OUT///FEST

Marechal Carmona Park, Avenida Praceta Domingos D’Avilez da República. May 18 from 2 to 24 hours. Admission at 20 euros per person.

To kick off the summer festival season: OUT///FEST returns to Marechal Carmona Park to turn Cascais into the setting for a day full of music and entertainment. Next to the sea and surrounded by nature, this festival is divided into two spaces, the central garden of the park and the amphitheater, and features names such as Tempura, Selecta Alice, DJ Khalil Suleman and DJ Anii. Tickets cost €20 per person and can be purchased on the organization’s website.

OUT///FEST will take place at Marechal Carmona Park, in Cascais, on May 18

Ocean

R. Anneliese Pohl, 8400-450 Porticos. May 18 Dinner at 275 euros per person (450 euros with wine pairing). Reservations through 282 310 184.

To try a four-hand menu: Straight from New York, Fredrik Berselius will join chef Hans Neuner at Ocean in Vila Vita Parc in Porches for a four-hands dinner. Scheduled for the night of May 18, the menu of this experience is made up of creations by the two chefs, which will be based on regional products and techniques from the four corners of the world. Dinner costs €275 per person, without food pairing.

Ocean will host chef Fredrik Berselius, from the two-star Aka, in New York

“Wandering (from port to port)”

Cascais Cultural Center, Av. King Humberto II of Italy, 2750-642 Cascais. Until May 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets at 5 euros per person.

Wandering with María Luísa Ruiz-Tagle: until May 19, the exhibition Wander (from port to port) It will be available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cascais Cultural Center to bring visitors closer to the work of María Luísa Ruiz-Tagle. It was through her wanderings through the streets of cities such as Santiago de Chile and Lisbon that the Chilean artist gave life to this set of works that portray the constant movement of people and things. The scenes she saw appeared disintegrated into small fragments of acrylic and oil paint, on linen canvas, always in black and white.

“Coffee Break Two”, by María Luísa Ruiz-Tagle

“Marriage party”

Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum, Largo do Conde de Vila Flor, 7000-804 Évora. Starting May 10, from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission at 8 euros per person.

To see a work from the 17th century: After the restoration work carried out by the José de Figueiredo Laboratory, the painting marriage party (1620), by the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Younger, will once again occupy a prominent place in the Museo Nacional Frei Manuel do Cenáculo, in Évora. The work in oil on oak wood, from the 17th century, has been on display again since last May 10. Admission to the museum costs €8 per person.

Pieter Brueghel, the youngest, created the work “Wedding Feast” reproducing with small variations a composition by his father, Pieter Bruegel, the eldest.

Feast of flavor and toast

The Yeatman, Rua do Choupelo, 4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia. May 17 from 7 to 11 p.m. Admission at 185 euros per person. Reservations through 220 133 135 or online.

To embark on a journey through the flavors of Portugal: one day, seven chefs and the different spaces of The Yeatman. This is how Taste & Toast Fest is presented, the gastronomic event that will invade the Vila Nova de Gaia hotel on May 17. Overlooking the Douro, chef Ricardo Costa invited seven chefs to prepare dishes from his cuisine and his region live, putting into practice techniques and ingredients capable of paying tribute to his gastronomic roots. In this cooking show, chefs Noélia Jerónimo, Óscar Geadas, Diogo Rocha, Kiko Martins, Ricardo Nogueira Mugasa and António Vieira will take guests on a gastronomic journey through Portugal. The event begins at 7 pm and also features a wine selection by Elisabete Fernandes, wine director at The Yeatman. As for the sweets, they are managed by the hotel’s pastry shop.

Chef Ricardo Costa will host the Taste & Toast Fest

Atlantic Fish Gastronomic Days

Vinum Restaurant and Wine Bar, Caves Graham’s, Rua do Agro 141, 4400-003 Porto. From May 15 to 26. Menu at 120 euros per person. Reservations at 220930417.

Taste a product in two different ways: The Peixe Atlântico Gastronomic Days are back at Vinum Restaurant & Wine Bartêm for 11 days where products from the Atlantic Ocean will be worked with the vision and recipes of two different cultures and traditions: the Basque and the Japanese. To do this, the Basque chef Iñaki López de Viñaspre teamed up with the Japanese chef Hideki Matsuhisa and prepared a menu that celebrates the flavors of the sea. From Japan, “Japanese” anchovies, cockles in saké, kokotxa on kombu seaweed, sole sashimi and tuna tartare arrive on the table, while, from the Basque Country, these five ingredients are presented with a different technique: Bermean anchovies , cockles. grilled, kokotxas al pil pil, sole with grilled asparagus and tuna marmitako. As for dessert, there is no shortage of traditional cheesecake, here reinvented and flavored with Yuzu.

