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07/09/2024

Bestselling Portuguese-American author Katherine Vaz is coming to the New Bedford Whaling Museum Sept. 19 to discuss her latest novel 'Above the Salt.'

02/09/2024

Here you can see and hear the Portuguese National Guard Cavalry band …

25/08/2024

17 de Agosto 2024
Lajes do Pico
Açores

25/08/2024

Bom dia, bom dia...

Hoje foi dia de começar bem cedo ;)
Cordas World Music Festival
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25/08/2024

Beatriz Azevedo shows her humble pride for being the first woman skipper to win the male sailing regatta in the whaling village of Lajes do Pico. She explains that she used her techniques against the mild northeasterly winds to win. But she humbly admits that, though she was always in the thick of the battle for first, her biggest adversary was the ever changing winds in the heart of the Silveira Bay as she headed for the finish line. That is a summery of what she said in Portuguese and not a literal translation.

25/08/2024

Saturday, 24 of August, Beatriz Azevedo became the first woman skipper to win the male sailing regatta of the Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, organized by the Clube Nautico das Lajes do Pico.
The 26-year-old, Bea, as she is widely known locally, valiantly competed for the lead in the first leg against the wind, trading places several times with the closest challenger, also from Clube Nautico das Lajes do Pico. But in the final stretch, Bea, a first time competitor in this regatta, was able to out manoeuvre four of her closest competitors to become the first ever women skipper to win this regatta. Though her crew has only been together for three years, and since the regatta was canceled in the last two years due to weather conditions, this was the first time they raced here.
Filipe Fernandes, the skipper with whom she battled for most of the regatta, ended up finishing fourth, but still taking the Pico island championship for the second straight year. But if a Pico boat had finished second instead of Capelinhos from Faial island, Bea and her crews would have been the Pico island champions.
Bea was obviously delighted with the win and it shows in the pictures and the video interview. But she modestly said that she used her technique as best she could against the northeasterly winds that were quite misleading in the heart of the Silveira bay, as it changed directions without warning and made it very difficult to deal with.
In all, 26 boats fought for the title the boat Maria Celeste won. But it was a hard fought battle the entire course, with Maria Armanda and it changing places several times.

24/08/2024

Chefe Telmo from Uma Casa restaurant in San Francisco, California enjoys cooking at Iguarias Bagaço in Lajes do Pico during the whalers’ week in the village.

24/08/2024

“It has a lot of twists and turns and is tied in with the Portuguese and Cape Verdean cultures,” said first-time author Paul Rooney.