[5] The cultural space pays homage to the Brazilian writer, born in the state of Paraíba, José Lins do Rego, best known for his semi-autobiographical "cane cycle".
In its geographical structure, the Cultural Space was built on a slope, in a block of approximately 48,000m² (350m x 140m) - surrounded by the streets Severino Alves Aires (to the north), Governor José Gomes da Silva (to the south), Wandick Figueiras (to the east ) and Deputy Jáder Medeiros (to the West).
In its structure there are several precepts of modern architecture: Free plan, interior-exterior communication, horizontal openings, volumetric simplicity, rationality, etc.
The space has a total area of 22,978 m2 (247,330 sq ft) and houses The João Pessoa Convention and Fair Center, which has an adequate infrastructure for business tourism.
A pioneer in the Northeast and within the 12.5 m diameter dome, Zeiss SpaceMaster projects 6,000 stars and 78 constellations; in addition to the Solar System, nebulous galaxies, the sky from anywhere in the world and the four seasons.
The capacity of the library accommodates 300[10] people at once distributed on the tables arranged in the hall and in the 36 individual, double and group study booths.
[11] Honors Juarez da Gama Batista, It acts as a popular and democratic institution of education, culture, information and knowledge.
It worked in several spaces and buildings until arriving at the Espaço Cultural José Lins do Rego, in which, over the years, it has played a notorious role in teaching and learning music.
[15] It was in 1952 that the institution was integrated into the State Government, taking in his name a fair tribute to the politician, music lover and great supporter of the school at the time of Gazzi de Sá.
In the Cultural Space, since 1983, integrating the first regional teaching management of the State Secretariat of Education, Science and Technology Da Paraíba.
With more than 1,700 students enrolled, from 6 months of age, it follows taking its flag of resistance firmly, always looking for new horizons to contribute to strengthening the culture of our state.
It has a fixed calendar of activities, in the area of theater, music, dance, literature, circus, through a continuous program of children's, adult and alternative shows with cutting-edge modern structure.
It is a space specially built to host individual and collective exhibitions, including sculpture, painting, engraving, photography, drawing, installation, and also for holding workshops.
Visitation is open, including weekends, works with mediations and educational actions aimed mainly at public school students.
The styles that make up the collection of the Music Research Center are: Popular, Bandistic, Sacred, Classical, Alternative, Choirs and Festivals.
The Musical Research Center has a diversified collection containing photographs (black and white, color) and negatives of events promoted by FUNESC and other institutions.
Its collection consists of the maintenance of a Hemeroteca (clippings from historical newspapers), Classical scores by Brazilian and foreign authors; Books on the musical history of Brazil, Latin American and European, LPs, CDs and DVDs.
It caters to children and young people, aged from one[26] A place dedicated to the writer José Lins do Rêgo Cavalcanti, from Paraíba chosen to give the Cultural Space its name.
[27] The entire collection is enriched with canvases, photographs, letters, commendations and personal objects of the writer, such as the family sewing machine, where the layette of José Lins, illustrious son of João and Dona Amélia do Rego Cavalcanti, born on the day June 3, 1901, at Engenho Corredor, Paraíba municipality of Pilar.
It offers support and follow-up to research on the work of José Lins do Rego and holds temporary exhibitions, according to the cultural calendar.
[31] There are more than 700 square meters reserved for visiting students who want to know, in practice, experiments in the areas of physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and geography.
[32] One of the first attractions of the Science Station was the traveling exhibition about Sputinik, the first artificial satellite on Earth, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.
In the sector of permanent exhibitions, skeletons of whales and prehistoric animals, replicas of Ingá stone, sculptures and Renaissance paintings.