Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- These include Canadian Gilles St-Croix, co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil and creator of the Circo de los Niños (Children’s Circus); U.S. jazzman, Jeff Oster, who has played at the San Pancho Music Festival; and British painter, Daniel Stone, who has exhibited at Bodega 3.

San Pancho is known as the Cultural Capital of the Riviera Nayarit thanks to the concentration of artistic and educational activities in this village.

The creation of civil associations that operate the old warehouses marked the start of what has basically turned this community into a magnet for a broad range of important artists.

The most prominent name among the several artists that have come to San Pancho is undoubtedly that of Gilles Ste-Croix, a world-renowned performer with a 35-year career under his belt. Upon his retirement he decided to create the Circo de los Niños (Children’s Circus) in San Pancho in a bid to give back to the community.

“I came to San Pancho for the first time 15 years ago on vacation and I discovered a very special place, very green and shady, with a lovely atmosphere and lovely people; that’s why I decided to buy a home here 8 years ago,” commented Ste-Croix.

“A little over four years ago I observed how Entre Amigos worked with children and I decided to help teach them what became the first incarnation of the Circo de los Niños. It’s a unique opportunity for them, because there is no other place like this,” added the Canadian artiste.

Another very special visitor is U.S. jazzman Jeff Oster, who has participated at no charge in the San Pancho Music Festival for the past seven years.

“This is one of the most beautiful places in the world and those who live here should be very proud. All the art created in San Pancho has saturated the area with such feeling and creativity; it’s like a society of people all interested in the arts… It’s my favorite spot,” enthused the musician.

Other celebrities including British painter Daniel Stone also have a connection with the area that inspires them to return time and again to exhibit their creations and continue to nourish the Cultural Capital of the Riviera Nayarit.

San Pancho is not the only microdestination of the Riviera Nayarit with a cultural and artistic offering for visitors, but it is, without a doubt, one that has set the standards for others to follow.

This Saturday, March 28th, 2015 at 7:30pm, A Page in the Sun is pleased to host a benefit Opera Recital with Gabriel Delgadillo in support of Casa Hogar Maximo Cornejo Quiroz.

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco,- In a ceremony that took place in Tlaquepaque History House, to honor the Artisans on their special day, Camilo Ramires Munguia, on behalf of Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Diaz, congratulated the Artisans for their work and told them that in the two years he has been in office he has seen great improvement in their work; “you are all doing a great job, but today specially, we congratulate our big Jalisco Artisan family, who are the pillar of our culture”, he said.

He went on to say that this is the time for changes, and that the three levels of government are working together with only one vision in mind, and that is: to provide the means and mechanisms so that Artisans obtain their vision of business status; he said: “an Artisan is not synonym of poverty; we want to see Artisans developed into successful businessmen. We should begin by believing and valuing the work of our great masters”.

Ernesto Meza, Tlaquepaque Meyer; Maria de la Luz Paredes, Director of House of Artisans’; Mauricio Preciado, Director of Economy Development and Tlaquetepaque town official Antonio Lozano, participated in the ceremony.

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On Sunday, April 12th, the town of Bucerías invites everyone from visitors to locals to enjoy the 2015 15th Oyster Festival at El Punto Beach.

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• The Twitter Party ended on a high note garnering over 10 million impressions in 118 cities in the Americas, Europe and Asia thanks to the hard work put in by the Riviera Nayarit Social Media Club and the community following the destination.

The Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau’s (CVB) latest Twitter Party achieved its objective when it positioned the hashtag #RivieraNayaritExtremo in third place among trending Twitter topics in Mexico.

The goal was hit a mere 45 minutes into the party, which took place March 20th. A total of 10,259,317 impressions were obtained via 2,160 tweets by 229 users tuned in from 118 cities in the Americas and Europe, as well as a smattering from Asia.

The @RivieraNayarit Twitter account surpassed 12 thousand followers just after the Twitter Party, while the English-language account also exhibited quite a bit of action and increased its followers to over 6,000.

The official account for the Mexico Tourism Board, @VisitMex, with over 200 thousand followers, was one of the most active participants. The account @tipsdeviajero, with nearly 140 thousand followers, was also constantly commenting and interacting.

Apart from #RivieraNayaritExtremo and #RivieraNayarit, the top hashtags in play during the party included #surf, #skydive, #adrenalina, #vacaciones, #nayarit y #playa.

Although only nine hotels from the Riviera Nayarit Social Media club hosted the event, the majority of the area hotels collaborated towards its success, as did other tourism service companies.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- Hollywood star Katherine Heigl, ex-basketball player and current LA Lakers coach, Byron Scott, and Mexican model/hostess Vanessa Arias all enjoyed a stay in the destination.

The Riviera Nayarit continues to position itself as a luxury destination and a favorite haunt of movie, television, music and sports industries celebrities. The first few months of the current year were no exception.

Hollywood actress Katherine Heigl, Byron Scott, technical director for the LA Lakers, and Mexican model Vanessa Arias all spent a few unforgettable days during their recent visits to Mexico’s Pacific Treasure.

Katherine chose Punta Mita for her getaway with her loved ones. The actress has been featured in dozens of films and television series, and has three and a half million followers on her social media accounts.

Her visit once again highlights this area of the Riviera Nayarit as the most exclusive development in Mexico. Once her visit was over and she returned home, she reminisced about the area’s incredible sunsets.

Byron Scott chose to spend his vacation days at Villa La Estancia Riviera Nayarit, a hotel that is a favorite among American celebrities thanks to its excellent service. The ex-basketball player assured his followers that his time off was quite rejuvenating.

Last, but certainly not least, model Vanessa Arias spent a few days with her friends in Nuevo Vallarta at the Hard Rock Hotel, where they made some unforgettable memories in a resort where the fun is practically guaranteed.

These visits serve to showcase the wonderful diversity of the Riviera Nayarit’s hotel infrastructure, which is ready and waiting to receive everyone from VIP celebrities to those visitors in search of a quality vacation.

PUERTO VALLARTA.- This spring there’s plenty to see and do in the Riviera Nayarit, one of the destinations with the most events held practically year round with something for everyone. Keep an eye on our calendar for new events, but in the meantime, here’s a list of what’s up for April.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- In a recent work visit from Riviera Nayarit Visitors and Convention Center Public Relations Department to New York, a private cocktail party for the New York Press Media was organized. 11 reporters, plus editors and free lance writers, making a total of 20 media personalities, attended the cocktail party. Each one of them has already been in Riviera Nayarit, they already know the destination, the gathering was only meant to bring them up-to-date with what is available at Riviera Nayarit. We expect that, more than 50,000,000 people in the USA would either learn or be reminded of our destination, as a result of this event.

Richard Zarkin, manager of the Public Relation office of Riviera Nayarit Visitors and Convention Center, said that in order to place Riviera Nayarit as the number one reason for Americans to travel to Mexico, is to in a very adequate manner, enhance information on the destination. The challenge, he said, is to do it in a massive way and, at the same time, to target specific markets.

All those who attended the cocktail party are very important, but some are more than others; for example: About.com, has more than 36,000,000 visits; The Daily Beast with more than 8,400.000 visits in a month (VUM); Fodor’s Travel more than 2,600,000 VUM; Jetsetter.com more than 3,800,000 and Vogue which gets more than 1,200,000 visits.

On the list of those who attended the event we also have: Newsweek, Travel & Leisure, National Geographic, New York Daily News, The Atlantic, NBCNews.com, Bridal Guide, The LUSHiousLife, New York Resident, The Daily Meal, NY Observer, Huffington Post and Travel.Yahoo.com. These press agencies have between 100,000 to 500,000 contacts.
Putting all the press agencies together, and adding the visits they all receive, we come up with way beyond 50,000,000 potential visitors who would learn about our tourist destination.

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Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- The 4th #RivieraNayarit Twitter party will take to the air on Friday, March 20th, this time bringing participants together with the hashtag #RiveraNayaritExtremo in an effort to generate more traffic for the current contest underway for lovers of adventure, extreme sports and Mother Nature.

The Twitter party will start at 11:00 am and last until 1:30 pm on the Spanish language account (@RivieraNayarit). It’s also a great excuse to share your experiences about the destination and learn more about what it has to offer.

“The interaction with our visitors and the community itself that experiences the destination on a daily basis is a very important part of the Twitter party; that way we can get a feel for which activities and experiences are the most popular and thus have a greater awareness when we communicate with everyone,” explained Liliana Lara Guzmán, Marketing Director for the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Among other things, the Twitter party is directed towards the younger crowd in the hopes they will view the Riviera Nayarit as an adventure-filled multidestination, thus positioning it through ecotourism activities including scuba, sky diving, kite surfing, ATVs, zip-lining, rappelling, Fly-boarding and much more.

“We’re convinced that the Riviera Nayarit is a real alternative for both the young and the not so young traveler that seeks adventure on the waves and in the mountains; it’s the perfect synergy for the perfect getaway,” added Liliana Lara.

