Culture Fest in Brooklyn
The Arte Institute supports the Culture Fest at the Luso-American Club of Brooklyn. This first Culture Fest is a market place of Portuguese flavours and performances. Aside from poetry reading, workshops and film screenings, it showcases local artists, artisans, actors and musicians.
Join this multi-cultural environment, Sunday, June 23 from 12 pm to 10 pm.
Entrance fee at the door $15
Early bird special price $10 with RSVP until June 20 to: nyculturefest@gmail.com
This event is free for children under 12 years old.
All profits will be donated to the Luso-American Cultural Center.
PROGRAM
Live Music by local musicians;
Arte Institute Animated Short Films:
– ”Alda” by Ana Cardoso, Filipe Fonseca, Liliana Sobreiro, LuiÌs Catalo;
– ”Alda” by Ana Cardoso, Filipe Fonseca, Liliana Sobreiro, LuiÌs Catalo;
– ”Pip” by Bruno Simões;
– ”Outro Ritmo (Other Rhythm)” and ”Vozes ao Vento (Voices by the Wind)” by Elton Fortes, Felix Lima, Pedro Ferreira and Tiago Nunes;
”Miss Margarida’s Way” monologue written by Roberto Athaide and performed by Margarida
André;
Street Dance class with Carlos Neto – carlosnetodance.com;
”A Menina do Mar” by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, a Robotic Animation by
Kinderbots.
Workshops:
– Robotics Workshops by Kinberbots (Shazia Shah and Maribel Hernandez) – kinderbots.org;
– Taste the World with Thermomix by Cristina Mota @flavorquest_bycristina, Sophie Moi @sow.cook;
Visual Artists:
Rute Ventura @baby_rute – ruteventura.com;
Sara Bizarro @sarabizarro – sarabizarro.net;
Júlia Duarte @juliaduarte.photography;
Poetry reading by the Portuguese Consul General in New York, Maria de Fátima Mendes.
Marketplace and more…
