Cartolina 5 and 10 January

We dedicate this program to La Befana, with poems and children’s songs, from a disc called L’arca di Noè -Noah’s ark . It was specially made in 1972 for children with songs written by Vinicius de Moraes, the composer of the famous bossa nova brasiliana The Girl from Ipanema. The songs are of course about animals, and are sung by Vinicius de Moraes, Sergio Endrigo, Marisa Sannia, Ricchi e Poveri, and the Plagues.

Cartolina 22 & 27 December

Alison Ryde, a Christchurch painter who calls Montefalco in Umbria home. Alison tells us of her life and work in Montefalco, where also her children and grandchildren live, and how she’s been requested to paint the City banner, paraded during the summer festival.

If you want to know more on Alison and her Italian life, check the website: www.ryde.it If you are interested in what Alison’s children and their Italian families are doing, visit www.montefalcomob.com

We play Christmas songs, sung by Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano.

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Bernardo Conticelli, a wine marketing expert from Firenze. Bernardo was in Christchurch last November to attend the event “Wine Discovery New Zealand 2010”, part of the Great Wine Capitals of the World Conference and AGM. This event brings over 80 international delegates, media, wine commentators and experts to Christchurch for a once in eight year event. Bernardo tells us about his researches and extensive travels.

We play the brindisi duet from Verdi's La traviata (Luciano Pavarotti) and the Champagne aria from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, sung by Bryn Terfel.

Cartolina 24 & 29 November 2010

Suor Teresa Grigolini was a missionary with the Comboniani Sisters in Egypt in the second half of the 1800s. She was made a prisoner of the local warlord, the Madhi, for 16 years, and forced to marry a Greek merchant, from whom she had a number of children. All throughout her life, she remained a beacon of faith and generosity for all around her. Her story has recently been revealed to her grand niece, Teresa Pickard, who lives in Christchurch.

November meeting - Alessandro Palermo "i lezioni da Darfield e L’Aquila"

7.30 pm, Wed. 10 November at Sydenham Community Centre, 24 Hutcheson Street (off Colombo St., opposite Sydenham Park)


Alessandro Palermo (University of Canterbury) will speak about "i lezioni da Darfield e L’Aquila."


The meeting will commence with the AGM and election of officers for 2011.

Cartolina 10 & 15 November 2010

The Donaldson Family: Ed and Belinda, with their young children Denver and Castro, are planning a six-month experience of living in Italy. They have all come to our studio to tell about their expectations. We play children’s songs and nursery rhymes, a good exercise in everyday Italian language.

Cartolina 27 October & 1 November

Buildings and earthquakes: Alessandro Palermo is a structural engineer, who’s been working for years with an international group on the research of anti-seismic structures. The group comprises Italian, American and New Zealand experts, and has one of its major laboratories at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.

Cartolina 13 & 18 October

The Cartolina programmes in October are dedicated to the earthquake.

Earthquakes’ geology: Dr Francesca Ghisetti is a structural geologist, expert in the geological risks in both  Italy and New Zealand. In this programme Francesca explains how earthquakes happen, and everyone can calculate the distance from the epicenter.

Cine Dante - Thursday 30 September

Le chiavi di casa (the keys to the house) is a dramatic family film, based on the book Nati due volte (Born twice) telling the story of a young father meeting his handicapped son for the first time and his attempt to forge a relationship with the teenager. The 2004 film was directed by Gianni Amelio and stars Kim Rossi Stuart and Charlotte Rampling.




Aperitivo Dante: Before the screening come along to Dante Aperitivo between 7.45 and 8.15 for Italian conversation. All welcome.




Note : Metro's exclusive charge to us of $12 will apply, but the showing is a private one for members of the Dante Society, the Italian community and their friends.




8:30 pm Thursday 30 September
Metro Theatre
105 Worcester St, Cathedral Junction

Cartolina 29 September & 4 October 2010

The Italian Film Festival is coming to town! Starting with a gala opening on the 20^th of October at the Rialto, 17 films in two amazing weeks lay in front of lovers of everything Italian. Festival Director Tony Lambert introduces the 2010 Italian Film Festival, the 15th in its history.

Cartolina 15 September

From Tavarnelle to Turin: publisher Peter Dowling is currently working on the English version of the book about the Tavarnelle episode: a few years ago the little town in Chianti discovered that the forces who liberated the area in World War II were not Americans but South Islanders and Maori from New Zealand. (Listeners may remember Cartolina’s interview with the Major of Tavarnelle Stefano Fusi in October 2008). 

