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Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade 100 years ago | Devastating earthquake shook Faial Island Sports | Fernando Pimenta world canoeing champion Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns
 

Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade – Toronto, Ontario

One of the most recognizable symbols of the Azores, Portas da Cidade (City Gates) of Ponta Delgada, will soon have a new home in Brampton, in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. The inauguration of a full-scale replica of the historic monument is scheduled for September 12, 2026, at Azores Park, 100 Malta Avenue.  The monument will […]

100 years ago | Devastating earthquake shook Faial Island – Azores

One hundred years ago today, on the morning of August 31, 1926, the island of Faial was violently shaken by one of the most destructive earthquakes in the modern history of the Azores.  A century later, the Museu da Horta is commemorating the disaster with historical photographs, educational activities and an earthquake-preparedness exercise involving about […]

Sports | Fernando Pimenta world canoeing champion – Poznan, Poland

Portuguese canoeing star Fernando Pimenta was crowned world champion in the K1 1000 meters, winning a dramatic final at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznan, Poland, on August 29, 2026.  The achievement adds another historic chapter to the career of the athlete from Ponte de Lima, widely regarded as Portugal’s greatest canoeist. Pimenta currently […]

Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration – Fall River, MA

Mayor Paul Coogan, in conjunction with the Portas da Cidade Advisory Committee and the Prince Henry Society, will host a special ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Portas da Cidade (City Gates), one of Fall River’s most recognizable symbols of its Azorean heritage.  The celebration will take place Monday, August 31, at 10:30 am […]

Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns – Fall River, MA

The Holy Ghost Festival of New England will be held in Kennedy Park in Fall River, Massachusetts, from August 26–30. Former Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is expected to visit Fall River as a guest of honor for the 40th-anniversary festival celebration, according to reports. The President of the Regional Government of the Azores, […]

Book: ‘Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement’ – Editor’s Note

16 March 2015

‘Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement: The Origins of America’s Debate on East Timor’ examines the campaigns by people in the United States on behalf of those seeking peace for East Timor. The diplomatic work of voluntary advisors and supporters living in the United States in the early years of the movement have not been […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, East Timor, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal

4th Edition: The International Literary Festival of Macau – China

15 March 2015

The Macau international literary festival, entitled ‘Script Road’, will take place between March 19 and 29, in the heart of the city, gathering literary personalities and artists from Macau and China and various Portuguese Speaking Countries, with the participation of local schools and universities. This year ‘Script Road’ is bring more than 30 renowned guests […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Brazil, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Macau, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Book: ‘A Short History of Portugal’ – Editor’s Note

15 March 2015

The story of Portugal possesses a peculiar interest from the fact that it is to its history alone that the country owes its existence as a separate nation. Geographically, the little kingdom is an integral portion of the Iberian Peninsula, with no natural boundaries to distinguish it from that larger portion of the peninsula called […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Education, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, World

Honor: Peter Pereira named ‘Photographer of the Year’ – NPPA

13 March 2015

Photojournalist, Peter Pereira, was named ‘Photographer of the Year’ 2014, for Region One (New England), by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). He will receive the award on a public ceremony to take place on Saturday, March 14. This is the sixth time Pereira has won the award and the fifth time in a row […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Photography, Portugal, World

Arts: Guggenheim Museum opens exhibit organized by Serralves Museum – New York, NY

12 March 2015

The Guggenheim Museum in New York is opening an exhibition on Friday, March 13, of the work by Iranian painter, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, organized by the Serralves Museum of Porto, Portugal. Entitled ‘Infinite Possibility Mirror Works and Drawings’ the exhibit covers work by Farmanfarmaian, in the period between 1974 and 2014, featured last October in Porto in an exhibit organized by […]

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Music: José Saramago inspires opera by composer Kurt Rohde – Berkeley, CA

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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