FILM:

Screenings at the National Park Visitor Center

5:30 pm: "A Talking Picture"/ Um Filme Falado (2003)

• A contemporary Odyssey from Portugal's finest cineaste, Manuel de Oliveira, this quiet, stirring drama of subtly epic proportions was made when director Oliveira was 96-years-old. Beautiful young history professor Rosa Maria (Oliveira veteran Leonor Silveira) is escorting her precocious eight-year-old daughter Maria Joana (Filipa de Almeida) on a cruise from their native Portugal to Bombay.

7:30 pm: "Passionada" (2002) Q&A with screenwriter Steve Jermanok

• Passionada is a charming, funny and surprising love story set in the Portuguese-American community of New Bedford, Mass. Three generations of women are torn between their instincts and their old world traditions.

• "The Jermanoks strive for and achieve a romantic comedy with humorous, fanciful plotting yet shaded by genuine tenderness and passion…Writers Jim and Stephen Jermanok intricately yet briskly bring Celia and Charlie together." ~ Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

MUSIC, DANCE, AND FOOD:

The Lowell Five Main Stage at the Brush Art Gallery

ART:

• 5:00-9:00 pm: Portuguese Tile Painting: Visitors can paint a tile similar to the "azulejos" that are used in public and private places, inside and out throughout the country.

MUSIC:

• 5:30-6:30 pm: New Bedford-based Fado Group
• 6:30-7:30 pm: Ilhas de Bruma-- Portuguese Folk Group--
  Ilhas de Bruma, a Portuguese folk music ensemble, has as its main goal the preservation and promotion of Portuguese musical heritage in this great land that values and cherishes cultural diversity.
  

FOOD:

• 5:00-9:00 pm: Europa Cafe--Selling Portuguese cuisine.

ART AND CULTURE around Town

• 119 Gallery (8pm-10pm):"Surrender" -- 119's Thursday dance, music and video series.  Dance to portuguese disco for all ages!
• Friends Restaurant and Bar: Offering Free Portuguese samplers, special menu items, and wine tasting. 
• Europa Café: Selling Portuguese cuisine at the Brush Art Gallery 
• Friends Fabric Art: Make a marafona, a traditional cloth doll made over a wood cross. 
• Salon City: Enjoy a complimentary stress relieving treatment using Aveda certified organic Eucalyptus oil from Portugal. 
• Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus: Come to Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus for a FREE tasting of wines and ports of Portugal-- finish with an espresso drink! 
• Sun City Convenience: Lawrence vocalist Ana Silva will be selling CD's as well as signing autographs from 5:30-9:00pm. 
• Haus: European Toys and More! Bring your flyer to receive 10% off entire purchase. 
• Found: 20% off entire purchase. Bring your flyer to receive discount.
  

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Enter our "Escape to Puerto Rico" Raffle:

Use your Destination World raffle ticket stubs to enter our "Escape To Puerto Rico" Raffle. Simply enter your name, address, and email information on the back of each ticket stub. The drawing will be held on April 5, 2006, at the final event of the season. So be sure to attend all of the events to increase your chances of winning!