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Community | International Colloquium on Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England Politics | Controversial bill banning face covering in public approved PDL26 | Ponta Delgada Portuguese Capital of Culture 2026 Community | Carminho returns for a Fado concert touring Community | PALCUS 27th Annual Leadership Awards Gala – Washington, D.C.
 

Community | International Colloquium on Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England – UMassD

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will host an international colloquium titled “Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England: Past, Present, and Future of Portuguese American Studies” on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 in the Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room.  This two-day event will assess the contributions of the recently published volume Migration […]

Politics | Controversial bill banning face covering in public approved – Portugal

Portugal’s Parliament has approved a controversial bill that would ban face coverings in most public spaces, marking a heated moment in the country’s political and social discourse. The measure awaits President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s decision, who may sign it into law, veto it, or refer it to the Constitutional Court for review. The President […]

PDL26 | Ponta Delgada Portuguese Capital of Culture 2026 – Azores

The city of Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, is preparing to take center stage in 2026 as ‘Portuguese Capital of Culture,’ a milestone that celebrates the archipelago’s creativity, resilience, and Atlantic identity — while continuing its greater goal towards becoming the European Capital of Culture 2027. For now, during a signing ceremony held at the […]

Community | Carminho returns for a Fado concert touring – United States 

Grammy-nominated Portuguese fado singer Carminho is currently touring the U.S. in support of her latest recording, “Eu Vou Morrer de Amor ou Resistir” (I will die from love or I’ll resist). Carminho’s new album is already recognized as a landmark contribution to fado music. Like the best of this music, it is at once revolutionary […]

Community | PALCUS 27th Annual Leadership Awards Gala – Washington, D.C.

The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) hosted its 27th Annual Leadership Awards Gala at the historic Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event celebrated the accomplishments and contributions of outstanding Portuguese-Americans across a wide spectrum of professions and community endeavors. The 27th Annual Leadership Awards Gala brought together Portuguese-American leaders, elected […]

Honor: Peter Pereira named ‘Photographer of the Year’ – NPPA

13 March 2015

Photojournalist, Peter Pereira, was named ‘Photographer of the Year’ 2014, for Region One (New England), by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). He will receive the award on a public ceremony to take place on Saturday, March 14. This is the sixth time Pereira has won the award and the fifth time in a row […]

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Arts: Guggenheim Museum opens exhibit organized by Serralves Museum – New York, NY

12 March 2015

The Guggenheim Museum in New York is opening an exhibition on Friday, March 13, of the work by Iranian painter, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, organized by the Serralves Museum of Porto, Portugal. Entitled ‘Infinite Possibility Mirror Works and Drawings’ the exhibit covers work by Farmanfarmaian, in the period between 1974 and 2014, featured last October in Porto in an exhibit organized by […]

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Music: José Saramago inspires opera by composer Kurt Rohde – Berkeley, CA

12 March 2015

The book ‘Death With Interruptions’, by Portuguese Nobel Prize José Saramago, has inspired an opera by American composer Kurt Rohde, the San Francisco Classical Voice reported. According to the source, “The opera came to life while UC Berkeley historian Thomas Laqueur was involved in a long-term project on death and the dead human body.” The opera […]

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Opinion: Eurozone politicians bizarre and entertaining performances – by Len Port

11 March 2015

By Len Port, Contributor(*) As much as we distrust them, politicians are keeping us entertained and often on the edge of our seats. The main criticism is that some of the performances are so bizarre you couldn’t make them up. In Portugal, the current Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and his predecessor José Sócrates have […]

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Honor: Alentejo wine voted ‘Best in the World’ at international competition – Paris, France

10 March 2015

The ‘Cortes de Cima’,  a 2013 white wine produced in Milfontes, Alentejo, Portugal, was voted “Best in the World’ at the ‘Vinalies Internationales’ competition held in Paris, France. The ‘Cortes de Cima’ won the highest overall score of the entire competition, of all wines in all categories. The ‘Vinalies Internationales’ competition is organized by the […]

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Community: Screening of ‘The Gilded Cage’ a film by Ruben Alves – UMass Lowell

09 March 2015

The Department of World Languages and Cultures and the Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture & Research, UMass Lowell present the screening of ‘The Gilded Cage’ (La Cage Dorée). The event takes place on March 24 at 6:00pm, at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, in the O’Leary 222, (South Campus). With actors Joaquim de Almeida and Rita […]

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