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By Gersh Kuntzman Markowitz could barely be heard over the and Ariella Cohen boos and cheers. The Brooklyn Papers “Thank you very very much,” he said. “What you just heard was a Brooklyn cheer. It’s OK. I Supporters and opponents of Bruce believe Atlantic Yards is the right project, at the Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-develop- right time, at the right place.” ment clashed loudly and repeatedly during His biggest applause line came when he said Wednesday’s state hearing on the project that Ratner would build his project with “100 — and in doing so put forward two distinct percent union labor!” visions of Brooklyn’s future. But the cheering abruptly stopped when the Seats were in short supply — and so was civility Beep changed gears. — at a NYC Technical College auditorium, as op- “This project needs to be reduced,” he said. “The ponents of the project were roundly jeered by sup- Williamsburgh Savings Bank should remain porters, who, in turn, were booed by opponents. Brooklyn’s tallest building! The height of [the 62- Because the hearing’s modera- story] ‘Miss Brooklyn’ must be tor chose to alternate pro-Atlantic reduced. Next, build a school! Yards speakers and anti-Yards And next, insure public safety. speakers, the visceral chasm be- And get real about traffic and tween the two sides was abundant- parking. Finally, make the open ly on display. space accessible and integrated For every unemployed speak- seamlessly into the neighbor- er begging the state to approve hood.” the project — whose backers pre- After exceeding his allotted dict will create “jobs in the com- three minutes by at least two, he munity” — there was a seeming- Greenhood / Aaron left the podium to a resounding ly more affluent activist ticking chorus of boos, as project support- off the traffic, transit, open space, ers felt betrayed and opponents noise and pollution shortcom- felt that Markowitz’s concerns ings of the project. about the project came “too little,

For every Rev. Herbert Daugh- Papers The Brooklyn too late,” as one man yelled out. try, who got $50,000 from Ratner Bruce Ratner on Wednesday As the second speaker of the after he came out in support of the night — state Sen. Marty Golden project, there was a Lee Solomon, a resident of Fort (R-Bay Ridge) — approached the podium, for- Greene, whose opposition to the project has not mer Community Board 8 member Connie Lesold earned her a dime. could not hold her tongue. For every union ironworker making brownie “It’s not right that he should speak,” she said points with his union to testify, there was a comas she was escorted out. “He’s from the far munity activist hoping to testify quickly so she southern end of Brooklyn. His neighborhood could save on babysitting. hasn’t lost firehouses. This project is a giveaway / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron The see-saw night started before the first to rich corporations!” Greenhood / Aaron speaker even approached the podium in the Klit- A dozen elected officials got to speak at the gord Auditorium on Jay Street, Downtown, with “public hearing” before the public itself, while a request from the moderator for civility — hundreds of people waited their turn or, worse, which was almost immediately ignored as Bor- waited outside just to get into the hearing (see

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn ough President Markowitz, who is the public of- story on page 5). Papers The Brooklyn Opponents of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-project made their point ficial most identified by his outspoken support of Any politician who supported the project was …while supporters, including this woman holding a “Yes in my back yard” clear at Wednesday night’s seven-hour hearing on the development the project, made the first speech. See BATTLE on page 5 sign, cheered the development as a source of jobs and affordable housing. MORE COVERAGE OF THE ATLANTIC YARDS HEARING IS INSIDE, ON PAGE 5 Towns: Bush needs SHILLARY! to apologize to the Five who changed Hil’s UN for war in Iraq tune on a-park-ments By Dana Rubinstein After the barrage of phone The Brooklyn Papers calls, Clinton sent a letter to By Gersh Kuntzman went to the U.N. and indicated we’d go it alone if Brooklyn Bridge Park Devel- we had to.” The Brooklyn Papers Who got to Hillary? opment Corporation President Only an abject apology, Towns said, would get President Bush needs to beg the nations of That was the question on the Wendy Leventer that suddenly the United Nations to now send peacekeepers to minds of Brooklyn insiders — the world for forgiveness if the United States Iraq — allowing for a complete U.S. pullout. supported the waterfront devel- and conspiracy theorists — af- opment — acknowledging that is going to get out of the “mess” in Iraq. “Number one, we’ll get [back] the $2 billion per ter the New York junior sena- That’s what Rep. Ed Towns (D-Fort Greene) told week that we’re spending [in Iraq], which could go Markowitz her flip-flop came as a result of tor’s stunning flip-flop last “information provided to me.” The Brooklyn Papers this week, in an exclusive in- into education and health care and all these other week from her initial opposi- terview. things that we need to have money for,” said A coincidence? Local oppo- tion to a state plan to build lux- nents to the plan think not. “The president needs to go back to the Towns, who voted against the use of force before ury housing and open space on United Nations and apologize for his the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. “The letter uses the exact the Brooklyn waterfront. phraseology not of Clinton, but behavior,” Towns said. “He A Bush apology, Towns added, would “get the As reported in The Brooklyn of the handlers of this botched was actually pretty arro- United Nations and these other nations to pay, Papers two weeks ago, Clinton plan,” said Judi Francis, the gant when he like we did in Afghanistan.” first came out against the president of the Brooklyn “He needs to go back and say, ‘Look, “housing-in-the-park” scheme, we want your involvement. We understand saying that the plan was “disin- Connor Bridge Park Defense Fund, that this is a mess, I made a mistake, but we genuous” and “yet another lux- which is suing to block the want your help.’ ” ury housing project.” construction of housing in what A reporter reminded Towns that the What followed was “a sense is supposed to be a public park. president has actually been moving further of surprise and confusion The controversial project / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron away from such an apology. Greenhood / Aaron among local electeds,” said one calls for a 1.3-mile waterfront In fact, as Towns was speaking to The source, who asked to remain development and recreation Brooklyn Papers, the president was hold- anonymous. area stretching from DUMBO ing a press conference in Washington, But just one week later, after to Brooklyn Heights that is sounding very unapologetic about the at least five big-time Brooklyn supposed to be self-sustaining war. Millman thanks to fees levied on the res- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn pols called her, Clinton did a “There are a lot of people in the De- sudden about-face, saying she idents of the luxury housing. mocrat Party who believe that the best supported the park and had Clinton condemned that very course of action is to leave Iraq before come to understand that private aspect of the plan on August 9 at the job is done, period,” Bush said. “And luxury housing was “neces- a campaign stop in Sunset Park. they’re wrong … We’re not going to leave Clock block She questioned the notion of sary.” Iraq before the job is done, and we’ll com- for The Brooklyn Papers Borough President Marko- self-sustainability, and even rec- plete the mission in Iraq. I can’t tell you ex- witz’s office, state Sen. Martin ommended that reporters read actly when it’s going to be done.” Brooklynites better start investing in their own Connor (D-Brooklyn Heights), the autobiography of Nobel That, Towns said, is exactly the prob- timepieces, because that new scaffolding atop the Assemblywoman Joan Mill- DeBlasio Peace Prize winner Wangari lem. Williamsburgh Savings Bank’s famous clock man (D-Park Slope), City Maathai, a Kenyan environmen- “Without him going back to the UN, (above) won’t be going away anytime soon. Councilman Bill DeBlasio (D- talist who fought luxury housing we can’t fix the mess that’s there now,” said Renovations of the historic tower and clock — which Park Slope) and Brooklyn in Nairobi’s Uhuru Park. Towns, who was seeking The Papers’ endorse- began with the enshrouding of the four-faced timepiece last Bridge Park Conservancy pres- After The Brooklyn Papers re- ment in his Sept. 12 primary race against City Coun- week — will take a year, according to Andrew MacArthur, ident Marianna Koval — all ported Clinton’s comments, local cilman Charles Barron (D-Canarsie) and Assembly- a spokesman for the company that is renovating the former staunch supporters of the plan officials went ballistic — diplo- man Roger Green (D-Fort Greene). dental epicenter into luxury apartments. — confirmed they contacted matically speaking, of course. “We need to reach out and get other countries to “They are repairing the façade — ensuring that the Clinton or her senior staff after “I called to giver her a fuller See APOLOGIZE on page 13 See BLOCK on page 13 the senator’s first comment. Clinton See HIL on page 13 Cristian Fleming 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 August 26, 2006 Developer on the ropes Spitzer investigating complaints about Boymelgreen’s practices By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Papers A developer who plans to transform the banks of Brooklyn’s Lavender Lake into a designer subdivision called Gowanus Village is facing a state investigation and legal complaints from construction workers and dozens of disgruntled condo owners. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is examining a claim by 200 construction workers that developer Shaya Boymelgreen failed to pay overtime for the past three years — the same charge that is being heard in a separate class-action suit at state Supreme Court, — a source in Spitzer’s office said. Spitzer’s lawyers are also arbitrating complaints from Park Slope condo owners who bought Boymelgreen apartments only to discover that the windows didn’t keep out the rain, walls weren’t properly insulated and bad engineering meant moldy cellars. “It was a little shocking to see all the problems in the home we bought,” said Scott Sucher, president of the Park Slope Estates condo board. Sucher was surprised mostly because Boymel- green’s name is increasingly attached to high-end real-estate. The developer has been banking on the market power of Brooklyn’s stroller revolution since the late 1990s, snapping up gritty residential blocks and remaking them. With Park Slope Estates and two other bucolically named condo developments on Second and Third streets between Fourth and Fifth avenues, he introduced bigger, luxury- styled condos to what was then a fringe of Park Slope. / Sarah Kramer This year, he expects to finish construction on the 12-story luxury Park Slope Tower on Fourth Av- enue at Fifth Street as well as another apartment tower on Second Street and Fourth Avenue, and a condo-hotel at 75 Smith St., at Atlantic Avenue in Papers The Brooklyn Boerum Hill. Developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s Park Slope Estates on Second Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Over the next decade, he plans to bring the same family friendly luxury living to a four-acre parcel he owns on the banks of the Gowanus Canal. • LEGAL NOTICE • And he’s a big player in DUMBO, where his 23- story Beacon Tower and a 12-story building a few The Shaya File If you have been diagnosed with blocks away would add 135 units of luxury housing to the hot neighborhood one subway stop from Manhattan. The Brooklyn Papers He’s been the target of protest by labor unions Controversy, lawsuits and protests seem to follow developer Shaya Boymelgreen wherever that have demonstrated near his sites with an in- flatable rat. Now, not only construction workers he puts a shovel in the ground (and even when he doesn’t). Here’s a roundup: Mesothelioma are paying attention. • UNPAID WAGES: More than 200 workers filed complaints against the developer, charging that he or another Asbestos-related disease “Our resident manager is going into apartments owes thousands of dollars in overtime. and finding out the pipes [Boymelgreen] put in • TROUBLED CONDOS: Condo owners in Park Slope settled with the developer over leaks and other such as LUNG CANCER or ASBESTOSIS, were old and the plumbing was not correct,” said problems in their buildings. Rob Puca, secretary of the condo board at • WALL FALL: Earlier this month, a wall collapsed at Boymelgreen’s hotel site at 75 Smith St., earning your primary concern must be obtaining Newswalk, a Boymelgreen building in Prospect the developer violations from the Department of Buildings. the best medical treatment possible. 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I think we have to do it. much on the issues (all oppose the Clarke: We’re the mightiest nation Grand Opening federal flag-burning amendment, re- on the planet. We have an obligation EastEast pealing the estate tax, and any restric- to be in Sudan. We should have been tions on a woman’s right to get an there yesterday. We have chosen to abortion), but on other issues, there go to Iraq when human genocide CuisineCuisine were subtle, and not so subtle, differ- was taking place in Africa. Exquisite Japanese-Chinese Fusion ences. Below are the answers they gave Nuclear response during our “lightning round” of ques- by U.S. if Israel is tioning. For the candidates’ opinions on Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards attacked in kind project, see page 5. Clarke: I think the U.S. has an obligation to defend Israel. I don’t think

U.S. troops to Sudan that a nuclear war is going to resolve / Rebecca Ballhaus Andrews: That’s something we that. However, if that’s what it calls $ check 361 7th Ave. should look at with the U.N. and oth- for, that’s what we’ll have to do. I 3 OFF over $25 er countries. I would not go there think that if there’s an attack with nu- (bet. 10 & 11 Sts) without the support of other coun- clear weapons, there’s not going to tries. 499-2288/2510 be much left in the region to fight for. Papers The Brooklyn $ check Yassky: I would like to see our Andrews: Israel is a good friend of $ From left, state Sen. Carl Andrews, City Councilwoman Yvette Clarke, Chris Owens and City Councilman over 40 FREE DELIVERY 5 OFF troops in Sudan to end the genocide. the U.S. We should defend Israel to David Yassky answer rapid-fire questions at debate in the office of The Brooklyn Papers on Aug. 18. I would want to see the plan to make the fullest at any cost. M-Th:11:30-10:30pm; F-Sat:11:30-11:00pm; Sun:12:30-10:30pm sure that I was comfortable, to make Yassky: We have to defend Israel as sure it was [well] thought out. our ally. As to the use of nuclear Owens: The best defense against a orientation as well. is, if you’re willing to do the right Owens: I definitely support inter- weapons [pause] I hope we never nuclear attack on Israel is to ensure Clarke: I support affirmative action, thing then you’re welcome in New vention. I believe that you have to have to use nuclear weapons again. I peace in that area. Once nuclear and have been a leader of the City York City. If you’re not willing to do start from the international perspec- can’t give you a short answer to that weapons have been used on either Council around minority women on the right thing, you’re not. tive. But in the absence of that inter- question. side, you’re past the point of no re- business enterprises. I have certainly Gay marriage turn. And therefore I would say no, been a leader with respect to integrat- Andrews: I support gay marriage. It’s here! we do not use nuclear weapons. ing our fire departments. It’s a civil-rights issue. Fall/Winter What should the Andrews: I support affirmative ac- Yassky: I support same-sex mar- tion … because we all know there’s riage. I would work hard to repeal the 2006 Big Book minimum wage be? no such thing as a perfect society. Defense of Marriage Act [signed by Owens: It might have to go to the Wal-Mart in NYC President Clinton] and to extend fed- Purchase the NEW JCPenney® $15 range to be fair. I think what’s re- eral benefits to same-sex couples. alistic [politically] is $8-$9, possibly Clarke: I’m against them coming to Fall 2006 Big Book for just $5 New York City. Owens: I definitely support same- and save $5 on your first order. $10. Andrews: I’m against it, but if they sex marriage, otherwise known as Clarke: It needs to be at least $10 an marriage equality, and I’ve worked Plus, save on shipping wanted to come on certain condi- hour. for it for 25 years. And it’s interesting when you select delivery to tions, I might rethink my position. In Slope Catalog Desk 8859 Andrews: I think, realistically, we that Congressman Schumer [for Chicago, they did a minimum-wage compared to Home Delivery. should shoot somewhere between $8 whom Yassky once worked] voted agreement with them. So if they step and $10. But $10 and more is what I for the Defense of Marriage Act. up to the plate and make some MON-SAT: 9-5:00 PM consider a living wage. Clarke: I’m for same-sex marriage changes, I might agree. But right as well. Yassky: I think $10 would be a place now, I’m against it. to go, but I also think we need uni- Yassky: I agree with that. It’s not just The death penalty Some items can only be shipped Home Delivery. versal national health care. / Rebecca Ballhaus a company, it’s a set of practices, and Owens: I am morally opposed to the Visit JCPenney SLOPE CATALOG SALES Affirmative action we want to encourage companies to death penalty. I feel that it is a statement of the worst that human beings Inside Slope Drugs & Surgical Supply Inc. Yassky: It’s very important. There’s treat their workers well. And with still racism in society — and we, as their buying practices, encourage a have to offer. 406 5th Ave. (7th St.) the government, have to battle it. healthy economy for all workers. If Clarke: I oppose the death penalty.

