INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Topic: Italian Society
- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Canovaccio”
Today’s word is CANOVACCIO, the plot outline of Commedia dell’Arte theater.
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- Art
A Walk with the Director: PARMA
Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini walks around Parma on the day it gets restarted as Italian capital of culture for 2020-2021.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole “Impiccio”
Today’s word is IMPICCIO, Italian for hindrance.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Insomma”
Today’s word is INSOMMA, an Italian adverb that changes its meaning according to the speaker’s intonation.
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- Gastronomy
Erbe da mangiare: millenaria occupazione e moderna rivoluzione
Broadcast from July 29, 2020
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Menomale”
Today’s word is MENOMALE, the Italian equivalent of “Thank God.”
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- Art
Patti Smith e la religione “L’artista compete con Dio”
La Stampa
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Paparazzo”
Today’s word is PAPARAZZO, an Italian antonomasia derived from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” to indicate a tabloid photographer.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Perpetua”
Today’s word is PERPETUA, an Italian antonomasia for the female helper of a priest.
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- Cinema & Television
Alberto Sordi at 100: The Roman Soul of Comedy Italian Style
Broadcast from July 1, 2020
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Erboristeria”
Today’s word is ERBORISTERIA, Italian for herbalist.
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- Gastronomy
Across the Table: Reinventing Sicilian Food with ‘Mangia with ‘Michele’
Live broadcast from June 24, 2020
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