Culture

Following portfolio assessment and appreciation of the work presented, the jury of the first edition of the Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize has announced its decision. The four jurors unanimously agreed to appoint Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela for the Art Prize Paulo Cunha e Silva.

Porto Puppet Theatre features the performance "Pelos Cabelos", at the Teatro de Belomonte. The show will be on stage from 1 till 8 July. The starting point of this performance is the artwork by João Vaz de Carvalho. The consequence is a performance full of strange characters, of absent and hallucinated looks, where mood and nonsense merge to enliven puppets.

Porto Municipal Gallery features the curatorial project on different ways of living the night, as of 30 June. Artists Carla Filipe and curator Ulrich Loock were invited to develop an exhibit on the social projects in clubs and pubs as an escape from daily life.

The film "You're Welcome", by German Director Rebecca Panian, was awarded Best International Fiction, at Porto 7 - International Short Film Festival. This film is based on a true story. A young woman, Olivia, wants to enjoy a peaceful moment, drinking her coffee but she sees herself in the middle of a situation where people start to stir up hatred against refugees - what do you do?

The greatest architectural showcase will take place on 30 June and 1 July in Porto, Gaia and Matosinhos, in 2018. The theme for the 4th edition of Open House Porto 2018 is "Industrial Architecture" and this year Open House Porto "intends to make people look at architecture as a whole, not building by building but rather how a city is organised and created", curator and architect Inês Moreira highlighted.

Álvaro Siza Vieira was awarded the Medal of Merit of Porto University. The Portuguese architect, internationally recognised and one of the largest global references of Porto Architecture is the third entity to receive this elevated distinction, by the "genius of his architectural oeuvre".

The Jazz Orchestra of Porto takes part of the Cultura em Expansão Programme, on 16th June to talk and hear about jazz, sonorities and stories to share with Pasteleira residents, starting at 9.30 pm.

"Rui Moreira was the only Mayor to have set out Culture as a priority in the country". This statement by Helena Teixeira da Silva, author of the book to honour former councillor for Culture of Porto City Hall, Paulo Cunha e Silva, embodies what the Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, has set himself to doing after the sudden passing away of Paulo Cunha e Silva, in November 2015.

Exhibition on football themed posters will be on show in the Main Hall of Porto City Council from 14th June to 15th July, to celebrate the World Cup. Designers from the 32 countries competing in the World Cup in Russia, were invited to represent the feeling of the "game".

Choreographer Salia Sanou, from Burkina Faso, one of the most reputed names in African dance, takes to the stage "Du désir d'horizons", on 8 June, at 9.30 pm at Rivoli. Salia Sanou set up this performance to provide an artistic expression of the symbols of loss and displacements within refugee camps.