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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Sham choice, process F YOU JUDGE ONLY by the state’s seven- fied that Ratner’s project is flawed and that their the way — each year over its projected 10 year hour public hearing on Wednesday night, there community will have to live with its adverse im- buildout. I are just two sides in the battle over Bruce Rat- pacts forever. And few supporters seemed to know that the ner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development: thugs The anti-Ratner crowd certainly didn’t win project includes only 2,250 “affordable” units and nerds. any sympathy by complaining that their vaca- — and 40 percent of them are earmarked for In the thug camp, hundreds of Ratner sup- tions were shortened by the burden of reading families earning more than $70,000. porters shouted down those speaking against the the state’s 2,000-page draft environmental im- Ratner supporters present a false choice: project. This camp made the argument that if pact statement — but at least they did their job build or the black community suffers. Atlantic Yards is not built, it is because the op- of picking through the flawed state document. City Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Pros- ponents — interlopers, Yuppies and racists, all Supporters didn’t do their side any favors, ei- pect Heights) saw through that lie. Like many — don’t care about “the community.” ther, blindly following “leaders” from ACORN, elected officials and residents of the area, she Some even suggested that Atlantic Yards BUILD or Rev. Herbert Daughtry’s House of wants development of the Atlantic Yards site — must be built or under-served black youths will the Lord church — all of whom have received but she wants it done correctly. be forced to enter a life of crime. financial support from Ratner. James spoke eloquently about attending the fu- “We don’t want to rob/We just want a job,” Many of those who spoke to bolster Ratner’s neral of a girl who died of asthma — and how several men chanted outside the hearing. fortunes were woefully uninformed about key many more youngsters would suffer from the The nerd camp also showed up in force, but facts: They shouted about jobs, but didn’t know chronic lung condition if Ratner’s project is built. with a very different approach. In the face of that the project would employ just 1,500 union For this, she was shouted down by the thugs. shouts, taunts and open hostility, the nerds testi- construction workers — few of them black, by Shame.

LETTERS Cristian Fleming I’m sick of your anti-Ratner slant To the editor, in Park Slope (my children are older “To be safe, just put two stamps on it.” I would like to comment your anti- — 16 and 21), I am distressed over not Blotter is great No surprise; THIS suggestion came Opting out of Ratner slant in your Aug. 12 edition. being able to enjoy the Tea Lounge on To the editor, from a Post Office representative. In the preamble of your editorial, Union Street. I have given up going I just wanted to write you and ex- I also heard, “That’s a good question. “Times in Bruce’s Corner,” you men- there to enjoy a cup of coffee, or talk press my thanks and appreciation for I don’t know.” I also heard (best yet), home delivery tion that Ratner is building the Times’ to a friend or read the newspaper, your “Police Blotter.” I enjoy it so “Bring it to the Post Office. They’ll be Since the beginning of the year, building, but that has nothing intrinsi- since it has become a toddler, infant much and feel guilty at my enjoyment able to tell you.” Duh! If you are able to we’ve been home delivering Papers cally to do with the Atlantic Yards proj- hangout. and laughter at your clever and witty get to the Post Office to determine the throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. ect. You are merely trying to imply that I am not saying that children should descriptive writing. It isn’t as though proper postage, you just might not need Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. Our unique system limits deliveries the Times has been influenced by this. not be allowed inside, only that they I’m laughing at others’ misfortunes, no, an absentee ballot in the first place. at 55 Washington St, Ste 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201 to two Papers per building (elimi- You then proceed to nit-pick the not be allowed to run rampant and Phone (718) 834-9350 nating the kind of clutter caused by but you make the thieves and criminals In the 2004 election, 81,954 absentee Times’ editorial in 19 points, all of which shriek. look so stupid and inept and bumbling! ballots were mailed out to New York Established 1978. Copyright 2006. • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) circular and menu delivery services). I found objectionable in one way or an- Luckily, Park Slope is adjacent to I’m a grandmother who is writing City voters, but only 62,184 were re- We hope everyone appreciates other. Yet you make not one favorable some of the prettiest greenery, play- my lifetime adventures of experiences turned. Did the 19,770 absentee absentee PUBLISHER Celia Weintrob (ext 104) our free home delivery, but realize comment. It couldn’t be that bad. grounds, sprinkler systems and wading ballots change the election results? Per- EDITOR Gersh Kuntzman (ext 119) there are exceptions to every rule. In the story, “Ratner’s Ohio family — it’s mainly for my own therapy and pools in all of Brooklyn. There are haps I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t SENIOR EDITOR /PRODUCTION MANAGER If you’ve received The Paper at chips in,” you emphasize that his sale of enjoyment and to share with family children’s programs in the libraries, at figure out the proper postage issue. Vince DiMiceli (ext 125) home and no longer want this shares to a family corporation will have a and friends, but I know how hard it is free service, you may “opt out” of the conservatory, at the Puppet Theater to write humorously. Diget Dupont-Day, Bay Ridge GO BROOKLYN/BROOKLYN BRIDE EDITOR deleterious effect on the operation of the on Sixth Ave, to name just a few. In Lisa J. Curtis (ext 131) our delivery program by filling Gloria Mensch, Cobble Hill Editor’s note: The Board of Elections told project, implying that a “scrooge-effect” short, there is no shortage of places to ART DIRECTOR Leah Mitch (ext 127) out the online form at Brooklyn would prevail, thereby prejudicing and us that one stamp would suffice. Papers.com/html/about/optout go where children can run, play and be OFFICE MANAGER Charna Brown (ext 101) frightening the future tenants. entertained. Postage please .html You quote Daniel Goldstein, a rabid Having children run and scream in a To the editor, Dog days COMPOSITION OWNERSHIP: Copyright 2006 Brooklyn Paper Publications oppositionist, rather than Robert Keith, coffee bar is rude and disrespectful to Homebound-seniors, disabled peo- To the editor, Inc. All content prepared by our staff, including ARTWORK, DESIGN and a moderate who is in favor of the proj- COPY, remain the sole property of The Brooklyn Papers and may not be re- other patrons (and the management), ple and those out of town may be un- The debate over whether dogs should produced without the Publisher’s written permission. Send a letter ect. You have my telephone number. be allowed off-leash in our parks In “The survey says,” your subhead but it is also dangerous. able to get to the polls on Election Day. EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: The Brooklyn Papers assumes no responsibil- By mail: Letters Editor, Brooklyn prompted these lines of humble verse: was childish in its use of the word Children do not need encouragement For them, and many others, the absen- ity for unsolicited materials. Articles, story ideas, letters, photography, and all Papers, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, to scald themselves with hot liquids or tee ballot is a godsend. The absentee Walkers unleash their pooches on other materials delivered to The Brooklyn Papers, whether or not solicited NY 11201 “hate.” Who made the survey? Were Entering the park just after dawn. by Publisher or Publisher’s agent and whether or not they contain or are hit their heads on sharp edges, or acci- ballot ensures that every citizen’s vote otherwise accompanied by restrictions on publication or use, will be treat- By fax: (718) 834-9278. they for or against Ratner? Surveys can Padding to the pet pool to paddle, be like statistics — you can make them dentally knock over someone’s laptop. is countable and counted. So why is it ed as unconditionally assigned to The Brooklyn Papers for publication and By email: Maybe the Tea Lounge could post a that no one seems to be able to tell me Canines gather speed, like Cadil- copyright purposes, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Publisher prior [email protected] say anything you want. lacs tooling along the open road to publication. All submitted material becomes the property of The Brooklyn I didn’t find any material that I con- sign respectfully asking parents to con- exactly how much postage to affix to Papers which may edit, publish and assign the material for use in any medi- All letters must be signed and “Watch out, squirrel; watch out, toad!” sidered pro-Ratner. trol their children’s behavior or the the absentee ballot mailer? Lacking only the Caddie mufflers, um now known or later developed. 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/ Ed Weintrob hearing — he didn’t need to, and scheduled the public hearing during the summer, “when sending letters to Maria Mooney, ESDC, 633 Third Ave., considering all the paeans that many people are on their vacation.” New York, NY 10017 or e-mailing atlanticyards@empire. were being sung to the Cleve- She was hissed. state.ny.us. We’ve asked readers to send copies of their land-born developer by many “Too many politicians in Brooklyn!” one man yelled. testimony to [email protected]. Here is The same man later cheered when another politician — of the same elected officials this week’s letter: who later crossed Jay Street to this time, project supporter Assemblyman Karim Camera (D- Papers The Brooklyn Dear Ms. Mooney: Crown Heights) — mentioned high black unemployment. put their affection on the public record. I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed “When people ask me, ‘How can you be for the project?’ I Atlantic Yards project. While I support developing this part return the question, ‘How could I not be for this project?’ We Borough President Marko- witz asked the crowd of re- of Brooklyn, I believe that the extent of this project is out need jobs. We need affordable housing. Do this for every Some don’t get a say of proportion to what can be accommodated in this neigh- black man who needs a job.” porters and bussed-in supporters to “close your eyes and see borhood in terms of disruption to all aspects of daily life in Ratner claims there would be 1,500 construction jobs per The Brooklyn Papers invited to submit their Many project opponents this part of Brooklyn including the impact on population, year over the 10-year buildout of the project. what I see … A whole new Scores of people hoping speeches in writing or attend complained that the hearing city center. Brooklyn is a traffic, the school system, the environment, and other daily People speak to testify about Bruce a second hearing on Sept. 12. should not have taken place world-class city and we de- life issues affecting surrounding neighborhoods. I support a smaller project — which is more likely to When the unelected masses got their turn to speak, the Ratner’s Atlantic Yards “I’ll send in my piece,” in the summer, when many serve Atlantic Yards. back-and-forth battle — complete with the breakdown in ci- said Steve Sullivan, a project people are on vacation. But be embraced rather than resignedly tolerated by local resi- project never got their “It wasn’t long ago that we vility — continued. opponent who got on line at plenty of people crowded the couldn’t get $4 million invest- dents and businesses. A man from upstate Pleasantville spoke of traffic, the lack three-minutes of fame, 4:30 and left, frustrated, at 880-seat Klitgord Auditorium Having lived in Park slope for 13 years, I have come to despite signing up before ed in Brooklyn,” he added. of greenspace and how historic restaurant Gage & Tollner 10:30. “I would’ve really on Jay Street to make their “Now we have $4 billion in- treasure the architecture and the access to cultural and was forced to close a few years back because Ratner “failed Wednesday’s hearing even loved to speak.” feelings known. vested in Brooklyn.” business opportunities, public transportation and therefore to live up to the promises he made at Metrotech.” got under way at 4:30 pm. At one point in the waning Officials with the Empire Singer Roberta Flack said other parts of Brooklyn in Manhattan. An arena simply He was followed by Umar Jordan, who ridiculed his com- The scheduled four-hour hours, members of the over- State Development Corpora- she couldn’t wait to sing “at does not fit into this neighborhood. I’m afraid that big business is winning out over complaints. public hearing was expanded flow crowd started yelling tion refused to allow people this great big arena” that Rat- “If you never been in the Marcy projects, you’re not from to seven, but about 300 peo- out, “I’ve been here since 3!” in the auditorium until some- munity involvement in terms of having the opportunity for ner intends to build at the in- meaningful input into this proposition. The public-com- Brooklyn,” he said. “Go back to Pleasantville.” ple who signed up did not get Evangelina Porter, a proj- one from inside left, leaving tersection of Flatbush and At- Jordan, who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, added, “Black a chance to speak. ect supporter from Crown hundreds of people waiting in ment period of 66 days since the Empire State Develop- lantic avenues. ment Corporation released the draft environmental impact men and women are forced to rob because you won’t give “Only 100 people spoke, Heights, was one of the un- line as the hearing went on. Assemblyman Joesph Len- them a job! You’re complaining about the height of the build- less than 20 percent! It’s not lucky ones who showed up “I have to get inside,” said statement is inadequate, and the timing is inconvenient, as tol added, “Bruce Ratner is Brooklyn’s community boards are in recess. ings and this and that. Well, welcome to the hood!” fair,” said Timothy Logan, early, but left empty-throated. Elaine McNeil, a self-de- one of the good guys.” chair of the New York City “I have to get up early to scribed “Ratner girl,” who The 2,000-page study is very difficult for the average Park Slope civics Even a reporter — Stephen person to assimilate and therefore warrants a longer peri- chapter of the Sierra Club. go to my job,” she said. “I supports the project. After Witt, from the Sheepshead Several members of the Park Slope Civic Council — od for a public response. Karen D. Gerber, Park Slope speaking in three-minute allotments — read the group’s testi- Those who did not get can’t wait around here all several hours, she did. Bay-based Courier-Life news- mony into the record. time at the microphone were night.” — Ariella Cohen paper chain — got so caught Lumi Rolley began by complaining that the hearing was up in the lovefest that he gave scheduled “at a time when so many Brooklynites are squeez- Ratner a bear hug. ing in the last of their summer vacations.” Meanwhile, kids, many sport- There’s 1 more The group’s testimony focused on the DEIS’s failure to ing “Yes In My Back Yard” but- mitigate increased subway crowding, the loss of street park- tons given to them by the devel- chance to vent ing and gridlock conditions. oper, giddily snapped pictures Daughtry, whose House of the Lord Pentecostal Church is of Nets stars Vince Carter and The Brooklyn Papers located in nearby Boerum Hill, followed the Civic Council’s Jason Kidd on their cellphone by-the-book presentation with an impassioned sermon that ar- cameras. The Empire State Development Corporation has gued that the area where Ratner wants to build was “written “People are going to think I set aside a second chance for the public to testify off” by they city for years. digitally altered this photo,” on the Atlantic Yards project. “Nobody stepped up — but Forest City Ratner had a vi- said Tal Schor, who was Although ESDC initially used the term “community fo- sion. So why are you holding this [project] against Forest City bussed in from Flatbush, as rum” to describe the Sept. 12 hearing, officials later told Ratner when development is going on all over Brooklyn with she showed off her shot of The Brooklyn Papers that comments made there will be a non-union work? And that bank building that you hold so sa- Carter. part of the official record — just like this week’s official cred? That developer said there ain’t going to be affordable The rally was long on love, “public hearing.” The Sept. 12 forum will begin at 4 pm housing there! Protest against that!” Greenhood / Aaron short on information. at the Klitgord Auditorium, 285 Jay St. in Downtown. He was followed by Community Board 6 Chairman Jerry When one union worker and Armer, who also complained about the lack of time for a full project supporter was asked if analysis of the 2,000-page DEIS. he knew that not all the housing “This is a time when most people are away,” Armer said. at the project was affordable, he “Even psychiatrists, which some of us sitting here may need Papers The Brooklyn simply shrugged and said, “I when this is all over, are on vacation in August.” New Jersey Nets Vince Carter (l) and Jason Kidd flank team owner Bruce Ratner. don’t know about that part.” Towns, Barron Few traffic concerns Before taking public testimony, ESDC officials offered brief presentations about the $4.2-billion project and its im- speak on Yards pacts. Just three minutes was spent on traffic. “The impacted locations are reduced substantially [by vari- Brooklyn, 2016 The Brooklyn Papers ous mitigations], but there will still be what we would call BEFORE Two candidates for non-mitigatable conditions,” said ESDC consultant Philip

the 10th congressional / Bsllhaus Habib. “There will be traffic congestion on Flatbush and At- By Gersh Kuntzman district stopped by the lantic avenues and on Dean Street.” The Brooklyn Papers offices of The Brooklyn Another ESDC official spoke of a “shortfall in the number Here’s what the area around Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards Papers this week. Here of elementary and intermediate school seats” as a result of the mega-development will look like if the 16-tower, arena, residen- is what they said about project. “We considered that to be a significant adverse im- tial, office and hotel complex is built, according to new render-

