The religious celebrations of the 2018 Festas do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [The Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles] will be held on the weekend of May 5-6, in Ponta Delgada city, on São Miguel, Azores. The festivities, which open on Saturday April 28, will last through May 1-7, closing with three days […]
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Faith & Feast: Santo Cristo dos Milagres Festa to be held next week – Azores
Posted on 28 April 2018.
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Today in History: Portugal celebrates April 25th Freedom Day – Portugal
Posted on 25 April 2018.
Since 1974 the Portuguese nation has celebrated “Freedom Day” with a national holiday on April 25th to mark the bloodless military coup which brought democracy and civil liberties to the Portuguese people. Also celebrated as the Carnation Revolution, the event of April 25th came about after almost five decades of an authoritarian regime led by […]
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Book: ‘The Strange Order of Things’ by Antonio Damasio – Editor’s Note
Posted on 22 April 2018.
From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture. The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only […]
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REVIEW: Carlos do Carmo and Celeste Rodrigues Fado Town Hall Concert – New York City
Posted on 19 April 2018.
By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) By looking into fado’s past, one can see the future. In fact, the deeper one can see into the past, the further one can see into the future. At their Town Hall concert on 7 April, held as part of the 2018 New York City Fado Festival, Carlos do Carmo […]
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Travel: Azores Airlines doubles weekly flights – Portugal
Posted on 13 April 2018.
Azores Airlines will offer 11 flights from Boston Logan Airport each week starting in May to Portugal. Plus Providence will have a weekly flight as well. Right now the Portuguese carrier has daily service from Boston, and round-trip flights start at $609 to the Azores, and $728 to Lisbon. Better yet, the service will be […]
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Community: NRP Sagres to visit the East Coast and Canada – Portugal
Posted on 12 April 2018.
The School Ship NRP Sagres will visit the Atlantic East Coast, between May 28 and June 14, on a mission dedicated to young Americans and Canadians of Portuguese heritage who will be allowed to board the vessel. As part of the commemorations of the Day of Portugal, celebrated worldwide on June 10, the program is […]
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