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New ICBIE Cineforum
by roy|24 novembro 2007|Bridge to Bahia - AOSR & ICBIE, ICBIE news
After the successful film cycle that was presented last July and August, Pietro has assembled a new series.  This time the subject is The Masters of  Italian Cinema, and it is intended primarily for our many Italian students, as the...
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A Facelift and Some Growing Pains
by roy|23 novembro 2007|ICBIE news
At the ICBIE, the throngs of students are matched by a large number of workmen and laborers, who are working on two big projects.  One crew is busy mounting scaffolding, scraping and repainting the front facade.  Although completely restored only...
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A Pianoforte for the Favela
by roy|21 novembro 2007|Bridge to Bahia - AOSR & ICBIE, ICBIE news
Visitors to the ICBIE are immediately impressed when they see the beautiful old baby grand piano stationed under the stairway of the entrance hall.  Unfortunately, the instrument is beautiful only in its appearance: it is in terrible mechanical shape and...
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MusiBrasil Article on Julio & Bigode
by roy|17 novembro 2007|ICBIE news
The Italian website MusiBrasil has the ICBIE on its radar. Last February it hosted the wonderful article by Andrea Zeccato (see sidebar), and a week ago a splendid article about Julio and Bigode, written by Gabriella Melli, appeared. For our...
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Bridge to Bahia 2007-08
by roy|14 novembro 2007|Bridge to Bahia - AOSR & ICBIE
At the American Overseas School of Rome, the Bridge to Bahia project, though only a year old, is now a familiar and on-going activity in our community, but this year kicked off with a real bang. Daniele Dattilo and I...
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ICBIE Commemorates Amerigo Vespucci
by roy|13 novembro 2007|ICBIE news
Last week, on November 8th from 2 to 6 PM, after months of planning, the ICBIE presented a high-profile cultural event at the historic São Marcelo fort, perched above the port of Salvador. Celebrating the five-hundredth anniversary of the first...
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Mary Overby’s English Class
by roy|11 novembro 2007|ICBIE news
Things are going well here at ICBIE in Salvador. My students are a wonderful group, lively, cooperative and always ready to help me improve my Portuguese. They are definitely the best part of teaching. Teaching in classes like these is...
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An Open Letter from Julio & Bigode to their Italian Friends
by roy|09 novembro 2007|Forum
scuazate per il italiano rustico rupestre um bacio Noi abbiamo molto a dirvi, a tutti quanti que anno fatto la nostra giornata per itália molto pio vivacia e piena di alegria, scuzate il nostro modo rústico e senza educacione, pero...
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Arrivederci ragazzi!
by roy|05 novembro 2007|ICBIE news
Look at the Brazilians all bundled up against the cold of early November in Rome, on their last night before returning home. Last Friday night, nearly twenty people showed up at a genuine Roman pizzeria, da Giovanni, right across the...
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News from Reggio Emilia – Bahia Festival
by roy|23 outubro 2007|ICBIE news
Ciao a tutti, sono una delle tappe dei nostri amici bahiani. Si, un pezzo di Salvador de Bahia è arrivato anche nella industriosa e rossa Reggio Emilia. Tra la via Emilia e il west ci siamo ritrovati a far scorrazzare...
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