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  • Honoring Iemanjá, Queen of the Sea

    Our friend Paranaguá sends this report of the big condomblé festival held on February 2.  (English translation below) Saudações a Iemanjá, rainha do mar! O refrão “Dia dois de fevereiro/Dia de festa no mar/Eu quero ser o primeiro/A saudar Iemanjá” tema musical do saudoso cantor e compositor baiano Dorival Caymmi é uma saudação a Rainha…

  • Coming Soon: Two ICBIE Events in Italy

    Despite the risk of appearing to be a party rather than a noble cultural institute, the ICBIE has been blessed with a rapid-fire series of fund raising events that help to inform more and more people of our work.  In the next eight days there will be two more events in the Rome area, and,…

  • Val’s Italian Tour

    After Júlio, Bigode and Bogus, the ICBIE finally sent a girl student to Europe.  Valdenice Santana spent two months in Italy and Spain, and she returned to Salvador last Sunday.  Here is a note that she wrote, recounting her experiences in Italy.  (Hopefully, she will soon add her thoughts about Spain, too!)  Italian and English…

  • Paraguaná’s Report on the Mutirão

    Sábado inesquecível: O dia 24 de janeiro de 2009 entrou para a história dos mutirões de grafite em Salvador. Um espetáculo de cores, alegria, som, interação e a badalada feijoada. Esses foram os ingredientes para o sucesso do Mutirão de Grafite na Rua Clóvis Almeida Maia, bairro da Ribeira, organizado pelo grupo Nova10ordem, comemorando os…

  • More Mutirão Photos

  • The President’s “State of the ICBIE” Address

      (English translation below) L’inaugurazione del Progetto Oficina di Rua E’ con grande piacere che vorrei dare un annuncio finalmente positivo per il Progetto D’Artagnan Scuola Internazionale di arte e lingue dell’ICBIE, informando sia la nostra comunità locale che quella che ci segue fuori del Brasile: il Comune di Bologna in collaborazione con l’ARCI Solidarietà…

  • A Tribal Graffiti Gathering for Júlio

    The ICBIE community is maturing, and it’s great to see.  After six years, our first students are now full-fledged adults, working in the neighborhood as respected artists, famous for their trips around the world.  The are applying the human philosophies imparted by Pietro and Marlene: activism and incessant work to make everyone’s life more meaningful.…

  • A Stolen Kiss

    Our dear friend and ever-faithful collaborator Paranaguá has sent this sweet bit of news, which is extraordinary, given the onslaught of holidays in Bahia.  He was kind enough to list them all:  first of all, yesterday was the hugely popular “Washing of Bonfim,” to be followed in rapid succession by “Seconda Gorda” on the 19th,…

  • A Report on the Holiday Fundraising Campaign

    The biggest ICBIE fundraising campaign ever finished yesterday and, although our goal of €10,000 was not reached, we are very pleased all the same.  Friends and supporters from all over the world came through generously, despite the economic crisis, showing that people really do care about the fate of our dear Institute.  This tangible sign…

  • A Splash in the Press

    The International Educator is distributed worldwide to English language international schools, where it is avidly read by teachers and administrators, thanks to its huge collection of job offerings, plus plenty of gossip about hirings, firings, promotions and awards.  The December issue carried an article that I wrote, explaining the work that the American Overseas School…