*Brazil Studies Program Events for the week of April 20th- April 24th* *Monday, April 20th:* Beyond Samba: The Musical Others of Brazilian Counterculture Date: Monday April 20th (5:30pm) Location: Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Screening of Botinada: A Historia do Punk no Brasil (2006). Comments by Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, Boston University. http://drclas.harvard.edu/event/artsdrclas-brazil-studies-program-rll-film-… *Tuesday, April 21st (until Thursday, April 23rd):* 13th Annual Brazil Week and 1st Luso Week at Harvard Date: Tuesday April 21st (5:00pm) until Thursday April 23rd (7:00pm) Every year, the Portuguese Department at Harvard puts on an entire week of seminars, workshops, lectures/palestras, and other cultural events in celebration of Brazilian/Lusophone culture and studies. This year, the theme is "Os sons da Lusofonia." https://www.facebook.com/portugueseatharvard?_rdr <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_portugueseatharvard-3F-5Frdr&d=BQMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=gLCizitvWfe3ndBlaZMTqqeJ5Fxf1P5GApjvWypg608&m=-Rj6kiEeIMxLUdSMBtIkhUbGQoHj2e3oxeAv11JvLxQ&s=1BKAtcj-NSKD3_m36YLEpPK0Z2R9n2XhuU39-Taox0c&e=> *Thursday, April 23rd:* “Facing the City: Brazilian Urban Fiction (1990 to Present)” Date: Thursday April 23rd (12:00pm) Location: CGIS South S-050 Speaker: Sophia Beal, Assistant Professor of Portuguese at the University of Minnesota http://drclas.harvard.edu/events/brazilian_urban_fiction *Friday, April 24th:* ARTS@DRCLAS Spring Music Concert: Forró Pé-de-Serra Date: Friday April 24th (12:00pm) Location: Science Center Plaza Public concert featuring dance music from Northeastern Brazil by Harvard affiliated music group Forró Zabumbeca. Co-sponsored by Brazil Studies Program Bate-Papo (Portuguese conversation practice) Date: Friday April 24th (3:00pm) Location: CGIS South Resource Room, 2nd Floor Practice your Portuguese and discuss Brazil and other Portuguese speaking countries and cultures at this informal roundtable. Everyone is welcome!