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Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns Community | Judge Luis Matos nominated to Rhode Island Supreme Court Husband The Odyssey | Portuguese Podengo takes center stage in Christopher Nolan
 

Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration – Fall River, MA

Mayor Paul Coogan, in conjunction with the Portas da Cidade Advisory Committee and the Prince Henry Society, will host a special ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Portas da Cidade (City Gates), one of Fall River’s most recognizable symbols of its Azorean heritage.  The celebration will take place Monday, August 31, at 10:30 am […]

Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns – Fall River, MA

The Holy Ghost Festival of New England will be held in Kennedy Park in Fall River, Massachusetts, from August 26–30. Former Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is expected to visit Fall River as a guest of honor for the 40th-anniversary festival celebration, according to reports. The President of the Regional Government of the Azores, […]

Community | Judge Luis Matos nominated to Rhode Island Supreme Court – Providence, RI

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has nominated Superior Court Associate Justice Luis M. Matos, a Portuguese-born jurist with extensive state and federal experience, to serve on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.  Governor McKee said his responsibility was to select someone with “unquestionable qualifications, an impeccable reputation and a strong record in strong and fair judging.” […]

Husband & Wife | Cristiano and Georgina officially married – Cascais, Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal’s most internationally recognized football star, and his longtime partner Georgina Rodríguez were married Tuesday in Cascais, Portugal, in an intimate civil ceremony after nearly a decade together. Born and raised in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Ronaldo chose the Portuguese mainland for the private civil ceremony. Earlier speculation had suggested that […]

The Odyssey | Portuguese Podengo takes center stage in Christopher Nolan’s film – Hollywood, CA

The release of Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, The Odyssey (2026), has brought attention to Argos, a Portuguese Podengo, one of Portugal’s oldest and most cherished native dog breeds. The Podengo joins the cast of The Odyssey, introducing moviegoers worldwide to one of Europe’s oldest surviving hunting breeds and an enduring symbol of loyalty. The […]

Community | Feast of the Blessed Sacrament set for August 1-4 – New Bedford, MA

26 July 2024

The 108th Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is set to take place August 1-4 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is a religious and cultural festivity deeply rooted in Catholic traditions, celebrating the spirit of the New Bedford community, by bringing together shared traditions of faith, family, food, and fun. Established in 1915, by the immigrant community […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Religion, World

Summer Olympics: Portugal represented by 73 athletes in the Paris 2024 – France

25 July 2024

Portugal is represented in the Summer Olympics 2024, by 73 athletes in 15 sports, 36 men and 37 women. Officially branded as Paris2024, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, scheduled for July 26 to August 11, will gather over 10,500 athletes from 206 countries, competing in 32 sports and 329 events.  The Paralympics will occur […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, World

Darrell Kastin: Novel ‘The Undiscovered Island’ back in print – Interview

21 July 2024

By Millicent Borges Accardi The novel, The Undiscovered Island, chronicles the adventures of Julia Castro, who journeys to The Azores after her father goes missing. On the islands, she is introduced to incredible tales of sirens, ghost ships and rumors of a brand new island emerging from the sea, as sort of a sleight-of-hand trick. […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, World

Opinion | Donald Trump return to power concerns European leaders – Len Port

19 July 2024

By Len Port Portugal and other European Union countries are now quietly but increasingly concerned about the prospect of Donald Trump returning as president of the United States and “tearing Europe apart.” Portugal has always fully endorsed the United States and European countries giving large quantities of weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Book | A Thousand Thoughts in Flight | Maria Gabriela Llansol – Editor’s Note

16 July 2024

A remarkable collection of diary entries from cross-genre Portuguese author Maria Gabriela Llansol, which span dozens of diaries and 33 years. Over the course of her life, Maria Gabriela Llansol wrote many thousands of pages. She left behind 70 diaries in all, which began in November 1974 and continued until 2007. Three of them were […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Community | Author Anthony Barcellos has died at age 73 – Sacramento, CA

30 June 2024

Portuguese American author, Anthony Barcellos died at age 73 at the Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Sacramento, California, due to complications following a hemorrhagic stroke. Born in 1951, with roots on Terceira Island, Azores, Barcellos grew up speaking Portuguese. All four of his grandparents emigrated to California where one of his grandfathers managed a […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Terceira, World