This coming week is full of great Brazilian events in the Bay Area, films, Yemanjá festival, live concerts. Try to attend several or all: it is a chance to experience the bubbling and liveliness of the Brazilian cultural life in your own backyard! See below:
Saturday, February 25th
BrasArte Presents
7th Annual Yemanja Arts Festival
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012
Time: Doors Open at 7:00pm; Performance at 8:00pm
Location: Casa de Cultura, 1901 San Pablo Avenue (at Hearst Street), Berkeley
Tickets: $20
Learn to dance before the festival:
Orixa Movement Workshop
with Vera Passos
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Cost: $20
All Levels ~ Live Drummers
Tuesday, February 28th
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê, by filmmaker Carolina Liu. Follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership. The selection is based on Afro-centric notions of beauty, in counterpoint to prevailing standards of beauty in Brazil, a country famous for slim supermodels and plastic surgery. Contestants for the title of Ebony Goddess dress in flowing African-style garments, gracefully performing traditional Afro-Brazilian dances to songs praising the beauty of black women. For more information visit our website at www.ebonygoddessdocumentary.com.
Tuesday, February 28th at 3:00pm at San Francisco Main Library
Sunday, March 18th at 8:00pm at Brazilian Voices of Cinema
March 22nd – 25th, Society for Photographic Education Conference, at Hyatt Regency
For more information, visit: www.ebonygoddessdocumentary.com
Thursday, March 1st
Victor & Leo
Brazilian country duo
Date: March 1st, 2012
Time: 9 pm
Place: Mezzanine
444 Jessie St, San Francisco, CA
Tickets for Victor & Leo in San Francisco available at:
Mercado Brasil - (415) 641-3066
Sunstream Coffee - (415) 567-5330
Cafe Di Casa - (650) 763-1025
Pamonha's - (650) 758-4871
Brazil Marin - (415) 456-6132
Bossa Nova - (510) 641-3066
Paradise - (650) 944-9700
Sunday, March 4
Documentary: BEL BORBA AQUI at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, with presence of the artist and the film’s directors.
Known as “The People’s Picasso” in his hometown of Salvador, Bel Borba has, for 35 years, tattooed the skin of the Brazilian city’s 500-year-old landscape with his beautiful and inspiring art. With an evocative Brazilian soundtrack and breathtaking cinematography, BEL BORBA AQUI explores the intense and intimate relationship between this unique city – a fusion of European, African, and Native Indian roots – and her beloved native son.
Directors: Burt Sun, André Costantini
Sunday, March 4 at 6:30pm at Camera 12 Cinemas
Tuesday, March 6 at 9:15pm at Camera 12 Cinemas
Thursday, March 8 at 1:30pm at Camera 12 Cinemas
Place: Camera 12
201 South Second Street
San Jose, CA
Check it out: http://www.cinequest.org/event_view.php?eid=1605
Friday, March 9th
Ressaca do Carnaval by Banda Bay Brazil
A party with lots of axé, marchinha de carnaval, forró and pagode
Friday, March 9 at 2:00am
Location: Club-101
815 Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, CA
Time: 9:00pm to 2:00am.
Ticket: $10
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