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BAM Spring Season sponsor: 1 PHILIP MORRIS ENc ~ o nE C OM PA NI ES I NC. Neder1ander ( 212) 30'7-4100 Theatre I 208 west 41st street wm' • s1 teforrent • COil I ~I\ 1\/1 b Ill Contents January 2003 Praise The Roof 6 Gospel music shakes the roof of the Howard Gilman Opera House thanks to BAM's new Rhythm & BAM series. By Brian Scott Lipton
Treasured Island 10 South African actors John Kani and Winston Ntshona return to New York with a new production of the politically charged drama The Island. Kim Burrell. Photo: Celeste Wells By Diane Snyder
Double Exposure 38 Oscar-winner Sam Mendes brings his Donmar Warehouse double bill of Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night to America. By Leslie (Hoban) Blake Program 21 Upcoming Events 34
BAMdirectory 35 Winston Ntshona & John Kani in The Island. Dining Guide 41 Photo: Ruphin Coudyzer Co\LPr Arti't Cecily Brown was born in 1969 in London. She earned a BA in Fine Arts at the Slade School of Art, and a B-TEC Diploma in Art and Design at Epsom School of Art in Surrey, England. Brown is represented by Gagosian Gallery (New York and Los Angeles), where she has had annual solo exhibitions since 1999. Her work has been featured in solo shows at Victoria Miro Gallery (London), Contemporary Fine Arts (Berlin), and Deitch Projects (New York). Brown has participated in a number of group shows at locations including Museum fur Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt am Main); Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle; P. S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Cecily Brown Island City, NY; Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Jessica Fredericks Against Nature, 2002 Gallery, and David Zwirner Gallery (New York City), among others. Oil on linen, 80" x 80" Brown's short animated film, Four Letter Heaven, premiered at the Photo by Robert McKeever, Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery Telluride Film Festival. Her work is in public collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY), and The Tate Gallery (London), and is For purchase information and the subject of several books and· catalogues, including essays other BAM art offerings, by Klaus Kertess and Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen. Brown's first contact Monika Wunderer at museum solo exhibition is currently taking place at the Hirshhorn 718.636.4174 x8 or Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC. Her new work [email protected] will be shown at a solo exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, in early spring this year. 3 ALEXANDER NEVSKY Eisenstein I Prokoviev
Praise the Roof
By Brian Scott Lipton
Gospel has been a joyful sound at BAM in recent years. Thousands of people have felt the spirit of this glorious music during the Sounds of Praise Gospel Brunch, which are held on select Sundays at BAMcafe. Last year, gospel legend Donnie McClurkin brought down the house at BAM's annual tribute to Dr. Marti n Luther King Jr.
"' But come February 1, this inspi rational ~ \ music will take centerstage inside the ~ ' Howard Gilman Opera House, when ~ BAM presents Praise Music, the second ~ concert in its new Rhythm & BAM "'- series. (The first, featuring R&B legend ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland and up-and-coming ~ star Cody ChesnuTT, takes place on :.: January 18.) Filling the stage that evening will be a cast of dozens: Gary Anglin and the Christian Cultural Center Choir, Grammy nominee Kim Burrell, and Reverend Timothy White and the Grace Tabernacle Choir. Bishop Sam Williams of radio station WBLS will host the event. This event is an official part of NY GRAMMY Fest 2003 and is sponsored by Independence Community Foundation.
The Rhythm & BAM series is an outgrowth of ten years of free concerts presented at nearby Metro Tech Center. "We had such success with those concerts, we wanted to move them indoors," says Joseph V. Mel illo, BAM's executive producer. "More importantly, this series is the beginning of a long-term comm itment to examine the extraordinary contribution that Africa n-Americans have made to American culture through music .
"When I arrived at BAM, I looked at all of our initiatives, and I noticed music was not as well represented," adds Melillo. "We have a very culturally diverse audience here. Artistically, Rhythm and Blues and Gospel was where I landed ."
In many ways, the choice of a Gospel concert to help inaugurate the series was a natural one. "From doing these brunches, we have learned a tremendous amount about this music, most notably that Gospel is not a monolothic term . It has many different types of expression," says Melillo. "So we decided to move in the direction of producing a large-scale gospel concert."
To help complete this task, Melillo turned to two important ind ividuals with their own long-term commitments to BAM. The show's director, Abdel R. Salaam, is the artistic director of Forces of Nature, a dance company that has performed as part of BAM's annual DanceAfrica Festival. (This year's event wi ll be held May 23-25).
To select the performers, Melillo tapped BAM music curator Limor Tomer. "I wanted to present the best artists from Sounds of Praise in a larger context, and in selecting Gary Angli n and the Reverend White's groups, I felt we chose two choi rs that were truly extraordinary," says Tomer. "And I am thrilled we've been able to add a wonderful guest soloist, Kim Burrell." The performers bel ieve the ti ming of this concert couldn't be better-even if there turns out to be a
6 foot of snow on the ground. "People need inspiration when times get tough," says Reverend Wright. "During difficult times, which we are facing, people turn to their faith- and our music is about faith. It's fascinating that since September 11th, Gospel music is one of the few categories where record sales have actually increased."
Being on a BAM stage is nothing new for Reverend Wright; he first performed here in the 1970s. For Praise Music, he plans to choose selections from his entire repertoire, which means "a little bit of traditional gospel, a little bit of contemporary gospel, and a little bit of urban gospel," he says.
Moreover, any chance he gets to spread the word to Brooklyn- and about Brooklyn- is fine by him. "Sometimes, Brooklyn gets overlooked in the notoriety of Manhattan. But there is a lot of talent in Brooklyn," says Wright, who will be joined onstage by more than 25 choir members and musicians.
This concert will offer some particular benefits to Gary Anglin. "I am very excited about having all these people together on one stage. I have never gotten to be on the same bill as Reverend Wright," he notes. "I am also looking forward to presenting some new material, from my latest CD, to the audience."
