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Including The Bensonhurst Paper Aged diner gets glam facelift Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 26 Court St., Brooklyn 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 AD fax 718-834-1713 • NEWS fax 718-834-9278 © 2003 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 12 pages including 4 pages GO BROOKLYN • Vol. 26, No. 4 BRG • January, 27, 2003 • FREE Abortion rally at Ridge Manor NOW protests Marty Golden’s stance By Deborah Kolben dent of the Brooklyn chapter of the I really wouldn’t vote him.” The Brooklyn Papers National Organization for Women Protestor Maritza Shelley, who car- (NOW), the key organizer of the ried a sign reading, “Golden, anti- Sporting signs with pictures of event. abortion? Don’t have one!” said she wire hangers and the words, “We Under layers of hats and scarves in remembered her best friend having an won’t go back,” a small group of the sub-zero wind, protesters marched abortion on her kitchen table when demonstrators gathered outside the back and forth in front of the catering they were still illegal. Bay Ridge Manor Wednesday hall owned by Golden, a former city “Hangers are not just a symbol,” afternoon to protest what they are councilman who defeated Vincent Shelley said. “They were actual tools. calling state Sen. Marty Golden’s Gentile in the race for the newly We have fought too hard for this to “War on Women.” drawn Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst-Dyker just let it go.”

/ Greg Mango / Greg Commemorating the 30th anniver- Heights district in November. Golden Reached for comment after the sary of Roe. v. Wade, the landmark has been using office space at the protest, Golden said it was much ado Supreme Court decision that legalized catering hall until his district office is about nothing. “Roe v. Wade is not abortion nationwide, protestors came ready. going anywhere, it’s a part of New out against Golden, who is making “I had no idea he was pro-life,” York State’s fabric,” said Golden, his anti-abortion views known. said Janice Groff, a Bay Ridge social who nevertheless told The Bay Ridge The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “Marty Golden would want New worker passing by the protest on 76th Paper that he was against abortion in Protesters from the Brooklyn chapter of the National Organization for Women, including President Shirley Ranz (center), march outside the York State to restrict abortion out of Street between Fourth and Fifth av- all cases, including rape. Bay Ridge Manor Wednesday to voice their disproval of state Sen. Marty Golden’s staunch anti-abortion stance. existence,” said Shirley Ranz, presi- enues. “I didn’t vote for him, but now See ABORTION on page 2 Hit-run victim Not bouncer’s day to die By Deborah Kolben ed the barrel of his gun at Pawlak’s The Brooklyn Papers head and pulled the trigger. When the gun did not fire, three off-duty police A bouncer at a Bay Ridge bar officers from the 60th Precinct who came about as close to death as were in the restaurant tackled Braga. killed on b-day you can without dying early He tried to fire at them as well, but Sunday morning after a man he again, the gun misfired. ejected from the bar returned By Deborah Kolben the car. Voci was mowed Inspector Mathew Pontillo, Braga then pistol-whipped one of with a loaded .45-caliber gun, the officers about the head and es- The Brooklyn Papers down by a light blue or green commanding officer of the caped out the front door. 68th Precinct. put the gun to his head and A Bay Ridge man cele- minivan heading north on pulled the trigger. The off-duty officers called 911 Fourth Avenue. “I was shocked,” said and gave chase as Braga ran down brating his 78th birthday He was taken to Victory neighbor Esther Friedman, The incident began at 3 am on Jan. 19 when bouncer Jason Pawlak, 27, Third Avenue and ducked into The on Sunday was killed by a Memorial Hospital, where he who described Voci as a car- hit-and-run driver on the with the help of another bouncer and a Loft, a bar at 91st Street. was pronounced dead. ing man who fed all of the an- After the bar turned their lights on corner of Fourth Avenue bartender, threw Wayne Braga, 32, out No arrests have been made imals in the neighborhood. of Lily’s Public House, a restaurant and and killed the music, officers from and 92nd Street. and police are asking anybody “The birds would come at 2 bar on Third Avenue between 88th and the 68th Precinct located Braga, once Frank Voci was crossing the who may have witnessed the o’clock because they knew 89th streets, after employees found Bra- again, in the women’s bathroom. street at 8:35 pm to buy a lot- incident to contact them. “We Frank was there,” Freidman ga in the women’s bathroom. Police found five live rounds in tery ticket while his only son, need everybody’s assistance said. “And our squirrels were After a scuffle with employees out- Braga’s gun. Christopher Voci, 39, parked and cooperation,” said Deputy See HIT-RUN on page 2 side, Braga returned to the bar, point- Lily’s Public House on Third Avenue at 88th Street. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango See BOUNCER on page 2

Yemeni Ridgite’s Miss NY Shuffle

By Deborah Kolben freshman class president, was an It was strange at first, Behette The Brooklyn Papers active member of the Mayor’s says of wearing an evening launderer Volunteer Action Center (now the gown, “It was like playing dress- boards Bay Ridgites who have Mayor’s Volunteer Center of New up.” But she adapted quickly and long prided themselves on York City), and also volunteered found that it “gives you a chance the beauty of their neighbor- with Inner-City Games, a founda- to show your feminine side,” Ridge district confesses hood now have a new beauty tion providing city children with something she says she wasn’t to of which to boast. the opportunity to participate in able to do while working in cor- Associated Press But while Ridge native Nadia sports, cultural events and commu- porate America. to include S.I. A group of Yemeni shopkeepers in Brook- Behette will be representing the nity activities. Behette took the state crown lyn who were arrested during an investigation Empire State in the Miss USA But after she graduated and wearing a light-blue V-neck dress By Deborah Kolben into secret funding for terrorist organizations beauty pageant on March 24, was “just working,” Behette said, from a boutique in Long Island The Brooklyn Papers have agreed to plead guilty to non-terrorism which for the first time will be she needed something else to get and is now having one made by a Brooklyn parents made their voices charges of money smuggling. broadcast live on NBC, she is involved in. That’s when she got designer in Rhode Island (al- heard Thursday at a public hearing held The lead defendant, Mohamed Ali Alriany, quick to tell you that the contest the idea to try out for a beauty though she wouldn’t reveal any by a special state task force charged admitted transmitting up to $7 million with- is not just about looks. pageant. specific details). out a license Tuesday during his plea in fed- “A lot of people have miscon- She says she opted for the Miss “My family is used to me do- with deciding what will replace New eral court in Brooklyn, prosecutors said. ceptions about pageants,” said USA pageant over Miss America ing crazy things like this,” says York City’s 32 school boards. Under a plea deal, Alriany could receive Behette, who was born in Bay since the former does not have a Behette, who is busy trying to “We have always relied upon our district less than four years in prison at a May 2 sen- Ridge to a Lebanese mother and talent component. But she is quick drum up sponsorship from local office and community school board to be our tencing if his 14 co-defendants also agree to Syrian father. “It’s not just about to add that applicants must be, “in- Bay Ridge businesses to help eyes and ears where children and community change their pleas to guilty. To date, six have beauty. It’s about confidence, telligent, poised and articulate.” raise the $15,000 she says it will were concerned,” Fern Rossi, a District 21 done so. time management and seeing Her first stab at the contest cost to bring her family and parent, told the members of the Assembly Alriany, 56, a naturalized U.S. citizen with something through to the end.” landed her second runner-up and friends down with her for the and state Senate, eliciting cheers from the no prior criminal record, and the other men Crowned as Miss New York at gave her the drive to go for it Miss USA competition in San packed Dibner Auditorium at Polytechnic were rounded up earlier this year for alleged- the statewide competition in De- again. Antonio, Texas. “And let me tell University on Jan. 16. ly smuggling money to Yemen through his cember, Behette beat out more So the next year Behette went you,” Behette said, “that support The locally elected school boards are slat- gift shop. The men, who initially pleaded in- is critical.” ed for elimination in June in a final shift of nocent, claimed the money was going to their than 100 other women competing through the application process for the title. all over again, which included The grand prize for Miss power that will put control of the city’s pub- families. lic schools in the mayor’s hands for the first Supporters of Alriany, who has been held “I couldn’t believe I won,” submitting photos and answering USA, besides the crown, the sash said the 25-year-old Behette, who questions like, “What pets do you and the title, is an apartment in time since 1969. without bail, accused authorities of persecut- The all-day hearings in Downtown Brook- ing law-abiding immigrants in the wake of attended Our Lady of Angels and have?” “What are you most the Trump Towers for a year the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. the all-girls Fontbonne Academy proud of?” and “What is your (Donald Trump owns the pag- lyn — there was a morning and an evening Prosecutors have refused to discuss the case. before going off to Pace Univer- most prized possession?” eant), a Ford Mustang, a year’s session, the final of five held around the city But court papers revealed that the FBI had in- sity in Manhattan. Behette also had to fulfill other salary and a cash award. During — provided the last opportunity for elected of- vestigated Alriany's links to a Brooklyn mosque “I was doing 100 things when I criterion including not being the year, in addition to represent- ficials, parents, students and community mem- that authorities once considered a breeding was in college,” said Behette, who married (there is a Mrs. USA ing the pageant, she must also bers to tell the Task Force on School Gover- ground for terrorists, including the men who worked fulltime at IBM while at- pageant for that), and not having serve as a spokeswoman for the Nadia Behette has been named Miss New York. nance Reform just what they wanted to see in bombed the World Trade Center in 1993. tending Pace, where she was voted any children. See PAGEANT on page 2 Next up is Miss USA. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango See SCHOOL on page 4 Pols come to B’klyn to salute Martin Luther King

