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ICBIE Cineforum on Friday
O ICBIE, juntamente com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura, Arte e Inclusão Digital na Cidade Baixa, gostaria de convidá-lo para a exibição de mais um filme do nosso Cineforum 2010 Filme: Narradores de Javé Direção: Eliane Caffé Local, data e horário: Sede do ICBIE, 16 de Julho, sexta-feira, às 18h30. Um pouco sobre o…
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Second Semester Course Offerings 2010
Registration for ICBIE courses opens today. Here is the complete announcement: ICBIE E SECULT (SECR. MUNICIPAL DA EDUCAÇÃO CULTURA ESPORTE E LAZER) ATRAVÉS DO PROJETO: “LEITURA, ARTE E INCLUSÃO DIGITAL NA CIDADE BAIXA” OFERECEM GRÁTIS: CURSO DE INFORMÁTICA BÁSICA PERÍODO DE AGOSTO/SETEMBRO – TODAS AS VAGAS PREENCHIDAS CURSO DE DESENHO ICBIE COM O APOIO DA…
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Salvador Grafita Meeting
The ICBIE has become the meeting place for the city-sponsored Salvador Grafita project, which has succeeded in transforming the city, by encouraging street artists to make positive contributions to the community, instead of emarginating them and treating them as criminals. Today’s meeting was particularly important for us, because we are asking them to take part…
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Tomorrow’s Cineforum: Freedom Writers
O ICBIE, juntamente com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura, Arte e Inclusão Digital na Cidade Baixa, gostaria de convidá-lo para a exibição de mais um filme do nosso Cineforum 2010 Filme: Escritores da Liberdade Direção: Richard LaGravenese Local, data e horário: Sede do ICBIE, 09 de Julho, sexta-feira, às 18h30. Um pouco sobre o…
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Planning the Official Opening of the Library
The date has been set: the Leonardo da Vinci International Library will officially open at the end of this month. Thanks to funding from the city government (SECULT), this valuable resource will finally be available to the public, and a big two-day launch is in the final planning stage. On Friday, July 30th and Saturday,…
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Schadenfreude
Yesterday was Brazilian Independence Day, a national holiday, and it conveniently coincided with Brazil’s big World Cup game with Holland, so Pietro and Marlene got busy and prepared for a big lunchtime party, starting with the game at 11 AM and then a churrasco. Despite the gray skies and constant rain, our spirits were high…
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Engineers’ Farewell Party
Alas, yesterday morning the four Engineers Without Borders (Brian, Tiffany, Kurt and Rhett) departed for home. As always, we had a big dinner party for them the night before, with plenty of food, drink, music and conversation. Not only did they do a lot of work on our theater project, but they made themselves useful…
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An Adventure with Cobra Mansa
Months ago, when Brian Stephenson began organizing the second EWB assessment visit to the ICBIE, he expressed an interest in visiting the Kilombo Tenondé, a revolutionary agricultural and social project initiated by an extraordinary capoeira master named Cobra Mansa (Cinézio Feliciano Peçanha), who Brian had met in Washington DC. As a result of their ongoing…
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A Visit to Saramandaia
Notoriously plagued by violence and despair, Saramandaia is an absurd place, tucked away just behind Salvador’s most modern commercial area. The favela’s sole bright light is a small but remarkable cultural center, Arte Cosciente, where children and young adults learn percussion, silk-screening, graffiti art, circus arts and boxing. Although they have achieved remarkable results (even…