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June is the month of folklore singing and dancing all across town
June brings concerts, balls, and festivals all across town. As is tradition, the Feast of Saint John will enliven the city of Porto with outdoor folklore singing and dancing. Besides, there are also conferences and exhibits to visit this month.
All set for NOS Primavera Sound Porto
At the festival venue all is set to throw a spectacular music festival. Get ready to party at the City Park, when the gates of the enclosure of the festival open at 4 pm. This is the 7th NOS Primavera Sound and this edition will deliver novelties and the best quality as usual.
Salia Sanou takes the concept of displacement and exile to the stage at the Rivoli, on 8 June
Choreographer Salia Sanou, from Burkina Faso, one of the most reputed names in African dance, takes to the stage "Du désir d'horizons", on 8 June, at 9.30 pm at Rivoli. Salia Sanou set up this performance to provide an artistic expression of the symbols of loss and displacements within refugee camps.
University of Porto debates the Future of Computing
UPTEC, the Science and Technology Park in Porto, will organise the Future of Computing event, which will run from 25 to 29 June. In an era where unpredictability is the common trend, world computer experts and visionaries will debate the possible developments computation faces in a very much near future at the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto.
"Eating a la Porto" honoured at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
"Eating a la Porto", "À Moda do Porto" in Portuguese, won third place in the Local Countries Category. The book, coordinated by Chef Hélio Loureiro and endorsed by Livraria Almedina and Porto City Hall, includes many traditional recipes and dishes of Porto, sprinkled with history and trivia on the city, taking you on a journey through the smells and flavours of Porto.
Paulo Cunha e Silva: "Culture is extended and expanded nature"
"751 Dias - O Tempo não Consome a Eternidade", [751 Days - Time does not Wear Out Eternity - free translation], is the title of the book written to honour former councillor for Culture for Porto City Hall, Paulo Cunha e Silva. The book shares an overview of the several actions the former councillor for culture developed while in office.
Porto, Avenida dos Aliados, 6th June: Here lies the Wonderful Night with Fatboy Slim
NOS Primavera Sound is on. One day before the official kick-off of one of the most popular music festivals in all of Europe, NOS Primavera Sound Porto, Fatboy Slim will take the stage for a "wonderful night".
The University of Porto sets up Innovation Advisory Board
The University of Porto is focused in maintaining its leadership in terms of booming valuable knowledge both in Portugal and at international level alike. To doing so, the U. Porto has set up a new high-level advisory body composed of professionals with broad experience particularly in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship as well as a strong understanding of the academic and business worlds.
Salia Sanou and Jérôme Kaboré host dance workshop at Rivoli on 7th June
Salia Sanou, joined by percussionist Paulo Costa, hosts a dance workshop at Rivoli, on 7th June, from 6 pm to 8 pm. This will be an impromptu dance lesson, built on the idea of inner exile each person holds within as an "unaltered strength, struggle and yearning". This workshop is targeted at "everyone who wishes to dance", with or without dance experience, up to twenty participants.
Students from Porto awarded at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2018
Young scientists from Porto won the Second Award of $1,500 at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2018, in the category MCRO019T ShealS - Sea Heals Soil. The teen scientists Eduardo Nogueira, Francisca Martins, and Gabriel Silva study at Colégio Luso-Francês, in Porto, Portugal and were distinguished by their research on developing a natural fungicide composed of marine macro algae to combat the ink-disease, caused by the pathogenic agent oomiceta Phytophthora cinnamomi which...