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BY MAX JAEGER It is déjà vu all roller again! SUMMONS Luna Park’s Cyclone roller coaster stalled just before the fi rst drop for the second time City tickets this season on June 13 — and once again, no one called 911 as riders descended the 85-foot- tall tower to safety. Old Glory The Fire Department has no record of any emergency calls from the park that after- on sidewalk noon, said a spokesman for the department. BY ALLEGRA HOBBS Despite the apparent An American fl ag posted out- oversight, the park was put- side of the Flatlands Volun- ting safety fi rst, a Luna Park teer Ambulance Corps since spokesman said. shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, “There was a minor mal- has drawn the ire of the De- function,” said Bruce Bobbins, partment of Sanitation, but who declined to elaborate. corps members were able to “The riders were safely dodge the citation because of evacuated. And because the a strange mistaken-identity safety and well-being of our mishap. guests is our foremost priority, The patriotic volunteers re- the Cyclone was taken off line ceived a $300 citation from the while it was fi xed and then in- Department of Sanitation in- spected by both our own tech- forming them that their star- nicians and those from the De- spangled banner — which partment of Buildings.” they have proudly displayed Bobbins wouldn’t say for nearly 14 years without in- whether the park called emer- cident on a sidewalk-mounted gency services. pole near the curb of Avenue N The ride also malfunc- at Schenectady Avenue — is in tioned on the park’s opening violation of a law prohibiting day on March 29 — stalling in the obstruction of pedestrian the same spot, just before the pathways. fi rst drop. Ambulance corps members On that occasion, too, no were shocked by the affront to one called New York’s Bravest their display of patriotism, — the agency that typically arguing that its place on the spearheads high-fl ying res- sidewalk — near a fi re plug cues — a department spokes- painted red, white, and blue — man said. is a matter of honor. Thrill-seekers stranded in “I take a lot of pride in my March returned a week later country and in my fl ag, and to to take their fi rst ride of the me, it’s a little bit insulting,” season. said Sal Caruso, a veteran who Like last time, riders on Pups on parade has volunteered with the am- the locked-up amusement got bulance corps for 30 years. “I tickets for a free ride, Bobbins Doggie fashion designer Anthony Rubio poses with his pups Bogie and Kimba, who are 3-year-old feel it’s an insult to the Ameri- said. chihuahuas, at the puppy prom hosted by Bark and Co. on June 11 to promote dog adoption. For more can fl ag and to America.” The ride re-opened on June on the four-legged fun, see page 10. Photo by Metsha A Renois Caruso is among the corps 14, he said. Continued on page 12
A CNG Publication Vol. 70 No. 25 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D Letting their freak flag fly: The Eamon color guard team performs with indie rocker Tune-Yards in “Contemporary Color” at Barclays Center on June 26–27. Jake Naughton Color coordination Cheers, laughs as Courier Life celebrates our 2015 Rock stars and color guards team up at Barclays By Danielle Furfaro during suburban football games at halftime or in hese artists are changing the color guard. marching band competitions. A group of music stars organized by rock For the concerts, Byrne reached out to some of his Tlegend David Byrne will perform along with musical friends and teamed them up with ten color hundreds of flag-twirling color guard members in a guard teams from around the country. During the pair of concerts on June 26 and 27 at Barclays Center. show, the members of each color guard team will spin, In addition to the former Talking Head, musicians in jump, and march through a routine created to match the project include Nelly Furtado, Money Mark and the musician’s live performance. Ad Rock, How to Dress Well, opera composer Nico “Contemporary Color” is presented by the Brooklyn Mulhy, and Tune-Yards, among others. Academy of Music, and is its first production held at BY SHAVANA ABRUZZO advance Brooklyn, claimed the The seeds of the performance, called “Contemporary Barclay Center. The two organizations have long Color,” started in 2008 when a high school color guard planned to collaborate, said BAM president Karen team asked Byrne to lend a composition for one of its Brooks Hopkins, and this show offered the perfect competitions. Byrne knew little about color guards, opportunity because the staging is too large to fit in but he started researching and was impressed at the one of the Academy’s concert halls. routines he discovered. “This creates a space in New York to do all kinds “The question isn’t who’s go- publishing giant’s president, “I was stunned at what I was seeing,” he said. “And of things we would never see because of the scale,” being a musician I naturally wondered to myself: what said Hopkins. “It is another great venue for interesting if these performances had really great live music? work from all over the world.” Wouldn’t that lift it to another level?” “Contemporary Color” at Barclays Center [620 Color guards, which evolved out of military maneu- Byrne-ing down the house: Former Talking Head David Byrne led Atlantic Ave. at Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights, vers, incorporate dance and music with military props the collaboration between color guard teams and rock stars that (917) 618–6700, www.barclayscenter.com]. June 27 and like rifles, sabers, and flags. They usually perform 28 at 7:30 pm. $25–$135. ing to let me, it’s who is going Catalina Kulczar-Marin Jennifer Goodstein, who was resulted in the “Contemporary Color” show. to stop me,” famously said late master of ceremonies. 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A accolades capping our 2015 microbiologist gave up her Brooklyn’s Women of Distinc- globe-trotting career to min- tion magazine, which came ister and serve impoverished HOW TO REACH US out last month and profi led Brooklynites. A dance teacher honorees whose ranks in- took it upon herself to fulfi ll Mail: cluded volunteers, executives, the holiday wishes of 600 chil- Courier Life small business owners, and dren in need. Publications, Inc., animal experts. Their combined efforts 1 Metrotech Center North The honorees — nominated contributed to raising public 10th Floor, Brooklyn, by their peers and selected by consciousness about impor- independent judges — were tant issues, remarked key- N.Y. 11201 picked for turning simple work- note speaker and Park Sloper General Phone: days into exceptional opportu- Ophira Eisenberg, a stand-up (718) 260-2500 nities to improve our lives and comic, writer, and host of Na- News Fax: (718) 260-2592 News E-Mail: [email protected] Display Ad Phone: (718) 260-8302 Display Ad E-Mail: [email protected] Display Ad Fax: (718) 260-2579 MIGHTY WOMEN: (Clockwise from top) Gina Aragno, “Ms. Zumba Lady,” Classified Phone: who helps children in need, with CNG Vice President of Advertising Ralph (718) 260-2555 D’Onofrio. Laura McKenna, who helps Superstorm Sandy victims, with CNG Classifi eds Sales Manager Amanda Tarley. 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Photos by Steve Solomonson :FLI@J:FLI@<:FLI@I8G?@: > GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 MBRBG NIGHT Women of Distinction tional Public Radio’s hit trivia The event was coordinated comedy show “Ask Me An- by senior account executive other,” which is recorded in Stephanie Stellaccio, with the borough. help from administrative as- “I am moved by the wom- sistant Jennifer Stern. en’s commitment to their com- Check out a PDF version of munities and their desire to our 2015 Brooklyn’s Women of constantly help other people,” Distinction magazine, along said Eisenberg after bring- with more photos and video ing the house down with her interviews of our honorees at MEET YOUR WOMEN OF DISTINCTION: Courier Life’s honorees gather outside Sirico’s Caterers in Dyker comic stylings. BrooklynDaily.com. Heights. Photo by Steve Solomonson A regular riot act Ophira Eisenberg’s keynote knocks ’em dead BY SHAVANA ABRUZZO That ritzy borough across the East River doesn’t hold a can- dle to Kings County, accord- ing to the keynote speaker at our Women of Distinction awards night — a new and notable Park Slope resident. “Brooklyn is so much bet- ter than Manhattan,” said comic, writer, and National Public Radio’s Ask Me An- other host Ophira Eisenberg, who read her adopted quarter the riot act and lobbed gags LEADERS OF THE BOROUGH: like grenades during a side- CAN WE TALK?: Comedian and Keynote Speaker Ophira Eisenberg of (Above) Irene LoRe, Aunt Suzie’s splitting gig at Sirico’s Cater- National Public Radio’s “Ask Me Another” (which is recorded in Brook- restaurateur who pioneered the ing Hall in Dyker Heights on lyn), left the audience in stitches. Photo by Steve Solomonson economic revival of Park Slope, June 10. with Courier Life publisher Clifford “If anyone is doing drugs the Slope last month, around Brooklyn,” Eisenberg said. Luster. (Left) Sharon Content, who on my street, they are doing the same time the renais- “People here are smart, helps children who have a parent organic, free-range drugs, sance woman discovered she artsy, edgy.” in prison, with D’Onofrio. (Below) artisanal, small-batch drugs was expecting a baby. The borough-phile un- Sanna Ezri, Millennium Theater di- that were grown in a com- “As soon as you fi nd out winds at Lavender Lake, munity garden,” cracked the you’re pregnant, you get a Henry Public, and Bar Ta- rector, casts a spotlight on Brook- Canadian spark plug, one of notice in the mail that says bac, and schleps across the lyn, with Stellaccio. New York Magazine’s “Top- you’re required to move to borough on marathon walks Photos by Steve Solomonson 10 Comics that Funny People Park Slope,” said Eisenberg, to take in the local sights. Find Funny,” and author of who is equally at home play- One six-hour amble from “Screw Everyone: Sleeping ing silly games with John Downtown to Williamsburg My Way to Monogamy,” which Turturro, Ethan Hawke, and was an eye opener. “Air plane!,” which producers Dr. Ruth as she is tickling “We walked through so Zucker Productions optioned millennials and centennials many different neighbor- recently for a movie. with her deadpan deliveries. hoods and cultural enclaves, Eisenberg and her hus- She performs at Union and got caught in three dif- band moved to Brooklyn six Hall in Park Slope and the ferent festivals,” she said. “It years ago, settling in Boerum Bell House in Gowanus, in ad- was like a tour of the world.” Hill across from the Atlantic dition to storytelling with the Eisenberg says she lost Avenue prison before soar- Moth crew at the Brooklyn her virginity at 15 in a hotel ing rents forced them out. Historical Society and hold- bathroom to a guy she picked “Now the only way I could ing court in Bushwick lofts. up in a bar and nicknamed get a place in Boerum Hill is She fi nds the borough and Goose, but she is thrilled to if I commit a crime and get in its audiences mesmerizing. be on virgin territory again. that jail,” she quipped. “There is no end to great “I love that I don’t even The couple relocated to and unexpected venues in know Brooklyn yet,” she said. MBRBG COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 3 FIN-DER BENDER Coney-bound shark dies in Florida car crash BY MAX JAEGER each shark as long as needed It was like a real-life to ensure their health and suc- “Sharknado.” cess.” One of four sandbar sharks The aquatic-animal theme headed from Florida to Co- park will care for the sharks ney Island died after it was until the New York Aquarium ejected from its tank when in Coney Island makes new the 18-wheeler carrying it transportation arrangements, crashed on June 10. according to a press release The tractor-trailer was from Sea World. transporting four fi nned pred- The bizarre crash ignited ators from Marathon, Fla., a frenzy among local and na- FISH TO WATER: A sandbar shark to the New York Aquarium tional press, Montes said. in Coney Island when a tire during happier times. Brian Norwood “I was here when Tiger blew out on Interstate 95 and Woods crashed, and I’ve got- EMERGEN-SEA!: Rescuers rush the remaining sharks from the crash site sent the truck careening into Transportation founder For- ten more phone calls on these to nearby Sea World for care. Sea World a stand of trees. And one of the rest Young. “We’ve been doing sharks than Tiger Woods,” she fi sh went fl ying in the wreck, this for many years, and I hate said, referring to the golfer’s wildlife activist James W. Buf- jured in the collision, offi cials a Florida Highway Patrol to claim to be the fi rst guy that 2009 collision with a fi re hy- fet fi rst brought attention to said. spokeswoman said. this happened to.” drant and tree as he fl ed his their plight in 1979 . The aquarium is still “One shark was thrown A team from nearby Sea enraged, golf-club-swinging If the sharks resume their shoring up its long-promised out, or it jumped out — we World rescued the three sur- wife . trip on I-95, they will pass sharks exhibit after Hurri- don’t know,” said Sgt. Kim viving swimmers and is car- The fl ying fi sh is reminis- within one mile of a Jackson- cane Sandy washed over the Montes. ing for them at the Orlando at- cent of “Sharknado” the 2013 ville brewery that produces facility in 2012 . The accident It may be the fi rst time a traction. made-for-television movie in LandShark brand beer. will not affect the exhibit’s shark has died in a car crash, “The animals are currently which sharks sucked into a But Brooklynites need not expected 2016 opening date, a according to a principal from stable and are doing well,” said waterspout mete out fl ying fe- fear unsolicited plumbers or spokeswoman said. the company transporting the Sea World aquarium curator rocity in Los Angeles. candygram men — the land It was a rough week for Co- fi sh. Jim Kinsler. “The rescue team Land-dwelling sharks are shark bound for Coney Island ney Island sea life — a dead “I don’t know of one in par- and our aquarists are continu- not unheard of in the Sun- is defi nitely dead, according to whale washed ashore in Brigh- ticular,” said Dynasty Marine ing around the clock care for shine State, where Florida offi cials. No humans were in- ton Beach on June 8. “If You Dream It... 