Informação: Ponta Delgada Public Library opens itinerant exhibition "Nós, os de Orpheu"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archive, will open the itinerant exhibition "Nós, os de Orpheu" (We, the group of Orpheu) Saturday, April 30, under the centenary celebration of this literary magazine. Produced by Fernando Pessoa House and courtesy of the Azorean Institute of Culture, the exhibition addressed the contributions provid... Mais >>

Informação: Manuel de Arriaga House organises workshop on Autonomy
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Horta Museum, promotes a workshop titled "1976-2016 - Azores, 40 years of Autonomy" between May 2 and 20. This activity will be held during classes and is directed to attending 3rd and 4th forms, middle school students and junior high school. It is primarily intended to address several topics related to Autonomy, namely its concept, the various aut... Mais >>

Informação: Carlos Machado Museum promotes Workshops on Drawing and Watercolour Painting with Isabel Silva Melo
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Carlos Machado Museum, promotes workshops on drawing and watercolour painting during the month of May to be guided by artist Isabel Silva Melo. This activity will be held at Santa Bárbara Centre on May 7, 14 and 21 between 2:30 PM and 5 PM. It is included in the exhibition titled as "Occupations: Memory and the Present," being directed to you... Mais >>

Informação: Angra do Heroísmo Museum promotes "Concert for two Harpsichords"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Angra do Heroísmo Museum, promotes a concert for two harpsichords to be held at the library of S. Francisco building next Saturday, April 23, at 3 PM. In this concert, musicians Gustaaf van Manen and Janeen Teixeira pay tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach by performing a repertoire consisting of works by this German composer, whose 331st anniver... Mais >>

Informação: Open lecture on Daniel de Sá by Dionísio de Sousa under Regional Reading Plan
Dionísio de Sousa, former President of the Legislative Assembly and scholar of the life and work of Daniel de Sá, delivers an Open Lecture on this Azorean writer next Thursday, April 21. Held under the Regional Reading Plan, this initiative will take place at Vitorino Nemésio Secondary School in Praia da Vitória at 10 AM. Dionísio de Sousa is the author the work titled &... Mais >>

Informação: Azores celebrate International Day for Monuments and Sites
The Azores, through the Regional Directorates for Culture and Sport, under the administration of the Regional Secretariat for Education and Culture, join the celebrations of the International Day of Monuments and Sites that will be marked today under the theme "Sport, a common heritage." In the context of the Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August, ICOMOS - International Council on ... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores to provide 150 thousand Euros to support infrastructures for cultural activities in 2017
According to the notice published today in the Official Journal, the deadline for submission of applications for financial support to be allocated in 2017 was set until November 15, 2016. This measure is aimed at the acquisition, remodelling, improvement, expansion and construction of infrastructures for cultural activities under the Legal Scheme on the Support to Cultural Activities (RJAAC). The... Mais >>

Informação: Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre awarded at 10th Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism
Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre, located in Ribeira Grande, was one of the four Portuguese projects awarded at the 10th Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BIAU), along with Casa do Tempo in Montemor-o-Novo, the corporate headquarters of EDP in Lisbon and Casa E/C on Pico Island. Arquipélago was selected by the jury among 26 projects of the 194 proposed by the Na... Mais >>

Informação: Piano recitals in Ponta Delgada and Angra do Heroísmo under Artistic Season 2016
Under the Artistic Season 2016, the Government of the Azores promotes piano recitals by Svetlana Andreeva at Santana Palace in Ponta Delgada on April 16 and at Capitães Generais Palace in Angra do Heroísmo on April 17; both start at 9:30 PM. Svetlana Andreeva was the winner of the 2014 edition of the International Piano Competition Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem in the Virtuosi... Mais >>

Informação: Ponta Delgada Public Library and Archive to incorporate Antero de Quental estate belonging to João Machado de Faria e Maya
Last Monday, the Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archives proceeded with the incorporation of the Antero de Quental estate belonging to João Machado de Faria e Maya into its documentary collections. It was donated by Jorge Corrêa de Faria e Maya de Aguiar, who expressed the will to pay tribute to the memory of João Machado de Faria e Maya, his great-grandfather, Maria Evel... Mais >>