Cartolina 5 & 19 November 2014

5 November: Italy in Antarctica. We talk with Head of Expedition Giuseppe De Rossi and Vilma Melchiori of the Antactic Technical Unit. They explain what is to be expected from this campaign, and how they personally relate to its demands.

19 November: traveling and studying in Italy. Maria Fresia takes her students to explore a part of Italy every year. This time it was the Veneto, that is, not just Venice!

Cartolina 8 & 22 October 2014

8 October: The Italian Film Festival opens in Christchurch on 16 October at the Hollywood Cinema in Sumner. Festival Director Tony Lambert presents the films included this year: as rich and varied selection as ever.

22 October: HE the Italian Ambassador, Carmelo Barbarello, talks to Cartolina producers. Mr Barbarello, recently posted to New Zealand, is in Christchurch for the opening of the Antarctic season.

As usual all programmes are available via internet live or in podcast from http://plainsfm.org.nz

Cartolina producers Wilma Laryn and Denis Walker wish you all: Buon ascolto!

And don’t forget to listen to Made in Italy, the new all-in-Italian radio programme, produced in Italy and made available world-wide,  that Dante Alighieri of Christchurch has brought to Plains fm 96.9, every Wednesday at 7.15 to 7.30 pm. A variety of guests talk about fashion, technology, design, the arts, cuisine, science and tourism … in fact everything interesting about Italy. Made in Italy is produced in Italy, for Italians living overseas, and for the people who speak Italian all over the world. So be part of a community and a network of friendship… Italian style… Every Wednesday, at 7.15pm. You can listen to the programme live from http://plainsfm.org.nz

For more information and pod casts visit www.madeinitalyr

Cartolina 10 September 2013

Cartolina radio 10 September at 7.30 pm, Plains fm 96.9: Primavera ai Castelli. Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker suggests spring itineraries in the Castelli, the hill towns around Roma. 

He describes also Civita di Bagnoregio and Dante’s tomb in Ravenna. To stay with the spring theme, we play Primavera by Marina Rei and Maledetta primavera by Loretta Goggi.

And don't forget: at 7.15 there's "Made in Italy" every week, always on Plains fm96.9. Buon ascolto!

Cartolina 27 August 2013

27 August: Made in Italy is a new all-in-Italian radio programme, produced in Italy and made available world-wide, that Dante Society and Plains FM 96.9 have brought to you, every Wednesday at 7.15 to 7.30 pm. We meet the team of Italian journalists behind the programme: who they are, how this idea was borne, how they find all the interviewees from the wide range of fields that they cover. Made in Italy is produced in Italy, for Italians living overseas, and for the people who speak Italian all over the world. 

For more information visit www.madeinitalyradio.it

Cartolina 13 August 2014

13 August: Pier Paolo Pasolini is the subject of a multi media exhibition that Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker has visited in Roma. We talk about Pasolini’s activity as a poet, a film director, and a communist philosopher. We play “Supplica a mia madre” and “Canto popolare”, as recorded by Pasolini himself, and we play “A Pa’”, the song dedicated to him by Francesco De Gregori.

Cartolina 2, 16 & 30 July 2014

2 July: Maestro Francesco Pasqualetti is the Italian Conductor for the coming season of La Boheme, and Sharolyn Kimmorley is the Chorus Director. They talk about preparing an opera and about this production. La Boheme is at the CBS Arena on July 15, 16 and 18.

7 July: Maestro Francesco Pasqualetti is the Italian Conductor for the coming season of La Boheme. He talks about his career and about this production.

16 and 21 July: Italian Postcards: Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker, just returned from his Italian winter break, tells about staying in San Lorenzo in Roma, visiting exhibitions, and his discoveries underground.

from the exhibition Terraemota by Ricardo Monachez

30 July: Gianfranco Ugazzi, Secretary General of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand, tells about the activities of the ICCNZ, an active link between the business worlds of both Countries.

As usual all programmes are available via internet live or in podcast from http://plainsfm.org.nz

Cartolina producers Wilma Laryn and Denis Walker wish you all: Buon ascolto!