2005

January
01/02/2005 Part Time Work
01/20/2005 Samba Round at BSAG

February
02/02/2005 Carnival Parade of the Afoxé Estreal D’Oyá Block
02/05/2005 Grupo Africanidade at the Bola Preta Club - Cinelândia
02/26/2005 and 02/27/2005 Artisans Meeting Project

March
03/07/2005 to 03/09/2005 PET Recycling Course
03/24/2005 to 03/27/2005 Second Cultural Week in Santa Tereza

April
04/01/2005 to 04/02/2005 Transatlantic Luso-Spanish Debates and the Market of Ideas
04/06/2005 Rethinking the local: the axis of the global - Christopher Cozier
04/22/2005 to 04/23/2005 Global Turns and Gender Returns
04/23/2005 Anniversary of journal Panorama da Palavra at BSAG
04/28/2005 Roda de Jongo at Arcos da Lapa, Rio de Janeiro

June
06/04/2005 Debut performance of the play "Você tem medo de que?" ("What are you afraid of?")
04/06/2005 Tambor de Crioula and Jongo dancing with the group Pé de Chinelo
06/04/2005 Environmental Week - Greenpeace
06/20/2005 to 06/23/2005 Workshop "The Body as a Channel" at Moitará Group's Headquarters

July
07/14/2005 Sala Escura Cinema Club: "Mi Querido Tom Mix "
07/15/2005 to 07/23/2005 "Alta Estação da Arte" Festival (High Season for Art)

August
08/01/2005 to08/02/2005 State Forums: Education and Racial and Ethnic Diversity
08/01/2005 to 08/06/2005 Ninth World Congress of Orixá Tradition and Culture
08/03/2005 to 09/02/2005 Exposition "Novíssimos 2005" (The Latest in 2005) at IBEU Art Gallery
08/15/2005 PVNC - Meetings "Race, Nationhood, Rights" / PUC-Rio
08/25/2005 Popular dance round in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro
08/27/2005 Feijoada

October
10/05/2005 to 10/07/2005 African Diaspora - International Conference at the Hotel Sofitel, Rio de Janeiro
10/24/2005 to 11/06/2005 3º Culture Symposium: Interculturalidades

November
11/01/2005 All Saints Procession for Peace
11/03/2005 and 11/04/2005 Luso-Brazilian Seminar on Santa Teresa at BSAG
11/07/2005 and 11/08/2005 Symposium "A Compared Perspective on Slavery: Brazil and the USA"
11/26/2005 Homage to Jorge Rodrigues - Viva Jorge!

December
Weekly Bulletin for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, U-M
12/02/2005 to 12/04/2005 Quilombos of Brazil - Recognition, Regularization and Property Title
12/04/2005 100 Notable Books of the Year
12/05/2005 to 12/09/2005 Fourth Comparative History Symposium - PPGHC
12/07/2005 Latin American & Caribbean Studies Brownbag Series: Francisco Thoumi
12/18/2005 Christmas Bazaar Sale at BSAG

2004

January

01/02/2005
Part Time Work

The "O Nosso Papel" (Our Role) NGO has 10 part time vacancies for young people from 18 years of age. The selected youth will work in January, February and 15 days of March. There is a salary for this work.

Please contact by e-mail with:clluna@terra.com.br
claudialuna@nossopapel.com.br

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01/20/2005

Let's celebrate Rio 2005!

Under the blessings of Saint Sebastian, the city's protective saint, Bel, Lauro e Bacana invite you for a samba with lentils Baiana style.

Thursday, January 20, 2005 from 3 p.m. on at Baixo Santa do Alto Glória.
Collaboration fee R$10,00 with Lentils Baiana style included on fee.

[Click here to print the invitation with a discount]

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February

02/02/ 2005

The Estrela D'Oyá Culture House seeks to preserve and disseminate Afro-Brazilian cultural and religious values and on February will promote these events:

“Offerings to Yemanja, Goddess of the Waters” and “Carnival Parade of the Afoxé Estreal D’Oyá Block”, preserving in great style the African roots of Brazil’s Carnival celebration.

