Monday, 9 June 2008 – 6:38 am
“Ferry Street leads to Portugal”:http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1212986124219180.xml&coll=1
Man on the street recap of this past weekend’s festival. I was also happy to see some festival photos added to the “Newark, NJ Flickr group”:http://flickr.com/groups/newarknj.
The Twitter stream for “#portugalday”:http://summize.com/search?q=%23portugalday was pretty weak, though. That means one of two things: either it really was too techie for most people, [...]
Saturday, 7 June 2008 – 9:00 am
So, we really puzzled over a way to share the Portugal Day Festival experience here on the blog. Truth be told, from the art shows this week, to the festival tonight, to the parade tomorrow, there are so many things to experience that we just couldn’t possibly attend them all.
But you can. This weekend, [...]
Thursday, 5 June 2008 – 4:16 pm
“Mayor Booker Reminds Portuguese Festival Revelers that the City of Newark Will Enforce Laws on Public Drinking”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/06/05/mayor-booker-reminds-portuguese-festival-revelers-that-the-city-of-newark-will-enforce-laws-on-public-drinking/
Nice! City Hall has issued a warning to “Portugal Day Festival”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/13/portugal-day-festival-2008/ revelers that irresponsible drinking and the display of large flags — a culturally sensitive issue — will not be tolerated at the festival. So, in other [...]
Tuesday, 3 June 2008 – 6:12 am
“Official Portugal Day 2008 Program”:http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IronboundNewarkBlog/~3/303252775/
Ironman at the Ironbound Blog has posted the schedule of events leading up to this weekend’s Portugal Day parade and festival. Judging by the discussion in our “2008 Festival Survival Guide”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/13/portugal-day-festival-2008/, if you _really_ want to experience Portuguese culture, a good bet would be to check out a mid-week art [...]
Friday, 23 May 2008 – 4:52 pm
“Mayor Booker to Commemorate NFL Great Andre Tippett’s Return Home to Newark”:http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/press/press_releases/press_releasemayor_booker_to_commemorate_.php
NFL Hall of Fame Inductee Andre Tippett will lead this year’s African American Heritage Parade.
His induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August will make Tippett the first athlete ever from the City of Newark to receive such an accolade. He [...]
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 – 3:55 pm
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It’s true, despite rumors to the contrary, the Portugal Day Festival and Parade _will_ take place on the weekend of June 7th — mark your calendars. This is one of the biggest cultural festivals in the state, drawing a half-a-million people to Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood for music, food, drinks and great times.
New to the [...]
Tuesday, 22 April 2008 – 8:01 am
“Newark comes to the rescue of Portugal Day Festival”:http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1208838975176980.xml&coll=1
Organizers threatened to cancel the state’s largest ethnic festival due to lack of communication and support from Newark officials, but council members approved an ordinance last week that changed that.
Councilman Augusto Amador introduced the ordinance, which calls for organizers to pay an initial 20 percent of the [...]
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 – 6:25 am
Update: The festival is happening this year, June 7th and 8th! Check out directions, our survival guide, and photos of past festivals.
??Star Ledger??: “City’s Portugal Day a tradition in limbo under new policy”:http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/essex/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1208061319215390.xml&coll=1
After 28 years, Newark’s Portugal Day festival may be canceled due to lack of support and communication from the city, organizers say.
The [...]
Friday, 15 June 2007 – 11:24 am
Gallery Aferro’s contribution to the Newark Arts & Music Festival was a film projection onto the back of the old Hahnes building, above the sculpture park. We have had mobile, outdoor film events in development for some time at Aferro, and are soon going to be able to start ofering them to the people of [...]
Thursday, 14 June 2007 – 11:54 am
The “Newark Arts Festival”:http://www.newarkartsfest.com took place last weekend. We headed over “after walking through the Portugal Day festival”:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/06/09/portugal-day-festival-survival-guide/ across town in the Ironbound.
The atmosphere was not surprisingly (but nonetheless jarringly) cool and casual compared to the raucous outdoor club scene on Ferry Street. My wife and I walked across from the Washington Street [...]
Saturday, 9 June 2007 – 12:30 pm
It’s Portugal Day! You’re just gearing up to make the trek into the Ironbound for what promises to be a half-mile of food, fun and friends. To make the day that much more enjoyable, we’ve compiled some tips you’ll want to check out before you head into the city.
# *Don’t drive into the [...]
Saturday, 9 June 2007 – 6:35 am
??WNYC?? has an audio piece covering the Ironbound’s Portuguese and Brazilian heritage and the Portugal Day festival which, by the looks of things on Ferry Street, is already well underway: “The Ironbound: The Past, Present and Future of Newark’s Portuguese Community”:http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/80178.
We’ve got the audio feed linked below, so just press play to hear the story:
For [...]
Tuesday, 5 June 2007 – 8:11 am
??Star Ledger??: “Newark redefines its policies for huge Portuguese festival”:http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1181018076176330.xml&coll=1. The Ledger details some of the changes we “reported earlier”:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/04/06/mr-booker-leaves-lisbon/ in their financial support of the “Portugal Day festival”:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/05/16/june-9-10-portugal-day-2007-in-the-ironbound/. From a fiscal responsibility perspective, this just makes sense: the festival should be self-sustaining. Despite financial troubles — every year is the “last [...]
Monday, 4 June 2007 – 6:00 pm
[ Saturday, 9 June 2007; 10:00 am to 10:00 pm. ] Looks like it’s going to be a busy weekend in Newark! At the same time Ferry Street will be packed with bands, vendors and food carts for the “Portugal Day Festival”:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/05/16/june-9-10-portugal-day-2007-in-the-ironbound/, the “Newark Arts Festival”:http://newarkartsfest.com/go/ will be taking place over in the neighborhood of Halsey Village between Washington Street and New Street.
This festival has [...]
