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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 […]

Business: Portuguese designer Ana Romero launches her own brand – NYC

13 December 2013

Portuguese designer Ana Romero Monteiro, 32, has established herself as a textile designer in New York City. She is the creator of the Ana Romero Lifestyle Brand, her own brand of a selection of Home and Lifestyle Accessories. Launched in 2012, at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York  (ICFF), her creations have been […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Fashion, Featured, Life Style, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

PAJ & Holidays & Books & Gifts & Beyond…

13 December 2013

By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) In 2013, many fine books were published either about or by those of Portuguese heritage and the Portuguese American Journal featured a number of book reviews, interviews and literary articles. This holiday season, as contributor to PAJ, it only seems appropriate that I should present my recommended Christmas Gift […]

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Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Music, People, Portugal, World

Award: Copywriter Hugo Veiga wins first place in “The 10 Best Ads of 2013” list – Adweek, NYC

11 December 2013

Portuguese advertising copywriter, Hugo Veiga, tops the world’s list of “The 10 Best Ads of 2013″   at the  Adweek magazine “year’s greatest triumphs in concept and craft.”  Adweek is a leading source of news for marketing, media and advertising professionals. Veiga is the creator of “Real Beauty Sketches” a three minute advertising video, produced […]

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

Europe’s rarest butterfly-orchid species found in the Azores

11 December 2013

European botanists have rediscovered  the Hochstetter’s butterfly-orchid, one of Europe’s rarest orchid species, spanning all nine islands of the Azores. The findings, published in the peer review PeerJ journal, explain how the rare species was found and confirm that the islands support three kinds of this rare orchid species, rather than one. The flower was […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, World

Azores: House deliberations to defer downsizing Lajes Air Field will continue – Washington, DC

11 December 2013

A Congressional agreement issued on Monday may help keep US Lajes Air Field deliberations on the table. The goal is to move the process forward with the objective of extending the US military presence on Terceira island, Azores. In a positive note, the final NDAA FY14 Bill  posted Tuesday stated the following responsive pronouncement: “The Secretary […]

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

Book: An Anthology of Portuguese Canadian Writers – Review

10 December 2013

By George Monteiro, Contributor (*) This anthology is the first of its kind, and, for the moment at least, unique, though its uniqueness, I predict (and hope), will not last long.  Editorially, it is also a canny book, for it offers glimpses and tastes of excellent writing, with no risk of surfeit.  There is just […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Canada, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Portugal, World