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 […]
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Italian Book Club | Le idi di marzoWe welcome the Dante Alighieri members and non-members to join us in this exciting adventure in Italian literature. We are meeting every three months to discuss a book by an Italian Author. The discussion will be in English unless all the participants speak Italian. Feel free to read the […]
Ascoltando le maree by Guido Mattioni
A novel that will touch your heart, Guido Mattioni’s Whispering Tides has the power, within its well-crafted narrative, to make the reader a protagonist, not merely a spectator, by triggering sensations that may have seemed forgotten but are like fire under the ashes, waiting for a chance to take over. The yearning for a “natural […]
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 a 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 […]
