Culture

This weekend, on 12 and 13 December, Porto Municipal Theatre (TMP) presents the fourth edition of Foco Famílias. This is an online event, suitable to the ongoing circumstances and a rather creative way to welcome families to TMP’s celebration of leisure time with our loved ones. The weekend activities come in all shapes, as it brings along performances to enjoy as a family, recipes to make the mouth water, dance and even talking over the phone with a giant sloth.

The programme of Porto Urban Art is about to launch another Call for artistic interventions in the city’s public space. This new phase of this project is curated by Hazul, the artist from Porto. The initiative is implemented by the municipal company Ágora – Cultura e Desporto do Porto. The novelty is that a new Wall will be made available to the entire community; also, five projects will be put forward, by local artists.

Today, 11th December and on 13th December, as well, two shows will stand on stage at the Educational Centre of São João National Theatre, at 7pm and 11am, respectively. These are the final projects of the Theatre Clubs Under-18 and Under-88.

Today, 10th December, the “Cultura em Expansão” municipal programme takes the iconic band from Porto, “Três Tristes Tigres” to the stage at Passos Manuel, who will feature their latest album “Mínima Luz”. The band released this album after a long break in their musical creation. The concert kicks off at 7.30pm and entrance is free, but prior collection of the ticket is mandatory, starting at 5.30pm, on site.

The new editions of the cultural municipal programmes Criatório and Shuttle, for the coming year of 2021, have been approved by the Executive Meeting, earlier this week. The Criatório opens applications this 16th December to award 25 grants, worth 15 thousand euros; fifteen of those grants will be awarded to artistic creation projects and ten grants for programming spaces. The purpose is to promote the solidification of artists, cultural agents and spaces’ activities in Porto.

This 17th December, Porto Municipal Gallery inaugurates the exhibition “Que horas são que horas: uma galeria de histórias”, curated by José Maia, Paula Parente Pinto and Paulo Mendes. The exhibit pictures the role that a Municipal Gallery must play in the city.

The latest project by Jonathan Uliel Saldanha, "Mercúrio Vermelho" debuts his latest work at the Rivoli, on 10, 11, 12 and 13 December. This will be the starting point of the new collaboration between the artists and Porto Municipal Theatre (TMP), which will extend for the 2020/21 and the 2021/22 seasons.

Porto Municipal Gallery inaugurated the exhibit “Nets of Hyphae”. The display is authored by Diana Policarpo and curated by Stefanie Hessler, director of the Kunsthall Trondheim. Mayor Rui Moreira visited the exhibition today, accompanied by Diana Policarpo and by Guilherme Blanc, the contemporary art and cinema director of Ágora’s municipal company.

This season, Porto Municipal Theatre (TMP) launched the project PAR(S) – Artes Performativas e Imagem Online [Online Performance Arts and Image”, free translation], with the purpose of presenting both in-person and online performances. “Ø ilha” by Cláudia Varejão and Joana Castro is already available online at Porto Municipal Theatre, from 1st December to 31st December 2020.

The first Municipal Atelier opens doors this month of December to accommodate the first six artists; Vera Mota, Jaime Lauriano, Dayana Lucas, Tomás Abreu, Laetitia Morais and Orlando Vieira Francisco will settle in the new working spaces set in Ribeira.