Christine DiMattei
Anchor/ReporterYears ago, after racking her brains trying to find a fun, engaging, creative night gig to subsidize her acting habit, Chris decided to ride her commercial voiceover experience into the fast-paced world of radio broadcasting. She started out with traffic reporting, moved on to news -- and never looked back. Since then, Chris has worked in newsrooms throughout South Florida, producing stories for radio broadcasts and the web.
Throughout her career, she has won numerous awards in hard news, breaking news and arts and culture feature reporting categories. As an anchor and reporter for WLRN, Chris has interviewed internationally-renowned flautist Sir James Galway, conductor Michael Tilson-Thomas, and actors John Cusack, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Raul Esparza and Sharon Gless, among others. Apart from interviewing celebrities, Chris delights in getting straight answers from politicians, coaxing meteorologists to speak in layman’s terms during hurricane watches and warnings and having scientists demystify environmental issues like pollution and climate change.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from New York University.
In her other life, Chris has been married 12 times, given birth to 15 children, died four times, twice taken vows as a nun and once been abducted by pirates in the Caribbean -- all this by doing English language dubbing for dozens of foreign films, soap operas and cartoons.
Both lives, she says, have been "a most excellent adventure."
Contact Christine at cdimattei@wlrnnews.org
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Miami City Ballet will close out its season with the return of choreographer Alexei Ratmansky’s re-imagining of Swan Lake, which uses dance notation from a late 19th Century staging of the classic ballet.
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The Boca Raton-based orchestra's program includes a concerto by 18th Century flute virtuoso, Francois Devienne.
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The redemptive — and healing — power of art is one of the themes Cruz explores in his new play, 'Sed En La Calle del Agua' ('Thirst On Water Street'). Cruz also directs the play, which makes its premiere this week at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium.
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Juggerknot Theatre Company's 'Conjuring the King' looks at super fandom through the eyes of the ultimate Elvis aficionado. The one-woman immersive show will take place in front of just 15 people at a time — at a Miami location only revealed via an email invitation.
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The documentary flm is being screened in Delray Beach on Wednesday. Two earlier screenings in Miami-Dade are sold out.
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Margarita Armas's "Análogo" makes its premiere with Miami City Ballet.
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For the Symphonia orchestra's principal conductor, "the play's the thing."
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Maria Todaro feels the arts in general — and opera in particular — can be a healing force for a troubled world.
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This year's "Men Who Dance" festival features a fitting response to Florida's increasingly anti-LGBTQ and anti-trans political climate.
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This year, The Symphonia's performances will celebrate the natural world. The first concert, titled Native Wonders, will include Chokfi, a piece written by Native American classical composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate.
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The 13th edition of the Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler will feature the work of ten dance troupes this year, including Miami's Zest Collective.
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A new FGO program will bring opera performances to 'non-traditional' venues in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.