Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Monday, May 26, 2025
Colazione col quizzone!
Potrete giocare da soli o in squadra, sfoggiare le vostre conoscenze o scervellarvi sulle domande più puntigliose.
Premi per i migliori, per i medi e per i peggiori… insomma, per tutti!
Colazione and trivia quiz about Italy this month! Suitable for all levels of Italian! Come along, have fun, and learn interesting facts about Italy!
52 Hepburn St
Freemans Bay, Auckland
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Cine Dante: Habemus Papam
Habemus Papam, by Nanni Moretti, 2011
30 May 2025, 6 pm, Building 201, Room 265 The University of Auckland
This month, we take a break from our ‘journey’ films to screen a very timely film. Almost fifteen years before Conclave, acclaimed Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti made an exceptional film that focused not just on the selection of the Pope, but on the human side of the diverse group of cardinals involved in the process and the inevitable deep feelings of doubt experienced by the person elected to the eminent position. The great actor Michele Piccoli delivers an unforgettable performance as the elected Pope who escapes the Vatican and wanders through the streets of Rome in search of answers. Meanwhile, back at the Vatican cappuccino craving Australian cardinals and a hilarious volleyball match overseen by the psychiatrist (played by Moretti himself) add levity to a film that has been called “thought-provoking”, “hilarious”, “sensitive”, and “groundbreaking.” Ultimately as Moretti explains, Habemus Papam is not a film about the Pope or the Catholic Church; it’s a film about humility.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Libri e giocattoli italiani in regalo!
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Festa di Pasqua per bambini
Festa per famiglie con bambini! Una bella occasione per incontrarci, conoscere nuova gente e far giocare i bambini in italiano. Tutti benvenuti, mandate un' email alla info@dante.org.nz per farci sapere quanti bambini portate, e le età, così possiamo prepararci meglio.
Sabato 5 aprile 10am-12pm
Freemans Bay Community Centre
52 Hepburn St
Freemans Bay, Auckland
Scrittura Creativa - Seconda Edizione!
Dopo le epiche avventure della prima edizione – culminate nel librino Trieste, addio!, nato dalla collaborazione tra insegnanti e studenti – a grande richiesta organizziamo una seconda edizione.
Questa volta le quattro lezioni intensive, condotte da Barbara Martelli e Elia Brassanello e aperte a studenti e appassionati di italiano con un livello intermedio o avanzato, seguiranno il filo della scrittura diaristica.
Attraverso la lettura di testi letterari e coinvolgenti esercizi di storytelling, impareremo insieme a sviluppare ambientazioni vivide, personaggi credibili e sfaccettati, dialoghi avvincenti, ostacoli e sorprese.
Quasi senza accorgercene, mentre ci perderemo nella narrazione, miglioreremo le nostre capacità comunicative in italiano e approfondiremo la comprensione culturale dell'Italia.
Il percorso si concluderà con la stesura di una pagina dal diario dei nostri protagonisti, che confluirà in una piccola antologia collettiva.
Iscrizioni aperte!!!!
After the epic adventures of the first edition — culminating in the mini-book Trieste, addio!, born from the collaboration between teachers and students — we are thrilled to launch a second edition by popular demand.
This time, the four intensive sessions, led by Barbara Martelli and Elia Bressanello and open to students and Italian enthusiasts with an intermediate to advanced level, will follow the thread of diary writing.
Reading literary texts and engaging storytelling exercises will teach us to craft vivid settings, believable and multifaceted characters, compelling dialogue, obstacles and surprises.
Almost without realizing it, as we get lost in the stories, we will strengthen our communication skills in Italian and deepen our cultural understanding of Italy.
The journey will conclude with writing a diary page from the perspective of our protagonist, which will be included in a small collaborative anthology.
Enrollments are open!!!
Thursday, March 13, 2025
COLAZIONE ALLA DANTE CON FEDERICA BRESSAN!!!
Saturday 29 March 10am -12pm
Dante Rooms
Freemans Bay Community Centre
52 Hepburn St
Freemans Bay, Auckland
Monday, March 10, 2025
It is time to renew your Dante membership
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Dear Friends,
It is time to renew your Dante membership. At the last AGM, held on 8th of March 2025, the committee has decided that there will be no changes on membership fees for 2025.
We would like to invite all current members to renew their membership, this can be done online with a bank transfer to:
Società Dante Alighieri BNZ a/c 020192-0309263-00 with the reference "LASTNAME/MSHIP”.
Language students can also pay by eftpos when they attend classes.
If you like you can also add a donation to the Society with your membership. The Dante Alighieri Society of Auckland is a registered charity with ‘donee’ status, and we can provide receipts for your donations on request. Any donation, no matter how small, greatly helps us with the day to day running of our society.
Vi ricordiamo che la Società Dante Alighieri è una Charity e che come tale accettiamo con entusiasmo le vostre donazioni e volontariato.
Le donazioni possono essere dedotte dalle tasse e permettono alla nostra Società di offrire classi, attività ed eventi culturali.
Grazie for all your donations!
The current annual subscription for membership (including GST) is:
Single membership - $30 per person
Couples or family - $40 per couple or family
Seniors and tertiary students - $15 per person
Children up to 18 years of age come under Student or Family membership.