10 February 2013
By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) There’s a warm and winning group of singers and musicians evoking the fado in Manhattan, at the Alfama restaurant on E 52nd St. While Newark, NJ is the place to hear big, bustling fado–in larger venues, with lots of singers–Alfama gives you a chance to hear and feel this music […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Music, People, Portugal
09 February 2013
Portugal has just been named by travel guide Globe Spots, number one in their top 10 list of countries to travel in 2013. According to Globe Spots, Portugal “oozes ‘old European charm” and history: “Medieval towns and historical quarters are full of squares, churches and monasteries. Narrow lanes are flanked by old skew houses with […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Portugal, Travel, World
08 February 2013
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), has announced the publication of Brazil at the Dawn of the Eighteenth Century by André João Antonil, edited and translated by Charles R. Boxer, completing a partial translation begun by Charles R. Boxer, with a preface by Stuart B. Schwartz. […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Education, Featured, Heritage, Portugal
08 February 2013
Portuguese artist, Filipe Andrade, is the main illustrator for the new Captain Marvel series, by Marvel Comics, dedicated to fictional superhero Carol Danvers. Illustrations of Carol Danvers by Andrade were featured in the Captain Marvel #9 issue and will appear again in the Captain Marvel #10 issue on sale February 20. Filipe Andrade, 27, has been collaborating for Marvel Comics […]
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07 February 2013
For Jamie Miles, editorial assistant at More magazine, the island of Flores, in the Azores, is one the world’s 18 most “exotic destinations for a sexy couple’s getaway.” In broad strokes, Flores is described as “the western-most island in the Azores archipelago off the coast of Portugal. The island gets its name from the wild […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Flores, Heritage, Life Style, Travel
07 February 2013
The movie adaption of bestselling novel, Night Train to Lisbon, by Pascal Mercier, will have its world premiere, February 7-17, at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. The top prize will be awarded by a seven-member jury under Chinese director Wong Kar-wai, presiding over 19 film submissions. Last year’s Golden Bear went to Caesar Must […]
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