But CD sales or meeting other performers are merely bonuses, stresses Anglin. This concert is an important element in fulfilling his overall mission. "Our purpose in coming here is the same purpose we have wherever we minister, whether it's in New York or Vienna. Our purpose is to glorify G-d and to spread hope," says Anglin. "And we know there are people who may never go to church, but they will come to a concert."
In addition to being the editor of ENCORE/BAMbi//, Brian Scott Lipton contributes frequently to many national and local publications, including Forbes, The New York Post, and W, on topics such as performing arts, fashion, and cuisine. He is also an adjunct professor at the Metropolitan College of New York. ·
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Treasured Island
By Diane Snyder
The last time that black South African actors John Kani and Winston Ntshona performed The Island in New York, they took home a joint Tony Award for 1975's Best Actor in a Play. A year later, they were arrested back home after a performance of the play Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, charged with treason and locked up for a few weeks-until pressure and protests from around the globe helped get them released.
Their international tour of those two works- which they co-authored with Athol Fugard, the great white South African playwright- let them savor freedom away from South Africa when it was still in the throes of apartheid. Yet, they chose to return to their homeland, despite the oppressive regime, and fight for change.
Neither Kani nor Ntshona recall being concerned about the potential danger. "There was some thing bigger calling than just the taste of freedom outside," says Ntshona, speaking by phone from his home in Port Elizabeth. "We were committed to the struggle at home, to black people who were disadvantaged completely, to social change to benefit everybody."
Thankfully, South Africa has been completely rebuilt since apartheid was repealed twelve yea rs ago. So when the pair brings The Island to New York this time, it is without fear of retribution back home. The production- which Kani and Ntshona re-staged with director Peter Brook's input at his Paris theater in 1999-runs at BAM's Harvey Theater from April 1-13, made possible by special support from The Feinberg Foundation , Inc.
Set in the Robben Island penitentiary, a maximum-security facil ity that once held political prisoners like Nelson Mandela, the play unfolds around two cel lmates, named for the actors, who sport matching shaven heads, khaki shirts and short pants. Although faced daily with backbreaking work and brutal treatment from jailers, their companionship helps them cope with their dehumanizing life behind bars. Their rage at the system occasionally leads to them lash out at one another, but their indomitable spirit endures.
10 This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Island, which the three wrote at Fugard's home in just fourteen days. Each day, Kani says, they would improvise situa tions, make notes and discard what didn't work until they felt the play was ready. None of the collaborators had ever been to Robben Island, but they had heard stories from family and colleagues with firsthand knowledge, including Kani's eldest brother and members of their theater group, The Serpent Players.
One even unwittingly inspired a pivotal plot point: the jailed pair rehearses Antigone in their cell. In the mid- 1960s, Kani was the stage manager for a production of the Sophocles classic and was constantly prompting an actor who couldn't remember his lines. That actor was arrested and sent to Robben Island before the show went up. Later on, word got out that he was performing a one-man Antigone during the prisoners' lunch break.
"We would laugh, because how could he? He never knew the lines," recalls Kani, who is now artistic director of the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and chairman of South Africa's national arts-funding organization. But they also recognized the correlation between Antigone's resolve to defy the law by burying her brother and their own actions. "It's the most powerful protest play of all time," Kani asserts.
The first performance of The Island, which Fugard directed, took place in secret for an invited audience. Dicey subject matter notwithstanding, multiracial theater was illegal in the South Africa of 30 years ago. To create the sense of futility and the physical strain the prisoners faced, the opening invoked another ancient Greek reference: Sisyphus' never-ending struggle to roll his boulder to the top of the hill. Each prisoner is forced to dig sand until his wheelbarrow is full, then push it to where the other is digging and empty it. No matter how hard they work, their labor will never end .
"We used to go on for nearly 30 minutes," Kani remembers, noting that these days it's closer to fifteen. "At one point, a lady sitting in the front row just said, 'Stop it. Stop it! STOP IT!' She couldn't take it anymore. When we finished and collapsed, the whole audience gave a sigh of relief, as if they had endured our pain with us."
But the end of the performance was met with silence. "There was about 80 seconds with nothing," Kani says. "It felt like a lifetime. Then they just stood up and started applauding. That's when we knew that we had something."
While apartheid is in South Africa's past, Kani and Ntshona don't feel The Island's strength has diminished as a result. In fact, they say its universal theme about the struggle against oppression is even more recognizable. "This time the reaction is more profound and deep," Kani says. "It's more like an intense debate on issues that affect mankind. People are talking about that this is happening in East Timor, it is happening in Bosnia-everywhere, people are behind bars because they believed in freedom." ·
Diane Snyder is an arts and entertainment writer living in Brooklyn. She teaches journalism at Marymount Manhattan College.
