ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism. They are known internationally as a venue for oppositional culture. ABC No Rio was founded in 1980 by artists committed to political and social engagement and they retain these values to the present. To put it simply, Bush is not welcome here.
ABC No Rio features a wide range of public events in their Gallery/Performance Space.
Regular events programming includes exhibitions of visual art; weekly open poetry readings and other literary events; a HardCore/Punk Matinee every Saturday; and COMA, a weekly series of experimental and improvisational music. They also host film & video screenings, performance events, workshops, forums and benefits. Click on the schedule link above for details or visit their website.
Their mission is to seek to facilitate cross-pollination between artists and activists. ABC No Rio is a place where people share resources and ideas to impact society, culture, and community. They believe that art and activism should be for everyone, not just the professionals, experts, and cognoscenti.
The ABC No rio community is defined by a set of shared values and convictions. It is both a local and international community. It is a community committed to social justice, equality, anti-authoritarianism, autonomous action, collective processes, and to nurturing alternative structures and institutions operating on such principles. Their community includes artists and activists whose work promotes critical analysis and an expanded vision of possibility for our lives and the lives of our neighborhoods, cities, and societies. It includes punks who embrace the Do-It-Yourself ethos, express positive outrage, and reject corporate commercialism. It includes nomads, squatters, fringe dwellers, and those among society's disenfrachised who find at ABC No Rio a place to be heard and valued.