Information: Angra do Heroísmo Museum promotes Portuguese-American reading marathon
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Angra do Heroísmo Museum, promotes the second reading marathon of the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville in Portuguese, a translation and adaptation by Pedro Alves and Tiago Patrício. The event will be held simultaneously with the New Bedford Whaling Museum in the USA and the Sea Observatory in Horta next Saturday, January 6. The initi... more >>

Information: Itinerant Library travels in January to the village of Feteira, Terceira Island
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive, and the Angra do Heroísmo City Hall promote the dissemination of its book offer through the "Itinerant Library" project in the Village Council of Feteira during the month of January. Every month, the initiative travels to different villages of Terceira Island. It is available fro... more >>

Information: Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library in Angra do Heroísmo promotes workshop on Three Kings' Day
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive in Angra do Heroísmo, promotes a craft workshop Saturday to celebrate the Three Kings' Day on January 6 between 2 and 3.30 PM. The activity aims to mark this holiday tradition. It is directed to children and young people from the age of six, being limited to 15 participants. Unlike the... more >>

Information: Government moves forward with classification of buildings on the islands of Terceira, Graciosa and Faial
The Government of the Azores has determined the opening of the procedures for the classification of more than twenty buildings located on the islands of Terceira, Graciosa and Faial as monuments of public interest, according to the announcements published today in the Official Journal. In the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, the procedures will comprise the Salga House in the village of Vi... more >>

Information: Pico Museum screens films at the Whaling Museum Auditorium
The Regional Directorate for Culture (DRC), through the Pico Museum (MP), promotes in partnership with MiratecArts association the screening of award-winning films at the Auditorium of the Whaling Museum, starting next Friday; admission is free. On December 29, the screening of the film "The Square" by Ruben Östlund is scheduled for 9 PM. It was the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Fil... more >>

Information: Workshop celebrates "Three Kings' Day"
The Regional Directorate for Culture, through Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive, promotes a craft workshop to celebrate the "Three Kings' Day" on January 6 between 2 and 3:30 PM. The activity aims to celebrate this holiday tradition, being directed to children and young people from the age of six. It will mark the time when the Kings were looking for this date, also k... more >>

Information: "Itinerant Library" at Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive
The Regional Directorate for Culture (DRC), through Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library (BPARLSR), and the Angra do Heroísmo Municipal Library promote an information session on their book offer, which is available from Monday to Friday between 8 AM and 5 PM. The session will take place at the premises of Feteira Village Council from between January 3 to 30. The initiative falls within ... more >>

Information: Arquipélago- Contemporary Arts Centre to host eight events in January 2018
According to the schedule presented by the Regional Directorate for Culture, Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre located in Ribeira Grande, São Miguel Island, will host eight events next January. From January 4 to 12, the Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre hosts the Artistic Residency with composer Luís Severo. On the last day, the event will feature a showcase at the B... more >>

Information: Azores to host seminar of Margullar programme in 2018
The Azores will host one of the editions of the transnational seminar of the Margullar programme in the first half of April 2018. This project involves underwater archaeological heritage and tourism in Macaronesia. The Azorean application was defended today by the Regional Director for Culture, Nuno Lopes, in Dakar, Senegal, where the seminar on Underwater Archaeology - Methodologies and Perspecti... more >>

Information: "Elephant" magazine highlights "The Risible Enigma of Normal Life" exhibition at Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre
The "Elephant" magazine, one of the most respected international publications on contemporary art and visual culture, has recently published an article by Mark Durden and David Campbell, curators of the exhibition entitled "The Risible Enigma of Normal Life." The latter is open to the public at Arquipélago - Contemporary Art Centre since September 15. In this exhibition, curators present the ... more >>