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Community | Atlantic Celebration Day  celebrates America and Portuguese  pride MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University
 

Community | Atlantic Celebration Day celebrates America and Portuguese  pride – New Bedford, MA

The Portuguese-American community gathered in New Bedford (MA) on Sunday, July 19, to participate in the Atlantic Celebration Day, marking America’s 250th anniversary of its independence and the longstanding friendship between Portugal and the United States.  The initiative was sponsored by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), whose president, José Manuel Durão Barroso, addressed participants, emphasizing […]

MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers – Azores

The II Curta Pico Prize has attracted notable international interest, receiving 27 original film proposals from creators in the Azores, mainland Portugal, Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Spain.  Organized by MiratecArts, the competition is a way to strengthen the Azorean audiovisual industry while promoting Pico internationally. The winning project, to be announced during the […]

FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans – Portugal

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) has launched a new essay competition inviting young Americans of Portuguese descent to reflect on the enduring relationship between Portugal and the United States.  Announced to coincide with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the initiative encourages a new generation of Portuguese-Americans to explore the historical, cultural, political, and human […]

July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties – Azores

As the United States commemorates its 250th Independence Day on July 4, the longstanding relationship between Portugal and the United States offers a remarkable chapter in the history of the Atlantic world.  Although Portugal remained officially neutral during the American Revolutionary War, due to its centuries-old alliance with Great Britain under the Treaty of Windsor […]

Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

This spring, Nicholas Ferraz graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Leadership, earning a 4.0 GPA. Already a certified mathematics teacher in Massachusetts, Ferraz represents a generation of Portuguese American educators whose professional journeys reflect both academic excellence and a deep commitment to multilingual and […]

Ilhas Selvagens: One of the world’s best-preserved ecological treasures – Madeira

09 December 2021

The Ilhas Selvagens Nature Reserve, located south of Madeira archipelago, now extends its total protection status from 95 km2 to 2,677 km2, making it the largest in Europe and the entire North Atlantic, and one of the world’s best-preserved ecological treasures. Created 50 years ago, and endorsed by a new legal framework, the ecological reserve […]

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Posted in Featured, Madeira, Portugal, World

Appointed: Zachary Cunha next US Attorney for Rhode Island – Washington, DC

08 December 2021

Zachary Cunha has been appointed as the next U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island. The appointment was approved by the United States Senate Tuesday night. Cunha is currently the chief of the Civil Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island. He joined the office in 2014. He will be replacing Aaron […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal

Film: ‘The Metamorphosis of Birds’ selected by the Hollywood Academy – Los Angeles

07 December 2021

The film, The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020), by Portuguese director Catarina Vasconcelos, is among the 93 films, selected by the Hollywood Academy, to be included in the official list of candidates for the 2022 Oscar nomination for Best International Film. The film, which has won several international prestigious awards  was nominated by the Portuguese Academy […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Film, People, Portugal, World

Travel: United States warns against traveling to Portugal – CDC

06 December 2021

The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has placed Portugal at level four, the highest alert given for “very high risk” of COVID’19 for travelers. The CDC alert, issued on Monday, warns that, “Due to the current situation in Portugal, even those with full vaccinations may be at risk of being contaminated […]

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Posted in Featured, Travel

Film: ‘From Portugal with Love!’- Arizona

03 December 2021

The Mesa International Film Festival partnered with New York-based Public Relations boutique Plusable, to introduce a section dedicated to Portuguese talent under the theme “From Portugal with Love“, and the result is a full day screening composed of 19 Portuguese and Portuguese-American directors. Amongst the short films, there will be two documentaries and two music […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Organizations, People, Portugal

Book: ‘Minotaur, Parrot, and the SS Man’ by George Monteiro – Editor’s Note

03 December 2021

An undisputed giant of twentieth-century Portuguese letters, writer and literary critic Jorge de Sena (1919–1978) spent the most productive decades of his life away from Portugal, teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of California, Santa Barbara. In the essays gathered in this collection, George Monteiro deftly weaves together his readings of Sena’s […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, People