Tag Archives: Italian

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Romance Languages and Literatures Open House

2n21madFrom Elijah Jimenez ’18:

Increase your global potential! Study French, Italian, or Spanish, and open the door to life and work experiences on five continents.

Major in:
French studies: reach 250 million speakers worldwide (blue)
Italian studies: reach 65 million speakers worldwide (yellow)
Hispanic Literatures & Cultures: reach 420 million speakers worldwide (green)
Romance Studies: combine 2 languages!

If you are interested in our majors but cannot attend the information session on October 12, please contact Kristine Schiavi (kschiavi[at]wesleyan[dot]edu).

Date: Monday, October 12
Time: 12PM – 1:30 PM
Place: 300 High Street, the common room

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Caffè Italiano

From Italian Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Ottavia D’Annunzio:

If you want to have lunch while practising your Italian, we’ve got what you need!! Come to the “Caffè Italiano“, every Tuesday at Usdan (2nd floor, on the right), from 12pm to 2pm. You’ll be LOVIN’ IT-aly!!

For more information, visit the “Italian at Wesleyan” Facebook page!

Date: Tuesdays, beginning on February 4th
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Place: Usdan – 2nd floor (on the right)

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Romance Languages and Literatures Fall Open House

Scarlett Perry ’15 invites prospective majors to an RL&L Department Open House:

Would you like your undergraduate major to help you:

· Acquire familiarity with another culture on that culture’s terms?
· Acquire the kind of linguistic and cross-cultural proficiency required for 21st-c. life and careers?
· Put you into deep and meaningful contact with some of the most rewarding literary, cinematic, and visual texts ever created?
· Explore the past as it unfolds in France and the Francophone world, Italy, and Spain and the Hispanophone world, including Latin America?
· Incorporate study abroad as a key component of your studies at Wesleyan?

Pizza will be served. If you are contemplating a major in one of our programs but cannot attend the information session on October 28, please contact the appropriate major representative:

French Studies: Jeff Rider (jrider[at]wesleyan[dot]edu)

Italian Studies: Antonio González (agonzalez[at]wesleyan[dot]edu)

Hispanic Literature and Cultures: Octavio Flores (oflores[at]wesleyan[dot]edu)

Romance Studies: Michael Armstrong-Roche (marmstrong[at]wesleyan[dot]edu)

Date: Monday, October 28
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Place: 300 High Street

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Italian Movie Screening: Le Fate Ignoranti

Andrea Ballanti GRAD wins for most unconventionally conversational post:

Last italian movie of the semester, last of the year… this time not in Fisk but in ESC058.

Some comments from IMDb:
“Unconventional and deeply touching movie”
“Such a warm and sentimental film”
“You leave the theater with feelings of purity, warmth and love”

AIDS doctor Antonia’s husband is killed by a car. She gets depressed until she learns he had been cheating on her, she goes to see her husband’s lover… then?

Date: April 29, 2013
Time: 8 pm
Location: ESC058
Cost: Free

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Italian Lunch

From Andrea Ballanti GRAD:

In March, the weekly appointment with the “Italian Coffee” will be again an “Italian Lunch”, but we’re changing the time: it’ll be on Wednesday from 1 to 2pm, in Usdan second floor – turn right and search for Andrea TA and a sign on the table. Obviously NOT during the break…

The Italian Lunch is for everybody wants to speak italian… Mangia, bevi, e parla Italiano!

Date: Wednesday, March 6
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Place: Usdan, second floor, then right
Cost: Free

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Italian Improv Workshop

Courtesy of Andrea Ballanti:

Directly from the Italian stages, bars and basements: the first Improvisational Theatre Workshop at Wesleyan all in Italian!

All levels of improvisation and Italian language are welcome. You’ll have the opportunity to try, take risks and have fun.

For any questions please contact Andrea Ballanti at aballanti(at)wes(dot)edu. Send a confirmation of your participation if possible, or just show up.

Date: February 23rd
Time: 1PM-3PM
Place: Usdan B25 (Multipurpose Room)
Cost: Gratis!!!

Italian Lunch in Usdan

Andrea Ballanti GRAD invites you to parla Italiano, which I assume translates into “eat many pounds of gelato”:

In February 2013, the weekly appointment with the “Italian Coffee” will be an “Italian Lunch”.

On Tuesday 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th, from 12 to 1, in Usdan second floor – turn right and search for Andrea TA and a sign on the table. The Italian Lunch is for everybody wants to speak italian… Mangia, bevi, e parla Italiano!

Dates: February 5, 12, 19, and 26
Time: 12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Place: Usdan
Cost: Meal or points, hon?

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Italian Movie Screening: Benvenuti al Sud

Andrea Ballanti invites you to a free screening of Benvenuti al Sud, a formidable Italian comedy.
Haven’t mastered Italian? No worries–there will be English subtitles:

Alberto Colombo (Claudio Bisio), a civil servant of the Italian Postal Service, has been passed up for promotion to a coveted position in Milan. Following a comical yet ill-fated attempt to secure another such opening, he is assigned to two years postal purgatory in Italy’s southern region. Alberto’s wife Silvia chooses to remain in the civilized north while Alberto is subjected to his penance.

“When a stranger comes to the South he cries twice: when he arrives and when he leaves.”

Date: Wednesday, November 28th
Time: 8pm – 9:45pm
Place: Fisk 210
Cost: FREE!

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Italian movie screening: Benvenuti al Sud

From Andrea Ballanti ‘G:

The film begins with Alberto Colombo (Claudio Bisio), a civil servant of the Italian Postal Service. Alberto has been passed up for promotion to a coveted position in Milan, and following a comical yet ill-fated attempt to secure another such opening, is assigned to two years postal purgatory in Italy’s southern region. Alberto’s wife Silvia chooses to remain in the civilized north while Alberto is subjected to his penance.

“When a stranger comes to the South he cries twice, when he arrives and when he leaves.”

Date: Monday, November 5
Time: 8pm
Place: Fisk 210
Cost: Free

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Caffè Italiano – Every Monday and Wednesday

From Liz Dalton ’12:

Wanna learn to swear in Italian?  Twice a week, every week, speakers of all levels are welcome to come practice their conversation with a native Italian speaker.  If you can only make it for 20 minutes, feel free to drop by anyway.  We meet every Monday from 4:30-5:30 in Pi and every Wednesday 12-1 at downstairs Usdan (meet by the info desk).  Ci vediamo!

Date: Monday, November 7; Wednesday, November 9
Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Mondays, 12 – 1:00 pm Wednesdays
Place: Mondays in Pi, Wednesdays in Usdan