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NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D Introducing Miss Black Americana: Singer and guitarist Queen Esther will debut at the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, hoping to introduce festival-goers to the black Southern influences of coun- try music — a sound she dubs “Black Americana.” Photo by Stefano Giovannini Fest for the rest! Flatbush Junction carnival a peaceful J’ouvert alternative BY ALEXANDRA SIMON Call it a J’ouv-over. For Queen & country Flatbush business lead- ers held a street fair on Hil- Black Americana artist gets down to her roots By Alexandra Simon Esther. “I want them to understand that I’m But music industry commercialization “It’ll be great to hear every artist and he’s taking country back to its roots. not an anomaly — and while that requires divorced the styles of music, and black hear them live,” said Esther. “As a musi- This weekend’s Brooklyn a larger history lesson than I’m capable of music lost much of its “twang” during cian you get no chance to hear new artists, lel Place at the Flatbush SAmericana Music Festival will cel- doing in a song, I want people to be moved the Great Migration, when many African- which is why I’m thrilled to be running ebrate the sounds of folk, country, and and get inspired to keep listening.” Americans moved to northern states, said around this festival.” early blues for a hootenanny good time. In the early 20th century, said Esther, Esther — but she retained that original Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, And when one self-described “black the elements that became country, rock, sound from growing up in Georgia. Sept. 23–25 at various locations and times, Americana” artist plays the festival’s and blues were all mixed up together, and “I think me being from the South, with a www.bkamf.com. opening night on Sept. 23, she hopes to black and white musicians played the same lot of twang in my background — I do tra- Jalopy Theatre [315 Columbia St. Junction to showcase the re-introduce country fans — who are pre- type of tunes. ditional things in country,” said Esther. “I between Woodhull Street and Hamilton dominantly white — to the music’s origin “Once upon a time when there was no held on to that twang, and I never let go.” Avenue in Red Hook, (718) 395–3214, www. among black artists such as herself. music industry — down South, there were Esther will debut some new songs on jalopy.biz]. Sept. 23 at 8 pm. $30. “I don’t know what people are thinking socials, picnics, church, juke joints, and the festival’s opening night, as well as Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 [Atlantic of when they see me, but I’m true to myself everyone played in everyone’s band,” said tunes from her latest album “On the Other Avenue at Furman Street in Brooklyn and I’m singing songs that are reflective of Esther. “There is a certain twang inherent Side.” And she is looking forward to hear- Heights, www.bkamf.com]. Sept. 24, 2–8 who I am and where I’m from,” said Queen in black music.” ing new bands as much as playing herself. pm. Free. best of Caribbean culture on Sept. 15 — a response to Your entertainment recent calls to end the vio- guide Page 43 lence-marred J’ouvert cel- ebration, where four people were shot this year despite Police Blotter ...... 8 increased police presence Letters ...... 32 at the pre-dawn Labor Day It’s Only My Opinion ...... 34 party. A Britisher’s View ...... 34 Organizers created last Thursday’s fair, called “Af- Not For Nuthin’ ...... 34 ter the Fete,” to focus on the Rhymes With Crazy ...... 33 positive, one said. Sports ...... 49 “With all the negative noise coming out of Carni- val — especially J’ouvert — we just thought it was im- portant to identify the eco- nomic and cultural aspect of the Caribbean people away from that noise,” said HOW TO REACH US Kenneth Mbonu, director of Flatbush Junction Busi- Mail: ness Improvement District. 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Photos by Georgine Benvenuto this, because J’ouvert is a Display Ad Fax: part of Caribbean culture, (718) 260-2579 and to hear that some people sic, and dancing, as well as Cine, a rep for humanitar- a success that the business Classified Phone: want to take it away is up- some New York street-fair ian group Phoenix Rising improvement district in- (718) 260-2555 setting,” said Amelia Wil- staples such as face-painting for Haiti. “They were really tends to make it an annual Classified Fax: liams, who happened upon booths. But the traditional powerful and played with so gathering, Mbonu said. (718) 260-2549 the seven-hour party and tunes really rose above the much energy. They brought “We wanted to showcase liked it so much she stayed rest, another attendee said. people together, and it was the powerful impact of Ca- Classified E-Mail: all day. “What really stuck in nice that everyone of all ribbean culture — its intent [email protected] The festival featured Ca- my mind at the end was the ages were so into it.” is to make it every year,” he ribbean food, steel pan mu- steel pan band,” said Rose After the Fete was such said. :FLI@J:FLI@<:FLI@I8G?@: > GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS! FILM, SPORTS STARS IN BROOKLYN HI-YA! ‘Karate Kid’ Ralph Macchio at Bklyn Hospital’s Founders Ball BY LAUREN GILL Wax on, scrubs off! “Karate Kid” star Ralph Macchio swept doctors and donors off their feet at Brooklyn Hospital Center’s 28th annual Founders Ball at Barclays Center last Tuesday night. But for some attendees, the biggest kick came not from meeting the winner of the 1984 All Valley Karate Championship, but see- ing their colleagues out of their regular hospital garb and in gowns and tuxes. GET HIM A BODY BAG, YEAH!: SPACE DRAM: Movie star Bill Murray serves up shots at his son’s Greenpoint bar on Sept. 18. “It was great to see ev- “The Karate Kid” legend Ralph Photo by Jason Speakman erybody in a different set- Macchio showed his support for ting than you see them in the Brooklyn Hospital Center by everyday,” said Natasha attending its annual Founders Fievre, an obstetrician and Ball last Tuesday night. gynecologist at the infir- mary. Photo by Jordan Rathkopf The life alcoholic Seven-hundred revel- ers attended this year’s Deborah Niderhoffer. extravaganza — many of Showing no fear or mercy Bill Murray pours drinks at son’s Greenpoint bar whom, like Mr. Miyagi, alongside Macchio at the know more about fighting shindig were Vincent Pi- BY RUTH BROWN the counter while pouring arrived. And the scene was for lives than fighting for azza of “Boardwalk Empire” Can I have one more of out shots for guests at the no less wild inside, as in- points. fame, Pix 11 anchor and these with some booze in it, private event. vited guests squeezed in to They ultimately raised event emcee Sukanya Krish- please? News of the “Space Jam” score photos, videos, and $1,340,950, which will go nan, and Tony-winning play- Wildly popular movie actor’s stint had spread as drinks from Murray. towards improving the wright David Henry Hwang star Bill Murray tended bar far as India and Australia , The voice of “Garfi eld: A Fort Greene center so it is — a neighbor who famously at his son’s new restaurant and fans crowded outside the Tail of Two Kitties” was report- the best around, according walked himself to the hospi- in Greenpoint last Friday new Greenpoint Avenue eat- edly in very fi ne spirits during to Brooklyn Hospital Foun- tal last year after a stranger and Saturday nights, danc- ery for hours on both nights, his Friday shift, singing and dation vice president and stabbed him in the neck. ing and drinking behind mobbing the thespian as he Continued on page 20 chief development officer Continued on page 20 Nets’ Jeremy Lin a slam dunk at Prospect Park ‘Day of Play’ BY SARAH DOUGAN and drills with Nets stars Jeremy Lin and Forget “oohs and aahs” — this event had lots Joe Harris during the event — which, despite of ooze and “arghs!” being put on by a television network, aims to Folks from kids television network Nick- get kids up and moving. elodeon dumped buckets of its trademark Plus, the Big Brothers Big Sisters pro- slime on Brooklyn youngsters’ heads during gram also held its annual Race for the kids its annual Worldwide Day of Play event in in conjunction with the Nick function, where Prospect Park on Sept. 17. participants raised cash for the do-gooder or- The ritual — a relic from a bygone era ganization by either walking or running 5 ki- when the network used the goop as punish- lometers. ment for Canadians who inadvertently ut- It wasn’t just a good deed, attendees say, it tered the phrase “I don’t know” — was just was a good time for all. one of several wacky games and activities “It was a really great time,” said Manhat- thousands of kids enjoyed on the day, which tanite Katherina Shabalov, who attended the also included bowling, obstacle courses, ball Photo by Jordan Rathkopf event with her younger pal from the Big Sis- pits, a dance party, and bouncy slides. NOTHING BUT NETS: Professional Brooklyn baller Jeremy Lin ters program. “Me and my little enjoyed it as Tykes also got to practice basketball skills was on hand to meet the kids and share some pro tips. did everyone who was there.” MBRBG COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 3 E-BIKE E-BRAKE Sunset Parkers: Legalize scooters so cops can stop them BY CAROLINE SPIVACK can helm such shooters and The only way to curb the compelling drivers to get in- scourge of unsanctioned elec- surance, according to a rep tronic scooters is to legalize for a local pol who is working them, according to Sunset on such legislation. Parkers. “It’s a very problematic is- Police aren’t doing any- sue in Sunset Park,” said Jef- thing to stop so-called “e- frey Wice, special counsel to WRECKED: A police investigator places markers around a child’s bent bike” riders from wantonly Assemblyman Felix Ortiz bike, which the boy rode through a red light at Dahill and Courtelyou disobeying traffi c rules, and (D–Sunset Park). “We’re ap- roads before he was struck by a car. Photo by Paul Martinka the vehicles’ legality is hazy proaching this from a safety at best, so offi cials must cod- and responsibility perspective. ify the rides and start slap- We want to make sure young Kid cyclist battered in crash ping bad actors with tickets, people are limited from using one local said. these bikes and that adults are BY COLIN MIXSON GS 350 — who police say “The police cannot or will registered and insured.” A 12-year-old boy went to the had a green light — struck not stop them, so we want to Pols introduced a bill last hospital in critical condition the youth with his driver- legalize and regulate them,” year to regulate the battery- after a driver hit him as he side bumper, throwing him said Tony Giordano, the ex- FLOUTING THE LAW: A delivery powered scooters as bicycles, was cycling in Kensington to the asphalt, and the im- ecutive director of the Sunset but it went fl at. Ortiz instead on the morning of Sept. 14, pact smashed his helmet man rides his electric bike on the Park Restoration. “It makes hopes to treat them more like sending the youngster hurl- into several pieces, photos them identifi able, so if they sidewalk on 52nd Street between cars. ing to the pavement and shat- of the aftermath show. have a license plate on the Seventh and Eighth avenues. Meantime, e-bikers are tering his helmet to smither- Emergency responders back then the police have no Tony Giordano scooting all over town with eens, according to police. found him lying on the pave- excuse, they can say, ‘Oh this relative impunity, Giordano The kid was riding to- ment with a severe head one doesn’t have a license effectively making it illegal to said. wards Dome Playground injury and rushed him to plate, grab him,’ or ‘This one ride them on city streets. “These things are silent on the sidewalk of Courte- Maimonides Medical Cen- does, check that he has insur- Creating a way to regis- killers,” he said. “I’ve stepped lyou Road at around 6:40 ter where he is in critical ance.’ ” ter the e-bikes would make it out of my car at 10 pm and am when he tried to ride condition, cops said. 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Car thief mayhem The victim told police he left A galoot went for a joy ride in a his vehicle unlocked between Bay stolen Honda Accord, collided into 43rd and Bay 44th streets due to a parked car, and drove the vehicle a broken alarm system that con- onto a crowded sidewalk along 77th stantly goes off when the car is Street on Sept. 13, said police. locked. The lummox jumped into the car, say stole lotion from an 86th Street 12:30 pm the suspect chased him up The victim forgot to remove his which was running with the keys in pharmacy and tried to slash the to the second fl oor of an apartment wallet from the car, and when he the ignition, near Fourth Avenue store’s security guard on Sept. 16. building between Mermaid and returned to retrieve it at 10 pm, he at 4:25 pm, according to offi cials. The victim told police that the Surf avenues, cornered him, and be- discovered it was gone, said police. Someone was in the passenger’s seat man was trying to take several bot- gan punching him in the face. The and tried to push the thief out of the — Caroline Spivack tles of lotion off the shelves at the suspect gave the victim a black eye driver’s seat, but the two struggled store between Bay 40th and Bay 41st and bruises on his neck, police re- for control as they made their way streets at 3:42 pm. When the victim ported. 