Day: 02/02/2005 Concentration: 09:00 am for distribution of event t-shirts and tickets to board the yacht
Place: Av. Mém de Sá, 37 - Largo da Lapa - Rio de Janiero– Headquarters of the Federação dos Blocos Afros e Afoxés do Rio de Janeiro (FEBARJ)
Procession Starts: 10:00 AM
Destination: Lapa / Praça XV – where a yacht will be waiting for the faithful to deliver the offerings.
After returning, everyone will be invited to partake of the traditional fish stew and listen to the sounds of afoxé, samba de roda, and see various shows.

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02/05/2005

Carnaval 2005
Grupo Africanidade at the Bola Preta Club - Cinelândia
Entrance: R$ 35,00 including Abadás (African costume), beer, barbecue and water.

The group will base itself in a tent set up at Cinelandia. The specific place will be defined and divulged later.

Contacts to purchase:
Cátia: (+55 21) 3903 5136 /9798 8055/9166 8370
Josina: (+55 21) 2221 8464 /9617 2754

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02/26 and 02/27/2005

During the two days, the project offers courses, presentations and video showings, from 9:00 AM to noon and from 2:00 to 5:00 PM

Schedule
Saturday, February 26
9:00 to 12:00
· PET Recycling
· Paper Recycling
· Embroidery

2:00 to 5:00
· Afro Braiding
· Painting on Cloth

Sunday, February 27
9:00 to 12:00
· Ceramic Making
· Paper Maché
· Presentation: Entrepreneurship

Price: Five reais each
Sign-ups: 76 B, Hermenegildo de Barros St.
Ask for Suely
Tel: +55 21 2224-3232

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March

March from 07th to 09th

PET Recycling Course

The Environmental and Development Interdisciplinary Nucleus (NIEAD) again is offering the Pet Recycling Course to be held March 07, 08 e 09 2005.

[to know more]

www.niead.ufrj.br
niead@ccmn.ufrj

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March, 24th to 27th

Second Cultural Week in Santa Tereza
Baixo Santa do Alto Gloria participates in the cultural week, with the help of the residents of Travessa Cassiano and Hermenegildo de Barros.

Programming

March, 24th - Thursday

+Rolling out the carpet at Travessa Cassiano and Baixo Santa do Alto Gloria
[learn more]
[slideshow of the setting up]
[slideshow: "Rolling out the Carpet"]
Time: 6:00 PM

+ Photography showing "Céu na Terra by Carnaval Blues"
[showing's release]
[galery of photos of the showing's premier]
Curator: Daniele Pessanha.
Scene painter: Tereza Zarvos de Médici
Time: 7:00 PM

March, 25th - Friday
Starting at 10 in the morning, BSAG will be open for visitors. We will be serving breakfast, snacks and refreshments until 6 in the evening.

+ Carpet "Santo Sudário" (“Holy Shroud”) by Leila Barbosa and Telma Rodrigues
Technical consultant: Sergio Cezar, the "Cardboard Architect":
Assistance by scene painter Theresa Zarvos de Medicis and artist Gabriel Verani

+ Photography showing "Céu na Terra by Carnaval Blues"

March 26th - Saturday
Activities from Noon to Midnight

+ Photography showing "Céu na Terra by Carnaval Blues"

+ Free Workshop: Daily Body Poetry
Up to 20 participants
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Sign-ups: oficinadanilima@globo.com

+Jongo with the capoeira group Kunta Kinte
Time: 4:00 PM

+ Art Exhibition at BSAG with the participation of Telma Rodrigues and other artists

+ Gastronomy: Vaca atolada and other taste treats by neighborhood residents.

March 27th– Sunday
Starting at 10:00 AM

+ Photography showing "Céu na Terra by Carnaval Blues"

+ Art at BSAG

+ Gastronomy: Picadinho na farofa

Place: Baixo Santa do Alto Glória
73, Hermenegildo de Barros, St. - Glória - Rio de Janeiro
(Take the first right going up Rua Cândido Mendes)

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April

April, 1st and 2nd, 2005

The University of Michigan Department of Romance Languages and Literatures is pleased to announce a conference:

What's New: Transatlantic Luso-Spanish Debates and the Market of Ideas

”What's New: Transatlantic Luso-Spanish Debates and the Market of Ideas” will examine intellectual and institutional shifts in "Luso-Spanish Studies" over the last twenty years, paying particular attention to the relation between the new critical paradigms within the university, and within the field of "Spanish" in particular, and the equally astounding expansion and extension of market forces on a global scale.

