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Talk: Portuguese Language Across the Globe – Past and Present

Russ — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:02:56 +0000

Canning House is to host a talk on the global presence of the Portuguese language by Regina dos Santos Duarte of the Camoes Institute on Thursday 26th January. The event marks the culmination of the Lusophone Fusions season and will be the final opportunity to see the ‘Gente’ photography exhibition.

Eduardo Lourenço, Portuguese philosopher, once said that “a language belongs to no one, but we are no one without the language that we make our one”. Portuguese is a blended language, with the mixed colours from ancient Celts and Moors, the harsh words of the Roman troops, the sweet vowels from the Atlantic ocean and the Luso’s hard consonants. It’s her mixed nature that sometimes lingers between the pride of being talked by millions all over the world, and the shyness of our smallness as a country. Past, present and future: greatness, decadence and rebirth, is this the path of the Portuguese language?

Regina dos Santos Duarte is responsible for the Portuguese Language Education in the United Kingdom, as a representative of the Camoes Institute in the Portuguese Embassy. Regina has taught Portuguese Language, in Lisbon and has coordinated the Portuguese Language Team in the Ministry of Education in Portugal for several years. Regina is concluding her PhD in Literature Teaching and is also a researcher for the European group Literary Framework for Students of Secondary Education.

Thursday 26th January, Free
Portuguese Language Across the Globe – Past and Present
Canning House,
2 Belgrave Square

canninghouse.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=220&Itemid=222

Latin America 2011 Conference

Russ — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:10:45 +0000

The Latin America 2011 Conference is the perfect opportunity to find out the latest developments in Latin America and how we can all offer solidarity. There will be speakers from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina and across the continent, all with an end goal of making a better world.

There will be over 50 speakers including:

Alberto Juantorena, Cuban Deputy Sports Minister and former Olympic 400m & 800m gold medal winner
Mirta Rodriguez Perez, Irma Sehwerert Mileham and Magali Llort Ruiz, mothers of the Miami 5
Egle Sanchez, Venezuelan trade union leader
Guissell Morales-Echaverry, Nicaraguan Embassy
Professor Ernesto Laclau, world renowned academic
Frances O’Grady, TUC Deputy General Secretary
Michael Chanan, filmmaker
Billy Hayes, CWU General Secretary
Victoria Brittain, Writer
Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Sally Hunt, UCU General Secretary

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Saturday, 3rd December 2011, 9:30am – 5:00pm
Latin America 2011 Conference
Congress House,
Great Russell Street,
London WC1B 3LS
latinamericaconference.org.uk

Tickets £10 waged/£6 unwaged
Buy Tickets: call 020 8800 0155 or book online: latinamericaconference.org.uk/buy-tickets

Followed by post-conference Fiesta Latina from 5.30pm at Bolivar Hall with live music, bar and food

Noam Chomsky appeared at an earlier event in the Latin American Conference series. You can watch his talk here:

Resisting Resource Wars

Russ — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:46:20 +0000

Europe continues to increase its consumption of the world’s resources at the expense of the rest of the planet. Come and hear first hand from international speakers about how cotton growing, metal mining and dam building in Africa and South America have a detrimental effect on local communities and the environment, as well as finding out how we can reduce Europe’s resource use.

Speakers are Dr Michael Warhurst, Coordinator of Friends of the Earth Europe’s Resources and Consumption Programme, Bruna Engel from Núcleo Amigos da Terra in Brazil and Mensah Todzro of Togo’s Les Amis de la Terre.

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Tuesday 15th November, 6.30pm-8.30pm, Free
Overconsumption – our use of the world’s resources
The Abbey Centre,
34 Great Smith Street,
Westminster,
London SW1P 3BU

For more information see foe.co.uk/events/resource_use_conference_32995.html

Clandestino’s Supper Club

Russ — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:40:51 +0000

If you’ve never tried a supper club in London this could be your perfect opportunity. For the uninitiated, a supper club is a dining experience normally in someone’s home or another private venue. Food is normally a set menu. On this occasion that menu includes feijoada and bolinhos de bacalhau.

This particular supper club is being put on by Clandestinos. To RSVP send an email to cristo@clandestinos.co.uk. You will then be sent locations details for the event.

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29th October, 7.30 – 11.30pm
Clandestino’s Supper Club
Islington
clandestinos.co.uk

Flavours of Peru

Russ — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:12:29 +0000

Acclaimed Chef Virgilo Martinez (“Restaurant Central”, Lima, Peru) is in London to take part in the Peruvian culinary festival Flavours of Peru at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel.

The Festival will run until this Sunday 23rd October and will include a film documentary night on Thursday 20th October.

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17th – 23rd October 2011
Flavours of Peru
Cookbook Cafe,
InterContinental London Hotel
1 Hamilton Place,
Park Lane,
London W1J 7QY
Tel: 02073188563 / 02073188768
flavoursofperu.blogspot.com

We previously reviewed the Colombia Gourmet Festival, which was also at the Cookbook Cafe here.

