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Do You See Me? | Film Screening & Pizza

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Serena Bruno returns to Italy to be an architect and help people but she will struggle to convince her fellow co-workers that they have to be more open minded.

Ernesi: Cosmetic Laboratories

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Join Us for a Special EVENT PRESENTATION with DAS LIFE MEMBER MIRO MARCELLISunday, November 27, 2022 @ 4:30pm Where: DAS Offices … Continue >Ernesi: Cosmetic Laboratories

Free and open to the public - Registration is required

The Leopard | Film Screening

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Luchino Visconti's best film and certainly the most personal of his historical epics, The Leopard chronicles the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio Salina and his family during the unification of Italy in the 1860s

The Leopard | Italian Book Club

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

The Leopard is a story of a decadent and dying aristocracy threatened by the forces of revolution and democracy. Set against the political upheavals of Italy in the 1860s, it focuses on Don Fabrizio, a Sicilian prince of immense sensual appetites, wealth, and great personal magnetism. Around this powerful figure swirls a glittering array of characters: a Bourbon king, liberals and pseudo liberals, peasants and millionaires.

Becoming – Michelle Obama | Italian Book Club

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.

Italians in Detroit | Caffè & Cultura

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Most Italians came to Detroit between 1880-1920. Detroit’s “Little Italy” started from the lower east side (Eastern Market area) along Gratiot and Riopelle Streets near Black Bottom and Paradise Valley.

Santa Fabio | Caffè & Cultura

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Santa Fabio is a professional photographer in the Detroit area who specializes in people and journalistic projects for corporations and magazines. A second generation Italian, Ms. Fabio will share the love and passion she has for the people and family she has met and photographed in a small Sicilian village.

Power, Mystery, Charm….Diamonds!

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Everybody knows what a diamond is! We love the way sparkles and the romance it evokes. But how does it form? Where can we find it? How is it possible to cut it, if it really is the hardest material? How can we judge its quality?

Free

The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci Part 2

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

The Artist – The Scientist – The Inventor
Get a unique look into Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and the works and personality of one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

Free

The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci Part 1

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

The Artist -  The Scientist - The Inventor  
Get a unique look into Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and the works and personality of one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

$9 – $15

Italian Ecocinema Beyond the Human

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

On this special Caffè & Cultura Elena Past will discuss the research she conducted to write her book, Italian Ecocinema Beyond the Human (Indiana University Press, 2019), which examines five Italian films shot on location

Living and Working Across Cultures

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Living and working in a different culture can be challenging, adapting in a new way to communicate, connecting with people and also making business.

Free

Celebrating Epiphany 2019

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

SOLD OUT! Join us to celebrate Epiphany with your child! Children activities and candies. Event time 4pm-5:30pm Children activities 4-5pm - … Continue >Celebrating Epiphany 2019

Teatri Romani – The Roman Theaters

Dante Alighieri Society 4050 West Maple Rd, Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Prof. Fuchs will speak 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.

Free