14 March 2012
The Diocese of Fall River, MA, announced that the 150 year old St. John the Baptist Parish, the oldest Portuguese parish established in North America, will close soon due to financial problems, a significant decline in parishioners and the building falling apart. According to the announcement, the New Bedford struggling parish will merge with another […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations
13 March 2012
Lisbon-based Luso American Development Foundation (FLAD) has announced the creation of the Portuguese language learning project “Reading in Portuguese” [Ler em Português] which objective is to support the teaching and learning of Portuguese at the high school level in public and private schools the United States. According to the project, teams of teachers and students […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, Scholarships
12 March 2012
By John Howard Wolf ♦ But there are plenty of opinions around offering (for a high fee) solutions to the current Portuguese crisis. “Oh, yes,” they reply, “It’s bad everywhere.” But I’m not everywhere else, I am here in Portugal! That’s the first hurdle to pass, evasive relativisms, and defensive nationalisms. Somewhere along the way […]
11 March 2012
The Portuguese film “Blood of My Blood,” written and directed by João Canijo, received Sunday the Grand Jury Discretionary Prize at the 29th Miami Film Festival (MIFF). The distinction includes a cash award of $5,000 by the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Bonsái, the Chilean drama based on the novel by Alejandro Zambra […]
Posted in Awards, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal, Spotlight, World
10 March 2012
Filipa Sousa singing, Vida Minha, a song in the Portuguese fado style, was the finalist Saturday, by televote, of the 48th Festival da Canção promoted by the Portuguese national broadcaster Rádio Televisão Portuguesa (RTP). The winner song will represent Portugal at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku (Azerbaijan). The Azerbaijani song was […]
Posted in Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Music, People, Portugal
10 March 2012
Recurrent seismic activity on Graciosa island was considered to be above normal according to the Center of Volcanology and Geological Risk Assessment (CVARG)at the University of the Azores. Three seismic events, magnitudes II and III on the modified Mercalli scale, were felt during the week in the southwestern areas of Almas, Guadalupe, Ribeirinha and Pedras Brancas on the island. […]
Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Graciosa, Pico, São Jorge, São Miguel, Spotlight
