September 24th-29th Program at the Federal Justice Cultural Center in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Check out the events currently scheduled at the CCJF — Centro Cultural Justiça Federal (Federal Justice Cultural Center) in Rio de Janeiro for the week of September 24th until 29th.

CINEMA

• Classics and Successes of the Cinema / Film Club
  The CCJF film club chooses to show films that have marked the history of cinema and for their success with audiences and/or critics. The intention is to encourage and facilitate the habit of going to the cinema, as well as public access to the titles available in its library.
  Films: Salete Maccaloz Collection
  Programming and indicative classification: www.ccjf.trf2.jus.br
  Wednesday, September 25th at 4 PM
  Friday, September 27th at 6 PM
  At the CCJF Cinema
  Free Tickets available one hour before showtime.

EXHIBITIONS

• Topografias Imaginadas (Imagined Topographies) / photography
  The exhibition combining Edu Monteiro, Jaques Faing, José Diniz, Luiz Alberto Guimarães, and Luiz Baltar shows expressive articulations of cartography unbounded by maps. The invited artists start from reality to build other spaces, which are the expression of both the soul of things and the porosity of life.
  Curatorship: Angela Pelegrino and Nadja Magalhães
  From August 8th to September 29th
  Tuesday to Sunday – Noon to 7 PM
  In the Galleries on the first floor

• Rio Branco, 241 – Justiça e Cultura (Justice and Culture) / History
  The bilingual exhibition shows a retrospective of the occupation of the Federal Supreme Court’s original building, focusing on the trajectory to becoming the Federal District Court in Rio de Janeiro. Its panels tell the story, from the creation of the Federal Courts of First and Second Instance to the restoration works and establishment of the Federal Courthouse Cultural Center, including remarkable facts about the history of Federal Courts in this building.
  Tuesday to Sunday – Noon to 7 PM
  In the Galleries on the first floor

MUSIC

• Série Música no Museu / concerto (Music in the Museum / Concert)
  The project is characterized by the building of new audiences, encouraging the presence of children and youths. The series includes genres ranging from classical to contemporary and mixes new talents and well-known musicians.
  Program: www.musicanomuseu.com.br
  Thursday, September 26th, 3 PM at the CCJF Theater
  Friday, September 27th, 6 PM at the Session Room
  Free admission, tickets 1 hour in advance
  60 minutes

• Quintet Lorenzo Fernandes / concert
  The Quintet Lorenzo Fernandes, formed by Rômulo Barbosa (flute), Juliana Bravim, (oboe), César Bonan (clarinet), Alessandro Jeremias (horn) and Jeferson Souza (bassoon) will present a concert with original songs for wind quintets, composed by great national and international masters and by young composers of the current generation.
  Tuesday, September 24th, 7 pm at the Session Room
  Tickets: R$30 (US$7.50) and R$15
  60 minutes

• Prelude 21 Series – ‘Música do Presente’ (“Music of the Present”) / concert
  The series presents the program ‘Cordas’ (“Strings”) in a concert with the participation of Trio Ágora, formed by Ayran Nicodemo and Thalita Vieira (violins) and Ana Luiza Lopes (viola), full of the rich sounds of the string instruments. Prelude 21 is composed by Alexandre Schubert, Caio Senna, J. Orlando Alves, Marcos Lucas, Neder Nassaro and Pauxy Gentil-Nunes.
  Saturday, September 28th, 3 PM at the CCJF Theater
  Free admission, tickets can be withdrawn one hour before the show
  60 minutes

• Musical Challenges Series / video concert
  Be entertained by the performance that marked Anna Netrebko’s debut in the title role, surrounded by a cast that includes mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and bass Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. Conductor Evelino Pidò conducts the Vienna Opera choir and orchestra in this scenic production by Eric Genovèse.
  Presentation and lecture: Professor Rodolfo Valverde
  Production: Saulo Chermont
  Saturday, September 28th, 3 PM at the CCJF Cinema
  Tickets: R$40 and R$20
  180 minutes

• Choral Singing Association Series / concert
  The Opera Nucleus and the ACC Symphonic Choir present excerpts from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Lucia di Lammermoor, with libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. This is considered one of the most representative works of Donizetti’s production, together with Don Pasquale and L’elisir d’amore.
  Saturday, September 28th, 5 PM at the Session Room
  Tickets: R$30 and R$15
  120 minutes

THEATER

• Gonzaguinha | “Saudade” / play
  Inspired by the format of the last show Gonzaguinha performed, the musical surrounds the audience with the artist’s beautiful and timeless songs, through an intimate presentation, using the voice and the guitar, while narrating remarkable episodes of the trajectory of the famous composer of Brazilian Popular Music (MPB).
  Dramaturgy, direction, and performance: Sandro Melo
  From September 6th to September 29th
  Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 7 PM
  Tickets: R$40 and R$20
  In the CCJF Theatre

IDEAS

• Brazilian Modern Architectures / lecture series
  The course aims to present the history of modernist architecture and to discuss it in relation to Mario Pedrosa’s ideas. In the second lesson, the plastic expression of concrete will be analyzed together in Brazilian modernism, starting with Oscar Niemeyer
  and Affonso Eduardo Reidy and the tiles of Cândido Portinari and Athos Bulcão.
  Speaker: André Leal, architect and doctoral student in Visual Arts.
  Information and registration: [email protected]
  Tuesday, September 24th, 6 PM in the Course Room
  Admission: R$40

• MobFoto and Creativity: from the ‘click’ to the wall / workshop
  Under the guidance of designer Vivian Faingold, the participants will be able to learn the stages of production and the necessary choices to turn a cell phone image into a quality photo. The event will have Marco Araújo as a guest photographer, who will explain fine art printing and paper.
  Speakers: Vivian Faingold and Marco Araújo.
  Information and registration: www.mobfoto.com.br
  Saturday, September 28th, 2 PM in the Course Room
  Admission: R$40

EDUCATIONAL

• Machado de Assis – Vida e Obra / mesa-redonda
  (Machado de Assis – Life and Work / Round Table)
  The Educational Sector of the Federal Courthouse Cultural Center will bring back the Machado de Assis initiative, introducing the writer’s life and work in a playful way. After his life is narrated through the staging of some parts of his work, there will be a dramatized reading of one of his stories.
  Enrolment by telephone: +55 (21) 3261-2552
  Every Thursday

• Da Justiça à Arte / visita orientada (From Justice to Art / guided tour)
  The visit tells the story of the building to the present day. With an eclectic style, it is one of the few remnants of the remodeling of the city of Rio de Janeiro, which took place in the early 20th century.
  Booking by phone: +55 (21) 3261-2552 / +55 (21) 3261-2567
  Booking by e-mail: [email protected]
  Tuesday to Friday, 1 PM to 5 PM
  Free admission