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Tonight Marlene and her friends of the Nó de Marinheiro Ensemble are flying to Rome from Salvador and Thursday night they will give their first concert at Beba do Samba in San Lorenzo!  Then next Sunday evening, they will perform...

Our soccer-mad Bahians will be confronted with a compelling story about American football, focusing on the career of a brilliant offensive lineman who came from abject poverty to achieve fame and fortune.  Of course, they will also be intrigued with...

As always, Pietro has been on the move during his stay in Italy and he sent us some photos and notes of explaination, so you can get an idea of what he is up to. Incontro a Roma con Marcella...

A fine film about the turbulent history of Chile (based on the book by Isabel Allende) with an all-star cast that includes Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave will keep our cineforum crowd...

Nearly everyone who has visited the ICBIE goes away with great memories of Richard Beyai.  A man of few words and modest ways, he nonetheless is an integral part of our team, and we've wanted to feature him on this...

On Tuesday, taking advantage of Pietro's presence in Rome (on a beautiful sunny Roman afternoon), the people of ICBIE Europa met for a big organizational meeting.  The conclave took place at Pietro's apartment and afterwards, in true ICBIE spirit, the...

The spring holidays, Marcella's honeymoon and Pietro's annual trip to Italy conspired to make an ICBIE summit possible for the "Three Presidents,"  Roy (honorary president), Marcella (the new ICBIE leader) and Pietro (our beloved founder).  Last Thursday morning, Pietro and...