Category: Arts & Culture

In the show “A Salute to Whitney Houston” that took place at the Teatro Antônio Fagundes in Rio de Janeiro, star Vanessa Jackson surprised the audience with her powerful voice and embodiment of the singer, which is practically impossible to interpret. It is no news to anyone that Whitney Houston was one of the most…

I have to say that the selection of stories in this anthology of Tolstoy’s was undoubtedly brilliant. Martin Claret chose themes that are more than current in works written over a hundred years ago that seem to have been written much more recently. But it would mean nothing for the themes to be current and…

Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (1947) was born in Campinas, São Paulo, on April 26, 1947. He began his career as a journalist at Empresa Folha da Manhã S/A and later worked at the magazine Planeta. He was a columnist for the newspapers Folha de São Paulo and O Globo, and for the magazine Bravo.Olavo…

Chris Barreto chooses Soho to launch her URBAN-ART Collection. The collection was inspired by the street graffiti art of New York City and the campaign was launched in collaboration with photographer Marcos Vasconcelos for the release of Fashion Magazine NY.The collection features unique and unusual pieces, such as hand-painted t-shirts with Art Faces themes and…

Celebrating the releases in theaters of three highly acclaimed Brazilian films and the realization of two special cinema series, Cinema Tropical, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, launched the special initiative Summer in New York: A Summer of Brazilian Cinema to celebrate the revitalized cinema of the largest country in…

A classic master of Brazilian and world literature, Machado de Assis is receiving well-deserved recognition in the United States, thanks to the release of “Collected Stories of Machado de Assis” by Liveright. The 930-page book brings together for the first time in English all the stories written by Machado during his lifetime. Machado de Assis…

I am absolutely certain that Bram Stoker, when he released his book Dracula, never imagined that more than 120 years later, it would still be enchanting, or terrifying, generations of readers passionate about classic or gothic horror literature. Dracula shaped the form and gave fame to the most terrible, and often desired, villain of all…

James Brown was an American singer, songwriter, and music producer, author of “I Feel Good,” one of the biggest hits of his career. The inventor of funk, he became one of the biggest names in showbiz. James Joseph Brown Jr. was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, on March 3, 1933. Abandoned by his mother, he…

Handwriting operates a magic: it transports us back to defining moments in history, creativity, and a century. Brazilian author and editor Pedro Corrêa do Lago (photo) has assembled one of the most comprehensive autograph collections of our era, acquiring thousands of handwritten letters, manuscripts, and musical compositions, as well as inscribed photographs, drawings, and documents.…