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Recent Events in Salvador
ULTIMI AVVENIMENTI (English translation below) All´ICBIE di Salvador, gli ultimi dieci giorni sono stati ricchi di arrivi-partenze- inizio attivitá, tanto da non aver avuto neanche il tempo per darvene notizia sul blog! A fine giugno é arrivata Francesca con la sua deliziosa famiglia: il marito Alessandro e i due figli Valerio e Adriano. Francesca é…
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Pietro & Roy’s ICBIE Road Trip in the USA
During the last two weeks of June, the ICBIE founders made a whirlwind tour in the United States, to trumpet our cause and build, strengthen and energize our wonderful network of American supporters. The first stop was in New York, where, on Sunday the 17th, Mary Norris opened her quaint bungalow (newly christened “Forest Lawn”)…
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July Cineforum Kicks Off with Phantom of the Opera
A new monthly film cycle, this time dedicated to Musicals, begins tomorrow night with The Phantom of the Opera, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lugubrious themes will work their magic one more time. ——————– O ICBIE, através do Prêmio Mais Cultura, gostaria de convidá-lo para as exibições de filmes do nosso Cineforum. Tema do mês: Musical…
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Tonight’s Cineforum with a Classic Story, Brazilian Style
Ópera do Malandro, tonight’s wonderful film, is based on a great satirical story with a long history. It starts with John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera in 1728 and proceeds through the centuries to The Threepenny Opera (1928), with its re-adaptation by Bertolt Brecht, and then its transposition to Brazil with Chico Buarque’s 1978 musical, Ópera do Malandro, finally becoming a…
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Italy Day in Salvador
(English and Portuguese translations below) Quest’anno, per la prima volta, il consolato italiano di Salvador è stato, fra quelli nordestini, la sede principale della festa per il 2 giugno. Essendo da poco lo stato di Bahia entrato a far parte della circoscrizione consolare di Recife, il console, dott. Francesco Piccione, ha voluto sottolineare il cambiamento…
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TeveRIO Party Reports
A bit overdue, here’s a set of pictures documenting the extraordinary success of last Saturday night’s ICBIE Annual fundraiser in Rome. We inaugurated the Blow Up River Cafe with a mob of our loyal supporters, who braved the stormy weather, clambering down the travertine steps from Lungotevere dei Mellini to the banks of the…
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TeveRIO! ICBIE Benefit in Rome
Continuing a cherished springtime tradition that spans back seven years now, the ICBIE is putting on another great event in Rome. This Saturday, May 26th, we will take over the newly refurbished Blow Up River Café, which is located on a big barge on the Tiber in the city center, just upstream from the Palace of…
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Shine Comes to the Cineforum
This Friday’s Cineforum will be showing Scott Hicks’s Oscar winning film Shine (1996), as part of this month’s cycle, “Genius and Madness.” O ICBIE, através do Prêmio Mais Cultura, gostaria de convidá-lo para as exibições de filmes do nosso Cineforum. Tema do mês: “Da Genialidade à Loucura” Filme: Shine – Brilhante Direção: …
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Art Exchange Project in Waterloo, Belgium
On Friday, May 11th, the long awaited exposition of the drawings by the children of the ABEAC opened at the St. John’s International School in Belgium, as the final stage of our Art-exchange Project. After the drawing workshops at the ABEAC and after the success of the exposition of works by the Belgian children at…
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Cineforum – Flawless
The next film in May’s cycle, “From Genius to Madness,” is Flawless (2007), directed by Michael Radford with Michael Caine and Demi Moore. The show starts tomorrow evening at 7PM. O ICBIE, através do Prêmio Mais Cultura, gostaria de convidá-lo para as exibições de filmes do nosso Cineforum. Tema do mês: “Da Genialidade à Loucura” Filme:…