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Schumer Musical guests Lizz Wright Voices from The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Major support for the annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is provided by Independence Community Foundation Media support is provided by The New York Times Community Affairs Department 21 Come Share the Dream Every year since 1987, the office of the Brooklyn Borough President, and in recent years Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, have joined with the Brooklyn Academy of Music to celebrate the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the slain civil rights leader who inspired generations of people around the world to fight for their rights and their communities. The annual celebration of Dr. King and his legacy, which annually draws more than 2,000 people to BAM, is the largest and oldest such tribute in New York City. Each Brooklyn tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. has focused on both his personal accomplishments and his role as a source of inspiration for others. The 1990 celebration, for example, showcased remarks by Dr. Ca rolyn Goodman, mother of Andrew Goodman, and Julia Chaney, sister of James Chaney, two young civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 at the start of the "Freedom Summer" voter registration drive. In 1998, United Nations Secretary-General and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Kofi Annan spoke at the event, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the U.N.'s General Declaration of Human Rights. The gathering underscored the link between the Secretary-General's stewardship of the world body and many of Dr. King's ideals, as well as efforts in Brooklyn to promote concord in a diverse community. In 1999, the keynote address was delivered by Georgia Congressmember John Lewis, the civil rights veteran who joined Dr. King as a speaker at the 1963 March on Washington. The gathering focused on Dr. King's visionary qualities, emphasizing his wish for a nonracial society and fai r treatment. U.S. Senator Charles Schu mer and U.S. Senator Hil lary Rodham Clinton were joined in 2001 by civil rights and business leader Myrlie Evers Williams (wife of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers), who delivered the keynote address. In 2002, Russell Simmons was special guest, with musical performances by Donnie McClurkin and the SRC All-City Chorale. Other speakers and entertainers to appear at the celebration over the years include folk singer Odetta, television personality AI Roker, actors F. Murray Abraham and Regina Taylor, writer/lecturer Paul Robeson, Jr. , and Dr. Edison Jackson of Medgar Evers College. BAM would like to acknowledge Independence Community Foundation's generous support of the 17th annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please join us at BAM Rose Cinemas following the program for free screenings at 2pm of the film The Rosa Parks Story, directed by Julie Dash, starring Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, and Cicely Tyson. 22 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream that my four little chil dren will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man who devoted his life to the fight for full citizenship rights of the poor, disadvantaged, and racially oppressed in the Un ited States. After receiving a B.S. (1948) from Morehouse College, a B.D. (1951) from Crozer Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. (1955) from Boston University, Dr. King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL. He and his wife, Photo, Flip Shulke Courtesy of Lyndoo Baines Caretta Scott King, whom he met and married while at Boston University, Johnson Library had been living in Montgomery less than a year when Mrs. Rosa Parks defied the ordinance concerning segregated seating on city buses. In reaction to this event, Dr. King successfully organized a yearlong bus boycott, which catapulted him to national prominence as a leader of the civi l rights movement. After the boycott, Dr. King, who had studied the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, began touring the nation, preaching and further developing for the Un ited States the Indian leader's doctrine of nonviolent civil disobedience. Meanwhile, Dr. King was also writing his first book, Stride Toward Freedom, which was published in 1958. In 1960 Dr. King and his father became co-pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and Martin Luther King, Jr. became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). During this time, Dr. King also organized the massive March on Washington (August 28, 1963) where he delivered his brilliant "I Have A Dream" speech. The January, 1964 issue of Time magazine named Dr. King Man of the Year, the first black American to receive the honor. Later that year, Dr. King became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize at age 35. Ea rly in 1968, whi le planning a second March on Washington, Dr. King flew to Memphis, TN, to lend his support to striking laborers. There, on April 4, Dr. King was assassinated. With his violent death, a symbol of moral and social progress in America was lost, and riots were ignited around the country. In 1983, Dr. King's birthday was designated a national holiday. 23 Who's Who Marty Markowitz, King was the beginning of a legal career that Brooklyn Borough now spans over 45 years. Determined to right President, was born the injustices he experienced and witnessed in and raised in Crown his native state of Alabama, Gray has been at Heights and began the forefront of the struggle for desegregation, his public career in integration, and challenging racial discrimina 1971, at the age of tion in voting, housing, education, jury service, 26 by organizing the farm subsidies, jails, and medicine. His other Flatbush Tenants notable cases include defending the NAACP's Council, which grew right to conduct business in Alabama and into Brooklyn representing victims of the infamous Tuskegee Housing and Family syphilis experiment. This successful 1973 Services, the largest lawsuit against the United States government tenants' advocacy organization in New York led to a $9 million judgement for the Tuskegee State. Markowitz was elected to the New York victims and their State Senate in 1979 and served eleven con famil ies. Gray was secutive terms in Albany, but his dream in life born in Montgomery, has always been to lead Brooklyn as borough AL, and is a gradu president, a goal he attained when he arrived ate of the Nashville in office in January, 2002. As the first Borough Christian Institute, President elected in the new millennium, Nashville, TN; Markowitz has committed himself to being Alabama State "Brooklyn's chief advocate, biggest promoter, University, Mont best salesman, greatest defender, and most gomery, AL; and enthusiastic cheerleader." Markowitz's career to Case Western date, spanning more than three decades, is Reserve University, most often described as one of passionate and Cleveland, OH. powerful advocacy