Atelier dell’italiano: lingua, cultura e cucina

At percorsoItaliano, we value experiences where students feel comfortable learning and practicing Italian beyond the classroom.

Traveling to Italy and spending time with Italians is the best way to be immersed in the language. At percorsoItaliano, we believe webinars & in-person workshops are the next best thing! Participants have the chance to listen to and speak Italian with our teachers and special guests.

These webinars & in-person workshops are hosted by our Italian teachers Roberta, Elisabetta, and Donatella, as well as, a diverse group of native Italian speakers. We’ve invited professionals from all walks of life including architects, opera singers, business owners, academics in cinema and history, artists, cooks, entrepreneurs, and many more.

We offer language, culture, and cooking workshops and webinars throughout the year.

Please read below to find out about our upcoming workshops and webinars.

webinars and in-person workshops will be announced throughout the year, so stay tuned! Grazie!

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“Una lingua diversa è una diversa visione della vita.”

 -Federico Fellini


our last webinar of 2024

 
 

LA MAGIA DELLE FESTE TRA Cucina e moda

This special webinar offers a unique blend of Italian language , festive recipes, and fashion tips
Learn to prepare simple yet elegant dishes that bring both comfort and elegance to your holiday table. 
Discover how to use beautiful seasonal colors like bordeaux, gold, and browns, to create a festive look for your gatherings. Experience how the harmony between delicious food and style can add a touch of magic to your holidays.


OUR LAST IN-PERSON WORKSHOP of 2024

 
 

Il Veneto in un calice

Thanks to the enthusiasm and interest from our first wine tasting, “Il Piemonte in un calice”, with our friend and wine specialist Gianfranco D'Aniello, we’re excited to offer the next event in our series:  “Il Veneto in un calice”. This time, we will explore the exquisite wines of the Veneto region.


OUR winter 2025 SESSION IS NOW LIVE!

 
 

“GLI STRUMENTI MUSICALI”

January 20 - March 27

For this new session Winter 2025  “Gli strumenti musicali”, we decided to honor music by naming each course after a musical instrument like arpa, violoncello and sassofono to name a few. 

To view our complete schedule of classes and to sign up, please click below:


The workshops and the teachers pull you in via engaging and unique ways that excite adults to want to learn, and you find yourself emboldened and wanting to try to speak and communicate. And while doing so, you have gentle and gracious help and guidance from the teachers as they find a compassionate way to correct you or help you to properly pronounce things. It truly is fun and satisfying.
— Toni C.
 

webinars & in-person WORKSHOPS DI CUCINA

L'ITALIANO IN CUCINA: When you walk in the door, you are transported to an Italian home kitchen. Cooking workshops are led not only by percorsoItaliano teachers, but also by cooking professionals, talented home cooks, and those passionate about food and regional cuisine. When possible, we try to invite people from Italy to highlight different regions and their local cuisines, which provides a great escape from the classroom.

Cooking workshops are open to students of all levels of Italian from beginner to advanced. We offer workshops during each session and they often sell out, so if you’d like to hear about them as soon as they’re announced, we encourage you to subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of this page.

 

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LA VOGLIA DI DOLCI…

 

IL PIEMONTE IN UN CALICE

 

PAROLE IN CUCINA

 

COOKING THE PNW’S BOUNTY OF SEAFOOD

 

SAPORE DI MARE…

 

NATALE IN PASTA: Tradizioni della pasta dagli anni ‘50 ad oggi 

 

L’ESTATE IN TAVOLA: divertiamoci insieme con una cucina semplice, facile e divertente

 

IL CARNEVALE NELL’ARTE E IN CUCINA

 

LA MAGIA DELLE FESTE: la tradizione della pasta fatta in casa

 

IL MONDO DEL RISOTTO E I SUOI SEGRETI

SAPORI E TRADIZIONI DELLE FESTE DI NATALE

 

LA RACCOLTA DELLE OLIVE IN UMBRIA

 

LA PUGLIA: UNA CUCINA MEDITERRANEA E GENUINA

 

APERICENA DI FERRAGOSTO

 

PRANZO “DOLCE E SALATO” CON LE INSEGNANTI

 

PRANZO IN STILE CON PINO: FROM OCEAN TO PLATE

 

Webinars DI CULTURA

At percorsoItaliano, we aim to incorporate Italian culture into the language, as they are inextricably linked. Our educational, interesting, and fun culture workshops highlight this connection by offering topics that appeal to the various interests of our diverse students – architettura (architecture), musica (music), cinema (movies), e moda (fashion). We always explore the regions of Italy, with the presenter highlighting his/her origins. In addition to learning about a new subject in a setting outside the typical classroom, students also have the opportunity to improve their Italian through related vocabulary, idioms, and more, all of which will enhance their future experiences in Italy and their interactions with Italians.

 
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GIACOMO PUCCINI: il padre dell'opera

 

ALESSANDRO MANZONI: la vita straordinaria del padre del romanzo italiano, genio della letteratura, uomo tormentato

 

IL FERRAGOSTO: Origins and traditions of the most beloved summer holiday in Italy 

 

I TEATRI D'ITALIA: architettura, storia e curiosità

 

CAPOLAVORI ITALIANI AL SAM: un tour virtuale dal Rinascimento al Rococò

 

IL NORD E IL SUD D’ITALIA: una conversazione sulla “questione meridionale” attraverso il cinema

 

LA VENDEMMIA: PARLIAMO DI VINO

Chianti - Prosecco - Barolo - Barbaresco

 

SPAZIO AGLI STUDENTI: la storia di Civita di Bagnoregio

 

LE MAIOLICHE DI DERUTA

 

FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI

 

LA FAMIGLIA DEI MEDICI

 

IL RINASCIMENTO ITALIANO

 

FEDERICO FELLINI e Cinecittà

 

APPUNTAMENTO DAL PARRUCCHIERE

 
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L’ITALIANO NEI FUMETTI CON IL PROFESSOR ANTONIO IANNOTTA

 
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I MACCHIAIOLI: PITTORI DEL RISORGIMENTO ITALIANO

 
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ELENA FERRANTE: L’AMICA GENIALE

 
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UNA SERATA ALL’OPERA: RIGOLETTO

 
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C'ERAVAMO TANTO AMATI: un seminario sul cinema italiano - Sophia Loren & Marcello Mastroianni

 

Webinars DI LINGUA

These workshops allow students to become more comfortable with the language by putting grammar points into practice through drills and other exercises. Because a particular grammar point can often take a while to sink in and there may not be enough regular class time to practice, we offer language workshops to give students the opportunity to concentrate on a specific subject.

LE CURIOSITÀ DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA

 
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DIVERTIAMOCI CON LA LINGUA: I VERBI PRONOMINALI

 

COSA DICONO I NOSTRI STUDENTI

A marvelous array of stimulating cultural and cooking workshops in which I found myself amongst others who, like myself, love Italy and all things Italian. Roberta has made us feel like part of one big Italian family.
— Toni C.
The availability of cultural immersion in films, regional cooking, and weekend workshops all in Italian are challenging and informative.
— Joy S.
The cooking classes are in Italian. It’s so much fun to be able to understand most of what is said by the instructor and then dine on a fabulous feast.
— Debbie R.

IMPORTANTE NON È SOLO LA META MA ANCHE IL … PERCORSO! 

GRAZIE E A PRESTO!