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Red Carpet Photos
Friday, Nov 6, 2009 8:21AM / Members only
Divas Ball 2009 on red carpet. From left to right: friend of Liz Torres, Liz Torres, friend Vanessa Hill & Guia Rivera. Photo Evan J. Thomas
Divas Ball 2009 Special Guest. Photo by Evan J. Thomas
Las Divas: friend of Liz Torres, Liz Torres, friend Vanessa Hill, Guia Rivera. Photo by Evan J. Thomas
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TIBOS Halloween Bash Photo
Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 11:25AM / Members only
Gorgeous Pinay performers Jovie Calma Santos & Guia Rivera at TIBOS Halloween Bash -
Guia Rivera's Performance Airs on E>N>E Rocks TV Tomorrow Nite!
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 2:53AM / Members only
Enchufate.com is proud to present E>N>E Rocks, which airs this Wednesday, November 4 at 8PM on Cable Channel 25 Chicago
(RCN/WOW/Comcast).
This week's featured artists include: Guia
Rivera, Waldo and Glen w/ Hugo Romo as host.
Thank you to all who worked on, participated, and attended the E>N>E Rocks TV taping this past Sunday nite!
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E>N>E Rocks TV Taping: Guia Rivera feat. Alexander Mejia
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 6:54AM / Members only
We invite you to be part of the TV audience for E>N>E Rocks TV taping on Sunday, November 1 (Dia de los Muertos). Guia Rivera performs for the first time on television. Introducing musician Alexander Mejia. Taping starts @ 7 pm at Subterranean on 2011 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park. Must be 21+ to enter. Reserve your FREE seat by emailing Enchufate TV producer Sandra (info@enchufate.com).
The segment will air on E>N>E Rocks TV show on Cable Channel 25 Chicago on Wednesday, November 4th at 8 pm.
"Escondido" se revela en E>N>E Rocks TV! Guia Rivera's television performance features musician Alexander Mejia, thanks to music producer Oliver Torres.
E>N>E Rocks Official Artist Bios
Guia Rivera - Recording Artist (Vocalist)
"Yet, surprisingly, Guia Rivera never ceases to showcase gritty, artistic sensibility through her music. " -- Philippine Weekly
Guia Rivera is a striking Eurasian beauty. Her Oriental looks are Filipino mixed with Spanish and German ancestry.
The Latin Alternative scene is actually a new frontier for the singer-songwriter. She came across this route after growing weary of auto-tune overload on commercial radio. With a style of music she has coined "eclectico," Guia Rivera has ventured into hiphop, dancehall, Latin jazz, r & b, and even Middle Eastern sounds. The performer was recently seen improvising Selena's "Tu Solo Tu" with a mariachi band at Burrito Feliz in Little Village after attending the Cafe Magazine party at Horseshoe Casino. The impact of both her English and Spanish songs has found favor with certain public radio personnel in Sweden. Also, on the high seas, the USS Rentz just played her Latin jazz ditty "Te Verde" in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Extra News recently picked up on the breakthroughs of her career as a bilingual artist, crediting her as "Chicago's most popular female singer" with the release of her underground anthem "Graffiti." In 2007, radio personality Luis Jimenez got a hold of her reggaeton club banger "Camaleon" and introduced Guia Rivera with her first breath of airplay on his nationally syndicated radio show. Rivera finds freedom in the release of her current single "Escondido" as she expresses her hidden love for rock en espanol. "Escondido" will be revealed on television for the first time. The question is, can she rock? We'll soon find out. This is the first time she will be playing with blues musician Alexander Mejia.
Alexander Mejia - Guitarist
Alexander cultivates his on-stage presence as lead guitarist for Eddie C. Campbell. This self-taught musician was naturally drawn to the blues, creating the framework for his classical training, and leading to a music scholarship, as well as offers to have his work entered into the National Music Library. He vividly expresses his passion and skill for the blues by exploring new sounds through guitar, bass, and piano.
In addition, he has shared the stage with the likes of, Laurie Bell, Phil Guy, Buddy Guy, Willie Kent, Guy King, Walter Scott, Ron Holister, etc. and played at The Kingsten Mines, Buddy Guy's legend and other blues clubs around Chicago, as well as the Pennsylvania Pocono Blues Fest, the Kansas City Blues Fest, and the Chicago Blues Fest, etc. -
Guia Rivera on front page of Philippine Weekly
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 8:33AM / Members only
Friday, September 25, 2009
Divas Ball 2009 features special guest Guia Rivera
Glamour lightens up recession in Chicago
Front page of Philippine Weekly
By CYNTHIA VELEZ
Special to Philippine Weekly
Chicagoans turn to entertainment to chase away the Windy City blues as unemployment peaked at 9.6% in the United States this year, as bared bya recent study of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Today event organizers in Chicago are working hard to keep up the spirits of Chicago's citizens.
