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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 […]

MLA: Portuguese is the 12th most spoken language in the United States – Community

25 February 2013

According to the Modern Languages Association (MLA) Language Map, Portuguese is the 12th most spoken language the United States, spoken by 564,630 people after Spanish (28,101,052), Chinese (2,022,143), French (1,643,838), German (1,383,442), Tagalog (1,224,241), Vietnamese (1,009,623), Italian (1,008,370), Korean (894,063), Russian (706,242), Polish (667,414), and Arabic (614,587). Based on the US Census 2000, the MLA […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal

Fado: Ana Moura’s 2013 North American concert tour – USA

23 February 2013

Portuguese fado vocalist, Ana Moura, is launching her 2013 North American concert tour, on February 28, with a number of concerts scheduled coast to coast in the United States and Canada. The tour is a promotion of her most recent issued CD titled “Desfado” for sale on February 26, 2013. Moura, who has toured the […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal, World

Arts: Nathan Oliveira to be memorialized at Stanford University – California

22 February 2013

The late Portuguese-American artist, Nathan Oliveira, will be memorialized at Stanford University with the creation of the Windhover Contemplative Center. The new center will display four large oil paintings of Oliveira’s Windhover series inspired by birds in flight. Oliveira began working on the series in the 1970s, which took a lifetime of art to complete. […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal

Book: Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism: Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka by S. C. Berkwitz – Editor’s Note

18 February 2013

Stephen C. Berkwitz’s Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism examines five works by a single poet to demonstrate how Buddhism in Sri Lanka was shaped and transformed by encounters with Portuguese colonizers and missionaries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By following the written works of Alagiyavanna Mukaveti (1552-1625?) from the court of a powerful Sinhala king […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, World

Travel: Azores winner of the 2012 Quality Cost Gold Award – Azores

17 February 2013

The Azores are the winners of the 2013-2014 Quality Cost Gold Award as the best European most sustainable holiday destination. The Ierapetra island, in Crete, was awarded second place and the islands of Gozo and Camino, in Malta, won third place. The Quality Coast Awards are considered a prestigious honor aimed to assisting tourism operators […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Corvo, Faial, Featured, Flores, Graciosa, Heritage, Madeira, Pico, Portugal, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel, Terceira

Film: João Viana awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival – Germany

17 February 2013

Portuguese film director João Viana,46, was awarded a “Special Mention” for “A batalha de Tabatô” at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), one of the most high profile international movie events. The 2013 Berlin International Film Festival was held February 7-17. Set for the most part in Guine-Bissau, the film incorporates many documentary elements […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

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