Vallarta Benefit Planned for Sunday at Trio

Please Rate Vote 1 Vote 2 Vote 3 Vote 4 Vote 5

Painter Philippo LoGrande Out of Surgery  

Philippo Lo Grande, a longtime Yelapa artist known to
thousands of residents, visitors, and admirers of his paintings, was seriously injured in a fall in Puerto Vallarta two weeks ago and underwent spinal surgery this past Monday at CMQ Hospital. <br>
  The surgery cost $90,000 pesos, according to
LoGrande who was released a day later. "I'm feeling
much, much better, better than I have for a long
time," he said yesterday from his apartment in Gringo
Gulch, where he had fallen and lay for hours before
being found. <br>
 
Yelepans responded with a 100-peso spaghetti dinner
benefit at the Passion Flower Garden, yesterday, at 6
p.m. Other donations may be made locally to Rita
Zanoni or April Jones; call 209-5183 (from the U. S.
call 011-52-322-209-5183).<br>
 
Readers with PayPal accounts may also make donations
online by going to the PayPal site www.paypal.com and
making a payment to Cliff Barney's PayPal account.
PayPal donations may be charged to a credit card. <br>
  Philippo was instrumental several years ago in
setting up Bambú, a fund to help artists who are
injured or ill. It now appears that he may be one of
the first beneficiaries of the fund he helped create.
However, Bambú will not cover expenses of the type
Philippo is now incurring, and donations are urgently requested.<br>
 
A Benefit here in Puerto Vallarta for Philippo
LoGrande is planned for this Sunday, Feb. 26, at Trio Restaurant, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Local artists are donating works for auction, and a 100 peso donation includes open bar and tasty snacks. RSVP at 223-2179. Organizer Judith Ewing Morlan said yesterday that some "fifteen or more artists have responded, and we'll have several works by Philippo himself for auction."