Society
"Ikiru" by Akira Kurosawa on the big screen at Campo Alegre Theatre
The long film "Ikiru" premieres on 1st October, at the auditorium of Campo Alegre Theatre. It is another great film by one of the most acknowledged Japanese film directors of all times, Akira Kurosawa. This will be a first commercial premiere in Portugal.
Understage concerts are back to Rivoli Theatre
Autumn comes with a new mood as Understage concerts are back to Rivoli, starting today, 25th September, at 11pm. NU, @c (Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais) and Ece Canli are some of the headliners of the music cycle for this coming season at Porto Municipal Theatre.
Porto heads technological project to fight Covid-19
The Municipality of Porto, via Porto Digital, leads the Data4Covid19 project, whose goal is to integrate multiple source data. This resource will enable to implement and monitor, in an integrated way, the measures to fight Covid-19 by combining resources from several companies and research centres, as tools towards decision-making processes, especially regarding health, prevention measures and the rapid establishment of a prognosis.
Once in a Blue Moon, just for this Halloween
Halloween comes once a year, on 31st October, but this Blue Moon will only come back in many years' time; nineteen, to be precise. This unique occasion only repeats every 19 years on Halloween night; miss it and you'll have to wait till 2039 to gaze at its beauty.
Duo Rubrum take to the stage at Rivoli on 26th September
Carolina Andrade and Romeu Curto, vocals and guitar, respectively, make up the Duo Rubrum and will take to the stage at Rivoli, on 26th September, at 5pm. This concert is held in partnership with the Curso de Música Silva Monteiro.
The Aquaporto Festival raises awareness on the need to care about water, only this time, the event takes on a digital format
The "O FUTURO É HOJE" aka "THE FUTURE IS TODAY" is the key issue for AQUAPORTO 2020, because water is our most fundamental resource and it is scarce. The AQUAPORTO festival takes off on 1st October, at the City Park. Everyone is invited to join Aquaporto Live and Aquaporto 360, a virtual visit that features an array of challenges and surprise events, via the website http://www.aquaporto.pt.
International Conference to debate two hundred years of constitutionalism in Portugal
The commemoration programme of the 1820 Liberal Revolution bicentennial continues, this week, on 24th September, at 9am, with the international conference themed "Dois séculos de constitucionalismo eleitoral em Portugal (1820-2020)" (Two centuries of electoral constitucionalism in Portugal (1820-2020).
Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota won "Best Social Intervention Impact" award
The Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota won the most significant Urban Rehabilitation National Programme 2020 (PNRU), in the "Social Impact Category". The ward giving ceremony of the 8th edition was held at Porto City Hall Council Chambers, last Friday, on 18th September.
YES Meeting is "Breaking Boundaries for the 15th time", and now it debates extraordinary times
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is the digital arena of the YES Meeting 15th edition, devoted to the biomedical field of research. The YES Meeting, organised by students of the Faculty of Medicine takes on, for the first time, a digital format and although apart it brings together 650 young researchers and renowned international scientists.
"Yojimbo" by Akira Kurosawa premieres on 24th September
The auditorium at Campo Alegre Theatre premieres the film Yojimbo", on 24th September, under the cinema cycle devoted to the filmography by renowned Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.