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Rome Party at Beba do Samba
(English translation below) Grande successo della festa tesseramento soci ICBIE Italia ieri sera, sabato 13 dicembre al Beba do Samba nel colorato quartiere di San Lorenzo.Ancora una volta la capacità organizzativa ed il tam tam innescato dall’attivissima segreteria operativa dell’ICBIE a Roma (Marcella, Monica, Loona, Consuelo, Roy, Pina….solo per citarne qualcuno) ha portato un consistente numero…
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Paranaguà’s Memories of Nov. 15
(English translation below) Sábado, 15 de novembro. Feriado em Salvador. Nesta data se comemora a Proclamação da República do Brasil. O dia amanheceu ensolarado, uma ótima oportunidade para ir à praia e tomar um banho de mar, jogar uma partida de futebol, saborear uma cervejinha bem gelada, de preferência em algum barzinho próximo à residência…
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Big ICBIE Party in Rome December 13th
All friends of the ICBIE are invited to a big Brazilian party next Saturday night. Organized by the dynamic staff of the ICBIE Italia, the evening promises to be a lively one, with our rambunctious friends Akuna Matata offering their thundering Batucada de Samba; our new friend Julio Enrique Lopez da Silva, freshly arrived…
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Rossana’s ICBIE Impressions
I just got back after two weeks of full immersion at the ICBIE and I’m already full of “saudade”. Why? Because I felt so at home, from when I arrived at the airport and saw the smiling faces of Pietro and Julio to when I left, accompanied by a delightful ceremony of departure. I tried…
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Welcome to Rome, Val!
This evening, Valdanice Santana is arriving in Rome after her first long airplane ride from Salvador. After Julio, Bigode and Bogus, this lovely young lady is the fourth ICBIE Italian language student to be invited to discover Italy, a guest of our network of friends sprinkled here and there, up and down the boot. She…
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Photos of Riccardo Fontana’s Book Launch
Once again, thanks to our faithful friend Paranaguá, we have some fine photos of Thursday’s book launch at the Historic and Geographic Institute of Bahia. With the support of the Italian Institute of Culture in Rio de Janeiro, the ICBIE was able to organize this high profile cultural event, recognizing a work by our friend…
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Paranaguà Leads an ICBIE Tour
(English translation below) A presença dos amigos do ICBIE no Museu Arqueológico da Embasa (MAE), no último dia 24, teve um significado muito importante para mim. Afinal, era a primeira vez que recebia a visita de pessoas tão ilustres, ligadas a arte e a cultura entre a Itália e o Brasil. Atendendo ao meu convite,…
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An Important Book Launch
A primary focus of the ICBIE mission is to nurture the cultural ties between Brazil and Italy, and the many conferences, seminars and encounters that the ICBIE has offered during the past three years have brought honor to the institute, as well as a growing respect from other cultural institutions and scholars, both in Brazil…
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Saturday Night Concert
The concert on Saturday night was a gift from Stefano Bottoni to the students of the ICBIE and the Ribeira community. Fred Menendez and his band brilliantly accompanied Stefano’s performance, even though they had never played together before. Their show was yet another fine example of the ICBIE’s outreach, merging foreign artists with the local…
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Stefano Bottoni: Manholes & Music
In the late 1970s, Pietro and I were composers for Spettro Sonoro, a Roman contemporary music ensemble that produced, as part of the legendary Estate romana, a John Cage festival, and we performed one of Cage’s Variations in the sewers under main pedestrian streets, including the Via del Corso (the manhole covers were partially elevated…