Culture

It is very satisfying to enter June and destress or enjoy a break with the events under the “Cultura em Expansão” project. Today, 4 June, at 9 pm, the Ring of the Association of Residents of the Social Neigbourhood of Pasteleira - Previdência/Torres hosts “Segunda-feira: Atenção à Direita!”, a performance that re-enacts a boxing match, in the framework of the project “Sete Anos Sete Peças”, by the choreographer and performer Cláudia Dias, in collaboration with the artist Pablo Fidalgo Lareo.

Porto Design Biennale is a matter of artistic processes and it all started today, 2 June in-between Porto and Matosinhos. This will be so until 25 July, where people of both cities (and of other places, as well) will be able to enjoy exhibitions, workshops and performances , both in-person or following an online agenda , prepared to meet the demands of a pandemic world, still.

Today, 2 June, the festival’s line-up is announced and fans get to know that such bands as Tame Impala, Gorillaz, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beck and Pavement go on stage between 9 and 11 June. All tickets purchased for the 2020 and the 2021 NOS Primavera Sound edition are valid for the 2022 edition.

The CriArte Porto project has this vison of inspiring social inclusion by means of classical music concerts, which will take place at the Escola Básica e Secundária do Cerco and features three educational concerts, namely two operas, and two choirs – a youth and an adult choir. During June, three other performances are in the agenda, with the outlining goal of hardwiring the community and erudite musicians and composers, in an informal gathering.

The Criatório municipal programme grants were approved during the Municipal Executive Meeting on 31 May. The Criatório commenced on 16 December 2020 and will award 5 grants worth 15 thousand euros, with the goal of promoting the consolidation and establishment of artists, cultural agents and space activities in Porto and, as in previous years, to support projects in the fields of visual arts and curatorship, performing arts, composition, programming and musical performing, literature and critica

Porto Municipal Gallery features two new projects, starting on 12 June: “Pés de Barro”, collective exhibition, curated by Chus Martínez and Filipa Ramos; and “Wall גדר جدار, by Inés Moldavski, curated by Guilherme Blanc.

The Casa Comum of the Universidade do Porto, in partnership with IndieLisboa, features an outdoor cinema cycle on Portuguese music. Sessions are entrance free and are scheduled for 3, 4 and 5 June, at 9.30 pm, in the Patio of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (in Cordoaria).

As we ease back into welcoming outdoor weekends, why not celebrate Sunday, 30 May, at Coliseu Porto Ageas, for the musical performance “Peter and the Wolf”, the first show under the cycle “Concertos Promenade”. The debut is narrated live by known actor and comedian Bruno Nogueira. Ticket prices range from 6 to 14 euros.

The municipal programme Shuttle second tender for 2021 accommodates applications until 4 June, by artists, authors and cultural agents based in Porto. The main goal of this project is to boost the internationalisation of the contemporary artistic scene of Porto, by financing logistic and production expenses as regards the international promotion of shows.

WOMEX 2021 applications are open. The most relevant music support and development projects event in the global music scene - the World Music Expo – will be held in Porto, an absolute debut in the country, between 27 and 31 October. WOMEX will introduce thousands of music makers and music lovers from over 90 countries, in the Invicta.