Long-time local resident and highly skilled craftsman David Pearce opens a portrait studio in Ferragudo
We stopped by Ferragudo to see our old friend David and were pleased to hear that he was doing something a little less physical now that he’s in his 70s.
Wooff charity shop opens in Almancil
“This is a store that would fit in on any shopping street or in any shopping centre” – this is how Sid Richardson, founder of Loulé-based shelter Animal Rescue Algarve
Freemasons support Castelo de Sonhos
The Lagos-based English Freemasons of the Lodge of Discoveries No 9409 have donated €500 to the Silves-based Castelo de Sonhos charity. The Lodge of Discoveries is part of the group
A bunch of amateurs meets Hollywood
The curtain has barely closed on The Algarveans’ hugely popular production of “The Wizard of Oz”, yet members of the experimental theatre company are already in rehearsal for their Spring
St Patrick’s Society hosts New Year lunch
The St. Patrick’s Society of the Algarve hosted a New Year lunch on Friday, January 10 at O Branco restaurant in Carvoeiro. Fifty-two members and guests attended and were rewarded
Winter League season recommences
Saturday, January 11 was a lovely crisp, clear morning, if a little cold, for the recommencement of the second half of our Winter League season. A new decade and all
Post-Christmas treats for Almancil parishioners
The Almancil International Rotary Club (AIRC) has recently presented parishioners associated with the Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima de Almancil with some post-Christmas festive treats. Thanks to the generosity
The temple of time
With over 50 years of experience, painter António Villares Pires ventures into unchartered territory to create his first Caravaggio. It only took eight years for António Villares Pires to discover
Portimão’s new art gallery prepares grand opening on January 24
Bringing “internationally-renowned contemporary art to the Algarve so that it can be appreciated by locals without forcing them to make big trips elsewhere” will be the main goal of The
Young Dutch pianist returns to Algarve for fourth concert
A concert by young Dutch pianist Nikola Meeuwsen will take place on Sunday, January 26 at Quintinha da Música, Covas da Prata, Tavira at 4pm. The 17-year-old Nikola profiles himself