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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 […]

6th Portuguese Boston Festival – Cambridge, MA

03 April 2011

Throughout May and June, the Portuguese community of Greater Boston will celebrate their ethnic pride with a series of cultural events. The celebrations, sponsored by the Consulate General of Portugal and the Luso-American Education Foundation, will start on May 5 with a Portuguese music recital by Tenor Zachary Wilder held at 7 pm, at the […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations

TAP connects Lisbon to Porto Alegre – Brazil

03 April 2011

Starting in June, TAP Air Portugal  will launch flights between Lisbon and Porto Alegre – its tenth destination in Brazil.  In the process it will become the first long-haul international carrier to introduce scheduled services to the capital city of the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.   The four times weekly link will open […]

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Posted in Brazil, Featured, Travel, World

Green Islands Project underway – Azores

02 April 2011

In cooperation with the Regional Government and industry of the Azores, the Green Islands Project is underway in partnership with international education and private institutions. The project aims at making the Azorean islands a model for reducing carbon emissions and fight climate changes. The program, which involves the Azores and other islands around the globe, […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, São Miguel

SATA International direct flights to the UK – Azores

02 April 2011

Today, Saturday April 2nd, SATA International  is resuming direct flights from São Miguel to three major airports in the United Kingdom.  SATA International flights will be operating on every Saturday until 29 October 2011, with evening departures from London Gatwick and from Manchester to Ponta Delgada in São Miguel, the largest of the Azorean Islands. […]

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Posted in Azores, Travel, World

PAPS Excellence Award in Leadership – New York

02 April 2011

In partnership with the Leadership Business Consulting, Inc. and the goal to promoting initiatives in Science, Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics amongst its membership, the Portuguese-American Post-graduate Society (PAPS) will honor the winner of its Excellence Award in Leadership, at the XII PAPS Forum Award-Winner, April 16, in New York. A jury will pick a winner among […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Education, Featured, Organizations, Scholarships

Lisbon MBA International 2012

02 April 2011

The Lisbon MBA International is a joint project between the two top business schools in Portugal, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Both Portuguese universities hold the triple crown accreditation of AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB – a renowned International Management Schools’ accreditation. The project, which has the collaboration of the MIT Sloan School of Management, aims at […]

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Posted in Education, Featured