Peter will also talk about his attendance at the Turin Book Fair this year. For more information visit http://librointernational.blogspot.com).

Cartolina 1 & 6 September 2010

Teresa Gargiulo: Winner of a Dante scholarship in last year’s Literary Competition organized by the Christchurch Dante Society for the World Week of the Italian Language, Teresa has stories to tell on the phone from Siena, where she’s been attending a one-month Dante language school. We play songs inspired by Tuscany.

Cine Dante - L’ultimo bacio 26 August

Carlo is about to marry Giulia who is pregnant. Giulia's mother is obsessed about her age, there's Marco who is also on the point of considering marriage and Adriano who hates his wife. Feelings are disclosed, then the mood intensifies and eventually things worsen. Carlo, views matrimony as a final transformation after which you can only be serious or sad, he yields to a last fling thanks to an attractive student. A final pleasant reassurance.

Aperitivo Dante: Before the screening of Il Divo come along to Dante Aperitivo between 7.45 and 8.15 for Italian conversation. All welcome.


Note : Metro's exclusive charge to us of $12 will apply, but the showing is a private one for members of the Dante Society, the Italian community and their friends.

8:30 pm Thursday 26 August
Metro Theatre
105 Worcester St, Cathedral Junction

Cartolina 18 & 23 August 2010

Italian singer and composer Marco Beasley formed in 1984 the group Accordone with Guido Morini, specializing in music from the Italian 16^th, 17^th and 18^th centuries. One of the features of a concert by Accordone is that they weave together old music with new music, specially composed by both Marco Beasley and Guido Morini. We play examples of music of both kinds.

Cartolina 4 & 9 August

Casa Azzurri: During the Soccer World Games, a ‘Casa Azzurri’ has been organized in Christchurch, at Mitchelli’s Café. There fans, both Italian and non-Italian tifosi, of the Italian team The Azzurri have watched with great enthusiasm and even greater pain the games played by Italy. The organizers of Casa Azzurri: Federico Tomasetto, Ewan Mitchell, John Pryor, Marco Casamassima, and Denis Walker talk about their experience, with the due reference to Paul the Octopus. We play “Un'Estate Italiana” di Gianna Nannini, sung by Edoardo Bennato.

Cartolina 21 & 26 July

Contemporary Music. What does their name mean? How does their rock music sound? They are the fabulous LITFIBA....

 

Thanks to Paola Pedrini for introducing their music to Cartolina.

Cartolina 7 & 12 July 2010

Memorie di Puglia (part 2): Maria Fresia, Wilma Laryn and John Anderson are back with their memories, songs and recipes from Puglia: rustic potato flan. Musica di Bande.

photos Barbara Smith

Fifa World Cup - Italia v. Nuova Zelanda

Come along and watch the game on the big screen at Mitchelli's deli and café in Poplar Street.

Reporters from TVNZ - One sport will be present as well as reporters from the Press.

Cartolina 23 & 28 June

Memorie di Puglia (part 1): Maria Fresia, Wilma Laryn and John Anderson all have strong links with Apulia. In this program they play freely with their memories, play folk songs and suggest typical recipes.

Cartolina 9 & 14 June

Carolina Perrod, an Italian now living in Christchurch, has traveled and trekked extensively in New Zealand. As a result she was invited by a specialized publisher to write a guide to New Zealand: definitely one of the best Italian guides on Aotearoa! We play songs by Litfiba and give an incredibly easy and quick recipe.




  
Recipe: Lamb rack with pesto.
This is a quick and tasty recipe: what you need are one or two lamb racks, and plenty of pesto. Preheat the oven at 220 degrees; lean an oven tray with baking paper. Smear the lamb rack all over with a generous quantity of pesto. Lay on the tray and bake for exactly 20 minutes. Retrieve from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes, then cut into single cutlets and serve with all the bits of pesto.

Who said that good cuisine takes time?

Cine Dante Thursday 27 May

This week's film is the acclaimed Il Divo, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Paolo Sorrentino's original and witty film about Giulio Andreotti tries to anatomise the character and explain the longevity of a man who has been Prime Minister three times and emerged unscathed from no less than 26 separate court cases on charges that include corruption and Mafia involvement.

Before the screening of Il Divo come along to Dante Aperitivo between 7.45 and 8.15 for Italian conversation. All welcome.

Note : Metro's exclusive charge to us of $12 will apply, but the showing is a private one for members of the Dante Society, the Italian community and their friends.

