Frank De Santis
Frank De Santis, age 93, passed away on May 16, 2016. Frank proudly served in the U. S. Army as a Sergeant in the 264th Engineers Combat Battalion in Gen. Patton’s army during WWII. He was discharged with 2 Bronze Stars. He attended the University of Detroit where he received a BS, an MA from […]
Adrian to Honor Italian Immigrants killed in 1901 train crash
Adrian to Honor Italian Immigrants killed in 1901 train crash On Thanksgiving Eve in 1901, two trains No. 4 and No. 13 collided near Adrian Michigan, killing over 100 Italian immigrants who had recently come to the United States for a better life. On impact, cars on Train 4 exploded but were saved from fire […]
Ritrovare le nostre radici | Rediscover our roots | Oct. 23 at 4:30pm
Ritrovare le nostre radici by Andrea Flesichfresser | In Italian and English Il cambiamento, principalmente come espatriati, molte volte, ci porta a delle sfide nella nostra vita personale e professionale. La diversità culturale e senza dubbio la nuova lingua, ci fa sentire fuori posto e senza radici. Il cambiamento ci porta comunque ad una crescita […]
Italia paese diVino – Caffè & Cultura | June 12, 2016 – 4:30pm
“No poem was ever written by a drinker of water” Horace The origins of wine are so old to sink into the legend. Some trace the origin of the vine until Adam and Eve, saying the forbidden fruit of Eden was the succulent grapes and not the anonymous apple. Other tell that Noah thought it […]
Italian Movie Night – May 27th at 7pm – Il Vigile
A fabulous cast of best actors like Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Sylvia Koshina, Marisa Merlini and Mario Riva, to represent the story of a unemployed ex-soldier who takes finally a revenge on all who had been teasing him finding a job as traffic officer. But soon starts having trouble with his duties… In Italian […]
Scholarships: "Depicting Dante" – La giornata della Dante
With the proceeds derived from the Art Auction which took place during Dante Alighieri’s 90th Anniversary Gala on November 1, 2014 at the Detroit Yacht Club. The DAS of Michigan is proud to announce the Art Competition “Depicting Dante” Calling all students in Michigan who love art and the Italian language and culture – this is […]
Who Is Filippo Mazzei?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal…” It’s a refrain familiar to all Americans, and a philosophy at the core of our national identity. But do we know where these words came from? Of the many figures who sat beside Thomas Jefferson as he declared America’s independence from […]
Luigi, Faber & Genova
The Consulate of Italy in Detroit in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan presented, Luigi, Faber & Genova, omaggio ai cantautori italiani Tenco, De André e una grande città mediterranea un recital di e con Elena Buttiero e Ferdinando Molteni Pianoforte, chitarra, voce. Canzoni e parole che ci hanno raccontato […]
Italian Book Club | July 15, 2016 – Valerio Massimo Manfredi: The Ides of March
We are pleased to announce the next meeting of our Italian Book Club. We welcome the Dante Alighieri members and non members to join us in this exciting adventure in the Italian literature. We are meeting every three months to discuss a book by an Italian Author. The discussion will be in English unless all […]
Italian Book Club | March 25, 2016 | Whispering Tides – Ascoltando le maree by Guido Mattioni
We are pleased to announce the next meeting of our Italian Book Club We welcome the Dante Alighieri members and non members to join us in this exciting adventure in the Italian literature. We are meeting every three months to discuss a book by an Italian Author. The discussion will be in English unless all […]
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 […]
Italian Film Festival Detroit
The local premieres of award-winning Italian film April 2015 Metro Detroit Locations and film A GOLDEN BOY BLACK SOULS FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS HOW STRANGE TO BE CALLED FEDERICO! HUMAN CAPITAL REMEMBER ME? SONG ‘E NAPULE THE CHAIR OF HAPPINESS THE DINNER QUIET BLISS LEOPARDI LIKE THE WIND THE MAFIA KILLS ONLY IN SUMMER THE REFEREE
Vatican Museums
The Convention between the Dante Alighieri Society and the Vatican Museums has been renewed until December 31, 2015. A DAS member and one guest will be able to access the museums without the need of standing in line, through the “Individual entrance for visitors with online booking” entry. A DAS member and one guest will […]
“The Italian Woman and the Making of America” | Sunday, March 8 at 4:30pm
Please join us Sunday, March 8 at 4:30pm for and afternoon of coffee and culture with Prof. Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan. March 8th is the International Women’s Day. The earliest Women’s Day observance was held on February 28, 1909, in New York; it was organized in remembrance of the 1908 strike of the International Ladies’ Garment […]
The Fall of the Roman Empire | From Darkness to Light | Sunday, January 18 at 4:30pm
“If we want to understand our present we need to discover our history”. That is why we believe that the Fall of the Roman Empire signs the beginning of a new Era. We will learn the reasons for this “Fall”, and the consequences that had brought darkness to many fields, but strength to others; […]
DAS 90th Birthday Gala
The Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan had chosen the fantastic setting of the Detroit Yacht Club for a promising party to celebrate the end of another great year and its 90th anniversary. DAS proposed an enjoyable evening with seated dinner, music, dance, and a blind silent auction of works by Detroit artists, three of whom […]
Opera in Concert: Rossini’s William Tell
Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium 825 North University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Choral Union Series Opera in Concert: Rossini’s William Tell Teatro Regio Torino Orchestra and Chorus Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Claudio Fenoglio, chorus master William Tell was Rossini’s final opera, although the composer lived for nearly 40 years after its composition. Its premiere […]
Italian Book Club | November 20, 2015
Dante Alighieri Society Book Club INVOLUNTARY WITNESS by GIANRICO CAROFIGLIO Translated by Patrick Creagh Involuntary Witness is the first book in a series featuring Italian trial lawyer Guido Guerrieri, who lives in Bari, Italy. The author, Gianrico Carofiglio, is a former Italian judge, so the legal aspects of his novels are very accurate, and are interesting […]
Book Club – Agostino by Alberto Moravia| July 17, 2015
Dante Alighieri Society Book Club Friday, July 17, 2015 7 pm 630 N Old Woodward – Time: 7-9 pm Suite 102 Birmingham, MI 48009 Agostino By Alberto Moravia Thirteen-year-old Agostino is spending the summer at a Tuscan sea-side resort with his beautiful widowed mother. When she takes up with a cocksure new companion, Agostino, feeling […]
Book Club | I Will Have Vengeance—Il senso del dolore By Maurizio de Giovanni | April 17, 2015
I Will Have Vengeance—Il senso del dolore By Maurizio de Giovanni Set in Naples in 1931, the novel takes place during the early rule of Il Duce, Benito Mussolini, at a time in which the gap between the wealthy and poor is enormous. Angelo Garzo, the Vice Questore in charge of Ricciardi’s department, “whose life […]
A Silent Auction featuring DeTur and local artists will benefit 2015 Educational Scholarship
Daniel Cascardo A nationally recognized visual artist and Michigan native, Cascardo’s imaginative style of work can be seen on large murals. His works include two side altars at St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Dearborn, MI, along with a diverse range of paintings, sculptures, clothing, and installations. His characteristic is the use of uninhibited brush strokes. www.danielcascardo.com […]
Detroit Launch of Project DETUR “Detroit-Turin Exchange”
Photographic Exhibition and Documentary A photographic exhibition by Richard Haskin of Dearborn, and a related documentary by Pierette Simpson of Novi, are the catalyst for launching “Detroit-Turin Exchange” in the U.S. DETUR (for short) is an international project aimed at creating cultural bridges for artists of Detroit and its sister city, Turin, Italy. The October […]
Celebrating Dante's Day
Celebrating Dante’s Day at beautiful Belle Isle. Free family event with picnic – grill and pot luc
Federazione Abruzzese del Michigan presents DisCanto
DisCanto is a group of Italian conservatory-trained musicians and Italian folk scene veterans specializing in the music of the Abruzzo region’s farmers and shepherds. Their leader, Michele Avolio, is perhaps the foremost living performer and researcher of authentic Abruzzese song. Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 2:00 pm $25 includes performance and hors d’oeuvres | Cash Bar […]
Iaia Forte brings Sorrentino's Novel to Detroit
On Saturday, June 14, the DAS, with the generous sponsorship of Brembo and Reply, partnered with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Consulate of Italy in Detroit for an exceptional evening dedicated to two beautiful expressions of Italian passion, soccer and art. A crowd gathered in Kresge Court to watch Italy defeat England 2-1 […]
Celebrazione del 68º anniversario della Repubblica italiana
Expo Milano 2015 è stato il tema della celebrazione del 68º anniversario della Repubblica italiana organizzata dal Consolato d’Italia a Detroit presso il Grosse Pointe War Memorial a Grosse Point Farm. Fra gli invitati si conta anche la presenza del sindaco di Lansing Virg Bernero, di origini italiane, e della Vice presidente della Detroit Regional […]
Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan welcome Luigi Datome, Italian Basketball player for the Detroit Pistons
Luigi Datome understands the importance of learning a foreign language. It allowed him to join, and be a member of the Detroit Pistons. With this fact in mind, Luigi’s presence at DAS helped with our efforts to fund-raise in support of the AP Italian Language and Culture Program. This event was organized in the contest […]
Matrimonio all’italiana | Friday, December 5, 2014 at 7:15pm
Domenico Soriano (Marcello Mastroianni) is about to marry, but when he learns that his mistress Filumena Marturano (Sofia Loren) is ill, he stays by her side, learning later that it was a ploy by her to get him to marry her instead. Cast: Sofia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, Marilù Tolo, Gianni Ridolfi […]
Mamma Roma | Friday, September 5, 2014 at 7pm
Anna Magnani stars as Mamma Roma, a rural Italian hooker trying to create a new life for herself. This proves impossible when the past keeps rearing its ugly head in the form of Mamma Rosa’s previous “johns.” She returns to her old profession, whereupon her son Ettore Garofalo becomes a thief and is killed by […]
Great Italian Short Stories of the Twentieth Century | Friday, January 16 at 7pm
Italian Book Club – Friday, January 16, 2015 at 7 pm 630 N Old Woodward – Suite 102 Birmingham, MI 48009 Great Italian Short Stories of the Twentieth Century/I grandi racconti italiani del Novecento: A Dual-Language Book (English and Italian). Edited and translated by Jacob Blakesley. This anthology highlights the rich range of modern Italian […]
Il Mondo in Italiano
Nel cuore di Roma la sede centrale, nel mondo più di 400 sedi in sessanta paesi. La Società Dante Alighieri, una vera e propria multinazionale della nostra lingua. E il braccio culturale della Farnesina.
Tommaso Juglaris
In Celebration of the year of Italian Culture in the United States the Juglaris exhibition was on display at Italian American Cultural Center &and the Italian American Club of Livonia with a presentation by Dr. Geoffrey G. Drutchas, Chair of the Tommaso Juglaris Publication Commission.