61ST PRECINCT toward Fifth Avenue, in the process confronted the man, he pulled out a The man stole the victim’s bas- hitting a parked car, and jumping knife and attempted to cut the secu- ketball and fl ed on foot, said police. SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST— the curb onto a sidewalk, offi cials rity guard, who was able to evade MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND stated. the blade, police reported. Bad fi rst impression The suspect fl ed, but offi cers ar- Not a gentleman Gone in a fl ash Offi cers cuffed a man for assault- rested him shortly after and discov- ing a woman in a W. 31st Street Police cuffed a 26-year-old guy A thief made off with a woman’s ered that he was in possession of a building on Sept. 13. who they say attacked an elderly purse after she left it unattended on knife, a glass pipe containing crack The victim told offi cers that she woman on Avenue T on Sept. 13 and 14th Avenue on Sept. 17, said police. cocaine residue, and a bag of mari- noticed an stranger sitting in the stole her purse containing a wad of The victim told cops she set her juana. lobby as she got off the elevator in cash. pocketbook down near 86th Street her apartment building between The suspect approached the 72- at 3:30 pm and when she went to re- Bash and run Mermaid and Surf avenues at 11:40 trieve it, the bag was gone. year-old woman from behind near Cops cuffed a man for hitting a am. E. Second Street at about 11 am, woman in the head with a remote The woman asked the man if knocked her to the ground, and then Scammer control on Bath Avenue on Sept. 18. he lived in the building, and he re- struck her in the head, cutting her A huckster conned a woman out The victim told police that the sponded with “f--- you” and began face, police said. The suspect then of $1,500 by pretending to be her cous- man broke a remote control over punching the woman in the face swiped her purse with $5,000 in in’s friend at her Ovington Avenue her head between Bay 14th Street and head and kicking her about the apartment on Sept. 14, police said. and 17th Avenue at 1:15 pm, jumped body, which left bruises. She went it, according to authorities. Emer- The victim told offi cials that the in a car, and fl ed in an unknown di- to Coney Island Hospital for further gency responders transported her con artist came to her apartment be- rection. evaluation, according to a police re- to Coney Island Hospital, offi cials tween Third and Fourth avenues at port. said. 8 am and told her he was a friend of Pants grab After the woman was discharged her kin, who needed bail money to Authorities arrested a man who from the hospital, she positively Gone shopping get out of Rikers. The victim said busted into a guy’s Bay Ridge Ave- identifi ed the suspect in a photo, A crook broke into a teen’s home she withdrew the cash and gave it to said police. nue apartment on Sept. 16 and stole on Emmons Avenue on Sept. 11 and the phony. his wallet. swiped clothes and sneakers, police The victim left his apartment be- Frenemy said. Jewelry heist tween 15th and 16th avenues at 10:30 A woman was arrested for slash- The 17-year-old victim told po- A raider ransacked a woman’s pm in a hurry and left his wallet in ing a so-called friend in the neck on lice he was not at his home near home on 67th Street on Sept. 15, said a pair of pants on the fl oor, said po- Brighton Sixth Street on Sept. 14, Bragg Street from 4:45 pm to 10:50 police. lice. When the victim returned to said police. pm when the jerk broke in through The pilferer entered the woman’s retrieve his wallet he discovered it The victim told police she was apartment between 10th and 11th av- was gone. near Neptune Avenue at 3:35 pm a back window and stole clothes and enues at 9:55 am through a bedroom to meet the suspect and discuss four pairs of Jordan sneakers in window that was unlocked and stole Bold thief their relationship, which led to a various sizes. jewelry, including a gold Rolex and A baddie just had to swipe a verbal dispute that soon got phys- The window was left open and a an engagement ring. The thief fl ed necklace off a woman’s neck on 67th ical. The suspect tried to punch chair was propped up against the down 67th Street on a black bicy- Street on Sept. 14, said police. the victim, then pulled out a knife front door, according to authorities. cle, according to law enforcement The victim told police she was and gashed her neck, police re- The teen told police he thinks the sources. walking her dog between 21st Av- ported. culprit may be two guys he knows, enue and Bay Parkway at 6:15 pm Cops say the suspect then went offi cials said. Bike burglar when a stranger approached her, to the victim’s home and broke her A jerk stole a man’s bike on 97th said “I need this,” snatched her bedroom window. Ransacked Street on Sept. 13, police said. necklace, and ran off toward 21st A nogoodnik ransacked a wom- The victim told police he locked Avenue. Raising cane an’s E. 18th Street apartment on his bike between Marine and Third Police arrested a woman who Sept. 16, police said. avenues. A witness saw the thief they say hit a man in the head with place the bike into the trunk of a 60TH PRECINCT a cane on Surf Avenue on Sept. 17, The 62-year-old woman told po- black convertible with Ohio plates CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH— said police. lice the punk pushed in the front and drive off at 9 am, according to SEAGATE The victim told police he was in door lock and entered the apart- police. a verbal dispute with the suspect in ment near Kings Highway some- Flagrant foul an apartment building between W. time between 8 am and 3 pm. 62ND PRECINCT Police arrested a man who they 27th and W. 28th streets at 7:45 pm The jerk messed up the apart- say chased another man into a W. when she struck him in the head ment completely and stole a Sony BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH 33rd Street building on Sept. 13 — with her shillelagh. digital camera — but the woman where he beat him up for his basket- hasn’t fi nished surveying what is Slippery thief nabbed ball, said police. 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One class is an integrated class where children and children with special needs. eight (8) students have IEPs and seven (7) Children have been shown to gain greater students are through the Universal Pre- mastery of material when teaching peers. K program, a free NY State program for There are many social-emotional benefits typically developing children that are four in the integrated classroom setting for all years of age. The school runs from 8 am to kids. Being in a classroom with children 2 pm. who have special needs leads children to Brooklyn’s UPK program school of- be more compassionate and empathetic in fers many services, including two nurses the long run,” said Nicole Levine, Director and one School Psychologist. For students of the Brooklyn Preschool Program. with an IEP, related services are provided, “The functioning level and disabili- including Occupational Therapy, Speech ties of the children who attend our school Therapy and Physical Therapy (as deter- also vary. Our school accepts medically mined by the IEP). The school has invested fragile children and is able to get a one to in the latest technologies – which is not typ- one nurse for those students that meet that ical of most UPK programs – and students criteria. We work with a monthly curricu- work on both i-pads and Smart Boards lum and will typically do a special, school- in classrooms to improve their critical wide event once a month that corresponds thinking skills. In Brooklyn, students also to the theme. Most of these seats are cur- have an opportunity for much-needed rec- rently filled.” Ms. Levine added. reation as the school offers a swimming Preschool Program at UCP of NYC an- pool and employs a gym teacher. ticipates many eager students at the begin- Brooklyn’s UPK program and Pre- ning of this coming school year! MBRBG COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 9 BackGet to Savings! 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The bank is not clocking in at 28:41. “I think people responsible for typographical errors. were afraid to come out because of ©2016 New York Community Bank – Member FDIC what happened in Manhattan.” An improvised explosive detonated in Manhattan on Sept. 17, injuring 29. FIRST-PLACE FINISHER: Angel Confesor, And a similar device went off earlier who led the pack for the men’s race, said Attention that day at a Marine Corps charity run in New Jersey. Police have made fewer runners and spectators came out to an arrest in both incidents. the Sept. 18 charity run because of bomb at- LANDLORDS Around 500 runners typically as- tacks in the tri-state area the day before. semble for the Hoban Run, but the Photo by Georgine Benvenuto !RE 9OUR 4ENANTS #REATING ! .UISANCE s $O 4HEY /WE 9OU 2ENT tally on Sunday was just more than 380, race results show. the NYPD and a great community .EED 4HEM %VICTED s #OMMERCIAL 2ESIDENTIAL The fi ve-mile dash memorializes school.” Police Offi cer Chris Hoban, who died The run kicked off at the Ameri- OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE in the line of duty at just 26 years old can Veterans Memorial Pier off of in 1988. 69th Street, snaked up along the wa- For A FREE Consultation, Call 718-788-5052 The race also supports a scholar- terfront, and looped back to Xaverian ship fund for children of police offi - High School on Shore Road between cers attending Xaverian High School, 71st Street and Mackay Place, where HAGAN, COURY & Associates a cause that athletes are happy to Hoban graduated in 1980. burn sneaker rubber for, another ath- Die-hard runners such as Confe- TH !VE s "ROOKLYN lete said. sor and Chin came out — despite the “It’s running for a good cause,” bombing the night before — and made said Queens resident Sabrina Chin, the most of the day. For more hyper-local Brooklyn news on your computer, smartphone, or iPad, who led the pack in the ladies’ race A post-race barbecue party in- and fi nished in 34:38. “Anything cluded rides, raffl es, and music by the visit BrooklynDaily.com. we can do to show our support for aptly named Head Over Heels. 10 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG Menchaca gets heat over ‘BDS’ vote hey’re calling him Carlos who want to have their voices Arnaldo Ferraro, but both that neither Ted nor Arnaldo Meshugenah. PARTY LINE heard in a peaceful, non-vio- men continue to call them- was chairman, it is unsettling T Freshman Council- lent manner. I do want to selves the chairman for an attorney, a member of man Carlos Menchaca (D- uphold our sworn com- and Ghorra — state the bar, to haul himself out Red Hook) has lost allies in mitment to that consti- Sen. Marty Gold- as the chairman,” said Gerry Jewish sections of Brooklyn tutional right and our en’s (R–Bay Ridge) O’Brien, who acted as the — including one he represents freedom of expres- hand-picked suc- temporary chairman during — after voting against a Coun- sion — which is why I cessor to replace last year’s convention. “It’s cil resolution condemning the voted against Resolu- former chairman weird, it’s unsettling he would so-called “Boycott, Divest, and tion 1058.” Craig Eaton — is do something like that or al- Sanction Movement,” which But voters in taking on the role a low others to do something seeks to punish Israel’s occupa- Menchaca’s district are little too seriously, like that on his behalf.” tion of Palestinian territories. already registering their critics charge. Ferraro is also taking up TALKING BORO POLITICS Menchaca, whose district anger — to a neighboring coun- The party hosted a the title, though in a more encompasses a portion of the WITH JULIANNE CUBA cilman, one legislator said. training program at Gold- limited capacity — members heavily Jewish Borough Park, “I have heard from many of en’s family catering hall Bay of his Fiorello LaGuardia Re- voted against the resolution — wasn’t exactly a secret that Councilman Menchaca’s con- Ridge Manor on Sept. 10, and publican club refer to him in- effectively supporting the idea there was a resolution. He was stituents who are outraged at an invite named Ghorra as the ternally as chairman, but they of boycotting Israel — along very, very clear that he didn’t his lack of support for the Jew- county chairman. do not distribute fl yers refer- with three other Council know much about BDS and so ish community,” said Council- “Special guests will in- ring to him that way, accord- members. Six pols abstained on. I will do everything I can man David Greenfi eld (D–Bor- clude Kings County Republi- ing to club member Lucretia from the vote. do to make sure he doesn’t get a ough Park), who is also Jewish can Chairman Ted Ghorra, Regina-Potter. Jewish electeds hounded single vote in my community.” and condemned Menchaca on United States Congressman Both men held meetings Menchaca afterward, charging But Menchaca says he was Twitter after the vote. Dan Donovan, Senator Marty last year claiming the chair- his vote was ill-informed and informed and voted against • • • Golden and Assemblymember manship . pledging to unseat him when the resolution on First Amend- The Brooklyn Republican Nicole Malliotakis,” the Fa- When asked why he was he faces reelection in 2017. ment grounds. party is more fractured than cebook invite stated. presenting himself as party “I’m very, very disap- “I received many messages ever. Ghorra, a lawyer, should leader, Ghorra brushed off pointed,” said Assemblyman on both sides from district res- State supreme court judge know better than to represent the question, saying he only Dov Hikind (D–Borough idents, colleagues, and friends Edgar Walker ordered the himself as chairman when a appeared at the Bay Ridge Park). “I actually spoke to him on the topics of the Boycott, party on Aug. 13 to redo last judge ruled last month that no Manor function to help fellow before the vote, and interest- Divestment, Sanctions move- year’s contentious vote for man had won the election , a Republicans seeking offi ce. ingly, he told me he doesn’t ment and Resolution 1058-A,” county party chairman be- political insider said. “That’s a silly question, it know much about BDS, which he said. “I do not want to pun- tween attorney Ted Ghorra “Given that there was a law- was for the benefi t of the can- I found incredible, because it ish, condemn, or deter those and former assemblyman suit, given the judge declared didates of the party,” he said. 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They sent HIGH HOLIDAYS at BRJC to scope out the damage — but that’s the offi cers right to the back and they when one of the desk jockeys one- caught him at the door.” Let your spirituality hit new highs! upped New York’s Bravest and spotted The plaza houses an occupational a fl ame still burning in the ceiling, a and physical therapy offi ce, primary building manager said. care center, orthopedic offi ce, and an Rosh Hashanah: “One of the employees, the offi ce obstetrics and gynecology offi ce — all nd User friendly, 3UN /CT n PM User friendly, staff who was with us, noticed in the damaged by the fl ames, which took 106 parparticipatoryticipatory -ON /CT rd AM ceiling, heard crackling sounds and fi refi ghters to extinguish, a fi re de- musical services noticed open fl ames, so the fi re mar- partment spokesman said. th 4UES /CT n AM ledled byby RabbiRabbi shal commanded all us to leave to evac- But the women’s health offi ce was Dina Rosenberg uate and called the fi re department scorched worst, and Miller believes Yom Kippur: with Cantor back,” said Yehuda Miller. “If not for that may have been part of the sus- All are th Moshe Halfon that walk-through that we did, the fi re pect’s motive, he said. ome! 4UES /CT PM welcwelcome! th marshal said it’s a very good chance — “The section for women’s health 7ED /CT n AM because there were no working smoke was the one damaged the most and it st Street, Brooklyn, NY detectors anymore — by the time that appears as though that was the target,” "AY 2IDGE *EWISH #ENTER s would have been detected, the fl ames Miller said. “Everyone in the building \ OFlCE BRJCORG would have been so big the entire block has to relocate. The whole building is would have been burnt down.” not workable. It’s absolutely horrible.” A department spokesman called Police charged the man with bur- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF A CAFE Miller’s account hearsay and said the glary, arson, reckless endangerment, AT CADMAN PLAZA PARK, LOCATED AT TILLARY STREET AND CADMAN PLAZA WEST, BROOKLYN agency is still investigating. and criminal trespass, offi cials said. