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2006 EventsAnnual Meeting and Member Celebration
Tuesday, November 14 2006 - Piccirilli's restaurant hosted the Annual Meeting of the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan. Paola Morabito and Teresa Piovesan Nascimbeni received the DAS Award for their efforts in helping the Italian community in Michigan. Armando Delicato, with the support of visual transparencies, presented his book "Italians in Detroit" a virtual trip through the Italian emigration to Detroit from 1701 to the present. Italian Cinema Lecture: The Best of YouthSunday, October 22, 2006 - The Dante Alighieri Society - Michigan Chapter hosted a special lecture on Marco Tullio Giordana's award-winning film, The Best of Youth. The film, titled La Meglio Gioventù in Italian, was awarded the Un Certain Regard award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003. The film begins in 1966, telling the story of Carati family. Two brothers, Nicola (Luigi Lo Cascio) and Matteo (Alessio Boni) after finishing their school exams, take two different paths. The events of their lives are paralleled, affected by and a part of, outside events such as the floods in Florence in 1966, the terrorist activities of the Red Brigades in the 1970s, up to the assassination of Judge Falcone in Sicily in the early 1990s. Professor Jim Michels of Wayne State University presented clips from the film and discussed various aspects of the plot, setting, characters and themes found in the film. Marco Polo's Journey into the Unknown
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Richard Raspa, Ph.D and a Buddhist monk in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, 2005 |
Professor Richard Raspa of Wayne State University discussed Marco Polo’s world-altering journey and how it continues to shape the world.
What was the Intention of Dante in Writing the Divine Comedy?
Best Western Sterling Inn
Sterling Heights, Mich.
Tuesday, June 21, 2006 -- Dina Soresi Winter, celebrated singer, teacher and raconteur wowed an audience of Dante Alighieri Society members and guests with her presentation on Dante's Divine Comedy.
Dante's Divine Comedy has been described as one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. Yet many readers of the Commedia have hardly ventured beyond the Inferno. With this presentation, including visual transparencies of the works of Gustav Dorè, Dina Soresi Winter went into the realms of Purgatorio and Paradiso, and through the words of Dante himself, showed what the great poet intended to convey to all humanity in writing this extraordinary work.
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Saturday, April 22, 2006 -- For the Sergio De Giusti event, about 35 people or more - DAS members and friends - joined Sergio and his wife at their home in Redford to hear Sergio discuss how he creates his sculptures and other works. We viewed his pieces in his studio and his downstairs home office. |
Festa Abruzzese at Ristorante Piccirilli
Ristorante Piccirilli
Shelby Twp., Mich.
Sunday, March 26, 2006 - Nearly 100 Dante Alighieri Society members and friends attended Piccirilli Restaurant for a demonstration by Chef Umberto Piccirilli of typical Abruzzese cuisine.
Following the demonstration, DAS Member Anthony Corsetti read a poem of 20th century Abruzzese poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, “La Pioggia nel Pineto."
In 2005, Ristorante Piccirilli was awarded by the outgoing Minister for Italians Living Abroad, the Honorable Mirko Tremaglia for its distinguished authentic Italian cuisine.
