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fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
6 hours ago

Discos Resaca and the Rise of Bay Area Cumbia | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Discos Resaca approaches Cumbia as living art in constant evolution, deeply rooted in heritage. Founded in 2017 by accordionist and producer Ivan Flores, the collective has carved out its own space through live shows and limited vinyl runs, centered on hybrid Cumbia reflective of the region's diverse Latine communities.
Music production
#brazilian-cinema
Independent films
fromThe Village Voice
1 day ago

Na Ponta da Lingua and the Brazilian-American Stories Still Waiting to Be Told - The Village Voice

Brazilian-American filmmakers are addressing the unique immigrant experience and cultural identity challenges faced by Brazilian Americans in the U.S.
Independent films
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Brazilian cinema has high hopes of making Oscar history

Brazil seeks a second consecutive Oscar for Best Picture with The Secret Agent, potentially winning three awards across categories, marking unprecedented success for Brazilian cinema.
Independent films
fromThe Village Voice
1 day ago

Na Ponta da Lingua and the Brazilian-American Stories Still Waiting to Be Told - The Village Voice

Brazilian-American filmmakers are addressing the unique immigrant experience and cultural identity challenges faced by Brazilian Americans in the U.S.
Independent films
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Brazilian cinema has high hopes of making Oscar history

Brazil seeks a second consecutive Oscar for Best Picture with The Secret Agent, potentially winning three awards across categories, marking unprecedented success for Brazilian cinema.
#bay-area-dance-week
fromwww.7x7.com
1 day ago
San Francisco

Bay Area Dance Week Returns With More Than 150 Free Classes, Performances + Gatherings

Bay Area Dance Week showcases diverse dance styles through free events, engaging the community and encouraging participation in dance activities.
from48 hills
2 days ago
SF music

Bay Area Dance Week celebrates leaps and bounds of local scene - 48 hills

Bay Area Dance Week celebrates the region's diverse dance community with free classes and performances, promoting inclusivity and visibility in dance.
San Francisco
fromwww.7x7.com
1 day ago

Bay Area Dance Week Returns With More Than 150 Free Classes, Performances + Gatherings

Bay Area Dance Week showcases diverse dance styles through free events, engaging the community and encouraging participation in dance activities.
SF music
from48 hills
2 days ago

Bay Area Dance Week celebrates leaps and bounds of local scene - 48 hills

Bay Area Dance Week celebrates the region's diverse dance community with free classes and performances, promoting inclusivity and visibility in dance.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East

The V&A East's exhibition 'The Music is Black' showcases the evolution of Black British music from Africa to contemporary genres.
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
5 days ago

11 Masks That Define World Culture

Ancient masks from various cultures symbolize permanence, collective identity, and artistic mastery, reflecting their cultural significance and craftsmanship.
#fado
Madrid food
fromCN Traveller
6 days ago

The best fado bars in Lisbon, according to Portuguese singer Carminho

Fado, a traditional Portuguese music genre, is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, reflecting cultural pride and identity in modern Portugal.
Madrid food
fromCN Traveller
6 days ago

The best fado bars in Lisbon, according to Portuguese singer Carminho

Fado, a traditional Portuguese music genre, is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, reflecting cultural pride and identity in modern Portugal.
Travel
fromCN Traveller
1 week ago

This sunny European city has just been voted the world's most colourful

Lisbon is the world's most vibrant city, scoring 100/100 with 2,633,070 unique colors.
#brazilian-funk
Music production
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Samba Jean-Baptiste: +3

Samba Jean-Baptiste's album +3 blends avant-rap and R&B with experimental elements, showcasing a refined approach to song structure and emotional depth.
Berlin music
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

At 20, CubaCaribe looks back-and ahead-at vibrant diasporic culture - 48 hills

The 20th annual CubaCaribe Festival showcases Caribbean cultural traditions through dance, music, and community events across various Bay Area venues from April 8-19.
#latin-america
#rumba
SF music
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Cuban Rumba Jam: Play, Sing, Dance & Enjoy | Berkeley

