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What is it like to be a university student?

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The question is particularly relevant at this time of the year, and the Porto Moniz council and the Centro Ciência Viva, in the heart of Porto Moniz, didn’t forget the issue.

“What is it like to be a university student” is the title of a conference scheduled for coming May 17th (14h30), with the speaker being Carlos Abreu, president of the student’s union (associação de estudantes).

The conference aims at giving some insight of a university student’s life, in this case at UMa, a sort of pep talk to students wishing to attend.

Students going to the Centro de Ciência Viva, at Porto Moniz, will also be able to learn more about the courses being offered by the University, and raise questions ao access to higher education.

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Funchal theatre is to be taken by the tanks

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And after having taken over the Funchal council atrium, the guys in the tanks are also going to take over the Theatre. Monday afternoon the homage opus reporting day to day memories of the day of the revolution (April 25th 1974) is to be unveiled, still as part of the celebrations of the 47th anniversary of the carnations’ revolution.

These commemorations have taken many guises, and after the unveiling of the book “The guys in the tanks”, with authors Adelino Gomes and Alfredo Cunha, the celebrations again move, this time back to the city square, for the fado performance by Ana Moura (starting at 21h, free of charge).

Abr 26
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Funchal council and Universidade da Madeira launch Translocal

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The focus is to be on the divulging of science and culture, specifically of contemporary local and urban culture of Funchal.

Specifically, this new magazine is to run items like artisitic, cultural, linguistic, literary, landscape, tourism, history and heritage, ecology and sustainability studies.

The project was created in 2016 by Duarte Santo and Ana Salgueiro, while the reading commission is made out of names like integra Vitor Magalhães, Ana Salgueiro, Naidea Nunes, Diana Pimentel, Duarte Santo, Filipa Fernandes, Rui Campos Matos, Paulo Miguel Rodrigues e Sara Bonati.

The presentation is to takle place on April 27th at 12h00 at the Funchal Theatre.

 

Abr 24
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Sugar moulds in the Machico church

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Restoration works in the vaults of two chapels in the Machico church have yielded large ceramic pieces, including at least one sugar mould. The pieces, according to RTP reports, go back to the 16th century, and were hidden within the mortar, and are remarkably intact.

They were found within the roof vault of the Espirito Santo chapel, presently being rebuilt.

The restoration works, valued at some 160 thousand euro, aim at recovering the two chapels, whose vaults were in need of repairs. One of them (over the Teixeiras chapel) is unique in Madeira, as it was built with bricks, rather than stone.

Abr 22
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Porto Moniz honours former combatants

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The Porto Moniz council will be unveiling an important monument coming Sunday.

The council team will be inaugurating a monument in honour of the former combatants of the council, an opportunity to thank and to remember the many men and youths who were once – and some for many years – defending Portugal in any of a number of fronts.

The ceremony, open to all who wish to participate, will take place next Sunday, April 23rd at, at 10h, next to the Santa parking area, in Porto Moniz.

The programme starts with a solemn mass, at the Santa Maria Madalena church.

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The ’’guys with the tank’’ are ’’invading’’ Funchal

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The Funchal council will start to commemorate another anniversary of the April Revolution on April 21st.

The first of the council’s initiatives is actually indoors, but publicly accessible, being the opening of a photographic exhibit entitled “Os rapazes dos tanques” (the guys with the tanks), by photographer Alfredo Cunha, in the council building atrium, at 17h.

The highlights of the commemoration will be the concert by fado singer Ana Moura, coming Monday April 24th at 21h, in the city square.

The commemorative concert is offered by the council and precedes the solemn session of the council assembly, starting at 09h30 on April 25th.

Abr 19
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Machico to enter Miss Portugal Madeira qualification

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The first casting for beauty pageant Miss Portugal Madeira is to take place on April 21st in Machico. The qualifying round, for the candidates from Machico, will take place from 17h to 20h at the Hotel Dom Pedro, with the support from Machico council.

The contest is open to all young women that fulfil a list of prerequisites that can be checked online in the following addresses:

https://www.facebook.com/MMRPMadeira

http://www.wtv.pt/mmrptv/

Abr 18
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Porto Moniz ready for the start of MIUT

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The village of Porto Moniz is once again getting ready to be the starting point for the Madeira Island Ultra Trail (MIUT), which will start at 00h00 next April 22nd , with all the athletes who want to take part in Madeira’s major endurance competition.

Participants will start by climbing all the way from Porto Moniz to Paul da Serra, on a run to be made through the night, and starting in the very first kilometres, the steep climb to Fanal. Then, its down to Chão da Ribeira just to go on towards Estanquinhos.

The North will thus live a different night, with all the business typical of a major competition – just another added reason for a visit.