Saturday: dOMinicanISh (8:30 PM - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Written and performed by Josefina Báez
2005 CWPS Artist in Residence & King Chavez Parks Visiting Professor
Directed by Claudio Mir • Trumpet: Ross Walker Huff
Language acquisition with soul. A nonlinear expression of our nonlinear life.

Performance and residence generously co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, the Institute for Research on Womenand Gender, Arts at Michigan, Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Department of Theatre & Drama.

Location: Rackham Amphitheater, 915 E. Washington Street, 4th Floor (9am - 8pm). Ann Arbor, MI.

For more information, please contact Prof. Cristina Moreiras-Menor at moreiras@umich.edu or April Caldwell at apcaldwe@umich.edu

Sponsors: The Atlantic Studies Initiative, Comparative Literature, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Institute for the Humanities, Institute on Women and Gender, International Institute, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, LS&A, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Office of the Vice President for Research, and Rackham Graduate School.

To view the program, please visit http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rll/eventsnews/events.html and check April events.

Cristina Moreiras-Menor
Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies
Associate Chair
Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
University of Michigan
812 E. Washington St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone # 734 647 2475
moreiras@umich.edu
FAX: 734 764 8163

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April 6, 2005

Rethinking the local: the axis of the global - Christopher Cozier

An artist of international standing, Christopher Cozier is a leading contemporary artist who works in the Caribbean and engages the global. Using a vocabulary of everyday objects, his drawings, installations, performances and videos speak emphatically about the construction of identity and nationhood and to issues of power and knowledge production in our multi-cultural world. Cozier is also a curator and critic. Among his publications are: Searching For a Way Out (Massachusetts Review, Autumn-Winter 1994) and Between Narrative and Other Spaces in (Small Axe, September 1999).

Cozier's works have been exhibited at the Havana Biennale; the Bag Factory in Johannesburg; TENT in Rotterdam; CCA7 in Trinidad; the Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC; the Art Foundry in Barbados; "Nouveau Monde /mondes nouveaux" in Montreal; the Marlborough Gallery in Madrid; the A Space in Toronto; and the Art Centre of the City of Copenhagen. His work was featured on the cover of Art Journal (Spring 2003), illustrating an article-length consideration of his practice by Annie Paul.

Sponsors: The Atlantic Studies Initiative, the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, and the School of Art and Design, and with support from the Department of the History of Art

Date:Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Time: 3:30pm
Location: 4701 Haven Hall
Atlantic Studies Initiative (ASI)
734.936.6480
ii.asi@umich.edu
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/asi

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April 22nd and 23rd, 2005

Global Turns and Gender Returns

In coordination with the University of Michigan program "Global Turns and Gender Returns," doctoral students and faculty in Latin American history are pleased to announce a two-day conference on the state of gender and history research in Latin America.

This conference will provide a forum for dialogue among scholars working from several different institutions across the Americas. In bringing these scholars together, the conference will offer a unique forum to examine the current status, challenges, and future paths of gender studies programs in Latin America and the U.S. as well as an opportunity to discuss recent trends in scholarship.

For more information, see:
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/lacs/genderhistory05/

Conference Program

Friday, April 22, 2005
International Institute/School of Social Work
Building
Room 1644

Panel 1 - Gender and Nation
Time: 10-11:30 am

Chair: Professor Jesse Hofnung-Garskoff
Commentator: Professor Alexandra Stern

Panelists:
+Marie Cruz (University of Michigan), Inhabiting la Isla Nena: Gender Discourses and Geographical Imaginings in Vieques, Puerto Rico
+Valeria Pita (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), The Hospice for Mad Women and the Debates on Nation-Building and Citizenship During the Era of the República de la Opinión. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1852-1862
+Rebekah Pite (University of Michigan), Teaching Modern Argentine Housewives How to Cook: Doña Petrona Enters the Corporate Kitchen, 1928-1934

~Lunch~

Panel 2 - Gender and Sexuality
Time: 1:30-3:00pm

Chair: Professor Neil Safier
Commentator: Professor Michele Mitchell

Panelists:
+Júnia Ferreira Furtado (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Black Pearls: Freed Women of Color in the Diamond District
+Sarah Arvey (University of Michigan), "Good Customs" and Illicit Sexuality in Cuba, 1933-58
+Maria Emma Mannarelli (National University of San Marcos, Peru), The Written Word, Women, and Secularization in Peru, 1890-1925.

