Last week while browsing La Repubblica I came across an article detailing new Italian words being put into the 2014 edition of Lo Zingarelli, an Italian dictionary. There has been a proposal of 1,500 new words, some of which come from Italian dialects and American slang. Some of these new… Continue reading
October 10 starts the beginning of the 49th edition of the Chicago International Film Festival and we’re excited to see that a number of Italian films are scheduled to be shown. This year, in fact, the festival will be celebrating Italian cinema with the retrospective Comedy, Italian Style, showing some… Continue reading
Game Night: Briscola Saturday, October 26th, 4:00 – 7:00pm Join Sentieri’s game night to play Briscola, the traditional Italian card game. Learn the rules, try a practice hand and play a tournament to win prizes! Light refreshment will be served “Aperitivo” style. $10 cash or check by 10/24/12, member discount… Continue reading
Saturday, November 16th 4:00 – 6:30pm Magnifica Presenza Twenty-eight year old Pietro moves to Rome from Sicily with a dream: to be an actor. He lives with his cousin, Maria, with whom he has a love-hate relationship.… Continue reading
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Saturday, September 28th 4:00 – 6:30pm Il villaggio di cartone In an age where the Church is of little importance, a old priest struggles with his purpose in life. Then a large group of African stowaways enters… Continue reading
Cultural Event: Briscola Tuesday, July 16th, 7:00pmLearn a traditional Italian card game and enjoy pizza at Antica Pizzeria. $25 with RSVP for Sentieri members$30 with RSVP general admission Cineforum: Benvenuti Al Nord Saturday, August 10th, 4:00 – 6:30pmFilm in Italian with English subtitles, discussion and light reception follow $10 with… 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
