Saturday Night

Let me set the scene. A beautiful crowd standing around drinking wine and discussing art. A fabulous photography exhibit is being shown. A buffet of shrimp puffs and brie. Miles Davis and his quintet blarring in the background.....SOHO..no.....WEHO.....no...but Santo Domingo!

I was invited to theCinema Cafe located in the Muesum of Modern Art Saturday night to see the debut of Eliasar Garcia's show, Transville. Transville is a collection of photographs of transvestites. They are raw, beautiful, vigiorus and painful. The pictures gave you a sense of the emotion and struggle for acceptance they feel. The main subjest of the show was the boyfriend of the artist. He gave an Oscar winning performance as the photographs came to life. He gave a stirring monologue on the birth of a transvestite.

The show runs until March, if you are in town it is a must see. On another note, I was very impressed with the Cinema Cafe. The cafe has live jazz performers on the weekend and as I am told has a real "hip" crowd. The theater shows international films for free during the week, jsut check the newspaper for details.

Santo Domingo has a real underground art scene that is growing and gaining more acceptance. Over the past year, I have met more writers, scupters, singers and alike. They are very talented and motivated individuals. Please look to this blog as I chronicle and promote thier growth.