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Brazilian NYC used to be in Little Brazil on 46th St between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Midtown, Manhattan, but has shrunk a lot. There is a Brazilian community in Astoria, Queens. Metro New York’s biggest Brazilian community is in Newark, New Jersey’s Ironbound District.

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Brasil Summerfest 2022 Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Dance, Art & Film to NYC

OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Rodrigo Amarante & Alice Caymmi
LE POISSON ROUGE
Greenwich Village

FESTIVAL
Wednesday, June 29 – Sunday, July 24, 2022
Brooklyn Public Library, DUMBO Archway, House of Yes, Le Poisson Rouge, Lincoln Center, Nublu, Museum of the Moving Image, Steven Amedee Gallery

Art, Baile Funk, Dance, Film, Jazz, MPB, Samba
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Previously in Brazilian NYC

Vik Muniz: Scraps, a new series of photo mosaics based on the artist’s “Surfaces” series, opens with a reception at Sikkema Jenkins in Chelsea, on Thu, Feb 17 from 6-8pm and runs to Apr 9. 🇧🇷

David Byrne’s American Utopia (SPECIAL TONY AWARD) is at the St James to Apr 3. From $59. 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇷🇺🇸

Dance Theatre of Harlem at the 1st City Center Dance Festival starts with a Gala Performance that includes the NY premieres of “Higher Ground” and an extended “Balamouk” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at New York City Center in Midtown, Tue, Apr 5 at 7pm and regular performances Fri-Sun, Apr 8-10. From $35. 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸

Latin American Art, including a newly discovered Diego Rivera, goes on view at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center on Wed, Mar 2-10 for auction Fri, Mar 11 at 11am.
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The first US show of Brazilian artist Marcelo Silveira focuses on his practice with “leftovers” of Cajacatinga wood and old magazines, at Nara Roesler in Chelsea, Wed, Mar 9 – Apr 23. 🇧🇷

The New York International Children’s Film Festival 2022 (NYICFF) screens Oscar-qualifying children’s films for a variety of ages at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea, Manhattan, Fri-Sun, Mar 4-19, 2022. From $17. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸🇺🇬🇺🇸

The Peter Brainin Special Quintet featuring the Brasilian Jazz Workshop with Helio Alves, play originals and Brazilian classics at Chelsea Table and Stage on Sat, Mar 12 at 9:30pm. From $22. 🇧🇷

Mike Lavalle’s Forro Party plays Brazilian Forro at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Thu, Mar 10 from 10pm – midnight. $20. 🇧🇷

Doc Fortnight 2022, MoMA’s documentary film festival, is online to members and in-person at the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, Wed, Feb 23 – Mar 10. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇲🇽🇵🇭🇪🇸

February 2022

The 7th Neighboring Scenes Latin American film festival is in person at Film at Lincoln Center, Feb 24-28. $15 per film or $80 All-Access Pass ($20 students). 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇲🇽🇵🇪🇺🇾🇻🇪

Baile de Favela Carnaval Party is at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village on Sat, Feb 19 at 11:30pm (11pm doors). From $12. 🇧🇷

Amelia Toledo: Frieze Los Angeles, explores connections between art, nature and society at Nara Roesler in Chelsea, Thu-Sun, Feb 17-20. nararoesler.art 🇧🇷

It’s Brazilian Carnival Night with Te Encontro no Samba featuring Mambembe at Drom in the East Village on Wed, Feb 16 at 7pm. $20. 🇧🇷

Bebel Gilberto, Guilherme Monteiro and DJ Gaspar Muniz play Bossa Nova and Brazilian Jazz at Nublu in the East Village on Sun, Feb 13 at 8pm & 10pm. $40. 🇧🇷

Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal play Brazilian Jazz at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Feb 4 at 8pm. $15. 🇧🇷

December 2021

Duduka da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal play Brazilian Jazz at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Sun, Dec 19 at 9pm. $10. 🇧🇷

Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal play Brazilian Jazz at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Dec 17 at 7pm. $10. 🇧🇷

October 2021

The New Museum 2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone is at the New Museum in the Lower East Side, Oct 28, 2021 – Jan 23, 2022. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇯🇲🇲🇽🇵🇪🇺🇸|🇨🇩🇿🇦|🇮🇳🇵🇭|🇫🇷

Mambembe plays Samba/Reggae and Kikiriki Biguey plays Afro Cuban Rumba at Drom in the East Village on Tue, Oct 26 at 8pm (7pm doors). $10. 🇧🇷🇯🇲🇨🇺

The E/AB Editions Artists’ Book Fair is virtual Oct 18-31. FREE eabfair.org 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽

Dance Theatre of Harlem does pop-up performances inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s sculptures in the Kusama garden at the NY Botanical Garden in The Bronx, Sat-Sun, Oct 16-17 from 2-5pm. From $25. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sep 15 – Oct 15. [We’re included, even though we are not Hispanic, but Luso.]

