Dec. 23–29, 2016 Including Brooklyn Courier, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, & Williamsburg Courier FREE ALSO SERVING PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, KENSINGTON, AND GOWANUS SUING THE FAT! Olive oil tycoons taking Slope mom-and-pop shop to court
BY COLIN MIXSON “I consider us on the same team,” Big Olive Oil is giving a Park Slope gro- said proprietor Greg Bernarducci (pic- cer the squeeze! tured right), whose mom-and-pop tap- Trade group the North American Ol- room offers tasting classes and oils in- ive Oil Association sued Fifth Avenue’s fused with herbs and spices. “We both O Live Brooklyn in federal court on want people to eat good olive oil, that’s Monday, alleging the small-time gour- why I fi nd this very strange.” met grocer and its distributor are smear- The New Jersey-based association ing the good name of supermarket-shelf — which represents the companies be- olive oil brands by claiming their fancy hind 55–60 percent of all olive oil sold products offer health benefi ts the mass- in the country, according to its suit — is market ones don’t. alleging that Bernarducci’s supplier Ve- But the local purveyor of lipid gold ronica Foods and six other area retail- says he’s no snake-oil salesman — and ers hawking the California company’s he’s baffl ed that the oil tycoons are pit- products are costing its members sales ting themselves against the very busi- through “online statements, articles, nesses they are supposed to support, in- and promotional pieces” that claim the stead of offering an olive branch. Continued on page 20 Gowanus museum of death is dead BY LAUREN GILL They’ve been talking about death for years, and now they’ve fi nally gone through with it. Gowanus’s beloved life-size cabinet of curiosities the Morbid Anatomy Mu- seum abruptly closed over the week- end after more than two years of edu- cating Brooklynites about Sicilian sex ghosts and how to make dioramas of bugs posed as humans, according to its website. Slippery Slope! “Thanks to everyone for two and a half wonderful years, but the Morbid Eliza, 6, and Juliah Norris, 3, took advantage of last weekend’s snow to zoom down the natural inclines in Prospect Park. Anatomy Museum is now closed,” the Photo by Paul Martinka proprietors of the macabre Third Av- Continued on page 20
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NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D Join the game of surveillance at Brooklyn Museum By Lauren Gill rivate eyes are watching you! Carolers brave sub-zero temperatures to spread holiday cheer An interactive theater experience will turn Pvisitors to the Brooklyn Museum into secret agents, teaching them the ins and outs of surveillance as they creep among the antiquities of the museum’s Egyptian Wing. But it is not all fun and games: “Top Secret International,” which debuts on Jan. 5, is designed to showcase the horror of having the govern- ment see your every move — something anyone on the Internet has already experienced, said one of the show’s creators. “You’re part of it and that reflects the situation we are in — you can’t step out of it,” said Helgard Haug, who created the show along with two other members BY COLIN MIXSON of the German collective Rimini Protokoll. “You can’t deny it and you can’t get out of it, and that’s something that people really experience.” Each participant in the show will receive a small “notebook” that contains a hidden smartphone, which will track their movements and download important files. They will also strap on earphones, which will Caroling has never been so play excerpts of interviews about the benefits and dangers of surveillance from members of the National Security Agency, an Israeli ambassador, and whistle- blowers concerned about privacy. Haug and her team collected these interviews especially for the show. As guests progress through the 90-minute game, cool! various secret missions will appear on their disguised smartphones. For instance, you might have to establish a special signal in order to connect with a fellow spy and receive an important file. Another mission will synchronize the players to create a flash mob-like moment, according to Helgard. Seasonal song singers Participants in the game will be mixed with regular museum patrons, adding an extra challenge to the mis- sions, said Haug. “There’s a normal visitor group as well,” she said. “There’s many people around and you don’t know who is an actor and who happens to be there.” braved sub-zero temperatures At the end of the show, each spy will receive a report of their activity, as recorded by their all-seeing electronic devices. There is no prize for completing the mission, but Haug hopes the experience will lead to more conversations about the practice — and the necessity — of collecting intelligence. brought on by last Thursday’s “There’s no easy solution, we can’t say let’s discon- nect, let’s close intelligence,” she said. “Though it’s the wish of some people, you can’t do it.” Getting ahead in the game: The “Top Secret International” spy “Top Secret International (State 1)” at Brooklyn game coming to Brooklyn Museum on Jan. 5 had its debut in the Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue pictured museum in Munich, Germany in December. Benno Tobler in Prospect Heights). Jan. 5–8 and 11–15, every 30 minutes from 1–4 pm (4–7 pm on Thursdays). $25. brutal polar vortex to spread holiday cheer throughout Park Your entertainment Slope, singing classic Christ- guide Page 29 mas and Hanukkah tunes as part of an event organized by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Police Blotter ...... 8 Music. Standing O ...... 24 The nasty weather left pass- Letters ...... 26 ersby loath to join the well- Tom Allon ...... 27 bundled groups of Yuletide singers — or even to stand and Rhymes with Crazy ...... 28 listen too long for fear freezing Sports ...... 35 solid — but around 60 stalwart carolers nevertheless stuck it out well into the frigid night, according to a spokeswoman for the music academy. “In our dreams we had tons of people canceling their plans BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE: Singers roamed Park Slope on Dec. 15, spreading cheer despite the chill of the and joining in on the singing dreaded polar vortex. Photo by Stefano Giovannini — that didn’t happen,” said HOW TO REACH US Melody Aberg. “But we were one group heading Prospect PS 21, Haagen Dazs, the Union and “Jingle Bells,” along with really happy with the reaction Heights-bound on Seventh Av- Street Market, and, of course, some Jewish numbers includ- Mail: we got from passersby.” enue and another traveling the Park Slope Food Co-op, ing “The Dreidel Song” and Courier Life The carolers split up into Gowanus-bound along Union along with numerous Christ- “Hanukkah, O Hanukkah.” Publications, Inc., two merry bands after meet- Street. mas tree vendors, while belt- Amateur carolers were 1 Metrotech Center North ing at the conservatory’s The holiday singers hit no- ing out classic caroling staples backed up by the more prac- 10th Floor, Brooklyn, Seventh Avenue digs, with table local hot spots such as including “Joy to the World” ticed singers of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s com- N.Y. 11201 munity choral, who jazzed up General Phone: the tunes with four-part har- (718) 260-2500 monies that added some spice News Fax: Have a merry everything! to otherwise freezing air, Ab- (718) 260-2592 erg said. BY LAUREN GILL a local resident who has been “They had a really wonder- News E-Mail: Happy non-denominational spreading carolling cheer ful sound — beautiful sing- [email protected] holiday season! throughout the neighborhood ing,” she said. “It was a mix of Display Ad Phone: A crew of carolers pa- for at least eight holiday sea- all levels.” (718) 260-8302 raded through the Boerum sons. The Brooklyn Conserva- Display Ad E-Mail: Hill streets on Sunday night, Wolfe and her troupe made tory of Music put together a [email protected] serenading residents of differ- stops outside Wyckoff Gar- caroling group for the Atlan- ent faiths with a spin on “We dens and on the sidewalks in tic Avenue tree lighting cere- Display Ad Fax: Wish You a Merry Christ- front of people’s homes. Some Photo by Stefano Giovannini mony last year, but this year’s (718) 260-2579 mas” that also encompassed residents had pre-requested a HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES: Car- event was the fi rst time the Classified Phone: other seasonal celebrations, doorstep visit from the carol- olers sang through the streets of conservatory solicited inter- (718) 260-2555 according to the organizer. ers, and each chose two tunes Boerum Hill on Dec. 18. est among Park Slopers to Classified Fax: “We sang, ‘We wish you from a catalogue of 42 songs. take part in their crooning (718) 260-2549 a merry Christmas, we wish Some of members of this “There are some good crusade, which they hope to you a happy Hanukkah, a year’s ensemble sported killer ones and some who were bet- make a holiday tradition, Ab- Classified E-Mail: happy Kwanza, and a happy pipes, but Wolfe says anyone is ter at the jingling of the bells,” erg said. [email protected] new year,’” said Lissa Wolfe, allowed to join in the chorus. she said “We’re going to do it every year!” she said. :FLI@ GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 DT A lane in vain: Slopers skeptical of 7th Ave. path NO GO: Councilman Brad Lander killed a developer’s plan to rezone this industrial Carroll Street lot for condos, arguing the community shouldn’t give up this “useful” land without something in return. Photo by Caleb Caldwell SEVENTH HEAVEN: The city’s proposal for a bike lane along Seventh Avenue between Carroll and 15th streets, and (inset) the current set- They lost the plot! up. Department of Transportation BY COLIN MIXSON lem as speeding ones — de- Are they just feeding cyclists livery truck drivers and a line? other motorists frequently Pols slam, reject Carroll Gardens rezoning A panel of local transit double-park right where the watchdogs endorsed a city proposed lanes will merge BY LAUREN GILL which requires builders to income housing. proposal to add unprotected cyclists and vehicular traf- The Council’s land-use com- include so-called affordable If the developer’s honchos path bike lanes along Sev- fi c, according to one citizen. mittee shot down a developer’s housing in new properties of want the community to sac- enth Avenue in Park Slope on “What are you going to pitch to rezone an industrial more than 12,500 square feet. rifi ce manufacturing space Dec. 15, despite members and tell all the people double- Carroll Gardens lot for condos Oestreicher insists it in a neighborhood where ris- area residents worrying that parking on Seventh Ave- after the builder refused to in- should be exempt because its ing rents are driving industry painting some stripes along nue?” said transportation clude any below-market-rate proposal squeaks in just be- out, they need to give some- the stretch will only give cy- committee member Pauline housing, rejecting the plan low at 12,459 square feet, but thing back, Lander said — he clists a false sense of security Blake. “That double-parking unanimously last Wednesday Lander and the local commu- suggested three below-market on what is really a terrifying isn’t allowed?” and giving the fi rm a tongue- nity board told the developer units. obstacle course of motor-ve- The city won’t do any- lashing in the process. it would need to comply any- “If there’s not a signifi cant hicle mayhem. thing about it, a rep for the The proposal especially way if it wants their bless- public benefi t we should leave “I don’t see this working transit agency said, but in- enraged Councilman ing — and the pol was the manufacturing zoning in on Seventh Avenue,” said sisted savvy bikers will have Brad Lander (D– outraged when the place,” he said. “We don’t need Matt Silverman, who co- the good sense to navigate Carroll Gardens), fi rm came before the a few new market-rate con- chairs Community Board around the hazards. inset, who got into Council this week dos.” 6’s public safety commit- “Cyclists are used to a heated exchange with no intention The developer is willing to tee, which voted alongside this type of thing,” said Ted with the builder’s to do so, leading to make a “mid-to-high six-fi g- the transportation commit- Wright, director of the agen- lawyer at a hear- the showdown on ure” donation to an organiza- tee. “There’s constant cars cy’s Greenway program. ing a few days ear- Monday. tion that supports below-mar- coming in and out, constant Residents were also con- lier, at one point The builder’s ket housing, Rothkrug said doors opening.” cerned about the area around threatening to walk lawyer Adam Roth- — but Lander scoffed at the The committee mem- Methodist Hospital, between out. krug accused the suggestion. bers nevertheless voted 9–2 Fifth and Seventh streets, “You’re taking Council of saying, The mandatory inclusion- in favor of the Department where there is heavy traffi c away something that’s “Pay us this money ary program has an option to of Transportation’s plan to including constant taxi drop- useful to the public … and and you’ll get your rezon- pay into a city-controlled fund paint on bike lanes along Sev- offs and deliveries. adding nothing that is use- ing” — and Lander then said for affordable housing to be enth Avenue between 15th The reps claimed the bike ful to the public,” said Lander he’d storm out of the hearing if built elsewhere, but Rothkrug and Carroll streets, after lanes won’t attract more rid- at the zoning subcommittee the legal eagle didn’t retract. said his fi rm would be on the which the road narrows by 10 ers to the area, however — hearing last Monday. “I don’t “I think you should step hook for $2.2 million, which feet and it would add shared- they’ll merely safeguard the understand why we’d even back that comment — no one he claimed would be a “project lane “sharrow” markings roughly 382 weekday and 708 consider supporting it.” here is trying to hold anyone killer.” — which let motorists know weekend cyclists the city es- Oestreicher Properties up for money,” the council- Councilman Antonio Rey- they’re in the mix with bik- timates are already navigat- fi rst applied to erect a 10-unit man said. noso (D–Bushwick) responded ers but don’t physically sepa- ing the hellish stretch. complex on 14–18 Carroll St. Rothkrug took it back that it was “absurd” for the rate the two — to Park Place. “What we’re doing is or- between Columbia and Van and the hearing continued, real estate tycoons to insist The plan won’t nix any ex- ganizing the street, so people Brunt streets in 2012 after but he maintained that it is they must make a profi t when isting traffi c lanes or park- know where they’re supposed buying the vacant land for $1.5 “wrong” to demand Oestre- they chose to pay way more for ing, but does include a 4-foot- to be, and where you’re going million. icher include below-market