24 January 2012
Ahead of carnival season comes V&A’s Friday Late: Hot Brazil on 27th January, celebrating the energy and ingenuity of Brazil through art, music, dance and plenty more from the likes of Paraíso School of Samba, Braziliality and João Brasil.
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24 January 2012
Brazil, for most people, conjures up sun, sea, carnival and football. But, venture outside the recognized tourist areas and there are many breath-taking landscapes, inspiring attractions and wonderful places to stay.
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24 January 2012
Yes, it's a complicated name, but an unmissable show at Momo's. The community of São Braz in Bahia is one of the few remaining in Brazil to perform the Samba Chula style of music. Now they come to England for the first time to spread the word.
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23 January 2012
The first impression of this magnificent architectural front that rises on the road to Santa Ines, in the heart of the Serra da Cantareira (São Paulo) is impressive grandiosity. The place is enormous and spellbinding. Surrounded by greenery, the buildings are in a style almost reminiscent of citadels. This is O Velhao.
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Posted on 24 January 2012.
Unfinished Spaces captures a golden moment in the Cuban revolution, when visionary architects were recruited to build “the best art schools in the world”. Featuring never-before-seen footage of Castro, this is as much a story about politics, dreams and human nature as it is about architecture. (more…)
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Posted on 18 January 2012.
Did you know that use of mobile phones is forbidden inside banks in the city of São Paulo? Since August 2011, mobile phone use is banned by law within bank branches and also at ATMs.
Mayor Gilberto Kassab created the law as an attempt to reduce the number of muggings of customers, particularly those who withdraw [...]
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Posted on 23 January 2012.
We have two pairs of tickets to giveaway for this intimate show on featuring Samba Chula de Sao Braz aka brothers Joao and Antonio Saturno, members of the Sao Braz community in Bahia. It’s one of the only communities left in Brazil to still be playing the samba chula style.
Posted on 23 January 2012.
Acclaimed rock band The National’s twin brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner conceived The Long Count in collaboration with video artist Matthew Ritchie as a multimedia concert, which explores the ‘time before time’; the indivisible moment before creation is expressed. We have a pair of tickets to give away for this show, which was inspired by Mayan myths.
Added on 15 December 2011
Posted on 24 January 2012.
Brazil, for most people, conjures up sun, sea, carnival and football. But, venture outside the recognized tourist areas and there are many breath-taking landscapes, inspiring attractions and wonderful places to stay.
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28 October 2011
El Vergel is a lovely little (mostly) Chilean deli and cafe on Southwark Street. A big old space under a new build apartment block, it’s got a half-finished-air, make do and mend fixtures and furniture slightly at odds with the industrial open pipe and wall effect of the shell. Living nearby and having read a [...]
19 December 2011
The sound of Colombia’s Caribbean coastline, cumbia is one of Latin America’s most outstanding popular music forms. This influential genre had a major impact on overseas salsa, as well as certain styles of Mexican music, and inspired large audiences in the USA and Europe. The style’s immediate appeal stems largely from its melodic accordion parts [...]
