Category: Community
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Ending Online Gender Violence
The digital world is very promising when it comes to amplifying the voices of women, girls, and LGBTQI+ individuals. But it also gives rise to new forms of abuse and harassment driven by gender issues. Online gender violence is a human rights issue that must be addressed on the global stage, according to a coalition…
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Ending Street Harassment Everywhere
In the past, women and girls were told what they should do to avoid street harassment — how they should dress, how they should or shouldn’t act, where they should walk. Recently, groups around the world are placing the responsibility for change where it belongs: on the perpetrators and the communities that tolerate them. “The…
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Nonprofit Organization Inspires Brazilian Women Entrepreneurs
The Brazilian nonprofit organization “Mais Unidos” has partnered with the U.S. government to help women in Brazil learn to finance, market, sell, plan, and expand a business through the State Department’s program “Academy for Women Entrepreneurs*” (AWE). Launched in 2019, the AWE program provides women entrepreneurs with knowledge, networks, and access to launch or create…
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Band “Monobloco” Presents High-Energy Show at SummerStage – Corona Pk, NYC
MONOBLOCO, NAILAH BLACKMAN & DJ PATRICKTOR4 Sunday, June 26, 20224:00 PM – 8:00 PMFlushing Meadows Corona Park Grand Central Parkway/Whitestone Expressway(Between 111 St. and College Point Blvd., Corona, NY 11368) Additional performances by Batalá, Boom Boom Room TT, and Kaisokah Moko Jumbies. The program will kick off at 4:00 PM with a percussion workshop by…
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BRASIL SUMMERFEST 2022, NYC
• Rodrigo Amarante & Alice Caymmi June 29 @ Le Poisson Rouge Brazilian MPB / Singer-songwriter / Pop Versatile singer, composer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist Rodrigo Amarante first gained recognition as a member of the popular Brazilian rock band Los Hermanos before launching his solo career in 2013. Since then, Amarante has released several albums, formed…
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Rosa Passos and Her Quartet, July 14 to 16 @ Lincoln Center, NYC
Rosa Passos, the great Brazilian singer, has an immaculate and delicate voice, and she uses it in a mesmerizing way… She sang a series of sumptuous ballads in such a way that their melodies seemed illuminated from within. She also flirted with samba, adopting an airy and translucent cadence. Her concert was a study in…
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Guilherme Arantes in Concert, July 14 @ Carnegie Hall, NYC
GUILHERME ARANTESJuly 14Weill Recital Hall – Carnegie Hall Since his debut in 1976, Brazilian composer and performer Guilherme Arantes has built a long and established career as a singer, songwriter, and pianist. Guilherme is part of the select roster of Steinway & Sons. This intimate Piano and Voice concert will encompass 47 years of his…
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Success Stories in New York – Part I
He was born on a farm in southern Bahia. At 15, he moved in with his uncles in Feira do Santana to prepare for college entrance exams. He wanted to study medicine but ended up being accepted into his second choice and went to study biology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.…
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A Brazilian in NY
I wake up in the morning and look out the window The sun is shining and looks perfect As winter advances and retreats Spring flowers bloom in Central Park I grab my cup of coffee It tastes like Brazil and smells like NY I put on a light blue coat and rush to my doctor’s…
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Brazilian documentarian Flávia Fontes dies at 60
Brazilian director, editor, and documentary producer Flávia Fontes passed away from cancer on Sunday, April 17, at the age of 60. She had been producing documentaries for over 20 years, with her work as an editor and director broadcast by HBO, PBS, BBC, Discovery Channel, Berlin International Film Festival, MoMA, and Sundance Film Festival. Nascida…