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Newsletter di Febbraio
February 2015
Buon Anno 2015!
We wish you all a fun, healthy and prosperous New Year. For
us living here in New Zealand, the start of a new year usually
means extended holidays and amazing summer weather.
Even in February, although work and school are well and
truly back on the agenda, we feel still a little in “holiday
mode”, thanks to the long and sunny days, which make
winter still seem far away.
In Italy, the new year tends to be off to a sobering start, with
cold weather and short, grey days. Thankfully, in February
the days start to get noticeably longer, the weather warms
up a little and Italians celebrate two delightful events: San
Valentino (Valentine’s Day) and Carnevale, which runs for
weeks and is celebrated with a continual stream of
boisterous parties, parades and masquerades – not only in
Venice but in many other cities on our beautiful peninsula.
Finally I would like to take the opportunity to introduce
myself to you, I am Stefania and will be producing this
newsletter for the next months.
Il calendario di Febbraio
29 gennaio: School open day (page 2)
2 febbraio: Iniziano i corsi di italiano per il 2015 (page 2)
14 febbraio: AGM and Colazione! Dante’s room (page 3)
Seguici!
sito: www.dante.org.nz
facebook: http://goo.gl/UyiMX7
blog: http://dantealighieriauckland.blogspot.co.nz
mail: [email protected]
Nice to meet you!
Stefania
President: Massimo Ciccioni
Vice President: Alessandra Zecchini
Secretary: Flavia Berucci
School Director: Sandra Fresia
Enquiries: Valeria Santillo-Harris
Dante office: 09 3763853
[email protected]
[email protected]
P.O. Box 91637, Victoria Street West, Akl 1142
Waiatarau Freemans Bay Community Centre 52
Hepburn Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland
credits: italia.it
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Febbraio 2015
Attività ed eventi
LEARN ITALIAN!
Term1/2015 will start on Monday the 2nd of February.
Enrolments are open! you can enrol by email.
Click here to check out classes/times for Adult courses
and for Children courses and to enrol.
Please note that the course fee has been increased to
$190.00.
If you want to attend two courses in the same term,
you will pay the second one only $150.
School Open Day!
Thursday 29 January from 4.00pm to 7.00pm at
the Dante’s Venue
Come to our School Open Day for an Italian
coffee, meet our teachers and staff, and find out
the best Italian course for you! We have classes
for adults and children, all levels, from absolute
beginners to advance conversation and Italian for
travellers.
Corso Intensivo 2015
Il 23 e 24 gennaio si é tenuto alla Dante il Corso Intensivo
per il 2015. Sono state giornate piene di sole, di buona
compagnia, di apprendimento, di divertimento e di tante
risate!
Il tema di questo Intensive Course e’ stato proprio il
divertimento e l’amicizia. Come dallo stare bene insieme,
dalla condivisione di vita vissuta possa nascere il nostro
benessere, la nostra Felicita’!
Citando Roberto Benigni (Dieci Comandamenti), la Felicitá
é un dono che abbiamo ricevuto fin dall’inizio e che forse ci
siamo persi lungo il cammino, ma che non dobbiamo
assolutamente mai smettere di cercare. Buttiamo tutto all’
aria, apriamo tutti gli armadi, rovistiamo nei cassetti e
cerchiamola!
Questo speciale corso di Italiano é peró anche altro.
E’ una bellissima storia di vita di due sorelle, Sandra e
Maria, che tanti anni fa sono arrivate qui dall’Italia e
hanno iniziato una nuova incredibile avventura e che fin
dall’inizio, ogni anno, vivono con noi un po’ di quella
loro storia e delle loro vite.
Tutto questo si vede e si respira, permea i loro discorsi,
le loro parole, le loro risate, le loro amicizie, le loro
famiglie, le loro vite! Bellissimi attimi di condivisione, di
amore e di felicitá!
A loro quindi il nostro grazie speciale.
Sandra e Maria
Flavia
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Febbraio 2015
Attivitá ed eventi
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Recipe of the month
Our Annual General Meeting will be held at
10.00am on Saturday 14 February at the Dante
Rooms at Freeman’s Bay Community Centre.
We would like to share with you the recipe of a
delicious broad beans mash from our student Jodi.
It is fast and easy to make, delicious with grissini, on
crostini or crackers, with aperitivi or as antipasto
and to accompany any barbecue.
It’s a chance for everyone to find out about how
Dante is run, and to have a chat over a
cappuccino & cornetto after the formal meeting
finishes. We will also vote in a new committee.
Trevisani nel Mondo
Chi fosse interessato alla
rivista “Trevisani nel
Mondo” contatti Remo e
Irene al 09/627 9105.
