The People’s Blog to Lisbon

Coronavirus in Portugal One Week Later: 39 Cases Confirmed

March 9, 2020

Updated March 9, 22h. See our latest updates here.  It’s been a week since the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Portugal. A lot of things have changed since then. 39 Confirmed Cases, 339 Suspected, Events Cancelled António Lacerda Sales, the secretary of the state for Health, announced the updated number in a press […]

Read more

Meu Nome É Mariana | Behind the Scenes with Mariana Badan

March 9, 2020

Mariana Badan is energy incarnate. From her larger-than-life stage presence to the almost inhuman number of projects she is involved with, Mariana has been making big waves in the Lisbon music scene. As part of the ongoing series in partnership with PORT to PORT festival, we took a look behind the scenes. Your name:  My […]

Read more

Coronavirus in Portugal: 30 Cases Confirmed, at Least 281 Suspected

March 9, 2020

At least three of the cases involve people who contracted the virus in Italy and one who came back from Spain, while at least two of the cases apparently contracted it from others here in Portuga.

Read more

Tim Burton and his Marionetas

March 5, 2020

The art of stop motion film dates way back to the mid-1800s. Its history is rich and complicated, sprinkled not just with puppets but also with trippy, hard-to-pronounce stuff like phénakisticopes, stroboscopic discs, zoetropes, and photographic rifles. The first full stop motion film  was The Humpty Dumpty Circus, made in 1898 by American-British silent film […]

Read more

Fifth Case of Coronavirus in Portugal, One in Lisbon

March 4, 2020

There’s at least one confirmed case in Lisbon – and still no cause to panic.

Read more

Tamara Alves and Raquel Belli at Underdogs10

March 4, 2020

Local artist Tamara Alves has left a beautiful mark on the streets of Lisbon with her easily recognizable murals of melancholy half-naked he-/she-wolves and he-/she-foxes in various stages of violence and love. This year Tamara has ventured inside, and her very first solo show is appropriately being hosted by underdog art gallery Underdogs10. The paintings […]

Read more

VIRTUAL GALLERY VISIT: Some of Silva Porto’s 500 Drawings

March 3, 2020

The world-renowned great naturalist painter Banksy allegedly once said: “All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?” 19th-century Portuguese naturalist painter Silva Porto didn’t suffer for his work too much. He is a big name in Portuguese art. He studied in Paris for a […]

Read more
Next

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close