Summer Offerings 2023

Don’t let your Italian language skills get rusty over the Summer! Sentieri is offering some one-day workshops and grammar classes designed to help keep you on your game over the Summer. SINGLE-DAY WORKSHOPS Have fun while reviewing and learning more about an important factor of the Italian lifestyle — LE… Continue reading

Summer Book Club 2023

LEGGIAMO via ZOOM! Sentieri’s Friday Morning Book Club for Advanced Students of Italian Discover the pleasure of reading a book in Italian! Five Fridays: 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25   •    From 10 a.m. – 12 noon (CDT) T.G.I.F. during summer mornings! Five weeks of good company and polishing/refreshing your… Continue reading

Memories of Carnevale 2023

Some photos from Sentieri’s Venice Carnevale Experience of 2023 PDF is available to download here: Carnevale 2023   Continue reading

A Postcard from Sicily • Sentieri Tour Summer 2022

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Some photographic highlights from Sentieri’s Sicilian Tour in 2022!   PDF is available to download here: sicilia tour   Continue reading

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… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

Retain Your Italian Over the Summer

Summer is just around the corner.  Having some fun in the sun is great however, summer break also means the “summer slide.”  When students return to school from summer break, they tend to forget many concepts that they had learned during the previous school year due to the lack of… Continue reading