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The new Board of Directors of the Porto Supply Market (MAP) was welcomed at Porto City Hall by the Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, for a courtesy visit, on 21 June.

Inhale and exhale and know that tradition still remains, as far as basil scents define St. John’s feast, as well. They are one of the celebration’s highest symbols; more than enough reason to place the installation “Flores de Manjerico”, at the Avenida dos Aliados, by the architecture studio FAHR 021.3, which features 900 basil plants in a wooden structure. This is an initiative by Porto City Hall, via the municipal company Ágora. Enjoy and scent it until 23 June.

Porto Book Fair is back in town from 27 August to 12 September, in the Gardens of the Palácio de Cristal. The 2021 edition received 82 applications, of which 78 have been approved, namely publishers, distributors, bookstores, used bookshops, and institutional entities that will occupy 124 pavilions, and another pavilion that will be utilized by Porto City Hall.

Porto City Hall will acquire 15 new works to add to the Municipal Art Collection of Contemporary Art, in the scope of the direct buying modality of artists of the project “Aquisições”. This was the decision by the current Selection Committee, which includes Eduarda Neves, João Sousa Cardoso and Pedro de Llano, who have assessed 145 submissions.

Artists working or residing in Porto Metropolitan Areas can, as of now, make their working space reservation at the new Campus Paulo Cunha e Silva (PCS), via the respective website. Each working space can be available up to 240 hours. In addition, there have been launched three new open calls and classes for professionals, which are due to start in September 2021.

Trengo - Porto Circus Festival is back from 28 June to 4 July. This edition, witness all ten shows that will take to the Parque do Covelo and the Theatre Rivoli. This Trengo is a family version show that features 19 presentations, organised by the company Erva Daninha, jointly with Ágora – Cultura e Desporto.

Rui Moreira participated in the second “Public Diplomacy Talks” event, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. The main topic of the debate, which took to the online format, between the Mayor of Porto and Athens City Hall, Kostas Bakoyannis, was the diplomatic role of cities at global level.

The Missão Férias@Porto is on between 12 July and 3 September, and it is targeted at youth from 6 to 15 years old, whether they reside or not in the city of Porto. Applications run exclusively online and open today, 21 June, starting at 10 am.

The exhibition themed “Alberto Giacometti - Peter Lindbergh. Seizing the Invisible” brings to Porto, for the first time ever, unseen photographs of the Swiss visual artist, Alberto Giacometti, captured by the German photographer Peter Lindbergh. It will be on display at the Museu da Misericórdia do Porto (MMIPO) until 24 September.

One year past, the municipal company Ágora settles in the Beach Stadium, next to the Edifício Transparente. Until the end of August, the site will be the stage of a vast set of sports events, namely handball, football, foot volley and beach tennis. This weekend kicks off with another edition of Porto Beach Rugby.