Cartolina, 28 May to 25 June

Cartolina radio programs “for those who remember Italy and who dream of it”.

Patricia Hurley (28 May & 2 June) tells of a wonderful opera tour that she’ll be leading soon with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra CSO Murray Shaw, starting on 19^th of August in Verona and ending on the 13^th of September in Villa Petrolo in Tuscany. The tour will also touch Parma and Lucca, with excursions to Siena and Arezzo. And, if everything goes according to plan, in Parma flautist Luca Manghi will be playing host in his home region, where he’ll be spending his holidays. It looks like a dream tour, with the Prada outlet not too far from Villa Petrolo as just the icing on the cake…. Actually, it should be also Porcini season….

Abruzzi (11 & 16 June). Gail Hopkins tells how to find and buy a house in the Abruzzi, an Italian region full of great secrets. From her first trip there, to the connection with “il Trovacasa”, and then establishing “the Housefinder”, it’s all an adventure connecting New Zealand with Roman-founded Sulmona and the Peligna Valley.

From Dante Gold Coast (25 & 30 June): Catherine Newman tells about life on the Gold Coast and the local Dante Society. Catherine is also the newsletter editor of the Gold Coast Dante, and you can see her work, and catch up with what happens there, checking their website: www.dantegoldcoast.com

Red Pepper Jelly is a recipe that comes directly from Catherine’s mum’s kitchen in Canada.

How to listen.

* Radio on demand through the internet: just visit: http://www.plainsfm.org.nz/Podcasts/programmes

Select “Cartolina” and you’ll get the list of all available programs.

* For the actual radio broadcast, tune in on PLAINS FM 96.9 on alternate Wednesdays at 7.30 pm, or listen to the repeat program on the following Monday, at 10.30 am.

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.