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Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans 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
 

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

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. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

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 […]

U.S. Elections: Dual nationality citizens not motivated to vote – Portugal

29 October 2012

There is an estimated 20,000 individuals living in Portugal with dual nationality, but it is not known how many U.S. citizens actually live in the country and how many will cast their vote on the next week presidential election. Yet, a source at the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon told the Portuguese American Journal, that U.S. citizens living abroad are eligible to […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Politics, Portugal, Spotlight

Music: “Amigo Aprendiz” named one of the best 2012 ballads – Atlantic Magazine

27 October 2012

The song “Amigo Aprendiz” [Friend Apprentice], a poem by Portuguese Modernist poet, Fernando Pessoa, was named one of the 12 best ballads of 2012, by the prestigious U.S. The Atlantic Magazine. The song, with music by Tiago Bettencourt and interpreted by Fado vocalist, Rodrigo Costa Félix, integrates the singer’s latest album, “Fados de Amor,” issued last […]

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

Literature: “Granta” to launch a Portuguese edition – Cambridge,UK

27 October 2012

A Portuguese-language edition of the British literary magazine Granta is to be published from next spring, according to the Lisbon publishing house that is to produce it, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported. “The magazine may be annual, half-yearly or quarterly, but we thought that in Portugal it should be half-yearly, not least because this […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Brazil, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Literature: Ana Teresa Pereira winner of the 2012 APE National Grand Prize – Madeira

25 October 2012

The Portuguese Writers’ Association (APE) has awarded its prestigious 2012 APE National Grand Prize “Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela” to author Ana Teresa Pereira for her latest novel , O Lago,  [The Lake]. According to the jury, the book was awarded for its “daring” and being “the most original” of those in contention. “What […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Portugal, Spotlight, World

UMD: Portuguese Colonialism in the 20th Century – Conference

23 October 2012

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the Graduate Program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies, and the African and African-American Studies Program announced a lecture, “Portuguese Colonialism in the 20th Century: An Overview,” by Professor Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses of the National University of Ireland. The event, free and open to the public, is scheduled for […]

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

Theater: Portuguese-American author Amy Sayre explores the macabre – Springfield, IL

23 October 2012

In the writing world, Portuguese-American author Amy Sayre’ creative life exists between the places that have shaped her family and her work: the Madeira Islands, Illinois and Eastern Tennessee. Currently teaching at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, where she is also associate poetry editor at Quiddity Literary Journal, her latest publication is forthcoming in Ninth Letter, […]

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