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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 […]

Guinness: Portugal the world’s largest clothes donor

20 January 2012

Portugal has entered the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest clothes line, an initiative that enabled more than 100,000 pieces of clothing to be collected through donations in six weeks, which will be given to more than 20,000 needy people, The Portugal News reported. A representative from the Guinness Book of World Records […]

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Posted in Organizations, World

Lourinhã: World’s largest Jurassic Park to open in 2013 – Portugal

19 January 2012

The Portuguese town of Lourinhã, known for its dinosaur fossils dating back 150 million years, is opening the world’s biggest Jurassic park in the spring of 2013, town councilor Vital do Rosário revealed to the press Wednesday. According to the announcement, the town council of Lourinhã has signed an agreement last week with private partners […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage

Menu Azores: Azorean food to début at Boston area restaurants

17 January 2012

A promotional campaign of the Azores as a tourism destination will run for one month, between March 14 and April 11, at the Legal Sea Foods restaurant chain in the Boston area. According to Luisa Schanderl, president of the Azores Tourism Association (ATA), responsible for the initiative, Legal Sea Foods will offer menus featuring products […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage

Craig Mello: Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of the Azores – Ponta Delgada

16 January 2012

Portuguese American researcher Craig Mello, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine, will be awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa  honorary degree, in Biochemistry and Biology, by the University of the Azores in a ceremony to be held January 26. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Craig Mello, is a biologist and a professor of Molecular […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Education, Heritage, People

GMO: Azores will not comply with United States request – Ponta Delgada

13 January 2012

The Regional Government of the Azores and environmental organizations condemned what they termed U.S. “interference” lobbying against plans to ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on the archipelago. A government official in Ponta Delgada, the capital, told LUSA on Thursday, that a recent letter from U.S. Ambassador Allan Katz, pressing Azores’ officials, was […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Politics

Katy Perry: Winner of five People’s Choice Awards – People

12 January 2012

Portuguese American entertainer Katy Perry was honored as favorite female artist, at Wednesday’s 38th annual People’s Choice Awards, in five categories for tour headliner and for song of the year for “ET” with Kanye West, music video for “Last Friday Night” and TV guest star for “How I Met Your Mother.” Perry, whose 14-month marriage […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Community, Faial, Heritage, Music, People

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