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String Trio from Romania performs at Clérigos Church on 18 April
The Clérigos Church plays host to a performance by String Trio from Romania, Iulia, Stefan & Marin Cazacu, in the context of the programme themed "Romanian Music in Portugal's great cathedrals", to celebrate the centenary of the Great Union of Romania, on 18 April at 7 pm.
Porto celebrates International Day for Monuments and Sites with guided tours and leisure trips on 18 April
Porto City Hall has prepared free of charge guided tours and leisure trips to mark the International Day for Monuments and Sites on April 18. These activities will take place throughout town. The first of this tours is themed "Trajeto: memória e valor" [Route: memoir and significance], planned to revisit places of heritage significance.
University of Porto "goes" for launch at NASA mission
Researchers from the University of Porto, from the Astrophysics Institute and Space Sciences (IA), are part of the team that launches TESS, a space observatory, into space today, April 16th.
Simultaneous Openings at the Art's district on April 21
You don't want to miss the next rendez-vous with contemporary art in town! Saturday, April 21, Miguel Bombarda art district opens another session of Simultaneous Openings featuring 17 new exhibits. There will be guided tours to the galleries, workshops for audiences of all ages, as well as a parallel programme of activities organised by municipal company PortoLazer.
Porto travels to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2018
Three architecture offices from the city of Porto are part of the Portuguese Official Representation at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, running from 26 May to 25 November, namely "i3S - Health Research and Innovation Institute - I3S - University of Porto", the "Molhes do Douro", from Architect Carlos Prata and the five temporary exhibition halls at the Fundação de Serralves Park.
Painting and decorative arts workshop to celebrate International Museum day at Marta Ortigão Sampaio Museum
House-Museum Marta Ortigão Sampaio (CMMOS) carries on mini workshops in handcraft and experimenting with materials to decorate the museum for the International Museum day on May 18th.
San Telmo is celebrated in Massarelos on 14 April
The traditional celebrations of San Telmo take place in Massarelos, on 14 April, organised by the Brotherhood of the "Almas do Corpo Santo de Massarelos e dos Mareantes", to honour sailors and the people of this district. The programme is scheduled to start at 4.30 pm with a procession overland and by river, to honour the men lost at sea and for the blessing of vessels.
The outstanding life and work of Maria Callas on screen at Rivoli on April 17
The Grand Auditorium of Rivoli recalls the most famous opera singer ever, Maria Callas, forty years after her death, with the screening of two films on 17 April. The film Medea by Pier Paolo Pasoliniat 6.30 pm and the documentary film by Tom Volf, "Maria By Callas", at 10 pm.
Coliseu Porto Spring Concert with Mozart and Liszt
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and the Choir of the Faculty of Arts of Porto University will go on stage at Coliseu Porto on 21 April, starting at 9.30 pm, to celebrate spring.
Porto celebrates Freedom Day on 24 and 25 April
Music, fireworks, traditional games, workshops and a Freedom Parade are some of the activities included in the 44th Anniversary Programme of the Carnation Revolution in Porto, on 24 and 25 April.