~Coffee Break~

Panel 3 - Gender and Law
3:30-5:00pm

Chair: TBA
Commentator: TBA

Panelists:
+Astrid Cubano Iguina (University of Puerto Rico), Negotiating Masculinity and Citizenship in Nineteenth Century Puerto Rico: Narratives of Gender and Propriety in the Court of Law
+Victoria Castillo (University of Michigan), La Mujer India--the Solution to the "Indian Problem"?: Race and Gender in Early Twentieth-Century Peru
+Cristiana Schettini Pereira (University of Campinas, Brazil), Slavery in White and Black:Debates Over Sexual Labor in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro at the End of the Nineteenth Century

Saturday, April 23, 2005
International Institute/School of Social Work
Building
Room 1644

Panel 4 - Gender Bending/Gender Norms
11:00am-12:30pm

Chair: Professor Helmut Puff
Commentator: Professor Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes

Panelists:
+María del Carmen Baerga Santini (University of Puerto Rico), Subversive Body, Seductive Norm: A Chapter in the History of Heterosexuality in Puerto Rico
+Isabel Cordova (University of Michigan), SettingThem "Straight": Social Work Interventions with "Deviant" Youth in Puerto Rico, 1950s-1960s
+Gabriela Cano (Autonomous University of Mexico, DF, Mexico), Colonel's Robles Intimate Joy. Gender Battles in the Mexican Revolution

~Lunch~

Roundtable Discussion on the State of History and Gender Research in Latin America
2:30-4:30

Chair: Professor Sueann Caulfield
All international conference presenters will comment on their experiences in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Puerto Rico.

Sponsors: Atlantic Studies Initiative/English Department, Center for the History of Medicine,Global Turn and Gender Returns Program, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, History Department, International Institute, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, LS&A , Rackham Graduate School, Science and Technology Studies Program,
Women's Studies Department

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Saturday, April 23, 2005

Anniversary of the journal Panorama da Palavra at BSAG

[slideshow of the party]

On April 23, 1999, the first edition of Panorama da Palavra circulated. The journal was created to publish the work of the poets who appeared at the Panorama da Palavra ("Word Panorama") - a weekly poetry reading event that was first held at the Margarida Rey Culture House, and later at the Cândido Mendes Theater, until 2003.

The original idea changed over the years, to take in poets from all over Brazil, and now includes not only contemporary poets, but also ones from all eras, who enrich our literature.

The journal has now reached its 47th edition, which will be commemorated by all those appearing in its pages through a sampling of the best of what is being produced today in Rio de Janeiro and all of Brazil.

Come celebrate with us the anniversary of Panorama da Palavra!

Date: April, 23rd - Saturday
Time: Starting at 7:00 PM
Place: Baixo Santa do Alto Glória
Rua Hermenegildo de Barros, 73 - Glória
(First right turn going up to Santa Teresa via Rua Candido Mendes)

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April 28th, 2005

Hi all.

This past Thursday, just like all other months, we had our roda de jongo at Arcos da Lapa in Rio de Janeiro. It is not exaggeration to say that this event has been one of the most looked forward to among people who enjoy popular culture. This is certainly due not only to the contagious animation of the Pé de Chinelo group, but also to the integrating character of these events, which make all feel as one. All are treated equally and all egos are put aside, in an uncommon spirit of togetherness.

WHAT’S MORE, we have been even more honored to receive so many maestros of popular culture, as happened at the last event with the presence of Nico (of Santo Antônio de Pádua) and Julio (of Congo, from Vila Velha, Espírito Santo), among other old friends.

We would once again like to thank Lola (Companhia Folclórica do Rio de Janeiro), for having brought our friends and we hope to count on her presence again in the future.

The roda always starts at 9:00 PM. We will form a Tambor de Crioula, under the direction of Lucio Oliveira (who also works with the Mariocas Company and with the Three Marias) and will also have forró (from Tambor das Almas, and this month with backing from the vibrant Cidéu). There will be no lack of coconut (with the indispensable help of Marcello Mattos). And at the end, who knows, even a little samba to close out the night.

Hugs to all. See you Thursday. Axé!