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(Center) Army veteran raiser at Greenwood Park he said, “We could have had was delighted with the event. Paddy Middleton enjoys himself at the event. (Left) Luigi Tiralongo sa- Beer Garden in Windsor Ter- more, [but] it was a very suc- Continued on page 19 lutes the veterans. Photos by Arthur De Gaeta Want an easy way to pay your bill, check your payment history and send your meter reading to Con Edison? Download our free My conEdison app at conEd.com/App. 6 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 MBRBG Check out our very successful treatment… instead of surgery Join the thousands of people who have regained their quality of life A.N.L del Castillo, M.D. The most experienced board certified pain specialist in Brooklyn & Staten Island 718-966-8120 9731 4th Avenue FREE consultation 126 Wieland Ave. Brooklyn to the Staten Island New York 11209 first 20 patients New York 10309 with this AD M COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 7 Coney Islanders with stray bul- 68TH PRECINCT lets. BAY RIDGE—DYKER HEIGHTS Punks squeezed off several rounds in the courtyard of an apart- Caught napping ment building between Neptune and Bayview avenues in Coney Is- A brute bashed the window to a land at 2:50 pm, police said. Bullets 78th Street home and stole a purse struck a 68-year-old man in the left on June 13, but the homeowner slept calf and an 18-year-old man in the through the break-in, police said. right buttocks and left palm, law The burglar broke into the enforcement offi cials said. home between Ridge Boulevard Both victims were taken to Lu- and Third Avenue in Bay Ridge at theran Medical Center in stable 9 pm, police said. condition, offi cials said. Hot purse-uit Punch sucker — Max Jaeger A rogue snatched a woman’s BY MAX JAEGER purse on Eighth Avenue on June 12. 61ST PRECINCT The victim was near 62nd Street Cops are searching for the cretin who clouted a straphanger on a bus SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST— in Sunset Park at 10:45 am when MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND the lout grabbed her bag, police at the corner of Fifth Avenue and said. The woman tried to chase him 72nd Street in Bay Ridge on April down, but he lost her after a block, 25. Violent volley a police report states. The tough was riding aboard a A vile villain violently attacked B63 bus travelling toward Oving- a woman on Brown Street on June 9 ton Avenue when he and another — before grabbing her bag and toss- Easy entry rider got into an argument at 2:15 ing it out a window. A thief walked in the front door of pm, police said. The victim told cops she was a Fourth Avenue home and walked The tiff went south when the near Avenue U on her way to work out with $280 and some jewelry some- slug slugged the other guy, leaving at 7:40 am when the chump put her time between June 1 and June 10. the victim’s left eye cut and bloody, METRO CLOD: Police believe this man in a chokehold, causing her to lose The house is located between law enforcement sources said. beat up a fellow passenger on a B63 bus her breath. 79th and 80th streets in Bay Ridge, After the bout, the brute fl ed in Bay RIdge on April 25. NYPD The brute then punched her in police said. from the bus, police said. The goon the head and threw her onto the is in his 30s with has long, dark information to call the Crime Stop- fl oor, causing a head injury and two Bag pinched hair, a beard, and a mustache, of- pers at (800) 577–8477, log on to broken nails, cops said. The slimy A cretin copped a clutch from fi cials said. www.nypdcrimestoppers.com , text lout snatched the victim’s hand- an elderly woman on 84th Street on Police are asking anyone with tips to 274637 and enter “TIP577.” bag and ran into a nearby build- June 12. ing, where he dumped the bag and The victim was between Fourth its contents out a fi fth-fl oor window, and Fifth Avenues at 7:15 pm when the victim didn’t report the crime to Court in Brighton Beach at 10:55 according to police. the rapscallion struck, snatching police until June 11. pm when the weirdo whipped out The victim found her pocketbook the purse from his 70-year-old vic- The victim told police he parked the surgical tool and said he’d slash and noticed $40 missing, authorities tim and fl eeing, police said. his car near Bay 35th Street in Ben- her face of she didn’t hand over her said. sonhurst on March 9, leaving the mobile, police said. The guy took 62ND PRECINCT keys in the center console and the the cell and ran, a police report Phone a fi end doors unlocked, and by the time he states. A dastardly duo robbed a man at BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH returned a week later, someone had knifepoint in Kelly Park on June 12, taken it, police said. Raising Cain before fl eeing the scene. The 34-year-old waited until June Final fl ing A 44-year-old Seagate man hit Cops say two men approached 11 to tell police what happened, a po- A cretinous crooner winged a his older brother in the head with the victim near E. 16th Street and lice report states. wine glass at a karaoke disc jockey a cooking pot in a Seagate Avenue Moore Place at 10:20 pm and de- in a 65th Street bar on June 13 after residence on June 9, cops said. manded his phone. One of the the emcee didn’t play his song. Locker room bandit The two were embroiled in an ar- knaves brandished a knife, point- The two got into an argument in Someone stole a purse from an gument in a house between Lyme ing it at the victim’s stomach when the pub between Bay Parkway and unsecured locker at an 86th Street and Neptune avenues at 5:35 pm he tried to resist the attack, the po- lice report states. 23rd Avenue in Bensonhurst at 1 gym on June 14. when the younger man bore fi sts The fi ends took the phone and am, police said. The glass cut the The victim left her stuff in a against his brother, police said. jockey’s face in three places, and he locker at the facility between 20th fl ed by vehicle, according to cops. was taken to Lutheran Medical Cen- and 21st avenues in Bensonhurst ter, a police report states. at 6:20 pm, but she failed to lock the Wracked Ransack A rake wracked a guy with a locker, and when she returned, her A couple of clowns broke into an metal rack in a Neptune Avenue Jumped for cell purse was gone, police said. older man’s E. Third Street home on shop on June 10. A trio of toughs beat up a guy for The thief nabbed credit and debit June 9 and took a wad of cash, along The attacker came into the shop his phone on 62nd Street on June 15. cards, a public benefi t card, and the with a bevy of personal belongings, between W. 36th and W. 37th streets The fearsome threesome jumped woman’s identifi cation, a police re- before scampering off with their in Coney Island to use his public him between 23rd and 24th avenues port states. stolen goods. benefi t card at 9 am, but there was at 9:45 pm, police said. The 71-year-old victim told cops an error with the card, so he got The goons threw the guy to the 60TH PRECINCT he came home to his apartment ground and repeatedly punched mad and whacked the clerk in the near Parkway Court at 11 am just him in the face before wrenching CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH— head, police said. in time to witness the culprits fl ee- his phone from his hand and fl eeing SEAGATE The goon came back at 10:40 am ing the scene. The wizened resident on 62nd Street toward 23rd Avenue, with a gun in his waistband, so the found his front door damaged and a police report states. Nip and took clerk called the cops and the guy states the goons had grabbed an ran, a police report states. A screwball with a scalpel robbed iPad, some jewelry, perfume, and Free car a woman of her cellphone on Brigh- several grand in cash. An opportunistic crook took off ton First Street on June 10. Bullet barrage Cops say the perps fl ed on foot on in a man’s unlocked car parked on The woman was between Brigh- Someone fi red shots on W. 33rd E. 18th Street towards Avenue U. 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SANITATION “We’re not responsible for it at this point because of the name of the per- Continued from cover son it’s made out to,” said Joe Auer- members who installed a series of bach, the corps’ spokesman. “It’s not American fl ags along Avenue N and made out to us. If anybody fi nds her, Flatbush Avenue in the week follow- she’ll be responsible.” ing 9-11, and he takes great pride in the The identity of Carabello remains a maintenance of the banner. He even mystery to corps, which has no record installed a light outside of the corps of the name in its register. headquarters to shine on the fl ag so it “I told them we don’t have anybody could remain fl apping in the breeze af- by that name,” said Caruso, who ap- ter dark in strict FLIPaccordance with the peared in court to explain to the judge. U.S. Flag Code. “I said, ‘here’s our list of members. On Technically, the fl ag — fl ying six none of these sheets does that name ap- inches from the curb at the edge of pear.’ He said, ‘Do you want to repre- a wide walkway — is a sidewalk ob- sent this party?’ And I said ‘no!’ ” struction as defi ned by city law, so the The judge tossed the ticket, so the Advertise your Department of Sanitation’s star-span- ambulance corps won’t have to pay the gled ban is legitimate. Or it would have fi ne — and unless the group receives Clinical Studies in been, had the department’s enforcer a proper citation, it won’t have to take fi lled out the citation properly. down Old Glory. Caruso said the fl ag The corps went to court on June 16 will remain at its post as long as the New York’s largest group of — two days after Flag Day — to fi ght fortunate mishap grants it immunity. the ticket, arguing that the name on “As long as it’s not endangering the citation, “Minerva Carabello,” anybody,” he said. “A fl ag fl apping is community newspapers. does not belong to anyone affi liated really not a danger, if you know what with the Flatlands Volunteer Ambu- I mean.” - Weekly bannered directory - Ads will also appear in Classifi eds & Online ASK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVERTORIAL PLACEMENT TO EXPLAIN YOUR STUDY Call Amanda Tarley 718-260-8340 WHO IS MINERVA CARABELLO?: The name on the summons is a mystery to the ambulance corps, allowing it to let the sidewalk fl ag fl y in the face of a city ordinance. Photo by Steve Solomonson 12 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 M Flag philanthropy BY ALLEGRA HOBBS Company donated the fl ags to teach the children about One Marine Park school cele- on behalf of “Flags for the generosity and being good citi- brated Flag Day early thanks Flagless,” an Arizona-based zens, and this was a great ex- to a local business’s donation non-profi t that provides class- ample.” of star-spangled banners. rooms with American fl ags The school celebrates Flag The kids of PS 277 gath- by working with local busi- Day — established in 1916 to ered on June 12 wearing red, nesses. Members of the Nuz- commemorate June 14, 1777, white and blue to sing patri- zolese family were on hand to when the Second Continental otic tunes and recite poems present the Stars and Stripes Congress adopted the Stars for an audience of local vet- to the school. and Stripes as the United erans and to thank the good PS 227’s principal said that States’ national fl ag — every STARS AND STRIPES: (Above) Dylan Tasso reads to the audience what neighbors who donated 30 the gesture was an invaluable year, the principal said. the American fl ag means to him as his classmates wait their turn at an American fl ags to color their lesson for the students. “It’s always very nice,” said assembly on June 11. (Center) Principal Fish thanks the Nuzzolese fam- classrooms. “It was wonderful,” said Fish. “But this year it was ily for donating new fl ags for PS 277 classrooms. (Left) Students read The Nuzzolese Bros. 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Dance students at IS 234 of- the life-spanning show from “As a director, I sewed [the fered a moving lesson in life. the ground up, selecting their movements] together to make The movers and shakers themes in brainstorming ses- a cohesive dance.” at the Sheepshead Bay school sions and creating the chore- Alleva said the school is put on a modern dance show ography through improvisa- brimming with talent, with called “Life” on June 3, and tion. two of her eighth graders go- it was epic in scope — cover- The show’s director said ing on to the prestigious La ing the full gamut of human the fi nal product was truly the Guardia High School for the experience with such themes handiwork of the dancers and Arts. Students begin their as eating, movies, telephone their free-form improvisa- modern dance education in conversations, love, success, tions, which she later helped the sixth grade and continue money and death. them structure into a story. through ninth. 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(Left) Maria Meshreky works on her to spend the entire school day “The kids worked really to vote for their favorite entry “Eye,” which she created with fellow pupil Zharaa Najdi out on the playground creat- hard for months,” she said, pieces. Students’ artwork Photos by Arthur De Gaeta ing their own compositions “I’m just so proud of them.” was judged in several catego- with multi-colored chalks. Livi starts fund-raising for ries, such as cartoons, land- said, “rather than just the top ticipated this year, double the Designs ranged from draw- the competition in October, scape, architecture, and most three.” number from last year’s. Livi ings of the cast of the 2004 fi lm and the children start think- original. 