Society

The Portuguese-American artist Mishlawi will debut at the Invicta on 22 February, at the Hard Club. With only 21 years old and having already performed in the biggest Portuguese festivals, Mishlawi will take the stage at the Hard Club, his biggest performance to date.

The "Porto Talent Landing Office" is the new "Porto. for Talent" municipal platform lever, which provides detailed information on laws or bureaucratic matters associated to Human resources and job mobility, in the framework of national and international companies settled in Porto.

Fantasporto - International Film Festival of Porto kicks off at Rivoli on 19th February and this year's line-up features "the best of film production of the world", be it the screening of the latest releases or cult classics.

Municipal Theatre Campo Alegre screens the film "Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno" by Abdellatif Kechiche, with daily sessions, starting at 6.30 pm. This film is already considered a master piece by national and international critics.

Journalist Sebastian Shehadi, of the FDi Magazine, a Financial Times supplement, takes a look at Porto to show that the city has "bounced back" and is now "a very competitive location in the tech scene", on the basis of its own efforts, to a huge extent.

The iconic "Camellias in Porto" exhibition will be back in town on 2 and 3 March. The novelty this year is the venue, as the landmark building of São Bento Station will host the first showcase of the "Japan Rose", as it was called by German botanist Engelbert Kaempfer.

Tiago Sá, co-founder of Wisecrop, was selected to include the top "30 under 30 Europe" Forbes Talent list, presenting the best European social entrepreneurs that are "leveraging business smarts to save the world".

Porto's passion of tripe goes back to the 15th century, when Infante Dom Henrique, the son of King João I, was a great navigator. He set sail from Porto in 1415 with a fleet of dozens of boats to conquer the autonomous Spanish city Ceuta, on the African coast of the Mediterranean.

The exhibition "I'm your mirror", by the Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, opens on 19th February at the Serralves Foundation; however, the gardens and the Museum in Serralves are already extremely busy on account of the giant scale sculptures.

Alexis Tam Chong Veng, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macau, the fifth most senior government official in Macau is in Porto to further cooperative and friendly relations in the areas of tourism, culture, education, health and sports.