The art exhibit by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, at the Palace of Versailles, in 2012, topped the ranking of the five most visited art exhibitions in Paris, France, in the past 50 years, the French newspaper Le Figaro revealed. According to the newspaper, with 1.6 million visitors the exhibition surpassed others like the Tutankhamen exhibit in […]
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Art: Joana Vasconcelos’s exhibit in Paris was the most visited in the last 50 years – France
Posted on 04 February 2013.
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Music: Nelly Furtado performing duo for Andrea Bocelli’s new album – Italy
Posted on 03 February 2013.
Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter, Nelly Furtado, is now featured singing a duet with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, in a newly released album produced by David Foster for Universal Music. Actress and vocalist Jennifer López is also featured in this romantic new released studio album. For the new release, titled “Passione,” Nelly Furtado and Andrea Bocelli honor Brazilian composer António Carlos Jobim […]
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Lajes: U.S. business delegation visiting Lisbon and Terceira – Azores
Posted on 01 February 2013.
Starting Saturday, February 2, a U.S. delegation will be visiting Lisbon and Terceira island to look into future business opportunities, following the recent U.S. Air Force decision to downsize its military presence on the island. In a statement to Lusa, the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon said that, a delegation from the group Business Executives for […]
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Book: The Dabneys: A Bostonian Family in the Azores – Launching
Posted on 31 January 2013.
The launching of the anthology “The Dabneys: A Bostonian Family in the Azores 1806-1871,” will take place in a series of events to be held, February 16-21, in four Massachusetts and Rhode Island institutions. The anthology, based on translations of records originally compiled by Roxana Lewis in 1899, was privately published for the family as […]
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Alert: Ernesto de Sousa Scholarship accepting applications – Internship
Posted on 31 January 2013.
The Ernesto de Sousa Scholarship program is accepting applications for its annual award for the best original project in the field of experimental intermedia art. Applicants must be of Portuguese nationality and have a good grasp of the English language. The designation of “experimental intermedia creation” encompasses any creative proposal associating image, sound and movement, […]
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Absolutely! Nazaré has the tallest waves in the world! – Portugal
Posted on 30 January 2013.
On Monday, U.S. surfer Garrett McNamara, 45, rode in Nazaré, Portugal, the largest swell ever ridden by a surfer. Apparently, he sailed down from the top of a 100 feet wave, at Praia do Norte, a shoreline known to professional surfers to produce some of the biggest waves in the world. In November 2011, over […]
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