Canadian Musician Joins Only Female-Led ‘Bateria’ at Rio Carnival
Canadian musician and assistant director to the ‘Escola de Música da Rocinha’ (Rocinha Music School) chamber orchestra, Vanessa Rodrigues, will.
March 1, 2019Topic
Favela
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
Street Child United Brazil to Refurbish Rio Pitch in Complexo
After raising around R$12,000 at the British and Commonwealth Society’s Christmas Festival, Street Child United Brazil are now ready to...
January 23, 2019
UNESCO Announces Rio de Janeiro as the First ‘World Capital of Architecture’
This past Friday, January 18th, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, Ernesto Ottone Ramírez, along with the President of the International...
January 22, 2019
The Best Bars in Rio de Janeiro for Amazing Views
The cityscape of Rio de Janeiro is truly like no other, with its mixture of concrete high-rises, colonial mansions and...
January 10, 2019
‘Samba 360’ Continues to Provide Sports Gear to Rio’s Disadvantaged
Samba 360 is a New York-based NGO whose mission is to distribute sporting equipment to disadvantaged children throughout the world....
January 8, 2019
Rio’s Rocinha Music School Plans 25th Anniversary for 2019
‘Escola de Música da Rocinha’ (Rocinha Music School) has much cause to celebrate, with new sources of funding secured and...
January 3, 2019
Military and Police Raids Leave at Least 13 Dead in Rio de Janeiro
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In one of the largest military operations since Brazil's armed...
August 21, 2018
‘Favelas em Foto’ Arrives at Rio’s Museum of Art this Saturday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The final meeting of ‘Favelas em Foto: Imagens por direitos’...
August 9, 2018