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If you are dreaming of an escape, we are pleased to announce that the Serralves Foundation invites for night-time trips this Thursday at 9.30 pm. The after-hours tour is guided by CIBIO researchers, the Centre for Research in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, in Porto.

Forget expensive concerts, one of the wealthiest forms of wellness might very well be this free outdoor jazz performance, on 25th August at the Gardens of Palácio de Cristal.

Philip Zimbardo, one of the most influential psychologists in the world, and emeritus Professor of the University of Stanford, will be in Porto, at the Portuguese Catholic University, on 6th September, at 4.30 pm, to lecture on "My journey from creating evil to inspiring heroism".

House Museum Guerra Junqueiro offers guided free tours to the exhibition themed "Encontros", by Günter Grass, at 3 pm, on 22nd August.

PortoCartoon 20th anniversary is the motto for an exhibition at the International Humour event of Piracicaba, S. Paulo, Brazil, at the end of August.

The Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix Street, in Bairro da Gracia, Barcelona, displays the iconic and extraordinary Lello Bookshop's facade, in the competition for best décor to the street. This event takes place in one of Barcelona's most creative neighbourhood and it is held in the context of the Major de Gracia celebrations, till 21 August.

Comedy, music, acrobatics and living statues were the perfect ingredients for a two-day escape in Porto. Porto Busker Fest enlivens the city all over August, offering about 60 shows in impromptu stages.

HHY & The Macumbas are headed to Nyege Nyege, East Africa's new wave and largest Electronic Music Festival, on the banks of the river Nile, near Lake Victoria spring, Uganda, from 6 to 9 September. For four days, a new generation of artists embraces technologies (smartphones, internet, laptops) now within reach, even though internet coverage is still costly and slow.

There's plenty to be heartened by in Porto these days. The city's urban setting is coloured with street markets all across town to enliven spirits and offer joyful moments. Some stands are already set to welcome visitors, and other stalls will feature special editions throughout the weekend. Porto's gardens and squares offer handcraft, design product, clothing items, props, vintage products and antiques.

The show "The Three Little Pigs", based on "The Nursery Rhymes of England" (1886), by James Halliwell-Phillipps takes to the stage this Friday, 17th August at the Theatre of Belomonte, to mark the 30th anniversary of Porto Puppet Theatre.