Atlantic Yards. Papers The Brooklyn pact,” said the consultant. ings created by a Brooklyn photographer. By the time the ESDC presentations were done, 250 peo- “I was bothered by the fact that Ratner’s renderings make the im- Rep. Ed Towns: If it is Councilman Charles Barron ple had already registered for a three-minute timeslot. If each pact look less because the photos were from so far away,” said the this project, or no project, (top) and Rep. Ed Towns, in had been able to speak for the allotted time, the meeting photographer, Jonathan Barkey, a Brooklyn Heights resident. I’d go with it. I watched The Brooklyn Papers offices. would have taken 12-1/2 hours. “But when you show his plans in the proper context, you see how what happened with the As it is, the scheduled four-hour hearing was extended to colossal it is.” downtown area of Cleve- 11:30 pm, allowing slightly more than 100 people to speak. In one series of before-and-after shots, a wall of Ratner buildings land, with the arena there. The only moment of comic relief came from a speaker completely blocks views of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower. The downtown area was who identified himself only as “Mr. X” and was wearing mir- In another, a quiet Dean Street playground becomes overshad- dead. The Washington, DC, / Bsllhaus rored sunglasses. owed by five buildings. area — they bought an are- He compared the project to a drug deal and offered to put Barkey said all his photo illustrations were compiled using the densi- na, and now there are all Ratner in “a tight-ass mini-skirt,” drawing laughter from both ty and bulk figures in the state’s draft environmental impact statement. AFTER these stores and restaurants sides. “How big are his buildings? They’re roughly the size of the buildings you see when you look across the river at Lower Manhat- as a result of the arena. Bal- The remaining 200 or so speakers were told to submit tan,” he said. timore, as well. A lot of eco- Papers The Brooklyn their testimony in writing or attend a second hearing on “It’s almost science fiction that they would put something like nomic opportunities present Sept. 12 — but they were not promised a spot at the head of this in the middle of a garden district like Prospect Heights.” themselves when you have an arena and you bring in people. I the line. Spokespeople for Ratner would not comment on the validity of think that having the Nets and the arena in Brooklyn is a good At the end of the long night, longtime opponent of the proj- Barkey’s renderings, but Daniel Goldstein, spokesman for Develop thing. I support that. I do think the project should be downsized. ect, Daniel Goldstein of Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, had one word when he saw them: “Wow.” City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Canarsie): It’s envi- said he found the whole event a depressing “circus.” In a statement, Goldstein went further: “In the DEIS, Ratner and ronmentally disastrous for us, meaning the pollution, the conges- “This hearing was meaningless,” he said. the state of New York say that the project would not change the tion. The affordable housing is nonsense. Maybe 20 percent is “It became a shouting match rather than an analysis of the neighborhood character … See the renderings and draw your own low-income, but 50 percent is luxury, so it’s instant gentrification. flawed DEIS. Ratner’s supporters don’t want to hear that op- unbiased conclusions.” There’s not enough open space, not enough schools, firehouses, ponents of Atlantic Yards do want affordable housing and The complete set of Barkey’s illustrations can be viewed at to go with this new community. This project makes no sense for jobs.” http://www.pbase.com/atlanticyards/simulation. the community and 100 percent sense for the developer. Fightin’ Eleventh candidates weigh in on Yards

The Brooklyn Papers Brooklyn Heights): I do not support the misinterprets my point. Of course the Two candidates for the 11th congres- project. It’s way too big, it needs to be thousand jobs matter, and I want to see sional district — which includes parts brought down significantly. I’d like to see 1,000 jobs — and more — but I think the of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, a project go forward, but it must be done developer has been consistently mislead- right. And that means considerably small- ing. Anyone can develop affordable hous- Park Slope and Prospect Heights — er and with real attention to the traffic ing and commercial space. This project is support Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yard problems that will envelope these neigh- not the only option. mega-development, two oppose it. borhoods. And I disagree with Council- Andrews (rebuttal): I think as an elect- Here’s what they said in a debate last woman Clarke that there’s been ongoing ed official, what I have to do is get the / Rebecca Bsllhaus / Rebecca Bsllhaus week in the offices of The Brooklyn / Rebecca Bsllhaus / Rebecca Bsllhaus response. The project on the table now is constituents into this discussion. One of Papers. bigger — more square feet — than origi- the things that you have to do is hold the State Sen. Carl Andrews (D-Crown nally proposed. So rather than shrinking, developer accountable and encourage Heights): I support the project. There’s it’s growing. And there has been absolute- them to build more housing … for low-in- no such thing as a perfect plan [but] the ly zero attention paid to the traffic, despite come senior citizens. When the senior cit- [the] literally dozens of intersections that izens’ rent goes up, their social security The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

[affordable] housing component is some- Papers The Brooklyn thing I’m very excited about. The econom- Andrews Clarke Owens Yassky will be permanently affected. doesn’t go up. Their pension plans don’t ic development, the jobs that it brings, Clarke (rebuttal): We’re in a crisis for go up. that’s another thing I’m excited about. affordable housing! And I see this as a Yassky (rebuttal): Councilwoman City Councilwoman Yvette Clarke conceded anything with respect to com- the burdens. years. And then there are the promises possible catalyst and a precedent for how Clarke’s right that there are genuine bene- (D-Crown Heights): I support the proj- munity concerns … The economic oppor- Chris Owens (D): I oppose the project that have been made. We were told origi- we move forward in terms of develop- fits that could be achieved here. It’s such a ect [because] the benefits outweigh the tunities here are multiple — it has a ripple primarily because democracy has been nally that there were going to be 10,000 ment in this town, and making sure that shame that the developer has been intransi- burdens. As it is today, my observation is effect … For entrepreneurs, there’s an op- stripped out of this — and that creates a construction jobs. But then they said, “Oh affordable housing is a component of gent and that the governor has been com- that the process has been completely legal. portunity to expand either through con- foundation that you can’t go back from. In wait — it’s not 10,000 construction jobs, every development that takes place. Lux- pletely absent. A responsible governor The developer has been very sensitive to tracting opportunities or just their vision terms of benefits outweighing the costs: it’s 10,000 job-years.” That’s really 1,000 ury housing has been reigning supreme. would say, “We want to see the develop- the community’s concerns; he moved and of what their business — retail or whatev- there is not that much housing. What we jobs for 10 years. There’s a big difference. And to say that there are only 1,000 con- ment, we want to see an arena, we want to budged. I’ve never witnessed that with er — can bring. Am I completely happy have instead is a potential ripple effect And I haven’t even gotten into the traffic struction jobs per year — that’s 1,000 see housing. We just don’t want to see it at any developers in the city of New York. I about [Atlantic Yards]? No. But what I do that will displace poor, working-class, and the environmental stuff. more than we have now! this gigantic scale, and we don’t want to doubt Donald Trump would have ever know is that here, the benefits outweigh middle-class people from this borough for City Councilman David Yassky (D- Owens (rebuttal): The Councilwoman see it done without any traffic mitigation.” COFFEES, GIFT BASKETS, & GOURMET FOODS 6 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 August 26, 2006 “D’Amico: RELIGIOUS The Best SERVICES Cup of Coffee BROOKLYN Backyard bush PARK SLOPE in the City” JEWISH CENTER 8th Avenue at 14th St. –– Fox 5 Good Day New York Fri. nights 7:30 pm Sat. mornings 10 am blooms Ridge’s e Adult Ed Hebrew School Rabbi Carie Carter Park Slope’s Egalitarian, BRIEFS Conservative Synagogue best blossom 768-1453 309 Court Street • damicofoods.com • (718) 875-5403 W29-31 The Brooklyn Papers In the tidy backyard of a red, white and blue Congregation Victorian house, the hydrangea was anointed Mount Sinai the official flower of Bay Ridge last week, 250 Cadman Plaza W. 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All other Friday evenings 8:15 p.m. In the backyard of Rosemarie O’Keefe The crowd recited the “Pledge of Alle- Saturday mornings 10:30 a.m. ar • Soup on 81st Street, Borough President Mar- orts B giance” and then repaired to the blue and white 17 Eastern Parkway ur Sp FL kowitz declared the Hydrangea the offi- Enjoy o A/NHL/N wraparound porch for iced tea, lemonade, and at Grand Army Plaza ets/NB cial flower of Bay Ridge. Yanks/M • Panini crumb cake served on a three-tier platter. 638-7600 The hydrangea’s climb to become Bay Happy Hour starts at 4pm Rabbi Dr. Linda Henry Goodman Combos Ridge’s floral emblem goes back to 2004, when the Garden Club of Bay Ridge was asked to se- A43 PLUS: Catering and Private Parties lect a flower to represent the community. Congregation FREE LOCAL LUNCH DELIVERY Callan / Tom The other blossoms vying for the vaunted title were camellias, pansies, tulips, violets, and yellow roses. 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‘Forbidden’ fruit: Among the dozen Hungry 4 love films being shown as part of the “New While some women might settle for reading gos- York Korean Film Festival” at BAM Rose sip mags for info about their celebrity crushes, East Cinemas is “Forbidden Quest” (pictured Flatbush resident Domenique Majors has decided far left, and top center), Kim Dae-woo’s to publicly crusade for the attention of Flavor Flav lavish costume film about porn in Ko- on his reality TV show, “Flavor of Love 2.” rea’s feudal past. Also screening are So far the 23-year-old model — who Flav “The Charming Girl” (above), “Wedding dubbed “Nibblz” after he likened her bold, assertive Campaign” (third from left) and Grain in approach to that of ear-biting boxer Mike Tyson — Ear” (second from left). has escaped elimination on the two-hour season premiere and two subsequent episodes. “You’re knocking me out of the box,” the Public Enemy alum assured Nibblz (pictured) in the first show. Nibblz told GO Brooklyn that she decided to compete for Flav’s affections because, “I think every girl would love to be someone’s arm candy — somebody’s trophy girl. It’s hard to say ‘no’ to that. The lifestyle is very appealing, to be some fa- Made in Korea mous man’s woman.” The series, which continues on Sunday, Korean Film Festival celebrates cinema’s renaissance and Lee Man-hee pits Nibblz against 20 women from all over By Michael Wells the country who attempt for The Brooklyn Papers CINEMA to win Flav’s heart while living in his crib omewhere deep inside them, in some “The 2006 New York Korean Film — er, Hollywood man- Festival” plays Aug. 30-Sept. 3 at BAM Rose pessimistic corner, the creators and fans Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place sion. (Apparently, the are always anxiously waiting for the in Fort Greene). Admission is $10, or $7 for girl Flav chose on the S seniors, students with ID (Monday-Thursday) other shoe to drop. But so far the renaissance first round of “Flavor of and children. For more information, call (718) of South Korea’s cinema, which began in the 636-4100 or visit the Web site www.bam.org. Love” “put a dent” in late ’90s after almost three decades of dol- Complete festival schedule and related events him, so he had to create drums, is holding strong. at www.KoreanFilmFestival.org. “Flavor of Love 2” to Sueyoung Park-Primiano will speak on the This is one of the relatively few local film life and films of Lee Man-hee on Aug. 29 at 6:30 find a new Miz Right.) industries thriving in the face of the global pm at the Korea Society, 950 Third Ave. at 57th Nibblz’s competition Hollywood juggernaut. According to the au- St., eighth floor in Manhattan. Admission is $5. is tough. And by tough, I mean they’re not above a For more information, call (212) 759-7525. thoritative Darcy’s Korean Film Page physical altercation — a la Jerry Springer — to (www.koreanfilm.org), Korea has almost carve out their turf in Flav’s house. In fact, one con- doubled its yearly output in a decade and lo- testant claims her bed by punching and pulling the cal movies now regularly capture over 50 of all places, Uzbekistan. (“Rules of Dat- hair of the woman who got there first. percent of the annual box office despite Har- ing” (2005), playing Sept. 2, also takes a But when another adversary proves to be inca- ry Potter, Superman and all their ilk. crack at the formula). pable of controlling her bowel movements on the It also, incidentally, turns out some awful- Koreans abroad are examined to very dif- “Sumthin’s Stinkin’ in the House of Flav” episode, ly good movies. ferent effect in “Grain in Ear” (2005; Sept. it seems as though Brooklyn’s well-groomed Nib- By now it’s a tradition for BAMcinematek 3), a co-production with China about a Kore- blz is the obvious choice for golden-toothed Flav. to host one leg of the New York Korean Film an-Chinese single mother ground down by Nibblz said she was most surprised that her com- Festival; the fourth annual visitation spans her life in a bleak industrial town. The Lee petitors were “so uptight about sexuality.” Aug. 30-Sept. 3 (preceded by screenings at Man-hee approach of infusing social com- “In my circle, we all kiss girls and we like to go other venues in Manhattan). But in all the at- ment with narrative and visual fire is es- to the strip clubs, and I just thought that’s what 20- tention paid to Korean film’s present, its past Rediscovered master: Four classics by Lee Man-hee will be shown at the festival at chewed in favor of the stark minimalism that year-olds did,” explained our libertine homegirl. is virtually unknown to most of the world, the BAM Rose Cinemas, including 1967’s “A Road to Return.” seems obligatory in socially conscious art “But even the girls who were saying ‘no, no’ were and not enormously appreciated even at films from Asia these days — though the acting ‘yes, yes!” home. This year, the fest programmers have gripped by the narrative and the fast action — a rural village in the historical past and the shocking final twist is worthy of him. Nibblz’s strategy for winning seems to be a cere- decided to do something about that with a editing.” contemporary middle-class city — to portray The eclecticism of the Korean renaissance bral one, choosing to psych out the other bold retrospective section, a feature they hope to In a mere 15-year career, Lee directed 51 marriages broken down by outside social is further testified by the psychological char- lovelies by assuring them that she’d make a better make a regular part of the NYKFF. movies (of which roughly 24 are known to stresses and eventual infidelity. For all the acter study-cum-romance “The Charming lover for Flav because, “For the record, I have no The eight recent selections at BAM will survive); he succumbed to cirrhosis and can- soap operatic qualities, they’re both marked Girl” (2005; Sept. 1); the animated science gag reflex.” be joined by four classics from recently re- cer while working at the editing table on by an exquisitely sensitive eye for the way fiction adventure “Robotech: The Shadow That’s our girl! Off camera, Nibblz claims that al- discovered director Lee Man-hee: the “Way to Sampo.” the characters fit into a landscape or a Chronicles” (2006; Sept. 3), a continuation though the show is an “exaggeration of your per- macabre thriller “The Devil’s Stairway” “He was generally known to be a commer- cityscape that overwhelms them, just as soci- of the internationally popular TV series; and sonality,” it does represent what she’s like in real (1964; screens Aug. 30) and the melodramas cially popular filmmaker,” continues Park- etal convention does. “The Aggressives!” (2005; Sept. 3) about life, because she’s “into anything naughty.” “Water Mill” (1966; Aug. 30), “A Road to Primiano, “but he was also respected as an Moving from Lee’s ’60s movies to those the relationships among a group of teenage “I meant everything I said, my dirty comments,” Return” (1967; Aug. 31), and “A Way to artistic filmmaker by his contemporaries and from the past year or so is like journeying to in-line skaters. maintains Nibblz. “But for every dirty comment Sampo” (1975; Aug. 31). film critics. He excelled in many genres, and I another planet. The rigid familial and roman- One of the most intriguing of the new they left in, they left out the 10 witty ones I made Sueyoung Park-Primiano, a doctoral can- suspect this is one of the reasons why he may tic proprieties give way to a world of foot- batch is director Kim Dae-woo’s “Forbid- because they weren’t as entertaining. I went out didate at New York University specializing in not have been studied as an auteur…until now loose singles searching for their mates via den Quest” (2006; Sept. 2) — a lavish cos- there to be outrageous and a little offensive and to Korean film, will lecture on Lee at the Korea of course. I know of at least two Korean cell phone and Internet dating in “My Scary tume film about porn in Korea’s feudal past. be the bad girl.” Society on Aug. 29. Commenting via e-mail, scholars whose dissertation topic is on Lee.” Girl” (2006; Sept. 1) and “Wedding Cam- Following an aristocratic scholar as he Because Flav maintains that he handpicked the she says that it was Lee’s 1967 gangster film The popularity and acclaim of Lee’s war paign” (2005; Sept. 3). Each attempts, with plunges into the underground world of illegal contestants for “Flavor of Love 2,” in an attempt to “The Starting Point” that “shifted my interest sagas and crime stories “opened the door to fair success, to put a new spin on current Ko- (and enormously popular) erotic literature, it weed out the “gold diggers” from the first series, from contemporary Korean films to 1950s his experiments with social dramas that ex- rean cinema’s most heavily exploited genre, shows unquenchable human urges battling whether our Nibblz wins or loses, one could say and 1960s Korean cinema. Until then, I plored the lives of the disenfranchised and the romantic comedy. The former movie cruel repression and makes it look like fun. that it was an honor just to be chosen. thought most of the older films were weepy the low life.” Two sides of this coin are well folds in murder and farcical efforts at corpse Vigorous to a fault, funny, sexy, touching and “Flavor of Love 2” airs Sunday nights at 10 melodramas with obvious genre conventions, demonstrated by “Water Mill” and “Road to disposal; the latter explores the little-known occasionally violent, it might have made Lee pm on VH1. For more information, visit but within the first few minutes, I was Return,” which use widely differing settings world of the substantial Korean diaspora in, Man-hee proud if he had lived to see it. http://vspot.vh1.com. — LJC IT’S TIME FOR US TO GIVE BACK... CAR Lots of people AC O helped 5 years V ago. 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Cafe Martino 559 Myrtle Ave. at Emerson Place, (718) 636- 3966 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6-$9. Martin Hernandez and Tino Aguero opened Cafe Martino on April 10. The menu includes a variety of sandwiches and salads, making it a great stop