Vanusa de Melo

vanusa@pedechinelo.com.br
grupo@pedechinelo.com.br

Date: April, 28th - thursday
Time: 9pm
Place: Arcos da Lapa, Rio de Janeiro

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June

June 4th, 2005

Debut performance of the play "Você tem medo de que?" ("What are you afraid of?")

On June,4th is the debut performance of the play "Você tem medo de que?" ("What are you afraid of?") with the Cia.Jardim das Espécies and directed by Rosyane Trotta. The play will be held every saturday and sunday of June.

Date: June, 4th - Saturday
Time: 8:00 PM
Price: R$15,00 (studants pay R$7,50)
Place: Baixo Santa do Alto Glória
Rua Hermenegildo de Barros, 73 - Glória
(First right turn going up to Santa Teresa via Rua Candido Mendes
Contact: +55 21 2224 3232

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Tambor de Crioula and Jongo dancing with the group Pé de Chinelo

The group of popular culture "Pé-de-Chinelo" will present Tambor de Crioula and Jongo dancing at BSAG.

Date: June 4th - Saturday
Time: 10:00 PM
Price: R$ 5,00
Place: Baixo Santa do Alto Glória
Rua Hermenegildo de Barros, 73 - Glória
(First right turn going up to Santa Teresa via Rua Candido Mendes)
Contact: +55 21 2224 3232
grupo@pedechinelo.com.br
http://www.pedechinelo.com.br

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Environmental Week - Greenpeace

Environmental Week is here. And deforestation of the Amazon continues full bore, 1,740 trees a minute! Worse still, this has become routine. At this rate in a short time there’ll be no Amazon Forest left. Brazil IS LOSING its greatest natural treasure. You can help!

Come take part in the Greenpeace’s activities and leave your message to make your city a Friend of the Amazon City.

On June 4, the eve of Earth Day, Greenpeace presents the interactive game Peace in the Forest, aimed at kids and their parents. The game points out the friends and enemies of the Amazon Forest. Have a look!

PORTO ALEGRE
06/04 – Farroupilha Park – Expeditionary Monument – 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
06/05 - Praia de Belas Shopping Center – Good citizenship stand – dissemination of Greenpeace and the campaign against Amazon deforestation – 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
...

GREATER SÃO PAULO
06/04 – Marquis of Ibirapuera Park, gate 3 (Bienal gate) – 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Learn about other happenings:
06/04 – Participation of Greenpeace in open house at the Santo Amaro SENAC (Av. Eng. Eusébio Stevaux, 823) – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Presentation at 10:00.

06/04 – Petition signature drive for the Friend of the Amazon City drive and planting of 1,000 native tree seedlings – Concentration at FIG (Rua Dr. Solon Fernandes, 155 - Vila Rosália, Guarulhos - 8:00 AM

06/04 and 05 - Greenpeace at Hopi Hari amusement park (Rod. Bandeirantes, Km 72), Greentips Exposition – 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM

06/06 and 07 – Greentips Exposition – "Bazar do Surf" (Alameda dos Arapanés, 197) – 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM

06/06 and 07 – Friend of the Amazon City exposition at the "Sustainability Fair" that is part of the Barueri Environmental Week - (Av. Pastor Sebastião Davino dos Reis, 672 - Vila Porto - Barueri) – 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

06/06 toa 10 – Forests Exposition – Central Post Office (Rua Mergernthaler, 600) – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

06/08 - Friend of the Amazon City exposition - Carrefour Osasco
...

RIO DE JANEIRO
06/04 - Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon – Roller Skate Park – 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
...

BRASÍLIA
06/04 – City Park, near the Athlete’s Kiosk – 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

06/07 – Vigil in front of the Presidential Palace. Joint activity with other NGOs, remembering the murder of Sister Dorothy Stang, with the theme “The death of the forest is the end of our lives" – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
...

MANAUS
06/04– Mindu Park – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
...

BELO HORIZONTE
06/04 - Aggêo Pio Sobrinho Municipal Park, entrance from Av Mario Werneck - Buritis – 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM

06/05 - Américo Gianetti Municipal Park, entrance from Av. Afonso Pena - Centro – 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
...

SALVADOR
06/04 –Pituaçu Park, beachfront entrance – 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
...

Spread the word, bring your friends and protect what’s ours.

