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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 […]

TAP flights from Lisbon and Porto – Miami

28 March 2011

The Portuguese national airline, TAP Air Portugal, announced that it will operate five flights a week to Miami International Airport staring June.  TAP will increase its traffic between Europe and Miami, reinforcing its competitive edge between Portugal, the USA and Latin America. Currently TAP Air Portugal operates flights to Newark departing from Lisbon and Porto, with seven flights per week […]

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Portuguese-American heritage conference – California

27 March 2011

The Luso-American Education Foundation, with the co-sponsorship of the Tulare Joint Union High School District, organized its 35th annual Conference on Education and Culture under the topic “Portuguese-American Communities: Our Heritage – Our Future.” The event started on March 24th with an exhibit at Tulare Union Library by Portuguese artist Vasco Costa.  It also included […]

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Posted in Community, Conferences, Education, Heritage, Organizations

Prince Henry Society 2010 Awards – Massachusetts

27 March 2011

On Mach 1st   Prince Henry Society, MA, honored  Peter Pereira with the 2010 Recognition Award, and Paula and Arnie Briden with the Brotherhood Award. Pereira is an award-winning staff photographer for The Standard-Times. Pereira worked with a team of journalists to chronicle the live of Portuguese-Americans in Massachusetts, which led to the publication of “A Nossa Vida: The Portuguese […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Featured, Organizations, People

Parliament implements Portuguese – East Timor

26 March 2011

For the first East Timor’s Parliament used  the Portuguese language, following a motion approved in 2010 by the East-Timorese Legislature which required the use of Portuguese – for at least once a month – by  at the plenary and commission sessions. The East-Timorese speak different national languages but Portuguese became the country’s official language, in 2002, along […]

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Posted in East Timor, Featured

James Franco to teach film at NYU – New York

26 March 2011

James Franco is scheduled to co-teach a graduate course to film students at New York University next year. According to film director John Tintori, chair of NYU’s filmmaking program, Franco will teach a section of the course in the fall of 2012, at the graduate division of the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. Each […]

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Posted in Entertainment, Film, People

Fado new voices gain world acceptance – New York

25 March 2011

Fado has been sung in many different ways by old respected names such as Amália Rodrigues, Maria da Fé, Hermínia Silva and Carlos do Carmo. But new voices have emerged and a new generation of Fado singers namely Cristina Branco, Mariza and Ana Moura, have given fresh voice to the ancient song. Fado is Portugal’s most significant musical form […]

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Posted in Entertainment, Featured, Music, World