The next to the last day of the Festival, Saturday, December 19th, was dedicated to the local community and to the important people of the Itapagipe peninsula who helped the ICBIE during the last ten years.  There are many who deserved a Leonardo Prize, but this first time required that we selected only the following…

Day of National and International Associations and International Partners of the ICBIE While the screen in the exposition hall scrolled through all the photos of the collaborations, projects and activities that we have shared with various national and international associations, on the ICBIE terrace there was an interesting dialog between the following associations: Fabrica Cultural,…

Last Sunday was a busy one at the ICBIE. We opened the event dedicated to Fashion, Theater and Dance with a workshop in re-adapting clothing items from our bazaar (which continues to operate through the 20th of December!). The professional advice given by Sista Katia enchanted the participants with her creations, especially her original and…

Festival of Wine and the Italian Community On Saturday, December 12th, the day began early at the ICBIE, to prepare everything necessary to receive the guests and the people invited, who were expected to arrive in the afternoon. At 2:30, we opened the doors of our institute to the Italian community and to our other…

On Wednesday, December 9th, the ICBIE organized an evening to talk about the Institute’s language courses, primarily in English and Italian, bringing together friends, alumni and guests.  The students who followed the English course this year, led by Prof. Loona Tirabassi, presented a lively multi-lingual sketch to underline the importance of studying a foreign language…

Street and Plastic Arts Day The day dedicated to the arts, Friday, December 11th, began at the ICBIE with the activity of the graffiti artists, coordinated by Júlio Costa in the Institute’s open space. We were surprised by Salvador’s new talents, and even more because they were girls. While we waited for artists to arrive,…

It’s cold. I’m looking at a pallid winter sunset as I affectionately browse through photos and videos of Ribeira and I don’t want to make anyone sad: “the nostalgia for you and for Salvador, too” doesn’t include remorse. You were all great, welcoming me like only a great little community such as yours can do.…

Tuesday, December 8th was a day rich in color and different flavors.  The ICBIE, as part off its Festival of 10 years, decided to dedicate a day to gastronomy, but in a different way, mixing culinary arts with graffiti art. The Nova10Ordem crew invited the city’s street artists to paint the walls of the open…

Library and Museum Day On Sunday, December 5th, we dedicated the programming of our Festival to the Library and the MEPE museum that recounts the history of the Itapagipe peninsula. We began with a debate regarding the negative and positive aspects of the internet on our knowledge, and discordant opinions emerged: for older people, the…

Saturday, December 4th, ICBIE hosted the presentation of the book “Os Poetas estão vivos” (The Poets Are Alive) by Cacau Novaes, who was the first vice president of the ICBIE and an important collaborator during the Institute’s first years of activity. The principal theme of this collection of poetry is an attempt to bring to…