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MAIO/MAY 2008
Where: Brasarte (former Capoeira Arts Café)
1901 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Tickets: free
This project is sponsored by the Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco, Brasarte (former Capoeira Arts Café), BrasilBest, Americas Travel and Camarim Escola de Dança, from Niterói, Brazil.
Please visit www.contadores-de-estorias.org for more information or send an e-mail to contadores@contadores-de-estorias.org.
Brazilian Portuguese Language
Winter Session
Brazilian Portuguese Language and Culture Lab 11A section 62567 and 11B section 62568
This interactive lab course focuses on the basic structures of the language: listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Special guests will speak about various aspects of Brazilian history, economy, people and culture.
When: Classes begin on January 3rd, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Where: West Valley College -14000 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga 95070
Cost: $48 (college registration and course unit fees)
Spring Semester
Beginning Brazilian Portuguese 1B section 62166 and 11B section 62167
This course focuses on oral and written communication through a variety of activities such as pronunciation practice, listening and speaking, reading and writing.
When: Classes begin on January 28, Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 9:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Where: West Valley College - 14000 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga 95070
Cost: $ 150 (college registration and course units fees)
Sign up for Brazilian Portuguese classes online at www.westvalley.edu or call (408) 741-2045 ext 3713
The Color of Spring - paintings by Jucivaldo Tavares
Art Exhibition and Opening Reception: Thursday, April 3, 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Tavares is an emerging artist from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, whose bold vivacious painting gives expression to work marked by a profound harmony between the composition and the colors.
When: Monday through Friday
Time: 10:20 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Mechanics' Institute
57 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
For more information and reservations, please call (415) 393-0100 or visit www.milibrary.org
Brazilian Dancer/Choreographer Cristina Moura in "like an idiot"
Cristina Moura is one of Brazil's most provocative and exciting performing artists. Cristina studied classical ballet and contemporary dance and has been a professional dancer since she was 15 years old working and touring worldwide with different companies from Brazil and Europe.
"like an idiot" is a performance that combines a brilliant unique dance vocabulary with performance art, and theater. Utilizing otherworldly recorded music and her own idiosyncratic choreographic movement, Cristina moves about the stage as if possessed, drawing pictures in midair speaking with her hands, head, arms and body creating a mosaic of images, sounds, and gestures.
When: Thursday, May 29; Saturday, May 31; and Sunday, June 1st
Time: Thursday at 7:00PM, Saturday at 9:30PM and Sunday at 4:30PM
Where: Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street (@Mission Street)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Cost: $ 20, $ 15 for groups, students, seniors and advance
For reservations and tickets for all shows please call (415) 292-1850 or visit www.culturalodyssey.org.
Free English-As-A-Second Language Classes
City College of San Francisco offers FREE English-As-A-Second Language classes, Citizenship classes and Computer classes at neighborhood campuses throughout San Francisco. Classes are offered weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. There are also classes offered on weekends in some locations. There are immediate openings at all of the campuses. Levels and times of class availability vary from campus to campus. Students can enroll at any time throughout the semester.
For more information in Portuguese please contact Carmen Lamha at clamha@ccsf.edu
BraziLive night at El Rio every Thursday - Brazilian music with art, film and video exhibition
Every Thursday a Brazilian band performs the best of Brazilian dance music such as funk, sambafunk, hip-hop, MPB, axé, samba, forró, chorinho, batucada and more. Every night will feature an up and coming DJ.
When: Every Thursday
Time: Doors open at 9:00 PM
Where: El Rio
3158 Mission St (@ Cesar Chavez)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tickets: $8
For more information please visit www.ibrazil.net
Bossa Nights - Live Brazilian Music & Guest DJ's - Aurea Fernandes & Chris Peck performing the best of Bossa Nova & Brazilian Popular Music
Bossa Nova music is a blend of cultural sophistication and bohemian life style, where nothing seems to matter except a well tuned guitar, a cool caipirinha and a tropical sunshine...
When: Every Sunday
Time: Doors open at 4:00 PM - Show at 6:00 PM
Where: Bossa Nova
139 8th St (@ Minna St.)
San Francisco, CA 94103
For more information, please visit www.bossanovasf.com.
"Só Dá Brasil"
Brazilian music every Friday at 7:30 PM.
KUSF - 90.3 FM
For more information, please visit www.sodabrasil.net.
