Shopping Center Norte hosts Vidas Negras (Black Lives) exhibition, with stories from residents of the North area of the city

Starting this Monday, September 9, Center Norte hosts a part of the Vidas Negras program, launched at Museu da Pessoa in September, but will have most of its activities along November, once that’s the month of black consciousness. The full program involves a call for papers for black collectives and artists, an audiovisual show, a virtual exhibit, a podcast series, an educational program, live broadcasts and registers of life stories. The activities will take place up to January 2021.

The exhibit at the mall highlights the stories of four people who have a very close relation to the North area of the city. The pieces are distributed in physical panels and invite visitors to get to know more about these people and others that are in the online version of Museu da Pessoa, the first virtual collaborative museum of biographies in the world.

The “Vidas Negras” program is a perspective look over Museu da Pessoa’s collection, which shows the everyday life of black families in Brazil in the 20^th and 21^st century. The exhibition at Center Norte will be open until December 9^th and the panels can be seen near the Riachuelo store. The complete schedule with the other activities can be accessed through this link: https://museudapessoa.org/programacao-vidas-negras/.

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Vidas Negras at Center Norte

When: November 9 to December 9

Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays and holidays, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the stores have the option to open from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Address: Travessa Casalbuono, 120 – Vila Guilherme – São Paulo/SP

About Center Norte

Founded in 1984, Shopping Center Norte is one of the most complete and diversified malls in the country. With a mix of 331 stores, the enterprise occupies an area of over 1 million ft². Besides the wide variety of stores and services, the mall features two food courts, including 66 restaurants, fast-food, snack bars and kiosks. Movie theaters and Playland comprise the entertainment area of mall which is constantly investing in innovative initiatives and unique campaigns. In these 36 years of operation, Center Norte keeps up with the growth and development of the sector in Brazil. The business is part of the Cidade Center Norte multi-use complex, which also includes Lar Center, Expo Center Norte, and Novotel Center Norte.

Press information:

CDI Comunicação (Cidade Center Norte)

Débora Camargo – debora.camargo@cdicom.com.br – +55 (11) 97244-5211

Caroline Pasternack – caroline.pasternack@cdicom.com.br – +55 (11) 96064-6491

Marcia Avruch – marcia.avruch@cdicom.com.br – +55 (11) 98397-7805