Hope to see you there!
Team and Greenpeace

*** Learn about other events that will be part of Greenpeace’s actions for Environmental Week in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo. See here:www.greenpeace.org.br

*** GOLDEN CHAINSAW AWARD
If you haven’t voted yet, participate now: www.greenpeace.org.br/motosserra/
If you’ve already voted, see the results at our site on June 7th.

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June 20 to 23,2005

Workshop "The Body as a Channel" at Moitará Group's Headquarters

Jorge Lopes Ramos, actor and director of the Zecora Ura Theater Group, of London, and the Moitará Group take great pleasure in inviting you to a workshop at its headquarters. Sign-ups are open.DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!


Date: From June 20 to 23
Time: 2:00 to 6:00 PM
Fee: R$ 150.00
Place: Space of the Moitará Group
Rua Joaquim Silva, 56 / 3rd Floor - Lapa
Contact: 55 21 3852 0403 / 2221 7319
http://grupo.moitara.sites.uol.com.br

Remark: At the last workshop, at night, there will be a demonstration work open to the public, for at most 30 people. Those interested should get in touch to make reservations.

The Body as a Channle is the result of the practical thesis developed from the theoretical studies of Antonin Artaud, of Japanese Butoh dancing and of its ramifications in Europe today. The study of the body as a channel is conducted by investigating the practices of Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, where the dance is not an end, but rather a means. The work of listening as a point of departure enables an understanding of the body in organic movement, suspended and interrupted aging, physical and imaginary manipulation of the body, emptying the “channel”, directing energy and life cycles.

Jorge Lopes Ramos is artist in residence and visiting professor at Rose Bruford College in England. Founding member and artistic director of the Zecora Ura Theatre (London) since 2001, his experience as director includes 10 shows, presented in various countries such as England, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Finland, Iceland, Brazil and Japan, where he has also given various workshops. His training is based on a range of corporal practices, such as Japanes Butoh dance, Kabuki theater, Commedia Dell’Arte, acrobatics, clown performance, Laban, mime, physical theater and Angolan capoeira. His teachers include Atsuchi Takenuchi (Ohno/Hijikata), Ana Sanchez Coldberg (Pina Bausch), Ana Vasquez de Castro (Peter Brook), Ian Morgan (Grotowski), among others.

For more information about Zecora Ura Theatre, visit:www.zecoraura.com

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July

July 14th, 2005

Sala Escura Cinema Club: "Mi Querido Tom Mix "

The SALA ESCURA Cinema Club presents this Thursday, July 14th, at 6:30 PM, its Latina session at MAM (Av. Infante D. Henrique, 85,Centro - Rio de Janeiro).

ENTRANCE IS FREE!

The feature film is MI QUERIDO TOM MIX (Mexico, 1991, 90 min.), directed by Carlos García Agraz, with Federico Luppi, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Carmen Beato, Lourdes Carrillo and Eduardo Casals.

The film by Carlos García Agraz was shown at various festivals, such as in Mexico and Havana, where it won the award for best actress. At the Gramado Festival in 1993, besides being nominated for the Kikito Award as the best Ibero-American film, Mi Querido Tom Mix won the award for best actor for the interpretation of Federico Luppi.

The script for Mi Querido Tom Mix was written by Consuelo Garrido in a script workshop organized by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. Its greatest quality is to revitalize a genre known in Mexico as “aventura”, which was of great importance in the history of that country’s cinema.

To start off the session in July, we’ll have the not-to-be missed short SIEMBRO VIENTO EN MI CIUDAD (Cuba, 1978, 24 min), by Cuban filmmaker Fernando Pérez, which documents moments in the artistic life of Chico Buarque and his relations with the political and social life of Brazil.

Date: July 14th
Time: 06:30 PM
Place: MAM - Modern Art Museum
Av. Infante D. Henrique, 85 - Centro - Rio de Janeiro

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July 15th to 23, 2005

"Alta Estação da Arte" Festival

The "Alta Estação da Arte" Festival will be promoted by BSAG during the days 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22 and 23, in July, and will have a programming that gathers presentations of various works with quality, like Cia. de Dança Dani Lima, Teatro do Nada, Violão Real Quintet, Cabaret Pé Sujo, Sergio Cezar, “the architect of cardboard”, and many others.