for lunch. “The most popular sandwich is the Mango / Greg ‘Cubano Delight’ with pulled pork, Swiss cheese, ham, pickles and chipotle mayo,” said Hernandez, who describes the decor of his inti- mate cafe as a “mix of old and modern designs” with exposed brick walls. Breakfast burritos are

made in the morning for early risers, and dinner Papers The Brooklyn Uncovering a ‘Pearl’ entrees include platters of skirt steak, pesto pasta The KUSH salad includes hearts of and lasagna. Hernandez said what makes Cafe Martino unique is that they bake their own palm, asparagus and beets. Slope restaurant’s luster lies in vibrantly seasoned dishes empanadas daily with fillings like beans, chicken, ham, cheese, spinach and ricotta. Open for By Tina Barry executive chef. Duarte’s extensive Temptation island: The signature dessert platter at Park Slope’s Black Pearl breakfast, lunch and dinner from Tuesday to through Sunday, and for brunch on weekends, from Sunday, and open every day of the week starting 10 am to 4 pm. Closed Mondays. Garden cafe seat- for The Brooklyn Papers menu leans toward Italy with enough restaurant features an apple tart, creme brulee and chocolate souffle. in September. ing is offered year round. entrees to satisfy a yen for an Ameri- n November, Bob Chobor opened can-style meal. He aims for big fla- Two small crab cakes are marred by He serves the wildly delicious dish Castro’s Luz Black Pearl in a former turn-of-the- vors, with ample servings dramatically too much chopped red pepper that over over cubes of fennel and leeks 511 Myrtle Ave. at Grand Avenue, (718) 398- 177 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue, (718) Icentury firehouse on Union Street. arranged on huge plates. sweetens the fish. But an enormous caramelized to a nutty, licorice-tinged 1459 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7-$14. 246-4000, www.luzrestaurant.com (AmEx, Disc, It’s a first-time venture into the restau- The menu could be edited down scallop with brittle, seared edges meets hash. A Pinot Noir glaze swirled about The smell of grilled meats and rice and beans has MC, Visa) Entrees: $14-$25. rant world, and he’s made some smart somewhat, because dishes like “spicy its match when paired with “mache” the plate adds a nuance of sweetness greeted customers at Castro’s since 1999. In July 2005, Vivian Torres and Pedro Muñoz relit choices. chicken chipotle” over pasta verges on (also known as field salad or lamb’s let- that brings each element into focus. “Customers love our mole poblano because the the fire that was sputtering on Nuevo Latino sauce, along with everything else, is homemade cooking — by opening Luz, a Pan-Latino eatery, The first is realizing that while the Bennigan’s territory. Also, some of the tuce), lightly dressed in citrus vinai- I’ve had similar versions of the dish, and original,” boasts owner Humberto Castro. on Vanderbilt Avenue. (Luz, pronounced “loose,” area is rich in restaurants, it lacks an up- dishes wouldn’t suffer with fewer ingre- grette with a touch of sweetness. but Duarte’s is stunning. Although the entire Castro’s team helps in the is the Spanish word for light.) Diners can begin scale place with a diverse menu that is dients; and the plating could be less Tender chunks of grilled calamari, The dessert menu, executed by kitchen, it is Chef Lorenzo Leiba who combines their meal with the “Luz Colada,” made with pas- suitable for all ages and every occasion showy. But these are minor issues when accompanied by cherry tomato halves, Mario Palacios (also from Serafina), is various peppers, toasted sesame seeds, garlic, sion fruit instead of the traditional pineapple. chocolate, raisins and cinnamon to make the typ- — without edging into “family-style” share the perfume of the wood smoke. a catch-all of classics. There’s a cheese- ical Mexican dishes at Castro’s. Vegetarians can While the owners transformed a former carriage dining (otherwise known as a lot of The fish is served over a salad of mixed cake, apple pie a la mode, a panacotta house-cum-garage into a sleek, dining room with try the burrito with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, mediocre stuff that your kids will like greens and radicchio, slivers of grilled with raspberry coulis, sorbets, ice zucchini, jack cheese, rice, beans, lettuce, toma- a sky light, comfortable banquettes and a long DINING toes, onions, sour cream, guacamole and a side wooden bar, Chef Jorge Adriazola transforms and you won’t). red peppers and slices of avocado. Bal- creams and, naturally, tiramisu. familiar ingredients into appetizers such as the Black Pearl (833 Union St. between of “pico de gallo.” All entrees come with chips Black Pearl, which is not affiliated Sixth and Seventh avenues in Park samic vinaigrette unifies the ingredients. Two renditions of traditional fa- and salsa and a side of rice and beans. “mejillones al cilantrillo,” mussels steamed with There’s only one flaw in an other- vorites are expertly prepared and worth dry white wine and garlic, that are topped with with the recently closed eatery of the Slope) accepts American Express, Dis- In warmer months, enjoy a meal in the backyard cilantro and lime juice; or the “coconut tuna same name in Manhattan, offers a hand- cover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: wise well-executed entree of house- a try: chocolate souffle, otherwise patio. Castro’s also offers an array of breakfast ceviche,” diced tuna ceviche in a coconut citrus $12-$28. The restaurant serves dinner some setting that is comfortable for daily. Brunch is available on weekends, made ravioli: a heavy hand with the known as a molten chocolate cake, and burritos and morning specials. Delivery and take- sauce dressed with red onions and cilantro. For out available. Open daily from 7 am to midnight. someone who wants a drink or a bite at from 11 am to 3:30 pm. For reserva- sauces. But when the sauces are as a terrific creme brulee. The chocolate an entree, co-owner Torres says “the churrasco,” tions, call (718) 857-2004. grilled fillet mignon served with sauteed “farofa” the bar, and suits the needs of small and good as these, it’s a trivial complaint. cake has a tart note that you find in ex- Graziella’s (flowers), collard greens and crispy “yucafongo” larger parties looking for a relaxed yet One of the ravioli is filled with lobster pensive cocoa bars and sports a crisp (fried yuca cake) with mojo, “is quite popular special occasion setting for a meal. meat, and the light, wine-tinged cream surface and properly hot, viscous center. 232 Vanderbilt Ave. at Willoughby Avenue, among our diners!” (718) 789-5663 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: Along one side of the golden room everything that emerges from the sauce that coats it adds to the pasta’s The brulee, baked in a heart-shaped $13-$20. Luz is open daily for dinner and serves brunch, is a long, dramatically lit mahogany kitchen is vibrantly seasoned and care- lushness. Nearly transparent sheets of dish, has a tinge of lemon and a surface In May 2004, Louis Devivo and Vito Randazzo from 11 am to 3:30 pm, on Sundays. bar. There’s a wood-burning oven in fully cooked. pasta, cut into a heart-shape, held a that shatters when it’s touched with a opened the doors to their casual Italian restaurant. the rear of the spacious dining area We were wowed by the play of tex- creamy, spinach-flecked center and was spoon. In addition to friendly servers, a blazing fire from an Mojito Cuban where a “pizzaiolo” turns out nicely tures and temperatures in the yellow fin complemented with a sunny tomato- My only issue with the desserts con- authentic wood-burning brick oven greets customers in the dining room, where Antonio Iannelli Cuisine charred pies. “Chandeliers,” made tuna, one of the dishes in the “small vodka sauce; a fresh tomato and basil cerns the plating: Too much powdered bakes all kinds of pizza. One of his specialties is the 82 Washington Ave. at Park Avenue, (718) 797- from long, curved pieces of rough- plates” roundup. The raw fish is sliced topping crowned plump bundles of pas- sugar sprinkled around the dish over- “pescatore pizza,” covered with various types of 3100, www.mojitocubancuisine.net (AmEx, DC, hewn wood, add a rustic note to the so thin, it’s almost sheer, and its black ta with a center of earthy wild mush- sweetens the sauce and fruit that accom- seafood in marinara sauce. The menu includes clas- Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$19. sic dishes such as the beef lasagna with fresh moz- surroundings. If you sit at one of the pepper-crusted edge contrasts with the rooms. pany the main attraction. Since 2004, Cuban cigar boxes and posters dis- roomy, cocoa leather booths, placed on delicate flesh. A tiny bundle of crisp wa- The oven-baked sea bass fillet is a Black Pearl (named for the rarity of zarella. Seafood risotto is one of head chef Milton playing cigars have adorned the exposed brick Reboe’s signature dishes. From May through walls at Mojito, while traditional Latin music has a raised tier, you’ll have an ideal spot tercress, dressed in a bright wasabi and showstopper. Duarte wraps the fish in a the gem) is a jewel in the crown of the September, take advantage of the rooftop dining played, rhythmically, in the background. Chef- to watch the goings on about the room. ginger dressing, adds a note of heat, and layer of thin potato slices, sears it until Park Slope dining scene. In a neighbor- with a view of the Manhattan skyline. Free delivery owner Marcelo Arias’s restaurant offers Cuban for lunch. Open Tuesday through Sunday, for lunch Alfredo Duarte (formerly of Da Sil- slices of creamy avocado lend a lush, its coating is crisp and brown, then hood crowded with good eateries, it’s cuisine for dine-in, take out, delivery or catering. vano and Serafina in Manhattan) is the buttery edge to the works. roasts the fish until its flesh is like silk. special enough to stand out. and dinner. Closed Mondays. Mojito serves everything from empanadas, with ham and cheese to the eclectic guava and KUSH cheese; a Cuban sandwich served with pineapple 17 Putnam Ave. at Grand Avenue, (718) 230- coleslaw; and “carne asada” (black angus steak) 3471, www.kushcafe.com (MC, Visa) Entrees: served with rice and beans and chimichurri sauce on the side. Desserts range from “cuatro leches” $5.50-$13. (four milks) to Cuban lime pie. Don’t forget to Open since January 2005, Kush’s walls are hand- have one of the namesake cocktails, like the Crepe painted with African symbols and adorned with strawberry mojito or the mango-papaya fruit- framed photographs and batiks depicting village shake. Open daily for lunch and dinner. life and ritual dancers. Shelves are lined with books about African life. One of the signature African- expectations French fusion dishes is the “Biekossoh,” a tender Thai 101 filet of tilapia, wrapped in banana leaves, drizzled 455A Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, (718) When the renowned Bay Ridge and decadent chocolate cookies greets with palm oil and accompanied by African-style 855-4615 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: “ratatouille” (a rich vegetable stew) and a side of $6.95-$8.95. patisserie and bistro, Provence en sugar-crazed patrons at the door. fried plantain, cassava or couscous. Another signa- The effect of the orange art deco lamps reflect- Boite, closed in 2004, you thought The Bernats offer an all-French wine ture dish, says chef and owner Samuel Beket, is the ing off Thai 101’s crisp, whitewashed brick walls, you’d lost your chance to sample the list and beer “only from the Brooklyn “brochette,” a shrimp-and-beef kebab that is gives it a modern and airy feel. Thai 101 favorites deeply marinated, then grilled, and served with chocolate tarts and crepes. “Pas aussi Brewery,” says Jean-Jacques, to accom- include deep-fried duck or fish served with their sauteed spinach, roasted plantain, Creole rice and mon cher.” After a much-needed rest, pany the “crepes, rabbit, lamb, duck, special house sauce, mixed vegetables and mango-papaya salsa. A lighter option is the KUSH pineapple. Also popular is the pad Thai, which the Gallic husband-and-wife team of steak frites and fresh foie gras terrine.” salad with palm hearts, asparagus, roasted beets, Leslie and chef Jean-Jacques Bernat re- After a long day of welcoming new tomatoes and toasted almonds. The apple and can be made with beef or chicken versus solely plantain tart served with vanilla ice cream makes a with vegetables or shrimp. Check for the weekly established their boite on Smith Street. diners and overseeing the kitchen, the fitting grand finale. Open for dinner Tuesday soft-shell crab special with either panang curry, “It is fen-tes-teek!” says Jean- Bernats have a short walk home. peanut or garlic sauce. For dessert, owner Raymond Beard recommends the FBI (Fried Jacques (left) of the reception they’ve “We live a block away,” says Jean- Banana Ice cream) or the pumpkin custard. Lunch received since their June 15 opening. Jacques. “It is right that we are here.” = Full review available at specials served daily for $4.95. Open Monday Their new spot, in the old Baluchi’s Oui! through Saturday for lunch and dinner. Sundays space, channels the same sunny Provence en Boite (263 Smith St. are dinner only. Provencal mood as their former cafe. at DeGraw Street in Carroll Gardens) The walls of the 46-seat space are accepts American Express, Diners Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants painted a golden hue, patterned cloths Club, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not Greenhood / Aaron comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to cover the tables, Jean-Jacques’s collec- $14-$19. The restaurant is open Tues- Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your tion of vintage tin boxes are stacked on day through Sunday for breakfast, Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via wooden shelving, and most important, lunch and dinner. Closed Mondays. e-mail at [email protected]. a big glass display case loaded with For reservations, call (718) 797-0707. flaky croissants, glistening fruit tarts — Tina Barry The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

