Portuguese American Journal

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1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony 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
 

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

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 […]

Irene Marques: On women’s voices and cultural identity – Interview

02 April 2014

By Millicent Borges Accardi At the age of twenty, Irene Marques migrated from mainland Portugal to Canada and now lives in Toronto where she teaches in the English Department at Ryerson University and in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University. A bilingual writer, educator and researcher, she has led an interesting […]

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Film: “The Gilded Cage” debuts at the Museum of Modern Art – NY, NY

02 April 2014

The Arte Institute is presenting the screening of the French-Portuguese production “The Gilded Cage,” at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, on April 12, at 4pm. With director Ruben Alves and actors Joaquim de Almeida and Rita Blanco attending, the event is sold out. Based on the lives of a Portuguese immigrant […]

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Update: Madeleine McCann’s case in a right old muddle – by Len Port

28 March 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) News of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann seems to be going round in circles. ‘Revelations’ turn out to be old stories recycled. ‘Key suspects’ come and go and are then brought back again. ‘New leads’ seem to be leading nowhere. The British newspaper Mirror on March 25 declared: […]

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Book: Author Anthony De Sa to launch “Kicking the Sky” – Providence, RI

27 March 2014

Portuguese-Canadian author Anthony De Sa will be in Providence, RI, to present his book Kicking the Sky, on April 1, at 6pm, at the Providence Athenaeum, located at 251 Benefit Street. Sponsored by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, at Brown University, the session will be conducted by professor Leonor Simas-Almeida,  Senior Lecturer and […]

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Posted in Azores, Books, Canada, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal

Poem: The Broken Foot – By George Monteiro

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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Film: “The Gilded Cage” presented at the Cinéfranco Film Festival – Toronto, CA

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 […]

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