01 de maio de 2026
A Love Letter to Meryl Streep for Her Portrayal of Miranda Priestly in 'The Devil Wears Prada II'
A tribute to Meryl Streep's outstanding performance in The Devil Wears Prada II. […]
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27 de abril de 2026
A Layman at Rio Fashion Week
What I like—and sometimes dislike—about my second calling in life, journalism, is that unlike my first calling, music, there is rarely a formal script or “score” telling you what to do or what you’ll see. […]
05 de janeiro de 2026
Blue Moon: A Cinematic Portrait of a Great — and Tragic — American Lyricist
Brazilian and international critics have confidently predicted that Wagner Moura and The Secret Agent will be Oscar contenders in 2026. After watching Blue Moon, however — starring Ethan Hawke as Broadway lyricist Lorenz…
21 de novembro de 2025
That Train a psychological monologue by Denise Dietrich directed Erica Montanheiro
This theatre lover is always interested in what is playing at Rio`s Teatro Poeira because two distinguished actresses of Brazil`s theatrical world, Marieta Severo and Andrea Beltrao, own and run this non-commercial but h…
03 de novembro de 2025
Mind Summit 2025: “Singing Inward”
Guest columnist –Daniela Israel On a rainy afternoon in São Paulo, I found myself inside Vibra São Paulo among thousands of people who, for one day, chose to stop running and start listening.The event? Mind Summit 2025,…
20 de outubro de 2025
An unforgettable Saturday with two young British musicians
One of my five faithful Facebook readers asks if I was at the wonderful duo recital Saturday at Rio de Janeiro`s Municipal Theatre of British musicians–yes British of West African roots— of cellist Sheku Kanneh Mason,26,…
12 de outubro de 2025
A Good Laugh but Not (who really cares?) a great movie: ‘Hotel Amor’
Contrasting styles, subjects and humors(humours) are among the advantages of attending an international film festival. As a resident of Rio de Janeiro where local cinemas currently feature some of the most banal and sill…
06 de outubro de 2025
ARY, a film by Andre Weller
Where are musical geniuses produced? Not necessarily or exclusively at New York City’s famous Juilliard School of Music or on the streets of Vienna near the homes of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Strauss and other musical…
18 de agosto de 2025
Second Day at Rio Convention Week-Renowned `Stubborn` Brazilian choreographer Deborah and Author`s Rights in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
Anyone who has spent enough time in Brazil will agree with this observer that there are ` certain` coincidences which only occur in this part of the world. Rio Convention Week is chock full of events and with more visito…
18 de agosto de 2025
Wednesday 13 August at Rio Innovation Week—Regenerative Fashion, Artificial Intelligence and CyberPunk
If French futurist and science fiction writer Jules (1828-1905, `20,000 Leagues Under the Sea`) Verne could attend Rio Innovation Week 2025 at Pier Maua, downtown Rio de Janeiro, he would feel right at home. Billed as `t…
07 de agosto de 2025
FLIP`s Twenty-third literature festival in Paraty, Brazil
The 23rd edition of the Paraty International Festival of Literature (FLIP) which concluded on Sunday 3 August 2025 displayed –-at least to this veteran of four FLIPs—current tendencies of contemporary writing both in Bra…
28 de julho de 2025
Rio de Janeiro’ s Cafe Valley: More than coffee beans
Located in Rio de Janeiro state, “Coffee Valley” or” O Vale do Café,” has morethan coffee beans but a rich, colorful culture including back- to- nature healing clinics, an annual music festival, a variety of health food…
27 de julho de 2025
The Living Legacy of Nise da Silveira at the VII Seminar on Image Reading:Echoes of Jung in the Workshops of the Unconscious
by Susie Verde On 25 and 26 July 2025, the beautiful Rio de Janeiro Art Museum (MAR) hosted the VII Seminar on Image Reading: The “Epistemology of Nise da Silveira,” bringing together mental health professionals from dif…
20 de junho de 2025
‘I Dreamt About You´: Brazilian play reveals a promising playwright
Whom have you ever dreamt of being? A movie or TV soap opera star, a handsome or beautiful being, a film director or famous cinema maker or someone living a more adventuresome and glamorous than yourself? This is one of…
20 de junho de 2025
“Tropical Trench” Ruy Castro´s latest book and a second visit to Rio´s Book Biennale
Despite the former site of the 2016 Summer Olympic games in Rio being so far from my residence here in Copacabana, this bookworm decided to return to the Rio Biennale on what I imagined would be a quiet Tuesday. At the s…