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THEATER Choosing Wine in a Restaurant By Darrin Siegfried BrooklynONETheater’s “A Play- wright Grows in Brooklyn” festival takes place Sept. 15 and 16 at 7 pm at ow do you make the average worldly, on the wine. An overpriced 95 that isn’t ready Ray’s Lounge (9604 Third Ave. at 96th confident business executive or profes- to drink and won’t compliment your meal is not Street in Bay Ridge). Tickets are $10, as good as a bargain priced 85 that is drinking free for seniors and children younger Hsional squirm? Hand him a wine list! than 13 years old. For more informa- For years I worked as a Sommelier in some very well and is a great match with the food you’ve The write stuff tion, visit the Web site www.brook- good restaurants, and I always took pride in ordered! lynonetheater.org. helping diners choose a wine that they would Look for wines that you know. Get a feel for enjoy with their meal. Many of my customers Newly formed BrooklynONE Theater to how the restaurant prices its wines. Find a wine were successful business owners and executives: Regis High School in Manhattan, won people who made plenty of money because they on the list that you know the price of, either stage festival of one-act plays in Bay Ridge in the high school and college division. were decision makers, and their decisions were from your wine shop or a restaurant that you Napoli said he’s nervous, but excited, usually right. So many of them quickly lost know. Compare the price. Many restaurants By Jovana Rizzo to see their show performed for the their confident mien as soon as they had a wine charge twice what you’d pay in a wine store, but some restaurateurs are shameless. for The Brooklyn Papers first time. list in their hands. Really, there’s not that much “ ‘Graffiti’ is about kids who are to get worked up about, and picking a wine isn’t Red or white? You can eliminate half of the list he borough’s aspiring playwrights bored with their own lives and find a all that difficult. Let me give you a few tips. by making this decision. In a group, I often are given a voice and spotlight can of spray paint. Their tags symbol- Take your time. Don’t rush, or you might end order a red and a white, so that there will be with the birth of BrooklyONEThe- ize their character, and every time they up picking a wine that you won’t be happy something for everyone, so this step doesn’t T always apply. ater, which launched with a party on do something considered immoral, with. Take a few seconds to flip through the list. Aug. 4, where they announced their their tags are defiled,” Napoli ex- Look at how it’s laid out: are the Italian whites Order from the right side of the list. Look at upcoming festival of new, one-act plained. separate from the American whites? Are the the prices. You know how much you want to plays. All of the winning adult, high wines grouped by price, or by grape variety? Is spend, so look at wines in that price range. B1T is the brainchild of Anthony school and college playwrights will there a separate section for recommendations, or featured wines? Plan ahead. If it’s a special occasion, you might Marino, who has been involved in have their works produced and per- want to visit the restaurant a day or two before Brooklyn community theater for 10 formed during the B1T’s “A Play- Relax! It’s not like surgery: no one is going to die if you don’t pick the “right” wine. It’s all a your reservation and look at the list. Without years, and Tom Kane, a self-pro- wright Grows in Brooklyn” festival on the pressure of having to order then and there, claimed “Wall Street guy who likes to Sept. 15 and 16 at Ray’s Lounge. Al- matter of taste, and each one of has our own favorites. Don’t be afraid to pick what you want you can take your time and examine the list write.” though the space is a small comedy more closely. “Getting people excited about the- club stage, Marino said they are able to to. ater in Brooklyn is hard,” said Marino, adapt to it. Go with the restaurant’s strengths. A French Ask. Ask for the Sommelier. If they don’t have the B1T artistic director. “There is so “All we need is a floor and an audi- Bistro should have a wine list that features plen- one, find out who does the wine buying and much talent here and nowhere to go ence,” he explained. ty of affordable French country wines, and a speak with them. Tell them what you have in with it, and they deserve attention.” Marino said they are working with seafood restaurant should have more white mind and ask them for a suggestion. Don’t be Marino has a degree in theater per- already established Brooklyn theater wines than red. While you might find the occa- afraid to let them know how much you want to formance from Wagner College and companies, including Park Slope’s The sional overlooked treasure on a wine list where spend. I often point discretely to the price of a

/ Tom Callan / Tom it doesn’t “fit”, your best bet is to look for the wine that is right in my price rang and say: now teaches theater at PS 180 in Bor- Gallery Players and Bay Ridge’s Nar- wines that are appropriate for the restaurant “Something like this, I think.” When they ough Park. rows Community Theater, among where you are dining. bring a wine, ask them to show you where the B1T’s story began when Marino and many others, to produce the festival. Avoid the Big Names. Having several vintages wine is listed on the wine list... and check the Kane started a playwright contest and “After the plays were submitted, price! sifted through 40 applicants to find the they were tailored to which group of well-known wines like Opus One, or a few best of Brooklyn’s undiscovered talent. Papers The Brooklyn would be the best to direct and produce hard-to-find “trophy wines” on your wine list is Let them get to know you. If it’s a restaurant worth plenty of bragging points for any that you like and that you plan to return to, let Since both Marino and Kane have each one-act,” Marino explained. “And Sommelier. Now, since they aren’t making any been involved in community theater, it all comes back together under the the Sommelier know that you are interested in more of those older vintages and the rare ones wine. Tell him that you’re a wine lover and will they started to advertise the contest umbrella of BrooklynONE. We want are so hard to obtain, most restaurants try to through word of mouth in the Brook- everyone to work together, because be calling on him for his advice and expertise in discourage customers from actually buying the future. Ask him to keep you in mind when lyn theater scene and ads in local pa- there is a distance between the compa- those wines by marking them up to often pers. nies. We want to show how artistic and ridiculous prices. It’s common to see restaurants something new or something special comes in. On Aug. 4, they hosted “A Play- creative and powerful this community charge three, four or even five times the retail I always held a few wines that were scarce just wright Grows In Brooklyn,” the launch really is.” price for these wines. If you’re on an expense for people who I knew would appreciate them, party and awards ceremony for the in- This grassroots community theater account, then go ahead... but for the rest of us: and didn’t put them on my list. augural 2006-2007 season. At Ray’s movement wants to act as a stepping- watch out! Tip. There’s nothing that shows your Sommelier Lounge in Bay Ridge, the nine win- stone for new talent sprouting up in the Beware of the Numbers Racket! Some restau- that you appreciate his help like a crisp bill, ning plays received awards in three borough. rants print the numerical rating that the wine folded and palmed in a handshake, along with a “Thank you for your help”. It doesn’t have to categories: grammar school, high Callan / Tom Callan / Tom Marino said B1T’s “goal is to cen- may have received from a critic or from a mag- school and college, and adult. tralize Brooklyn arts and to be able to azine. Most of the time, the number listed is for be a lavish tip: a five or a ten gets plenty of One of the three winning adult plays take original productions of plays and a different (and more highly regarded) vintage attention in most restaurants. They’ll remem- is “Just My Luck,” written by Nicholas musicals from Brooklyn to Manhat- than the one that they have available. Too often, ber, and be eager to help you the next time you Vigorito, Jr. who has been writing and tan.” the higher the number, the higher the markup come through the front door.

pursuing theater for the past decade. Papers The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn For everyone working to pull the “The tagline is ‘A hapless mugger At Ray’s Lounge in Bay Ridge on Aug. 4, (clockwise from top) Steve Ryan festival together, Marino said there is a chooses the wrong victim, or does and Colette LeRoy perform a scene from “Brooklyn Bound,” one of the driving passion when you are able to he?’ ” said Vigorito. “The mugger has winning entries of BrooklynOneTheater’s “A Playwright Grows in Brook- give back to your community while 211 Fifth Avenue lamented his whole life about not hav- lyn” contest; B1T Artistic Director Anthony Marino congratulates winners; doing what you love. (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE ing any luck. It’s a cute play and has a “This is important because this is and singer-songwriter Andrew Gerardi performs B1T’s theme song. message about paying more attention about community,” said Bay Ridge Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm, Sun, 12-8pm to signs in your life, and it has a sur- state Sen. Marty Golden at the launch www.redwhiteandbubbly.com • 636-9463 prise ending.” this is his play’s Brooklyn debut. (He “Graffiti,” written by Italo Tinalli, a party. “Creativity in a community Although Vigorito lives in Dyker said it has already been performed in senior at Xaverian High School in Bay keeps it together and allows it to grow. Heights and grew up in Sunset Park, Manhattan and Hollywood.) Ridge, and Anthony Napoli, a senior at The people in this room are on fire.”

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Shanghai & Friends, 9 pm, Saturdays: DJs Yah Supreme and Con- FREE; Aug. 31: Dan Straus & Friends, 9 cerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: Brazilian by The Truthseekers, 8 pm, $5. live DJs, 11 pm, FREE before midnight, Europa Night pm, FREE. Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and DJ $10 after midnight. Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Cafe Steinhof Club Bar 4 Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Cornerstone Pub 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 383- Park Slope, (718) 832-9800. 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: The Break www.cafesteinhof.com. Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, 5723, www.europaclub.com. Aug. 27: Take Toriyama’s TBA, 8 pm, 10 Ups, 9:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Kings Aug. 30: The Merles, 10:30 pm, FREE. www.cornerstonepub.com. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, pm, $5 (includes both sets). County Soul Night featuring DJs Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quartet, 9 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 Monkone, Emskee, Finewine & Nick Club Exit FREE (donation suggested); Thursdays: pm; Tuesdays: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, Barbes Cope, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: The Green- 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Stephane Wrembel’s Hot Club of New FREE; Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance house with DJ MonkOne and DJs Galleries in DUMBO 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349- York, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Juicee party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 Emskee and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 965-9177, 6969, www.club-exit.com. spins Music That’ll Make You Thirsty, 10 after 10:30 pm. www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 pm, FREE. Space Available Chris Havens 718.222.2505 Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $8 Bubby’s Brooklyn (ladies FREE until 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Food 4 Thought suggested donation; Tuesdays: Slavic Pie Company Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE. Crossroads Cafe 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Soul Party, 9 pm, $10 suggested dona- Macdonough Street in Bedford- Two Trees www.dumbo-newyork.com 1 Main St. at Plymouth Street in tion; Wednesdays: “Night of the Ra- 1421 Prospect Ave. at Reeve Place in Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. DUMBO, (718) 222-0666, Club Xo vished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; Aug. 26: Danny Windsor Terrace, (718) 972-1852. www.bubbys.com. 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Saturdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $6. Kalb, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, Bill Aug. 31: Cosmo D, 7 pm, Nicole Velik, 8 111 Front Street Aug. 29: Delilah, 8 pm, $5, Andy Flatlands, (718) 209-0525, Carney’s Jug Addicts, 10 pm, $8 sug- pm, FREE. Statman with Greg Burrows, 9 pm, $7; www.clubxonyc.com. Galapagos 5+5 Gallery | Howard Schickler Fine Art | Henry Gregg Gallery gested donation; Aug. 28: Smokey Aug. 30: Homegrown Thursdays hosted Fridays: “The Best of the Best” featuring 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Hormel’s Western Swing Band with Bob Crossroads | s.e.e.dgallery | Safe-T-Gallery | Wessel + O’Connor Fine Art | Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, Hoffnar and special guests, 9 pm, $8 sug- www.galapagosartspace.com. gested donation; Aug. 29: Jenny Saloon Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, Underbridge Pictures | Nelson Hancock Gallery | Gloria Kennedy Scheinman, 7 pm, $8 suggested dona- 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings FREE; Aug. 26: (Backroom) Blue Box Gallery | Eighth Elephant Contemporary Art | Sankaranka Gallery | tion; Aug. 30: Nicolas Letman-Burtino- Highway in Sheepshead Bay, (718) vic’s Bomb X + 4 NLB, 8 pm, $8 suggest- 339-9393. World presents STICKY, 8 pm, FREE, TALK TO US… Aikostar, 10 pm, $6, (Frontroom) Rocha Brooklyn Arts Council | and visit ed donation, Malaby/Sanchez/Rainey, 10 Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, pm, $8; Aug. 31: Pete Galub, 8 pm, $8 To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as pos- FREE. Dance Theater presents “The Painted suggested donation, Beth Sorrentino, 9 sible. Include name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the pub- Ladies,” 8 pm, $10, The Looseness, 10 30 Washington Street Dumbo Arts Center pm, $8 suggested donation; Sept. 1: lic to call, Web site address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send list- Le Dakar Cafe pm, FREE; Aug. 27: (Frontroom) The Polka Madre y La Comezon, 8 pm, $8 ings and color photos of performers via e-mail to [email protected] or third annual See and Be Scene Music 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue and Arts Festival featuring his Mighty suggested donation, The 4th St. Nite- via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. in Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8900, 92 Plymouth Street Smack Melon Gallery We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Robot, Smokinfantastic, Goblin Market, owls, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; www.dakarcafe.net. Sept. 2: Oliver Manchon’s Miniature The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to 10 Cent F*&% Flicks, El Jefe vs. confirm event details. Mondays: Keswa, a cast member in “The Demons, Beccas Brew, Del Jugo, Mental Orchestre de Chambre with Harmonica, Lion King,” sings live, 9 pm, $5; Wed- DUMBO_come see what they see 7 pm, $8 suggested donation, Brook’s Notes, Uncle Funk, Brian Maiden, The nesdays: Soul Session with DJ Op, 8 pm, Wardens, Love Down, Vehicles of Light, FREE; Thursdays: DJ Moh, 8 pm, FREE. Travis Raab’s Killing Country, Falu, Shelly Bhushban, My Pet Dragon, DJ Lauren Dragon Lounge Flax, DJ Dennis, DJ Sam Hoyos, DJ Bob, 145 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in and live burlesque, 2 pm, FREE; Aug. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 624-7658, 28: (Backroom) Punch!, a puppet slam, 8 www.dragonloungebklyn.com. pm, $5; Aug. 31: (Backroom) Con- Mondays: Mix Master Mondays, 7 pm, fluence with The Andy Neff Quartet and FREE; Tuesdays: Trivia (music and movie Mostly Other People Do the Killing, 8 AMBASSADOR YELLOW PAGES trivia), 8 pm, $1. Continued on page 11...

