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 […]
Italian Film Festival Detroit
The Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan is a proud sponsor of the Italian Film Festival in Detroit.
April 3, 7:30 p.m. | Benedetta follia
Detroit Film Theatre at the
Detroit Institute of Arts
Luigi Ferri: The Survival of a 12-year-old Italian Child at Auschwitz
“The Holocaust is a page in the book of Humanity from which we must never remove the Memory bookmark” (Primo Levi).
The Roman Theaters by Prof. Wladek Fuchs
On this special Caffè & Cultura by Prof. Wladek Fuchs talked about the rise of the Roman theater as an architectural form, its role in the Roman society, and finally its decline. There were over 400 theaters built during the Roman period in all parts of the Empire. Vitruvius in his treatise on architecture from the […]
Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo | Week of Italian Language
Where: The Scarab Club – 217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI 48202 The XVIII Week of Italian Language in the World was presented under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, with the support of the […]
“La donna negli occhi degli artisti” Evoluzione della figura femminile nell’arte.
For International Women’s Day, Sabrina Cavallari guided us on a trip to discover the female body and its evolution in art. The female figure has always been an object and a subject in art. The representation of women evolves over the centuries along with the evolution of history, different cultures and artistic techniques. The female […]
Songs from a Lost World of Italian Jewish Composers
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017 The Dante Aligheri Society, Michigan Chapter and the Wayne State Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies with the support of the Italian Program at Wayne State, under the auspices of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit presented Songs from a Lost World of Italian Jewish Composers a performance by Caroline Helton – Soprano & Kathryn Goodson – […]
“Benedetto Croce: the philosopher that intimidated Mussolini”
“Benedetto Croce: the philosopher that intimidated Mussolini”. A lecture by Armando Delicato Benedetto Croce (died in 1952) is a leading Italian philosopher. His major contribution to philosophy was in the area of historical meaning. Croce’s place in the wider realm of history is the result of his enormous prestige in Italy and the world that […]
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 […]
