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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Filomena: Host Mom and Guardian Angel by Olivia O’Connell
One of the most memorable aspects of studying abroad is the opportunity to live with a family native to your host country. Integrating yourself into a household with established dynamics where the primary language is likely different from your own … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Stories
Tagged Florence, Host family, italy, Sardinia, study abroad
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The” Mela Cotogna”: a Sustainable Golden Apple
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, The Big Apple, Snow White bites the apple, and Steve Jobs’s brand is a bitten apple. But what was this “forbidden fruit” actually like? A common legend says that the Golden Apple of mythology may have been … Continue reading
Posted in Florence Beyond, Spazio Conversazione & "Green Tuscany"
Tagged apicius, golden apple, quince, steve jobs
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Canta che ti Passa!
” Canta che ti passa!” è un’ espressione molto diffusa nella lingua italiana che sta a significare ” non spaventarti e cura le preoccupazioni e i timori con il canto”. La funzione terapeutica del canto è nota sin dall’antichità, dai … Continue reading
Posted in Florence Beyond
Tagged blues, Bocelli;Giorgia;Laura Pausini;Elisa;Marco Mengoni;abri Fibra, rock; pop;hip hop; rapper; musica leggera;, soul
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Circulating Ideas: “Scrittori d’Italia” at Gabinetto Vieusseux
Last semester, on occasion of the” 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States”, Syracuse University in Florence adhered to the proposal promoted by the Gabinetto Vieusseux, and also this semester is collaborating with the Center Palazzeschi /Aldo Palazzeschi … Continue reading
The “FAB 4” Judges by Carlotta Fonzi Kliemann
The Syracuse University in Florence Award for Best Short Film goes to “Left Side of the Face” by Martin Bortkiewicz (Poland 2013) for its excellent camerawork and montage and in support of a highly original photographic project which illuminates issues … Continue reading
Posted in Events and the City
Tagged short movies; reality is more exciting than Fiction; loneliness;sensitivity;hard life; alienating job; Festival dei Popoli; Jury; Fab 4; empathy; documentary cinema
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