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Following a four month period of closed doors due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Puppet Theatre of Porto reopens on 15th July, featuring an exhibition that revisits some of the most iconic work by the theatre.

The last film by Luís Buñuel - That Obscure Object of Desire (Ese oscuro objeto del deseo) - which is considered one of his most ironic comments on desire and sexuality, will be on show at Campo Alegre cine studio, on 26th July, at 3.30pm.

Legos, these interlocking plastic bricks that have been around since most of us were children are now on display at the Customs building in Porto. This is the largest European exhibition and it stays on show until 23rd August.

The Municipal Ateliers applications open on 20th July, but the regulation is already available for consultation. The project was approved unanimously in the last Municipal Executive Meeting, and it will provide six spaces to visual artists in Porto, by means of affordable rental for a three-year period.

August will see the the centennial celebrations of TNSJ, which will be ongoing until March 2021. The programming include shows and performances hosted at other venues that are run by TNSJ, namely the Teatro Carlos Alberto (TeCA) and the Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória. Celebrations hd to be readjusted to the ongoing health crisis.

There is a new context to see the purchase of goods and services in Porto and that is the "Shop in Porto" app, the new electronic commerce online platform to promote traditional trade in town. It is worth recalling that street retail in Porto opened doors following all the necessary preventive measures due to Covid-19.

The weekend is here and, in line with the pedestrian precincts that Mayor Rui Moreira and his Executive are implementing, people are able to enjoy the fourth weekend straight of car free zones in major streets in town. This means that shoppers can leisurely enter shops or cafés and practice social distancing in a safe way, either on foot or bike or even enjoy what the city has to offer, namely tables from cafés and restaurants spilling out into the streets, between 8am Saturday and 8pm Sunday.

More than 70 caricatures of Einstein go on display at the Galleria II to pay tribute to the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. Theses caricatures were part of the 22nd edition of PortoCartoon and are complemented by a caricature display on Chico Buarque, Camões Prize 2019. Take time to pause and feel in Porto.

The programme Days with Energy is now extended to other locations in town. Free classes are held not only on Saturdays but also on Sundays. The current public health situation demands that activities are carried out according to Covid-19 preventive measures, namely social distancing, face masks and hand sanitation. Prior registration is mandatory via email desporto@agoraporto.pt. Applications must be made each week.

The film by Portuguese director Leonor Teles, "Cães que ladram aos pássaros" [Dogs barking at birds] premiered commercially in national territory on 9th July. "Dogs Barking at Birds" was commissioned by Porto City Hall to Portuguese director Leonor Teles in the framework of the Cultura em Expansão ["Expanding Culture", free translation], a concept created by Paulo Cunha e Silva, and former councilman for Culture, to extend culture to those who have fewer opportunities to be near the cultural...