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Italian Cinema Celebration closing session on April 8 at Rivoli

The end date of the 11th edition of the Italian Cinema celebration is April 8 at the Rivoli, starting at 6 pm with the screening of the film "The Postman" by Michael Radford (1994), based on the book "Il Postino" by Antonio Skármeta.

The Portuguese Photography Centre features the Abolition of the Death Penalty and World War I

The Portuguese Photography Centre features two photographic exhibitions on 7 April. One show is devoted to the abolition of the death penalty, titled "Morte à morte! 150 anos da abolição da pena de morte em Portugal / 1867-2017" [Death to the death penalty! 150 years after the elimination of the death penalty in Portugal]. The second show comprises the images of a not-so far away past, in the context of the First World War, with striking images by Augusto Lemos. "Bloody Landscapes" traces the...

Rivoli features glamourous Indian Manor

Rivoli premieres the performance "Solar das Índias" [Indian Manor] on 6 April at 9.30 pm. This is the new co-production of Porto Municipal Theatre with the Theatrical investigation Collective Confederação.

North Music Festival headliners in Porto next May

The North Music Festival is the perfect opportunity to see bands such as Prodigy, Mão Morta, Gogol Bordello, Guano Apes, Linda Martini, Slow J, Da Chick, First Breath After Coma, Ermo, Xinobi and DJ Ride. This event will take place on 25 and 26 May at Porto Customs Building.

Digitalization on society is debated at the IFMAT Summit in Porto in April

The IFMAT Summit themed "Digital Transformation on Society and on the Economy" is the first international summit to take place in Portugal to debate finance, accounting, marketing, management and similar areas. This event will take place in Porto, in the Ferreira Borges Market, on 19 and 20 April.

Porto City Hall and the Cité des Métiers tackle homelessness

Porto City Hall, within the Cité des Métiers, is designing a training plan targeted at socially vulnerable people, in order to provide them with health, education, social and economic opportunities. Most often than not, being without status or being caught in a poverty trap is not the result of a personal choice. In line with this orientation, the municipality of Porto is carrying out support actions with users at the Centre for Emergency Reception. The purpose is to develop different...

Porto shares circular economy strategy at the Eurocities Environment Forum

The world is shifting. And that shift can lead to a positive outcome. It must. In the context of how can cities be organised in the future, within environmental sustainable policies, around 230 representatives of 60 European cities gather at the Eurocities Environment Forum in Amsterdam to debate the topic "Towards Circular Cities: How to Make it Work?", from 4 to 6 April.

Shuttle supports art from Porto abroad

Porto Municipal Council unanimously approved support to art internationalisation at the Executive meeting held this morning in Porto City Hall. This endorsement is named Shuttle and its fundamental goal is to promote contemporary art work, creators and cultural operators of the city of Porto abroad. This open call runs till December 2018 and is targeted at developing artistic projects at a global level.

Joana Gama draws on Erik Satie to tickle the ivories and tell endless humorous stories

The programme "Cultura em Expansão" [Expanding Culture] travels to Campanhã, on April 7 featuring the performance "whisper in my ear", at 4 pm at the Entertainment Association Malmequeres de Noêda. Entrance is free.

Victim Support Centre in Porto takes stock of five years of service

The Information Office and Victim Support Centre in Porto (GAIV) was established five years ago. During this time, 6.577 people have benefited from this project. The most usual crime is domestic violence and the victims are predominantly women, between the ages of 30 and 40. A packed Almeida Garrett Municipal Library auditorium debated Domestic Abuse and Gender Equality with the Porto Metropolitan Command of the Police Force, Porto City Hall and over 70 institutions involved in this project,...