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) is issuing, as of the date of this notice, a But Miller does not blame the de- significant Request for Proposals ("RFP") for the development, operation, and maintenance of a cafe at Cadman partment or fi refi ghters — six of whom Plaza Park, located at Tillary Street and Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn. were hospitalized for minor injuries All proposals submitted in response to this RFP must be submitted no later than Thursday, November 3, 2016 while battling the inferno — for the at 3:00 p.m. There will be a recommended site visit on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. We will be meeting at the proposed concession site, which is located at Tillary Street and Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn. oversight. We will be meeting in front of the entrance to the park building at Cadman Plaza West. If you are considering “At this point right now, when I just responding to this RFP, please make every effort to attend this recommended site visit. watched six fi refi ghters who had mi- Hard copies of the RFP can be obtained, at no cost, commencing on September 19, 2016 through November 3, nor injuries fi ghting the blaze, I only 2016, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays, at the Revenue Division of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which is located at 830 Fifth Avenue, Room 407, want to thank the FDNY for their work New York, NY 10065. and their self-sacrifi ce and the amaz- The RFP is also available for download, commencing on September 19, 2016 through November 3, 2016, on ing job they do,” he said. Parks’ website. To download the RFP, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/businessopportunities, click on the link for Smoke eaters quelled the fi re for “Concessions Opportunities at Parks” and, after logging in, click on the “download” link that appears adjacent to the RFP’s description. good by 5 am, a department spokes- man said. CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Yehuda Miller alerted For more information or to request to receive a copy of the RFP by mail, prospective proposers may contact Phil police of the break-in after his phone picked Abramson, Director of Revenue Communications, at (212) 360-3426 or at [email protected]. And police cuffed a guy for alleg- edly setting the blaze — cops say the up video of the suspect in the offi ce through TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR THE DEAF (TDD) 212-504-4115 fi rebug broke in around 11 pm and lit a live stream. Photo by Paul Martinka 14 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 BG EMERGENCY BLOOD DRIVE! 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Kayak polo players — yes, That’s probably just as kayak polo players — from well, as opponents are al- around the country and be- lowed to push each other yond paddled into McCarren around and it takes a lot of Park Pool over the weekend skill to stay upright in the to compete in the U.S. Kayak tiny vessels. Polo Nationals, giving local Plus, those who fall out of contenders a chance to show their boats have to do a swim their friends and family what of shame to the goal line haul- in the heck they actually do. ing all their equipment, she “My parents don’t really said. know what I’m talking about “It’s definitely a contact so it was fun for them to see — sport,” Thein said. “If you it’s such a bizarre and wonder- do not roll back up on your ful sport to watch,” said Green- boat and you have to do an point resident Lydia Thein, a emergency exit, you have member of the U.S. women’s to swim you, your gear, and kayak polo team. your boat to your goal line The peculiar athletic en- before another player can deavor is like basketball come in.” played in kayaks, Thein said During the weekend-long — players “dribble” the ball by Brooklyn tournament, local OAR-SOME: Kayak polo players score goals by throwing the ball into an elevated net. Photo by Stefano Giovannini throwing it in front of them in kayak polo teams battled it out the water, and score by hurl- against squads from Boston, was no shame in losing a U.S. “They’re amazing, so we’re Bridge Park, organizing free ing it into an elevated net. Texas, California, and Can- tournament to foreigners, she just happy we got to play with games for players of all ages Most people who get in- ada. Thein’s team came sec- said, as the Great White North them,” she said. and experience levels every volved in the sport are sea, ond in the women’s division is known for producing top- Thein also runs a kayak Sunday afternoon during sprint, or whitewater kayak- to some Canucks, but there notch kayak polo athletes. polo program in Brooklyn summer. LOSE 20-40 POUNDS IN 40 DAYS GUARANTEED! UÊ ÊÀià UÊ Ê- Ìà UÊ Ê ÀÕ}à 39 lbs gone UÊ Ê-ÕÀ}iÀÞ in 40 days! 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And there was no more apt way to celebrate the pro- Lutheran has its cession’s anniversary than by putting its name on the AIN’T NO WAY LIKE RAGAMUFFIN WAY: Ridgites celebrated the Raga- very street that carries it, a local pol said. muffi n Way co-naming ceremony at 74th Street and Third Avenue. “We have many traditions Photo by Georgine Benvenuto expansion plan in Bay Ridge, but few have come close to the popularity rade took place on the cor- The next year, it was a BY CAROLINE SPIVACK 10 on Sept. 19. And the poten- of the Ragamuffi n Parade,” ner in October, 1966, when public march, and since They have a prescription for tial for expanded health care said Councilman Vincent Father James McKenna and then the parade has grown growth! options is a boon for area resi- Gentile (D–Bay Ridge), who parishioners of Fourth Ave- into a Bay Ridge tradition Lutheran Medical Center dents who have fewer places to sponsored a bill to designate nue church Our Lady of An- that boasts hundreds of hopes to expand its Sunset get medical treatment as other the block. “There’s no way gels held an event for parish marchers along Third Ave- Park campus with two new hospitals close, one commu- better to commemorate its 50- children clad in their par- nue each year. buildings in order to beef up its nity leader said. year anniversary than host- ents’ over-sized duds, ac- 50th annual Ragamuffin cancer-treatment programs, “We’re in a situation in ing a street co-naming for cording to information from Parade (Third Avenue from capacity for outpatient proce- Southwest Brooklyn where Ragamuffi n Way.” the Ragamuffin Parade 76th to 96th streets in Bay dures, and add in-patient beds, we lost a major hospital — the The first Ragamuffin Pa- Committee. 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Street and Second Avenue LUTHERAN for $12.1 million and plans to build a facility focused Continued from page 18 on cancer treatment with Victory Memorial Hospi- services including radia- tal — and NYU Lutheran tion, oncology, and che- is one of the hospitals that motherapy, he said. is fi lling that void, so I Offi cials would not say think any expansion that how large the buildings improves services for the may be. residents of Southwest Expansion plans also Brooklyn is a positive,” include adding two fl oors said Community Board to the hospital’s fam- 10 district manager Jose- ily health center on 56th phine Beckmann. Street. The building’s Plans for the two foundation can accom- buildings are prelimi- modate two extra stories nary. New York Univer- — but the hospital did not sity, which operates the previously have the cash 450-bed hospital on 55th to build them, Lhota said. Street and Second Av- “When it was built, enue, has not fi led for Lutheran did not have permits with the Depart- enough money to really ment of Buildings — but fi nish the job,” said Lhota. medical center staff aim “So we’re going to put to convert a barren park- those fl oors on and we’re ing lot on 56th Street be- going to expand the fam- tween First and Second ily health center, as well avenues into a facility as have an ambulatory that will boost the hospi- surgery center — and it’ll tal’s number of beds and be connected to our new outpatient services, ac- building.” cording to hospital rep New York University Joe Lhota, who presented also plans on giving the the plan to the board. hospital $50-million grant In May the hospital for clinical programs, purchased land on 57th Lhota said. instead hob-nobbed MACCHIO throughout the stadium and three of its rooms, Continued from page 3 before getting down to This year’s gala was oldies, hip-hop, and funk the fi rst in the event’s tunes — but sadly no Joe history without a sit- Esposito — in Jay Z’s down dinner, and guests 40/40 Club. 20 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG QUALITY MEATS CUT & SLICED TO ORDER ,!-" s "%%& s 0/2+s 6%!, s 0/5,429 GROUND BEEF $ 29 3 lb. 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BY COLIN MIXSON ing a turtle to make its new in the park — including the They primed the pump! home there. pond in the beloved Japa- Brooklyn Botanic Garden The garden is an attrac- nese garden — via a series bigwigs unveiled a sprawling tion in its own right, offer- of brooks and underground new wetlands area on Sept. 15 ing one-and-a-half football pumps. — part of the park’s innova- fi elds’ worth of space contain- It will give garden staff a tive new water circulation sys- ing thousands of new trees, lot of control over the park’s tem that its honchos claim will shrubs, bulbs, ferns, and un- fresh water stores — includ- save more than 21 million gal- usual species of fl ora includ- ing the ability to retain liquid lons of H20 per year. ing the black tupelo tree, when storms hit so it doesn’t Forgoing the standard which blazes a vibrant red in run off into the city’s sewage ribbon-cutting ceremony, of- the fall. system. fi cials unveiled the Shelby But the green space is The garden offi cials are White and Leon Levy Water also the first phase of a sys- aiming to fi nish the entire HERO IN A HALF SHELL: (Above) Brooklyn Botanic Garden staff intro- Garden by pouring buckets of tem that circulates liquid conservation system some- duced this turtle into his new home, (left) a brand-new water garden that water into its pond and releas- around other water features time in 2018. opened last week. 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Dr. Brett Younger will be installed as the new senior minister at services on Sept. 25. Dr. Younger is the 11th settled se- nior minister at the church in its 169- BENSONHURST Big news! Bishop Kearney High School has some big tidings to tell — freshman Emily Perry has been awarded the very fi rst ever Brian Moore Scholarship. Emily is the daughter of a re- tired New York City Police De- partment offi cer. The scholarship was established in 2016 to honor New York City Police Detective First Grade Brian Moore. De- tective Moore was killed in 2015 year history. while working undercover in Before coming to Plymouth, Dr. AHOY MATEY!: Staff members dressed in sailor garb lead residents on an around- Queens. Younger was a professor at the McA- the-world cruise at Shore View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Irene Christensen Moore, fee School of Theology of Mercer Uni- Brian’s mother, is a member of versity in Atlanta for eight years. He the Bishop Kearney class of 1976. taught preaching, worship, and writ- Going sailing on the briny deep Going forward the scholarship ing, and last year he spent fi ve months will be awarded each year to an BRIGHTON BEACH boat-themed decorations. on sabbatical in Santiago, Chile, as the Following cruise protocol, the incoming freshman. full-time minister at a multi-denomi- Old Man River is in their shoes, crew held mock cruise-safety train- Bishop Kearney also an- national church. these seniors are on a sea cruise! ing sessions, teaching the sea-far- nounced that Winifred Ra- He is also the author of six books, Residents at Shore View Nurs- ing group what to do if the ship hit digan was elected as the new two of which he co-authored with his ing and Rehabilitation Center an overzealous iceberg or missed chairwoman of the Board of wife Carol, and a frequent conference traveled around the “world” on a sea the sand-bar and went aground. Directors. She is a graduate of speaker and workshop leader. Dr. cruise without ever leaving shore. In between the safety sessions Bishop Kearney and brings more Younger’s articles and sermons have The mateys danced and sang and fun activities, land-lubbers en- than 40 years of experience to the appeared in journals, periodicals, and their way through “Spain, France, joyed a Spanish dance performance, position. Winifred has a Bache- websites including Christian Cen- Israel and Italy” with trivia contests on-board games, and of course, tasty lor of Arts from St. Joseph’s Col- tury, Feasting on the Word, Lec- navigated by staff members dressed treats. lege, a master’s in English from tionary Homiletics, and Review & in festive sailor garb. The center Shore View Nursing and Rehabil- Hunter college, and she com- Expositor. was transformed into a cruise ship itation Center [2865 Brighton Third pleted her post-graduate work at The Youngers have two sons Gra- festooned with fl ag pennants from St. at Neptune Avenue in Brighton St. John’s University and Colum- ham and Caleb. the countries visited, along with Beach, (718) 891–4400]. bia Teachers College. Plymouth Church is a parish which Standing O sends congratu- enjoys a rich heritage in the Congre- lations and good luck to Emily gational tradition. It welcomes all per- The event united the community in Det. Rafael Ramos Foundation Perry and Winifred Radigan. sons to participate in worship, service, a block party setting, where children, (PO Box 863119 Ridgewood, NY, 11386; Bishop Kearney High School and fellowship. teachers, and police offi cers enjoyed www.detectiverafaelramos.org). [2202 60th St. at Bay Parkway in Standing O welcomes the new min- a performance by the Youth Drill Bensonhurst, (718) 236–6363]. ister and wishes him many years of Team Marching Band, games of CARROLL GARDENS success. double Dutch, an obstacle course, egg Plymouth Church (75 Hicks St. be- races, and a climbing wall donated by He’s ‘Ace!’ work hospitals across the country in tween Orange and Cranberry streets the New York Police Department. Ace Hardware Corporation has just 16 months. Now that’s a sweet deal! in Brooklyn Heights, www.plymouth- Mounted police shared in the day recognized Matt Mazzone, owner of “I am truly humbled and honored church.org). and presented treats with which chil- Mazzone Ace Hardware, as the Ace to be named the 2016 All-Star Retailer, dren could feed the horses. Hardware Foundation’s 2016 Ace All- and would like to give credit to my in- BEDFORD-STUYVESANT The foundation raises awareness Star Retailer. credible team,” said Matt. about dangers faced by law enforce- Standing O pal Matt was selected In addition, the “Ace” man hosts an Three cheers ment offi cers while also helping to sup- for his exemplary fund-raising for his annual Pumpkinfest event. The Oct. Let’s hear it for The Detective Ra- port the families that experience the local Children’s Miracle Network 8 benefi t will feature pumpkin decorat- fael Ramos Foundation — the giving tragedy of losing a family member in Hospital, Cohen Children’s Medi- ing, pony rides, face painting, food, and organization in partnership with The the law enforcement profession, its cal Center. Matt also helped launch a raffl es to benefi t the Cohen Children’s Legacy Center New York and the website states. The foundation also unique fund-raising initiative with Ace Medical Center. New York Police Department’s 79th desires to develop a positive relation- retailers across the organization with Now Matt can add a Standing O to Precinct — which delivered 500 back- ship between our communities and the World’s Finest Chocolate Bars, and his accolades. packs fi lled with much-needed school law enforcement offi cers who work in since then more than 1.2 million bars Mazzone Hardware [470 Court St. supplies to children at PS 59 in Bed- them on a regular basis, according to have been sold in Ace stores, generat- at Fourth Place in Carroll Gardens, ford-Stuyvesant. the mission statement. ing more than $600,000 for miracle net- (718) 624–8494]. 