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Compiled by Susan Another look at RICE Where to Rosenthal Jay To the editor: have had very loyal customers of all ages two ingredients. Both should be fresh, We were pleased to read the title or ethnicities. Our regular customers think rather than forlorn, and the soup would SAT, AUG 26 [“Healthy grains,” July 29, 2006] and see of us as a canteen where they might eat not qualify as ethnic (spicy). It would be a photograph of our food in The Brooklyn several times a week — or might ask us more of a local seasonal reflection of OUTDOORS AND TOURS Paper’s review of our Fort Greene restau- to receive packages for them. Long Island corn and fresh dill from the WALKING TOUR: The Brooklyn Bridge Park rant, RICE. I’ve heard that “bad press is Our menu has — for the most part — farmer’s market. Development Corporation hosts a guided walking tour of the East River. Learn better than no press,” [but] I’m not sure been guided by our customers … Initially I would suggest you try our Mexican about the site’s history, current condition that I agree in restaurant reviews. I wanted people to like “my” recipes, but chicken soup. It has seven ingredients and and the design of the future park. 10 am. Tours begin at 334 Furman St., north of Having been an observer and customer people reminded me that they all have has more flavor; it would not qualify as Atlantic Avenue. Reservations necessary. of New York City restaurants for 30 years different palates and that to please the ma- spicy but delicious. (You must squeeze (212) 803-3826. Free. and in the food industry for most of that jority (the masses was my vision since I the lime into the soup —it is an ingredient CANOEING IN THE PARK: Join the Urban time, I have noticed that a negative was serving the world’s most eaten ingre- — and you can add spice offered on the Park Rangers for a day of canoeing on the Lullwater. Open to ages 8 and older. restaurant review is mostly painful to the dient), I would have to compromise on table.) All our soups, which change sea- 10 am, 11:30 am and 1 pm. Prospect Park restaurant owner and in your case, [critic] some flavors. I resolved this by having sonally, are vegan, except for the year- Audubon Center. Enter park at Lincoln Tina [Barry], eating at RICE was also a round Mexican chicken soup. Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. painful professional experience, and I We are very aware of flavors, and with BROOKLYN HEIGHTS TOUR: Brooklyn apologize for that. proper communication on our part, you Center for the Urban Environment offers As you can imagine, we strive to make could be guided through a meal that a tour of Brooklyn Heights with Joe Svehlak. Visit NYC’s first suburb and land- everyone happy, so to hear we failed is would please your palate. marked district. $11, $9 members, $8 stu- disappointing. RICE is actually a very un- MAIL The Indian chicken curry that you had dents and seniors. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. usual restaurant with a great deal of was lacking cream. (This would sadden Meet on the steps of Brooklyn’s Borough Hall at Court and Remsen streets. (718) thought and consideration that have built my mother from whom I stole the recipe.) 788-8500, ext. 208. its longevity. The oldest of our four loca- items that had more spice, and some with Someone in the kitchen made a mistake. BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Park tions is now 10 years old … and the last, less, so that people could add to their For that, I apologize. Audubon Center hosts a cruise aboard which you visited, is a youngster at less taste. Piquillos are not to be eaten with the electric boat Independence. Tour the Lullwater, a scenic habitat for flora and than a year. RICE’s menu spans the globe and has chopsticks; a fork should have been fauna. $10, $6 kids. Binoculars provided. I created RICE for selfish reasons: I dishes to match many palates. All recipes brought to you. I’m glad you enjoyed the Noon to 12:40 pm. Enter park at Lincoln lived near Chinatown, which had lots of are my adaptations of classics. We use the tea-smoked salmon and the ice cream Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts food options for delivery but all had their same ingredients (mostly), but use the cookies, which are made with Ciao Bella the Metro Tour Service, taking a walk shortcomings … My response … was to freshest ingredients with very little oil, gelato. through Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and create a place that would address these salt, no flavor enhancers (MSG) or ani- RICE has been a part of many projects Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Meet at Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 and create a deliverable menu with a sin- mal fat (lard). In the last few years, we ... As of last month, we are “donating” all Adams St. (718) 789-0430. gle ingredient theme that was global and have become popular with celiacs, who of our compostable waste to Added Val- BRIDGE AT TWILIGHT: Big Onion Tours healthy. I love to eat all different Asian or are always in search of restaurants that ue, which operates a productive and edu- takes a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and through the city’s first suburb. Learn Hispanic foods that include different cater to their diets. Upon request, we of- cational farm in Red Hook. about the history, architecture and people rices, but I often want a mixed-up meal fer a version of our menu that includes no RICE is trying to set an example in an- of this area. $15, $12 seniors, $10 stu- with a Thai salad to begin (sticky rice), an gluten or wheat products. other part of the world of reusable waste: dents and members. 5 pm. Meet at the Carol Riddick will perform at Fort Greene Park on Aug. 26 as part of the southeast corner of Broadway and Indian chicken curry (basmati rice), a One of our goals is to be able to feed Our delivery van, which operates 16 to 20 Chambers Street at City Hall Park, lower “Rhymes, Rhythms & Rituals” music and poetry festival. couple of spicy jerk chicken wings (rice everyone something that matches their hours a day, is now fueled by our waste Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. and peas), a green salad with avocado, a appetite. A lofty, perhaps unrealistic, goal, vegetable oil. That means we pollute GET ON THE WATER: Urban Divers Estuary and seniors. 2 pm to 4 pm. Meet south- BOOK SIGNING: Rabbi Simcha Weinstein piece of Malaysian jerky, [and] a fresh but it is generated in reaction to fast food much less, and we do not buy gasoline. Conservancy hosts a tour of The “Pag- gank” (Governor’s Island). Tour the island, east corner Prospect Park West and Third reads from her book “Up, Up and Oy juice and sorbet for dessert. I also would establishments that have illustrated deep In summation, I am grateful for the learn about future planning of the island Street. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. Vey!: How Jewish History, Culture and want this at midnight when my work cynicism in trying to feed the masses. My time that you spent writing your thoughts and the ecology of its surrounding Values Shaped the Comic Book PERFORMANCE Superhero.” 7 pm. Barnes and Noble, calmed down. vision is to make a kind of fast food that on RICE. I would suggest that for some, waters. Call to register and for meeting location and time. (718) 802-9874. BARGEMUSIC: See Sat., Aug 26. 4 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. RICE began as a humble take-out joint addresses the failings of the last genera- a single RICE experience might not suf- CHILDREN BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical music on Mott Street … [and it] grew in DUM- tion of “fast food” enterprises. fice to navigate our menu or to experience PERFORMANCE concert of Brahms, Ranjbaran and CONCERT SERIES: Bargemusic presents an LEFFERTS HISTORIC HOUSE: hosts a chil- Tchaikovsky. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry BO, then in Murray Hill, and most recent- Tina, if our staff person had been more the breadth of customers who support us admission-free concert. Program is dren’s workshop to commemorate Battle Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East ly, in Fort Greene. Through our longevity, attentive, you would have known that the daily. — David Selig, announced at the concert. Doors open at of Brooklyn. Activities include stories, River. (718) 624-2083. but mostly through our consistency, we corn soup was a vegan dish that has only co-owner of RICE restaurants noon; concert at 1 pm. Fulton Ferry maps and drawing. Kids discover the role REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: The Brooklyn Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East Brooklyn played in the Revolutionary War. Historical Society invites Brooklyn-based River. (718) 624-2083. Free. 2 pm to 4 pm. Children’s Corner, inside individuals, community-based organiza- OPERA FOR THE STREET: Theater for the Prospect Park’s Willink entrance, intersections and school groups to submit pro- Session, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 2: Neurolytic Collapse, Take pm, Paul Hogan, 9:30 pm, Chris Pureka, 10:30 pm, New City’s street theater company. 2 pm. tion of Flatbush Avenue and Empire posals for review by a panel of cultural This City by Nightfall, The Heuristic, 8 pm, $5, If, When, FREE; Aug. 28: Monday Evening Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Prospect Park Concert Grove. (212) 254- Boulevard. (718) 287-3400. Free. and community members. Winning pro- So L’il, 11 pm, $TBD. Vampire Weekend, 9:30 pm, Ward White, 10:30 pm, 1109. Free. posals will be part of the exhibit series: Nightlife... OTHER “Public Perspectives.” Call. (718) 222- FREE; Aug. 29: Bingo, 7 pm, Geoff Koch, 9 pm, White BARGEMUSIC: presents a program by FORT GREENE PARK: Learn about Native Magnetic Field Bear, 10 pm, Andy Herod from The Comas, 10:45 pm, Mozart, Smetana and Dvorak. $35, $30 4111, ext. 225, or visit www.brooklynhis- Marshall Costan, 11:15 pm, FREE; Aug. 30: Quizz-Off, Americans in the Revolution. 1 pm. Meet tory.org. 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, at Visitor Center, Myrtle Avenue, Cumber- Continued from page 10... (718) 834-0069, www.magneticbrooklyn.com. 7:30 pm, Andrew Vladeck, 10 pm, Noam Weinstein, 11 Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) pm, $10, (Frontroom) Red Hots Burlesque, 10 pm, $5 for pm, FREE; Aug. 31: Suzan Hurtuk, 9 pm, Larune, 10 land Street and DeKalb Avenue. Also, Aug. 26: Dead Flower presents The Anderson Council, 624-2083. Leading the Troops, Part II of II. 4 pm. the first 25 people, $10 after; Sept. 1: The Gossip Factory Kabuki Killers, 8 pm, $6; Sept. 1: Michael Boyd’s Birthday pm, Basement Band, 11 pm, FREE. MUSIC & POETRY: African Voices magazine FRI, SEPT 1 4F, 8 pm, $10, F*&% Monkeys, 9:30 pm, $8; Sept. 2: Additionally, Saturday Night Film Club on Bash with Klimpter, EDP, 8 pm, $TBD. and the BAM LDC present “Rhymes, Sunday presents a documentary: “POWs Labor Day Weekend (Frontroom) Phoenix and the Shadow, 8 pm, $5, Ray’s Comedy Club Rhythms & Rituals.” Event includes per- Discolobos “The Thieves Machine Album Release Party,” of the American Revolution.” 7 pm. Call Magnolia 9807 Third Ave. at Marine Avenue in Bay Ridge, formances by singer Carol Riddick, Bill 311 for information. Free. SEWING CLUB: Lefferts Historic House 10 pm, FREE. (718) 748-6400. Saxton Trio, and poets Tish Benson, 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, (718) RE-ENACTMENT: Commemoration of the offers instruction on basic sewing tech- 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. Aug. 26: Tom Anzilone and Richie Minervini, 9 pm, $15 Sandra Esteves, D. Cross and Gary John- niques by creating a patchwork quilt. All Hank’s Saloon and 2-drink minimum. ston. Children’s storytelling and face 230th anniversary of Battle of Brooklyn. 1 Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. pm. Meet at Greenwood Cemetery’s Visi- levels welcome. 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, painting, too. Rain or shine. 2 pm-7 pm. Children’s Corner, inside Prospect Park’s (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Reign Fort Greene Park. (212) 865-2982. Free. tor Center, 25th Street and Fifth Avenue. McCarren Park Pool Parade at 1:30 pm. Commemorative cer- Willink entrance. For info, visit Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Kershaw and the 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in Clinton www.prospectpark.org. Free. New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band At Lorimer Street, Driggs Avenue, and Bayard Street CHILDREN emony at 2 pm. (718) 768-2300. Free. in Williamsburg, (212) 777-6800, www.livenation.com. Hill, (718) 643-7344. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The New York kuntry karaoke with Rob Ryan and the Brooklyn Country SHOOTS AND ROOTS: Staten Island PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: Vajradhara Aug. 27: JellyNYC presents “Pool Parties” with The Saturdays: Sweet Saturdays with Da Union’s DJ Snatch 1 Korean Film Festival.” Today: “The All-Star Band, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, “The Fireman” and GMC’s own Country, 11 pm, $TBD. Children’s Museum hosts an inter-genera- Meditation Center hosts a class “Where’s Walkmen, Dr. Dog, Human Television, Elvis Perkins and the Joy?” 2 pm to 3:30 pm. Timeless, 147 Charming Girl” (2005). 7 pm. $10, $7 chil- 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 26: “Surf Night” with Shecky and the tional gardening program. $5. 11 am to dren and seniors. Also, “My Scary Girl” Twangtones, The Tarantinos NYC, Venice Beach Muscle DJ Mikey Palms, 2 pm, $TBD. Front St., suite 208. (718) 496-5514. Free. Southpaw noon. 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten (2006). 9:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) Club, 10 pm, FREE. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “French Melt 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, Island. (718) 273-2060. 777-FILM. www.bam.org. (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. STORYTIME: Today, kids are invited to a Leading Men.” Today: “The Mother and The Hook 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) the Whore” (1963). $10, $7 children and BOOK SIGNING: Peter Josyph, author of Aug. 26: Snowden, The Subjects, The End of the World, bear-themed reading. 11 am. Barnes & “Liberty Street at Ground Zero.” Call for 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, 230-5925. seniors. 3 pm and 7:15 pm. 30 Lafayette and more, Time TBD, $TBD; Aug. 30: “Piamenta” Yossi Noble, 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. time. Barnes & Noble, 276 Seventh Ave. (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 pm, FREE. Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. & Avi, Blue Fringe, Heedoosh, 7:30 pm, $15 in advance, Free. (718) 832-9074. Free. Aug. 27: Dagmar, 9 pm, NYCO, 10 pm, The Urgency, 11 FREEBIRD BOOKS: hosts a book release $20 at the door. PROSPECT PARK CAROUSEL: Take a ride. BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical music pm, FREE; Sept. 1: Sexy Heroes in Transit, 9 pm, Rid of National Restaurant celebration for The Encyclopedia of Punk $1.50 per ride. Noon to 5 pm. Flatbush concert of Brahms, Ranjbaran and Me, 10 pm, It is the Isn’t, 11 pm, $TBD. 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second Street and Ocean avenues. (718) 282-7789. Music. 6 pm. 123 Columbia St. (718) 643- in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, Sputnik 8484. Free. Tchaikovsky. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry www.come2national.com. 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) OTHER Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East Hope and Anchor 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. River. (718) 624-2083. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Hook, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, Wednesdays: Sharief in Burgundy The New Soul FLEA MARKET: 9 am to 4 pm. Church of the ROOFTOP FILM: presents “Mammals in (718) 237-0276. FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Russian Holy Spirit, 8117 Bay Parkway at 82nd MON, AUG 28 music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe Acoustic Event, 9 pm, $5 (includes one drink); Aug. 31: Peril.” $8. 8:30 pm music; 9 pm film. Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke hosted by DJ Premier, 10 pm, $7; Sept. 1: Dub Trio, DJ Marley Street. (718) 837-0412. Automotive High School, 50 Bedford drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. dinner); Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, 7 HEALTH FAIR: Brooklyn Public Library’s NATURE BABIES: Prospect Park Audubon pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner). Marl, 10 pm, ladies FREE before 11 pm, ladies $10 after Center offers music, storytelling and Ave. (718) 417-7363. 11 pm, men $15 all night. Central branch hosts a fair, “Start Healthy, Impact Theater Stay Healthy: Promoting Health for crafts for 18-month to 3-year-olds. 9:30 Night and Day am to 11:30 am. Enter park at Lincoln 190 Underhill Ave. at Sterling Place in Prospect Stain Children and Teens.” Information on SAT, SEPT 2 Heights, (718) 852-2105, Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Restaurant 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williamsburg, nutrition and exercise, health demos, pre- http://geocities.com/impacttheaternyc. SOCCER CLUB CAMP: Brooklyn Patriots 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. natal health, children and teen activities. Fridays: Stand-up comedy nights, 10 pm, $7. (718) 399-2161, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. Noon to 4 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) hosts a came for kids, ages 6 to 14. $150 OUTDOORS AND TOURS Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm (often accompanied by the for four-day session (through Aug. 31). 10 Sundays: John McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $6 jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Wednesdays: 230-2100, ext. 3. Free. BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Park Jolie Restaurant and $7 food/drink minimum; Tuesdays: Songwriters COMMUNITY OUTREACH FAIR: presented am to 4 pm. Parade Grounds, Field 10, Audubon Center hosts a cruise aboard JAMstain, an informal open mic hosted by singers/song- Caton Avenue and Rugby Road. 320 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill, Showcase hosted by Staci & Justin, 7 pm, FREE with $7 writers, 9 pm, FREE; Aug. 26: Jon Lundbom Trio, 8 pm, by the Brown Memorial Baptist Church. the electric boat Independence. Tour the (718) 488-0777, www.jolierestaurant.com. food/drink minimum, Live jazz jam hosted by the Art Noon to 6 pm. Washington Avenue www.brooklynpatriots.org Lullwater, a scenic habitat for flora and Misha CD release party, 9:30 pm, FREE; Aug. 27: Singer LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public Library’s Tuesdays: Bonne Ambiance Mardi Night featuring live Bailey Trio, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 food/ Songwriter Sunday lead by Dan Costello, 8 pm, FREE; between Gates Avenue and Fulton fauna. $10, $6 kids. Binoculars provided. music with Peter Davenport, 9 pm, FREE. drink minimum; Aug. 26: Randy Ingram Trio, 7 pm, $5 Aug. 30: Courtney Bryan, 7 pm, FREE; Aug. 31: Camp Street. (718) 670-6717. Free. Central branch hosts “Jerry Joy Music,” Noon to 12:40 pm. Enter park at Lincoln suggested donation and $7 food/drink minimum; Aug. Stain, a costume-themed party featuring songs, s’mores, CEMETERY PLOTS: Green-Wood Cemetery for young audiences. 2 pm. Grand Army Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Kili Bar-Cafe 28: Prose with Starlee Kine, 7 pm, FREE with $7 food/ citronella, crafts and more, 8 pm, FREE. offers a writing seminar taught by author Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. LULLWATER EXPLORATION: Prospect Park 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, (718) 855- drink minimum; Aug. 30: Ted Kooshian Quartet, 9 pm, and filmmaker Alana Cash. Class includes MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: By Louie from Audubon Center hosts a boat tour detail- 5574. $5 and $7 food/drink minimum; Aug. 31: Gordon Web- Studio B a short tour through a part of Green- Jerry Joy. 2 pm. Central Library, Grand ing the park’s aquatic habitat. 1:15 pm to ster Quartet with special guest Donny McCaslin, 9 pm, Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ 259 Banker St. at Meserole Avenue in Greenpoint, Wood and then a writing exercise based 1:55 pm. $10, $6 kids. Enter park at $5 and $7 food/drink minimum; Sept. 1: Yaacov May- Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. (718) 389-1880, www.clubstudiob.com. on an assigned theme. Open to all skill BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Raising Hell: Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) man Quintet, 9 pm, $10 and $7 food/drink minimum. Aug. 26: Oneida, Black Dice, 9 pm, $8; Sept. 1: “The levels. $45. 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Pre-reg- Sam Peckinpah.” Today: “The Osterman 287-3400. Laila Lounge Premiere Party” at the fourth annual New York Burlesque istration necessary. 25th Street and Fifth Weekend” (1983). $10, $7 children and Night of the Cookers seniors. 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafa- PERFORMANCE 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Show, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show. Avenue. (718) 768-7300. Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort BAMCINEMATEK: presents “French yette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical music Greene, (718) 797-1197. concert of Brahms, Ranjbaran and Sundays: Bloody’s, 4 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke, 10 Tea Lounge Leading Men.” Today: “Loulou” (1980). MEDITATION CLASS: Vajradhara Meditation Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, Tchaikovsky. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry pm, FREE; Tuesdays: APA League, 7 pm, FREE; 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, $10, $7 children and seniors. 2 pm, 4:30 Center presents “Let It Go: The Wisdom 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette of Acceptance.” 7:30 pm to 9 pm. First Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. Unitarian Congregational Society, 48 River. (718) 624-2083. mic, 7:30 pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Aug. 26: Kitty Aug. 30: Walker Adams Band, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Northsix Monroe Pl. (718) 624-5466. Kat with DJs Yanacat, Kittybeat, Captain Heartlock, Aug. 31: Pete Robbins & Centric (Brooklyn CD release FORT GREENE PARK: Leading the Troops, CHILDREN Davey with live show by The Panaramix, 10 pm, $TBD; 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, party), 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE. Part I of II. 4 pm. Meet at Visitor Center, Aug. 27: Glide Dance, 3 pm, FREE; Sept. 2: Prof. (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Myrtle Avenue, Cumberland Street and HOME DEPOT FOR KIDS: All Home Depot stores invite kids, ages 5 to 12, to a work- Rockwell and guests, 10 pm, FREE. Aug. 26: Aloha, Rahim, Jennifer O’Connor, 9 pm, $10; Trash Bar DeKalb Avenue. Also, Saturday Night TUES, AUG 29 Aug. 27: Red Sparrows, Daughters, Versoma, 9 pm, $12; Film Club: “Spies of the American Revo- shop on how to build a birdhouse. 9 am 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Aug. 29: Life at these Speeds, REDS, Cuddle Machines, lution.” 7 pm. Call 311 for information. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Raising Hell: to noon. www.homedepot.com. Free. Les Babouches (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. Thank God, $10,000 Pyramid, 9 pm, $7; Aug. 30: Free. Sam Peckinpah.” Today: “Pat Garrett and PROSPECT PARK CAROUSEL: Take a ride. 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) Aug. 26: Dave Lamb, 8 pm, Jeremy Yocum, Eric 833-1700. Scourge of the Sea, Amanda Jo Williams, Paleo, PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play against Bill the Kid” (1973). $10, $7 children and $1.50 per ride. Noon to 5 pm. Flatbush Elerman, Stephen Kimbrell, Ryan Goolsby, 9 pm, Hula, seniors. 6:50 pm and 9:30 pm. 30 Lafa- and Ocean avenues. (718) 282-7789. Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 8 pm, Matthew O’Neill, 9 pm, $8; Sept. 1: Inhuman, Running the Hudson Valley Renegades in a salute the Guard, Terror Level Red, 9 pm, $8; Sept. 2: Shellac, 10 pm, Death of Fashion, 11 pm, Hype of the States, yette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. CIRCUS AMOK: presents “Citizen Ship: An FREE. Midnight, $8, Willpilot & Friends, 1 am, FREE; Aug. 27: to “All Things ‘26.” For 26 minutes after Uzeda, 7 pm, $15. gates open, hot dogs will cost 26 cents; PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play ball Immigrant Rights Fantasia in 10 Short Bad Girlfriend, 7 pm, Unrisen, 7:30 pm, Kilsy, 8 pm, Die against The Staten Island Yankees. $6 to Acts.” Show features political satire and The Lucky Cat Pretty, 8:30 pm, The Lookaways, 9 pm, Psycho 26 giveaways include $26 gift cards; a 26- Perch Cafe inch TV; 26 gallons of gasoline. More. $6 $14 per ticket. 7 pm. KeySpan Park, 1904 traditional circus slapstick. 4 pm. Sunset 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williamsburg, Syndrome, 9:30 pm, Seesick, 10 pm, The Annie Surf Ave. in Coney Island. (888) 777-6227. Park. For info, visit www.circusamok.org. (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, (718) Minogue Band, 10:30 pm, Plastic Passion, 11 pm, The to $14 per ticket. 6 pm. KeySpan Park, 788-2830. 1904 Surf Ave. in Coney Island. (888) 777- Free. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and keyboard Red Hopes, 11:30 pm, Dimestore Scenario, Midnight, Sundays and Thursdays: Live jazz, 8:30 pm, $5 suggest- Death Makes Deadline, 12:30 am, $10; Aug. 28: JP05, 6227. karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open EDS UG OTHER Mic Night hosted by Dave Cuomo, 7 pm, FREE, Organ ed donation; Aug. 27: Michael Petrosino Trio, 8:30 pm 8 pm, Reign of Pestilence, 9 pm, Ray’s, 10 pm, Every MOVIES IN THE PARK: presents “E.T. The W , A 30 (two sets), $5 suggested donation; Aug. 31: Amy Cervini Extra-Terrestrial.” Coffey Park, Richards BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The New York Grinder Tuesday, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Finger on the Avenue, 11 pm, $6; Aug. 29: Don Vanderberg, 9 pm, Korean Film Festival.” Today: “Forbidden Quartet, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation; $6; Aug. 30: DJ Mojo presents The Stops, 8 pm, and Verona streets. For information and CANCER SCREENING: Skin cancer screen- Pulse with live DJs, 11 pm, FREE; Aug. 26: No Place to ing hosted by Maimonides Medical Quest” (2006). 4 pm. $10, $7 children Piss, 8 pm, Disaffected, 8:45 pm, Animale, 9:45 pm, Sept. 1: Dave Allen Trio, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggest- Andrew Paley/Paper Tiger, 9 pm, The Jackons, 10 pm, time, www.redhookmovies.org. Free. ed donation; Sept. 2: Steve Lyman Quartet, 8:30 pm Hot Iron Swallows, 11 pm, Cosmos Sunshine Band, FILM: Coney Island Saturday Night Film Center. By appointment only. 9 am to and seniors. Also, “Rules of Dating” Tainada, 10:45 pm, Armed Citizens, 11:30 pm, $7; Aug. noon. 1250 57th St., upper level. (718) (2005). 7 pm. Also, “Robotech” (2006). 27: The Dadeighlies with Katie Sawicki and DJ Charles (two sets), $5 suggested donation. Midnight, $6; Aug. 31: Dodger, 8 pm, Venn Summer, 9 Series presents a live burlesque perform- pm, The Rocketz, 10 pm, The Sky Drops, 11 pm, $6; ance by Miss Exotic World 2006. Also, 283-5700. Free. 9:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777- Gaskins, 9 pm, $5, Shul of Rock, 11 pm, FREE; Aug. 30: FILM. www.bam.org. Sleepglue Music presents Nick Krill, 8:30 pm, The Pete’s Candy Store Sept. 1: The Naked Heroes, 9 pm, 45 High, 11 pm, $7; Julie Atlas Muz, Black Cat Burlesque per- OPEN HOUSE: presented by the Institute of Homophones, Tiger Saw, 9:15 pm, $6, The Situation 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williams- Sept. 2: Aunt Hildegard, 8 pm, $7. form. Film: “Christmas Evil” (1980). $5 Design and Construction. Information on SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE: Coney Island with DJ Ted, 11 pm, FREE; Aug. 31: Aquiaconverse, burg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. includes popcorn. 8:30 pm. 1208 Surf the NCARB exam regulation and proce- Museum presents “Freaks” (1932). $5 MDUB, Traxx of Gong, The Groits, Time TBD, $3; Sept. Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Aug. 26: Uncle Two Boots Brooklyn Ave. (718) 372-5159. dures, as well as the Architect Registra- includes popcorn. 8:30 pm. 1208 Surf Ave. (718) 372-5159. 1: Wilt, Woe is Me, James Plotkin, Post Scriptvm, DJ LD Beghtol, 8 pm, So L’il, 9 pm, CA Conrad, 10 pm, I 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, ROOFTOP FILMS: presents “Best of New tion Examination Preparation. 6:30 pm. Sickrobot, Leech, 8 pm, $5, Another Futurefunk Feel Tractor, 11 pm, FREE; Aug. 27: Air Waves, 8:30 (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. York Non-Fiction: Brooklyn.” Music at 141 Willoughby St. (718) 855-3661. MOVIES IN THE PARK: presents “Madea’s Aug. 26: Rob Garcia, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 31: Rob Garcia, 8:30 pm; film at 9 pm. Brooklyn Navy BAMCINEMATEK: The New York Korean Family Reunion.” Valentino Pier. 8:15 pm. 10 pm, FREE. Yard, 63 Flushing Ave. (718) 417-7362. Film Festival presents “Water Mill” (1966). For information, www.redhookmovies.org. Free. 6:50 pm. Also, “The Devil’s Stairway” Free. Union Hall (1964). 9:15 pm. $10, $7 children and seniors. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue in Park www.bam.org. UN EPT Slope, (718) 638-4400, http://myspace.com/unionhallny. SUN, AUG 27 S , S 3 Aug. 26: Michael Leviton, Luke Temple, 8 pm, $7; Aug. 27: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, 7 pm, $10; Aug. PERFORMANCE OUTDOORS AND TOURS THURS, AUG 31 Be an intern! 29: Casey Dienel, Inlets, Marla Hansen, 7 pm, $6; Aug. WILD FOOD TOUR: 4-hour walking tour BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical music 30: Annie Hayden, John Lindaman, 7 pm, $6; Sept. 1: hosted by “Wildman” Steve Brill. MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: By Louie from concert. 4 pm. See Sat., Sept. 2. is now interviewing candidates Victoria Vox, Jeff Solomon, Tendership, 8 pm, $6; Sept. Suggested donation: $12 adults, $6 chil- Jerry Joy. 3:30 pm. Brooklyn Public 2: The Diggs, Gritty Midi Gang, 8 pm, $7. dren under 12. 11:45 am. Call for reserva- Library’s Sunset Park branch, 5108 Fourth CHILDREN for our fall internship program. tion. (914) 835-2153. Ave. (718) 567-2806. Free. CIRCUS AMOK: presents “Citizen Ship: An Vox Po p PARK SLOPE SOUTH TOUR: Brooklyn BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The New York Immigrant Rights Fantasia in 10 Short 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flatbush, Center for the Urban Environment offers Korean Film Festival.” Today: “A Road to Acts.” Show features political satire and If you love arts and entertain- (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. a tour of Park Slope South with Matt Return” (1967). 6:50 pm. Also, “A Way to traditional circus slapstick. 2 pm and 5 Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE with 2-drink/snack Postal. Visit townhouses, schools, reli- Sampo” (1975). 9:15 pm. $10, $7 children pm. McCarren Park. For info, visit ment and are enrolled as a graduate or minimum; Aug. 31: Lisa Roma & friends, 8 pm, $5 gious structures and the Ansonia Clock and seniors. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777- www.circusamok.org. Free. food/drink minimum; Sept. 2: Songwriters Exchange Factory. $11, $9 members, $8 students FILM. www.bam.org. hosted by Rebecca Pronsky featuring Kendra Flowers, OTHER undergraduate student, please send your Annie Keating, Lys Guillorn, Elisa Flynn, 8 pm, FREE. PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: Vajradhara Medi- tation Center hosts a class, “Where’s the cover letter, resume and writing sample to Zebulon Joy?” 2 pm to 3:30 pm. Timeless, 147 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Williams- Front St., suite 208. (718) 496-5514. Free. burg, (718) 218-6934, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. LIST YOUR EVENT… BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The New York [email protected]. Aug. 26: Meta and the Cornerstone hosted by DJ To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send your list- Korean Film Festival.” Today: “Wedding Campaign” (2005). 4 pm. Also, “Grain in Mystic Sound, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 27: Amayo’s Fu- ing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, Arkist-Ra, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 28: Corey Fogel & Tony Ear” (2005). 7 pm. $10, $7 children and Hone your journalism skills while Malaby, 8 pm, Alessandro & Bando, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free seniors. Also, “The Aggressives!” (2005). 29: Va Va China, 8 pm, Who Put the Bad Mouth on Me, and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 9:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777- accumulating clips for your portfolio! 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 30: Tomchess & the Lovedogs, 10 FILM. www.bam.org. pm, FREE; Aug. 31: Billy, a summer night of rock ’n‘ roll, 10 pm, FREE. 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 August 26, 2006 ThePlay’s the Thing BROOKLYN CYCLONES COVERAGE with Ed Shakespeare Behind the Clones rumble, stumble vs.Yanks scenes with After 2-1 loss Sunday, fight breaks out during 21-6 thrashing By Vince DiMiceli The Brooklyn Papers If it looks like a rivalry, SEE IT ONLINE Shakespeare smells like a rivalry — and fights like a rivalry — friends, For complete coverage of the Brooklyn Cyclones and you have a rivalry. Staten Island Yankees Borough Battle — including And as baseball rivalries go, video highlights — visit www.BrooklynPapers.com the Brooklyn Cyclones and Stat- and click on “Brooklyn Cyclones Coverage” on the en Island Yankees might stand right side of the screen. just a rung below the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Well, at least things played out that way this past weekend. left center. Two runs came in, but shoes — rushed back onto the Down two games in the on a close play, DeLaRosa was field to offer a few choice words standings, the Cyclones headed called out at third. for Cyclones management. to Staten Island with a chance to / Gary Thomas That brought out the Yanks In the bottom of the ninth,

