Utzurrum: Anniversaries, ballet and an exhibit

CELEBRATING gold is no small matter, and the trustees and members of the 50-year-old Arts Council of Cebu know this only too well. So grand it was and how!

It was in 1960 when Fe Sala Villarica gathered a handful of artists in the various fields of art—literature, painting, sculpture, dance, etc.—and formed the nucleus of a potent art group in Cebu. The rest is history. Now they’re a feisty and fabulous golden!

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Marco Polo Plaza Hotel was spruced up to the nines for the dinner ballet presentation by prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde and her top nine dancers from her Ballet Manila.

The ultra formal affair started on time, as the Arts Council is known for, amid the swishing of gowns as the trustees and their guests made their way to the buffet and back to their tables. Marco Polo did not disappoint, neither did the artists who performed as if they were in Carnegie Hall. Honest!

Lisa Macuja promised to be back, by popular request! Happy anniversary, Goldies!

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On the occasion of the 262nd death anniversary of venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, and the 90th year of her “Life and Legacy,” the Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM, the congregation that she founded), will present the following activities.

Holy Mass on Friday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, and followed by the program rites of an exhibit of her “Life and Legacy.” Welcome and cutting of the ribbon will be at the Cathedral Museum of Cebu. The viewing of the exhibits will be followed by cocktails at the Museum Verandah.