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Rivoli Theatre celebrates its 87 anniversary year maxing up the weekend in Porto. There will be dance, theatre, music, literature and performances till 4 in the morning on 20 January and 100 people from the city to blow out Rivoli's birthday candles.

This Saturday, 19 January, it's the comeback of Inaugurações Simultâneas [Simultaneous Openings] at Miguel Bombarda District. Starting at 4 pm, street performances and guided tours will announce the new shows and exhibits promoted by Porto Lazer.

Porto Puppet Museum, inaugurated in 2013, exhibits a significant collection gathered over the years, offering the opportunity to explore the world of puppetry, with exhibitions, archive exhibitions, and tours that will entertain and captivate young and old visitors, opening doors to the fantastic world of our imagination.

The first phase of the Special Regime for non-Portuguese nationals to access Higher Education in the University of Porto for the Academic year 2019/2020 commenced on 2 January. In total, the University of Porto provides 763 university places for international students only, a number that clearly surpasses the 567 places made available the previous school year, of which 478 have been filled.

The Nos Primavera Sound 2019 line-up was announced today and it features "the most audacious festival programming ever", according to the organisation. The festival runs from 6 to 8 June in the City Park. The list of the headliners for the Nos Primavera Sound are Solange and Erykah Badu, J Balvin, Interpol, James Blake and Stereolab.

Porto has a Municipal Ombudsman as of 26 June 2018. This is the first time that the city of Porto has a Public Official to deal with matters of fairness and transparency in the city. Ombudsmen are independent, impartial and provide a free service. Their job is to investigate complaints that haven't been solved by the organisation complained against, making someone suffer as a result. The office is neutral and looks at the complaint from all sides.

Starting today, 16 January and till 20 January, Casa da Música is a must visit site in Porto as the Casa Aberta [Open House] initiative kicks off with numerous free access events. The aim of this programme is to allow visitors to learn more about the iconic Casa da Música.

"Our aim is that the front building [of Monte Pedral Barrack], the most agreeable side of the barrack and the one included in the Chart of the City Heritage, is to be maintained so that it can be turned into a campus housing", explained Rui Moreira.

Tickets for the flights Porto-Brussels are already commercially available at TAP, and they will be resumed on 1 July. Besides this announced flight, the Portuguese Flagship Company will launch new routes for the summer 2019, namely the Lyon and Munich routes as of September and the strengthening of the Porto-Madrid and the Porto-New York links as well.

The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP) will lend its Leonardo Da Vinci drawing to the Louvre Museum, in Paris, to the fall exhibition marking 500 years of Da Vinci's death.