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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