Monthly Archives: March 2012

Where to Sway Awkwardly this Weekend: Zvia’s Picks

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

  Friday, March 30th: Lucy -  Head over to GOA on Friday night for some good ol’ minimal, dub, ambient sounds from Italian-moved-to-Berlin-to-become-famous-DJ, Luca Mortellaro, better known by the feminine moniker Lucy.  But remember, as the write-up for this event … Continue reading →

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This Weekend in Rome: March 30-April 1

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Friday: The Museo di Roma in Trastevere opens a new photography exhibit today by Leonard Freed.  Called “Io Amo l’Italia”, the show features over 100 black and white photos of daily life across Italy. If you’re looking to expand your cultural … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Cucchiaiando

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

I know what you’re [probably] thinking: ‘Wow, 4 vowels in a row!’ Whether or not other words exist in Italian that have that multiple vowels in a row,* I just took the liberty and created one: cucchiaiando, or in English, … Continue reading →

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Return of the Metro A Curfew

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

The clocks may have sprung forward on Sunday, but the Metro hours are falling back next week. Starting on Tuesday, April 10th, the Metro A is returning to its “really, you’re a public transportation system in a major European capital?” … Continue reading →

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DIGITALISM spielt in Rom!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Super geniale electro-house DJ-Duo, Digitalism, spielt in Rom am 3. April! Hole dir deine Konzertkarten! Oh you don’t speak German? Fiiiiiiiine, English it is… Digitalism are a German dance-electro-house-punk duo, founded in 2004 in Hamburg, made up by Jens  “Jence”  Moelle  and  İsmail ”Isi” Tüfekçi (That’s an … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Fare la scarpetta

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Fare la scarpetta is one of those awesome Italian sayings that doesn’t really have an identical phrase in English. With fare, meaning ‘to do’, and scarpetta, meaning ‘a small shoe,’  we get, ‘to do the small shoe.’ What does this all … Continue reading →

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Review: Dalí at the Vittoriano

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

A blockbuster beginning to the spring museum season in Rome, the recently opened Dalí exhibition at the Vittoriano takes the novel, if not completely convincing, approach of presenting Italy as a shaping force in his work. It is a chaotic, … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Palle, and co.

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Living/visting in Rome, you may not have picked up on phrases with the Italian word, ‘palle,’ but you probably have. Palla is the Italian word for a ball, and in plural, palle. However, palle also means (pardon my Italian) balls, nuts, bullocks… There … Continue reading →

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This Weekend in Rome: March 23-March 25

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Friday: In the mood for some sweets? Catch the train out to Ostia for their first ever Salone del Cioccolato.  The chocolate expo will be in Piazza Anco Marzio through Sunday, from 10am-9pm daily. Entrance is free, and delicious. Back … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Volentieri

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

After a few complicated and made-up Words of the Day, today’s is pretty simple. Volentieri, is an Italian adverb, meaning with pleasure, or con piacere. It is basically a way to say ‘willingly,’ ‘sure,’ or ‘gladly.’ Examples: 1) ‘Faccio una … Continue reading →

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