Category: Entertainment
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New Year’s Eve in Brazil? Start Planning Now!
New Year’s Eve 2023 in Brazil is expected to attract millions of people across the country. The most popular destination for New Year’s Eve, as the eve of the New Year is known in Brazil, is Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, where over 2 million people are expected to gather to watch the midnight…
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Pratt Manhattan Gallery presents: “Amazonia”
Amazonia is based on the premise that environmental issues require ecological knowledge as well as cultural articulation. Berta Sichel, curator; and Patricia Capa, assistant curator, draw much of the conceptual structure of this project from the book Ecocriticism by Greg Garrad, a critical survey of the various “positions” within current thought on the natural environment.…
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Is Anything Allowed on Halloween? In Many Places, There Are Rules to Follow
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Anyone who has spent Halloween in the big American cities knows that the celebration is a huge game where almost anything goes: going to work in costume, dressing up as the funniest character, watching horror movies with friends, secretly eating the children’s candy, scaring neighbors with decorations that look like they came out of a…
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The Most Popular Halloween Costumes This Year
Halloween is just next Tuesday (31), but the weekend is filled with celebrations across the country. Have you chosen your costume yet? Halloween has long been a showcase for costumes of ghosts, witches, and vampires. This year, however, the most popular outfits are far from that. Barbie, Spider-Man, and Wednesday Addams (from ‘The Addams Family’)…
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Brazil: The Best Destination for Ecotourism, According to Forbes
Forbes Advisor conducted a survey to create an Index of the 50 best countries for ecotourism. The score is based on factors such as the number of animal and plant species found in a country, the number of species per 10 km², the percentage of the country’s land mass that is protected, and the number…
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The Demand for Adventure Tourism Has Never Been Greater
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Few stories this year – or century, for that matter – have captivated the world as much as the catastrophic loss of the submersible Titan. The five passengers who died in the tragedy paid $250,000 each for the opportunity to see the Titanic up close on the ocean floor. According to the co-founder of OceanGate,…
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Can You Sing and Dance During Taylor Swift’s Movie Premiering This Week in Theaters?
Taylor Swift is releasing a filmed version of her summer tour that was a true success, “Eras Tour.” The Swift film, which premieres on Friday (13) worldwide, surpassed $100 million in advance ticket sales a week before hitting theaters, said AMC Theatres, which is distributing the film. But a concert film raises new questions for…
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The Eternal Poetry of Celso Adolfo
The singer and songwriter from Minas Gerais, Celso Adolfo, has a new musical work out. On the date that marks his 40 years of a successful career that began in 1983 with the release of the album “Coração brasileiro,” produced by Milton Nascimento. The artist wants a celebration with his new album “Pratiano,” which comes…
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Halloween Shines a Light on Brazilian Folklore
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Brazilians are celebrating Halloween more than ever. Although the tradition has never been part of Brazilian culture, in recent decades there has been a sort of “cultural embedding” of Halloween in Brazil. On October 31, children go to school dressed in spooky costumes, adults throw macabre-themed parties, and neighbors hand out candy. The Brazilian population…
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The Head Collector: A New Book by Ana Matsusaki
Brazilian author and illustrator Ana Matsusaki visited the United States in October to launch her book “The Head Collector,” translated from Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato. The book explores the delicate and complex cultural aspects of death. Official synopses say: There are all kinds of collections in this world… serious, funny, strange. Imagination knows no…