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An Appeal for an ICBIE Office in Rome
Last Friday, at a second meeting between ICBIE’s faithful Roman supporters and the Eleventh Municipality of the Rome city government, the following letter was submitted, formally requesting help in establishing a Rome office. L’ICBIE (Instituto de Cultura Brasil Italia Europa) è un’associazione senza fini di lucro con sede in Brasile a Salvador de Bahia, operativa…
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Forging New Alliances
The stars must be aligned just right for the ICBIE, with so many new and exciting developments. Just the Italian tour of Julio and Bigode, and the subsequent opportunities to forge friendly relationships with the city governments of Salvador and Rome would be sufficient reason for optimism, but other big opportunities have been brewing, and…
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ICBIE Bridge between Rome and Salvador
Amidst all the excitement of the last week, it’s been hard to find time to write up all the important developments. As mentioned earlier, two officials from Salvador’s city council have come to Italy to show off their prize street artists Julio and Bigode. The Rome ICBIE supporters immediately saw this as an opportunity to…
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ICBIE Artists at AOSR
Friday, October 5, 2007: ICBIE Day at AOSR! Although, thanks to the Bridge to Bahia project, there have been numerous AOSR events where the ICBIE has been present, never before was a whole school day enlivened by the presence of real Bahians, together with ICBIE president Pietro Gallina. And the real stars were our delightful…
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ICBIE’s Big Roman Bash!
Rome’s tribute to the ICBIE couldn’t have gone better! It was a perfect warm and balmy night, the Factory was a great location that allowed us to make as much noise as we wanted late into the night, the music was terrific and a huge crowd of 700 people turned up. By the end of…
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ICBIE Benefit Evening in Rome on Oct. 3
Next Wednesday night, a benefit concert will kick off the autumn campaign of Rome’s ICBIE supporters. This important event will take place in The Factory, located on the Riva Ostiense, on the left bank of the Tiber, at 9 PM. According to the beautiful poster shown below, the encounter will open with a brief presentation…
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Julio & Pietro Meet the Mayor
One week ago, on August 22, ICBIE President Pietro Gallina accompanied our talented artist Julio Costa to City Hall, for an appointment with the Mayor, João Henrique. The principal object of the meeting was to formalize the first international expedition of our two artists, and, in fact, an agreement was reached, where the City of…