20 June 2016
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c.1460-1524), the first navigator to sail directly from Europe to India, was honored with a statue dedicated to him in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira. The unveiling of the statue, on June 10, memorializes Vasco da Gama’s stop at Terceira island, in 1499, to lay to rest his brother Paulo da […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Terceira, World
18 June 2016
For the twenty eight consecutive year, the Madeira Classic Car Club (CACM) is organizing the Madeira Classic Car Rally, taking place on June 25-26, one of the finest displays of antique and classic cars in the world. The tour includes a large fleet of beautifully restored classic and vintage cars. All vehicles entering the competition […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Sports, Travel, World
17 June 2016
George Monteiro never intended to write a memoir. But as the stories, poems, and sketches about his childhood in a Depression-Era New England mill town began to pile up, he found that he was writing a composite memoir of Valley Falls, Rhode Island and its Portuguese American community. Like his parents, many of these people […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, World
14 June 2016
Gregory Rabassa, 94, revered American literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese to English, died June 13, in Branford, Connecticut. He translated major works by Portuguese, Brazilian and Latin American novelists, including Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Amado, Clarice Lispector, and Machado de Assis among many others. Gregory Rabassa translated works by […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
10 June 2016
Untamed Dreams – Faces of America is designed as a 393 page semi-hard cover, profusely illustrated, limited edition book that brings together individual immigrant’s life stories that represent the qualities that have long distinguished the Portuguese community of California. In today’s political climate in which immigration seems to be at the very center of our […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Life Style, Religion
10 June 2016
The Day of Portugal is a national holiday celebrated by the Portuguese nation every year on June 10. The date also celebrates the life of Luis Vaz de Camões, Portugal’s national poet. Luis Vaz de Camões (c.1524-1580) wrote ‘Os Lusiadas,’ [The Lusiads] Portugal’s national epic poem celebrating the memorable 15th century Portuguese historic achievements. Since […]
