On Friday, February 24, millions of revellers took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to mark the start of...

Cinema Tropical presents its new film series MUSIC+FILM BRAZIL, celebrating one of the world’s most vibrant musical cultures. This series...

A Brazilian Street Art Exhibition called “Synopsis of an Urban Memoir”, with works byAlto*Contraste, Branco, Bugre, Camila Crivelenti, Ciro Schu,...

A recent show focused on the Abstract Figurative Expressionist from 1952 to the 65s highlighted the work of Jay Milder,...

HFFNY History Havana Film Festival New York is an internationally recognized film festival celebrating Latin American cinema. In its 18th...

Capital Inicial is a post-punk/new wave band who had considerable success, having recorded seven albums from 1982 to 1996. They...

Felipe Galganni’s (Brazil/NYC) TAP & TOM is a concert blending tap dance and bossa nova with music direction by award...

The Sheen Center’s new series, Jazz on Bleecker Street concludes the season with Elegantly Brazilian and the Requinte Trio (and...

Marisa Monte is not what you would call a conventional performer – in spite of having a very suc-cessful career...

Brazilian culture has been influenced greatly by the Portuguese, Indians, Africans, Europeans and settlers from the Middle East and Asia....

The Gale NewsVault, a digital platform offered by the Periodicals Portal of Brazil’s Centre for Improvement of Higher Education Personnel...

The exhibition Samico Between Worlds [Rumors of War in Times of Peace] presents to the public of New York City...

Leandro Firmino and Mario Babic are set to star in Rodrigo Rodrigues’s upcoming internationally co-produced Adventure Drama 'Goitaca', a movie...

March is the month of birth of Heitor Villa-Lobos and to commemorate the 130th anniversary of his birth the Brazilian...

Eloise dreams of becoming a ballerina and an actress. When her overbearing parents step in and limit her opportunities, Eloise...

The music of Brazilian rock superstar Rita Lee Jones has been part of my life as far as I can...

Sambatribe.com is live. The US-based Brazilian-themed online store offers the essence of Brazil on t-shirts, hoodies, iPhone cases, wall art,...

As founder and leader of the group Homenagem Brasileira, San Francisco-based vocalist/educator Sandy Cressman has had many opportunities over the...

More than 34 years after her death from an accidental overdose, Brazilians still can’t get enough of Elis Regina, considered...

Six years is a long time to wait between albums for a new artist, but São Paulo-born Luisa Maita seemed...