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"Contadores de
Estórias"
Presented by: Brazilian Consulate in San Francisco
"Contadores de Estórias" was created for the Brazilian children. Our
intention is to provide an opportunity for these kids to be in
contact with the Portuguese language, literature, music and folklore
of Brazil. Brazilian books for children are read and entertainment
provided. We meet once a month for 2 hours and have a lot of fun.
When: May 4, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where:
Brasarte
(former Capoeira Arts Café)
1901 San Pablo
Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Tickets: free
This project is sponsored by the Consulate General of Brazil in San
Francisco,
Brasarte
(former Capoeira Arts Café), BrasilBest,
Americas
Travel and Camarim
Escola de Dança, from
Niterói, Brazil.
Please visit
www.contadores-de-estorias.org for more information or send an
e-mail to
contadores@contadores-de-estorias.org.
Brazilian Portuguese Language
Winter Session
Brazilian Portuguese Language and
Culture Lab 11A section 62567 and 11B section 62568
This interactive lab course
focuses on the basic structures of the language: listening,
speaking, reading, writing and culture. Special guests will speak
about various aspects of Brazilian history, economy, people and
culture.
When: Classes
begin
on January 3rd,
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Where:
West Valley College -14000 Fruitvale Ave.,
Saratoga 95070
Cost:
$48
(college registration and course unit fees)
Spring Semester
Beginning Brazilian Portuguese 1B
section 62166 and 11B section 62167
This course focuses on oral and
written communication through a variety of activities such as
pronunciation practice, listening and speaking, reading and writing.
When:
Classes begin on January 28,
Mondays and Wednesdays
Time: 9:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Where:
West Valley College -
14000 Fruitvale Ave.,
Saratoga 95070
Cost: $
150 (college registration and
course units fees)
Sign up for Brazilian Portuguese
classes online at
www.westvalley.edu or call (408) 741-2045 ext 3713
The Color of Spring - paintings by
Jucivaldo Tavares
Art Exhibition and Opening Reception:
Thrusday, April 3, 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Tavares is an emerging artist from
Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, whose bold vivacious painting gives
expression to work marked by a profound harmony between the
composition and the colors.
When: Monday through Friday
Time: 10:20 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Mechanics' Institute
57 Post Street (near Market)
San Francisco, CA 94104
For more information and reservations, please call (415) 393-0100 or
visit www.milibrary.org
On Exhibition - Books on a
string: Brazilian street poems - Livros de Cordel
When: May 9 to July 25, 2008
Time: M-F, 10-5 PM. Opening reception: Friday, May 9,
6-8 PM
Where: San Francisco Center for the Book
300 De Haro Street
(16th Street entrance)
San Francisco, CA
94103
For more information please call (415) 565-0545.
Brazilian Film "Central
Station" directed by Walter Salles; starring Fernanda Montenegro and
Vinicius de Oliviera
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio
de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and
mailing them. She hates customers and calls them 'trash'. Josue is a
9-year-old boy who never met his father. His mother is sending
letters to his father through Dora. When she dies in a car accident,
Dora takes a trip with Josue to find his father
When: Friday, May 16, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: Mechanics' Institute
57 Post Street (near Market)
San Francisco, CA 94104
Cost:
Tickets available at the door. Reservations are required.
For more information and reservations, please call (415)
393-0100 or contact
rsvp@milibrary.org.
Brazilian Dancer/Choreographer
Cristina Moura in "like an idiot"
Cristina Moura is one of Brazil's most
provocative and exciting performing artists. Cristina studied
classical ballet and contemporary dance and has been a professional
dancer since she was 15 years old working and touring worldwide with
different companies from Brazil and Europe.
"like an idiot" is a performance that
combines a brilliant unique dance vocabulary with performance art,
and theater. Utilizing otherworldly recorded music and her own
idiosyncratic choreographic movement, Cristina moves about the stage
as if possessed, drawing pictures in midair speaking with her
hands, head, arms and body creating a mosaic of images, sounds, and
gestures.
When: Thursday, May 29; Saturday, May 31; and Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Time: Thursday at 7:00 PM, Saturday at 9:30 PM and Sunday
at 4:30 PM
Where: Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street (@Mission
Street)
San Francisco, CA
94110
Cost: $
20,
$ 15 for groups, students, seniors and advance.
For reservations and tickets for all
shows please call (415) 292-1850 or visit
www.culturalodyssey.org.
Free
English-As-A-Second Language Classes
City College of
San Francisco offers FREE English-As-A-Second Language classes,
Citizenship classes and Computer classes at neighborhood campuses
throughout San Francisco. Classes are offered weekdays between 7:00
a.m. and 9:00 p.m. There are also classes offered on weekends in
some locations. There are immediate openings at all of the
campuses. Levels and times of class availability vary from campus
to campus.
Students can enroll at any time throughout the semester.
For more information in Portuguese please contact Carmen Lamha at
clamha@ccsf.edu
BraziLive night at El Rio every
Thursday - Brazilian music with art, film and video exhibition
Every Thursday a Brazilian band
performs the best of Brazilian dance music such as funk, sambafunk,
hip-hop, MPB, axé, samba, forró, chorinho,
batucada and more. Every
night will feature an up and coming DJ.
When: Every Thursday
Time: Doors open at 9:00 PM
Where: El Rio
3158 Mission St (@ Cesar Chavez)
San
Francisco, CA 94110
Tickets: $8
For more information please visit
www.ibrazil.net
Bossa Nights - Live Brazilian Music
& Guest DJ's - Aurea Fernandes & Chris Peck performing the best of
Bossa Nova & Brazilian Popular Music
Bossa Nova music is a blend of
cultural sophistication and bohemian life style, where nothing seems
to matter except a well tuned guitar, a cool caipirinha and a
tropical sunshine...
When: Every Sunday
Time: Doors open at 4:00 PM - Show at 6:00 PM
Where:
Bossa Nova
139 8th St (@ Minna
St.)
San Francisco, CA
For more
information, please visit
www.bossanovasf.com
"Só Dá Brasil"
Brazilian music
every Friday at 7:30 PM.
KUSF - 90.3 FM
For more
information, please visit
www.sodabrasil.net.
For more information
on Brazilian musical events in the Bay Area, please visit www.sfmpb.com, the San Francisco's
Brazilian music list.
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