Last Saturday marked a significant day for me, as it was not only International Women’s Day but also the first time I voted as an Australian citizen. Additionally, it marked the completion of my first two weeks as a full-time Bachelor of Arts student at UWA. Reflecting on the significance of these milestones together, I’ve realised just how much we take for granted the ability to vote or ride our bikes as women. These freedoms were hard-won by suffragettes during the first wave of the feminist movement (1850-1920). Before their efforts, it was considered inappropriate for women to ride a bike or vote. Thank you, suffragettes! While much still needs to be done in terms of achieving global equity for all genders, your contributions were pivotal in advancing these rights.

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This Friday 21 February, a rare “A Capella” performance by Juliana Areias at Love Poetry Under the Stars

Love Poetry Under the Stars – A Night of Passion & Magic

An evening of poetry, music & sound healing beneath a starlit sky.

Happening this Friday, 21st February! Let the night pull you into its embrace as words of love, melodies of longing, and healing vibrations create an unforgettable experience.

Featuring:

A stellar lineup of poets weaving words that will fill up the gaps between stars!

Juliana Areias, internationally celebrated Bossa Nova Baby, serenading you with smooth, soul-stirring melodies

Sally Newman & Donna Shima guiding a mesmerising sound healing journey

‘Mega Love Poem’ – share your voice, be part of something beautiful

Bushland Amphitheatre, The Wetlands Centre Cockburn

184 Hope Rd Bibra Lake

Friday, 21st February 2025

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Arrive by 6:15 PM)

Tickets are limited! Secure yours now: events.humanitix.com/love-poetry

Come join a love story written under the stars. Whether you come with a lover, a friend, or simply your own open heart, let this night wrap around you like poetry itself.

Tag someone who needs this night of romance and wonder!

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Sat 7 Dec 2024 – 6.15-6.30pm – Free Public Open Air Performance at Cottesloe Civic Centre – Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby trio “Sunset Songs special performance” for 15 minutes only prior the Cottesloe Carols by Candlelight starts.

*correct time for Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby Trio performance: 6.15pm-6,30pm

Source: The Post – “Merry Bossa Nova Christimas at Cott” article about Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby Trio special performance at the Town of Cottesloe’s Carols by Candlelight – Traditional outdoor event at the Cottesloe Civic Centre – published on 30 Nov 2024, Perth, Australia.

Antônio Cícero just left – “A Francesa” – in French style, without notice, but with a note, dignity and giving us his brilliant mind, art, words, songs… If I could send him a reply I would use these words, his own words. Here is a collection of iPhone footage from our concert “Colourful Magic” in February 2024 celebrating the music 🎵 of his sister Marina Lima @marinalimax1 and his unforgettable lyrics … Thank you Antônio Cicero @antoniocicerocorreialima

“My love has left me , taking away my identity. I no longer know where I am, nor where is reality… If you left in French Style – without goodbyes – I would keep wondering forever… If I ask you to stay, oh please, my love, I swear to that I don’t want to let you down, nor leave you alone in the dark. But the happy moments are not hidden neither in the past nor in the future… You open your arms to me, and we make a full country. Therefore wherever you go, it is there that I will be… because I am pregnant, expecting an airplane ✈️, every time more pregnant, I am pregnant of ground. And I will get in labour over the city, when the night contracts, and when the sun dilates, I will give birth… What a such crazy world, what a overly crazy world, even crazier than myself. It is fever, it is love, and I want more. All I wish, seriously, it is all this mystery… A king (a being) like that, who cultivates solitude, a dark flower in his heart… searching for a way to find comfort, but not just for others…Men can do very little. Time always knows best how to act. The wait sometimes lasts a while: a day, a month, an existence.”

Band : Juliana Areias – vocals & Loro Bardot – piano/back vocal, Paul Millard – sax/flute, Tommi Flamenco – bass, Francisco Munoz – drums and Rafael Medeiros de Souza – percussion

Song order: Maresia, A Francesa, Fullgas, Grávida, Charme do Mundo, Eu Vi o Rei Chegar, Meus Irmãos. (All composed by Marina Lima & Antônio Cicero)

Antônio Cícero *6 Oct 1945 Rio de Janeiro + 23 Oct 2024 Zurich.

#rip #antoniocicero #marinalima #rockbrasil #poeta #brasilidade #identidade #maresia #afrancesa #fullgas #gravida #charmedomundo #euvioreichegar #meusirmaos

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Sergio Mendes and Antonio Carlos Jobim strolling the streets on Manhattan in 1962.

“1962, my first time walking the streets of New York City with my dear friend and mentor maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim. Completely surreal… for a young kid from Niteroi to get this opportunity… This was the moment when the Bossa Nova craze began in America.”
~ Sergio Mendes.

I call it, the “Mas que nada” effect. says, @julianaareiasbossanovababy. Any Brazilian musician living in an English speaking country, will recognise it. It happens every time this song by @jorgebenjoroficial is performed. Who made it famous was another musician, “my cousin”, this guy who plays at the end of the video with his band “Brazil 66”. Almost every family here in Australia has his album at home. Once I heard him claiming that this was the first time a song sung only in Portuguese became a global hit. Is he correct ? Correct or wrong thank you @sergiomendesmusic for your musical contribution over decades which goes far beyond this iconic recording. Like Carmen Miranda, Astrud Gilberto, Tom Jobim, João Gilberto and many more before and after you, thank you for your musical contribution, and for helping to pave the way for so many more Brazilian international artists like me. Thank you. Obrigada. Rest in music, aquarian visionary artist. Sergio Mendes – 11/2/1941 – 6/9/2024.

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