Two or more exhibitions are in progress here at any given time, along with a rotating installation of the splendid permanent collection of Puerto Rican religious figures, or santos.
The best santeros, or santos carvers, were self-taught rural artisans with a shared repertory of abstract forms -- inverted cones, hollow shells, barrels and cubes -- and colors collectively used to designate certain figures, like Jesus, Mary, St. Anthony of Padua and St. Ursula and her noblewomen.
You are in New Zealand or in Santo Domingo or, improbably, back in college, in the dorms.
Anyone who has ever listened to "Mingus Ah Um," or to the guitar figures of John Fahey, or to Santo and Johnny's "Sleep Walk," or to any number of devastating instrumental recordings, understands this on some level.
Or vin santo, the sticky, yellow one traditionally aged under the terracotta roof tiles of a palazzo, and these days best for dipping cantuccini (almond biscuits) into at the end of a leisurely lunch.
Or if drinking is held to a minimum before and during the main event, surprise your mates with a well-chosen bottle of port or Vin Santo with tiny portions of dessert.
On the day of the trip, P.J. and Grace bring playlists and sage or palo santo to set a ceremonial mood, then settle in comfortably near the client for anywhere from six to ten hours.
Three of the four Rio clubs boast average gates of 10,000 or less, Santos are often watched by around 5,000, particularly when Neymar isn't playing, and the recent game between Atlético Goianiense and Sport attracted a grand total of 449 paying customers.
Or San Juan, Havana or Santo Domingo, for that matter.
He sees a man he knows, a prominent Viennese industrialist and art collector, who hopes to get a visa for Haiti or Santo Domingo.
