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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. 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 […]

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 […]

Report: Portugal ranks high as best country to be a mother – Save the Children

09 May 2012

Portugal ranked 15th on the index of best countries to be a mother, down from 14th last year, according to the 13th annual State of the World’s Mothers report released Tuesday by the aid organization Save the Children Foundation. The report shows the toughest and the best countries to be a mother in the world, […]

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Posted in Community, Heritage, Life Style, Organizations, Portugal, World

May-June: 5th International Congress on the Holy Ghost Festivities – Azores

08 May 2012

The 5th International Congress on the Holy Ghost Festivities, sponsored by the Government of the Azores, will take place in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira island, from May 31 to June 3. The congress will gather international scholars and researchers interested in the study of this religious tradition deeply rooted in the Azorean culture. Participants from […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Terceira, World

FADO: World Music Institute hosting António Zambujo in concert – NYU

08 May 2012

The World Music Institute is hosting fadista António Zambujo in a concert taking place May 12, at 8:00 pm, at the New York University Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, Washington Square South, NYC. Zambujo will be returning to New York City after his successful debut show in New York last fall. His program will include […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal

TripAdvisor: Lisbon voted top destination by Travelers’ Choice 2012 – Award

07 May 2012

Lisbon was voted one of the “Top 25 Destinations in Europe” by the “Travelers’ Choice 2012” according a list released by TripAdvisor. While Lisbon ranked 11th on the list, London was voted the favorite destination followed by Rome and Paris which topped the ranks last year but dropped to number 4 this year. Lisbon was […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel

ICOM: “Soluções à Portuguesa” best 2011 advertising campaign – Licor Beirão

06 May 2012

The outdoors billboard advertising campaign, to promote “Licor Beirão” worldwide, was awarded the best advertising campaign of 2011 by ICOM, one of the world’s most respected advertising agencies. Created by Portuguese advertising agency UZINA, the campaign was designed to cheer up the Portuguese people enduring the current unpopular austerity measures which include pay cuts and […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Portugal, World

SFIFF: Film by Gonçalo Tocha wins Golden Gate Award – San Francisco, CA

03 May 2012

The film “It’s Earth Not the Moon,” by Portuguese director Gonçalo Tocha, won Wednesday the Golden Gate Award, for Best Documentary Feature, at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF). The 185 minute award-winning 2011 documentary was filmed on Corvo , the smallest of the nine island of the Azores. Gonçalo received a $20,000 […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Corvo, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal