Variations on the Quartet
- Music
Casa Afternoons
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Year: 2021
- History & Politics
Epistole, Ecloghe, Questio: Dante’s Epistles and His Latin Works of the Last Years
The Dante Project of New York
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- Art
Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History
Book Presentation
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Tremendo”
Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Omertà”
Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Polpettone”
Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Paraculo”
Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
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- Art
Podcast: Antonio Monda on the Exhibition “Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York”
La Repubblica
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Schizzo”
Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
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- Art
NYC Parks Rededicates Dante Alighieri Statue on 700th Anniversary of the Poet’s Death
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 29: On Contagion
Eleonora Stoppino (University of Illinois) in conversation with Alice Balestrino (University of Illinois)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 11: The Untold Riches of Love
Paola Nasti (Northwestern University) in conversation with Nicolò Maldina (The University of Edinburgh)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Zonzo”
Today’s word is ZONZO, Italian for wandering or roaming.
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