Annie's Story Cave

By Annie Lanzillotto

Annie Lanzillotto embarks on a solo decameron in her raw Bronx roar. While sheltering in place alone, Annie built a cave and with a nod to Boccaccio's Decameron during the Bubonic Plague, Annie aims t... more

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March 26, 2023 Girls, Girls, Where Did You Work Last Night? (Homage to the 146 workers who died in the fire of 1911 at the Triangle Factory
I wrote this
song for the 99th Memorial of the Triangle Fire.
Originally I
sang it to the tune of Leadbelly's
"Where
Did You Sleep Last Night"
Then as I
sang it, it found its own blues rhythm.

Girls,
Girls, Where Did You Work Last Night?

Girls! Girls!
Teenage immigrants,
Tell
me, where did you work last night?
Somebody
tell me. C’mon Rose, Sarah, Daisy.

Washington
and Greene, in the factory,
where
the door kept locked, by greed.

O
Girls! Girls! Teenage immigrants,
tell
me where did you go in the fire?
Tessie,
Caterina, Antonietta, somebody tell me.

I
jumped to the street where my bones and concrete meet,
the
sewer, my blood runs through.

Girls
O Girls! Teenage immigrants,
tell
me of your New York dreams.
Rosaria,
Celia, Annie, somebody tell me.

Well
I ran from poverty, persecution, misery.
We
were starving, needed a buck,
I
got on the boat to try my luck.
Made
it 'cross the sea to the wave of Liberty.
Worked
the Triangle Factory, in the New York Garment Industry,
Where
amber waves of flame caught me.
So
I dove for the sky, broken window, promises
Spring
air. I prayed, New York City, catch me!

We
were body makers,
sleeve
makers, sleeve setters,
collar
makers, cuff setters,
yoke
setters,
buttonhole
makers,
tuckers,
closers, hemmers, joiners,
finishers,
pressers,
button
sewers, lace runners,
embroidery
trimmers, thread trimmers, sample makers.
Makers. Joiners.
Finishers.
Makers. Joiners.
Finishers.

O Girls! Girls!
Teenage immigrants,
Tell me, how burning hot is greed?
C’mon
tell me, Sadie, Lina, Josie, Margaret.

Well,
our breath caught the fire, hair and lace, the flames, and cinders
became
our names.

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6min
February 14, 2023 How to Cook a Heart
San Valentino special.
Annie tells how to cook a heart. Based on extensive research and oral histories with the best butchers in town.
Replete with sage advice
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6min
February 03, 2023 Meet Me on the Corner
Extinct New York voices. Annie Lanzillotto recorded the voices of blue corner mailboxes in New York City, before they were all sealed shut.
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12min
January 31, 2023 One Gay Life
Annie Lanzillotto tells about meeting Storme De Lavarie, Stonewall icon.
“Your One Gay Life” by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto
“Hey baby, stay a while.” This was the kindest thing anybody ever said to me. And the most life-affirming. Stonewall Veteran Stormé De Larvarie patrolled the streets and bars of New York helping generations of us on our way. She was a true superhero of the streets. Stormé did the work we each need to do, one by one by one by being present and paying attention...
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February 13, 2021 SLOW LOUD CLEAR
"Slow Loud Clear" by Annie Lanzillotto
You will never hear the word "America" the same way again.

This episode is dedicated to:
Sr. M. Raymond Aloysia (Caroline Paluzzi)
of the Sisters of St. Francis, Hastings-on-Hudson, She was born on December 10, 1916, and died on January 12, 2000. Her mother was Erminia Zaletti Paluzzi. Her father was Rocco Paluzzi. She had a brother Henry. She entered the convent on January 5, 1936 and professed her final vows on July 14, 1941. She held various positions in teaching. She has been at St. Eugene School and parish in Yonkers for over 35 years. She is buried at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Poughkeepsie.

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special thanks to JoAnn Fusco Burrows
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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at:
[email protected]

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Mike Fiorito, Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove, Adele Travisano

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
[email protected]
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone.
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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"Slow Loud Clear"
written by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2012
audio performance by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2020

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February 01, 2021 My Throwing Arm: This Useless Expertise
o"My Throwing Arm : This Useless Expertise"
by Annie Lanzillotto

A struggle in pink, the constant bouncing pulse, a Bronx girl and her Spaldeen.
When the chips are down, what good is being able to aim a ball at an X on the wall?

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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at:
[email protected]

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Mike Fiorito, Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove, Adele Travisano

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
[email protected]
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone.
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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"My Throwing Arm: This Useless Expertise"
text: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 1993
audio performance: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021

Annie first performed an iteration of this story in 1993 as a one woman show at "Under One Roof Theatre "Women 9-90 Festival" and Manhattan Class Company's "Performance Marathon," directed by Victoria MacElwayne, with live sound action by Eliza Ladd.
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January 27, 2021 Prepare to Be Found
Living alone, immunocompromised and sheltering-in-place during COVID-19, how do you prepare at night?

Annie's yellow post-it note flies around the house. A yellow post-it note butterfly. It reads: PREPARE TO BE FOUND.

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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at:
[email protected]

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Mike Fiorito, Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove, Adele Travisano

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
[email protected]
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone.
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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"Prepare to Be Found"
text: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021
audio performance: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021
*Annie first performed this story in the series "Tell Me a Story Annie" on 1/24/21, produced by City Lore. Thanks to Steve Zeitlin, Molly Garfinkel, Eva Pedraglieri, Salley May.
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21min
January 13, 2021 Footfall
How to walk in Napoli and Roma on San Pietrini stones...

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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at:
[email protected]

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Mike Fiorito, Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove, Adele Travisano

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
[email protected]
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone.
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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"Footfall"
text: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021
audio performance: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021

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29min
January 09, 2021 Nerina
One of the most profound days of my life was up a mountain in Sicilia. Eternal thanks to Stefania Taviano for taking me around her homeland, and to her ancestral land, of olive trees growing on steep slopes.

"Nerina” written by Annie Lanzillotto, was awarded an Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award Honorable Mention sponsored by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. Published in Paterson Literary Review #49, Editor Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Paterson, New Jersey, 2021.

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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at:
[email protected]

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Mike Fiorito, Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove, Adele Travisano

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
[email protected]
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone.
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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"Nerina"
text: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2020
audio performance: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021

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6min
January 06, 2021 The Mayor of Prospect Park
Tony Chiappelloni was the last of the ..... "The Mayor of Prospect Park" earning that moniker with his scores of good deeds for everyone in his path. He schools Annie on everything from sexuality to the gnostic gospels with lessons from the streets of Ancient Rome.

Annie first published this story in the Paterson Literary Review, 2014.

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This podcast series is a Street Cry Inc production.

You can contribute to this series via PAYPAL at:
[email protected]

Street Cry Inc thanks our 2021 backers:
Audrey Kindred, Ron Raider, Ellynne Skove

Special Thanks
Al Hemberger for audio production equipment
Rose Imperato for her ear
Joanna Clapps Herman and Lucia Mudd for passaparola; getting out the word;

Contact:
[email protected]
www.StreetCryInc.org

Street Cry Inc, est. 2018, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, championing pluralism in society by creating works of literature, voice, and performance, and mentoring the artist in everyone.
Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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"The Mayor of Prospect Park"
text: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2014
audio performance: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto © 2021

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19min

FAQs about Annie's Story Cave:

How many episodes does Annie's Story Cave have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.