500g di fave fresche o congelate
1 - 2 spicchi d'aglio tritato finemente
12 - 15 grandi foglie di menta fresca
2 cucchiai di pecorino o parmigiano grattuggiato
6 cucchiai d’olio extra vergine di oliva
1 pizzico di sale e pepe nero
Mettere tutti gli ingredienti in un frullatore e
procedere fino ad ottenere una pasta.
Se si utilizzano le fave congelate, cuocetele prima.
Dopo averle cotte é importante rimuovere le pelli
una volta raffreddate.
Festa di Natale 2014 e Picnic
con la Befana
Thank you to all who participated to
our Christmas party on 7 December
and to the the Picnic with the Befana
on Sunday 11 January, where families
and children met la Befana, a lovely
"vecchietta" who brought gifts to the
children.
See here our photos.
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Febbraio 2015
Attivitá ed eventi
An Evening of Opera
We are thrilled to announce two Auckland concerts of ‘An
Evening of Opera’ and Italian music.
Direct from a tour of Australia, Mattia Campetti, Michelle
Buscemi, and Dario Tondelli will be appearing at Rannoch
House in Epsom on 8 February.
This is a black tie concert, wine and canapes are served
from 7 pm, the concert starts at 8 pm.
The second concert is at The PumpHouse Theatre,
Takapuna on 9 February at 8 pm.
Mattia, Michelle and Dario are part of the Lucca OPERA
Festival, where Mattia is the musical director. The
concerts that are being put on in Australia and New
Zealand are fundraisers aimed to help the Lucca OPERA
Festival to create a scholarship programme so that they
can invite students from Australia and New Zealand to
study with the masters this coming summer. Students
will also get the opportunity to learn about the Italian
culture and live in the beautiful walled town of Lucca.
For more information, please see:
www.earthwire.co.nz
www.luccaoperafestival.com www.iconcertidegliangeli.
com
Tickets for the PumpHouse concert are $50 A reserve and
$40 B reserve.
Special price: two rows of seats selling for $25 per ticket
(It’s the 2nd and third row so excellent seats!)
Special price for Dante members: $30 per ticket for a
group booking.
You are also invited to pre-concert canapes with a glass
of Italian wine.
For more information, please call Kay on 09/832 7580.
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Febbraio 2015
Attivitá ed eventi
Author of the month
Andrea di Robilant, Italian journalist, historian and
author of Chasing the Rose, is coming to Wellington
direct from the Perth International Arts Festival for a
very special event.
In his 2008 biography (Lucia: A Venetian life in the
age of Napoleon) of the great Italian lady Lucia
Mocenigo, Andrea di Robilant described a pink rose
that grows wild on the family’s former country
estate. Could this unnamed rose possibly be the
long-lost Rose Bichonne, a China rose that
nineteenth-century growers cultivated but which
had apparently disappeared since?
In Chasing the Rose, he recounts the enthralling
search for the identity of this rose, taking us back in
time to Josephine Bonaparte and into some of the
most delightful rose gardens in Europe today.
Heritage Roses NZ Inc, in partnership with NZ Book
Council and Old St Paul’s, presents Andrea di
Robilant telling the story of his quest in Wellington,
Old St Paul’s on Thursday 26th February, 6.30pm.
Books on sale, book signing after the event.
VENUE: Old St Paul’s 34 Mulgrave Street
DATE: Thursday 26th February
TIME: 6.30pm
TICKETS: $22 ($20 HRNZI, NZRS members, Book Council
members) from bookcouncil.org.nz or call 04/801-5546.
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Febbraio 2015
Febbraio in Italia
Il Carnevale in Italia
In Italy Carnevale begins approximately nine weeks
before Easter, which this year coincides with the 1st
February, and finds its culmination in Martedí Grasso
(Fat Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday and
the beginning of the Lent. In fact, traditionally, the
period of Lent was marked by fasting and other pious
or penitential practices and during this time no
parties or other celebrations were held, and people
refrained from eating rich foods, such as meat, dairy,
fats and sugar. In the days before Lent, all rich food
and drink had to be disposed of. The consumption of
this, in a giant party that involved the whole
community, is thought to be the origin of Carnival.
While it forms an integral part of the Christian
calendar, particularly in Catholic regions, many
carnival traditions resemble those that date back to
pre-christian times. The Italian Carnival is sometimes
thought to be derived from the ancient Roman
festivals of Saturnalia and Bacchanali.
An important part of Italy’s carnival tradition,
especially at the world famous Carnevale di
Venezia, are the masks of Arlecchino,
Colombina and Pantalone - three popular
characters dating back to the 16th century
Venetian Commedia dell’Arte style of
theatre.
In the Italian tradition it is customary for adults and children to wear fancy dress themselves when going
to watch the procession of the Carri - carnival floats sporting artful depictions with an allegorical,
political and satirical meaning. Particularly famous is the spectacular Carri di Viareggio parade in
Viareggio, Tuscany.
