19 April 2018
By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) By looking into fado’s past, one can see the future. In fact, the deeper one can see into the past, the further one can see into the future. At their Town Hall concert on 7 April, held as part of the 2018 New York City Fado Festival, Carlos do Carmo […]
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13 April 2018
Azores Airlines will offer 11 flights from Boston Logan Airport each week starting in May to Portugal. Plus Providence will have a weekly flight as well. Right now the Portuguese carrier has daily service from Boston, and round-trip flights start at $609 to the Azores, and $728 to Lisbon. Better yet, the service will be […]
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12 April 2018
The School Ship NRP Sagres will visit the Atlantic East Coast, between May 28 and June 14, on a mission dedicated to young Americans and Canadians of Portuguese heritage who will be allowed to board the vessel. As part of the commemorations of the Day of Portugal, celebrated worldwide on June 10, the program is […]
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10 April 2018
By Millicent Borges Accardi The daughter of a longshoreman and a lathe operator, the writer and artist paulA neves (and sometimes PaulA Neves) grew up in the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey. Known for its working class and multi-ethnic community, the Ironbound neighborhood has two origins for its striking nickname: the criss-cross railroad tracks […]
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24 March 2018
By Richard Simas (*) What is your experience of Portuguese immigration? What are the stories, dreams, and impressions that define your sense of Portuguese identity? Why not share them? Na Ponta da Língua/On The Tip of The Tongue is waiting to hear from you. It is the virtual platform and hands-on biographical research project initiated […]
Posted in Azores, Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
14 March 2018
Radio Voz Do Emigrante celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a gala event to be held on Saturday, March 17, at Venus de Milo, in Swansea, Massachusetts. Founded in March 17, 1988 by Frank P. Baptista, Radio Voz Do Emigrante serves the Portuguese-speaking community of the South Coast area of Massachusetts and the state of Rhode […]
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