15 May 2011
The New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has established a business partnership with Portugal based Corque Design, a producer of cork products and accessories owned by renowned industrial designer Ana Mestre, the 33 year old Corque Design’s founder and manager. Corque Design’s creations, conceived and created by Ana Mestre for innovation and sustainability, are on […]
Posted in Awards, Featured, Home & Garden, Life Style, People
15 May 2011
Portuguese American pop singer Katy Perry made the cover of June’s “Vanity Fair” magazine. In her interview for the magazine she talks about her marriage, career, fame, religious views and much more. She revealed she had a difficult time growing up with her overzealous Evangelical parents that wouldn’t allow their children to listen to secular music or […]
Posted in Azores, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Interviews, Music, People
14 May 2011
By Carolina Matos, Editor — For the first time, the Portuguese American resident community in New York City is celebrating the Day of Portugal — a day dedicate to honor the Portuguese Heritage and boast ethnic pride – with a race event taking place on Sunday, June 19, at the Central Park. The Day of […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Sports
14 May 2011
Figures from Lisbon based National Statistics Institute (INE) revealed Friday that Portugal has entered into a double–dip recession, with the economy contracting 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2011. The Portuguese economy grew 1.4 percent in 2010 but shrank 0.6 percent in the final quarter. It contracted 2.7 percent in 2009. The IMF had […]
13 May 2011
Eddie Vedder, of Seattle rock band Pearl Jam, is releasing “Ukulele Songs” a solo album consisting only of songs performed on the ukulele. The ukulele is a small four string guitar introduced in America by Portuguese immigrants from Madeira. The album will be out on May 31st. Vedder will release sixteen songs, including thirteen original songs […]
Posted in Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Music
13 May 2011
A team of Portuguese computer systems engineers has developed software which enables automatic analysis and validation of mammograms. The research and development team is associated with Portugal’s Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto (INESC Porto), and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP). The software, Semantic PACS, can be incorporated […]