24 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG Fifteen Brooklyn restau- rants donated 45 trays piled high with their best dishes, so Abbondanza! everyone had an opportunity to sample them all, Gillette Pasta fest raises $ for Italy quake victims said. There was way more than BY JULIANNE CUBA his fund-raising goal, he said. just noodles and red sauce Now that’s using your noodle! “We raised $4,295. The goal to be had, and every bite was More than 300 people stuffed was one dollar for each mile good to the last drop — but one A CAUSE WORTH EATING FOR: (Above) Organizer Joe Gillette helps dish their faces with Italian fare at between Brooklyn and Ama- dish knocked the others out of out food. (Left) Gianna and Gabriella Piccirillo with Ava Alario dive in. St. Bernard Parish Hall in Ber- trice,” said Joe Gillette. “Ev- the park, he said. Photos by Jon Farina gen Beach on Sept. 18 to raise erybody had a great time. We “There was a fresh gnocchi, thousands of dollars for the had a tremendous turnout.” it was fresh and delicious you seafood, crab pasta, shrimp daughters and sampled a home- victims of the earthquake that A massive earthquake didn’t even have to chew, you pasta — everything you could town favorite from Amatrice. devastated Amatrice, Italy, last rocked Amatrice on Aug. 24, just had to wiggle your tongue possibly think of.” “Pasta with lobster month. The food was so deli- killing at least 295 people and a bit and it just melted in your And choosing the best dish sauce and lobster, and pasta cious that everyone wiped their laying waste to the town, which mouth,” Gillette said. “This was too diffi cult a task, accord- all’Amatriciana. Those two re- plates clean, but the tastiest part is about an hour outside of Rome was not spaghetti-and-meat- ing to one Bergen Beacher, who ally stood out for me,” said Ma- for one organizer was reaching (4,290 miles from Brooklyn). balls donations. 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MBRBG COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 31 I\X[\ijfle[jf]]XYflkÊJfle[F]]Ë_f^j To the editor, I would appreciate it if your regu- lar contributors, such as Ed Green- span and a few others who are on SOUND OFF TO THE EDITOR your “Sound off to the Editor” page three out of four times a month, would take a short break and make C 32 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG K_\Y`^#]Xk#Xeefp`e^8d\i`ZXen\[[`e^ our friend, or niece, or stance, was a Romanian en- started its countering, wed- ation or two: My big, fat Amer- roommate is getting clave in the early 20th century. ding culture was, of course, in ican wedding, egged on by an P married and you’re in- There, says Dunak, “The bride its crosshairs. After all, what ever-growing list of specialists vited! would walk down the street and could be more staid and sex- who promise to create a Kar- To Hawaii. neighbors would put eggs in her ist? Why was the bride wear- dashian-like affair. The photo And you live in the Bronx. basket. These would be used to ing white — to advertise her shoots are Vogue-worthy. The And so do they. make baked goods for the wed- virginity? Why was daddy desserts are Pinterest-ready. Or the invitation arrives, ding.” Everyone chipped in. walking her down the aisle The dresses star in television “Saddle up to Sarah & Wes- After the war, Americans — to transfer ownership from shows. And the bridesmaids? ley’s wedding at Dave’s Dude experienced a surge in religi- one male to the next? They have to play along. Ranch in South Dakota.” And osity, Dunak says, and what’s “People thought, ‘Weddings “There is this undercurrent the closest Sally and Wesley more, they finally had a little are dead. This is it, done, that of, ‘How much is my friendship have ever come to straddling a extra cash. So they started ship has sailed,’ ” says Dunak. worth?’ ” says Dunak. horse was the carousel in Cen- holding fancier weddings out- “Department stores were clos- Some brides put their tral Park. RHYMES side the home, in the church. ing their bridal salons.” friends in a very awkward po- What is the deal with these This did not just happen But the valiant bridal mag- sition: Are they willing to buy weddings set several time WITH CRAZY spontaneously. Movies like “Fa- azines did not throw in the a dress that looks hideous and zones away from friends and ther of the Bride” served almost bouquet. Instead of pushing costs a fortune? Fly out for the family? C\efi\Jb\eXqp as instruction manuals. In that the old wedding model, they bachelorette weekend? Buy a “Sometimes it’s strategic,” 1950 Spencer Tracey–Elizabeth turned on a dime and played gravy boat from the registry? says Karen M. Dunak, an as- wedding price tag. Taylor hit, the parents end up along with the revolution. You Under that kind of pressure, sociate professor of history Dunak’s book traces the hiring a snooty caterer and can have a wedding and still something had to give, and fi- at Muskingum University in trends in American matri- blanching at the bills. be liberated, they told readers. nally, it has. Gliding down the Ohio (though a Jersey gal by mony. Before World War II, she Welcome to the new nor- A wedding could be hip. Do aisle is the latest trend: The birth), and author of the new discovered, many Americans mal. your own thing. Do-It-Yourself Wedding. Ev- book, “As Long as We Both had their weddings at home. That norm was reinforced So instead of formal cere- eryone pitches in to make the Shall Love” (NYU Press). “It’s very common, from by the bridal magazines. These monies, couples started writ- food, arrange the flowers, dec- Destination weddings, she 1910 to 1930, to drive to the jus- were once read only by the ing their own vows. They orate the backyard. believes, can be a way of keep- tice of the peace, go home and East Coast elite, but by the ’50s, chose different music. Brides Which, when you think ing a wedding small and afford- have a big chicken dinner. Or bridal magazines had gone na- wore peasant dresses, grooms about it, isn’t too different able, without hurting anyone’s a minister comes to the parlor tional, teaching everyone to wore bell-bottoms. And the from the Romanian weddings feelings. Hold the wedding in and they do it there.” spend, spend, spend on cakes, American wedding, God bless of 1900 Indiana. Guam and you can invite even What’s more, different floral arrangements, cummer- it, was saved. Lenore Skenazy is a keynote your parents’ friends, and still communities had different bunds… By the ’80s, it was bulking speaker, founder of the book not spend the $30,000 that has traditions. 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No, not and in our comfort Just hours before that Clinton. The first one. zones. J_XmXeX8Yilqqf the mall stab- The Clinton who swore The bombing bings, clueless a thousand times that he and stabbing spree in three pect, captured swiftly thanks Minnesotans participated in did not have sex with that American cities in a 12-hour to excellent cop work, is an Af- a “Stand Up Against Islamo- woman — Miss What’s- span — along with the dis- ghani whose family sued the phobia March” to oppose al- Her-Name? Then after the covery of three bombs in New City of Elizabeth, N.J. in 2011 leged hate speech and crimes stain on her blue dress was York and New Jersey, includ- for cop harassment, alleging against Muslims, oblivious to analyzed, the front page of ing a stash near a Garden State — in a self-fulfilling prophecy! the latest FBI hate crime fig- newspapers from almost ev- train station — is an alarm- — that a neighbor complained ures showing Muslims were ery city in America showed IT’S ONLY ing jolt to the conventional ig- “Muslims make too much trou- targeted a mere 154 times in a blowup of him with — in norance that Islamo-terrorists ble in this country.” 2014 compared to 609 inci- very bold print — the words are on the run. s¬4HE¬ MAN¬ ACCUSED¬ OF¬ BE- dents of anti-Semitism. “Liar, liar, liar.” MY Far from it — America re- ing the Minnesota stabber is American law enforcers So there is absolutely mains their prime target. a migrant from radical-Islam- are maxed out investigating nothing wrong with refer- OPINION Count on it. soaked Africa. Islamo-terror suspects in all ring to him as Clinton the Connect the dots between s¬4HE¬ SUSPECTED¬ MEAT 50 states — in between being Liar — the first one. When JkXec\pG%>\ij_Y\`e the explosion in Manhattan cleaver maniac who hacked vilified while protecting our the screen was cut away injuring 29 people, the blowout hero off-duty cop Brian arses — making a global con- to Mr. Clinton, the Liar, in a garbage can near a Ma- O’Donnell two days earlier in vention on “the religion of there he was calling Donald nounced that he is support- rine Corps charity run in New a gory prelude was a disgrun- peace” and its followers im- Trump a racist. Why? Be- ing Hillary for president. Jersey, and the knife-wielding tled Palestinian looking to ap- perative to begin solving the cause the Donald continues Hey there, Mr. Schultz. I Islam-tosser wounding nine peal his deportation. crisis of our day. to use his slogan, “Make don’t like your coffee, and shoppers during a bloody ram- No surprises there, yet de- It is time we learned why America Great Again” and I certainly don’t like your page in a Minnesota mall, and lusion continues to drown re- Muslims permit their fanati- according to Mr. Clinton politics. Nice knowing ya. arrive at an all-too-familiar ality. cal fringe to maim and kill in- the Liar, “Make America s¬s¬s conclusion — unhinged Mus- Wussy Mayor DeBlasio nocent people in the name of Great Again” is a racist Some commentators tell lims are front and center of the called the bombings an “in- Islam. comment. us that these football play- mayhem: tentional act” in a gross un- Follow me on Twitter @Brit- The production staff of ers have a right to protest s¬4HE¬ TWIN¬ BOMBINGS¬ SUS- derstatement. Do-nothing- Shavana the show I was watching the “Star Spangled Ban- was prepared for Mr. Clin- ner” and the American flag. ton, the Liar. The screen I have the right to protest instantly cut to many shots these players by not buying of the former president say- tickets to see them play. Af_Xj_\ifneYXjb\kf][\gcfiXYc\j ing — on several occasions, I wrote the above com- ore than 800 illegal im- staplers — let alone finger- in several places — “Let’s ment on every ticket ap- migrants who were prints of wanted criminals and make America great again.” plication that was given or D scheduled to be deported illegal immigrants who were Wasn’t there something sent to me. Let the team’s were granted U.S. citizenship set to be deported. Some even about what’s good for the owners and management by mistake, according to an In- landed airport security and goose is good yada, yada, feel it in their pockets. spector General’s report — that law-enforcement jobs. yada? If Trump is a racist, To tell the truth, I attend is one beaut of a mistake, don’t This “gap” in information then so is Clinton the Liar, very few football games you think? was blamed on old paper work the first one. anyway. Many games up These folks used false iden- that had not been properly s¬s¬s here in the north are played tities to successfully apply for transferred to computer data- I like McDonald’s cof- in cold, miserable weather. citizenship, and they slipped bases. And get this — the gov- fee. I also enjoy a cup of Ein- Then, at almost every play, through the cracks, because ernment knew about this “gap” stein’s with the free refills, the fans stand up, sit down, the Department of Homeland as far back as 2008, according Dunkin Donuts, Denny’s, stand up again, sit down Security did not have their fin- to the report. Eight years, and and I-Hop. I do not like Star- again. It’s almost like being gerprints on file. NOT FOR it still happened. bucks. I know, I know. Ev- in Synagogue on the Jewish Adding insult to injury — Presidential hopeful Hil- eryone else on the planet Holidays. Carol and I prefer and pouring a whole lot of salt NUTHIN’ lary Clinton insulted half the loves Starbucks. Me? I find watching a game on TV in on an open wound — most of population by referring to Don- it burnt, bitter, and I need the comfort of our home. these people were from “special AfXeeX;\c9lfef ald Trump supporters as “a three Sweet’N Lows to get s¬s¬s interest countries or neighbor- basket of deplorables.” one cup down. Everybody in business ing countries with high rates This from a woman who I watched a gal shak- knows that, when a prod- of immigration fraud,” accord- If 9-11 didn’t teach us any- can’t (or won’t) remember how ing her face while sipping uct cannot be sold, it may ing to a Fox News account. thing about our national secu- many e-mails she canned and her fancy shmancy Star- be advantageous to change And Homeland Security rity, then this should certainly who, after a stint as Secretary bucks whatchamacallit. the name of that product. is supposed to be keeping us be an eye-opening wake-up of State, didn’t know that “C” She shook her face the way For example, would you or- safe? call for us to change how we do stood for classified (I can’t even some people try to shake off der an item at dinner called Rampant liberals out things. begin to explain that one). a straight shot of scotch. snails? Probably not. But there are offended by Donald The Inspector General’s re- Not for Nuthin,™ but I think If it’s that painful, why if the waiter with a nasal Trump’s assertion not to let port revealed that Federal da- Homeland Security’s failure to drink it? Okay. So that’s me, twang and a French accent anyone in this country unless tabases were missing finger- properly vet immigrants is de- and I’m not alone. I am proud suggested something called they are properly vetted. These prints for as many as 315,000 plorable, and maybe Hillary of Howard Schultz. The kid “escargot,” you just might. brain trusts have accused his immigrants with final deporta- should have added the depart- from the Bayview Projects I am StanGershbein@ statements as racist, un-Amer- tion orders or who are fugitive ment to her basket — or maybe in Canarsie climbed to be- Bellsouth.net suggesting ican, and following in the steps criminals. she did but it got erased in one come one of America’s lead- you look up Prairie Oys- of Nazi Germany. They really We can proudly boast of a of those “C” e-mails. ing businessmen. Good ters, Sweetbreads, and Swai need to get over themselves national security department Follow me on Twitter @ for him. This week he an- before you order them. and their rhetoric. that can’t keep track of it’s own JDelBuono. 34 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG WEDDINGS CORPORATE EVENTS SHOWERS COMMUNIONS CONFIRMATIONS SWEET 16’S Sirico’s offers you a variety of Dinner, Cocktail, and Buffet options. 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(Center) the Brooklyn Book Festival related merchandise at stalls which is about her experiences Tess Henry and Jesse Baum show off their new reads. (Left) MariNaomi on Sept. 18, and attendees say around Borough Hall and Cad- working in underground host- they were impressed with just man Plaza, while hundreds of ess bars here and in Japan — was one of 300 authors on hand. Photos by Jolene Siana how much the publisher-pa- authors spread out amongst and appeared on a panel about looza packed into one space on stages nearby to deliver free taboo relationships in print. She was especially excited asking for a photo. one day. talks and readings. “It was super fun to see people to meet renowned author Sal- “I have no shame and asked “It was really great,” said The writers say the fest is on the panels and meet other man Rushdie, and said she him to take a selfi e with me,” Bushwick resident Bri Aab, just as thrilling for them as authors and fans.” wasn’t above fan-ing out and she said. 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PET GIFTWIN BASKET To enter/vote and view prize details OR OTHER GREAT www.cnglocal.com/cutestpet PRIZES! 