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By Matthew Perlman their neighborhoods,” Cuomo The Brooklyn Paper said in a statement. The lower-cost apartments in Of course, Forest City orig- Atlantic Yards have to get built inally said the 15-tower town sooner thanks to a deal between would be completed in 2016. activists and developer Forest City The developer has blamed con- Ratner. struction delays on the many law- The landmark agreement man- suits it has faced. As part of the dates that Forest City speed up latest pact, the activist coalition construction of the mega-develop- BrooklynSpeaks agreed to drop ment, prioritize building below- its litigation against Forest City market-rate housing, and create a and the state. body to oversee the project. Un- “This is great for us,” said Ash- der the deal, the developer could ley Cotton, a spokeswoman for face stiff fines if it fails to hold the company, claiming it had been up its end of the bargain. Gov. fighting 35 lawsuits. Cuomo called the accord a vic- The 2,250 “affordable” apart- tory for everyone. ments the developer planned to “This agreement is a win for build with its Chinese-govern- the state and most importantly Forest City Ratner ment-owned partner Green- for Brooklyn residents who will The agreement requires Forest City Ratner and developer land, will have to be completed finally begin to see affordable Greenland to complete their tower town 10 years faster by 2025, a decade sooner than buildings being constructed in than their project completion date of 2035. See YARDS on page 5 Photo by Stefano Giovannini Nets to train Runners Mary Harvey and Kevin Beganics enjoy mid-run slices during the Pizza Mile race on June 25. in Sunset Park Dine — and dash By Noah Hurowitz manufacturing center alongside The Brooklyn Paper Makerbot’s three-dimensional Williamsburg runners scarf pizza mid-trot The Nets will soon abandon printing operation and various their New Jersey training facil- food-product factories, but in- By Danielle Furfaro fore going on a long run, but tion was a recipe for nausea, one ity for fairer shores. stead of assembling gadgets and The Brooklyn Paper athletes at the Williamsburg participant said. Brooklyn’s home team is mov- cooking up salsa, the Nets are These runners carbed up a Pizza Mile turned the conven- “It was a strange pull of deli- ing into the top floor of a water- going to try to build champion- little too late. tion on its head by eating sev- cious and disgusting,” said Wil- front warehouse in Sunset Park’s ships. The squad has spent its The Brooklyn Nets Traditional fitness wisdom eral slices amid a mile-long dash liamsburg runner Mary Harvey. Industry City. The ball players first two seasons as Kings Coun- The Nets’ two practice courts are the main attraction, but suggests eating carbohydrates around the McCarren Park track “I actually expected it to feel a will set up shop in the bustling See NETS on page 2 the complex will also include a rooftop bar. between 24 and 48 hours be- last Wednesday. The combina- See PIZZA on page 12
2012 2014 NYU’s overhaul loses a lot of luster RENDERING RENDERING College backtracks on shimmery vision for D’town transit building By Matthew Perlman including in the promotional mate- partnership with Mayor Bloomberg, The new design calls for restoring The Brooklyn Paper rial a flashy rendering of the build- was never meant to be taken seri- the current limestone-and-steel facade, Everything that glitters is not sil- ing overhauled to look like a crys- ously. and install new windows, plumbing, icon. tal fortress. “The rendering released in 2012 and electrical systems, according to New York University is taking over A June 26 announcement came with was aspirational, but it wasn’t a plan,” the school. the city-owned former New York City further details on who is moving into said Philip Lentz, director of public The renovations are meant to make Transit Authority headquarters that the building, but also a new mock-up affairs for New York University. “To- the structure a hub for hands-on tech- has stood mostly vacant above the Jay that showed none of the glass-and- day, we have a plan that lays out what nology, a school spokeswoman.
Mitchell Giurgola Architects Giurgola Mitchell Street–MetroTech subway station for steel glitz of the previous one. the building will look like and how “Applied science, technology, and After a showy display in 2012, NYU has released a new rendering of two decades. The school and the city A spokesman for the college said the it will be used when the renovations engineering are among our fastest 370 Jay St., which looks remarkably like the current building. announced the move back in 2012, original, rolled out to great fanfare in are completed in 2017.” See NYU on page 12 Three shot in Gowanus Standoff ends with suicide
By Noah Hurowitz The terror started when The Brooklyn Paper 54-year-old Cameron Walthe A gunman took his own life of East New York walked into after shooting two in an incident C and A Iron Works, asked
that sparked a police standoff for a job and, without warn- Photo by Jason Speakman and a bomb scare in Gowanus ing, opened fire on workers Cops gather at the corner of Second Avenue and 13th on Monday, officials said. See SHOTS on page 12 Street in Gowanus on Monday. Just the ‘Thing’ for Bklyn block Photo by Paul Martinka Park Slope kids, from right, Oliver Ogulnick, Sofia Kendall, Lily Isabella Lai, and Julian Spike Lee joint’s b-day celebration begins with street party Lai jump into the Double D pool in Gowanus on opening day. By Matthew Perlman also reportedly featured a video The Brooklyn Paper message from President Obama Brooklyn is buggin’ out for and first lady Michelle Obama the 25th anniversary of the semi- about watching the film on the MAKING A SPLASH big screen on their first date. nal Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing.” One neighbor had seen the Pool would be missed if tank plan rolls ahead The classic turns 25 this week, movie but never realized it was and the auteur’s native borough is filmed around the corner from By Noah Hurowitz ing day, driving home just how the pool offline for a decade, celebrating through July 10. The where she lives. The bash was a The Brooklyn Paper much it would be missed should but the move is still on the ta- festivities kicked off on Satur- blast, she said. Pool’s in for summer! the feds move forward with a plan ble in the most recent version day with a block party that drew “It was awesome,” said Pre- The Douglass-Degraw pool to decommission it in order to of the Environmental Protec- 2,000, including singer Erykah cious Peoples, who attended with — Gowanus’s other, more invit- bury a massive sewage tank as tion Agency plan. Badu, actor Wesley Snipes, co- her husband Willie and their ing body of water — opened for part of its Superfund cleanup of The receptacle is necessary median Dave Chappelle, and rap- Photos by Stefano Giovannini 10-month-old daugther Tami. the summer on June 28, drawing the nearby Gowanus Canal. to catch millions of gallons of pers Chuck D and Yasiin Bey, (Above) A new sign marks “We couldn’t go too far because legions of kids happy to splash Activists balked at the orig- untreated sewage that flood the formerly Mos Def. The partiers Do The Right Thing Way, we had the baby in the stroller, away the heat. inal proposal to install the of- fetid canal during heavy rains, and performers packed the Bed- the block of Stuyvesant Av- but we just stood around and en- More than 500 people showed fal-catching tank under the be- federal environmental hon- ford-Stuyvesant block where the enue where Spike Lee (left) joyed the music.” up to the Double-D pool on open- loved pool, saying it would take chos say. movie was shot, and the party filmed the classic. See THING on page 12 Henry Street DONATE FOOD TODAY Food Pantry First Presbyterian Church Drop off food items Mon.– Fri. from 9am to 6pm. Food pantry is open to the public on Thursdays from 10am to noon. 124 Henry Street Proteins especially needed: peanut butter, dried or canned beans, canned fish. (door on right side of church) Thanks for your support. A project of the Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 4–10, 2014
