29.8.08

Brazil Day coming up in NYC

The NY Times covers this weekend's annual bash.

7.8.08

crack classical violinist takes up Argentina & Brazil

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is performing a program of South American music, including a premiere of a new work by Brazilian Clarice Assad. More info here.

It looks like this performance is happening all over the Bay Area: Berkeley, Marin, and SF as well as Palo Alto.

5.8.08

free music and movie in NYC's Central Park next Sunday

The Petrobras Brazilian Film Festival kicks off with a free concert in Central Park by Maria Rita, followed by a screening of "Os Desafinados" (about a fictional bossa group). A Jobim documentary will also be featured later in the festival.

More information