on behalf of Brooklyn and Currently, Gray is its residents, particularly in the areas of hous senior partner at the law firm of Gray, Langford, ing, neighborhood preservation, and communi Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson. He is ty development. Faced with severe budget cuts President of the Alabama State Bar Association, in his first year in office, the borough president the first African-American to hold this position. nevertheless set and carried out an active In addition to his impressive legal career, Gray agenda that included programs to boost civic has also authored two books, Bus Ride to pride, improve key areas of residents health Justice and Tuskegee Syphilis Study. and well being, and generate more resources for the borough. Michael R. Bloomberg, the 108th Mayor of the City of New York, was born in 1942 to Fred D. Gray, civil rights attorney, began his middle class parents in Medford, MA, where legal career in the midst of America's modern his father was the bookkeeper at a local dairy. day Civil Rights Movement. In college, he Mayor Bloomberg's thirst for information and vowed "to become a lawyer ... and destroy fascination with technology led him to Johns everything segregated. " Less than a year out of Hopkins University, where he parked cars and law school, and at the age of 24, he represent took out loans to finance his education. After ed Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat his college graduation, he gained an MBA from to a white man on a city bus. This action Harvard and in the summer of 1966, he was prompted the Montgomery Bus Boycott- the hired by Salomon Brothers to work on Wall cornerstone of the Civil Rights Movement-and Street. He quickly advanced through the ranks, ultimately led to the desegregation of public and became a partner in 1972. Soon, he transportation. In addition, Gray was also Dr. supervised all of Salomon's stock trading, sales, King's first civil rights lawyer. His work with Dr. and later, its information systems. He was fired 24 in 1981 after another company acquired Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General, Salomon. Bloomberg used his stake from the became the state's 63rd Attorney General on Salomon sale to start his own company, which January 1, 1999. Since then, he has advanced would revolutionize the way that Wall Street initiatives to make New York a national leader does business. As a young trader, he observed in investor protection, environmental steward the archaic way information was stored, so he ship, labor rights, personal privacy, public created a financial information computer to col safety, and criminal law enforcement. Spitzer's lect and analyze different combinations of past investigations of conflicts of interest on Wall and present securities data and deliver it imme Street have been the catalyst for dramatic diately. In 1982, Bloomberg L. P. sold 20 sub reform in the nation's financial services industry. scriptions to its service; 20 years later, it has His lawsuits against Midwest and Mid-Atlantic over 165,000 subscribers worldwide. As the power plants will help reduce air pollution business proved its viability, the company responsible for acid rain and smog in the branched out and in 1990 Bloomberg LP Northeast. His efforts to curtail abuses in the entered the media business, launching a news green grocery industry have been hailed as service, and then radio, television, Internet, and landmark labor rights cases. His investigations publishing operations. Bloomberg LP now of internet companies and direct marketers employs more than 8,000 people- including have resu lted in new privacy protections for 2,500 in New York City-in more than 100 consumers throughout the nation. His "code of offices worldwide. As the company enjoyed conduct" was the foundation for a settlement tremendous growth, Bloomberg dedicated more that reformed the way the nation's largest gun of his time to philanthropy and civic affairs. His manufacturer designs and distributes hand desire to improve education, advance medical guns. His prosecutions of sophisticated white research, and increase access to the arts has collar crimes have resulted in some of the provided the motivation for much of his philan nation's largest fraud recoveries. Spitzer was a thropy. He funded relief programs for victims of clerk to United State District Court Judge domestic violence in New York City, sponsored Robert W. Sweet and, later, an associate at the Children's Health Fund's Mobile Medical Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison. Unit which serves the children of homeless He served as an Assistant District Attorney in families, and supported construction of athletic Manhattan from 1986-1992, rising to fields at high schools throughout the five become Chief of the Labor Racketeering Unit, boroughs. He also served on the boards of 20 where he successfully prosecuted organized different civic, cultural, educational, and crime and political corruption cases. He also medical institutions, including the High School worked at the New York law firm of Skadden, for Economics and Finance; Lincoln Center for Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flam, and was a the Performing Arts; Metropolitan Museum of partner at Constantine & Partners. Spitzer has Art; Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit contributed great time and energy to community Fund; S.L.E. (Lupus) Foundation, and Prep for service, serving on the boards of various Prep. The Mayor served as the Chairman of the not-for-profit organizations. Spitzer is a 1981 Board Trustees of Johns Hopkins University graduate of Princeton University and a 1984 until May 2002. Recently, he was honored by graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was Johns Hopkins University, when its School of an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Spitzer Hygiene and Public Health was renamed "The and his wife, Silda, also a Harvard Law School Bloomberg School of Public Health," a tribute graduate, live in Manhattan with their three to his leadership and use of philanthropy to daughters, and also maintain a home in improve the human condition. In 1997, he Columbia County. published his autobiography, Bloomberg by Bloomberg. All of the royalties from sales of the Yvonne J. Graham , Deputy Borough President, book are donated to the Committee to Protect oversees health care policy and all City services Journalists. for the borough president, and is his primary 25 Who's Who representative and key advisor on healthcare, prestigious concert venues as Carnegie Hall, immigration, and issues of general welfare. Radio City Music Hall , the Paramount Theater, Graham's experience working with immigrants, and Madison Square Garden. The downtown community activists, academics, and elected Brooklyn choir, led by Musical Director Carol officials has made her a powerful advocate for Cymbala, has recorded three videos and Brooklyn residents, and for the many service numerous albums, four of which earned providers who work to meet their needs. In Grammy