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Experiencing happiness at the House-Museum Marta Ortigão Sampaio
The House-Museum Marta Ortigão Sampaio invites to a "feel good" moment in twilight conditions. The event is scheduled for 31 August, at 6 pm.
Outstanding cultural season in Porto with the I Porto International Circus Festival
The highlight of the 2018-2019 cultural season in Porto offers circus arts at its grandeur. From 13 to 16 September, the New Circus Project by Coliseu Porto Ageas, with the support of Porto Lazer celebrates the art of circus featuring over 40 free entry performances to be held in Coliseu, Batalha Square, Poveiros Square, S. Lázaro Garden and in Santo Ildefonso Plaza.
INESC TEC Porto researchers create a forest cleaner robot
A group of researchers of INESC TEC, in Porto, has created a forest cleaner robot. The main goal of such a robot is to reduce the costs of this type of operation, which could cost up to billions of euros.
"Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat" screened at Rivoli
"Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat" (2011) by Sara Driver features the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in the late-'70s New York.
Intercultural get-together in Porto promotes interaction of different artistic backgrounds
Intercultural communication will be the theme of an afternoon devoted to celebrating different social and cultural backgrounds, in areas such as music, dance, singing, and fashion, at St. Ildefonso Church Square (next to Batalha Square), between 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
BEST Porto promotes internationalization through Higher Education
"Stop! Think! Lead!" is the programme that gathers in Porto students of 17 different nationalities with the fundamental goal of debating leadership and diversity, and bringing companies closer to students.
Portuguese Makers Craft Week is just around the corner
This year, The Serralves Park is the host of Portuguese Makers Craft Week, an event crafted for those who look for a "hands-on experience", from 3 to 8 September.
Porto Municipal Theatre is back for the new season
September 6 marks the opening of the new season. Discover what performances and shows are heading to Porto in the 2018/19 season, in Rivoli and Campo Alegre. This event is scheduled to start at 7 pm and it is entrance free. The season kicks off with 63 performances, in a total of 120 presentations, 14 of which international and 11 national premieres.
Clérigos joined the Portuguese Museum Network
The Portuguese Ministry of Culture has acknowledge the Museum Brotherhood of Clérigos as member of the Portuguese Museum Network.
Culture on every corner in the city of Porto
The first Porto Busker Fest edition ended this past Sunday. For four weekends in August, 15 impromptu stages all around downtown Porto offered living statues shows, acrobatics, and comedy, captivating all kinds of passers-by. No doubt Porto was a busking hotspot this summer period. See you next year!