“Alice” by O Espaço da Dança at the Pavilhão Multiusos

On the 15th of July, the show “Alice”, by O Espaço da Dança, was on stage of the Pavilhão Multiusos. The show, inspired by the literary classic by Lewis Carroll, integrated all the students of the dance school, in a great production of light, colour and sound, which made the public travel to the Wonderland.

33rd Feira do Mel in Espinhal recovered the participation of producers and public

In this 33rd edition, which took place between the 2nd and the 4th of September, the participation of producers and artisans was significantly greater than previously. There was also much more interest from the general public, compared to the editions during the Covid-19 pandemic. The strong public presence was also notorious at the night shows, especially at the one by the artist Ana Malhoa.

The 7 th Bienal do Humor Luís d’Oliveira Guimarães gathered graphic creators of all continents

Graphic creators from all continents participated in the 7th Humor Biennial Luís d’Oliveira Guimarães, in Penela. “Animals, Man and the Planet” was the theme of this edition. The judges evaluated a total of 1670 entries, from 550 artists of 79 nationalities.

The first classified was Mahboubeh Pakdel from Iran. The Caricature Award was won by the artist Guaico (Raúl Grisales), from Colombia.

The 11 th Feira do Queijo e dos Romanos in Rabaçal

The event took place on the 24th of April, in an organization of the Union of the parishes of São Miguel, Santa Eufémia and Rabaçal, which had the support of the Municipality and the collaboration of the Associação de Caminheiros Of Penela, Penela Scouts, the Agrupamento de Escolas Infante

D. Pedro, Rabaçal Social Centre and the Association of Cheese Producers of Rabaçal – Aprorabaçal. The event promoted not only the famous Rabaçal Cheese, but also other local products such as Terras de Sicó wines, Olive Oil, Honey and Walnuts.

2nd Nacional Encounter Of Urban Sketchers from Terras da Chanfana in Penela

The 2nd National Encounter of Urban Sketchers from Terras da Chanfana, took place on the 28th and 29th of May, included in the Cultural Project “Do Xisto á Chanfana vai um Mundo” which includes the municipalities of Penela, Lousã, Miranda do Corvo and Vila Nova de Poiares. The encounter was attended by 17 designers and had the villages of Espinhal, Rabaçal and Penela as inspiration.

Vinália 2022

Promoted wine from Podentes.

On the 25th and 26th of June, Podentes hosted the event Vinália 2022. After two years of interruption, due to the pandemic situation, the event Vinália came back with lots of news.

MagicarSicó took the show to Penela Castle

Penela Castle staged magic shows, within a cultural programming project led by the Association Terras de Sicó, with the magician Luís de Matos as its artistic director.The shows took place in two daily sessions, at 11:00 am and at 3:30 pm, on the 19th and 20th of February, in outdoor settings, with the performances of the magicians Bruno, Joaquim Matas, Ben Woodward and Mago Teto.

In the sequence of the same project, there was also an action to draw attention to the art of magic, on March 22nd, at Studio 33, headquarters of the company Luís de Matos Productions, located in the Zona Industrial de

Ansião, with the participation of all students of the 2nd and 3rd grades of the Schools Infante D. Pedro, Penela.