International artists of Portuguese descent are competing at the 2014 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA). Nominees in seven categories have been announced. Band Faith of New Bedford leads the pack with three nominations. The contest received about 400 entries from a dozen countries, including artists from as far as Romania, Venezuela and Sierra Lione. Categories […]
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IPMA: 2014 International Portuguese Music Awards to honor the best – New Bedford, MA
Posted on 13 March 2014.
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A fresh look at Dante “carioca” style – by George Monteiro
Posted on 13 March 2014.
One of the more touching sonnets in Dante’s La Vita Nuova expresses the poet’s thoughts as he witnesses the fashion of the way his elusive “mia donna” makes her way, gracefully and independently, down the street before him: Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare La donna mia quand’ella altrui saluta Ch’ogne lingua deven tremando muta, […]
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Award: Inês Lobo wins the arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture 2014 – Bergamo, Italy
Posted on 12 March 2014.
Portuguese architect, Inês Lobo, is the winner of the 2014 arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture, an international architecture award for female designers instituted by the Italcementi Group and now in its second year. The jury unanimously selected Lobo as a versatile architect, recognized for her ability to work at different scales, integrating new buildings […]
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Book: ‘The Movement of Stars: A Novel’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 10 March 2014.
It is 1845, and Hannah Gardner Price has lived all twenty-four years of her life according to the principles of the Nantucket Quaker community in which she was raised, where simplicity and restraint are valued above all, and a woman’s path is expected to lead to marriage and motherhood. But up on the rooftop each […]
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MOOC: Massive Online Open Course offered in Portuguese – Portugal
Posted on 10 March 2014.
The Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) initiative, a worldwide distance teaching project, was launched in Portugal in 2013 with the participation of a number of private and public institutions of higher learning. The newest MOOC, titled “A Consciência dos Valores,” opened online Monday with a class of 100 students from Portugal (75%), Brazil (20%) and […]
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Portugal: Ukrainian immigrants condemn Putin’s rule of force – By Len Port
Posted on 09 March 2014.
By Len Port, Contributor(*) Ukrainians living in Portugal say they want peace, democracy and the rule of law in their homeland. They condemn Russia’s President Putin for ‘interfering’ in the current crisis there. “Ukraine is opposed to the rule of force, intimidation and provocations from President Putin’s side,” Pavlo Sadokha, president of the Association of […]
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