Calvino Reimagined: A Literary Journey at the 92nd Street Y
On March 7, 2025, the 92nd Street Y in New York launched an online course titled Reading Italo Calvino with Joseph Luzzi. Offered through Roundtable—92NY’s online learning platform—the program is dedicated to three of Calvino’s most celebrated works: The Baron in the Trees, Invisible Cities, and If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler. Luzzi—writer, scho...
NY's Mother Cabrini Shrine a refuge amid immigration crackdown
In a neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan known for its bodegas, Latin music and vibrant street life, people come to pray directly to Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants. At the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, the saint, enclosed in glass, is dressed in her habit, her pallid face in peaceful repose. Tourists and worshipers trickle i...
Ulster County Italian-American Foundation to stage Fashion Show fundraiser in Saugerties on April 6
The Ulster County Italian-American Foundation is set to host its Fashion Show fundraiser on Sunday, April 6, according to an announcement. The event, scheduled from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., will be held at Diamond Mills, 25 South Partition St. An Italian lunch and pre-show, with music by Andrew Hoben, will run from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the fashion sh...
Preserving Italy’s Legacy at the 2024 FIAC Excellency Awards
In the distinguished library of the Tennis & Racquet Club in Manhattan, the Foundation for Italian Art and Culture (FIAC), a New York-based nonprofit promoting Italian culture in the United States for over two decades, celebrated the 2024 FIAC Excellency Award recipients. Over a seated dinner, generously supported by the Alexander Bodini Charitable...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Claimed 146, But Their Legacy Shines On
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was an intolerable sweatshop. In cramped, hot and unsanitary conditions, young garment workers toiled for up to 12 hours a day, every day, for little in return. Near closing time on March 25, 1911, 146 people lost their lives when a fire consumed the eighth floor of the Triangle factory, located in Greenwich Village’...
A Forest in Midtown: Stefano Boeri’s Vertical Revolution Lands in New York
On a March evening in New York, inside the Rizzoli bookstore in Midtown, two architects from Milan — Stefano Boeri and Francesca Cesa Bianchi — sat down to talk about trees. Not parks or gardens, but forests growing inside cities, on buildings and among people. They were there to present Bosco Verticale: Morphology of a Vertical Forest, a book that...
The Italian honorary Vice Consulate in Buffalo, NY has been abolished
A decree has been published that abolishes the honorary vice consulate in Buffalo, USA. The decree also includes a change in the territorial jurisdiction of the honorary consulate in Rochester. The decree consists of two articles: the first abolishes the honorary office that was under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Italy in New York....
Traditional St. Joseph’s Day dinner celebrates the patron saint of families
A sacred tradition continues to live on Staten Island each March, thanks to dedicated members of the legal and medical professions, family members and friends. Commemorating the Feast of St. Joseph March 19 is a deep-rooted community celebration The last several years, it’s been staged in the banquet room of Bocelli Ristorante in Grasmere. The annu...
Christopher Columbus Monument: A Legacy of Exploration
In the vibrant heart of New York City, at the bustling Columbus Circle, stands the Christopher Columbus Monument, an enduring symbol of exploration and cultural heritage. Rising 76 feet into the Manhattan skyline, this magnificent column pays homage to the Italian explorer who forever altered the course of history with his voyage to the New World i...
Nonna Dora’s Signs Lease For Tribeca Location
Nonna Dora’s has signed a ten-year lease at 200 Church Street in Tribeca, according to Traded. The space was formerly home to Tribeca Kitchen, which closed in 2023. It will be the second location for Nonna Dora’s, which opened in February 2022 along Second Avenue. Addolorata Marzovilla opened the Italian restaurant after making pasta for her son N...
Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra to Perform Historical Verdi Premiere
The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra is set to present the U.S. premiere of newly rediscovered “Divertissements” for “Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi on April 5, 2025. The performance will be held at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights. This will mark the first time that the piece is performed in the United States. The ballet was composed...
The Store Under the Portico – A Musical
Inspired by a real-life story, The Store Under the Portico is an original musical set in Mantova, Italy during the German occupation of Northern Italy in WWII. Renata Baraldi, affectionately called “Tata” (a Mantovano term for “nanny”), takes over a fabric store for a Jewish family in hiding at the height of fascism (where women were deemed nothin...