Rumba event at La Peña Cultural Center features Afro-Cuban music and dance every 1st and 3rd Sunday, encouraging community participation.
SF music
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Cuban Rumba Jam: Play, Sing, Dance & Enjoy | Berkeley

Rumba event at La Peña Cultural Center features Afro-Cuban music and dance every 1st and 3rd Sunday, encouraging community participation.
SF music
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Cuban Rumba Jam: Play, Sing, Dance & Enjoy | Berkeley

Rumba event at La Peña Cultural Center features Afro-Cuban music and dance every 1st and 3rd Sunday, encouraging community participation.
SF music
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Cuban Rumba Jam: Play, Sing, Dance & Enjoy | Berkeley

Rumba event at La Peña Cultural Center features Afro-Cuban music and dance every 1st and 3rd Sunday, encouraging community participation.
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Choreographing Lagos: Dele Adeyemo on Dance, Cosmology, and Spatial Practices

Eshu's proverb tells both a story of reparation and of ancestrality by joyfully bending spacetime conventions and accessing subjects from the past with present actions.
Social justice
Mission District
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

2026 San Francisco Carnaval Festival & Parade (May 23-24)

Carnaval San Francisco returns in 2025 for its 47th annual celebration, featuring a free two-day festival with diverse cultural performances and vendors.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The US is no longer the go-to place': How Korean culture is taking Latin America by storm

The Korean wave or hallyu that brought the country's culture to the world has now well and truly engulfed Latin America.
Madrid food
fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
3 weeks ago

Ronaldinho came to hug me immediately after I scored on my Brazil debut almost like a blessing' Marcelo recalls his encounter with the Selecao legend after his dream debut

Marcelo's first Selecao appearance came in a friendly against Wales that was played at White Hart Lane in September 2006. A 25-yard strike from Marcelo just after the hour mark put Brazil on their way that evening.
Real Madrid
Music
fromDeep House London
3 weeks ago

D-EDGE celebrates 26 years with landmark Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro events this April | News | Deep House London

D-EDGE celebrates its 26th anniversary with major events in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro featuring renowned electronic music artists.
#paraty
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago
Travel

In Brazil's Costa Verde, local communities are tapping into the ancient stillness beneath their town's thrum

fromCN Traveller
2 months ago
Travel

In Brazil's Costa Verde, local communities are tapping into the ancient stillness beneath their town's thrum

NYC music
fromABC7 Los Angeles
4 weeks ago

In Harlem living room, jazz tradition blends heart and soul

Marjorie Elliot hosts weekly jazz concerts in her Harlem apartment to honor her late son and connect with the community through music.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Black music is not a subculture it is the engine': Why the Mobo awards matter more than ever, 30 years on

Kanya King stated, 'Black music shapes what we listen to, how we speak, how we dress, how we tell our stories and I guess it's defined as Britain's cultural identity but structurally and institutionally is still often treated as m.'
London music
Cocktails
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

This Sweet Liquor Gets A Taste Of Cinnamon And Clove From Wood - Tasting Table

Cachaça, Brazil's national spirit, is distilled from fresh sugarcane juice rather than molasses, creating a brighter, more vegetal flavor that ranges from grassy when unaged to complex when aged in wood.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Why wearing traditional dress will always be political

The wearing of traditional African clothing varies dramatically across the continent, from everyday staples in Sudan and Nigeria to rare ceremonial wear in Kenya and South Africa, influenced by colonial history and cultural diversity.
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Eliades Ochoa, the last great troubadour: People in Cuba have lost their joy'

Eliades Ochoa's aura is so powerful that under the generous rays of sunlight streaming through the large window on this March morning, he evokes a Western film.
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The week in which Puerto Rico celebrates its Afro-descendant heritage

The Bandera Cimarrona, a flag conceived at the first edition of the International Summit of Afro-descendants in Puerto Rico in 2022, stands as a symbol of the resistance, the pursuit of freedom, and the strength of Afro-descendants on the island and throughout the Americas.
Social justice
Arts
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Amazonia's Indigenous peoples dismantle Western cliches