Awards. The choir's most recent CD 1982 Graham founded the Caribbean Women's release is Be Glad, an inspiring celebration of Health Association, which provides health care, hope, wh ich was recorded days after the immigration, and social support services to a September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the diverse community. Under her leadershi p, World Trade Center. As one of New York's most CWHA grew from a volunteer organization with acclaimed choirs, Voices from The Brooklyn a budget of $82,000 to a professional organi Tabernacle Choir performs a diverse array of zation with 50 staff members, five service trad itional and contemporary gospel styles centers, and a budget of $4 million. Graham is every Sunday at The Brooklyn Tabernacle. a Registered Nurse who holds a Bachelor's Degree in Health Administration and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is Community Health from St. Joseph's College, recognized internationally for its innovative and a Master's Degree in Public Health from programming of dance, music, theater, music Hunter College. She is a graduate of Columbia theater, and opera. In addition to presenting University's Program in Business leading national and international artists, BAM Administration. identifies and supports the work of ground breaking, contemporary artists in the performing Lizz Wright, vocalist and songwriter, possesses arts with its Next Wave Festival, founded in a gospel-infused style evoking the talents of 1983, one of the world's most important artists such as Sarah Vaughan and Oleta cultu ral festivals. America's oldest performing Adams. In Atlanta, where she performs with arts center in continuous operation, BAM has the quartet In the Spirit, Wright has acquired a presented performances since 1861. BAM also strong fa n base and critical acclaim. In the serves New York City's diverse population annual "Best of Atlanta 2000" poll, Creative through a wide variety of educational programs. Loafing, Atlanta's arts weekly, named In the BAM's role in the community has in recent Spirit the best jazz group and said "Wright is years been expanded by the creation of truly a singer's singer. Her beautiful tone and BAMcafe and the BAM Rose Cinemas. Since exquisite phrasing, combined with just the 1999, Karen Brooks Hopkins and Joseph V. right nuance, point to the fact that Ms. Wright Melillo have served as, respectively, President may well be Ms. Right." In addition to her and Executive Producer. They succeeded commanding range and dark, opulent timbre, Harvey Lichtenstein, who held those positions she is also a songwriter of great promise, poeti since 1967. cism, and soul. Several of her songs have become standards for Atlanta fans and are fast Dr. Edison 0. Jackson is president of Medgar becoming favorites at the Jazz Gallery in New Evers College of The City University of New York, where her performances gather a devoted York, a position he has held since 1989. Born following. Wright's resonant and soulful sounds in Virginia, he earned bachelor (zoology) and can be heard on her forthcoming debut CD, to graduate (counseling) degrees at Howard be released on the Verve label in May 2003. University, and went on to earn a doctorate in education at Rutgers University. He has been Voices from The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir is employed at a number of educational institu an award-winn ing gospel ensemble comprising tions, including Essex County College and non-professional vocalists that has performed Upsala College, both in New Jersey, and hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs at such Compton Community College in Compton, CA, 26 where he was presidenVsuperintendent prior to through the work of the Independence assuming his post at Medgar Evers College. Dr. Community Foundation and by offering the Jackson serves on the boards of many civic, urban, ethnically diverse communities in which educational, community, and cultural organiza it operates a wide range of financial services tions, including the Crown Heights Coalition, of and products. which he is a co-chair; The Catholic Interracial Council of New York, Inc.; The Prospect Park Alan H. Fishman , BAM Chairman of the Board Alliance, The Brooklyn Children's Museum, the and the newly elected President & CEO of Brooklyn Museum of Art, and BAM, among Independence Community Bank Corp., founded others. He has written extensively on issues of Columbia Financial Partners, L.P, an investment concern to educators with particular emphasis firm specializing in financial services, in 1992. on minority students and the community, acade Fishman's career in the financial services mic preparation, and student performance. He industry began in 1969 at Chemical Bank, has received numerous awards for service; where he rose rapidly through the corporation, recent citations include the National Committee serving in various capacities, including the for the Furtherance of Jewish Faith Educational retail bank and middle market and international Leadership Award and the Church Women banking. In 1979 Fishman was named CFO United in Brooklyn, Inc. Education Award. of Chemical Bank, and in 1983 was promoted Dr. Jackson is a resident of Brooklyn. to Senior Executive Vice President in charge of investment banking worldwide. In 1988 Independence Community Foundation, created he joined the money management firm of by Brooklyn's own Independence Community Neuberger and Berman. From 1989- 90 he Bank in March 1998, has as its core mission served as President of the financial services the renewal and revitalization of low and mod division of American International Group, Inc. erate-income neighborhoods in New York and Fishman was Managing General Partner of New Jersey. Through its grant making in hous Adler & Shaykin, a leveraged buyout firm, from ing, economic development, education, culture, 1990-92. From 1999-2000, Fishman and the arts, Independence Community served as Chairman and CEO of ContiFinancial. Foundation seeks to strengthen communities, Fishman graduated from Brown University in create new opportunities and inspire hope for 1967 with a B.A. in economics and received positive change. Independence Community his M.A. in economics from Columbia Bank, founded in Brooklyn in 1850, currently University in 1969. Fishman resides in operates 73 full service branches in the greater Brooklyn Heights and is active in several New York-New Jersey metropolitan area . The Brooklyn based organizations. Bank maintains its community orientation The Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.- Additional events Immediately following the Opera House tribute, Fred D. Gray will sign copies of his book, Bus Ride to Justice, in the BAM lobby. 