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P'slope Mothers' Group Is Hot To Feb. 26–March 3, 2016 Including Park Slope Courier, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, & Williamsburg Courier FREE SERVING GOWANUS, PARK SLOPE, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, DUMBO, METROTECH, BOERUM HILL, CARROLL GARDENS, COBBLE HILL, RED HOOK, WILLIAMSBURG & GREENPOINT P’Slope mothers’ group is hot to tot BY ALLEGRA HOBBS The only taboo topic at this mothers’ group is mothering. A Park Slope sex shop is hosting a monthly meetup where moms gab about their erotic ex p eriences, sexua l fa n- tasies, and penis preferences. The ladies aren’t allowed to discuss their kids, but their leader insists the kink coun- sel ultimately helps them be- come better parents. “Children in Park Slope came from f------,” said Sid Azmi, owner of Fifth Avenue pleasure emporium Please, where she hosts the monthly meetings dubbed “Banana SKY HIGH: Developers want to chop into the Dime Savings Bank to make room for this “supertall” skyscraper. Shop Architects Pancakes.” “In order for us to perpetuate the happiness we get from our children, we need to go back to the root and say ‘This is how we got here.’ ” Azmi says she started the group after noticing many of her fellow matriarchs were losing touch with their sen- TALL ORDER! sual sides — partly due to the whirlwind life-changes that come with motherhood, but also because there is a soci- Developers want to crack landmark bank for tower etal shroud of silence around sexuality after giving birth. BY LAUREN GILL the bank,” said Hazra Ali, a The portion of the build- has shot down changes to the Moms are expected to be They want to break the bank! member of Community Board ing slated for destruction is protected building before — it nurturing beings who put The developers behind 2’s land-use committee, which a service area that is not ar- refused to let previous owner their kids’ needs fi rst, said Brooklyn’s fi rst “supertall” enthusiastically approved the chitecturally signifi cant, the JP Morgan Chase build a Azmi, but that should not skyscraper want to demolish changes 11–0 with one absten- fi rms claimed. handicap ramp there in 2013 . mean forgetting their own part of Fulton Mall’s land- tion at last week’s meeting. If city offi cials don’t ap- But one preservationist says needs. marked Dime Savings Bank Reps for builders JDS De- prove the change, the develop- he thinks the body won’t have “There is a loss of identity to make room for the 73-story velopment and the Cherit ers told residents they would too many gripes with this al- when you become a mother, behemoth, and build stores Group told residents they just erect their massive new teration, and doesn’t think but that doesn’t have to be inside the rest of the 108-year- want to pulverize a segment tower fl ush against the back its members will object to the the case,” she said. “You can old cash repository. And locals in the back of the bank at Flat- of the bank — blocking its neighboring tower, either. be a mother and still be a say they can’t wait to crack bush Avenue Extension so windows, and creating an un- “Getting landmarks’ ap- woman.” the vault after seeing the plan they can create a glassy new attractive fl at wall along Flat- proval is not going to be the The gab sessions are com- last Wednesday night. entrance and set the Chrysler bush Avenue Extension. thing that stops it if some- pletely judgment-free zones, “It’s a beautiful project and Building-sized tower off to The city’s Landmarks one wants to stop this tower,” Continued on page 23 a great opportunity to save the side. Preservation Commission Continued on page 23 A CNG Publication Vol. 36 No. 9 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE P’Park Zoo NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D<KIFK<:?:<EK<IEFIK?('K?=CFFI9IFFBCPE#EP(()'( goes ape A pair of Bolivian titi mon- keys will make their debut at Prospect Park Zoo on the Tell me moor, tell me moor: Alexis Cregger (right) playing the title character in the Scottish tragedy “Lucia di Lammermoor,” sings about her star-crossed love to Jennie Mescon, who plays her handmaiden. The show opens on March 5. Photo by Jordan Rathkopf weekend of Feb. 27 — just in Great Scots! time for the zoo’s Lunar New Regina Opera sings a Scottish tragedy Year celebration ringing in By Dennis Lynch The lyrics of the opera, written by 19th audience will never forget, Lehr said. ing young singers and stage veterans are t’s time to get opera close and per- century composer Gaetano Donizetti, are “The first time you sit in a theater with sure to impress. sonal! in Italian, but every line of “Lucia di an orchestra and singers performing