Category: Arts & Culture
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El Museo del Barrio Chooses a Brazilian as Chief Curator
El Museo del Barrio announced the appointment of Rodrigo Moura as Chief Curator. In this role, he will work closely with Executive Director Patrick Charpenel and the curatorial team to create a comprehensive framework for the Museum’s curatorial department, expand the understanding and scope of its Permanent Collection, foster relationships with emerging and established artists,…
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Discover Heitor Villa-Lobos
Celebrated throughout the country on March 5, National Classical Music Day honors the birth of conductor and composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, considered the greatest exponent of the genre in Brazil. A composer of around a thousand works and founder of the Brazilian Academy of Music, Villa-Lobos, who would be 132 years old today, was one of…
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Barretos Has Everything for Cowboy Lovers
Barretos, a city in the central-northern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Known at different times as Amaral dos Barretos, Espírito Santo de Barreto, and Espírito Santo dos Barretos, the settlement was granted village status and became the seat of a municipality in 1885. Home to the largest cattle market in the state…
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Feeling the Music Straight from Its Origin
The southern region of the U.S. is the birthplace of this unique art form, the blues. A relative of gospel, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll, the blues was born in thousands of rented fields, humble shacks, and taverns. This rhythm gave voice to the hopes, despair, and impossible desires of the poor, dispossessed, and marginalized…
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Brazilian NGO Promises to Heat Up NY Summer
The Brazilian non-governmental organization (NGO), Central Única das Favelas (CUFA), will bring a series of events for the spring/summer in New York aimed at the community, at its headquarters in The Bronx.One of the most well-known Brazilian NGOs landed in New York, USA, in 2015 to test the challenge of a global office and interact…
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The Brazilian Model Gabriella Nepomuceno
Born in Aracruz – Espírito Santo, Brazil, raised in the countryside of the state, where she thought she would only walk in community parades, Gabriella Nepomuceno was invited to events in the region and started modeling from a young age, encouraged by her sister Ingrid Nepomuceno and her parents who were always by her side,…
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Book: The Invisible Fire
When it comes to mystery thrillers with historical touches, it’s impossible not to think of writers like James Rollins and the acclaimed Dan Brown, who have been successful in this editorial line for quite some time. And it is precisely because of this comparison that the “life” of The Invisible Fire becomes somewhat complicated. There’s…
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Quintino Bocaiúva
Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa (1836-1912) was born in Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, on December 4, 1836. He became an orphan at a very young age and, at just 14 years old, moved to São Paulo, where he continued his studies and managed to support himself by working as a typesetter and proofreader at the…
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Kanye West
Kanye West is an American music producer and rapper, also known as Ye. He is a major artist and pop star, known internationally. He produced hits for well-known musicians such as Alicia Keys and Eminem. He has won several Grammys, including Best Rap Solo Performance for the song “Stronger” from the album “Graduation.” Kanye Omari…
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Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama (1469-1524) was born in Sines, a Portuguese city in the Alentejo region, likely in the year 1469. He was the illegitimate son of the navigator Estevão da Gama, married to Dona Maria Isabel Sodré. Living with his family near the port of Algarves, Vasco da Gama spent his childhood in an environment…