By Patrick Gallahue tion included U.S. Sen. Michigan’s policy for giving about the money?” seemingly The Brooklyn Papers Charles Schumer, Gov. George preferences to black and His- in reference to the state’s ap- Pataki, Mayor Michael panic applicants, which the peal of the Campaign for Fis- Elected officials who Bloomberg, Attorney General spoke at the Brooklyn president this week opposed. cal Equity’s successful lawsuit Eliot Spitzer and Borough “We are trying desperately against the state to increase Academy of Music’s 17th President Marty Markowitz. annual tribute to Martin to create institutions of higher funding to city schools. Each introduced their own learning that are diverse, that Those shouts, however, Luther King Jr. on Monday policies as offshoots of the civ- include all people, but what were isolated and quickly all strove to measure their il rights movement before did the president say? He said, hushed down by members of own successes and efforts — more than 2,000 people in at- ‘No I am against that affirma- the audience. however partisan — against tendance on the national, state tive action plan’,” Spitzer said. “Let’s work together, not just the principles of equality the and city holiday, five days af- “Shame on him. I am your at- today, but everyday to keep the slain civil rights leader ter what would have been torney general and on your be- dream of Martin Luther King advanced. King’s 74th birthday. half I am filing a brief that op- alive,” Pataki said. And all who spoke, includ- Schumer pointed to his re- poses the president.” Markowitz touted Brooklyn ing cultural and spiritual lead- sistance of Mississippi Judge Chuck Schumer BP / Mango George Pataki BP / Mango Marty Markowitz BP / Mango Mike Bloomberg BP / Mango Those elected officials were as a microcosm of the “dream” ers, and original members of Charles Pickering, nominated allowed to continue their articulated in King’s famous the civil rights movement, by President Bush for the U.S. included his efforts as a judge and I will lead the fight against the public school system, tion is just as important as the speeches uninterrupted. But as speech, delivered at the Lin- maintained that King’s work Court of Appeals, who is to reduce the sentence of a Judge Pickering,” Schumer which proposes to unify cur- right to vote,” the mayor said. Pataki spoke of education and coln Memorial on Aug. 28, remained unfinished. widely opposed by Democrats man convicted in a 1994 cross- said. riculum and streamline the Spitzer announced that he healthcare as the hallmarks of 1963 as the culmination of the The guest list of prominent and civil rights groups because burning case. Bloomberg touted his re- city’s education bureaucracy. would file an amicus brief equitable policy he was greet- March on Washington. elected officials at the celebra- of his civil rights record, which “We have a long way to go cently announced reform of “The right to a good educa- backing the University of ed by a few shouts of “what See KING on page 4 2 BRG THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM January 27, 2003 HIT-RUN… R train kills man on tracks Continued from page 1 the fattest around because Frank was always sure to feed them.” A woman walking along Bay “He wasn’t a bench sitter,” Freidman added, explaining that By Deborah Kolben Voci would walk all along Shore Road feeding whatever ani- The Brooklyn Papers Ridge Avenue was stopped at 62/68 Blotters New Utrecht Avenue by a man mals passed his way. A man was struck and wielding a gun. The thug ap- Water main leaves Voci moved into the apartment building where he lived, on killed by a Manhattan proached his victim from be- Shore Road and Oliver Street, almost 50 years ago with his bound R train at the 77th between 10th and 11th av- No arrests have been made. The hind and said, “If you don’t sub riders stranded wife, Shirley, who died seven years ago. Street station shortly enues through the rear door, perpetrators are described as His- give up everything, I’m going Voci’s neighbor, Mary, described him as “a wonderful per- before 6:15 pm on Jan. 21. ransacked the place, and fled panic males, around 5-foot-3 and to kill you.” When he pointed a The Brooklyn Papers son.” black gun at her chest she hand- “I lived in this building for 32 years and he was here well The 23-year-old victim, with the Rolex watch, valued ranging from 110 to 180 pounds. The N and R trains, un-affectionately nicknamed the “Never” who police believe was visit- at $5,500, as well as a pair of ed over $50 and her black before that,” Mary said, adding that she also knew his son, Time to mug leather suitcase, police said. The and “Rarely,” lived up to their reputations and ceased early Fri- Christopher, who had grown up in the building and still ing New York from Virginia, diamond stud earrings, report- A woman heading from work incident occurred on Jan. 20 at day morning when service between Bay Ridge and Park Slope was declared dead at the scene was halted due to a water main break, leaving thousands of shared an apartment with his father. edly worth $2,500, and a dia- to her car at around 3 am on Jan. 9:30 pm. and was taken to the Kings straphangers stranded at bus stops in the freezing weather. “I used to see the birds follow Frank when they saw him mond ring valued at a cool 17, was stopped by a man who going down to the park with a bag of food. It was unbeliev- County morgue where a med- $1,000. The 36-year-old asked her for the time. Before Hands over zip A water main at 19th Street and Fourth Avenue ruptured in ical examiner will rule on A cashier at a supermarket the pre-dawn hours flooding subway tunnels and interrupting able,” Mary said. “I think they’re missing him already.” woman said the thieves also she had time to reply, the thug, A wake was held for Voci on Wednesday. High funeral whether the victim jumped or got her jewelry box. who was wearing a red baseball on 18th Avenue between 66th M, N and R train service between 36th Street and Pacific Street. The Fire Department said a combination of contractor work and mass is scheduled for Thursday morning at St. Bernadette’s was pushed, police said. cap and black jacket, slammed and 67th streets, called over the Shoots, misses the below-freezing temperatures caused a cap to pop off the Church on 13th Avenue at 83rd Street at 9:30 am. Steak knifed her into the side of the car and manager when a man passed Three thugs approached a man her a note that read, “Be quiet. I main. Boy, 11, latest hit-run victim When two acquaintances on Cropsey Avenue at Bay 28th made off with her purse. The Commuters attempting to board the subway south of Pacific 19-year-old victim was left with have a gun. Give me the mon- In a week that had already seen three fatal hit-and-run inci- got into a tussle on Cropsey Street on Jan. 20 around 2 am ey.” Street were apprised of the situation at stations and directed to a bump over her left eye and dents in Brooklyn, an 11-year-old boy was struck by a car at Avenue at Bay 28th, one drew and, after saying something in The bandit, who also asked nearby bus stops at Fifth and Third avenues. a steak knife and sliced the left was out $240 in cash and a cell The B63 bus, along Fifth Avenue, and B37 bus, along Third 8:10 am on Wednesday as he was crossing 80th street be- Spanish, one of the men pulled her for a roll of $20 bills, fled tween Ninth and 10th avenues, police said. side of the other man’s head. out a silver handgun. He fired the phone. The incident occurred on without getting anything. The Avenue, filled up almost immediately and riders were left The fight broke out at 2 am on Third Avenue at 93rd Street. stranded as the billboards of passing buses read, “Next Bus The car fled and the boy was taken to Lutheran Medical gun, missing the victim, who had incident occurred at 3:10 pm on Center where he was treated for a broken arm and released. Jan. 20. The victim was taken started to run away, police said. Gun to chest Jan. 19. Please.” — Patrick Gallahue to Coney Island Hospital where he received stitches and was released. His blade-happy friend, who was described as 38-year-old man, was wearing sex education should be taught The protest in Bay Ridge a black skullcap and blue jack- in schools. He called condom was one of many nationwide BOUNCER... et, police said. ABORT PROTEST… distribution in high schools on Jan. 22. Cleaned out “ridiculous.” Ranz said she considered Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 clude parental notification, an that would recognize a fetus as Phillip Bennett, who trav- the event a success and attrib- “It was shocking,” said Sonny Mehigan, who opened Lily’s Burglars broke into a Laun- Public House about eight years ago. “There’s never been anything “What we’re really dis- enforced waiting period, a life. “When a fetus is killed eled from Brooklyn Heights to uted the small turnout to the dromat and cleaned out its like that before, this is a family-style restaurant.” cash register, police said. cussing here are restrictions,” parental consent, and a ban on in a criminal act the perpetrator join the march said he used to bitterly cold weather and be anti-abortion. “And if I weekday scheduling. The three off-duty officers — John Brennan, Phillip Roy and Sometime between 10 pm on he said. late-term abortions, all of which should be charged with Eric Castagliola — were all unarmed, police said. Jan. 19 and 7:50 am the next Those restrictions, which are Golden said he would support. manslaughter,” said Golden, changed my mind, Marty can “We were just trying to Brennan, who suffered the brunt of Braga’s pistol-whipping, was day, the thieves forced open decided on the state level, in- He also supports legislation who believes abstinence-only too,” Bennett said. make a point,” Ranz said. treated at Lutheran Medical Center for abrasions to the head and the rear door of the laundry at back. He was involved in the fatal Bensonhurst police shooting of Bath Avenue and Bay 25th suspected car thief John Lagatutta on Jan. 2. Street and made off with $400. Brennan’s gun may have accidentally fired during the run-in Bad trip (thanks in part to laser whiten- time down to about 20 min- tions that Arabs abroad hold of with Lagatutta when he broke the driver-side window of the stolen A man visiting Brooklyn ing included in her state-level utes, but then there’s blowing Americans and vice-versa, she Mazda minivan Lagatutta was driving with the butt of his gun, po- from Randle, Wash., parked winner’s package) is still get- out her long, dark curls to a says. lice said. The shooting was one of four fatal police shootings of PAGEANT… suspects in the first few days of the new year. his car on 67th Street between ting used to all the attention. more “sleek” and manageable Behette’s other big cause is 10th and 11th avenues on Jan. She was taken aback when a straight look, which can take Brennan has been on desk duty pending the outcome of an in- Continued from page 1 In preparation for the big fighting breast cancer. As the 13 at 2:30 pm. When the man fellow diner at Omonia another 20 minutes. vestigation into the shooting. Carol M. Baldwin Breast Can- day, Behette has tried to curb daughter and granddaughter of Deputy Inspector Mathew Pontillo, commanding officer at the returned 24 hours later to pick her sweet tooth and no longer snapped a picture of her sport- In addition to her training breast cancer survivors, Be- up his Honda Accord, he re- cer Research Fund. ing her crown and sash over regimen, Behette is back in 68th Precinct, called Brennan’s actions “nothing short of heroic.” allows herself to visit Omonia hette feels passionate about Brennan was the first to tackle Braga at Lily’s Public House. ported to police that the rear While her parents are sup- her tailored black suit. school, taking broadcast class- Cafe, her favorite Bay Ridge fighting the disease. “Here you have a police officer who is unarmed,” Pontillo said. driver’s-side window had been portive, Behette says they To stay in such great shape, es in the continuing education eatery, except for interviews. “If I win Miss USA,” Be- “When everybody was running for their lives, he runs toward a busted and his stereo, report- weren’t thrilled about her During a chat there with The Behette works out for an hour department at New York Uni- edly worth $3,500, taken. parading around in a bikini in hette says, quickly correcting man with a loaded weapon. Talk about a selfless act of bravery.” Bay Ridge Paper, Behette almost every morning but is versity. Braga was arrested and arraigned on Jan. 19. Charges against front of thousands of strangers. herself, “I mean, when I win, I Diamond dogs sipped herbal tea and occa- quick to credit good genes for After quitting IBM after 9- him include attempted murder in the second degree, attempted as- am going to focus on breast A woman said goodbye to a And neither was Behette, sionally eyed longingly at the her thin figure. 11, Behette joined an interna- sault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon. very expensive watch on Jan. who says it took it a lot of guts pastries on other tables. Representing New York tional Arabic television station, cancer survivors.” Braga was last arrested in 1999 at the Verazanno Narrows Bridge 17. Sometime between 9:40 (not to mention a special The beauty queen with a means that Behette must look ART (Arabic Radio and Tele- But for right now, Behette is toll plaza in Staten Island for drunken driving and resisting arrest. am and 7:45 pm, a thief broke spray-on glue to hold her biki- pageant-ready smile and put-together every day. She’s vision) because she wanted to just focusing on winning the Bail was set at $50,000 and Braga will face a grand jury on into her home on 67th Street ni in place). sparkling pearly whites gotten her make-up application dispel some major misconcep- Miss USA crown. Jan. 24.

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In- added that she had no plans to stead, Gentile says, whoever file any petition challenges. over top ballot position filed the required 1,385 signa- Gentile and Seminara will By Deborah Kolben Maio, who owns a business tures should secure first place face off in court on Feb. 5. The Brooklyn Papers called Identity Map Company, on the ballot. In the meantime, Harrison, has already run in two elec- Under those rules, Gentile who registered under the A last-minute candidate tions — for Manhattan bor- would grab the coveted first “Neighborhood First” banner, and petition challenge ough president in 2001 and for ballot position. will have to change his party have heated things up in state Senate last year against But Board of Elections name because it is too similar the race to capture the Bay Tom Duane. spokeswoman Naomi Bern- to Seminara’s “Neighbors Gentile BP / File Seminara BP / File Scissura BP / File Harrison BP / File O’Keefe BP / File Ridge-Dyker Heights- While he lost both elec- stein said Seminara was in First,” Bernstein said. Bensonhurst City Council tions, Maio, who was born in compliance, since she filed the Maio, who will have to Coalition” because, he said, he Scissura, all Democrats. Borough President Marty seat. Taiwan, said he decided to en- Committee Chairman Hy rest of her signatures before move to the district by the day wants to stress the diversity of The only other Republican Markowitz, gathered upwards A relative unknown, Dan- Singer and Brooklyn Conserv- the Jan. 14 deadline. of the election, said that if ter this race because he feels the community. in the race is former Giuliani of 2,000 signatures but decided niel Maio, 42, a Republican the Chinese community “is ative Party boss Jerry Kassar. The way the filings stand elected he plans to approach Other candidates running in commissioner Rosemarie O’- to drop out of the race. Now that petitions have registered with the Board of not well represented.” right now, Seminara filed first, the job with the same precision the special election to fill the Keefe, who has the strong O’Keefe, 59, a longtime been filed candidates are vy- Elections in Brooklyn but who In such a crowded field, he followed by Gentile, then O’- and planning he uses for the seat vacated by Marty Golden backing of the Republican and community activist, has re- ing for the first position on the Keefe, Harrison, Scissura and maps his company makes. currently lives in Queens, sur- believes he can pull enough when he took office as state Conservative parties. ceived staunch GOP support ballot. Maio. “The way I approach a map prised his five opponents Asian-American votes to senator on Jan. 1, include for- Maio said O’Keefe “did across the city and state includ- That place, so far, belongs While Seminara is claiming is to collect as much informa- when he filed nearly 2,000 make a difference. mer state Sen. Vincent Gentile, everything possible to get me ing endorsements from Giu- to Seminara, who filed first that Gentile is trying to knock tion as possible, understand signatures with the Board of Because it is a non-partisan 60th Assembly District Leader off the ballot.” liani, who will be hosting a with four signatures on Jan. 2, her off the ballot, Gentile’s every detail,” Maio said. “Po- Elections just hours before the election, all candidates who Joanne Seminara, Community Former Republican candi- fundraiser for O’Keefe at the midnight deadline on Jan. 14, the day the mayor declared the campaign manager, Elnatan litically, that’s what I’m bring- get on the ballot will have to Board 10 Chairman Steve Har- date Bob Capano, an assistant Bay Ridge Manor on Feb. 10, Feb. 25 election. Rudolph, said, “We’re only ing to the table.” possibly securing a position on choose a name for their line. rison and Community School professor at St. Francis Col- Golden, Rep. Vito Fossella, the ballot. Gentile, 44, a three-term objecting in terms of ballot po- On Jan. 30, the Board of Maio has chosen “Verrazano Board 10 Vice President Carlo lege and community liaison for Kings County Republican state senator who lost his bid sition.” Elections commissioners will for re-election to Golden last Seminara, 46, called the chal- officially announce the candi- November, filed specific ob- lenge an attack on the Democ- dates who will appear on the jections to Seminara’s peti- ratic process. “Elections are ballot.

