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Google Arts and Culture is one of many ways to avoid catching the 'rona this new decade. And if you want to check out some local museums in 2d – like, say, the National Azulejo Museum – they are your go-to too. FREE.
Here's how the Gulbenkian describes its Spotify collection: "Music to study, work or listen to in family, great works from the history of music or essential pieces for instruments of the orchestra, music from East to West, classical or the Jazz festival in August. There are many and varied playlists that we have for you […]
Here's what the CCB says about their free weekly podcasts*: "The Centro Cultural de Belém aims to promote culture, developing creation and diffusion in all its modalities, from theater to dance, from classical music to jazz, from opera to cinema. And here's what Gonçalo M. Tavares, host of Dicionário de Artistas, one of the CCB's […]
The Red Planet has been in the news a lot lately. And while you still can't go get a cup of coffee (here in Lisbon) indefinitely, you can take a 54.6-million-kilometer trip, virtually speaking, in a matter of seconds, to indulge your curiosity and instill some much-needed perseverance, courtesy of NASA and Google, and free […]
Whether London or Lisbon, reality kind of sucks these days. Augmented reality, on the other hand, is a whole other story. Here's what the organizers of this one say: "It hasn’t been a great few months for museums, what with the pandemic shutting many of them down and forcing the rest to greatly limit visitors. […]
Here's how Lisbon's Culturgest describes itself: "Contemporary programming: performing arts, music, visual arts, cinema, thought, schools, families." And, like most of Lisbon's performing arts, music, visual arts, cinema, thought, schools, and families, Culturgest has been forced to adapt to the new, two-dimensional, never-ending normal. That's why, as of Mar. 5, their website has a multidisciplinary […]
Here's what The Wall Street Journal* says about Europe's hippest capital (despite — and we say this with love — Lisbon's best efforts): "The Best of Berlin, Via Films, Food, Music and, Naturally, Beer: You needn’t hop on a plane to explore the capital of cool. Here, Berliners offer up ways to mentally teleport there." […]
2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of BIP/ZIP — a program created to "boost partnerships and small interventions, through projects designed for and by local communities." To celebrate, its founders The Apordoc Educational Project and the Housing and Local Development/CML Department have a organized a film contest — for the locals, by the locals — and, […]
The Gulbenkian Orchestra, founded in 1962, continues doing its thing, defying the pandemic with style by broadcasting online classical concerts every Tuesday and Thursday to keep you sane and at home. Then, on April 19, their Grand Auditorium finally reopens its doors (in theory), and Grigory Sokolov plays some Chopin and Rachmaninov for your masked […]
While most of the planet is struggling with the pandemic, mother nature continues doing her thing, near and far. For example, on March 19th, after 800 years of lying dormant, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland decided to erupt. And now, courtesy of "guy with drone" Bjorn Steinbekk, space satellites, the interwebs,Youtube, and EarthSky.org, you can […]
Valter Lopes is a local painter whose artwork is both trippy and classical, as well as refreshingly impressive. Valter's entire solo exhibit, Processo, at local COVID-survivor-art-gallery Espaço Exibicionista is available online, for free, until April 17th (in theory). Here's what they say about Valter: "Valter Lopes presents an expressive and spontaneous painting, which the artist […]
From Wikipedia: "Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures... Amigurumi vary in size and there are no restrictions about size or look. While the art of amigurumi has been known in Japan for several decades, the craft first started appealing to the masses in other countries, especially in the […]
A lot has been said about the Mona Lisa, including that it's overrated. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't see it for yourself. However, if you're here in Lisbon, chances are you won't be doing that in person any time soon. Because COVID, and, therefore, because god among art museums (and cause of many a […]
HEADS-UP: These concerts happen on April 19th and 20th, but tickets are likely to go fast, for obvious reasons. Stuff is finally reopening here in Lisbon (in theory), so it's time to dress up and get classy, people. From Gulbenkian, the organizers: "55 years after being awarded the 1st Prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition […]
Google Arts and Culture is one of many ways to avoid catching the 'rona this new decade. And if you want to check out some local museums in 2d – like, say, the National Azulejo Museum – they are your go-to too. FREE.
