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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.

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This weekend (and the weather looks promising!), on 26th and 27th September, the Electric Tram Museum (Museu do Carro Eléctrico) features guided tours, which will enact different moments in the museum's history.

Halloween comes once a year, on 31st October, but this Blue Moon will only come back in many years' time; nineteen, to be precise. This unique occasion only repeats every 19 years on Halloween night; miss it and you'll have to wait till 2039 to gaze at its beauty.

This coming Saturday, on 26th September, 15 contemporary art galleries at the Arts District of Miguel Bombarda feature new exhibits, and the novelty is that these exhibits can be visited from home.