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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Nightlife Guide

Wednesday's Rio Nightlife Pick: It's a Russian baile funk at Fosfobox tonight as the lead singer of Gogol Bordello Eugene Hütz steps away from the mic...

Thursday, October 13, 2011 Nightlife Guide

Thursday's Rio Nightlife Pick: Família Clarão, a local group from Niterói, started their gig over a chat and a beer washed down with some...

Friday, October 14, 2011 Nightlife Guide

Friday's Rio Nightlife Pick: Jam da Silva hails from the birthplace of Manguebeat, the Northeastern capital of Recife. Having absorbed that potent blend of traditional...

Saturday, October 15, 2011 Nightlife Guide

Saturday's Rio Nightlife Pick - Orquestra Republicana will be hosting a night filled with forró and samba, two of the oldest genres in Brazil,...

Sunday, October 16, 2011 Nightlife Guide

Sunday's Rio Nightlife Pick: "Music for f*cking" started as a Facebook group, became a Globo magazine curiosity, and ended up as the inaugural post-beach party...

Monday, October 17, 2011 Nightlife Guide

Monday's Rio Nightlife Pick - Are you a woman and love free caipirinhas? Are you a man with a date this Monday and would...

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Nightlife Guide

Tuesday's Rio Nightlife Pick - For a live forró mixed with sertanejo universitário, zouk and samba de raíz during the breaks. The best part...

Eric Clapton at HSBC Arena in Rio: Daily

By Brennan Stark, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton played two sold-out performances yesterday and Sunday, October...

Rio Hosts 16th Annual Gay Pride Parade: Daily

By Brennan Stark, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Nearly 700,000 people celebrated Rio's sixteenth annual Gay Pride Parade at Copacabana Beach on Sunday,...

New Police Performance Reviews in Rio: Daily

By Brennan Stark, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colonel Erir Ribeiro da Costa Filho has revealed a new methodology for evaluating Polícia Militar...

Rio Bonde Crash Report Finds 23 Faults: Daily

By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A report by experts investigating the Rio bonde (streetcar) accident, which killed six people and...

Brazil Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates: Daily

By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Head of the Brazilian Central Bank Alexandre Tombini, indicated yesterday it will continue with its policy...

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