The only thing cooler than Camila Rosa’s woke af illustrations is the artist herself. Rosa has been working on her illustrations for seven years now,…
Straight Outta Brazil, Os Gêmeos Pay Tribute to Hip-Hop With This Mural
A massive mural on the side of 26 Second Avenue was completed over the weekend by Os Gêmeos, “the twins” known to their mother as Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo. Described on…
Film screening: We Don’t Like Samba
Brazil’s meteoric rise as a success-story of the developing world—its shooting-star status as one of the BRIC states—imploded just before the global community turned its…
Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy with Dave Zirin
Dear reader, no longer will you spend happy, unreflective, de-politicized hours watching the drama unfold at the football World Cup. Dave Zirin, sports editor for The…