The next IHSI Book Club meeting is at noon on March 23 at Catello’s. The selected book is Vita a Novel by Melania G. Mazzucco. Synopsis: After arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy--Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine--struggle to survive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime […]
Naples Declared, a Walk Around the Bay by Benjamin Taylor is the April Book Club selection. A personal tour through the beauty and squalor of Naples profiles the city's natural and human-made characteristics around its bay while sharing passionate, lighthearted insights into the ancient city and its culture. Presents a tour through the beauty and […]
Join the ITALIAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF INDIANA For PASQUETTA Sunday April 24, 2022 At: Lacy Park Across from the Holy Rosary Church 520 Stevens Street In the church Priori Hall, in case of inclement weather 1:30- 4:00 PM We ask that each person bring a dish to share with the other members. Bottles of water, […]
Senior Lecturer, Elisa Lucchi-Riester is a Professor of 18 years in Butler University’s Spanish Department. She speaks four languages, including her native Italian. She taught Italian until the University cut the program in 2013. Passionate about languages, she also serves as a volunteer translator in communities and as a medical interpreter. No RSVP is required. […]
The IHSI Book Club will meet at noon on May 25 at Catello’s. The selected book is: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold By Italo Calvino; Translated By George Martin Part 1 will cover the Introduction through page 352 , The Little Geese. The next IHSI Book Club meeting is at noon in June at Catello’s […]
Speaker: Dr. James Glass We are honored to have as our next presenter, and for the second time, Dr. James Glass who will be speaking on the subject of Renaissance Architecture. Come and learn during this visually stunning presentation, how Renaissance architects such as Brunelleschi and others created buildings and monuments that have lasted 500 […]
Italian POW Chapel in the Meadow at Camp Atterbury Join the IHSI for our Annual Celebration of Mass & Picnic During WWII, over 3,000 Italian POWs were housed at Camp Atterbury. In order to create a place to worship which reflected their own heritage and felt like home, some of these soldiers, who had been […]