Here's how the Gulbenkian describes its Spotify collection: "Music to study, work or listen to in family, great works from the history of music or essential pieces for instruments of the orchestra, music from East to West, classical or the Jazz festival in August. There are many and varied playlists that we have for you […]
Here's what the CCB says about their free weekly podcasts*: "The Centro Cultural de Belém aims to promote culture, developing creation and diffusion in all its modalities, from theater to dance, from classical music to jazz, from opera to cinema. And here's what Gonçalo M. Tavares, host of Dicionário de Artistas, one of the CCB's […]
The Red Planet has been in the news a lot lately. And while you still can't go get a cup of coffee (here in Lisbon) indefinitely, you can take a 54.6-million-kilometer trip, virtually speaking, in a matter of seconds, to indulge your curiosity and instill some much-needed perseverance, courtesy of NASA and Google, and free […]
Whether London or Lisbon, reality kind of sucks these days. Augmented reality, on the other hand, is a whole other story. Here's what the organizers of this one say: "It hasn’t been a great few months for museums, what with the pandemic shutting many of them down and forcing the rest to greatly limit visitors. […]
Here's how Lisbon's Culturgest describes itself: "Contemporary programming: performing arts, music, visual arts, cinema, thought, schools, families." And, like most of Lisbon's performing arts, music, visual arts, cinema, thought, schools, and families, Culturgest has been forced to adapt to the new, two-dimensional, never-ending normal. That's why, as of Mar. 5, their website has a multidisciplinary […]
Here's what The Wall Street Journal* says about Europe's hippest capital (despite — and we say this with love — Lisbon's best efforts): "The Best of Berlin, Via Films, Food, Music and, Naturally, Beer: You needn’t hop on a plane to explore the capital of cool. Here, Berliners offer up ways to mentally teleport there." […]
The Gulbenkian Orchestra, founded in 1962, continues doing its thing, defying the pandemic with style by broadcasting online classical concerts every Tuesday and Thursday to keep you sane and at home. Then, on April 19, their Grand Auditorium finally reopens its doors (in theory), and Grigory Sokolov plays some Chopin and Rachmaninov for your masked […]
While most of the planet is struggling with the pandemic, mother nature continues doing her thing, near and far. For example, on March 19th, after 800 years of lying dormant, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland decided to erupt. And now, courtesy of "guy with drone" Bjorn Steinbekk, space satellites, the interwebs,Youtube, and EarthSky.org, you can […]
Valter Lopes is a local painter whose artwork is both trippy and classical, as well as refreshingly impressive. Valter's entire solo exhibit, Processo, at local COVID-survivor-art-gallery Espaço Exibicionista is available online, for free, until April 17th (in theory). Here's what they say about Valter: "Valter Lopes presents an expressive and spontaneous painting, which the artist […]
From Wikipedia: "Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures... Amigurumi vary in size and there are no restrictions about size or look. While the art of amigurumi has been known in Japan for several decades, the craft first started appealing to the masses in other countries, especially in the […]
A lot has been said about the Mona Lisa, including that it's overrated. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't see it for yourself. However, if you're here in Lisbon, chances are you won't be doing that in person any time soon. Because COVID, and, therefore, because god among art museums (and cause of many a […]
Google Arts and Culture is one of many ways to avoid catching the 'rona this new decade. And if you want to check out some local museums in 2d – like, say, the National Azulejo Museum – they are your go-to too. FREE.
