31 May 2022
A family tries to learn from the mistakes of past generations in this whirlwind memoir from a wholly original new voice. The Caetano’s move into a doomed house in the highway village of Happyland before an inevitable divorce pulls Cody’s parents in separate directions. His mom, Mindimooye, having discovered her Anishinaabe birth family and Sixties […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
28 May 2022
The new United States Ambassador in Lisbon, Randi Charno Levine, completed a three-day official visit to the Azores. The visit, which took place between May 25-27, highlighted the “unique” and “special” role the Azores play in the context of the long relationship between the United States and Portugal. Ambassador Charno Levine was welcomed at Palácio […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, São Miguel, Terceira
26 May 2022
Christoph Kalter examines how European nations were remade by the end of empire, through the history of ‘returning’ settlers from Portuguese Africa. Having built much of their wealth, power, and identities on imperial expansion, how did the Portuguese and, by extension, Europeans deal with the end of empire? Postcolonial People explores the processes and consequences […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World
24 May 2022
Tautly wound and expertly crafted, Two Nights in Lisbon is a riveting thriller about a woman under pressure, and how far she will go when everything is on the line. Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone―no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong. She starts with hotel security, then […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Portugal, World
24 May 2022
By Len Port João Vale de Almeida, the distinguished Portuguese diplomat, currently serving as the European Ambassador to the United Kingdom, is facing the extremely challenging task of trying to reconcile all sides to the bitterly divisive Northern Ireland protocol. Born in Lisbon, he graduated from Lisbon University with a degree in history and then […]
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17 May 2022
The religious celebrations of the 2022 Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [The Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles] will be held on the weekend of May 21-22, in Ponta Delgada city, on São Miguel, Azores. This year’s full calendar of celebrations will fall between Friday (20th) and the Thursday (the 26th) to […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, Religion, São Miguel