38 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG Beating the mountain Guard members complete Chilean course RAISE THOSE SHOVELS!: Veteran volunteers in Fort Worth, Texas, build a gravel path at a local shelter. Spencer Kympton Vets volunteer and pave the way HARBOR WATCH try to report for duty again Thousands of veterans in their communities and across the U.S. are con- become volunteer leaders,” necting with their com- he said. “We believe those re- munities and enriching connections can be found by their own lives in the pro- committing to serve again cess, according to Spencer here at home in their neigh- Kympton. borhoods.” BASIC TRAINING: Texas Guardsmen work with Chilean soldiers during the Chilean Mountain School course Kympton, president of Veterans working with from Aug. 15 to 26 in Portillo, Chile. Sgt. Elizabeth Pena The Mission Continues, Kympton’s organization said that since his non- are involved in a number HARBOR WATCH tain terrain — the guards- winter operations such as profit organization started of community efforts, in- Twenty-one Texas National men had to score at least a 290 cross-country ski, downhill in 2007, around 1,700 vet- cluding mentoring at-risk Guard members successfully on the Army Physical Fitness skiing, medevac, and foreign eran fellows have done kids, eliminating “food completed the grueling “Es- Test, speak Spanish, and have weapons familiarization. At volunteer work in com- deserts” in their neigh- cuela de Montaña” Chilean previous experience in cold night in the 7-degree moun- munities across 49 states. borhoods, cleaning up en- Mountain School short course weather and mountain ter- tain climate, they dug ice Kympton is a veteran him- vironmental issues, and in August. rain. caves to sleep in. Affeldt said self. He served in the Army working to revitalize a The course is a con- “The course starts off his soldiers maintained their as a Black Hawk helicopter playground at a disadvan- densed two-week version of in Rio Blanco, which is at perseverance throughout the pilot for eight years. For taged school. the school’s four-month-long the base of the mountains,” course. his outstanding volunteer In Washington, D.C., The mountain warfare course, said Texas Army National “Downhill skiing was a work, Kympton was pre- Mission Continues has five which is similar to U.S. Guard Cpl. Nicholas C. struggle in itself. Then they sented with the Outstand- service platoons focused Army Ranger School, accord- Graff, fire team leader with threw in cross-country ski- ing Civilian Service Award some of the poorest areas ing to 1st Lt. Michael A. Af- the 143rd Infantry Regi- ing, which is a little bit more at the Chief of Staff of the of Southeast D.C., Kympton feldt, scout platoon leader of ment. “It was 30 degrees at diffi cult,” Affeldt said. “So Army Salute during a Twi- said. Veterans are work- the 1st Battalion (Airborne) night and 65 degrees during the fi rst day everyone was light Tattoo ceremony at ing to revitalize affordable 143rd Infantry Regiment and the day.” kind of looking like Bambi, Joint Base Myer-Henderson housing in Congress Park, offi cer in charge of the Texas The fi rst phase focused on but by the end of the week we Hall, Va., on Sept. 15. renovate the Malcolm X military exchange for the summer climbing techniques were able to climb up moun- The Mission Contin- Community Center, and course. such as rock climbing, rap- tain and do a company exer- ues’ work is motivated by renovate a National Park “So it’s a pretty prestigious pelling, ascending, and water cise.” Kympton’s belief that many trail through Congress course to go through in Chile,” crossings. The Texas National Guard of today’s veterans need a Heights. Affeldt said. “We practiced pack animal and Chile have been working purpose and desire a recon- This type of multi- To qualify for the course training so we used mules,” together since 2009 though the nection with a team and a pronged approach is tak- — which tests basic competen- Graff said. “They use mules National Guard State Part- mission. ing place in cities across cies on movement, maneuver- to carry gear where they can’t nership Program, which con- “We’ve asked thousands the U.S., from the Home- ing, and life-saving techniques get vehicles.” nects a state’s National Guard of veterans across the coun- Continued on page 40 in spring and winter moun- The second phase involved Continued on page 40 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 39 nonprofi ts or community or- VETS PAVE ganizations while The Mis- Continued from cover sion Continues sponsors them with living stipends zelwood areas of Pittsburgh and professional develop- and the Rainier Beach area ment support. Currently 65 of Seattle, to the City Heights service platoons are oper- and Logan Heights sections ating in 35 cities, Kympton of San Diego, Kympton said. said, with fi ve more expected The group’s work is pri- by the end of this year. vately funded through a com- In about 16 cities, the bination of corporate spon- nonprofi t has “city impact sors, individual donations, manager” volunteers who and donations and grants maintain relationships and from foundations dedicated partnerships with organiza- to reintegrating veterans and tions, mayor’s offi ces, ser- strengthening communities, vice efforts, and corporate according to Kympton. sponsors. Veterans who volunteer City impact managers can do so individually or as also work with service pla- part of a service platoon for toon leaders and individual a six-month period. Modeled veterans to synchronize ef- after military platoons, ser- forts and ensure projects add vice platoons involve dozens value for the veterans as well WHAT A CATCH!: Merchant Marine Capt. John “GiddyUp” Bunch shows off a snook he and Operation Open Arms to hundreds of veterans in as the communities. participants caught on a day of fi shing. Capt. John “Giddyup” Bunch big community efforts, work- In strengthening commu- ing together on nights and nities, the veteran volunteers weekends. are strengthening them- Operation Open Arms The volunteers work at selves, Kympton concluded. Last year, the Texas Mili- Ret. Marine provides a day of fi shing fun COURSE tary Department conducted 14 military exchanges with HARBOR WATCH to catch a fl ight home. He was could accompany them since Continued from cover Chilean partners that in- Operation Open Arms pro- wearing his dress uniform, he too was a fan of Bunch’s with a partner nation’s mili- cluded engineering, medi- vides a free one-week vaca- and it was 1969, the year the fi shing shows. The three men tary forces and government cal and disaster response, as tion in southwest Florida or Vietnam War began. ended up spending the next agencies in a cooperative, well as the best warrior com- Maryland for active-duty ser- At the airport, he encoun- day together fi shing. mutually benefi cial relation- petition. vice members returning from tered a group of war protest- “We couldn’t have asked ship. “It’s crazy that the an overseas deployment or as- ers who spit on his uniform, for a fi ner day of fi shing,” “[It allows us] to take sol- soldier mentality trans- signment. he said. Bunch said. “The fi sh were ev- diers from across the divi- fers that far,” Graff said. Since its founding more “I took great offense to that, erywhere. And two dolphins sion and entire state and “They like to train, they than 11 years ago, 3,396 troops as all good Marines would, were playing near the boat, send them to an environment like to go hard everyone have taken advantage of that and we proceeded to have our too. It was almost like a magi- to train in that we don’t have seemed to get along really offer, said Merchant Marine issues right there,” he said. “I cal fi shing trip.” the ability to train in,” said well. The best thing we did Capt. John “GiddyUp” Bunch, promised myself that one day I On the way home, Bunch Affeldt. was build relationships who started Operation Open would treat U.S. troops better felt so good about the expe- “Now we have soldiers down … I made some good Arms in 2005 to provide ser- than what I was treated.” rience that he conceived the coming back that under- friends.” vice members home on leave After separating from the idea for Open Arms. It started stand how to do operations The Texas Military De- with free or discounted ser- Marine Corps in 1976, Bunch out small, he said, but then in cold weather climates, partment is scheduled to host vices and activities before became a well-known fi shing in April 2005, TV’s “Today mountainous terrain, and its Chilean partners this No- they return to their overseas guide in south Florida, ap- Show” featured Bunch and his how to deal with adver- vember at a search and res- duty stations. pearing on numerous TV fi sh- work with troops. So many e- sity in different environ- cue training at Camp Mabry For his many acts of kind- ing shows. mails fl ooded in that the traf- ments.” in Austin, Texas. ness and charity, Bunch was One day, he was doing a TV fi c temporarily shut down his presented with the Outstand- fi shing show and came ashore website. ing Civilian Service Award at for a lunch break at a nearby Bunch admitted he never the Chief of Staff of the Army restaurant. A soldier at the res- intended to be a founder of a Salute during a Twilight Tat- taurant, Spc. Travis Downes, charity, but events in his life too ceremony at Joint Base recognized him from TV and steered him to that calling. Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., asked him where he could fi nd Asked about his nickname Sept. 15. the best nearby fi shing spot to “GiddyUp,” Bunch explained COURIER LIFE The charity, of which he is catch at least one fi sh before that when he was 10, he fell off a the founder and director, has he deployed back to Iraq. horse and was knocked uncon- no paid employees, he said. Ev- Bunch told him to meet scious. When he came to, a girl eryone is a volunteer. He cred- him the following Saturday was giving him artifi cial respi- CLASSIFIEDS its a vast network of sponsors and he would personally take ration. He looked up at her and for helping defray expenses, him fi shing. The soldier de- asked, “Am I in heaven?” And and donations are accepted, murred, saying he couldn’t af- she replied, “No giddyup,” and he said. ford Bunch’s services. the name just stuck. 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Estimates! 42 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 MBRBG WWW.BROOKLYNDAILY.COM PUBLISHED BY CNG • 1 METROTECH CENTER NORTH • 10TH FLOOR • BROOKLYN, NY 11201 Introducing Miss Black Americana: Singer and guitarist Queen Esther will debut at the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, hoping to introduce festival-goers to the black Southern influences of coun- try music — a sound she dubs “Black Americana.” Photo by Stefano Giovannini For Queen & country Black Americana artist gets down to her roots By Alexandra Simon Esther. “I want them to understand that I’m But music industry commercialization “It’ll be great to hear every artist and he’s taking country back to its roots. not an anomaly — and while that requires divorced the styles of music, and black hear them live,” said Esther. “As a musi- This weekend’s Brooklyn a larger history lesson than I’m capable of music lost much of its “twang” during cian you get no chance to hear new artists, SAmericana Music Festival will cel- doing in a song, I want people to be moved the Great Migration, when many African- which is why I’m thrilled to be running ebrate the sounds of folk, country, and and get inspired to keep listening.” Americans moved to northern states, said around this festival.” early blues for a hootenanny good time. In the early 20th century, said Esther, Esther — but she retained that original Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, And when one self-described “black the elements that became country, rock, sound from growing up in Georgia. Sept. 23–25 at various locations and times, Americana” artist plays the festival’s and blues were all mixed up together, and “I think me being from the South, with a www.bkamf.com. opening night on Sept. 23, she hopes to black and white musicians played the same lot of twang in my background — I do tra- Jalopy Theatre [315 Columbia St. re-introduce country fans — who are pre- type of tunes. ditional things in country,” said Esther. “I between Woodhull Street and Hamilton dominantly white — to the music’s origin “Once upon a time when there was no held on to that twang, and I never let go.” Avenue in Red Hook, (718) 395–3214, www. among black artists such as herself. music industry — down South, there were Esther will debut some new songs on jalopy.biz]. Sept. 23 at 8 pm. $30. “I don’t know what people are thinking socials, picnics, church, juke joints, and the festival’s opening night, as well as Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 [Atlantic of when they see me, but I’m true to myself everyone played in everyone’s band,” said tunes from her latest album “On the Other Avenue at Furman Street in Brooklyn and I’m singing songs that are reflective of Esther. “There is a certain twang inherent Side.” And she is looking forward to hear- Heights, www.bkamf.com]. Sept. 24, 2–8 who I am and where I’m from,” said Queen in black music.” ing new bands as much as playing herself. pm. Free. