Brazilian Culture and Events in the Big Apple 
BEFORE ICARUS FELL is a multi-media, live-actor, and shadow puppetry piece with music, inspired by the life of Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont
Andrucha Waddington speaks about his three documentaries focused on Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil.
This Thursday night, on June 10, 2010, all are invited to the debut performance of Bossa d’Novo, the new Brazilian jazz band headlined by musician and writer Ernest Barteldes.
Jarbas Lopes’ work is a poetic celebration of life, art, movement, music, and the world around him. It is at once personal and political.
A record-setting flood, which has affected the entire metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro over the past week, has left more than 200 dead – and hundreds more injured and/or homeless.
On Thursday, April 15, and Saturday, April 17, 2010, the Brooklyn-based band Forró de Madame (Madam’s Forró) will play their unique (and contemporary) version of Brazilian Forró at the Brooklyn Bar Barbes and Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, respectively.