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Porto Municipal Gallery will reopen on 2nd June with "Masks", curated by João Laia and Valentinas Klimasauskas, and "Apesar de não estar, estou muito" by Diogo Jesus, curated by João Ribas.

The strengthened support by Porto City Hall to all sectors of society, civil and business affected by the current pandemic includes the establishment of a Municipal Support Fund for investment and economic development, budgeted at 315 thousand euros.

The project "Aquisições", which reactivated the Municipal Art Collection in Porto, features the possibility to direct procurement of artwork by artists of Porto, up to the maximum value of 2.000 euros, between 14th and 27th May.

The Municipality of Porto will make access by car to Atlantic boulevards Montevideu, Brasil, Dom Carlos I and Rua do Coronel Raúl Peres conditional. This measure will be implemented starting tomorrow, 9th May, between 2pm and 7pm Saturday, and between 9am and 7pm Sunday.

Medeia Filmes - Porto Municipal Theatre continue to provide, freely on its website, three films to enjoy at home. This week, there are two new films to watch. Enjoy!

Porto is adapting and functioning as it calmly resets the "new" normal. These past few days, the city of Porto counted three new covid-19 cases and small businesses start reopening will all necessary precautions. In the past 72 hours, there were only 3 reported cases and last week only 35, which makes Porto the city that is getting off to a flying start regarding the current pandemic.

The Emergency Support Line to Associations in Porto, worth 150 thousand euros, is open from 28th April till 8th May. Applications should be formalized by filling in the form and sending it to "Pedido de Apoio" exclusively to the email: linha.apoioassociacoes@cm-porto.pt, after consulting the rules for the conferral of support.

TEDxPorto organisation delivered more than four tons of food and other essential items to Porto City Hall, this morning. These items were raised under the project "Porto Unido", to help fight the current pandemic.

Porto Municipal Theatre just launched a research programme for artists in the city of Porto, which envisages that circa 11 artists will be allocated 3 thousand euros, in the fields of dance, theatre, performance, contemporary circus, cross-sectional studies, writing and reflexion in the performing arts. Applications should be submitted till 18th May, at 6pm.

Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira will propose that the Municipal Executive approves the double funding of the 2nd edition of the Municipal Associativism Fund in 800 thousand euros, during the Municipal Executive Meeting of 18th May 2020.