Art and ‘Cinematic’ in Puerto Vallarta
The First Saturday Fiesta at Arte Vallarta Museo was packed as it usually is, with people listening to live music, drinking wine, and eating freshly made tacos with all the trimmings. A wonderful new exhibit called “Line + Color” by artist David Jones was officially opened and will remain displayed at the gallery until early summer.
Happily, David Jones was there and did me the honor of pointing out the differences between ‘line’ and ‘color’ and how he applied those principles to create specific pieces. He was totally enamored with QR codes when they were first introduced, not for the information they contained but rather for their form. He traced the first one he ever saw and reproduced it in color and various ways to honor its systematic geometry.
David Jones’s work is clean and sleek, always moving with intersections and changing directions. Fascinating, seemingly simple at first glance, but inextricably complicated. And precisely wonderful.
I left the fiesta at the height of the party and made my way to Coco Cabaret for the Opening Night of Cinematic, Branden and James‘s latest concert.
This artistic duo chose their favorite music from the movies, made some film clips to jog our memories, and even added a sing-a-long toward the end of their show, with the lyrics displayed on either side of Coco’s stage. Danny Zelibor “classica-fied” the theme music from Barbie on the piano and James’s haunting cello backed Branden’s magnificent tenor voice. An homage was made to American composer John Williams, whose film scores include Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, and dozens and dozens more.
Branden, James, and Effie Passero, collectively known as CelloVoci, will be cruising the Greek Isles in the first week of September if you are hunting around for something creative to do to bid summer goodbye.
For the next three Mondays, prepare for something completely different at Nacho Daddy when the music from GLEE will break forth and make you remember your high school never sounded this good! Musical Direction is by Mark Hartman and David Maiocco, just not at the same time, and stars Gouda Gabor and Sargento Dan.
Last night’s opening was fun and full of, well, glee. The best part of the show was listening to Sargento, who was 15 when Glee first appeared on TV in Mexico and was obviously deeply moved and influenced by the show. His role in this jukebox musical comedy at Nacho Daddy is to give back to an outstanding series that played a pivotal part of his life. And to laugh and sing with his friends onstage and in the audience.
Rancho Santiago today for the Hall and Oates Tribute show at 5:30, then Open Mic at Nacho Daddy at 7:30; I have become a Gouda Gabor Groupie.