Margaret Atwood, French theatre director Patrice Chereau, Brazilian singer/songwriter Gilberto Gil, South African visual artist William Kentridge, Taiwanese choreographer Lin Hwai-min and American film editor and sound designer Walter Murch

Gilberto Gil, Brazil's Minister of Culture, has announced he is giving up his political post to concentrate on his music career. The BBC quoted the 66-year-old singer, composer and guitarist as saying he was having trouble juggling two such demanding careers.

By Angela Simental, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Jul. 31--Caji is a long way home from the ocean that hits the scenic city of Salvador in Bahia, Brazil, but his influences travel with him wherever he goes.

By luiza sauma He sings, he acts, he's a Brazilian superstar - but, as Seu Jorge tells Luiza Sauma, he'll never forget life (and death) in the favela Jorge Mrio da Silva doesn't do mornings.

Performance Notes Gilberto Gil, one of Brazil's greatest singer-songwriters, was the architect of the dazzling tropicalia music scene, which mixed reggae, samba-jazz and pop.