by two emergency medical quests leaves room for agen- technicians; one ambulance cies to withhold records on on-site, staffed by at least one subjective bases, which can State mum on emergency medical techni- require lengthy appeals. cian; and the services of a The city medical examin- physician available to the site er’s office has not yet deter- got nerds? within 15 minutes.” mined Mahaffey’s cause of At the Half Marathon, death, but fire officials say COMPUTER SERVICES runner death our photographer observed his heart stopped. Mahaffey on the ground Every minute delay in Call 718-GOT-NERD By Matthew Perlman before 8:55 am, and photo beginning CPR during car- The Brooklyn Paper 0ROSPECT 0ARK 7EST s WWWGOTNERDSCOM time stamps show him being diac arrest lowers a person’s The state is stonewalling EXCLUSIVE driven away on a golf cart at Ask about our pick up and drop off service. chance of survival by 10 per- our attempts to learn how a race staffers stroked his arm 8:58. Weiller said Mahaffey cent, according to Adam 31-year-old runner ended up and reassured him — but did was moved to a medical sta- Singer, a professor in the FREE $15 OFF dead after collapsing at the not appear to provide medi- tion, but would not say who Department of Emergency PC Diagnostic Data Recovery, Virus Removal or finish line of last month’s cal treatment of any kind. He treated him or how, other Medicine at Stony Brook A $49 value Operating System Install Brooklyn Half Marathon, re- was then transported to an than to stress that the care University. w/coupon w/coupon fusing repeated requests for on-site medical station, ac- was “immediate and appro- A study in the Journal of notes on how the runner was cording to race organizers, Photo by Elizabeth Graham priate.” No one on hand con- the American College of Car- treated even though regula- then Coney Island Hospital, More than 25,000 runners tackled the May 17 tacted emergency dispatchers diology states that most mar- tions require that such infor- where he perished, accord- Brooklyn Half Marathon. One died at the finish. until 9:08 am, and an ambu- athon deaths happen because Affordable Family Dentistry mation be logged. ing to fire officials. lance picked Mahaffey up at of pre-existing heart condi- in modern pleasant surroundings Instead, state officials de- The race’s organizer, that the mayor’s office “co- to describe how many or who 9:09 am for transport to Co- tions runners don’t know they manded a Freedom of Infor- New York Road Runners, ordinates” them. The mayor’s had them at the Half Mara- ney Island Hospital, fire of- have, and that one in 50,000 State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) mation Law request for it to also won’t provide details on office also passed responsi- thon when a reporter asked ficials said. runners are at risk of sudden Emergencies treated promptly hand over the records, a pro- the credentials of the med- bility, referring a reporter’s in early June. Pressed further The state is supposed to death while on the road. Special care for children & anxious patients cess that could delay the re- ical personnel at the scene, request to the state Depart- this week, a spokesman de- have a record of the day’s Three runners died af- WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD lease of the information by which treatments were ad- ment of Health. clined to say if the group’s events on file along with doc- ter the 2008 New York City • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) months. ministered, or when, citing The health department staff is trained in using them, umentation of Mahaffey’s Marathon, which had 37,899 • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding On the morning of May 17, family privacy. does require certain person- when a staffer would use treatment, per its own reg- runners and is also an an- Crowns & Bridges (Capping) John Mahaffey collapsed on The city, meanwhile, ap- ulations, but a state spokes- nual New York Road Run- • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment nel levels and equipment for one versus when city emer- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings the Coney Island Boardwalk parently doesn’t regulate events with more than 5,000 gency personnel would, and woman refused to provide ners event, the New York • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) at the finish line of the 13.1- medical staffing at large attendees. It demands orga- if a staffer had ever admin- it, demanding we file a pub- Times reported. In 2010, • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) mile road race. He later died runs like the Half Marathon, nizers keep on hand a long istered the potentially life- lic records request. Such re- the Times reported that the Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer of cardiac arrest, according which this year had 25,500 list of gear, but it omits defi- saving charge. quests can take months or Road Runners’ approach to 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens to the Fire Department. Our participants. brillators, devices that shock As far as staffing, for even years to yield fruit, if the full marathon’s health- 624-5554 U 624-7055 photographer observed him NYPD representatives the heart to restore a normal events with 15,001 to 30,000 they ever do, because though care had shifted from first- Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking convulsing on the ground, said the department does heartbeat. The Road Runners attendees, the state requires the requested documents are aid only to an elaborate sys- and insurance plans accommodated where he stayed for more not have staffing require- claim they had some of the “two emergency healthcare meant to be readily available, tem of medical stations and than three minutes while ments for such events and devices on hand, but refused facilities on-site, each staffed the process governing the re- field hospitals.
WHAT IS ROTARY? NETS... Continued from page 1 said that Sunset Park is the Rotary is a group of local business people who get together weekly ty’s own practicing in New place to be these days. Jersey, and no players live “This really epitomizes to network and do charitable work in their community. in Brooklyn, but it is trying what we want to see,” to become a bona fide bor- said Deputy Mayor Ali- ough operation. cia Glen. “We are very excited to Plans for the swanky be 100 percent Brooklyn- new training center include The Brooklyn based,” said Irina Pavlova, two side-by-side basketball president of Onexim Sports courts, a training pool, a Bridge Rotary and Entertainment, owner of rooftop lounge, an 18-seat
This year we’ve focused on helping the Nets. “Now our arena, theater, with what Nets cor- NetsBrooklyn Club meets training center, and offices porate types call a “gritty disadvantaged pregnant women to will be together in this great manufacturing” aesthetic every Thursday become self reliant, and we also brought borough.” throughout. Construction on the Hos- “It’s basically everything in Downtown a 5 year old Haitian boy to NYC to have pital for Special Surgery you might need for a world- Training Center — named class, professional sports Brooklyn. open heart surgery. for a hospital in Manhat- team — or a very nice spa tan that treats injured Nets vacation for that matter,” players — will begin this Pavlova said. summer, and Pavlova said The home of the new fa- the team is expected to be- cility is an active industrial gin training there in time to building on 39th Street be- prepare for the 2015-2016 tween First and Second Av- enues. The Brooklyn Nets Join us! For questions or information, contact basketball season. The Nets (Top) A rendering of the spiffed-up exterior of the joined pols last Wednes- Despite the celebrations factory building where the Nets plan to move their incoming club president Angelicque Moreno at day to tout the new facil- of a “100 percent Brooklyn- training operation. (Above) The rooftop of the based” basketball club, ques- (718) 802-1616; [email protected]. ity, boasting that it will pro- training center will have a bar and pool. vide between 150 and 200 tions linger about whether union construction jobs. The the team’s owner Mikhail facility will provide 60 jobs Prokhorov’s plans to move ment on that. to head the Bucks, which the for full-time Nets employ- the team’s corporate office The move will come amid Nets announced on June 30. ees, including the players, to Moscow, as he proposed a leadership transition for the The team lost $144 million they said. in March. A team spokes- ball club, as coach Jason Kidd last season, according to One government official woman declined to com- is decamping to Milwaukee Grantland.
