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