European depictions of the Amazon as a timeless wilderness ignore its cultural diversity and historical complexity.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

A Mariachi school persists, and thrives, amidst an immigration crackdown

It makes me feel proud, simply because of the specific time we're in right now. It definitely takes a lot of courage for kids my age to represent their culture. Anthony Benitez, an 18-year-old violin student born in the United States to Mexican immigrants, expressed how the academy provides a meaningful outlet for cultural expression amid punitive immigration enforcement affecting Latino and immigrant families across the country.
NYC music
Social justice
fromCN Traveller
1 month ago

"Black excellence is everywhere, Black connection is not": Inside the event designed to connect, unite and inspire Black thinkers

The Diaspora Salon in Marrakech convenes African and diaspora intellectuals, artists, and entrepreneurs to discuss culture, power, and economic futures across multiple disciplines.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Sounds of Latin America: A Violin and Piano Journey

Pianist Dr. Gabriela Calderón and violinist Dr. Catalina Barraza celebrate the rich musical heritage of Latin America.
SF music
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The hidden history of Afro-Bolivians: From slavery in silver mines to fighting for power

Cerro Rico produced massive quantities of global silver through enslaved African labor under brutal conditions in colonial Bolivia.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Architectural Ingredient: 15 Brazilian Restaurants Where Design Meets Gastronomy

Architecture and gastronomy form a sensory symbiosis where environmental design principles like volume, balance, and contrast directly influence flavor perception and dining experience.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

How Rio de Janeiro's famous carnival rescued the human scale of the city

Carnival rehearsals and blocos transform Rio's streets into vibrant pedestrian spaces, mobilizing millions, reshaping urban life, and revitalizing neighborhoods.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Rhythms that cross the borders of Africa

Oumy is a leading figure in contemporary Senegalese music. Her style, which blends hip-hop, African R&B and global pop, makes her one of the most exciting artists on the country's urban scene. Beyond her music career, she has also been involved in social projects within her community, participating in cultural festivals and campaigns related to the environment and equality.
Music production
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Uruguay's candombe brings streets to life as the once-banned musical tradition roars back

Candombe, Uruguay's Afro-descendant music once banned and marginalized, is now experiencing peak popularity after spreading from Black neighborhoods throughout the country.
LGBT
fromQueerty
1 month ago

PHOTOS: This year's Carnival in Rio had progress-and gays-on parade - Queerty

Brazil's Carnival in Rio showcases inclusivity, with transgender samba leaders, trans dancers honoring pioneers, and Porto da Pedra celebrating sex workers to fight stigma.
London food
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

This traditional boteco in northwest London is officially the best Brazilian restaurant in the city

London's Brazilian food scene offers diverse, affordable options from authentic botecos to steakhouses and street-food specialties, with Kaipiras by Barraco ranked top.
#danza-azteca
SF music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

The joyous, decorated Aztec dancers of San Jose

Danza Azteca communities in the Bay Area preserve ancestral dance traditions through spiritual and cultural ceremonies, with multiple active groups collaborating to uplift indigenous heritage.
SF music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

The joyous, decorated Aztec dancers of San Jose

Danza Azteca communities in the Bay Area preserve ancestral dance traditions through spiritual and cultural ceremonies, with multiple active groups collaborating to uplift indigenous heritage.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Rio carnival to offer towering tribute to Lula, the greatest Brazilian of all time'

Academicos de Niteroi will honor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with a 22-metre effigy and a parade depicting his life, achievements, and defense of democracy.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Latin America seeks its own voice in a turbulent world

Seven Latin American heads of state convened in Panama at CAF's 2026 forum, turning a trade-focused meeting into a politically charged regional multilateral summit.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

A small Africa in Colombia': the palenqueras of Cartagena

Cartagena's palenqueras symbolize the enduring, commodified legacy of enslavement, mixing cultural resilience with tourist-driven exploitation.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

