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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 […]

Community: 8th Annual Azorean Whale Boat Regatta – Cambridge, MA

01 June 2013

The Boston Portuguese Festival and the Azorean Maritime Heritage Society are hosting its 8th Annual Azorean Whale Boat Regatta taking place at the MIT Pierce Boathouse, Cambridge, MA, on Sunday, June 02, starting at 12pm. One of the most celebrated events of the Boston Portuguese Festival, the annual regatta in the Charles River is back […]

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

Community: President Vasco Cordeiro presiding to Heritage Day of Portugal – Boston, MA

31 May 2013

The President of the Regional Government of the Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, will preside, as the guest of honor, to the 29th Heritage Day of Portugal celebrations to be held in the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts State House, scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, June 4. The statewide event recognizes […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Opinion: How many more ‘terrible years’ ahead? – Portugal

30 May 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) The “two terrible years” anticipated by Pedro Passos Coelho on taking office as Portugal’s Prime Minister on 5th June 2011 are almost up. That will not be the end of it, of course. There is no end in sight to the economic suffering Passos Coelho said the nation would have […]

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

Whoops! Portuguese Canadian beauty queen stripped of her Miss Canada title – Toronto, CA

29 May 2013

Portuguese-Canadian Denise Garrido, 26, was Miss Universe Canada just for one day before the event organizers realized they had made a typing error on the scoring results. Garrido, from Bradford, Ontario, had been crowned Miss Canada out of 57 contestants, on Saturday, May 25. A day later, she learned she was actually the third runner […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Television: Meredith Vieira returning to the screen – NBC Universal

28 May 2013

Portuguese-American television personality, Meredith Vieira, former “Today” and “The View” host, reportedly is developing a solo daytime talk show for NBC Universal. Currently, Vieira is working on a pilot episode of a light pre-taped daytime, entertainment-driven show, to be launched in the fall 2014, it has been reported. Trial shows were tapped in Chelsea, New […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Heritage, People

Award: Mia Couto recipient of the 2013 Camões Prize for Literature – Brazil

27 May 2013

Mia Couto is the winner of the 2013 Camões Prize for Literature, one of the most prestigious international awards honoring the work of Portuguese language writers – it was announced Monday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The awarding jury included writers José Eduardo Agualusa and Joao Paulo Borges Coelho, journalist José Carlos Vasconcelos,  professor Clara […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Brazil, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, People, Portugal, World