{"id":60291,"date":"2025-04-09T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/?p=60291"},"modified":"2025-04-09T13:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:45:52","slug":"agenda-cultural-april-9th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/2025\/04\/09\/agenda-cultural-april-9th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda Cultural: April 9th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roger Costa<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

@The Town Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Featuring A Tribute to Tom Jobim, the benefit concert for Instituto Dara presents singer\/composer and Jobim\u2019s friend, Danilo Caymmi and Platinum-selling Jazz singer Stacy Kent at the historic music venue The Town Hall, (123 43rd<\/sup> Street, Times Square) on Saturday April 12 at 7pm.<\/p>\n

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Jobim was responsible for making Bossa Nova popular around the globe and especially in the US where it exchanged influences on jazz music and gained partners such as Sinatra and other icons. This concert honors the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of his death with musicians Stacey Kent (vocals), Danilo Caymmi (vocals), Jim Tomlinson (sax), Flavio Mendes (acoustic guitar), Annalissia Cecilia Martinez-Villavicencio (cello), and Aaron Irwin (flute). Tickets start at $77. INFO: https:\/\/www.thetownhall.org\/event\/stacey-kent-danilo-caymmi-a-tribute-to-tom-jobim<\/a><\/p>\n

@Cinema Village<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently touring the country along with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the stunning Brazilian dancer Dandara Veiga is set to perform a live solo at the 3rd<\/sup> NY Brazilian Film Series on Sunday May 18th<\/sup> at 5pm at Cinema Village, 22 East 12th<\/sup> Street, Manhattan, NYC. Dandara is a classical trained, athletic and versatile dancer who has danced for Ballet Hispanico and now is a member of Alvin Ailey.<\/p>\n

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She will perform an original piece created for the event and inspired by the work of singer\/composer Luiz Melodia. Danced to live music performed by percussionist Everton Isidoro. The NYBFS will screen the North American Premiere of \u201cLuiz Melodia-Within the Heart of Brazil\u201d. Ticket $22 includes welcome drinks and pastries. INFO: https:\/\/www.cinemavillage.com\/Now-Playing\/luiz-melodia-within-the-heart-of-brazil.html<\/a><\/p>\n

@NJPAC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Immerse yourself in a nostalgic romantic trip to the most notorious sounds of The Temptations & The Four Tops. These two leading bands of soul music will reunite for a night to remember at NJPAC, 1 Center Street in Newark on Saturday April 19 at 8pm. Winner of 5 Grammys, The Temptations will enchant the audience with melodies such as \u201cMy Girl\u201d and \u201cJust My Imagination\u201d.<\/p>\n

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With 40 pop hits to their credit, The Four Tops has received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and will make everyone dance and glow. Tickets $40-$100. INFO: https:\/\/www.njpac.org\/event\/the-temptations-the-four-tops-ann-tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n

@Museum of the Moving Image<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, April 18, the Museum of the Moving (MOMI, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, Queens) opens the mega exhibition MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, in advance of the upcoming release of the eighth film in the series, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE\u2014The Final Reckoning.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition will gather materials, props and other curiosities from all the films in the series, organized by film. It will introduce to visitors the talent of star and producer Tom Cruise’s exceptional commitment to practical stunt work, and explore how the series combines technical ingenuity, personal discipline, and artistic commitment, all in service of storytelling, character development, and performance. INFO: https:\/\/movingimage.org\/event\/mission-impossible-story-and-spectacle\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Roger Costa @The Town Hall Featuring A Tribute to Tom Jobim, the benefit concert for Instituto Dara presents singer\/composer and Jobim\u2019s friend, Danilo Caymmi and Platinum-selling Jazz singer Stacy Kent at the historic music venue The Town Hall, (123 43rd Street, Times Square) on Saturday April 12 at 7pm. Jobim was responsible for making Bossa Nova popular around the globe and especially in the US where it exchanged influences on jazz music and gained partners such as Sinatra and other icons. This concert honors the 30th anniversary of his death with musicians Stacey Kent (vocals), Danilo Caymmi (vocals), Jim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"views":944,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60292,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60291\/revisions\/60292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}