Once upon a time, in 1971 to be precise, two shaggy-haired yanks, Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton decided to open an American style diner in an old Rolls Royce dealership in London. This place had nothing to do with market studies or target audience. It didn’t even have anything to do with Memorabilia. It was much about the essence of Rock and what this really meant. Under the concepts of passion, irreverence and unpredictability, Hard Rock Cafe was born.

Hard Rock initially had an eclectic decor but it later started to display memorabilia. The collection began in 1979 with an un-signed Red Fender Lead guitar from Eric Clapton, who was a regular at the first restaurant in London. Clapton wanted management to hang the guitar over his regular seat in order to lay claim to that spot, and they obliged. This prompted Pete Townshend of The Who to give one of his guitars, also un-signed with the note “Mine’s as good as his! Love, Pete.” And so our collection began as a good ol’ fashioned one-upmanship battle between two of rock’s greatest guitar players. Not a bad way to begin. Our Memorabilia collection now has over 74,000 pieces and is growing every day.

In 1982, Hard Rock begins a world-wide expansion, with the first U.S. Cafe in Los Angeles. Today, we have over 175 Hard Rock locations in 55 countries. In 1995, the first Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was opened in Las Vegas, Nevada, just off of the Vegas Strip. Now, we have 18 Hotels & 8 casinos in our family.

Hard Rock was that one crazy idea that worked beyond anyone’s wildest imagining and it’s still working, more than 40 years later in cafes, Hotels and casinos all over the world.

And so we are. We’re real not some silly “theme”. As genuine as the Kurt Cobain guitar on our wall in San Francisco or the bejeweled Hendrix belt in Kuala Lumpur. We don’t just own rock history, we are rock history. Have been since 1971.

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A portion of the tickets revenue will be donated to Imagen / WhyHunger in the fight childhood hunger and also 100% of money raised via the celebrity golf outing will benefit area children through DIF, a children’s services charity

Vallarta Nayarit Classic Rock Festival is here.

Puerto Vallarta.- The delegation Gustavo A. Madero reported an influx of seven million two hundred thousand pilgrims distributed within the Mariano Temple, in the atrium of the Basilica, in the borough esplanade and surrounding streets.

During the night the arrival of large numbers of people who came from other capital's districts, Interior of the Republic and other countries are perceived.

The Estancia del Peregrino five thousand visitors stayed overnight, while the tans bedrooms, located on the sides of the borough building, nine thousand believers took shelter.

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Puerto Vallarta, Jal. - On Thursday December 11 council workers in Puerto Vallarta participated in the traditional Guadalupe pilgrimage that takes place in this city and in which pilgrims express their faith and grateful for the blessings received during the year through songs, dances, prayers, flowers and offerings.

The contingent was led by Ramón Guerrero, mayor of Puerto Vallarta and his wife Ada Vidal Cabrera. Besides the CEO of Social Development, Arturo Peña Davalos; Guadalupe Anaya aldermen, Candelaria Villanueva Sánchez, Doris Aguilar Ponce, Luis Gonzalez Munguia, Othniel Barragan and Javier Pelayo Espinoza; and the Secretary General, Victor Manuel Bernal Vargas and municipal trustee, Roberto Castillo Ascencio.

Upon arrival in the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the officiating priest welcomed hundreds of municipal officials, who invited them to continue the important work of serving the citizens and make it committed to Puerto Vallarta, thinking common good, while also thanked the facilities the government has provided for safe development of this traditional celebration that attracts thousands of locals and visitors from neighboring municipalities.

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John Zaring, Organizer of the Classic Rock Festival, invited people not only to enjoy a great event but to bring unwrapped toys for the kids that don't have much in PV & Riviera Nayarit.

December 11, 2014 Los Angeles, California – Rock vocalist and Hall of Fame songwriter Lou
Gramm (The Voice of Foreigner) will have to regretfully bow out of performing at the Vallarta-Nayarit
Classic Rock Festival this weekend; the legendary singer’s father passed away yesterday
(Wednesday, December 10) in Rochester, NY.

John Zaring, the Festival’s creator and producer, says, “Given this tragic situation for Lou,
understandably, he will be staying in the states with his family. On behalf of everyone involved with
the Festival, we offer Lou our deepest condolences. I firmly believe that family must come first, and
Lou is where he needs to be, which is with his. We’ll see him here next year.”

Supported by both the Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit Tourism Boards, the four-day event will
include 3 days of classic rock music performances by 20 artists and bands, a charity golf outing to
benefit DIF (a local children’s charity), and the ‘Giant of Rock’ party where legendary soul singer Sam
Moore (of Sam & Dave) will be honored for his lifetime of achievements. Gramm was also to be
honored.

