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Rio City Hall's cultural facilities have special holiday programming
Published on 08/01/2025 - 20:16 | Updated
Muhcab has a varied program during the holiday period. Archive/City of Rio The Municipal Department of Culture is offering a special program during the school holidays, with cultural, educational and leisure activities for children, teenagers, young people and adults. Most of the options are free and there are attractions in different regions of the city.
:: Rio Art Museum (MAR) | Mauá Square 5 – Downtown
* Holidays at SEA: Educational Activity – Funk Roulette
(Saturday and Sunday – 25th and 26th January, at 01:15pm. Free. Open to the public)
The activity proposes a game based on musicality and physicality. The game will allow the younger generations to get to know some historical subgenres of funk. The participant will also be able to try to discover, through deduction, which hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s and current times will be on the roulette wheel.
* Literary Activities: Reading Point – Summer at the Library
(Tuesday to Saturday, from 11am to 17pm. Until 31/01. Free. Open to the public)
This January, the MAR Library, through its monthly program Ponto de Leitura, will have the theme “Holidays at the Library”. It will be a fun and dynamic space with attractive elements for the whole family.
:: Choreographic Center of the City of Rio de Janeiro | Rua José Higino 115, Tijuca
* Rio Dance Lab Holiday Intensive
(Monday and Sunday, from 9:30 am to 21:30 pm. Until 12/01. 12+ | Check prices at @riodancelab)
This event was conceived and directed by Rodrigo Soninho. It is aimed at amateur dancers, young or old, who are interested in studying Urban Dance Culture, whether just for the sake of appreciation or to join the professional street dance scene. The event is held in person, with classes in different styles, including hip-hop, popping, choreography, jazz funk and heels. The line-up is made up of renowned professionals from the national scene and with international experience, such as Arielle Macedo, Romulo Vlad and Jaqueline Monteiro.
:: Renato Russo Cultural Arena | Poet Manuel Bandeira Park s/nº, Cocotá/Governor's Island
* EcoFeira Ilha – Holiday Special
(18/01, from 11am to 19pm. Free. Open to the public)
The event will offer attractions working on the concepts of sustainability and creativity, with the special participation of Circo do Patatá.
:: Dicró Cultural Arena | Ary Barroso Park: Entrance via Flora Lôbo Street, no number, Penha Circular
* Holidays at Dicró
Tuesday to Friday, at 14pm. From 21st to 31st January. Free.
Programming for children to enjoy the holidays with games, storytelling, music, dancing, planting workshops, games and much more.
:: Annita Porto Martins Library | Sampaio Viana Street 357, Rio Comprido
* Holiday Book Club
(Friday – 31/01, at 10am. Free. 18+)
Special meeting of the Reading Club, bringing together three guest writers: Elon F. Lima, Ana Cristina Moura and Karina Barbosa, mediated by Librarian Jocilene Bicas
:: Historical Museum of the City of Rio de Janeiro (MHC) | Santa Marinha Road s/nº, Gávea
* CEPL Summer Camp – Popular and Libertarian Education Collective
(From 21 to 23/01, Tuesday to Thursday, at 13 pm. Free. Ages 6 to 14)
Activity focused on rescuing traditional games and also promoting Popular Education with an environmental and community base.
Day 21: Playful museum (hopscotch, blind man's snake, jump rope, rock paper scissors) and artistic painting
Day 22: Word Tree and Percussion Workshop
Day 23: Creative Writing/Slam and Shuttlecock Workshop
* Holidays at the Rio de Janeiro City History Museum (MHC)
(January 16th and 17th, Thursday and Friday, at 01am. Free.)
Diverse activities, such as Playful Museum, Artistic Painting, Ancestral Tree.
* Creative Writing/Slam, Percussion Workshop and other activities (January 23rd and 24th, Thursday and Friday, at 01am. Free. Open to the public)
* Cultural Arena Terra | Marcos de Macedo Street, s/nº, Guadalupe
– Summer Camp
(Tuesday to Saturday, at 13pm. From 28/01 to 1/02. Free. Open to the public)
Balaio Cultural carries out a period of free educational and recreational activities aimed at children and young people.
:: Museum of Afro-Brazilian History and Culture (Muhcab) | Rua Pedro Ernesto, 80 – Gamboa
All Muhcab activities are subject to availability. Registration can be done in person from Tuesday to Sunday, always between 12pm and 13pm.
* Inside MUHCAB – Visit the museum’s exhibition spaces, showing details and curiosities that are not always noticed by the public.
(28/01, Tuesday, from 13:30pm to 14pm. Free. 6+).
* Storytelling
(28/01, Tuesday, 14pm-15pm. Free. 6+)
* Plural Arts Workshop – Use of different artistic languages, such as dance, painting, drawing and sculpture, among others. Children will be invited to produce different products, based on reflections constructed through the Muhcab collection.
(28/01, Tuesday, 15pm-16pm. Free. 6+)
* Cine Kekerê – Screening of short and medium-length films for children and young people with Afro-references
(28/01, Tuesday, 16pm-17pm. Free. 6+)
* Storytelling
(29/01, Wednesday, 13:30pm to 14pm. Free. 6+)
* Plural Arts Workshop
(29/01, Wednesday, 14pm-15pm. Free. Ages 6+)
* African games and activities
(29/01, Wednesday, 15pm to 16pm. Free. 6+)
* Percussion Workshop
(29/01, Wednesday, 16pm to 17pm. Free. 6+)
* Plural Arts Workshop
(30/01, Thursday, 13:30pm to 14pm. Free. 6+)
* Storytelling
(30/01, Thursday, 14pm-15pm. Free. Ages 6+)
* Cook With Me! – Conversation about different foods and collective culinary creation.
(30/01, Thursday, 15pm-16pm. Free. Ages 6+)
* Kekerê Cinema
(30/01, Thursday, 16pm-17pm. Free. Ages 6+)
* Storytelling
(31/01, Friday, 13:30pm to 14pm. Free. 6+)
* Plural Arts Workshop
(31/01, Friday, 14pm-15pm. Free. 6+)
* African Games and Play
(31/01, Friday, 15pm-16pm. Free. 6+)
* Percussion Workshop
(31/01, Friday, 16pm-17pm. Free. 6+)
* Inside Muhcab
(February 1, Saturday, 02:13pm to 30pm. Free. Ages 14+)
* Storytelling
(February 1, Saturday, 02pm to 14pm. Free. Ages 15+)
* Plural Arts Workshop
(February 1, Saturday, 02pm to 15pm. Free. Ages 16+)
* Kekerê Cinema
(February 1, Saturday, 02pm to 16pm. Free. Ages 17+)
* Storytelling
(02/02, Sunday, from 13:30pm to 14pm. Free. 6+)
* No Toque de Kalunga – Musical performance performed by children, based on dance and percussion workshops during the week
(02/02, Sunday, from 14pm to 15pm. Free. 6+)
* Omi-Caminho das Águas Activation – Reflection on the multiple uses of water and its meanings for different peoples, culminating in a celebration of the waters with a hose bath in the museum courtyard.
(02/02, Sunday, from 15pm to 16pm. Free. 6+
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