26 March 2014
The maker of such widely beloved poems as “After Apple-Picking,” “The Death of the Hired Man,” “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Winter Evening,” and “Home Burial,” to name only a few out of dozens, Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874. He is also remembered for his wonderfully dramatic reading of his poem, […]
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26 March 2014
The film “The Gilded Cage,” a French-Portuguese production, will be screened at the 17th Cinéfranco Francophone International Film Festival taking place, from March 28 to April 6, in Toronto, Canada. Titled in Portuguese “Gaiola Dourada” the film was directed by Ruben Alves, the son of Portuguese immigrants in France. Hugo Gélin and Jean-André Yerlès, a […]
Posted in Canada, Community, Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
26 March 2014
Portuguese fado singer Camané, one of the most prominent and established fado artists of his generation, will perform this weekend for two dates in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He will perform on 28 March at the Grand Ballroom of the Cotali Mar Restaurant in New Bedford, and on 29 March at the Zeiterion Theatre, also in […]
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25 March 2014
Portuguese living abroad have increased remittances home, up 9.6%, to a total of €3 billion “for the first time ever” revealed the Bank of Portugal, the nation’s central bank. France remained the leading source of remittances, accounting for €894 million of the total, up 5.7% compared to 2012, slightly ahead of Switzerland with a total […]
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23 March 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The Ukrainian Ambassador to Lisbon and the non-governmental Association of Ukrainians in Portugal this week added their voices to the near universal condemnation of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine’s sovereign territory that has led to the specter of war. Prior to the fast-tracked treaty signed by Russia and Crimea on Tuesday, Ambassador […]
20 March 2014
The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), which had disappeared from mainland Portugal for centuries, is on its way back and there are reports of its presence in the north and center of the country, according to a biologist from Aveiro University. The red squirrel expanded from Galicia in Spain to the north of Portugal in the 1980s, […]
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