12 March 2015
The book ‘Death With Interruptions’, by Portuguese Nobel Prize José Saramago, has inspired an opera by American composer Kurt Rohde, the San Francisco Classical Voice reported. According to the source, “The opera came to life while UC Berkeley historian Thomas Laqueur was involved in a long-term project on death and the dead human body.” The opera […]
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11 March 2015
By Len Port, Contributor(*) As much as we distrust them, politicians are keeping us entertained and often on the edge of our seats. The main criticism is that some of the performances are so bizarre you couldn’t make them up. In Portugal, the current Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and his predecessor José Sócrates have […]
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10 March 2015
The ‘Cortes de Cima’, a 2013 white wine produced in Milfontes, Alentejo, Portugal, was voted “Best in the World’ at the ‘Vinalies Internationales’ competition held in Paris, France. The ‘Cortes de Cima’ won the highest overall score of the entire competition, of all wines in all categories. The ‘Vinalies Internationales’ competition is organized by the […]
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09 March 2015
The Department of World Languages and Cultures and the Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture & Research, UMass Lowell present the screening of ‘The Gilded Cage’ (La Cage Dorée). The event takes place on March 24 at 6:00pm, at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, in the O’Leary 222, (South Campus). With actors Joaquim de Almeida and Rita […]
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09 March 2015
Portugal will be the first European Union country to test the “Entry/Exit System,” (EES) a new “smart borders” procedure designed to keep closer checks on the arrival and departure of non-EU citizens. The program will be tested for the next six months, in six different countries, with Portugal being the first to start the pilot […]
04 March 2015
The National Organization of Portuguese Americans (NOPA), which has been advocating for the continuation of the Congressional Portuguese American Caucus, reported today that the Caucus has been reinstated for the present 114 th US Congress. The Caucus, established in 1995 by Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (RI-D) and co-chaired with Congressman Richard Pombo (CA-R), is a […]
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