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"Dazzled, the audience left this delight with their heads up in the stars, their ears deep in music, and their eyes wrapped in dreams." - Aurore Busse, Nice Malin Call BAM Patron Services at 718.636.4182 to make your reservations for this wondrous event. Proceeds to benefit: Brooklyn Academy of Music BAM Spring Gala ~ is sponsored by: M01'\ACO ISLAND BURGERS &S HAKES NORTH SQUARE HOME OF THE e CHICKE , · ,, , 'l z CHURASCO • BREAKFAST EAT-IN TAKE-OUT DELNERY LUNCH 766 NINTH AVE. 307-7934 BRUNCH DINNER LATE NIGHT LOUNGE AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE HOTEL 103 WAVERLY PLACE 212-254-1200 Double Exoosure By Leslie (Hoban) Blake Just a decade ago, Sam Mendes-then a 27-year-old British theater director- rescued the derelict Donmar Warehouse, an abandoned studio theater belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company, from decay and disuse. Almost immediately, he turned it into one of London's most exciting and diverse theaters. The inaugural Donmar production was the still-talked-about European premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. Six years later, Mendes' reinvention of the musical Cabaret took Broadway by storm and became the first of several Donmar plays to transfer to the Great White Way. Others included The Blue Room (also di rected by Mendes), the reviva l of Sam Shepard's True West, and _....,,__.. the Tony-winning revival of Tom Stoppard 's The Real Thing. Today, Mendes has an Oscar (for American Beauty), a Tony nomination for Best Director, and several British theater awards under his belt. This year, he may well be both an Oscar nominee (for The Road to Perdition) and a Tony nominee (for direct ing the revival of Gypsy, scheduled to open in April). So, the time certainly seems right for Mendes to bid farewell to his role as the Donmar's artistic director- and he's doing it in spectacular fashion: directing a double bill of Brian Friel's new version of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Having opened to rapturous reviews in London earlier this fal l, the shows arrive for a eight-week run at BAM's Harvey Theater on Ja n 10. Those who want to see both plays in one day will have the opportunity on Saturdays Jan 18 through Mar 8. "Sam and Joe Melillo (BAM 's executive producer) talked for two or three years about bringing over a Donmar production," explains Caro Newling, who has worked side by side with Mendes as the Donmar's executive producer for the past ten years. "Having a whole month at BAM was always part of the forward planning, and that helped us get an eight month commitment from the actors. The entire company is incredibly excited about coming to the Harvey, because the theater is so compatible with the nature of our project." The project is a first in many ways for the Donmar. "Sam had always wanted to pa ir these plays, and repertory was one thing we hadn't done before," notes Dowling. Of the coupling of these classic works, Mendes has said: "These are two plays about requited and unrequited love, by two of the greatest playwrights that ever lived. And it seemed that they doubled brilliantly because there were obvious cross-casti ngs." Chief among the cross-cast actors are Oscar nominee Emily Watson, who plays both the lovesick twin Viola in Twelfth Night and the lovesick Sonya in Vanya; and Simon Russell Beale, who plays the Bard's foolish servant Malvolio and the title role in Vanya. Beale has been seen twice already at BAM; last year as a non-traditional (and critically acclaimed) Hamlet, and as the evil lago in the 1998 Royal National Theatre production of Othello, which was directed by Mendes. Two of the other actors com ing to BAM, Helen McCrory (Oiivia/Yelena) and Mark Strong (Orsino/Astrov), were nom inated- along with Beale and Mendes-for The Evening Standard Award for their work in these productions. Of his farewell show at the Donmar, Mendes told Matt Wolf, author of the just-released Sam Mendes at the Donmar: Stepping Into Freedom, "I'm working in a much freer way than I ever have before. I'm avoiding habits that I have gotten used to in the past." Cross-continental exchanges are nothing new to Mendes and Dowling; the Donmar presented five new American plays last season, including Proof, Lobby Hero, Frame 312, Jesus Hopped The A Train, and Take Me Out, which reopens on Broadway next month. "We always wanted English audiences to be able to hear quality new American writing in authentic voices," she says. "We take special pride in our ongoing collaborations with such companies as the Atlantic, the Public. and LAByrinth, which have allowed so many American actors, wri ters, and directors to be seen in London." There has also been an added bonus in opening the Donmar's arms to Americans. "Worki ng with so many American actors and directors in London, especially last season, made it possible to bring the entire Vanya/Twelfth Night company en masse to Brooklyn, in accordance with the American and British Actors Equity exchange," she notes. Given their long association , it's no surprise that Newling is also leaving the Donmar to join Mendes in his independent production company. "Sam doesn't really differentiate between theater and film, so we'll do both. He thinks out of the box all the time and he's done everything from the classics to musicals," she notes. "His encyclopedic knowledge and his tastes are so broad-ranging that he can't be limited or categorized. Our new company will be a maverick, able to initiate projects of all kinds and we certainly intend to continue our many outside relationships with other theaters." Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya wil l be performed in repertory Jan 10- Mar 9 at the BAM Harvey Theater. Leslie (Hoban) Blake is vice president of the Drama Desk and writes about all aspects of enter tainment. She has also conducted several Q&As at BAMcinematek, with such film notables as Harvey Keitel, James Ivory, and Ed Pressman. Drawing upon Brooklyn's culinary influ ences, our menu is flavored with Mediteranean, Caribbean, Eastern European, Asian and home style American Cuisine. Call 718-222-6543 for reservations now! Located in the Brooklyn Marriot 333 Adams St. Brooklyn, Ny. www.marriot.com/NYCBK Th e THEATREGOER'S t;aide to Dining Out in Brooklyn MAKE MINE BROOKLYN By Brian Scott Lipton CUCINA RESTAURANT Come and enjoy Mark B rooklyn may be technically part of New Strausman's trattoria-style Tuscan cuisine in our York City, but the natives know it is truly a city in newly decorated dining rooms. Valet pa rking six itself. And like any great city, Brooklyn has neigh nights. Open late on weekends. 256 5th Ave. 718-230-0711. borhoods with distinct personalities: the artistic bohemias of Williamsburg and DUMBO, the fam ily-friendly provinces of Park Slope and Brooklyn ALMA A Mexican restaurant which the New York Heights and the urban funkiness of Fort Greene, Times gushed "it would be hard to find better to name a few. Mexican in New York" Chef Gary Jacobson, formerly of Zarela , serves a vibrant medley of And also like any great city, Brooklyn has a daz contemporary and classical cuisine. 187 zling array of culinary options. It's all here for the Columbia St. 718-643-5400. eating: protean fare like the world's best cheese cake and hot dogs; the ethnic specia lties of Russia, Cambodia and Italy; fresh-as-can-be CHEZ OSKAR is Fort Greene's little piece of seafood; or haute cuisine to rival Manhattan's Pa ris; here you can enjoy moules frites or duck a finest restaurants. The choice is definitely up to !'orange in a colorful and comfortable setting. If you! the weather's nice, wait for a table outside. 