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Cambridge University Portuguese Speakers Society
Monday, 29 April 2013
Thursday, 25 April 2013
April 25th Party
April 25th is one of the most emblematic Portuguese holidays. It marks the 1975 Revolution that ended 48 years of Fascism and brought freedom and democracy to our Country!
To celebrate this datewe will organise a party next Saturday (27th April) at the Graduate Union. We will have drinks, Portuguese nibbles and our usual Quiz about the 1974 revolution, with a prize for the winner!
So come and join us in the celebration of freedom and democracy and prepare for a great evening to the sound of Zeca Afonso and many others.
Prices: Members - £3; Non-Members - £4
Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites - Film Night
Our second Film Night of 2013 will show "Five Days, Five Nights", a film made by José Fonseca e Costa and was released the 25th of April 1996.
Join us celebrating the film's 17th year on our next movie night.
Synopsis: "Five Days, Five Nights" is an excellent film adaptation of the novel by Alvaro Cunhal written under the pseudonym Manuel Tiago on the odyssey of a young runaway who in the late 40's is forced to cross the border in the company of a smuggler. José Fonseca e Costa signs a film smart and sensitive, it is above all a subtle evocation of a country dominated by a regime that has forced many to escape and exile, as well as a fascinating story of friendship between two men from different universes that in the midst of adversity eventually discover a mutual admiration. A beautiful film from Fonseca e Costa with a great work of photography from Affonso Beato and two excellent performances in charge of Vitor Norte and Paulo Vitor Pires.
IMDB: 6.7/10: http://www.imdb.com/title/
When: Thursday, 25th of April
What time: 7.30 pm
Where: Emmanuel College, Queen's Building Lecture (http://goo.gl/maps/XOAyr)
Prices: Free
Notes 1 : All foreign language films showed by the CUPortSS are subtitled in English.
Notes 2: Someone from the Society's committee will be at the entrance of the College from 7.15 pm until 7.30 pm and the Porter will tell you where the room is if you're late or can't find anyone.
Monday, 11 March 2013
Carnival Party – Friday, 15th March 2013, Wolfson College
After the success of last year, we will continue to celebrate Carnival in the Wolfson College. It is a great opportunity to show the Portuguese and Brazilian in the University of Cambridge, one the big aims of CuPortSS. We are happy to announce that the Samba Band Arco Iris, the best Samba Band in town, will make a performance starting at 10pm. Music animation will be provided by resident DJs. Be ready to have a nice time, dancing to the rhythms of Brazilian music.
We will sell 100 tickets in advance, to guarantee that all CuPortSS members and friends will enter on this party. To guarantee our place, please send an email to cuportss@gmail.com with “Advance ticket for Carnival party” as subject (first-come first-served basis). Remember to bring your fancier mask and costume, since this is a Carnival party. There will be a prize for the best costume!!
When: Saturday, 15th of March
What time: 9m
Prices: CuPortSS Menber: £2; Non-Member: 3£
Where: Wolfson College - Club Room
Facebook event.
Map.
Samba Band Arco Iris.
Don't forget to confirm by e-mail cuportss@gmail.com
All best, and hope to see you all there,
Carnival Party organizing committee
Friday, 8 March 2013
Portuguese writer Cristina Carvalho at King's College London
17.00 - 19.00, Thursday 14 March 2013, Anatomy Museum, Strand Campus, King's College London
Cristina Carvalho is author of several novels, such as A Casa das Auroras (2011), O Gato de Uppsala and Nocturno: o romance de Chopin (2009).
She has also published in magazines and journals, namely in Jornal de Letras and Egoísta. Her most recent novel, Marginal, is launched next week in Lisbon.
Cristina Carvalho will focus on her writing career and her literary work. Introduced by Luisa Pinto Teixeira, and discussed by Maria José Ribeiro, the lecturer of Portuguese of Camões, IP. at King’s , the writer will then answer questions from the public.
Room K1.26 | School of Arts and Humanities King's College London | Strand | WC2R 2LS | t: 020 7848 2375 | f: 020 7848 2415
Cristina Carvalho is author of several novels, such as A Casa das Auroras (2011), O Gato de Uppsala and Nocturno: o romance de Chopin (2009).
She has also published in magazines and journals, namely in Jornal de Letras and Egoísta. Her most recent novel, Marginal, is launched next week in Lisbon.
Cristina Carvalho will focus on her writing career and her literary work. Introduced by Luisa Pinto Teixeira, and discussed by Maria José Ribeiro, the lecturer of Portuguese of Camões, IP. at King’s , the writer will then answer questions from the public.
