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There’s plenty of activity at the ICBIE these days.  Tonight begins a new monthly cycle of films for the Cineforum, this time dedicated to the transformative power of sports, starting with Cinderella Man, Ron Howard’s great 2005 film about boxing. ——– O ICBIE gostaria de convidá-lo para as exibições de filmes do nosso Cineforum. Tema…

Tomorrow night at 7 PM the Little Theater Company of the ICBIE will present the premiere of  Reading Forbidden, a Walk through a Sheet of Paper, a multimedia performance in one act and thirteen scenes, directed by Francesca Tagliaferro.   O Grupo Piccola Cia. de Teatro/Música do ICBIE, com o apoio do Prêmio Mais Cultura,…

During the last two weeks of June, the ICBIE founders made a whirlwind tour in the United States, to trumpet our cause and build, strengthen and energize our wonderful network of American supporters. The first stop was in New York, where, on Sunday the 17th, Mary Norris opened her quaint bungalow (newly christened “Forest Lawn”)…

A new monthly film cycle, this time dedicated to Musicals, begins tomorrow night with The Phantom of the Opera, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lugubrious themes will work their magic one more time. ——————– O ICBIE, através do Prêmio Mais Cultura, gostaria de convidá-lo para as exibições de filmes do nosso Cineforum. Tema do mês: Musical…

Ópera do Malandro, tonight’s wonderful film, is based on a great satirical story with a long history.  It starts with John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera in 1728 and proceeds through the centuries to The Threepenny Opera (1928), with its re-adaptation by Bertolt Brecht, and then its transposition to Brazil with Chico Buarque’s 1978 musical, Ópera do Malandro, finally becoming a…

(English and Portuguese translations below) Quest’anno, per la prima volta, il consolato italiano di Salvador è stato, fra quelli nordestini, la sede principale della festa per il 2 giugno. Essendo da poco lo stato di Bahia entrato a far parte della circoscrizione consolare di Recife, il console, dott. Francesco Piccione, ha voluto sottolineare il cambiamento…

  A bit overdue, here’s a set of pictures documenting the extraordinary success of last Saturday night’s ICBIE Annual fundraiser in Rome.  We inaugurated the Blow Up River Cafe with a mob of our loyal supporters, who braved the stormy weather, clambering down the travertine steps from Lungotevere dei Mellini to the banks of the…

Continuing a cherished springtime tradition that spans back seven years now, the ICBIE is putting on another great event in Rome.  This Saturday, May 26th, we will take over the newly refurbished Blow Up River Café, which is located on a big barge on the Tiber in the city center, just upstream from the Palace of…

This Friday’s Cineforum will be showing Scott Hicks’s Oscar winning film Shine (1996), as part of this month’s cycle, “Genius and Madness.” O ICBIE, através do Prêmio Mais Cultura,  gostaria de convidá-lo para as exibições de filmes do nosso Cineforum. Tema do mês: “Da Genialidade à Loucura” Filme: Shine – Brilhante        Direção:   …