The lineup for the daily concerts in Nuevo Vallarta includes Dave Mason (Traffic), Americana rockers
the BoDeans, rock-a-billy specialists Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats, country
rockers Poco, Pure Prairie League and Firefall, and iconic classic rock bands Jefferson Starship,
Kansas, Cheap Trick, Foghat and Spencer Davis Group. Several solo artists and singers will have
their sets backed by the festival’s all-star ‘house band’, including Craig Fuller (lead singer of both Little Feat and Pure Prairie League), former Journey lead singer Steve Augeri, Monkees frontman Micky
Dolenz, former Grand Funk Railroad singer Mark Farner and Sam Moore.

The house band includes stellar musicians from several legendary rock acts, including former Doobie
Brothers and Steely Dan lead guitarist Jeffrey ‘Skunk’ Baxter, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and
rock-a-billy Hall of Famer Billy Burnette, The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton, bassists Kenny Lee Lewis of
Steve Miller Band and Kenny Gradney of Little Feat, drummers Curly Smith (Boston) and Kenny
Aronoff (John Fogerty, John Mellencamp), and keyboardist Teddy ‘Zig Zag’ Andreadis (many artists
including Carole King, Guns ‘n Roses). In addition the backing soloists, the house band will also play
songs from their own catalogs. Rock comic Mark Eddie and guitarist Carlo Vohl are also on the bill.

The concerts will be held in Nuevo Vallarta, located in Riviera Nayarit, in an outdoor space located
adjacent to the Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta. The music will be complemented by a mini gourmet food
festival featuring cuisine prepared by some the region’s top restaurants. Multiple area hotels
including Villa La Estancia Riviera Nayarit, Villa Del Palmar Flamingos, Bel Air Collection Resort and
Spa Vallarta, Marival Resort Nuevo Vallarta, Casa Velas Golf Resort, Iberostar Playa Mita, Grand
Palladium, Occidental Resort, Riu Jalisco, Now Amber, Dreams Nuevo Vallarta, Hilton Vallarta Resort
& Spa and Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta will host the visiting musicians as part of the support offered by
the hotel associations of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit.

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Friends can be the best part of life. International Friends can be exciting and exotic. The International Friendship Club (IFC) of Puerto Vallarta is the best of all.

The IFC has been around for 30 years and is a stoic member of Puerto Vallarta. It is so nice to have a friend to count on. In this case the friend is one, not in need, but… able to help others.

A “Must” adventure for your vacation in Puerto Vallarta is the Home Garden Tour. It is sponsored and run by the IFC of Puerto Vallarta. Check out the details and put it on your bucket list.

This season will mark thirty years since the IFC Home Tours were started as a way to raise funds to support the fledgling Cleft Palate Clinic. The proceeds from the tours go to support the IFC Cleft Palate Program that serves almost 200 children from birth when the lip and palate are closed until all the necessary surgeries, speech therapy, dental and orthodontia work is complete. This comprehensive program has been serving the Puerto Vallarta area for 30 years and is made possible by the funds raised by the Home Tours. The IFC also supports a number of other charitable projects in Puerto Vallarta.

Your tour will include four homes and will last about 3 hours. The homes you will visit vary from small, traditional Mexican casas to multi-million dollar oceanfront condominiums and villas. Homes change weekly so folks that are on an extended vacation can come more than once and see different homes. Tours are run by experienced, knowledgeable and entertaining tour guides who all donate their time.

Ticket prices are $500 pesos and can be purchased in advance using cash at the IFC clubhouse or at Sea Monkey the morning of the tours beginning at 9 am. You may also purchase tickets in advance on our website with a charge card or Paypal at ifctoursforvallarta.com.

Tours often sell out so we recommend that you get your ticket in advance or arrive at 9:00 am the day of the tour to purchase your ticket. Breakfast for purchase is available at the Sea Monkey if you choose while you wait for your tour to depart. More details about the Home Tours can be found on the Home Tours website at ifctoursforvallarta.com.

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Painting, sculpture and art installations will line the malecón during the entire high season from 9 a.m. to noon. The Winter Solstice on December 21st will see the official presentation of the Sailboat Sculpture and its sundial.

For the fourth consecutive year the Saturday Waterside Art Shows along the Marina Nuevo Vallarta boardwalk are being set up, ready to present local art all throughout the high season in order to reinforce cultural tourism in the Riviera Nayarit.

Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon there will be a lineup of mostly local artists preparing painting and sculpture installations, thus creating a tourist attraction for the region.

Federico León de la Vega, owner and founder of art gallery and cultural center Estudio Café is also part of the team that organizes the Saturday Waterside Art Shows and an artist in his own right. He mentioned they have had up to 15 artists participating in these events.

“This space is totally free and the invitation is open to every original artist. The proceeds from the sales will go directly to the artists, while the area businesses will benefit from the attraction they generate,” commented León de la Vega.

Federico León designed the Sailboat Sculpture, which together with the other sculptures that are being installed in the region seeks to create the iconic attractions that generate tourism, such as the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen that receives over 3.5 million visitors per year.

