Welcome to the second edition of SHOWCASE Lisbon with news and views from Portugal's great capital, where the Christmas spirit is already upon us.

There are a couple of events that we wanted to bring to your attention:

The Centro Cultural de Belém has an exhibition, "Fantasmas" by Nuno Cera, with the artist mixing photo, film and drawings in the same space - until 25 February 2007.

The Habitar Portugal 2003/2005 exhibition show buildings designed by Portuguese architects in Portugal and abroad, whose aim is "to build a better country and preserve the environment".

Many thanks to everyone who has sent us such positive comments about the www.productionparadise.com directory, which we just re-launched with new functions and a slick new design, Please take a look if you have not yet seen it... we would love to hear what you think.

Our photo of the month was shot by Sérgio Matos for Happy Magazine.