ABRIL/APRIL 2008
"Contadores de Estórias"
Presented by: Brazilian Consulate in San Francisco
"Contadores de Estórias" was created for the Brazilian children. Our intention is to provide an opportunity for these kids to be in contact with the Portuguese language, literature, music and folklore of Brazil. Brazilian books for children are read and entertainment provided. We meet once a month for 2 hours and have a lot of fun.
When: April 6, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: Brasarte (former Capoeira Arts Café)
1901 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Tickets: free
This project is sponsored by the Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco, Brasarte (former Capoeira Arts Café), BrasilBest, Americas Travel and Camarim Escola de Dança, from Niterói, Brazil.
Please visit www.contadores-de-estorias.org for more information or send an e-mail to contadores@contadores-de-estorias.org.
Brazilian Portuguese Language
Winter Session
Brazilian Portuguese Language and Culture Lab 11A section 62567 and 11B section 62568
This interactive lab course focuses on the basic structures of the language: listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Special guests will speak about various aspects of Brazilian history, economy, people and culture.
When: Classes begin on January 3rd, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Where: West Valley College -14000 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga 95070
Cost: $48 (college registration and course unit fees)
Spring Semester
Beginning Brazilian Portuguese 1B section 62166 and 11B section 62167
This course focuses on oral and written communication through a variety of activities such as pronunciation practice, listening and speaking, reading and writing.
When: Classes begin on January 28, Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 9:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Where: West Valley College - 14000 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga 95070
Cost: $ 150 (college registration and course units fees)
Sign up for Brazilian Portuguese classes online at www.westvalley.edu or call (408) 741-2045 ext 3713
Luciana Souza - The New Bossa Nova - Show Neruda
Luciana Souza - vocals, Matt Aronoff - bass, Clarence Penn - drums
Multiple Grammy-nominated composer and vocalist Luciana Souza doesn't just make jazz, she redefines it. In her music lush vocals, penetrating bass lines and driving rhythms fuse in a cyclone of style and sound. Souza devotes the first half of this evening to poems by the great Pablo Neruda with intimate settings for voice and piano. In the second half Souza changes direction toward her native Brazil, with her inimitable interpretation of the "New Bossa Nova".
When: Sunday, March 30
Time: 7:00PM
Where: Herbst Theatre - 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102
Cost: $39/$27
For more information and tickets, please call (415) 392-2545 or visit www.performances.org
The Color of Spring - paintings by Jucivaldo Tavares
Art Exhibition and Opening Reception: Thrusday, April 3, 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Tavares is an emerging artist from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, whose bold vivacious painting gives expression to work marked by a profound harmony between the composition and the colors.
When: Monday through Friday
Time: 10:20 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Mechanics' Institute - 57 Post Street, San Francisco
For more information and reservations, please call (415) 393-0100 or visit www.milibrary.org
Spotlight on Brazilian Cinema - Tiburon International Film Festival
Every year the Tiburon International Film Festival places a spotlight on a number of global filmmaking regions. This year the Festival will shine a light upon Brazil, showcasing some of their latest and finest films.
The Samba Poet (Noel Poeta da Vila) - Mach 14, 9:50PM
Rio de Janeiro in the 1930's. Noel Rosa becomes the greatest Samba composer and changes the direction of Brazilian music. Fame, passion and poetry in the golden age of Rio.
Year: 2006 - Running Time: 99 minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Ricardo Van Steen
After that Ball (Depois Daquele Baile)- March 17, 7:15PM
In a village of simple and well-taken care houses in Belo Horizonte, Dóris (Irene Ravache), an exuberant, sensual widow that is a refined cooker, offers a service of pension (dinner), helped by Bete (Ingrid Guimarães), her niece that came from the countryside to study. Among her usual customers are Freitas (Lima Duarte) and Otávio (Marcos Caruso). Both around their 60’s, they alternate complicity and picking, and over all a tough competition about the beautiful widow’s heart
Year: 2005 - Running Time: 108 minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Roberto Bomtempo
Drained (O Cheiro do Ralo) - March 14, 4:05 PM
Lourenço buys used goods from people going through some hard times, and that entices him to conduct some perverse power games. At a casual rendezvous, he is forced to make use of a currency that he has put aside for a long time: affection.
Year: 2006 - Running Time: 105 minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Heitor Dhalia
Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) - March 16, 5:10PM
Manuel, a herdsman, and his wife Rosa are on the run because of a bloody conflict with their "coronel". The couple joins mystics gathered around Sebastião, a black man who predicts the coming of an apocalyptic upheaval which will turn the Sertão into the sea and the sea into the Sertão. Ignored by Manuel, Rosa's eagerness brings about a violent break-up with the messianic preacher. As they keep travelling, the couple meet the survivors of the gang of cangaceiros led by Lampião.
