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Prêmio Mais Cultura Helps Our Cineforum
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Graças ao Prêmio Mais Cultura, a iniciativa do Cineforum poderá continuar durante o ano de 2011. O Prêmio Mais Cultura selecionou as iniciativas culturais do ICBIE, visando o fortalecimento das atividades culturais do instituto voltadas para o ramo das atividades...
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Festival de Rua Returns to Ribeira
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Once again, the ICBIE is supporting the international troupe of street performers who will be putting on their show in Ribeira this weekend, as part of their Brazilian tour.
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Big News: Changing of the Guard
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Well, here's a little excitement!  At the first ICBIE board meeting of the 2011 academic year, a new generation has come forward to assume the leadership of the Institute.  This is a major realization of the ICBIE project; after Pietro...
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Happy Birthday, Salvador!
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On this day in 1549, a fleet of Portuguese settlers headed by Tomé de Sousa, the first Governor-General, established the city of Salvador as the capital of Brazil.  Happy Birthday number 462!
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Marcella & Ivanildo’s Wedding!
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Well, now this is wonderful news.  Marcella and Ivanildo were married last Thursday, March 17th at 9:30 in the morning in Salvador! Since Marcella arrived on the ICBIE staff nearly four years ago, she has steadily taken on more and...
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Spray for Japan
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(English translation below) A ação nasce após o artista urbano Júlio Costa receber uma imagem com a  frase “Pray for Japan” que significa Reze pelo Japão. Para quem tem super afinidades com o graffiti, a palavra Pray remeteu imediatamente a...
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The Egyptian Connection
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Like everyone else, people at the ICBIE have been watching the exciting developments in North Africa, but as always, we go a little deeper into the subject, favoring an active role to passive observation.  As the ICBIE Honorary President, I...
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Our Hostel Has a Website!
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  As announced earlier, our hostel is up and running—and in need of visitors!  There is now a dedicated website, in Italian, English and Portuguese: http://hostelpiccolaribeira.com/ In order to drum up some business, we have registered with various sites where...
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Mosaics and Good Friends
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Last September this blog featured a big article about our budding friendship with Roberto Corradini, the Italian artist and mosaic-master, and his wonderful school in Mata Oscura.  Since then, plans have moved forward and there is exciting news. Roberto spent...
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A Party, A Visit and a Happy Couple
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Here is a mixed bag of news from the summer in Bahia, starting with a wonderful, feel-good story.  For years, Pietro has been friends with a very impressive local man named Cau, a fellow who garners instant respect, not only...
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