the industrial land than it is wide medium, intended to to see a cyclists,” said project But a series of delays, in- housing when there is no le- worth. narrow the width of car lanes manager Preston Johnson. cluding Hurricane Sandy, gal obligation to do so, while “You paid the price of a Lam- and encourage motorists to The full community board pushed the lengthy rezoning the members explained that borghini for a Civic,” he said. drive more carefully. will vote on the plan next process back and the city then it is unprecedented for a de- “You made a bad investment.” But locals are worried month, and those members introduced its mandatory in- veloper in the DeBlasio era to Oestreicher did not return that stationary vehicles will are on board, construction is clusionary housing scheme, seek a rezoning with no low- a request for comment. pose just as much of a prob- slated to begin in spring 2017. DT COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 3 It’s abra-kebab-ra! Popular Uzbek eatery to appear on 5th Ave. BY COLIN MIXSON has more in common with Everyone’s Russian to eat at the cuisines from other this restaurant! nearby Central Asian na- Popular Sheepshead Bay tions, Bangiyev said. Russian and Uzbek eatery “It’s very unique — it’s Nargis Cafe is opening a more like the Turkish side, new location on Fifth Av- but much tastier,” said the enue next year. Park Slope chef, who was born in the COOKIES FOR CHRISTMAS: From left, Reagen and Nola Block and Jo- is a long way from Southern Uzbekistan capital of Tash- lie Zenna spent some time with Santa and his elf helper at Du Jour Brooklyn’s large Eastern kent when it was under the Photo by Stefano Giovannini European community, but iron curtain, before immi- Bakery. the owner says his cuisine grating to the United States already pulls fans from all in 1992 when he was 14. over the tri-state area. His menu will include Santa in the Slope! “We have customers com- shish kebabs, a hearty soup ing to us from all over Man- called lagmon made with BY COLIN MIXSON Du Jour Bakery and Pinot’s hattan, Park Slope, Wil- noodles, beef, lamb, and veg- Merry Fifth-mas! Pallet art workshop, before liamsburg, New Jersey, and etables, and samsa — a pas- Santa Claus and one of his jumping in his classic ’68 Cut- Connecticut,” said owner try filled with lamb, beef, elves made stops at shops along lass Oldsmobile and cruising and head chef Boris “Big B” and onions. Fifth Avenue on Dec. 17, where around the thoroughfare. He Bangiyev. “We started with The Sheepshead Bay Nar- he greeted kids who were giddy then ducked into eatery the a Russian clientele, but now gis isn’t just famous for its to hand-deliver their wish lists Sidecar for pictures with the we have so many custom- WELCOME: Chef Boris Bangiyev food — it was featured in an to the big man in person, ac- local youngsters. ers that we could go any- is bringing his famed Uzbekistani episode of FX series “The cording to one mom. Santa has been stopping where.” restaurant Nargis Cafe to Park Americans,” where, spoiler “They were really excited, by the strip every Saturday Bangiyev expects to open Slope in March. Photo by Andy Filimon alert, an undercover Rus- and wrote him a letter,” said this month at the invitation of his new venture Nargis sian spy played by Brooklyn Park Slope mom Karen Block, local merchants association Bar and Grill sometime in Nana called it quits in Oc- Heights resident Matthew whose kids Reagen, 3, and the Fifth Avenue Business March at 155 Fifth Ave. be- tober. Rhys killed two Afghani Nola, 6, ran into Saint Nick at Improvement District, but tween St. Johns and Lincoln Nargis serves some Rus- terrorists and a dishwasher, Du Jour Bakery. Dec. 17 marked his fi nal visit, Place, filling in the spot sian dishes, but focuses before donning a cowboy hat Santa started his jour- as he has a lot of work to do on left vacant after sushi joint mostly on Uzbek food, which and fleeing. ney down Fifth Avenue at Christmas Eve. 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Cobble Hill’s last remain- ing video-lending joint Video Free Brooklyn is leaving its Smith Street home of 14 years at the end of the month, and SCARF IT UP: Visitors to the market can purchase hand-made duds will relocate to the lobby of like these scarves made by from Aye Shanti Designs. Caribbeing Downtown’s newly opened Alamo Drafthouse Cin- ema. The store’s owner in- Christmas Island-style sists there’s still a demand for physical video discs, but says the nabe has become too pricey to keep his niche busi- at Ditmas gift market ness there open. “It’s just become a little BY ALEXANDRA SIMON off Dec. 16 and runs week- too tough,” said Aaron Hillis, It is a very Caribbean Christ- ends through Christmas Eve, who has been hawking mov- CULT LEADER: Video Free Brooklyn owner Aaron Hillis shows off some mas! features 12 vendors selling ies at the store between Doug- A new Ditmas Park holi- the indulgent goods as well lass and Degraw streets since of the rare titles his store specializes in, and will continue to rent out at day market is selling gifts as ornaments and scarves, 2012. “I don’t think the model the new location. Photo by Caleb Caldwell made by artisans of West plus seasonal beverages in- is broken — I just think the Indian heritage, including cluding cocoa tea and kremas neighborhood has mutated in people make the trek — it’s Kings County consumers candles, rubs, foot spas, and — Haiti’s answer to eggnog a way that made it hard to be only one mile away, it’s not eventually growing tired of lotions. Many people in the — all to recordings of Carib- sustainable.” like we’re moving to another its mainstream titles and community are exhausted af- bean artists performing sea- Hillis is hauling his city.” venturing into his throwback ter a year of fi ghting racism sonal songs. 12,000-title collection on DVD Alamo Drafthouse — an store for something more and gentrifi cation, said the She says the back-home and BluRay — heavy on rare, indie chain based in Austin, stimulating. organizer, and she felt a joy- feeling of the fair has people arthouse, and foreign fi lms — Texas — is known for un- “It’s very easy to click a ous bazaar full of pampering fl ocking there, and sticking to the multiplex on the fourth earthing and screening cult button on your couch and products was just what Santa around just to soak up the at- fl oor of the new City Point classics, so he also expects have content appear before ordered. mosphere. shopping complex on Fulton to pick up some new patrons your eyes, but I think in a me- “It’s going to be festive, “I think the diversity of Mall, where he has struck a amongst the fi lm buffs who dia-savvy culture like Brook- happy, and there’s going to the products people are going deal with the cinema’s head fl ock there. lyn, people are just hungrier be a lot of food and drinking to enjoy the atmosphere — it’s honcho to provide the movies “I feel like it’s already be- than that and don’t just want — this market is a gathering very comfortable and inti- in exchange for free rent. coming a communal hub for to watch monotonous televi- with family and friends and mate,” said Worrell. “People Video Free Brooklyn cinephiles and I think the sion shows,” he said. us celebrating beauty of the are fi nding us and staying for is one of the few dedicated type of people who are going The last day for rentals at holiday with our traditions,” an hour and a half, because video-rental businesses left to come to Alamo Drafthouse the Smith Street location will said Shelley Worrell, founder they want to lime with us.” in Brooklyn and the only one are the people who are going be Dec. 28 and the shop will of CaribBeing, an art and cul- Caribbean Holiday Mar- in the Downtown area, and to rent a movie on the way close its doors on Dec. 29. It tural space housed in a ship- ket at CaribBeing House in Hillis doesn’t think he’ll shed out,” he said. will reopen at Alamo Draft- ping container outside the the courtyard of Flatbush too many of his loyal cus- He also plans to introduce house sometime early next Flatbush Caton Market. “Be- Caton Market (794 Flatbush tomers with the move a mile an option for customers to year. tween all the violence that we Ave. between Caton Avenue away. return movies by mail, old- Video Free Brooklyn [244 witnessed this year and Black and Lenox Road in Ditmas “I think we’ll have a pretty school Netfl ix style. Smith St. between Douglass Lives Matter movement — I Park, www.caribbeing.com) good retention,” said Hillis, Not that Hillis has much and Degraw streets in Cobble think there’s a lot of healing Fri. 5–8 pm, Sat. 1–8 pm, who also works as a fi lm jour- time for the movie-stream- Hill, www.videofreebrooklyn. that needs to be done.” and Sun. 1–5 pm. 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The cabbie fl agged down a squad car near Bergen Street at 2:15 am, television installed in the back pas- say she started a fi re outside a Clin- Threat and complained that the 32-year-old senger-side seat was cracked. ton Street house on Dec. 16, police Cops cuffed a guy who they say suspect refused to pay him the $6.50 No windows were broken, and said. threatened to kill a man if he didn’t she owed for a ride, cops said. the owner can’t remember if he The suspect allegedly started hand over his money on Fulton Street on Dec. 13. As patrolmen investigated the locked the thing, cops reported. a small blaze at the home between victim’s complaint, the suspect lost Mill Street and Centre Mall at about The victim was walking home from the train station near Clas- her cool and began shouting at the 4 pm, leaving scorch marks on the Stinky thief son Avenue at 9:35 pm when the sus- offi cers and hurling insults, before fl oor, according to authorities. A 50-year-old woman was ar- pect allegedly tried to get his atten- shoving a cop, police said. Police also found hypodermic rested for allegedly stealing more tion. The man then stood in front After placing the woman under needles and a controlled substance than $100 worth of soap from a of the victim, put his hand in his arrest, the offi cers found she was on the suspect, and charged her Fourth Avenue grocery store on pocket and simulated a gun, growl- in possession of a glass vile of coke, with trespassing, arson, and reck- Dec. 5. ing, “Give me your money or I will cops said. less endangerment, offi cials said. An employee told police she spot- kill you” before taking $20 from his ted the suspect inside the store be- victim’s wallet and running off, ac- Bad tune tween President and Carroll streets Rookie mistake cording to authorities. A music snob confronted a man at 5:30 am, when she tried to fl ee A nogoodnik swiped two laptops about the tunes he was listening to without paying for the bundle of from a woman’s Union Street apart- Held up in Prospect Park on Dec. 9 and then soap she’d nabbed. ment on Dec. 16. A villain pistol-whipped a guy bit him. The victim told police she thinks while holding up a Myrtle Avenue The victim told police he was the sneak got into her apartment Heavy shoplifting store on Dec. 16. near Parkside and Ocean avenues between Court and Smith streets Police cuffed a 44-year-old who The brute entered the shop by at 3 pm when the other man stalked sometime between 1 am and 11:30 they say lifted more than a grand’s Waverly Avenue at 12:05 am fl ash- up to complain about his music, and am with the spare key she leaves worth of clothing and other goods ing a gun and ordered one customer an argument ensued. under the rug, then stole her two from a Flatbush Avenue department and fi ve employees to the back of- It’s unclear if the victim had laptops, a pair of house keys, and store on Dec. 10. fi ce, demanding they get down on speakers going, or was just listen- a mouse pad, according to authori- An employee told police he spot- their knees one by one, cops said. He ing to his headphones, but one thing ties. led to another, and he ended up with ted the suspect inside the store near then ordered them to open the safe bite marks on his left hand, cops Atlantic Avenue at 8 pm, when she Caught him and said he’d shoot them one by one said. tried to smuggle out a small fortune if they didn’t, a report said. Cops arrested a 21-year-old man The Prospect Park biter remains worth of clothes, hats, belts, bags, The lout then whacked one of after they say he threatened two dif- on the loose. He’s described by po- and umbrellas without paying. the staffers with his gin, cutting ferent guys with weapons and broke the man’s right eyebrow. He then lice as 46 years old and 5-foot-9. — Colin Mixson into an apartment on Bush Street removed the customer’s cellphone on Dec. 13. as the injured employee opened the It’s a trap! 76TH PRECINCT The suspect allegedly fi rst pulled safe and the fi end made off with a Cops left a bag of money in a a handgun on a guy on Columbia petty cash box containing $500, au- Flatbush Avenue department store CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL– RED HOOK Street near Mill Street at about 9 thorities said. then arrested a woman for alleg- pm and swiped $39 from him, before edly pocketing the cash in a sting fl eeing to an apartment between Co- Gun games on Dec. 8. Preparing for winter lumbia and Hicks streets, offi cials Police are hunting for a man who Detectives intentionally left a bag A malefactor broke into a guy’s said. robbed a guy at gunpoint on St. Ed- with $43 unattended inside the big- Court Street apartment and stole The occupant told the suspect wards Street on Dec. 16. box retailer near Atlantic Avenue his jacket and boots on Dec. 15, po- to leave, but the guy then allegedly The victim told police he dropped at 4:57 pm, then cuffed the suspect lice said. grabbed a small kitchen knife and off clothes at an apartment building after she allegedly rifl ed through it The victim told police the jerk en- held it to the man’s head, saying, “I near Park Avenue at 9 pm and was and swiped the money. tered his apartment between Veran- don’t want to kill you,” according to on the phone in the fi fth-fl oor hall- dah Place and Warren Street at 10:15 authorities. way when the criminal came down am through an ajar front door and Slap shot The two got into a brief struggle and stole the man’s phone and $566, swiped his gray and brown North- Police collared a 61-year-old man and then cops arrested the suspect a report said. Face jacket and a pair of boots, ac- for allegedly hawking knock-off on Hicks Street, police said. cording to authorities. hockey hats outside an Atlantic Av- — Julianne Cuba Meal interrupted enue stadium on Dec. 16. A bandit held up a Classon Av- Cops spotted the victim alleg- Bad bruiser enue restaurant by waving a gun edly shouting “$10 for Rangers and A good-for-nothing punched a 88TH PRECINCT around on Dec. 18. Islanders hats,” outside arena near woman in the face on Columbia FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL The rogue stormed into the eat- Pacifi c Street at 6 pm, before realiz- Street on Dec. 17, police said. ery near Lafayette Avenue at 8:05 ing he was an unauthorized vendor The 37-year-old woman told po- Quadruple-teamed pm and jumped over the counter lice the lout socked her on the right shilling bogus caps. A cruel crew stole a teen’s phone while fl ashing his weapon, then told side of her face at about 10 pm after on Fort Greene Place on Dec. 12. one woman to put her head down as they got into an argument near Mill Parking job The 16-year-old victim told police she called for her father. Someone busted up a man’s car Street. The brute fl ed in a silver car he was waiting near DeKalb Avenue Her dad emerged from the back after he left it parked unattended for and the victim turned down a trip at 3:05 pm when one of the punks ap- and the bad guy told him to put his two months on Third Street start- to the hospital, according to author- proached him and asked the time, head down, too, striking him with ing on Oct. 5. ities. before four more fi lchers came up an unknown object on the top of his The victim told police he re- and asked the same question sec- head before removing $900 from the turned to his Toyota carry-all on Fire starter onds later, a report said. cash register and running off, au- Dec. 2 at 7 pm, only to discover the Cops cuffed a woman after they The victim pulled out his phone, thorities said. — Lauren Gill 8 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 DT # IN THE NATION3 IN PRODUCING WHERE CAN TECHNOLOGY TAKE YOU? 