Begin or continue with your Italian studies this Fall! Space is limited and classes will fill up soon, so hurry and register today to secure your spot in your favorite class and time! For absolute beginners, there’s Basic 1. For returning students or new students with prior study, there are many… Continue reading
BANGLA Directed by Phaim Bhuiyan (2019) Phaim Bhuiyan’s directorial debut is based on his own experiences and brimming with witty observations, Bangla is an endearing and relevant story about integration and identity. Phaim (played by the director himself) is a 22-year-old Italian of Bangladeshi origin. He lives with his family in Rome’s multi-ethnic Torpignattara… Continue reading
Sunday, November 3, 2019, from 4–8 p.m., at Sentieri Italiani What’s That Game I Always See Those Italian Men Playing? Briscola, along with Scopa, is one of those card games that almost everyone in Italy knows — it is also known in most other Mediterranean countries. Briscola is easy to… Continue reading
Travel to Sicily with Sentieri! June 23 – July 5, 2020 TAORMINA • June 23 – 24 6/23 Arrival in Catania Private transfer from Catania International Airport (CTA) to hotel Dinner at the hotel 6/24 Guided tour of Taormina Free time in Taormina SIRACUSA • June 25 – 26 6/25… Continue reading
By Sentieri Contributor Jack Piliponis If you have been to Europe you’re likely to be aware that Europeans DO take their vacations and often take them in August. Italians carry it a step further, with a cherished full-scale national holiday every August 15, “Ferragosto.” While Italians celebrate Ferragosto in many… Continue reading
It’s Time to Start Thinking About…. Gift certificates for Sentieri Italiani make the perfect gifts for the Italophiles in your life. The certificates are flexible, so they can be used for language classes, book clubs, cultural events, film nights and tours. The recipient can choose the Sentieri experience that they… Continue reading
Thank you Nick and Carmine for hosting our Sentieri Italiani Christmas Party at Bella M’Briana on Saturday, December 17, 2016. Great food, great company! Thank you to all our students and friends for the constant support you have given Sentieri Italiani over the years! Grazie di cuore e Buone Feste… Continue reading
What you call Bolognese sauce in America, we call ragù in Bologna, home to one of the most popular meat-based pasta sauces the world over. Don’t be fooled by those tourist-trap menus baiting you with “spaghetti with ragù alla Bolognese”: ragù is to be consumed chiefly with tagliatelle. Other pasta… Continue reading
On September 22, Italy will inaugurate its first Fertility Day, a national initiative launched by the Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin to urge women to take advantage of their fertility years and make more babies in response to a falling birth rate. In 2015, Ansa reported (http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2016/07/08/italy-has-lowest-birth-rate-in-eu-eurostat-2_727d004b-8844-4e81-82a1-5248954e0d7b.html ), Italy had… Continue reading
Like us, Italians are no strangers to political controversy. While Italian voters aren’t facing a general national election, they will be asked to approve ambitious constitutional reforms this year. These seem at least as controversial and momentous as our presidential election. The proposed reforms are intended to reduce fragmentation that… Continue reading
