Benvenuti!
The Melbourne Branch of the Dante Alighieri Society was established in 1896. Part of a global organisation committed to promoting Italian language and culture internationally, Dante Melbourne links Victoria to the heart of Rome. As the oldest branch of the Dante Alighieri Society in an English speaking country, we are a dynamic and ever-evolving part of the local and international Italian community.
Applications now closed for scholarships for teachers of Italian
The Dante Alighieri Society of Melbourne, with the support of the Italian Australian Foundation, is offering international travel scholarships of $8,000 each to secondary school teachers of Italian to travel to Italy to study Italian with one of the Dante Alighieri societies in Italy in 2025.
Two $500 scholarships are also available for primary school teachers of Italian to study an online course with the Dante Alighieri societies in Italy in 2025.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 8.00 am Tuesday 8 October 2024
Two $500 scholarships are also available for primary school teachers of Italian to study an online course with the Dante Alighieri societies in Italy in 2025.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 8.00 am Tuesday 8 October 2024
POETRY AND PASTA - CARNEVALE
Thursday, 27 March 2025
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POETRY & PASTA - CARNEVALE
A salon style event for lovers of Italian culture and food on the theme of CARNEVALE.
We invite you to an evening of poetry, wine and good food prepared especially for the event by University Cafe, (Lygon Street, Carlton).
Celebrated all over Italy, Carnevale is the period before Lent when social norms and behaviour are turned upside down, and people celebrate before the austerity of Lent. Masquerades, allegorical floats, costume parades, coriandoli, stelle filanti are all part of the Carnevale celebrations.
If you would like to, please feel free to don a mask or a costume on the night.
Artist, journalist and author of Growing Honest Food- An Oasis of Italian Tradition in the
Suburbs and Cent'anni di Ricordi, Gabriella Gomersall Hubbard, will lead the evening with poems and readings.
This is a limited capacity event and vegetarian friendly. We will do our best to cater for
special dietary needs.
Please note this event is held upstairs of a venue with no lift.
PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THIS EVENT
RSVP EMAIL TO:
[email protected]
Tickets:
Members: $40
Non Members: $45
PAYMENT OPTIONS
CASH ON THE NIGHT
OR
DIRECT PAYMENT: - Dante Alighieri Society Melbourne Inc. Bendigo Bank (Cassa Commerciale) BSB – 633 000 ACCOUNT NUMBER – 108 127 986
A salon style event for lovers of Italian culture and food on the theme of CARNEVALE.
We invite you to an evening of poetry, wine and good food prepared especially for the event by University Cafe, (Lygon Street, Carlton).
Celebrated all over Italy, Carnevale is the period before Lent when social norms and behaviour are turned upside down, and people celebrate before the austerity of Lent. Masquerades, allegorical floats, costume parades, coriandoli, stelle filanti are all part of the Carnevale celebrations.
If you would like to, please feel free to don a mask or a costume on the night.
Artist, journalist and author of Growing Honest Food- An Oasis of Italian Tradition in the
Suburbs and Cent'anni di Ricordi, Gabriella Gomersall Hubbard, will lead the evening with poems and readings.
This is a limited capacity event and vegetarian friendly. We will do our best to cater for
special dietary needs.
Please note this event is held upstairs of a venue with no lift.
PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THIS EVENT
RSVP EMAIL TO:
[email protected]
Tickets:
Members: $40
Non Members: $45
PAYMENT OPTIONS
CASH ON THE NIGHT
OR
DIRECT PAYMENT: - Dante Alighieri Society Melbourne Inc. Bendigo Bank (Cassa Commerciale) BSB – 633 000 ACCOUNT NUMBER – 108 127 986
NEW COURSE STARTING ON 12 February 2025
