The film Florbela (2012), written and directed by Vicente Alves do Ó, will represent Portugal in the XVIII Edition of the Boston Ibero-American Film Festival. The screening of Florbela will take place on October 10, at 6 pm, at Boston University’s College of Communication. In Portuguese with English subtitles, the feature is based on the […]
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Florbela: XVIII Edition of the Boston Ibero-American Film Festival – Boston College, MA
Posted on 07 October 2013.
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Crime: Can the media help find Madeleine? – By Len Port
Posted on 07 October 2013.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The media hype that has surrounded the Madeleine McCann mystery for the past six years has been unleashed with renewed vigor by none other than Scotland Yard. On announcing that their ‘Operation Grange’ review of the case had been elevated to a full-scale inquiry in July, Scotland Yard asked for […]
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Fado: Sounds of Portugal kicks off Rodrigo Félix US Tour – Lowell, MA
Posted on 06 October 2013.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) will present “Sounds of Portugal: Fado,” a concert by renowned fado singer Rodrigo Costa Félix joined on stage by Portuguese-American fado vocalist Nathalie Pires. Félix and Pires will be accompanied by Marta Pereira da Costa, a virtuoso of the Portuguese guitar, and Pedro Pinhal a veteran performer of […]
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Darrell Kastin: A mystical world of fantasy and intrigue – Interview
Posted on 05 October 2013.
By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) Born in Los Angeles, Darrell Kastin grew up in Southern California. Like twisted aces, the writer Kastin’s family radiates in two directions, with his father’s heritage in Russia and his mother’s ancestry emanating from the Azores. He currently lives in Sacramento with his lovely wife Elisabeth. Through the years, the […]
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Community: President Obama praised Portuguese-American women owned enterprise – Washington, D.C.
Posted on 04 October 2013.
To discuss how the government shutdown is affecting small businesses, President Obama visited Thursday the M. Luis Construction Co., Inc., a small road construction company based in Rockville, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Established in 1985, the $60 million company was co-founded by Portuguese-American entrepreneurs Albertina Luis along with her husband Manuel Luis. In 2008, Albertina […]
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Travel: A room with a view at Pensão Flor de Coimbra – Portugal
Posted on 02 October 2013.
By André Darlington, Contributor (*) E.M. Forster’s novel, A Room With A View, opens in the dining room of the ‘Pensione Bertolini’. Charlotte Bartlett, travel companion and chaperone to her cousin Lucy, complains that she has not been given a room with a view of the river Arno as promised. Overhearing the conversation, a Mr. […]
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