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Uplifting Campus Paulo Cunha e Silva is inaugurated on the day the former councillor for Culture would celebrate its 59th anniversary
The Campus extends for exactly 900m2. The former Escola Básica José Gomes Ferreira, the classrooms and even outdoor spaces transformed into creative studios and spaces that will be utilized by the city’s artistic community. The Campus Paulo Cunha e Silva is the new residency centre for performing arts and the doors are open.
The Jardim da Água opens on Saturday, 12 June: edenic scenario and fairylike atmosphere! For real!
The Jardim da Água, located in the Jardins Nova Sintra is back on 12 June, following an entire year of closed doors. Now, it’s time to return to this enchanted place.
There are many reasons to visit the Clérigos, one of such is the “Só, neste Porto só” photo display
The Clérigos Tower and Museum host the exhibition “Só, neste Porto só!” [“Alone, in this Porto alone”, free translation], a photographic record of the city, with the goal of showcasing the Invicta during the first major lockdown in the country, last year in March.
Taking care of streets in Porto: this time it was Rua do Dr. Vasco Valente
The repairs and improvements at the Rua do Dr. Vasco Valente, in the parish of Ramalde are now completed. The intervention aimed to rehabilitate and to modernize street space and the surroundings of the residential area, namely pavements and pedestrian access, as well as road signposting.
Portuguese Symphonic Band celebrates American composers
The Portuguese Symphonic Band perform at Casa da Música, on 27 June to celebrate the American harmonies.
Porta-Jazz 11th edition is back in Porto this July and aims to deliver a wellbeing of music festivals
The Porta-Jazz inspiring festival is back in Porto from 23 to 25 July. These will be three-full days aimed at delivering a wellbeing of music festivals to both musicians and audiences. The new meeting point is the Gardens of the Palácio de Cristal, as it was originally planned to take place at the Rivoli Theatre, last February.
A positive that emerges from the pandemic context is the first U.Porto Fest!
The scene is set: from 8 to 12 June there will be a team of amazing storytellers that will make it through the University of Porto; there will be inspiring stories, life moments to hold on to, collective imagined scenarios, poetry, even, or music and stand-up comedy by former students and teachers that have a strong liaison with the place they used to call “home” and thus create the unique and first U. Porto Fest.
Take note: online voting for Best São João Window Competition runs from 9 to 21 June!
One way of celebrating São João can very much be the voting on your preferred São João Shop Window under the S. João 2021 Shop Window Competition. Applications for Best São João Window, in the following categories “Best Window Friend of the Environment” and “Best Shop window elected by the Public” concluded on 2 June. Now it is time to have your say as regards the Best São João Windows in town, as there will be a voting by the jury and a voting by the general public, which run from 9 to 21 June.
Let’s go out and watch a movie with “Há Filmes na Baixa!”
The cinema cycle "Há Filmes na Baixa" is back in Porto from 9 to 22 June and features some of the most iconic films, in collaboration with Porto/Post/Doc. Highlight to the two cult movies that will take to the silver screen at Passos Manuel this June: Ran and Apocalipse Now.
The STCP transported circa 190 thousand passengers per day, in May
STCP, Porto’s Bus Company, transported, on average, 190 thousand passengers, last May. These figures comprise the entire Bus network, operating on working days and represent 70% of the figures registered during the pre-pandemic phase.