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Building on the Coney Is- land Boardwalk from 2008 to 2011. The skate complex Just roll with it held regular funk and soul nights on Fridays and fam- ily skating on Saturdays, but Coney roller disco glides into P’Park people really knew Dream- land for its Saturday-night By Noah Hurowitz disco parties. The Brooklyn Paper Carlin is confident she It’s Friday Night Fever! can recreate the bell-bot- Coney Island roller-skating diva Diana Carlin, known to tom-draped bonhomie of A/D3C>B= many as Lola Star, is reviving her previous polyester-and- =C@4/;=CA her People’s Playground roller- pirouette fests. disco parties as a weekly, Fri- “Dreamland was a tough day-night event at Prospect act to follow, but I think the Park’s roller rink, starting Lakeside rink embodies a % on July 11. lot of the same magic,” Car- “My goal is to bring the lin said. magic of Coney Island to Carlin has booked disc Prospect Park,” Carlin said. jockeys who used to spin re- :/AB1/:: =44 “That’s who I am and where cords at the Coney rink, and I’m from.” every week will feature a skat- Lola Star’s Dreamland ing contest and a rotating cast Roller Disco at the LeFrak of performers. Center at Lakeside will have The good time rolls ev- :=E3AB>@713A=4B63A3/A=< a different theme every week, ery Friday night through and Carlin encourages attend- Labor Day, meaning Car- ees to dress up so they can lin’s childhood dreams are compete in costume contests with “fabulous prizes.” stayin’ alive. The inaugural Dream- “I’ve had the whole con- land disco night on July 11 cept of roller skating parties will be “Flashdance”-themed since I was seven years old,” 1/AC/:A67@BA and later motifs will include she said. “All of the things I Ziggy Stardust, Xanadu, and loved at seven, I’m making “Moulin Rouge.” a reality.” A/<2/:A Burlesque performer Helen “Lola Star’s Dreamland Pontani will be on hand each Disco,” at the LeFrak Center night to teach attendees a se- at Lakeside, [171 East Drive ries of theme-appropriate Robert & Robbie Bailey in Prospect Park, (212) 661– BA67@BA dance moves. Diana Carlin, who goes by “Lola Star,” is reviving 6640, www.lakesidepro- Carlin ran the Dreamland her defunct Coney Island Dreamland Roller Disco spectpark.com]. July 11, Roller Rink in the Childs night at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside. 8–10 pm. $15. $% Occupy Gowanus planning! !T]`' # Neighborhood activists to pol: You’re not listening! DOZcSb]!#SOQV By Noah Hurowitz lic housing projects that lie within the The Brooklyn Paper neighborhood’s borders. Development in Gowanus is a bridge The public meeting was the third too far for some residents. and final in a series that Lander an- A crew of activists disrupted a com- nounced last summer in a secret gath- munity planning meeting held by Coun- ering of pols and activists. Neighbor- cilman Brad Lander (D–Gowanus) last hood property values have been on the Wednesday, saying that the pol is gloss- rise despite the noxious channel that 9LP(JL@K ing over local anger about luxury res- gives the area its name — not to men- 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< idential building projects while trying tion the federal Superfund cleanup that to cultivate an image of resident sup- has just begun and is slated to take as port for whatever he has planned. As long as a decade . > Lightstone project and all of our ob- Community Newspaper Group / Noah Hurowitz pared Lander to Robert Moses, the in- 00 jections!” author and Gowanus history famous urban planning kingpin who E\nM\jk\[Jl`kj%%%%%*''%%%%%%%()0 %%%%%%%%%%*]fi*'' Prospect Heights author Joseph 00 buff Joseph Alexiou shouted, referring Alexiou demands more time to used the city as his personal Lego set ClolipNffc%%%%%%%%%%%% +),%%%%%% (,0 %%%%%%%%%%*]fi+), to the ongoing residential development criticize development at a Gow- for decades. at 356 Bond St., on the Carroll Gar- anus planning meeting. “Brad’s job is just to deliver Gow- dens side of the fetid inlet. “The ac- anus to the developers,” Marlene Don- tual process and agenda of Bridging nelly said. JC@D=@K Gowanus has remained opaque and citizen took the floor out of turn, this But not everyone was so upset at the 9FPJ9@> K8CCN<;;@E>J undemocratic!” one piping up for public housing. meeting or its organizers. As he was JL@KJ Lander shouted back, demanding “You talk about NYCHA, well we’re leaving the meeting, Carroll Gardens the agitators calm down. NYCHA,” said Joeann Brown, inter- resident Howard Gottlieb said he was ]ifd.0%00 00 “This is obnoxious!” he yelled. rupting the facilitator’s slideshow. surprised how contentious it got. JL@KJ,0 Facilitators from the Pratt Center for Brown said she lives in the Wyckoff “Something needs to happen in Gow- Community Development attempted Gardens, where the meeting took place, anus, and we need to plan responsibly to get the meeting back on track, but it and demanded that any plan for Gow- for it,” Gottlieb said. “They’re doing wasn’t long before another disaffected anus take into consideration the pub- the best they can.” Droids, wookiees hit Slope K?<C8I> CHARTER SCHOOLS — NYC 0@==9:G< <3E83@A3G 0@= paired it but are promising it Photo by Jason Speakman working hard to get the stop will be fixed in time for the The gangplank that attaches the India Street pier back on the ferry’s schedule stoppage of G-train service to the barge at which the boats collect passengers in time for the Queens dis- Introducing ZERONA™ LipoLaser — removes to Queens late this month, collapsed into the water on Feb. 13. the city said. connect. fat without surgery, pain or wounds. 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And if all the lower- tic Yards Development Cor- by the time the whole thing Forest City’s latest projected cost apartments aren’t built by poration, which will be run is finished . deadline. To fast-track the 2025, the state will charge the by appointees of the governor Veconi said moving up and Mayor DeBlasio. Money the timeline should be a big When: Tuesday, July 8th, 6:30 pm cheap digs, the builders will developer $2,000 per month collected from the penalties help. make the next two high-rises for each apartment it is short, is supposed to be put toward “This is really going to help Tuesday, July 15th, 2:00 pm entirely below market-rate, per the agreement. building cheap homes in the relieve some of the pressures per the deal, resulting in The penalty provisions area. of displacement,” he said. Where: ZERONA® Laser of New York 590 units. 