The Sailboat Sculpture is also a sundial and will be inaugurated on the afternoon of December 21st (the Winter Solstice), when the story behind the art will be shared, accompanied by jazz music composed by local musician Néstor Pulido in honor of the great deed.

“The tourist who seeks art is more civilized, spends more, is more generous, has less issues and is less problematic. This is the tourism we should seek,” concluded Federico León de la Vega.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- The 15th edition of Toys For Tots closed with great success during a gala dinner in which they auctioned different items and services to raise money to buy toys and offer them to the children of Puerto Vallarta and Nayarit.

During its first year, this initiative achieved distribute 500 toys, the past year distributed between 8 thousand and 10 thousand toys. Also counted this year with performance of 250 people, 90 people more than the earlier edition.

In the closing dinner attended by businessmen in the region, as well as special guests as Demetrio Maduro and Lourdes Pizarro, David Quiroz, among others

Toys For Tots originated after World War II by US Marine and now benefits children around the world.

The toys will be delivering after Day of kings (Dia De Reyes) and its total of more than 500,000 pesos contemplated.

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A total success was the event Piñatas de Luz that Mamas in PV organized this Saturday November 22 at El Río BBQ Restaurant to prepare not only their Christmas festivities, but also to help the children who are in care at Pasitos de Luz. Mothers are helping others and great unions of mothers with healthy kids to help those moms with special needs kids has begun! Always with an open heart to help those in need, Mamas in PV invited those who wanted to be part of the difference to make the Christmas of Pasitos de Luz kids a merrier and full-of-light one.

The answer of Vallarta’s community came just as expected: everyone who saw the kids’ profiles found one to identify with and decided to become a sponsor of their Christmas wishes. Click here to see the participating children.

The event couldn´t be more merrier; grown ups and young ones had a great time participating in the activities prepared especially for the occasion. Thanks a lot to the mothers who decided to sponsor a kid with special needs. Thanks to Mamas Ana Uribe and Aimee Jewel for the cookies, to Sweet City for the cupcakes, to Kim Kuzma for her performance, to Miki and friends for a Mickey Mouse super show, to Sweet Bar Cassian for more cupcakes, to Betty Pichardo for setting up the photo booth and the piñata contest, to Verity Leslie for taking the pictures, Engish Connections for Christmas story time and to the Koala Club team for taking care of children with Christmas activities during the event.

Mama in PV Veroshka Medina made the Piñata Sol, winner of the sensational Piñata Contest carried out as part of the great fiesta Piñatas de Luz. Veroshka included the Piñata Sol as part of what little Benjamín will enjoy during these festivities.

Thanks also to Puerto de Luna Hotel, to Kurt Sinner of El Río BBQ, to Entre Amigos San Pancho, to Los Muertos Playeras for donating juice boxes, to Dr. Leticia Quezada and her husband Dr. Ramiro López who took apples for everybody, to Michelle Mayer Fullfer of Provecho Vallarta for donating food for the Pasitos de Luz kids, to Mario Jiménez for donating the printouts on behalf of Print PV , to Nicole Marie who organized a table to make Christmas masks – a huge success! – and to CupoCity for all the support and organization of the event. The event was organized by Nicole Martin of CupoCity who ‘did it again!. Her unwavering and fabulously fearless dedication to others has moved mountains, one project at a time.’

Mamas in PV Piñata de Luz, 22 Noviembre 2014

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Leñero, considered one of Mexico’s most important writers and on of the main founders of influential magazine Proceso, died of lung cancer in Mexico City.

Vicente Leñero, one of the most important Mexican writers of the second half of the 20th century, died on Wednesday of lung cancer in his house in Mexico City.

Leñero's daughter, Mariana Leñero, said that the writer spent his last days with his family, smiling and joking.

“My father died peacefully, and, as he was so generous, he gave us a great day yesterday,” said Mariana.

Leñero, 81, was mostly known for his plays, but he also wrote novels, short stories, screenplays, and was a non-fiction master. Among his most important books is “Los albañiles” (The Builders), “Periodismo de emergencia” (Emergency journalism), “Gente así” (People Like This), “La vida que se va” (The Life that Goes).

Leñero participated in the best years of Mexican newspaper Excelsior, when Julio Scherer was the director. The paper was known in Latin America for it's independent position before the government.

After Scherer and his team were sacked from the paper through a plot of then Mexican President Luis Echeverría, Leñero helped him to found Proceso, which remains as Mexico's most important political magazines. Leñero wrote the story of the plot against Excelsior and the birth of Proceso in his famous book “The journalists.”

The Mexican novelist always remained a humble and timid person. He did not give many interviews and was known for being a coherent and independent thinker.

Leñero will receive a series of homages in the next days from various cultural Mexican institutions, from Guadalajara's Book Fair (the most important in Spanish), to the Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta).

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