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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...

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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...

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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’...

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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...

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Dear friends, Spring has finally arrived. Rome is starting to fill up with tourists, even more this year due to the Jubilee.  A few days ago, an event was held in New York that I should have attended in person, at what is "my home" in the United States, the Italian American Museum in Little Italy, New York. Unfortunately, I couldn't be there in per...

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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...

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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...

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March 14, 2025 Manhattan, NY

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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...

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The concept at Casa Louie (W37th St and 10th Ave) is “coastal Italian meets neighborhood in New York City.” The restaurant opened last week, with longtime restauranteurs Jonah Phillips and Marom Unger, owners of the popular sushi/ramen spot down the block, Suram, at the helm. Many will also know Jonah as managing partner of Friedman’s, which has a...

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