Summer in the City? Don’t Forget Your Italian!
Keep up with your Italian skills with Sentieri this summer! We will be offering many levels of classes with our summer program: Listening, Speaking & Vocabulary – Groups 1 thru 3; Conversation – Groups 1 and 2; and the Friday Morning Book Club (strictly avanzato). We accept both mail-in and online payments for...
Cineforum – May 5th • IO E TE
Io e Te Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci The spirit of Italian New Wave cinema is revived in an apolitical form by Bernardo Bertolucci in this film. It’s an intimate, disorientating and highly charged encounter between half-siblings, who find themselves having to share a cramped basement flat which they cannot leave...
The 2018 Lina Tonello Scholarship Recipients
In 2009, on September 27th, Daniela Cavallero’s mother passed away. Lina Tonello was a woman who strongly encouraged Daniela throughout her life. This inspiration and support lead Daniela to open the Italian school known to all of us as Sentieri. In 2009, to honor her mother’s memory, Daniela had...
La Cena Piemontese – A culinary visit to the Langhe
La Cena Piemontese • September 24th On Sunday, September 24th, Sentieri Italiani and friends met at Osteria Langhe in Chicago’s Logan Square for an evening of slow food and fine wine. Grazie to co-owners Aldo Zaninotte and Chef Cameron Grant and the staff for giving us this opportunity to experience...
Regional Dining — CAMPANIA!
La Cena Napoletana • November 12th “Vedi Napoli e poi muori.” You’ll experience a taste of Naples when dining at Due Lire Vino & Cucina, located in vibrant Lincoln Square. Their dynamic menu highlights authentic recipes from the region of Campania that are prepared with seasonal and local ingredients with...
My Florence: The Sara Leonard Scholarship
The Sara Leonard Scholarship — My Florence I met Sara Leonard many years ago when I was teaching at the Italian Cultural Institute. When I left she followed me to Sentieri Italiani along with other students. She stayed with me through all the years. I really admired Sara; she was smart,...
February 19, 2017: A good time was had by all at Sentieri’s Briscola Tournament at Bella ‘Mbriana!
Sentieri and friends had a fun evening of competitive card playing, drinks and antipasti on February 19th. After four rounds of intense play the new champions were declared — Sharon and Debora each won Sentieri memberships as a result of their formidable Briscola skills. Watch this website for more enjoyable evenings with...
Celebrate Carnevale …
… IN TUTTA ITALIA! BY JACK PILIPONIS Like many countries with strong Catholic/Christian culture and traditions, Italy marks the weeks leading up to Lent with colorful, sensual, food- and drink-filled celebrations. In Italy, it’s called “Carnevale,” derived from Latin “carnem levare” — take the meats; in ancient times that...
La Festa della Repubblica
This past Tuesday, June 2nd marked the 69th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic. The Italian peninsula holds history that dates back to thousands of years ago, however the Italy that we know and love today started just decades ago. Throughout the late 1800s and through half...
