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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 […]

Community: José de Almeida Mello guest speaker at Temple Beth El – Fall River, MA

04 March 2014

The Azorean-Jewish Heritage Foundation and Temple Beth El of Fall River (MA) are sponsoring a conference by historian José de Almeida Mello, coordinator of the Sahar Hassamain Synagogue restoration project in Ponta Delgada, Azores. Mello, who is the chief librarian of the Ponta Delgada Municipal Library, was invited in 2003, by the Israeli Community of […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Golden Visa: Portugal controversial scheme set to soar – By Len Port

01 March 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) Portugal’s burgeoning ‘Golden Visa’ program could see a huge upsurge in applications, particularly from wealthy Chinese, as a result of the recent scrapping of a controversial investor scheme in Canada. News of this comes as new measures are about to be introduced to stop alleged abuse of the program from within […]

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Posted in Azores, Canada, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal

Business: Portuguese footwear industry plans to double exports by 2025 – Portugal

28 February 2014

Portugal’s footwear industry is to invest Euro20 million this year and next year in marketing its products abroad, to establish itself as “the most sophisticated in the world.” The goal is to double exports over the next decade. At a meeting with journalists on Thursday in Porto, the executive director of the industry association, APICCAPS, […]

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QS: The University of Porto ranked among the best in the world – Portugal

26 February 2014

The University of Porto, Portugal, is among the world’s 200 best universities ranked in seven of the 30 fields of study by the QS World University Rankings by Subject, one of the leading international rankings for higher education. In the report published by Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, more than 3,000 universities and 10,000 courses […]

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Posted in Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal

Film: Diogo Morgado as “Son of God” to be released nationwide – 20th Century Fox

26 February 2014

Portuguese born Diogo Morgado is the latest actor performing the role of Jesus in the new film “Son of God” produced by 20th Century Fox to be released in theaters nationwide February 28. The ambitious motion picture tells the life of Jesus expanding on the 10-hour mini-series, The Bible, produced last year by Mark Burnett and […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Appointed: Frank F. Sousa to join PACP Board of Directors – Lowell, MA

24 February 2014

The Portuguese American Citizenship Project (PACP) has announced, in a prepared statement, the appointment of Dr. Frank F. Sousa as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Sousa has a long history of supporting causes in the Portuguese community, and is the Founding Director of the Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research at […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal