Matilde Serao (1856-1927)is widely regarded as the most successful Italian woman journalist of the nineteenth century as well as being an important writer of fiction. A great observer of life, Serao focused her writing directly on the most pressing problems of a newly unified Italy, urban poverty, and the North/South divide. Historian and critic Benedetto Croce […]
The 2018 IHSI Scholarship winners will be our guests FOOD We will provide the main course of a meat dish and pasta dish, wine, soft drinks Guest will bring either appetizer, side dishes or dessert. Also, if anyone wants to bring a fish course to participate in the Italian traditional Christmas Eve selections known […]
Tea with Mussolini (1999)117 minutes; NR, Drama, Comedy Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother […]
Moonstruck (1987) 102 minutes; PG-13 Comedy, Drama, Romance A superstitious Brooklyn widow is ready to get married again. Only this time, she plans on doing right—even if she has to say “yes” to a man she doesn’t really love. When she unexpectedly falls in love with her fiancé ‘ estranged brother Ronny, what happens next […]
An immigrant family’s story of Mobsters, murder and revenge in Chicago’s Roaring 20s. Available in paperback and Kindle. It is not available at the library. WEDNESDAY, March 13 at Iozzo’s Garden of Italy Restaurant at 12:30 pm $20.00 per person, includes lunch. Cash preferred. To RSVP, contact Ray Brown at [email protected]
ST. JOSEPH TABLE DINNER Why We Celebrate St. Joseph Day Even though St. Joseph played a prominent role in the early life of Jesus. He was not a highly venerated saint in much of Italy until the late middle ages. Today St. Joseph’s Day is celebrated all over the country, but more so in the […]
La Dolce Vita (1960) 174 min; Comedy; Drama; NR The biggest hit from the most popular Italian filmmaker of all time. The film catapulted Federico Fellini to international mainstream success, ironically, by offering a damning critiques of the culture of stardom. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of Rome’s rich and glamorous, the film follows a notorious celebrity journalist during […]
This Saturday we will be cleaning up the bocce court in preparation for the new bocce season. IHSI is partnering with FPBL for a Bocce court clean up day. Lunch will be provided! Come out and help us get this bocce season started right!
If you love award winning foreign films or just can't get enough of Italian culture then the Italian Film Festival is for you! The 15th installment of Italian films is sure to please. This year there are 7 original films showing from Friday 5th to Saturday 20th at IUPUI's Lilly Auditorium. For more information please […]
A magical story of love...and miracles. After twenty years, Leo Pizzola has come back to Tuscan village of Santo Fico, still single and still looking for a way to get rich. The town is as poor as it was when Leo left, yet some things have changed. Perhaps what Santo Fico needs is a miracle. This novel sparkles with the Italian […]