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A performance at the opening of a new ex- hibition at Fort Greene’s Bric House is set to light up the stage — literally — with a per- former donning a bouquet of light bulbs, which will brighten and dim as the wearer breaths. The piece, titled “Stuff of Life One,” is inspired by fireflies, whose light patterns can sync up in a group, said the artist behind the piece. “If human beings had a light indicator Photo by Elizabeth Graham of some of their vital signs, would they sync up like the fireflies?” said Hanny Ahern, who works out of a collab- orative studio in East Flatbush. “That was the initial idea and it evolved.” (718) 260–2500 July 4–10, 2014 Ahern’s illuminating work is part of “The The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings Air We Swim In,” an exhibit of four artists focusing on intangible and invisible elements in the air around us, such as radio waves and microscopic particles. “The artists are trying to explain the un- seen,” said Kelly Schroer, the exhibition’s cu- rator. “What is in between.” Ahern’s piece will be performed in person on at the July 9 opening of the show. It will then be shown on video for the rest of the exhibit’s run, which will be on display at the art space Flying through Aug. 31. On July 30, there will be another live perfor- mance from Manhattan artist Thessia Machado, who will play music using hand-made and modified instruments. Machado also has an interactive piece at the exhibit, which translates signals into sound and image. It is made from discarded elec- tronics such as old PalmPilots, and has three light sensors audiences can activate using ei- ther a flashlight or touch, manipulating the high sound and screen. “It is using the screens in a way they weren’t designed for,” said Machado. Bedford-Stuyvesant rapper The mixture of technology and art makes for an exhibition that strikes a balance between complexity and simplicity, said Schroer. CJ Fly is ready for take-off “It feels very balanced,” she said. “There’s sound; there’s light. It’s very simple and pro- found at the same time.” By Robert Ham controlled the stereo, “The Air We Swim In” at Bric House for The Brooklyn Paper playing music from Project Room [647 Fulton St. at Rock- Jamaica and Barba- well Place in Fort Greene, (718) 683– his could be the year that CJ Fly truly dos. It wasn’t un- 5600, www.bricartsmedia.org], July starts to soar. til his early teens 10–Aug. 31. Opening reception July 9 T The Bedford-Stuyvesant rapper, that he started to at 7 pm. Free. — Vanessa Ogle whose real name is Chaine Downer, Jr., is become aware of more best known as a member of the Pro Era homegrown sounds, crew — a collective that includes such well- he said. known rhymers as Joey Badass and the late “On my way home THEATER Capital Steez. But last year, CJ Fly began to from school, I would emerge as a force in his own right, turning hear a lot of radio play,” heads with his debut release “Thee Way Eye said CJ Fly. “I would sing See It.” Now he is preparing to step even the songs but I didn’t really further into the spotlight with a headlining know what I was singing. Level 10 bard slot at this year’s Brook- As I got older, lyn Hip-Hop Festival on I started to piece it to- Call it dungeons and dragons and duets. July 12. HIP-HOP gether.” A new show starting at the Brick Theater on July 19 will fuse tabletop role-playing games “I’m very excited,” CJ Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival His friends at Ed- Fly said of being asked to at 50 Kent (50 Kent Ave. ward R. Murrow High with musical theater. In “Tabletop Cabaret: play this year’s fest, where between N. 11th and N. 12th School, many of whom Hedgepig Races,” which is playing as part of he is sharing the bill with streets, www.bkhiphopfes- would help start the Pro the theater’s annual Game Play Festival, au- tival.com). July 12 at noon. dience members will big names such as Jay Elec- $30–$50 ($24 seniors and Era collective, fueled tronica and Wu-Tang Clan veterans). his creativity and inter- participate in a tradi- member Raekwon. “It’s est in the music. tional pen, paper, and definitely going to be an “We used to cut class dice game, while actors honor to share the stage with such legends. together and rap in the school audito- tell the story through I’m not going in with a serious mindset, rium,” he said. improvisation and though. I’m going to have some fun.” CJ Fly and his crew have come a long song. Having fun doesn’t seem to be a challenge way since those days — Pro Era signed “The main differ- for this 21-year-old artist. “Thee Way Eye its first record deal in 2010 when he was ence between this and See It” is a delirious tribute to vintage ’90s still in his teens, and have toured all a traditional tabletop game is that more than hip-hop, complete with throwback cameos over the country. But the young artist Photo by Stefano Giovannini from A Tribe Called Quest member Phife said he plans on flying to even greater one person will be run- Dawg and Buckshot from Boot Camp Clik, heights. ning your game, and some of them will just hap- and beats built out of scuffed-up soul and “I just love to rap,” he said. “The pen to be singing to you instead of speaking to disco 45s. Through it all, CJ Fly spins off goal now is to step it up and raise the you,” said Lisa Reinke, artistic director of inter- speedy verses that delight in wordplay and bar even higher.” active theater company the Story Gym. braggadocio. This show is not made for spectators, said Perhaps the most impressive aspect of CJ Fly boy: CJ Fly, one of the rising stars of Reinke. Each audience member will choose Fly’s prowess is that he came to hip-hop late Brooklyn rap, will perform at the Brooklyn from an array of characters, then break off into in his still-young life. Growing up, his parents Hip-Hop Festival on July 12. small groups, which must work to race a min- Photo by Onaje Scott ing cart pulled through a mountain by a giant “hedgepig” (basically a hedgehog). ‘I’m done! I’ve impressed “Overall, the people at your table will work KRS-One!’ ” together to get to get your party’s giant hedgepig Hip-hop highlights to the center of the mountain before the other audience members,” said Reinke. The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is always one of the hottest tickets of the ’11: Pre-fame Periodically, the actors will perform funny summer. But this year’s event is set to be even more momentous, as it marks Kendrick Lamar songs to establish the imaginary world, and give updates on how the story is progressing. the festival’s 10th anniversary. From its humble beginnings in a Williams- “We had big moments that year with Q-Tip from The show is a collaboration between Rein- burg parking lot in 2005, the annual celebration has grown into a Brook- A Tribe Called Quest head- ke’s company and Williamsburg game store lyn institution. We caught up with executive director Wes Jackson to get lining and him bringing the Twenty Sided Store. Staff from the Brick some of his favorite moments from the festival’s first decade. out Kanye West and Busta and the Story Gym all play tabletop games to- Rhymes. What gets lost in gether at the store, said Reinke. ’05: First fest we’re publishing and I forgot so to me, he was the best rap- that moment is that we had “It is very much a community effort be- how many people came out. I per around. So to book him Kendrick Lamar before he tween these three businesses that already have “We had this brainstorm a relationship,” she said. remember standing on the stage and have him pull me aside really blew up, and early just months before about do- “Tabletop Cabaret: Hedgepig Races” at and thinking, ‘Wow, we really and tell me I did a good job in the day we had all these ing something like this. We had young guys like Schoolboy the Brick Theater [579 Metropolitan Ave. be- Brand Nubian and Little Brother pulled this off, didn’t we?’ ” and that he was proud of [Q] and Ab-Soul. 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" # Surf Ave. at Stillwell Berry Street in Prospect Heights, (347) Avenue in Coney Island, Williamsburg, (718) 384– 627–4949, www.waysta- $ % & www.nathansfamous. 3980, www.nitehawkcine- tionbk.blogspot.com]. ' com). Free. ma.com], $11. Free. $( )' $ % &!! NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN &&& FRI, JULY 4 POP-UP POOL: The 30- by 50-foot pool includes a sandy beach and play area with food and drinks. Free. 10 am–6 pm. Pier 2 Uplands (Furman Street and Columbia Street Find lots more listings online at in Brooklyn Heights). BrooklynPaper.com/Events ART, “WITNESS: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties”: Exhibition that ex- MIC: Local bands, musicians, sing- plores how artists expressed the ers, artists, and poets ply their craft Civil Rights era. $12 (suggested). on an open stage. Play or just listen. 11 am–6 pm. Brooklyn Museum Free. 8 pm. Goodbye Blue Monday [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington [1087 Broadway, between Lawton Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) and Dodworth streets in Bedford- 638–5000], www.brooklynmuseum. Stuyvesant, (718) 453–6343], www. org. myspace.com/goodbyebluemon- B“WASABASSCO’S AMERICA F--- dayinc. YEAH! 4”: BBQ, hot dogs, cold MOVIE TRIVIA: Six rounds, includ- beer, and tassel twirling. $20 (Free if ing famous movie quotes, not so dressed as Wonder Woman). 7 pm. famous movie quotes, and Nicolas Bell House [149 Seventh St. at Third Cage quotes. Free. 8:30 pm. Vid- Avenue in Gowanus, (718) 643– eology (308 Bedford Ave. at S. First 6510], www.thebellhouseny.com. Street in Williamsburg), www.vid- MUSIC, KINGS OF KARAOKE: eology.info. Weekly karaoke dance party. Free. G]c`B`cabSR>O`S\bW\U;OUOhW\S Midnight. Union Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) WED, JULY 9 638–4400], www.unionhallny.com. MUSIC, “FREE FRIDAYS” MIDNIGHT TALK, BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: SHOW: Ever-changing local lineup Learn about the history, ecology, and drink specials from 11 pm to and design of Brooklyn Bridge close. Free. 11:59 pm. Knitting Park from scholars and community School Guide Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at members; for schedule see website. August 2013 Free. 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Bridge FREE Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, BROOKLYN Fall (347) 529–6696], bk.knittingfactory. Park, Pier 1 (Enter at Old Fulton com. St. near Furman Street in Dumbo), www.brooklynbridgepark.org. TALK, “TOLD IT FIRST HAND — SAT, JULY 5 Associated Press / Paramount CONVERSATIONS WITH HIP- HOP’S ‘DO-ERS’ ”: Free. 7 pm. Family MUSIC, JEREMY DAVIS AND THE Silent partner: Harpo Marx in “Duck Soup,” which is screening Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Where Every Child Matters FABULOUS EQUINOX ORCHES- as part of the Syfy Movies With a View series at Brooklyn Bridge Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in TRA: Celebrate Independence Day Park on July 10. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 222–4111], with patriotic songs and tribute www.brooklynhistory.org. to the Big Band era. Free. 8 pm. FILM, “BACK TO THE FUTURE”: Out- Kingsborough Community College COMEDY, COMEDY NIGHT: Hosted Greenwood Heights, (718) 768– door screening. Free. 7 pm. McCa- bandshell [2001 Oriental Blvd. at by Hannibal Burress. First come, 0131], www.freddysbar.com. rren Park (Bedford Ave. and North Keeping Oxford Street in Manhattan Beach, fi rst seated. Free. 9 pm. Knitting COMEDY, WORKING IT OUT: Come- 12th Street in Williamsburg), www. (718) 368–5596], www.onstageatk- Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at dian and fi lmmaker Mike Birbiglia nycgovparks.org. Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, ingsborough.org. tells stories, takes requests, and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT BINGO: MUSIC, GAS NYC, DEATH IMMOR- (347) 529–6696], bk.knittingfactory. welcomes guests for an informal com. Win free drinks and frozen bananas COOL TAL, KILL MERCY, PURPLE PAM evening of comedy. $20. 7 pm. while watching episodes of cult AND THE FLESH EATERS, DIVER- ART, DRINK & DRAW: Weekly fi gure Union Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth comedy “Arrested Development.” GENCE: $12. 8 pm. Trash Bar [256 drawing class; model, crayons, and Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638– Free. 8:30 pm. Videology (308 Bed- Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Wil- paper provided, or bring your own 4400], www.unionhallny.com. ford Ave. at S. First Street in Wil- Backpack liamsburg, (718) 599–1000], www. materials. Free (2-drink minimum). liamsburg), www.videology.info. thetrashbar.com. 10:30 pm. Macri Park Bar [462 weight MUSIC, HIGH NORTH, BRACHIO- Union Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue TUES, JULY 8 SAURUS, GIANCARLO BRAC- in Williamsburg, (718) 599–4999], THURS, JULY 10 www.macripark.com. THEATER, HYBRID MOVEMENT CHI: $8-$10. 8 pm. Cameo Gallery COMPANY: Part of the Interna- [93 North 6th St. between Wythe MUSIC, BUTLER, BERNSTEIN AND Tantrums tional Contemporary Circus Festi- THE HOT 9: Free. 12pm. Metro- Avenue and Berry Stree in Wil- val. Free. 10:30 am. Maria Hernan- liamsburg, (718) 302–1180], www. MON, JULY 7 Tech Commons at MetroTech dez Park [Knickerbocker Ave. and Center (MetroTech Center between cameony.net. THE WILLIAMSBURG SPELLING BEE: Willoughby Avenue in Bushwick, Smoking MUSIC, “PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999: Inde- Lawrence and Bridge streets), www. Free. 7 pm. Pete’s Candy Store [709 (718) 965–8900], nycgovparks.org. bam.org/metrotech. pendence Day Weekend Edition”: Lorimer St. at Richardson Street COMEDY, “ASK ME ANOTHER”: FILM, “DUCK SOUP”: The Marx Dance party for Independence in Williamsburg, (718) 302–3770], Blend of brainteasers and local pub Brothers take fi ctional Europe in Sports injuries Day and to celebrate the 18th an- www.petescandystore.com. trivia night with comedy and music. 2013 Gold niversary of the fi lm “Independence this Depression-era classic, part Award Winner FILM, “FROZEN”: Let it go at this $20 ($15 in advance). 7:30 pm. Bell of Syfy Movies With a View series. Editorial and Design Day.” Free. 10 pm. Bell House [149 Awards Competition screening on the beach. Free. 7:30 House [149 Seventh St. at Third Av- Seventh St. at Third Avenue in Gow- Free. 9 pm. Brooklyn Bridge Park, pm. Coney Island Beach (West 10th enue in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510], Harborview Lawn (Enter at Old anus, (718) 643–6510], www.thebell- St. and the Boardwalk in Coney Is- www.thebellhouseny.com. houseny.com. Fulton Street near Furman Street in Find us online at www.NYParenting.com land), www.nycgovparks.org. COMEDY, “THE FANCY SHOW”: Dumbo), www.brooklynbridgepark. TALK, MOTH STORYSLAM: Story- Producers Michael Joyce, Langston org. SUN, JULY 6 telling competition. $8. 