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And he test. lectures and reaches out to For a shy young man who’d added if I did as they wanted, Jeff sued the prosecutors people, including me, just for dreamed of becoming a police they would stop and I could go who kept the evidence from the heck of it. When I met the officer, these were heady, con- home afterwards.” his lawyer, and his lawyer 41-year-old Throggs Neck ac- fusing times. One day the cops Jeffrey fell to the floor and who didn’t interview his alibi, tivist for breakfast at City said they had new, special in- curled into fetal position, sob- and the polygrapher who said Coffee in Jackson Heights formation to give him, but it bing. But he gave them their the test had “proven” his guilt last week, he asked the weary was so sensitive that first he confession. The false one that — and won. waitress where she was from. would have to take a lie detec- sent him to prison. With that money, he set up a “Peru,” she replied, and she tor test. There was no other evi- foundation to help the unjustly perked up when talk turned He skipped school for this dence against him. His semen imprisoned. Now a lawyer, in- to her country’s purple corn incredible privilege and three did not match that found on the vestigator, and paralegal, he’s drink — chicha morada. cops drove him out of town. victim, but the prosecutor said working on exonerating peo- “It is very delicious but you There, for the next six hours, it didn’t matter because the ple behind bars for no reason must drink it ice-cold.” RHYMES they kept him in a small room, girl was promiscuous — even — and helping them once they “Bring me one of those!” giving him endless cups of cof- though police interviewed 19 get out. said Jeff. WITH CRAZY fee — as if he wasn’t shaky friends who confirmed that But most of all, he’s work- Jeff is making up for lost enough — but no food. she was sheltered and had ing to prevent wrongful con- time: the 16 years he spent be- C\efi\Jb\eXqp “After 40 minutes, the po- never had a boyfriend, much victions in the first place. hind bars for a rape and mur- lygrapher started giving me less sex. But those interviews There’s a bipartisan bill der he didn’t commit. the third degree. He raised his were kept from Jeff’s Legal in Albany that would create a Jeff was exonerated in 2006. 15-year-old girl at his high voice and kept asking me the Aid lawyer, who never both- commission on prosecutor con- A new DNA test matched a school. Jeffrey caught the at- same questions over and over. ered to interview Jeff’s alibi duct, Jeff says. The commis- convict doing time for another tention of police for a bizarre As each hour goes by my fear — the boy with whom he had sion would punish prosecutors rape and murder. Since get- reason: he seemed too deeply escalates, and toward the end been playing Wiffle ball with who railroad defendants. ting out, he has been bringing upset. The cops spent the next he said, ‘What do you mean at the time of the murder. And with that he finished attention to wrongful convic- six weeks focusing on Jeff. you didn’t do it! You just told After 15 years behind bars, his story, his chicha morada, tions and false confessions — “Half the time they talked me through the test results Jeff finally came up for parole. smiled at the waitress, and like the one he made, at age 16. to me as if I was a suspect. The that you did! We just want you He still said he was innocent. headed out into a beautiful You may remember the other time they would pretend to verbally confirm it!’ That To the board, this meant he June day. case. It was up in Peekskill, they needed my help to solve shot my fear through the roof. was not taking responsibility He has lots to do. New York where Jeff was born the crime,” said Jeff. “They’d It was then that the cop who for his actions. Visit www.deskovic.org or and raised by his mom and say, ‘Kids won’t talk freely pretended to be my friend told Parole denied. write to jeffreydeskovicfounda- grandma. The victim was a around us. They will around me the other cops were going He was freed only after [email protected]. 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The city’s second top politi- If you still don’t know Two weeks ago his brilliant and a failed prison break, de- Joseph Connor and his older cian and her cronies are will- who I am talking about then mind was lost when he ne- clined a pardon in 1999 because brother Tom turned 9 and 11 ing to fib, fudge, and befog their maybe you should go back glected to buckle his seatbelt he refused to renounce vio- years on Jan. 24, 1975, the same way to a pardon, Connor adds. to watching “Naked and and the taxi he and his wife lence, but chronically clueless day Lopez Rivera’s hench- “If they really sought jus- Afraid.” were in crashed. They were Council speaker Melissa Mark men killed their 33-year-old tice, they would seek justice for s¬s¬s both thrown out of the cab, Viverito remains his groupie, father, Frank, and three oth- Frank Connor, too,” he says. So far we cannot get any and died instantly. Rest in marching for his freedom and ers in the lunchtime bombing The indifference of our information from Hillary peace, professor. tweeting his release is “what I of Fraunces Tavern in lower oaf-cials shows they value the about the e-mails she no lon- s¬s¬s want most for my birthday.” Manhattan, among the terror aims and actions of an avowed ger has, but perhaps those When they start giving The borough pols who group’s more than 130 bomb- terrorist over the everlast- whom she communicated out the annual awards for caved to her clearly don’t care ings across the country. Frank ing grief of his victims. They with still have theirs. There the best acting on the planet, our city is the world’s top ter- Connor, a devoted family man should gag on their shame. is a strong possibility that those in charge might want to under the right terms they ask themselves the following may be coerced into disclos- question: How does Josh Ear- ing those communications. nest do it with a straight face? s¬s¬s¬ The White House press Affe]Xb\YcXZbcX[p1N_Xk\mX_ The 2002 Academy secretary has been very Award-winning block- busy offering excuses and hat does it matter? nation is only exacerbated by buster “A Beautiful Mind,” alibis for our president, and Transracial, transgen- the press, race baiters, and starring Russel Crowe, was he’s been doing a great job N der, transcontinental? a government that sees fit to a story about the math ge- making up the defenses. If The media has been in a keep the myth going to hide the nius John Nash. The mas- you watch the faces of the re- feeding frenzy since the news fact that there are many more termind won several pres- porters in the room, you can broke about Rachel Dolezal, a dangerous and pressing issues tigious awards including tell that they are holding white woman who pretended going on here than what we are a Nobel Prize in econom- back the laughter. I could to be black. Well the good thing led to believe. ics and most recently a top not help laughing out loud is that it’s taken the heat off It’s the old bait-and-switch prize from the Norwegian when I heard the bovine Bruce — now known as Cait- at its best: “Let’s keep the hoi Academy of Sciences and excrement about Obama’s lyn — Jenner. polloi busy with racial divi- Letters in Oslo. Professor speech at the Coast Guard We need to get this straight siveness and minutia so that Nash was connected with graduation. The president — the fundamental basis of we can continue to swindle some of the most promi- spoke about climate change. this country is freedom. That’s their eyes out of their sockets.” nent institutes of higher We have a major border freedom with a big, fat “F.” NOT FOR Ain’t it grand? The Fourth education, including the problem, Islamic terrorism, If Rachel Dolezal wants to Estate has become the puppet Massachusetts Institute of a questionable agreement identify as a black woman, NUTHIN’ of a crooked, bloated, schem- Technology, Princeton Uni- coming up with Iran, insult- then let her. ing government. Instead of the versity, Carnegie Mellon ing and not looking out for We really need to ask our- media doing its job of expos- University, and Brandeis Israel, and a whole lot more. selves as a nation, what are the AfXeeX;\c9lfef ing corruption, the high rate University. Yet he read a speech that important issues? Does how of unemployment, inflation, His beautiful mind was would have most intelligent she identifies with her race af- “Whether she’s black or white, and lack of industry, it sees to filled with a lot of informa- world leaders firing their fect us individually? Does her has a penis or not, I don’t care. obfuscate the truth with non- tion and theories about so speech writer. He said that identity affect the national se- Now if a nuclear bomb goes off sense about sex, race, gender, many things that most of anyone who failed to take ac- curity of the country? Does her over my head, or I can’t find a and — spoiler alert — how us never heard of. He knew tion against climate change racial identity impact the econ- job when I graduate — then Home Box Office killed off Jon all about “non-cooperative was in “dereliction of duty.” omy? Does it solve our unem- that I care about.” Snow on “Game of Thrones” games,” “Nash’s equilib- I am StanGershbein@ ployment problem or the fact So there you are. What re- last Sunday. rium,” and “game theory” Bellsouth.net wonder- that our government and big ally matters to the country Not for Nuthin™ Rachel, but — whatever those may be. ing why he never used the business sold out our manufac- is — if a bomb goes off, we’ve if you want to be a black woman He did know a lot about phrase “dereliction of duty” turing industry? got something to worry about. and identify with that race, I mathematics, but it is sad when he spoke about Bowe That’s a really big fat “No” If Rachel Dolezal wants to be a say: “You go, girlfriend.” that he did not know enough Bergdahl, who truly is guilty all around. black women, we got nothing. Follow me on Twitter @ about wearing a seatbelt. of dereliction of duty. As my daughter put it: The racial tension in this JDelBuono. 28 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 MBRBG :Xid`e\1>`m\k_\m\kjn_XkËjZfd`e^kfk_\d ’m madder than John am? Where are they going to Closing 12-West will elim- believe that closing 12-West Wayne when the doctor go when they are out of beds inate 33 percent of our in- will affect our ability to con- @told him he had to quit in Brooklyn? patient beds and leave the tinue to care for our sickest smoking over the fact that I’ll tell you where: That Brooklyn VAMC with only patients in a timely manner. our veterans keep getting one place we’ve been try- 46 beds to serve all of our vet- 9OUR¬ ACCESS¬ TO¬ NECESSARY¬ the shaft when it comes to ing to avoid since the time erans who require inpatient and safe inpatient services healthcare. we moved out of there in the medical and surgical care. may be significantly com- Look, you all know the first place: Manhattan! The expected immediate promised. ol’Screecher valiantly That’s right! I never consequences of closing 12- 9OU¬DO¬NOT¬DESERVE¬THIS served his country during looked back when we headed West: Speak up. Only your the Korean War — and did east of Little Italy to the dirt s¬)F¬ YOU¬ NEED¬ TO¬ BE¬ HOSPI- voices will lead to a change! not serve in the Canadian roads of Benshonhurst, and talized and no beds are avail- Please call the Brooklyn Moose Mounties as has been quite frankly, I’ve only re- able, you may spend extra VAMC administration, your falsely reported elsewhere turned when I had to, and time (hours to a day) in our local, state, and federal offi- — and I think all of our vet- even then I complained about Emergency Department. cials, and veterans service erans — myself included — the traffic! s¬9OU¬ MAY¬ BE¬ TRANSFERRED¬ organizations.” need to get what is coming Here’s a copy of the letter to the Manhattan VAMC. Once again, I know ex- to us. I tried to transcribe on the This would affect our abil- actly what you are think- So you can imagine just BIG old Smith-Corona: ity to provide continuous un- ing: “Carmine, you could not how shocked I was this week “Dear Brooklyn VA Pa- interrupted care for the pa- have said that better your- when a fellow resident of the SCREECHER tients and Families, tients we know best. self!” beautiful Harway Terrace On July 1, 2015, the s¬4ESTS ¬ PROCEDURES ¬ AND¬ Exactly! And maybe if the who happens to work over :Xid`e\JXekXDXi`X Brooklyn VA Medical Cen- surgeries will be delayed, President stopped taking so at the Veterans’ Administra- ter (VAMC) will lose 25 acute cancelled, or transferred to many fuel-consuming flights tion Hospital handed me a medical and surgical ‘in pa- other facilities, if inpatient for fun, frolic, and good will, letter sent from some anon- trying to reserve a bed for tient beds’ at the Brooklyn beds are not available to there would be some money ymous sources complaining myself.” As you and my doc- VA Medical Center (VAMC.) monitor patients. left to care for all those vets about the fact that come July tor know full well, I’ve got The doctors and nurses be- Our mission has always that honorably served our 1, the hospital is losing 25 the bad cholesterol count of a lieve this is a misguided de- been to provide our Veterans nation in war and peace. beds that would provide care newborn whose mother only cision that will lead to sig- and Service men and women Don’t forget dear old dad to some of our veterans who eats Grape Nuts straight nificant negative effects on with the highest-quality pri- on Father’s Day, especially if need it the most! from the box, so I’m not go- our ability to provide you mary, specialty, and acute he was a veteran. 