211 DeKalb Ave. 718- 852-6250. RESTAURANTS BUTTA CUP LOUNGE With lava lamps and a DJ spinning jams six nights a week, this late night lounge's menu tastes even better. Eclectic Ft. Greene menu sou l food , mussels, coconut crusted salmon, jamaican pepper steak, paella. 271 MADIBA one of New York's first South Adelphi St. 718- 522-4484. African restaurants is located in Ft. Greene. LOU LOU Cozy French charm and stellar JUNIOR'S A landmark restaurant since 1950 seafood equal a neighborhood winner. 222 with Junior's cheesecake voted #1 by New York DeKalb Ave. 718- 246-0630. Magazine. 386 Flatbush Ave. 718-852-5257. A TABLE Every neighborhood should have its CONVIVIUM OSTERtA A rustic ltalo Iberian own take on provincia l French dining; this spot restaurant wiht garden dining and an extensive serves Fort Greene's needs admirably. 171 wine cellar offers a romantic and warm setting Lafayette Ave. 718-935-9121. with authentic Mediterrranean food. 68 5th Ave. 718-857-1833. 42 CAMBODIAN CUISI NE Thanks to its proximity to named dishes . 128 Montague St., 2nd floor. 7 18- BAM and word-of-mouth buzz from Chowhound 246-0088 types, it's built a reputation as one of Brooklyn's best and most unusual Asian restaurants. 87 S. Cobble Hill Elliot Pl. Between Fulton St./Lafayette Ave. 718- 858-3262. 3 BOW THAIS The owners of Amarin hope to win over the Smith Street mob withchili fish and spicy noodles. 278 Smith St.718-834-051 1 THE MINNOW Scintillating fresh seafood and attractive prices in a cozy setting, non fish items available; Monday wine tasting prix fixe offers creative parings. 442 9th Ave. 718-832-5500. BAR TABAC Francophiles will appreciate the artfully aged environs, the all-French wine list, and the obligatory steak frites. 128 Smith St. KEUR N 'DEYE For a hearty meal, it's worth the 718-923-0918. trip to this destination, a Fort Greene Senegalese restau rant that keeps it simple and wonderful. 737 Fu lton St. 7 18-875-4937 DON LUCA Tapas, sangria, and flamenco music on Brooklyn's burgeoning restaurant row. 221 Smith St. 718-222-8723 LOCANDA VINI & OLII A beautifully restored 130- year-old Clinton Hill pharmacy is the charming backdrop for this terrific Tuscan restaurant. 129 HOPE & ANCHOR Neighborhood place catering Gates Ave. At Cambridge Pl. 718-622-9202. to neighborhood people, but with an inventive menu. 347 Van Brunt St. 718-237-0276 LIQUORS The eclectic menu is appet izer-oriented, DJ mixes JOYA Cobble Hill Thai restaurant with live DJ, emanate from the speakers and exposed kitchen and constant crowds. the bar and lounge take up 215 Court St. 718-222-3484. nearly as much space as the tables. The locals are al ready arriving in droves. 219 Dekalb LATIN GRILL Wash down fiery Latin flavors with Ave. 718- 488-7700. a refreshing Rhum Ba at this friendly Cobble Hill eatery. 254 Court St. 718-858-0309 Brooklyn Heights Williamsburg ANDY'S boasts food that's "for the best of your health."128 Montague St.718-237-8899 CAFE DORE Caribbean specialties in a spare but cozy nook on Smith Street. 270 Smith St. BROOKLYN ICE CREAM FACTORY Creamy 718-246-0505. classics that merit a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.Fulton Ferry Landing. 718-246-3963 DI NER Don't believe the lack of hype; chef Caroline Fidanza has a dexterous hand. QUEEN Large portions and impeccable service 85 Broadway 718-486-3077. justify the steep prices at this tacky-formal Italian. 84 Court St. 718-596-5954 LA BRUNETTE Inviting Williamsburg restaurant featuring the polished French-Caribbean cooki ng of SUPERFINE Local artwork, an orange-felted pool chef Jacques Gautier. 300 North 6th St. table, and a Mediterranean-inspired menu draw an 718-384-5800. enthusiastic neighborhood crowd .126 Fron t St. 7 18-243-9005 MAISON SAIGON Peruvian and Vietnamese cuisines together for perhaps the fi rst time in recorded history--or at least, in Williamsburg. THE GREEN'S Vegeta rian Chinese joint 134-136 N. 6th St. 718-218-7889. specializing in creat ively prepared, creatively MATAMOROS PUEBLA TAQUERiA A BROOKLYN INN Dating from 1854, this oak makeshift kitchen in the back of a del i serves paneled neighborhood tavern is a place you'll some of Williamsburg's best Mexican. 193 want to keep to yourself. 138 Bergen St. 718- Bedford Ave. 718-782-5044. 625-9741. MISS WILLIAMSBURG DINER If the river LUCIAN BLUE a little of Manhattan in Brooklyn. breeze doesn't cool you off, a Miss Williamsburg It attracts the cultural type with live jau and (a margarita of sorts, with fresh kumquats) will close to BAM. 63 Lafayette. 718-422-0093. do the trick. 206 Kent Ave. 718-963-0802 CAVIAR STUDIOS "music rules at this Ft. Greene dancetaria-cum-lounge." Zagat. 46 Washington Ave. 718-222-9456. BARS HALCYON "this supertunky coffee shop offers a NEW CITY BAR & GRILL New City is you r garden, art gallery, theme nights." Zagat. 227 easiest, if not cheapest, option for a pre-theater Sm ith St. 718-260-9299. drink or dinner. Located across the street from BAM. 25 Lafayette Ave. 718-875-7197. LAST EXIT "check out th is hopping lounge pop ulated with young artists types. Its cozy decor FRANK'S LOUNGE "Commune with fellow makes you feel like your own living room." lagat. imbibers at this cozy corner dive that feels like 136 Atlantic Ave. 718-222-9198. Cleveland, circa 1976". - NY Magazine. 660 Fulton St. 718-625-9339. QUENCH "this sleek, retro-modern lounge is one of the more popular venues on Smith Street. Its drawing hip young professionals that are more ANNIE'S BLUE MOON Annie's than happy to avoid the Manhattan crowds and is a fine neighborhood institution, attitude." Zagat. 282 Smith St. 718-875-1500. a real drinking-man's bar. 156 Montague St. 718- 596-0061. LOKI "fast becoming Park Slopes hottest spot, this brick-lined venue features a comfy lounge that attracts the post college crowd." Zagat. 304 THE BRAZEN HEAD Taps into Brooklyn's beer 5th Ave. 718-965-9600. obsession. 228 Atlantic Ave.718- 488-0430. MOE'S An energetic watering hole reflects its neighborhood's vitality. 80 Lafayette Ave . 718 MONTERO BAR AND GRILL The drink is the 797-9536 thing.73 Atlantic Ave. 718- 624-9799. ALIBI CLUB Artsy Pratt students claim this well-worn, well-loved dingefest. 242 DeKalb AMAYO A new showroom/lounge/cafe in Ave. 718-783-8519 Williamsburg from Nigerian-born fashion design er Duke Amayo. 340 Grand St. 718- 486-9660. 667 BAR GALLERY LOUNGE This warm, wood-floored lounge brings SARDINE CAN A cool and comfy Brooklyn joint new nighttime options to that's not packed. 322 Grand St. 718-486- Fort Greene. 667 Fulton St. 6465. 718- 855-8558 PETE'S CANDY STORE Pours are generous and BETWEEN THE BRIDGES A pioneer dive bar the music is free at this Williamsburg sweet spot. in the hippest of Brooklyn locations. 63 York St 709 Lorimer St. 718- 302-3770. 