Room K1.26 | School of Arts and Humanities King's College London | Strand | WC2R 2LS | t: 020 7848 2375 | f: 020 7848 2415
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Film Night "Tabu" – Thursday, 7th March, Darwin College
Our first Film Night of 2013 will show "Tabu", a film from the director Miguel Gomes that has won several international awards.
Synopsis: Miguel Gomes returns with Tabu, an engaging, provocative and poetic film set both in Portugal and in an un-named African location. Bearing the same title as F. W. Murnau’s classic Tabu (1931), shot in black and white and taking place at least partly in a distant land, Gomes’ third feature film is divided in two distinctive yet complementary storylines. Whilst the first part, shot in 35mm and in the present time, portrays a society wallowing in nostalgia, the second part, shot in 16mm, goes back in time and plays with history, sound, the concept of linear narration, as well as the ideas of melodrama, slapstick, passion and tragedy. Both parts feature Aurora at two different stages of her life: an older Aurora regrets a past long gone while a younger Aurora dreams of a more passionate life. A virtuoso film, Tabu also offers a reflection on Europe’s colonial past.
IMDB: 7.4/10
Notes: All foreign language films showed by the CUPortSS are subtitled in English.
The room has a full capacity of 30 people (first come first served)
When: Thursday, 7th of March
What time: 7.30 pm
Where: Darwin College - TV Room
(Someone from the Society's committee will be at the entrance of the College from 7.15 pm until 7.30 pm and the Porter will tell you where the room is if you're late or can't find anyone).
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
General Assembly and new website!
Dear CUPortSS members,
Yesterday the Society met for its annual General Assembly (GA). The GA approved the Society's accounts for 2012 with unanimous vote and elected a new Executive Committee for 2013. The new Committee members are presented below. For more information on the matters discussed during the GA, the minutes will soon be made available online.
Before ending this year we have very good news for you: along with our facebook group, CUPortSS has now a brand new website! In our new web page you can find all sorts of information about the Society, the Committe, all our events (including photos!) and much more!
Please check it out at http://www.cuportss.org/
This will be the last newsletter of the current year. On the behalf of the outgoing Committee I would like to thank you all for coming to our events! You were absolutely essential in making all this year's events a huge success and in giving all of us the opportunity to have a lot of fun and learn a bit about the culture of Portuguese speaking countries! For us it has been a great pleasure to organize the Society's activities. We wish the new Committee all the luck in the world and we are sure next year will be at least as good and the this one!
For now I would like to wish you all a great Christmas and a happy New Year! We will be back in January with a renewed team but with the same enthusiasm to organize a lot of great events in 2013!
With very best wishes,
José Reis
(CUPortSS Secretary, on the behalf on the 2012 CUPortSS Executive Committee)
Principal officers:
Yesterday the Society met for its annual General Assembly (GA). The GA approved the Society's accounts for 2012 with unanimous vote and elected a new Executive Committee for 2013. The new Committee members are presented below. For more information on the matters discussed during the GA, the minutes will soon be made available online.
Before ending this year we have very good news for you: along with our facebook group, CUPortSS has now a brand new website! In our new web page you can find all sorts of information about the Society, the Committe, all our events (including photos!) and much more!
Please check it out at http://www.cuportss.org/
This will be the last newsletter of the current year. On the behalf of the outgoing Committee I would like to thank you all for coming to our events! You were absolutely essential in making all this year's events a huge success and in giving all of us the opportunity to have a lot of fun and learn a bit about the culture of Portuguese speaking countries! For us it has been a great pleasure to organize the Society's activities. We wish the new Committee all the luck in the world and we are sure next year will be at least as good and the this one!
For now I would like to wish you all a great Christmas and a happy New Year! We will be back in January with a renewed team but with the same enthusiasm to organize a lot of great events in 2013!
With very best wishes,
José Reis
(CUPortSS Secretary, on the behalf on the 2012 CUPortSS Executive Committee)
CUPortSS Executive Committee 2013:
Principal officers:
José Pedro Reis
(President)
Joel Alves (Secretary)
Rodrigo Santos (Junior Treasurer)
Committee Members:
Ana Amaral
Ana Paula
Rebocho
Eva Serrão
João Monteiro
Afonso
Joana Martins
Luísa Borges do
Amaral
Miguel Torres
Patrícia Santos
Sara Serradas
Duarte
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
General Assembly and new Committee election
Dear CUPortSS members,
We are getting close to the end of our year, and it is therefore time to the annual General Assembly, to which you are all invited. The General Assembly (GA) will take place in the Graduate Union, on the 4th of December at 8pm.