Festa Umbela @ LIFEM

Russ — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:10:27 +0000

Brazil’s Festa Umbela will be appearing at London’s LIFEM festival this October. LIFEM is the London International Festival of Exploratory Music and Festa Umbela are one of the most interesting acts on the line-up.

The event is being referred to as:

A night of delight with Umbela Arts, bringing Afro-Brazilian music and dance from Brazil to the heart of London, with top bands, DJ’s and dance performances.

The event will be held at Rich Mix and will be split into two parts. The London-based groups Maracatu Estrela do Norte and Bloco-Afro ERI OKAN will lead students (in open rehearsals) through workshops in Maracatu drumming dance before giving performances of their own. The event will form part of their preparations for Notting Hill Carnival 2012.

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Sunday 30th October, 1-5pm (Workshops), 6pm (Free Concert)
Festa Umbela
Rich Mix
35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road,
London,
E1 6LA
richmix.org.uk

Here’s how the line-ups look:

Drumming:
1pm-3pm Maracatu drumming
3.30pm-5.30pm Samba Reggae drumming

Dance:
1pm-2.30pm Maracatu dance
3.30pm-5pm Afro Brazilian dance

Classes are £6 each (£10 for two, if also participating in another class on the same day).

Festa Umbela is part of LIFEM 2011.

PUMA Safe Sustainable Design Lecture

Russ — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:43:10 +0000

Chilean architect and designer Alejandro Aravena will be giving a talk for the second annual PUMA Safe Sustainable Design Lecture. Topics will include his approach to sustainable design, exemplified by his work with the Monterry Housing project in Mexico.

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Tuesday October 18th, 7.30pm, £15 (£7.50 members)
Second Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture w/ Alejandro Aravena
Design Museum
Shad Thames,
London SE1 2YD
Tel: 0207 940 8783
Email: tickets@designmuseum.org

Buy Tickets: bit.ly/omdz7r

safe.puma.com/us/en/2011/09/second-annual-puma-safe-sustainable-design-lecture

Colombia Gourmet Festival

Russ — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:33:29 +0000

The Colombia Gourmet Festival returns to London for the third year running, offering an authentic celebration of Colombian culture and cuisine. This event will be taking place at The Cookbook Cafe from Friday 23rd September until Monday 3rd October.

Our writer Rosana McPhee went to the Colombia Gourmet Festival. You can read her review of the event here.

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Fri 23rd Sept – Mon 3rd Oct
Colombia Gourmet Festival
Cookbook Cafe
InterContinental Hotel London
1 Hamilton Place,
Park Lane,
London
W1J 3QY
Tube: Hyde Park Corner

cookbookcafe.co.uk/gourmet-columbia.php

Female Footy for Africa!!!

Russ — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:25:32 +0000

Anyone who has caught any women’s football recently will now that the quality of the sport is on the way up. There is a chance, however, that after going to Girls Kick Ball For East Africa you might change your mind! We’re only joking of course, because this event is all for charity and will feature some of our favourite musicians such as Isa GT, Marina Gasolina and Cibelle putting their boots on and getting onto the pitch!

This is all about raising money for East Africa, and these girls are doing it via an all-female football tournament. In total there will be 8 teams, 48 girls, 3 sessions and 15 minute matches, with shortened game times to ensure that everyone gets to see their favourite team in action! 2 winners will walk out proud from the tournament: the team who wins the game and the team who raises the most money for the charity.

Here’s the list of teams involved:
The Sonics (LadyFest)
Clueless (Primary Talent/Decked Out) : mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/totallyclueless?
Darlings (Dalston Darlings)
Vice (Magazine)
London Fields Radio
Girlcore (Isa GT & Loki) mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/girlcorewins
Mamacitas (Marina Gasolina, Cibelle and more)
Las Valderramas (Zoe Ramsay and Co)

To help the cause you can donate on match days or online – check the fundraising links next to Clueless and Girlcore for two ways to donate online. All donations will go to East Africa Crisis Appeal dec.org.uk/appeals/east-africa-crisis-appeal

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Tuesday 6th, 13th & 20th September, 7pm
Girls Kick Ball For East Africa
London Fields

facebook.com/event.php?eid=268426056520811

Brazil v Ghana @ Craven Cottage

Russ — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:46:34 +0000

Brazil have lined up an intriguing friendly against Ghana, which will be taken place at Craven Cottage, the home ground of Fulham FC.

The announcement of this Brazil v Ghana friendly is the first move from Brazil’s World Tour since Gillette took over the sponsorship. This is a great chance to see players such as Neymar (pictured above), Daniel Alves, Lucio, Robinho and Alexandre Pato on English soil. It doesn’t happen that often so make the most of it!

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Monday 5th September, 7.45pm
Brazil v Ghana International Friendly
Craven Cottage
Stevenage Road
London
SW6 6HH

Ticket information: fulhamfc.com/Tickets/Games/BrazilvGhana.aspx