718-237-1977 U runistakab ly Brooklyn! NEXT TIME ... Fam Dinner by Tradition Since 195() ... Mark Strausman ...Uom<: of the World'~ Finest C~kc! TO t.Wt.. OICU OIWZ:<:Mt. CAI.I. lOllffiU 1-'lUNa! (H& ~ OI'(Joj~Y.~6<)0MII t !OMII~Qo\Y T0 v.l.t OPI.N 7 DAYS FOa -AS\ WHCtt CIHNI.R a SNACKS Valet Parking 6 Nights \'i.sil OQr Gr.111d C4!111 1111l'ermim~! IDCaliol\'0: Open ~ate on Weekends 256 5th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 3 BLOCKS NORTH OF BAM 718-230-0711 A limited number of memberships to this organization will be available. new company, PLAY BY PLAY, is looking for theatergoers to fill out surveys for various t1ons. *Members will pay a yearly membership fee of $99 (Check, money order, Mastercard and Visa only) *Members will be entitled to 2 tickets for each available event. *Members will be REQUIRED to complete and return all surveys. *Members will call daily for a list of available shows. *There will be a service charge of $3 per ticket. The membership base will be limited, and this offer is valid only while memberships last. Anyone interested in becoming a member should call the number listed below during the following dates and times (only): (Mon.-Fri. between the hours of 10:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.} 212-868-7052 www.play-by-play.com This offer is valid only while memberships last and may therefore not be available during the entire duration of the above posted times. Realizing this as a special offer, anyone interested should call as early as possible during said dates and times. •••••• •••••••• ENCOR E THE 0Ff·BROAOWAY THEATER MAGAZINE Publisher Contributing Writers Tom Holmes Lesley Alexander, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Associate Publisher Ellen Lampert Greaux, Alison Kase Ken Smith, Editor Diane Snyder Brian Scott Lipton Contributing Photographer Art Director 1ina Paul Tommaso Giannotta Contributing Illustrator Michael Roman ENCORE. 1170 Broadway.Ste. 406. NYC, NY 1000 I. General Information 212.447.8713. fax: 212.213.0400 lg:) 2002 lA Publishing, Inc. All rights rescrv«i. Reproduction without permission is stricdy prohibited DREAMWORKS salutes Sam Mendes, Donmar Warehouse & the Brooklyn Academy of Music _____:_~~SKG~~~ 1000 Flower Street, Glendale, California 91201 1M & 2002 Drr.mWork$ L.LC. Marty Markowitz President of the Borough of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Academy of Music and Medgar Evers College, City University of New York present The Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 20, 2003 Major support: Independence Community Foundation Media support: The New York Times Community Affairs Department sing Lift Every Voice (first and third verses) Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, Facing the sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we meet thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee; Shadowed beneath thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land. Words James Weldon Johnson Music Rosamond Johnson Following this morning's program: Special screening of The Rosa Parks Story, directed by Julie Dash, starring Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, and Cicely Tyson. Cicely Tyson will make introductory remarks at 2pm. 2pm; BAM Rose Cinemas. Free admission; seating is limited. Music curated by Danny Kapilian. Special thanks to the CBS Network and Jaffe/Braunstein Films. program Musical Prelude Voices from The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Welcome Karen Brooks Hopkins President, BAM Joseph V. Melillo Executive Producer, BAM Remarks Alan Fishman, BAM Board Chairman; President and CEO, Independence Community Bank Corp. Gerald M. Boyd Managing Editor, The New York Times Greetings Yvonne J. Graham Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn National Anthem Karen Melendez "Lift Every Voice" Karen Melendez Invocation Rabbi Arl Korenblitt Temple Shalom Remarks Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz City Council President A. Gifford Miller U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Performance Lizz Wright Remarks Dr. Edison 0. Jackson President, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York Reflection Imam Mohammad Hafiz Makki Mosque Performance Lizz Wright Remarks Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Keynote address Fred D. Gray Civil Rights Attorney Benediction Reverend Clinton H. Miller Brown Memorial Baptist Church Performance Lizz Wright , Voices from The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Finale Ensemble "We Shall Overcome" Additional Who's Who Gerald M. Boyd has been the managing editor of decades. Prior to The Times, Boyd worked at the The New York Times since 2001. Prior to his St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he started as a current post, he served as deputy managing editor copy boy and worked his way up to be the news from 1997 and as assistant managing editor from paper's White House correspondent. He attended 1993. Boyd served as the co-senior editor of The the University of Missouri under a scholarship Times' "How Race is Lived in America" series. program sponsored by The Post-Dispatch awarded Published in 2000, the series won a Pulitzer Prize annually to a minority student, who wanted to for National Reporting the following year. He pursue a career in journalism. In 1977, he founded joined The Times in 1983 and soon became a the St. Louis Association of Black Journalists and member of its national political team reporting on served as its first president. In addition, he has Vice President Bush during the 1984 presidential worked as an instructor at Howard University campaign. After the election. he became one of and at the University of Missouri's journalism The Times' two White House correspondents and workshop for minority students. Boyd attended wrote extensively about the internal turmoil Harvard University in 1980 as a Nieman prompted by the Iran-Contra disclosures as well Fellow-the youngest journalist at the time as Vice President Bush's pursuit of the Presidency, selected to the program. through the nominating process and the general election. Boyd became a senior editor in 1991 The New York Times Community Affairs and later led the paper's Washington bureau as Department works to enrich communities by well as its national and metropolitan departments. addressing the issues that concern them. The As editor of the metropolitan department, he focus is on multicultural outreach, arts and managed a staff of more than 100 reporters and literature programs, education, and literacy. editors and took the lead in its major expansion, Community Affairs creates special programs which included reorganizing the department and in libraries, community centers, and arts reshaping the report's coverage. In 1994, The organizations, brings together community leaders New York Times received a Pulitzer Prize for spot for meetings with Times staff, coordinates and news in recognition of its coverage of the bombing promotes debates among candidates for publ ic of the World Trade Center. It was the paper's first office and sponsors cultural and civic events. Pulitzer for local reporti ng in more than two