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water and Staten Island.” Heads west Chagnon is already thinking about places she can volunteer once she arrives out West. to family “I only retired one week By Deborah Kolben ago and I already miss every- The Brooklyn Papers body there dreadfully,” Chagnon said. “I worked with A mere 29 years past the a wonderful bunch of people.” standard retirement age, On her last day, the center Alma Chagnon has decid- organized a party with a cake, ed to leave her job, leave which Chagnon described as Bay Ridge and head for “so beautiful it was a sin to sunny California. cut.” But the decision didn’t There will be a dinner in come easy for the 94-year-old her honor on Jan. 23, but Bay Ridge native, who credits Chagnon said, “It will be hard her job for her good health and to say goodbye all over sharp mind, not to mention her again.” longevity. “I will miss her hugs,” said Chainsaw masterpiece Chagnon has assisted thou- Vladimir Vizner, a co-worker sands of senior citizens at the at the center. “Everyday she Ice sculpter Brian Byrn uses a chainsaw to carve a replica of the Statue of Liberty out Bay Ridge Center for Older had a hug for me and for any- of a block of ice during an ice-carving contest on the frigid Brooklyn Heights Prome- Adults over her 20 years of Shore Road’s Alma Chagnon is all packed up and bound for California. The Brooklyn Papers / Mango body else who needed one.” nade Saturday. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango working there. During that time she has fices closed in 1983, Chagnon than a year old. “I remember helped clients apply for Med- moved over to the Bay Ridge when it was country here,” icaid and food stamps and in- Gray recalled. It was her brav- eousness of the heart.” with introductory remarks by Center for Older Adults. Chagnon said, reminiscing ery in the face of injustice, how- “Where there is righteousness Cicely Tyson. structed them on how to fill Up until a year ago, about taking walks with her out tax forms. ever, that “gave to us the model of the heart there is beauty in the The speeches, which includ- Chagnon drove to the office on brothers Joseph and Dominic KING... courage to boycott,” Gray said. character, and if we have beauty ed remarks from Dr. Edison O. “She’s a real powerhouse,” Ovington and Fourth avenues, along the shore when the water Saying the “dream has not of the character we will have Jackson, president of Medgar said Linda Farcell, the center’s Fred Gray, who was the attor- three days a week. She has used to come right up to their Continued from page 1 been fulfilled” and pointing to the harmony in the home, and if we Evers College; Rabbi Ari Ko- office manager, who added ney for King and Rosa Parks, since donated her car and re- feet. “We can share Dr. King’s au- shortage of jobs for black people have harmony in the home, renblitt, of Temple Shalom; gave the keynote speech. Gary, that nobody could get any- lies on the free van and mini- After Joseph, 93, and Do- dacious dream by working to- and the corollary high rates of in- there will be order in the nation, Imam Mohammad Hafiz, of the who is also an author, held aloft thing past Chagnon. bus services for seniors in the minic, 89, both died within a gether to create stronger neigh- carceration, he said, “There are and when we have order in the Makki Mosque; and the Rev. the lesser-known heroes of civil A driving force behind the area. month of each other last Janu- borhoods all over Brooklyn,” still problems ahead of us not nation there will peace in the Clinton Miller of the Brown rights, such as Claudette Colvin, construction of the Shore Hill “Rather than sitting at home ary, Chagnon decided that it the borough president said. “I withstanding our rights.” world,” Gray said. Memorial Baptist Church, were a 15-year-old girl who refused Towers, an extensive senior doing nothing, I was helping might be time to move closer ask you to take a look at what’s Then, making a less partisan The event was sponsored by preceded and followed by stir- to give up her seat on a Mont- housing development on people,” said Chagnon, who to her family in California. going on in your own communi- call for action than some of those BAM, Markowitz and Medgar ring performances from the gomery, Ala., bus to a white Shore Road and 91st Street, has mixed emotions about Dominic had lived just a few ty and find a contribution you that preceded him, Gray said, Evers College, and was fol- Grammy-winning Brooklyn man nine months before Parks. Chagnon moved into the West moving to Rancho Murieta, doors down from Chagnon. can make.” “Our lives should be geared to- lowed by a free screening of the Tabernacle Choir and Atlanta- Colvin, who now lives in the Tower when the buildings Calif., where she will live with “I hate the thought of sitting Following those speeches a wards the manifestation of right- film “The Rosa Parks Story,” based vocalist Lizz Wright. were completed approximate- her nephew, his wife and their home all day,” Chagnon said civil rights veteran and friend of Bronx, was summarily dragged ly 25 years ago. three children. of the move. “California is a King shared memories of the off the bus, but efforts to stage a She worked for the Bay Born in Coney Island, beautiful place, but it’s nothing movement. boycott proved unsuccessful, Ridge Association of Senior Chagnon’s family moved to like Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Citizens, but when their of- Bay Ridge when she was less where I can see the bridge, the SCHOOL... Continued from page 1 Greenpoint, and portions of the committee’s recommenda- Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown tions, which they will deliver to Heights, would become District Gov. George Pataki and the 8, with 82,593 students. Legislature by Feb. 15. Curriculum would be con- The hearing came on the trolled from the Tweed Court- heels of Mayor Michael house, and would be the same Bloomberg’s major announce- citywide, except in 200 “suc- ment last Wednesday in which cessful schools,” which, the he revealed his plan for a mayor said, would be allowed sweeping overhaul of the to continue to dictate their city’s educational system. own curriculum, hire their Bloomberg’s proposal would own teachers and set their own replace the city’s 32 communi- budgets. ty school districts with 10 in- At Thursday’s hearing, structional leadership divisions Schools Chancellor Joel Klein called Learning Support Cen- and Deputy Mayor Dennis ters. These centers would be Walcott outlined the proposal guided by one of 10 regional to replace the community PARENT superintendents. Each of these school boards with “Parental superintendents would have 10 Engagement Boards.” local instructional supervisors, “Community school boards who would oversee no more were conceived with the intent Child’s grief needs that a dozen schools. of giving a voice to the under- Under the current proposal, represented. However, they School districts 20 and 21, cov- have failed to give voice to ering Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, those with the most at stake,” Dyker Heights, Gravesend, said Walcott, whose four chil- special attention Brighton Beach and Coney Is- dren have all gone through land would join with all of Stat- city public schools. The mayor’s proposal, Q: “My granddaughter, 4, young to pinpoint their feel- en Island to form District 7, the was 2 when her mother was Parent-to-Parent ings, typically express them- largest of the 10 proposed dis- however, did not sit well with everyone. killed in a car accident. Last selves in their actions. To help tricts, with 137,186 students, ac- year, at her church pre- an unsettled child feel secure cording to the Department of Cesaria Soccoa, a parent in District 21 and a former PTA school, they were good about again, grief counselors suggest Education. telling the children to take that caregivers should keep up School Board 20 Superin- president, said in her testimo- ny, “We want our superintend- their work home to their routines as much as possible, tendent Vincent Grippo de- parents. This year, in public teach phrases that express clined to comment on the pro- ent in our school district — not the Tweed Court House in school, the teacher tells them feelings, and express their love posed restructuring. to give their work to Mom- more often. Districts 13, 14, 15 and 16, Manhattan. We need local governance.” my. My granddaughter will •A simple first step to help including Brooklyn Heights, rip her work up or start this 4-year-old girl, several Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Carlo Scissura, vice presi- dent of School Board 20, said throwing things. When she readers suggest, is to let her Gardens, Sunset Park, Red calls me, she cries and begs teacher know that the girl’s Hook, Kensington, Windsor the district was advocating for Parental Engagement Boards, me to please go get her mother is dead. Terrace, Boerum Hill, Down- mommy.” — a grandmother “There are many children town Brooklyn, Fort Greene, “but we think members should By Betsy Flagler be elected and there should be A: What may seem like a who do not live in a two-par- DUMBO, Prospect Heights, harmless request can become ent household,” says a Girl Crown Heights, Williamsburg, a role for community mem- bers on the boards as well,” another painful reminder for a Camp, an organization that Scout leader who has dealt Scissura said. child dealing with a major holds grief camps for kids. with a similar issue in her In addition to the Parental loss. •Be an advocate for the troop. “A one-word change Engagement Boards, the may- “My father died when I was child. Tip off adults, new will make a world of differ- or is proposing that each school 3, and I hated things like Fa- teachers and guidance coun- ence for this child and will not will have a parent coordinator, ther’s Day cards and father- selors along the way to help put the teacher out at all.” selected by the principal, who daughter breakfasts,” says them be more sensitive about But reader Linda Kinnamon would also function as an om- reader Laurie Glieco. “I didn’t things from Mother’s Day to who was orphaned as a child, budsman. These coordinators understand why my father mother-daughter activities to says the solution is more com- would be “trained to play a key wasn’t here anymore. Howev- who crafts are made for. plex than simply talking to the role in listening and responding er, I knew he wasn’t coming “Children need a buffer to teacher. to parent concerns.” back.” make the wound a little less “The child should be of- Klein announced the new Although it’s difficult to painful,” says Hughes, whose fered grief counseling if she uniform curriculum on Jan. 21, help a preschooler understand mother died when she was 9 hasn’t already,” Kinnamon Maimonides Medical Center stressing reading and math that death is final, Glieco says, and whose father died when says. “Telling this teacher to skills, to be adopted citywide. it’s important to do so. she was 12. not refer specifically to ‘Mom- The chancellor made his an- “The best part is the child’s •Without going into graph- my’ won’t solve the real prob- named one of the nation’s nouncement from PS 172 in crying. The ones you have to ic detail, clarify in concrete lem. There will be many Sunset Park, which he identi- worry about are the quiet terms that Mom died in a car Mother’s Day cards to be fied as one of the city’s 200 top- ones,” she says. “They may accident and will never come drawn throughout elementary performing schools, which will look like they are being brave, back. Make it clear that the school. ... Her mother’s death “ ” be exempt from implementing but they’re in much worse girl had no role in her moth- will be an issue for the rest of TOP 100 HEART HOSPITALS the uniform curriculum. shape than the ones who cry er’s death, and that her mother her life. 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By owner. $415,000. ing Italian-Americans, we would have a nice pasta middle-class parents can af- the kids are forced to take Studio – 2nd floor, very bright, par- dinner around 2 o’clock, then dad, brother and my- ford, especially when you con- loans that will plague them quet floors, separate eat-in-kitchen, (917) 855-7152 self would retire to the living room to catch the sec- sider that the tuition is only the for years and to work several full bath, rent includes electric, heat R04 ond half of the Giants game. By 4 pm, the Farruggio Bloomie should beginning. Then comes room jobs when they really ought to and hot water. Available 1/15/03, family would be on our way to catch the late-after- and board and many, if not be studying. $1,200. Bay Ridge noon first feature at our local movie theater (in the most, of these parents will be There are just as many kids By the water, 1 bedroom co-op. ’50s, you got two movies for the price of one). faced with humongous real es- who can’t afford to go at all. F train, Fort Hamilton Parkway stop. $169k. Close to transportation & Boy, have things changed! Today’s professional focus on classes tate property tax hikes and That is why all city and state 3 blocks from subway shopping. football games are really “marathons,” lasting three- maybe, if Mayor Mike college tuition should be free. 2 minutes to Park Slope (718) 491-0873 and-a-half to four hours. The going joke is, “I To the editor: administrators of the system. Bloomberg gets his way, with Not too much to expect in the Very residential quiet area R03 watched a football game yesterday in between the I was very interested in reading So, while Mayor Bloomberg increased commuter taxes. richest country in the world. Great schools commercials!” Alas, the corporate sponsors have your article regarding Mayor reforms the educational system on The Pataki-ites counter that If you look at most (but not taken over our game. So much so, that they have Bloomberg’s school reform paper, I’m waiting to see reform the State University hasn’t all) of the Republican state NO FEE, call landlord at even altered the rules of engagement. Did any of [“Mayor dooms districts,” Janu- in the classroom. raised its rates for years; that senators, as well as the gover- HOUSES you catch the playoff doubleheader on Saturday, ary 20]. However, I didn’t see — Ms. L. Rosado, Bay Ridge private colleges cost a lot more nor, you will find folks who (718) 853-7781 Jan. 11? In the old days, when the sport was still anything mentioned that will money; and that the poorest sent their kids to private R06 For Sale / Brooklyn mostly sport, they played the early playoff game at make that much of a difference in students will be taken care of schools. That’s fine. I did, too, For Rent / Brooklyn 1 pm Eastern time. The second game followed at 4 my children’s classrooms to en- Keep fence by special scholarship pro- and it was incredibly expen- Park Slope pm. Part of the reason was that in December and hance their learning. grams like TAP (the Tuition sive but I was proud to do it. I To the editor: Downtown Bklyn 2 family house with basement, January, especially in Eastern and Northern cities, it When I hear Mayor Bloomberg The article “Flip-flop on park Assistance Program). There is could. There are many parents gets really bitter cold by sunset. Having played foot- say he would like to get the class a certain irony here since it is and students who cannot af- 2 bdrm luxury apt, on Atlantic excellent conditon. Close to trans- fence” [Dec. 30] makes it seem Avenue. Living, Dining room portation & shopping. $437,000. ball in college, I can attest to that. size down from 32 students to 28, the $40,000 fence around Stead- Pataki who, above all, has rec- ford it. I have always been No rational, sensible athlete, who cares about his I realize that he really doesn’t ognized that the key to elec- convinced that in the hearts of with fireplace. 1 month rent + Call 1 (917) 670-7956, or (718) man Square is the reason vagrants security. Asking $2,000 month- 980-6059. Leave message. health, wishes to play in temperatures (wind chills) know what’s going on in the use the park. It also [quotes CB10 toral success is the courting of many of those elected politi- R06 below 30 degrees. All that macho garbage is just classroom. For example, a typical the middle class. Without that cians who went to private ly. Call owner. (917) 514-1147 or Parks committee Chairwoman (718) 245-4862. that — in bitter cold weather the playing field be- class size in our school is 38 to 40 Eleanor Petty as saying] the fence demographic, you can’t win in schools there lies a preference R03 For Sale / Staten Island comes concrete (especially artificial surfaces) and students, squeezed into a room New York. And if you can’t to help out their alma maters “has kept neighborhood people Windsor Terrace! simple “hits” become deadly. Yet, the yuppies who with four computers that are very from using the park.” Say what? win with middle class votes, by hurting the State University. Bullshead, SI run television, set the schedule so that the “early rarely used — a room meant to you can’t give back taxes and From Manhattan to Buffalo, Newly renovated, Grand 2 bed, w/dining The fence is actually a safety bar- Custom built, center hall colonial. 4 game,” the Tennessee-Pittsburgh game, began at 4 hold 30 students at the most. other prizes to your friends young people have received a (poss 3rd bed), high ceils, and great light. rier for any vehicle that may crash Conv. located next to laundry, supermarket, bdrms, 2.5 bath, fireplace, 2 car pm, which meant that by dusk, that field was cold When he talks curriculum, my into Steadman Square. Take a among the very rich. wonderful education because and the subway (F Train). Easy commute to garage, inground pool, 4 zone heat, and those hits really damaged. only wish is that the teacher look and you will see a very stur- You can be sure that this of the state and city colleges. Financial district! $1,700 mo. 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The wind chill must have been below 10 de- Forget the new theory of group missioner Julius Spiegel to make and don’t have alumni associa- right. This is the Democratic & Roommates grees, and the fans looked too cold to wave as the work. It doesn’t work. Not in a every effort to preserve the fence. I tions. By now, we know that Party at its best. BROWSE & LIST FREE! Nassau County camera zoomed about the stands. Imagine how the class our size. It only promotes also congratulate the Senator Street game. It was a Republican, how- All Cities & Areas! players hurt themselves each time they landed on socialization. The kids know But when you start up with ever, one Nelson Rockefeller, CATHEDRAL GARDENS, HEMPSTEAD 300 Block Association on the re- www.Sublet.com Charming country colonial, 5 bdrms, the frozen tundra or received a pounding? All for a there’s not enough time for the cent approval regarding the historic middle-class folks who are just who had a vision of a great few dollars more. teacher to get around to all the trying to educate their chil- State University. He built it Studios;1-2 Bdrms; $800-2000 3 bath. Au-pair suite on 1/3 acre. significance of the lovely brown- 1-877-FOR-RENT $539,000. Garden City. Properties: They even changed the rules in football, to allow groups to check on their progress. dren, you are playing with po- and he knew what he was do- R48 (516) 746-1563 stones on that street. Having been a RITA . R04 for more commercial time. It seems that a few years Children are passed on to the member of the 200 Block Associa- litical fire in the same way that ing. In his great wisdom, he next year without grade levels be- ago people were complaining about the length of tion for many years I know how you play with fire when you put a unit of that university in Wanted / Brooklyn cause there is not enough room in games — you know, two hours of action and two important it is to keep Bay Ridge attempt to take rent control off almost every senatorial district the new class coming up. A child hours of luxury car commercials was getting to be looking good. And having cars their apartments. All of a sud- in upstate New York. These Japanese university Students To place an ad in can fool around and disrupt an en- are districts where they elect too much, even for Joe Couch Potato. So, in its infi- parked all around lovely Steadman den, those quiet, apathetic vot- looking for spare room in nite wisdom, the NFL rules committee helped to tire class all year, fail the course, ers can turn into tigers. Republican senators. In many Brooklyn Papers’ Square (on the 200 Block) is not a apartment or house, short or and as long as he or she shows up “speed up” the game — at the EXPENSE of the When I went to the City of these districts, the State longer stay. Please call Sara Real Estate Section every day for summer school, step in that direction. game! It used to be, since the days of Red Grange, University’ Hunter College, University campus is among at (718) 284-5904. Email: that when a player stepped out of bounds the clock whether he or she passes the test — Jack La Torre, Bay Ridge then and now a great institu- the largest employers. A tough [email protected] Call: 834-9161 would stop until the next snap of the ball. Made or not, the child will be promoted. tion, the tuition was zero. The dilemma for these folks to vote R06 sense, part of the allure of the strategy of the game The children and teachers have Right on gays city’s philosophy about educa- against the interests of middle- itself. Well, the television yuppies, not wishing to figured this out. The Board of Ed- tion was the same in the col- class parents who voted them give away their precious commercial time, had the ucation administrators have not. To the editor: leges as in the elementary in, and can just as easily vote game speeded up. Now, up until four or five minutes If a teacher has 40 students I would like to commend former schools. In order to offer them out. INSURANCE to go in each half, even if a player steps out of times five classes, that’s 200 stu- state Sen. Vincent Gentile on his equality of opportunity, it was There are two reasons to do bounds, the clock keeps running. dents he’s responsible for. If he stance on the Gay and Lesbian bill to be free schooling for those good things like keeping tu- That made it that much more difficult for teams gives homework once a week of that recently passed in Albany who wanted it. ition down. One is that it is the far behind to come back late in a game, as they are five questions, that’s 1,000 an- [“Gentile: ‘no’ to gay bill,” Dec. 30]. I remember political ac- political-electoral thing to do. able to do in college games. All for the mighty com- swers he should grade. I know for While I don’t agree with his tivists leading the student body The other is that it is the right mercial. Speaking of commercials, this writer recalls certain, my child’s homework is vote, politicians are supposed to in a strike when they imposed thing to do. the days of “two-and-a-half hour Giants game and not checked because the same listen to their constituency, re- a $24 fee on the students. They Let’s hope that for once, off to the movies.” In those better times, a one- question he got wrong in his sci- gardless of their own personal said then, and they were right, someone does something for minute timeout was just that — remember Julie ence homework was the same feelings. He voted his constituen- “This is the beginning of the both reasons. London singing for some cigarette brand and having question he got wrong on the test. cy! Hopefully others will learn end.” Alan S. Chartock is the execu- her song cut short for the next snap from center? A There’s not enough time in a day from you and listen to the people Every time the state faces a tive publisher of The Legislative minute was a minute! for a teacher to save everyone. It they represent! fiscal crisis, whether under Gazette, a weekly newspaper W26-7 When will the fans out there flood the league and is not the teacher’s fault, it’s the — Diane Hunt, Bay Ridge that fraud, the faux-Democrat about New York government. the networks shouting “enough is enough”? When will the NFL Players Association (where are you Ed Garvey now that we need you?) stop sacrificing its players’ health and well being for fat wallets? They HISTORICALLY SPEAKING took my game away, and I don’t even know if I want it back. Perhaps I’ll move to the continent and watch soccer, the world’s greatest “football” game. They got it right, two hours and ya go to the nearest pub! Tinseltown rebellion in B’klyn Philip A. Farruggio is a baby boomer, Brooklyn born, bred and educated (Brooklyn College ’74). He ENERALLY, MOVIES are asso- McGuerins from Brooklyn” and the famous house-under-the- can be reached at [email protected]. ciated with the brown hills (1942) and “Joe and Ethel Turp Thunderbolt roller coaster scene. Gof California and a sign on Call on the President” (1939) on Matty Rich joined the directors’ them that once read: “HOLLY- which Damon Runyon shared a ranks from the popular film WOODLAND.” But the origins writing credit. schools. and early development of the mo- But Brooklyn actors such as Ed- The Dodgers came and went tion picture industry started right ward Everett Horton, who usually but “The Jackie Robinson Story” here in Brooklyn. played the stuffy Englishman, or (1950), in which the baseball pio- Of course, making movies was Emil Jannings, who played a Ger- neer played himself, is still with us. not an industry exclusive to man professor in “The Blue An- Coney Island changed but “Little Brooklyn. Experimenters also gel,” or gorgeous Rita Hayworth Fugitive” (1953) reminds us of its

