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Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV
 

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing  Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging and place and connections across borders. The festival has established itself as a multidisciplinary platform for contemporary art and […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Climate: Eastern North Atlantic ARM Facility operates on Graciosa island – Azores

08 September 2021

The Regional Secretary for Culture, Science and Digital Transition, Susete Amaro, visited today the Eastern North Atlantic, Graciosa Island ARM Facility, on Graciosa Island, Azores. The facility is one of the three fixed structures, with permanent character, part of the international project of the Science Office of the Department of Energy of the United States […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Graciosa, Organizations, People, Portugal

Travel: United States travelers are welcomed – Portugal

08 September 2021

Travelers from the United States are still permitted to enter Portugal, even for non-essential purposes such as tourism, despite the Council of the European Union’s recommendations. EU Council has urged its 27 Member States to impose stricter entry rules for travelers from the United States, due to a recently recorded a higher number of COVID’19 […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, Travel, World

Travel: SATA Azores Airlines to begin serving New York to Funchal – Madeira

07 September 2021

SATA Azores Airlines has submitted schedules to the Official Airline Guide (OAG) to begin serving New York JFK to Funchal, Madeira, it was reported. The service is not yet available, but the new route is expected it to be officially announced shortly. According to the planned schedule, SATA Azores Airlines will depart from Funchal at […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, Terceira, Travel

Crisis: Climate change worse than ever – By Len Port

06 September 2021

So far, it’s been a savage summer with deadly wildfires, storms, and flash floods around the world. Hundreds of wildfires in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey have been another reminder, as if one were needed, that the climate is changing. Forest fires accurately described as “unprecedented” have had socio-economic consequences in southern Europe as […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Portugal, World

Music: Maria João Pires suffered a “bad fall” – Riga, Latvia

06 September 2021

Portuguese virtuoso pianist, Maria João Pires, 77, suffered a “bad fall” earlier on Sunday, in Riga, Latvia, and was taken to hospital. She was due to perform a recital as the closing concert of the Riga Jūrmala Festival that evening, at the Latvian National Opera. According to a Riga Jurmala Music Festival source, she was “getting […]

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

Education: Summer School for Luso descendants -Tourism of Portugal

31 August 2021

  Between September 13th and 17th, Portuguese Tourism Schools of Hospitality will hold another edition of the “Summer School”, that will be, for the first time, aimed at Portuguese descendants.   Organized by Tourism of Portugal and its schools of Hospitality and Tourism, with the support of the Secretariat of State for Tourism and the […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, Travel