Public-private alliances get expanding in the province of Holguin, in which Empresa Servicios al Arte has several projects to rescue facilities and provide better cultural and gastronomic service to its clients.
One of the most successful projects implemented by this company is the Plaza de la Marqueta Cultural Complex, which has been extended during these seven years to the Los Tiempos café, the Patio del Bolero, Ciudad a mis pies project and more recently the Rincón de Romerías bar-cafeteria.
For this summer the “Plaza de la Marqueta”, in addition to the gastronomic options offered to the public by the bars associated to the complex, proposes a varied cultural program, generally from Thursday to Sunday, comments Liliam Anca de la Rosa, cultural organizer of the UEB cultural services of Holguin.
El Almacen in Gibara is a significant project. Photo: Carlos Rodriguez Rubio
Anca de la Rosa adds that among the main attractions are the trova space, in charge of Norberto Leyva on alternate Thursdays of each month, the presentations of soloist Pati Fonseca on Fridays and those of the Damis Duo on Saturdays at the Benjuly Bar.
Sundays are starred by amateur artists, mainly students of the School of Music, the exhibition of garments made by artists, in conjunction with the Art Estudio project, and for children activities twice a month led by Monica Dans, Ballet Español de Holguin, options coordinated through the Empresa de Servicios al Arte (Art Services Company).
In the Patio del Bolero, on the other hand, on Thursdays there is a space for the elderly at 4:00 pm called the Danzón Club, where they can enjoy this music and are taught to dance this genre. On Fridays there is alternating electro music and disco nights, on Saturdays there is a program for the LGBTQ+ community and on Sundays there is a peña led by the announcer Carmen Iglesias, accompanied in the summer by the performer Gladis María and the pop singer Danhiel.
Empresa Servicios al Arte also has projects in municipalities such as El Compay in Cueto and El Almacén in Gibara, where musical groups such as Mentes Callejeras, Banda Blanca, M “Dyvoz and electronic music are presented twice a month.
Although the public-private investment union, as in the case of the Empresa Servicios al Arte, with different economic actors constitutes a valid option to rescue cultural proposals, the commercial margin imposed by these alliances implies an increase in prices that not all Holguin people can afford.
It is essential to devise strategies to reduce costs and expand other cultural offers, from the Provincial Directorate of Culture, the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS), the Business Group of Commerce and institutions linked to services and culture to create more affordable options for a greater number of people.
With information by Carlos Rodríguez Rubio and Leydi Cruz Amat.
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