worked in Manhattan, the Bronx Jerry Abramowitz (yes she was from Brooklyn), cer- former self. More recently, views and in a laboratory in New Jersey JOHN MANBECK tainly did not fit the stereotype. of a darker and more realistic side run by Thomas Edison. But the Hollywood had to import talent of Brooklyn have emerged in first commercial film shot in New Brooklyn Navy Yard. from New Jersey and elsewhere to “Last Exit to Brooklyn” (1989), York was filmed by Charles E. Then he not only filmed the new portray Brooklynites. “Straight Out of Brooklyn” (1991), Chinnock on a rooftop on St. lights of Luna Park, Dreamland William Bendix and Frank Sina- “Just Another Girl on the IRT” Marks Place in 1894. From there, and Steeplechase but also recorded tra would do with George Tobias (1992), “Gravesend” (1997) and 26 Court St, Suite 506, Brooklyn NY 11242 it was a straight flight to the the 1903 execution of Topsy the and Ann Sothern added as stand- “Requiem for a Dream” (2000), (718) 834-9350 Academy Awards. elephant in Luna Park. Topsy had ins. Finally, they allowed Danny films in which Brooklyn is depict- Brooklyn was an ideal location committed the crime of killing a Kaye, a real kid from Brooklyn, to ed as a real place with real people Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. for filmmaking in the early 20th handler who tried to feed her a lit play the role. Later, Eli Wallach and real problems. Established 1978. Copyright 2003. century. It had people and city cigarette, although she had killed and Barbra Streisand joined the “The Brooklyn Film: Essays in sites, woods and farms, railroads, two others previously. Brooklyn alumni ranks. Frustrated the History of Filmmaking,” edit- • PARK SLOPE GROUP: Park Slope Paper, Windsor Terrace Edition, mansions and a beach. And in Fatty Arbuckle brought Buster geniuses from Brooklyn flocked to ed by myself and Robert Singer Sunset Park Paper • DOWNTOWN GROUP: Brooklyn Heights Paper, Downtown News, 1905 it had a studio: Vitagraph, in Keaton to Coney Island to direct Hollywood to become directors, (McFarland, $35), which was Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper, Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper the wilds of Midwood. them both in a slapstick short scriptwriters and actors. published in January, deals with • BAY RIDGE GROUP: Bay Ridge Paper, Bensonhurst Paper. Vitagraph’s studio on today’s called “Fatty at Coney Island” in Brooklynites loved it. Movie Brooklyn film as a genre, one • MIDWOOD GROUP: Midwood, Kensington and Ocean Parkway Papers. Avenue M and East 16th Street had 1917, shot on location in the palaces rose around the borough created by the moviemakers who a resident acting troupe headlined same Luna Park. Later, another and older theaters showed three- realized that Brooklyn was and is PUBLISHER: Celia Weintrob (ext 104) by John Bunny, Clara Bow, Jack comedian, Harold Lloyd, brought a-day double features. A kid a saleable commodity. PRESIDENT: Ed Weintrob (ext 105) Haley and several great hourly his film crew to Steeplechase and named Pete Hamill spent his Sat- It is three-dimensional, unlike MANAGING EDITOR hires: Cecil B. DeMille, Rudolph the boardwalk in “Speedy.” urday afternoons in the dark fan- Tinseltown. Neil Sloane (ext 119) Valentino and Lev Trotsky. So Brooklyn became the spot tasizing the future. So they keep coming. Not all Outside the studio, actors per- to make movies — until someone Soon other sections of Brooklyn films are contenders like 1987’s FEATURES EDITOR: Lisa J. Curtis (ext 131) formed on Kings Highway, Flat- realized the sun shone brighter replaced the standard tourist locales “Moonstruck,” and some have SENIOR EDITOR & PRODUCTION MANAGER: bush Avenue and the sands of and longer in California. Eventu- with Brooklyn Heights first, then only a scene or two here (this Vince DiMiceli (ext 125) Coney Island. In the workshop, ally California’s Warner Brothers Prospect Heights and Park Slope, year’s “Catch Me If You Can” STAFF REPORTERS they recruited a newspaper car- bought out Vitagraph but contin- followed by Flatbush and Bedford- and “The Twenty-fifth Hour”). Patrick Gallahue (ext 123), Deborah Kolben (ext 122) toonist, Winsor McCoy, from his ued to film shorts here. Brooklyn Stuyvesant, Brownsville and Some are downright bad (“Kan- Now Online! ADVERTISING STAFF Sheepshead Bay home to origi- stuck in the minds of those Cali- Sheepshead Bay. 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THEATER PAGE GO 2 Kudos for ‘Uncle Vanya’ at BAM / Greg Mango / Greg DANCE PAGE GO 3 Kids Cafe premieres new Byrd work The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn BROOKLYN EVENTS CALENDAR: GO 2 Pre-show eats The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings (718) 834-9350 • January 27, 2003 Four-star, wunderkind chef Thomas Ferlesch (pictured), most recently of Cafe des Artistes and before that Vienna ’79, has opened his first restaurant, Thomas Beisl, across Lafayette Avenue from the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “In Vienna,” says Ferlesch, “bistros serve the young and the old, intellectuals and students, plumbers, doctors, artists, every- one. It makes a wonderful atmosphere.” It is just that “come one, come all” spirit that Ferlesch hopes his Thomas Beisl (beisl means bistro) will be to the Fort Greene neighborhood. Ferlesch did most of the renovation himself, stripping and staining antique chairs that he picked up on Atlantic Avenue. The lighting is moody and romantic with amber-tinted Miller’s time sconces and candles on the tables. Thomas Beisl’s location — there’s BAM of course, Mark Morris’ dance studio is up the street, and Urban Glass, a Makeover for glass-blowing studio, is a few blocks away — all but en- sures an art-loving crowd. Plan on seeing black-clad diners eating velvety, eggplant terrine topped with goat cheese or a seafood salad with scallions, parsley and jalapenos. Wiener one of boro’s schnitzel with cucumber salad and parsley potatoes, and beef goulash made with braised beef cheeks and served with spaetzle, are among the entrees. No one skips dessert in a Viennese restaurant. (What do oldest diners you think inspired the Viennese dessert table at all those Bar Mitzvahs?) There’s palatschinken, crepes stuffed with apri- By Tina Barry cot jam or chocolate hazelnut cream, and a linzertorte. Ask for The Brooklyn Papers for the torte mit schlag — that’s with whipped cream. Thomas Beisl (25 Lafayette Ave. between Ashland iller’s Famous Restaurant in Bor- Place and St. Felix Street) accepts American Express. ough Park has undergone a radi- Entrees: $13-$16. The restaurant is open daily, from M cal facelift. noon to midnight, and serves brunch Saturdays and Joe Miller, son of Michael “Mike” Sundays, from 10 am to 4 pm. For reservations, call Miller (the second owner of Miller’s Fa- (718) 222-5800. — Tina Barry mous Restaurant) and the grandson of Chris Miller (originally Christopher My- lonoplous of Cypress), the restaurant’s founder, is the new co-owner. With John Odorisio, a patron of Miller’s since child- MUSIC hood and a butcher with 20 years of meat- cutting experience, the two transformed

the aging restaurant, a neighborhood insti- Mango / Greg tution since 1947, into a gleaming replica of a 1950s dinner. “I was adamant that the new design Pied piper should stand out from other diners,” says

Miller. Papers The Brooklyn Omni Ensemble’s flutist It does. Surrounded by stores whose facades broadens audience for were new 30 years ago, the refurbished restaurant, with its shining red-and-white eclectic classical music tiled exterior edged in chrome, looks more like something you’d see along Route 66 By Kevin Filipski than a diner nestled under the shadow of for The Brooklyn Papers the old El train track. “Even the design of the tiles on the wall or our 20th anniversary season, we wanted to do mu- are a replica of a subway station,” says “ sic that we liked,” explains flutist David Wechsler, a Miller, who sketched his ideas on a napkin Fnative of Midwood and founder of the Omni Ensem- before consulting an architect. ble, which has brought chamber music of all stripes to en- To expand the diner’s seating capacity thusiastic Brooklyn audiences for two decades. from 35 to 75, Miller designed two replica Omni Ensemble’s upcoming subway cars and had them built on site and concert, Feb. 1 at the Brooklyn attached to the outside of the diner. Patrons Conservatory of Music, pits can now enjoy a hamburger, comfortably two giants of the 18th and ear- seated in one of the deep, red vinyl booths, ly 19th centuries — Bach and while looking out the train’s window. Beethoven — with a triumvi- Continuing the subway motif, a minia- rate of French composers from ture train runs along a track that hangs di- New look for old friend: (Top) The newly renovated Miller’s Famous Restaurant the 20th century — Claude De- rectly over the funky, ’50s-style chrome at New Utrecht Avenue and 56th Street. (Above) The restaurant before its bussy, Albert Roussel and counter. makeover. (Right) Owner-chef Joe Miller’s cherry-lime Rickey. Jacques Ibert. “We want people to be reminded of a The eclectic program is par Manhattan restaurant,” Miller says of the for the course for the ensem- renovation, then adds, “but we don’t have He hopes that Miller’s Famous Restau- I have no business. I’m feeding people ble, as Wechsler says, “One of Manhattan prices. Two guys can eat here rant will be considered a destination for who my grandparents served 50 years Mango / Greg the reasons I started this group like kings. We give a lot of food. That’s hamburger aficionados the way Nathan’s ago.” to begin with is that there are what we’re known for.” lures hot dog lovers to Coney Island. As if on cue, an older couple, with un- certain contemporary and Chef Miller will do the cooking follow- “We closed [in June 2002] with an 8- mistakable Brooklyn accents, walks in. 20th-century music that people ing the recipes handed down from his fa- ounce burger, and that’s a pretty nice size. “Hey, Hey Joey,” they say. “Whayz would want to hear.” Along The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn ther and grandfather. His four-course din- Now we have the biggest with our 9- Jimmy Bow’s pictuah?” with Wechsler, the Omni En- Be our guest: Harpist ner special, served each evening, features ounce burger, and it’s delicious — juicy “Thatz huh brothah,” says the man his grandparents when his father was this semble includes cellist Sara Laura Sherman is one of a fruit cup or cup of soup du jour, an en- and so fresh,” he says. pointing to his wife. big.” He holds his hand near his knee. Wollan — who’s been with the the guest artists per- tree of prime roast sirloin, turkey, ham or Special bragging rights apply to the “Yeah,” she says, “Jimmy wuz the bah- Patrons who remember the original group for four seasons, and pi- forming with the Omni brisket served with a potato and vegetable, diner’s Greek salad. tendah at the El-ah-gont. Yaw fatha had Miller’s, which opened in 1947 on 13th anist Jim Lahti, a composer coffee or tea and Jell-O or rice pudding — “We make a Greek salad like nobody thah pictuah hangin’ behin’ the counta for Avenue at New Utrecht Avenue, and have who joined the ensemble at the Ensemble on Feb. 1. all for $8.95. else,” says Miller. a thousan’ yeeuhs.” seen the restaurant evolve since 1957 in its beginning of last season. “‘Never leave “We use hard- Miller promises to re-hang Jimmy present location on the corner of New (Wechsler and pianist John Creek started the group in the restaurant hun- DINING boiled eggs but no Bow’s picture before the diner’s Jan. 18 Utrecht Avenue and 56th Street, needn’t 1983.) gry’ was my grand- anchovies. We put opening, “If God is willing.” worry about a rocky transition. After 36 Pairing weighty works by two acknowledged masters Miller’s Famous Restaurant (5602 New mother Electra’s Utrecht Ave. at 56th Street) accepts Visa in the eggs, and the The couple leaves happy. years of 18-hour days, the still youthful with lesser-known but no less forceful music by three motto, and it’s our and MasterCard. Entrees: $5.95-$18.95. feta cheese, and the “This is perfect!” says Miller. “This is Mike Miller has retired, but he plans to 20th-century Frenchmen is typical of the ensemble’s pro- motto as well,” The restaurant is open 24 hours a day, sev- oil and vinegar and not staged! If you stay here all day, you’ll continue as a consultant, whenever “the gramming method: its first concert this season included en days a week. For further information, Miller adds. call (718) 438-9594. the olives, and we see people dropping in saying, ‘I remem- boys” need him, and adds, “Joey and John works by Ravel and Richard Strauss alongside Norman Serving quality turn the salad our- ber your grandmother!’ They tell me, are both young and they have a lot of in- Dello Joio’s 1948 Trio and pianist Lahti’s own Trio for cooking in enor- selves. We mix it ‘When I came to America we couldn’t af- centive. The diner will be excellent.” Clarinet, Cello and Piano. mous portions is a together like they ford to eat. Your grandmother used to give When I visited, the kitchen was not yet Wechsler enjoys finding works that fit the players’ sen- practice Miller intends to continue. do in Greece, in the old town. We are fa- us french fries with cheese and a lime open, so instead of food, Miller searched sibilities, including the guest artists for this concert, violist “Everything here is homemade. We mous for our Greek salads.” Rickey.’ [The lime Rickey is still on the for gifts for “The train ride back home.” Sam Kephart and harpist Laura Sherman. make our own corned beef, our own Disappointing customers who might menu.] She never let anyone leave without He gave me a large polo shirt with the Fa- “The Bach G-minor sonata (originally for flute and brisket. We cook our own roast beef, our compare him unfavorably to his predeces- being fed.” mous Miller’s logo — a train — on its harpsichord) is done with a transcription for harp,” he own fresh ham and our own turkey. When sors isn’t an option for Miller. “Tell Tina how long you’ve been com- back; a wooden massager in the shape of notes. “Since the pedaled harp is relatively recent inven- someone orders a turkey sandwich, I’m “People come in here, and they see a ing here,” Miller asks Al, the diner’s fruit a bird; a plastic key chain; and a denim, tion — it came into use in the mid-19th century — there’s cutting them turkey that I roasted that young kid — I’m 32 years old,” explains man, who wanders in to say hello to Mike snap-bracelet for my daughter. no baroque music written specifically for it.” morning. Nothing is pre-made!,” Miller Miller. “And if they say, ‘Oh, the kid and “the boys.” “You have to leave with something,” he Also being performed in a transcription for harp is Ibert’s says with pride. made it all fancy but the food stinks,’ then “Oh,” says Al, “Like, 40 years! I knew says, “so you don’t forget us.” See OMNI on page GO 4

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O vey Theater, theatergoers gazed Maria in “Twelfth Night” has an starry-eyed at actors Harvey Keitel, equally jaw-dropping effect. Bernadette Peters, Kate Winslet, Of the two plays, Chekhov’s “Un- Frances McDormand and Nathan Lane. cle Vanya” (newly updated by Brian Writers very welcome to submit a small sample of work for reserved And they were just in the audience. Friel), is especially delightful — albeit 20-min. segments. Please e-Submit sample to: [email protected] The giants of the Great White Way in a mournful way. The workaday Top-notch cast: Simon Russell Beale (left) in the title role of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” and Emily Watson as came out for the Donmar Warehouse world of Uncle Vanya’s estate is Viola, disguised as Cesario, in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Stephanie Berger - production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth turned on its ear by the arrival of the THE X READINGS Night.” Both “Twelfth Night” and professor and his young wife, Yelena, ances of Simon Russell Beale, as Un- candles behind them. subject is a mournfully shrouded and Donmar’s “Uncle Vanya” are directed played by Helen McCrory. cle Vanya, and Emily Watson, as his Beale is again excellent, this time as grieving Olivia, and other times, it is @ BAX “A by Sam Mendes (“Cabaret,” “Ameri- Even the train of Yelena’s skirt is a workhorse niece Sonya, that break the the supercilious, puritanical servant Viola, missing her own brother, be- Brooklyn Arts Exchange Longer can Beauty”), delight; McCrory audience’s heart. 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Brooklyn Botanic Garden, OUTDOORS Gary Anglin and COMMUNITY MEETING: Trans- DEDICATION CEREMONY: Board Brooklyn Museum of Art and portation Committee of Commu- of Trustees and Headmaster of Prospect Park Zoo. Contact BIRDING: Learn elements of bird nity Board 6. Discussion of MTA’s Adelphi Academy dedicate the individual organization. Included watching. Noon to 1:30 pm. planned subway station booth Adelphi Gallery’s Winter Art in regular price of admission. Or Audubon Center, Prospect Park the Christian Cultural closings. 6:30 pm. St. Mary’s Res- Exhibit featuring works by check out www.nycvisit.com near Lincoln Road and Ocean idence, 41 First St. (718) 643-3027. David Cubie’s Oil and (212) 484-1222. Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. FILM AND FUNDRAISING: Emotions. 7 pm. 8515 Ridge BROOKLYN LYCEUM: “31 Bond.” ICE SKATING: Wollman Rink is Blvd. (718) 238-3308. Free. Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society 8 pm. See Sat. open. $4 adults, $2 children. Center Choir BARGEMUSIC: chamber music presents “Brothers and Others,” GALLERY PLAYERS: presents Skate rental $4. 10 am to 1 pm a documentary about the lives program of works by Debussy, “Don’t Call Us...,” a musical and 2 to 6 pm and 7 to 10 pm. Schumann, Stravinsky and of Arab and South Asian fami- revue. 8 pm. See Sat. Prospect Park. (718) 287-6431. lies in the United States after Schubert. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Grace Tabernacle beginning of immigration deten- Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. tions following Sept. 11. 7 pm. OVERNIGHT ZOO EVENT: 53 Prospect Park West. (718) Prospect Park Zoo hosts 482-3157. Free. “Winter Warmth” event. Choir with WINE TASTING: A Perfect Setting Appropriate for ages 8 to 11. hosts a session on wines from $65, $55 members. 7:30 pm to Lip Smacking, Australia and New Zealand. 9 am Saturday. Call to pre-reg- $40. 7 pm. 152 Atlantic Ave. ister. (718) 399-7339. Reverend (718) 222-1868. VERTICAL PLAYERS: presents BARNES AND NOBLE: Beatrice “The Dwarf,” a comic opera. Good Food! Colin, author of “Nude Untitled” $20. 8 pm. 219 Court St. (212) and “Disappearing Act.” 7 pm. 539-2696. , Timothy Wright 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Second at Park Slope s Original Southern Restaurant Free. annual Night of Magic features BARGEMUSIC: chamber music a line-up of magicians includ- • Southern Fried Chicken Come Join Us For program of works by Debussy, ing The Magical Melodions, • Down Home BBQ Sat & Sun Brunch Schumann, Stravinsky and Torkova and Marco 11am to 3pm Guest artist: Schubert. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Monteverdi. $10 per ticket. 8 • Cajun & Creole Specialties Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. pm. Brooklyn Society for www.cornbreadcafe.com MEETING: Union Center for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect • Po-Boy Sandwiches Kim Burrell Women hosts an open meeting Park West. (718) 768-2972. Free Delivery 5-10pm and welcome night for poten- KIDS CAFE: Dancewave Inc. pres- • Macaroni & Cheese tial members. 7:30 pm. Msgr. ents its ninth annual Kids Cafe Parks Center, 418 95th St. (718) Festival, a performance of • Collard Greens Rhythm & BAM: Praise Music Corn 748-7708. Free. dance, music and theater. and much more... Directed by Abdel R. Salaam WORKSHOP: Susan Martin offers Opening benefit performance Hosted by Bishop Sam Williams a talk on her Business Sanity T features the Kids Company Bread program to help self-employed premiere of choreographer Bread BAM Howard Gilman Opera House professionals and small busi- Donald Byrd’s “Memories of Feb 1 at 7:30pm ness owners. 7:30 pm. Park Bittersweet Lives.” $100. 8 pm. Cafe Slope Food Co-op, 782 Union Brooklyn Music School, 126 St. $20, 25 St. (718) 499-2831. Free. Felix St. (718) 622-2548. An evening of traditional and contemporary LECTURE: Stefano Carboni, asso- BARBES BAR: Hazmat Modine 434 7th Ave. ciate curator, department of gospel sure to elevate your body and soul. blues band plays Eastern Euro- Islamic art, Metropolitan Museum pean gypsy music. 9 pm. 376 (bet. 14th & 15th Sts.) of Art, presents slide lecture. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. 7:30 pm. PS 321, 180 Seventh TWO BOOTS: blues with Gene (718) 768-3838 BAMtalk: The Musical Legacy Ave. (718) 282-8675. Free. Ambutter. 10 pm. No cover. fax# (718) 768-2371 of the African Diaspora LOW BAR: Playwright Aaron 514 Second St. (718) 499-3253. Landsman gives a staged read- Mon-Thur: 5-10pm; Fri: 5-11pm BAM Hillman Attic Studio HALCYON CAFE: Music by a vari- ing. 8 pm. 81 Washington St. ety of groups. $5. 21+. 10 pm Sat: 11am-11pm; Sun: 11am-10pm Fri, Jan 31 at 7:30pm (718) 222-1low. Free. $8 GALAPAGOS CAFE: Shipwreckers, Teenage Prayers and Qatsi per- Join BAM for a lively discussion led form music. $6. 9 pm. 70 North by cultural critic and author Nelson Sixth St. (718) 384-4586. Dancewave presents George with Village Voice critic/ BARBES BAR: presents a “Klezmer Jam.” 9 pm. 376 Kids Cafe Festival 2003 musician Greg Tate, critic/editor for Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. Jazziz Larry Blumenfeld, composer RED ROOM LOUNGE: presents a celebration of dance and sport, hosted by Peter Pucci Plus Dancers and the World Music of Nana Vernon Reid, and rock critic Kandia saxophonist Andy Parsons. $5 M. Crazy Horse. cover. 9 and 10:30 pm. 444 Court St. (718) 875-1981. Over 150 dancing kids and teens, GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Don’t Call Us...,” a musical featuring KIDS COMPANY in revue. 8 pm. See Sat. the World Premiere of IMPACT THEATER: presents “The Golden Boy.” 8 pm. See Sat. 'Memories of Bittersweet Lives' BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents choreographed by DONALD BYRD “31 Bond.” 8 pm. See Sat. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 Saturday and Sunday pm. See Sat. January 25 and 26, 3pm Kids Cafe Photo by Celeste Wells Festival 2003 Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse Workshops BAM 718.636.4100 / www.bam.org / Ticketmaster 212.307.4100 FRI, JAN 24 126 St. Felix Street Sunday, January 19, 2003 Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave AUTHOR TALK: Ken Blanchard is around the corner from BAM guest speaker at Power of One ages 6-18 Productions. He talks about his Tickets: $15 Adults 12pm-3:15pm book “One-Minute Apology.” Rhythm & BAM is made possible by a grant from: Rhythm & BAM is an official part of NY GRAMMY Fest 2003 9 am. Brooklyn Bridge Marriott, $10 Kids (12 and under) Peter Pucci teaches Sport Repertory 333 Adam St. Call for ticket information. (718) 246-7000. To reserve tickets: 718-622-2548 Workshop fee: $12 SUPPORT: Maimonides Medical or online at www.virtuous.com ("NYC Events") Information/To register: 718-522-4696 Center hosts a group for those who have been affected by January 27, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM 3

