Sunday Book Club Winter 2025 • Vita da Pomodoro

LEGGIAMO via ZOOM with DANIELA! Sentieri’s Sunday Afternoon Book Club for Intermediate and Advanced Students of Italian The comic graphic novel Vita da Pomodoro  (Life as a Tomato)   Five Sundays: January 19, 26; February 2, 9, 16 From 2–4 p.m. (C.T.) Take a journey through Italy, from the north… Continue reading

The Milan of Alessandro Manzoni and The Betrothed

SORRY, YOU MISSED THIS ONE! A Virtual Walking Tour of Alessandro Manzoni’s Milan Sunday, March 28, 2021 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. C.D.S.T. Presented in English In Milan, Alessandro Manzoni wrote the novel that is the symbol of post-unification Italian literature: The Betrothed. This tour took us to see his traditional Lombardian… Continue reading

Fertility Day in Italy by Enrica Nicoli Aldini

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

Winter 2014 – Italian Class Schedule

Italian Class at Sentieri Italiani Location Sentieri Italiani5430 N. Broadway St. Chicago, IL 60640Map/Directions Italian CoursesWinter 2014January 6th to March 15th Basic Italian 1, absolute beginnerWednesdays, 6:30-8:30pmBasic Italian 2Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pmBasic Italian 3Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm Basic Italian 4Saturdays, 10:30am–12:30pm Intermediate Italian: Listening, Vocabulary and SpeakingSaturdays, 10:30am–12:30pm Advanced Italian: Listening, Vocabulary and SpeakingTuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm… Continue reading

Sentieri Italiani – Book Club – Summer 2013

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