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School projects enliven the city of Camellias
Over 70 school projects will enliven the "Porto. City of Camellias". As of Friday, 2 March and until 12 March, gardens and squares in Porto will take the role of an open-air museum. The artwork will be on display on the traditional city street lamps at São Bento da Vitória Street, Cordoaria garden, Carregal garden, Passeio das Virtudes and Azevedo de Albuquerque Street.
Frost by Sharunas Bartas premieres at Campo Alegre on 1 March
Frost by Sharunas Bartas premieres at Campo Alegre Theatre, on 1 March at 6.30 pm, repeating at 10 pm. On Saturdays and Sundays, there is an extra screening at 3.30 pm. The film was selected as the Lithuanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, in 2018.
Mayor Rui Moreira speaks about a sustainable Porto in Vienna
Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, was the main speaker at the most significant European event devoted to Urban Sustainability, in the framework of the Urban Future Global Conference, which is organised in Vienna and is running till 2 March. Moreira was the main lecturer of the session "How to lead change in your city", in the opening day of the event, where cities share and explain which policies they are making towards a sustainable future.
Book Market in Porto is selling books by the kilo and teaching Mandarin and English
The Book Market edition of 2018 will run from 1 to 18 March, featuring around 165 thousand titles, magazines, text books, comics, fiction books, cookery and travel books, and also antique books. The Book Market is organised by Calendário de Letras Publishing House. It is opened daily, between 10 am and 8 pm. Entrance is free.
"Porto." websites are more inclusive with Text-to-Speech technology
The news portal "Porto." now provides the talking version of its online text, with the added ReadSpeaker functionality. This Text-to-Speech technology not only allows people that suffer from reading disabilities, dyslexia, and visual impairment to access the news website but also assists non-native Portuguese users and people who choose not to read from screens or who don't have the chance to read.
Engravings, etchings and sculptures by Günter Grass on display in Porto
The House Museum Guerra Junqueiro opens the exhibition "Encontros" featuring visual art works by controversial German Nobel Prize winner for Literature Günter Grass (1927-2015), on 2 March.
The University of Porto sets up an application in Spanish for the treatment of respiratory disease
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) has announced the setting up of an application in Spanish used in the treatment of respiratory disease, an investment of 50 thousand euros. The application labelled INSPIRERS was developed at the FMUP, jointly with researchers from the Research Centre in Technologies and Health Services (CINTESIS).
Theatre and music to revive one of the greatest writers in Portuguese literature: Camilo Castelo Branco
The National theatre São João (TNSJ) will feature a cycle of theatre and music sessions devoted to one of the greatest writers in Portuguese Literature, Camilo Castelo Branco. His writing, which is centred in the local and the picturesque, is generally affiliated with the Romantic tradition. This cycle marks 193 years of Camilo Castelo Branco birth. It starts on 28 February and runs till 3 March.
Urban planning and green spaces in Porto
The city of Porto is committed to claim its share of green spaces and thus improve both human and environmental health. Expanding green roofs and Native Forests, covered with trees or indigenous shrubs, in public and private spaces, foster the network of urban gardens, and the construction of water courses, are some of the ongoing actions.
Loving Vincent at Municipal Theatre Campo Alegre
"Loving Vincent", by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, is on show at Municipal Theatre Campo Alegre with a daily display till 28 February, starting at 6.30 pm. The film is one of the first fully painted animated feature film, based on 130 works of this great Dutch painter and revolves around Vincent Van Gogh's life, his relationship with his brother Theo and the circumstances of his death. Van Gogh was shot in the stomach at close range; If it was a suicide attempt or not, it still remains a...