{"id":283,"date":"2015-11-02T21:15:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2015-11-17T00:51:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T08:51:21","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#038; Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-283\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-283-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-283-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-283-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1292\" class=\"post-1292 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/11\/27\/hall\/\" title=\"Permalink to Hall\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hall<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted on <a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/11\/27\/hall\/\" title=\"10:45 am\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-11-27T10:45:41-08:00\">November 27, 2023<\/time><\/a><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-11-27T10:46:17-08:00\">November 27, 2023<\/time> <span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/author\/ifesadmin\/\" title=\"View all posts by ifesadmin\" rel=\"author\">ifesadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span> \t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/pxl_20231121_232218759\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1291\" src=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231121_232218759-226x300.jpg\" 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-->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/08\/18\/1225\/festa23-183-topaz\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-272x182.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1288 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1283\" class=\"post-1283 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/11\/22\/1283\/\" title=\"Permalink to \" rel=\"bookmark\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted on <a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/11\/22\/1283\/\" title=\"1:32 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-11-22T13:32:45-08:00\">November 22, 2023<\/time><\/a><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-11-22T13:32:55-08:00\">November 22, 2023<\/time> <span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/author\/ifesadmin\/\" title=\"View all posts by ifesadmin\" rel=\"author\">ifesadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span> \t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/08\/18\/1225\/festa23-183-topaz\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-272x182.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1283 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1266\" class=\"post-1266 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/10\/17\/christmas-dinner-dec-16th\/\" title=\"Permalink to Christmas Dinner Dec. 16th\" rel=\"bookmark\">Christmas Dinner Dec. 16th<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted on <a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/10\/17\/christmas-dinner-dec-16th\/\" title=\"8:41 am\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-10-17T08:41:06-07:00\">October 17, 2023<\/time><\/a><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-10-17T08:41:15-07:00\">October 17, 2023<\/time> <span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/author\/ifesadmin\/\" title=\"View all posts by ifesadmin\" rel=\"author\">ifesadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span> \t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The IFES will be hosting a Christmas Dinner on December 16th.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1266 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1259\" class=\"post-1259 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/10\/16\/matanca-on-november-18th\/\" title=\"Permalink to Matanca on November 18th!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Matanca on November 18th!<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted on <a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/10\/16\/matanca-on-november-18th\/\" title=\"9:14 am\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-10-16T09:14:29-07:00\">October 16, 2023<\/time><\/a><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-10-16T09:14:45-07:00\">October 16, 2023<\/time> <span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/author\/ifesadmin\/\" title=\"View all posts by ifesadmin\" rel=\"author\">ifesadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span> \t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The IFES Hall will be having a Matanca on November 18th! Please join us. For information please reach out 408-655-1318.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1259 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1225\" class=\"post-1225 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/08\/18\/1225\/\" title=\"Permalink to \" rel=\"bookmark\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted on <a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2023\/08\/18\/1225\/\" title=\"4:07 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-08-18T16:07:33-07:00\">August 18, 2023<\/time><\/a><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-18T16:07:33-07:00\">August 18, 2023<\/time> <span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/author\/ifesadmin\/\" title=\"View all posts by ifesadmin\" rel=\"author\">ifesadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span> \t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/festa23-183-topaz\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1223\" src=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz-272x182.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Festa23-183-topaz.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1225 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-316\" class=\"post-316 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2015\/11\/16\/2015-matanca\/\" title=\"Permalink to Matan\u00e7a &#8211; A Worthwhile Gathering\" rel=\"bookmark\">Matan\u00e7a &#8211; A Worthwhile Gathering<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted on <a href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/2015\/11\/16\/2015-matanca\/\" title=\"11:03 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2015-11-16T23:03:46-08:00\">November 16, 2015<\/time><\/a><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2015-11-17T01:00:41-08:00\">November 17, 2015<\/time> <span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/author\/ifesadmin\/\" title=\"View all posts by ifesadmin\" rel=\"author\">ifesadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span> \t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-316\"  class=\"panel-layout\" >\n<div id=\"pg-316-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-316-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" >\n<div id=\"panel-316-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\n<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-316\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><\/p>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifessociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Acorean-Piggie-720x380.jpeg\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" title=\"Azorean Piggy\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pgc-316-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" >\n<div id=\"panel-316-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" >\n<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><\/p>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p>IFES Society just celebrated their yearly Matan\u00e7a, or Traditional A\u00e7orean Pork Feast event this past weekend and it was simply a delightful event. The food was extraordinary and the follow up entertainment a blast from the past.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was livened by Laurenio Bettencourt, whose musical talent is esteemed by the established members of the community and who will no doubt enjoy a growing following from the the younger crowds as well. Thank you Sro. Laurenio for an enjoyable evening!<\/p>\n<p>Before dancing the night away, however, there was the feast. A traditional A\u00e7orean feast with home made, well ... everything.<\/p>\n<p>And although the traditional Matan\u00e7a do Porco, or Killing of The Pig, is slowly disappearing, its spirit still remains alive and well in our communities. The spirit of families, neighbors and community gathering to work and live together.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to all of the volunteers at IFES for putting together a great event and making it such a worthwhile gathering!<\/p>\n<p>Obrigado!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-316 -->\n\n\t\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFES Society just celebrated their yearly Matan\u00e7a, or Traditional A\u00e7orean Pork Feast event this past weekend and it was simply a delightful event. 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