This Week’s Cultural Program at the Federal Justice Cultural Center in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Check out the events currently scheduled at the CCJF — Centro Cultural Justiça Federal (Federal Justice Cultural Center) in Rio de Janeiro.

CINEMA

• Classics and Successes of the Cinema / Film Club
  The CCJF film club chooses to show films that have marked the history of cinema and for their success with audiences and/or critics. The intention is to encourage and facilitate the habit of going to the cinema, as well as public access to the titles available in its library.
  Films: Salete Maccaloz Collection
  Programming and indicative classification: www.ccjf.trf2.jus.br
  Fridays, September13th, 20th, and 27th at 6 PM
  Wednesdays, September 18th and 25th at 4 PM
  Saturday, September 21st at 6 PM
  At the CCJF Cinema
  Free Tickets available one hour before showtime.

• ‘Cinetorneio’ (“Cine-tournament): 80 years of the Batman film debate
  To celebrate Batman’s 80th birthday, look forward to seeing “Batman: Under the Red Hood” animation exhibition, a tournament with a Quiz, and other award-winning challenges. There will also be a “Cosplay minute” for guests to take pictures with masks and costumes and a chance to chat with guests.
  Saturday, September 14th at 4 PM
  At the CCJF Cinema
  Tickets: R$29.90 (US$7.50) and R$14.95 (half-price)

EXHIBITIONS

• Vertigem (Vertigo) / photography
  In her work developed in France, Rafaela Celano seeks to reflect on an issue very present in the essence of photography: time. To this end, the artist focuses on an old house with children who play with adult clothes. These images and their symbolism allow us to think about this circular, amalgamated time. A “Bergsonian” time, which takes away the ground and makes us dizzy.
  Curated by: Greice Rosa
  From August 8th to September 22nd
  Tuesday to Sunday – Noon to 7 PM
  In the Galleries on the first floor

• Topografias Imaginadas (Imagined Topographies) / photography
  The exhibition combining Edu Monteiro, Jaques Faing, José Diniz, Luiz Alberto Guimarães, and Luiz Baltar shows expressive articulations of cartography unbounded by maps. The invited artists start from reality to build other spaces, which are the expression of both the soul of things and the porosity of life.
  Curatorship: Angela Pelegrino and Nadja Magalhães
  From August 8th to September 29th
  Tuesday to Sunday – Noon to 7 PM
  In the Galleries on the first floor

• Rio Branco, 241 – Justiça e Cultura (Justice and Culture) / History
  The bilingual exhibition shows a retrospective of the occupation of the Federal Supreme Court’s original building, focusing on the trajectory to becoming the Federal District Court in Rio de Janeiro. Its panels tell the story, from the creation of the Federal Courts of First and Second Instance to the restoration works and establishment of the Federal Courthouse Cultural Center, including remarkable facts about the history of Federal Courts in this building.
  Tuesday to Sunday – Noon to 7 PM
  In the Galleries on the first floor

MUSIC

• Raquel Paixão plays Villa Lobos and Cláudio Santoro / concert
  In 2019, composer Claudio Santoro (1919-1989) would have been one hundred years old. To honor him, pianist Raquel Paixão offers a recital in which she will present to the public “Prelúdios para piano do primeiro caderno” and “Sonata nº4 Fantasia”. The second part of the concert is dedicated to pieces from the solo piano repertoire by the composer Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959).
  Tuesday, September 10th at 7 PM
  Tickets: R$30 and R$15 (half-price)
  Show length: 75 minutes
  In the CCJF Theatre

LIBRARY

• McLuhan and the cinema / chat
  With a preface by Eric and Andrew McLuhan, “McLuhan and Cinema” is a bilingual book written by professor, researcher, and multimedia artist Wilson Oliveira Filho. At this event, the author will read and comment on pre-selected texts of the publication and will show excerpts of the films analyzed by him.
  Speakers: Wilson Oliveira Filho and Márcia Bessa
  Thursday, September 12th at 7 PM
  Free admission
  Reading Room on the Second Floor

IDEAS

• ‘Seresta’ (“Brazilian serenade”) workshop
  Two singing workshop modules will be offered under the guidance of teacher and singer Lúcia Helena Weiss. The modules are for those who enjoy seresta singing. One module is dedicated to vocal technique and the other to seresta singing.
  Speaker: Lúcia Helena Weiss
  Registration and information about the modules: +55 (21) 99907-3534 and [email protected]
  Applications will be accepted according to remaining vacancies and will be limited to the capacity of the space.
  Saturday, September 14th
  Module I, at 3 PM
  Module II, at 5 PM
  Price: R$30 per module
  In the Course Room

THEATER

• Gonzaguinha | “Saudade” / play
  Inspired by the format of the last show Gonzaguinha performed, the musical surrounds the audience with the artist’s beautiful and timeless songs, through an intimate presentation, using the voice and the guitar, while narrating remarkable episodes of the trajectory of the famous composer of Brazilian Popular Music (MPB).
  Dramaturgy, direction, and performance: Sandro Melo
  From September 6th to September 29th
  Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 7 PM
  Tickets: R$40 and R$20 (half-price)
  In the CCJF Theatre

EDUCATIONAL

• Machado de Assis – Vida e Obra / mesa-redonda
  (Machado de Assis – Life and Work / Round Table)
  The Educational Sector of the Federal Courthouse Cultural Center will bring back the Machado de Assis initiative, introducing the writer’s life and work in a playful way. After his life is narrated through the staging of some parts of his work, there will be a dramatized reading of one of his stories.
  Enrolment by telephone: +55 (21) 3261-2552
  Every Thursday

• Da Justiça à Arte / visita orientada (From Justice to Art / guided tour)
  The visit tells the story of the building to the present day. With an eclectic style, it is one of the few remnants of the remodeling of the city of Rio de Janeiro, which took place in the early 20th century.
  Booking by phone: +55 (21) 3261-2552 / +55 (21) 3261-2567
  Booking by e-mail: [email protected]
  Tuesday to Friday, 1 PM to 5 PM
  Free admission

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