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Water everywhere at Monique Lhuillier’s collection
By Elton Lugay Cebu jeweler Amparito Lhuillier watched proudly as her daughter Monique’s water-inspired collection passed as if in a carousel before her eyes. “That’s been her dream since she was 10 years old,” Amparito told me, a fellow Cebuano. The dream did not include the part about being a highly sought-after Hollywood designer but […]
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Randy Gener draws open ‘Broadway Behind the Curtain’
There is going to be a conversation about fine-art photography, Broadway theater, and people living with HIV/Aids on September 12, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Soho Photo Gallery at 15 White Street. Editor/writer/critic Randy Gener, a nominee for the 2012 The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York Award, will moderate. “Broadway Behind the Curtain” […]
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FNO is about style, not fashion
By Elton Lugay It’s not all about shopping or dressing in style. For Nicky Feliciano, a financial analyst at EMI Music, FNO – or Fashion’s Night Out — means hanging with friends and hitting the after-parties with the overflowing cocktails and celebrity sightings. “It’s my second time,” he said. For boutique owner Michelle Mangiliman of […]
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FASHION WEEK SPRING-SUMMER 2013: Style takes the stage
By Elton Lugay Melissa Ladinez Mejia had a great time at the Style Awards, soaking in the fashion industry’s forecast for 2013. She was eyeing the collections, the celebrities and the crowd not only as a publicist for Levi’s women’s global fashion but also as a fashion-smart Filipina. “It’s nice and exclusive,” she said of […]
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CEOs to mentor Filipino entrepreneurs
New York CEO and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis leads a panel of U.S.-based business executives who will be mentoring Filipinos entrepreneurs on how to take their genius from local to global. The four days of brainstorming will take place October 5 to 8 at the Manila Peninsula in Makati City. Organized by the Philippine Development […]
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Students peer into the future of feminism
What is a wave and what will the fourth wave look like? These questions were a sampling of the many topics discussed during AF3IRM NY’s last day of the Summer School of Activism (SSOWA). Lead facilitators Minerva Arias and Maria Garcia-Mugg critiqued the first three waves of feminism and challenged students to define what the […]
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Camaraderie, trust and fear in first DACA clinic
By Jen Furer and Marie Aunio It was a gathering of lawyers, volunteers and DREAMers accompanied by their parents or guardians. The Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center became the venue for the August 24 initial consultation between lawyers and DREAM Act students seeking to legalize their status — a venue which, according to consulate […]
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A third party eyed in Queens murder-suicide
By Elton Lugay A third party is believed to have triggered the August 30 murder-suicide involving a “happy” Filipino couple in Sunnyside, Queens According to reports quoting the NYPD, 41-year-old Amis Cale jumped off the No. 7 train tracks at the 40th Street Station nearly two hours after killing his wife, Jennifer, 37. He allegedly […]
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A Filipina in City Hall
By Cristina DC Pastor You can count in one hand the Filipinos who work at City Hall. Maria Rosana Cruz, 25, who is a project coordinator and a special assistant to the Commissioner on the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, is one of them. Maria came to MOIA more than two years ago through a […]