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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 […]

Travel: SATA offering new flight connections from Chicago and New York – Azores

03 April 2013

Beginning April, SATA International has doubled its weekly service from the U.S. to the Azores and mainland Portugal, including a new non-stop direct flight to Lisbon. All flights connect through Boston’s Logan Airport,where SATA International has non-stop three times a week service to the Azores with continuing service to Lisbon. A recent agreement between SATA International and […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel, World

Presentation: Azorean ecologists to address environmental preservation – New Bedford, MA

01 April 2013

A team of ecologists from the Furnas Monitoring and Research Centre (CMIF), based on São Miguel island, Azores, will speak Tuesday, April 2, at 6:00, Buzzards Bay Center, 114 Front St., downtown New Bedford, about the challenges of protecting and restoring Lagoa das Furnas [Furnas Lake]. The event, hosted by the Buzzards Bay Coalition, is free […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, People, São Miguel

Book: Anthony Barcellos’ A Land of Milk and Money – Review

28 March 2013

By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Anthony Barcellos is bilingual in Portuguese and English, and he grew up on his grandparents’ dairy farm in Porterville, California.  Currently, he lives in Davis, California and is a math professor at American River College in Sacramento.  I feel much kinship with him.  He was a first generation college student […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Finance: Minister Vitor Gaspar goes to Washington – Portugal

26 March 2013

Portugal’s Finance Minister, Vitor Gaspar, visited Washington Monday for meetings with the new US Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York President, William C. Dudley, and Terrance Checki vice president. On Tuesday, after addressing the Brooking Institution, Gaspar held a meeting with Christine Lagarde, the head of the  of […]

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

Created: Academic Center for Portuguese Partnerships – UMass, Lowell

23 March 2013

The University of Massachusetts Lowell will establish a new cultural and academic center as a resource for the university and community to explore and celebrate the history and contributions of Portuguese people in the United States and abroad. The center will sponsor local events, offer study-abroad programs and coordinate faculty collaborations with Portuguese universities in […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, World

PWLI: 24th Portuguese Language and Cultures Conference – Lesley University

21 March 2013

The Luso-American Education Foundation (East) and Lesley University are pleased to announce the 24th Portuguese Language and Cultures Conference to be held this year on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bridging the Past with the Present and the Future: Contributions, Connections & Communities is the theme of this conference and […]

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Posted in Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Organizations