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Eboni Everson-Myart heritage during Asian Ameri- can and Pacifi c Islander Her- itage Month in May, but they Army celebrates also celebrated their family and military bonds. For Master Sgt. Chasit- ity Gullatt, the 39th Air Base 240th birthday Wing Equal Opportunity superintendent, this year’s heritage month celebration HARBOR WATCH throughout the world, add- was a little different then her Senior Army leaders gath- ing that presently the service previous ones. Unlike in the ered in the U.S. Capitol Visi- represents the United States past, where she would cel- SIBLING PRIDE: Master Sgt. Chasitity Gullat and her brother Staff Sgt. tor’s Center on June 10 for the on all but one continent. ebrate with her friends and Bryant Guillermo share a bonding moment in Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. fi rst of several cake-cuttings Army Secretary John M. fellow service members, this Staff Sgt. Caleb Pierce throughout the week in cel- McHugh also thanked Con- year Gullatt celebrated with ebration of the Army’s 240th gress for continuing support her brother, Staff Sgt. Bry- birthday, which fell on June and praised what he called ant Guillermo, a 39th Secu- being a woman in the mili- “I have had a lot of great 14. the unbroken line of great rity Forces Squadron vault tary, the experience has been opportunities to do and see Army Chief of Staff Gen. Americans, who donned the storage area supervisor, who overall benefi cial due to the things I would’ve never Ray Odierno kicked off the cloth of the U.S. Army, which recently had a permanent diversity and opportunities seen if I hadn’t had joined,” cake-cutting, making several stretches back 240 years. He change of station to Incirlik she has experienced. Guillermo said. “Travel was points to the audience of con- refl ected on the chief’s words Air Base. “We all have one common one of the biggest things I gressional and senior Army about the steadfastness of The month afforded both goal and we all share the wanted to do.” leaders and their staffs and those serving, the dedication service members a chance to same core values,” she said. Now that Guillermo is at guests. He emphasized that of diversity of countrymen, refl ect on their heritage and “Being able to be a group of Incirlik AB, he has been able the Army was born before scattered in some 40 nations remember why they joined diverse people and still wear to do some of the traveling he the country’s independence at some 150 locations world- the Air Force. the same uniform is really wanted and has gained a new had even been declared. wide. According to both Air- an amazing feature the Air perspective of being in the “I believe the Army is “Doing as they’ve always men, who are serving at the Force has to offer.” military with his sister. the one service that truly done, protecting us, defend- same base for the fi rst time, On the other hand, Gullatt said that now that represents the diversity and ing freedom and ensuring the reason they joined the Air Guillermo, prior to joining, she and her brother are sta- strength of our nation,” he our way of life … and that’s Force was inspiration from lived in a small town in Ken- tioned together, it gives them said. “Our regular soldiers, why we’re here … that’s not their father’s service in the tucky with the rest of his Ha- a chance to share their Air our citizen-soldiers, our dedi- a surprise … we’re gathered U.S. Army, as well as the op- waiian-Filipino family. He Force experiences and knowl- cated Army civilians … rep- to celebrate that history and portunities and diversity it said that he owes his career edge. resent what is best about our that tradition and remember offered. decision to his sister. “Being in different helping country … our diversity and how unbreakable that long “I believe diversity is one “Honestly, most of my agencies helps us to see how our ability to understand why line has been.” of the greatest things that you life I have not had a plan,” things relate together,” Gul- our nation is different from Before the traditional can have in an organization; Guillermo said. “I went to a latt said. “To be able to take any other nation in the world champagne toast, Sen. Jim one person’s strengths can (college) open house, not real- care of him feels good. I think because of the freedoms and Inhofe of Oklahoma, Pat be another person’s weak- izing the fi nancial obligations it’s an awesome opportunity liberties we fi ght for.” Roberts of Kansas, and Rep. nesses,” Guillermo said. that underlie with it. Right af- for him that we are able to be Odierno thanked Con- “Dutch” Ruppersberger of Along with the infl uence ter that I didn’t know what I stationed together.” gress for its continuing sup- Maryland also spoke, recall- from her father, Gullatt also wanted to do and my sister In the near future, Gul- port and dedication in ensur- ing personal and professional stated that she was motivated (Gullatt) pushed me in the di- latt will PCS from Incirlik to ing the Army has the “right relationships with Odierno to join to be the fi rst woman rection of the military.” her new duty station, while capabilities, equipment and and McHugh, who will both in her family to serve. Gullat Since Guillermo joined, he Guillermo stays behind to manpower to do the jobs” the retire later this year. also said that even though it explained how much the mili- carry on the family legacy country calls upon it to do Continued on page 34 was tough in the beginning tary has helped him. started by his sister. MBRBG COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 33 Children celebrated Defense Dept. names April ‘Month of the Military Child’ HARBOR WATCH To highlight the year-round contributions, courage, and patriotism of the military community’s youngest mem- bers, the Defense Department observes April as the Month of the Military Child, according to the Pentagon. Established by then-De- fense Secretary Caspar Wein- berger in 1986, the month rec- ognizes some 1.9 million U.S. military children ranging in age from infants to 18 years HOPPING TO IT!: Military families and friends joined the Michigan Na- SPIKE IT!: Quintarious Almon serves a volleyball during the Army Tri- old who have one or both par- tional Guard Family Programs staff and the Easter Bunny for an egg hunt als at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. EJ Hersom ents serving in the armed at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing, Mich., as part of “Month of forces, said Barbara Thomp- the Military Child.” Angela Simpson son, the director of DoD’s Of- fi ce of Family Readiness Pol- Former reservist wins icy. tional development. Family support has “We want to highlight Thompson reported that evolved over the last 40 years their sacrifi ces and support parents, too, have resources to become the family readi- of the military member in to help best guide and nurture ness system, which is a collab- at Warrior games their families, so it behooves their children of all ages. orative network of agencies, us to take time from the busy The New Parents Support programs, services, and pro- calendar of our events and Program helps parents dur- fessionals who promote the HARBOR WATCH are still things out there that recognize military children,” ing pregnancy and childbirth, readiness and quality of life of For Quintarious Almon, rep- they can do,” he said. she said. and children up to 3 years of military families both on in- resenting the Army team at Active-duty, Guard and Permanent-change-of-sta- age, to reach their full poten- stallations and in the commu- the Department of Defense Reserve soldiers, along with tion moves, deployments, and tial through home visitations nity, Thompson said. Warrior Games continues to veterans, can participate in training activities, among and parent support groups, “There is no ‘wrong’ door,” be a chance at redemption. the DOD Warrior Games. other facets of military life, she said. she said. “So regardless of Almon, a former Army Almon said events like the can present unique chal- Military OneSource is where you’re seeking support, Reserve truck driver with Games helps veterans like lenges to children who must another resource available whether it’s with your pedia- the 287th Transportation him have a goal. constantly adjust to distance, 24 hours a day, seven days a trician or with your chaplain, Company out of Aniston, “When veterans get out unfamiliarity and uncer- week, 365 days a year, to sup- he or she will also know the Alabama, fi rst attended the of the military, some go tain schedules, Thompson ex- port parents to learn more resources to support you in Warrior Games in 2011, but through a stage of depres- plained. about parenting skills, as well your efforts to navigate the couldn’t fi nish any of his sion. Most guys don’t know “That can be a real sacri- as to fi nd support for them- military life course.” events because of heat ex- what they’re going to do out- fi ce, because each parent is selves, Thompson added. It Across the services, haustion. side the military,” he said.”It a very important part of that also offers telephonic, face-to- Thompson said, parades, He returned in 2013 and gives veterans another out- child’s makeup,” she said. “So face, online, and video non- fairs, art, and poetry contests took the gold medal in the let and a chance to become we want to make sure that medical and fi nancial coun- will abound as installations men’s 100-meter wheelchair an elite athlete.” when they move or change seling, which she described develop engaging and amus- race. In 2014, he took the For Almon, who ran track schools, all of those transi- as “strengthening pillars” ing activities to solidify the silver medal in the men’s in eighth grade and made tion times are supported with for military households sepa- bonds among families and 100-meter wheelchair race. it to state and played bas- resources, programs and ser- rated from extended family or communities. This year he will compete ketball and football in high vices.” settling into a new environ- “We want to make sure that in the 100-meter, 200-me- school, it gave him a chance DoD offers a variety of pro- ment. children’s voices are heard ter and 4x100 relay and also to feel like an athlete again. grams to help military chil- “On the installations, we during the Month of the Mili- in sitting volleyball at the “I enjoy working out and dren overcome these chal- have military family support tary Child,” she said. “It’s a games, scheduled for June staying fi t,” he said. “It helps lenges, Thompson said. centers,” she said, “where fun time to be with their fam- 19–28 at Marine Corps Base in my recovery. I still have For example, the Child De- a multitude of services for ilies [and] to take part in the Quantico, Virginia. long-term injuries, but my velopment Program offers transitions and life skills various activities that the ser- “I had learned my lesson short-term injuries are not as child care up to age 12. Simi- are offered to make sure our vices developed to recognize about training and nutrition noticeable anymore. They’re larly, youth development pro- families can be resilient and military children.” and what I had to do going still there, but I work really grams offer older children op- strengthen them in their ef- “It is hard to be a military forward,” he said. hard to overcome those and portunities for recreation and forts to be the parents they child, and they’re doing it su- Almon received his trau- strive to continue to get bet- character, social, and emo- want to be.” per well,” Thompson said. matic brain injury in a car ter. I’ve done a lot of things crash when he fell asleep since adaptive sports, and behind the wheel while I wouldn’t trade it for any- driving in 2010. He said he thing else.” happy as the 240th.” interests of the nation. doesn’t remember the inci- Throughout the games, BIRTHDAY Following the cake-cut- “Our credentials became dent. As he was recovering wounded, ill and injured ting, Sgt. Maj. of the Army the American soldier,” he said. in the Warrior Transition service members and veter- Continued from page 33 Daniel A. Dailey spoke about “I remind soldiers all the time Unit at Fort Benning, Geor- ans from the Army, Marine Inhofe thanked the Army how the country received its that they are the nation’s cre- gia, he learned about adap- Corps, Air Force, Navy, and leaders for their candidness “credentials” by the Founding dentials — that they’re one tive sports. Coast Guard will compete during their years of testi- Fathers as they were creating year older than the nation you “Adaptive sports are a in track and fi eld, shooting, mony on Capitol Hill. With a the U.S. Constitution and call- serve and you must be here and great way for soldiers to fi nd swimming, cycling, archery, smile, he added “the Army’s ing for a standing Army, an forever endure because that’s another way to go about doing wheelchair basketball, and 241st birthday won’t be as Army that would protect the our job: to always endure.” things and learn that there sitting volleyball. 34 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 MBRBG HARBOR WATCH AMERICA’S BEST DESERVE THE BEST. After all you’ve done to protect our country, you deserve the best. That’s why we created the Nissan Military Program—to help you get the best offer on a new Nissan. As part of this program, all active and reserve U.S. military, retired U.S. military, U.S. veterans discharged within the past year, and their spouses and partners can get the same pricing we give our Nissan friends and family. Just visit NissanUSA.com/military, grab your qualified proof of military service and your VPP Claim ID, then head to your local Nissan store1. Our best savings and most exciting innovations are waiting for you. 1For more details, visit: NissanUSA.com/military The Department of Defense does not endorse any company, sponsor or their products or services. Always wear your seat belt and please don’t drink and drive. Nissan, the Nissan Brand Symbol, Innovation That Excites, and Nissan model names are Nissan trademarks. ©2015 Nissan North America, Inc. All rights reserved. MBRBG COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 35 SURE, AT FIRST I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY THE WHOLE PEEING STANDING UP THING. BUT I TAUGHT HIM TO THROW A STICK AND NOW HANGING OUT WITH HIM IS THE BEST PART OF MY DAY. — EINSTEIN adopted 12-09-10 36 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 M WWW.BROOKLYNDAILY.COM PUBLISHED BY CNG • 1 METROTECH CENTER NORTH • 10TH FLOOR • BROOKLYN, NY 11201 Letting their freak flag fly: The Eamon color guard team performs with indie rocker Tune-Yards in “Contemporary Color” at Barclays Center on June 26–27. Jake Naughton Color coordination Rock stars and color guards team up at Barclays By Danielle Furfaro during suburban football games at halftime or in hese artists are changing the color guard. marching band competitions. A group of music stars organized by rock For the concerts, Byrne reached out to some of his Tlegend David Byrne will perform along with musical friends and teamed them up with ten color hundreds of flag-twirling color guard members in a guard teams from around the country. During the pair of concerts on June 26 and 27 at Barclays Center. show, the members of each color guard team will spin, In addition to the former Talking Head, musicians in jump, and march through a routine created to match the project include Nelly Furtado, Money Mark and the musician’s live performance. Ad Rock, How to Dress Well, opera composer Nico “Contemporary Color” is presented by the Brooklyn Mulhy, and Tune-Yards, among others. Academy of Music, and is its first production held at The seeds of the performance, called “Contemporary Barclay Center. The two organizations have long Color,” started in 2008 when a high school color guard planned to collaborate, said BAM president Karen team asked Byrne to lend a composition for one of its Brooks Hopkins, and this show offered the perfect competitions. Byrne knew little about color guards, opportunity because the staging is too large to fit in but he started researching and was impressed at the one of the Academy’s concert halls. routines he discovered. “This creates a space in New York to do all kinds “I was stunned at what I was seeing,” he said. “And of things we would never see because of the scale,” being a musician I naturally wondered to myself: what said Hopkins. “It is another great venue for interesting if these performances had really great live music? work from all over the world.” Wouldn’t that lift it to another level?” “Contemporary Color” at Barclays Center [620 Color guards, which evolved out of military maneu- Byrne-ing down the house: Former Talking Head David Byrne led Atlantic Ave. at Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights, vers, incorporate dance and music with military props the collaboration between color guard teams and rock stars that (917) 618–6700, www.barclayscenter.com]. June 27 and like rifles, sabers, and flags. They usually perform resulted in the “Contemporary Color” show. Catalina Kulczar-Marin 28 at 7:30 pm. $25–$135. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19-25, 2015 37 SPORT OF KINGS ‘Invisiball’ drags fans to faux soccer match By Trupti Rami hese performers have no balls. T Ten female dancers will create an over-the-top, immersive soccer game on a Gowanus stage on June 24–26, but their blend of sports, comedy, and dance will be Sewer sisters: Caroline Zuba and Ana Bierne-Meyer at an exhibit on the missing one thing — a soccer ball, history of the sewer system they researched and curated for the Brooklyn says the show’s creator. Historical Society. Photo by Jason Speakman “ ‘Invisiball’ is watching a soccer game without a ball. Literally,” said director and cho- Teenage wasteland reographer Nadine Bommer, who grew up in Israel. She says the Students plumb historic depths whole experience of the perfor- mance will be like going to a for new exhibit on sewer system Goooooaaaaalllll!: The two teams of female dancers react with horror and jubilation match — but she does not actu- to a game-changing event in the dance performance “Invisiball.” Adi Alon ally know what that is like. group of teens have research. “It’s seeing a differ- “The funny thing is I have that mimics a soccer field, danc- dogs ($3) and slurp down beer uncovered the secrets ent perspective on how the city never seen a game in my life. Not ers in teams with yellow or red and wine ($5) to help get into the Aof the sewers. operates, and it’s cool to know a on television or in real life,” said uniforms, and an audience that stadium mind-set. A new exhibit at the Brooklyn little more about New York.” Brommer. transforms into soccer fans. The show, which has traveled Historical Society explores the And no mutagenic ooze The choreographer got all of Her theatrical style, called to Berlin, Prague, Copenhagen, history of the borough’s sewer was required to transform her knowledge of soccer second- Animato, is all about getting into Bologna and Macau, has had enthu- system, researched and curated how the teenagers think about hand, from enthusiastic Israeli character, she said. Every story or siastic receptions since it began by a team of high school stu- using water at home — just men for whom soccer is almost a situation she chooses comes from touring three years ago. Boomer dents through Ex Lab, the soci- knowledge. religion, she said. a humorous place and is expressed said the audience does as good a ety’s after-school program. “You don’t really notice “It’s only through the enthusi- in a physically exaggerated way. In job as the performers. The teenagers discovered how much water you’re using asm of Israeli men in my life and all “Invisiball,” the show’s ten dancers “They really got attached to no ninja turtles or alligators, and where it’s going,” said Ana around me that I have any connec- turn themselves into buff jocks. their teams like it was a real soc- but they unearthed a com- Beirne-Meyer, a rising soph- tion to this game,” said Bommer. “The fact that delicate female cer game and also came away with prehensive timeline of both omore at Edward R. Murrow She remembers walking her dog dancers are portraying hard-soccer a great appreciation for the art,” “above ground” and “below High School. on game nights and hearing the playing guys brings out the humor Bommer said. ground” stories told through “I don’t take one-hour show- excitement from the streets. for me and for them,” said Boomer. “Invisiball” at 501 Union [501 historical photographs, maps, ers anymore,” agreed Zuba. “I could almost understand “Having the freedom portray Union St. between Nevins and drawings, and various arti- Zuba and Beirne-Meyer the game just from the shouts and ‘guys’ with all their extreme and Bond streets in Gowanus, (347) facts related to whisking away joined their teammates for cheering,” said Bommer. private behavior without a filter, it 529–6486, www.gowanusartand- people’s waste — including an two-hour, twice-a-week meet- That almost-understanding led ends up being very funny.” production.com]. June 24–26 at 8 antique chamber pot. ings from February through her to create a show with a stage Fans can even nosh on hot pm. $40 ($35 in advance). Student curators were sur- June while putting the exhibit prised to find that New York together. All those hours cre- is among the few communities ated tight bonds — the girls in still using a combined sewer the group call themselves the system, which can allow sewage “sewer sisters.” Seeing a Hole story to overflow into canals during The leaders at the society heavy storms, and that Coney were impressed with the stu- Photo show focuses on derelict area Island opts for septic tanks dents’ boldness in expressing over a sewer system. And they ideas and collaborating to create By Max Jaeger The Hole sits 30 feet below sea learned to appreciate the mod- a museum-worthy work of art. t’s a hole ’nother world. level and is best known as a body ern pipes that separate drinking “We could actually see every- A photographer who dumping ground for the Mafia, he water from toilet water. one’s growth as they did this,” Iembedded himself in a dere- said. “For most of the history that said Shirley Brown-Alleyne, lict Brooklyn sub-district offers a Agostino’s art captures life on we were learning about it was the Manager of Teaching and glimpse of life in “the Hole” with an the margins of society, but it also so dangerous to be drinking Learning at the society. “Doing exhibit at Boerum Hill’s Invisible captures the circumstances that can Down in the Hole: Allen Agostino docu- the water,” said Caroline Zuba, Ex Labs is not just learning Dog art center, opening on June 25. drive people to those margins. ments people who many Brooklynites a rising senior at Brooklyn about the exhibit and learning never see — like Bam, a second genera- Initially the picture-maker went “A lot of the people have a sordid Technical High School. “You about New York City. Each and tion heroin dealer living off the grid in a to the Hole — a small section of history,” he said. trailer parked in an undeveloped section would be getting cholera and every one of them had some East New York bordering Queens But the Hole is also a place for of East New York called “the Hole.” you wouldn’t even know what type of personal growth that with dirt roads, no sewers, and rebirth — many folks living there Allen Agostino was going on, just because you expanded them.” more than a few dicey denizens — came to escape their past and rein- an organizer said. wouldn’t think that your doo- “Brooklyn Sewers: What’s for a one-day project, but his inter- vent themselves, and the attempts “It’s not even the photographer doo was getting into the water.” Up Down There?” at the est was piqued after a local family are sincere, Agostino said. that matters, it’s the people that are Their newfound knowledge Brooklyn Historical Society invited him to follow them on their “I always felt like I could trust being photographed,” said curator opened their eyes to the unseen [128 Pierrepont Street between evening’s activity. them — right from the beginning,” Pauline Vermare, (but not, historically speaking, Clinton Street and Monroe “That night, the husband and he said of his host “Bam” — a Other Rear Windows exhibi- unsmelled) side of Brooklyn. Place in Brooklyn Heights, www. nephew broke into neighbor’s base- former heroin dealer and avowed tors followed members of the “I’ve learned more about the brooklynhistory.org, 718-222- ment to steal power for their RV,” murderer — and his family. Latin Kings, drug addicts in a tent city in general,” said Zuba, who 4111]. Open Wed–Sun, noon–5 said Allen Agostino. “I said ‘holy And finding humanity in the city, and compulsive gamblers at enjoyed harboring new ‘water pm. $10 (free for students). s---, this is something I’m going to city’s seedier spots is the goal of the the Aquaduct Race Track. And facts’ discovered through her — Allegra Hobbs work on for a while.’ ” “Rear Windows” exhibition goal, Continued on page 40 38 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19-25, 2015 24-7 JORDAN’S RETAIL MARKET LOBSTERS - LIVE OR STEAMED LUNCH | DINNER | BRUNCH 1 1 /4 lb. 3/$33 Retail Mkt. 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Singer sketches her stories “It tells the story that is much more complex and more universal By Bill Roundy emotional and vulnerable, than the story of any one band,” Sleeping dragon: The boys of heavy metal band Unlocking the Truth rest in the back all her the artist from very human, I guess. And I said filmmaker Luke Meyer. “It of a car in a still from “Breaking a Monster,” a new documentary about their rise Down Under — the think that’s why this all works. just so happens to touch on all this to fame, playing at BAM on June 20. Luke Meyer CManhattan Bridge. Because I feel like today, stuff happening to them that is launched the band onto big stages forget how young they are. The An Australian-born singer especially with digital art, really remarkable.” and into a five-album, $1.8 million contrast between their youth and and songwriter has opened a we’ve lost that human connec- For the uninitiated, Unlocking contract with Sony — and Meyer the demands of fame and the music Dumbo shop where she sells tion,” she said. “And I feel the Truth is a teenage metal band was there to capture it. industry is the key to the film, said artwork based on her songs. like between my drawings and from Flatbush whose searing riffs “They were not your average Meyer. Natalie Ackerman, who has music I’m trying to make those and baby-faced scowls went viral kids, but they were still kids with “It’s been a pretty dramatic ride recorded five pop albums connections.” in 2013. Frontman and guitar- relatively normal lives for their they are on,” Meyer said. “I really and performed with Sting Ackerman will reach out to ist Malcolm Brickhouse, bassist age,” he said. “Now they’re going got to see them go through learn- and Billy Joel, said that the audiences on June 25 with a Alec Atkins, and drummer Jarad on tours, working on an album, ing how to keep their own identi- impulse to draw is the same concert in the Archway under Dawkins just finished eighth grade, they were just on ‘The View.’ It’s a ties as people, go through adult one that fuels her music. the Manhattan Bridge, just a but they have also melted faces at massive change.” decision processes, and letting go “It’s just pouring out of me,” few steps from her storefront. major festivals like Bonnaroo and Meyer considers himself lucky of their childhood.” said Ackerman. “I’m not the The event is part of the Live Coachella. he was able to get in with the band “Breaking a Monster” at type to put a lid on anything at the Archway series, which The young headbangers before their big break. The film Brooklyn Academy of Music [30 creatively. If the muse says, hosts free summer concerts on honed their craft by playing in captures the boys as they meet Lafayette Ave. between Ashland ‘Okay, now we’re going to Thursday evenings. Ackerman Manhattan’s Times Square, and with record executives, perform Place and St. Felix Street in write an album.’ Okay, that’s will perform with her full Meyer began filming them in early at South By Southwest, and nego- Fort Greene, (718) 636–4100, what I’m doing. If the muse eight-piece band, the Harold 2013 for a short documentary. That tiate seventh grade. These kids www.bam.org/bamcinemafest]. says to draw, that’s what I do.” Pinter Orchestra. film was part of the viral wave that can shred, but it is impossible to June 20 at 4 pm. $10. Some of her colored-pencil “At first I was just going to drawings are literal depictions do a little band, a little set-up, of the song lyrics, which are and then I thought — ‘No, I’m printed on the back of each going to go for it!’ ” she said. Bay Ridge finds time for pop’s rock piece, while others are more “I’m bringing everyone. It is a abstract renderings. Each also huge event!” By Max Jaeger your band have a saxophone player, comes with a download code Nadia Ackerman and the ad’s rockin’ the Ridge. son?” No Dad, just no. for the depicted song. Harold Pinter Orchestra at Sunday is Father’s Day, Find common ground at The Ackerman sees her melodic the Archway (Pearl Street at Dand there’s nowhere bet- Hideout (8415 Fifth Ave. between pop music as a way to tell Anchorage Place in Dumbo). ter to hear music much loved by 84th and 85th streets) on Saturday, personal stories of struggle June 25 at 6 pm. Free. “men of a certain age” than Bay where the Social Zoo will be play- and triumph. And creating the Natchie Art (145 Front Ridge — the home of the dad rock ing a mix of old and new-ish tunes art by hand and selling it at St., Shop D, between Jay and cover band. ranging from Sabbath and Zeppelin Natchie Art is another way to Pearl streets in Dumbo, www. On Friday, get started at classic rock to ’90s-era grunge like reach out to people, she said. natchieart.com). Open Tue– Schnitzel Haus (7319 Fith Ave. Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and “The stories are always Sun, noon–7 pm. between 73rd and 74th streets) at Sound Garden. 