Visit the event's hotsite to check the programme.

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August

August 1st to 6th, 2005

State Forums: Education and Racial and Ethnic Diversity

Racial and ethnic diversity is in the heart of this country, and also in the classroom.

Promoted by the Secretariat of Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity (Secad/MEC), part of the ministry of Education, in partnership with the Rio de Janeiro state government, the event will occur at COLÉGIO BATISTA SHEPARD, which is located at Rua José Higino, 416 - Tijuca/R on August 1st and 2nd, 2005.

During these two days, participants will be able to choose from presentations, roundtable discussions and working groups, with all activities related to the themes of education and racial and ethnic diversity.

Among the main themes will be Law 10,639, enacted in 2003, which makes African history and afro-Brazilian culture a required part of the national curriculum directives. The seminar will be a good opportunity to discuss the implementation of public policies to promote racial equality.

The Ministry of Education has been holding these forums since last year, in various states, and all told there will be 20.

Date: August 1st and 2nd, 2005
Local: COLÉGIO BATISTA SHEPARD
Rua José Higino, 416 - Tijuca/RJ

More information
http://portal.mec.gov.br/secad or call toll-free 0800-616161 or contact the Undersecretary of Planning and Coordination of Special Schools at: (55 21) 2299-4262 and 2299-3795

http://www.pvnc.org

pvnc@bol.com.br

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August 1st to 6th, 2005

Ninth World Congress of Orixá Tradition and Culture
THEME: THE RELIGION AND CULTURE OF ORIXÁ IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://www.orisaworld.org/pages/6/index.htm

The World Congress of Orixá Tradition and Culture (OrisaWorld) opens sign-ups for the Ninth OrisaWorld Congress, which will take place from August 1 to 6, 2005 at Ro de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This congress will focus on the role of the Orixá religion in society, exploring the influence of the Orixá religion and culture in contemporary societies, and its effective role in people’s lives, especially among Africans of the Diaspora and on the African continent. In this form, the congress will seek to analyze the current context of societies from the African matrix, stressing their positive characteristics, and at the same time pointing to possible solutions to various problems. The sub-themes include the following:

1. Education, pedagogy and Orixá religion
2. Health, medicine and curing
3. Native knowledge and technological systems
4. Sacrifice, possession and ritual
5. Environment and ecology
6. The use of the Yoruba language and philosophy
7. Creation in visual and performing arts
8. The relevance of the literature on Ifá and Orixá
9. Public policies and social rights
10. Promotion of Yoruban culinary arts and sciences
11. Development and preservation of the biological and spiritual family
12. Socioeconomic development
13. Relations between African and the Diaspora
14. Inter-religiosity
15. Ethics, hierarchy, discipline and character
16. Questions of gender, race and ethnicity
17. Currents of the Orixá religion
18. Questions about the body and sexuality in the Orixá tradition
19. Negritude: the bias of the African matrix in philosophy
20. Politics and religion


We are accepting applications to give presentations (please fill out the specific form)

Official languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Yoruba

We stress that presentations on subjects not directly related to the main congress’s theme, but that are relevant to the Orixá religion and culture, will always be welcome. The organization is therefore open to applications of summaries on topics related to the Orixá religion, culture and tradition in general.

The approved summaries will eventually be published

Sign-up fees:

Local participants: R$100.00
Local artisans: R$100.00
Local exhibitors (companies): R$400.00
Foreign participants: US$100.00
Foreign exhibitors: US$400.00

The deadline for sign-ups for summaries of communications, exhibitors and presenters is June 17, 2005. We will send you a confirmation letter as soon as we receive the summaries and sign-ups.
(Please indicate what sub-theme applies to your summary.)


ADDRESSES TO SEND SUMMARIES AND SIGN-UPS FOR ARTISTIC PRESENTATIONS:

Participants from Brazil and other South American countries:

Professor Robson Rogerio Cruz (Coordinator of the local organizing committee) or Professora Magali da Silva Almeida (Coordinator of ProAfro)

PROAFRO/UERJ
Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 - Bloco E - Sala 8017
Rio de Janeiro - RJ - CEP: 20550-013
Brazil


E-mail: orisaworldrio2005@yahoo.com
Tel: (5521) - 2587-7208
Fax: (5521) - 2284-3290

Participants from the rest of the world (Africa, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, United Kingdom, etc.)

