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Thursday, 1st October marks two highlights in the Bicentennial of 1820 Liberal Revolution. The inauguration of an exhibition at the Military Museum on the prelude of the 24th August and the launch of a book that recounts the 40 days that have changed Portugal, authored by Vital Moreira and José Domingues.

Cineclube do Porto, the oldest film society in Portugal celebrates its 75th anniversary. These film clubs enable people to watch films that are not screened in mainstream cinemas. The Cineclube do Porto was established on 13th April 1945, at the height of the Salazar dictatorship, at the Alexandre Herculano High School, in Porto. The original name of the film society was "Clube Português de Cinematografia", but the name that endured thus far is "Cineclube do Porto" and after 75 years, it is...

The Aquaporto Festival kicks off on 1st October, at the City Park. Under the motto "O FUTURO É HOJE" aka "THE FUTURE IS TODAY". The event takes on a digital format and the main goal is to raise awareness on the need to care about water.

The highest scores were registered at the University of Porto, regarding the National Competition for Access to Higher Education 2020/2021. Three out of the five courses with the highest score are from the UP. The number of students to apply to a faculty of the UP as a 1st choice represents almost the double of the available vacancies. A total of 4715 students were admitted to degrees at the UP, which means that 100, 5% of the study programmes of the faculties of the UP were chosen by...

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.

The Municipal Vinyl Audio Room of Porto City Hall (Fonoteca Municipal de Vinil da Câmara do Porto- FMP) opened doors on 26th September, with a careful selection of 35 thousand vinyl records. It is true to say things have been polished and redefined and that as of last Saturday the public will have access to a large collection of phonograms in vinyl format, which was the result of two donations to the Municipal Sound Archive by Rádio Difusão Portuguesa and Rádio Renascença, back in 2008.

Till September ends, the municipal programme "Days with Energy" is held in four green spaces in the city of Porto. Registrations are free, yet mandatory, up to the limit of 10 people per session. When October comes, these free classes will be held indoors.

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.

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.

Didimo has mobilised investment worth one million euros in an external financial round, which leads to hiring more collaborators specialized in the field of 3D technologies.