Category: Arts & Culture

In these 24 years of music, DM played at night in many bars, shopping malls, and nightclubs before arriving in Rio de Janeiro. He is definitely a “mineiroca” (MG + RJ). He was born in the city of Barra Mansa but lived in Volta Redonda for almost 20 years, though his most flavorful memories are…

A new book published by New London Librarium, Art of Love: Paintings by Colleen Hennessy, Thoughts from Rubem Alves, brings the sensitivity of a cherished Brazilian writer, as well as the images of a respected American painter. The words and images are all focused on the theme of love. Rubem Alves, philosopher, theologian, and psychoanalyst,…

It was John Maynard Keynes, the most important economist of the first half of the 20th century, who first showed the world that “wealth brings wealth and progress brings progress.” He did this with what is now known as the Keynesian multiplier. In all economic literature, J. M. Keynes and Karl Marx were perhaps the…

For music lovers, here are 10 curiosities from the musical world, listed by UOL’s “Curious Guide”: 1. The Department of Press and Propaganda (DIP) imposed censorship on Brazilian cultural production since 1937. Only in 1940 were 370 lyrics of popular songs banned for having references considered negative. 2. The Canarinhos de Petropolis is the oldest…

Synonyms of elegance, houndstooth and houndstooth are a classic. Black and white and in various sizes, these patterns originated in the 1930s with the revolutionary Coco Chanel. “She fell in love with what she saw in the men’s suits of the time,” explains personal stylist Roberta Carlucci. She adds: “In 1947, Christian Dior launched his…

Al Jarreau, one of the greatest singers in the world and a stylist of songs who challenged the category for decades, passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 76. The seven-time GRAMMY winner had recently announced his retirement from the entertainment business after being hospitalized for exhaustion. Jarreau had struggled with respiratory and…

It is common knowledge to say that every politician lies. But could truth be an illusion, an impossibility that makes lying ethical?In this book, four respected thinkers of our time: Gilberto Dimenstein, Leandro Karnal, Luiz Felipe Pondé, and Mario Sergio Cortella debate the frictions that involve the tense relationship between ethics and democracy, questioning the…

In 1942, when introduced to Walt Disney in the United States, musician José do Patrocínio Oliveira quickly engaged in conversation using his heavily accented English. Upon hearing him, the animator advised, “Don’t try to be American, we already have enough Americans here. Be Brazilian.” This was something Oliveira knew how to do very well. Inspired…

Fifteen years ago, a band from Brasília was reinventing itself in the most unlikely and unpretentious way possible. The catalyst for this second coming was an MTV Unplugged, recorded without excessive production, but with a commercial result beyond any expectations: over two million CDs sold. The Capital Inicial of the 80s became the Capital Inicial…

Gale NewsVault, a digital platform offered by the Portal de Periódicos of the Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), brings together historical data covering the last 400 years of publications in major international print media. Access is free. The platform has accumulated over ten million digitized pages from journals such as…