8 pm. Bell Kerman, Lane Pieschel, Simmons MUSIC, DIIV, LODRO, REGAL House [149 Seventh St. at Third Av- McDavid, and Jenny Zigrino share DEGAL: $15 ($13 in advance). 9 pm. MUSIC, TUNDRASTOMPER, THE enue in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510], the stage with local talent. Free. Music Hall of Williamsburg [66 N. FLESH JUNKIES, MOB JOB: $7. 8 www.thebellhouseny.com. 8 pm. Bar Reis [375 Fifth Ave. be- Sixth St. between Kent and Wythe pm. Trash Bar [256 Grand St. at Dri- COMEDY, STAND UP COMEDY: Free. tween Fifth and Sixth streets in Park avenues in Williamsburg, (718) 486– ggs Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 9 pm. 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All Rights Reserved. WEB DESIGNER Noah Hurowitz (718) 260–4505 Unsolicited submissions become the property of Courier Life, Inc. and eee at a young age. “Everything’s be- Community Newspaper Group / Matthew Perlman Photo by Matthew Litwack ing gentrified, condos are getting Stationed: Left, Matthew Litwack, and “Masstransiscope,” right, a sanctioned piece of subway art slapped up, but the subway tunnels near the DeKalb Avenue Q train station Downtown. Viewed through the window of a moving Q stay the same.” train, it looks like a movie. “Beneath the Streets” shows off the extensive knowledge of the tran- sit system held by Litwack and his tioned by the Metropolitan Trans- back to the 1940s. partner, a graffiti artist who goes by portation Authority. BOOKS These are the types of stories Lit- the name Jurne. It includes haunt- The work, “Masstransiscope,” “Beneath the Streets” book wack and Jurne set out to tell with ing photographs of abandoned sta- was first installed near the DeKalb launch at PowerHouse Arena their book. Litwack said the pair tions and disused tracks, and includes Avenue Q train station Downtown [37 Main St. between Water and wanted to document the history of interviews with many of the writ- by artist Bill Brand in 1980. It in- Plymouth streets in Dumbo, (718) an underground culture that mil- ers responsible for leaving a Kry- cludes 228 hand-painted panels set 666–3049, www.powerhouseare- lions of people pass over and ride lon legacy deep beneath the bus- behind a series of vertical slits, and na.com]. July 10 at 7 pm. Free. passed everyday without even know- tling metropolis. when viewed from a moving train, ing it. The book does not disclose the it looks like a 20-second movie. At on in New York in the 1970s, but “The history of graffiti is down locations depicted in the images, one point, rogue graffiti artists had Litwack said some of the writing in those tunnels,” Litwack said. “We since most of the wall paintings are virtually covered the work, but the down below the city stretches even wanted to document these eerie en- illegal. But one piece Litwack high- artist restored it in 2008. further back. He said he has seen vironments and show the hidden city lights in the book is actually sanc- Graffiti writing really caught marks left by track workers dating beneath the city.” Expat Americana Show celebrates European bluegrass By Danielle Furfaro Cross, who sings and plays The Brooklyn Paper MUSIC guitar in his group, calls his Eurograss at the Jalopy sound a combination of rus- he musicians at this Theatre [315 Columbia tic Americana and progres- show might hail from St. between Hamilton sive bluegrass — sort of the Tabroad, but their tastes Avenue and Woodhull Stanley Brothers meets Bela are strictly down home. Street in Red Hook, (718) Fleck. 395–3214, www.jalopy. On July 12, the Jalopy biz]. July 12 at 9 pm. $15. He said he became fasci- Theatre will host Eurograss, nated with American roots a show highlighting Euro- music during the 1980s — a pean musicians who, despite said Dublin-born and Aus- time when most of the world growing up on the other side tralia-raised musician Vin- was reveling in synth pop — of the pond, are in love with cent Cross, who will play and never looked back. all sounds Americana. with his band at the show, “I heard a faded cassette of “We have reached a ze- alongside Swiss outfit Mala Bob Dylan and I gravitated Photo by Stefano Giovannini nith of what commercial & Fyrmoon. toward that,” said Cross. “I No red, white, and bluegrass: Vincent Cross, cen- music is about and we are “People are finding they heard what Dylan was do- ter, with bandmates Shane Kerwin, left, and Billy traveling back and we are do not have to follow the ing and I became fascinated Failing. 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Hook, (718) 395–3214], between Fourth and Third sole owner of a piece of mu- 7:30 pm. Prospect Park “Do Not Sell at Any www.jalopy.biz. Avenues, in Gowanus, (718) Band Shell [Prospect Park his book is the vinyl Price: The Wild, Ob- sic in an era where millions West and Ninth Street 855–3388], www.little- word on obsessive re- sessive Hunt for the of songs are accessible with in Park Slope, (718) 965– fi eldnyc.com. cord collectors. World’s Rarest 78rpm the click of a mouse. SAT, JULY 12 T 8900], www.bricartsmedia. MUSIC, LUSINE, LEMON- Records” launch at A Cobble Hill music The records are so rare, org/cb. FILM, “HE WHO GETS ADE, CHAD VALLEY, writer has penned a new book BookCourt [163 Court and often times so expensive, St. between Pacifi c and FILM, “CORALINE 3D”: Ani- SLAPPED”: Live accom- XENO AND OAK- chronicling people who col- Dean Streets in Cobble that there is a high bar of en- mated movie. Free. 8–10 paniment from the Alloy LANDER, YUMI ZOUMA: lect 78 rotations-per-minute Hill, (718) 875–3677, try for anyone wishing to start pm. Maria Hernandez Park Orchestra and Stephane $20 ($17 in advance). 8:30 (Star St. and Knickerbocker Wrembel: Free. 7:30 pm. records (or 78 RPMs) — an www.bookcourt.com]. collecting them. It takes ded- pm. Music Hall of Wil- July 11 at 7 pm. Free. Avenue in Bushwick), www. Prospect Park Band Shell antiquated form of vinyl that ication and money — a lot of nycgovparks.org. [Prospect Park West and liamsburg [66 N. Sixth St. generally dates from before money. One 78 recently sold MUSIC,THE GREAT AMERI- Ninth Street in Park Slope, between Kent and Wythe the 1960s. The music on the also because of the poor qual- for $37,100, Petrusich said. CAN ROOTS STOMP: (718) 965–8900], www.bri- avenues in Williamsburg, albums is part of the allure, ity of their manufacturing, Petrusich will launch her Jumbo Brown, Seth Kessel cartsmedia.org/cb. (718) 486–5400], www.mu- she said — many of the art- Petrusich explained. Many of book on July 11 at BookCourt and The Two Cent Band, MUSIC, JOHN BEASLEY’S sichallofwilliamsburg.com. ists on them have long been the recorded artists were Af- in Cobble Hill, and two of the forgotten — but people