Here's how the Gulbenkian describes its Spotify collection: "Music to study, work or listen to in family, great works from the history of music or essential pieces for instruments of the orchestra, music from East to West, classical or the Jazz festival in August. There are many and varied playlists that we have for you […]
Here's what the CCB says about their free weekly podcasts*: "The Centro Cultural de Belém aims to promote culture, developing creation and diffusion in all its modalities, from theater to dance, from classical music to jazz, from opera to cinema. And here's what Gonçalo M. Tavares, host of Dicionário de Artistas, one of the CCB's […]
The Red Planet has been in the news a lot lately. And while you still can't go get a cup of coffee (here in Lisbon) indefinitely, you can take a 54.6-million-kilometer trip, virtually speaking, in a matter of seconds, to indulge your curiosity and instill some much-needed perseverance, courtesy of NASA and Google, and free […]
Whether London or Lisbon, reality kind of sucks these days. Augmented reality, on the other hand, is a whole other story. Here's what the organizers of this one say: "It hasn’t been a great few months for museums, what with the pandemic shutting many of them down and forcing the rest to greatly limit visitors. […]
Here's how Lisbon's Culturgest describes itself: "Contemporary programming: performing arts, music, visual arts, cinema, thought, schools, families." And, like most of Lisbon's performing arts, music, visual arts, cinema, thought, schools, and families, Culturgest has been forced to adapt to the new, two-dimensional, never-ending normal. That's why, as of Mar. 5, their website has a multidisciplinary […]
Here's what The Wall Street Journal* says about Europe's hippest capital (despite — and we say this with love — Lisbon's best efforts): "The Best of Berlin, Via Films, Food, Music and, Naturally, Beer: You needn’t hop on a plane to explore the capital of cool. Here, Berliners offer up ways to mentally teleport there." […]
While most of the planet is struggling with the pandemic, mother nature continues doing her thing, near and far. For example, on March 19th, after 800 years of lying dormant, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland decided to erupt. And now, courtesy of "guy with drone" Bjorn Steinbekk, space satellites, the interwebs,Youtube, and EarthSky.org, you can […]
Valter Lopes is a local painter whose artwork is both trippy and classical, as well as refreshingly impressive. Valter's entire solo exhibit, Processo, at local COVID-survivor-art-gallery Espaço Exibicionista is available online, for free, until April 17th (in theory). Here's what they say about Valter: "Valter Lopes presents an expressive and spontaneous painting, which the artist […]
From Wikipedia: "Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures... Amigurumi vary in size and there are no restrictions about size or look. While the art of amigurumi has been known in Japan for several decades, the craft first started appealing to the masses in other countries, especially in the […]
A lot has been said about the Mona Lisa, including that it's overrated. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't see it for yourself. However, if you're here in Lisbon, chances are you won't be doing that in person any time soon. Because COVID, and, therefore, because god among art museums (and cause of many a […]
HEADS-UP: These concerts happen on April 19th and 20th, but tickets are likely to go fast, for obvious reasons. Stuff is finally reopening here in Lisbon (in theory), so it's time to dress up and get classy, people. From Gulbenkian, the organizers: "55 years after being awarded the 1st Prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition […]
Here's what Sebastian Modak, man behind The New York Times' Around the World at Home series, says about this virtual vicarious experience: "While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around the World at Home invites you to channel the spirit of a new place each […]
Spring has sprung here in Lisbon, and local musical legend coined by fans 'the one-man-orchestra' and himself an avid fan of strange instruments and striped shirts Noiserv is coming out of confinement too, to serve up some much-needed noise for the deconfined masked masses. He has a live concert on April 30th; the 5€ tickets, […]
Google Arts and Culture is one of many ways to avoid catching the 'rona this new decade. And if you want to check out some local museums in 2d – like, say, the National Azulejo Museum – they are your go-to too. FREE.
Here's how the Gulbenkian describes its Spotify collection: "Music to study, work or listen to in family, great works from the history of music or essential pieces for instruments of the orchestra, music from East to West, classical or the Jazz festival in August. There are many and varied playlists that we have for you […]
