Portuguese and Arabic classes at BCC - page 6

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Estilo Bay - Brazilian Bilingual Magazine - issue 3 is out!

Estilo Bay - Brazilian Bilingual Magazine Issue 3 is out!:)) Check out the link!
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Film - Machuca

A Film Critique of “Machuca”

The movie “Machuca” (2004), from Chile, directed by Andrés Wood is the most beautiful movie I have even seen. The movie is about friendship between Gonzalo Infante (Matías Quer), a student from the elite school, who lives in Santiago’s wealthy suburbs, and Pedro Machuca (Ariel Mateluna), a very poor boy. The story happened during Salvador Allende’s socialist government before General Augusto Pinochet’s military coup in 1973. We can see through the movie the social, political, and economic differences through the boy’s characters (Gonzalo and Machuca). Also, the story makes both characters change a lot and both grew up and lost their innocence. The movie contrasted the life style between Gonzalo’s family and Machuca’s family. The book gave us historical information to understand the situation at that time in Chile.
The movie “Machuca” gave us a very good idea about the social (clear difference between poor/ working class, middle class and rich people), political (socialist government versus capitalist system but also dictatorship) and economic differences (when the working class couldn’t have good clothes, food, education, place to live and high quality of life versus high quality of life from rich society). We can see the social, political and economic issues through Gonzalo and Machuca’s friendship.

The book Modern Latin America gave us also a lot of information about social aspect of Chile (with indigenous population, Pedro Machuca has an indigenous face; working class, they were native born; urban working class and elite). Also it showed us good information about political aspect of Chile (liberal versus conservative and socialism versus capitalism systems) and economic scenario of Chile (with intervals of stability and instability of the economy) in the history aspect.

By mid-1972 the political climate had become superheated. Massive street mobilization by both pro- and anti- Allende forces became routine. In August shopkeepers stage a one-day boycott to protest government economic policies. In October a series of protests began to sweep the country. (130)

This quotation represents the political instability while Salvador Allende was in power. At the movie we can see people protesting on street. Machuca’s uncle was making money during these protests because he was selling flags for both sides of the movement, pro and anti Allende. Also, that quotation represents the transition of power to General August Pinochet military coup.

Works Cited
Skidmore, Thomas and Smith, Peter Modern Latin America (6th Edition). New York – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Film - The Man Who Copied

A film Critique of “The man who copied”

The movie “The Man Who Copied” (2005), directed by Jorge Furtado is about a high school dropout, André, who works as a photocopier operator in a bookstore in the town of Porto Alegre, Brazil. He lives with his mother and likes drawing. André felt in love with Silvia, his neighbor. He started to follow and spy on her to get closer. He needs $38 to buy a chenille dressing at Silvia’s job, and he uses that as an excuse to get closer to her. “The man who copied” has important actors from the Brazilian industry like André (Lázaro Ramos), Sílvia (Leandra Leal), Marinez (Luana Piovani) and Cardoso (Pedro Cardoso). The movie shows us the capitalism system and the consumer society, where André needs money for his living and to be part of the society. The problem was André didn’t have a good job and couldn’t afford everything he wanted. The book gave us historical information about Brazilian politics, but it doesn’t talk specifically about the consumer society.

The movie “The man who copied”, shows us through André how people need money to be part of society. He needs money for his rent, food, transportation, clothes, shoes, knowledge and entertainment but he doesn’t have a good job to afford all of this. He was feeling outside of the system, and he started to copy money to have all he wants.

The book Modern Latin America gave us information about the history of Brazil from the nineteenth-century until now, but it doesn’t talk about the consumer society shown in the movie. Through the book we can understand the history of Brazil in a social aspect (with a mix of black, Indian and white people), economic aspect (intervals of growth and stagnation) and political aspect (the period of monarchy, dictatorship and democracy systems).

With the specter of hyper-inflation gone, many poorer Brazilian could, for a year or two, now buy the consumer durables previously available only to the wealthy and the middle class. For much of the country, however, the familiar social problems remained: hunger, illiteracy, and ill health. (177).

This quotation represents the difficulty of the working class to have things in the consumers and have high quality of life because of economic instability in the Country.

Works cited
Skidmore, Thomas and Smith, Peter Modern Latin America (6th Edition), New York - Oxford University Press, 1997.

