14 March 2018
By Cristina Ogden Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is the focus of a number of recent projects and events, including a digital poetry archive and a major art exhibition, marking the growing profile of the writer abroad. Digital Edition of Fernando Pessoa Projects and Publications (Edição Digital de Fernando Pessoa) is collaboration between Universidade Nova […]
Posted in Canada, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, South Africa, World
08 March 2018
Veronica Lage has fulfilled a dream as she recently trained on the same fields that Cristiano Ronaldo plays on. Veronica has become so proficient in soccer that she trained in Portugal with their Girls-Under-16 National Team. The Yorktown Heights resident was first registered in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) when she was […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal
01 March 2018
Alberto M. Carvalho, 53, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, was appointed the next New York City schools chancellor, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office announced on Wednesday. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Mr. Carvalho immigrated to the United States at age 17 as an undocumented immigrant and day laborer. As the new New York […]
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27 February 2018
The President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has announced on the Presidency website that the Day of Portugal will be officially celebrated, on June 10, in the Azores and the United States. “These celebrations will take place in Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, and in Boston, in the United States of America,” the announcement […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Miguel
27 February 2018
The New York Portuguese American Leadership Conference (NYPALC) is holding the third New York State Portuguese American Youth Conference on March 3, 2018. This year, the event is being hosted at the Portuguese American Cultural Center of the Tarrytowns, 145 W. Franklin St., Tarrytown, NY. The Youth Conference is an event which, not only has […]
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23 February 2018
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Chancellor, Robert E. Johnson, visited this week the Catholic University and the Camões Institute in Lisbon, to strengthen partnerships with the Portuguese-American community, Portugal and the Lusophone world. Chancellor Johnson has launched a coordinated effort to strengthen the university’s partnership with the region’s Portuguese-American community and the global Lusophone diaspora. The […]
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