Italian Heritage Society of Indiana

Not so long ago Emilio Brentani was a promising young author. Now he is an insurance agent on the fast track to forty. He gains a new lease on life, though, when he falls for the young and beautiful Angelina, except that his angel just happens to be an unapologetic cheat. But what begins as […]

Join us at Matteo Ristorante Italiano for Il Postino. Address: 1351 West 86th St., Indianapolis Date & Time: October 28 at 12:30 pm Admission includes dinner: members $18.00, non-members: $25.00 Pay at the door, cash only. For more information and to reserve your spot contact Ray Brown at [email protected] or Mauvene Borton at [email protected] A […]

Ciao Amici, The 42nd Indy International Festival is fast approaching! Date: November 8, 9 and 10, 2018 Where: Indiana State Fairground Blue Ribbon Building Hours: Thursday, November 8, 2018 9 am-5 pm Friday, November 9, 2018 9 am-9 pm Saturday, November 10, 2018 9 am-9 pm Theme: Destinations Around the World Set up is on Wednesday […]

Our final lecture of 2018 is coming up! Roman Architecture By Professor Glass We are privileged to learn about this fascinating topic from an expert. Professor James Glass has a long track record in Indiana around historic preservation. Formerly, Profess Glass was Director of Historic preservation and Architecture for the State of Indiana’s Department of […]

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 […]