Photos: A celebration of Nowruz in Astoria
Published 4:39 pm Monday, March 24, 2025
Rose Hoffman, the owner of Athena Mediterranean Kitchen on Pier 39, performs a dance at a Nowruz celebration on Friday. The celebration at Athena is scheduled to stretch out over 13 days.
Michelle Bisek spins with arms outstretched dragging her scarves through the air during the Friday celebration of Nowruz, the Persian new year.
From left, Naomi Peña, Jessamyn Grace and Lorie Meyer perform for a gathered crowd of around 50 people at a Nowruz celebration on Friday.
Nowruz, the celebration of the Persian New Year, is celebrated worldwide — and on Friday, the celebration came to Astoria.
Athena Mediterranean Kitchen on Pier 39 in Astoria held a Nowruz celebration Friday, part of 13 days of festivities planned at Athena. The Friday event attracted about 50 people, who partook of celebratory food and drink, listened to music and watched a variety of dancing all intended to welcome the Persian new year.
The festival based on the Northern Hemisphere spring equinox, which marks the first day of a new year on the Iranian calendar.
Friday’s event marked the first time that Athena Mediterranean Kitchen had held a Nowruz celebration.