aren’t rican-American blues artists, collectors she profiles in the hunting the records down for and their records were often tome will speak about their By Bill Roundy their sound quality. pressed on the cheapest mate- collections and play some of BAR SCRAWL “People will go on and on rial possible. Add to the mix their 78 records. The author about the superior sound of the rough quality of record said she is excited for the au- vinyl, but these records don’t players at the time, and it is dience to learn straight from sound great,” said Amanda easy to see why so few of the the experts, and to hear the Petrusich, author of “Do Not albums have survived. records they put so much time Sell at Any Price.” “They In her book, Petrusich ex- and money into finding. sound kind of like the re- plores not just the personal “Even if people are into cords got buried in the back reasons people collect 78s, this music, it’s possible yard and are being broadcast Photo by Elizabeth Graham but also delves into the neu- they’ve never seen a 78 or from underground.” Record keeper: Cobble Hill music writer rological and biological sen- had a 78 played in front of These records are rare in Amanda Petrusich and her new book “Do Not sations that makes chasing them,” she said. “It’s very part because of their age, but Sell at Any Price.” down rare records so addic- spectral and ghostly.” Recommended new reading Brooklyn bookstore staff offer their top picks Word’s pick BookMark’s pick Greenlight ’s pick “Futebol Nation” by David Goldblatt: To “The Actress” by Amy Sohn: In Amy “Fourth of July Creek” by Smith Hen- say that Brazil is a dominant force in the game of Sohn’s newest novel, we are taken into the lux- derson: Set in a small Montana town in the late soccer is a major understatement. Its five World urious, fast-paced life of actress Maddy Freed. 1970s, Smith Henderson’s new novel “Fourth Cup titles, not to mention its role as host of the American heartthrob Steven Weller sets his sights of July Creek” follows a social worker who current tournament, on Maddy, brings her unintentionally gets attest to its greatness up to A-list stardom, caught up in the ac- in the sport. “Futebol and sweeps her off her tivities of a paranoid, Nation” looks at how feet. Maddy was born destitute family who soccer first came to to this life of red car- have removed them- Brazil as a pastime pets and mansions, selves from any kind of the upper class and she has found every- of society. how it grew in popu- thing she has always As the social larity across the vari- dreamed of. Or has worker — who of- ous sectors of Brazil- she? After alienating ten has his own foot ian society. The book her friends, and stav- on the other side of also explores how “fu- ing off rumors that the law — works to tebol” integrated itself Weller is only using keep this family safe, so much into the coun- her as a decoy for his his own life begins to try’s social fabric that career, Maddy learns unravel. its influence can be seen in such diverse as- all that glitters is not gold. Set in a world of glam- Easily one of the best books of the sum- pects as racial equality and political corrup- our and scandal, “The Actress” is the perfect mer. tion. Well-written and researched, this book is guilty pleasure read of the summer. — Emily Russo Murtagh, Greenlight highly recommended. — Bina Valenzano, co-owner, The BookMark Bookstore [686 Fulton St. between S. El- Glady’s [788 Franklin Ave. at Lincoln Place in Crown Heights, (718) 622–0249 , — Ricardo Kaulessar, Word [126 Franklin St. Shoppe [8415 Third Ave. between 84th and liott Place and S. Portland Avenue in Fort www.gladysnyc.com]. 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TWO WAYS Continued from page 1 looking at Rosie’s culo,” The walk down mem- he said. ory lane continued on Sun- Lee bit his tongue when day with a screening of the it came to discussing gentri- TO LOVE movie at the Brooklyn fication, probably owing to PARENT Academy of Music, after the splash he made back in which cast and crew mem- February when he likened bers swapped stories about the contemporary scene at the production process and Fort Greene Park to the “m- its legacy. ------Westminster Dog “The reason why we’re Show” during a Pratt In- It’s fi ne to be fi ne stitute lecture . here today is because we e can’t decide dle adolescence. told the truth,” Lee said dur- But he did bring up whether moving Who better to ask than my ing a question and answer the “Do the Right Thing” on from some- children themselves? after the film. “We had the scene wherein a white, IN PRINT W Larry Bird-jersey-wear- Fearless crystal ball. We predicted thing will be hard or easy. “You’re supposed to be Pick up The My younger son left pri- able to tell me things about what would happen.” ing cyclist scuffs Buggin’ Out’s Air Jordans and gets ge The showing was the Brooklyn -sex marria mary school after six years, the way you feel, and you Faithful, bishop, at odds over same Parenting an earful from black Bed- Paper every and did not shed a tear. That don’t tell me things about start of Brooklyn Acad- is not to say that he didn’t By Stephanie Thompson the way you feel!” I said to emy of Music’s retrospec- ford-Stuyvesant denizens KARATE CHOP for moving into the neigh- Friday across ark Sensei teaches self-defense neclasses P in crime-plagued Fort Gree make great friends, learn a my 10-year-old as we walked tive of Lee’s work that will borhood. nce to park " run until July 10. Greenpoint, Panel approves more pedestrian-friendly entra lot, have tons of fun. along Seventh Ave. “We predicted gentrifi- $' often with my children than ried or upset. # &( He is just ready for the He scrunched up his little Others on hand included Williamsburg, cation,” Lee said. next thing and doesn’t seem I have been previously, if “I’m fine, Mom,” my face the way he does. Rosie Perez, who played The filmmaker argued Downtown and Espresso with your hot dog? to feel the pull of nostal- only because at these crucial older one will say as he “Wait, what?” he said. protagonist Mookie’s girl- Italian shops to reshape Coney Island Boardwalk transitions, I don’t want to walks away. that the displacement of Brownstone In the doghouse gia. “I’m confused…” friend and danced through put ideas in their head that “Mom, I’m fine,” the poor people of color is % ! There are others whose one of the most memorable MEAN I tried with my older one, Brooklyn. Each Streets happening everywhere, LE HILL (347) 799-2902 come from my own worries younger one will retort, eyes NOW OPEN IN neCOBB & DeGraw) ST. (Between Ka .com eyes weren’t so dry, sob- opening credits sequences 266 COURT www.FiveGuys as he showered the other r online at Call ahead or orde and said attention needs print edition bing and hugging and sob- and concerns, from the way rolling back in his head as morning. in cinema history. to be paid to where they bing even harder. They are I experienced things as a he replaces his Mom-can- “You don’t talk to me any- Perez recalled that Lee delivers news, end