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The mailers were specifi - An early version of the bill that may falsely imply he used cally sent to people living in that even let campaigns sign unionized printing, and now la- that Council district, the Ob- donors’ names for them was bor groups are investigating. server reported. so contentious that Council- Assemblyman Peter Ab- IT’S BUGGY: (Above) The label that Some say the 68-year-old man Carlos Menchaca (D– bate (D–Bensonhurst) mailed appears on Abbate’s mailer looks legislator (fi rst elected to his Red Hook) — a co-sponsor — Christmas cards last week like a crude attempt at the Allied state seat in 1986) is hungry for removed his name from the bearing a so-called “union Printing Trades Council’s union la- a juicy municipal paycheck — measure. bug” — a label indicating they bel (below). local legislators make $148,500 But Speaker Melissa Mark- were produced by a union shop while Abbate and his colleagues Viverito and the Manhat- — in a bid to court voters in the in Albany haul in $79,500 annu- tan District Attorney’s Offi ce TALKING BORO POLITICS Bay Ridge city Council district ally — or a municiapl pension, cleaned up the proposal so cam- where he’s mulling a run, ac- WITH JULIANNE CUBA but he’s previously denied he’s paigns can fi ll out the forms but cording to an Observer report. in it for the money. donors must still verify their But the label is too smudged the group’s local chapter says — but he insists they are union- Abbate does not have to step authenticity with a signature. to clearly indicate what shop that the bug doesn’t look legit, made. He sent the order to a bro- down from the Assembly before The amended bill passed made the mailers, and Abbate and so it is putting Abbate’s fl i- ker in North Carolina, but he running for Council. Council unanimously, but giv- himself doesn’t know who pro- ers under the microscope, hop- will not know where the print- • • • ing campaigns more leeway duced them, raising questions ing to fi nd the printer used the ing was done until he gets an in- A campaign fi nance law when fi lling out fi nancial dis- whether the longtime state pol label — apparently to misrep- voice after Christmas, he said. passed last week is raising eye- closures is a step backwards, is fudging the facts, critics say. resent itself as a union shop, “I don’t know where they brows because it may lead to according to a good-govern- “My eyes immediately went according to a labor honcho. were printed. I didn’t get a fraud in the city’s matching- ment group. to the union bug, and that was “We are doing our own in- bill,” he said. “I sent it out to a funds program. “It does lessen the chance a concern. It’s not a real union dependent investigation,” said company. I gave it to a broker. The program matches 6-to-1 of fraud by no longer allowing bug, it’s just a smudge. It looks John Heffernan, president There’s nothing wrong with individuals’ donations up to for the contribution cards to like it’s smudged so you can’t of the print union’s New York the card, to my knowledge it’s $2,750, meaning a participating be fi lled out after the contribu- trace it,” said a Democratic City chapter. “We’re looking at union-printed. I don’t know pol who gets $2,750 from one pri- tion has been fi lled out, how- source aligned with another the shop, the origin of this lit- who did the printing, because I vate citizen gets another $16,500 ever it still removes the donor candidate for the seat. erature, and also want to look didn’t get the bill. Give me a call from the city. from taking full responsibil- Only one union produces back at previous years.” on the 27th, and I will have the Previously, donors had to ity for fi lling out the card,” such a label — the Allied Abbate doesn’t know who information for you.” fi ll out and sign a card proving said Dick Dadey, who heads Printing Trades Council. But printed the cards — or where This isn’t the fi rst time the they were real people who actu- Citizens Union. 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Teacher: Dumbo families steering >ÊÃÀ>iÊ+ , -. clear of Vinegar Hill’s PS 307 "ÀÌ Þ¥ -./ * - 0 1 2 -3 4/ À>>Ê->VÀ>Ê/ iÀ>«Þ 5 6 / -. 7\ , 0 1 9 % / «ÀÛiÊ-ii« VÀi>ÃiÊ ÀVÕ>Ì IN THE ZONE: The newly rezoned PS 307 looks much the same as the old PS 307. «ÀÛiÊÀi>Ý>ÌÀi`ÕViÊÌià Photo by Jason Speakman BY LAUREN GILL does not give the exact amount, and White families living in Dumbo may could be as few as one or zero. be choosing to send their kinder- The figures do show that more !"#$% "& "'($)*" gartners to schools other than the kids from inside the zone are now `>Þ]Ê/ÕiÃ`>Þ]Ê7i`iÃ`>Þ]Ê/ ÕÀÃ`>Þ]Ê-Õ`>ÞÊ££\ää>ÊÌÊÇ\ää« xÎxÊ Ì}iÀÞÊ-ÌÀiiÌ]Ê ÀÞ]Ê iÜÊ9ÀÊ££ÓÓx mostly minority PS 307 in Vinegar attending PS 307 — a magnet school Hill despite a controversial rezoning that receives federal money for math that many heralded as a crucial step and science programs that any stu- towards integration, and one school dent from across the city can attend. leader is questioning whether the Last year just 18 of its 69 kinder- neighbors are avoiding the institu- gartners were from inside the zone, tion because of its racial makeup. while 31 of this year’s incoming kin- “My fear is that despite the re- dergarten class is from inside the Advertise your zoning, white parents aren’t going zone, according education depart- to come to this school because of its ment data. Clinical Studies in demographics,” said Faraji Hannah- But the statistics the city releases Jones, a former Parent-Teacher As- do not say where kids live within the sociation co-president whose daugh- zone, and the uptick could have been New York’s largest group of ter attends the school. a result of it expanding to include all The Department of Education of the Farragut Houses. Previously, dramatically expanded the area PS three of the buildings in the develop- community newspapers. 307 serves this school year — it was ment were zoned for PS 8. previously just zoned for some kids One goal of the plan has been met - Weekly bannered directory in the Farragut Houses, and now en- — there was no wait list at PS 8 this compasses all of Dumbo — in order year . - Ads will also appear in to ease overcrowding at the mostly Neighborhood demographics for white PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights, PS 8 have not been released by the Classifi eds & Online which had to put dozens of young- city despite repeated requests by this sters on its wait list last year . paper, and it is unclear how many Education officials predicted that kindergartners living in Dumbo the number of minority students at- went to that school last year. tending PS 307 would drop from 90 Still, Hannah-Jones said he percent to around 55 to 60 percent wouldn’t expect to see much differ- ASK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES over several years, but many touted ence in the skin color of children the change as a milestone for school walking PS 307’s hallways right FOR ADVERTORIAL PLACEMENT desegregation, with local pols and away and thinks things may still some members of the district Com- change once Dumbo becomes more TO EXPLAIN YOUR STUDY munity Education Council arguing built up and more yuppy families the rezoning would finally bring move into the area. white and black children together in “There’s not really been much a city where many schools are heav- of any change since the rezoning Call Amanda Tarley ily segregated. vote and we’re probably not going to But in its first year, the school’s see any changes for the next couple 718-260-8340 racial makeup has remained roughly years,” he said. the same, with fewer than 10 white An education department spokes- kids enrolling in kindergarten — the man echoed this observation, saying same figure as last fall, according to the impact won’t be seen for “several education department data, which years.” 16 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 DT But Bernarducci claims MUSEUM OLIVE OIL the company isn’t misleading anyone by calling its oil super Continued from cover Continued from cover high-quality, because that’s ex- enue institution wrote on their fruit fat at your local Key Food actly what it is — even by the blog . or C-Town are less fresh and association’s own standards, The shutter came with little therefore not as good for you which are set, of course, by the warning, although museum as their “Ultra-Premium” va- International Olive Council. founder Joanna Ebenstein riety. “Our oils have to meet launched a crowdfunding cam- The group insists the big- certain standards which are paign earlier this month saying brands’ $8 bottles of olive oil above industry standards they needed to raise $75,000 in contain the same health ben- for us to sell in our store,” he a few months or faced the “very efi ts consumers expect — typi- said. real prospect that the museum cally, a lower risk of heart dis- Bernarducci claims he will close.” Photo by Jason Speakman ease — as the $20 vessels in doesn’t explicitly tell shop- It had received just $8,010 as NEVERMORE: Maven of the maca- specialty stores, but shoppers pers that other olive oils are of Monday morning. bre Joanna Ebenstein (right) has are being duped into paying less of a boon to your body, but The gallery began as an ex- closed her Morbid Anatomy Mu- more. he does warn them to be wary hibit of taxidermy, old medical seum (above). “We don’t want consum- of brands that don’t spell out books, and postmortem pho- ers to be misled into making a their chemical components or tographs at the also-deceased “I think I was in shock and false choice between buying a crush dates on the labels. local weirdo gallery Proteus I cried a little bit just thinking more expensive olive oil or not “I would say if they sent Gowanus, and moved to its own about it, it’s pretty heartbreak- buying olive oil at all,” said their oils out for chemical two-story digs at Seventh Street ing just because that place has Photo by Stefano Giovannini Eryn Balch, the cooking-oil analysis like our oils are, my in 2014 , where it hosted bizarre been my home for the last two But appropriately, there is confederation’s executive vice guess is they would come back nightly events including lec- years,” said “goth scholar” some hope the museum will president. lacking,” he said. tures on spontaneous human Andi Harriman, who gave lec- rise from the dead in one form The suit further alleges The association is seeking combustion , mouse taxidermy tures about the subculture at or another, according to one that the Ultra-Premium label damages for members’ alleged classes , and a popular annual the gallery and once disc jock- friend of the venue. Veronica slaps on its products losses and for the court to nix Krampus party celebrating eyed a party there with nothing “This is not the end of Mor- is a self-awarded certifi cation the Ultra-Premium trade- Saint Nicholas’s devilish com- but songs by the Cure. bid Anatomy, just a pause,” and therefore deceives shop- mark. panion who kidnaps and whips The museum was a one-of-a- wrote Science Channel show pers by insinuating it is sup- Bernaducci and Veronica naughty children. kind place for people who fi nd “Oddities” host and House of ported and verifi ed by a third Foods aren’t the North Amer- The museum held its last beauty in the darker side of life Wax bar curator Ryan Matthew party. ican Olive Oil Association’s Krampus party last Friday. to meet and share their passion, Cohn in a cryptic Facebook The Ultra-Premium web- only targets — the body also Stunned fans mourned the she said. post. “There will be a rebirth in site describes it as “the highest sued television’s Dr. Oz last venue’s demise when news of “It brought us all together the near future. So all we can do quality standard in the world” month for saying that around the closure broke on Monday and we learned from each other for now is stay tuned.” but doesn’t mention that the 80 percent of supermarket ol- morning — even those who are and grew,” said Harriman. “It Ebenstein did not return re- designation is exclusive to Ve- ive oils aren’t “the real deal” usually into death. was very special.” quests for comment. ronica Foods, the suit argues. during a May episode. =fik_\gXjkj`op\Xij#k_\:fddle`kpE\nj>iflg_Xj_fefi\[ C`e[X J_Xife 8cc\^i\kk` :fek\ek ?FEFI<; ?FEFI<; )'(, )'(, 8eeX :_`e`kX 9\Zb\i Gf`ek\i ?FEFI<; ?FEFI<; )'(- )'(- Jk\g_Xe`\ 8e^\c`bX ?fnZXen\i\XZ_pflfipfliefd`e\\]fidfi\`e]fidXk`fe6 Pflig_fe\1 Pfli\$dX`cX[[i\jj1 K_fdgjfe G`jXb_fmX Efd`e\\jg_fe\1 Efd`e\\j\$dX`cX[[i\jj1 ?FEFI<; ?FEFI<; <$dX`cpfliefd`eXk`fe`e]fkfnfdXef][`jk`eZk`fe7Ze^cfZXc%Zfdfi]Xok_`j]fidkf .(/ )-'Æ),.0 )'(- )'(- 8kk1A\ee`]\iJk\ie# .(/ )-'Æ/*') FidX`ck_`j]fidkf19iffbcpeNfdXef];`jk`eZk`fe#:E>#Fe\D\kifk\Z_:\ek\i#('k_=cffi#9iffbcpe#EP(()'( 20 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 DT Celebrate With Us! 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DT COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 23 Brooklyn’s Biggest Booster STANDING by Joanna DelBuono 30 pearls for 30 years of translation BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Standing O is sending out happy an- niversary wishes to Eriksen Trans- lations Inc. — one of North America’s top-40 language services providers — on celebrating 30 years of service. GREENPOINT Ingrid Lewis-Martin, senior ad- visor to Borough President Adams, Y stands for ‘Yippee!’ was on hand along with a host of staff Take a dip in the pool at Green- and well wishers on Dec. 9 to present point YMCA. Thanks to a gener- Eriksen Translations’ founder and ous grant from Investors Bank chief executive offi cer Vigdis Eriksen for $10,000, children will be able a proclamation honoring the company to continue in its after-school pro- for its milestone. grams, including swimming. Founded in 1986 and working out of The check was presented dur- an artist’s loft with a handful of dedi- ing the Spirit of Community cated linguists, the company provided Service Awards Dec. 7 gala that was held at Giando on the Wa- ter in Greenpoint. Members of the bank included Greg DeFreitas-Lee, veep and BON VOYAGE: Elijah Lindsay, left, receives his free cruise voucher from Diane Porter. manager Retail Market; Donata Jozefacka, assistant manager; Biagio Madaio, veep of Business Celebrating 50 years with a cruise Banking; Debbie Hootam, man- ager at the Greenpoint branch; CROWN HEIGHTS recipients with a free cruise on the Ana Oliveira, senior veep and Queen Mary. regional manager; and Rad Su- Hip, hip, hooray to the more than Employee Elijah Lindsay, a chowolak, relationship manager 755 employees who were honored 50-year veteran at the hospital and a member of the Y’s board of at Interfaith Medical Center for said, “I joined the team at Inter- directors. their service and dedication to the faith Medical Center over fifty The grant will go a long way to language services across print, web, hospital on Dec. 14, including two years ago. I have been through support all the Y’s programing, and multimedia to support the educa- that have been at the medical center many transitions in leadership including sports and early child- tion, health-care, and social-service for more than 50 years. and have seen health care deliv- hood programs. needs of the local community’s multi- “Interfaith is its people. This hos- ery transform over the years. I am The event celebrated the Y’s lingual residents. pital’s proud past and strong future proud to be a part of the family at 110th birthday. “At Eriksen, we are passionate has and will continue to be shaped by Interfaith, and under Ms. Brown’s Standing O says, happy birth- about the art and science of transla- its loyal and hardworking employ- leadership, believe we are headed day and here’s to many more. tion,” Vigdis said. “I am honored to ees. They have shown their unwav- in the right direction. We faced a Greenpoint YMCA [99 Mese- have a dedicated, talented team that ering commitment to our patients lot of hardship over the past cou- role Ave. in Greenpoint, (212) 912– shares my vision, and we are excited to and the Bed-Stuyesant and Crown ple of years, but this year marks a 2260] meet the next 30 years with expertise, Heights community through some new beginning at Interfaith Medi- creativity, and innovation.” of our most challenging times,” said cal Center.” The company offers translation, in- LaRay Brown, chief executive offi - Standing O says thank you to all Human Services each year. terpreting, desktop publishing, web and cer and president. the employees and wishes Mr. Lind- As the leader of The Heartfelt multimedia localization, cultural con- The ceremony honored employ- say a very enjoyable trip. Foundation and owner of a courier sulting, transcription, and voiceover ees who have served the center from Interfaith Medical Center [1545 service near JFK Airport, Danny de- and subtitling services to clients world- fi ve to 50 years. Chairwoman Diane Atlantic Ave. in Crown Heights, livers a truckload of toys to Heart- wide. In 2001, the company was certifi ed Porter presented the two longest (718) 613–4000]. Share in early December. Every year, as a woman-owned business and em- Danny, his friends, and family help un- ploys a staff that is 80 percent female. load the 14-foot truck. Standing O wishes Vigdis many the foundation is dedicated in memory All proceeds from the Willie Mc- “There’s nothing like giving to a more successful years. to Willie McCabe, a lifelong Brook- Cabe Run support homeless veterans child in need,” he explains. “I know Eriksen Translations Inc., [50 lynite and Vietnam-era veteran who in New York. what it is to be and have nothing, so Court St. at Remsen Street in Brooklyn served in the U.S. Army’s 101st Air- Samaritan Village is a charity that I put out the fl yer every year and ask Heights, (718) 802–9010]. borne Division. builds homes for New York’s homeless people to give. We have to do what we Along with running the founda- veterans. can to bring smiles to their faces.” BAY RIDGE tion, Liam is an active homeless advo- Willie McCabe Memorial Foun- This year, Danny collected $14,000 cate and helped Community Board 10 dation (www.facebook.com/events/ worth of toys and gifts for HeartShare Walk for a vet develop a “homeless taskforce” to help 362529534087586/). alone. Danny hopes for his son to carry Three cheers to the Willie McCabe get those without homes into shelters. on the tradition. Michael, who has Memorial Foundation for present- “Being able to present $3,000 to a DOWNTOWN been helping with the drive since he ing a $3,000 check to homeless shelter charity doing so much good for home- was about 9, has never missed a year. operator Samaritan Village follow- less veterans was incredibly hum- Give a bit of heart Today he is 29 years old, married, and ing the foundation’s second annual 5K bling,” Liam said. “The Willie McCabe Nearly 30 years ago, Danny Manis- lives with his family in New Jersey. Run/Walk held in Owl’s Head Park in Run this year was so successful, and calco and his wife Fran fostered and HeartShare Human Services of New November. I’m glad that a memorial named after adopted a son, Michael. 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They offer an ity, you don’t deal with some salesman. You deal added expertise in all manner of ethnic cooking. directly with one of the owners, Hercules, or his son, Add to that everything is cooked from scratch right Mike. And why is this so essential? on the premises to assure the highest in quality Quite simply, they have a vested interest in mak- control. ing you happy, not just in making a sale. They know Don’t you want to celebrate those once-in-a- their business depends on word-of-mouth recom- lifetime days in Paradise? mendations and on the special days yet to come in your life and the lives of your family. Thus, they The catering office is open Tuesday through will do everything in their power to be certain that Sunday, 1 – 9 p.m. Note that the facilities are also the affair you have imagined is transformed into re- available during the weekdays for all types of social ality under the skilled hands of themselves and their meetings and functions. Capture the memories with beautiful settings like this. staff. That’s the secret of their longevity and of their For the further convenience of your guests, success. Paradise also can provide free valet parking. DT COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 25 School rezoning is black and white issue The city controversially re- zoned Vinegar Hill’s PS 307 last year, expanding the school’s zone from just families in the Far- SOUND OFF TO THE EDITOR ragut Houses to encompass all of Dumbo — one of the richest neigh- borhoods in the city — in a move LETTERS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR READERS offi cials said would desegregate the institution while easing over- sending your children to a school an oasis and thrives despite being matter how hard they shout about crowding at the wealthy, largely where the classmates aren’t prob- veritably marginalized for many, integration and equality, it will white PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights. lematic. Paul many years. never be their kid that’s the guinea But the largely minority I further echo Gloria above in pig. Amiright? school’s racial makeup remains Paul — where is the evidence to that the holiday performance today Person from Brooklyn roughly the same this year, with back up such a racist statement? was among the most impressive pro- fewer than 10 white kids enroll- PS307 happens to be a wonderful ductions I have seen in all the years Who will do our work? ing in kindergarten in the fall school. ANY child would be lucky to of attending such functions. Bravo To the editor, (“It’s not all white! PS 307 leader attend there. PS 307! Keep up the good work and Bob Capano, the candidate for fears new Dumbo residents steer- NativeNYer from BklynHghts may you continue to grow and teach the Bay Ridge Council seat, has ing clear of minority-majority more students to become strong, in- been slamming the possibility of a school” by Lauren Gill, online I am sorry to hear such a gross telligent New Yorkers who combat safe injection facility in Brooklyn Dec. 16). misrepresentation of this school by fear and ignorance with education. by calling them “a taxpayer-funded Are white Dumbo families fellow reader Paul. My child is cur- PS 307 Parent from Clinton Hill shooting gallery for heroin junk- steering clear? Our readers rently in an ICT classroom (mean- ies.” weighed in. ing a class where children with and At least it’s a step up from what Wrong. What Mr. Capano is not without learning challenges are the “Gifted Program” was in the going to tell you is that there are al- I am a recently retired teacher taught together) in the younger of ’80s and ’90s. Go look at class photos ready studies of safe injection sites, from PS 307 and it just so happens I the classes at PS 307 and we could from schools like PS 29 and PS 8 and largely in Canada and Australia, went to PS 307 today to hear the an- not be happier that he is in a class- tell me that’s not straight up seg- that show they help to reduce over- nual holiday concert. It’s true, the room where not only does he have regation. Hell, growing up, teach- doses. Safe-Injection sites reduce school is about the same as it has 1:5 teacher-to-student ratio (this is ers and parents used to threaten us the risk of dying from heroin use been in terms of the make-up of the unheard of!), but he is growing up with the prospect of ending up at 293 because users are placed in super- kids. The concert, however, which in an academic community tolerant or 146 if we didn’t do well in class. vised settings where they can be included the chorus and school of difference, where his classmates Jim from Cobble Hill quickly treated for overdose symp- band, was terrifi c. may not always be at exactly the toms. Once there, access to clean Afterwards I visited some of same level he is or may come from It’s good for the public school stu- needles reduces exposure to infec- my former colleagues and saw the different backgrounds than he does dents that the rich, white folks don’t tions, as well as diseases like hepa- incredible new Sensory Gym in and this is accepted and is normal- send their lazy, entitled, druggy titis C and AIDS. the Occupational Therapy Room, ized. kids to the school. Better for those Another thing Mr. Capone is not peered into the Tortoise House We chose PS307 initially because kids to go to those academically going to tell us about is: Naloxone, in the Science Lab, watched the it came highly recommended to us weak private schools where nobody a fast-acting opioid antagonist that award-winning cheerleaders (The by local parents in Dumbo. It has gets grades but everybody gets a can prevent death if given within Diamonds) practicing, and perused not disappointed and I continue to trophy, just for being rich and minutes of an overdose. Several the hallway artwork and literacy be impressed by what it has to offer, white. As long as they are re- cities including New York has ini- samples. from the moment we walked in the spectful to their public school grad- tiated programs that would pro- So, no, the newly zoned families door to register our child, we have uate employers in the future, I’m vide naloxone and rescue-breath- still have not chosen to send their been astounded by the program- okay with it. Barry from Flatbush ing training to illicit drug users. children to PS 307 which is their ming, the offerings from academics Will these types of programs in- prerogative. But they have so much to art, the dedicated and top-quality White person here! I am very crease drug use? There has been a to gain if, and when, they decide to faculty and staff, the progressive much interested in a middle school reported reduction in the number attend their neighborhood school. attitude and the welcome from each for my son in Carroll Gardens, but of overdose deaths in areas where Gloria from Dumbo and every person with whom we it’s only 11 percent white. Our guid- these programs exist. cross paths in the halls every day. ance counselor asked me fi ve times Capone cites the recent election No one wants to send their kids Between our children we have if I was sure. She then said, jok- of Donald Trump as proof that vot- to a crappy school unless they have experienced fi rst-hand several local ingly, that she’d make the spokes- ers want “outsiders.” We do not need dumb kids. Dumb people send their public, private and charter schools, person because she can’t get any more outsiders, we need educated behavioral problem kids there, no and of all the schools in Brooklyn parents interested that school. My individuals advocating for ideas wealthy, clever, or ambitious par- which we toured, we put PS 307 at son’s current school is chock full of that they have expertise in because ents will. the top of our list this time around. liberal activists and we are gener- this perceived “heroin epidemic” It’s not about race, it’s about We consider ourselves lucky to have ally in agreement, but true colors al- is a myth. In the 2010 Drug Abuse access to the school despite being ways appear when it comes time to Warning Network’s (DAWN) report out of zone because local families send your kid to a school with fewer on Drug-related mortality found are not taking advantage of the gem white faces than they’d prefer. death causes from a single opioid is LET US HEAR FROM YOU they have in their midst. An academic program that does rare (about 25 percent). Heroin use Submit letters to: Vince DiMiceli, Edi- Between us, my husband and I not focus on testing but on inter- is not the issue, but in conjunction tor, Community Newspaper Group, 1 have several higher education de- disciplinary study and biweekly with alcohol, antihistamines, and MetroTech Center North, Brooklyn, NY grees and we come from a family of fi eld trips to study outdoors sounds benzodiazepines is the real issue. educators; if that has any meaning like it would be right up the Park Change needs to happen now. 11201, or e-mail to editorial@cnglocal. to any fellow readers, may this be a Slope parents’ alley, doesn’t it? Not Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown com. Please include your address and beacon and message to all those con- with all those brown faces around, Heights leads New York in new HIV telephone number for so we can con- sidering PS 307 — you would do well though, apparently! infections. fi rm you sent the letter. We reserve to choose and support this school I’m sure. I think the program