11 May 2012
By Kathi Stafford ♦ Phil Jourdan is a musician, translator, and fiction writer originally from Portugal. He now lives in the UK, where he is completing work on a doctorate at Warwick University. His new book, Praise of Motherhood, is a heartbreaking look at the loss of his mother Sophia to an unexpected brain aneurysm. The […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Music, People, Portugal, World
10 May 2012
Portuguese fashion designers for ready-to-were Lanidor Group have created new outfits for the Barbie doll. They joined the list of 70 fashion designers worldwide who have in the past created outfits for the fashionista Barbie. Three Lanidor’s designers were invited to create three new trendy outfits for the fashion sensation doll: one “casual,” one party-going style […]
Posted in Fashion, Featured, Life Style, Portugal
10 May 2012
TAP Air Portugal has canceled about 30 flights to and from domestic and Western European destinations on Friday, May 11, due to the planned start of a five-day series of partial air controller strikes. The national flag carrier airliner announced on its web site, late Wednesday, that it was contacting all passengers to find flight […]
09 May 2012
Author João Figueiredo, a graduate student in economics and marketing at the University of the Azores, will present his new book “O Mais Capital Com as Relações Públicas” [The Added Capital and Public Relations], on May 11, at 7:00pm, at Casa dos Açores da Nova Inglaterra (CANI), 232 South Main St., Fall River,MA. A lecture […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Heritage, People, Santa Maria, São Miguel
09 May 2012
By David Mendonça ♦ António Zambujo is in the United States for a brief tour to promote his fifth record, “Quinto”, representing the continuation of his evolution from singer of the Canto Alentejano, to a musician (clarinet, viola do fado) and singer of fado. Tonight (May 9) he is performing in Cambridge, MA, at the Regattabar; followed […]
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09 May 2012
Former Portuguese President Mário Soares called on the opposition Socialists Tuesday to turn their back on the EU-IMF bailout austerity accord, saying the situation had changed, as the party’s leader announced he would relaunch an EU growth and jobs initiative in parliament. Soares, the founder of the Portuguese Socialist Party, told newspaper “i” the party […]
