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MAY 30 AND 31
Contarinhar Literary Gathering
Event
The Cantarinha dos Namorados of Guimarães stands as a materially rich symbol of the city’s cultural heritage, bringing together historical, social, and emotional dimensions of significant identity value. The literary gathering “Contarinhar,” organized in partnership with Livraria Rimas e Tabuadas, aims to establish itself as a space for dialogue between material tradition and contemporary literary expression, with the Cantarinha dos Namorados of Guimarães at its thematic core.
During the event, the winners of the “Contarinhar” Literary Competition—featuring over a hundred submitted texts—will be announced. The program will also include the presentation of the publication “Love Stories from the Travelling Cantarinha” and a documentary chronicling its journey through eight households in Guimarães, where families hosted a cantarinha and inscribed their own love stories within it.
Saturday, May 30
10:00 Opening
With Isabel Ferreira, Esser Jorge, Marta Silva, Sílvia Lemos, Francisco Neves and Catarina Aidos
CAOFCP (Patio)
10:30 Shall We Go to the Source? The Origins of the Cantarinha dos Namorados
With Catarina Pereira, Isabel Fernandes and Antero Ferreira
Moderated by Francisco Brito
CAOFCP (1st Floor)
11:30 Poetic Visit
With Inês Lago
Free admission, subject to ticket collection 30 minutes in advance. Maximum capacity: 20 people.
CAOFCP (Exhibition)
15:00 “A toda a hora temos de tocar em flores/ A toda a hora a poesia nos visita” (Sebastião da Gama)
With Rui Sobral, Luís Barbosa and Francisca Camelo
Moderated by Francisco Coelho Neves
Blackbox CIAJG
16:00 Writing Lives
With Isabel Rio Novo and Paulo M. Morais
Moderated by Ana Catarina Aidos
Blackbox CIAJG
17:00 “Sinto-me múltiplo/ Sou como um quarto com inúmeros espelhos fantásticos” (Fernando Pessoa)
With Marta Hugon and Eduardo Brito
Blackbox CIAJG
18:30 Book Launch: "Como se não houvesse amanhã", by Sérgio Godinho
With Esser Jorge and the presence of the author.
Blackbox CIAJG
21:30 Concert by Tiago Simões
Blackbox CIAJG
Sunday, May 31
10:00 Book Launch: "Histórias de Amor da Cantarinha Caminheira" and Screening of the Documentary "Cantarinha Caminheira"
With Catarina Aidos
CAOFCP (1st Floor)
11:30 Poetic Visit
With Inês Lago
Free admission, subject to ticket collection 30 minutes in advance. Maximum capacity: 20 people.
CAOFCP (Exhibition)
11:30 Book Launch: "Crónicas Historiográficas de Gastronomia", by Mário Moreira
CAOFCP (1st Floor)
11:30 "A Catarinha" – Children’s Story Reading and Pottery Workshop
With Sónia Marta Silva and Maria Fernanda Braga
Free admission, subject to ticket collection 30 minutes in advance. Maximum capacity: 20 children, age 6 or more.
CAOFCP (Atelier)
15:00 The World of Books
With Paulo César Gonçalves, Helder Magalhães, Mariana Rio and Pedro Magalhães
Moderated by Sílvia Lemos
Blackbox CIAJG
16:00 Book Launch: "O Sábio Árabe", by Fernando Pessoa, in an edition by Fabrizio Boscaglia
With Orlando Coutinho and the presence of the author.
Blackbox CIAJG
17:00 Itinerancies
With Rui Couceiro and Susana Moreira Marques
Moderated by Sílvia Lemos
Blackbox CIAJG
18:30 Awards Ceremony – Contarinhar Literary Competition
Presented by Francisco Coelho Neves
With Esser Jorge, Marta Silva, Sílvia Lemos
Blackbox CIAJG
Free admission, subject to venue capacity.