- Presentation of the house by museologist Vanessa Rezende, at 7:30 PM
- Performance by the Coro Gradiva, from the Freudian Psychoanalysis Center of Goiânia, featuring classical and Brazilian popular music under conductor Jakson Guedes
- Ballet performance by choreographer and dancer Izildinha Figueiredo
- Poetry recital and piano and flute performance by musician Andrea Teixeira
- Event: Opening of Casa de Fá
- Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 7 PM
- Address: Rua Abel Coimbra, nº 181 – Centro, Palmeiras de Goiás, GO, Brazil
- Regular visiting hours: Starting Monday, April 20, from 9 AM to 6 PM
- Admission: Free
- More info: @acasadefa
- Presentation of the house by museologist Vanessa Rezende, at 7:30 PM
- Performance by the Coro Gradiva, from the Freudian Psychoanalysis Center of Goiânia, featuring classical and Brazilian popular music under conductor Jakson Guedes
- Ballet performance by choreographer and dancer Izildinha Figueiredo
- Poetry recital and piano and flute performance by musician Andrea Teixeira
- Event: Opening of Casa de Fá
- Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 7 PM
- Address: Rua Abel Coimbra, nº 181 – Centro, Palmeiras de Goiás, GO, Brazil
- Regular visiting hours: Starting Monday, April 20, from 9 AM to 6 PM
- Admission: Free
- More info: @acasadefa
Who is Claudia Machado
Claudia Machado holds a degree in Psychology and a master’s in Social and Organizational Psychology. She has been a member of the Freudian Psychoanalysis Center in Goiânia since 1997, and is also a member of APLA, a corresponding national member of the Academia Formiguense de Letras (AFL) in Minas Gerais, and a member of AFLAG.
A bilingual author published in Portuguese and Italian, her bibliography includes Canções do meu amor (1999), Inventário de um amor (2007), Livro do Depois (2015), and As Cartas que Nunca Enviei para Meu Pai (2023). Works in progress include OPARA: As Andanças de uma Cangaceira, Um Livro para Altino, and Livro das Ausências.
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Born from a family safe kept shut for decades, Casa de Fá opens in Palmeiras de Goiás on April 18 with poetry, music, and living memory.
For decades, a safe held old manuscripts, jewels, and documents belonging to a single family in the small city of Palmeiras de Goiás, 88 km from Goiânia, in the Brazilian state of Goiás. That act of preservation has now grown into something much larger: the Casa de Fá, a new House of Culture and Poetry opening its doors on Saturday, April 18, at 7 PM.
The project was conceived by writer and psychoanalyst Claudia Machado, who was born in the same city. She describes the soul of the space as borderless.
A nickname that defies time
The name Casa de Fá honors Josaphat Garcia Machado, known as Fá in childhood and later as Fafá. For years, he kept his father’s writings locked inside that safe alongside family heirlooms.
In that gesture, the safe stopped being merely a place to store valuables and became a place to safeguard memory. The house’s name comes from there: a nickname that sets the tone for what resists time, knowledge, and literature.
According to Claudia Machado, the very architecture of the house takes part in a broader historical narrative — one that includes the old Picada de Goyaz trail, Brazil’s March to the West, the construction of Brasília, the vision of Dom Bosco, and the work of minister Allison Paulinelli.
Stories the house tells
Casa de Fá explores human displacement: migration and immigration. It lifts up the stories of Black women, addresses mental health, and wrestles with life’s most essential themes — love, death, and memory — through rescue, poetry, and above all, people.
The exhibition was curated by museologist Vanessa Rezende, who will present the space to the public at 7:30 PM on opening night.
Opening night program
The ceremony begins with a plaque unveiling in the presence of cultural and political authorities from the state. The evening continues with:
Who is Claudia Machado
Claudia Machado holds a degree in Psychology and a master’s in Social and Organizational Psychology. She has been a member of the Freudian Psychoanalysis Center in Goiânia since 1997, and is also a member of APLA, a corresponding national member of the Academia Formiguense de Letras (AFL) in Minas Gerais, and a member of AFLAG.
A bilingual author published in Portuguese and Italian, her bibliography includes Canções do meu amor (1999), Inventário de um amor (2007), Livro do Depois (2015), and As Cartas que Nunca Enviei para Meu Pai (2023). Works in progress include OPARA: As Andanças de uma Cangaceira, Um Livro para Altino, and Livro das Ausências.
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