9 pm, where Potentially Unstable After you’ve cooked your dad will perform a rock-solid set of his ceremonial three pounds of tunes your dad no doubt jammed bacon for Father’s Day breakfast, “I’m sort of fat and Canadian to when he was working on his fly over to Owl’s Head Park for and funny, and she’s fat and beloved Five-Oh Mustang — free music during Make Music In a Hole Puerto Rican and funny,” Continued from page 38 before you came along and forced New York’s annual city-wide con- Agostino said. “At first, she him to get a minivan. cert series. Get there by 3 pm to Brooklyn Courier contribu- called me an idiot and said I Then take Pops to the catch Staten Island dad jammers tor Cate Dingley documented was gonna get robbed. We ended Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third Ave. ball cap with grass stains), because Snugs. Pops will leap out of his Times Square’s last surviving insulting each other and then between 77th and 78th streets), we have a third band to cap off your Dockers when he hears these guys peep show. getting along.” where Long Island’s Sound Chaser Friday night. Take the pater famil- play the trinity of dad rock genres In each instance, the photog- “Rear Windows” at the will chase the 1960s starting at 10 ias to the Wicked Monk (9510 — classic rock, blues, and folk. raphers had to gain their sub- Invisible Dog (51 Bergen pm. They literally play the song Third Ave. between 95th and 96th Broaden your father’s horizons ject’s trust. Agostino found a St. between Smith Street and “Those Oldies, but Goodies” by streets) at 10:30 pm for the Robert after Snugs, and stick around for fixer in the first person he met Boerum Place in Boerum Hill, Little Caesar & The Romans — Santa band. But brace yourself, traditional Palestinian music from in the Hole, because — despite www.theinvisibledog.org). 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The Bria Skonberg Gotham Sammy Miller Quintet City Band & The Congregation At Kingsborough’s Lighthouse Bandshell Rain Location: The Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY www.OnStageAtKingsborough.org (718) 368-5596 24-7 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19-25, 2015 41 8400], www.markmorris- FRI, JUNE 19 dancegroup.org. MOOZIKA: Fulton Area Busi- MUSIC, ATEN RAYS, ness (FAB) hosts a lively SHINES, BAILE: $7. 11:55 performances for kids to pm. Palisades [906 Broad- sing, dance, and play musi- way at Stockton Street in cal instruments along to. Bushwick, (201) 214–7444], Free. 10–11 am. Putnam www.palisadesbk.com. Triangle Plaza (Fulton COGNAC, KICKS & CIGARS: Street and Grand Avenue Therapy Wine Bar has a in Prospect Heights), www. Father’s Day cookout, faballiance.org. featuring cigars, haircuts, ART, “HYBRIDS”: Marcia manicures, bowties and Neblett explores hybrid more. Free. 1–5 p.m. Ther- human and animal forms apy Wine Bar (364 Lewis in her drawings and prints. Ave. between Halsey and Free. Noon–6 pm. A.I.R. Macon streets in Bedford- No one Bette-r: Swoon to the divine Bette Midler’s brassy Stuyvesant). pipes from a distance — or from up close, if you get tickets Gallery [155 Plymoth St. between Pearl and Jay MTA BIRTHDAY CELEBRA- early — when she sails into Barclays Center on June 29. streets in Dumbo, (212) TION: Come and celebrate Associated Press / Isaac Brekken 255–6651], www.airgal- the 100th anniversary lery.org. of Brooklyn Manhattan COMING SOON TO FILM, “A DAY AT THE SE- Transit with a day of live NIOR CENTER”: Shot over music, historic trains, meet the course of 6 months, conductors and a birthday BARCLAYS CENTER the video answers the cake. $65; $40 children question: “What does (under 2 years old free; the Senior Center mean $175 for a family pack of SAT, JUNE 27 MON, AUG 24 to you?” Free. 2 pm. Park 4). 9 am–11 am. New York Slope Senior Center (463A Transit Museum [Boerum MUSIC, CONTEMPO- SPORTS, WWE MONDAY Seventh St. at Seventh Av- Place at Schermerhorn RARY COLOR: Fea- NGIHT RAW: $25.50– enue in Park Slope), www. Street in Downtown, (718) turing David Byrne, $130.50. 7:30 pm. nyc.gov/culture. 694–1600], www.mta.info/ mta/museum. Nelly Furtado, How to MUSIC, LAURIE M. TAYLOR, Dress Well, Dev Hynes, SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- SAT, SEP 12 SOUL MOVEMENT, KA- Kelis, Nico Muhly and RISMA JAY: A night of CLONES OPENING DAY: Ira Glass, St. Vincent, MUSIC, SCORPIONS, dance inspired by a range The Brooklyn Cyclones Synth you been gone: Brooklyn-based electro-pop band open their 15th season at Tune-Yards, Lucius, and QUEENSRYCHE: of sounds, including the Scam Avenue delivers New Order-esque anthems on its EP MCU Park, taking on the Money Mark and Ad- music of Gregory Porter, $47.50–$149.50. 8 pm. Staten Island Yankees. Fol- Rock. $30–$85. 7:30 Childish Gambino. and “Mercury,” debuting at Cameo on June 20. Brad DeCecco. lowed by a postgame fi re- pm. Robert Glasper. Part of works display. Admission SAT, SEP 19 SummerStage. Free. 7–9 Ave. between 17th and MUSIC, BROWNSVILLE HER- is free, and the fi rst 500 pm. Herbert Von King SUN, JUNE 28 MUSIC, MADONNA: 18th streets in Greenwood ITAGE HOUSE JAZZ 2015: fans receive a free ticket Park (670 Lafayette Ave. $45.50–$360.50. 8 pm. Heights, (718) 768–0131], The Wade Barnes Tribute to a 2015 Cyclones home between Tompkins and MUSIC, CONTEMPORARY www.freddysbar.com. Band presents the Word game. $10. 6:30 pm. MCU Marcy avenues in Fort COLOR: See Saturday, THEATER, “DEBUTAUNT”: on the Street Ensemble. Park [1904 Surf Ave. at W. Greene), www.cityparks- June 27. $25–$85. 7:30 SAT, SEP 26 Mary John Frank’s satire Free. 3–6 pm. Browns- 17th St. in Coney Island, pm. foundation.org. MUSIC, ARIANA lifts the curtain on eti- ville Heritage House [581 (718) 449–8497], www. MUSIC, MICHAEL HIX, LUD- quette and excess in the Mother Gaston Blvd. be- brooklyncyclones.com. GRANDE: $35.50–$695. WIG PERSIK, WILSEN, world of Southern debu- tween Dumont and Livonia ART, “AFROS: A Celebration MON, JUNE 29 7:30 pm. SALT CATHEDRAL: Free. tante balls through an im- avenues in Brownsville, of Natural Hair” opening MUSIC, BETTE MIDLER: 7 pm. Paper Gardens mersive multi-media expe- (718) 385 –1111]. reception: An exhibition $47.50–$312.50. 7:30 WED, OCT 7 Records (170 Tillary St. rience. $35. 8 pm. Atelier MUSIC, DEAD MOON, J of photographs by artist pm. between Gold and Duf- Roquette (63 Commerce MASCIS, BORBETOMA- Michael July celebrat- MUSIC, DOCTOR WHO fi eld streets in Downtown), St. between Van Brunt and GUS, DAS AUDIT: $25. 6 ing Afros and natural SYMPHONIC SPECTAC- www.papergardenrecords. TUE, JUNE 30 Richards streets in Red pm. Pioneer Works [159 hair. Opening reception ULAR: $50.50–$140.50. com. Hook), www.debutaunt- Pioneer St. between Imlay includes a talk with the art- MUSIC, IMAGINE DRAG- 3 pm and 7:30 pm. THEATER, “THE TWO GEN- ball.com. and Conover streets in Red ist, music, wine, and more. ONS, METRIC: $29.50– TLEMEN OF VERONA”: MUSIC, THE NEW JEWEL Hook, (718) 596–3001], Free. 7–10 pm. House of William Shakespeare’s $69.50. 7:30 pm. THU, OCT 8 MOVEMENT, SOFT CAC- pioneerworks.org. Art Gallery (408 Marcus timeless play of shifting TUS, VITAL G, THE OX MUSIC, FUMIYO NARITA: Garvey Blvd. between MUSIC, MARC ANTHONY devotions among mis- ON THE ROOF: $8. 8 pm. Shore Park Conservancy’s Halsey and Macon streets THURS, JULY 9 matched lovers and their AND CARLOS VIVES: Trash Bar [256 Grand St. at “Sing for Hope Pianos” in Bedford-Stuyvesant), errant love letters. $60 COMEDY, KEVIN HART: $76.50–$232.50. 8 pm. Driggs Avenue in Williams- 2015 series presents classi- www.hoagallery.com. ($20 for full-time students burg, (718) 599–1000], cal musician Fumiyo Narita. $49.50–$200. 7 pm. or those under 30). 7:30 www.thetrashbar.com. Free. 6:30 pm. Shore Road SUN, JUNE 21 TUE, OCT 13 pm. Theatre for a New MUSIC, ANA MATRONIC: Parks (90th Street and FRI, JULY 10 Audience, Polonsky Shake- Free. 11 pm. C’mon Every- Shore Road in Bay Ridge), MUSIC, REGINA OPERA, MUSIC, THE LEGEND OF speare Center [262 Ash- body (325 Franklin Ave. ww.shoreroadparks.org. AMISTAD WITH TIM MUSIC, ROMEO SANTOS: ZELDA — SYMPHONY land Pl. between Fulton at Clifton Place in Fort MUSIC, HEARTS OF MEN: PEREZ, CLOSENUF: The $34.50–$184.50. 8 pm. OF THE GODDESSES Street and Lafayette Av- Greene). Hearts of Men Ensemble Sunset Park Business Im- MASTER QUEST: enue in Fort Greene, (212) MUSIC, PETER FONDA, SM- is a community based, all- provement District hosts SAT, JULY 11 $44.50-$97.50. 8 pm. 229–2819], www.tfana.org. HOAK MOSHEEIN, MA- male dance company cre- free entertainment around THEATER, DARK WON- TURE, TEXTILES, TECATE ated to honor the passion, the neighborhood. Free. MUSIC, ROMEO SANTOS: DERLAND: A nighttime SUN, NOV 1 PREDATOR: $7. 11:59 pm. determination, potential Noon–5 pm. [5120 Fifth $34.50–$184.50. 8 pm. festival of music, dance Palisades [906 Broad- and beauty of all men. Part Avenue at 52nd Street in SPORTS, BROOKLYN and theater marking the way at Stockton Street in of SummerStage. Free. Sunset Park, (718) 439– SUN, JULY 26 HOCKEY PRESENTS 150th anniversary of Lewis Bushwick, (201) 214–7444], 7–9 pm. Herbert Von King 7767], http//www.sunset- Carroll’s “Alice’s Adven- NOTRE DAME VS. www.palisadesbk.com. Park (670 Lafayette Ave. parkbid.org. MUSIC, NICKI MINAJ: tures in Wonderland.” $25. UCONN AND ARMY between Tompkins and TALK, “INTO THE WOODS”: $40–$145. 7 pm. 7:30pm–10:00pm. Green- Marcy avenues in Fort A reunion of the original VS. BENTLEY: $35– Wood Cemetery [Fifth SAT, JUNE 20 Greene), www.cityparks- cast of the musical, it will $185. 11:15 am. Avenue and 25th Street in TUE, AUG 11 TALK, DRUNK TED TALKS: foundation.org. be part retrospective; part Greenwood Heights, (718) Intelligent people talking MUSIC, SCAM AVENUE, moderated panel with MUSIC, YES AND TOTO: TUE, NOV 10 210–3080], www.green- about weird stuff while GHOST COP, HARRISON Sondheim, Lapine, and $45–$95. 7:30 pm. wood.com. extremely drunk. Tonight’s SCOTT: EP Release party the cast; and part perfor- THEATER, DISNEY ON THEATER, “THE FIZZLES”: topic: Kanye West. $5. 2 for Scam Avenue. $8. 8 mance, with cast members ICE CELEBRATES 100 Performance collec- pm. Littlefi eld [622 Degraw pm. Cameo Gallery [93 N. performing songs from WED, AUG 12 YEARS OF MAGIC: tive Piehole adapts “The St. between Fourth and Sixth St. between Berry the show. $35. 2 pm and 7 MUSIC, MOTLEY CRUE: $15–$125. 7 pm. Fizzles,” an enigmatic art Fifth avenues in Gowanus, Street and Wythe Avenue, pm. BAM Howard Gilman $39.50–$149.50. 7 pm. book produced from a (718) 855–3388], www. (718) 302–1180]. www. Opera House (30 Lafayette one-off collaboration of littlefi eldnyc.com. cameony.com. Ave. between Ashland WED, NOV 11 Samuel Beckett and Jasper DANCE, “SOLSTICE”: THEATER, “ALICE ARE Place and St. Felix Street SUN, AUG 23 THEATER, DISNEY ON Johns. $15. 8 pm. Jack (505 Award-winning acrobatic YOU”: Mark Morris Dance in Fort Greene), www.bam. Waverly Ave. between Ful- org. SPORTS, WWE SUMMER- ICE CELEBRATES 100 troupe LAVA hosts an af- Group presents a new take ton Street and Atlantic Av- THEATER, “ALICE ARE SLAM: $30.50–$530.50. YEARS OF MAGIC: ternoon of performances, on the classic tale “Alice in enue in Clinton Hill), www. food, and music. Free. 2–7 Wonderland.” For children YOU”: 2 pm. See Saturday, 7:30 pm. $15–$125. 7 pm. jackny.org. pm. Jane Bailey Memorial 5 and older. $20–$25. 7:30 June 20. MUSIC, WISHING ON Garden (329 Greene Ave. pm. Mark Morris Dance MUSIC, LAURIE BERKNER, 620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in Prospect Heights STARS, LIZ KELLY, DIRT between Franklin and Clas- Group [3 Lafayette Ave. SOMETHING POSITIVE, (917) 618–6100, www.barclaysc enter.com. BIKES, MARK GILDAY JR., son avenues in Bedford- between Nostrand Avenue BROOKLYN UNITED JEDIDIAH CROOK: Free. 8 Stuyvesant), www.bam. and Bedford Avenue in MARCHING BAND: Part pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth org. Fort Greene, (718) 624– of SummerStage. Free. 42 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19-25, 2015 24-7 4–7 pm. Herbert Von King Holly Madison talks the bi- Dumbo, (718) 666–3049], Park (670 Lafayette Ave. zarre world inside the leg- www.powerhousearena. between Tompkins and endary Playboy Mansion in com. Marcy avenues in Fort her new book, “Down the FILM, RIC BURNS DOCU- Greene), www.cityparks- Rabbit Hole.” Free. 7 pm. MENTARY SCREENING: “ THE FRESHEST, FUNNIEST foundation.org. The BookMark Shoppe Weekly screening of a fi lm MUSIC, THE BULLITT, DJ [8415 Third Ave. between by American fi lmmaker MUSICAL OF THE SEASON!” SPINNA WITH A SCREEN- 84th and 85th streets in and writer Ric Burns. Free. ING OF “THEY DIE BY Bay Ridge, (718) 833–5115], 7:30 pm. The Diamond USA TODAY DAWN”: Performances www.bookmarkshoppe. [43 Franklin St. between by the English musician com. Calyer and Quay streets The Bullit and DJ Spinna, MUSIC, NAOMI PUNK, PC in Greenpoint, (718) 383– followed by a screening WORSHIP: $10. 8 pm. 5030]. of Black cowboy Western Palisades [906 Broad- MUSIC, SUPER FM, THICK, “They Die by Dawn.” Part way at Stockton Street in FLESH PANTHERS, PSY- of SummerStage. Free. Bushwick, (201) 214–7444], CHIATRIC METAPHORS, IRRESISTIBLE CAST! 7–9 pm. Herbert Von King www.palisadesbk.com. WHITE ROPE: $7. 8 pm. Park (670 Lafayette Ave. MUSIC, JILL SCOTT: $55. 8 Palisades [906 Broad- between Tompkins and pm. Kings Theatre (1027 way at Stockton Street in Marcy avenues in Fort Flatbush Ave. between Bushwick, (201) 214–7444], IRRESISTIBLE PRICE! Greene), www.cityparks- Beverly Road and Tilden www.palisadesbk.com. foundation.org. Avenue in Flatbush), www. COMEDY, THE BIG TERRIFIC MUSIC, KAITLYN ROSATI, kingstheatre.com. COMEDY SHOW: Standup GREAT MILK, WASTED BABIES: COMEDY, THE MEHRAN comedy, hosted by Max ORCH SEATS $7. 8 pm. Trash Bar [256 SHOW: Iranian come- Silvestri. Free. 8 pm. AS LOW AS Grand St. at Driggs Av- dian Mehran Khaghani Cameo Gallery [93 N. Sixth $ enue in Williamsburg, (718) hosts a weekly comedy St. between Wythe Avenue 599–1000], www.thetrash- show, with celebrity and and Berry Street in Wil- 75! bar.com. comedian guests joining liamsburg, (718) 302–1180], MUSIC, RVIVR, WAR ON him on stage. $10 ($8 in www.cameony.net. WOMEN, ARM CANDY, advance). 9 pm. Union Hall RIPS: $10. 8 pm. Palisades [702 Union St. at Fifth Av- [906 Broadway at Stockton enue in Park Slope, (718) THURS, JUNE 25 Street in Bushwick, (201) 638–4400], www.union- DANCE, SALSA PARTY: 214–7444], www.pali- hallny.com. Spice up your Thursday sadesbk.com. with an evening of salsa MUSIC, FORCE MAJEURE: TUES, JUNE 23 music, dancing, lessons, Monthly vaudeville show and performances by Force Majeure brings MUSIC, TICA DOUGLAS, Brooklyn’s top professional together an eclectic mix BREAKFAST IN FUR, salsa teams. Martha A. and of performers, including DOUBLE KING, BABY- Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, circus musician Sxip Shirey, DRIVER, THELMA: $8. 