The GA will have the following agenda:
1) Presentation of a summary of the current year's expenses to date.
2) Enquiries about the current year's accounts and events.
3) Election of a new CUPortSS Executive Committee for 2013
If you want to be involved and present a Motion for the new Committee, the call for Election Motions is now open until the 2nd of December. On the 3rd of December we will announce all the Motions running for election on the GA.
The positions that require candidates are those for Principal Officers:
1. President
2. Secretary
3. Junior Treasurer
According to the CUPortSS constitution, the three Principal Officer positions shall be filled by members of the society that must be members of the University of Cambridge. At least TWO of the Principal Officers must also be current full time students of the University.
Candidates for Principal Officers shall submit their Election Motion to the CUPortSS Secretary (cuportss@gmail.com), consisting on their list of proposed candidates to the Executive Committee together with a Plan of Activities.
Any other positions can be included in the Election Motion - such as Sports Officer, Ents Officer, Cultural officer, etc.
If you need any clarification, contact the CUPortSS Sectretary (José Reis) at cuportss@gmail.com.
Best regards,
José Reis
(CUPortSS Secretary)
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS SOCIETY
Visit our Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/
We are getting close to the end of our year, and it is therefore time to the annual General Assembly, to which you are all invited. The General Assembly (GA) will take place in the Graduate Union, on the 4th of December at 8pm.
The GA will have the following agenda:
1) Presentation of a summary of the current year's expenses to date.
2) Enquiries about the current year's accounts and events.
3) Election of a new CUPortSS Executive Committee for 2013
If you want to be involved and present a Motion for the new Committee, the call for Election Motions is now open until the 2nd of December. On the 3rd of December we will announce all the Motions running for election on the GA.
The positions that require candidates are those for Principal Officers:
1. President
2. Secretary
3. Junior Treasurer
According to the CUPortSS constitution, the three Principal Officer positions shall be filled by members of the society that must be members of the University of Cambridge. At least TWO of the Principal Officers must also be current full time students of the University.
Candidates for Principal Officers shall submit their Election Motion to the CUPortSS Secretary (cuportss@gmail.com), consisting on their list of proposed candidates to the Executive Committee together with a Plan of Activities.
Any other positions can be included in the Election Motion - such as Sports Officer, Ents Officer, Cultural officer, etc.
If you need any clarification, contact the CUPortSS Sectretary (José Reis) at cuportss@gmail.com.
Best regards,
José Reis
(CUPortSS Secretary)
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS SOCIETY
Visit our Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/
Monday, 19 November 2012
Christmas Dinner 2012
A wide variety of Portuguese food, including appetizers, several main courses,
deserts, and drinks will be served. Vegetarian options are also available.
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Places are limited and you will have to buy your ticket in advance.
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Places are limited and you will have to buy your ticket in advance.
Price: 12£ for Members, 14£ for Non Members
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To buy them, you have to send an email to Ana, on cuportss[at]gmail.com, with “Christmas Dinner” as the Subject. She will explain you how to proceed with the payment. Your reservation will only be confirmed when the payment is received. Tickets will be sold on a 'first come, first served' basis. So rush! :)
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What: Christmas Dinner 2012
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When: 2nd of December, 7.30pm
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Where: Centre at St Paul’s, Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1JP
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To buy them, you have to send an email to Ana, on cuportss[at]gmail.com, with “Christmas Dinner” as the Subject. She will explain you how to proceed with the payment. Your reservation will only be confirmed when the payment is received. Tickets will be sold on a 'first come, first served' basis. So rush! :)
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What: Christmas Dinner 2012
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When: 2nd of December, 7.30pm
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Where: Centre at St Paul’s, Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1JP
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Magusto (Chestnut Celebration)
Magusto is a celebration
of the land, the legend of Saint-Martin, chestnuts on the fire, liquors
and rich wines! A cultural celebration, carried out by many generations
that very often used beautiful moustaches. Join us and enjoy real
Portuguese chestnuts from the region of Trás-os-Montes, the very
traditional ‘jerupiga’ liquor, many other Portuguese snacks and wines
and, of course, a warm evening!
Bring your moustache (either natural or synthetic!). Classic Portuguese music from the 90s will make it impossible to say no to a dance!
Price: £3,50 for Members, £5,00 for Guests
Preferred Dress Code: 1990's style and a Moustache!
Bring your moustache (either natural or synthetic!). Classic Portuguese music from the 90s will make it impossible to say no to a dance!
Price: £3,50 for Members, £5,00 for Guests
Preferred Dress Code: 1990's style and a Moustache!
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