Tag: Tijuca

By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Starting this Friday, August 10th at 5PM and running until Sunday, August 12th, Rio’s Lagoa will be hosting a free weekend-long event featuring live jazz, samba and rock music as...

By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The month of June is almost over, but the ‘festas juninas’ keep coming, and this weekend there are perhaps more taking place than at any other time. So we’ve rounded...

By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Everyone has heard of Rio’s Carnival, but fewer perhaps are aware of Brazil’s Festas Juninas (June Festivities) which play a big role every year in the country’s winter party calendar. The...

By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On March 3rd the Secretary of the Environment and Conservation for the city of Rio de Janeiro (Seconserma) announced that they were to resume a river protection program under the...

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since Friday, March 16th, Rio hosts the 18th edition of "Rio Restaurant Week", considered one of the biggest culinary festivals in the city. Until April 8th, sixty different restaurants will...

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite its expensive reputation, the vegan and vegetarian cuisine has become accessible for all budgets in Rio de Janeiro. From Tijuca, in Zona Norte (North Zone), to Botafogo in Zona...

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This weekend, March 17th and 18th, voracious eaters can indulge in some of the best Carioca street food with Rio's first junk food market. Taking place in Tijuca, the "Feira...

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, February 12th, Salgueiro samba school will enter the Sambódromo to participate in the 2018 Grupo Especial championship. Originally from Andaraí, in Rio's Zona Norte, Salgueiro is expected to...

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, February 12th, Unidos da Tijuca samba school will open the second day of Grupo Especial's parade at Carnival 2018. The school is expected to enter the Sapucaí at...

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday, February 11th, the Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school will be parading in the 2018 Carnival. Expected to enter the Sambódromo at 11:25 PM, "Vila" will be...