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23-29, 2016 43 MOMENT OF TRUTH ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ star: Presidential election too far gone By Julianne Cuba dam Ruins Everything” — except this. “A Comedian Adam Conover will take on the upcoming presidential election in a Sept. 25 live performance at Gowanus’s Bell House. The gig will still use the name of his aforementioned TruTV show, but the funny-man admits people’s opinion of the showdown between Donald Trump Members of the Bay Ridge Dems get rowdy watching the 2012 and Hillary Clinton can’t sink much Democratic Convention at the Longbow — and they’re back for the first 2016 presidential debate. File photo by Steve Solomonson lower, and instead he’ll actually be try- ing to make the 2016 race to the White House a little more palatable. “I think it’s already in a pretty bad Five Brooklyn place, and people already feel like it’s been ruined,” he said. “We’re trying to bars screening give people a little more understanding and how it works and have them leave feeling a little more hopeful.” the first debate Conover’s weekly television show is known for dropping humorous By Julianne Cuba (718) 238–7468, www.long- truth bombs on misconceptions about Vote 1 beer. bownyc.com], 8 pm. Free. nutrition (vitamin supplements are a The first presidential con), weddings (engagement rings are debate is on Sept. 26, when What a joke It can’t possibly get worse: Comedian Adam Conover is ready to take on the election a scam), and forensic science (poly- Hillary Clinton and Donald Laugh away the awfulness during his show “Adam Ruins Everything Live,” but he says it’s already ruined. TruTV graphs are psuedoscience), and his live Trump will spend another of this election at Two Saints version will attempt the same during He will also try to dispel the notion Conover wouldn’t publicly back any two hours droning on about in Crown Heights, which an hour-long history of elections pep- that the battle for commander in chief candidate on the ballot, but made some e-mail servers and beautiful will punctuate its debate pered with stand-up comedy and pre- is the most important day in American big Trump-style promises for audience walls. The only logical way to screening with stand-up sets recorded funny clips. politics. While voters are distracted satisfaction alongside a Hillary-style get through it is by drowning from comedians Alingon The jokester is keeping the targets by the multimillion-dollar, cable-news vow of bipartisan laughs. your sorrows in booze sur- Mitra, Crystian Ramirez, of his stage act more secretive than churnalism-fueled circus of modern “We want to create a show for any- rounded by your fellow mis- Brian Rabadeau, and Shelby Donald Trump’s medical records on presidential elections, he says they’re one of any political persuasion, wheth- erable citizens, so here are Taylor. a private e-mail server, but did reveal missing the local races that will ulti- er they are a Republican or Democrat, five watering holes around Two Saints [753 Nostrand that he plans to attack the idea that this mately have way more impact on their they can laugh and enjoy,” he said. the borough where you can do Ave. between St. Johns and year’s election — and its widely hated everyday lives. “They are gonna learn and laugh a lot, just that. Sterling places in Crown candidates — are uniquely awful in “We act in this country as if there’s and have their minds blown 20 times Heights, (347) 627–8444, the long, sordid history of American an election year once every four years. during the course of the show.” Stadium seating www.twosaintsbar.com], 9 politics. But the fact is there’s an election every “Adam Ruin s Ever ything Live” California-themed pub pm. Free. “Donald Trump’s characteristics year. Almost nobody votes,” he said. at the Bell House [149 Seventh St. Pacific Standard has been are hilariously found in the presidents “Elections for state positions — impor- between Second and Third avenues hosting debate-watching Larger than life of the past,” he said. “There are other tant positions that affect our lives more in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www. shindigs since 2002, and this Greenpoint Beer and Ale presidents who have been that big of an than the presidency does but people thebellhouseny.com] Sept. 25 at 7 round will be no exception. Company is showing the a------. Thomas Jefferson was a jerk.” don’t know and don’t vote.” pm. $32. The bar’s big-screen-sporting debate on its yuuuge 13-foot back room hits capacity at 55 screen, and will offer food people, so make sure you get and cocktail specials and pol- there as early as 6 pm to grab itics-themed bar games. Going the extra mile a seat. Those who do will Greenpoint Beer and Ale be rewarded with $5 cans of (7 N. 15th St. near Franklin By Caroline Spivack book different from other Brooklyn India pale ale and pilsner all Street in Greenpoint, www. City College sociology profes- guides out there? night. greenpointbeer.com), 8 pm. sor William Helmreich walked every William Helmreich: You will Pacific Standard [82 Free. block in Brooklyn — many twice not use this book to find out the Fourth Ave. between Bergen — to write “The Brooklyn Nobody marvels of Grand Army Plaza or Street and St. Mark’s Place in Bi-partisan Knows,” an urban walking guide all the joys of Prospect Park. You Park Slope, (718) 858–1951, booze that compiles hundreds of maps, may find some hidden aspects of www.pacificstandardbrook- photographs, and conversations with Prospect Park, but the purpose is lyn.blogspot.com], 6 pm. Vegan punk bar Pine Box locals to provide a colorful portrait not to tell you all the landmarks in Walkathon: William Helmreich walked Free. Rock Shop is serving up elec- of the borough. Helmreich is giving Brooklyn … it’s to tell you about 816 miles of Brooklyn for his newest tion-inspired cocktails with upcoming talks about the book at the a man in Bergen Beach who has a book “The Brooklyn Nobody Knows.” Donkey voters names including “donkey Brooklyn Historical Society and at collection of 1,140 stuffed toys in Community News Group / Caroline Spivack Have a Wales of a time punch,” “the elephant in the Park Slope’s Community Bookstore, a tree in front of his house. It’s a Why walk Brooklyn? with the wonks in politi- room,” and “the pantsuit” at so we chatted with the author about book about the unusual — about the WH: Because walking slows cal club the Bay Ridge its screening. his research — that is, covering borough. It involves conversations you down. It forces you to look at Democrats, who will be Pine Box Rock Shop [12 enough ground to go from Kings with local people who live in the everything. If you ride, you can’t watching the debate at Welsh Grattan St. between Bogart County, NY, to King County, Texas, neighborhood. A neighborhood is see it — you’re busy driving or rid- bar the Longbow Pub. Street and Morgan Avenue as the pigeon flies — and what nothing without its people. ing and you go too fast and you miss The Longbow Pub [7316 in Williamsburg, (718) 366– makes Brooklyn tick. CS: There are a number of ways a lot of stuff. And there was a cer- Third Ave. between 73rd and 6311, www.pineboxrockshop. Caroline Spivack: How is this you could have done this book. Continued on page 47 74th streets in Bay Ridge, com]. 8 pm. Free. 44 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23-29, 2016 24-7 for four weeks. Sup- FRI, SEPT. 23 plies start at $14. Free. 6 MUSIC, THE CONSERVA- pm. Slip Stitch Needle- TORY ORCHESTRA: craft [450 Nostrand Ave. A dynamic program of in Bedford Stuyvesant, Beethoven, Honegger, (347) 789–5371], www.slip- and Bartok. $5. 7:30 pm. stitchneedlecraft.com. Brooklyn Center for the MODERATELY DIFFICULT Performing Arts at Brook- TRIVIA: Every Monday, lyn College [2900 Campus the Lodge hosts a ses- Rd. between Hillel Place sion of its 14-week trivia and Avenue H in Midwood, league, with a mega- (718) 951–4500], www. prize at end and weekly brooklyncenter.org. prizes as well. Drop-ins THEATER, “LITTLE RED RID- and teams welcome. Free. ING HOOD”: A literally 8 pm. Sycamore [1118 bloody retelling of the fairy Cortelyou Rd. between tale by Portuguese per- Stratford and Westminster former Sergio Rolo. $15. 8 roads in Ditmas Park, (347) pm. Jack (505 Waverly Ave. 240–5850], www.syca- between Fulton Street and morebrooklyn.com. Atlantic Avenue in Clinton FILM, FIRST PRESIDENTIAL Hill), www.jackny.org. DEBATE SCREENING: YOLO: Rapper Drake will take the stage at Barclays Center on THEATER, “THE ADDAMS Watch the fi rst presiden- tial debate of the 2016 FAMILY”: The Narrows Oct. 6. Associated Press / Charles Sykes election cycle live. With Community Theater pres- much-needed drink spe- ents the madcap musical cials. Free. 8 pm. Bell COMING SOON TO about the curious and House [149 Seventh St. at kooky, altogether spooky Third Avenue in Gowanus, Addams Family. Photo ID BARCLAYS CENTER (718) 643–6510], www.the- required for admission to bellhouseny.com. the base. $25 ($20 seniors Big break: Comedian Issa Rae has a new show called “Insecure” and students; $15 children coming out on Home Box Office. Catch her at the Bell House on MON, SEPT 26 WED, OCT 12 under 12). 8 pm. Ft. Ham- TUES, SEPT. 27 Sept. 24 before she gets too famous to play Gowanus. SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, MUSIC, DRAKE AND FU- ilton Army Base Theater Associated Press / Invision / Chris Pizzello FIRST DISCOVERIES: Call- NEW YORK ISLAND- [Poly Place at Seventh TURE: $50–$180. 6:30 ing all explorers from 2 ERS VS PHILADELPHIA Avenue in Dyker Heights, pm. to 4 years old to plant FLYERS: $15–$700. 7 (718) 482–3173], www.nar- + JAM SESSIONS: The health care, education, a seed, touch a wriggly rowscommunitytheater. pm. Brooklyn School of Music fi nances, and resources worm and hear a story by THU, OCT 13 com. present a free show. 4–6 to help navigate these the meadow nook. Free SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, MUSIC, EMO NIGHT pm. Fowler Sqaure (Lafay- systems. Free. 9 am. PS with Garden Admission. SAT, OCT 1 BROOKLYN: If you miss BROOKLYN NETS VS ette Avenue at S. Elliott 24 [427 38th St. between 9:30 am. Brooklyn Botanic SPORTS, ESL ONE NEW Brand New, the Used, and BOSTON CELTICS: Place in Clinton Hill), www. Fourth and Fifth avenues Garden [1000 Washington YORK: E-sports tourna- Taking Back Sunday — this faballiance.org. in Sunset Park, (347) 694– Ave., at Eastern Parkway $25–$275. 7:30 pm. is the night for you. Come ment. $49. Time TBA. MUSIC, ROCKAPELLA: The 0070]. in Crown Heights, (718) drink a cold Brooklyn award-winning group of HALLOWEEN HARVEST: Fes- 623–7220], www.bbg.org. Lager, dance, and scream SUN, OCT 16 fi ve guys without instru- tive and seasonal activities READING, “THE GIRL WHO SUN, OCT 2 your lungs out to the best ments does the impossible including a petting zoo, DRANK THE MOON”: SPORTS, NEW YORK of 2000’s emo and pop SPORTS, ESL ONE NEW — provide fabulous har- pony rides, best pump- Kelly Barnhill reads from punk. $12 ($10 in advance). YORK: E-sports tourna- ISLANDERS VS ANA- monies and great music. kin patch, magicians, face her new fantasy novel 10 pm. Bell House [149 ment. $49. Time TBA. HEIM DUCKS: $19– A capella style! $32–$37. 8 painting, and arts and about a good witch, a tiny Seventh St. at Third Av- $400. 6 pm. pm. On Stage at Kingsbor- crafts. Park entry is free; dragon, and a girl with enue in Gowanus, (718) ough [2001 Oriental Blvd. rides are extra. Noon to 11 magic she cannot control. MON, OCT 3 643–6510], www.thebell- at Oxford Street in Man- pm. Luna Park [1000 Surf Free. 4 pm. Community TUE, OCT 18 houseny.com. SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, hattan Beach, (718) 368– Ave. at West. 12th Street Bookstore (143 Seventh PLANT NITE AT SCHNITZEL 5596], www.onstageatk- in Coney Island, (718) 373– Ave. between Carroll NEW YORK ISLAND- SPORTS, NEW YORK HAUS: Create a tabletop ingsborough.org. 5862], www.lunaparknyc. Street and Garfi eld Place ERS VS NEW JERSEY ISLANDERS VS SAN garden in a glass bowl DANCE, “THE RUB”: The com. in Park Slope), www.com- DEVILS: $15–$700. 7 JOSE SHARKS: $25– while you drink! $65 (Use infamous Brooklyn dance munitybookstore.net. pm. $725. 7 pm. code “LOCAL” for 30 per- party rides again. With DJ SUN, SEPT. 25 TALK, “LOCAL, CON- cent off). 7 pm. Schnitzel Eleven, DJ Ayres, Prince NECTED, AND CRE- TUE, OCT 4 Haus (7319 Fifth Ave. in Klassen, and Tand Wil- HATTIE CARTHAN AFTER ATIVE: New Approaches THU, OCT 20 Bay Ridge), www.plantnite. liams. $10 before midnight, CHURCH FARMERS’ MAR- to Community Building”: SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, com. NEW YORK ISLAND- $15 after. 10 pm. Bell KET: Peruse and purchase Join this panel of commu- BROOKLYN NETS VS DREAMLAND ROLLER nity activists and hear how ERS VS NEW YORK House [149 Seventh St. at healthy food and products NEW YORK KNICKS: DISCO: Roller diva Lola Third Avenue in Gowanus, from local producers. Free. technology, art-making, RANGERS: $15–$700. $25–$3,000. 7:30 pm. Star hosts a weekly skating (718) 643–6510], www.the- 1–6 pm. (49 Van Buren St. gardening, and wellness 7 pm. dance party for grown-ups. bellhouseny.com. between Tompkins and initiatives are creating $6. 7:30–10 pm. LeFrak BROOKLYN AMERICANA Throop Avenues in Bed- more powerful neighbor- WED, OCT 5 FRI, OCT 21 Center at Lakeside [171 MUSIC FESTIVAL: A fes- ford-Stuyvesant), www. hoods and networks. Free. East Dr. at Ocean Avenue tival of original and tradi- restorationplaza.org. 7 pm. BRIC Arts Media MUSIC, EROS RAMAZ- SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- in Prospect Park, (718) tional country, folk, roots, GARDEN STORY TIME: House [647 Fulton St. at ZOTTI: $104–$200. 8 LANDERS VS ARIZONA 462–0010], www.lakeside- blues, old-time, and Read garden inspired sto- Rockwell Place in Fort pm. COYOTES: $20–$700. brooklyn.com. bluegrass artists. More ries with volunteers. All Greene, (718) 683–5621], 7 pm. artists perform all week- programs are outdoors www.bricartsmedia.org. end at venues in Dumbo and canceled in inclem- MUSIC, A NIGHT OF IN- THU, OCT 6 SAT, SEPT. 24 SAT, OCT 22 and Red Hook. Free. 2–8 ent weather. Check this STRUMENTAL MUSIC SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, OUTDOORS AND TOURS AND IMPROVISATION: pm. Brooklyn Bridge Park, webpage for updates. Free BROOKLYN NETS VS MUSIC, MASTERS OF BRUEKELEN COUNTRY Pier 6 (Atlantic Avenue at with general admission. 11 With Levon Henry, Ami- DETROIT PISTONS: FAIR: Celebrate Breuke- nals featuring Sam Cohen, CEREMONY: Featuring Furman Street in Brooklyn am to 1 pm. Brooklyn Bo- $25–$275. 7 pm. len’s agricultural roots! Heights), www.bkamf. tanic Garden [1000 Wash- Dave Harrington, and Nick Rick Ross, Method Man, Learn about colonial and com. ington Ave., at Eastern Kinsey. Free. 8 pm. Threes Redman, House of Pain, urban homesteading with FUND-RAISER, CHRISTIAN Parkway in Crown Heights, Brewing (333 Douglass St. FRI, OCT 7 Mobb Deep, and more. demonstrations of fi ber (718) 623–7220], www. between Third and Fourth $70–$155. 8 pm. CHURCH NEW LIFE DO- MUSIC, BLAKE SHELTON: arts, wampum making, NATION DROP-OFF: bbg.org. avenues in Gowanus), and much more! Free. www.threesbrewing.com. $40–$90. 7:30 pm. Support the church’s out- SUNDAY STORY TIME: SUN, OCT 23 1–5 pm. Wyckoff House reach to needy families by Elanna Allen, creator of MUSIC, THE CONGRESS, Museum [5816 Claren- donating clothing, books, “Poor Little Guy.” RSVP TANGIERS BLUES BAND: SAT, OCT 8 SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- don Rd. in Canarsie, (718) toys, shoes, adult diapers, requested. Free. 11:30 am. $10. 9 pm. Brooklyn Bowl LANDERS VS MINNE- 629–5400], wyckoffmu- [61 Wythe Ave. between MUSIC, BLAKE SHELTON: household goods — any- PowerHouse on 8th [1111 SOTA WILD: $25–$700. seum.org/breukelen-coun- thing you no longer need. N. 11th and N. 12th $40–$90. 7:30 pm. Eighth Ave. between 11th 6 pm. try-fair. Drop off any day or call and 12th streets in Park streets in Williamsburg, MUSIC, GREAT IRISH FAIR: for pickup. Tax receipts Slope, (718) 666–3049], (718) 963–3369], www. TUE, OCT 11 A family-friendly event are available. 8 am–9 pm. www.powerhousearena. brooklynbowl.com. TUE, OCT 25 with Irish bands, Irish Christian Church New Life com. MUSIC, DRAKE AND FU- dancing, and kids activi- [2870 86th St. at W. Sixth WED, SEPT. 28 TURE: $50–$180. 6:30 MUSIC, SIA: $75–$360. ties. $20. 