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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Involuntary Witness by Gianfranco Carofiglio
Translated by Patrick CreaghInvoluntary 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 interesting in their own right due to the complexity of the Italian […]
Agostino by Alberto Moravia
Dante Alighieri Society Book Club Friday, July 17, 2015 7 Agostino By Alberto Moravia Thirteen-year-old Agostino is spending the summer at a Tuscan seaside resort with his beautiful, widowed mother. When she takes up with a cocksure new companion, Agostino, feeling ignored and unloved, she begins hanging around with a group of local young toughs. […]
Il senso del dolore By Maurizio de Giovanni
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 […]