/ Gary Thomas grab a share of first place with a fiery manager, Gaylen Pitts, who Teddy Dziuba mercifully home-and-home set against the pleaded his case to the umpire grounded out to Larsen, putting Baby Bombers. before being ejected from the an end to the 21-6 massacre. Out on the Island, the Clones game. With the two losses, the Clones By the fifth inning, the game fell four games behind the front- had a 1-0 lead going into the Papers The Brooklyn seventh when things suddenly Cyclones players empty onto te field after Staten Island Yankee Kevin Smith was hit by a had already included 15 runs running Yanks. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn and 23 hits, and it stayed that While Cyclones skipper Avuncular Cyclones skipper George Greer in one of came crashing down. pitch during Monday’s 21-6 loss to the Yankees at Keyspan Park on Monday night. Mitch Hilligoss’s fly ball to way until the seventh, when the George Greer downplayed the ri- his patented arm-around chats. left was butchered by Dustin Yanks began to pour it on. After valry, claiming it didn’t exist, his Martin, resulting in a two-base ed-edition blue Hawaiian shirts carata tripled to the wall in left who gave up a single to a Hilligoss double to the gap in players don’t necessarily feel the T USED TO BE CALLED “INSIDE BASEBALL” error. Hilligoss later scored on instead of their standard home center, giving Brooklyn its only Hilligoss, scoring DeLaRosa. left, the floodgates opened, as same way. — the subtle strategy behind the plays — before this sacrifice fly to Martin, knot- whites. lead of the night. Still, the Clones were able to the three Yanks got plated in the “There’s always [bad blood] Ibaseball too often became a game of waiting for ting the score at one. But the Yanks took an early The Clones tacked on two even the score in the second, as seventh, and another seven between these two teams,” said three-run homers. The Yanks loaded the bases lead, as Kyle Larsen launched a more runs in the inning, as Jesus Gamero singled in Holden. came home in the eighth, which Cyclones hurler Grady Hinch- One of the joys of the New York-Penn League, with its in the bottom of the 10th, and up double to right, scoring Wilkins Gamero singled to left, scoring But things began to disinte- featured a bases-loaded, bases- man after the game. “It will last strong pitching and players adjusting to wooden bats, is stepped Hilligoss with just one DeLaRosa, who had singled to Naccarata. After Gamero stole grate in third when Cyclones er- clearing double to left by the rest of the year. I can guaran- that comparatively few home runs are hit — which out. His single to left off Cy- start the game. second, Tim Grogan drove a rors led to four more Yankee Larsen. tee. It will probably last the rest heightens the importance of the seemingly small decisions clones closer German Martin got The Brooks answered back pitch to right field to give the runs. Francisco Cervelli’s slow Things came to a boil in the of the year, until we beat them that can alter the path of a ball game. the Yanks the win. immediately, as leadoff man Joe Cyclones a 4-1 lead. roller was thrown away by ninth when, after Kevin Smith in the championship.” The beauty of old school inside baseball was apparent The next night, former Mets Holden hit his second homer of The Yanks regained the lead Castillo, resulting in a run and a was hit by a pitch, words were The teams will face off just on Aug. 20 when Brooklyn traveled to Staten Island to re- hurler and 1986 World Series the season over right field wall in the second, scoring four times two-base miscue. Two batters exchanged and the benches two more times this sesason, connect with their cross-Narrows rivals. Champion Sid Fernandez threw — a rare feat at Keyspan Park. and knocking out Cyclones later, the Yanks had a run in and cleared. with a home-and-home set be- The “inside baseball” started even before the game, as Cy- out the first pitch and, in his Moments later, with Jon starter Jake Ruckle. He was re- runners on first and third when While no punches where gining on Monday on Staten Is- clones manager George Greer mentioned how Staten Island’s honor, the Clones donned limit- Schemmel on second, Ivan Nac- placed by Jonathan Castillo, DeLaRosa launched a double to thrown, Pitts — in his shower land. starting pitcher, lefty Edgar Soto, affected his strategy. “You’re concerned with the match-ups of lefty-righty,” Greer said, explaining why he started right-handed batter Jeremy Hambrice at first instead of the lefty Tim Grogan. The minor leagues is supposed to be all about “player development,” but with the Cyclones trailing the Yankees by two games with three weeks left to play, Greer was go- At All-Star game, celebration ing all-out to win. Meanwhile, high up in the right-field stands, pitching coach Hector Berrios was meeting with his pitchers. “We’ve lost four games in a row,” said Berrios. “There’s talk of the play-offs, and this game is televised. trumps sloppy American win All those things might get the pitchers away from what has been working for them all season, so we talked about By Ed Shakespeare consecutive-games streak,” said in the field on the game’s first just staying with our regular approach — getting batters for The Brooklyn Papers Jacobs. batter, but a poor throw for an out early in the count.” “He said how consistency, error on the play. Jacobs was 0- The New York-Penn League The game started, and Brooklyn’s Jesus Gamero be- conditioning, and the right 1 and Martin was 2-5 with a All-Star Game on August 16 in came the contest’s first baserunner with a single to start UPs frame of mind were necessary.” double. Aberdeen, Maryland, wasn’t the second. Jason Jacobs singled to right, sending Gamero & The Cyclones’ faces were lit Martin’s parents had flown in much on the field, as the Ameri- to third as Jacobs advanced to second on an error by the up before the game. They had from Texas for the game, so it Yankee right-fielder. can League All-Stars beat their DOWNs National League counterparts, been on amateur all-star teams was nice that he didn’t disap-

