Saturday, October 8, 2016

3 - 6 p.m.

Student Union Ballroom

 

IPLWS is proud to co-sponsor this event as part of RIC's Diversity Week schedule.

This event mirrors the activity of the Ministry of Culture of Cabo Verde in celebrating the culture and identity of the Island of Brava. The history of Cabo Verde/Brava and its cultural influences are conveyed through narrative, music and song, with awards and live entertainment featured throughout the afternoon. 

This event is ticketed: $20 for the general public; $10 for non-RIC students; no charge for students with RIC ID.

    
Sponsored by the RIC Cape Verdean Student Association (CVSA), The Unity Center, the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies and the Cape Verdean Heritage Foundation

PRESENTATION IN ENGLISH

 

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 

10 - 11:45 a.m.

Sylvan R. Forman Center, 201

 

Flora Gomes, one of the most emblematic contemporary film directors, will visit a Portuguese Studies class to discuss his cinema and the culture of Guinea-Bissau with RIC students. Films such as Mortu Nega (1988), Udju Azul di Yonta (1992), Nha Fala (2002) and his most recent film, Republica di mininos (2013) will be discussed.

Read more about Flora Gomes

PRESENTATION IN PORTUGUESE

Free and open to the public.

Please contact Silvia Oliveira at [email protected] to register.

 

Monday, October 17, 2016

10 - 11:45 a.m.

Craig-Lee Hall, 102

 

Azorean author, Joel Neto, will be presenting at Rhode Island College as part of his tour of the Luso-American community of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Author of the novel "Arquipélago", winner of the Prémio Literário Fernando Namora 2015, and the journal, "A vida no campo", he has been praised as "....one of the great contemporary Portuguese writers. " JULIO MAGALHÃES (Porto Canal)

Read more about Joel Neto

PRESENTATION IN PORTUGUESE

Free and open to the public

Contact Silvia Oliveira at [email protected] to register

Friday, October 21, 2016

6 - 10 p.m.

Main Dining, Donovan Dining Center

 

IPLWS celebrates its 10th anniversary at Rhode Island College!

Special Guests:

Hon. Hercules Cruz, Consul General of Cabo Verde, Boston 

Hon. Dr. José Manuel Bolieiro, Mayor of Ponta Delgada

Dr. José de Almeida Mello, President, Sahar Hassmain      Synagogue, Ponta Delgada

Program

6:00 p.m.: Social Hour

7:00 p.m.  Lusophone themed dinner

8:00 p.m.  "Friend of Portuguese Studies" Awards

John A. Lema, Jr. (posthumously)

Hon. Helio Melo

Dr. Rosendo Brito

M. Rachel Sousa (posthumously)

Hon. Paul J. Tavares

Seven Castles Club of Blackstone Valley

Entertainment:

Sãozinha accompanied by Vuca

Tania DaSilva companied by Lima Brothers

Exhibition by New Bedford Whaling Museum

Cabo Verdean and Azorean Whaling Tradition

Silent Auction featuring

2 Round Trip Airfares - TAP

2 Round Trip Airfares - Azores Airlines

2 Tickets to Mariza Concert (Oct 22, 2016)

......and much more!

Master of Ceremonies:

António Teixeira, Bristol Town Administrator

Honorary Chairs:

Márcia Sousa, Vice-Consul of Portugal in Providence

Senator Daniel DaPonte, RI General Assembly

Event Chairs:

Conselheiro João Luis Morgado Pacheco

Conselheiro Leonel Teixeira

Tickets are still available:

$40 for adults

$25 for RIC students w/ valid ID

Contact Marie Fraley for tickets by October 14th:

[email protected]   or  401-456-8496