01 April 2013
A team of ecologists from the Furnas Monitoring and Research Centre (CMIF), based on São Miguel island, Azores, will speak Tuesday, April 2, at 6:00, Buzzards Bay Center, 114 Front St., downtown New Bedford, about the challenges of protecting and restoring Lagoa das Furnas [Furnas Lake]. The event, hosted by the Buzzards Bay Coalition, is free […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, São Miguel
28 March 2013
By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Anthony Barcellos is bilingual in Portuguese and English, and he grew up on his grandparents’ dairy farm in Porterville, California. Currently, he lives in Davis, California and is a math professor at American River College in Sacramento. I feel much kinship with him. He was a first generation college student […]
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26 March 2013
Portugal’s Finance Minister, Vitor Gaspar, visited Washington Monday for meetings with the new US Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York President, William C. Dudley, and Terrance Checki vice president. On Tuesday, after addressing the Brooking Institution, Gaspar held a meeting with Christine Lagarde, the head of the of […]
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23 March 2013
The University of Massachusetts Lowell will establish a new cultural and academic center as a resource for the university and community to explore and celebrate the history and contributions of Portuguese people in the United States and abroad. The center will sponsor local events, offer study-abroad programs and coordinate faculty collaborations with Portuguese universities in […]
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21 March 2013
The Luso-American Education Foundation (East) and Lesley University are pleased to announce the 24th Portuguese Language and Cultures Conference to be held this year on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bridging the Past with the Present and the Future: Contributions, Connections & Communities is the theme of this conference and […]
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21 March 2013
The Brown University Jazz Band, based in Providence, RI, is performing two concerts on São Miguel island, Azores, this week. Under the direction of Matthew McGarrell, the performances are scheduled to take place in Ribeira Grande, at Teatro Ribeiragrandense, on March 22, and at Coliseu Micaelense, in Ponta Delgada, on March 23. The old style, […]
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