A Carnevale ogni scherzo vale!
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Febbraio 2015
Gli amici della Dante
Discover with us the special discounts you have access to, thanks to your Dante card!
Only up-to-date Dante cards are accepted! Follow the link to subscribe or renew your membership!
http://dante.org.nz/membershiponline.html
10% discount
Il Casaro Ltd
Unit 1 - 27 Ashfield
Road / Wairau Valley
Auckland
Ph: 09 442 5419
www.ilcasaro.co.nz
10% discount!
Sovrano @ A Touch of Italy
68g Greenmount Drive, East Tamaki Auckland
Hours: Mon – Fri 8.30-5pm | Saturday: 10am-2pm
Phone 09 2733701 / www.sovrano.co.nz
15% discount (from
wednesday to sunday)
Settebello Pizzeria Italiana
3/1 Rata st, New Lynn
Auckland
Ph: 09 826 0777
www.settebello.co.nz
10% discount
Sapori d’Italia Import Ltd
Unit D/12 Saturn Place
North Harbour, North Shore
City
POBox 302322, North
Harbour 0751
Auckland
Ph: 09 4159053
Fax: 09 4159073
www.sapori.co.nz
10% discount
Giapo Haute Ice Cream
279-281 Queen St
(Next to the Civic Theater)
Auckland
Ph: 09 550 3677
www.giapo.com
15% discount
Eurodell Retail Store
337, Lincoln Road
Auckland
Ph: 09 836 8595
www.eurodell.co.nz
20% discount
La Bottega Bakery
503, New North Road
Kingsland, Auckland
ph: 09 8153834
Obtain your coupon to start
your shopping online with a
10% discount!
ph: 09 8340290
mail: [email protected].
nz
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Febbraio 2015
Radio Cartolina
Our traditional summer compilation is this year dedicated to Mina.
The iconic Italian singer is 74, and going from strength to strength.
She releases new compilations regularly, to great acclaim, so we
are now catching up with her production. This 4-programme series
is realized thanks to Mina-ologue extraordinaire Luca Manghi. Luca
realized a summer series on Mina almost 10 years ago, so there’s a
lot to talk about on more recent events and songs. The
programmes are aired on: 28 January, 11 February and 25
February. For details on the single programmes check the Dante
Christchurch Facebook page… or just listen and enjoy!
La poesia del mese
“Fine di Febbraio”
di Diego Valeri
Un azzurro nel fosco dischiuso
ricomincia gioia ai miei occhi;
tra nubi una nube che si sfiocchi
basta anch'essa al mio amore illuso;
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!
un barlume d'oro che piova
su zolle nerastre grasse,
è come se ricreasse
il mondo, e aprisse una vita nuova.
And don’t forget to listen to Made in Italy, the new all-in-Italian
radio programme, produced in Italy and made available worldwide, that Dante Alighieri of Christchurch has brought to Plains fm
96.9, every Wednesday at 7.15 to 7.30 pm. A
You can listen to the programme live from http://plainsfm.org.nz
For more information and pod casts visit www.madeinitalyradio.it
Stagione benigna e vivace,
che tutto è attesa e annuncio divino,
e il cuore si crede vicino
al suo vero e alla sua pace.
La parola del mese
GOLIARDICO
Un gesto goliardico o spirito goliardico é
caratterizzato da allegria, voglia di divertirsi e da
comportamento in cui sono presenti
componenti scherzose e dissacranti al limite
dello sberleffo.Deriva dal termine Goliardia, un
movimento studentesco universitario sorto nel
Medioevo e che aveva come scopo lo scherzo
gioviale e spensierato. Fu chiamata poesia
goliardica quel genere di poesia medievale in
latino che cantava l’amore, le donne e il vino.
Un recentissimo esempio di gesto goliardico é
stato quando Francesco Totti si é fatto un selfie
dopo aver segnato un goal nel memorabile
derby Roma-Lazio lo scorso 11 gennaio.
Domani... domani lo vedremo,
caduta la tenda oscura,
il volto della gioia più pura,
il riso del bene supremo.
(Ma domani sarà la solita festa
di sole, di turchino, di verde,
in cui la vita inebriata si perde...
E dell'anima che cosa resta?)
Seguici!
sito: www.dante.org.nz
facebook: http://goo.gl/UyiMX7
blog: http://dantealighieriauckland.blogspot.co.nz
mail: [email protected]
And don’t forget!
Thanks to our sponsor:
A Marzo torna La colazione della Dante!
At the Dante Rooms, Freemans Bay Community Centre,
Hepburn Street, Freemans Bay
Colazione / Monthly Get-Together
All members are welcome to come to the Dante Rooms
for our monthly get-together on the last Saturday of
eachmonth. Come along for an informal chat over coffee.
Arrivederci a marzo!
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