Month: January 2016

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Back in cucina: Gnocchi Lab!

Why ordering them at the restaurant when you can make them yourself?

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This Wednesday (Feb. 3) at 6 pm, come learn from Antonio (a.k.a. “Re Gnocco”) all the secrets of the perfect gnocchi! Not only will we make them – and obviously eat them – but we will also FINALLY learn how to correctly pronounce one of the trickiest Italian words 😉

Time to start correcting your friends when they mispronounce the “gn” or the “ch”… And of course, time to cook with us!

PLEASE / PER FAVORE: RSVP NEEDED by Monday!

Write to Sara: sara.venturelli@coloradocollege.edu

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Crazy masks – Maschere pazze!

A big GRAZIE to Georgia & Kyra for such a fun night!

We got to create our own masks while listening to Italian songs (and, well, ABBA… 😀 ) and we were all so proud of them!

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In couples, students, residents and CPCs took the “Quiz di Carnevale” and then we finally enjoyed the food 😉

Oh, and last but not least: Francisco, Gabbie, Maddie and Corrina all came up with new and exciting plans for our community at the Italian House – stay tuned for more information!

 

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Pizza per tutti

Ragazzi, you deserved it! 

Delicious Neapolitan pizza for everybody to celebrate the impressive progress made in the past days – your Italian is constantly improving!

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Keep up the good work and don’t worry: by joining the Italian program you’ll never be short of pizza 😉

A presto!

 

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A Carnevale ogni scherzo vale!

Join us for a wonderful Carnival-style party organized by our talented residents & artists Georgia & Kyra! 🙂

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Masks and music will contribute to the atmosphere and who knows, maybe we won’t be too sad not to be in Venice this time of the year 😉

Feel free to play with your outfit and be creative, because that’s what Carnevale is all about!

A mercoledi’!

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Take good care of your Italian!

Ciao ragazzi!

New year’s resolution: dive into the Italian language and culture, giusto? 😉

Then make sure you sign up for adjunct this semester! Three levels available:

IT104 Review of Elementary Italian: Tuesday and Thursday 3:00-4:00 pm Armstrong Hall 353B

IT204 Review of Intermediate Italian: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-5:00 pm Armstrong Hall 353B

IT302 Review of Italian with Emphasis on Italian civilization: Wednesday 3:00-5:00 pm Armstrong Hall 353B

Join the fun!

 

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Flying On The Wings Of Music

Would you ever think of combining opera and pop music to come up with a new style?

These guys did, and the experiment worked perfectly well thanks to their talent.

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Il Volo (“The Flight”) is a music trio that came to life in 2010, after its members competed individually in the TV song contest  “Ti lascio una canzone”.

Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca were only teenagers when they performed as solo artists and impressed both the jury and the audience with their powerful voices. One of the creators of the show suggested to put them together and mentor them and that is how the trio’s career began, progressing with each song.

This year, they were awarded the first prize as best performers at the Sanremo Festival, which is a famous music festival broadcasted annually by RAI.

Their song “Grande Amore” was chosen to represent Italy at the Eurovision song contest, where it earned the 3rd position.

Want to know what the song is about? Watch the video and improve your Italian! 😉

Sara

 

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