Dr. Kola Abimbola (International coordinator of OrisaWorld)
Faculty of Law, University of Leicester
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK

E-mail: coordinator@orisaworld.org
Tel: + 44 (0)116 223 1255
Fax: + 44 (0)116 252 502

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August 3rd to September 2nd, 2005

Exposition "Novíssimos 2005" (The Latest in 2005) at IBEU Art Gallery

The Institut Brazil-United States (IBEU) is proud to invite you all to the opening of the exposition "Novíssimos 2005" (The Latest in 2005) on August 3rd, 2005, starting at 8:00 PM.

On the occasion, at 9:00 PM, the IBEU Award of Plastic Arts 2004 will be given to the artists Araken and Valdir Rocha, considered the best exposers in 2004.

Opening
Date: 08/03/2005
Place: Art Gallery IBEU
Av. N. Sra. de Copacabana, 690 / 2°andar - Copacabana
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Time: from 8:00 PM till 11:00 PM - Free entrance
Contact: 55 21 3816 9400
cultural@ibeu.org.br
http://www.ibeu.org.br

Exposition
Date: 08/04/2005 a 09/02/2005
Monday through Friday, Noon to 6:00 PM - Free entrance

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August 15th, 2005

PVNC - Meetings "Race, Nationhood, Rights" / PUC-Rio

The Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Afro-Descendent Reflection and Memory (Nirema) is beginning a series of meetings to discuss race, nationhood and civil rights in the United States. The first presentation will be by Professor Jerry Davila, of the University of North Carolina, who will speak on Slavery and the Formation of the Republic in the United States. The meeting will take place on Monday, August 15th, at 3:00 PM in Room 408-F. The presentation will be in Portuguese and certificates will be given to participants.

Movimento PVNC
pvnc@bol.com.br

Data: 08/15/2005
Local: NIREMA / PUC-RIO
Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea
Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Room 408-F
Horário: 3:00 PM

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August 25th, 2005

Popular dance round in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro

The last Thursday of every month we get together with friends for dancing and other festivities. This month it will be on the 25th, at 9:00 PM, under the Lapa Arches. We’ll dance jongo, coco, tambor de crioula and Uruguayan candomblé (with the group Nação Zumbalelê). The event is open to the public, full of spirit, and it’s free.

Visit our community at Orkut:
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=1169059

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August 27th, 2005

Feijoada (traditional Brazilian dish)

Saturday, August 27th, at the Pé-de-Chinelo House, we’ll have a delicious feijoada. The dish, prepared by Olívia and Cassiano, will be the outcome of the efforts of each member of the group, and seeks to raise funds to finish construction or our headquarters.

Information and reservations by e-mail or:
(55 21) 2507-9483 (Vanusa or Bruno)
Date: 08/27/2005
Place: Rua Costa Bastos, 298, casa 102
Santa Teresa/RJ
Time: 2:00 PM
Price: 7 reais (inclui uma bebida a escolher)

Visit our community at Orkut:
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=1169059

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October

October 5th to 7th, 2005

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October 24th to November 6th, 2005

3º Culture Symposium: Interculturalidades

Opening Conference
10/24 / 5 PM
Culture Minister Gilberto Gil

And: Ariano Suassuna, J. Borges, Raíces de América, Tarancón, Tangos e Tragédias, Verve Cia de Dança, Muniz Sodré, Yassir Chediak, MV Bill, Carnaval de Oruro (Bolívia), Negro Mendes (Peru), Joe Vasconcellos (Chile), Terreirada, Carimbo Raízes da Terra, Léo Leobons, Mãe Beata, Santero Fermin Nani (Cuba), As Marias da Graça, O Sombra, Hierbacana (Argentina), Mahuederu Karajá e Ijesseberi Karajá, Octavio Arbelaez (Colômbia), Nitis Jacón, Maria Eliana Nett (Chile), Sérgio Mamberti, Sérgio Sá Leitão, João das Neves.

More information:
www.uff.br/interculturalidades
interlatinidades@yahoo.com
Tel 55 21 2629-5035 / Telefax 55 21 2629-5030

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November

November 1st, 2005

All Saints Procession for Peace

Dear All,

On November 1st we’ll be holding, for the sixth straight year, the All Saints Procession for Peace,