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Something great is coming to Escolta.

Watch out for the HUB, a new thing to look forward to this coming months!

HUB: Make Lab

For the last three years, 98B COLLABoratory (98B) in partnership with the First United Building (FUB) have been organizing the Saturday X Future Market @ESCOLTA (SxFM@E). It has been a great run. Through the monthly events we were able to meet a lot of creatives and were able to help jump-start a number of artistic and imaginative efforts.

The learnings derived from the whole experience stimulated us to develop a new concept. We are hopeful that we can count on everyone’s assistance, encouragement and patronage for the HUB|Make Lab… where creatives and creations can converge daily.

The HUB serves as an incubation space for those who wish to experiment on a more stable and sustainable setting. It is open for sellers and concessionaires of: crafts, interesting art works, limited edition merchandise, innovative food items, upcycled clothes and accessories, independent clothing labels, DIY wares, vintage goods and refurbished antiques.

Each quaint space (ranging from 6.12 to 12.25 square meters in area), open 6 days a week (Tuesday to Sundays from 11am to 8pm), will be available through quarterly open calls. Selected applicants have three months to test the market and put up their trial shops (inclusive of 1 week ingress and 1 week egress). Sellers will be selected based on the following criteria: type of product or merchandise and the proposed design for their spaces.

With the help of 1/0 Design Collective, the HUB maintains the DIY vibe of SxFM@E. Prospective sellers are enjoined to conceptualize their individual spaces with the notions of transparency, communal spirit, maker culture and interaction. An exciting addition to the blend is the presence of Fred’s Revolución: a home for sincere drinkers… merrily celebrating the legacy of Lolo Fred, born 1905.

Indeed, there are many things to look forward to. Escolta may have seen better days but we can rediscover it through new lenses. Its colorful past can be infused with a fresh palette. Merging its former glory with its newfound identity will usher an impending combination of verve and dynamism. We can make this happen.

Together we can breathe more life to Escolta… Make LAB at the HUB.

Source: HUB: Make Lab

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HEDDA GABLER

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen is a classic that is surprisingly modern in many ways yet sadly overlooked in the rush of today’s tech-mentality audiences. Actor’s Actors Inc. has decided to revisit this vital classic with De La Salle’s College of St. Benilde’s School of Design and Art (CSB SDA) as the inaugural production of The Vito Cruz Project. In a rapidly deteriorating literary environment, the project aims to make highly intelligent, seminal works available to modern audiences. This also marks the return to the stage of the acclaimed actress Lara Fabregas, and the reemergence from a theatrical hiatus of director Bart Guingona. Hedda Gabler runs for six performances from November 16, 2011 at the spanking new theater of the CSB School of Design and Arts.

Synopsis:

The play centers in one of the most elusive and enigmatic heroines in theater history, Hedda Gabler, who upon returning from her honeymoon with her newly-wed husband, George Tesman, realizes her resentment and boredom with the bourgeois life she found herself in. However, Hedda will do everything in her power to break free from the shackles of her mediocre life. She has found ways to keep herself amused: the smell of burning hair, the taste of rum punch, the sound of gunshots and the dirty little secrets that will allow her to keep the people around her wrapped around her exquisite fingers. With complex love triangles, intricate characters, betrayal, lies and a story culminating in death – this piece is so exhilarating that it truly captures how the turn of the twentieth century was like; picturesque and scandalous.

SHOW DATES November 16, 18, 23, 25, 26 2011 1PM Shows November 18 7PM Show

TICKET PRICE Php350.00 and Php200.00 on 1PM Shows Php500.00 and Php250.00 7PM Show

RUNTIME 2 hours (approx.) VENUE DLS-CSB SDA 5th floor Theatre

TARGET AUDIENCE 500

TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC Local theatre enthusiasts

We have sent invitations to various theatre guilds, local directors and universities to come watch the show. Students from DLS CSB Our show is ORDEV A & B and CSB LIFE ACCREDITED to spur interest in students with ORDEV requirements.