Film - The Motorctcle Diaries

A film Critique of “The Motorcycle Diaries”

The movie “The Motorcycle Diaries” (2004), directed by Walter Salles with a beautiful cinematography (by Eric Gautier) and soundtrack (by Gustavo Santaolalla) is about the 1952 journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara with his friend Alberto Granado. Ernesto Guevara later became internationally known as the revolutionary icon of the Marxist revolution, Che Guevara. The movie “The Motorcycle Diaries”, the movie “Che” and books “Open Veins of Latin America” and “Modern Latin America” gave us complementary information about the topic.

The movie “The Motorcycle Diaries”, in my opinion is a transition for the movie “Che” and how Ernesto Guevara changes after he is exposed to a real life and social problems. He was inspired by his 4 month journey because on that trip he had contact with poverty, labor problems, and peasant’s real life. In my opinion, his view about the world started to change when he was at Atacama Desert, and talked with peasants who were looking for any kind of job. That moment for me is a crucial moment in the movie, and after that we can see his transformation as a person and how he became Che Guevara. To complete that reality, the movie “Che” brings us much more about what he became and his involvement with the revolution and socialism.

Also, the book “Open veins of Latin America” and “Modern Latin America” gave us more information about the Cuba Revolution, Argentina political system, agrarian movement, socialism, imperialism and dictatorships.

The Revolution meant freedom to choose other less grueling work and for their children the chance of scholarships to study in the cities. (…) Here one must bear in mind that in a society, unlike in a capitalist one, workers are not motivated by fear of unemployment or by avarice. Other drives – solidarity, collective responsibility, awareness of the duties and rights that move a man beyond selfishness. (…) When the Revolution came to power most Cubans, according to Fidel Castro, were not even anti-imperialists. (…) It built 170 new hospitals and as many polyclinics, and made medical care free. It multiplied by three the number of students enrolled at all levels and also made education free. (76/77)

This quotation represents the Cuban Revolution and the results of that revolution which was free medical care and education, and both issues were important to Che Guevara as we can see in the movie “Che.” Also, that quotation represents the political position chosen by Cuba in relation to the world, which was a socialist system instead of capitalism system.

Works cited: Galeano, Eduardo, Open veins of Latin America: five centuries of the Pillage of a Continent. (Paperback). Monthly Review press; 25 Anv. Editon (January 1, 1997).

BCC's Fall Arts Festival 2010 includes varied works from club and mutimedia arts dept.

This is my new article - Laney Tower newspaper.

Berkeley City College has Distance Education / Web Center opens on 5th floor

This is my new article - Laney Tower Newspaper.

Estilo Bay - 2nd issue is on line

Estilo Bay - 2nd issue is on line
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West African Dance Ensemble - photo essay

West African Dance Ensemble - photo essay

Laney Tower newspaper - West African Dance Ensemble - photo essay (i help with this page 5).

Film - Deus e Brasileiro

The movie “Deus é Brasileiro” (2003), is directed by Carlos Diegues with a beautiful cinematography (by Affonso Beato) and soundtrack (by Chico Neves and Hermano Vianna. It also has important actors of Brazilian cinema industry like Antonio Fagundes (as God), Wagner Moura (as Taoca), Paloma Duarte (as Madá), Bruce Gomievsky (as Quincas das Mulas) and others. The movie is based on author Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro’s short story “The Saint who didn’t believe in God.” In the movie, God decides to take a vacation and goes to northeastern Brazil to find a saint to replace him. God appears first to Taoca, who doesn’t believe he was God until he shows some miracles. With Taoca and Madá, he travels the country trying to find someone who could fit for his job, being a God. The book and the movie talked about the Brazilian diversity of culture, geography, races and in particular religion.

In the movie “Deus é Brasileiro”, we saw people with different cultural background, races and religion. “God” is trying to find “Quincas das Mulas” because he believes that he can be a saint and will replace him while God takes vacation. The problem is “Quincas das Mulas” is atheist and doesn’t believe in God. That represents the catholic religion versus atheist. While God, Taoca and Madá are on their trip, they also had contact with other different religions, like evangelic (when they meet a pastor in a wilderness landscape) and spirits (when a character is using a computer and tells Madá he could talk with people who already died).

