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ICBIE Film Forum – every Saturday
by roy|19 luglio 2007|Bridge to Bahia - AOSR & ICBIE, ICBIE news
In his post on July 12, Pietro announced the launch of the ICBIE Cineforum, which will be held every Saturday at 6PM, from July 21 to September 29.  As you can see from the poster below, a rich variety of...
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ICBIE on the Internet: Building Visibility
by roy|12 luglio 2007|Bridge to Bahia - AOSR & ICBIE, ICBIE news
Now that Pietro Gallina is back in Salvador, in Rome the work goes on, with a series of new internet initiatives to spread the ICBIE message to the wider public. We have such a rich and compelling tale to tell,...
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A Musical Interlude
by roy|02 luglio 2007|Forum
Pietro and Roy took some time off from ICBIE campaigning to spend a weekend at an important Italian music festival, because our great mentor, the musicologist and critic Mario Bortolotto, was being celebrated with a series of conferences and concerts:...
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Coming Soon: An ICBIE Office in Rome
by roy|28 giugno 2007|ICBIE news
Last night will be remembered as a key moment in ICBIE history, because it marks the foundation of a permanent Roman committee, comprising a substantial number of determined friends that will operate an Italian office. We met for dinner, gathered...
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The ICBIE Benefit in Rome
by roy|22 giugno 2007|ICBIE news
Last night all the Roman friends of the ICBIE (and there are many!) turned out at the Linux Club for the fifth annual benefit evening. This tradition, begun by Marlene de Souza in 2003, while Pietro was in Salvador, preparing...
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ICBIE Benefit in Rome : June 21!
by roy|18 giugno 2007|ICBIE news
After a last-minute shuffle, the ICBIE Benefit evening is planned out in every detail. First of all, the venue has been changed to the Linux Club (Via Libetta 15c, 00154 Roma - tel. 06.57250551), which is just off the Via...
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D’Artagnan Takes Amsterdam
by roy|13 giugno 2007|D'Artagnan
The D'Artagnan festival in Amsterdam has finished and, thanks to Pietro and Mary Norris, news is trickling through. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute, the festival covered a seven day period, with contrasting events held in different places around the...
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Michelle Falcinelli’s English Course
by roy|03 giugno 2007|Bridge to Bahia - AOSR & ICBIE, ICBIE news
Two teachers from the American Overseas School of Rome have added English language instruction to the ICBIE's curriculum. After Rosa de Bellis started the program last summer (with an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm), during the month of May, Michelle Falcinelli...
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D’Artagnan Show in Amsterdam, June 4-10
by roy|28 maggio 2007|D'Artagnan, Mestre Pedro - Capoeira
A large part of the ICBIE's financial support has come from the paintings of Ele D'Artagnan, the eccentric artist who befriended Pietro from earliest childhood. Pietro inherited all his works when the maestro died in 1987, and since then, he...
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June 21 or 22: ICBIE benefit in Rome!
by roy|27 maggio 2007|ICBIE news
Last June, at the Angelo Mai social center (now sadly closed), a benefit event was held to mark the opening of a Roman office for the ICBIE.  Its success was twofold: it proved to be a lucrative source of funds,...
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