Year: 1964 - Running Time: 120 minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Glauber Rocha
Earth Entranced (Terra em Transe) - March 18, 9:45PM
Eldorado, a fictitious country in Latin America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Year: 1967 - Running Time: 115 minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Glauber Rocha
Not by Chance (Não Por Acaso)- March 15, 9:45PM
Not by Chance is the story of two control-obsessed characters: Enio, a supervisor at a traffic control operation centre and Pedro, a snooker player who seeks absolute mastery of his technique. Both find fulfillment in life by submerging themselves in a mathematical mindset that leads them towards the feeling of control they long for so much. But all this is thrown to the wind one day when both Enio's ex-wife and Pedro's wife die in a car accident.
Year: 2007 - Running Time: 95 minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Philippe Barcinski
Rhapsody of the Absurd (Rapsódia do Absurdo) - March 15, 10:45PM
Poetic documentary with archive scenes from two episodes of the struggle for land, in the Brazilian countryside and city: Fazenda Santa Luzia (Aruaña-Góias) e Parque Oeste Industrial (Goiânia-Góias), which dimension makes them an universal example of conflict between property owners and power of people.
Year: 2006 - Running Time: 15 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Director: Cláudia Nunes
Pixinguinha - March 14, 9:50PM
This is a never before seen documentary short which employs images captured more than 50 years ago. In April 1954, during the festivities of the fourth centennial of Sao Paulo, the filmmaker went to Ibirapuera Park with his 16mm wind-up Kodak and shot six minutes of a wonderful show by Pessoal da Velha Guarda, with Pixinguinha, Donga, Joao da Bahiana, Almirante, Alfredinho do Flautin, Jaco Palmieri and Benedito Lacerda.
Year: 2006 - Running Time: 10 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Director: Thomaz Farkas
Dotcom - March 20, 7:15PM (screening with "Paired Off")
When a small village confronts a large multinational corporation, everyone needs to remain united. But put two villagers together and you already have three opinions. What happens when you multiply this by 37 villagers?
Year: 2007 - Running Time: 103 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Director: Luís Galvão Teles
Paired Off (Impar Par) - March 20, 7:15PM
In the midst of feet that come and go, colors and violin strings, the cobbler of a small village looks for the perfect pair in a fable of love and shoes.
Year: 2006 - Running Time: 18 minutes
Genre: Fiction
Director: Esmir Filho
For more information (show times and ticket price), please visit www.tiburonfilmfestival.com
Brazilian Dancer/Choreographer Cristina Moura in "like an idiot"
Cristina Moura is one of Brazil's most provocative and exciting performing artists. Cristina studied classical ballet and contemporary dance and has been a professional dancer since she was 15 years old working and touring worldwide with different companies from Brazil and Europe.
"like an idiot" is a performance that combines a brilliant unique dance vocabulary with performance art, and theater. Utilizing otherworldly recorded music and her own idiosyncratic choreographic movement, Cristina moves about the stage as if possessed, drawing picutures in midair speaking with her hands, head, arms and body creating a mosaic of images, sounds, and gestures.
When: Thrusday, May 29; Saturday, May 31; and Sunday, June 1st
Time: Thursday at 7:00PM, Saturday at 9:30PM and Sunday at 4:30PM
Where: Dance Mission Theater - 3316 24th Street (@Mission Street), San Francisco, CA
Cost: $ 20, $ 15 for groups, students, seniors and advance
For reservations and tickets for all shows please call (415) 292-1850 or visit www.culturalodyssey.org
Free English-As-A-Second Language Classes
City College of San Francisco offers FREE English-As-A-Second Language classes, Citizenship classes and Computer classes at neighborhood campuses throughout San Francisco. Classes are offered weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. There are also classes offered on weekends in some locations. There are immediate openings at all of the campuses. Levels and times of class availability vary from campus to campus. Students can enroll at any time throughout the semester.
For more information in Portuguese please contact Carmen Lamha at clamha@ccsf.edu
BraziLive night at El Rio every Thursday - Brazilian music with art, film and video exhibition
Every Thursday a Brazilian band performs the best of Brazilian dance music such as funk, sambafunk, hip-hop, MPB, axé, samba, forró, chorinho, batucada and more. Every night will feature an up and coming DJ.
