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Ecco Italy is part of an innovative Charlottesville, Virginia—based Romance Language Center offering an ever-increasing variety of educational and consulting services in the fields of Italian, French and Spanish language, culture, food/wine and travel. A cultural emporium of sorts as well as a living classroom, our aim is to provide inspired, entertaining and educated support for individuals, groups and businesses with an interest in or connections to Italy, France and the Spanish-speaking world. We offer a variety of language classes for all levels (on and off-site), consulting (business, travel, education) cultural happenings, informal conversation hours, and study abroad opportunities.
Ecco Italy’s beautiful and unique location— with Milano and Verity blue in the Pink Warehouse is the perfect setting for language, food/wine and travel explorations and helps keep the passion for European culture alive between trips overseas. Ecco Italy/Spain on Main is owned and directed by educational entrepreneur and traveling gourmet, Christina Ball.
Novità (what's new)
· Jul 24, 12:31 PM · in announcements events
Italy Week, July 21-27
Old World, New World: Spain, France Italy and the Americas
A Journey of Discovery
July 7 – August 3, 2008
Under the expert direction of Larry Alan Smith, the month-long Wintergreen Summer festival, 2008, promises to fill the mountain with a wide array of performances and educational activities. There are more than 150 events involving classical music, jazz, theater, dance, film , literature, food and wine.
Ecco Italy’s Christina Ball and guest prof. Enrico Cesaretti will be conducting several morning seminars at the Wintergreen Festival (July 21, 22, 23) on Italian film and culture. Seminar topics include The Bitter Life: Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, Italy as a Traveler’s Utopia and Niccolo’ Ammaniti and the New Wave of Italian auteurs.
You can explore the calendar and order tickets for these and all events at the festival website
· Apr 7, 09:59 AM · in announcements events
Rossini in Paris
A lecture with audio/video illustrations by Mario Hamlet-Metz
Monday, April 7, 6-8pm
$20, pre-registration required
Rossini’s splashy arrival in The City of Lights revolutionized his own life as well as the course of opera and the world of performing arts. Find out more at this special lecture by opera expert and JMU Professor Emeritus of French Literature, Mario Hamlet-Metz. Interesting to opera buffs and dilettantes, to Italian and French students and supratitle readers alike. Lecture (in English) with audio-video illustrations and aperitif. $20 per person. Pre-register by calling Ecco Italy (434) 825-4390 or e-mail info@eccoitaly.com.
· Mar 28, 10:22 AM · in announcements events
French Event: Jura Wines with Martine Coutier.
Attention Wine Lovers and Francophiles!
On Friday, March 28 at 8pm, Ecco Italy and Verity blue will be hosting a special Virginia Festival of the Book event. Martine Coutier, author of the Dictionnaire de la langue du Vin and native of our Sister City, Besançon, will discuss the prized wines of the Jura region, in eastern France. We will have the opportunity to taste several Jura wines, hunted down and provided by Market Street Wineshop.
The event is free, but there will be a charge for the (optional) wine tasting ($7.50 for 3 half-glasses or $5 glass).
Check out the March issue of Gourmet Magazine for an article on Jura food and wine, and read this recent NY Times article on Jura.
· Feb 15, 11:21 AM · in announcements events
“Crush on You” Party:
Thanks to all for making Feb 14 such a fun, delicious, sexy event!
Photos of our Romance Extravaganza at Crush
· Jun 7, 06:43 AM · in announcements events
Ladies-only Lingerie night!
Thanks to all of the lovely ladies who helped make Panties and Prosecco such a fun and flirty success! One to repeat for sure!
See more photos of this event and of Flirt
Let’s face it, traveling gals, you never know when you’ll need to buy a bra in Bari, a cami in Camogli, or panties on Pantelleria. Learn lingerie vocab and enjoy prosecco cocktails and profiteroles at this special, ladies-only event at Flirt, a chic new boutique on The Corner in Charlottesville, owned and magnificently operated by Allison Hurt.
Read James Martin’s blog entries on this event – and definitely explore his wonderful website – Wandering Italy – while you’re there!
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