16 February 2013
Born on Pico Island, of Portugal’s Azores Islands, sometime between 1830 and 1840, Joseph Silvey began whaling when he was just 12 years old. In 1860, when Silvey came to the British Columbia coast on a whaling schooner, he decided to jump ship to try his hand at gold-mining. From harpooning whales in small open […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Genealogy, People, Pico, Portugal
16 February 2013
The Portuguese government has honored former Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), with the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry, in a ceremony held in Washingotn DC, at the residence of the Ambassador of Portugal Nuno Brito. The grandson of Portuguese immigrants from the Azores, Cardoza served for a decade in the U.S. House […]
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15 February 2013
The former President of the Regional Government of the Azores, Carlos César, will be bestowed the Grã-Cruz da Ordem Militar de Cristo [Military Order of Christ] by the President of Portugal, Cavaco Silva, for his distinguished career as a public servant. One of the oldest and highest honors bestowed by the Portuguese Government, the Grã-Cruz […]
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14 February 2013
The February 2013 catalogue of the upscale women’s apparel retail chain Anthropologie is featuring a new line of clothing design inspired by Portuguese themes and styles, with images captured on site in Portugal (view slide show). Throughout the whole Spring collection, the discriminating fashionista will find a profusion of Portuguese suggestive motifs, details and textures. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Anthropologie […]
Posted in Fashion, Featured, Heritage, Home & Garden, Life Style, Portugal
14 February 2013
By Richard Simas,Contributor (*) Mix traditional Eastern European Klezmer tunes such as bulgaryas, freylaks, horas, and niguns with strains of samba, salsa, and tango, and you have Jewish music, South American style. Add Berber sounds from the deserts, new-jazz inflected original compositions from Israel and Brooklyn, a cumbia style dance-band, and Brazilian choirs and you […]
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13 February 2013
Eça de Queiroz is considered to be Portugal’s greatest novelist. Dedalus has embarked on a project of making all his major works available in English in new translations by Margaret Jull Costa. In this volume, comprising one short novel and six short stories, the reader is introduced to a dazzling variety of worlds and characters: a […]
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