Upcoming Events

Upcoming

  • [[TEST EVENT ONLY REGISTRATION FROM MID DECEMBER]] Annual Lunch with Talk by Eduardo Gomes at the Riviera Hotel, Carcavelos

    • 18 Jan 2025
    • 11:30 - 15:00
    • Hotel Riviera, Carcavelos
    • 51
    Register

    Our Annual Lunch this year will be held at the Riviera Hotel in Carcavelos on 18 January 2025 at 11.30. We are delighted that our guest speaker will be Eduardo Gomes, a renowned historian and author, who will talk  on The Impact on the Portuguese People of the War in the Peninsular (1808-14). 


    Eduardo was born in 1956. He obtained a bachelor 's degree in Marketing Management at the Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing (IPAM) and went on to work for companies in the consumer electronics market, such as Philips and Siemens. He then ran his own business, distributing Philips car systems in Portugal.

    However, his real love had always been history, specifically Portuguese and Spanish history of the Middle and Modern Ages. He now coordinates and presents the Pilares da História cultural activity, giving talks at the Cascais Public Library, and also gives tours in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Heritage of Cascais.

    Eduardo is the author of Terra Queimada, a historical novel based on the French invasions of Portugal in the nineteenth century. He is presently working on a book on the Jews in Portugal. He also writes scripts for historical plays to be performed by street-theatre groups.


    Coffee will be served at 11.30 and Eduardo's talk will begin at 12.00. This will be followed by a buffet lunch. At past events at this location the lunches have been excellent.
    Show details

  • [[TEST EVENT]] Visit to the Atelier Joana Vasconcelos

    • 20 Feb 2025
    • 15:00 - 17:00
    • Edifício Gonçalves Zarco Doca, Alacantara,1350-352 Lisbon (Behind the Museu do Oriente)


    Joana Vasconcelos is an artist known for her large installations. Inevitably these cannot be developed and assembled in a small workshop and so Joanna uses a former warehouse in the Alcantara area as her atelier. 

    We will see the artist and her team at work.

    Show details

Future Plans...

Over the next few months we have some interesting events in the planning stage. Our trip to the Viseu area in May is sold out but if you would like to go on the waiting list please contact us. We are planning a visit to the atelier of the well-known artist, Joana Vasconcelos in February, and a film on The Iron Duke Unmasked in March followed by optional dinner. Please let us know if you have any suggestions as to where you would like to go or what event we can organise.