The book Modern Latin America, in a chapter 5, started talking about how big is Brazil, with more than 3 million square miles. Also, it gave us information about how “Brazilians tend to have an optimistic, ebullient outlook on life. One saying sums it up: God is a Brazilian” (139). Because of economic reasons, Brazil had the most diverse population with white (Portuguese/Spanish – colonization), black (slave people), Indian (native people) and Italian. Later Japanese, Jewish, Lebanese also went to Brazil because of War. As a result of diversity, we have a mix of people, with different races and religion all over the large Country.

Social status in Brazil is not just a function of occupation or wealth. It is also a matter of race. The massive importation of slave labor from Africa brought an additional ethnic dimension into Brazilian society and this in turn has affected customs and attitudes.(…) In no Latin America country has the competition between Protestant and Catholic evangelicals been more intense than in Brazil, long known as the world’s most populous Catholic country. (152/170).

That quotation represents the diversity of race (in particular black slave labor) and religion in Brazil (as an example Protestant and Catholic evangelicals).

Works cited: Skidmore, Thomas and Smith, Peter Modern Latin America (6th Edition), New York - Oxford University Press, 1997

The movie "El ultimo tren"

The movie “El ultimo tren” (2002), directed by Diego Arsuaga with a beautiful cinematography (by Hans Burman) and soundtrack (by Nicolás Baraldi and Hugo Jasa) is about a business man called Pauls who wants to sell the train 33, known as “Corazón de fuego” to a company in Hollywood. A group of elderly men known as “The Friends of the Rails”, believe that if Pauls sells that train to Hollywood, he would sell part of the country’s history. The group steals the train and “El professor”, “Pepe”, “Dante” and “Guito” went all across the country, showing Uruguay’s landscape fighting for what they believe, which was preserve the history of the country by going against the liberalism, keeping the train in the country. The book gave us opposite examples in different countries of Latin America where the liberalists were developing the economy based on foreign trade, liberalism and free market.
The movie “El ultimo tren”, reminds me a Brazilian expression which is “people have a short memory about history”. The character of Dante Minetti (Pepe Soriano) makes me think a lot of that. He is suffering from Alzheimer’s and he can’t remember things well. He needs to write everything in a notebook. I think his character represents the short memory of people about history, in particular Uruguay history. The second thing which makes me think a lot was the sign they put at the back of the train, saying: “No one sells the patrimony” which represents the fight against the free trade, liberalism and globalization, when people / companies were selling everything just to make money. In addition, the last scene had a lot of impact, when people were seating in the course of the train blocking the way and keeping the train where it was, expressing the fight against the free trade and liberalism showing that they want to keep the train in Uruguay.
The book Modern Latin America gave us information about the liberalism, free trade and results of the globalization in many different countries of Latin America.
Liberalism, both political and economic, gained increasing sway. (…) The liberals also believed in developing their country’s economy by accepting foreign trade. That meant applying the principles of economic liberalism – minimal state interference with the market. (…) The nineteenth century saw the triumph of economic liberalism in Latin America. Its export-oriented strategies were based on the law of comparative advantage. A few nationalist voices cried out against this strategy, but without much practical impact. (400/414).
That quotation represents the Liberalist system which allowed people and companies to sell everything in a free trade environment. It also represents the fight showed at the movie when we think the elderly men were a few nationalist voices against the system, trying to keep the train 33 in Uruguay.
Works cited
Skidmore, Thomas and Smith, Peter Modern Latin America (6th Edition), New York - Oxford University Press, 1997.

The movie "Like water for Chocolate"

The movie “Like Water for Chocolate” (1992), directed by Alfonso Arau is a love story between Tita and Pedro and why they couldn’t get married in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. The movie was based on a popular Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel. In my opinion, the movie doesn’t show us a lot of the history. The books “Modern Latin America” and “Open veins of Latin America” have more information about the history if we compare with the movie.

The movie doesn’t show much about the Mexican Revolution. We can see that Revolution more with dialogues between actors and stereotypes. As an example, Tita’s sister, Gertrudis, left the rancho and became a Zapatista. Other important example was the United States influence, showed by the doctor’s aunt who lives in Texas and speaks English and Spanish, representing the United States expansion as a national unit. The symbolism in the movie is very powerful and we can relate the food with emotions all the time, like when Tita’s sister married Pedro, she transferred her emotion to the food and all guests felt sad after they ate the cake. Also, when Tita made a dish and transferred her passion for Pedro on the food, and they ate that food they felt passion intensely.

