🗓 what’s on this week
thu 22
👩💻 9am coworking thursdays at sítio gaia
🧑💼 9.30am focus work club - freelancers meetup at look sharp
💼 6pm biz & buzz #05: your after-work connection in porto (€15) at porto business network
🎬 7pm queerness book club meetup at fábrica da picaria
🎬 8pm short hour movies: rocky horror picture show (pet friendly and with street smash burgers offerings) at fisga
🧩 8pm trivial : a thursday quiz game night (6€) at look sharp
💃 8.30pm salsa e bachata classes (donation) at jubilant cultural
🎤 9pm a lemonade stand up comedy show at nope bar
fri 23
💼 4pm porto vibe coding meetup. from idea to working product at nope bar
🎨 5pm azulejos tile painting porto workshop (€35) at the alchemist
🍺 7pm friday social drinks after work at calico
💃 8.30pm free open level kizomba class at academia de dança da boavista
🍽️ 8.30pm dinner with strangers (5€)
🍺 9pm sneaky drinks: meet new people in porto before the party! at look sharp
🍺 9.55pm free porto internationals pubcrawl at the box
fri 23 - sun 25
🎉 rivoli 94th anniversary celebration: music and dance shows at rivoli
sat 24
📸 10am dia de feira: matilde viegas photo exhibition at leica gallery porto
✨ 10.30am from feeling to form: art workshop (35€) at macs porto
🍽️ 12pm brunch party at fino golf club
🧠 3pm vision board creating (25€) by expat girls porto
🖼️ 4pm open studio at ó cerâmica
🎬 4pm into the wild movie screening at cinema municipal valongo
🖼️ 4pm simultaneous art exhibition opening at miguel bombarda
🧘♀️ 6pm community kirtan (€10) at healing house
🎶 6pm saturday jam at mr.bean's music club
🍷 7.30pm wine & chocolate pairing (20€) at porto wine & chocolate club
🎭 9.30pm my fierce ignorant step dance performance at rivoli
sun 25
🚴♀️ 10am spinchicks meetup (tbc)
🚶 9am jogging morning sightseeing at jardim da arca d’água
🎉 11am 1 ano kultura second hand market at kultura community
🧩 3pm play & connect: creative group games (€10) at cozy yoga studio
🧩 3.15pm vegan board gamers at baomerang
🎭 5pm my fierce ignorant step dance performance at rivoli
mon 26
✍️ 10am monday morning writers at espaço agra
tue 27
🧩 6.30pm boardgames and beer at letraria downtown
🏃 7pm track tuesday run at estádio do dragão
♟️ 7pm social chess games at nope bar
wed 28
👩💻 10am coworking meetup + drinks by digital nomads porto
🏃 5pm run n rave: 5km social run (tbc)
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