San Francisco

We have two wonderful Brazilian musical events coming up in San Francisco: Seu Jorge and Olodum.

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Seu Jorge will be performing on August 10 at The Regency Ballroom. Tickets are on sale. This will be a big event and I expect to see tons of Brazilians at the concert. READ MORE>

(Photo by Scott Eggers)

Street Smart Brazil has the pleasure to interview Alex Martins, a native Brazilian who has lived in San Francisco since 1993, surfs with a passion, practices yoga daily, and works for himself as the local surfboard ding repair man (www.AlexMartinsSF.com). He’s well known for charging huge waves at Mavericks, the renowned surf break in Half Moon Bay (Calif.), as well as ripping on a shortboard out front of his house on the Great Highway at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. READ MORE>

Finalmente!!! Aula Viva is tomorrow, Saturday April 10!

We are excited about it! Tomorrow you will meet uma brasileira que é super bacana. Our character is originally from Salvador. Her adventurous spirit and curious nature has taken her around Brazil and off the beaten path. READ MORE>

We are thrilled with the opportunity to partner with Capoeira Mandinga as one of the sponsors of  A Dança da Guerreira, a series of workshops, dance performances, and bate-papo, celebrating the accomplishments of the strong, persistent, and passionate women in Capoeira. READ MORE>

We heard you and now your group class is here. I carefully designed a program that will be both fun and challenging. You will learn in a safe, expert environment with Street Smart Brazil founder and instructor Luciana Lage.

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It is Carnival and to celebrate it with our readers I visited Neguinha Sambista, a professional Samba instructor from Aquarela Samba Troup, in Berkely, CA. We interviewed her about the history and styles of the dance, and she told us about her classes. We also filmed parts of the lesson for you! Aquarela teaches Samba and provides Samba shows around the SF Bay Area. We filmed Neguinha Sambista at the Dance Mission Theatre in San Francisco. READ MORE>

On February 3, 2010 the San Francisco Brazilian Portuguese Language MeetUp Group got together to meet and greet the new group organizer, Rodrigo. The meeting was such a joy! I had the chance to see some of the fantastic people from previous MeetUps and was fortunate to meet new friends.

We had name tags in which we also indicated the cities or sites in Brazil that we know or that we would like to learn more about. The tags made it easy to start conversations and meet new friends. READ MORE>

In November, we wrote about the exhibition "When Lives Become Form: Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960's to Present” at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts. We went and had a great time. Now John Shepherd, the film curator there, has written us about a very interesting event that is happening this week.   READ MORE>

 For our readers in the San Francisco Bay Area, there is a particularly delicious deal in Brazilian cuisine today (and today only).  Actually, it is Brazilian/Italian, but the pao de queijo and the caipirinhas are out-of-this world.  Groupon is offering 53% off by selling $75 coupons for just $35.   READ MORE>