The book “Open veins of Latin America” gave us more information about the Mexican Revolution which started in 1910, led by Francisco I. Madero against autocrat Porfírio Díaz. We also learned about Emiliano Zapata, who was a purest revolutionary and loyal to the cause of the poor. That movement had very important characteristics like socialism, anarchism, populism and agriculture movement and as a consequence; Mexico produced the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and created a Socialist Party.

Just a century after the Artigas land code, Emiliano Zapata introduced far-reaching agrarian reform in his zone of revolutionary jurisdiction in southern Mexico. It was five years after the dictator Porfírio Díaz had celebrated with huge fiestas the centenary of the Grito de Dolores, the beginning of the Mexican was of independence from Spain.(…) In 1845 the United States had annexed the Mexican territories of Texas and California, where it restored slavery in the name of civilization.(page 120/121).

That quotation represents the agriculture movement led by Emiliano Zapata, where “campesinos” fought to keep their land and didn’t let the government to take it but also the United States expansion as a national unit.

I remember that I saw the movie “Like water for chocolate” when I was very young, maybe 10 or 12 years-old and that time I didn’t know about the Mexican Revolution and to me the movie was only a romantic story with a lot of symbolism. One thing I remember from that time was the bedspread woven by Tita which to me represented the life course and time.

Works cited

Galeano, Eduardo, Open veins of Latin America: five centuries of the Pillage of a Continent. (Paperback). Monthly Review press; 25 Anv. Editon (January 1, 1997).

Laney Tower newspaper - pdf

Lanew Tower - pdf
International film on first Mondays at BCC - page 6 - by Mariana Rogedo.
BCC muralists paint the town - page 08 - by Mariana Rogedo.

The Tower newspaper - article by Marina Rogedo

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Laney Tower

Current Issue: October 14, 2010

International films on first Mondays at BCC

Mariana Rogedo

Issue date: 10/14/10 Last update: 10/14/10 at 7:31 AM PST Section: Features

The Arts and Cultural Studies Department at Berkeley City College, is promoting a free event called "First Mondays with the BCC Film Library" in the BCC auditorium, 4-6 p.m. every first Monday of the month.

Humanities professor Laura Ruberto and BCC Library co-sponsor Joshua Boatright choose three influential international films from the Janus Essential Art House collection.

Boatright said the film series is an opportunity for people to enhance their understanding of cinema, history, and the world. "Cinema has been referred to as a universal language," he said. "If anything, I see it as expanding one's knowledge of this art form."

"It is a good opportunity for college students to have a public program and learn in a different way, because films are very important for the culture."

Upcoming films in the series:

Monday, Nov. 1--"Ugetsu," described as a ghost story like no other, a haunting tale of love and loss that exquisitely blends the otherworldly and the real.

Monday, Dec. 6--"Viridiana," an irreverent vision of life as a beggar's banquet, regarded by many as director Luis Buñuel's masterpiece.

For more information, please visit the BCC Library website: http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu/wp/library/ .

The mission - film

The mission (1986), a British film is about the experience of a Jesuit missionary in 18^th century in South America. The movie was directed by Roland Joffé and written by Robert Bolt. In the 1750s the Catholic Church represented by the Jesuit (Jesuit priest Father Gabriel) goes to South America jungle and tried to “civilize” and convert a Guarani community to Christianity. The movie is based on events surrounding the Treaty of Madrid in 1750, in which Spain ceded part of Jesuit Paraguay to Portugal. In my opinion, the movie and the books are related but they don’t show us the same part of history. The movie storytelling shows us the Church went to South America to spread love but the book shows us they went there to colonize the place, save the pagans, and get all resources as possible to sustain the capitalist system of Europe, getting gold, wood, diamond and minerals.

The movie makes us think about everything we have been learning based on the books “Modern Latin America (6^th edition)” and “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a continent”. Often times, movies like this can be a good reference of colonization of South America. In the movie, the Jesuits go to the Jungle because they want to convert the Tupi - Guarani community to Christianity. At that time Spain ceded part of the territory to Portugal by Treaty of Madrid, but we also can see that their presence was based on domination, slavery and a combination of social and economic forces.

