Casa Xiclet celebrates 10 years in a big party. Don't miss it!

Picture from the II Salão dos Artistas Sem Galeria

The Casa da Xiclet Galeria, led by Adriana Xiclet, is a space where you can find art works from artists of São Paulo. Actually, she literally turned her house into a real gallery to host and expose pieces of her friends. On September 11th, the Galery celebrates 10 years of existance and Xiclet decided to create an exhibition called "10 Anos Sem Vitória – O Fracasso Nunca Me Subiu a Cabeça" (10 years without glory - The failure never made up my head). This thematic event aims to discuss the way most of galleries present themselves to the public. Check the lists of artists presents on the event:

• Fabiana Arruda, Matheus, Jailtão, Leopoldo Tauffenbach, Adriana Latorre, Marcio Villar, Naná Spogis, Patrícia Possa, Priscilla Buschinelli e Luciano Cardoso; 
• Amanda Mei, Dácio Bicudo, Flambart Dollyman, Gedley Belchior Braga, Giba Gomes, Iris Waack, Khalil Charif, Luisa Editore, Marcel Fernandes, Marcela Tiboni, Marcelo Moraes, Mazzilli, Marcos Freitas, Rossanna Jardim, Tania Nitrini, Veruska Almeida, Vitor Mizael e Yara Dewachter; 
• Amaral Falcão, André Albuquerque, André Sztutman, Chico Oliva, Daniel de Paula, Deni Pisciotta Lantzman, Enrico Lima, Gabriel Muller Barbosa, Jan de Maria Nehring, Luisa Dória, Lucas Schlosinski, Luana Saggioro, Luciano Rocha e Rafael Aboud Piovani; 
• Caco Lerner, Deni Pisciotta Lantzman, Fernando Meyer o “Xina”, Gabriel Muller Barbosa, Jeesse Ferreira Farias Junior, Rafael Gatuzzo Barbieri, trio Viralata/Viralobos/Pequinês and Tarik Juan Klein;
• Isac Enriquez (Chicago, USA) and Genta Higashi (Tokyo, Japan) and Xiclet.

The pieces of the exhibition will be on sale during the event. Go visit! We recomend!

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What: Casa Xiclet Galeria
Where: Rua Fradique Coutinho,1855
When: September 11, from 3 pm till 11 pm.
Price: Free to get in, R$ 20 open bar; R$ 20 open food.
Phone: +55 (11) 2579-9007
Website: http://casadaxiclet.multiply.com

Art work of Astrid Esslinger

Shopping Pátio Higienópolis is a luxury mall in São Paulo!

View from the ground floor

The Shopping Pátio Higienópolis is a luxury centre frequented by São Paulo's more weathly public. The six floors of the mall were carefully designed with a central dome that allows natural lighting during most of the day. There are several cafeterias inside the mall, including Starbucks and Café do Ponto.

There are about 250 shops as well as a diverse food court, six screen movie theaters and a traditional theater. The mall also has a gym and a video game store.

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What: Shopping Pátio Higienópolis
Where: Avenida Higienópolis, 618
When: Monday to Friday, from 10 am till 11 pm; Sunday, from 2 pm till 10 pm.
Phone: +55 (11) 3823-2300
Website: http://www.patiohigienopolis.com.br

The 9th edition of Restaurant Week starts today! Check it out!

Per Paolo restaurant: beef tenderloin Medallion in red wine with roti and potato gnocchi with Emmenthal sauce [photo: rafael wainberg]

The ninth edition of the Sao Paulo Restaurant Week begins today, September 5th. Until September 18, 230 restaurants of the city will offer a menu with starter, main course and dessert for R$ 31.90 for lunch and R$ 43.90 for dinner. At this time, the prices are R$ 2 and 3 respectively more expensive than last edition for lunch and dinner meals.

As on every edition, the list of options is very extensive, ranging from Italian to Asian and of course, Brazilian food restaurants. On the website you can find the entire list of restaurants taking part at the event. Enjoy your meal!!!

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What: Restaurant Week
Where: Plenty of places around São Paulo. Check out the website.
When: September 5 to 18
How much: R$ 31.90 for lunch and R$ 43.90 for dinner.

One more day of Justin Bieber in Sao Paulo!