10 am. Amphi- Street in Gravesend, (347) pm. 7 pm. theater at Coney Island 444–4633], www.church- MON, SEPT. 26 FALL FORAGING: Families Boardwalk (3052 W. 21st join with author and for- newlife.org. CONVERTIBLE MITTENS 620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in Prospect Heights St. at the Boardwalk in TALK, FREE IMMIGRATION KNIT-ALONG: Learn to ager Marie Viljoen on a Coney Island), www.iab- LAW CLINIC AND KEY make convertible fi nger- botanical stroll, then learn (917) 618–6100, www.barclaysc enter.com. sny.com. TO THE CITY: With up-to- less mittens at this free how to use the edibles MUSIC, JAZZ CONCERT date information regarding class, held every Monday Continued on page 47 24-7 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23-29, 2016 45 FOSSIL RECORD Ever-evolving Dinowalrus to release fourth album By Max Jaeger all it a creative evolution. Psychedelic-pop mash-up Cact Dinowalrus is releasing its fourth album, “Fairweather” at Williamsburg venue Rough Trade on Sept. 25. The Brooklyn band’s fantasti- cal name reflects its chimerical mix of funky break beats, electronic synth blips, and shreddy guitars, its founder Back to basics: Rock outfit Titus Andronicus will play a pair of said. shows at Bushwick’s Market Hotel this October. Matthew Greeley “It came into my head on a long bus ride in 2005 — at that point I was just messing around with some bedroom Back in shack! stoner-metal projects. When this band started in 2008, we mixed up some Titus Andronicus returns earlier demos with some of the new jams and blended that together,” said By Lauren Gill the Rolling Stones would guitarist and singer Pete Feigenbaum. Hold on to your tusks: Brooklyn psych-pop stalwarts Dinowalrus will celebrate their new his band is back on sell out huge arenas for “Plus, you can never go wrong with an album “Fairweather” with a show at Rough Trade on Sept. 25. Ben Kulo the Market! several nights in a row — animal band name.” T Punk outfit Titus except instead of playing And Dinowalrus hit a sort of punc- — members got to spend time tweak- is an apt place for the record release — Andronicus will make its to an arena full of fans, tuated equilibrium in its musical evo- ing every detail without spending a like Dinowalrus’s mix of bootstrapping r e t u r n t o B u s hw ic k’s M a r ke t Titus Andronicus’s resi- lution on “Fairweather,” according fortune on studio time — and the result and high-production, Rough Trade has Hotel for a pair of shows on dency took place in a small, to Feigenbaum, who says the group’s is greater than the sum of its parts, street cred but probably won’t close for Oct. 7 and 8, marking the steamy space (“stadium” is blend of metal, psychedelia, and dance Feigenbaum said. lack of permits like so many under- act’s first performances at meant to be ironic) with a parentages — reminiscent of ’90s acts “The album is almost the result of a ground venues , Feigenbaum said. the grungy space since the bunch of punks moshing on such as Stone Roses — has reached its production-first approach more than its “I really like Rough Trade,” he said. venue reopened last year a bouncy plywood floor. pinnacle. a live-band-in-a-room approach — it’s “I was a little upset about Glasslands — six years after the city “It used to be a lot of “It’s the culmination of a sound also a cost-efficiency thing,” he said. and DBA [Death By Audio], but I feel closed it for operating with- bands would be selling we’ve been working on for 5–6 years “Even though were trying to make like Rough Trade emerged as one of out a liquor license. The out five nights at Madison now,” he said. sophisticated music, we’re working in the best small venues in the city. Rough band cut its chops at the Square Garden or some- But the creation was also a depar- the classic sense of DIY, like Fugazi, Trade and Baby’s [Alight] almost made original bare-bones bar thing like that,” Stickles ture for the four-piece, which opted to where you find a way to make it hap- up for the fact that we lost some great before it hit the big time, said. “We were trying to record at the group’s practice space on pen.” venues.” and the band members say recreate that sort of experi- the Williamsburg–Greenpoint border Noise-punk trio Sharkmuffin, the Dinowalrus “Fairweather” record they’re curious to see how ence but on a smaller, more and at Feigenbaum’s nearby apartment, appropriately reverb-drenched Dead releases at Rough Trade [64 N. Ninth the permit-carrying Myrtle manageable scale for our rather using professional studios as it Leaf Echo, and indie-rockers Drawing St. between Kent and Wythe avenues Avenue venue compares to modern environment.” did on previous efforts. Boards will share the stage with in Williamsburg, www.roughtradenyc. its raucous former self. The album is a blister- The move was in line with the Dinowalrus at Rough Trade. com]. Sept. 26 at 7pm. $10 advance, “I’m eager to see what ing Cliffs Notes of more band’s professed do-it-yourself attitude The record store-cum-concert venue $12 day of show. degree of magic they can than 10 hours of tunes from capture from my younger Titus Andronicus’s hard- days,” said lead singer rocking catalogue, recorded Patrick Stickles, who lives at Shea Stadium’s in-house just across the border from booth for the live album, The Ridge is rockin’ out this weekend! Brooklyn in Queens. “It which is accompanied by a was a very exciting, sort of full-length concert film. By Caroline Spivack up to the ’90s. The Long Island cover a lawless, Wild West situ- And fans can expect a ay Ridge is pumping up the band will play hits from groups such ation.” no-holds-barred perfor- volume with a jam-packed as the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the For many, the venue’s mance from the band’s Bweekend of live music! Black Crowes. The birthday bash will closure signaled the end of members during their Local watering holes will be get going around 9:30 pm. the local “do-it-yourself” back-to-back homecoming flooded with great acts, but we waded Or, if your Saturday night crew is a scene — centered around shows, said Stickles, hold- through the rest to bring you the best: finicky one, check out Full Disclosure bands playing in unlicensed ing nothing back in his Doo-wop is in no short supply at the Three Jolly Pigeons (6802 venues and producing description of what will go this weekend in the Ridge. If you Third Ave. between 68th Street and albums themselves on min- down in October. have a hankering for some croon- Bay Ridge Avenue). The genre-bend- imal money and equipment “We’re just going to do ing with a side of rock, head over ing duo channels the soulful doo-wop — but Titus Andronicus is what we always kind of do,” to the Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third of the Temptations, the screaming gui- out to prove that the spirit is he said. “Just going to grip Ave. between 77th and 78th streets) tar riffs of Guns N’ Roses, and the still alive and rocking with it and rip it, just going to on Friday night for The Remnants at charisma of pop singer Bruno Mars. its new live album, “S+@ put it all on the line, shout- 10 pm. It’s something everybody can enjoy, dium Rock: Five Nights at ing and yelling, hopping up And the boy is back in town on and the music starts at 10 pm. the Opera,” which the group and down — it’s gonna be Saturday! Solo rocker Jack Whiteman High-energy, rock cover band recorded during its run of loud.” will return to P.C.’s Bar & Grill (7215 Kristen and the Noise will close the five sold-out shows at Shea Titus Andronicus at Fifth Ave. between 72nd and 73rd Saturday marathon of live music events Stadium in Williamsburg at the Market Hotel (1140 streets) after 20 years of off-and-on Haus (7319 Fifth Ave. between 73rd at The Wicked Monk (9510 Third the end of July. Myrtle Ave. at Broadway in touring. Whiteman will shred classic and 74th streets) to help Backtrax cel- Ave. between 95th and 96th streets) The series was modeled Bushwick, www.marketho- guitar riffs and sing a mix of old- ebrate guitar and keyboard player Joe at 11 pm — and don’t forget to try the after the era when big acts tel.org). Oct. 7 and 8 at 8 school tunes starting at 7 pm. Mayer’s birthday with a night of clas- beer of the week, Bells Oatsmobile, for such as Led Zeppelin and pm. $20. Then walk a block over to Schinitzel sic rock hits from the ’60s all the way $4. Slainte! 46 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23-29, 2016 24-7 Place in Downtown, (718) 780–6549]. SAT, OCT. 1 MUSIC, BLACK ROCK CO- ALITION ORCHESTRA: The group performs A Tribe Called Quest retro- spective. Free. 9 pm. BAM Continued from page 45 Thursday evening, spon- Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. sored by Squarespace. between Ashland Place in the kitchen and how to Free. 6– 10 pm. Brook- and St. Felix Street in Fort plant their own home gar- lyn Museum [200 Eastern Greene), www.bam.org/ dens. $10 ($5 members). Pkwy. at Washington Av- programs/bamcafe-live. 6:30 pm. Pier 1 Brooklyn enue in Prospect Heights, CHILE PEPPER FESTIVAL: Bridge Park (Old Fulton (718) 638–5000], www. New York’s hottest fall St. and Furman Street in brooklynmuseum.org. tradition features blazing Brooklyn Heights), www. THEATER, “OLD SCHOOL bands from around the nycgovparks.org. ANIMATION”: A the- world. $20 ($15 students MUSIC, “SONGS OF LEAR”: ater performance about and seniors). 10 am to Song of the Goat Theatre a harrowing night out in 6 pm. Brooklyn Botanic makes its BAM debut with Brooklyn, presented by Garden [1000 Washington a dramatic song-cycle that Peter Mills Weiss and Julia Ave., at Eastern Parkway in distills the plot, characters, Mounsey. 8 pm. Jack (505 Crown Heights, (718) 623– and themes of King Lear Waverly Ave. between Ful- 7220], www.bbg.org. into a non-linear musical ton Street and Atlantic Av- 50TH ANNUAL RAGAMUF- journey. $25. 7:30 pm. enue in Clinton Hill), www. FIN PARADE: Kids dress BAM Fisher (321 Ashland jackny.org. Pl. between Hansen Place up in costumes and march and Lafayette Avenue in down Third Avenue. Reg- Fort Greene), www.bam. FRI, SEPT. 30 istration starts at 11 am. Free. 1 pm. (Third Avenue, org. “SOCIAL JUSTICE IN from 76th Street to 92nd PRE-SCHOOL — RITU- Street in Bay Ridge), www. ALS, SURPRISES, AND THURS, SEPT. 29 ragamuffi nparadeny.com. MICRO-REVOLUTIONS”: KAYAKING: Glide along the Learn how to enrich and GET KINETIC!: Inspired by waters - children under strengthen classroom Rube Goldberg devices, 18 must have a guardian communities using rituals we’ll assemble teams to or parent present. No ex- and surprises; transform plan and construct wacky, perience necessary. Free. environments in response winding machines of mi- 5:30 pm to 6:30pm. Pier 2 to children’s interests and raculous motion! For all (Clarke Street in Columbia passions; and implement ages. Free with museum Heights), www.nycgov- micro-revolutions that admission. 1:30 pm to parks.org. make their classrooms 2:16 pm. New York Transit ART, THURSDAY NIGHTS and communities more Museum [Boerum Place AT THE BROOKLYN MU- inclusive, kind and just. at Schermerhorn Street SEUM: Free admission to $75. 9 am–2 pm. Teacher in Downtown, (718) 694– the museum’s many ex- Resource Center at LIU 1600], www.mta.info/mta/ hibits and galleries every [9 Hanover Pl. at Grove museum. WALKING that it was stolen by a dis- stand what makes Brooklyn gruntled employee that left tick — and to me, it’s the BRINGING WORLD-CLASS Continued from page 44 them and went to work for diversity of it, it’s that fact PERFORMANCES HOME tain satisfaction to taking the Junior’s. There’s a church that it’s always changing, it’s world’s greatest city apart called St. Michael’s Church, the fact that if you live in piece by piece and finding and when you walk in, it’s a city, you gotta meet with out what it’s really all about. like you went into one of people and engage with CS: Do you have a favor- these churches in Italy — people of all different back- ite experience walking a everything is polished. On grounds. The last page of block? a grimmer note, there are my book on Brooklyn is a WH: Well, I don’t know if the mafia burial grounds poem that I’ll say is anony- they’re favorites — because on Amber and Emerald and mous, but it really reflects they’re not always pleasant Sapphire streets, right off of what Brooklyn was and — but let’s put it this way: Linden Boulevard. what Brooklyn is now. It They’re revealing. When I CS: What was your strat- really sums it up. It’s two Ross Leung meet an old Italian man in egy for walking Brooklyn? lines: “Brooklyn’s a place Williamsburg who is com- WH: I walked Brooklyn I couldn’t wait to get out SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH $37/32 plaining about the gentrifiers morning, day, and night — of, and now can’t afford to who are coming in and how summer, winter, spring, fall. move back to.” That’s pretty they show no respect for the I don’t have time for bad much it. church, for history, and tra- weather. The Scandinavians “The Brooklyn Nobody ROCKAPELLA dition, it’s one of my favorite say, “There’s no such thing Knows: A Walking Tour encounters, because it’s one as bad weather — there’s and Discussion with Bill The HITS Show: of the most revealing about just bad clothing.” To do the Helmreich” at Community how people who have been 816 miles was 11 months, Bookstore [143 Seventh A Journey Through The Decades living here a long time see and that includes writing the Ave. between 18th and 19th the newcomers. book. Some weeks I would streets in Park Slope, (718) CS: What’s a neighbor- walk 35 miles, and other 783–3075, www.community- hood you found particularly weeks I would walk 5 miles bookstore.net]. Sept. 24 at Join this worldwide a capella sensation for an evening of hits interesting? — it depends how much 4:30 pm. Free. from The Beatles, Elvis, The Beach Boys, Billy Joel, WH: I enjoyed East New time I had. “Block by Block: The Rolling Stones, The Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, and more! York — believe it or not — CS: When readers put Exploring Brooklyn with Pat because it’s so unusual. It just the book down, what do you Kieran and Bill Helmreich” “Rockapella’s music is so contagious has certain things I person- hope they walk away with? at the Brooklyn Historical it should come with a warning label!” – WPLJ ally found very interesting. WH: What I hope is that Society (128 Pierrepont St. Mrs. Maxwell’s Bakery has they take away what a fasci- between Henry and Clinton been around since 1927 on nating borough this is from streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 368-5596 Atlantic Avenue. They claim beginning to end and not just (718) 222–4111, www.brook- | www.OnStageAtKingsborough.org they have the original recipe from the famous neighbor- lynhistory.org]. Oct. 5 at Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn for Junior’s Cheesecake and hoods. I hope they under- 6:30 pm. $10. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23-29, 2016 47 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE 6655, Lot 6 (the PARTIES TO THE ABOVE- use and purpose of 2442 Ocean Avenue, upon whom process HKM Garden LLC, a SUPREME COURT: “Property”), ENTITLED ACTION WHO ingress and egress for LLC, a domestic LLC, against the LLC may be domestic LLC, filed with KINGS COUNTY. NYCTL LET all interested HAVE LIENS ON THE pleasure autos to and filed with the SSNY on served. SSNY shall mail the SSNY on 8/2/16. 1998-2 TRUST persons show cause UNDIVIDED SHARE OR from a garage built or 9/16/16. Office location: process The LLC, 4091 Office location: Kings SUCCESSOR IN before this Court, at Part INTEREST OF ANY intended to be built in the Kings County. SSNY is Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, County. SSNY is INTEREST TO NYCTL 70, Room 366, at the PARTY: rear of said premises on designated as agent NY 11229. 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Office location: Brooklyn, NY 11201. process to: 129 West 1st Street, ------X inches of the premises 78th St., Brooklyn, NY Kings County. SSNY is Purpose: Any lawful act MacDougal Street New Brooklyn, NY, Block TO ALL CREDITORS NOT herein described for the 11209. General purpose. designated as agent or activity. York, NY 10012 48 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23–29, 2016 BR • ‘We stayed tough and • ‘We’re always going kept fighting throughout to give it 100 the whole game.’ percent.’ — South Shore coach Matt Ciquera on the team’s — Grand Street forward Tajea Brown late-game surge to take the win. after the season-opener win. Poly Prep comes up short BY LAURA AMATO quarterback Demetrius Wilson One yard never seemed so long. hit Anthony Lang in stride for a The Poly Prep football team 53-yard touchdown. lost a heartbreaker on Sept. 16, Poly (1–1) responded with a falling 17–13 to Christ the King strong drive of its own to start at home after the Blue Devils the fourth quarter, but Dele- were unable to get the ball into on-Kollmer was picked off by the end zone on the fi nal play of Christ the King’s Randy Prin- the game. gle on fourth-and-two at the 16- Poly had the ball on the one- yard line. yard line and the squad was cer- It was a rare miscue for the tain quarterback Rob Deleon- senior quarterback who was Kollmer had barreled in for the the spark that made the Dev- game-winning touchdown as ils’ offense go all night. Dele- time expired, but offi cials ruled on-Kollmer racked up 85 yards he didn’t make it far enough. It through the air, as well as 126 was a disappointing loss after a yards on the ground. He ran game in which Poly answered for a touchdown and threw for every challenge it faced. another, connecting with Nick “Our kids played tough,” Storz midway through the third Blue Devils coach Kevin Foun- quarter. taine said. “Christ the King’s “He wants to show that got a lot of talent, but so do we. he can play quarterback and We’re going to get better from we’re happy to have him,” this.” Fountaine said of his quarter- The non-league game was a back. “We think he’s just go- back-and-forth affair early, but ing to get better and better the Christ the King (2–0) took the SACKED: A Christ the King player takes down Poly quarterback Rob Deleon-Kollmer during the Sept. 16 game. more games he plays and the lead late in the third quarter as Photo by Jordan Rathkopf Continued on page 51 Grand Street boys soccer opens season with win BY LAURA AMATO down the fi eld with ease, di- the pole. This one was worth the wait. recting passes through open It never got any easier for The Grand Street Campus lanes and playing to feet — Brooklyn Tech. The squad, boys’ soccer team has been keeping the ball on the ground which hadn’t allowed a goal ready to get out on the fi eld for and, most importantly, away in its fi rst two games, lost its weeks and — after the squad’s from Brooklyn Tech’s (2–1) de- starting goalie Elliot Leinwe- fi rst two games were post- fense. ber late in the fi rst half, and poned — the Wolves fi nally “We were understanding the Engineers’ collective con- opened up the season, taking each other and everyone kept fi dence took a hit as he walked down Brooklyn Tech 6–1 in an moving around, just making off the fi eld. offensive outburst on Sept. 17. space for each other,” said “When the team realized “We were anxious to play,” junior wing Ossama Diaby. that their starting goalie was said senior forward Tajea “We were able to get the goals down, it defi nitely changed a Brown. “It was just teamwork. pretty easily.” lot,” said Brooklyn Tech coach We played hard, and we were Grand Street jumped out to Anthony Cicolini. “But these able to carry what we did in a two-goal lead at the break, are things that the kids can training onto the fi eld.” bolstered by its front-line learn from and we’re going The Wolves’ (1–0) front line speed. to fi x the mistakes and hope- seized the spotlight early as The Engineers, meanwhile, fully correct them for the next the squad controlled posses- notched just one shot on net game.” ON HIS TAIL: Grand Street’s Tajea Brown fl ies down the fi eld with Brook- sion from the get-go. Grand in the fi rst half — an attempt The Engineers tried to fi nd lyn Tech in pursuit. Photo by Jason Speakman Street’s offense moved up and from Joshua Fish that hit off Continued on page 51 M BR B DTG COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23-29, 2016 49 Gridiron greats! Brooklyn squads notch big wins in second week on fi eld BY LAURA AMATO for 67 yards and two touch- The Grand Street Campus downs to lead the Knights football team grabbed its to a lopsided victory. Lane’s fi rst win of the season with ground game was also a a 21–8 showing against force to be reckoned with, Boys & Girls High School as eight different players on Sept. 17. recorded at least one carry. The Wolves — playing Clarke, however, led the of- CONQUERING VIKINGS: Senior quarterback Jason Martin stepped up to help South Shore take the win from under acting head coach fensive effort again, notch- Fort Hamilton. Photo by Jon Farina Brian Ellis — bounced back ing a team-high 75 yards on after a disappointing show- six carries. ing in the season opener against Erasmus Hall, set- Jefferson 14 Vikings went berserk: tling into a rhythm on both George Washington 8 sides of the ball with ease. The Orange Wave Boys & Girls jumped out racked up 276 offensive to an early lead, but Grand yards, including 197 yards South Shore storms back Street answered in the on the ground, holding on second half and took con- for a slim victory. Dwight BY BENJAMIN LEIBOWITZ Martin got South Shore a lot off of the edges, so we trol of the game with a 38- Adams was nearly unstop- These Vikings conquered. on the board early, airing the took advantage of trying to yard fumble recovery for a pable on the ground, break- The South Shore foot- ball out from the get-go and quick-pass as they blitzed,” touchdown. Gibbs Seraphin ing the century mark with ball team staged a late-game settling into a rhythm with said Martin, who fi nished added a late-game touch- 115 rushing yards and one comeback and erased a dou- his receivers. The senior con- with a game-high 126 rushing down run as well, as the touchdown. ble-digit defi cit to take down nected on a handful of deep yards. “And we did a great job junior running back bar- Fort Hamilton 32–30 and shots down the fi eld — in- of that throughout the game.” relled into the end zone for Erasmus Hall 27 grab the squad’s fi rst victory cluding two bombs of 70 and Fort Hamilton — also the game’s fi nal score New Utrecht 20 of the season on Sept. 18. Se- 41 yards — one of which Ar- searching for its fi rst win of Grand Street returns Oniel Stanbury threw nior quarterback Jason Mar- mand Robinson took into the the season — was not going to the gridiron on Sept. 23, for 112 yards and Andrew tin led the charge down the end zone. down without a fi ght. facing off against an unde- Howell rushed for 108 yards stretch, stepping up — both in Even more impressive The Tigers stormed back feated Midwood squad at as the Dutchmen improved the pocket and as a leader — however, was Martin’s ground in the second half, scoring home. to 2–0 on the season. Kes- to spark the Viking’s offense. attack. His dual-threat ap- twice in the third quarter and Of course, the Wolves shawn Abraham emerged “My teammates always proach gave the Vikings jumping out to an eight-point weren’t the only squad to as Stanbury’s favorite tar- tell me that they look up to an edge early and kept Fort lead as the fourth quarter be- notch a victory on the fi eld get, racking up 112 receiv- me,” said Martin, who racked Hamilton on its toes as South gan. — a handful of Brooklyn’s ing yards and fi nding the up 403 all-purpose yards. “So Shore took a 16–8 lead headed Quarterback Seba Nekhet top squads stepped into end zone once on four total as [long as] I stay calm, they into the break. was the difference-maker for the football spotlight with catches. stayed calm as well.” “They were trying to blitz Continued on page 51 strong showings. Here’s the wrap-up of the last week of James Madison 50 high-school football in the Stuyvesant 0 borough: There were touchdowns for everyone as the Golden Loughlin guard commits Midwood 36 Knights rolled to a victory Canarsie 0 on Sept. 17. Six different The Hornets, led by players found the end zone, to Manhattan College quarterback Tyshawn including Jatelle Wilcher Young, cruised to a sec- who scored twice on the BY LAURA AMATO choice.” ond-straight win. The ju- ground. He also racked up This offer was too good to pass Taite did her research be- nior racked up 200 yards 71 yards rushing, while up. fore visiting Manhattan — through the air, complet- Zachary James chipped Bishop Loughlin basket- scoping out the Jaspers’ roster ing nine passes, includ- in 86 rushing yards of his baller Lynette Taite stepped and the positions that would ing a touchdown to Dontae own. onto the campus at Manhat- be open if she joined the team McGriff. Young also ran tan College earlier this month next season. It didn’t take long for 44 yards and another Other scores and knew she was exactly for Taite to realize there was touchdown on just fi ve car- Sheepshead Bay 14, Ja- where she was meant to be. a place for her, encouraged by PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Ly- ries. maica 7 Taite didn’t waste any time — the enthusiasm of fi rst-year nette Taite averaged double digits Sean Cameron led the McKee–Staten Island Tech the senior guard committed to head coach Heather Vulin. for Bishop Loughlin last year, but defensive charge with a 38, Eagle Academy for the school on her offi cial visit “Coach told me that she the senior guard is determined to team-high eight tackles, Young Men II 8 earlier this month, joining the ‘goes crazy’ when she looked at get better, especially after com- while Carl Robinson re- Beach Channel 44, Lafay- Jaspers’ women’s hoops squad me and some of the other play- mitting to play basketball at Man- turned a kick for 80 yards ete Educational Complex 0 and cementing a future she’s ers on the fl oor,” Taite said. “I hattan College. and added a special-teams Brooklyn Technical 22, certain will be nothing short knew I would have some time File photo by Louise Wateridge touchdown. John F. Kennedy Campus of fantastic. to help her do what she’s try- 20 “I loved the way they ing to do there, which is build season — knows it won’t be Franklin K. Lane 38 Kennedy Catholic 38, Naza- treated me. I felt like I was a a strong program.” easy at the next level, but she’s Automotive 0 reth 14 part of the team as soon as I Taite — who averaged 12 willing to put in the work. Shakel Clarke completed Moore Catholic 22, Xaver- even got there,” Taite said. “I points, seven rebounds, and In fact, the standout wanted fi ve of eight pass attempts ian 7 feel really confi dent with my four steals with the Lions last Continued on page 51 50 COURIER LIFE, SEPT. 23-29, 2016 DTM BR B G SOCCER Continued from page 49 a rhythm after Leinweber left the game, but Grand Street’s offense seized the opportunity, pressing the ball even more in the second half and consis- tently challenging new keeper Samuel Raykhman. The Wolves hit second gear down the stretch, mov- ing even faster up the fi eld as the minutes ticked down. Of course, that was the game plan — Grand Street has A LITTLE HELP: A Poly Prep player takes the ball down the fi eld during speed and, this year, the team a loss to Christ the King. Photo by Jordan Rathkopf plans to use that to its advan- tage. the ball on the four-yard line “In my opinion, the most POLY with fewer than 30 seconds important thing is just to run on the clock. up the fi eld and try and get Continued from page 49 Deleon-Kollmer did his into position,” Diaby said. “If more comfortable he gets in best to work the ball forward, we can do that, we can get the this new offense.” chipping away at the yardage goals.” The Blue Devils’ defense and, with one fi nal play, lined Brooklyn Tech was able — led by big-time recruit up at the one-yard line. to get on the board late in the BATTLE FOR THE BALL: Grand Street’s Ossama Diaby fi ghts to get the Isaiah Wilson on the line But he just couldn’t get second half as Fish converted ball from a Brooklyn Tech opponent. Photo by Jason Speakman — forced Christ the King to the ball in. a penalty kick. It was far too turn the ball over on downs It’s a tough pill to swallow little, far too late, but the En- them again — like tomorrow This fi rst win is simply during the Royals’ drive fol- for Poly, particularly after gineers refused to let the lop- — because I think we know a step back to that game, a lowing the pick. such an intense on-fi eld bat- sided score effect the team’s what we need to do.” moment the team has been Poly took over on its tle, but the Devils squad isn’t confi dence. It’s a statement win for waiting for since last season 31-yard line and Deleon- willing to spend much time In fact, Cicolini said his Grand Street, a team that ended. Kollmer went back to work. wallowing. squad was ready to go back took plenty of people by sur- “We want to get back to The quarterback led his “We’re real proud of our and play another game as soon prise with its Cinderella run the fi nals. It’s that simple,” squad down the fi eld quickly, guys,” Fountaine said. “We’ll as the fi nal whistle sounded. to the Public Schools Athletic said Brown. “So we know we racking up yards through regroup and get ready for “We were all just saying League championship game have to do the best on the fi eld. the air and on the ground. homecoming. Our guys are that we’re still excited,” he last year, falling to Beacon in We’re always going to give it A pass-interference call on going to be ready. We’re go- said. “We wish we could play double overtime. 100 percent.” Christ the King gave Poly ing to play hard again.” other girls who could have SHORE maybe had this scholarship,” TAITE Continued from page 50 Taite said. “So as soon as Continued from page 50 I visited Manhattan, I just the Tigers, racking up 127 to suit up for practice with knew I wanted to be there. passing yards on just seven her future Manhattan team- Waiting that long could have completions. He also added mates during her visit. She messed me up and I could 119 rushing yards and three would have, if it weren’t for have missed out.” touchdowns on the ground, National Collegiate Athletic Now that her college jump-starting Fort Ham- Association rules stating she choice is set, Taite is ready ilton’s defense as the clock can’t. to focus entirely on her fi nal ticked down. “I’m not allowed to work season of high-school basket- Nekhet was part of a three- out with the team until ev- ball and — more importantly pronged rushing attack for erything is fi nal,” Taite said. — her next practice. Fort Hamilton — which also “But the fi rst thing I thought She’s determined to get included Ricardo Linton and of [after committing] was better every day and knows Troy Booker — that averaged practice. I know it’s going that practice will help her more than seven yards per to be hard, but I really don’t reach her fi nal goal — a city carry, and the trio nearly led mind, honestly. I want to get championship. the Tigers to a victory. in there, and I want to work “I want a championship. The Vikings never lost fo- hard.” I’m not leaving without one,” cus, though, and South Shore RUSH: South Shore and Fort Hamilton squared off on Sept. 17. Taite also had an offer Taite said. “This year, I’m go- found a way to bounce back Photo by Jon Farina from St. Francis in Pennsyl- ing to do whatever I have to in the fourth quarter, led by vania, but opted not to go on do. We’re going to work and Martin under center. The se- Martin just enough time to the team’s collective mindset her visit — slated for early it’s just a matter of putting nior racked up 277 passing go back to work under center. and South Shore is certain October — after realizing that work in. If I have to put yards, spreading the ball out He tied the game just a few the squad can face just about Manhattan was her perfect in some more work or do any- to fi ve receivers as the Vi- moments later, rumbling in anything. college-hoops fi t. thing extra, that’s what I’ll kings notched 16 points in the to the end zone for his third “We stayed tough and kept “There were three or four do.” fourth quarter. touchdown of the game and, fi ghting throughout the whole But it was the defense that after a two-point conversion, game, it didn’t matter what gave him the chance to win South Shore had stormed the score was — we didn’t the game. back for the lead and the vic- stop fi ghting,” said South For more hyper-local Brooklyn news on your computer, Fort Hamilton fumbled tory. 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