Susanna (who was a student of Pietro’s in Rome) and her Irish boyfriend Ian stayed at the ICBIE for a month, during their extended travels in South America.  They really dug in and helped us, and when they left last week, they left us this sweet message. —————— After nearly 8 months travelling, a month…

Without our network of friends, collaborators and supporters, the ICBIE couldn’t survive for a week.  Without them, the hassles of maintenance and management, as well as the isolation, would be too much for Pietro, Marlene and Marcella to bear.  Fortunately, the Institute is solidly established in the quick of Salvador’s cultural life, and our reputation…

Not content with just fund raising and an ambitious calendar of courses and events, ICBIE Europa has done a splendid job of creating a buzz in the local press.  The leading weekly current events magazine Roma c’è gave us a high visibility splash in this week’s edition, explaining how our Portuguese and Italian classes are…

A while back, some people from Rede Bahia, the local Salvador TV station, came to the ICBIE to interview Pietro for their Saturday morning program Aprovado.  It just so happened that a big meeting of the Salvador grafita artists was underway when they arrived, and that made their visit to our Institute all the more…

Today the ICBIE Cineforum is presenting the wonderful Pasolini film Oedipus Rex.  This is particularly appropriate, seeing as the lead actress is Silvana Mangano, the wife of Dino de Laurentiis, who died yesterday at the age of 91, ending an amazing era of Italian cinema. O ICBIE, juntamente com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura,…

ATTIVITÁ ALL´ABEAC (Portuguese and English translations below) La collaborazione tra l´ICBIE e l´Associazione della Ribeira, ABEAC (Associação Beneficente Educação Arte e Cidadania) é stata sempre molto attiva. Quest´anno si é rafforzata in occasione della visita delle volontarie del Manhattanville College che hanno realizzato presso l´ABEAC, per poco piú di un mese,  alcune attivitá di insegnamento…

It’s been awhile since news about ICBIE Europa has appeared here, but that doesn’t mean that it has been on vacation.  On the contrary, the team of Roman supporters has been busy cooking up new initiatives.  Two language courses have been set up and are just getting underway, and to celebrate, there will be a…

Today at 5 PM the ICBIE is hosting a seminar/workshop on health and wellness, led by the physiotherapist Benedito C. Gandra. O ICBIE em parceria com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura, Arte e Inclusão Digital na Cidade Baixa, Têm o prazer de convidá-lo para uma palestra que se fará realizar no dia 6 de…

With the new month, the ICBIE Cineforum moves on, away from modern Brazilian cinema to Italy, kicking off with Dino Risi’s milestone film, Il Sorpasso (1961).  And we’re back to the usual total confusion in the title’s translation for foreign releases.  In the U.S., it appeared as The Easy Life, whereas in Brazil it’s called…

The ICBIE took an active part in the various activities at the UFBA (Federal University of the State of Bahia) marking the 10th Annual Italian Language in the World Week;  last Tuesday, October 26th, President Pietro Gallina intervened, speaking of the cultural activities of the ICBIE in the Cidade baixa, while Professor Marlene spoke on…