They stemmed from the fundamental Roman Catholic premise, most clearly articulated by Thomas Aquinas, that there were three kinds of law: divine law, that is, God’s own heavenly will; natural law, a perfect reflection or embodiment of divine law in the world of nature, and human law, man’s thoroughly imperfect attempt to approximate God’s will within society. (...) The goal of political organization, therefore, was to elevate the less fallible to power so they could interpret and execute God’s will in a superior way.(page18).

That quotation represents the presence of the Catholic Church in South America, in the 1750s, when they tried to “civilize”, convert and dominate a Guarani community to Christianity based on their power and force saving the pagans. They believe that was the only truth.

According to the book, Modern Latin America, in Brazil there was no native civilization comparable to the Aztecs or the Incas. The Tupi - Guarani was a large language group, some of them were cannibalistic, and most were seminomadic. In my opinion, at same time they weren’t much organized as a society, they knew the environment and it was easier to escape from a settler, that’s why later they have to make black people slaves. Also, even though they were considered that time not civilized, they did have their own religion and beliefs. In addition, history tells us that they went to South America by coincidence. They thought that they found some place in South of Africa and the reason they got there was they needed to find resources to support the economy of Europe and the capitalist system by getting gold, silver, wood, and mineral and making Indians and Black people slaves.

Works cited

Skidmore, Thomas and Smith, Peter Modern Latin America (6st Edition). New York - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Entramos na NASA para um aniversario, pode!

A ultima semana foi uma semana de muitas emocoes, especialmente para minha vida e de Karla Alves e Vai You Lee. Tivemos uma sexta - feira fantastica com um show do grupo Sambada no espaco cultural Askenaz em Berkeley.

Tivemos o lancamento da minha revista (minha e de Polly Leitao) no sabado, dia 09 de outubro, que foi um sucesso! E para completar o final de semana, tinhamos um aniversario na cidade de Montain View, do filho de uma amiga! O dia ja comecou especial, porque ele estava completando 10 anos no dia 10/10/10. Entao, eu, Karla e Lee compramos uma blusa do Brasil para presentear o garoto com o numero 10! Claro!

Essa cidade fica 45 minutos de distancia da cidade que moro entao, tivemos que usar o GPS para chegar no local, ne! Afinal essas free ways deixa qualquer um maluco! Agora vem a parte engracada! O GPS mandou a gente para a NASA! Isso mesmo, centro de pesquisas espaciais. E toda placa dizia que era proibido a entrada, claro! Com direito a um oficial fardado na porta e os mesmo dizeres: proibido a entrada! Entao tiramos fotos de fora! Fotos do que a gente podia ver, e de placas.

Ai tentamos achar o endereco do aniversario e toda vez que a gente dirigia, o GPS mandava a gente para a NASA! Chegamos ate a pensar que a NASA estava alterando os dados do nosso GPS para que a gente visitasse esse importante ponto turistico!!!

Depois de dar mil voltas, ligamos para a nossa amiga, na verdade com um ar de brincadeira, e perguntamos se ela morava dentro da NASA. Resposta: Sim, eu moro! Acreditem... a gente entrou na NASA para um aniversario!!! Nao e o maximo!!!!

Lancamento da revista Estilo Bay!

O lancamento da revista Estilo Bay foi o maior sucesso!

Fizemos uma festa em um lugar, em minha opiniao fancy, e arrebentamos! Foram certamente mais de 100 convidados e se tivessemos organizado esse evento por meses, nao teria sido tao perfeito! Nosso amigo Dj, Paulo Presotto, que iria das uma palhinha de 30 minutos, tocou por horas, sem parar e agitou todos da festa! Um clima descontraido, que rendeu muitos elogios para a revista Estilo Bay, ou seja para euzinha e Polly Leitao! O Dj do local chegou e o nosso amigo teve que parar e a festa acabou... as pessoas foram embora, acredita! E que o local estava reservado de 7 as 10 da noite! Entao 10 nossa festa ia acabar mesmo, mas como chegou outro Dj e ja estavamos no local, pensei que as pessoas iriam ficar no local, certo, mas nao! O nosso Dj foi embora e as pessoas nao se animaram tanto com o Dj do local. Nao e uma comedia!

Estavam todos falando da qualidade do trabalho, importancia e que o que estamos fazendo e unico e vai e ja esta arrebentando!!!!

Agora e continuar pensando e fazendo o melhor, para divulgar na California o que o Brasil tem de melhor, para divulgar a cultura e o entretenimento. E rezar para que os milagres continuem acontecendo e que a gente continue fazendo um bom trabalho!

