A Carnevale Ogni Scherzo Vale!
Friday January 30, 2004
Lent. Maybe no wine or tasty Italian desserts. No speaking dirty words. Abstinence from traditional pleasures. How do Italians prepare for 40 days of self-inflicted deprivation? Throw a party that ... Read More
Promoting the Italian Language
Thursday January 29, 2004
The Agenzia Giornalistica Italia reports that RAI, Italy's public broadcaster, and the Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), have signed an agreement aimed at promoting the language, customs, ... Read More
Tours to Italy
Friday January 23, 2004
Search the web for tours to Italy and you'll find un mucchio of choices: there are culinary tours of Italy and opera tours of Italy, tours of Italy for women ... Read More
Midwest Italian Language Conference
Thursday January 22, 2004
The Midwest Italian Language Conference is being held this Saturday, January 24, at 10:00 AM at the Italian Cultural Center, Stone Park, Illinois. The conference will report on the status ... Read More
Berlusconi: The Eyes Have It
Sunday January 18, 2004
Where's Silvio? The New York Times reports that the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi "has virtually disappeared from public view in the last month." The Italian leader has apparently gone ... Read More
NIAF Scholarship Program Announced for 2004
Thursday January 15, 2004
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will award more than 100 scholarships in the academic year 2004-2005. Scholarship recipients are selected based on academic merit and are academically outstanding. Students ... Read More
Creating and Solving an Italian Rebus
Tuesday January 13, 2004
Italian pictionary. A riddle with pictures and symbols in Italian. Leonardo doodling in his notebooks. However it is described, and whatever form it takes, an Italian rebus is a divertimento ... Read More
What's That Buzzing?
Saturday January 10, 2004
It's a Vespa! The classic scooter, made famous in the movie "Roman Holidays" has returned to the US. Unavailable since 1983 because of EPA rules, the Genuine Scooter Company of ... Read More
Brooshetta? Bruscetta? Brushetta? Bruschetta!
Saturday January 10, 2004
A food critic with the Sydney Morning Herald complains about the sloppy pronunciation of Italian food items on a local menu and concludes that: "If you can't spell it, you ... Read More
Italian For Beginners Newsletter Course
Tuesday January 6, 2004
Learn the basics of the Italian language with this free email course for beginners. The weekly newsletter will teach you basic Italian grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Subscribe and start learning ... Read More
Diario Erotico
Saturday January 3, 2004
A girl's sexual escapades enthralls Italy--and becomes the Italian best-seller of 2003, selling more than 500,000 copies. Melissa Panarello, an 18-year-old from Catania, Sicily, writes about her incontri erotici in ... Read More
Watch TV, Speak Italian
Saturday January 3, 2004
In Thanks to RAI Italians Speak Italian the Agenzia Giornalistica Italia reports that, during his annual New Year's Eve speech the President of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, applauded ... Read More
Italian Vocabulary in the News
Saturday January 3, 2004
Got milk? In the past few weeks the international business news pages have been filled with reports about the "Italian Enron" scandal--the story of how Parmalat, the Italian dairy and ... Read More