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MAPS Announces 2019 Gala Award Recipients Framingham City Councillor Margareth Shepard Named Person of the Year
The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) will honor Framingham City Councillor Margareth Shepard with the MAPS 2019 Person of…
Portuguese Film AL BERTO – Screens at the 23rd Edition of the Ibero-American Film Festival in Boston
The General Consulates of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Venezuela, and the Wentworth Institute of Technology,…
Fado from Portugal with Marco Oliveira, Tânia Oleiro and Sandro Costa
New Voices from Portugal: Fado with Marco Oliveira and Tânia Oleiro Saturday, November 3, 8pm Wiggin Auditorium/Peabody City Hall 24…
Luso-American Bar Association (PABA) was launched in Washington D.C.
Washington D.C. – (Lusa) – The Portuguese-American Bar Association (PABA) was launched on October 6th in Washington DC. Their mission,…
MAPS Announces 2019 Gala Award Recipients Framingham City Councillor Margareth Shepard Named Person of the Year
The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) will honor Framingham City Councillor Margareth Shepard with the MAPS 2019 Person of…
Luso-American Bar Association (PABA) was launched in Washington D.C.
Washington D.C. – (Lusa) – The Portuguese-American Bar Association (PABA) was launched on October 6th in Washington DC. Their mission,…
MAPS Raises Over $41K on First Charity Golf Tournament Benefitting Senior Center
MAPS – The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) raised $40K at its first Chip-In for Charity Golf Tournament benefiting…
PARR Presents Check to Paiva/Flores Children
Portuguese American Road Riders (PARR) raised $13,124 for the benefit of the Paiva/Flores family children. A check was presented to…
Oprah Helps UMass Lowell Raise Over $3 Million for Scholarships
LOWELL, Mass. – UMass Lowell thought it was saving the biggest news of the night for the end. Oprah Winfrey…
João Pedro Pais Will Headline the 2019 IPMA
The International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) has revealed a remarkable performer lineup for the seventh annual award show to be…
Web Summit: Web Creator Defends Contract to Make Internet “Better Place”
Internet creator Tim Berners-Lee defended, in Lisbon, the creation of a “contract” between users, companies, and governments around the world…
Web Summit: Garry Kasparov alerts to ‘massive industry of’ fake news’ “by Vladimir Putin
Former world chess champion and political activist Garry Kasparov warned today of the “fake news” mass industry built by Vladimir…
Portuguese Film AL BERTO – Screens at the 23rd Edition of the Ibero-American Film Festival in Boston
The General Consulates of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Venezuela, and the Wentworth Institute of Technology,…
Fado from Portugal with Marco Oliveira, Tânia Oleiro and Sandro Costa
New Voices from Portugal: Fado with Marco Oliveira and Tânia Oleiro Saturday, November 3, 8pm Wiggin Auditorium/Peabody City Hall 24…
2018 Our Lady of Loreto Feast – Lowell, MA
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer and there are many Portuguese feasts (festivals) taking place in Portuguese communities…
Portuguese Community Of Massachusetts Prepares To Welcome The President of Portugal and Visiting Delegation
The Boston Portuguese Festival, now in its 13th edition, will be holding a first-of-its-kind event—a Day of Portugal Celebration at…
Living Underground
When you hear the phrase “living underground” images of guerrilla fighters or some resistance movement comes to mind. Lone idealists or outlaws removed from the “grid” evading the authorities or…
Suckling Pig Bairrada Style – Who Really Held The Original Recipe?
My father did most of the cooking at our house. I am unsure when this started since my first memories of him was cooking dinner. There were two reasons why…
Cooking Up Portuguese Aromas
Quite often, when discussing our Portuguese culture, it has been said among friends “you could always tell when you have entered a Portuguese home.” So what does that mean? For…
A Portuguese Dentist in New England with a Passion for Wine and a Love for Fado
“No dia de São Martinho vai-se à adega provar o vinho” is an old saying used at this time of year in Portugal. Saint Martin’s day, on November 11th, is…
Don’t Skip Santa Maria Island
With Santa Maria being the southernmost island in the Azores, it has the driest and the warmest climate in the archipelago, hence the nickname “A Ilha do Sol” (The Island…
Lori Loureiro Trahan the First Luso-American Congresswoman Elected to the US House of Representatives
LOWELL – Democrat Lori Loureiro Trahan won the Massachusetts Congressional election last night, becoming first Massachusetts appointed Luso American and the first Luso American woman Representative to the US Congress.…
TAP carries 1.4 million passengers during October 2018
TAP carries 1.4 million passengers during October European routes grow by 6% Number of passengers of flights to the Azores and Madeira increase by 13% Connections to Africa carry 10%…
USA / Elections: Luso-American elected attorney general in Rhode Island where seven other Luso-descendants have won
Peter F. Neronha won the election for Attorney General in Rhode Island by a substantial margin, confirming the Democrat’s favoritism in a state where also another seven Luso-descendants have won…
Santa Maria: The Underrated Azorean Island
Usually, when people think of the Azores, Santa Maria doesn’t cross their mind. Unless you’re from there or know someone who is, chances are you’ve never even heard of it.…
Katia Guerreiro Presents Her New Album “Sempre”
Fado singer Katia Guerreiro presents her latest album “Sempre”, on Friday night, in Carnaxide, on the outskirts of Lisbon, whose starting point was the traditional melodies of fado, she told Lusa.…
