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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 […]

Maria Lawton: The ‘Azorean Green Bean’ speaks of food and heritage – Interview

29 May 2015

By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) Inspired by traditional Portuguese dishes from her childhood, Maria Lawton, dubbed the “Azorean Green Bean” wrote the bestselling cookbook Azorean Cooking: From My Family Table to Yours. Born on the Azorean island of São Miguel, in a village called Rosário da Lagoa, Lawton moved to the United States with […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Interviews, Life Style, People, Portugal, São Miguel

Travel: Life in Piódão is much more than clickbait journalism – Portugal

21 May 2015

Joy Hanford, Contributor (*) Last month my Facebook wall was flooded with a link from The Huffington Post again and again asking, “Joy, have you been here?” The link lead me to an article about Piódão. I have been to Piódão, one of the most impressive places I have visited in Portugal thus far, but […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Terceira: Angra do Heroísmo hosting ‘World Youth Island Games’ – Azores

18 May 2015

The city of Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, is hosting the 19th edition of ‘Jeux des Iles’ [Island Games] taking place between May 27 and May 31. The three-day event, organized by the ‘Comité d´Organisation Jeux des Iles’ (COJI) in partnership with the Government of the Azores, will gather about 400 athletes, 12-16 years of […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Portugal, Sports, Terceira, World

Opinion: Where does Portugal figure in all this?
– By Len Port

15 May 2015

By Len Port, Contributor(*) A weekend is a long time in politics. It certainly was last weekend, especially for the future of the European Union. Immediately before the election in Britain, it was no more than a possibility that the UK would hold a referendum on its membership of the EU. After the votes had […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Book: ‘The Transformation Book’ – Fernando Pessoa repurposed – Review

14 May 2015

By George Monteiro, Contributor (*) When, sight unseen, I agreed to review the latest Pessoa book, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. Although I’ve kept up pretty much with all the books presenting collections of materials, largely previously unpublished, I was not prepared for the put-together collection of materials comprising […]

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

Update: Rep. Devin Nunes recommends ‘long term solution’ for the Lajes Field – Azores

10 May 2015

US Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) said today in Terceira, Azores, that it is essential and possible to find a “long term solution” to the Lajes Field state of affairs by reviewing the US policies announced in January regarding the US military outpost on the island. Congressman Nunes is leading a delegation of members of the […]

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