Mr. Capano, if you want a Coun- the right to edit all correspondence, which is doing a fantastic job for all would suit my son the best. Fingers cil seat in Brooklyn, you need to do which becomes the property of of its students, whatever their back- crossed! better. Courier Life Publications. ground/address/skin color/home These parents paid big bux to Much better. Luke Nelson language/learning ability etc. It is be zoned to certain schools, and no Manhattan 26 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 DT Let’s end economic war on college students everal years ago I ran for tive laws to what was Lyndon that they must live at home Reform Student Debt’s goals mayor of New York with B. Johnson’s attempt to make and deal with lowered expec- are to completely redesign S Martin Hassner’s help. a college education affordable tations about their jobs and student loans to refl ect their We were committed to making to all Americans. careers. original meaning: to help stu- signifi cant changes in public Firty-three million people The expected economic ben- dents afford a college educa- education, already aware that owing more than one and a efi ts of a higher education — ca- tion. Among a list of changes, the system was only preparing half trillion dollars. reer building, marriage, house it calls for new caps of 2–3 per- 25 percent of its students for a The numbers indicate just and car-purchases — is seri- cent on interest rates, the for- college education. how many people in their 30s, ously curtailed or entirely miss- giveness of loans that have al- Neither effort was suc- 40s and 50s are still paying an ing. This disease is not only eat- ready been repaid twice over cessful, but during the past 18 endless debt. ing into individual lives, it is with enormous profi t for the months we became aware of Unlike a mortgage, car affecting the economic well-be- lenders, for the start date of what has been happening to loan, credit card obligations, ing of our country. interest accrual six months those students who do get to col- or any other loan, student All this must change. And after graduation, and for the lege. For the past three decades loans permit usurious inter- it will. normalization of loans based they have been graduating est rates, the garnishment of Hassner and I have formed on existing consumer protec- deeply in debt and have been do- 50 percent of a salary, and even Reform Student Debt to repeal tions and fairness models for ing so under the radar of public the inability to declare bank- these predatory laws uning an mortgages, car loans, etc. attention. The reasons for this POLITICAL ruptcy upon the death of the aggressive public campaign of The organization’s website, are deeply troubling. borrower. These laws remove demonstrations and marches ReformStudentDebt.org, out- Student Loan Debt is like SPIN CYCLE all consumer protections. on our government. Legisla- lines its role in establishing a chronic, parasitic, disabling To add insult to injury, col- tion to repeal these restrictive a format for a public outcry disease silently infi ltrating Tom Allon leges have taken advantage of laws has been drafted. The and effort against a “disease” the American community available money to increase callous victimization of stu- which has a cure for those af- with life-altering results. To- tuition by 1,200 percent in the dents has inspired the organi- fl icted and for those yet to be day 43 million Americans owe tive, punitive, and one-sided past 15 years. zation’s logo to represent the burdened. the government and private fi nancial arrangement ever to Once that loan agreement Nation’s fl ag as a prison en- Only public demonstra- banks one and a $1.5 trillion exist in this country. is signed, compound interest trapping students in debt un- tions from those in debt joined — a number that is growing Though they seem to be the begins and what began as a til Reform Student Debt frees by a nation repulsed by such every year. result of scam artists skilled in $45,000 student loan becomes them. Its advertising features evident greed will force the We know exactly what has the art of entrapment, student a $70,000 debt by graduation. sharks encircling their prey. changes necessary to free caused this: laws regulating loans are legal and the result Should there be missed pay- Its call is to “Stop Student our young people to fulfi ll the student loans taken to pay of Presidential and Congres- ments, or renegotiations, in- Loan Sharks from Feeding on American dream. for a college education. These sional actions since the 1970s. terest rates climb at the will Our Future.” The loan sharks Tom Allon was mayoral laws have made a student loan Every President and Congress of the banks. Graduates fi nd are identifi ed as banks, gov- candidate in 2013. Reach him the most restrictive, prohibi- since then has added restric- themselves mired in such debt ernment, and Colleges. at [email protected]. K?<D<;@:8C;@I<:KFIP=FI9IFFBCPE 8L;@FCF>P @EK DT COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 27 State should let us keep living, or die trying few years ago, a fi re- ter Institute, which supports “There have been examples that today it is preventing peo- fi ghter in Sacramento, the initiative. of patients that are trying to get ple from taking experimental AMike DeBartoli, noticed This sounds like it would these exceptions and sometimes drugs that may kill them — his hands cramping up. He fi g- be a popular law, and in many they’re fi nally granted, but too even though they’re going to ured it was a symptom of the states it is: In the last three late,” says Sandefur. “Too late” die anyway. The potentially job. years, 32 states have passed is the nice way of saying the pa- dangerous drugs are also the But when the cramps got The Right to Try, usually with tient is underground. only potential lifesavers. worse, he went to his doctor enthusiastic bipartisan sup- The reason the FDA makes The way the Right to Try is and heard the three letters no port. California passed it last access to these unproven written, the only people who’d one wants to hear: ALS. De- year, unanimously. But in drugs so diffi cult can prob- be allowed to take as-yet-unap- Bartoli has Lou Gehrig’s dis- New York, a Right to Try bill ably be traced to the agency’s proved drugs are those with ease, a disease that robs the proposed by Assemblywoman founding. It began in 1902 af- no other hope. The drug would body of its ability to function Linda Rosenthal and state ter a Diphtheria drug proved have to have passed at least that is always fatal. RHYMES Sen. Kemp Hannon, did not ineffective. Well, actually, it the fi rst stage of testing at the Unless… get out of committee. proved worse than that. It was FDA. But then, instead of a pa- DeBartoli heard that there When a person is termi- fatal. Clearly America needed tient starting the bureaucratic were some new drugs in the WITH CRAZY nally ill, the clock is ticking. someone to certify the safety nightmare of applying to the pipeline that could possibly Lenore Skenazy Yes, they can apply to the FDA of our drug supply, and thus FDA for a rare compassion- slow his disease. He volun- for a compassionate exemp- was the Federal Drug Admin- ate exemption (the FDA grants teered — begged — to be one tion, but this is so complicated istration born. about 1,000 a year — even as of the guinea pigs in a clinical The Right to Try. and so few make it through, Then, in the 1960s, a drug more than 500,000 people die trial, but was turned down, in The Right to Try is a law it is like applying to be an as- widely prescribed to pregnant of cancer), all it would take is one case because he was tak- that allows people who are ter- tronaut. For starters, there is women in Europe was blocked the doctor, patient, and drug ing other medicines for blood minally ill to try a drug that a daunting amount of paper- by an FDA doctor here, Fran- company agreeing to start the pressure and depression, is promising but has not yet work that must be fi led by the ces Oldham Kelsey, who’d regimen. The FDA would not and in another case because been approved by the Food patient’s doctor and it takes heard of its side effects. have veto power. he was, ironically, too sick. and Drug Administration. about 100 hours to gather all The drug, Thalidomide, DeBartoli, the fi reman When drug companies are “Patients who face immi- the information and fi ll out all caused serious birth defects, with ALS, put it this way in an testing their new treatments, nent death ought to have the the forms — in other words, and thanks to Kelsey many interview with the Goldwater their candidate profi les are so option to be able to try these more than two weeks of a doc- American children were Institute: “I don’t know who specifi c that most people who new drugs, even if we don’t tor’s time must be devoted to spared its devastation. the FDA thinks they are pro- have the disease don’t actually know they’re going to work, one patient. It is wonderful that the tecting.” qualify. In fact, only 3 percent or what the side effects will Then the request has to go FDA was on the ball. But that The drugs in the pipeline of people desperate to get into be, [or] the exact dosage,” says through a lengthy approval episode of well-warranted pre- might not save DeBartoli, but clinical trials ever do. Which Christina Sandefur, executive process, when every hour is caution seems to have led to he deserves the right to try. brings us to our topic today: vice president of the Goldwa- critical. an agency so ultra-cautious Not just the right to die. How does the BROOKLYN PAPER sound? Hear it Thursdays The Community News Group is proud to introduce Brooklyn Paper Radio. Join Brooklyn Paper Editor-in-Chief Vince DiMiceli and the New York Daily News’ Gersh Kuntzman every WITH Thursday at 4:45 pm for an hour of talk on topics Brooklynites hold dear. Each show, featuring in-studio guests and call-out segments, can be listened to live or played anytime at your convenience. SPONSORED BY JOSEPH LICHTER, D.D.S. VINCE DIMICELI GERSH KUNTZMAN Listen every Thursday at 4:45pm on BrooklynPaper.com/radio 28 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 DT WWW.BROOKLYNDAILY.COM PUBLISHED BY CNG • 1 METROTECH CENTER NORTH • 10TH FLOOR • BROOKLYN, NY 11201 Spies like you Join the game of surveillance at Brooklyn Museum By Lauren Gill rivate eyes are watching you! An interactive theater experience will turn Pvisitors to the Brooklyn Museum into secret agents, teaching them the ins and outs of surveillance as they creep among the antiquities of the museum’s Egyptian Wing. But it is not all fun and games: “Top Secret International,” which debuts on Jan. 5, is designed to showcase the horror of having the govern- ment see your every move — something anyone on the Internet has already experienced, said one of the show’s creators. “You’re part of it and that reflects the situation we are in — you can’t step out of it,” said Helgard Haug, who created the show along with two other members of the German collective Rimini Protokoll. “You can’t deny it and you can’t get out of it, and that’s something that people really experience.” Each participant in the show will receive a small “notebook” that contains a hidden smartphone, which will track their movements and download important files. They will also strap on earphones, which will play excerpts of interviews about the benefits and dangers of surveillance from members of the National Security Agency, an Israeli ambassador, and whistle- blowers concerned about privacy. Haug and her team collected these interviews especially for the show. As guests progress through the 90-minute game, various secret missions will appear on their disguised smartphones. For instance, you might have to establish a special signal in order to connect with a fellow spy and receive an important file. Another mission will synchronize the players to create a flash mob-like moment, according to Helgard. Participants in the game will be mixed with regular museum patrons, adding an extra challenge to the mis- sions, said Haug. “There’s a normal visitor group as well,” she said. “There’s many people around and you don’t know who is an actor and who happens to be there.” At the end of the show, each spy will receive a report of their activity, as recorded by their all-seeing electronic devices. There is no prize for completing the mission, but Haug hopes the experience will lead to more conversations about the practice — and the necessity — of collecting intelligence. “There’s no easy solution, we can’t say let’s discon- nect, let’s close intelligence,” she said. “Though it’s the wish of some people, you can’t do it.” Getting ahead in the game: The “Top Secret International” spy “Top Secret International (State 1)” at Brooklyn game coming to Brooklyn Museum on Jan. 5 had its debut in the Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue pictured museum in Munich, Germany in December. Benno Tobler in Prospect Heights). Jan. 5–8 and 11–15, every 30 minutes from 1–4 pm (4–7 pm on Thursdays). $25. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23-29, 2016 29 HAVING A BLAST! A guide to Brooklyn’s New Year’s Eve parties By Brooklyn Party Favorites n with the new, out with the auld lang syne! I For many of us, 2016 was a dumpster fire of a year, and we cannot wait to move on to the next big thing. But you can use the The place to be: Kimberly, Kayla, and Layisha Pinkney were in the right place for final night of the year excorcise the Parachute Jump ball drop on New Year’s Eve last year. Photo by Jordan Rathkopf the demons of 2016, get silly with your friends, and start 2017 with a whole new attitude — or possibly Beach parties just a whole new hangover. Here are some of the many spots in Brooklyn where it will all shake out: Coney Island is blowing up! What a blast! By Bill Roundy Several other Coney Island all it New Year’s Island! spots will host their own parties This year’s fireworks display The third time may during the run up to midnight: over Prospect Park will be a stand- Cbe the charm for Coney Beach freaks out extravaganza, packing extra Island’s New Year’s Eve extrav- fireworks into the almost-half hour aganza. For those ready to put Sideshow performers at show in order to celebrate the park 2016 behind them, the seaside Coney Island USA will get start- entering its 150th year. Borough Blast off: The New Year’s Eve fireworks display over Prospect Park with be over- spot’s third annual celebration ed early, with a 9 pm show titled President Adams will welcome the stuffed with explosions this year to celebrate the park’s 150th year. Andrew Gardner offers plenty of reasons to skip “New Year’s Eve in Heaven,” new year in Grand Army Plaza, a crowded ball drop in favor of featuring a fight between Father which is not only the best place to Camp Friendship Brooklyn [339 and champagne toast at midnight. a light show and seaside fire- Time and Baby New Year, and watch the fires in the sky, but also Eighth St. between Fifth and Sixth Irondale Center [85 S. Oxford works. The first event, at the starring Coney Island’s unof- where you can warm up with free avenues, (718) 965–3695, brooklyn- St. between Lafayette and Greene tail end of 2014, had about 5,000 ficial mayor Dick Zigun and hot chocolate and hear the Brooklyn contra.org]. 