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INESC TEC Porto researchers create a forest cleaner robot
A group of researchers of INESC TEC, in Porto, has created a forest cleaner robot. The main goal of such a robot is to reduce the costs of this type of operation, which could cost up to billions of euros.
"Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat" screened at Rivoli
"Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat" (2011) by Sara Driver features the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in the late-'70s New York.
Intercultural get-together in Porto promotes interaction of different artistic backgrounds
Intercultural communication will be the theme of an afternoon devoted to celebrating different social and cultural backgrounds, in areas such as music, dance, singing, and fashion, at St. Ildefonso Church Square (next to Batalha Square), between 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
BEST Porto promotes internationalization through Higher Education
"Stop! Think! Lead!" is the programme that gathers in Porto students of 17 different nationalities with the fundamental goal of debating leadership and diversity, and bringing companies closer to students.
Portuguese Makers Craft Week is just around the corner
This year, The Serralves Park is the host of Portuguese Makers Craft Week, an event crafted for those who look for a "hands-on experience", from 3 to 8 September.
Porto Municipal Theatre is back for the new season
September 6 marks the opening of the new season. Discover what performances and shows are heading to Porto in the 2018/19 season, in Rivoli and Campo Alegre. This event is scheduled to start at 7 pm and it is entrance free. The season kicks off with 63 performances, in a total of 120 presentations, 14 of which international and 11 national premieres.
Clérigos joined the Portuguese Museum Network
The Portuguese Ministry of Culture has acknowledge the Museum Brotherhood of Clérigos as member of the Portuguese Museum Network.
Culture on every corner in the city of Porto
The first Porto Busker Fest edition ended this past Sunday. For four weekends in August, 15 impromptu stages all around downtown Porto offered living statues shows, acrobatics, and comedy, captivating all kinds of passers-by. No doubt Porto was a busking hotspot this summer period. See you next year!
The city of Porto decks out to honour Saint Bartholomew in Foz
Crowds lined the streets this Sunday in Foz, in Porto, to honour St Bartholomew, the Patron Saint of great miracles and, as is tradition in the Foz do Douro, there was a costume parade entirely made of paper.
Upcoming Classical music concerts in Porto
The "Concertos na Avenida" are back in town at Aliados on 7 and 8 September, at 10 pm. Porto will be steeped in classical music concerts by the Baroque Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra. Famous virtuoso violinist, Dmitry Sinkovsky will play Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" jointly with the Baroque Orchestra.