Thursday 16th February, £9 (£7 conc)
Unfinished Spaces
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
London E1 6LA

Tickets: Click Here or call 020 7613 7498

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This is the London Premiere of Nostalgia For The Light.

Legendary filmmaker Patricio Guzman will be present for a Q&A following the screening.

Thursday 2nd February, 8.15pm, £10 (£6 members)
Nostalgia For The Light
The Prince Charles Cinema,
7 Leicester Place,
London WC2H 7BY

Tickets: click here or call 020 7494 3654

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Each visitor can take home a specially-commissioned artwork by Brazilian artist Bruno 9Li (whose work is pictured above) and take part in a samba flash mob in the Grand Entrance, with dancers from the Paraíso School of Samba. London-based collective Braziliality will produce a telenovela soap opera entitled The Adventures of Vitoria & Alberto in Brasil which will star visitors as its cast and will be transmitted live in the Museum.

Brazilian design studio Flour will create a giant table football game where visitors can compete for prizes and Rio de Janerio-based practice Super Uber will be at the Museum with their digital installation game which takes inspiration from Pelé. Curitiba-born, London-based illustrator Clayton Junior will host a workshop in which visitors can stencil their own ‘Brazilian Modernist’ designs on to canvas bags to take home. Further highlights include screenings of Jared Levy’s Grafitti Fine Art a film exploring the street art of Sao Paulo and Waste Land, an award-winning documentary about communities living at the world’s largest land-fill in Rio de Janeiro, by Lucy Walker.

Stuart Baker, author and founder of London record label Soul Jazz, will present a selection of Brazilian album covers, discussing the stories behind them. There will also be specially-commissioned installations around the Museum, panel discussions, caipirinhas, food and music from DJ, musician, and producer João Brasil.

27th January 18.30 – 22.00, Admission Free
V&A Friday Late: Hot Brazil
Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
Tel. +44 (0)20 7942 2000
vam.ac.uk/fridaylate

Manzana Tropical is a brand new act playing a form of Peruvian Cumbia known as Chicha. Brought up in London’s thriving Latin American scene, young musicians Manuy and Cleyder Figueroa are taking inspiration from their Peruvian heritage. Their music embodies influences from classic Peruvian acts as well as guitar-based Latin acts like Santana, and then they mix it all up with a hot London vibe. The band also contains experienced musicians from one of the finest Andean fusion acts – Kausary – who have played at most of the UK’s top festivals and have toured extensively in Europe.

FlowSnatcha sees Cuban MC Floiran and Swiss-Argentinian DJ / Producer The Snatcha connect for a heavy hitting musical cross pollination that affirms the contemporary versatility of Afro-Cuban beats. Anchored in sound of the Caribbean and Cuban Hip Hop, blending in elements of Dancehall and Moombahton with electronic dance music (House, Dubstep, and Breakbeat), soulful vocals and a touch of Merengue, Timba and Swing, the FlowSnatcha formula gets you moving instantly.

Remolino Kieto burst on to the London scene with an addictive, masterful sound that combines Andean rhythms with psychedelic Latin rock, romantic bolero and reggae influences. High energy, well-crafted tunes with soul. Musical inspiration ranges from Led Zeppelin to Pablo Milanes, Janis Joplin and Omara Portuondo. The band features some of the UK’s top Cuban musicians; drawing on the strong songwriting of lead singer Ramsay Estevez.

Warmi was born as a 5 piece band in October 2011, in London, during an event dedicated to the Cultural Resistance of the Indigenous from the Abya Yala (America in their Native Language). The all-female line up features world-class musicians playing a mix of traditional songs and original compositions.With Phaxsi Coca and Vicki Cespedes, from Bolivia, on Kena and Panpipes; Paloma Palomino, from Peru, on Charango, Guitar and Vocals; Corina Piatti, from Argentina, on Vocals and Guitar and Renu, who has family roots in India, from London, on Percussion.

DJ Arias is the co-founder of the Movimientos movement. His DJ sets are always pushing the boundaries of Latin music while staying true to his Colombian roots. He’s no stranger to London and festival dance floors with his malicious blend of “Classicos” and “Dutty” Tropical beats.