8 1st Floor. Adults $16, Stu- lead Cirque du Soleil clown pm. Palisades [906 Broad- dents $10, Adults 62+ $10. Daniel Passer, magician way at Stockton Street in 6– 9:30 p.m. Brooklyn Mu- David Kaye, and sideshow Bushwick, (201) 214–7444], seum [200 Eastern Pkwy. artist The Lady Aye. $10. www.palisadesbk.com. at Washington Avenue in 8:30 pm. The Cobra Club Prospect Heights, (718) [6 Wyckoff Ave. between 638–5000], www.brooklyn- Jefferson and Troutman WED, JUNE 24 museum.org. streets in Bushwick, (917) BRAIN AND BODY EXER- MUSIC, AL B. SURE: Part 719–1138], www.cobra- CISE: For those 60 and of the 21st annual BAM clubbk.com. older. Free. 2 pm. Park R&B Music festival, which MUSIC, PIER KIDS: Celebrate Slope Senior Center (463a features a roster of both the arts with music from Seventh St. between Sixth well-known and emerg- Robbi K featuring Bakithi and Seventh avenues in ing musicians of R&B and Kumalo. Free. 11 am–noon. Park Slope), www.park- world music. Free. Noon. Pier 6 [Joralemon St. and slopeseniorcenter.org. MetroTech Commons [1 Furman St. in Brooklyn DANCE, BALLROOM DANCE MetroTech Roadway at Heights, (718) 802–0603]. PROGRAM: Free ballroom Lawrence Street in Down- YOU AND ME TOUR: Best dance classes. Students town, (718) 875–1780]. selling children’s per- learn merengue, foxtrot, MUSIC, DRAINOLITH, former Laurie Berkner tango, cha cha, and swing. CHICKLETTE, SILK brings her talents to the 6 pm. IS 96 [99 Avenue P PURSE, CYANIDE TOOTH, 30th anniversary season of between W. 11th and W. HIMOMITSDAD: $8. 8 Marcus Joan Eccles and Andrew Photos: City Park’s Foundation’s 12th streets in Sheepshead pm. Palisades [906 Broad- SummerStage Festival. Bay, (718) 232–2266]. way at Stockton Street in Free. 5 pm. Herbert Von TALK, “PERSON, PLACE, Bushwick, (201) 214–7444], King Park [670 Lafayette THING”: Radio interviews www.palisadesbk.com. Ave. and Greene Avenue radio in this installment in Clinton Hill, (718) 622– of “Person, Place, Thing.” FRI, JUNE 26 2082], www.nycgovparks. Randy Cohen records his org/parks/herbert-von- broadcast program with SUMMER SWING DANCE: king-park. Kurt Andersen, the host of Hosted by Dancewave - Peabody Award-winning social dance classes for MON, JUNE 22 Studio 360. $5. 6:30 pm. all ages. RSVP required Brooklyn Historical Soci- to [email protected]. KINGS THEATRE TOUR: ety [128 Pierrepont St. at Free. 5:30–6:30 pm. Pros- Take a guided tour of the Clinton Street in Brooklyn pect Park Band Shell [Pros- former movie palace, with Heights, (718) 222–4111], pect Park West and Ninth facts about its history and www.brooklynhistory.org. Street in Park Slope, (718) architecture, and restora- MUSIC, BALKAN BANDS 965–8900], www.bricarts- tion into a state-of-the-art AT FREDDY’S: Freddy’s media.org/cb. “A“ MADCAP MUSICALL live performance venue. Bar showcases the sounds MUSIC, MISSION OF $20. 11 am. Kings Theatre of the Balkans. Various BURMA: With special (1027 Flatbush Ave. be- international artists will guests. $25. 8 pm. Rough WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST!” tween Beverly Road and take the stage, represent- Trade NYC [64 N. Ninth St. Tilden Avenue in Flatbush), ing music from Bulgaria, between Kent and Wythe TIME OUT NY www.kingstheatre.com. Serbia, Greece, Turkey, Ro- avenues in Williamsburg, TALK, LESLIE JAMISON: mania, and more. Free. 7 (718) 388–4111], www. Contributing author Leslie pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth roughtradenyc.com. Jamison joins artist Ryan Ave. between 17th and ART, “EVERYBOOTY”: The Spencer to launch the new 18th streets in Greenwood multi-genre, multi-gender YOU’LL LAUGH. YOU’LL CRY. powerHouse book “Such Heights, (718) 768–0131], celebration of queer cul- Mean Estate,” in which www.freddysbar.com. ture, “Everybooty” fea- YOU’LL BE HOME BY 10. scenes from classic movies READING, LAURA O’NEILL, tures readings, choirs, hip- are transformed into un- BENJAMIN VAN LEEU- hop performances, tarot settling noir images. Free. WEN, PETER VAN cards, karaoke, and more 7 pm. PowerHouse Arena LEEUWEN, AND OLGA in celebration of New York Brooks Atkinson Theatre, [37 Main St. at Water MASSOV: The owners of City Pride Month. $25 ($20 Street in Dumbo, (718) Van Leeuwen Ice Cream in advance). 8 pm–2 am. 256 W. 47th Street (Between Broadway & 8th Avenue) 666–3049], www.power- discuss their new book and BAM Fisher (321 Ashland housearena.com. offer samples. Free. 7–9 Pl. between Hansen Place Ticketmaster.com 877-250-2929 ItShouldaBeenYou.com TALK, HOLLY MADISON: pm. PowerHouse Arena [37 and Lafayette Avenue in Former Playboy Bunny Main St. at Water Street in Continued on page 44 24-7 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19-25, 2015 43 MUSIC, OSHUN, PRINCESS NOKIA, MAL DEVISA: $10 ($8 in advance). 7:30 pm. C’mon Everybody (325 Franklin Ave. at Clifton Place in Fort Greene). MUSIC, WASHER, LAUGH- ING FINGERS, SWINGS, FERN MAYO: $7. 8 pm. Palisades [906 Broad- Continued from page 43 Fifth and Sixth streets in way at Stockton Street in Fort Greene), www.bam. Park Slope), www.puppet- Bushwick, (201) 214–7444], org/visit/buildings/bam- ryarts.org. www.palisadesbk.com. fi sher. THEATER, “A USO CAN- MUSIC, RICH MEDINA: $10 MUSIC, DESTRUCTION TEEN”: This musical show ($8 in advance). 10 pm. UNIT, VANITY, SHRED- from the Brooklyn Theater C’mon Everybody (325 DED NERVE, LIVE DRUM Wing for Seniors benefi ts Franklin Ave. at Clifton PUNISHMENT: $12 ($10 in the Wounded Warrior Proj- Place in Fort Greene). advance). 8 pm. Palisades ect. $10 ($5 for children). MAGMANUS: The Swedish [906 Broadway at Stockton 3 pm. Soul Cafe at Good circus company combines Street in Bushwick, (201) Shepherd Lutheran Church circus skills and audience 214–7444], www.pali- (7420 Fourth Ave. at Bay interaction. Presented by Ridge Parkway in Bay sadesbk.com. SummerStage Kids. Free. Ridge). MUSIC, F----- UP, DOOMS- 4 pm and 7 pm. Pier 1 (Fur- THEATER, MAGMANUS: DAY: $15. 8 pm. 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The new centenarian hit the milestone B-day on June 8 and celebrated with family and staff at the Crown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where he has resided for the past 10 years. Niece Myrlande Dary and daughter Eves-Rose Dary helped him blow out the candles on his cake. Eves-Rose said that her sis- ter Nicole Hoo-Chong, husband Leslie, and nephew Nicholas, had traveled up several days be- fore to Brooklyn for a family gath- ering held at cousin Myrlande’s home as well. Born in Haiti in 1915, Mr. SNIP, SNIP, HOORAY!: Steven Mednick, Natafi a Sterling, Steve Orlov, Sharrise An- Dary was a customs agent and Our pal Carney has a long, long drews, and Yuri Smolyak celebrate the grand opening of Sunnyville Adult Day Care emigrated to the United States in history with the school. She learned Center. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto 1955. her ABCs there as a student, then re- According to daughter Eves- turned as a teacher, and is ending her Rose, longevity runs in the fam- academic career as assistant principal Care, fun for seniors at new center ily, “It’s genetics, his dad lived to — wow, she sure liked the place. 103,” she said. Adding, “my dad She imparted her civic-mindedness WINDSOR TERRACE Colleagues Steven Mednik and walked a lot and was not one to and love of the arts to all the students, Natafi a Sterline, both of Eyes on worry about anything in life,” Seniors rejoice! There’s a new as evidenced in the many concerts, Flatbush, were on hand at the cen- she explained. day care center in town. Owners arts fairs and community parades she ter’s open house on June 10 to help He also loved Haitian cuisine Steve Orlov and Yuri Smolyak participated in. Yuri and Steve celebrate, along and had a drink or two on the have cut the ribbon on Sunnyville Fellow teachers and staff celebrated with Sharrise Andrews, who co- weekends. Adult Day Care Center. her retirement at the school’s End of ordinates activities. Susannah Providence, his If you are 65 or older and want Term Party on June 12 at Gennaro’s There are two sessions daily at recreational aid at the center for a fun place to spend your days, Restaurant. the center, Monday through Fri- the past four years, told Stand- Sunnyville is your kind of place. Standing O wishes Carney a very day, 9 am–1 pm and 2 pm–6 pm. The ing O: “He loves his exercise, Owner Yuri told the O there is happy and well-deserved retirement. best part is that if you have medi- bowling, basketball, and going William McKinley JHS [7301 Fort plenty to do, including crafts, cro- care, there are no out of pocket ex- for walks. He also loves his word Hamilton Pkwy. at 73rd Street in Bay chet, light physical exercise, mov- penses. puzzles and trivia games.” Ridge, (718) 833–1000]. ies, and even day trips. Along with Sunnyville Adult Day Care Cen- She added, “Mr. Dary is a gen- fun programs, breakfast and lunch ter [251 E. Fifth St. at Albermarle tlemen, he opens the door for you SUNSET PARK are provided, as well as transporta- Road in Windsor Terrace, (646) and always helps. He is a very Welcome trustees tion to and from home. 572–9009]. nice man, you don’t come across too many like him anymore.” Standing O hears that NYU Lu- Standing O wishes Mr. Dary theran welcomed fi ve new members Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen, and studying engineering. many more candles. to its board of trustees: Dr. Andrew cover up with clothing, avoid tanning, Nicole Guzman, the 2015 vale- Crown Nursing and Rehabili- Brotman, Michael Burke, Joseph and stay in the shade when possible. dictorian, is also an active volunteer tation Center [3457 Nostrand Ave. Lhota, Douglas Phillips, and Carla Most importantly — do not burn. At in the school. Guzman is not only a at Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay, Solomon, PhD. These fi ve join the any age, a person’s risk for melanoma sportswoman, a founding member of (718) 535–5100]. NYU Lutheran board as part of its af- doubles if he or she has had fi ve or the girls’ varsity softball, volleyball fi liation agreement with NYU Lan- more sunburns. Lastly, keep the tiny and basketball teams, but she is pas- gone Medical Center. ones safe and out of the sun, especially sionate about social justice. Her plans group, and volunteers with its Build- Standing O wishes the new appoin- newborns. include the College of Staten Island in ing Management Committee. She is tees much success and a long tenure. September. also a founding member of the Brother NYU Lutheran [150 55th St. at First Scholarships aplenty Andre Knight is a founding mem- and Sister Support mentoring pro- Avenue in Sunset Park, (718) 630– The following students were ber of the school’s chorus and glee gram at the school. Angela plans to at- 7000]. awarded with the 2015 Bryan Cave club, and committed to the arts. He tend Fordham University and hopes to BOROUGH WIDE LLP Edward I. Koch Scholarship plays fl ute, piano and percussion and become a teacher. fund. 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New Utrecht infi elder over Tottenville in Public School Athletic League fl ag-football champi- Andrew Nathan was originally onship game at Aviator Sports Complex on June 12. credited with a hit in the third Photo by Steven Schnibbe inning, but the offi cial score correctly switched it to an er- ror. A change only a few of the players noticed right away. Trick play ensures “I didn’t realize it until the sixth inning when they took it off the board,” Xaverian ace Rob Amato said. “I knew it was Goldstein fi rst an error, but it was crazy.” Amato tossed a perfect game during the regular sea- son, but his teammates would fl ag-football title ultimately have to settle for a one-hitter in a 7–2 victory over BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI Palumbo hit Emily Ourzdeen the Public Schools Athletic The play devised just for the short over the middle. She League in the senior showcase championship delivered Leon quickly lateralled the ball game on June 14 at MCU Park Goldstein’s fi rst fl ag-football left to speedster Rorie St. in Coney Island. title. Lawrence for a 36-yard run. The lone hit was a double off Dolphins coach Salva- It gave Goldstein a fi rst down the bat of George Washington tore Prestianni tweaked his and put it in position for an starter Wesley Rodriguez with team’s traditional option- eventual fi ve-yard touch- HANGING ZEROS: Xaverian ace Robert Amato tossed a perfect fourth no outs in the seventh inning. pass play into a hook-and-lad- down run by St. Lawrence St. Joseph by the Sea’s Mike inning to help the CHSAA throw a one-hitter in the Mayor’s Cup all-star der version two days before through four defenders. The Russell was on the mound. game. Photo by Steven Schnibbe the title game. He knew two- score put the Dolphins up two Rodriguez, who was recently time defending fl ag-football scores and the team never drafted by the Arizona Dia- son standout Chris Karnbach throw home on the play. His champion Tottenville would looked back. mondbacks, said he didn’t feel did not allow a hit and struck team opened up the game with be well prepared for the for- “It changed the game up,” any extra pressure to get his out two over the fi rst two in- a six-run sixth inning that in- mation’s usual pass to the left Palumbo said. team a hit. nings and Telecom hurler Evan cluding a two-run single by behind the line of scrimmage Fourth-seeded Goldstein “It’s an all-star game, any- Layne also tossed a scoreless Salesian catcher Andy Camilo, and then a long toss down then cruised to a 32–13 vic- thing can happen,” Rodriguez frame for the PSAL. a Long Island University com- fi eld. tory over No. 3 Tottenville said. “It’s all fun here, so no “It was fun to be here with mit. Prestianni, who felt he in the Public School Athletic pressure.” the kids from the Catholic Clippers teammate An- was too conservative in last League fl ag football cham- Amato said he went in just League,” Amato said. “A no hit- thony Scotti started the game year’s fi nal loss, called it on pionship game at Aviator looking to put up strikes and ter in an all-star game would at third for the Catholic schools third down with his team up Sports Complex on June 12. not make it easy on the oppos- be sick.” and Abraham Lincoln’s Greg six and its back up to its own It is the Dolphins’ fi rst crown ing batters during a perfect While Amato and Bini did Poleon suited up for the public fi ve-yard line. in program history. fourth inning. their thing on the mound, schools. “I said if I ever got back, I “After last year, we knew Bini set three up and three Xaverian teammate Nick Me- Having the city’s best se- was going to be aggressive,” we had something to prove,” down, including a strikeout ola contributed with his bat. niors in one place made for a he said. “It’s the only way to St. Lawrence said. “We