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April 2014
Love, Protest, and Exile: Brazilian Music in the 20th Century
Visiting scholar Mary Olezkiewicz will explore the themes of love, protest, and exile, including a discussion of Tropicália, the movement in Brazilian popular music in the 1960s and 1970s, featuring a short performance/exhibition with guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan.
Find out more »New Institutions Don’t Make Themselves
Institutions created by laws take time and effort to acquire practical authority—a combination of problem-solving capabilities as well as recognition from other social actors. Many of them never get off the ground. Renowned political scientist Margaret E. Keck will discuss the process of policy of experimentation and new forms of participatory governance—which included state officials, academics and activists—that transformed the management of Brazil’s freshwater sector.
Find out more »Samba With Silvana!
All are welcome to learn some of the hottest dance moves from Brazil. Treat yourself to a fun dance experience that will introduce you to the basic footwork and rhythms of Brazilian Samba.
The dance workshop will be conducted by Silvana Marquina.
Find out more »Reception: Os Sertões: The Land, The Man, The Fight
More information about the exhibit is here.
Find out more »Volleyball on the Quad
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to play in one of Brazil's favorite games, volleyball. Free t-shirts for winning teams on the competitive challenge net court.
Find out more »Abdias Nascimento: Artist, Activist, Author
This exhibition celebrates the pivotal contributions of Abdias Nascimento, a major political and artistic figure in Brazil and the African diaspora and a founder of Brazil's Black Movement. On view are forty artworks revolving around the theme of orixas, or mediators between heaven and earth in the possession and trance-based religion known as Candomblé. Throughout the exhibition, public programs with expert speakers will discuss and situate Nascimento's work in broader contexts
Open Monday - Thursday, 11 am - 7 pm, Saturday 11 am - 5 pm. Closed during College recesses and holidays.
Find out more »Futebol-Brazil vs. the World!
Brazil is crazy for futebol! In honor of Brazil playing host to the 2014 World Cup, we’re going to play here at Queens College. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to play in a “World Cup” match, Brazil vs. the World, featuring special guest coaches, at the Queens College soccer field. There will be free tee-shirts for all participants.
Find out more »Favelization: Appropriating Brazilian Slums in Foreign Luxury Items
"The world of design, art and film has recently embraced imagery from favelas, urban slums in Brazil. What are the implications and moral conundrums of the appropriation of stereotypes of Brazilian poverty onto high-priced non-Brazilian products?" is the provocative question Adriana Kertzer (Museum of Arts and Design in New York) explores in this lecture.
Find out more »Abdias Nascimento and Candomblé, Santería and Afro-Latino Politics in the Americas
Opening reception for the Abdias Nascimento exhibition.
Find out more »Reception: Abdias Nascimento: Artist, Activist, Author
Opening reception for the Abdias Nascimento exhibition.
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