Brazilian culture, traditions, heritage and present-day concerns take center stage during the Global Gathering Brazil at the Bettendorf Public Library. The two-month event kicked off earlier this ...

"Rugas" is a traditional samba by Nelson Cavaquinho from Rio de Janeiro. From Vienna, Ruzitschka sent us his arrangement of ...

And since the 1960s, samba schools have mounted carnival parades with research-backed themes that address Afro-Brazilian culture and history — samba enredos, as they are called in Portuguese.

Mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, Brazilian-style black beans, fresh salad greens, potato salad, smoked salmon and more are featured on an all-you-can-eat, self-serve salad bar.

On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with author, artist, and anthropologist Dr. Umi Vaughan to discuss his new book Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian ...

Following a history-making first Oscar win for the country with Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here,” Brazil continues to pick up momentum as this year’s Country of Honor at the Marché du ...

As part of this year’s Prudential North 2 Shore Festival, promoter/producer Roger Costa is bringing “Tropical Noise Fest: A Brazilian Celebration” to Newark on Saturday. According to Costa ...

Brazil ’s newly elected President, Inácio Lula da Silva, has said his government will re-establish the country’s Ministry of Culture after it was disbanded by his right-wing predecessor, Jair ...

“ In 2003, the Brazilian government at the federal level decided that Afro-Brazilian history and culture needed to be rescued from the annals of history and brought into the university classroom.