Tuesday, July 16th, 7-9pm Let’s play Briscola, the traditional Italian card game! Enjoy Antica Pizzeria’s authentic Italian pizza while learning the rules to Briscola and playing with your friends tournament style! Sign up early for a copy of the official rules. Location Antica Pizzeria *BYOB located at 5663 North Clark Street, Chicago. 773-944-1492 Map/Directions Pricing … Continue reading
The applicant will be contacted within three business days of submitting this form with pricing and information on how to schedule a consultation. The consultation and document procurement services will be provided by Sentieri’s partner company. Sentieri will provide its expert service in translating all necessary documents for completion of the citizenship process. Continue reading
Would you like to become an Italian citizen? If you are an American citizen whose parent, grandparent or great-grandfather was an Italian citizen, you may be eligible for dual citizenship with Italy by “Right of Blood for People of Italian Descent.” Spouses of Italian citizens are also eligible to apply… Continue reading
Summer Quarter, July 22nd to August 24th, 2013 Class Duration: five weeks. Learn more about our classes and their structure on our website at sentieri.com. Location Sentieri Italiani5430 N. Broadway St. Chicago, IL 60640Map/Directions Italian Courses Basic Italian 2Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm Basic Italian: Listening, Vocabulary and SpeakingWednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm Intermediate Italian: Listening, Vocabulary… Continue reading
Sundays, July 28 through August 25, 1-3pm Led by Daniela Cavallero “Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio”, by Amara Lakhous Join Sentieri in a Sunday afternoon discussion group that will explore this remarkable novel suitable for intermediate and advanced Italian students. Summer 2013’s book is a compelling… Continue reading
The Babilonia Italian Language School in Taormina, Sicily is offering 3 scholarships. The entries must be written in Italian. The instructions, details and links are here below: CONCORSO LETTERARIO INTERNAZIONALE “Tauromenion – Città di Taormina” 3 Borse di Studio Al Concorso Letterario potranno partecipare tutti i cittadini stranieri amanti della lingua… Continue reading
This week’s idiom is “a mano a mano”. This expression’s generic form is “poco a poco”, which means “little by little” in English. Just as in Italian, English also has an idiomatic version of this expression: “step by step.” Both idioms express the progress of little actions leading towards larger… Continue reading
This week’s idiom is “chiocciola”. Literally this word translates as “snail” in English, but its idiomatic use has no counterpart in English! When saying an email address to someone in italiano, you say “chiocciola” for where the at sign (@) goes in your address. It’s quite logical really, “@” looks… Continue reading
For those of you who can’t get enough of the Italian language, here’s a resource where you can keep up with Italian news and entertainment. The RAI network is Italy’s primary broadcasting system, and it has a website where everyone can follow along. If the spoken Italian is too difficult… Continue reading
The 16th Annual European Film Festival continues through March 2013 at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Sentieri Italiani has a pair of free tickets to the Italian film “Dormant Beauty” that will be playing at the Festival on March 22 and 24. These tickets will be raffled off to all up-to-date… Continue reading