8 pm–1 am. $25. avenues in Fort Greene, (718) 488– spectators, and this year’s festi- newspaper-folding performance Mash It Up Band rock out. This charming band 9233, www.irondale.org]. 8 pm. val of light-emitting diodes on artist Eckszooberante. That show Grand Army Plaza (Flatbush $55–$850. the Parachute Jump is expected will be followed by a rock ’n’ roll Avenue at Eastern Parkway in Feeling depressed at the end of New year, old suits to draw bigger crowds, says laser light show at 10 pm, and an Prospect Heights, www.brooklyn- the year? Mope your way through Coney Island’s city rep. 11 o’clock trek to the Parachute usa.org). 11 pm–12:30 am. Free. New Year’s Eve with Smiths cover It may be a new year, but vin- “Once again, the People’s Jump for more sideshow perfor- Dance magic dance band the Sons and Heirs, then spin tage entertainment group Dances of Playground will play host to mances. And ticket-holders get right round to a better mood at a Vice is looking back to the 19th and what is fast becoming a beloved half-price beer and wine in the Enter a magic world as you exit late-night ’80s dance party. early-20th centuries for its “Parisian annual tradition: New Year’s Freak Bar until midnight. 2016 at the “Labyrinth Lounge” Littlefield (622 Degraw St. Follies” New Year’s Eve Party, with Eve, the Coney Island way!” Coney Island USA [1208 Surf party, featuring art inspired by between Third and Fourth avenues Moulin Rouge-style can-can girls said city councilman Mark Ave. at W. 12th Street in Coney the best fantasy film of the 1980s, in Gowanus, www.littlefieldnyc. on the stage, along with vaudeville Treyger. “Thousands of people Island, (718) 372–5159, www. burlesque from Beelzebabe, live com). 9 pm–3 am. $25. performers and operatic singers. will converge on our beloved coneyisland.com]. 8 pm–1 am. bands, and stage magic, along with A Wicked good time Dress code is black-tie. Boardwalk, beneath the peak of $50 ($40 in advance) a dance party with music from DJ Grand Prospect Hall [263 the iconic parachute jump, to Brew Year’s Eve Poodlecannon. Dressing up is man- Rockin’ 1980s cover band Radio Prospect Ave. between Fifth and enjoy all of the sights, sounds, datory: think David Bowie, fantasy Daze welcomes the new year with Sixth Avenues in Park Slope, (718) tastes, and thrills that Coney Coney Island Beer Company glam, and vintage lounge outfits. a set at hallowed drinking spot the 788–0777, www.grandprospecthall. Island has to offer.” will host a beer blast at its tiny Gemini & Scorpio Loft (600 Wicked Monk. With party favors com]. 8 pm–2 am. $80–$199. Those thrills will include free brewery, where it will debut a Degraw St. between Third and and a champagne toast at midnight. Pig out rides on the Wonder Wheel, the new ale for the occasion called Fourth avenues in Gowanus, www. Wicked Monk [9510 Third Ave. Thunderbolt roller coaster, as “Never Sleeps.” A ticket gets you geminiandscorpio.com). 9 pm–4 between 95th and 96th streets in Threes Brewing and the Meat well as open season on ice skat- four free beers and food from am. $40–$60. Bay Ridge, (347) 497–5152, www. Hook team up for the “Fest to End ing at the Abe Stark Rink. Coney Island’s classic Italian Dance the year away wickedmonk.com]. 10:30 pm–2:30 all Feasts,” a family-style meal with The official festivities will get restaurant Gargiulo’s, and half- am. $15 ($10 in advance). unlimited meats, a whole roast pig, started at 9 pm at Steeplechase price brews once your free ones Brooklyn Contra hosts a night of It’s blowing up! pasta, and flowing beer. Or skip Plaza (on the Boardwalk run out. contra dancing, with bubbly bever- the meal and enjoy drink specials between W. 16th and W. 19th Brew Year’s Eve at Coney ages at midnight Don’t know how Your ears will be ringing in the and dancing in the main bar. streets), with appearances from Island Brewery (1904 Surf Ave. to do the square-dance-style steps? new year at Leif Bar, when rockers Threes Brewing [333 Douglass Borough President Adams and at W. 17th. St. in Coney Island, There will be a free lesson at 8 pm. Cherry Bomb take to the stage! St. between Third and Fourth ave- from Treyger, the high-energy www.coneyislandbeer.com). 9 Enjoy the open bar for food and nues in Gowanus, (718) 522–2110, Priceless Band, neon-drenched pm–2 am. $75. booze for $60, or pay your way www.threesbrewing.com]. 7 pm–2 superhero rocker Blazes, and Beer and a chaser along — except for the noisemakers am. Free ($125 with dinner). fire-breathing sideshow per- and champagne, which are on the Super Trammps formers. Next door to the brewery, the house either way. Local bars and restaurants are Steeplechase Beer Garden will Leif Bar [6725 Fifth Ave. No need to head north for New gearing up to serve the expected have its own party, featuring fan between 67th and Senator streets Year’s — you can disco the night crowds. Nathan’s will be sling- open bar all night, along with in Bay Ridge, (718) 680–0016]. 9 away in Dyker Heights with a four- ing hot dogs, Tom’s Diner will tunes from Grateful Dead cover pm–1 am. Free. course meal, an open bar all night, stay open late, and Marky Mark- band Ice Petal Flowers. Paint the night Rouge and the music of “Disco Inferno” approved eatery Wahlburgers New Year’s Eve Party at performers Stan Wade’s Trammps. will have its heated rooftop patio Steeplechase Beer Garden (1904 Hoop dreams: The athletic performers of The burlesque holiday show Sirico’s Restaurant & Catering open for guests who want to Surf Ave. at W. 17th. St. in Coney the burlesque show “Nutcracker Rouge” “Nutcracker Rouge” will keep Hall [8023 13th Ave. at 81st St. watch the midnight fireworks Island, www.coneyislandbeer. will host a New Year’s Eve dance party going into 2017, with an after-show in Dyker Heights, (347) 441–7198, while staying in the warm. com). 9 pm–2 am. $80–$100. after the show. Mark Shelby Perry dance party with the cast and crew, www.siricos.net]. 8 pm–2 am. $150. 30 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23-29, 2016 24-7 [575 Metropolitan Ave. FRI, DEC. 23 between Union Avenue ICE SKATING: Lace up and Lorimer Street in Wil- those skates and get slid- liamsburg, (718) 907–6189], ing across the ice. $6 ($9 www.bricktheater.com. weekends: Skate rentals MUSIC, NO BS! BRASS extra). 10 am–9 pm. LeFrak BAND, ZION80: $12. 8 Center at Lakeside [171 pm. Brooklyn Bowl [61 East Dr. at Ocean Avenue Wythe Ave. between N. in Prospect Park, (718) 11th and N. 12th streets 462–0010], www.lakeside- in Williamsburg, (718) brooklyn.com. 963–3369], www.brooklyn- bowl.com. ART, DOWNTOWN BROOK- TALK, HURRICANE SANDY LYN LEGENDS: An exhibit SUPPORT GROUP: Ex- of 21 artists who have perts on recovery will help rendered famous buildings you access resources and and scenes in and around peer support, and advo- the Fulton Street Mall, in- cate for yourself in the It’s Boxing Day!: The Charlotte Hornets will bring a foul fight- cluding Gage & Tollner, the recovery process. Free. Dime Savings Back, and 6:30 pm. Shorefront Y ing style to the match against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Junior’s. $10 ($6 seniors, [3300 Coney Island Ave. at Center on Dec. 26. Associated Press / Mary Altaffer students free). Noon–5 Brightwater Court in Brigh- pm. Brooklyn Historical So- ton Beach, (718) 646–1444 ciety [128 Pierrepont St. at ext. 356], www.shore- COMING SOON TO Clinton Street in Brooklyn fronty.org. Heights, (718) 222–4111], BARCLAYS CENTER www.brooklynhistory.org. Domo arigato, Miss Roboto: In “The Adventures of Minami: WED, DEC. 28 NIGHTLIFE, OWL’S HEAD The Robot from Japan Who Makes You Feel Safe When FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Loneliness is Palpable: Part I,” playing at the Brick Theater GINGERBREAD PERSON FRI, DEC 23 THU, JAN 14 HOLIDAY EXTRAVA- MAKING DAY: We provide GANZA: The wine bar cel- through Dec. 30, a human-like android (center) disrupts the the all natural ginger-folks, SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- SPORTS, SHOWTIME ebrates fi ve years with “in- lives of her owners as she gets passed from one household to and natural fi xin’s to gussy LANDERS VS BUFFALO CHAMPIONSHIP BOX- troverted caroling,” a cask another. Eileen Lalley them up! Partake in this SABRES: Ralph Macchio ING — BADOU JACK of exotic beer, and a fund classic holiday tradition. bobblehead giveaway. VS JAMES DEGALE: $20–$175. 7 pm. raiser for the It Gets Bet- Free. 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 $20–$3,000. Time tba. ter Project. Free. 5 pm–1 visit black-owned bars and pm. The Farm on Adderley SAT, DEC. 24 restaurants in Bedford-Stu- [1108 Cortelyou Rd. be- am. The Owl’s Head (479 MON, DEC 26 SUN, JAN 15 74th St. between Fourth ICE SKATING: 11 am–8 pm. vesant, Fort Greene, and tween Stratford and West- SPORTS, BROOKLYN and Fifth avenues in Bay See Friday, Dec. 23. other neighborhoods. Pick minster roads in Ditmas SPORTS, BROOKLYN Park, (718) 287–3101], the- NETS VS CHARLOTTE Ridge), www.theowlshead. FILM, HOLIDAY MOVIE up a commemorative cup NETS VS HOUSTON for drink specials and guar- farmonadderley.com. HORNETS: Scarf give- com. MARATHON: An all-day ROCKETS: $20–$3,000. anteed entry. $10. 1 pm. THEATER, THE ADVEN- away. $1,500. 7:30 pm. FAMILY, TOTS CELEBRATE screening of “8 Crazy 6 pm. SHABBAT: Kids age 5 and Nights,” “A Christmas Restoration Plaza (1368 TURES OF MINAMI, THE Fulton St. at Marcy Avenue younger have a fun-fi lled Story,” “Home Alone,” ROBOT FROM JAPAN TUE, DEC 27 “The Year Without A Santa in Bedford-Stuyvesant), WHO MAKES YOU FEEL TUE, JAN 17 introduction to Shabbat SPORTS, NEW YORK Claus,” “Christmas Vaca- www.kwanzaacrawl.com. SAFE WHEN LONELINESS with songs, stories, instru- ISLANDERS VS WASH- SPORTS, BROOKLYN ments and dancing. Free. tion,” and “Die Hard.” FAMILY, WINTER RECESS: IS PALPABLE — PART I: 8 Learn what animals do in pm. See Tuesday, Dec. 27. INGTON CAPITALS: NETS VS TORONTO 5:30 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish Free. 3 pm–4 am. The Way the park during the winter, $45–$295. 7 pm. RAPTORS: $25–$3,000. Center [8025 Fourth Ave. Station [683 Washington COMEDY, SWIPE LEFT — and enjoy nature games, 7:30 pm. between 80th and 81st Ave. between St. Marks ACLU BENEFIT SHOW: science activities and bird streets in Bay Ridge, (718) Avenue and Prospect Place The sharp, politically WED, DEC 28 watching. Free. Noon–4 836–3103], www.brjc.org. in Prospect Heights, (718) minded comedy show 627–4949], www.waysta- pm. Prospect Park Audu- raises money for the Amer- “SPORTS”, WWE LIVE THU, JAN 19 HANUKKAH FAMILY SHAB- HOLIDAY TOUR: $25– tionbk.com. bon Center [Enter park at ican Civil Liberties Union. SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- BAT SERVICE AND DIN- $120. 7:30 pm. MUSIC, CHRISTMAS EVE Lincoln Road and Ocean Hosted by John Fugelsang, LANDERS VS DALLAS NER: Sing, hear a story Avenue in Prospect Park, BARGEMUSIC: A concert Frank Conniff and David STARS: $15–$160. 7 pm. and dance to welcome in of Bach’s Goldberg Varia- (718) 287–3400], www. Feldman, with guests Jo MON, JAN 2 Shabbat, followed by a tions. $75. 7:30 pm. Barge- prospectpark.org. Firestone and Jordan Car- delicious meal with latkes music [Fulton Ferry Land- FAMILY, HISTORIC CRAFTS los. $12 ($10 in advance). 8 SPORTS, BROOKLYN FRI, JAN 20 and jelly donuts! $25 ($45 ing, Old Fulton Street and AND GAMES: Play historic pm. Union Hall [702 Union NETS VS UTAH JAZZ: MUSIC, TWENTY ONE PI- per family). 6:30 pm. Bay Furman Street in DUMBO, board games and try a St. at Fifth Avenue in Park $22–$3,000. 7:30 pm. Ridge Jewish Center [8025 (718) 624–2083], www. small needlework project. Slope, (718) 638–4400], LOTS: With Jon Bellion Fourth Ave. between 80th bargemusic.org. $3. 1–3 pm. Lefferts His- www.unionhallny.com. FRI, JAN 6 and Judan & the Lion. and 81st streets in Bay toric House [452 Flatbush TALK, STROKE SUPPORT $40–$60. 7 pm. Ridge, (718) 836–3103], Ave. between Empire Bou- GROUP: Guest speaker SPORTS, BROOKLYN SUN, DEC. 25 NETS VS CLEVELAND www.brjc.org. levard and Eastern Park- Laney Wallace, art thera- SAT, JAN 21 OPEN SOURCE SOUP ICE SKATING: 11 am–8 pm. way in Park Slope, (718) pist, will discuss the heal- CAVALIERS: $75– KITCHEN: Each night in See Friday, Dec. 23. 789–2822], www.prospect- ing possibilities of creativ- $3,000. 7:30 pm. SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- December, a volunteer FAMILY, HANUKKAH ART park.org. ity for patients recovering LANDERS VS LOS AN- cooks a meal for 15–20 FESTIVAL: Children cel- MUSIC, REV. VINCE AN- from a stroke. Free. 2 pm. SUN, JAN 8 GELES KINGS: Sparky people, and provides an ebrate the holiday with DERSON AND THE LOVE Lutheran Augustana Cen- the Dragon bobblehead SPORTS, BROOKLYN artistic element for the fun activities, including an CHOIR: Free. 10:30 pm. ter Chapel (5434 Second giveaway. $15–$750. Union Pool [484 Union NETS VS PHILADEL- night. Everyone is wel- olive oil workshop, a game Ave. between 54th and 7 pm. come. Free. 7–9 pm. Open show, donut decorating, Ave. at Meeker Avenue 55th streets in Sunset PHIA 76ERS: $20– Source Gallery [306 17th a Maccabee photo booth, in Williamsburg, (718) Park). $3,000. Noon. St. at Sixth Avenue in Park and lighting the Menorah. 609–0484], www.union- BOOKCOURT HOLIDAY SUN, JAN 22 Slope, (646) 279–3969], $13 museum admission. pool.com. PARTY: Join the soon- TUE, JAN 10 SPORTS, NEW YORK open-source-gallery.org. 10 am–5:30 pm. Jewish shuttering bookstore for a SPORTS, BROOKLYN ISLANDERS VS PHILA- “NUTCRACKER ROUGE!”: Children’s Museum [792 celebration of 35 years of Eastern Pkwy. at Kingston TUES, DEC. 27 NETS VS ATLANTA DELPHIA FLYERS: $15– A sexy take on the classi- bookselling! Mingle and Avenue in Crown Heights, HAWKS: $20–$3,000. $700. 6 pm. cal ballet, featuring opera, COMEDY, COMPETITIVE chat with others who have (718) 907–8833], www.jcm. 7:30 pm. circus, vaudeville, bur- EROTIC FAN FICTION: been part of this wonder- museum. Comedians write sexy lesque and naughty fun. ful community over three MON, JAN 23 LEGO MY EGGROLL: Build stories based on audience $35–$200. 8 pm. Irondale decades. Free. 6–9 pm. WED, JAN 11 the world’s tallest menorah suggestions. With Josh BookCourt [163 Court St. Center [85 S. Oxford St. at SPORTS, BROOKLYN out of Lego blocks while Gondelman, Jo Firestone, between Pacifi c and Dean SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- Lafayette Avenue in Fort NETS VS SAN ANTO- enjoying a meal of Chinese Sam Morril, Mike Lebovitz, streets in Cobble Hill, (718) LANDERS VS FLORIDA Greene, (718) 488–9233], NIO SPURS: $25– food. $25. 5 pm. Shore- and more. $10. 7:30 pm. 875–3677], www.book- PANTERS: $20–$200. www.irondale.org. $3,000. 7:30 pm. front Y [3300 Coney Island Union Hall [702 Union St. at court.org. 7 pm. COMEDY, LITERATI: A com- Ave. at Brightwater Court Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, COMEDY, COMEDIANS YOU edy show about the great- in Brighton Beach, (718) (718) 638–4400], www. SHOULD KNOW: Host THU, JAN 12 TUE, JAN 24 est American novels never 646–1444 ext.333], www. unionhallny.com. David Drake welcomes SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- written, with host Colin shorefronty.org. THEATER, THE ADVEN- Aparna Nancherla, Joel SPORTS, BROOKLYN O’Brien and guests Alex- OPEN SOURCE SOUP TURES OF MINAMI, THE Kim Booster, May Wilk- NETS VS NEW OR- LANDERS VS COLUM- andra Song, Brian Faas, KITCHEN: 7–9 pm. See Fri- ROBOT FROM JAPAN erson Mike Lebovitz, and LEANS PELICANS: BUS BLUE JACKETS: Madonna Refugia, and day, Dec. 23. WHO MAKES YOU FEEL more. $5. 9 pm. The Gutter $20–$3,000. 7:30 pm. $15–$700. 7 pm. more. $8 ($6 in advance). SAFE WHEN LONELINESS [200 N. 14th St. between 8:30 pm. Union Hall [702 MON, DEC. 26 IS PALPABLE — PART Berry Street and Wythe 620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in Prospect Heights Union St. at Fifth Avenue I: A human–like android Avenue in Williamsburg, in Park Slope, (718) 638– KWANZAA CRAWL: An af- fi nds herself passed along (718) 387–3585], www. (917) 618–6100, www.barclaysc enter.com. 4400], www.unionhallny. ternoon bar crawl where from one household to the thegutterbrooklyn.com. com. drinkers of African descent next. $18. 8 pm. The Brick Continued on page 33 24-7 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23-29, 2016 31 GET SUM INFO! ‘Chow’ down on the history of Chinese food By Alexandra Simon et the low-down on lo mein! Those planning to chow Gdown on Chinese food on Christmas Day can first fill their noo- dle with the history of that cuisine, at an exhibit now on display at the Museum Driving out darkness: The Israeli rock band Moshav, which sings about bringing light into the world, will play live at Grand of Food and Drink in Greenpoint. The Army Plaza for the first night of Hanukkah. Moshav curator of “Chow: Making the Chinese American Restaurant,” says that the tradition of Jewish people heading to Chinatown for the holiday shows how Light rock the adaptable dishes appeal to people of all backgrounds. “There are lot of theories as to Israeli rockers Moshav why Jewish people have an affinity for Chinese food — aside from it play menorah lighting being open when other restaurants are closed,” said Peter Kim. “I think By Julianne Cuba it’s the similar immigrant experience The Great Wall of Chinese: Peter Kim, curator of “Chow: Making the Chinese American hey are feeling fired up! between the two groups, and Chinese Restaurant” at the Museum of Food and Drink, poses against a curtain of Chinese takeout Israeli rock band Moshav is ready to drive boxes. Andrew Kist cuisine being so universal. Wherever T out the darkness with its spiritual music on you are, in a big city or a small town, and tell them they don’t belong, and the museum. the first night of Hanukkah, while hundreds gather you’re likely not far from a Chinese they end up doing something as big as “They are delicious — and inside to light a 32-foot menorah in Grand Army Plaza. restaurant.” Chinese-American cuisine.” are fortunes written by everyday peo- The Festival of Lights is especially meaning- Chinese immigrants turned their The exhibit examines the 170 year ple,” he said, “When you open the ful for Moshav, says its singer and percussionist, native dishes into an American staple history of Chinese restaurants in the cookies, you’ll know someone wrote because the band’s songs are about bringing more during a period of widespread preju- United States through a collection of that, and you’ll get a lot more quirky light into the world — and because two of its five dice, said Kim, an amazing accom- iconic artifacts, including menus from fortune messages from people who members grew up in the neighborhood where, plishment that demonstrates how much the late 19th century, a giant curtain were just interested in putting good according to legend, the eight-day Hanukkah mir- newcomers to the United States can made up of cardboard take-out boxes, energy in world.” acle occurred. influence its culture. and a machine that makes fortune “Chow: Making the Chinese “A lot of what our music is about is spreading “It’s a phenomenon — there are cookies. Chefs will also demonstrate American Restaurant” at the Museum light in the world and spreading consciousness, and over 50,000 Chinese restaurants in Chinese cooking techniques, cooking of Food and Drink [62 Bayard St. we’re excited to be part of an event that stands for the United States, which is three some of the most popular recipes. between Lorimer and Leonard Streets that,” said Yehuda Solomon. “Hanukkah specifi- times more than McDonald’s,” said For the holidays, said Kim, the in Greenpoint, www.mofad.org, (718) cally is a very special time for us. It brings us back Kim. “What ‘Chow’ points out is the fortune-cookie machine will dispense 387–2845]. Open through Jan. 29, Fri– to our home and our youth and the whole story is extreme example of what can happen cookies made of gingerbread, filled Sun., noon—6 pm (ironically, closed on very powerful in our life.” when you reject a group of people with predictions that were tweeted at Christmas Day). $14 ($7 kids). The formerly world’s-largest menorah has stood tall in Grand Army Plaza each Hanukkah since 1984, and rabbis from the Chabad of Park Slope host a lighting ceremony every year with hot latkes, music, and dancing. Last year’s ceremony attracted more than 1,500 people to celebrate the Ridge wraps up the holidays Festival of Lights, and organizers hope the music and increased attention at this year’s ceremony By Caroline Spivack Chosen People will also be singing will draw double that number, said Rabbi Shimon he Ridge is capping off the at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center Hecht. Christmas season with carol- (405 81st St. at Fourth Avenue), at a “It’s going to be bigger and great. Our goal is to Ting for a cause and a rock- Hanukkah family Shabbat dinner and make it New York State’s greatest Hanukkah cel- in’ X-mas party, while it also says service. At 5:30 pm, tots will learn ebration,” he said. “I’m sure there will be dancing “Shalom!” to Hanukkah at a Shabbat the basics of Shabbat with holiday because the band is going to create a very festive family dinner with plenty of song, stories, traditional music, and challah mood. Being that it’s Hanukkah, we figure bring dance, and stories. bread, but the main celebration ush- the spirit of the holiday to the streets and let people On Friday stroll over to the Owl’s ering in the Festival of Lights kicks enjoy the holiday.” Head (479 74th St. between Fourth off at 6:30 pm with songs, dancing, And whether you wait up for Hannukah Harry and Fifth avenues) for the wine bar’s dreidels, and a meal that includes lat- or Santa Claus, the kickoff concert and ceremony is fifth anniversary charity event, where kes and jelly donuts. The feast costs something everyone can enjoy — just like Moshav’s it will bust out some unique holiday $25 per person and $45 for families. newest album “New Sun Rising,” said Solomon. beverages, including a gravity cask Then you can get in one last holi- “Our music stay true to our Jewish roots, but it’s of “Christmas Cru,” an Italian beer day party before Santa launches his universal,” he said. “The whole message in there is brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg, gin- sleigh at the Greenhouse Cafe (7717 about carrying each other, starting over, and all it ger, and grapes. And once you have a Third Ave. between 77th and 78th takes is to light a flame and start all over — at the few drinks in you, dare to serenade streets) on Friday at 10 pm, where end of the day, if you take a little light, you can light the bar with “introverted caroling” — you can jam out with the rock ’n’ roll up the world with a little flame.” singing that stays in the bar, instead trio Full Disclosure. Break out the Moshav concert and Lighting Ceremony at Grand of imposing itself on unsuspecting which supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, elf ears, Santa hats, and candy cane Army Plaza (Flatbush Avenue at Eastern Parkway homeowners. Admission is free, but and transgender youth. The charity cardigans — this will be your last in Prospect Heights, www.worldslargestmenorah. the event will pass the hat to raise shindig kicks off at 5 pm. chance to embrace the Christmas com). Dec. 24 at 7 pm. Free. cash for the It Gets Better Project, Meanwhile, members of the kitsch! 32 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23-29, 2016 24-7 launches a supportive and energetic karaoke dance party. Free. 11:59 pm. Union Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638–4400], www. Light Up unionhallny.com. SAT, DEC. 31 Continued from page 31 and Ale House (9404 NIGHTLIFE, AWESOME Your Fourth Ave. at 94th Street AUGHTS: Dance in 2017 THURS, DEC. 29 in Bay Ridge). with the music of the early COMEDY, “YOUR LOVE, 2000s! $5. 10 pm. Union MUSIC, LILY MCQUEEN, OUR MUSICAL”: Rebecca Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth FRANCES ROSE, Vigil and Evan Kaufman Avenue in Park Slope, (718) FRAMES: $10 ($8 in ad- 638–4400], www.union- Holidays! interview a couple from vance). 8 pm. Union Pool the audience and then turn hallny.com. [484 Union Ave. at Meeker their love story into a fully NIGHTLIFE, THE RUB NEW Avenue in Williamsburg, improvised musical. $10. 8 YEAR’S EVE: With DJ (718) 609–0484], www. pm. Union Hall [702 Union Ayres & DJ Eleven. $60. 10 union-pool.com. St. at Fifth Avenue in Park pm. Bell House [149 Sev- COMEDY, OH MY SCIENCE Slope, (718) 638–4400], enth St. at Third Avenue in PRESENTS A SERIOUS www.unionhallny.com. 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Former champ ready for Barclays BY LAURA AMATO into the octagon next year. She’s coming to Brooklyn for The new title will be fought a belt. at 145-pounds — 10 pounds Holly Holm was on top of heavier than her usual fi ght- the world in Nov. 2015. She’d ing weight, and the extra mus- just upset Ronda Rousey for cle could change her game. the Ultimate Fighting Cham- “It’s kind of one of those pionship bantamweight title things where it’ll be a dif- and was at, she thought, the ferent feel,” Holm said. “I top of her game. was talking with my coach But Holm dropped her next and saying, you know, ‘Ger- two fi ghts and now the for- maine’s going to be a tough mer champ is slated to take fi ght because she’ll be stron- on Germaine de Randamie at ger at 145.’ And he goes, ‘Yeah, UFC 208 at Barclays Center so will you.’ ” on Feb. 11 for the inaugural Holm didn’t have to dig female featherweight title. particularly deep to fi nd in- And she doesn’t plan on spiration heading into this dropping another match. fi ght. These last two losses “I can’t have a third loss,” were the fi rst of her career Holm said on Dec. 16 during a and losing her championship visit to Barclays Center when completely shifted Holm’s tickets went on sale to the pub- focus. She’s never worked lic. “I’d never had two losses harder, simply because she’s in a row and in my mind, I never wanted something just can’t let it happen.” quite as much. Of course, getting back “I didn’t think I’d be in on track is a challenge and this spot right now,” Holm Holm is facing a very partic- BACK ON TRACK IN BROOKLYN: Former champ Holly Holm has lost her last two fi ghts, but hopes to turn said. “So I just want to make ular obstacle before she steps things around when she competes at UFC 208 at Barclays Center next year. Getty Images / Zuffa, LLC. Continued on page 36 Senior lifts Lions to win BY LAURA AMATO of play, sparking the young Li- “I knew it was a few seconds She was, simply, doing her job. ons roster after Loughlin (1–4) off and I had to get the ball out Bishop Loughlin senior had squandered a double-digit of my hands,” she said. “I just guard Lynette Taitt knew lead. She also netted 11 of the had to let the ball go and I’m she had to make the shot and team’s fi nal 14 points of the confi dent in my shot. I didn’t when, at fi rst, it didn’t work, game. think I was going to miss.” she grabbed the ball and tried “I’ve got a young team and The squads exchanged again. Taitt scored the game- she’s a senior and she played baskets in the early goings of winning basket — just mo- like a leader. I’m happy for the fourth quarter and Mol- ments after her fi rst attempt her and happy for my girls,” loy jumped out to a 54–49 lead was blocked — with 5.6 sec- said Loughlin coach Chez Wil- with just over two minutes onds on the clock to lift the liams. “It was a rough start left. Lady Lions to a 68–66 victory for us this season. We came to- That’s when Taitt went to over Archbishop Molloy on gether as a team and we won work. She gave Loughlin a Dec. 15. the game.” two-point cushion with 34.4 It was Loughlin’s fi rst win Molloy took its fi rst lead seconds on the clock, connect- of the season. since the early-minutes of ing on a pair of free throws. “I just heard my coach yell the game with 1:30 left in the Molloy answered with its own ‘Let’s go’ and I knew I had to third quarter — jump-started trip to the line, but Margarita put it on my shoulders,” Taitt by a fi ve-point Jenna Mastel- Kilpatrick went 2-for-3 from said. “So I went to the basket, lone run. Loughlin would not the stripe, leaving the game faked and I just rolled it and go down easily, however, and open for Taitt’s heroics. prayed for it to go in the bas- Laysha De La Santos put the “It’s so important for me ONE ON ONE: Loughlin guard Laysha de los Santos takes on an Archbish- ket.” Lions up one heading into to do that because the energy op Molloy defender as the Lions held on for a 68-66 victory, the team’s Taitt scored 10 of her 28 the point with a deep three- and the vibe starts with me,” fi rst win of the season, on Dec. 15. Photo by Naeisha Rose points in the fi nal six minutes pointer. Continued on page 37 DT COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23-29, 2016 35 They’re on the mark Jefferson wins in Our 2016 All-Brooklyn girls’ soccer honors are in! second-quarter BY LAURA AMATO It was a season of high-scoring matches in Brooklyn this fall game plan switch as some of the city’s top players took to the fi eld across the bor- ough. BY LAURA AMATO taking bad shots, and Fontbonne Hall Academy It was a turn of the tide. that turned into good fi nished strong in the Catho- Thomas Jefferson’s shots for us.” lic High School Athletic Asso- boys basketball team Jefferson jumped out ciation, picking up the Tier-2 struggled early against to a 49–35 lead at the Brooklyn-Queens title. Grand South Shore on Dec. 13, break and continued Street Campus and Brooklyn but the Orange Wave re- to bring the pressure Tech once again led the charge tooled its game plan be- throughout the second in the Public Schools Athletic tween the first and sec- half, working the ball League with strong fi nishes at ond quarters, en route down low and playing