Miseria e Nobiltà was Performed to a Sellout Crowd
By Sandra Tornberg The classic Italian comedy Miseria e Nobiltà (Misery and Nobility) was presented at the Marygrove Conservancy and Liberal Arts Theater in Detroit on Saturday, March 9. The play was written in the Neapolitan dialect by Eduardo Scarpetta in 1887. The play was produced by the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, supported by […]
We have moved!
Friends and Valued Members, We’re excited to announce that DAS of Michigan has moved to a new office space! Our new address is:30100 Telegraph Rd. Ste. 322 | Bingham Farms, MI 48025(East Entrance) Starting from November 30, all operations, meetings, and correspondence will take place in our new location. This move allows us to better […]
LoveITDetroit Opening
Day One of LoveITDetroit LoveITDetroit launched on September 1. This year’s installation once again showcases the Made in Italy vision, highlighting how Italian companies have embarked on a path toward sustainability, integrating this approach with the essence of the Made in Italy. The exhibit features wooden statues by Willy Matthias, and Christian Verginers, glass pieces […]
LoveITDetroit 2023 Edition
After the success of the 2022 edition, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit and the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan have decided to confirm their participation in the 2023 edition of the Detroit Month of Design, with the project called "LoveITDetroit", which won ...
122nd Anniversary of the Adrian Train Wreck on October 1.
The Com.It.Es. Detroit, a non-profit Italian organization representing Italians living abroad, under the Auspices of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit is hosting the 122nd anniversary of the Adrian Train Wreck on October 1.
In 1901, 135,996 Italians arrived in the United States to ...
Wayne State students @ B.Energy
On May 18th, B.Energy hosted a delegation led by Professor John Taylor and seventeen students from Wayne State University of Detroit (MI) School of Business, Global Supply Chain Department. The visit to B.Energy gave them a complete overview of the industrial production cycle by analyzing waste management issues and technologies. Particularly interested in the automotive […]
Manca solo Mozart | Only Mozart is Missing
Offered by the Consulate of Italy in Detroit and the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan and organized in collaboration with In Scena. Manca solo Mozart (Only Mozart is Missing) written & directed by Antonio Grosso, was performed by Marco Simeoli on Saturday, May 6 at the Marygrove Conservancy and Liberal Arts Theater. Based on the […]
Danilo Prefumo | Paganini. His Life, Works, and Times.
We met musicologist Danilo Prefumo for his book presentation that illustrated the most important aspects of Paganini’s human and creative story. He touched on a topic still unknown today and certainly very interesting to the American public: Paganini’s planned tour of the United ...
Italian Film Festival | Aspromonte
Don Lorenzo Milani (1923-1967)
Guest speakers Prof. Gabriele Boccaccini and Prof. Nicola Terranato.
Don Lorenzo Milani is among the protagonists of the twentieth century in Italy. This year marks the centenary of his birth, and it is, therefore, an opportunity to revisit his work ...
March 1943-2023: 80 Years of Music Celebration
Caffè & Canzoni
Celebrating 80 Years of Music and Moments in the Life of Two most Loved Italian Songwriters.
We sang atogheter celebrating music to remember and capture two singers, and their music, moments tied to their songs and give ...
Do You See Me?
Il Giorno della Memoria – Holocaust Remembrance Day! | Film Screening
In honor of the “Giornata della Memoria” – Holocaust Remembrance Day (observed globally on January 27) – the Consulate of Italy in Detroit and the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan commemorated those Italians who suffered persecution as a result of the Racial Laws ...
“The legend of a pumpkin house”
Author Urbano Salvati presented “The legend of a pumpkin house,” a delightful and timely story representing a fairy tale for today’s world.The story begins with a retired couple, Mr. and Mrs. Fiorina, giving the neighborhood children a special Halloween party with many pumpkin decorations. In the midst of the fun, someone suggests they should create […]
Ernesi: Cosmetic Laboratories
We learned from DAS Life Member Miro Marcelli, about the new course is bringing the original ERNESI vision to a new frontier for our beauty care and well-aging, leveraging the potency of the spontaneous ingredients of its unique territory: from the Adriatic Sea ...
VII Week of Italian Cuisine
You don’t hear much, but in the background, drums were rolling: we were very excited to host our first big event in person after 3 years!
Organized by the Dante Alighieri of Michigan in collaboration with the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, ...
Thank YOU All!
THE PHYSICAL SPACE
Designed by the world-famous architect Roberto Palomba of Palomba-Serafini, the installation was housed in the heart of Detroit in a building owned by Bedrock. The space created by the architect Palomba, through arches, lights, and corridors, aimed to reproduce that ...
XXII Settimana della Lingua nel Mondo
Thank you professors and students.
