Press Releases

BrasilBest.com, August, 2008
ACSF named Ponto de Cultura (PDF in Portuguese)

San Francisco Chronicle, June, 2008
ABADÁ-Capoeira at Ethnic Dance Festival

U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA), July 21, 2008
Abada Capoeira San Francisco Receives 2008 Best of San Francisco Award

Sky Radio, February 2008

Listen to Sky Radio's interview with Mestranda Márcia

KQED, January 27th, 2006
Listen to KQED Radio's "Audio Postcard" about the Brazilian Arts Center

The Boston Globe, December 5, 2005
"Obesity is not just about food" Carol Glazer

Chuy Varela, San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, May 1, 2005
“Brazil by the Bay”

Tyche Hendricks, San Francisco Chronicle Friday, February 18, 2005
“Brazil's Gilberto Gil to visit artists: Troubadour and politician with a social conscience has international reputation”

Brazil Explore Magazine
Inteview with Mestranda Márcia Cigarra

SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay 2002
“Best Resistance Training”

The After School Project Newsletter
Case in Point: ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco

Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, July 8, 2002
“MISSION DIVIDED: Dot-coms are done, but activists fear what's next for working-class, Latino neighborhood”

Yerba Buena Arts Archives: 2001–02, Saturday, May 18, 2002
Young Artists at Work Capoeira Demonstration and Graduation Picnic

April 2002
ABADÁ-Capoeira returns Beautiful Dance Space to the Mission