Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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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. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

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 […]

Book: ‘Before 1492 -The Portuguese Discovery of America’ – Editor’s Note

27 July 2015

‘Before 1492: The Portuguese Discovery of America’ presents a compelling argument, based upon known historical facts and reasonable scientific deductions, that Portuguese mariners discovered America at least a decade before Columbus set sail on the Santa Maria, Niña and Pinta. The primary evidence for this theory is a map, now on permanent display at the […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Update: Valadao and Costa probe Department of Defense Report related to Lajes Field – Washington, DC

25 July 2015

In a new development, House Representatives David G. Valadao (R-CA) and Jim Costa (D-CA) led a bipartisan letter, which was signed by 111 Members of Congress, requesting that funding be withheld for construction activity related to the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex (JIAC) at Royal Air Force (RAF) Croughton “until the Committee completes its investigation into […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World

Travel alert: Portuguese baggage handlers on strike July 31 – Portugal

23 July 2015

Portuguese ground handling baggage workers, at Lisbon Portela Airport, will go on a five-hour strike next week, July 31, from 9:00am to 3:00pm local time. Flights to and from Lisbon will be delayed at the airport with disruptions in luggage services. The strike is being called by the Union of Workers of the Aviation and […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Book: ‘Confession of the Lioness’ by Mia Couto – Editor’s Note

18 July 2015

A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them. Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto’s Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, People

Red Bull: International diving competition returning to Vila Franca Islet- Azores

17 July 2015

The fifth stop of the 2015 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition is returning to the Azores for the fourth a successive year. The extreme sports diving competition is being held Saturday, July 18, at the Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo, an islet offshore São Miguel island. The three previous competitions on the […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, São Miguel, Sports, Travel, World

São Miguel: Hosting 5th Walk & Talk Street Arts Festival – Azores

16 July 2015

The fifth edition of the Walk & Talk Street Art Festival will be held July 17 through August 1, on São Miguel, Azores. According to organizers, this year’s festival brings together more than 70 artists, collectives, curators and speakers at an unprecedented and experimental laboratory, occupying public spaces, working together with local structures and a […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, Painting, People, Photography, São Miguel, Travel