Luisa Bocchietto | Architect
Furniture and Sustainability – Architect Luisa Bocchietto, Former President of the Industrial Design Association (ADI) and of the World Design Organization (WDO), talked about furniture, sustainability, Italian design, and how design has expanded from product design to the design of processes and services ...
Love IT Detroit
September 2022 marked the start of the highly anticipated and first-ever collaboration between the Consulate of Italy, in partnership with the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, and the Detroit Month of Design - a 30-day exhibition filling one glorious space in the heart of downtown ...
MUNER – Motorvehicle University
MUNER – The Motorvehicle University of Emilia-Romagna has the most famous automotive Companies in the world put their know-how and the most innovative technologies at the service of students who want to become the new professionals in the automotive field and are willing ...
Detroit City FC challenge!
Players of the Amazing Detroit City FC have joined LoveIT Detroit challenge! We thank the team and the players for joining in on the fun.
Silvio Angori | Pininfarina
In simultaneous collaboration with Detroit Month of Design, and for the first time ever, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, LoveITDetroit, an active design, innovation and architectural exhibition like nothing Detroit has experienced before.<br ...
Ruben Abbattista
In simultaneous collaboration with Detroit Month of Design, and for the first time ever, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, LoveITDetroit, an active design, innovation and architectural exhibition like nothing Detroit has experienced before.
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Carlo Ratti
In simultaneous collaboration with Detroit Month of Design and, for the first time ever, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, LoveITDetroit, an active design, innovation, and architectural exhibition like nothing Detroit has experienced before.
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Celebrating Dante on Belle Isle
Pomeriggio con Paganini
Pomeriggio con Paganini Was a Great Success By Sandra Tornberg On Sunday, May 22, 2022, the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan in collaboration with the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, presented Pomeriggio con Paganini to commemorate the famous violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini who died on May 27, 1840. Born on October 27, 1782, in Genoa, Italy, Paganini […]
IDR (Italian Doc Remix) North American Tour
IDR (Italian Doc Remix) 2022 Tour was Sponsored By:
Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago
Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto
Italian Cultural Center in Minneapolis
Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan
Under the Auspices of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit.
IDR (Italian ...
The 28th Annual Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for Michigan High School Students
On May 1st the Concert of the Finalists reached the 28th Anniversary edition.It was exciting to see and hear remarkable young singers emerging each year as they challengethemselves to have their artistic dreams realized. The Verdi Opera provides students the opportunity to showcase their talent in hopes to inspire them to continue their musical journey […]
XXI Week of Italian Language
Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan presented:“The Evolution of the Romantic Poem”, by Erika CaturegliDuring this Anno Dantesco, Dante Alighieri of Michigan explored Dante’s poetry before the creation of the Divine Comedy by selecting poems in which he talks about his beloved Beatrice. In this retrospective in honor of the Settimana della Lingua, we will look […]
How Dante Alighieri keeps mattering
We believe Dante Alighieri played a fundamental role in the beginning of the Renaissance, which brought about so much change to society. It allowed us to begin to satirize institutions and authority. It gave us the beginning of art, architecture, and learning.
Dante and Pisa
We would like to inaugurate a monthly appointment in which we will talk about Italian historical figures, archeological sites, art, cities, or overall culture. We are launching this new blog by talking about cities that were mentioned by non other ...
We would like to inaugurate a monthly appointment in which we will talk about Italian historical figures, archeological sites, art, cities, or overall culture. We are launching this new blog by talking about cities that were mentioned by non other ...
Digital Solidarity
The Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan is participating to the “Digital Solidarity” campaign to help people cope with COVID-19 lockdown in a totally FREE way! In collaboration with Mareluna Cooperativa Sociale, ONLUS (Non Profit organization) is offering online English classed to children, residing in Italy, ages 6-10.Teachers, students, and families around the world are affected […]
The Nativity Scene by Eduardo De Filippo in Detroit
Natale in casa Cupiello Presented by the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan On December 17, 2019, the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan presented a live production of Eduardo De Filippo’s Natale in casa Cupiello (“The Nativity Scene”) to a sold-out audience at the Village Players of Birmingham. The event was organized in collaboration with the […]
Simone Cinotto: The Italian American Table
Simone Cinotto is Associate Professor of Modern History at the Università di Scienze Gastronomiche in Pollenzo, Italy, where he is the Director of the master’s program “Master of Gastronomy: World Food Cultures and Mobility.” He has been Visiting Professor at Indiana University (2017), the Department of Italian Studies at New York University (2008-2010), and the […]
Festa della Musica 2019
The Festa della Musica is inspired by the values of the international Fête de la Musique. An event born in France in 1981 that later became an international phenomenon. Nowadays, the Fête de la Musique simultaneously involve many cities all around the world. In June, at the very beginning of the summer, for the summer […]
