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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. The festival has established itself as a multidisciplinary platform for contemporary art and […]

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 […]

China: Ambassador Huang Songfu meets President Vasco Cordeiro – Azores

29 June 2013

The Ambassador of China in Portugal, Huang Songfu, met with the President Vasco Cordeiro, in Ponta Delgada, Saturday, to address issues of mutual interest to China and the Azores. After the meeting, President Vasco Cordeiro, the head of the Regional Government of the Azores, told reporters that the hearing “was very helpful”  remarking that issues […]

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

Arts: Christopher Sousa’s bold and brilliant painting – Interview

28 June 2013

By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) Portuguese-American artist Christopher Sousa is a self-taught painter originally from Fall River, Massachusetts, whose influences range from Lucien Freud, to Jenny Saville.  He has been calling Provincetown, MA, his home for the past ten years and after four sold out solo art shows, Sousa has established a strong reputation in […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Painting, People

Scholarships: Bilateral FLAD-CAORC Grant Program created to promote research – Portugal

28 June 2013

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) announced Wednesday  it has established a new scholarship program aimed to scholars in the United States interested in the study of the Portuguese language and culture. Co-sponsored by the US Embassy in Lisbon, the new program was established in partnership with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). The main […]

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Posted in Education, Featured, Organizations, Portugal, Scholarships, World

Opinion: Portugal’s ‘pseudo democracy’ plods on – General strike

27 June 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal’s center-right government is determined to continue with its austerity program despite Thursday’s general strike, record low approval ratings and opposition demands for it to resign. The government is unlikely to deviate from its highly unpopular policies, let alone collapse, as it enjoys a comfortable majority in parliament and national […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, World

Sports: Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series third stop on São Miguel – Azores

26 June 2013

The world’s best cliff divers are returning  to São Miguel island, Azores, this weekend, for the third stop in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2013. Last year, 14 athletes from 11 different countries participating. The third leg of this international competition will take place Saturday, June 29, starting at 10:00am, on the Islet […]

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

Book: ‘Economies of Relation in the Lusophone World’ – Editor’s Note

25 June 2013

Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), launched the publication of  Economies of Relation: Money and Personalism in the Lusophone World, guest edited by Roger Sansi under the general editorship of Victor K. Mendes. This double-volume issue of Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies (vols. 23-24) examines the […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Madeira, Mozambique, People, Portugal, World