What to Do at ‘Virada Cultural’, São Paulo’s Greatest Festival
By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - A benchmark of São Paulo's cultural landscape, the Virada Cultural 2019,...
May 18, 2019Topic
culture
Brazil’s Cinema Forges On Despite Financial Woes
Bacurau, the film produced by Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles, made its debut on Wednesday at the Cannes Film...
May 17, 2019
Vera Chytilová Czech Film Festival Arrives at Rio’s CCBB
This April and May, Rio’s prestigious Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) is showing an exhaustive retrospective of the Czech...
April 24, 2019
Brazil Government Slashes Public Financing of Cultural Projects
Brazil has announced new rules for the Rouanet Law, the government’s main instrument to finance cultural ventures, including a steep...
April 23, 2019
Goethe-Institut and Swiss Consulate Bring German-Language Films to Rio de Janeiro
Starting this Wednesday, April 10th, the ‘Escola de Cinema Darcy Ribeiro’ (Darcy Ribeiro Cinema School) will be hosting the ‘Mostra...
April 10, 2019
‘It’s All True’ Documentary Film Festival Returns to Rio next Week
This Monday, April 8th, the Estação NET Botafogo and the Instituto Moreira Salles in Gávea are hosting the 24th edition...
April 4, 2019
Jazz Maestro Kamasi Washington to Play Rio’s Circo Voador this Saturday
Kamasi Washington is returning to Rio de Janeiro this Saturday, March 23rd, when he plays Lapa’s legendary Circo Voador. The...
March 19, 2019
Buying and Borrowing English-Language Books in Rio de Janeiro
While Rio de Janeiro has a rich literary tradition, with figures such as Clarice Lispector, Nelson Rodrigues, and Carlos Drummond...
February 5, 2019
Rio’s Favela Brass Sets Up New Home and Big Plans for 2019
Since 2014, English expatriate Tom Ashe has been running Favela Brass, an NGO that provides free music lessons to some...
January 29, 2019