Society

Porto City Hall joins other 230 organisations that have joined the initiative "Liceu a la Fresca", rebroadcasting outdoors and in a giant screen one of Giacomo Puccini's most successful work, the opera "Manon Lescaut". The broadcasting is scheduled for Saturday, starting at 10.15 pm, at the Amor de Perdição Square, in Cordoaria, next to the Portuguese Photography Centre. Access is free.

Today's the Day. The World Cup Russia 2018 kicks off today and Cordoaria will get the ball rolling for you. A giant screen was set up at Cordoaria, at the Square of Amor de Perdição, in front of the Portuguese Photography Centre for the live transmission of the matches.

The School of Biotechnology of Portuguese Catholic University in Porto will be given financial support of 50 million euros to develop research in the field of oil alternative sources of energy. This is the most important financial support ever provided to research in Portugal, to project both the academia and the market.

Victor Hugo Pontes features the performance "Margens" [Margins] at Campo Alegre, inspired by the novel "Capitães da Areia [Captains of the Sands] by Brazilian writer Jorge Amado. The show will be on stage at the auditorium of campo Alegre Theatre, on 16 and 17 June. This performance is held in the framework of FITEI 2018.

Porto is part of the 10th June Portugal and Communities Day celebrations, in Beijing, China. The Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira travelled to that country, where he will deliver a speech at this event promoted by the Portuguese Embassy to China.

The opening of the Footb-all Mix exhibition is scheduled for 14th June, at 3.30 pm, in the main hall of Porto City Council. This original initiative assembles football themed posters by renowned designers from each of the 32 countries competing in the World Cup in Russia.

The city of Porto has participated in the Global Gov Jam, an initiative that is held each year with the main goal of developing new solutions for the public sector. Teams from 35 cities in the world took part in this Jam event, at the same time and with a 48-hour time setting, to come up with solutions for a common topic-challenge.

Newly discovered photos of the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo will be on show at the Portuguese Photography Centre, in Porto. The exhibit "Frida Kahlo - As Suas Fotografias" [Frida Kahlo - Her photographs" (free translation)] shows the world unpublished testimonies of the artist's private life.

Air Canada just opened its offering of direct flights between Porto and its hub in Toronto, at the Toronto (Pearson) International Airport. The new service of Air Canada Rouge will be operated by the Boeing 767-300, delivering three weekly flights till 27 October 2018.

The exhibit of the 7th edition of the São João Plastic Hammer Contest is on show at Palácio das Artes. In total, 112 projects, in object, 2D and video format celebrate one of the most iconic symbols of St John celebrations in Porto. The exhibit will be on show till 30 June, from Monday to Saturday. Operating hours are from 10 am to 6 pm.