The number 24 is considered very "gay" in Brazil. Here's why... - LGBTQ Nation

The number 24 is considered gay in Brazil due to a historical lottery game where the deer, a feminine-coded animal, occupies the 24th position, combined with linguistic wordplay in Portuguese.
fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Black Family Day SV Brings Culture and Joy to Downtown San Jose Today

This free public event runs today from 11am to 4pm at Parque de los Pobladores on 510 S 1st Street in Downtown San Jose. You can gather with your family amid lively performances, interactive activities, and wellness resources that honor African and African ancestry heritage.
Silicon Valley real estate
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Revered Cuban pianist Omar Sosa back in Bay Area for week full of gigs

Cuban pianist Omar Sosa returns to the Bay Area as resident artistic director at SFJAZZ Center, presenting diverse projects spanning his three-decade career after arriving in 1995 with minimal resources.
fromKqed
2 months ago

Venezuelan Dance Group in the Bay Area Keeps Culture Alive for a New Generation | KQED

Michelle Paulin dances while instructing youth at the Dulce Tricolor Venezolano dance group at the Ariel Dance Studio in Campbell on Jan. 25, 2026. Dulce Tricolor, a Bay Area Venezuelan dance group founded in 2019, teaches children traditional folk dances while preserving culture, building community and offering a sense of home amid Venezuela's ongoing political and economic crisis. (Josie Lepe for KQED)
World news
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Japanese-Brazilians: the intimate relationship between two very different cultures

Japanese-Brazilians form a large, culturally blended community rooted in early 20th-century immigration, shaped by labor needs, racial policies, and wartime persecution.
London music
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

I've Been to Nearly Every Caribbean Carnival-and These Are My Favorite Celebrations

Caribbean Carnival originates in Black resistance and remains a cultural celebration of freedom, music, vibrant costumes, and diasporic connection despite commercialization.
fromHarper's BAZAAR
1 month ago

Dance Theater of Harlem Is Bringing Back Firebird . It's Never Felt More Timely.

First performed in 1910 by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and adapted by George Balachine for New York City Ballet in 1949, Firebird was inspired by a Russian folk tale. The ballet tells the story of Prince Ivan, who captures the firebird, a creature who is part bird, part woman, and then lets her go.
NYC music
Film
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

On Location: How The Secret Agent captured the spirit of 1977 Brazil

Kleber Mendonça Filho used Recife’s real locations to recreate 1977 Carnival, juxtaposing colourful street celebrations with the oppressive reach of Brazil’s military dictatorship.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Rio Carnaval float draws criticims over Lula tribute

A parade float praising Brazil's president Lula strode through Rio's Sambadrome, drawing contreversy and triggering lawsuits. A carnival float in Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parade was the center of a controversy over Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his upcoming bid for reelection. Critics of the president accused him of improperly using the nation's high-profile Carnaval celebrations for political campaigning.
World news
SF music
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
1 month ago

How Cumbia Took Root and Evolved in the Bay Area | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Cumbia evolved from Colombian Caribbean roots blending African, indigenous, and Spanish influences, spreading globally through migration and adaptation while absorbing regional musical elements across Latin America and the Bay Area.
fromHigh Country News
2 months ago

How community organizers are amplifying Oregon's Black music history - High Country News

When Norman Sylvester was 12, long before he garnered the nickname "The Boogie Cat" or shared a stage with B.B. King, he boarded a train in Louisiana and headed west, toward the distant city of Portland, Oregon. He'd lived all his life in the rural South, eating wild muscadine grapes from his family's farm, fishing in the bayou and churning butter at the kitchen table to the tune of his grandmother's gospel singing.
Social justice
Music
fromBlavity News & Entertainment
1 month ago

HBCUs Celebrate Michael Jackson's Legacy In New 'Michael' Black History Performances - Blavity

Three HBCUs performed distinct interpretations of Michael Jackson's 'Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough' for Lionsgate's Black History Month celebration honoring Jackson's cultural influence.
Film
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Interview with Karimah Ashadu | Berlin Art Link