Cartolina 26 & 31 May 2010

Auckland-based fiction writer Nicky Pellegrino was in Christchurch recently to launch her latest book Recipe for Life (no cooking involved though … ).  In her interview, Nicky talks about the places, the people and the memories that inspire her stories. She also opens her heart on what writing means and requires.

Cartolina 12 & 17 May

La Serva Padrona, the delightful opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, is the Italian opera that features in the  University of Canterbury festival “Platform” on 28 and 30 May in the double-bill that will take place at the Octagon Restaurant (the old Trinity Church), corner Manchester and Worcester Streets. It will be a sumptuous occasion both musically and gastronomically. But the opera can be chosen with or without dinner.

Musical Director Martin Setchell talks about opera in the 1700’s and Pergolesi’s legacy, especially in this year, when 300 years from his birth are celebrated.

May meeting 12 May - Impressions of Puglia

7:30pm, Wed. 12 May at the Linwood Community Arts Centre, corner Stanmore Rd & Worcester St.

Maria Fresia, Wilma Laryn and John Anderson will share their personal impressions on Puglia's landscape, architecture & food. 

Join us for an enjoyable and informative evening with a demonstration and taste of the local fresh pasta speciality: orecchiette and cavatini. 

Cartolina 28 April & 2 May

John Anderson is an Auckland-based architect who has lived and worked in Italy, and has strong family connections there. The Authentic Italy Tours that he organizes with his Italian brothers-in-law, take the visitors through a journey of discovery of the less known but truly magnificent Italian places that are often obscured by the classical destinations. In this program John describes all four itineraries.  

Recipe: Spaghetti with prawns and Radicchio di Treviso (click on 'read more!' for the recipe) 

Cut a couple of slices of pancetta into small pieces, soften in a little extra virgin olive oil, then add the radicchio leaves, washed and only partially dried, cover and cook until soft. Set aside.

Take the prawns from their shells; we’ll use the heads and shells to make a little stock. Dice a small carrot, half onion and one celery stalk, tenderize in oil, add one glass of white wine and let evaporate; add the shells and cook, covered, for 20 minutes. Then strain through a colander, squeezing the shells.

Now dice garlic and a chili pepper, put them into a wok with a little oil to tenderize. Add the stock and two or three ripe tomatoes, chopped, and cook briefly. Then chop the radicchio and dice the king prawns. Add both to the sauce and cook a few minutes. In the meanwhile the spaghetti will be cooked al dente, and ready to be tossed into the sauce. Stir well and serve hot.
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Cartolina 14 & 19 April

Pat Unger talks about the Bill Sutton exhibition at the Cristchurch Art Gallery: Watercolours of Italy. Pat first met Bill Sutton as a mature student in his course at the University of Canterbury, then they became friends when she worked as art critic for various newspapers (including The Press). Eventually after Bill’s death in 2000, she helped as a trustee to organize his works. Her book “The biography of Bill Sutton” was published in 2008, the second is still to be published.

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Mike Crean & Jeff Plowman - Revisiting war sites

Linwood Community Arts Centre, 7.30 pm Wednesday 21 April.

Mike and Jeff travelled to Italy in 2009 with the delegation of World War II veterans.They will be talking about the trip and the war sites they visited.
Jeff wrote one of the chapters in the book 21 luglio - 4 agosto i giorni della liberazione which records the New Zealand contribution to the liberation of Firenze and the Chianti area.

Entry free

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Serata bellissima 31 March

53 people attended the Serata musicale at Wilma and Alessandro's home at Cracroft Chase Vineyard to listen to music performed by:
Luca Manghi, Tjasa Dykes, flute
Serenity Turlow, viola
David Kelly, piano
Polly Ott, soprano


More photos of the evening are on our website 




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Cartolina 31 March and 5 April

Italian architect Belfiore Bologna is back at Cartolina. This time he’s talking about working in China and in New Zealand. We play: Baila Morena by Zucchero and My enemy by Daniele Silvestri.

Cine Dante - 25 March

This week's film is Caravaggio (2007) directed by Angelo Longoni. Described by IMDb as a glorious spectacle with a charismatic star (Alessio Boni), this is the first time it has been shown in Christchurch. 

Dante Aperitivo 7.45-8.15 pm with music from the period.
The movie starts at 8.30pm
Metro Theatre
105 Worcester St, Cathedral Junction.

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Culture Galore 13 March

We had a stand at Culture Galore again this year. We offered coffee and panettone, and our Tarantella group made a public appearance on the main stage.

