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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Last Friday, at a second meeting between ICBIE's faithful Roman supporters and the Eleventh Municipality of the Rome city government, the following letter was submitted, formally requesting help in establishing a Rome office. L’ICBIE (Instituto de Cultura Brasil Italia Europa)...

Amidst all the excitement of the last week, it's been hard to find time to write up all the important developments. As mentioned earlier, two officials from Salvador's city council have come to Italy to show off their prize street...