Browsing Month October, 2011

Thomas Struth Photography 1978-2010 – Serralves Museum until 29 January 2012

Thomas Struth Photography 1978-2010 – Serralves Museum until 29 January 2012

By | October 30, 2011 at 9:40 am | No comments

German photographer Thomas Struth is one of the world’s foremost photographers of our generation. His photographs reveal the cultural, psychological and historical undercurrents beneath the surface of modernity. And now, in Portugal for the first time, the Serralves Museum of...

Posted in: Culture, Porto

Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2011 – Winners Announced

Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2011 – Winners Announced

By | October 28, 2011 at 4:25 pm | No comments

UDPATE - 14 November 2011: Winners of the 2011 Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival were announced yesterday on the closing day of the event. Filmmakers taking prizes include: -------------------------------------------------- [ad#Google Adsense Image Banner for Posts...

Posted in: Events, Lisbon

Fashion Awards Portugal 2011 – Winners Announced

Fashion Awards Portugal 2011 – Winners Announced

By | October 23, 2011 at 12:11 pm | No comments

UPDATE (4 Nov. 2011):  Nuno Baltazar is Portugal's Best Designer for 2011. Winners in 15 categories were announced at the 2011 Portugal Fashion Awards last night at the Tivoli Theater in Lisbon. (See complete list of nominations with winners designated in blue below.) Textile...

Posted in: Events, Lisbon

Eco-Bags from Fernanda Pereira – Old Shower Curtains Go Designer Chic

Eco-Bags from Fernanda Pereira – Old Shower Curtains Go Designer Chic

By | October 21, 2011 at 10:26 am | No comments

Portugal Confidential loves to come across new products that are not only beautifully designed and chic, but also play a role in saving our environment. Portuguese designer Fernanda Pereira has created super-cool new fashion accessories made from…your grandmother’s shower...

Posted in: Cool Things

doclisboa 2011 – Documentary Film Festival, 20-30 October

doclisboa 2011 – Documentary Film Festival, 20-30 October

By | October 19, 2011 at 7:47 pm | No comments

Cinefiles and news-aficionados in Lisbon will be in documentary film heaven for the next week. The DocLisboa International Film Festival returns to celebrate this unique film genre intent on educating, amusing and provoking new ways of thinking. 180 short- and feature-length...

Posted in: Events, Lisbon

Faces in Chiado – Fashionable Dinner from Designer Fatima Lopes

Faces in Chiado – Fashionable Dinner from Designer Fatima Lopes

By | October 15, 2011 at 12:04 pm | No comments

In the heart of the hip and happening Chiado district of Lisbon is a fun and fashionable restaurant by one of Portugal’s coolest and chicest celebrities, Fatima Lopes. Lopes, known as a fashion designer extraordinaire, is also a savvy business woman with interests in...

Posted in: Dining, Lisbon

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