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NYTimes

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NY Times article “Brazil’s Unique Culture Group Stays Busy Sharing the Wealth” about Danilo Miranda, director of SESC (March 27 2012)

“Our fundamental guiding principle is to use culture as a tool for education and transformation, to improve people’s lives, and we’re in a position to fulfill that mission, thank God,” Mr. Miranda said. “Over the last decade our budget has been doubling every six years or so. It’s incredible, no?”

producaocultural

Brazilian web platform gathers people involved in the cultural field from the whole country.

NOVA; cultural festival in SP

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• nova festival

The website of Central de Cultura is now updated; most project that got support by Central de Cultura are now visible on the website, including images, videos and a description, but also a few projects that will take place in the coming months. Have a look and enjoy>>>

In the last week of this month - 23-26 April - two representatives of the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) will visit several cultural sites in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and  Utrecht. The visitors are the programming managers of São Paulo and Brasília.

BaixoCentro

• collaborative festival

From 23 March to 1 April BaixoCentro took place, a self-managed Street Festival in São Paulo that is organized collaboratively, horizontally and independently by a group of producers and enthusiasts. The main aim is to reframe this region in the city centre of São Paulo, consisting of the neighborhoods Santa Cecília, Vila Buarque, Campos Elísios, Barra Funda and Luz.

Ano da Holanda

Now available for download; the booklet containing all the activities that have taken place during the Year of Holland in Brazil.

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