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Support for the Stilt-House Band
Thanks to the donation that our great Monica Bernardi collected during the baptism of Diego—her son and also the ICBIE mascot—, we were able to give a little bit of economic help to the Banda Palafitas (Stilt-House Band) of Mestre Caica. The band is made up of little kids who live in the economically-challenged Massaranduba…
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ICBIE Cineforum: Quincas Berro D’água
One of this year’s finest Brazilian films will be shown at tomorrow’s ICBIE Cineforum. Based upon a 1959 short story by Jorge Amado, the film is set in the city of Salvador and recounts a surreal story about a man who dies quietly in bed and then his friends decide to take him to a…
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At Last, a Tight Bond with the U.S.A.
(Italian & Portuguese translations below) Our Institute survives only with solid support from abroad. Without the help that we receive from ARCI, for example, we would not have had the resources to build and operate our computer lab and, thanks to the generosity of the American Overseas School of Rome, we can offer Geisiel’s immensely…
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Registration Is Open for New English Courses
ISCRIZIONI APERTE PER IL CORSO DI INGLESE (English translation below) Aspettando l´arrivo della nostra nuova insegnante di inglese, Miriam Murphy, ancora un´altra volontaria proveniente dalla “American Overseas School of Rome”, l´ICBIE apre le iscrizioni per i corsi di inglese. Le lezioni si svolgeranno secondo il seguente calendario CURSO: NIVEL BASICO Terças e quintas: 1ª Turma…
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ICBIE Cineforum: Good Bye Lenin!
Tonight’s Cineforum will present a farcical German film that focuses on the changes in East Germany after the fall of Communism through the story of a fervent hardliner who has a heart attack after seeing her son participating in protest demonstration. She falls into a coma, waking up only after the fall of the Berlin…
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ICBIE Cineforum Tonight: Four Days in September
A dramatic moment in recent Brazilian history is the backdrop for tonight’s film, which also has different names, depending on the language version. In Portuguese, it’s O que é isso companheiro? (“What is it, Comrade”), while in English it goes by Four Days in September, which is translates consistently in its Italian title, 4 giorni…
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Building an Environmental Conscience
PALESTRA “USO SUSTENTAVEL DOS RECURSOS NATURAIS” – 4 SETTEMBRE 2010 (English translation below) L´incontro di sabato scorso, 4 settembre, realizzato all´ICBIE sul tema “Uso sostenibile delle risorse naturali” é stato aperto da una piccola rappresentazione teatrale della Compagnia Piccola Cia de Teatro dell´ICBIE. I nostri giovanissimi attori, sotto la direzione di Meg, hanno messo in…
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For ICBIE Drawing Classes, It’s Boomtime!
CORSO DI DISEGNO II SEMESTRE 2010 CON IL SOSTEGNO DELLA AOS DI ROMA Il II semestre del corso di disegno di osservazione conta un grande successo di iscritti. Il nostro valido insegnante Geisiel oltre a continuare le sue lezioni con i vecchi alunni – sempre piú talentuosi – ogni sabato mattina insegna l´arte del disegno…
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A New Promotional Video on YouTube
After so many successes during the past seven years, it’s easy for us to assume that everybody knows all about the ICBIE and its work in Salvador, but, of course, that’s not true. So, especially considering our ambitious plans for the future, it seemed appropriate to have an Introductory Video, to acquaint new people with…