One of National Geographic's most emblematic exhibitions, "Sharks, Uma missão de Brian Skerry", is on display at Galeria da Biodiversidade - Centro Ciência Viva of the Museum of Natural History and Science of the University of Porto. By Brian Skerry, National Geographic's photographer and photojournalist specializing in marine life and underwater environments, his goal is to warn the public to the danger of shark extinction, awaken consciousness and overcome myths, and provide a fresh perspective on these ocean predators, to stress the importance of their protection. In Porto, and for the first time in Portugal, it will be possible to get inside a "Shark Cage" similar to that used by Brian Skerry in his expeditions. In this immersive installation, visitors can live the experience of being at the bottom of the sea, in full scientific observation and swimming with the sharks.
Name: Álvaro Siza Discipline: As little as possible This confessional note - once written by Álvaro Siza on the inner endpaper of one of his sketchbooks – was the starting point for this commemorative exhibition of the 20th anniversary of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art. Álvaro Siza: in / discipline reveals to us the salutary disquiet and insubordination of his creative method which, forged at the cross-fertilization of knowledges, cultures, geographies, works and authors, has sustained, for more than six decades, a constant questioning of architecture from, simultaneously, what is inside and outside the discipline. Featuring thirty projects carried out between 1954 and 2019 (both built or unbuilt), the exhibition traces the professional trajectory of Álvaro Siza, since the period of his education to his full consolidation as an architect, through his readings, his sketchbooks and travel records, and the way his work was portrayed, photographically in seminal publications and verbally in personal statements by many of those contemporaries who have crossed paths with it over time.
Francesinha na Baixa is back to Praça D. João I and invites people from Porto and visitors to sample one of the most famous specialties of Invicta (Porto). From September 26th to October 6th, Praça D. João I receives four iconic restaurants of the city to put to the test their culinary awards in the preparation of one of Porto's most typical and famous dishes. Alfândega d'Ouro, Cufra, Madureira's and Inova are the four houses that will be present at the eighth edition of Francesinha na Baixa. The event will have about 20 different kinds of francesinhas, all with a well-kept secret. On weekends, the delicacy will be served with beer pairings and live music shows. Admission costs three euros and includes a free beer. From Monday to Friday, from 12 pm to 5 pm, access is free. Children under 12 also have free admission, and children's menus are available.
The return to Portugal of the talented English singer-songwriter who has been fascinating audiences around the world with his live shows and his unique slide guitar style takes place first in Porto. At the inaugural concert of “Sons no Património 2019”, the unusual serenity of the gardens of “Casa Museu Marta Ortigão Sampaio” welcomes Jack Broadbent, for many the most exciting bluesman of our time.
Heir to the Seville’s school, Galván travelled the four corners of the world as a bailaor until he decided to experiment, dramatize, reinvent flamenco. In his opinion only “the syllables have changed”, never leaving the same territory of this dance, of his memory, widening the choices of codes that encloses it. But "La fiesta" brings an about-face. The award-winning artist now decides to return to its essence, to his childhood, a circle of life that closes “as if he had travelled hundreds of miles to return to where he started.” Back to the tablaos where his parents used to dance, to the flared skirts, to the peinetas that undo at the end of the presentation, the energy of this party begins at the end of the party itself: when roles are exchanged, when a dance is not meant to be seen. The energy infects the audience through music, which has the collaboration of the Greek Byzantine Ensemble Polytropon and highlights the tragic feeling of life and its laments, through the movement one feels even with one’s eyes closed.
Flamenco is always a roundtrip song. This Spanish expression refers to a specific selection of the flamenco song that “travelled back” from Latin America, when Spanish music traditions and rhythms brought by African slaves and Native Americans were transformed into new forms, which were reintroduced in Spain with a different rhythm structure and mellower features than traditional flamenco. Not only guajiras or milongas, but also soleá and seguiriya, romances, cabales, peteneras and pregones in the vast Afro-Andalusian Caribbean. And the fandango, of course. This roundtrip is the same one for sugar, coffee, cocoa and cane rum, but was interrupted between 1810 and 1898 and flamenco music went back to what it was before. Location: Rivoli Café