What's on the bookshelf of Dante Chch??

Here's a rarely known fact: our library has more than 700 books, 50 videos, magazines and music CDs.
By being a member of the Dante Society in Christchurch, you can borrow the books during out meeting or by contacting us for other arrangement.

Please go to our catalogue http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dantechch from time to time as it is still in progress of development, and new titles will be added during the year.

If you have read any of the books listed in the catalogue, please leave a review there by clicking on the head icon at the right hand side (requires signing in)

June "Meeting" - Italian Republic Day Dinner

The ever-popular Italian Republic Day Dinner returns:

at

BOATERS RESTAURANT

fine 3-course meal, with sing-along etc.

Friday 13 June at 7 pm

Price: $30 per person (exclude drinks. Drinks can be purchased on that night and must be paid for to the restaurant)

Please send your cheque, headed to Dante Society, c/o Robyn Black, 48 Huntsbury Ave, Christchurch 2, by Saturday 8 June.

Please send contact phone number, and specify any dietary requirement.

Places will be allocated on the basis of ‘first arrived, first served’. In case of contemporary overbooking, preference will be given to current members of Dante Society who have renewed their subscription. People who cannot be accommodated will be contacted by phone and their cheque will be posted back.

Italian Cooking Classes

Il Tortellino is the fitting name of a new school of Italian cooking started by Elisa Testoni. It offers a variety of classes, all of high standard traditional cooking, with tasting, wine, coffee… very Italian style. Because Elisa is also a teacher of Italian language, there is a double flavour to her classes.
All details are on: www.iltortellino.co.nz or contact Elisa directly: info@iltortellino.co.nz; Phone: 355 6883; Mob: 021 1224573. Dante members get 10% discount.

Pubblicità - Au Pair Service

We receive and circulate the following information:
For those of you who are having a busy household and not enough hands to cope with it all, Linguavision's Au Pair service place experienced au pairs (live in nannies) from overseas in families as part of a cultural exchange and this free of charge. They have contacts as well to place people in Italy. Mail your enquiries to info@linguavision.com or have a look at the website: www.linguavision.com

Paintings by Carlo Mirabasso

Carlo Mirabasso was born in 1959 in Tivoli, Rome where he attended and graduated from art school. Today he lives and works in the region of Umbria, the home of pre-Renaissance art, of which Mirabasso says, "I love the Umbrian region and its medieval villages" In 1979 Mirabasso graduated from art school in Rome. In the 1980s and '90s, in addition to painting, he worked in the field of advertising design and illustration.

Since 1996 Mirabasso has worked as a full time, professional artist. Today his finely executed paintings present a magical, pictorial world. In these works the artist's unique touch of modernity contrasts interesting with references and backdrops of Renaissance architecture.

His paintings are stylish and enchanting with wide appeal. The artist regularly exhibits throughout Italy, with recent shows in Rome, Milan, Teramo, Potenza, Verona, Brescia, Vicenza, Padova. He is now proudly and exclusively represented in New Zealand by International Art Centre, Auckland.

Two flutes Concert

Catch up with our friend Luca Manghi on Friday, 1:10pm 2 May, 'Lunch Time Series' at the Great Hall in the Arts Centre: “Two flutes Concert”, with Tjasa Dykes, flute, Luca Manghi, flute, and Iola Shelley, piano.

The program is quite varied:
W.F. Bach: Sonata III; G. Petrassi: Dialogo Angelico; B. Hoadley: Manaia; K. Cuzner: Jazz Jingles; K.& F. Doppler: Fantasy and Variations on themes from the opera Rigoletto.

Prices: $10 waged, $8 unwaged and seniors, $6 students, $2 children.