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On February 19 a farewell dinner was held in honor of outgoing Italian Consul in Detroit, Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa.  Organized by the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, the Federazione Abruzzese del Michigan, the Italian American Cultural Society, the Italian American Club of Livonia, the Italian American Club of Livonia Charitable Foundation, the...

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Detroit will show off movies from Italy during annual the Italian Film Festival USA of Metro Detroit April 5-30, featuring award-winning films and promising new talent. Part of a nationwide festival, there will be 13 screenings, with 11 films making local premieres. There will also be a new short film program featuring seven titles from which the a...

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Two of Michigan’s biggest culinary exports are Little Cesars and Jet’s, so it’s understandable if your neighborhood Hot-N-Ready purveyor is what pops to mind when someone says “pizzeria.” But that’s what passes for an American pizzeria. Those that you’ll find in northern Italy — of which the soon-to-open La Lanterna in downtown Detroit’s Capitol Pa...

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There’s a plan to erect a monument in the Upper Peninsula to remember the 73 people who died more than a century ago when someone yelled “fire” at a Christmas party for families of striking miners. The monument at Italian Hall Memorial Park in Calumet would have the names of the victims. Many were children. A committee member, Mike Lahti, tells The...

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Siamo: The Italian-American Heritage Society of Northeastern PA, in partnership with the Taylor Community Library, will present its second annual St. Joseph’s Day festival on Saturday, March 18, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Taylor Community Library, 710 S. Main St. in Taylor. St. Joseph is the patron saint of Italian-Americans and immigrants and his...

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Join us for this special Caffè & Cultura by Laura Motta. Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 4:30. 630 N Old Woodward Ave – Suite 102 (Lower level in the back of the building) - Birmingham, MI 48009. Reservation preferred at: info@dantemichigan.org Many of the Italian traditional ingredients can be tracked back to prehistoric time, since the first domesticate...

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A new Italian deli cafe in the heart of Downtown Detroit is set to open next month. La Pecora Nera, which translates to "The Black Sheep," is set to open its doors in mid-March.  "It's been a lifelong dream of mine," said co-owner Zach Kostegian. "To have my own place, and to be in the city. I love Detroit. It's home." The deli cafe is from the bra...

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Any Kent County resident could spend a month in Perugia, Italy, learning Italian - for free - through a scholarship offered by the city of Grand Rapids' Sister Cities International program. Perugia is one of Grand Rapids' official Sister Cities. The scholarship is available for the first time in 2017 to any resident of Kent County - not just to stu...

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At the northern outpost of the Great Lakes wine-growing region, you anticipate occasional vineyards dotting the rolling landscape. You don’t, however, expect to find Mari Vineyards and its grand, castle-like winery set on a hill overlooking Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay in the far northwestern reaches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The 40,000-...

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Riparte anche quest'anno il progetto VoluntarItaly promosso dalla Dante Alighieri of Michigan, che permettera' per la seconda volta a studenti americani di recarsi in Italia per insegnare l'inglese e imparare l'italiano in dei campi di volontariato. Il bando prevede che gli Oratori delle Diocesi Lombarde (www.odielle.it), in collaborazione con la D...

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