This Twitter party is organized by the Riviera Nayarit CVB’s Marketing Department in collaboration with the local Social Media Club, which is made up of hotels and tourism service companies from along the coast of Nayarit.

The hosts on this occasion will include the Hard Rock Hotel, Villa Varadero, Dreams Villamagna, Imanta, Marival Group, Villa Group, Matlali, Grand Palladium and Samba Vallarta. The rest of the regional hotels will also be active participants.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- Puerto Vallarta’s International Film Festival (FICPV) presented the movie “Alice in Mary Land” (Alicia en el País de María). The movie projection took place this past Saturday, March 14, at Hidalgo Park. It was a privilege to have actresses Stephanie Sigman y Barbara Mori among the audience, together with other guest of honors.

Stephanie Sigman and Barbara Mori were recipients of the Golden Iguana Award given by La Costa University Center (CUCosta), as recognition for their participation in Puerto Vallarta’s XV International Film Festival. Puerto Vallarta celebrity Maria Jose Zolrrilla, presented the award to Barbara Mori who expressed her gratitude and delight on receiving her Golden Iguana; “It is a joyful moment for us to be here with you and watch the movie together” she said. Hugo Carrillo, film director, was chosen to present the award to Stephanie Sigman; “thank you so very much,” Sigman said; “It is an honor to be here presenting this movie. We spent some wonderful days at Guadalajara’s International Film Festival and what a better way to end the Festival than in this gorgeous place”.

“Alice in Mary Land” (Alicia en el país de María) is a story of love and craziness. Tonatiuh and Maria live an obsessive and sadistic relationship, one evening, at the heat of a discussion, they suffered an spectacular accident. Tonatiuh losses consciousness, but never forgets his relationship with Maria. He wakes up for a moment and he only sees Alicia, his nurse.

Alicia becomes one of the protagonists of his dream. When he finally regains consciousness, Alicia gets hit by a car. A year later they meet again. Tonatiuh gets a feeling he knows her, but has no idea where he has seen her before. Alicia remembers nothing, she now suffers from amnesia. They start an unusual romance, but suddenly his memory is back, he can remember things. Recollections of Maria come back and interfere and spoil their relationship.

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Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- The XV Puerto Vallarta’s International Film Festival presented the book “Italian Cinema’s One Hundred Recipes” last Wednesday, March 11 in the Mini Auditorium of La Costa University (CUCosta). Teresita Marmolejo, President of Puerto Vallarta’s Chamber of Commerce, was present at this event. Maria Sole Tognazzi, film director, presented the book in the name of its author Laura DelliColli.

Sole Tognazzi is an Italian Film Director, daughter of UIgo Tognazzi. Her mother is actress Franca Bettoia. She was the International Film Festival guest of honor. After launching the book, she made the presentation of her film ‘Viaggio Sola’ at the inaugural event.

Marmolejo introduced Maria Sole Tognazzi, enhancing her biography and qualities: She initiated her filming career as director assistant of the movie Crack in 1991. In 1997 she signed the contract to direct her short film Non Finiscequi. She moved on to film C’eroanch’io, in 1999 and Sempre a Tempo in 2000. She received her Golden Globe for C’eroanch’io. In 2003 she made her first long film, Passatoprossimo, with Paola Cortellesi, Claudio Santa Maria and Valentina Cervi; she got the Golden Globe on 2003 for the Best Opera Debut. On the same year she also got the Silver Ribbon as Best New Director.

“The reason why we are here is to talk about a beautiful book titled ‘Italian Cinema’s One Hundred Recipes’” said Sola Tognazzi. “When Laura DelliColli found out I was coming to Puerto Vallarta, she called me to ask if I would like to launch her book; I was thrilled with the idea, and that is the reason I am here today, to present her book; a book I have been familiar with for quite a long time” she continued.

This is a very interesting book. The author is a film newscaster who had the original idea of updating the contents of this book every year; her main purpose is to make a connection of a movie with gastronomy. In the book she narrates the most famous Italian movies – old and new- and explains the history and context of each movie, through recipes of the dishes that appear in that film.

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LUGAR/PLACE: Restaurante OSCAR`S Malecon Puerto Vallarta (Rio Cuale)

DIA/DATE: 14 DE MARZO DE 2015

HORA/HOUR: 6 a 10 PM

DONATIVO/DONATION: $300 pesos por persona

TODO LO QUE PUEDAS COMER / all you can eat

There will be food from more than 10 famous restaurants from Puerto Vallarta , live music, raffles & more.....!