By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With her remake of Dione Warwick’s “I’ll Never Love This Way Again” playing almost nightly in the Globo novela (prime-time soap opera) “Salve Jorge” and a recent confirmation to perform at Rock in Rio 2013 in September, it’s been quite a year for singer and [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Performing under the stage name Cat Power as she has for almost two decades, American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall returns to Rio with a new sound and a new look on Saturday, May 18th. She will play at Lapa’s Circo Voador where she last performed almost [...]
By Fiona Hurrell, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Gringo Café in Ipanema is known for its all-American menu and perfect location a few short blocks from posto 9, as well as throwing events that bring both the expatriate community and local residents together. Now it has added yet another string to [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Award-winning British musician Samuel J Tellam (Samuel J) will bring his special blend of smooth laid-back sounds to the Barra da Tijuca beach during the Billabong Rio Pro 2013 on Sunday, May 12th, as he performs the first of two shows that are scheduled to [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Tonight is the night that The Rio Times presents The Rio DJ Mixup, a one of a kind DJ Industry meets community celebration of nightlife in Rio. Over 200 people have already RSVP’d for what promises to be an evening of DJs, promoters, venue owners [...]
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Around 25,000 people gathered in Parque de Madureira in Rio’s Zona Norte (North Zone) Sunday, April 28th, for the third annual Batalha do Passinho semi-final. The dance battle gives dancers mostly from Rio’s favela communities the opportunity to compete for a grand prize of R$10,000. [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil, like the United States and many other countries throughout the world, celebrates Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May. Dia das Mães, as the day is known here, will occur this year on May 12th and families, retailers and restaurants have already begun [...]
By Levi Michaels, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just three months after the Brazilian government started discussing the construction of a third nuclear reactor in Angra dos Reis, the International Uranium Film Festival will return to Rio de Janeiro starting Thursday, May 16 through Sunday, May 26. The third installment of the festival [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the number of bicycles on Rio’s streets continue to increase, so do the number of reported accidents. To insure greater safety for cyclists in training, lanes in Aterro do Flamengo will replace the lanes currently used in Ipanema and Leblon for early morning riding. [...]
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The fifth annual FLIST festival (the International Literary Festival of Santa Teresa) will be held in the Parque da Ruinas atop Santa Teresa this weekend, May 4th and 5th. The festival celebrates literature and poetry from both Brazilian and international authors with readings, lectures, author [...]
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