Culture
The importance of ethics in society is the topic of debate at National Museum Soares dos Reis
"Olhares sobre a Ética" [Glances at ethics] is the topic of a debate to be held at National Museum Soares dos Reis, on March 15th, organised by the One World magazine, devoted to international businesses, management, strategy, geo-economics, international politics, culture and lifestyle.
Porto Tech Hub Conference is back in May to talk about the future
"Future Jobs and Technologies" is the prominent issue of the Porto Tech Hub Conference 4th edition. The event will be held on May 18th and once more, Porto will be the international arena for discussing innovation and technological evolution.
Municipal Gallery launches catalogue of exhibit "Quatro Elementos"
Porto Municipal Gallery launches the catalogue of the exhibition "Quatro Elementos", on a session that will take place at the hall of the Auditorium of the Municipal Library Almeida Garrett (Palácio de Cristal Gardens), on March 17, starting at 5 pm. This session is access free and it will be attended by curators Ana Luísa Amaral, Eduarda Neves, Pedro Faro and Nuno Faria.
Cultural programme "Cultura em Expansão" fosters social cohesion
The new edition of cultural programme "Cultura em Expansão" features a circus festival, an inflatable movie theatre, a mobile art gallery, and several other activities. Twenty one projects and sixty eight performances will be presented throughout this year's edition that will integrate all the city's parishes for the first time ever.
The literary oeuvre of Almada Negreiros is the topic of a conference at Soares dos Reis National Museum
Linguist Celina Silva wild hold a conference on "Almada e a Literatura em movimento" [Almada and Literature in motion], at the National Museum Soares dos Reis, at 6 pm, on 23 March.
"Russa" at the Berlinale to raise awareness on 21st century housing
The short film by João Salaviza and Ricardo Jr, sponsored by Porto City Hall under the "Cultura em Expansão" cultural programme is not a film on the Aleixo neighbourhood, but it is the starting point for debating a current topic. And the topic is housing in the 21st century.
Russa, Aleixo and Porto are on their way to the Berlinale
The short film "Russa" depicting the daily lives of people from the Aleixo neighbourhood is in Berlin for the International Film Festival. The storyline of the Portuguese short "Russa" is the real lives of Aleixo inhabitants and the plot involves every bit of their existence, uncensored.
"The Scottish Play" by Shakespeare is on stage anew at Teatro Nacional São João
"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare is presented at Teatro Nacional São João (TNJS) on 21 February and performances will run till 11 March. After sold-out performances in 2017, "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (the play's full title) features actor João Reis as Macbeth, a brave Scottish general who, upon a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland, is driven by ambition and spurred to action by his wife.
Manoel de Oliveira caricature exhibit on display at Península Boutique Centre in Porto
Caricature exhibit on show in Porto, at Peninsula Boutique centre, celebrates the outstanding artistic accomplishments of filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira. The exhibition, organised by the National Press Museum (MNI), offers 40 cartoon memoirs of acclaimed moviemaker (1908-2015) based on the Special Caricature Prize devoted to Manoel de Oliveira at the XV PortoCartoon-World Festival and it will be on display between 17 February and 11 March.
Porto Municipal Theatre presents "Brother" within Japanese International exhibition
The performance "Brother", featured at Rivoli's 85th anniversary in 2017, was presented at the Performing Arts Meeting, the Artists' Salon in Yokohama, Japan, on 14 February. "Brother" was jointly produced by Porto Municipal Theatre and artistic director and choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira.