Project 146 A choreographic work by Professor Denise J. Murphy exploring the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Performed by students at the University of Delaware, featuring original music by internationally acclaimed 6-Wire trio and Seth Norman March 7 & 8, 2025 at 7:30pm University of DelawareMitchell HalllNewark, Delaware More information and tickets here SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTAn… Read More »Project 146: A Choreographic Work Exploring the Triangle Fire

"Say It Ain't So," the storytelling salon series hosted by John McDonagh (WBAI) and Al Gonzales (retired NYPD, 40th Precinct, South Bronx) Presents Annie Lanzillotto, performing "Girls Girls Where Did You Work Last Night?!" and more from her Triangle Fire stories and recent pilgrimage to the birthplace in the mountains outside Salerno of heroic elevator… Read More »Storytelling and Performance: An Evening at Ernie O’Malleys Pub

Join the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition and Village Preservation for a talk by historian Daniel Levinson Wilk on the historic 1911 fire and its impact on the community and eventually the country and beyond. In "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Local Tragedy Felt 'Round the World," Professor Levinson Wilk takes us back to… Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Presentation and Pop-Up Exhibit

Women workers across six countries in Asia have joined together to demand living wages and human rights in a photo petition that just topped 1,000 workers.  We are asking allies and friends to strengthen their bonds of cross-border solidarity and pledge to participate in a social media action in March to ensure that Nike sees the workers' faces. Please, sign up, and if you… Read More »Join Global Labor Justice’s Nike Supply Chain Campaign

The Lower East Side remembers its own. Stanton Street often hosts a Triangle Fire Kiddush to remember those who perished in 1911 in a blaze that took the lives of 146 young immigrant sweatshop workers in 18 minutes.  They primarily lived in direct proximity to the Stanton Street Shul since they were poor and needed to walk to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory… Read More »Triangle Fire Yahrzeit Kaddish and Kiddush

Penn South, the affordable housing coop built by the ILGWU, is a living tribute to the power of workers.Ruth Sergel, Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition founder, will be screening her short film “Belle” and an excerpt from “The Cooperators” (her documentary about Penn South), and giving a talk on working with communities: March 22 •… Read More »Ruth Sergel: Film Screenings and Talk

Timed to honor March 25th’s Equal Pay Day, Workers Unite Film Festival presents a pre-theatrical release of LILLY: a powerful dramatic film based on the remarkable true story of working-class hero, Lilly Ledbetter, a hard-working Alabama tire factory supervisor whose singular goal is to lift her family into the middle class. Having grown up in… Read More »Free Virtual Screening of ‘LILLY’ In Honor of Women’s History Month

Each year since 2004, on the anniversary of the infamous blaze, volunteers fan out across the city to inscribe in chalk the names and ages of the Triangle dead in front of their former homes. If you're interested in participating this year, sign up here, and read the following note from Chalk and Coalition founder… Read More »Chalk for the Triangle Workers

Workers United/SEIU (ILGWU) Presents The Official Commemoration of the 114th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire In-Person and Live Streamed March 25, 202511:30 am – 1 pm Washington Place and Greene Street • NYC All Invited • Rain or Shine Special guest speakers and ceremonial ladder raising by FDNY We'll also be laying 146 flowers… Read More »Official Commemoration of the 114th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire

When: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 6:30PM - 8:00PM ET Event Location: In-Person at WNYC’s Greene Space 44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014and also Virtual on YouTube Live Cost: Free; Suggested Donation On March 25, 1911 a fire erupted at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, killing 146 workers. In its wake, reformers, union activists and politicians… Read More »The Triangle Fire: Response, Reform and Reverberations

Now Circa Then, a comedy by Carly Mensch, is set in “a beloved tenement museum” on the Lower East Side - modern day. Two young historical re-enactors’ romance goes off the rails in this time-traveling, delightful comedy, which includes an exploration of the Triangle Fire. Featuring Anna Lei Negrin and Daniel Yaiullo and directed by Luke Hofmaier.  Morningside Theater Company100 La Salle St (just east of Broadway) NY, NY 10027… Read More »Now Circa Then, a Play Set in the Lower East Side

75th annualHillman Prizesfor JournalismAwards Presentatation & Reception Tuesday, May 13, 2025 The Times Center242 W. 41st St.New York City More information and RSVP at www.hillmanfoundation.org