Chicagoano

Macy’s is going gangbusters all over Brazil today, launching exclusive collections by Brazilian designers and a fundraising program to benefit the Amazon rainforest in the grandest possible style.

Breno Sauer, the world-class pianist who introduced many Chicagoans to Brazilian music in the 1970s and 80s, rarely performs anymore — in fact, I’m pretty certain his guest appearance with Copacabana Trio last night was his first public performance since Chicagoano was launched last August.

Sharing the Jazz Showcase stage with him were guitarist Luciano Antonio, percussionist Geraldo de Oliveira, and vocalist Neusa Sauer [...]

Here are two videos of Beabá do Samba’s sold out show at Uncommon Ground this Saturday — a tribute to the late, great Clara Nunes, filled with songs about the Orixás, the deities of Afro-Brazilian religions such as Candomblé and Quimbanda [...]

In the latest edition of The Brazilian Minute we find Scott Adams trying to clear up a common U.S. misconception about the Tropicália. When this short-lived but highly influential late 1960s movement was popularized here — much belatedly — by David Byrne and Beck, it was often described in the media as a Brazilian response to psychedelia [...]

Our February article on Brazilian Bowl, a new restaurant coming to Lakeview, got people talking, and nearly three months later, the excitement hasn’t dampened: A Facebook rumor that the place would opens its doors this past weekend caused a little frenzy last week in the sizable parcel of Chicago’s Brazilian community that lives in the vicinity.

Alas, the rumor wasn’t true. But Tony Ferreira, [...]

Everyone was seeing double at the Logan Square Auditorium on the night of April 21: There were two music groups (Bossa Tres and Chicago Samba), two dance groups (Folia Tropicalia and Samba1 Dance Group Show), and two dance instructors (Dill Costa and Edilson Lima).

If you weren’t there on that special night, here’s a taste of what you missed [...]