Make Valentine’s Day A Memorable one with Elegance at Marco Polo Ristorante Friday, February 14th Choose from our Special à la Carte Menu and Valentine Dessert Live Piano Music and a Cozy Fireplace Have a ball: Kids Cafe Festival 2003, at the Brooklyn Music School and Playhouse, will be hosted by the Peter Pucci Plus Dancers in “Pucci: Sport.” Michael O’Neill –– Marco Polo Ristorante –– another festival host, will perform her Noah, who lives in Park Slope, has 345 Court St. (corner of Union) Tiny dancers own Greek- and Middle Eastern-influ- danced in pieces by Mark Morris, enced music at the festival. David Dorfman and Donald Byrd. Call For Reservations (718) 852-5015 Other festival performance high- “This gives me an opportunity to Kids Cafe Fest features ‘Pucci: lights include the Shenandoah Con- have a challenge in dance because Visit our website: www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com temporary Dance Theater and Ges- we’re working with professional cho- tures Ensemble from the Harbor reographers and doing professional • Free Valet Parking Sport’ and new work by Byrd Conservatory for the Performing Arts pieces,” he said. in Harlem. In December, Noah performed with By Paulanne Simmons Jacobowitz’s Kids Company started Kids Company at the Dancers Re- for The Brooklyn Papers DANCE in 2000 with “kids who really wanted sponding to AIDS benefit concert at to study dance more seriously,” she the St. Marks in the Bowery Church, ancers aren’t born but nurtured, “Kids Cafe Festival 2003” will be says. Teenagers from throughout the and at a Christmas concert at the held at The Brooklyn Music School and often starting from a very early Playhouse, 126 St. Felix St. at Lafayette city, who make it through an audition Tribeca Performing Arts Center. D age. And that’s exactly what Di- Avenue in Fort Greene. The benefit con- process, benefit from the program’s These kinds of events help Noah ane Jacobowitz has been doing — with cert, featuring “Memories of Bittersweet professional environment that both “get a taste of what it might be like to Lives,” by Donald Byrd, is at 8 pm on Upcoming Performances a little help from a roster of celebrity Jan. 24. Tickets are $100. challenges and encourages. be a part of a professional company.” choreographers — for nine years with Festival performances of “Pucci: Using space in the Berkeley Carroll And they’re exciting, he says because Kids Cafe Festival. Sport” are at 3 pm on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26. School in Park Slope and the Mark “I get to share months of work with an Tickets are $10 for children, $15 for adults. Brooklyn Center debut! The festival is produced by Dance- For more information about the Morris studio in Fort Greene, the audience, and I get a feeling of accom- 2OO2 wave, an organization Jacobowitz schedule, call (718) 522-4696. To make teenagers work with internationally plishment.” SEASON Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba reservations for the festival performanc- founded in 1979 to produce arts known American choreographers like Noah is not sure whether he wants SAT • FEB 1, 2003 • 8PM events, festivals and educational work- es or the benefit concert call (718) 622- Twyla Tharp, David Dorfman, Doug to be a professional dancer, but he does 2OO3 2548 or visit www.virtuous.com (NYC sponsored by shops for children and young adults. events) on the Web. Varone and Bill T. Jones. This spring know that dance will always be a big This year’s Kids Cafe Festival, at the Kids Company will again work with part of his life. He is one of a group of Tickets: $30 Brooklyn Music School and Play- Morris, who since his group’s move to 20 youths choreographer-dancer Ja- house, included dance and sport work- Fort Greene, has been closely involved cobowitz is working with this year. shops on Jan. 19, taught by the Peter choreographer Donald Byrd. Kids with the company, creating original “I’ve worked with kids my whole Aesop’s Fables Theatreworks/USA Pucci Plus Dancers, a modern dance Company has been working on the pieces just for them. life,” she says. “I became a mother in troupe whose namesake founder is a piece for an intensive 10-week re- Noah Weiss, a junior at Stuyvesant the early ’90s. I got the idea then of fo- SUN • FEB 2, 2003 • 2PM former all-American athlete and mem- hearsal period with Byrd and his assis- High School, has been with Kids Com- cusing on kids. It’s an important focus sponsored by and ber of the modern dance group Pilobo- tants. pany for four years. now. It’s close to my heart.” Ages 5 - 10 • Tickets: $15 lus. The Peter Pucci Plus Dancers will “Being a part of a company and not The festival gives youngsters in There will be an opening night ben- also host Kids Cafe Festival perform- in a class makes me feel that what I’m Kids Company and throughout the city Brooklyn Center debut! efit concert on Jan. 24, featuring Ja- ances and perform excerpts from “Puc- doing is more important. You don’t and beyond the opportunity to learn, to cobowitz’s own Kids Company in the ci: Sport” on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26 at 3 only have an obligation to yourself, but share and to show off. And it gives Dang Thai Son world premiere of “Memories of Bit- pm. (Kids participating in the work- also to everyone else in the company. proud parents the chance to see their SUN • FEB 9, 2003 • 2PM tersweet Lives,” a newly commis- shops will perform in the part called There’s a sense of camaraderie,” he kids at their most enthusiastic and sponsored by sioned work created by modern dance “Basketball.”) And Nana Simopolous, told GO Brooklyn. graceful. Tickets: $30

Freddie Jackson & Oleta Adams PERFORMANCES presents Donmar Warehouse’s 12 and younger and museum A Valentine’s Concert production of Shakespeare’s members. 4 pm. 200 Eastern SAT • FEB 15, 2003 • 8PM LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public “Twelfth Night.” $75, $55, $30. Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Library, Central branch, 2 pm. Also, “Uncle Vanya.” LIST YOUR EVENT… sponsored by observes Chinese New Year

OTHER AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE $75, $55, $30. 7:30 pm. Harvey Tickets: $40, $35 and celebrates “Year of the Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) To list your event in Where to GO, please give us as much notice as THEATER TRIP: Kassenbrock Sheep” with performances and 636-4111. possible. Send your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Brothers Memorial Scholarship programs. 2 pm. Grand Army Papers, 26 Court St., Ste. 506, Brooklyn, NY 11242; or by fax: (718) Fund and Bay Ridge Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. GALLERY PLAYERS: presents Brooklyn Center debut! “Don’t Call Us...,” a musical 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We Community Council sponsor a BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents revue. $15, $12 children 12 and regret we cannot take listings over the phone. trip to Hunterdon Hills “31 Bond,” a play based on a Alberto Mizrahi younger and seniors. 8 pm. Playhouse. Show is “Cowboy true, 19th century love triangle. Cafe.” $60 includes transporta- SUN • FEB 16, 2003 • 2PM $40, $15 students and seniors. 199 14th St. (718) 595-0547. CONCERT: Frederick Irwin con- tion, lunch and show. 9:30 am Tickets: $25 7 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) By.” Performers obsess, rant, 514 Second St. (718) 499-3253. to 5 pm. (718) 934-2592. 866-gowanus. ducts a concert of works by crib suicide notes, drink and Mozart. Also, winter songs by CONCERT: Closenuf performs OPEN STUDIO: Smack Mellon THEATER: XO Projects and torture one another...in small classic rock. 10:30 pm. Kelly’s Artist Studio Program presents Theatron present “Crave,” a Morley, Elgar, Rutter, Thompson and Diemer. $5 ways. $12. 9 pm. 146 Tavern, 9259 Fourth Ave. (718) works by its 2002 Studio Artists. play about four people craving Metropolitan Ave. (718) 388- 745-9546. Free. Noon to 9 pm. Artist reception each other, and the need to donation. 8 pm. All Saints Church, Seventh Avenue and 2251. from 6 to 9 pm. 70 Washington break free. $15, $10 students. 3 ABOVE THE RIGHT BANK: Kitty CHILDREN St. (718) 422-0989. Free. and 7:15 pm. Old American Seventh Street. (718) 636-1492. AQUARIUM: Kids 13 to 18 are Can Factory, Third Street and IMPACT THEATER: presents Majik party. $5. 8 pm. 409 Kent ADOPTION WORKSHOP: Latin Ave. (718) 388-3929. invited to participate in “So America Parents Association of Third Avenue. (718) 608-9536. Clifford Odet’s drama “The You Want to Be a Marine Golden Boy.” $15. 8 pm. 190 BARBES BAR: evening of tradi- New York hosts a talk covering BARGEMUSIC: chamber music Mammal Researcher!” Learn documentation preparation, program of works by Scarlatti, Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. tional and non-traditional what it’s like to be a scientist Call 718.951.4500 ABOVE THE RIGHT BANK: Music Scottish music in celebration of selecting a source and immi- Beethoven, Mozart, Dvorak and from a marine mammal gration requirements. 1:30 to by a variety of groups. $5. 8 pm. Robert Burns’ birthday. 9 pm. Tuesday - Saturday 1-6pm Dohnanyi. $35. 7:30 pm. Also, researcher. $34, $30 members. 4:30 pm. Our Lady of Grace free midday concert at 1 pm. 409 Kent Ave. (718) 388-3929. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. 10 am to 1 pm. New York Free. Church, Avenue W at East Third Group Sales 718.951.4600 x27 Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) VOYEURISTIC THEATER: Aquarium, West Eighth Street Street. (718) 236-8689. Free. 624-2083. TWO BOOTS: presents blues with at Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. Collapsable Giraffe presents its ART-MAKING WORKSHOP: The for complete season • brooklyncenter.com

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BROOKLYN CENTER BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music new work “Meat is Floating Night Wigga. 10 pm. No cover. STORY HOUR: Classic Raggedy Brooklyn Museum of Art offers FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Ann stories, told by Raggedy a workshop on “Piecing and Ann. Photo op for parents. 11 Sewing Quilts.” Bring scrap am. Barnes and Noble, 106 fabric, thread and needles. 2 to Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. 5 pm. Call for fee information PUPPETWORKS: “The Prince and and pre-registration. 200 Eastern BROOKLYN HEIGHTS INTERNATIONAL The Magic Flute.” $6, $7 Parkway. (718) 501-6937. adults. 12:30 and 2:30 pm. 338 RECEPTION: The Skylight Gallery Sixth Ave. (718) 965-3391. hosts a reception for “The BASEBALL REGISTRATION: 78th Garment Magical,” a mixed Precinct Youth Council hosts media exhibit. 4 to 7 pm. 1368 Jewish Film Festival registration for spring season. Fulton St. (718) 636-6949. Free. $95. 1 to 5 pm. PS 321, Seventh INDIGO CAFE: Monique Green- We have devised a relaxed cinematic forum where one can encounter the Avenue between First and Second streets. (718) 246-9691. wood reads her book, “Having What Matters.” 5 to 6:30 pm. most enduring and fascinating culture in the world today. Question-and-answer BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- 672 Fulton St. (718) 488-5934. UM: a workshop “Garrett Mor- Free. sessions will follow screenings, bringing together filmmakers and experts from the gan and the Gas Mask.” Learn MIDWINTER NIGHT: Park Slope community to discuss in depth the issues presented in the films. how the first gas mask was used. $4. 1:30 and 3 pm. 145 United Methodist Church hosts Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. an evening of storytelling, music and theater for all ages. CONCERT: Plymouth Church $5. 6:30 pm. Sixth Avenue at Come & Celebrate The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob presents Dan Zanes in a musi- Eighth Street. (718) 768-3093. cal performance. 3 pm. Call for Sat. Feb. 1st 8-10:30pm ticket information. 75 Hicks St. NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: Salt (718) 624-4743. Marsh Nature Center hosts a A New York rabbi travels to Paris and gets mixed up in a comedy KIDS CAFE: Dancewave Inc. pres- pre-Chinese New Year event. Activities include exploring hol- of errors. This is complicated by a broad slapstick farce about a big- ents its ninth annual Kids Cafe Festival, a performance of iday traditions, Chinese astrolo- Valentine’s Day oted businessman (Louis de Funes as Victor Pivert) who is forced to disguise himself as a dance, music and theater host- gy, calligraphy and more. 7 pm. Refreshments served. 3302 rabbi. With echoes of silent-screen humor, this film is regarded in some circles as one of ed by Peter Pucci Plus Dancers and World Music of Nana. $15, Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. Friday, February 14th, 2003 the funniest films ever made. Nominated for the 1974 Golden Globe Awards. $10 children. 3 pm. Brooklyn SOCK HOP: The Capris perform. Featuring post-screening discussion with Mr. Paul Rothman, Independent filmmak- Music School, 126 St. Felix St. $50 per person includes buffet. (718) 622-2548. Fifties attire please. Our Lady er/Founder of the Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival. BEHIND THE SCENES: Brooklyn of Angels gym, 337 74th St. Museum of Art invites kids to (718) 492-1006. At Gage & Tollner discover real and imaginary BREAD AND TORAH: Celebration Time of Favor adventures that take place in of 10 years of Kolot Chayeinu. the quietest corners of the Honorees include Rabbi Ellen Brookyn’s Famous Landmark Restaurant (est. 1879) Sat. Feb. 8th 8-10:30pm museum. $6, free for children Continued on next page... Winner of six Israeli Oscars including Best Picture, Time of Favor Special Holiday Dinner Menu is a taut thriller about the tense relationship between Orthodox Jewish Nationalists and the military. An Orthodox soldier finds his loyalty torn between From Tantalizing Appetizers & Fresh Salads his Rabbi and his commanding officer. To Hearty Entrées & Luscious Desserts Featuring post-screening discussion with a representative of the Israeli consulate.

