Film Club to Launch in Lapa
By Maíra Amorim, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Espaço Multifoco will host Rio’s newest film club, Compulcine, opening in Lapa next Tuesday night, August 4. The idea is to open up the neighborhood beyond the usual samba haunts that make it famous. Journalists and film enthusiasts Paula Dias and Thaís Britto are the creative [...]
Massa Crash and Hamilton Win at Hungary GP
By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – It hasn’t been a good year for Lewis Hamilton. After a brilliant season in 2008, which granted him the World Championship, the McLaren driver couldn’t win a single race in 2009 – until now. Last Sunday, July 26, the Englishman finally ended the nine month and [...]
Investing in the Tranquility of Saquarema
By Nicholas Storey, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Saquarema is a seaside town, 100 kilometers northeast of Rio de Janeiro, famous for hosting the world surfing championships in Itaúna and the volleyball championships in Barra Nova. The beach community comes alive on the weekends when families get together to partake in the area’s many [...]
Abigail Nunes – An Artist in Transit
By Sarah Coursey, Editor RIO DE JANEIRO – Abigail Nunes professes to hate moving. For the past four years, she has shuffled across the Atlantic between Rio and Paris. Setting up studios in the bohemian neighborhoods of Santa Teresa and Belleville, she puts down roots – however temporarily – and gets to the work of [...]
Friendship and Service Referrals at The American Society
By Sarah Coursey, Editor RIO DE JANEIRO – Yankee conviviality in Rio translates to pancake breakfasts, races at the Jockey Club and trips to Brazilian vineyards. It means not having to give up Thanksgiving, Halloween and the Super Bowl, while enjoying all that Carioca lifestyle has to offer. The American Society in Rio de Janeiro [...]
Ouro Preto 1, by Juliana Tafur
Ouro Preto 2, by Juliana Tafur
Ouro Preto 3, by Juliana Tafur
Ouro Preto 4, by Juliana Tafur
“Rio for Partiers” Wrist Slap Angers Cariocas
By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The Federal Attorney´s Office representing Embratur, Brazil’s Tourism Board, filed a lawsuit against Editora Solcat, Ltda., publishers of the 154-page travel guide entitled “Rio for Partiers”, last January. Alleging that “it violates human dignity and exposes the people of Brazil to a vexatious situation,” encourages sexual [...]