Informação: Library in the villages reaches Santa Bárbara, Terceira Island
The Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive, in partnership with Angra do Heroísmo City Hall, promotes the presence of the Library in the Parish Council of Santa Bárbara from August 1 - 30. This initiative aims to diversify the library's loan service in villages. With this activity, the Government brings to the population residing in the villages of Angra do Hero&... Mais >>

Informação: Pico Museum promotes "Hands with Art" exhibition
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Pico Museum, opens the "Hands with Art" exhibition, a display of whaling art in sperm whale bone and tooth by local artists, at the Whaling Museum next Wednesday, August 2, at 9:30 PM. The works made in sperm whale bone and tooth are one of the most important manifestations of Azorean art of the 20th century. This unique artistic manifestation at... Mais >>

Informação: Pico Museum promotes exhibition "Matriz Church of Lajes do Pico: from dream to reality"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through Pico Museum, opens an exhibition titled "Matriz Church of Lajes do Pico: from dream to reality" at the Whaling Museum in Lajes do Pico next Tuesday, August 1, at 9:30 PM. This exhibition gathers photographs belonging to private entities, depicting the difficulties and achievements surrounding the Matriz Church of Lajes do Pico, an emblematic architect... Mais >>

Informação: Arquipélago promotes launch of catalogue of the exhibition "Liquid Time - A dialogue of videos from Maria & Armando Cabral and Cal Cego collections"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre promotes the closing of the exhibition "Liquid Time - A dialogue of videos from Maria & Armando Cabral and Cal Cego collections" with the launch of the exhibition catalogue next Friday, July 28, at 6 PM. This exhibition, which is the first in the videoart genre to be hosted by Arquipélago, brings to... Mais >>

Informação: Pico Museum promotes "Mestre José Melo - a man ahead of his time" exhibition
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through Pico Museum, opens Monday, July 24, the exhibition titled "Mestre José Melo - a man ahead of his time" at the Whaling Industry Museum at 9:30 PM. It consists of a biographical and documentary work on this shipbuilder from Santo Amaro do Pico. The exhibition aims to show the life and work of Mestre José Silva Melo, one of the most prestigious ... Mais >>

Informação: Angra do Heroísmo Museum promotes initiation workshop on astronomical navigation and use of sextant
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Angra do Heroísmo Museum, promotes an initiation workshop on astronomical navigation and the use of sextant, designated as "There is no Earth in sight," next Saturday, July 22. This workshop starts at 10 AM; admission is free but limited to eight adults. Registrations should be made by telephone 295 240 800 or at the email museu.angra.agenda@... Mais >>

Informação: Summer Holidays at Carlos Machado Museum in partnership with Walk&Talk festival
The Carlos Machado Museum will hold another edition of "Summer Holidays at the Museum" in partnership with Walk & Talk - Arts Festival at Santo André Centre and Walk&Talk Gallery on July 25 or 26, according to registrations. In this edition, aimed at children aged between 7 to 13, the exhibitions open to the public under this festival will establish a "dialogue" with the Natural History exhi... Mais >>

Informação: Involvement of the Azores in the Great War stems from geography, says Avelino Meneses
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Ponta Delgada that the involvement of the Azores in World War I is "a result of the geography" of a "privileged" strategic positioning of the archipelago in the middle of the North Atlantic. Avelino Meneses spoke at the opening of the international conference "The Great War and the Azores: from naval strategy to trench warfare." He emphas... Mais >>

Informação: Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library in Angra do Heroísmo promotes mini-book illustration workshop
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive, promotes a Mini-book Illustration Workshop conducted by Ricardo Ávila and Catarina Dantas between July 17 and 20, from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. This activity, aimed at young people aged between 10 and 16, is intended to give voice to a series of traditional stories collected at elderly... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Network of School Libraries to cover 10,500 students in the next school year
The Regional Network of School Libraries of the Azores (RRBE) will now cover 10 of the 40 school establishments of the regional education system in the 2017/2018 school year, as decided by the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture. This measure is implemented by the Regional Directorate for Education and coordinated by RRBEA. In this context, the school library programme, which cover four s... Mais >>