Boston Portuguese Festival Promotional Video - 2012

Boston Portuguese Festival Promotional Video - 2012

The Boston Portuguese Festival aims at contributing to the dissemination of the Portuguese culture and heritage in the capital city of Massachusetts, combining its contributions of the past with its contemporary manifestations.

The purpose of the BPF is to provide a framework where all interested parties may unite and channel their efforts in promoting Portugal and its culture, not only to the Portuguese-American public, but also to the American community at large. Our annual programs bring to the Greater Boston area a showcase of the most expressive components of Portuguese culture and present-day reality, namely in the fields of Literature, Music, Cinema, History & Current Affairs, Science & Technology and Heritage.

Objectives
To promote the Portuguese culture, heritage and contemporary reality;
to highlight the privileged relations of Portugal with other countries in the world, in particular with those of Portuguese language;
to promote Portugal's turism potential and those of its regions, their products, and services;
to support cultural initiatives and to provide cooperation between individuals, groups, non-profit and private organizations in the USA or in Portugal, whose aim is in promoting the Portuguese heritage and culture in the State of Massachusetts.

BPF 2012 Provisional List of Events

May

3 "Portuguese Music Recital for Cello" by David Cruz & Raquel Gorgojo Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street, Boston 02216 Reception: 6.15pm, Concert: 7pm


4 Literatures in Portuguese Language Conference: "Re- construction of Identity in Contexts of Migration" UMass Boston, Healy Library, Boston

10 "Fado Vadio" Photograph Exhibition by Luís Pavão / Film Exhibit "Amália" by Carlos Coelho da Silva, 2008
MIT (TBC) Film Exhibit: 5pm, Exhibit Reception and Inauguration: 7pm




18-21 Portuguese Cinema: António Reis Retrospective
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge

June

2 Portuguese Lusitano Horse Show Vitor Silva, Sons of the Wind Farm, Merrimack, MA

3 Azorean Whale Boat Regatta MIT Rowboat Boathouse, Cambridge, 12pm -- 4pm

8 BPF Annual Reception -- Celebrating Beira Alta Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Park Plaza, Boston

10 Flag Raising Ceremony & Reception Boston City Hall, 11am

10 Saint Anthony's Procession Cambridge, 2pm

17 Day of Portugal Parade Somerville and Cambridge, 2pm

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Film & Animation

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