When: Every Thursday
Time: Doors open at 9:00 PM
Where: El Rio
3158 Mission St (@ Cesar Chavez)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tickets: $8
For more information please visit www.ibrazil.net
Bossa Nights - Live Brazilian Music & Guest DJ's - Aurea Fernandes & Chris Peck performing the best of Bossa Nova & Brazilian Popular Music
Bossa Nova music is a blend of cultural sophistication and bohemian life style, where nothing seems to matter except a well tuned guitar, a cool caipirinha and a tropical sunshine...
When: Every Sunday
Time: Doors open at 4:00 PM - Show at 6:00 PM
Where: Bossa Nova
139 8th St (@ Minna St.)
San Francisco, CA
For more information, please visit www.bossanovasf.com
"Só Dá Brasil"
Brazilian music every Friday at 7:30 PM.
KUSF - 90.3 FM
For more information, please visit www.sodabrasil.net.
For more information on Brazilian musical events in the Bay Area, please visit www.sfmpb.com, the San Francisco's Brazilian music list.
MARÇO/MARCH 2008
DATA: 4 Mar -
9 pm
EVENTO: Samba Deixa a Vida
Little Baobab, 3388 19th Ave, SF
Samba/pagode tunes by orge Aragão, Fundo de Quintal, Beth Carvalho, Zeca Pagodinho, etc. by Steve Lau, Brian Rice, and Rob Kelman on percussion, and Nico Bell on cavaquinho and lead vocals; also Brian Moran on 7-string, Alan Gaskill on cavaquinho and vocals. /
$5 donation
DATA: 4 Mar -
9 pm
EVENTO:Bat Makumba
LOCAL: Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, SF
tropicalia/funk with touches of forro, samba and ska. /
$7
DATA: 9 Mar -
8 & 10 pm
EVENTO: Masha Campagne & Caminhos Cruzados
LOCAL: Jazz at Pearl's, 256 Columbus Ave, SF
Brazilian jazz from Masha and Charlie McCarthy on reeds, Weber Iago on piano, David Belove on bass and Phil Thompson on drums. /
$20 per set
415-291-8255
APRIL 2008 /
MAY 2008 /
3 May
DATA: 8 May - 8 pm
EVENTO: Lenine
LOCAL: Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 1772 Market, SF
Presented by SFJAZZ. /
$25-56
DATA: 25 May - 8 pm
EVENTO: Carol Bach-y-Rita and Robert Kyle
LOCAL: Anna's Jazz Island, 2120 Allston, Berkeley
Vocalist Bach-y-Rita and Saxaphonist Kyle with guitarist Carlos Oliveira, bassist Scott Thompson, and percussionist Ami Molinelli.
510 841-JAZZ
DATA: JUNE 2008 - 7 pm
EVENTO: Rosa Passos
LOCAL: Herbst Theatre, 3301 Lyon, SF
Presented by SFJAZZ. /
$25-58
DATA: 16 Aug - 12:30 pm
EVENTO: Homenagem Brasileira featuring Sandy Cressman
LOCAL: Yerba Buena Gardens, 701 Mission, SF
Hour-long lunchtime performance.
Free! Part of The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
DATA: 31 Aug - 1-4 pm
EVENTO: Carnaval/SF 2008 Awards Celebration
LOCAL: Yerba Buena Gardens, 701 Mission, SF
Hour-long lunchtime performance.
Free! Part of The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
DATA: 1-3 pm
EVENTO: "Brazilian Percussion Celebration"
LOCAL: Yerba Buena Gardens, 701 Mission, SF
Hour-long lunchtime performance.
Free! Part of The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
FEVEREIRO/FEBRUARY 2008
EVENTO:
DATA: Wednesday, 02/20/2008, 9pm
LOCAL: Underground - 424 Haight, SF, CA
EVENTO: CARNALECTRO
DATA: Friday, 02/29/2008, 9pm
LOCAL: Boss Night Club - 750 Harrison St, SF, CA
DEZEMBRO/DECEMBER 2007
EVENTO: "Cubahia" - Dance and music from Cuba and Bahia
DATA: Sunday, December 2nd, 7:30pm
LOCAL: Florence Gould Theatre, Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF, CA
INFO: 1-800-504-4849 or http://brasarte.tix.com
EVENTO: Nobody From Ipanema
DATA: Saturday, 12/8/2007, 9pm
LOCAL: Mojito, 1337 Grant, SF, CA
INFO: http://www.sfmpb.com/
EVENTO: Nobody From Ipanema
DATA: Tuesday, 12/18/2007, 9pm
LOCAL: Elbo Room, 647 Valencia St., San Francisco - CA
INFO: www.elbo.com
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