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New Visits: The ICBIE Network Grows
by roy|20 novembro 2010|ICBIE news
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,...
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ICBIE Europa’s Splash in the Press
by roy|19 novembro 2010|ICBIE news
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...
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Cineforum: Cinema Paradiso
by roy|18 novembro 2010|Forum
Tomorrow's ICBIE Cineforum will feature the Oscar winning film by Giuseppe Tornatore, Cinema Paradiso.  Released in 1989, its Italian title was preserved for all international versions, for once. O ICBIE, juntamente com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura, Arte e...
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ICBIE on TV Bahia
by roy|15 novembro 2010|ICBIE news
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...
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Pasolini’s Oedipus Rex at Today’s Cineforum
by roy|12 novembro 2010|ICBIE news
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...
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Health & Wellness Workshop
by roy|10 novembro 2010|Forum
PALESTRA "SAUDE E BEM ESTAR" (English translation below) Sabato scorso, 6 novembre, il workshop del fitoterapista e specializzato in agopuntura Benedito C. Gandra, é stato seguito da un nutrito pubblico. Molto interessanti i consigli e le regole per stare bene...
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Big News from ICBIE Europa
by roy|09 novembro 2010|ICBIE news
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...
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ICBIE Health and Wellness Seminar Today
by roy|06 novembro 2010|ICBIE news
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...
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Tomorrow’s ICBIE Cineforum: ‘Il Sorpasso’
by roy|04 novembro 2010|ICBIE news
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...
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Cineforum Tomorrow: Policarpo Quaresma
by roy|28 outubro 2010|ICBIE news
Another fine Brazilian film will be shown at the ICBIE Cineforum tomorrow night.  The 1998 film by Paulo Thiago explores the case of a wild idealist in Recife, who has all kinds of original plans to make Brazil a great...
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