Chris Devins, Executive Producer of Hot Wax Chicago TV, who has been involved in the entertainment business for twenty years says "It's only typical that when the economy is down,entertainment always tends to increase in demand and value." So, while the stock market looks to China for hope, event promoters in Chicago call upon a particular Filipina entertainer to dazzle the evening.
Many of you know the secret weapon as Guia Rivera.
Riverawill walk the red carpet at Divas Ball 2009 on Friday, September 25,2009 at 7 p.m. Attendees will get a chance to dine with the chanteuse at Regency Banquet Hall on 5319 W. Diversey Ave in Chicago. Rivera and house music artist Liz Torres will be highlighted as special guests for the evening gala. The real focus of the night, however, is making
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sure all the ladies in attendance feel like the divas they are.
Rivera's rise to popularity comes simply from sharing with fans and friends what really goes on inside the music business.
Exactly two weeks ago, record producer Vince Lawrence invited Guia Rivera tovisit R & B legend R. Kelly's mansion. She decided to ring her girlfriends Vanessa Hill and Darleen Deocariza to accompany her to R.Kelly's party. The Japanese lantern fixtures lining R. Kelly's driveway subtly reveal the King of R & B's affinity for culture. Upon Rivera's arrival to the Tiki-lit barbecue a la R. Kelly, Vince Lawrence greeted her and im-mediately introduced Guia Rivera to R. Kelly himself.
"It's simply a dream," Rivera remarks. "I kept asking myself, am I really here with my girls in R. Kelly's living room? Then I got more comfortable at the R. Kelly party. Mister Kelly was a gracious host toall his guests."
Naturally Rivera tweet-ed her rendezvous with R. Kelly on her various web pages. This is a day and age in which you will find internet users Tweet-ing, or using a website called Twitter,to update everyone in their social network about their lives. To most people who haven't yet tested the workings on the information revolution, sending an event invitation on Facebook can be quite powerful in respect to advertising via traditional media such as printed event flyers or buying air time on television or radio. Forexample, last weekend four different promoters were bidding for her birthday event. Guia Rivera decided to hold her official birthday celebration which included a featured performance for deejay promotions company Club Mix at a nightclub venue in Schaumburg. Her Facebook event invitation reached Andre Numa, a guest who drove all the way from Michigan to Illinois to partake in the festivities with Guia Rivera and her close circle in the VIP. As soon as DJ Mike B of Club Mix announced her performance, club goers were already dancing to her song "SnakeCharmer (Hot Mix Hans Remix)."
It was deejay Hot Mix Hans who surprised her in July by spinning the club remix that he created for her popular song "Snake Charmer" at the Z Party at the Intercontinental O'Hare. Event organizer Jason de la Cruz from the 3Doves Foundation invited her as a special guest for their charity benefit to raise money for orphanages in the Philippines. De la Cruz says he is really motivated to help deliver funds to cancer patients in the Philippines to honor his mother who passed away from cancer. De la Cruz and his partner Aris Topacio definitely publicize their events with the assistance of Facebook event invitations. You can catch Guia Rivera performing live with deejay Hot Mix Hans at the T.I.B.O.S. Halloween Bash on Friday, October 30, 2009 at White Eagle Banquet Hall in Niles,IL. All of the proceeds will go to help children with cancer in the Philippines.
Lately, the performer is known for her flirtation with style. The evening of Saturday, October 24th marks the date of Rivera's second fashion show performance for couturier Victor Miller atthe Westin O'Hare. (Philippine actress Maria Isabel Lopez just wore ared sequined gown by Victor Miller to the 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival.) Miller entertained his clientele with the debut of his fall collection Fashion in Fashion presents Elegant Woman. The designer requested Guia Rivera perform "Snake Charmer" on his catwalk. She donned a black cocktail dress with applique detail by Victor Miller in early September at the Wyndham O'Hare.
"I feel like I'm living from event to event each week," Guia Rivera says. "It never ends."
Riverasays her following is more attracted to the glitz factor of her more upscale event appearances because average nightclubs just don't stir up the same magic. Yet, surprisingly, Guia Rivera never ceases to showcase gritty, artistic sensibility through her music. She will be releasing a new Latin rock single "Escondido" with her distributor BFM Digital. Viewers are looking forward to her performance of the new acoustic composition E<N<E Rocks television show. Multimedia company Enchufate TV is taking seat reservations for the television show taping of Guia Rivera's rock debut. The episode will air on the upcoming season of E<N<E Rocks by Enchufate TV on Cable Channel 25 Chicago. "Escondido" also hits iTunes stores on October 18th.To reserve a FREE seat for Guia Rivera's performance on E<N<E Rocks, email Enchufate TV producer Sandra (info@enchufate.com). Must be 21+ to be part of the live television studio audience in Chicago.For a complete listing of Guia Rivera's events schedule, visit http://www.myspace.com/guiarivera.
(Photo credit: Evan Ngo of E & J Photography)
