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RITORNO A BAHIA
Dopo due mesi di viaggi europei intensissimi – tra mostre di D’Artagnan, “musical interludes”, contatti con artisti, contatti e accordi per l’ICBIE, ricerca di fondi, incluso il sogno della costruzione del cinema-teatro alla Ribeira e per ultimo una vendita andata a male di un terreno in Italia per appunto porre la prima pietra del cineteatro…
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Finalmente in Brasile
Salve a tutti, Sono Daniele, qualche tempo fa ho scritto un messaggio di presentazione segnalando la mia prossima partenza per Salvador. Finalmente eccoci! E´quasi una settimana che sono arrivato e devo dire l´istituto è un posto notevole. Ho notato quanto impegno e quanto coraggio i nostri Pietro e Marlene hanno avuto per titar su tutto…
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Coming Soon: An ICBIE Office in Rome
Last night will be remembered as a key moment in ICBIE history, because it marks the foundation of a permanent Roman committee, comprising a substantial number of determined friends that will operate an Italian office. We met for dinner, gathered around a big table on Pina Madonna’s terrace, discussing the nuts and bolts of our…
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The ICBIE Benefit in Rome
Last night all the Roman friends of the ICBIE (and there are many!) turned out at the Linux Club for the fifth annual benefit evening. This tradition, begun by Marlene de Souza in 2003, while Pietro was in Salvador, preparing to purchase the property in Ribeira, has continued every June, always in a different venue,…
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ICBIE Benefit in Rome : June 21!
After a last-minute shuffle, the ICBIE Benefit evening is planned out in every detail. First of all, the venue has been changed to the Linux Club (Via Libetta 15c, 00154 Roma – tel. 06.57250551), which is just off the Via Ostiense, near the Roma Tre University and the Garbatella Metro Station. The evening will begin…
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Michelle Falcinelli’s English Course
Two teachers from the American Overseas School of Rome have added English language instruction to the ICBIE’s curriculum. After Rosa de Bellis started the program last summer (with an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm), during the month of May, Michelle Falcinelli offered another round, with two five-day-per-week classes, one for younger students (starting at ten years…
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June 21 or 22: ICBIE benefit in Rome!
Last June, at the Angelo Mai social center (now sadly closed), a benefit event was held to mark the opening of a Roman office for the ICBIE. Its success was twofold: it proved to be a lucrative source of funds, but it was also great to see all the Italian ICBIE supporters together in one…