Commemoration for Giornata della Memoria Draws Strong Community Participation
Approximately 75 guests gathered to mark Giornata della Memoria (Holocaust Remembrance Day) at a moving event organized by the Consulate of Italy in Detroit and the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan. The evening opened with remarks from the newly appointed Italian Consul in Detroit, Paolo Zanotto, who shared the powerful story of a family’s resistance […]
The IX Week Italian Cuisine in the World: Film Screening and Potluck
Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan Celebrates Settimana Della Cucina Italiana Nel Mondo (Week of Italian Cuisine in the World) 2024 November 16 through 22 was designated the 9th Annual edition of Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo (Week of Italian Cuisine in the World) by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A showcase for Italy […]
Dante, l’esilio di un Poeta
On May 25th, at our headquarters in Bingham Farms, the docu-film “The Exile of a Poet,” directed by Fabrizio Bancale and produced by the Dante Alighieri Society on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of the Sommo Poeta, was screened. Like a true itinerary through images, the film traverses the places “touched” […]
Annual Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for High School Students
Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Annual Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for High School Students The Concert of the Finalists is always an exciting event, sponsored by the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan, in collaboration with the Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation, the Italian American Cultural Society, the […]
Amir Issaa in Detroit
Lo scorso febbraio, il cantante di hip-hop Amir Issaa, ha incantato i presenti con un concerto intitolato “This is what I live for: an Afro-Italian memoir”. Questo incontro è stato possibile grazie al contributo e l’organizzazione del Consolato d’Italia a Detroit, la Dante Alighieri del Michigan, la Wayne State University e Michigan State University. Last […]
March 1943-2023: 80 Years of Music Celebration
Caffè & Canzoni
Celebrating 80 Years of Music and Moments in the Life of Two most Loved Italian Songwriters.
We sang atogheter celebrating music to remember and capture two singers, and their music, moments tied to their songs and give ...
VII Week of Italian Cuisine
You don’t hear much, but in the background, drums were rolling: we were very excited to host our first big event in person after 3 years!
Organized by the Dante Alighieri of Michigan in collaboration with the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, ...
XXII Settimana della Lingua nel Mondo
Thank you professors and students.
Celebrating Dante on Belle Isle
Week of Italian Language 2021
Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan presented:“The Evolution of the Romantic Poem”, by Erika CaturegliDuring this Anno Dantesco, Dante Alighieri of Michigan explored Dante’s poetry before the creation of the Divine Comedy by selecting poems in which he talks about his beloved Beatrice. In this retrospective in honor of the Settimana della Lingua, we will look […]
How Dante Alighieri keeps mattering
We believe Dante Alighieri played a fundamental role in the beginning of the Renaissance, which brought about so much change to society. It allowed us to begin to satirize institutions and authority. It gave us the beginning of art, architecture, and learning.
The Nativity Scene by Eduardo De Filippo in Detroit
Natale in casa Cupiello Presented by the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan On December 17, 2019, the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan presented a live production of Eduardo De Filippo’s Natale in casa Cupiello (“The Nativity Scene”) to a sold-out audience at the Village Players of Birmingham. The event was organized in collaboration with the […]
Simone Cinotto: The Italian American Table
Simone Cinotto is Associate Professor of Modern History at the Università di Scienze Gastronomiche in Pollenzo, Italy, where he is the Director of the master’s program “Master of Gastronomy: World Food Cultures and Mobility.” He has been Visiting Professor at Indiana University (2017), the Department of Italian Studies at New York University (2008-2010), and the […]
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).
DAS of Michigan 2018 End of Year Party
Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan 2018 End of Year Party at the Detroit Historical Museum DAS celebrated the Dante Alighieri Society End of Year Party at the Detroit Historical Museum Streets of Old Detroit with a celebration which included the “Dante Distinctive Citizen Award” ceremony to honor admirable members of the community. The 2018 recipient […]
III Week of Italian Cuisine in the World
What a Superb dinner coordinated by the Italian Chef Mimmo Bei Casagrande at the Great Lakes Culinary Center. ~Organized by the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Chicago, in collaboration with the Federazione Abruzzese del Michigan, the Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation (IACLCF), under the auspices of the […]
The Mediterranean Diet, an Italian-American Discovery useful for the Future
On November 9th the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Chicago, in collaboration with the Federazione Abruzzese del Michigan, the Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation (IACLCF), under the auspices of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit presented: The Mediterranean Diet, an Italian-American Discovery useful for the Future, a […]
DAS BIKE TOUR CANCELLED-POSTPONED
We are very sorry to inform you that we are forced to cancel and postpone on a different date DAS Bike tour. Stay tuned
