“Faustino Way” from Pico to El Dorado – California
Faustino da Silva was born in the island of Pico in the Azores, on October 10, 1900. He arrived in the United States at 19 years old to settled in the Sacramento area, California. After moving around...
View ArticleBecoming an Americano-Luso
By John Howard Wolf, Guest Editor — “Why did you do it”, my neighbors, friends and locals ask me when they would have done just the opposite. You left America, a country where “the streets are paved in...
View ArticleYoung professionals will look for opportunities abroad – Azores
Young professionals will leave the Azores in the near future to seek job opportunities abroad in richer European countries or will “rediscover the Americas,” warned the Luso-Canadian immigration expert...
View ArticleManuel Rosa: Surprising revelations about Columbus’ true identity – Interview
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Manuel Rosa has written three books revealing new details about Columbus remarkable life under a secret identity. If proven to be right, what Manuel Rosa has uncovered...
View ArticleJAZZORES’11 Festival – Azores
The JAZZORES’11 Festival opens Friday in Ponta Delgada. The festival, which runs jazz concerts from October 21 to October 30, extends to four islands, São Miguel, Faial, Pico and Graciosa, in an effort...
View ArticleBook: South of the Cannons: Portuguese Families of Stonington, Connecticut –...
By Carolina Matos, Editor ♦ Genealogist Henrietta Mello Mayer, 82, has spent most of her adult life researching Portuguese genealogy in the Borough of Stonington, specifically the community of South...
View ArticleBook: “Sopas” the Feast of the Holy Ghost by Lewis White – Review
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Lewis A. White, 66, the author of Sopas: A brief History of Portuguese Islanders, the Cape Cod Town of Falmouth, and the Feast of the Holy Ghost (2012) , is a native of...
View ArticleCuisine: “Simply Ming” heads to the Azores – Travel
Food cooked in a volcanic geyser, fish from the deep Atlantic and sweet bread, these are just a few of the delights that award-winning chef Ming Tsai explores during a trip overseas to the Azores, part...
View ArticleTravel: Restoring and preserving the original ecosystem of Furnas Lake – Azores
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) The people of the Azores are becoming more conscious about the effects of pollution on the ecosystems of their islands and are taking action to restore the balance between...
View ArticleMusic: JAZZORES’12 International Festival opens in Ponta Delgada – Azores
The JAZZORES’12 International Festival opens November 16 in Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel island, Azores. The festival will run jazz concerts through November 16, 17 and 18. This year the festival will...
View ArticleTravel: How to win a free trip and stay in a Youth Hostel – Azores
If you are young and love the Azores, this challenge is for you. You are eligible to enter the ultimate contest. Just follow the steps which are very simple. According to the Azores Youth Hostels...
View ArticleFrank X. Gaspar a much beloved writer – Interview
By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) I met Frank X. Gaspar at a writers conference about fifteen years ago after a friend of mine said, “You’re Portuguese? You two should talk.” After that, we kept in...
View ArticleBook: The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey by Jean Barman –...
Born on Pico Island, of Portugal’s Azores Islands, sometime between 1830 and 1840, Joseph Silvey began whaling when he was just 12 years old. In 1860, when Silvey came to the British Columbia coast on...
View ArticleArts: International Fringe Festival to take place on Pico Island – Azores
The Fringe Festival Azores will be held June 10-30, 2013, in the town of Madalena, Pico Island, Azores, as part of the International Fringe Festival network. The first ever of its kind in the Azores,...
View ArticleBook: The Conjurer & Other Azorean Tales – By Darrell Kastin – Review
By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Darrell Kastin is a Portuguese-American writer who is making quite a name for himself. Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1957, much of his writing focuses on his...
View ArticlePico: Hosting 4th Franklin D. Roosevelt Azorean Forum – Azores
The Azores are hosting the ‘4th Franklin D. Roosevelt Azorean Forum’ taking place April 9-10, at the Lajes do Pico Whaling Museum, Pico island. The Forum is co-sponsored by the Government of the...
View Article‘Saudade’: Miriam Winthrop’s pursuit for lost meanings in the Azores – Interview
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Miriam Winthrop is a molecular biologist by training and the author of Saudade, her debut novel inspired by the pursuit for her long lost Portuguese heritage. She started...
View ArticlePico: Cella Bar winner of the ArchDaily Hospitality Architecture Award – Azores
The Cella Bar & Restaurant, built in the Madalena town of Pico island, is the winner of the 2016 ArchDaily Building of the Year Award for the Hospitality Architecture Category. Built in 2015, over...
View ArticleSports: The 2017 Azores Trail Run is open to participants – Azores
The 2017 Azores Trail Run (ATR) will be held on Faial and Pico islands on May 24-28. The registration deadline is April 30, 2017. In its fourth edition, the international sports competition consists of...
View ArticleAzores Day: Celebrations honored 38 personalities and institutions – Pico,...
The ‘Day of the Azores’ was celebrated on Monday, May 21, in the municipality of Madalena, Pico island, honoring 23 personalities, five of them posthumously, and 15 regional institutions, bestowed with...
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