the top of the division. Midwood to a 73–64 victory. Jef- an inside-out game the also impressed, posting an 11–1 ferson out-scored the Vi- Vikings couldn’t quite recording during the regular kings 33–8 in the second keep up with. season, after winning just eight quarter. “We want to be in at- games in the last two years. “[South Shore] came tack mode,” Pollard said. Here are the players who out hot and strong and “We want to play inside- made it all happen: they were knocking out, get into the paint, down shots, playing real and then try to finish or Player of the Year energetic,” Orange Wave drive and kick out. We Kerene Johnson, coach Lawrence Pollard did a good job of that.” Grand Street Campus said. “They came in here Senior power forward The junior was an offensive ready to play — but on Malachi Faison shoul- force whenever she had the ball our home court, we’re dered a good chunk of at her feet this season. Johnson going to make some the physical game down racked up 65 points in the regu- LEADER OF THE PACK: Grand Street Campus junior Keren Johnson was an shots and make adjust- low for the Orange Wave, lar season — the most in Brook- offensive force to be reckoned with this season, earning all-area player of ments. Once we turned playing tough on the lyn A — including a whopping the year honors. Photo by Andre Lamy the defense up, we got block and finishing with 29 goals on just 34 shots. Her the game going at our 18 points and a team-best speed up the fi eld made it diffi - most impressive. Schmidt- league-leading 21 goals in 12 pace.” 16 rebounds. cult for any opposing defenses Nowara put together an of- games this season, jump-start- The Vikings (2–1) He notched a pair of to slow her down. She also fensive front that was nothing ing the New Utrecht front line. came out firing on all third-quarter dunks in notched eight total assists and short of dominant, and Brook- cylinders in the first the waning minutes of wrapped up the season with lyn Tech racked up double-digit Autumn Blizzard, quarter — sparked by the period, effectively three goals in the playoffs. goals in four different games. James Madison Mikael Burnett Wala’s wrapping up the victory Blizzard was a picture of of- jump shot — and held an for the Orange Wave. Coach of the Year All-Area First Team fensive effi ciency this fall, scor- 11-point cushion after “We’re Brooklyn AA, Peter Schmidt-Nowara, Nia Blankson, ing 15 regular-season goals on the opening eight min- and we’re the big boys — Brooklyn Tech Brooklyn Tech just 47 shots. She added another utes of play. that’s what coach is al- The Engineers have be- The freshman phenom was goal during the postseason and It was more than ways telling us,” Faison come one of the most consis- a scoring force this fall. She also chipped in six assists. The enough to wake up Jef- said. “I like contact and tent programs in Brooklyn and racked up 20 goals during the freshman’s 36 points were third ferson’s roster and force playing tough.” the squad, once again, notched regular season and added an- in Brooklyn A-III. the Orange Wave (3–0) South Shore did its an impressive record this fall. other three in the postseason. to dig just a bit deeper best to claw back into Brooklyn Tech wrapped up the Blankson also chipped in eight Sophia DeLorenzo, on defense. The reign- the game, pulling within regular season 12–0, notching assists. Brooklyn Tech ing city champs settled five on a Femi Odukale the program’s third-straight The Engineers were a young into a full-court press, three-point play with league title. It was the squad’s Janette Vivar, New Utrecht squad this season, but players forcing South Shore into 2:19 left, but it was too front line, however, that was The sophomore notched a Continued on page 37 turnovers and rushed little too late. shots. Anderson drained a The press helped trey with just under two speed up the tempo, and minutes left, and Shevon the memories of the last few UFC history to win titles in Jefferson seized control Anisca connected on a HOLM months and while opening up multiple weight classes. of the game’s momen- pair of free throws for a new weight class is historic, As far as Holm is con- tum, pushing the ball the game’s final score. Continued from page 35 Holm is focused on what this cerned, this is simply the fi rst in transition and finish- It didn’t get off to a the most of it. I don’t want to matchup can do for her and her step. She’s got plenty of goals ing on drives into the perfect start, but it’s a let it pass me by.” own legacy in the octagon. — including a seemingly-inev- paint. solid early-season vic- Holm was recently ru- “I tend to be selfi sh with my itable Rousey rematch and get- “They couldn’t re- tory for the Orange Wave mored to be lined up for a fi ght ways and my career,” Holm ting her 135-pound belt back ally take the pressure and an important lesson against Cris “Cyborg” Justino said. “A lot of people ask ‘What — but fi rst Holm has to win in in the second, and that for the squad: They can’t — who has campaigned for a do you think this will do for Brooklyn. was really it,” said se- sleep on anyone. 145-pound weight class in the women’s fi ghting?’ and I don’t “It’s going to haunt my nior shooting guard Jor- “We’re going to get ev- past — but she’s not particu- know. All I know is that I want thoughts every day, every dan Armstrong, who fin- erybody’s best, and no- larly concerned with her op- to win for me and my team.” night for the next two months,” ished with a team-high body is going to let up,” ponent. She’s going to hit who- Holm has a big-time oppor- she said. “It’s exciting to have 24 points off the bench. Faison said. “If we’re ever she faces as hard as she tunity in front of her next year. a fi ght, but it’s also one of those “After that, they kept up, we’ve got to continue can. A win in Brooklyn would make things where you realize it’s turning the ball over — to stay up and push.” She’s also trying to erase her just the fourth fi ghter in crunch time. It’s go time.” 36 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23-29, 2016 DT Poly star says yes to Georgia Canarsie native headed to play with Bulldogs BY LAURA AMATO player said he’d never forget. Wilson originally planned It was a tight race for a little “I saw the class [Georgia] to announce his commitment while, but, eventually the Bull- built and I was around the guys on Christmas Day, but opted to dogs pulled away. during my offi cial visit and ev- move up the decision after visit- Poly P rep senior lineman Isa- erything just clicked,” he said. ing Georgia earlier this month iah Wilson — the No. 2 football “We’re defi nitely going to do and meeting with Bulldogs prospect in the country accord- something special.” coach Kirby Smart. He spoke at ing to ESPN — announced his Wilson came into his senior length with his family about the commitment to the University season as a fi ve-star recruit and choice and realized there was, of Georgia on Dec. 16, in front the 6-foot-7, 350-pound lineman simply, no point in waiting. of a crowd of his classmates and lived up to his ranking every “Why delay something if you a “Facebook Live” stream audi- time he suited up. He was all but know it’s right for you?” Wilson ence of more than 8,000. impossible to stop on either side said. “I knew and once I knew, The Canarsie native also of the line, simply too big and talked to my parents, let them GRIDIRON GRIT: Former Sheepshead Bay football star Rashaad Cow- considered offers from Ala- strong for opposing squads to feel it out, we came to a decision. ard came into his own during his four seasons on the Old Dominion bama and Michigan, but said slow down. There was no need to withhold defensive line, now he is looking for one, fi nal football victory. the opportunity with the Bull- He never worried about the anything.” dogs was simply too good to expectations, however, just fo- Wilson plans to play exclu- Old Dominion Athletics pass up. cused on helping the Blue Devils sively on the offensive line at “For a while I was stuck win football games. His success Georgia and while he was con- between all three. And then and consistency drew interest fi dent he could start anywhere, Former S’head star slowly ’Bama crept ahead and from just about every Division there was something special Michigan kind of evened it out I football program in the coun- about the Bulldogs. He took an and then Georgia just took off try and made Wilson the undis- unoffi cial visit over the sum- set for bowl bought like Usain Bolt,” Wilson said. puted leader in the locker room mer, meeting with coaches and “Started smiling when he fi n- this fall. players and immediately felt the ished the race. I found home.” “We had a sophomore line, spark. BY LAURA AMATO Coward still enjoys hit- Wilson announced his com- except for Isaiah and he never “It’s kind of like when you It was all about making his ting opposing offenses, but mitment during Poly’s annual left the fi eld,” Poly coach Kevin meet up with a family member mother proud. he’s seen his game grow over holiday assembly and was pre- Fountaine said. “He helped you haven’t seen in years and Rashaad Coward didn’t the last four years as well. It sented with a real pooch by the those kids get better. Now he’s you guys still click,” Wilson start playing football until he isn’t just about hitting any- school’s head of school Audrius getting to the next level, I think said. “That was the feeling I got. was in eighth grade, prefer- more, it’s about understand- Barzdukas — a moment the his ceiling is still on the rise.” It just seemed like it worked.” ring, instead, to play video ing schemes and the make up games and pick fi ghts in of each play. It’s about becom- school. But when the Flatlands ing a better player each time native fi nally stepped onto the the ball is snapped. games. She was at her best She fi nished her career with a gridiron, all of that changed. “When I was in high HONORS pushing the ball forward and spot on the Mayor’s Cup ros- Now, the former Sheep- school I didn’t really see the setting up her teammates, ter. Continued from page 36 shead Bay football star is bigger picture,” Coward said. however, racking up 14 assists set to suit up for his fi nal “I watch fi lm and use my like DeLorenzo made sure that as well. Erin Kennedy, college game as Old Domin- length and my strength now. youth wasn’t an obstacle. The Fontbonne Hall Academy ion squares off against East- It’s understanding technique freshman found the back of the Stacy Guaman, The senior helped lead her ern Michigan University in and using it instead of just net 13 times this fall and added Grand Street Campus squad to the top of the Brook- the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl trying to muscle around.” seven assists as well, fi nishing The junior co-captain did lyn-Queens standings, serving on Dec. 23. He’s certain his Coward started all 12 of second on the team in scoring. a little bit of everything for as the anchor on a strong defen- mother is proud. the Monarchs’ regular-sea- the Lady Wolves this season, sive line. Fontbonne Hall didn’t “It was new start, being son games this year and has Brigid Reilly, Midwood racking up 13 goals and 27 as- give up more than one goal away from all the distrac- been a major part of the pro- The senior captain was the sists during the fi rst 12 games in any game and notched fi ve tions and the trouble,” Cow- gram’s overhaul the last few Hornets’ leader on and off the of the year. She also chipped in shutouts. Kennedy wrapped ard said of his time at Old seasons. fi eld as the squad dropped just an assist during the playoffs, up her high school career with Dominion. “My mom knew He was a member of Old one regular-season game this but Guaman’s biggest strength an appearance in the Mayor’s I was in a safe area and a Dominion’s biggest recruiting year. An aggressive force on was her on-fi eld leadership, di- Cup. safe place. She didn’t have to class in 2013 – 38 players set to the front line, Reilly racked recting her teammates on both worry about me acting a fool join the team as it prepped to up seven goals and four assists sides of the ball. Nili Cuante, Midwood down here.” move up to the Football Bowl this fall. The senior was a big-time Coward played a hand- Subdivision – and one of the Samantha Rom, source of confi dence in net for ful of positions when he fi rst few players who spent his en- Chelsea Saquicili, Bishop Kearney the Hornets this year, giving joined the Sharks roster — tire four years at the school. HS Telecommunication It wasn’t a dominant season up just six goals in the regular forced to line up on both sides Coward never once consid- The Yellow Jackets senior for Bishop Kearney, but Rom season. She hauled in 97 saves, of the ball due to low num- ered leaving. was the spark that made her was a bright spot on defense, including 18 in Midwood’s play- bers — but there was always “It was all about the com- squad go this year, notching bringing experience and lead- off match, and allowed goals in something about defense that petition and my teammates,” six goals in 12 regular-season ership to the squad’s back line. just three games. appealed to him. he said. “It was easy to stay. He became a standout de- The coaches really care about fensive lineman in his fi nal you as a person, not just as an two seasons at Sheepshead Bay athlete.” me and do the same.” column is a big-time confi - and fi nished with 31 tackles Coward knows he’s grown LIONS It’s a much-needed victory dence boost. and three sacks as a senior. as a player since he fi rst vis- for a Loughlin squad that “Their heart and their de- Continued from page 35 “It’s just fun running ited Old Dominion and now has struggled to hit its stride sire tonight stood above every- around and hitting people,” he’s ready to showcase that she said. “If I play hard and this season. It wasn’t a per- thing,” Williams said. “They Coward said. “Just being ag- growth on a national stage, fi nish my free throws and go fect game, much closer than wanted it and that’s how you gressive. 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According to with talking or listening. to trying to stay focused on seat to share some French cebook status or reading the California Department the road, some drivers pre- fries with the kids is also a book are all activities of Motor Vehicles, studies Daydreaming fer the help of lane depar- distracting. that should be avoided have shown that driving Many people will admit ture warning systems. Try to eat meals before when driving. Even pour- performance is lowered to daydreaming behind getting in the car. For ing over a traffic map or and the level of distraction the wheel or looking at a Eating those who must snack consulting the digital is higher for drivers who person or object outside of Those who haven’t quite while en route, take a display of a GPS system are heavily engaged in cell the car for too long. Per- mastered walking and moment to pull over at can be distracting. 44 COURIER LIFE, DEC. 23–29, 2016 DT