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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 […]

Ticha Penicheiro back home from home – People

07 April 2011

Portuguese born WNBA player, Patrícia ( Ticha) Nunes Penicheiro, 36 years old,  is since January at home in Portugal playing  for Mcell-Algés averaging 9.6 points — an impressive 9.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists, through five Portuguese League games. She is a member of Portugal’s national women’s basketball team. According to her team’s website in the US, Penicheiro will […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, People, Sports

Portugal to request the bailout – update

06 April 2011

In a press conference Wednesday, outgoing Prime Minister Socrates confirmed Lisbon had already asked the EU Commission for a bailout. In a position statement, Passos Coelho, the leader of the opposition party — Social Democratic Party (PSD) — noted the socialist government was too late in calling for a bailout. Coelho is expected to become […]

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Posted in Featured, Politics

Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues in Massachusetts – FLAD

06 April 2011

Professor Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, the Executive President of Lisbon based Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is visiting Massachusetts on April 10th and 13th as part of a 10 day international exchange program hosted by the U.S. State Department. The stay in the United States also includes visits to New Jersey, New York City and Washington, […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Organizations

SATA Air Azores sold out for Santo Cristo Festas – Azores

06 April 2011

According to João Botelho, manager at American Travel of East Providence, RI,   SATA International is sold out for the upcoming 2011 Festas do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres to be held on May 25-30, in Ponta Delgada. Passengers wishing to travel to the Azores that week will have to consider different alternatives — said João […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, São Miguel, Travel

Faial demands expansion of airport runway – Azores

06 April 2011

Faial islanders are circulating an online petition demanding the expansion of the Horta airport runway. The initiative aims at reaching 15 thousand signatures as many as the whole population of the island. Posted online two weeks ago, the petition claims that a longer runway is needed from the current 1,700 meters to at least 2,000 […]

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Posted in Corvo, Faial, Featured, Flores, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel

Portuguese emerging artists at Bard College – New York

06 April 2011

The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard), Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and the Hessel Museum of Art, present 13 exhibit art projects by emerging contemporary artists, including Portuguese contemporary artists — João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva —  collectively with Spanish born artist Rubén Grilo.  The collective exhibit “The action of things”  takes […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture