Maisonette Is Your Go-To Online Retail Destination

Luisana Mendoza Roccia and Sylvana Ward Durrett with their respective children

What happens when two NYC moms and Vogue alums put their heads together? You obviously get the absolute chicest online shop for children’s wares: Maisonette!

Maisonette was founded by mom-of-two Luisana Mendoza Roccia (co-founder and executive director of The Runway Collections and former accessories editor for Vogue) and mom-of-three Sylvana Ward Durrett (former director of special projects—with “special projects” including producing the Met Gala—at Vogue) and it’s been described as “Net-a-Porter for kids.”

The site offers all your favorite children’s luxury brands (like Stella McCartney Kids, Bobo Choses, and Kenzo) in one place; and the best part is that they cover a variety of categories, so you can shop clothes, décor, toys, and more.

To shop and learn more, visit maisonette.com!

The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center

The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center offers year-round, community-based dance and music programming in a fully inclusive and nurturing environment, located in the heart of the Brooklyn Cultural District. The School&rsquo;s diverse and professional faculty provides progressive and non-competitive instruction with all of our classes accompanied by live music. Though we are a non-recital school, there are opportunities for students to perform and for parents to see their dancers in action.

Speakitaly NYC

SPEAKITALY NYC offers stimulating and entertaining lessons for children 0 to 16 years through a wide combination of activities based on the communicative approach anchored in the Common European Framework of Reference: active learning (group work, role plays, etc.) and practice exercises aimed to improve listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Kids will start speaking and using Italian in a very natural way.&nbsp; Small classes capped at 6 students to make sure each one gets the needed attention and facilitate learners' progress.&nbsp; Our method is driven by a didactic method that is the result of constant updates, professional certifications and more than 10 years of experience in working with non-native speakers from different native languages and levels of knowledge. Our aim is to develop a range of Italian language skills while improving accuracy that will enable the students and participants to interact without stress or feeling rushed. We want to help those in the community really embrace not only the true culture in Italy but the Italian culture within New York City&hellip; Who doesn&rsquo;t love what Italy represents in the kitchen, in history &amp; in the arts? Speakitaly wants to support multilingual families who want to learn a new language or pass along their ancestor&rsquo;s heritage and culture. Raffaella, the founder said: "We see language awareness and intercultural sensitivity as the milestones for an inclusive society. Italian, like all other languages, is an enrichment and a growth in every way. Vi aspettiamo!"

Music Together

Music Together&reg; is for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents/caregiver. The classes include songs, rhythmic rhymes and movement, and instrument play activities that are developmentally appropriate for the children and easy for parents and caregivers, regardless of their own musical ability.