The 2026–2027 season of the Academia da Pena travels through the eight ecclesiastical tones, one per month, and opens with the 1.º Tom da Pena at the 13 October Recital at Dusk: Frescobaldi, Coelho, Titelouze, Kerll and Bruna in five ways of saying the same thing. Listeners choose where they sit — by the organ, in the high choir or in the nave — and entry is free.
An introductory workshop on linocut technique with Maria Manuel Lyra, where participants learn the basics of composition, carving, and manual printing.
The Lado BB strand screens A Simple Favor, Paul Feig's dark mystery comedy in which a vlogger mum investigates the disappearance of her glamorous best friend; tickets are 3,20€ with discounts for students, seniors and Friends of the Cinemateca.
A session dedicated to filmmaker Noémia Delgado, with a screening of three of her films: 'Quem Foste Alvarez?', 'Mafra e o Barroco' and 'A Pousada das'.
A night of free improvisation where Tashi Dorji presents his singular guitar vision shaped by punk, free jazz, blues and academic experimentalism, joined by Erica Dawn Lyle.