Tendered centers on MUSCLE, exploring Nigerian masculinity's ties to labor, class, patriarchy and colonial afterlives through intimate cinematic focus on Black male bodies.
Arts
fromLondon Unattached
2 months ago

UK/Brazil Season of Culture Highlights

A year-long UK/Brazil Season of Culture fosters deeper mutual understanding through dance, film, and cultural exchange organized by the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa.
History
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Who Decides What Is Worth Preserving? Power and Heritage in Latin America

Heritage is a community-rooted process linking identity, place, and memory, shaped by contested professional decisions amid inequality and ecological crisis.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Spanish-speaking Bad Bunny stirs lost Latin identity among Brazil's music fans

Bad Bunny's popularity in Brazil is strengthening a sense of Latin identity among Brazilians and boosting demand for Latin music.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Manumission digitisation project reveals grim story of slavery in Brazil

A collaborative research project digitized over 300,000 manumission papers from 19th-century Bahia archives, creating a database that reveals slavery and emancipation complexities while enabling descendants of enslaved people to reconstruct their ancestral histories.
Music
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Mardi Gras Carnaval: New Orleans to Venezuela Music Night (Alameda)

CHELLE! & Friends with Venezuelan Music Project guests present a fusion concert blending New Orleans Mardi Gras and Caribbean Carnaval traditions.
fromColossal
2 months ago

Regina Silveira Pieces Together an Evolving Narrative of Latin America

Regina Silveira has spent the better part of three decades considering the relationship between media and meaning, particularly as it relates to Latin America. First presented in 1997, "To Be Continued..." features 100 black-and-white reproductions of photos, newspaper clippings, propaganda, advertisements, and more. Silveira nests each image into an oversized puzzle piece, which cuts off faces and scenes to leave fragments of pop culture icons, flora and fauna, and even the occasional mugshot spliced next to one another.
Arts
SF music
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Fat Tuesday New Orleans-Style Bash w/ Rebirth Brass Band (SF)

Rebirth Brass Band delivers fiery, genre-blending New Orleans brass music, headlining a Fat Tuesday celebration at Curio with East Bay Brass Band and NOLA food.
Music
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

"Music is the new gastronomy": How the rise of LatAm music is changing the face of travel

Latin American music is driving tourism and shaping cultural travel experiences in Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico and Belize.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

The African Diaspora Pictures Itself

Walking through Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imaginationat the Museum of Modern Art, I noticed that the exhibition didn't have definite sections or texts, and the wall labels abstained from naming the nationalities of the photographers. It was an invigorating experience to be in a show that eschews geographic boundaries set up by Western nations, as well as rejects a cause-and-effect narrative that centers Western colonialism as a framework for understanding African aesthetic production.
Arts
Music
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Dancers in the Bay Area's vibrant ballroom scene call it a 'fountain of youth'

Rick Greene, nearly 100, continues ballroom dancing three times weekly, learning new steps despite physical limitations and staying socially engaged.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Unlikely tandem brings power-packed Cuban sound to Bay Area

Percussionist Pedrito Martinez and pianist Alfredo Rodriguez fuse diverse Cuban musical traditions into a virtuosic, storytelling Duologue blending rumba, classical, jazz, and sacred rhythms.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Fabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orquestra: Vila review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

Fabiano do Nascimento combines virtuosic fingerpicked guitar with Vittor Santos's 16-piece orchestral arrangements to create lush, percussive, bossa-influenced instrumental music on Vila.
fromConde Nast Traveler
2 months ago

How the Global Rise of Latin American Music Is Shaping Travel

In the just-named Grammy Album of the Year, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS-which Bad Bunny has declared his " most Puerto Rican album " to date-the supernova reggaetonero painted an evocative portrait of the Caribbean island, while declaring to a whopping 8.6 million listeners: "VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR" (I'm going to bring you to Puerto Rico). And he did. Last year, a record-breaking number of tourists-7,486,000 to be exact-visited Puerto Rico's tropical shores.
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