DAVID MONCADA Starting the first week of November, the ICBIE has re-activated its courses in basic and intermediary English, as well as a basic French course, thanks to the arrival to our staff of a young volunteer, David. David lives in France, where he is enrolled in university, studying foreign languages, and in fact, he…

It’s almost two months since the ICBIE welcomed two volunteer Italian ladies in its staff.  They are in Salvador to participate in an international stage put on by the Faculty of Education and Training at the University of Florence, in the field of social education. They have been busy in community schools in the problematic…

Meeting of the Department of Sport and Recreation of the City of Salvador During the morning of Friday, November 22nd, the main hall of the ICBIE once again hosted a closed meeting of the Department of Sport and Recreation of the city of Salvador’s Secretary of Culture.  The meeting included the participation of about seventy…

“The Day of Black Consciousness” and the Afro-Dance group of the ICBIE For “The Day of Black Consciousness,” which is celebrated every year on the 20th of November throughout Brazil, a dance and theater event with the suggestive title “Art of the Heart Encounter” was organized by the Plataforma Cultural Center. The Afro-Dance Group of…

This year, the SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Service for small and medium-sized businesses) project, “Creative Territories,” continues to operate in Salvador.  The city has been subdivided into nine creative territories, and the ICBIE, along with other associations (espaço cultural Alagados, Fabrica Cultural, the CAMPI network, ABEAC, the rowing federation, etc.) located in the Itapagipe peninsula, is…

The ICBIE doesn’t miss anything, it embraces art and culture, but also sport. During the days between the 24th of October and the 3rd of November, in fact, we acted as a refuge for the athletes who participated in two very important Bahian sporting events that took place in Ribeira, right in front of the…

Salvador è una città esibizionista. (Portuguese and English translations below) Non ci si stupisce se per strada si incontrano persone che cantano, ballano e fanno un gran chiasso.  Per questo giungendo al quartiere di Ribeira lungo il Caminho de Areia e poi percorrendo rua Porto dos Tainheiros, si può non far caso alle urla, alle…

Yesterday, the Ninth International Festival of Street Artists of Bahia opened in Ribeira.  For three days, our neighborhood will be animated by actors, musicians and artists, and then the festival will continue in other areas of the city until the 21st of October. Many of the visiting artists are staying at our Piccola Ribeira B&B,…

Novo visual para a entrada do ICBIE: mais cores, mais informações e mais visibilidade para o nosso Instituto graças á instalação de 3 grandes placas informativas! O projeto gráfico e artístico é do nosso amigo e sócio Bigode! Nuovo look per l´entrata dell´ICBIE: piú colore, piú informazioni e maggiore visibilitá per il nostro Istituto grazie…

The ICBIE Cineforum is back!  The first film will be the Italian romantic comedy Bread, Love & Dreams (Pane, Amore e Fantasia) (1953) by Luigi Comencini, starring Vittorio de Sica and Gina Lollabrigida.  The film will be shown in the original Italian version, but with Portuguese subtitles. Prezados amigos nessa próxima sexta feira, dia 27…