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Grandstand Race Tickets for the WRC Vodafone Rally of Portugal on 18th May are available for purchase as of today, April 24th. As in 2016, Porto Street Stage with a two kilometres journey is a stage of the world championship Rally de Portugal with pilots tackling the 1.95km stage on two occasions.

The national première of the new routine by choreographer Ligia Lewis takes place at Porto Municipal Theatre - Campo Alegre, on 29 April, at 5 pm. "Minor matter", which was awarded the "Bessie Award" (2017) for excellence in production, features the part of a triptych (blue, red, white) for three dancers by the Dominican-American choreographer and dancer Ligia Lewis. The red colour embodies feelings of love and anger.

Concerts, displays of fireworks and revolution-décor at Avenida dos Aliados in the city of Porto to celebrate Freedom day, on April 25. The musician from Porto, Bezegol kicks-off the 44th Anniversary Programme of the Carnation Revolution in Porto, scheduled to start at 10 pm. The fireworks will be set alight at midnight.

Veteran players of a football team from Maastricht in The Netherlands visited Porto this past weekend. The main goal of the visit was to get to know the city and play a match against a local team as well. Porto City Hall prevailed 6-0 at home. Despite this score, the Dutch team affirmed "This year we came to Porto and played a match against a city team of Porto. It was a good match especially from the Porto team".

The Porto Extreme XL is one of the most thrilling Enduro races and this year's edition brings together the best riders from 22 different nationalities, on May 12. This calendar race in the city of Porto has already 240 registered riders and the key moment will kick off at Ribeira do Porto.

The Porto Street Stage with a two kilometres journey is a stage of the world championship Rally de Portugal. It takes place on 18th May in downtown Porto.

The Future of Computing Conference, the largest of its type ever to be hosted in Portugal will run from 25 to 29 June at the Faculty of Fine Arts in UP - University of Porto. Quantum computing, neuromorphic computing, Photonics, chemistry and biological computing are key issues in the debate.

"Porto. Importa-se" [Porto Cares, free translation] is a project to tackle senior's loneliness and social isolation in Porto housing districts. The social municipal policies are based on the extensive knowledge of the present-day reality of seniors, namely the housing sector, as pinpointed by Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira.

The Thematic Cycle Music & revolution is back to Casa da Música and invites to a total immersion on the aesthetic work of Anton Webern, featuring four concerts on 20, 21, 22 and 29 April that cover different periods of his creative activity.

The exhibition "Photo Ark by Joel Sartore", sponsored by National Geographic, is on display at the Biodiversity Gallery - Living Science Centre till 29 April 2018. The two last lectures on biodiversity take place on April 21 and 22 at 6 pm.