01 February 2013
Starting Saturday, February 2, a U.S. delegation will be visiting Lisbon and Terceira island to look into future business opportunities, following the recent U.S. Air Force decision to downsize its military presence on the island. In a statement to Lusa, the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon said that, a delegation from the group Business Executives for […]
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31 January 2013
The launching of the anthology “The Dabneys: A Bostonian Family in the Azores 1806-1871,” will take place in a series of events to be held, February 16-21, in four Massachusetts and Rhode Island institutions. The anthology, based on translations of records originally compiled by Roxana Lewis in 1899, was privately published for the family as […]
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31 January 2013
The Ernesto de Sousa Scholarship program is accepting applications for its annual award for the best original project in the field of experimental intermedia art. Applicants must be of Portuguese nationality and have a good grasp of the English language. The designation of “experimental intermedia creation” encompasses any creative proposal associating image, sound and movement, […]
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30 January 2013
On Monday, U.S. surfer Garrett McNamara, 45, rode in Nazaré, Portugal, the largest swell ever ridden by a surfer. Apparently, he sailed down from the top of a 100 feet wave, at Praia do Norte, a shoreline known to professional surfers to produce some of the biggest waves in the world. In November 2011, over […]
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29 January 2013
The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College, MA, presents an exhibition displaying nanban trade art influenced by the arrival Portuguese missionaries and merchants in Japan, during the 16th and 17th centuries, the first Europeans known to have reached Japan in recorded history. Titled, “Portugal, Jesuits, and Japan: Spiritual Beliefs and Earthly Goods” the exhibition […]
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28 January 2013
Portuguese-American, Senate President, Teresa Paiva-Weed remains opposed to the bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, despite the House of Representatives’ overwhelming vote in favor last week. The measure would make Rhode Island the 10th state to allow gay marriage. Rhode Island is the only state in New England that has not legalized same-sex marriage. Paiva […]
