Posted on 30 May 2012. Tags: beach, Cascais, Competition, Estoril, Guincho, IKA, June 2012, Kite, KSP, opening, Portugal, pro, Surf, tour, world
The world’s best kite surfers will gather on Guincho Beach, Cascais, Portugal, for the first event of the Kite Surf Pro (KSP) Tour 2012 to be held June 1 through June 10. Sanctioned by the International Skateboarding Association (IKA) KSP is a four stage kitesurf pro world tour for wave riders with a kite. Established […]
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Posted in Featured, Portugal, Sports, World
Posted on 30 May 2012. Tags: Fátima Fonseca, FLAD, foreign, Portugal, Portuguese, recuiting, students, University of Massachusetts
The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is sponsoring a visit to the University of Massachusetts this week of a delegation representing 27 Portuguese universities. The objective is to recruit students in the United States, including Americans of Portuguese descent, interested in attending institutions of higher learning in Portugal. According to Fátima Fonseca, FLAD representative, the potential for […]
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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, Scholarships
Posted on 29 May 2012. Tags: Boston, Day of Portugal, Deval Patrick, Ernest Moniz, Foreign Minister, heritage, Ian Waitz, June 2012, lecture, Massachutts, MIT, MIT-Portugal Program, Nuno Brito, Paulo Cunha Alves, Paulo Portas, Portuguese, State House, Univeristy
Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Portas will visit Boston from June 4 to June 5 to preside as guest of honor at the 28th Heritage Day of Portugal celebration to be held at the Massachusetts House of Representatives on June 5. The Ambassador of Portugal in Washington, Nuno Brito, and the Consul General Portugal in Boston, […]
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Posted in Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
Posted on 27 May 2012. Tags: Boston, BPF, Festival, Horse, interview, June 2012, Lusitano, Merrimac, Portuguese, Sons of the Wind, Victor Silva
The Boston Portuguese Festival (BPF), and the Sons of the Wind School of Equestrian Arts, are hosting the Lusitano Classic Horse Festival to be held on June 2, at 1:00pm, at the Sons of the Wind Farm, 84 Birchmeadow Road, Merrimac, MA. This will be a great opportunity for horse lovers to learn about the Portuguese […]
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Posted in Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Terceira
Posted on 26 May 2012. Tags: album, AngraRock, Azorean, Azores, Canadian Music Week, CD, Closing Doors, Drom Club, June 2012, October Flight, Portuguese, Portuguese Circle, release, roch, Terceira
Based on Terceira island, Azores, the Rock Band “October Flight” released today, May 26, its debut CD Album “The Closing Doors” in a concert at Centro Cultural de Angra do Heroísmo. The group, formed in September of 2008, won the 2009 “AngraRock” contest the most important band contest in the Azores. Since then the bnad […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal, World
Posted on 26 May 2012. Tags: Azorean Maritime Heritage Society, Azorean Whaleboat Regatta, Boston Portuguese Festival, BPF, Cambridge, Charles River, June 2012, MA, MIT Pierce Boathouse
The Boston Portuguese Festival and the Azorean Maritime Heritage Society are hosting its 7th Annual Azorean Whaleboat Regatta at the MIT Pierce Boathouse, Cambridge, MA,on Sunday, June 3. The Portuguese of Azoreans descent are very proud of their culture and heritage which they celebrated on Azores Day, June 2. The annual Azorean Whaleboat Regatta is […]
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Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal