15 July 2012
The third stop of the 2012 World Series Red Bull Cliff Diving competition will take place Saturday, July 21, on the São Miguel island, in the Azores. Two dives will be performed by 14 athletes from 11 different countries, straight from the rocks off the small islet of Vila Franca do Campo. Diving directly off […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Portugal, São Miguel, Sports, World
14 July 2012
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England UPNE), released publication of Maiden and Modest: A Renaissance Pastoral Romance by Portuguese Renaissance author Bernardim Ribeiro (1482?–1552?). Maiden and Modest (1554) [Menina e Moça] is the first Iberian pastoral romance, a feminine narrative that is a revealing meditation on love […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
12 July 2012
The Women’s Tuna [Tuna Feminina] from the School of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal, will perform on Saturday, July 28, at 7pm, at the community center of the Saint Anthony Church, located at 400 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, Cambridge, MA. A University Tuna [Tuna Académica] is a traditional musical performing group, formed by university students, […]
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12 July 2012
The Anthology of Film Archives is presenting “It’s Earth Not the Moon” [É a Terra Não a Lua] by Portuguese director Gonçalo Tocha. The screenings is scheduled for 7:30pm, Friday, July 13, at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC. Released in 2012, the feature was the winner of the Golden Gate Award, for Best Documentary […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Corvo, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal
11 July 2012
The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and the Portuguese and Lusophone Film Series at UMass Dartmouth announce the screening of Trip to Portugal (2011), directed by Sérgio Trèfaut. The event—free and open to the public—will take place on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the Main Auditorium, parking lot 4. Trip to […]
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10 July 2012
The 2012 International Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Conference: Innovation in Education and Language Learning will be held in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal on September 6 and 7, 2012. The 2012 UDL Conference provides a venue for international collaboration, innovation in 21st century education, as well as thinking about the latest information in research, policy and educational […]
Posted in Azores, Conferences, Education, Featured, Organizations, São Miguel