Chefs Iñaki López de Viñaspre and Hideki Matsuhisa

MENTAL Festival

Cine São Jorge, Av. da Liberdade 175, 1250-096 Lisbon. From May 16 to 19.

To talk about mental health: The 8th edition of MENTAL arrived at the São Jorge Cinema on May 16 and continues until Sunday the 19th, with a program that includes film sessions, short films, questions and answers, debates, documentary screenings, theater, talks, workshops and concerts . Born in 2017, the festival aims to combat mental health literacy, reinforcing the need to talk about the subject in public spaces. The complete calendar can be consulted on the organization’s website.

Mental – Mental Health Festival, is a production of Safe Space Portugal, a non-profit association

“Noah’s Ark – The songs of our memory”

Capitol, Mayer Park, 1250-096 Lisbon. May 18 at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets from 20 euros per person.

To travel in time: The magic of the 90s will return on May 18 with Carlos Alberto Moniz and Noah’s Ark on stage. The Portuguese artist invites children and adults to make friends with animals, with the return in concert of “Noah’s Ark – As Canções da Nossa Memória”, the popular program where music and questions about animals brought families to the forefront of television during that decade. With two sessions scheduled at the Lisbon Capitol, the show will be inspired by the adventures portrayed in the first Noah’s Ark album. Tickets are on sale at Ticketline starting at 20 euros.

The concerts “Noah’s Ark – As Canções da Nossa Memória” will take place at the Lisbon Capitol on May 18

International Museum Day 2024

Soares dos Reis National Museum, R. de Dom Manuel II 44, 4050-522 Porto. From May 16 to 19. On May 18, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., admission is free.

To commemorate International Museum Day: Conversations, visits, workshops and commented sessions. The Soares dos Reis National Museum prepared a four-day program on the occasion of International Museum Day and the European Night of Museums, celebrated on May 18. This year, the chosen theme was “Museums, Education and Research”, with the aim of highlighting the importance of museums as dynamic educational institutions that promote learning, discovery and cultural understanding. In addition to the activities, which will take place from May 16 to 19, on the 18th the Soares dos Reis National Museum will have free entry from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. The complete program can be found on the museum’s website.

On May 18, International Museum Day and European Museum Night are celebrated.

MUSE

MUSA of Bica, Marvila and Virtues. Until May 20. Free admission.

To celebrate 8 years of MUSA: The party started on May 13, in both Lisbon and Porto, but continues throughout the weekend with a program full of music, food and, of course, plenty of beer to drink. MUSA turns eight years old with eight days of celebration and, on the 17th, it is Bica who kicks off the entertainment – which only ends on Monday – with DJ Batida and the flavors of chef Pedro Abril. On May 18, Marvila and the Virtudes join forces, with names like Amaura & M3dusa, Vaiapraia, Surma and Nigga Fox, in Lisbon, and Bruma and PZ B2b Keso, in Porto. The full MUSA anniversary schedule can be found on the brand’s Instagram page.

On the occasion of the date, MUSA will also launch an anniversary beer that is available in the online store in pack format.

Mysteries

Maxime, Praça da Alegria 58, 1250-004 Lisbon. May 17 at 8:30 p.m. Dinner and show from 48 euros per person.

To participate in an immersive cabaret: During the month of May, the theme of Maxime’s show is Secrets. With the next scheduled for May 17, the capital’s oldest open cabaret invites the public to confess, anonymously, a secret that will then be integrated into the immersive cabaret show. Parallel to the show, there is also the Secrets menu, consisting of sea tortellini with crustacean foam, salicornia and spinach, duck with plums, kale, crispy potatoes and white asparagus and lemongrass crème brûlée, raspberry sorbet and oats. The experience starts at €48 per person and can be booked on Maxime’s website.

Maxime Restaurante, located in Lisbon, in Praça da Alegria, is the oldest open cabaret in the capital.

“Amédée or How to Untangle”

Carlos Alberto Theater, R. Das Oliveiras 43, 4050-449 Porto. May 18 at 7 p.m. and May 19 at 4 p.m. Tickets between 5 and 10 euros per person.

To see a play from the 1950s: Within the framework of the International Iberian Expression Theater Festival, the Carlos Alberto Theater will stage, on May 18 and 19, the play Amédée or How to Untangle, from 1954, by the Franco-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco. The work tells the story of Amédée and Madeleine, a couple who have lived for 15 years with a corpse in the next room and who now need to dispose of the body.

The work will be presented at the TeCA on Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 19 at 4 p.m.

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