The percussionist Jack Costanzo was so closely identified with his instrument that early in his career he became known as “Mr. Bongo.”
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Brazil’s First-Ever Queer Art Show, Shut Down Last Year, Reopens To Huge Crowds
The exhibition, titled “Queermuseu” in Portuguese, opened last year in a bank-sponsored cultural center Porto Alegre; it was shut down by the bank after religious conservatives loudly accused it of promoting blasphemy, bestiality and pedophilia. This past weekend, following what became the largest crowdfunding campaign in Brazil’s history, the show opened at an art school in Rio, where thousands lined up to see it.