Fleur Seule sings “Latin Love Songs” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen on Thu, Oct 14 at 8:30pm. From $20. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇵🇷

The Kicking and Screening soccer film festival screens Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL (featuring Pelé at the NY Cosmos) at Upper 90 in Astoria, Queens on Wed, Oct 13 at 7pm. $20. 🇧🇷

The 59th New York Film Festival is at Film at Lincoln Center, Fri, Sep 24 – Oct 10. 🇦🇴🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇫🇷🇮🇳🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸🇺🇸

Luan Barbosa’s Roda de Samba plays Brazilian Samba and Pagode at Drom in the East Village on Sun, Oct 3 at 7:30pm. (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇧🇷

September 2021

The Winter Film Awards International Film Festival is at Cinema Village in Greenwich Village, Thu, Sep 23 – Oct 2. $16.50 winterfilmawards.com 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇲🇽🇪🇸

Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography 1946-1964 closes at MoMA in Midtown on Sun, Sep 26, 2021 from 10:30am – 5:30pm. $25 🇧🇷

The New York Yankees celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a giveaway of Yankee caps with Hispanic flags for Yankee games on Fri-Wed, Sep 17-22, 2021. From $40. mlb.com
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Brazilian Archive

Brazilian Festivals NYC

New York City’s big Brazilian festivals are Brasil Summerfest in late July and August and Brazilian Day on Labor Day Weekend.

Brazilian New York City

Brazilian New York City is mostly in Little Brazil, Manhattan; Astoria, Queens; and Newark, New Jersey.

Manhattan’s Little Brazil is on 46th St between Fifth & Sixth Avenue. It has shrunk a lot over the years. There are still Emporium Brasil, Ipanema and Via Brasil restaurants.

The Brazilian Consulate is in Midtown East. There is a Banco do Brasil Brazilian bank in Midtown.

Fogo de Chao and Churrascaria Plataforma are Manhattan’s Brazilian steakhouses. Rio Market in Astoria, Queens is a great Brazilian market.

SOB’s (Sounds of Brazil) is a world music night club in Hudson Square (West SoHo). Wednesday nights at Nublu are New York City’s Brazil night.

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer was the lead designer of the United Nations headquarters. He also designed Brasilia, the Brazilian capital.

The Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall concert in 1962 popularized bossa nova around the world.

Brazilian New Yorkers

João De Matos hosts the Brazilian Day festival. Renowned artist Vik Muniz splits his time between New York City and Brazil. He has tile art installations at the (Q) 72nd St station. He is represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Dance Theatre of Harlem has some wonderful Brazilian dancers. Forro in the Dark is a great Brazilian club forro band. Bossa nova singer Bebel Gilberto splits her time between New York and the world. Geova makes incredible handmade fashion in the East Village. Marguerita Bornstein is a famous Brazilian illustrator and cartoonist living in Brooklyn.

Can you believe we are blessed with two Brazilian women’s drum corps? Fogo Azul NYC is a samba drum line. Batalá New York is a samba reggae drum line.

The Brazilian World

Many amazing Brazilian artists visit New York City. The New York Cosmos soccer team peaked when Pelé played for them in 1975-77.

Carmen Miranda popularized samba worldwide from the 1930s to the 1950s. People laugh at her fruit hat and silly image, but at her peak she was laughing all the way to the bank as the the highest paid woman in Hollywood. People came to resent her image, but perhaps we shouldn’t blame her for making the best of the limitations that were put on Latin women in that era. She was a pioneer in a tough time.

Brazil has important modern artists including Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape, Tarsila do Amaral and Hélio Oiticica. As their careers developed, they all seemed to use their fame to promote social justice. The Sylvio Perlstein Collection is one of the most important Brazilian art collections.

Sebastião Salgado is a world-renowned Brazilian photographer. Valdir Cruz is famous for his Indigenous and gaucho photography.

Brazilian Culture

Brazil is a blend of Indigenous, Portuguese and African cultures. Indigenous communities have an impact on the culture. Brazil also has notable Japanese and Arab communities.

Brazilians love soccer and are some of the world’s best players. Brazil has the world’s biggest Carnival festival.

Churrascaria is a Brazilian grilled steak tradition. Southern Brazil has gaucho culture. Feijoada is traditional Brazilian stew.

There is so much great Brazilian music. Samba and Pagode are from Bahia. Choro is a form of Carnival music. New Orleans jazz sounds like choro. Bossa nova is the samba-jazz fusion of the 1960s that blended with rock into MPB, Música popular brasileira (Brazilian pop). Sertanejo is the Brazilian country music that is among the most popular music in Brazil now. Forró is a country dance music. Baile funk is an urban music out of the rio favelas. Brazil has strong classical music and opera traditions. Heitor Villa-Lobos is a famous classical composer.

Capoeria is a beautiful martial arts dance with an African heritage. Brazil makes great telenovelas and movies.

Candomblé is an Orisha faith with an African heritage.

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