L'Olocausto in Italia | The Holocaust in Italy
La Società Dante Alighieri del Michigan sotto gli auspici del Consolato d’Italia a Detroit in occasione della commemorazione delle vittime della Shoah del 27 gennaio 1945 ha presentato L’Olocausto in Italia a cura del Prof. Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan. Domenica 21 febbraio 2016 Ogni anno il 27 gennaio, anniversario della liberazione di Auschwitz, si […]
Dante Alighieri Society 2015 Year End Gala | Dante Alighieri 750º Anniversary
Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 6:00 pm – The Reserve The Gala organized by the Società Dante Alighieri to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the birth of the Divine Poet, was met with excitement and smiles. DAS summarized what achieved in 2015 to keep alive our Italian language and make it more attractive not only to those who use it […]
La Dante? una risorsa
Video-racconto della tre giorni dell’82° Congresso Internazionale della Società Dante Alighieri, svoltosi a Milano dal 25 al 27 settembre scorsi.
“Are the Passengers Saved?” News!
Local Author filming movie in Detroit & Italy about surviving deadly shipwreck. “The Titanic of the 1950s” inspires local woman’s life-long mission to expose the controversial truth about the ship’s captain. Trailer and Media Coverage! Media coverage in Italy: La Rai “Community”, July 23, 2015 http://www.rai.tv/StatisticheProxy/tagCloudVisualizza.jsp?tagName=pierette-domenica-simpson&nometag=cGllcmV0dGUtZG9tZW5pY2Etc2ltcHNvbg== Video Interview: http://12alle12.it/san-martino-c-se-il-paese-diventa-set-della-docu-fiction-ispirata-al-libro-lultima-notte-dellandrea-doria-di-pierrette-domenica-simpson-158928 Video made by ANSA: http://www.ansa.it/sito/videogallery/spettacolo/2015/07/28/un-docu-film-sulla-tragedia-dellandrea-doria_8ecb26f2-8246-4cf9-abf4-ce6c553734e4.html The OIakland Press: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150629/shipwreck-survivor-sets-record-straight-for-anniversary-of-andrea-doria-sinking When Pierette […]
Totó le Mokó | Fri, September 25, Birmingham
The mobster Pep le Mok dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples: Antonio Lumaconi, a street musician. Director Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia TOTO’: ‘Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Griffo Focas Comneno’ was a descendant of the ‘Comneno de Bizancio’ and also one of […]
La vita è bella | Life Is Beautiful – Fri, February 26, Birmingham
Italian Movie Night Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7 pm 630 N Old Woodward Ave | Suite 102 (Lower level in the back) | Birmingham, Mi 48009 La vita è bella, pellicola diretta e interpretata nel 1997 dall’attore Roberto Benigni. In occasione della Giornata della memoria. La trama: Guido Orefice (Benigni) è un giovane ebreo […]
Scusate il ritardo Fri, December 11
Italian Movie Night | Scusate il ritardo Fri, November 27, Birmingham
Ancient food greets Archaeology
The Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan in collaboration with The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presented Ancient food greets Archaeology DAS presented a private guided tour at University of Michigan’s Kelsey Museum of Archaeology to discover Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The experience was completed with a strolling lunch of ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian delicacies. Tour Guide: Laura Motta, PhD, […]
Caffè e Cultura | “How a world icon comes to life: the Ford Mustang”
For Giuliano Zuccato, a native of Italy, it was a serendipitous path from a river powered sawmill near Venice where he cut raw timber for the locals to the design studios of Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. Shortly after leaving his Country to seek a better future, he contracted a rare disease of the […]
Dante's Visual Imagination | April 19 at 4:30 pm
L’iconografia medioevale che ha influenzato l’immaginario dantesco. Please join us Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 4:30 pm for and afternoon of coffee and culture with Sabrina Cavallari Biancardi. What images have fed Dante’s imagination? His “Comedy” is inspired by theology and history, but at the same time art surrounds him and helps Dante transform his […]