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Brazil: São Paulo Entertainment Guide
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This week's entertainment guide for São Paulo features a bar in Vila Olimpia, an exhibition at MAM, this week's recommended film, and a roundup of some other upcoming events.
 Those who think they're the next Pavarotti or Madonna will want to pay a visit to Opereta, one of the better karaoke bars, located in Vila Olimpia. Opereta is quite small, but this gives it a cosy atmosphere, and there‘s a mezzanine floor that similar to the ground floor gives a good view of the latest singing victim (and can be booked for birthday parties and events). There's also an unusually shaped conical vinyl roof, which is brought down to a drain inside the bar. It must be quite something in the rain! Like all karaoke bars it has a clientele that varies from the drunken singers, through to those who you feel must practice at home. For the singers, you have a choice of screens to read your words from, and depending on the type of disc chosen you may also get to see yourself on camera behind the words, assuming that doesn't put you off to much. The bar has national songs, as well as some in Japanese, and a good range of International tracks in English. On Wednesday's some tracks are recorded and you are able to buy a CD of yourself singing, as well as having a possible visit from the so called "Pirata da Alegría", the Pirate of Happiness. The web site has both some previously recorded tracks and a video of the bar. Reasonably priced snacks are available, as well as a typical selection of drinks. Open Tuesday - Sunday: 6pm - close. Rua das Fiandeiras, 572. Vila Olimpia. Tel. (11) 3842 0368. http://www.opereta.com.br
 The Museu Arte Moderno (MAM) has an exhibition on something that may seem rather dull, concrete. The exhibition is titled Concreta 㣜 - A Raiz da Forma (Concrete 㣜 - the Root of the Form), and is a second take on the first ever exhibition on the most used construction material that took place in 1956. 26 sculptors, as well as 27 designers, will have works on show, including Helio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Waldemar Cordeiro and Ivan Serpa. The works will show some of the unusual possibilities with the versatile material. Free entry. Exhibition Ends December 10th. Ibirapuera Park (Door 3). Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral. Tel. 5085 1300. Open Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm. http://www.mam.org.br
 This week's film recommendation is The Departed (Os Infiltrados in Portuguese). Directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by William Monahan, Sui Fai Mak and Felix Chong, it tells the story of infiltration of the US police force by the Irish mafia. At the same time though the Irish Mafia is being infiltrated by a police cadet. Inevitably the story ends up with both infiltrators being conflicted in their duties, while the time ticks away to their discovery. The film stars Jack Nicholson as the mafia boss, and Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon as the infiltrators, among others. The film has been very well received, and is seen as a return to Scorsese in his Goodfellas era. Recommended for fans of cop thrillers. Rated R in the USA, and 18 in the UK.
IMDB's page on The Departed. GuiaSP's page on the Departed with cinemas and showing times.
Here's a roundup of some other events happening around São Paulo over the coming weeks: The famous musical Sweet Charity is at Citibank Hall until December 17th (tickets R$60 - 120, available from Ticketmaster, Tel. 6846 6000, http://www.ticketmaster.com.br). British rock veterans Deep Purple play some of their greatest hits, such as "Smoke on the Water", at Tom Brasil on November 28th and 29th (tickets R$100 - 200, Ingresso Rápido tel. 2163 2000). The National Dance Company of Spain bring three presentations to São Paulo betewen November 30th and December 3rd (tickets R$40 - 100, tel 3032 3098 or 6163 5087). Blues guitarist BB King comes to the Bourbon Street Jazz club on December 2nd and 3rd, and the Via Funchal on December 4th (tickets are R$900 for Bourbon Street tel. 3897 4456, for Via Funchal tickets are R$95 - 480, tel. 5095 6100). German DJ Chris Liebing is the main attraction at Circuito no Lago in São Bernardo do Campo on December 3rd (tickets R$35 - 50, tel. 3089 6999). English group The Cult return to Brazil on December 7th and 8th at Credicard Hall (tickets R$90 - 240 available from Ticketmaster, Tel. 6846 6000, http://www.ticketmaster.com.br). US group De La Soul have a show at SESC Santo André on December 9th and 10th (tickets R$5 and 10, tel. 4469 1200).
If you have been to a restaurant, club, park, museum, or anywhere else in São Paulo that you would like to recommend to other readers in future Entertainment Guides then don't hesitate to contact us!
Also if you are a bar, restaurant , or night club owner (or hosting any other form of event that might be of interest to foreigners) that would like to be reviewed by Gringoes.com, as well as appearing in our entertainment guide, please contact us to arrange a visit. If you would like to submit a weekly entertainment guide for your city we'd be interested to hear from you also.
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11/27/2006
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