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 […]
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
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 […]
“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; […]
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 […]
