputations, 20th annual British Council Conference on the teaching of literature and Animating Literature, the British Council regional seminar held in Prague , among others.

In the Philippines , his itinerary includes:

19 October “Using Literature in Teaching Content Areas” In-Service Training for Teachers - Cluster 1 ( Luzon );

22 October “Using Literature in Teaching Content Areas” In-Service Training for Teachers - Cluster 1 (Visayas-Mindanao) ;

25 October “Theory and Practice in Language and Literature: A Revisit and Re-vision” with Council for Department Chairs in English and the College English Teachers' Association;

26 October “Teaching Language through Literature: Reading Across Cultures” with the UP Likhaan: Institute of Creative Writing

27 October “Boogie by the Book (main lecture): Teaching Language through Literature: Reading Across Cultures"

For more information and confirmation of the lectures, please contact Eva Garcia-Cadiz at 922-1830 or the British Council at 914-1011 to 14 or e-mail the British Council at britishcouncil@britishcouncil.org.ph or visit websites: http://www.britishcouncil.org/ philippines and panitikan.com.ph

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