with- The company will also offer two free I Brooklyn’s Regina Opera Lammermoor” has been translated into out microphones is a pretty thrilling and performances before the official start of Company aims to draw in new fans with English and will be projected above the visceral feeling,” she said. “The emotion the run: a selection of opera and Broadway a swashbuckling Scottish tale of murder, stage during performances. is so strong in the music in this opera — it numbers at Vesuvio restaurant in Bay betrayal, and astounding arias. The tragic The production is a no-brainer for those carries you along.” Ridge on Feb. 27 at 4 pm, and a free the Year of the Monkey! The love tale “Lucia di Lammermoor,” open- looking to get their operatic feet wet. But Donizetti loosely based “Lucia di preview of “Lucia di Lammermoor” on ing on March 5, is an ideal introduction visitors should not let the affordable price Lammermoor” on Sir Walter Scott’s novel March 1 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help at to opera for newcomers, according to its tag and all-volunteer lineup of performers “The Bride of Lammermoor,” about a 7:30 pm, but with a piano accompaniment stage manager. fool them — the group is as professional as woman whose love for a man from a instead of a full orchestra. “There are some sword fights and it’s it gets, the company’s president said. rival family is thwarted by her ambitious “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Our Lady all love, madness, and murder,” Linda “You can call us a small or a medium- brother, who wants her to marry a local of Perpetual Help School auditorium [5901 Lehr said. “And even though they’re in size opera, but do not call us an amateur lord. As Lehr describes the plot: “Nothing Sixth Ave. between 59th and 60th streets in primates — a lady and a gent a different time period, all of the things opera company,” said Francine Garber- ends well, but there is some really cool Sunset Park, (718) 259–2772, www.regi- people go through in relationship are there. Cohen. singing in between.” naopera.org]. March 5–6, 12–13 at 3 pm. You’re going to find this more accessible The company’s singers, accompanied The opera features some famously $26 ($21 seniors and students, $5 teens, that you think it will be.” by a 35-piece orchestra, create a night the challenging arias, and the cast of promis- kids free). — will move into the Hall of Your entertainment Animals building with a cou- guide Page 45 ple of white-faced saki mon- keys, another species found in South America. The zoo’s Police Blotter ..........................8 festivities will include a Chi- Standing O .............................18 nese puppet show, scavenger Rhymes with Crazy ............22 hunt, craft activities, and a Letters .................................... 24 calligraphy workshop. Sports .....................................53 WCS / Julie Larsen Maher Brooklyn is over the moon HOW TO REACH US Kings County celebrates Lunar New Year in Sunset Park Mail: BY DENNIS LYNCH Courier Life They weren’t monkeying Publications, Inc., around! 1 Metrotech Center North Tens of thousands of rev- 10th Floor, Brooklyn, elers rang in the Year of the Monkey during the Brook- N.Y. 11201 lyn Chinese-American Asso- General Phone: ciation’s Lunar New Year pa- (718) 260-2500 rade on Feb. 21. News Fax: More than 500 young danc- (718) 260-2592 ers and senior singers kicked off the party with a perfor- News E-Mail: mance at 50th Street and [email protected] Eighth Avenue. The singers Display Ad Phone: belted New Years songs and (718) 260-8302 selections from a popular BRINGING GOOD LUCK: (Above) Organizers dropped red and yellow bal- Chinese opera while dancers Display Ad E-Mail: loons and lit fi recrackers to bring revelers good luck in the Year of the [email protected] performed traditional steps. Local leaders and rep- Monkey. (Left) Youngster Sharon Huang got into the spirit. Display Ad Fax: resentatives from commu- Photos by Georgine Benvenuto (718) 260-2579 nity groups hopped on stage Classified Phone: to bid the crowd a happy nity board. the street — a tradition said then led the procession down (718) 260-2555 new year after the perfor- Then celebrants marched to scare off evil spirits — and Eighth Avenue, which was Classified Fax: mances. Guests this year in- down Eighth Avenue to 61st organizers released thou- lined with partiers throwing (718) 260-2549 cluded Public Advocate Leti- Street. The procession liter- sands of red and yellow bal- confetti and intoning noise- tia James, Comptroller Scott ally started with a bang — loons into the air. makers. Classified E-Mail: Stringer, state and local leg- or thousands of them.
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