• 21 April 2017

    THE FADO SINGING PROFESSIONALLY WITH OTHER ACCENTS

    When an alien listens attentively to Fado, even though he does not perceive the story told in the letter, he feels the emotions. When a stranger feels the urge to know how emotions are sung, he tries to learn how to interpret. Added to this is the case of people of other nationalities who fall […]

    When an alien listens attentively to Fado, even though he does not perceive the story told in the letter, he feels the emotions.

    When a stranger feels the urge to know how emotions are sung, he tries to learn how to interpret.

    Added to this is the case of people of other nationalities who fall in love with Fado and choose to live in Lisbon to learn how to interpret it in earnest.

    Some examples: Masako Asai (Japan), Renata Pawelec (Poland) and Maja Milinkovic.

  • 21 April 2017

    APRIL 21, WORLD BOOK DAY

    There are still many who prefer to read a good book on paper, while others get used to the digital editions. It results in different relationships with the text, with the physical object, in the case of printed on paper. The personal whys to choose between and others are several, but the most valid is […]

    There are still many who prefer to read a good book on paper, while others get used to the digital editions. It results in different relationships with the text, with the physical object, in the case of printed on paper.

    The personal whys to choose between and others are several, but the most valid is READ and have the PLEASURE to READ. And today, reading a page that is it is the gesture that confirms it.

  • 21 April 2017

    EXPOSURE UNDER OUR FEET – HISTORICAL PAVEMENTS OF LISBON

    In this exhibition, the Lisbon Museum approaches a theme rarely explored: the techniques, materials, forms, compositions and colors that have covered the ground that we tread, from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century. The paving solutions of the city have been changing over time. When studying the pavements of Lisbon, we realize that […]

    In this exhibition, the Lisbon Museum approaches a theme rarely explored: the techniques, materials, forms, compositions and colors that have covered the ground that we tread, from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century.

    The paving solutions of the city have been changing over time.

    When studying the pavements of Lisbon, we realize that they are both cause and effect of urban evolution.

    The Portuguese Calçada has become an art, for the richness of the worked patterns.

    Lisbon Museum in the Torreão Poente do Terreiro do Paço – until September 24

  • 18 April 2017

    THE FADO & FOOD GROUP AT SIC (TV STATION)

    Thursday, April 13, we went to SIC’s popular TV show, “Juntos à Tarde”, hosted by Rita Ferro Rodrigues and João Baião. We talked about Bairro Alto, a neighborhood that was created 500 years ago, initially frequented by sailors, who later welcomed noblemen who built palaces here. In the nineteenth century, the early newspapers, later the […]

    Thursday, April 13, we went to SIC’s popular TV show, “Juntos à Tarde”, hosted by Rita Ferro Rodrigues and João Baião.

    We talked about Bairro Alto, a neighborhood that was created 500 years ago, initially frequented by sailors, who later welcomed noblemen who built palaces here. In the nineteenth century, the early newspapers, later the artists began to settle. Today is the main stage of the nightlife and one of the business cards of the city of Lisbon.

    They chose Adega Machado, which is 80 years old this year, and an establishment opened nine months ago, Pop Cereal, located on the same street.

    These two establishments are examples of how the Bairro Alto became cosmopolitan and sought after, because it is found in the Tradition, in evolution, and modern and bold business concepts.

  • 18 April 2017

    RTP AND LISBOA ANCIENT TOURS TO THE DISCOVERY OF FADO INSIDE THE BOX

    Tomorrow, RTP will accompany one of the sensation tours in Lisbon, organized by Lisboa Antiga Tours, which ends with the Fado session Inside the Box. Every day, between 5.00 pm and 6.00 pm, Live Fado, Wine and Portuguese Snacks inside the Adega Machado, a fado house that in 2017 celebrates 80 years.

    Tomorrow, RTP will accompany one of the sensation tours in Lisbon, organized by Lisboa Antiga Tours, which ends with the Fado session Inside the Box.

    Every day, between 5.00 pm and 6.00 pm, Live Fado, Wine and Portuguese Snacks inside the Adega Machado, a fado house that in 2017 celebrates 80 years.