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Community | Atlantic Celebration Day  celebrates America and Portuguese  pride MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University
 

Community | Atlantic Celebration Day celebrates America and Portuguese  pride – New Bedford, MA

The Portuguese-American community gathered in New Bedford (MA) on Sunday, July 19, to participate in the Atlantic Celebration Day, marking America’s 250th anniversary of its independence and the longstanding friendship between Portugal and the United States.  The initiative was sponsored by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), whose president, José Manuel Durão Barroso, addressed participants, emphasizing […]

MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers – Azores

The II Curta Pico Prize has attracted notable international interest, receiving 27 original film proposals from creators in the Azores, mainland Portugal, Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Spain.  Organized by MiratecArts, the competition is a way to strengthen the Azorean audiovisual industry while promoting Pico internationally. The winning project, to be announced during the […]

FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans – Portugal

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) has launched a new essay competition inviting young Americans of Portuguese descent to reflect on the enduring relationship between Portugal and the United States.  Announced to coincide with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the initiative encourages a new generation of Portuguese-Americans to explore the historical, cultural, political, and human […]

July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties – Azores

As the United States commemorates its 250th Independence Day on July 4, the longstanding relationship between Portugal and the United States offers a remarkable chapter in the history of the Atlantic world.  Although Portugal remained officially neutral during the American Revolutionary War, due to its centuries-old alliance with Great Britain under the Treaty of Windsor […]

Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

This spring, Nicholas Ferraz graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Leadership, earning a 4.0 GPA. Already a certified mathematics teacher in Massachusetts, Ferraz represents a generation of Portuguese American educators whose professional journeys reflect both academic excellence and a deep commitment to multilingual and […]

Film: André Almeida featured at the Northside Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY

15 June 2013

The film, From New York with Love, by Portuguese filmmaker André Valentim Almeida, will be screened June 18, at the Northside Film Festival, the largest annual talent discovery festival taking place June13-10, in Brooklyn, New York. The screening is scheduled for 6:30pm, in the UnionDocs, 322 Union Brooklyin, NY. Through a tourist camera, the 70 […]

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Television: Diogo Morgado nominee for the 2013 Emmy Awards – Hollywood, CA

14 June 2013

Portuguese screen actor Diogo Morgado is a nominee for an Emmy Award in the category of “Best Actor” in a miniseries or filme, announced the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Diogo is a contender against Al Pacino (Phil Spector ‘), Luke Pasqualino ( Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome ‘) and Mitch Rouse (Call Me Crazy). Nominations […]

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Book: As Paixões de Pessoa – By George Monteiro – Review

13 June 2013

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Launched in Lisbon, Portugal, the book As Paixões de Pessoa (Ática/Babel) is a selection of essays by George Monteiro, dedicated to the work of Fernando Pessoa. Translated into Portuguese by Margarida Vale de Gato, the essays appeared previously in English in various publications in the United States and abroad. The author […]

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Festival: Lisbon celebrates Fernando Pessoa’s literary legacy – Portugal

12 June 2013

Lisbon is marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Fernando Pessoa with the “First Festival Desassossego” taking place in Casa Fernando Pessoa, the last home where Portugal’s renowned modernist poet lived. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Brazil in Portugal, organizers described the three-day festival as “a meeting of Portuguese-Brazilian poetry,” with the participation of […]

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Book: Pessoa, The Metaphysical Courier – By Judith Balso – Review

12 June 2013

By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Judith Balso’s Pessoa, The Metaphysical Courier, translated by Drew Burk (NY: Atropos Press 2011) is the most informative full-length study on the Portuguese poet’s philosophical interests that’s available in English. Balso specialty is in poetry and philosophy, and she currently teaches at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. The […]

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Community: Power of Spirit wins 2nd place in the Latino Book Awards – NYC

11 June 2013

The Portuguese Heritage Publications Inc. has announced  that the book Power of the Spirit: The Journey of English Building Faith and Churches in California was awarded second place by the 15th International Latino Book Awards (ILBA), Category Non Fiction, Multi-Author, in a ceremony held at Instituito Cervantes, in New York City. Power of the Spirit […]

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