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Coming Soon: An ICBIE Office in Rome
Last night will be remembered as a key moment in ICBIE history, because it marks the foundation of a permanent Roman committee, comprising a substantial number of determined friends that will operate an Italian office. We met for dinner, gathered around a big table on Pina Madonna’s terrace, discussing the nuts and bolts of our…
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The ICBIE Benefit in Rome
Last night all the Roman friends of the ICBIE (and there are many!) turned out at the Linux Club for the fifth annual benefit evening. This tradition, begun by Marlene de Souza in 2003, while Pietro was in Salvador, preparing to purchase the property in Ribeira, has continued every June, always in a different venue,…
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ICBIE Benefit in Rome : June 21!
After a last-minute shuffle, the ICBIE Benefit evening is planned out in every detail. First of all, the venue has been changed to the Linux Club (Via Libetta 15c, 00154 Roma – tel. 06.57250551), which is just off the Via Ostiense, near the Roma Tre University and the Garbatella Metro Station. The evening will begin…
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D’Artagnan Takes Amsterdam
The D’Artagnan festival in Amsterdam has finished and, thanks to Pietro and Mary Norris, news is trickling through. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute, the festival covered a seven day period, with contrasting events held in different places around the city, to illustrate the multi-faceted talents of D’Artagnan. His youthful passion for music was honored…
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Michelle Falcinelli’s English Course
Two teachers from the American Overseas School of Rome have added English language instruction to the ICBIE’s curriculum. After Rosa de Bellis started the program last summer (with an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm), during the month of May, Michelle Falcinelli offered another round, with two five-day-per-week classes, one for younger students (starting at ten years…
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D’Artagnan Show in Amsterdam, June 4-10
A large part of the ICBIE’s financial support has come from the paintings of Ele D’Artagnan, the eccentric artist who befriended Pietro from earliest childhood. Pietro inherited all his works when the maestro died in 1987, and since then, he has worked to establish a posthumous reputation for him, as a precious testimonial of the…
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June 21 or 22: ICBIE benefit in Rome!
Last June, at the Angelo Mai social center (now sadly closed), a benefit event was held to mark the opening of a Roman office for the ICBIE. Its success was twofold: it proved to be a lucrative source of funds, but it was also great to see all the Italian ICBIE supporters together in one…