Leon the Pig Farmer Make This Special Holiday A Memorable One! Sat. Feb. 15th 8-10:30pm Serving fine Italian Cuisine In this zany British satire, Leon Geller is a “nice Jewish boy” who acci- Make Your Reservations Early! dentally discovers that his biological father is a gentile pig farmer in Parking is available. Dine in or take out. Yorkshire. As he considers the differing lifestyles of the two sets of parents, Leon has to (718) 875-5181 make a decision about his future. DON’T MISS THIS TUESDAY’S SPECIAL! Featuring post-screening discussion with Simcha Weinstein, former associate of the Wine lover’s night – Any bottled wine on list 1/2 price 372 Fulton Street (at Jay Street) • Downtown Brooklyn British Film Commission. All specials valid 5pm to 10pm excluding holidays • Free Valet Parking for Dinner Guests JELA 117 Remsen St. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Cono’s Opescatoré Jewish Executive Learning Annex • 596-4840 • [email protected] 301 Graham Avenue (cor. Ainslie St.) (718) 388-0168 Williamsburg • • Open 7 days 11am-11pm 4 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM January 27, 2003 The Pearl Room Sheer poetry Restaurant
Poet laureate looking to reward Oyster Bar borough’s budding wordsmiths Available for Private Functions By Paulanne Simmons he was teaching, Siegelman came up for The Brooklyn Papers POETRY with the interesting innovation of us- 8201 Third Avenue ing poetry to teach social studies to Brooklyn, NY 11209 alt Whitman must be smiling. “Brooklyn Poetry Outreach,” a his students, many of who were learn- His beloved Brooklyn, the bor- monthly poetry reading series hosted ing English as a second language. Tel: 718.833.6666 Fax: 718.680.4172 by Brooklyn Poet Laureate Ken Siegel- Wough that inspired his greatest man at the Park Slope Barnes & No- “Language was the only thing that work, is finally giving poets the recog- ble, 267 Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street, stood in their way,” said Siegelman. nition they need. begins Jan. 29 at 6:30 pm with poet- “So I used my poetry to bridge the singer Marion Palm. Open mic signup Borough President Marty Markowitz begins at 6 pm. For more information, language gap.” is launching “Brooklyn Poetry Out- call (718) 832-9066. At first teachers and publishers Authentic Japanese Food in Park Slope reach,” a monthly poetry reading series Poems will be judged by their art- were skeptical. ful use of poetic devices, sensitivity to at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble, 267 social issues and the inventiveness of Siegelman said they asked, “What Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street. The read- their personal search. Send entries to could a social studies teacher know Brooklyn’s Poet Laureate Ken Siegelman The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango ing will feature an adult poet selected Ken Siegelman, 2225 W. Fifth St., about poetry?” Brooklyn, NY 11223. Inaka by Brooklyn Poet Laureate Ken Siegel- He showed them that poetry could One of Siegelman’s favorite sub- migration on Ellis Island, where she Inaka man followed by an open mic and fi- personalize the subject and induce jects is the neighborhoods of Brooklyn is recorded reading a poem about her Sushi House nally a young poet chosen by Siegel- critical thinking. in all of their glorious diversity. In grandmother Theresia coming to Our experienced Sushi Chef man. Brooklyn. “I expanded it to include “In two of my books, ‘Urbania’ “Gerritsen Beach” he writes, “Green America with her son, Sven. prepares the freshest Sushi Siegelman is inviting students from the reading series to make poetry a and ‘American Imprints,’ for each cut-out Shamrocks/Still triad many of Palm is the author of six chapbooks. & Sashimi to order! elementary through high school to sub- more inclusive vehicle for all Brook- poem I created a brief synopsis of the the front windows, clustering/At East- Her poetry speaks to the condition of mit their best work to him. The selected lynites.” social and political context with er/Much the way some outside Christ- recent immigrants: separation from Sukiyaki, Yosenabe & Shabu young poet’s parents, relatives and Siegelman believes the position which the poem was written and three mas lights/Always seem to linger well family, striving to fit in, expectations Shabu prepared at your table friends, as well as community leaders should not be merely an honorary one or four critical thinking questions, into mid-February.” In “Bensonhurst,” and disappointments of those who Combination Teriyaki & Tempura Available and the public are invited to attend the to advance the career of the poet. which forced the reader to question Siegelman gives Brooklynites heroic must negotiate between two languages A light, healthy meal for the entire family. readings, during which the youngster “There are many different poetry what the poet was actually saying,” grandeur: “It was the fathers;/Grand- and two different cultures. will be awarded a certificate of recogni- groups in Brooklyn, but they are lo- he said. fathers/And all their sons/Conceived After working with Markowitz on 236 7th Ave.(bet 4th & 5th Sts.) tion from the borough president. [All calized and don’t meet each other,” Despite the initial skepticism, in parked Buicks with the passion/Of this project, Siegelman believes he winning poems will appear on the bor- he said. “I thought it would be a good “When it took off, it was extremely hot blooded Romeos who never and the borough president have (718) 499-7856 ough president’s Web site at idea to bring together all these groups successful,” said Siegelman. read/Shakespeare/Or heard of the Re- something in common. Continuously serving lunch and dinner www.brooklyn-usa/index2.html, along in a prestigious place — Barnes & Today, Siegelman is the author of naissance …” “All his life Marty aspired to be Mon. - Sat. Noon - 10:30pm, Sun. 5pm - 10:30pm with the poet laureate’s poem of the Noble — a beautiful, beautiful loca- nine books of poetry, three of which The poetry series will begin on borough president,” says Siegelman. FREE DELIVERY • Catering Available • Major Credit Cards month.] tion. This will be a tremendous incen- have been distributed by Teacher’s Jan. 29 with poet-singer Marion Palm “And all my life I’ve wanted to be The program is really the brainchild tive that has not existed before for Discovery, Discovery Enterprises and reading. Palm, who lives in Sunset poet laureate.” of Siegelman, who was appointed poet both professional and amateur poets.” the Gifted Education Press, as well as Park with her son and their two cats, Now Siegelman is proud to be part laureate on Jan. 24, 2002. Siegelman, who will be 57 in Feb- being featured in Education Update. is the daughter of Swedish immi- of the borough president’s plan to Established 1935 “The position of poet laureate was ruary, taught social studies for 34 And three of his books have been grants. Her work is archived in the “provide morale and a revitalized left open to whatever ideas the poet years, 32 of them at Abraham Lincoln purchased by the Rockefeller Library Oral History collection at the Nation- sense for Brooklyn and to reach out 7117 13th Ave. laureate had,” Siegelman told GO High School in Coney Island. While at Brown University. al Museum of Naturalization and Im- to Brooklyn’s rich heritage.” 232-5226• 232-2820

