Itala Gente dalle Molte Vite
Sunday February 29, 2004
That's the official motto of Il Cenacolo, a private Italian cultural club based in San Francisco. According to SFGate.com, club members "can learn about and support art, music, language and ... Read More
Scholarships for Italian Language Immersion Camp
Tuesday February 24, 2004
For the second year, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will award $20,000 in scholarships for young people (ages 8-18) to learn and expand their knowledge of Italian language and ... Read More
Carnevale Costume Characters
Friday February 20, 2004
From a message in the Yahoo! Groups Italian: "Carnevale is celebrated all around Italy, and along the
centuries some typical Carnival characters have been created. Most of them
are older than 4 ... Read More
Italian Vocabulary in the News
Thursday February 12, 2004
The New Yorker has a long-form fiction piece this week about a Piemontese family and their maid. There are several Italian words and phrases sprinkled throughout La Ragazza, including references ... Read More
Petrarca: Love Sonnets
Friday February 6, 2004
Back in the 1300's, before card stores and chocolate manufacturers all conspired to commercialize the true spirit of love, passion, and romance, Francesco Petrarca literally wrote the book on infatuation. ... Read More
Be My Italian Valentine!
Friday February 6, 2004
It may have originated in ancient Rome, but contemporary Valentine's Day celebrations are not particularly romantic in the land that practically invented seduction.
Italian Animal Sounds
Tuesday February 3, 2004
A barking dog is a barking dog—unless that cane happens to live in Italy. Then, instead of "bow-wow," he'll be yapping "bau-bau." At least that's how an Italian would describe ... Read More