The Yankees played their infield back, and a mere / Gary Thomas 4-1, in a very sloppy game. all their lives, but professional point. grounder by Ivan Naccarata, the next hitter, would score a all-star games are another mat- On the field, things weren’t run and possibly send Jacobs to third. Instead, Naccarata But who goes to an All-Star game to see great baseball? ter. so smooth. The game had five struck out. Jacobs said he felt inspired On the field, each of the three errors, two passed balls, and The Cyclones did score a run when Hambrice ground- All-Star games are really in- tended more as celebrations by “Iron Man” Ripken’s Cyclones’ hurlers threw a score- other sloppy plays, but the Cy- ed to short — but Greer wasn’t satisfied. less inning. As for the position clones played reasonably well, The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn speech. “We could have had two runs there if Naccarata had than as contests, so in that re- Cyclone Jeremy Hambrice in limited-editon Hawaiian- gard, the league’s second annu- “He talked to us about how players, Rivera was hitless in had a good time, and — most just been able to hit a ground ball,” said the manager. he was able to maintain his one at-bat and made a nice stop important — no one got hurt. style jersey worn by all Cyclones on Monday night. al contest, featuring six Cy- Both starters were effective. Brooklyn’s Eric Brown clones, plus the team’s was keeping the ball down, inducing ground balls. coaching staff, was a definite The game moved to the seventh with Brooklyn still success. holding a 1-0 lead. A great thrill was to see each ITCH HILLIGOSS LED OFF FOR THE Yan- player wearing the uniform of kees, hitting a towering fly to left. Dustin Martin Hawaii Five-No his corresponding big-league Fusselle feeling fine after misjudged the ball, turning twice and failing to The Brooklyn Papers team. It was great to see the Cy- M clones — pitchers Eric Brown, catch the can of corn. Hilligoss wound up on second. As part of “Hawaiian Heritage Night” at Keyspan Park on Greer explained Martin’s mistake. Jake Ruckle, and Jeremy Monday, the Cyclones wore special uniforms against the Stat- “He should play the ball to curve more into the gap,” Mizell; catcher Jason Jacobs, health scare breaks streak en Island Yankees. The sky-blue Hawaiian-shirt unis could be said Greer. “That’s the way the ball will travel from a left- shortstop Luis Rivera, and out- considered a new baseball fashion trend — for teams in the fielder Dustin Martin — look- handed batter.” tropics, perhaps. ing like real Mets. By Ed Shakespeare Fusselle was rushed to the hos- Slugger Kyle Larsen was up next. With the wind blow- “Every time we come to the field, we don’t know to expect,” Manager George Greer, no for The Brooklyn Papers pital. He later returned to ing to right and a short right-field fence, the Cyclones had said left-fielder Dustin Martin. “I looked in my locker and saw stranger to all-star games, Keyspan Park, intent on filling been pitching the left-handed-batting Larsen outside all On July 29, Cyclones an- the airwaves with his delightful this thing sitting in there. I said, ‘Well, whatever we got to do.’ ” thanks to his career a player and nouncer Warner Fusselle game. If Larsen could pull the ball, he could send Other players were more open to the idea of wearing a Hawai- coach in the prestigious Cape Southern lilt, but cautious Cy- Hilligoss to third. The Cyclones pitched Larsen away, but missed a game for the first clones officials, concerned for ian-style jersey for one evening. Cod League, joked before the time in an estimated 2,160 he was still able to ground out to second to advance “It’s a sunny day, we’re on the beach, we might as well have a game, “One of my main tasks his health, did not put him on

games — a Cal Ripken-esque / Gary Thomas Hilligoss to third. beach atmosphere here,” said reliever Grady Hinchman. [as the National league manag- the air. Next up was Colin Curtis. Brown obviously wanted to Some even saw the new duds as a way out of the Cyclones’ er] is to play all our future op- string going back more than He had done all of the Cy- keep the ball down — a ground ball would keep the tying new doldrums. ponents enough so they would- 30 years. clones’ previous 424 games be- run at third — but the usually unflappable hurler got the “They’re not very baseball-y,” said second baseman Jon n’t hold it against the Cyclones The only man to have seen fore falling ill. ball a little up, and Curtis was able to hit a sac fly to score “Country Boy” Schemmel. “But we’re trying to get out of this when we met again in the regu- every Cyclones game, Fusselle “I suffered a transient is- [three-game] losing streak, so why not?” lar season.” was in Keyspan Park’s so- chemic attack — a mini-stroke

Hilligoss. The Yankees had tied the game by using two Papers The Brooklyn Did it help? No, the Yankees gave the Cyclones the old For the Cyclones players, the called “Catbird Seat” for that in laymen’s terms,” he told The strategic outs to score a run. Cyclones broadcaster War- Brooklyn Papers. The game remained 1-1 into the 10th. “Hawaiian punch,” smacking them for 21 runs. The good news? thrills began before the game, night’s game against the Staten The uniforms have been retired — sold for charity. thanks to a fine luncheon of Island Yankees. ner Fusselle, back in the The effects of a TIA are not Naccarata led off with a double and Grogan, who had permanent. entered the game batting for the right-handed Hambrice in “I wouldn’t want to wear it again,” said catcher Danny Cum- Maryland crab cakes and a But he could not speak — Catbird Seat after missing mins. — Lucky Ngamwajasat chance to talk with Cal Ripken. and after 45 minutes of silence, his first game. “After I came back from the the seventh, came up and was intentionally walked. hospital, I felt fine then, and I Jake Eigsti strode to the plate in a bunting situation. But feel fine now,” he said. on the second pitch, Eigsti did not properly square around, Fusselle has received good missed the ball entirely, and Naccarata was picked off sec- news from the numerous med- ond. ical tests he’s undergone since Greer pointed out Naccarata’s mistake. his brief hospitalization. “From early spring training on, we drill the players to “They’ve found nothing,” see the ball hit the ground on a bunt before they start to Clones in post-break freefall said the combination play-by- the next base,” said the manager. play man and color commenta- Brooklyn failed to score again. The Yankees would not. tor, more intent on preparing for In the home 10th, Kevin Smith singled against reliever By Gersh Kuntzman the Cyclones got on the board the next game than looking German Marte — and then moved to second on a perfect- The Brooklyn Papers in the second inning, but the back on The Streak. wall came tumbling down. Over the years, Fusselle had ly executed bunt. After hitting the All-Star After an intentional walk, a wild pitch and another in- Ivan Naccarata hit a triple numerous close calls. break with the best record in and later scored on a passed “On a number of occasions, I tentional walk, the Yankees had the bases loaded with one baseball (well, Class A, short- ball — but that was all she had laryngitis before the game away and Hilligoss at bat. The winning run would almost season, New York-Penn wrote for the Cyclones offense. and I couldn’t even speak,” said certainly score on a productive out. The Cyclones, hoping League baseball, that is), the The big blow came in the the announcer. for a double play, pitched Hilligoss low and inside, but he Cyclones stumbled out of the home seventh, when the Dou- “Somehow, once the game slapped the ball towards a diving shortstop Luis Rivera, second-half gate, dropping bledays sent 12 men to the plate started, my voice came back who had no chance to make a play. seven straight (two to their and scored six runs, most of and I was able to do the game.” Why did the Yankees now have a three-game divisional hated rivals, the Staten Island them charged to reliever Jeremy On other occasions over the lead? Because they had executed the finer points of the Yankees), before finally win- Mizell (2-0, 1.46 ERA). years, he was very ill before a game and the Cyclones had not. ning on Wednesday night. game, but went on the air any- Doubledays way because there was no one Doubledays 2 Cyclones else to do it. Cyclones 1 Aug. 19, at Auburn With a spirit like that, no Aug. 17, at Auburn Rainout wonder Fusselle has rarely ER-O missed a professional commit- RE ME It’s all about timely hitting. The G TE Renegades 6 ment of any nature. As host of | | | | | | | | | R The Brooks rapped out 10 hits, Cyclones 0 the nationally televised “This Greer | | | | | | but missed on some major op- | | | | Aug 22, at Keyspan Park Week in Baseball,” he never | | | portunities in this nail-biter loss. missed a broadcast until his last | Ten Cyclones were left on The skid continued with an report | | year with the show. | base in the contest, handing ugly loss, despite a rehab start Fusselle called more than After compil- SAFE! starter Tobi Stoner (5-2, 2.49 by Mets pitcher Alay Soler. The / Gary Thomas 900 baseball games in the 30 ing the best re- SAFE! ERA) a tough loss. He allowed big-leaguer pitched all right (by years in the business — mostly cord in the New York- two runs in six innings. Class A standards), but gave up for the Spartanburg Phillies and Joe Holden scored Brooklyn’s three runs in his 4-1/3 innings. Penn League, the Cy- the Triple-A Richmond Braves only run in the top of the first, Hudson Valley’s pitchers lim- — plus 376 Seton Hall basket- clones had fully exorcised

driven in by Dustin Martin, who ited the Clones to just two hits. Papers The Brooklyn ball games, another 400 basket- their early season demons, leads the team with 29 RBIs. Cyclones 3 ball games dating back to the ensuring that manager George Greer’s job was safe. But Doubledays 9 old American Basketball Asso- as that kid said in “Poltergeist,” those demons are baaa- Renegades 2 ciation, and about 50 football Cyclones 1 Out at third! aaccck! The Clones have lost seven in a row, and a check Aug. 23, at Hudson Valley (late) games — before he started his of The Brooklyn Papers’ exclusive “Greer-ometer” shows Aug. 18, at Auburn For Cyclones-Yankees games Cyclones third-baseman Ivan Naccarata tags out Staten Island Yankee Mitch Hilligoss amazing streak with the Cy- it leaning perilously close to safe. It was looking good when summaries, see story above. in the fourth inning of Monday night’s 21-6 loss to the Yanks. clones in 2001. 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS August 26, 2006 ATTORNEYS To advertise call (718) 834-9350

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swimming pool and Hepcat had to confront his Papers The Brooklyn past and accept change. That’s a tall order for Joaquin Valley sky is filled with stars — the Dip- died since the American in- anyone, but especially for Hepcat, whose a per, the Milky Way, the North star and Orion’s vasion in March, 2003. Rep. Ed Towns at The Brooklyn Papers’ office in DUMBO. stickler for times gone by. Belt are easy to see (just like Brooklyn, right?). olá baby Every August, Smartmom spends a couple Every morning after breakfast, the new weeks at Hepcat’s family’s farm in Northern swimming pool beckoned with its promise of A specialty shop featuring ducduc, NurseryWorks, California, a place refreshment, recre- “The clock is a cherished ation, water fights, Oeuf, Argington, Phil & Ted’s, Peg Perego, about as far from feature” in Brooklyn, said Brownstone Brooklyn naked swimming, even BLOCK… Robert Perris, district manager The Ergo Baby Carrier, New Native Sling, Medela, as you can get. calm moments for star- of Fort Greene’s Community For Hepcat, visiting SMART ing at its bewitching Continued from page 1 Dr. Brown, Second Nature, Mustela, California Baby, Papers story that reported that Board 2, in which the Hanson the farm where he water patterns. But structure is waterproof and “Brooklyn’s wristwatch” has Place building sits. Jaffa By Oinkbaby, Coccoli, Ooh La La, grew up — land that mom Hepcat refused to ac- airtight, etc. — but have not not been working for months. “But if it takes a year to get his family has been till- knowledge how nice yet begun work on the The new shroud was it working, that’s what it Kee-Ka, Sand Cassel Kids by Goorin, Diaper Dudes, ing since 1928 — stirs By Louise Crawford the new pool is. clock,” explained MacArthur, viewed with horror by fans of takes.” up a mix of emotions. Fifty feet long and referring to a recent Brooklyn the landmark building. — Rebecca Ballhaus Reese Li Baby, Melissa & Doug, Two years ago, his 12 feet wide, the pool Serena & Lily and dwellbaby grandparents’ house is a marvel of liquid in- next door was sold genuity with underwa- –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– along with the family ter illumination and an Now enrolling for September, 2006 315 Court St., Brooklyn, between Sackett and Degraw swimming pool. automatic filtering and And in the past cleaning system. 718.422.1978 • olababy.com year, much of the farm While Hepcat tin- HIL… land was sold to a Kiddie kered around what is Continued from page 1 farmer who chopped left of the farm, OSFO down 300 acres of and Teen Spirit spent view of the project,” said De- walnut trees, that were their days perfecting Blasio. KORNER planted the year Hep- pool tricks: comic Other officials were more cat was born. dives; falls that looked tight-lipped. 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