Category: Arts & Culture
-
Netflix Will Offer Cheaper Subscription, But With Ads
If you don’t mind having your shows interrupted by commercials, your Netflix subscription could become cheaper. A new, lower-priced subscription option will be available starting November 6, where viewers will see four to five minutes of commercials for every hour of content they watch. The new subscription will cost $6.99. Currently, Netflix offers three subscription…
-
Halloween
—
by
“Halloween is a traditional North American festival that originated in the British Isles and is celebrated in various countries, including Brazil. This festival takes place on October 31 and is marked by children dressing up as monsters and going out in search of candy. Historians believe that this festival may have originated from celebrations held…
-
Who is the Superstar of Brazilian Folklore Saci-Pererê?
Saci-Pererê /sassy-perere/ is a type of Saci. Yes, there are many types of Sacis out there. The “Pererê” specimen is usually a boy with very dark skin and one leg, who smokes a pipe, wears a red hood, and travels in a mini hurricane. This description can change sometimes, and Saci-Pererê can also be described…
-
Amazon Concert
—
by
The São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra – OSESP will perform in four concerts in the United States between October 10 and 15, marking its first international tour since the beginning of the pandemic. The tour will feature four performances in three different locations: on October 10, at Helzberg Hall (Kansas City, Missouri); on October 12,…
-
Amazon Concert: Brazilian Classical Music in the USA
—
by
The São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra – OSESP will perform four shows in the United States between October 10 and 15, marking its first international tour since the beginning of the pandemic. The tour will feature four performances in three different locations: on October 10, at Helzberg Hall (Kansas City, Missouri); on October 12, at…
-
Immersive Exhibitions of Frida Kahlo and Claude Monet Arrive in NYC
The trend of immersive exhibitions is here to stay. After Van Gogh and Gustav Klimt, two new shows featuring two iconic artists are coming to New York. “Frida Kahlo. The Life of an Icon” will open in Brooklyn on October 27. “Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience” opens in November on Wall Street, the city’s financial…
-
‘The Phantom of the Opera’, Broadway’s longest-running show, will close
“The Phantom of the Opera,” the show that has been running the longest in Broadway history and, for many, a symbol of musicals, will close its curtains for the last time in February 2023. The musical is yet another victim of the pandemic caused by Covid-19. Since the theaters were closed due to the virus,…
-
The Colors of Eduardo Kobra Illustrate UN Building
—
by
In recent days, the famous Brazilian muralist Eduardo Kobra, 47, worked day and night to finish by September 15 a new mural measuring 45 x 78 feet (3,606 square feet) on one of the outer walls of the United Nations headquarters in New York. The wall is located at E 42nd St and 1st Ave.…
-
Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra colors the UN building
—
by
The famous Brazilian muralist Eduardo Kobra completes a massive mural on the outer wall of the UN headquarters in New York, in an unprecedented artistic intervention in the organization’s history.
-
Dracula, a classic by Bram Stoker
Synopsis: Vampire stories, widely spread around the world, originate from 18th-century Hungarian folklore. A vampire, according to popular tradition, is the restless soul of a suicide, criminal, or heretic that rises from the grave, usually in the form of a bat, to drink the blood of humans. The gothic novel Dracula (1897) by British author…