Vivian Suter Brings Her Hanging Canvases to Buenos Aires’s MALBA
Vivian Suter, who paints in the open air by a Guatemalan volcano lake, hangs dozens of loose canvases through MALBA...
July 3, 2026Section
Life & Culture
Entertainment, culture, nightlife, and lifestyle in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazilian Funk: How Rio’s Favela Sound Took Over Global Playlists
Once banned and policed, Brazilian funk is now the country's loudest cultural export, filling global playlists and carrying stars like...
July 3, 2026
Timitar, Morocco’s Free Festival of Berber Music, Fills Agadir
Timitar Festival, Morocco's celebration of Amazigh, or Berber, music, is filling the beach city of Agadir with hundreds of free...
July 3, 2026
Funke Akindele’s ‘Behind The Scenes’ Becomes Nollywood’s Biggest Film
Funke Akindele's Behind The Scenes hit 2.41 billion naira ($1.6M), making it the highest-grossing Nigerian film ever and beating her...
July 3, 2026
African Portraiture Takes Center Stage at New York’s MoMA
MoMA spotlights African portraiture through July 2026 with Seydou Keita, Samuel Fosso and more—exploring self-definition through political imagination.
July 3, 2026
São Paulo Nightlife Tonight — July 2, 2026
Where to go out in São Paulo tonight, 2 July 2026: samba at Ó do Borogodó, Moving at D-Edge, sertanejo...
July 2, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight — July 2, 2026
Where to go out in Rio tonight, Thursday 2 July 2026: samba in Lapa, jazz in Copacabana, LGBTQ+ spots, prices,...
July 2, 2026
A Johannesburg Writer Takes Africa’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize named Lisa-Anne Julien its 2026 Africa winner for a quiet, devastating tale set in a...
July 2, 2026
Roberto Arlt’s Landmark Novel Turns 100
A Buenos Aires show marks the Roberto Arlt centenary, 100 years since the novel that taught Argentine literature to speak...
July 2, 2026