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2011 Goes Out with the Dragon
RETURN PERFORMANCE OF THE DRAGÃO AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ICBIE SCHOLASTIC YEAR On Tuesday, December 20th, the ICBIE officially closed its activities for the year 2011 with a reprise of the ‘operetta’ Cidade em perigo ou o traficante Dragão Preto. This time the music was recorded and the ICBIE Little Theater Company, continuously evolving,…
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D’Artagnan in Deutschland
Our ever-faithful friend Steve Whitton sends this great report on last Friday’s bash. An Evening in Limburg, Germany Every year before Christmas, Lahn Artists (www.lahnartists.de) has an Annual Exhibition in the Historical Town Hall, one of the most interesting buildings within the Limburger Altstadt. Built in the 14th Century, it was the Town Hall for…
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More D’Artagnan News from Amsterdam
Our great friend Ella Arps and her historic gallery (www.arpsgallery.com) organized the D’Artagnan event last Friday. She kindly contributes this complete report of the event, together with some exciting new developments that have arisen in the wake of it. We started at 8.30 p.m. The theatre of the Foundation Perdu was made up beautifully and…
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D’Artagnan Day in Salvador
After Mary’s report from Amsterdam, here is Pietro’s dispatch from the ICBIE in Ribeira. Dear friends, Here are pictures that our Brazilian photographer Paranaguà took during the D’Artagnan Centenary Event in Salvador on Friday night. There were good wines, Brazilian beer and food and a giant chocolate cake made by our extraordinary Lu (Lucidalva). The…
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D’Artagnan Centenary Hits Three Continents on Friday
The whole ICBIE project is linked to the life and works of a Venetian orphan named Michele Lombardi, who, under the pseudonym of Ele D’Artagnan, managed to climb into the highest artistic circles while living a precarious vagrant’s life. His exalted and tragic presence throughout Pietro Gallina’s childhood and the subsequent inheritance of the maestro’s…
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Pietro Meets with ICBIE Europa
In the midst of the hectic pre-holiday rush, we managed to collect enough of our people together for a meeting last Friday night, taking advantage of Pietro’s visit to welcome Roberta Federica, yet another of his former students from the Liceo Socrate, into our fold. We are delighted to have her aboard; her talents in…
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First Level Italian Course Graduation
CONCLUSIONE DEL CORSO DI ITALIANO, PRIMO LIVELLO Martedi scorso, 29 novembre, si é concluso il corso di italiano, primo livello. cominciato alla fine di agosto. Marcella, l´insegnante di italiano, é super soddisfatta di aver dato lezione a degli studenti cosí attenti, intelligenti ed interessati. Le lezioni sono state frequentate da circa 10 persone che hanno…
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Sound of Music at the ICBIE Cineforum
To close off the ICBIE Cineforum for the year 2011 and to get our community into a holiday spirit, what could be better than The Sound of Music? Because of the film’s extended duration, it will be shown in two parts, on December 2 (tomorrow) and 9 (next Friday). By the way, this Rodgers &…
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Italian Exchange Students Come for a Visit
(English translation below) Lo scorso venerdi, 25 novembre, l´ICBIE ha ricevuto la visita di un gruppo di 10 adolescenti italiani facenti parte di un progetto di interscambio dell´Associazione AIBI – Associação Amigos das Crianças. I ragazzi erano accompagnati da una delle coordinatrici del progetto, Dulcelina Nascimento da Conceição e passeranno circa due mesi in Brasile…
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Geisiel Returns with his own Exhibition
o ICBIE, com o apoio do Prêmio Mais Cultura, gostaria de convidá-lo para “ImPrecisões”, exposição do artista plástico Geisiel Ramos. Geisiel que já atuou como professor de desenho e técnicas artísticas, e multiplicador aqui no nosso instituto. INAUGURAÇÃO DIA 01 DE DEZEMBRO ÀS 17h, sede do ICBIE Horário de abertura para visitas: De 02 a 09…