The I.C.B.I.E. Blog

The ICBIE party at the Villetta in Garbatella on Friday night was a resounding success, with a big crowd that turned out despite the unseasonably cool evening.  Not only did the event attract many old and new friends, but also two important people from the Rome city government:  Andrea Catarci, the “mini-mayor” of the Eleventh Municipality (the most progressive of the city’s twenty municipalities) and his Assessora alle Politiche Giovanili, Interculturali, Culturali e Pari Opportunità, which would roughly translate to “Secretary for Youth, Intercultural and Cultural Politics, and Equal Opportunity.”  They actively participated in the workshops given by Julio (live graffiti painting), Thais (urban fashion design) and Klebert (recycled objects).

When it was time for the churrasco, the enthusiastic crowd devoured every last scrap in short order, Serginho once again showing his culinary wizardry.   Pietro and Paolo (–a pairing that wins hands down, with names like that), representing ICBIE-Salvador and ICBIE-Rome respectively, addressed the crowd, and their speeches underlined the constant growth of this magic collaboration, one that makes the whole ICBIE dream possible.

The rest of the evening was dedicated to music, with our friends from Akuna Matata in rare form, giving a rousing performance that acted as a perfect kick off for Dj Amião’s extended set of Brazilian dance music.

Martedì, 4 maggio, tutto lo staff ICBIE é stato super felice di festeggiare il compleanno della nostra preziosa ed insostituibile Marlene!!!

Spazio a discorsi, parole in libertá, spazio alla poesia e all´immancabile “Parabens pra voce!!” e soprattutto alla deliziosa torta come sempre preparata dall´abilissima Lu.

Ancora tanti tanti auguri, muita saude, paz e felicidade per Marlene!!!!!

On Tuesday, May 4th, the whole ICBIE staff was super happy to celebrate the birthday of our precious and irreplaceable Marlene!!! It was a time for speeches and sincere words, for poetry, for the inevitable “Happy Birthday to You!!”and above all, for the delicious cake, prepared, as always by dear Lu.

Once again, many, many good wishes, with plenty of health, peace and happiness for Marlene!!!!!

O ICBIE, juntamente com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura, Arte e Inclusão Digital na Cidade Baixa, gostaria de convidá-lo para a exibição de mais um filme do nosso Cineforum, o primeiro para o mês de maio:

Filme:    Canudos         Direção:    Sérgio Rezende
Local, data e horário:   Sede do ICBIE, 07 de maio, sexta-feira, pontualmente às 18h30.

Entrada franca com direito a pipoca!!!

The ICBIE, together with the SECULT, as part of the Project for Reading, Art and Digital Inclusion in the Low City, would like to invite you to a series of films at our Cineforum, including the first for the month of May:

Film:    Canudos         Directed by:    Sérgio Rezende
Place, Date & Time:   at the ICBIE, Friday, May 7th at 6:30 PM sharp.

Entrance and popcorn are free!!!

(English translation below)

AULA DI CONVERSAZIONE INGLESE 

La scorsa settimana gli alunni del corso di lingua inglese della nostra amica e professoressa Mary Overby sono stati coinvolti in una lezione particolare e molto interattiva. Quasi due ore dedicate esclusivamente alla conversazione in lingua inglese: a turno i ragazzi hanno conversato con due ragazze olandesi che stanno frequentando la scuola di lingua Dialogo qui a Salvador, con Val (ormai padrona della lingua) e la nostra amica poliglotta Veronique.

E´stato molto divertente e stimolante per tutti gli allievi e di grande soddisfazione per i risultati ottenuti per Mary.

Il corso di inglese si conclude, almeno per ora, domani.

Last week the students of the English language course of our friend the teacher Mary Overby were involved in a special and very interactive lesson.  Nearly two hours were dedicated exclusively to conversation in the English language:  one at a time, the students conversed with two Dutch girls that are enrolled at the Dialog Language School here in Salvador, with Val (who is a master of the language) an our polyglot friend  Veronique. 

It was a lot of fun and stimulating for all the students, a great satisfaction for the progress they made with Mary.

The English course finishes, at least for now, tomorrow.Marcella

As part of the ICBIE mission, we are always eager to support all manifestations of Italian culture in Salvador, so here is an announcement for some exciting initiatives by our friend Marcella Bomba, who is again bringing her expertise regarding the typical dance of southern Italy, the Tarantella-Pizzica.

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Olá amigos!

O ICBIE tem o prazer de informar a todos que a nossa querida amiga Marcella Bomba, professora de dança, está organizando um curso breve da típica dança do sul da Italia, a Tarantella-Pizzica.

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Every spring, Pietro comes back from Brazil and we organize the biggest Roman ICBIE event of the year.  It all started at the now defunct but never forgotten Angelo Mai social center in June, 2006, continuing at the Linux Club in 2007, the Villetta in 2008 and the Casetta rossa in 2009.

This time we’ll return to the Villetta (via Passino, 26 - Garbatella).  On Friday, May 7th, the program, with the theme Brazilian Urban Style, promises to be the best ever:

• 5 PM - Graffiti performances - our own Julio Costa and his fellow Salvador grafita artist, Klebert will challenge some important Roman artists, but always in the spirit of cooperation and sharing.
• 6 PM - Thais Muniz will hold an extemporaneous fashion workshop, decorating used clothing.
• 7 PM - Drawing workshop, using recycled objects, led by Klebert Gonçalves Dos Santos.
• 8 PM - Churrasco, prepared by our chef Serginho.
• 10 PM - Live music with Brazilian and Italian artists:  Akuna Matata and Roberto Mazzoli Trio, followed with a DJset by our faithful djamião.

Bring your friends!!!

“The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life.”
Robert Morrison  MacIver (sociologist, 1882-1970)

Over the last thirty years, the Baccanale festival in Campagnano di Roma has provided a yearly ritual of  “occasional wildness” for the healthy founders of the ICBIE, Roy and Pietro, and this year was no exception, with a big group of ICBIE friends enjoying artichokes, sausages and wine in the fresh country air.  Monica, Roberto, Paolo, Consuelo, Guido and Damiano came up from Rome, as representatives of ICBIE Europa;  Steve flew in from Limburg to represent Lahn Artists;  Júlio and Thais from Salvador arrived after their travels through northern Europe; Lars from AOSR rode his bike over from Anguillara and our old friends Paige, Grant and Branca joined in the fun, too.

Surprisingly, the revelry continued even as we got down to pressing ICBIE business, in preparation for a busy sequence of upcoming events.  Paolo got out his pandeiro and Guido started to play his cuica, forcing the girls to get up and dance a bit of samba.

Saturnalia in December may have been great for the ancients, but after being corrupted by Bahia, we definitely prefer our Baccanale in the balmy springtime.