Vila do Porto, Azores, Nov 30, 2021 (Lusa) – The president of the Azores Government, José Manuel Bolieiro, revealed today that the region will require a negative test for covid-19 to passengers coming from abroad, just as will happen in the arrivals to the Portuguese mainland. “With regard to the…
Author: Feligénio Medeiros
Feligénio Medeiros
Feligenio Medeiros is the co-founder and editor of the digital magazine FEEL PORTUGAL IN THE USA. In July 2013 he, along with David Mendonça, co-founded the Portuguese-American Cultural Exchange, Inc. (PaceFado.com) a non-profit organization that engages US and Portuguese cultures through fado music. In 2012 he launched the website FadoNight.com, an online resource to identify venues featuring live fado in the US and PortugueseDishes.com a site dedicated to promoting Portuguese food and the Portuguese restaurants in New England. Feligenio is one of the founders of the Woburn Residents’ Environmental Network. In 2003 he started the Woburn Summer Concert Series, which continues to this day. He is a former owner of the Vellucci Insurance Agency, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a business that he owned until 2008. Feligenio’s digital media and web design experience expressed on his extended website portfolio featuring Portuguese restaurants, clubs, and organizations. He is also a passionate professional photographer specializing in food photography, fado events and performers. Feligenio is a US citizen and a native of the Azores Islands.
Brussels, Nov 25, 2021 (Lusa) – Portugal mainland and the Azores were today placed in the high-risk category for covid-19 on the map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which supports decisions on travel in the European Union, joining Madeira. After last week, Madeira had moved…
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Nov 23, 2021 (Lusa) – The inhabitants of Fajã de São João, on the Azorean island of São Jorge, can now move out of the area via an old access road to that area, the mayor of Calheta told Lusa today. Décio Pereira said that the path “bypasses the collapse”…
Starting October 1st, time limits and restrictions of numbers in restaurants and cafes, bars were lifted, and nightclubs are also reopen. On the 23rd of September, Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, announced that the country will lift almost all remaining COVID-19 restrictions from the 1st of October. This announcement follows…
Sara Correia’s music album “Do Coração” is among the Latin Grammy nominees for “Best Portuguese Speaking Roots Music Album”. Today, the Latin Recording Academy® announced the nominees for the 22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®, the preeminent international honor and the only peer-selected award celebrating excellence in Latin music. The Latin…
O Dinis Restaurant (Photo: FeelPortugal.com/Feligénio Medeiros) It’s not often that I come to East Providence on a Monday afternoon during rush hour. The 61-mile trip usually takes me about one hour when in light traffic, during rush hour it’s more like two hours. Well, it was a Monday night and…
It’s not every day one gets to hear the unique sounds of Fado of Coimbra in the United States. Well, this is one of those days. Those who attended the May 11, 2019 concert at the Igreja do Espirito Santo in Fall River will not soon forget. Igreja do Espirito…
Zeiterion Performance Arts Center is hosting the Street Festa – Viva Portugal on Saturday, May 4. This year’s 4th edition of the festival brings once again the tastes, sights, and sounds of Portuguese culture and heritage to downtown New Bedford. The event is free, and you don’t have to be…
Portuguese guitarist Marta Pereira da Costa will perform at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 8:00 pm. This is Marta’s first US debut as a headliner. Marta toured the US in 2013 and again in 2014 with Rodrigo Costa Félix…
A group of Ribeira Grandenses from New England will participate with about thirty other local groups in the 25th anniversary of Cantar às Estrelas (Singing to the Stars), in Ribeira Grande, São Miguel. The event takes place on Friday, February 1, 2019, and starts at 7 pm. The groups will travel…
The Grupo de Fados de Medicina do Porto plans to return to the US between the 10th and 25th of April 2019 for another tour. This time their plans are to visit and perform for the Portuguese communities in California. In order to accomplish this goal, they are appealing to…
A recent visit to the Cabral family home during the Christmas Season was a wonderful treat. When Germano Cabral came to the door he was wearing a festive holiday jacket with Santa Claus printed all over it. Underneath the jacket, he wore a sweatshirt that said: “As long as I…
[accordions] [accordion title=”Ver artigo em Português” load=”hide”] “Gostaria de agradecer à organização PPAO – Peabody Portuguese American Organizations – e a todos os que estão hoje aqui presentes. A comunidade portuguesa na área consular de Boston é muito ativa e tem muitas razões para celebrar o que foi realizado no…
[accordions] [accordion title=”Ver artigo em Português” load=”hide”] Conhecida como a primeira festa do verão, a Festa da Santíssima Trindade, é uma das tradições portuguesas da cidade de Lowell, MA, que se realizou nos dias 26, 27 e 28 de maio. Este evento de três dias reuniu jovens e idosos à…
When I learned that Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown was airing a travel and food show in Porto, Portugal it brought back memories of the first time I visited Porto and came face to face with a real “Francesinha”. Porto, the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon, is located along the…