Friday 27th January, 7.30pm-1am, £6 adv £8 after
Global Local and Movimientos present Latin Quarter
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
E1 6LA
Tel: 020 7613 7498
Tube: Shoreditch High Street
movimientos.org.uk/index.php?section=11&eventid=51

You can hear music from some of the bands featured here in a Global Local Latin Quarter Special of Movimientos’ show on SOAS Radio: soasradio.org/content/movimientos-global-local-latin-quarter-special

The night boasts the collaboration of two brilliant Latin specialists Deejay Cliffy (Batmacumba) and Russ Jones aka Hackney Globe Trotter & founder of Arriba La Cumbia. Expect irrepressible sounds from rootsy Cumbia, to vintage Bossa, sassy Sambas and Brazilian techno-brega transforming the Lockside Lounge into a thronging carnival.

The night takes place at Lockside Lounge with a fabulous varanda offering great views over the canal and buzzing Camden Town.

Saturday 18th February, 9pm-3am
Batmacumba versus Arriba La Cumbia Carnival Party
The Lockside Lounge

75 – 89 Upper Walkway
West Yard

Camden Lock Place
Nearest tube: Camden

Entry: Free b4 9pm / £3 b4 11pm / £5 after

Wednesday 29th February, 8pm-1am
Tupiniquin
Bedroom Bar
62 Rivington Street
Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AY
Tel: 0207 739 5706
Nearest tubes: Old Street & Shoreditch

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The film documents Colombian folktronica duo Lulacruza as they journey across Colombia with celebrated independent film-maker Vincent Moon. The idea behind their journey was a to discover Colombia, and especially the music, documenting that experience in the form of a new album and a film as they composed and created on the road.

The screening will be complemented by performances from special guest musicians (TBA)

Film Screening 7.30pm
Live music from 9pm

Tuesday 28th February
Movimientos Presents Esperando el Tsunami
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
E1 6LA
Tel: 0207 613 7498
Tube: Liverpool Street, Bethnal Green, Old Street

Entry: £5 advance or £7 on the door // Doors: 7pm -12 am

movimientos.org.uk/index.php?section=11&eventid=52

Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), best known for the buildings she designed and built in Brazil – the House of Glass (1950–51), Museum of Art in São Paulo (1957–68), the Sesc Pompéia (1977–86), amongst others – was a prolific designer, architect, writer and curator, deeply committed to the promotion of the social and cultural potential of architecture. Before adopting Brazil as her home country in the late 1940s, Bo Bardi lived in Milan, where she collaborated with the renowned architect Gio Ponti (1891–1979). Ponti is perhaps better known as the founding editor of the celebrated design magazine Domus. Like Bo Bardi, he was a productive architect, designer, writer and curator, having designed the famous Pirelli Tower in Milan (1950), and collaborated with a number of renowned designers (Piero Fornasetti, Pier Luigi Nervi, amongst others) as well as organising many editions of the Milan Triennial exhibition of the decorative arts.

Curated by Ana Araujo, AA tutor and founder of the Travesia Institute, this exhibition will focus on the crossovers between Bo Bardi’s and Ponti’s approaches to design. It will include drawings, artefacts, film footage and writings covering the work of both architects, as well as a specially commissioned selection of contemporary photographs of Bo Bardi’s buildings by Barcelona-based photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre.

25th February – 24th March
Lina & Gio: The Last Humanists
AA Gallery

aaschool.ac.uk/PUBLIC/WHATSON/exhibitions.php?item=226#-strong-lina-amp-gio-the-last-humanists-strong

Originally created by Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni as a way of a reminding a new generation of South Africans of their heritage, UMOJA, meaning ‘togetherness’ in Zulu, has won critical plaudits and collected multiple awards since its premiere in 2000. From the potent rhythms of tribal music to the joy of gospel and the pounding energy of contemporary kwaito, UMOJA unites 30 singers, dancers, drummers, marimba players and musicians, who represent the best of South Africa’s young performers.

Tuesday 31 January – Sunday 19 February (Performances: Tue-Sun 7.30pm, Sat & Sun mats at 2.30pm)
UMOJA
Peacock Theatre
Portugal Street
Holborn
WC2

Tickets: £15 – £42
Ticket Office: 0844 412 4322
sadlerswells.com

Monday 6 February
Samba Chula de Sao Braz
Momo’s
25 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BH
0207 434 4040

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