October meeting - AGM & Cine Dante

Our next monthly event is on Wednesday the 14th of October at the Metro Theatre, 105 Worcester St, Cathedral Junction.

We begin at 7.30 pm with some nibbles and then the AGM will take place at 8 pm. At 8:30 pm an Italian film, Marcello, Marcello with subtitles, will be shown in a theatre at the Metro. Marcello Marcello will inaugurate Cine Dante, our new Italian film night.

The Metro's usual charge of $13.50 will apply but the showing is a private one for members of the Dante Society, the Italian community and their friends before the film is released generally. We'll offer nibbles. Soft drinks and wine are available from the Metro's cash bar. RSVP is recommended: please email the Dante Society dantechch@gmail.com

 


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Cartolina 30 September & 5 October

Wednesday 30 September at 7.30 pm, repeated on Monday 5 October at 10.30 am: What would you do if you won a scholarship to spend one month in Italy to study Italian language at a Dante school? Adrienne Dempsey and Louise Easter offer their perspectives after spending one month in Siena and in Rome respectively. Also this year the Christchurch Dante will give away a 1,500 Euro scholarship granted by the Dante Sede Centrale, in connection with the Literary Competition held in October for Christchurch students. The title of this year's competition is revealed in this program!

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Cartolina 16 & 21 September 2009

Wednesday 16 September at 7.30 pm, repeated on Monday 21 September at 10.30 am: Denis and Wilma go through the Franchi Sementi catalogue and make their choices for the coming planting season. They also ask Claire Levy, an expert on serious veggie planting, for some advice about how to grow these seeds.

Of course, there are tasty recipes for the fruit of such labour, including the pasta dell’ortolano.  

The Franchi seeds giveaway is announced: listen to the program to see how you can have a chance of winning.

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Cartolina 2 & 7 September 2009

Wednesday 2 September at 7.30 pm, repeated on Monday 7  September at 10.30 am:  It’s the season for planning our vegetable gardens! Gillian Hurley-Gordon talks about the Italian seeds that she imports from a more than 200 year old family business: Franchi Sementi. Many are rare Italian heirloom seeds that you can buy in Christchurch from selected garden centers and from Mediterranean Foods in Tuam St, or you can buy online from: www.italianseedspronto.co.nz

We play "Fumo nero" and "Oasi" from Pino Daniele's compilation: "Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto". And here is the rest of it.

I luoghi danteschi: dall'Inferno al Purgatorio, Paradiso e Facebook

Dante Christchurch is now on Facebook  thanks to Federico Tomasetto who has set this up for us.  "L'idea mi è sembrata molto carina ed in voga con i tempi attuali quindi perchè non concederci anche un bel pò di mondanità con la Dante?" ha spiegato Federico.  And here is the rest of it.

Cartolina 19 & 24 August

Wednesday 19 August at 7.30 pm, repeated on Monday 24 August at 10.30 am: Our guest is Ewan Mitchell, who talks about his recent 8000 km trip in Italy, that has given him quite an indepth insight into Italian driving habits.

Ewan is an enthusiast of Italian cars, of which he owns a few. He's also an enthusiast of Italian food, and he's given an Italian theme to his renowned Mitchelli's Café and Deli in Ash Street. We play Con te partirò, sung by Andrea Bocelli.

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