lo — marked by a lengthy and cal music. Part of that hope is a musi- was growing up in Brooklyn, exquisite first movement ada- “I don’t think classi- MUSIC cal group that Wechsler has there were several groups like OMNI... gio — which should only add cal music is dying,” he helped form at the Conserva- this, including one in Borough ITALIAN excitement to their interpreta- states. “I think it goes The Omni Ensemble, with guest tory of Music. Park that I played in. Educa- Continued from page GO 1 tion. through phases, and artists Laura Sherman and Sam “We’ve started a communi- tion is the key, and we are RESTAURANT Kephart, performs music by Bach, “Entr’acte,” a lovely miniature The ensemble plays in the part of the problem is Beethoven, Debussy, Roussel and Ib- ty group, and there’s been a now bringing music education originally composed for flute intimate confines of the reno- that there’s a prolifera- ert at 8 pm on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the big response from people to schools. It’s music through and guitar. The Debussy vated concert hall at the Brook- tion of other entertain- Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 looking to participate in the the ages, from baroque to con- Come Dine at Romano Restaurant Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park Sonata for Flute, Viola and lyn Conservatory of Music, ment sources that con- Slope. Tickets are $15, $12 students music in a more hands-on temporary.” and Play Quick Draw or Any Lotto Game! Harp and the Roussel Trio for where Wechsler is a member of tinue growing. There and senior citizens. For more informa- fashion,” he explains. “This, Through concerts and tion, visit www.omniensemble.org on Monday thru Friday Flute, Viola and Cello are be- the faculty. With 100 seats, he are many things com- in turn, makes them better au- teaching, Wechsler is trying to $ 50 ing performed, because, as the considers it “the perfect size for peting for what is es- the Web or call (718) 859-8649. dience participants. The ensure that audiences of all Quick Draw Dinner 23 flutist says, “they’re for odd this kind of music.” sentially a finite audi- biggest challenge is to get a ages enjoy the delights that Baked Clam or Stuffed Artichoke; Ziti Carbonara or Ziti combinations of instruments, After 20 years of performing ence. response from the younger classical music can bring. Primavera; Broiled Salmon or Veal Piccata or Chicken Francese and are really beautiful pieces for loyal audiences in Brooklyn “But it’s not an entirely of ‘The Nutcracker’ [‘The generation, which we are — “When you’re young, you (with Fried Zucchini); Dessert – Chocolate Mousse or Cheese Cake; one glass house wine or two glasses of soda incl. to hear.” — he also plays flute in the dead issue,” he continues. Hard Nut’] at BAM, it opens we’re getting a range from think it’s old-fashioned,” he Interestingly, Wechsler and Brooklyn Philharmonic Or- “Opera is growing, and has up standard pieces to new au- high school kids to adults in says, “but that always changes $1 Quick Draw Ticket FREE • tax & tip not included Wollan have never performed chestra — Wechsler weighs in been for the last 10 years. And diences with a new look and their 50s.” the more you learn, the more Please make reservations – mention dinner in concert the second Beet- on the continuing debate over with ‘La Boheme’ on Broad- sensibility. I think there’s Such groups take Wechsler you know and the more you We deliver 7 days a week hoven sonata for piano and cel- the supposed demise of classi- way and Mark Morris’ version hope.’ back to his youth: “When I hear.” Sun.-Thurs. 12-11pm • Fri. & Sat. 12-1am All major credit cards accepted. Visit us at romanorestaurant.com to 8 pm. Wollman Rink, Prospect Park. (718) 287-6431. WHERE TO GO... Show must go on HEALTH SCREENING: Assembly- The fallout from 9-11 continues. man Steven Cymbrowitz’s office offers a vascular screen- Seniors: 15% Discount Continued from previous page... illusions and comedy. $8. 2 pm. The Borealis String Quartet was scheduled to perform ing. 10 am to 3 pm. 1800 every Tuesday night (dine-in only) Lippmann, Ruth Finkelstein, St. Thomas Aquinas Church a Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music recital with pianist Sheepshead Bay Road. (718) Philip Saperia and Lisa Segal. Hall, Fourth Avenue and Eighth Sara Davis Buechner at 3 pm on Jan. 26, however, the 743-4078. Free. $72, $54 limited income. 7 pm. Street. (718) 768-9471. Vancouver, Canada-based group is unable to enter the RECEPTION: for the exhibit, Picnic House, Prospect Park. PUPPETWORKS: “The Prince and “Brooklyn Artists Exploring (718) 390-7493. The Magic Flute.” 12:30 and country in time for the concert due to the indefinite ex- Nature in the Urban Environ- TALES OF THE TALMUD: Cong- 2:30 pm. See Sat., Jan. 25. tension of the visa application process put into place by ment.” 3 to 5 pm. Five Metro- regation B’nai Avraham offers BASEBALL REGISTRATION: 78th the Immigration and Naturalization Service following the tech Center. (718) 260-3530. tales of the Talmud, 35 minutes Precinct Youth Council hosts terrorist attacks, according to Brooklyn Friends of Cham- Free. before the end of Shabbat. registration for the spring sea- BARNES AND NOBLE: Kids are Rabbi Aaron Raskin leads. Check son. 1 to 5 pm. See Sat. ber Music manager Wanda Fleck. invited to Little Bill Storytime. calendar for time. 117 Remsen KIDS CAFE: Dancewave Inc. pres- Instead of canceling the performance, Buechner will give 3:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. D • E • L • I • C • I • O • U • S St. (718) 596-4840. Free. ents Kids Cafe Festival. 3 pm. a solo recital on that date and time at the same location, the (718) 832-9066. Free. Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition X-READING: Brooklyn Arts Ex- See Sat. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, on Lafayette Avenue RECEPTION: The Rotunda Gallery change presents writers read- OTHER presents its exhibit “Critical ing from their novels, screenplays at South Oxford Street. Buechner — a faculty member of Consumption.” 6 to 8 pm. 33 162 Montague Street and poetry. 8 to 10 pm. 421 BLOOD DRIVE: at East Midwood New York University who has performed with the New York Clinton St. (718) 875-0609. Free. • Fast Free Delivery Jewish Center. 9 am to 2:30 Brooklyn Heights Fifth Ave. (718) 769-3211. Free. Philharmonic and has just returned from a Japanese tour — SUPPORT GROUP: Union Center COMEDY: Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha pm. 1625 Ocean Ave. (800) • Open 7 Days a Week (718) 522-5565/66 933-BLOOD. will perform a program encompassing music from the 18th, for Women begins an 8-session fax (718) 522-1205 (24hr) at East End Ensemble. $5 group. $64, $40 members. 7 to admission and one drink mini- TALMUD CLASS: at Congregation 19th and 20th centuries. 9 pm. (718) 748-7708. • Party Orders Welcome Mon - Thurs 11:30am - 10:00pm B’nai Avraham. 9:30 to 10:30 mum. 9 pm. 273 Smith St. Opening with Mozart’s Sonata in D major, Buechner then BARGEMUSIC: chamber music Fri - Sat 11:30 am - 11:00pm (718) 624-8878. am. 117 Remsen St. (718) 596- plays Chopin’s Sonata No. 3 in B minor before entering less- Sunday 2:00pm - 10:00pm 4840. Free. works by Beethoven. $35. 7:30 We Only Use Vegetable Oil pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) LECTURE SERIES: Congregation trodden piano territory. The six “Salon Pieces” of Rudolf Friml Natural Cooking FREE $7.00 624-2083. SUN, JAN 26 Beth Elohim hosts a learning are lighthearted works, as are George Gershwin’s five “Fox- and Fresh Vegetables DELIVERY min. series entitled “Jeremiah Was BARBES BAR: traditional Turkish trot Transcriptions.” Buechner wraps up her recital with Gersh- music with Sukunet. 9 pm. 376 A...Prophet.” Reading is from win’s weightier “Rhapsody in Blue,” in a solo piano version. PERFORMANCES the Book of Jeremiah. 9:30 am, Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. CONCERT: Brooklyn Philharmonic five consecutive weeks. $75, The Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music hopes to have BAM: presents “Uncle Vanya.” Chamber Series features music $65 members. 274 Garfield Buechner and the Borealis Quartet return to perform the can- 7:30 pm. See Sat. by Western composers who Place. (718) 768-3814. celed Schumann quintet next season, said Fleck. PLAY: Ritual Theater Company have been influenced by Indian presents “Miss Julie.” 8 pm. TIKKUN TALK: Michael Dinh-Cohen, Tickets are $15, $5 students. For reservations, call (718) SENECA SMOKES and Persian musical forms. an organizer for Tikkun, Jewish See Wed. Presented in association with magazine and social change 855-3053. — Kevin Filipski IMPACT THEATER: presents “The “The Adventures of Hamza,” organization, speaks at Brooklyn Golden Boy.” 8 pm. See Sat. Tax Free Discount Cigarettes the current exhibit of paintings Society for Ethical Culture. 11 OPEN STUDIO: Smack Mellon from the 16th century. $15, $10 am. 53 Prospect Park West. Artist Studio Program presents Cartons start at just $11 seniors and students. 3 pm. (718) 768-2972. Free. 9:30 pm. 50 Monroe Place. BLOOD PRESSURE: Senior citi- Housing.” 6 pm. 515 Court St. works by its 2002 Studio Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 (718) 595-2960. Free. zens invited. 12:30 to 2 pm. (718) 858-0557. Free. Artists. Noon to 6 pm. See Sat. Eastern Parkway. (718) 622-5853. BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART: All major brands plus many value brands. curator talk by Charlotta Kotik BARNES AND NOBLE: Def Poetry Heights and Hill Community BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts an CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn on “The Dinner Party.” Included jam session featuring selected Council, 160 Montague St., open mic poetry night featur- Full line of chew, cigars, snuff and pipe tobacco. Friends of Chamber Music in museum admission of $6, poets from Russell Simmons third floor. (718) 596-8789. Free. ing a prominent Brooklyn poet. FRI, JAN 31 presents a program featuring free for members and children Broadway play “Def Poetry BOOK GROUP: Urban Readers 6:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. Call Toll Free 1-877-234-2447 works by Mozart, Chopin, Friml 12 and under. 1 pm. 200 East- Jam.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh book group discusses memoir, (718) 832-9066. Free. DRAWING COURSE: Salt Marsh and Gershwin. $15, $5 stu- ern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. “Finding Fish,” by Antwone MEDITATION: Learn sahaja yoga. Nature Center hosts “Zen of Or visit our website at: dents. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue Quenton Fisher. 7 pm. 106 6:30 to 7:45 pm. Brooklyn Seeing and Drawing.” 1 pm. 3302 Presbyterian Church, Lafayette CIVIL LIBERTY TALK: Civil liber- LECTURE: Congregation B’nai ties attorney Lynne Stewart Avraham continues its lecture Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. Public Library, Carroll Gardens Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. Avenue and South Oxford branch, 396 Clinton St. (718) BLACK HISTORY: Learn about www.senecasmokes.com W47 Street. (718) 855-3053. speaks on “WBAI, Lush Point series, “Thanking You for Making BAM: presents Chekhov’s “Uncle and Contra Gate.” Stewart rep- Me a Woman.” Learn about Vanya,” featuring actress Emily 833-5751. Free. environmental leaders within BARGEMUSIC: chamber music resents the militant and blind the status of women according Watson. $75, $55, $30. 7:30 KABBALAH TALK: Brooklyn Heights the African-American commu- works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Islamic cleric Sheik Omar to Jewish law. 8 pm. 117 Remsen pm. Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Synagogue hosts Yitzhak Bux- nity and how they are changing Mozart, Dvorak and Dohnanyi. Abdel-Rahman. 1:30 pm. Park St. (718) 802-1827. Free. St. (718) 636-4111. baum in a talk “Kabbalah as a the face of the environmental W50 $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Slope United Methodist Path to the Soul.” $50, $40 movement. Noon to 4 pm. Landing. (718) 624-2083. BARBES BAR: French film MEETING: 62nd Precinct Church, Sixth Avenue at Eighth “Farrebique” (1946). 9 pm. 376 Community Council meets. members. 7 to 8:30 pm. 131 Audubon Center, Prospect BAROQUE MUSIC: Sympatica, a Street. (718) 768-3093. Free. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. 7:30 pm. Bay 22nd Street and Remsen St. (718) 522-2070. Park. (718) 287-3400. new early music ensemble, per- RUSSIAN AUTHOR SERIES: SEMINAR: M & T Bank hosts a Bath Avenue. (718) 236-2501. POLICE TALK: 68th Police Precinct BARGEMUSIC: chamber music forms selections by Handel, Brooklyn Public Library, Central offers a talk on kidnapping and works by Beethoven. $35. 7:30 Purcell and Telemann. $10. 4 talk on long-term care and BRIC STUDIO: presents Wata branch, presents author Ilya elder law issues. 7807 Fifth Sound, curated music by Marie abduction. Learn how to protect pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) pm. Christ Church, 326 Clinton Shtemler. 2 pm. Grand Army your children. 7 pm. Saint 624-2083. St. (718) 624-0083. Ave. Call. (718) 680-0200. Free. Afonso, founding member of Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. the group, Zap Mama. $10, $8 Patrick’s School, 9511 Fourth BAM TALK: Examine the past, LUXX BAR: Music with the HALCYON CAFE: Music collective BARBES BAR: presents a Prose Mishpucha features flicks, musi- students. 7:30 pm. 57 Rockwell Ave. (718) 439-4254. Free. present and future of black Waxwings and Tunnel of Love. Slam. No cover. 6 pm. Also, Place. (718) 855-7882. MEETING: Community School music in America from spiritu- $7. 8 pm. 21 and older to qua, board games, CD burns and Dave Keener with Dave Foster more. 9 pm to 1 am. No cover. CANDIDATE FORUM: Bay Ridge Board, District 15. 7:30 pm. als, vaudeville and ragtime to enter. 258 Grand St. at and Mark Humble. 9 pm. 376 Middle School 378, 610 Henry blues, jazz and gospel during Roebling. (718) 599-1000. 227 Smith St. (718) 260-WAXY. Community Council presents Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. candidates for New York City St. (718) 330-9283. “The Musical Legacy of the THEATER: XO Projects and AUDITION: Narrows Community African Diaspora.” $8. 7:30 pm. LECTURE: Ladies Educational Theater holds auditions for Council. 8 pm. PS 185, 86th BARBES BAR: Leanne Darling plays Theatron present “Crave.” 3 Society of the Congregation Street and Ridge Boulevard. electronic music. 9 pm. 376 Hillman Attic Studio, 30 and 7:15 pm. See Sat. “Hello, Dolly.” Bring sheet Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Sons of Israel sponsors lecture music and a recent photo. 7:30 (718) 384-4586. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. GALLERY PLAYERS: presents by Daniel Hod, “Israel Update.” to 10:30 pm. OLA Auditorium, BARBES BAR: presents The Ben HALCYON CAFE: Music with Mx- TWO BOOTS: presents Caribbean “Don’t Call Us...,” a musical music with Sonido Costeno. 10 10:30 am. Educational Center, 74th Street at Third Avenue. Monder Group. 9 pm. 376 Greens. 6 to 9 pm. No cover. revue. 3 pm. See Sat. 2115 Benson Ave. (718) 372-4830. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. 227 Smith St. (718) 260-WAXY. pm. No cover. 514 Second St. (718) 482-3173. (718) 499-3253. BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents OPEN STUDIO: Smack Mellon HEALTH: Shawn Tepper-Levine, OPEN STUDIO: Smack Mellon “31 Bond.” 3 pm. See Sat. Artist Studio Program presents D.O., presents an introduction Artist Studio Program presents BAM: presents “Uncle Vanya.” IMPACT THEATER: presents “The works by its 2002 Studio TUES, JAN 28 to osteopathic medicine and works by its 2002 Studio 7:30 pm. See Sat. Golden Boy.” 3 pm. See Sat. Artists. Noon to 6 pm. See Sat. how it can help infants, children Artists. Noon to 6 pm. See Sat. FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts BAM: presents “Twelfth Night.” 3 PLANT-O-RAMA: Brooklyn Botanic and adults with ailments. 7:30 BAM: presents “Uncle Vanya.” Exchange presents three artists pm. See Sat. Garden hosts a horticultural pm. Park Slope Food Co-op, 7:30 pm. See Sat. in dance and theater followed by a conversation facilitated by VERTICAL PLAYERS: “The Dwarf.” MON, JAN 27 trade show and symposium. 40 782 Union St. at Sixth Avenue. PLAY: Ritual Theater Company Executive Director Marya 4 pm. See Fri., Jan. 24. of the northeast’s leading nurs- (718) 622-0560. Free. presents “Miss Julie,” by REUNION: 37th semi-annual eries, growers and suppliers August Strindberg. $15. 8 pm. Warshaw. $15, $10 members, CHILDREN Subway Reunion Luncheon. show their products. 9 am to 4 Brooklyn Public Library, Pacific $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Fifth BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- Noon to 4 pm. Lief Tavern, pm. 1000 Washington Ave. Call WEDS, JAN 29 Street branch, 25 Fourth Ave. Ave. (718) 832-0018. UM: a workshop on inventor 67th Street and Fifth Avenue. for information. (718) 623-7200. (212) 946-5613. PLAY: Ritual Theater Company Henry Thomas Sampson. Learn FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, SUPPORT: Maimonides Medical BLOOD DRIVE: at Metrotech presents “Miss Julie.” 8 pm. about his invention of the gamma Central branch, presents “The Center hosts “Coping Community Drive. 10:30 am to See Wed. electrical cell and other devices. Faces of Black Leadership.” 6 Together,” a support group for 4 pm. 209 Joralemon St. (800) THURS, JAN 30 IMPACT THEATER: “The Golden $4. 1:30 and 3 pm. 145 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) cancer patients and their fami- 933-BLOOD. Boy.” 8 pm. See Sat. Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. 230-2100. Free. lies. 9:30 to 11 am. Registration REPAIR WORKSHOP: Gowanus SKATE FOR FREE: Prospect Park OPEN STUDIO: Smack Mellon MAGIC SHOW: Father Jerry Jecewiz, SING OUT PROUD: Brooklyn’s necessary. Maimonides Canal Community Development Alliance offers a two-for-one Artist Studio Program presents the Conjuring Clergyman, per- lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans- Hematology, 6323 Seventh Corp. presents “Strategies for deal: two people skate for the works by its 2002 Studio forms a live stage show of magic, gendered meet to sing. 7:15 to Ave. (718) 283-6955. Free. Getting Repairs in Public price of one. Every Thursday, 4 Artists. Noon to 6 pm. See Sat.