Justin Bieber will be one more day in São Paulo on the Z Festival. The singer will have a new concert in October 9th. According to the organizers, the brand new day will repeat the previous concert of October 8, with attractions such as Cobra Starship, The Wanted and Cine.

Tickets go on sale on September 4 at Livepass website. There are still tickets available for the first day (October 8th) of the Z Festival. Bieber is in Brazil bringing his My World tour.

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When: October 8 and 9 pm, at 2pm
Where: Morumbi Stadium
How much: from R$ 70 to R$ 460 (starts on August 26)
Tickets: box office at Morumbi, or 
Phone: +55 11 4003-1527 , or 
Website: www.livepass.com.br

Related link: Justin Bieber will be in Sao Paulo on October 8th, 2011. Ticket price ranges from R$ 70 to R$ 460

The opening match of the Brazilian World Cup will be in Sao Paulo

Project of the brand new Itaquerão Stadium (under contruction)

According to the newspaper Estadão, São Paulo will be the city chosen for the World Cup 2014 opening game. FIFA does not have an alternative option. Although Joseph Blatter has indicated Rio as the venue of the event, Rio de Janeiro didn't apply to host the opening game. The FIFA congress that is going to happen in Zurich on October 20 and 21, São Paulo city will be announced as the address of the first game of the World 2014.

FIFA's decision takes into account the infrastructure of the city, hotel accommodation, transport and airports. As well as the agility of state and municipal governments to set the stadium building. Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, are also trying to host the opening match, but both do not have the same structure of São Paulo.

"Sao Paulo is most well-structured city in Brazil", said Emanuel Fernandes, state secretary of planning. In the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, there is only São Paulo as alternative.

Live: construction of the Itaquerão Stadium

Itaquerão Stadium
Itaquerão is the name of the stadium which is currently under contruction in São Paulo. June 13 of 2014 is set to be the first World Cup match. The great Brazilian World Cup opening event is scheduled for June 12, 2014.

Related link: São Paulo can host 6 matches in the 2014 World Cup and bring around 500 thousand people to the city

Unique Hotel is a masterpiece of Hospitality in Sao Paulo

Facade of the first class Unique Hotel

Hotel's neighborhood

The Hotel Unique offers six floors and 95 apartments, ranging from 36 to 312 meters square, all with beautiful views of the leafy Jardins neighborhood. On duty since 2003, this first class hotel is also close to the main important points of interest of São Paulo, such as: Ibirapuera Park, Avenida Paulista, business centers and Congonhas Airport.

About the structure, Unique offers 85 rooms and 10 suites, each one has: Plush queen size beds, Jacuzzi tubs, separate showers, flat-screen TVs, movie theater and surround sound, in-room workstations and Internet access and 24/7 Room Service.

One of its best features is the restaurant and bar called Skye. It is located at the rooftop and from up there is possible to have an interesting view of the busiest business center of São Paulo. The Skye restaurant is under the direction of chef Emmanuel Bassoleil. The lobby bar The Wall is also very interesting. Try out.

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What: Unique Hotel
Where: Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antonio, 4700
Price: around R$ 800
Phone: +55 (11) 3055-4710
Website: www.hotelunique.com.br/

Julian Assange and Arianna Huffington will be part of an internet event starting today in Sao Paulo

Julian Assange and Arianna Huffington are the main attractions of the event held in Sao Paulo

The political activist and creator of Wikileaks, Julian Assange*, opens today (2011, September 1st) the event InfoTrends held in São Paulo. The event will last two days and will bring together experts and personalities to discuss the latest trends in the world of technology and digital culture.

In his presentation, Assange explains how WikiLeaks works and will also discuss how Wikileaks and its contributors help to provide information of public interest.

The creator and CEO of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, opens the second day of the event, showing how social media has changed communications. She will tell the public how the Internet has modified the old model of media/journalism turning it into a collaborative and decentralized way of getting informed.

The Info Trends offers an Apple Application for the event. It works on the iPhone / iPod and can be downloaded for free at this link.

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What: Info@Trends - A nova realidade tem voz
Where: Unique Hotel
When: September 1st and 2nd, from 8 am till 6h30 pm.
Price: R$ 825
Phone: +55 (11) 3882-0009
Schedule: info.abril.com.br/infotrends/programacao
Email: infotrends@sirin.com.br

(*) The presentation will be held via videoconference. Assange is currently forbidden to leave England.