had in the sixth. They were two of He reached on a fi elder’s choice memorable night. be.” to show everyone we are a re- seven Catholic league pitchers in the third and the fi rst Cath- “It’s so much fun doing Instead of tossing side- ally great team.” used in the game. James Madi- olic run came in on an errant Continued on page 50 ways, quarterback Nancy Continued on page 50 MBRBG COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 47 WORTH THE WAIT Tougher task now Recruiting journey lands Naz’s Jackson at Detroit awaits Malignaggi BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI “The coaching staff ac- Brittney Jackson’s patience cepted me as if I was already was fi nally rewarded — just playing on the team,” Jackson in new return bout about when it was running said. “They just made me feel out. at home, especially the play- aulie Malignaggi’s It was getting harder and ers. They made be feel like I long-awaited return harder for the Nazareth senior was wanted.” P to the ring just got a guard to keep the faith that a She said jumping to differ- whole lot more interesting. college hoops scholarship was ent travel teams last summer The former world-cham- going to come her way. Schools might have hurt her visibility pion boxer from Bensonhurst like Rider and St. Peter’s were with coaches. Kelley said that was supposed to be back in interested, but like many oth- Jackson isn’t a fl ashy player the squared circle on May ers they went with other play- and her contributions don’t 29 to face Boston brawler ers or ended up not needing a always stand out as much as Danny O’Connor at Barclays point guard. others. Center. But a deep cut above Her peers kept asking Nazareth graduated fi ve the eye he got two weeks be- where she was heading. Her Division I scholarship play- fore the bout forced him to answer was always, “I don’t ers two years ago, and this pull out. It would have been know yet.” season it watched players like the 34-year-old Malignaggi’s JOE “My parents, my mom were Niya Johnson, Shanix Heinz, fi rst fi ght in 13 months. really worried about every- and Ericka Russell step into Instead, he will have to KNOWS thing, and I was more worried star roles. Jackson’s impact on face a much stiffer test — than her,” Jackson said. their development — and the against a more proven op- by Joe Staszewski Her break came when for- Lady Kingsmen winning the ponent, in the undefeated mer Canisius assistant Tara state Federation Class A title Danny Garcia — when the Fleming joined the staff of — wasn’t lost on him. two square off at Barclays on fi dent going into the bout. fi rst-year Detroit University “She was a great leader for Aug. 1. The bout will head- “I’m looking forward to coach Bernard Scott. Flem- HEADED TO DETROIT: Nazareth us this year, a fantastic com- line the live Premier Boxing getting in the ring again, in ing was a fan of Jackson at her guard Brittney Jackson has signed municator,” Kelley said. “Her Champions card on ESPN. my fi fth appearance at Bar- previous stop, but the Golden up to play women’s basketball at jump shot got a lot better. She Malignaggi can’t wait clays Center, and putting Griffi ns didn’t need a point the University of Detriot next sea- played the real point guard po- to get back in front of the on a great show for the East guard. Detroit did. Fleming son. Photo by Ken Maldonado sition for us. It wasn’t fl ashy. Brooklyn fans against such Coast fans in attendance, remembered Jackson, got in It wasn’t spectacular, but she a formidable challenge. and the fans watching all touch with her and everything visit and signed a National did a great job for us.” “Although I have a ton over the world,” Garcia said. fell into place. Letter of Intent with the Ti- He can see her being the of respect for Danny and “By the end of the night, I “We are elated,” Nazareth tans of the Horizon League same type of player at the next his father Angel — both for will still be the undefeated coach Ron Kelley said. “I’m earlier this month. Jackson level for a Detroit program what they’ve accomplished Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia.” just happy there is a home for was happy to fi nd a place that looking to rebuild. Jackson in the ring as well as the The undercard has yet to her.” made bringing her in a prior- can be a versatile piece for the bond they share as father be announced, but this fi ght Jackson fell in love with ity, and gave her a chance to Titans. Jackson heads there and son — I am a competitor sells itself: the boisterous the school and the staff on her play right away. Continued on page 50 through and through, and hometown hero Malignaggi in this sport it’s all about versus the talented Garcia testing yourself against the and his talkative father An- elite,” Malignaggi said. “So gel. The press conference I look forward to defend- alone will be must-watch. ing my home turf of Brook- Remember that the last Telecom softball stars lyn and matching my skills time Malignaggi attempted against Danny’s at Barclays to beat an undefeated fi ghter Center on Aug. 1.” in his fi rst welterweight O’Connor would have fi ght things didn’t turn out been new to the big stage well. He lost a 12-round split show off at Mayor’s Cup that Malignaggi has thrived decision to Adrian Broner on during his career. Ma- back in June of 2013. This BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI until just now. That’s kind of glignaggi, who is also a re- bout may be a tougher one. Don’t run on Telecommunica- cool,” said Bianchino before nowned boxing commenta- “Danny Garcia has laid tions’s Emily Bianchino and receiving a celebratory high tor, was the clear favorite in waste to the junior welter- Susen Gutrkenst. That’s what fi ve from Gutrkenst. that bout despite the layoff. weight division, and instead the Catholic league players Bianchino, who is the Garcia, on the other hand, of easing his way into the wel- learned early in the Mayor’s Yellow Jackets’ center has fought four times at Bar- terweight division, he’s fi ght- Cup softball all-star game. fielder, started the game in clays Center. He is a former ing a former world champion Both playing away from right. She chased down a world champion at super in Paulie Malignaggi,” said their normal positions, Bi- drive by Molloy’s Alexan- lightweight and one of the Brian Kweder, senior direc- anchino and Gutrkenst none- dra Yule and made a perfect, rising stars in the sport. tor of programming and ac- theless each threw out run- deep cutoff throw to Forest The one advantage Ma- quisitions at ESPN. ners from right fi eld to keep Hills second baseman Max- lignaggi may have is that Brooklyn fans will the Public School Athletic ine Sanchez. She cut down the 27-year-old Garcia is have to wait an extra three League squad in the game be- Yule at third as she tried for making his debut at welter- months to see Malignaggi fore it fell 9–0 at the annual se- a triple. weight (147 pounds). Garcia back in the ring, but it will nior contest at the College of BATTER UP: Off the plate, Tele- Gutrkenst did her one bet- forfeited his previous title to be worth the wait, because Staten Island on June 12. The com’s Emily Bianchino helped ter in the fourth. She is Tele- take this fi ght and try to be- he is back on a bigger stage, feat hadn’t hit the duo until af- throw out a runner at third for the com’s catcher during the sea- gin his assent up his new di- with a bigger fi ght, and ter the game. PSAL in the Mayor’s Cup all-star son, but will play the outfi eld vision, and said he feels con- more dangerous opponent. “I didn’t really think of it game. Photo by Steven Schnibbe Continued on page 50 48 COURIER LIFE, JUNE 19–25, 2015 MBRBG SPORTS Attention Local Residents! YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO MAKE YOUR NEXT TWO CAR PAYMENTS, come let Plaza Auto Mall make them for you! when you buy from us! Come check out our huge inventory of Hondas, Hyundais, Toyotas, Kias and Acuras…as well as over 300 pre-owned cars! 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The Brooklyn team is “The second she gets her 14. When he heard his name coming off a 16–35 season, but GOLDSTEIN one good cut she is off and is called as the game’s most it’s adding a skilled and gritty gone,” Ourzdeen said. valuable player, it was just an catcher in Camilo who knows Continued from page 47 The Goldstein defense added bonus to a memorable how to win. He is happy to be Her team trailed 13–6 didn’t let Tottenville go night and season. staying in New York City, and with 6:18 to play in the fi rst anywhere after the break. “I was surprised,” Camilo believes he is joining a pro- half. Tottenville (11–3) would Victoria Italico was excel- said. “I wasn’t even waiting gram that will grow like the not score again. Touchdown lent at pulling flags before for that. They called me and one he is leaving. passes of 34 and 50 yards re- Pirates players could get I’m proud.” “They got a good program spectively from Palumbo to into open space. Ashley Sa- Seven Catholic League building up too,” Camilo said. Ourzdeen, the game’s most gesse put plenty of pressure pitchers held the public school “They are trying to get guys to valuable player, put Gold- on Quadrato in the pocket. stars to just one hit, but BEST OF THE BEST: Salesian build up a new program just stein up 19–13 with 1:30 to Prestianni felt his team did Camilo came off the bench catcher and Long Island University like Salesian.” go before the break. St. Law- a better job of disguising to be the team’s big bat at the His Catholic league team- commit Andy Camilo took home rence intercepted Tottenville its coverage and disrupting plate. He collected two hits, mates were impressed with quarterback Jamie Quadrato Quadrato’s rhythm. scored twice, and had the big the Most Valuable Player award at Camilo not only during the with 15 seconds left to ensure The complete perfor- blow in a six-run sixth inning. the Mayor’s Cup baseball all-star Mayor’s Cup game, but also the Dolphins (12–2) ended the mance was enough to crown He drilled a two-run double to game. Photo by Steven Schnibbe throughout his career. He half ahead. Goldstein champion. The left that put his squad up 7–0. caught fi ve innings as his “It was a really good confi - players rushed the fi eld, “When it was my time to Monsignor Farrell rallied for pitchers dominated the oppos- dence booster,” St. Lawrence Palumbo was lifted on her go in, I did what I always do,” a 12-inning win and then beat ing hitters. said. teammates’ shoulders, and Camilo said. “I did my job.” the Eagles the next day to take “I have a ton of respect for She proceeded to have her Prestianni received a Gato- It was certainly a much bet- home the title. him,” Xaverian hurler John way with the Tottenville de- rade shower. ter ending to his high school The tough defeat doesn’t Bini said. “He’s a great hit- fense in the second half. The “Last year we were career than was scripted days take away from the ascension ter. Just being able to throw to Pirates had no answer for heartbroken,” Palumbo earlier. Salesian was a strike of the Salesian program that him was awesome. Just play- her speed, agility, and ability said. “This year, we said away winning its fi rst Cath- Camilo and his classmates or- ing against him we saw how to change direction quickly. we were going to come back olic Class AA crown before chestrated. They took the Ea- good of a catcher he is.” Her shifty fi ve-yard touch- and we were going to show down run put Goldstein up them that we didn’t deserve 32–13 with 4:13 to play. to lose.” knows wherever Gutrkenst is “It’s sad that my high SOFTBALL on the fi eld, her arm will be a school career is now over,” she factor. said, “but it’s cool that it ended Continued from page 48 her hard work. She fi nally “No matter where she plays, with a hit. It’s emotional for JACKSON has a Division I scholar- in college at Hunter. St. Ed- she will have a good arm,” Bi- sure.” ship, a home for the future, mund’s Nicole Quintana lifted anchino said. “It’s no surprise The victory made the ex- Continued from page 48 and more recently her high a fl y ball to right. Gutrkenst she got the girl thrown out at perience even better for Dil- with a small chip on her school diploma — making caught it on the run and threw home.” lon, but it wasn’t what she shoulder, motivated to prove her aggravating wait seem a perfect strike to home to nail But their defensive prow- enjoyed most. Dillon was herself not only to her new like a distant memory. Bishop Loughlin’s Essence ess wasn’t enough to stop the able to play alongside team- team, but to the programs “I’ve been really happy Walker at the plate to keep the Catholic league from picking mates Jill Nixon and Rapha- who passed on her. these last two weeks,” Jack- score 5–0 in favor of the Catho- up its fourth-straight Mayor’s ela Sicurelli-Gerber one In the meantime, Jack- son said. “I feel like I haven’t lic schools. Cup victory. It scored four more time, and teamed up son is enjoying the fruits of been mad at all.” “I was just going through times in the fi rst inning with with girls she and the Bon- all the situations before the help from two errors, and nies have been trying to beat play,” Gutrkenst said. “I knew added another run in the sec- for four years. St. Edmund’s the girl was going to try to tag ond to make it 5–0. Stephanie Samir and St. Sav- ter would have made it that up. I fi gured on a fl y I needed Fontbonne Hall third base- iour’s Natalie Gil also took HURLERS much better, but Amato and to go home, and I guess it just man Ariana Dillon played a part in the game. his teammates were happy worked out.” big role in the four-run eighth “It’s amazing,” Dillon said. Continued from page 47 to settle for a win they could Fontbonne head coach inning that put the game well “Usually, we are competing this,” Bini said. “All of these boast about. Frank Marinello sent Walker of reach. She singled to left to against each other. To come new guys out there with dif- “It gives us a lot of brag- from third. In an all-star game score Sacred Heart’s Madison together and see each other ferent jerseys. It was a great ging rights,” Amato said. you are never sure of the other Carlo for the game’s fi nal run. for the true people that we are, experience.” “Anytime they want to talk players’ skills, but he called Dillon also walked and scored and not just for someone we Watching seven different about us we can just say we Gutrkenst’s toss to the plate a run back in the second in- face, is amazing. 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