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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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, Travel, World
Posted on 10 April 2018.
By Millicent Borges Accardi The daughter of a longshoreman and a lathe operator, the writer and artist paulA neves (and sometimes PaulA Neves) grew up in the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey. Known for its working class and multi-ethnic community, the Ironbound neighborhood has two origins for its striking nickname: the criss-cross railroad tracks […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
Posted on 24 March 2018. Tags: Elsa Lechner, experience, immigrant, Portuguese, research, Richard Simas, study
By Richard Simas (*) What is your experience of Portuguese immigration? What are the stories, dreams, and impressions that define your sense of Portuguese identity? Why not share them? Na Ponta da Língua/On The Tip of The Tongue is waiting to hear from you. It is the virtual platform and hands-on biographical research project initiated […]
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Posted in Azores, Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
Posted on 14 March 2018. Tags: 30th, anniversary, Community, Frank Baptista, Massachusetts, Radio Voz do Emigrante, Rhode Island
Radio Voz Do Emigrante celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a gala event to be held on Saturday, March 17, at Venus de Milo, in Swansea, Massachusetts. Founded in March 17, 1988 by Frank P. Baptista, Radio Voz Do Emigrante serves the Portuguese-speaking community of the South Coast area of Massachusetts and the state of Rhode […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People
Posted on 14 March 2018. Tags: Canada, Cristina Odgen, events, exhibits, Fernando Pessoa, Germany, Portugal, Spain
By Cristina Ogden Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is the focus of a number of recent projects and events, including a digital poetry archive and a major art exhibition, marking the growing profile of the writer abroad. Digital Edition of Fernando Pessoa Projects and Publications (Edição Digital de Fernando Pessoa) is collaboration between Universidade Nova […]
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Posted in Canada, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, South Africa, World
Posted on 08 March 2018. Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, ENYYSA, Madeira, New York, Portugal, soccer, Veronica Lage
Veronica Lage has fulfilled a dream as she recently trained on the same fields that Cristiano Ronaldo plays on. Veronica has become so proficient in soccer that she trained in Portugal with their Girls-Under-16 National Team. The Yorktown Heights resident was first registered in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) when she was […]
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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal