Portuguese American resident community of Greater Boston is organizing the 7th Boston Portuguese Festival to celebrate their ethnic pride with a series of cultural events during the course of May and June.
Started in 2006, the annual festival will promote and disseminate the Portuguese culture and heritage in Massachusetts’ main city, not only to the Portuguese-American public, but also to the American community at large, namely in the fields of Literature, Music, Cinema, History Current Affairs, Science Technology and Heritage.
This year’s festival will feature some of the most expressive components of the Portuguese culture through Music, Visual Arts, Photography, Heritage and many Recreational Activities.
The celebrations are sponsored by the Consulate General of Portugal in Boston and the Luso-American Education Foundation in partnership with the local Portuguese-American community.
Schedule of Events
May 3
“Portuguese Music Recital for Cello” by David Cruz Raquel Gorgojo
Emmanuel Church
15 Newbury Street, Boston
Reception: 6.15pm, Concert: 7pm
May 4
Literatures in Portuguese Language Conference: “Re-construction of Identity in
Contexts of Migration”
UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (registration starting at 8:30 am)
Contact – Center for Portuguese Language Instituto Camões/UMass Boston – Healey Library 06.12 clpic.boston@gmail.com
May 16
“Fado Vadio” Photograph Exhibition by Luís Pavão
Film Exhibit “Fados” by Carlos Saura, 2007
Emerson College,, Huret Spector Gallery Tufte Performance and Production Center
10 Boylston Place, Sixth Floor, Boston
Exhibit Reception and Inauguration: 6pm, Film Exhibit: 7pm
The exhibit will be on until May 25, from 3pm to 7pm, except on weekend days.
May 18-21; 25-26
Portuguese Cinema: The School of Reis: The films and legacy of António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro
Harvard Film Archive
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts 24 Quincy Street
Harvard University, Cambridge
Opening: May 18 – 7pm
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June 2 (16 rain date)
Portuguese Lusitano Horse Show
Vitor Silva, Sons of the Wind Farm,
84 Birchmeadow Road, Merrimac, MA 01860, 9pm-5pm
June 3
Azorean Whale Boat Regatta
MIT Pierce Boathouse, 409 Memorial Drive, Cambridge,12pm – 4pm
5 Heritage Day Of Portugal
Massachussets State House, Boston 10am
June 8
BPF Annual Reception – Celebrating Beira Alta
Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Park Plaza, Boston , 6pm-8pm
By invitation only
June 10
Flag Raising Ceremony Reception
Boston City Hall, 11am
June 10
Saint Anthony’s Procession
400 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, Cambridge 2pm
June 17
Day of Portugal Parade – Somerville and Cambridge
Events are subject to change. Updates will be posted on the Boston Portuguese Festival’s
webpage and Facebook page.
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