Vida longa para a Estilo Bay!

Fotos: Livia Santos - livia.photography@gmail.com .

ps. For those who cant understand Portuguese, i will do my best to translate it later.

Estilo bay came out!!! Check it on the website www.estilobay.com

Estilo Bay Magazine: www.estilobay.com


Check it out!!!!!!!!!

E com muito orgulho que estamos lancando a primeira Estilo Bay Magazine. Confira!!!!

Estilo Bay coming out!!! E vem ai... Estilo Bay Magazine!

Hello my friends,

I have been so busy and i couldnt write anything for my blog for long time, right!
Now i will explain why! Im running a magazine called Estilo Bay with my friend, Polly Leitao, and i have been so busy with that! First issue - october 2010. Check it out!!!!

Also, like you already know, im full time student and also i work full time... imagine how busy im.

Im taking a class called newspaper production and im also writing for them too... so a lot of work, right! Check it out! The Tower newspaper.

Oi meu amigos,
Eu tenho estado ultra super hiper ocupada e dei uma sumida do meu blog. Eu quero explicar o meu sumico. Para os que nao sabem, eu estou produzindo uma revista junto com minha amiga Polly Leitao chamada Estilo Bay. Imagina o trabalho de produzir uma revista!!! Pois e!

Fora isso, sou estudante em horario integral e trabalho em horario integral... imagina como esta minha vida! Para completar eu faco uma disciplina que chama producao de jornal e tambem tenho ficado ocupada com isso, porque tenho que publicar artigos com frequencia para ter uma boa nota no final do semestre! O jornal se chama The Tower newspaper.

Entao as noticias sao essas: fique de olho no jornal Tower e no website da revista Estilo Bay. A primeira revista sera lancada nessa sexta - feira, dia 1 de outubro!!! Yupi!!!!!!!!

Beijos para todos.
Mari

Ivete Sangalo em Nova York!!!

Fui para Nova York ver Ivete Sangalo e voltei com uma foto de Zeze de Camargo e Luciano, pode! Comedia!!!

O show dessa mulher foi um arraso! Esse final de semana estava previsto para ter furacao em Nova York e gracas a Deus, o unico furacao que eu vi, se chama IVETE SANGALO.

E levantou poeira!!!
Beijocas.

www.meetup.com - PORTUGUESE

Estilo Bay San Francisco was honored a space at the Brazilian Meet Up group page! Thank you so much Rodrigo and the Meet Up group for your support! You're awesome! \

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ABOUT *Brazilian* Portuguese Language (and dancing!) Meetups www.meetup.com

We are a group of people living in the Bay Area who are passionate about everything related to Brazilian culture. This group started in 2006, in the past 4 years we've grown to over 900 members! Our group is quite diverse, and we have meetings in San Francisco, the East Bay, the South Bay and San Jose.

We welcome new members and are excited to meet new people, make new connections, and sharing common interests. We meet periodically to speak and improve our Portuguese (or for our native Portuguese-speaking friends, to improve English), to dance to Braizilian music like Samba, MPB (Popular Brazilian Music), and Forro, and to have a good time with good people. A lot of the new faces I see on the web site I have yet to see in person, so I encourage you to make an appearance and introduce yourself.

Belo Horizonte!!! My city in Brazil. (YouTube video).

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Estilo Bay Brazilian Magazine - San Francisco, California 2010

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Our Objective

Estilo Bay is a monthly, free, bilingual magazine, featuring the Brazilian scene, culture and entertainment in San Francisco and the Bay Area!

We support the modern Brazilian culture, globally involved and active in the development of contemporary ideas, art, music and design. Our audience is young, eclectic, culturally rich and deeply involved in the Brazilian bay fusion. We like to see ourselves not only as a Brazilian magazine but as a portal where cultures intersect and synchronize.

We're here to connect you to the best the Brazilian bay has to offer. Restaurants, bars, cafes, events, entertainment, tourism, language learning, Brazilian meet ups, and services.

Send us your suggestions and photos and they'll be featured in the social clicks section. The best of) San Francisco, Bay Area Brazilian scene!

Where to find Estilo Bay?

You'll find us at parties, restaurants, bars, cafes, travel agencies, hair salons, capoeira studios, hotels & hostels all over San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Thank you and have a great day!