Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans 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
 

Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization – Portugal

Portugal has selected Germany’s Lufthansa Group as the strategic investor in TAP Air Portugal, marking a significant turning point for the country’s aviation industry and with important implications for Portuguese communities in the United States, Canada, and beyond.  The selection does not mean that Lufthansa has already taken ownership of TAP. Rather, it represents a […]

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

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 […]

Pico: Hosting 4th Franklin D. Roosevelt Azorean Forum – Azores

07 April 2015

The Azores are hosting the ‘4th Franklin D. Roosevelt Azorean Forum’ taking place April 9-10, at the Lajes do Pico Whaling Museum,  Pico island. The Forum is co-sponsored by the Government of the Azores and the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD). Launched in 2008, the biennial event will address pressing issues relating to the transatlantic relations between […]

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Posted in Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People

Estoril: Hosting the 2015 World Food Tourism Summit – Portugal

07 April 2015

The 2015 World Food Tourism Summit will be held April 8-11 at the Estoril Congress Center, Estoril city, Portugal. The event will gather international food professionals to showcase gastronomy novelties and discuss emerging cuisine trends around the world. The occasion, which will serve as an international forum at which specialists in food tourism and relevant fields […]

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Posted in Conferences, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Life Style, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Book: ‘A Trip to the Azores or Western Islands’ – Editor’s Note

07 April 2015

The material composing the greater part of this little volume — writes the author in a short Preface — was originally written to occupy some of the leisure moments of the author, without a thought to its future publication. But the many questions proposed to him in social intercourse respecting the Azores have at length […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Corvo, Faial, Featured, Flores, Genealogy, Graciosa, Heritage, Life Style, Pico, Portugal, Religion, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel, World

‘The Gift’: Portuguese alternative rock band wins new fans – Interview

06 April 2015

By Lígia Batista, Contributor (*) Last month, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. welcomed the Iberian Suite, a festival that celebrated Portuguese and Spanish speaking cultures. Many Portuguese artists were invited to share their work. Nobel Prize José Saramago was remembered and authors such as Afonso Cruz, José Luis Peixoto, Gonçalo M. Tavares, e Dulce […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Interviews, Music, People, Portugal, Social networks

Book: ‘The Rogue and Other Portuguese Stories’ – Editor’s Note

05 April 2015

“The Rogue narrates a beautiful nightmare with aplomb, even mastery. The timing of the dialogue and the layers of engagement are very well rendered. The story is written by an outsider, far removed from the Portuguese way of being. It shows the oddity of things Portuguese.” — Lídia Jorge, prominent Portuguese novelist and author. “While […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Life Style, People, Politics, Portugal, Religion, Travel

Arts: Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira dead age 106 – Portugal

02 April 2015

Portuguese film director, Manoel de Oliveira, died today at age 106. Starting his career in 1927, he directed his first film in 1931. Oliveira was considered the world’s oldest working film director and the only filmmaker whose active career has spanned from the silent era to the digital age. He direct more than 30 feature […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World