Culture

Amid the pandemic, Porto Book Fair 2020 was a successful example on how to steer trough difficulties and ensure participants a high-end eclectic event, in a safe environment.

Celebration, celebration, celebration. Crowded Aliados with lots of merriment and joy welcomes 2020 in Porto.

This year's edition of Porto/Post/Doc features both online and face-to face programmes. The festival is themed 'A Cidade do Depois' ["The After City", free translation] and it runs between 20 and 29 November. Owing to the ongoing pandemic, the programme is to be presented in a double format: on site and online, at the Rivoli - Porto Municipal Theatre, at Passos Manuel and at Porto Planetarium. The online format provides a wide selection of Video on Demand (VoD) films.

This season, Porto Municipal Theatre also takes to the digital stages, and much so due to the lower seat availability as regards shows, amid the ongoing pandemic. The internet will be the perfect ally to follow and appreciate some of the shows by TMP. This weekend, the performance by Gonçalo Amorim & Paulo Furtado/Teatro Experimental do Porto (TEP), ESTRO / WATTS - Poesia da idade do rock will be streamed online on 8th November, at 5pm.

Porto Municipal Gallery features two exhibitions that are access free: "Prémio Paulo Cunha e Silva -- 2.nd edition" and "Waves and Whirlpools". Operating hours are from Tuesday to Sunday, between 10am and 6pm.

On 6th November 1919 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was born in Porto. Her family affectionately nicknamed her "Xixa". She loved books, histories and poems and maybe that is why she became one of the greatest Portuguese writers of all time.

Porto Municipal Gallery decided to temporarily halt public programmes linked to the ongoing exhibitions, this November, owing to the current pandemic measures in place. As such, two programmes scheduled for November have been cancelled, namely the talk scheduled for 14th November, at 4pm, and the concert by Luís da Riviera, on 15th November, at 6.30pm. The Gallery is open for visits to the exhibits.

Refresh your mind and take the journey to finding out (more) about the history of Humankind, which will lead you through the five continents! And guess what? You can do this in the comfort of your home. This is what the U. Porto News new podcast themed "Terras sem Fim" (aka "Never ending Lands", free translation) offers, inspired by the vast acquis of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC.UP).

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the oldest film society in the country, Porto Cineclube launches the book "75 anos: Cineclube do Porto", a commemorative edition that includes articles by eminent persons and researchers from the field of cinema, about the inception of this film society in Porto, the artistic milieu in the city regarding its connection with the Cineclube do Porto and its acquis.

As an artist tested positive for Covid-19, Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira decided to close Porto Municipal Theatre- Rivoli, starting on 29thg October and including the entire weekend.