28 February 2013
Preliminary data from a survey being conducted online, by the Washington based Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS), has shown that Americans of Portuguese descent reject being classified as Hispanic. The objective of the survey was “to gauge the overall sentiment of the Portuguese-American community” on the issue relating to news that the “US […]
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28 February 2013
Portuguese illustrator, André Carrilho, was invited to give his personal touch to the Vanity Fair’s March issue devoted to Hollywood. Carrilho, who has collaborated with Vanity Fair for the last eight years, will follow after Miguel Covarrubias, who did the original illustrations in 1933, and Robert Risko, who upgraded the magazine in 1995. For the Hollywood […]
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27 February 2013
The Fringe Festival Azores will be held June 10-30, 2013, in the town of Madalena, Pico Island, Azores, as part of the International Fringe Festival network. The first ever of its kind in the Azores, the international festival will be hosted by Mirateca Arts Association (MAA), the organizer of the event, in partnership with Madalena’s […]
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27 February 2013
Urban City Guides online has named Lisbon fourth in its top 10 list of the most beautiful cities in the world to visit after Venice, Paris and Prague. Considering Lisbon one of the world’s “most scenic cities,” Urban City Guides describes the Portuguese capital as being, “Magnificently sited on a series of hills running down to the grand […]
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26 February 2013
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) At about one-hour drive north of Lisbon, the town of Tomar occupies a special place in the history of Portugal and the world. Built inside the walls of the Castle of Tomar, one of the finest examples of 12th Century military architecture, the original medieval town was established in 1159 on […]
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26 February 2013
Members of the Portuguese community are gathering outside the Boston Public Library, Saturday, March 2, at 6 pm, in solidarity with people back home, to protest against the severe austerity measures being implemented by Portugal’s center-right government led by Prime Minister Passos Coelho. Protesters in Boston are joining a day of demonstrations which will also […]
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