Every summer in New York, there are plenty of places to discover Brazilian culture. If you're planning to visit, or live here and want to mark your calendars, here are just a few events going on.
Brazil Foundation's Festa Junina
June 5th, 4PM - Metropolitan Pavilion
Tickets for sale online but currently sold out; contact the Brazil Foundation
TeatroStageFest Conference
June 13th, 6:30PM - Americas Society
Free entry with reservation; Conference to launch cultural partnership and panel featuring Susana Tubert, Danilo Santos de Miranda, Margaret Ayers, and Larry Rohter
Feijoada & Capoeira
June 18th, 6PM - Lower East Side
Feijoada, capirinhas, and capoeira sponsored by Grupo Ginga Capoeira
Petrobras Cine Fest Brasil
June 12th - 19th - Tribeca Cinemas
Annual film festival, featuring 14 feature films and 14 short films
Mart'nalia Performance and Petrobras Cine Fest Closing Night
June 19th, 7PM - Central Park's SummerStage
Free entry to watch "Elza," a documentary about Elza Soares and a performance by Mart'nália
Performance: Milton Nascimento
June 24th, 7PM - Jazz at Lincoln Center
Tickets $30 - $120
Performance: Diogo Nogueira
July 1st, 6PM - Midsummer Night Swing
Tickets: $17; samba lessons at 6:30 and live music at 7PM
MoMA's Premiere Brazil Festival
July 14 - 27 - Museum of Modern Art
Annual film festival featuring feature films and short films. This years highlights: Craft, VIPs, and Santo Dumont's Mutoscope
Performance: Tom Zé
July 19th, 8PM - Lincoln Center Festival
Tickets $45 - $60
Brazilian Music at SummerStage
July 24th, 3PM - Central Park's SummerStage
Free entry; performances by Marcelo D2, Pitty, and DJ Nuts
Cisne Negro Dance Company
August 15 - 20th - Joyce Theater
Tickets available online (coming soon)
You can find even more events at BrazilNYC and the Brazilian Consulate website.
Uhm, Festa Junina has so many good things to eat, take a look on guys.
Rachel, can I sugest a next post?
"Quebrando o Tabu" (Breaking The Taboo), the documentary about the descriminalization of the drugs featuring FHC and other presidents.
http://mtv.uol.com.br/memo/quebrando-o-tabu-ancorado-por-fhc-e-direto-e-convincente
It's a dense topic.
Posted by: F.Sousa | June 02, 2011 at 11:39 AM
FS - great suggestion. There's a documentary I want to see that I think has to do with that, so maybe I'll combine everything after I see it.
Posted by: Rio Gringa | June 07, 2011 at 10:22 PM