The traditional Sanjoaninas Festival will take place on Terceira Island from June 20 to June 28 attracting thousands of visitors. Under the theme “Angra: 30 years of World Heritage,” this year the festival will celebrate the historic and cultural legacy of Angra do Heroísmo city which is listed as a World Heritage site (1984) by UNESCO. […]
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Terceira: Sanjoaninas Festival celebrates Angra World Heritage status – Azores
Posted on 18 June 2014.
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Honored: Aristides de Sousa Mendes remembered today around the world – New York, NY
Posted on 17 June 2014.
Portuguese diplomat, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, will be honored today, June 17, in churches and synagogues around the world. The initiative aims to evoking his efforts to save thousands of Jews and many WWII refugees from the Nazi regime. Promoted by New York City resident, João Crisóstomo, the interfaith events will be held throughout the […]
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Photography: Fusing Place and Perception – An Interview with Gus Petro
Posted on 16 June 2014.
By Patricia Silva, Contributor (*) Gus Petro is a Zurich-based artist who grew up in the Lithuanian capital, “the old town of Vilnius.” Proximity to water is what brought Gus Petro to southern Portugal to photograph what was once considered the edge of the world. Petro’s latest photography based series, titled Weld, fuses iconic London […]
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Community: NOPA launches the Portuguese-American Fellowship Program – Washington, DC
Posted on 16 June 2014.
The National Organization of Portuguese-Americans (NOPA) has launched the first ever Portuguese American Fellowship program available to “highly motivated individuals who have completed a bachelor’s degree or are graduate students in a relevant field with one to two years of experience,” the announced said. For Dr. George Perry, NOPA’s President of the Board, “The fellowship […]
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Community: 1st Long Island Portugal Day Parade one for the century – Mineola, NY
Posted on 13 June 2014.
Thousands turned out on Sunday June 8th in green and red in Mineola not only to help commemorate the first ever Portugal Day Parade on Long Island in over 100 years that the community settled on the Island, but made it the largest parade in the Village’s 100 year history. Over 2,000 marchers representing 50 […]
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Ponte da Barca: Land of Magellan, monasteries, mountains and more – Portugal
Posted on 13 June 2014.
By Julie Dawn Fox(*), Contributor You might have heard of Ferdinand Magellan , the Portuguese navigator who proved once and for all that the Earth is round. In Portugal, he’s known by his real name, Fernão Magalhães, and although no one can say with absolute certainty, it’s more than likely that he’s from the quaint […]
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