Cartolina 5 June 2013

Lucia Digirolamo is an Italian restorer presently in Christchurch. Lucia is specialized in stone, both statues and buildings, and is looking for work in this field. She tells about the surprising discoveries made while restoring the Basilica in Padua.

Italian Passports 15 May 2013

            The Italian Embassy in Wellington intends to send a staff member to Christchurch to take digital imprints of Italian citizens wishing to apply for a new passport in the near future. So instead of the extra expense of travelling to Wellington for this, it can be done in Christchurch.

            It is ESSENTIAL that anyone needing to avail themselves of this service get in contact with Valerie Mayer immediately by email (tmayer@snap.net.nz) or telephone (359-7372) with the name(s) of those who will be needing this service, as the Embassy hopes to do this early next week.

Cartolina 8 May & 22 May 2013

8 May and 22 May:

Father and daughter Davide and Chiara-Flora Bassignana, on the phone from Italy, introducethe much loved Italian singer-song writer Fabrizio De Andre`. In these two programmes they present his life, and his research in the Italian dialect repertoire. We play De Andre’s most famous and less famous songs

Our Lady of Christchurch 26 May 2013

You may remember back in 2011, during the earthquakes, there was a statue of Our Lady in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament which turned around 180 degrees to face the city. That statue was dubbed 'Our Lady of Christchurch' and that year and in 2012 processions were held in her honour. For this year's procession in honour of Our Lady, we would like to ex-tend an invitation to the Italian Community to participate The event will take place on Sunday the 26th of May at 2pm, at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Manchester Street.  Please feel free to email me at: br.clemens@the-sons.org We hope to see you there. Thank you for your time and God bless,
Brother Clemens

Cartolina 24 April 2013

24 April: Manfredo Manfredini talks (in English) of his work done in Christchurch on the reconstruction post earthquakes. He was part of a research group based in the Christchurch Polytechnic of Technologies, whose final projects were presented in an exhibition. We play more music from the Wine Jazz Trio.

Cartolina 10 April 2013

10 April: Auckland-based Italian architect Manfredo Manfredini debates the concept of a modern town, the effect of the Malls, and the social interaction that urban choices involve (in Italian). We play music from Luca Ciarla and Wine Jazz Trio (recorded live at Fringe Club, Hong Kong, during the festival ”Music, Wine and Molise”, 2004).