What happens if you take an American family and send them to Europe for ten years? In the summer of 2000, Bill and Elisa Meara, accompanied by 2 year-old Billy and 4 month-old Maria, left their home in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and moved to the Azores. There they experienced the highs and lows […]
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Book: ‘Us and Them’ An American Family – Editor’s Note
Posted on 08 April 2015.
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Pico: Hosting 4th Franklin D. Roosevelt Azorean Forum – Azores
Posted on 07 April 2015.
The Azores are hosting the ‘4th Franklin D. Roosevelt Azorean Forum’ taking place April 9-10, at the Lajes do Pico Whaling Museum, Pico island. The Forum is co-sponsored by the Government of the Azores and the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD). Launched in 2008, the biennial event will address pressing issues relating to the transatlantic relations between […]
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Estoril: Hosting the 2015 World Food Tourism Summit – Portugal
Posted on 07 April 2015.
The 2015 World Food Tourism Summit will be held April 8-11 at the Estoril Congress Center, Estoril city, Portugal. The event will gather international food professionals to showcase gastronomy novelties and discuss emerging cuisine trends around the world. The occasion, which will serve as an international forum at which specialists in food tourism and relevant fields […]
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Book: ‘A Trip to the Azores or Western Islands’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 07 April 2015.
The material composing the greater part of this little volume — writes the author in a short Preface — was originally written to occupy some of the leisure moments of the author, without a thought to its future publication. But the many questions proposed to him in social intercourse respecting the Azores have at length […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Corvo, Faial, Featured, Flores, Genealogy, Graciosa, Heritage, Life Style, Pico, Portugal, Religion, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel, WorldComments Off on Book: ‘A Trip to the Azores or Western Islands’ – Editor’s Note
‘The Gift’: Portuguese alternative rock band wins new fans – Interview
Posted on 06 April 2015.
By Lígia Batista, Contributor (*) Last month, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. welcomed the Iberian Suite, a festival that celebrated Portuguese and Spanish speaking cultures. Many Portuguese artists were invited to share their work. Nobel Prize José Saramago was remembered and authors such as Afonso Cruz, José Luis Peixoto, Gonçalo M. Tavares, e Dulce […]
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Book: ‘The Rogue and Other Portuguese Stories’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 05 April 2015.
“The Rogue narrates a beautiful nightmare with aplomb, even mastery. The timing of the dialogue and the layers of engagement are very well rendered. The story is written by an outsider, far removed from the Portuguese way of being. It shows the oddity of things Portuguese.” — Lídia Jorge, prominent Portuguese novelist and author. “While […]
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