Category: festivals
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artist residence in Pitões das Júnias
A group of artists from Porto are going to have a one week residence in Pitões das Júnias, Portugal’s oldest village, located in Serra do Gerês. The programme features a series of concerts, movies, workshops and performances, including a concert by Rita Braga (with Frankão, on extra vocals and percussion) and the production of…
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Beirut Comics Festival
I was invited by the Italian NGO “COSV” to take part of the 5th Beirut Comics Festival, as one of the international artists and to perform a concert at the opening. For the exhibition, I brought my drawings as well as comics done by my grandfather Ruy Braga in the 1930’s and by my greatgrandfather…
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August Updates
In the first week of August, I followed Nick Castro & The Silver Phial (LA) on their first Portuguese tour, joining them on stage as a guest musician in Ourense (Spain), Porto, Lisbon and Montijo. Thanks again to Nick Castro, Christof Certik, Cheryl Lynn Caddick and Patrick Ryan Cleary for bringing me along! Prior to this tour, they were…
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radio and tv appearances
During Novo Doba Festival in Serbia, Rita Braga had a live in studio interview and performed 3 songs at Radio Pancevo, with comics authors Aleksandar Zograf (Serbia) and Pat Moriarity (US). This one was conducted in Serbian and English: In Portugal, Rita Braga was recently the special guest on the TV show “Planeta Música” for…
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comics festivals and concerts in Serbia and Italy
In June Rita Braga attended a few events related to authorial comics and graphic arts, starting with the amazing Novo Doba Festival in Belgrade/Pancevo in Serbia. She had some comics published on the Novo Doba catalogue and the cover of “Cherries That Went To The Police” was part of the exhibition featuring 10 years of…
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One Wo/Man Festival Band II
Rita Braga is one of the participants of the 2nd edition of the One Wo/Man Band Festival, taking place in Beja and Portalegre. She’s sharing the stage with the amazing Terry Lee Hale. Splitting both nights with Emmy Curl (PT), Nicotine’s Orchestra (PT) and Zoe Boekbinder (US).
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CHIPS AND SALSA @ PANAZOREAN FILM FESTIVAL
My duet Chips and Salsa had a blast playing at the opening party for the PANAZOREAN FILM FESTIVAL! This time we met about half way from our two hometowns, in the middle of the Atlantic in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores. Soon I’ll be posting videos from our performance. We also did 2 little videos on…
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One Wo/Man Festival Band
Rita Braga will be one of the participating artists at this year’s ONE WO/MAN FESTIVAL BAND which takes place in Portalegre and Beja (Portugal) on the 18th and 19th of May. Also confirmed are ZOE BOEKBINDER (US) and TERRY LEE HALE (US).
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Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (now cancellled)
As part of the satellite events of the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, Chips and Salsa are excited to provide live musical accompaniment to two rare animated films, The Idea (dir. Berthold Bartosch, 1932) on Saturday, Dec 3 and The Adventures of Prince Achmed (dir. Lotte Reiniger, 1926) on Sunday, Dec 4 at Spectacle Theatre /…
Super Braguita 