Cartolina 17 & 22 March 2010

Belfiore Bologna is an Italian architect who’s arrived in Christchurch via Venezuela and China. He talks about his ideas on architecture, energy saving and sustainability. We play a song by Jovanotti: Il mio nome.

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March meeting- John Anderson : Veneto beyond Venice

7:30pm, Wed. 8 July at the Linwood Community Arts Centre, corner Stanmore Rd & Worcester St.

John Anderson, an architect who has lived and worked for several years in Rome and travelled extensively in Italy over many years will give an illustrated talk about some of the places, landscapes and architecture of the Veneto region

With two Italian brothers in law, Andrea an architect and Stefano a biologist, John also takes selected small groups to interesting corners of Italy.

For supper we'll have a pasta to celebrate the start of this year's activities.



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Training course for interpreters

Interpreting Canterbury is inviting applications from people interested in being trained as community interpreters.

If selected for the course, candidates will attend a number of weekend modules and other sessions from May to July 2010 (for a token charge).  Successful graduates will be employed on a casual basis. 

Applications for the May 2010 course close on Mon 15 March 2010. For more information see www.interpret.org.nz and apply online. Or phone 372 9311 .

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Cartolina 3 & 8 March

Veronica Bettone, a young Italian woman from the village of Vigoro, in the Northern province of Bergamo, talks about being there and here. We discuss life and friendship in Italy and in NZ, and play songs by the Coro Dolomiti di Trento: La Montanara, L’Allegrie, El grileto e la formicola.

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Cartolina 17 & 22 February

This week our guest is Federico Tomasetto, a PhD student doing his research at the Bio-Protection Research Centre of Lincoln University.

Federico tells of his work around Banks Peninsula, and of his travels and adventures, including cooking spaghetti in the Galapagos …

(This interview is in Italian). We play Federico’s favourite songs: Ho imparato a sognare, by Negrita, A te, by Jovanotti, and Buonanotte all’Italia, by Ligabue.

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Cine Dante 2010

Cine Dante starts up again next week. We have a great series of films for you this year, beginning with Il senso del tatto (The Sense of Touch) starring Luca Zingaretti in his famous role as Commissario Montalbano. This is one of a series of films based on the novels of Andrea Camilleri and made famous on RAI, Italian television. It is set in Sicily and on the island of Levanza and concerns Montalbano’s investigations into a mysterious death. Wonderful scenery, great food and an excellent story line. If you don’t already know the Montalbano stories, you will immediately become addicted.

Thursday 25 February at Metro Cinema, Worcester Street at 8.30pm.



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Baroque music concert - 3 February

Italian Journey - Baroque Music Concert in the Great Hall, Arts Centre, Wednesday 3rd February, 7.30 pm. 

Take a tour through the world of early music, featuring works from the 17th and 18th centuries by Legrenzi, Caldara, Durante, Carissimi, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Mancini.

Tickets $20 adults, $15 unwaged, students free.  Booking enquiries ph. 027 435 2856

Performed by Il Raccolto

Lois Johnston - voice
Wolfgang Kraemer - recorders
Kees Hilhorst - violin
Stephen Larsen - violin
Edith Salzmann - cello
Cheuky Chan - harpsichord
Jonathan Le Cocq - baroque guitar, lute


In association with the School of Music at the University of Canterbury.
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Cartolina 3 & 8 February

Continuing the series on young Italians living in Christchurch, we talk with architect Massimiliano Capocaccia. We discuss architectural styles, colours and heating systems, as well as Massimo’s passion for outdoor sports. From his favourite music, we play Paolo Conte: Boogie Woogie and Marzo, sung by Giorgia.

Akaroa summer festival photos

more photos of the event can be found here: www.dante.org.nz/chch/photo%20gallery.htm 

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Akaroa summer festival 19 January

Join members of the Dante Society for a 2-hour Italian immersion: entertaining workshops on how to eat spaghetti, pronounce Italian words and dance the tarantella. Then learn how to make gnocchi, fettuccine & ravioli, orecchiette & cavatini. Tasting to follow.
www.akaroafestival.org.nz/

Time: 3.00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location: Akaroa

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Cartolina 20 & 25 January

This week Cartolina talks with Elisabeth Sim, about her six-month stay in Italy as an exchange student in Caslae Monferrato (Piemonte).

Denis and Wilma give the recipe of Elizabeth's favourite dessert: Tiramisu, along with Zabaione.

We play "Belle speranze", beautiful hopes, by Fiorella Mannoia. 

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