Culture
Restauration of Palácio de Cristal Fountains d'Art
Porto City Hall has concluded the first phase of the restoration of the fountains d'Art of Emil David Garden, at Palácio de Cristal.
Ibsen's "Enemy of the People" at Rivoli
The Rivoli Theatre features "An Enemy of the People", a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen from 1882 and staged by Tonán Quito.
Exhibition "Questions of Relief" opens Vertical Gallery at Silo Auto building
As part of the strategy to revitalize Silo Auto, the first exhibition of the Vertical Gallery of the parking lot building managed by PortoLazer opens to the public at 9:00 pm on Friday, December 16. The Vertical Gallery is thought as a privileged space for temporary interventions of various artistic projects, that spread through the various stair levels of the seven storey building.
Porta Jazz Festival opening at Rivoli
For two days, Porta Jazz Festival features 11 concerts in the seventh edition of the festival, one of the highlights of jazz programming in the city.
Manger by Boris Charmatz will take over Monastery of São Bento da Vitória
Boris Charmatz's "Manger" (to eat) is presented next Wednesday at 9:30 pm at the Monastery of São Bento da Vitória, following its debut at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in London.
Porto Historic centre was named World Heritage by UNESCO twenty years ago
Monday, December 5, marks the 20th anniversary of the Historic Centre of Porto, the oldest area of the city and classified as World Heritage by UNESCO since 1996. The date will be celebrated with a broad cultural activities programme, organised by Porto City Hall, with the chiming in unison, at noon, of the bells of several churches and monuments, namely, Clérigos, Sé catedral do Porto and the churches of São Francisco, Misericórdia do Porto, São João Novo, São José das Taipas, São Nicolau an...
"Eldorado XXI" by Salomé Lamas wins top Porto/Post/Doc Film Festival Award
Salomé Lamas "XXI Eldorado" won the Porto / Post / Doc Film Festival Award. Salomé Lamas's new film for the Cultura em Expansão programme debuts December 17, at Rivoli.
Porto / Post / Doc Film festival closes with David Bowie film
The festival Porto / Post / Doc closed, December 3, at the Rivoli, with the screening of the film "Bowie, l'homme cent visages or le fantôme d'Hérouville" (2015), by Gaetan Chataigner and Christophe Conte.
Co-author book of photos "Our Porto" presentation
The book of photos "Nosso Porto" (Our Porto) was presented yesterday by journalist Júlio Magalhães, at Alfandega do Porto. This is a co-author book by Rui Moreira, mayor of Porto, Mário Ferreira, manager of the Douro Azul, Armando Tavares and Manuel Varzim, both amateur photographers.
Three concerts precede the program of the Porta-Jazz Festival scheduled for 7 and 8 December at Rivoli
Seventh edition of the Porta-Jazz festival at the Rivoli on December 7 and 8. Tomorrow, November 30, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, the programme opens a week earlier with the Abe Rábade Trio.