up. feeling the pain of leav- child or the way I experi- celling headphones. more,” I said. “We should discovered her at a night- arts, and entertainment, plus our “Gentrification, it’s not ing something they loved, ence them now. It should make me feel talk!” club where it was Lee’s just the borough. This city. original columnists, cartoonists and and they’re holding on, not I don’t want my boys to be better, right? They’re both He started to speak and birthday and he was hav- This country. It’s happening moving so quickly to what’s as anxious about the last day fine. They’re pretty much I preempted him. the world’s best Cyclones coverage ing a contest to see which all over the world,” Lee said. ahead. of school or the first day of always “fine.” “And no, I am not about woman at the club had the “But the thing that every- in a convenient package. It’s one- As a parent, watching school or test taking as I was. I can see my husband roll- to get my period!” biggest backside. one neglects to talk about stop shopping with excitement on it all from the sidelines, it I want them to come at things ing his eyes at the mere sug- “I’m fi n e , Mom!” She took him to task is where do the people go would be easy enough to de- the way they honestly would gestion that there is more to every page. Ugh. I have to take my for his gross behavior that that get displaced?” cide that one or the other if I wasn’t leading them by it than meets the eye. own advice. I have to chil- night, but Lee just laughed, “By Any Means Neces- is the right approach, that my own fears. “If they say they’re fine, lax and imagine they are she said. Sometimes I see some- they’re fine,” he’d say. He of- sary: A Spike Lee Joints ON THE WEB a child should feel upset, or fine if they say so, to watch “Was it my a-- or my ac- Retrospective” at BAM shouldn’t. thing — some group that ten takes things at face value, for any cues that might say cent?” she asked Lee on the Rose Cinemas [30 Lafay- No one else — no blog, no website, But then, I remember. has formed without them, in a good way, not rooting otherwise, but otherwise Brooklyn Academy of Mu- ette Ave. at Ashland or a party they weren’t in- deep for the evil that lurks no “news aggregator” — covers our Our children, like us, feel stop worrying and worry- sic stage. Place in Fort Greene, the way they feel. vited to, or the difficulty of unless I lead him to it. ing them. Lee contents that it was (718) 636–4100, www. neighborhoods with the intensity Even if there was a right an upcoming process, and It’s the “Let sleeping Fear is contagious. Kids definitely the accent. bam.org]. June 29–July of BrooklynPaper.com. The award- and a wrong somehow, some I ask them cautiously about dogs lie” approach to par- smell it. There is no right or “I don’t remember 10. Various times. $14. biblical prophetic truth, it is their feelings. I try not to enting. And I mostly agree wrong way to feel, and be- winning site is updated several times unlikely that our emotions ask leading questions. I try and appreciate the sug- ing fine is sometimes fine. every day, would be beholden to it. We not to give any indication gestion. But increasingly, And if it is not, well, hope- offering do not control what bubbles how I think they should I wonder if maybe there isn’t fully they know where to up in us, only, sometimes, feel. It is hard. They often something more I should find me. SHOTS... fresh news, the way we act on what bub- catch me, and guess what know, if maybe my silence And I’ll try just to lis- Continued from page 1 room in the metal shop at bles up. I’m getting at — most often and their responding silence ten. arts and 65 13th St., cops stated. Po- Lately, I am silent more that they should feel wor- isn’t the best way to han- And try not to judge. inside, police said. features — Someone called 911 at lice cordoned off the block faster, better 11:17 am to report two men between Second Avenue shot at 13th Street and Ham- and Hamilton Place and and deeper The ground floor of the served as the transit agen- cash-handling facilities, un- ilton Place, fire officials donned combat gear, in- than any building will be converted cy’s headquarters from til 2006, but it has sat mostly said. Responding emer- cluding helmets and bul- other online NYU... into retail space, the school 1951, when it was built, empty since then. gency medical personnel letproof vests, to confront Continued from page 1 said. until 1990. University officials said found a 65-year-old shot the shooter. The unhinged publication. Visit it several times a growing academic areas The 14-story building The agency continued they hope to start construc- in the face and another man at one point opened day — to stay on top of the greatest and the new 370 Jay St. — on Jay Street between Wil- to maintain operations in tion next year and be fin- man blasted in the chest, the door and threw an ob- city in the world: Brooklyn. in the heart of a thriving loughby and Johnson streets the structure, including its ished by 2017. police said. Paramedics ject with wires protruding tech corridor — will be an transported the pair to from it, prompting cops to environment conducive to Lutheran Medical Cen- call in the bomb squad, of- inspiration and innovation pizza mile in 13 minutes and ter, where they were ad- ficers stated. in those fields,” said Lynne 40 seconds, running faster mitted in critical condi- Police talked to the fel- PIZZA... than any other woman in tion, fire reps said. low for 45 minutes before he Brown, a spokeswoman for THE BROOKLYN PAPER Continued from page 1 ter-mile lap. The eating por- the race. Walthe barricaded him- turned his 9-milimieter pis- the university. “I ran conservatively,” said lot worse.” tion was as competitive as self in a first-floor tool tol on himself, per cops. The restored building will Harvey. “Five minutes of my and BrooklynPaper.com house the university’s Cen- The race, modeled after the foot-race thanks to in- time was eating.” ter for Urban Science and the Beer Mile, in which run- spections in which judges ex- Representatives from Your place for a full dose of Progress, the engineering ners typically chug four beers amined the inside of partici- Brooklyn Running Com- Follow us on Twitter school’s tech business incu- during a mile run , required pants’ mouths to ensure they pany and Williamsburg Brooklyn! bators, and classrooms for runners to eat a piece of pizza had swallowed the last bit of Pizza, which organized the twitter.com/Brooklyn_Paper various programs, according before starting, and an addi- crust before running off. race, plan to host another one to a school statement. tional piece after each quar- Harvey completed the next year. July 4–10, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 13 14 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 4–10, 2014 WE SELL MORE LOCAL SEAFOOD THAN ANYONE ELSE. AND THAT’S NO FISH STORY. PORGIES Summer is THE TIME for fresh-as-it-gets FLUKE local seafood from the waters off New FLUKE Jersey and Long Island, and deep into FLOUNDER WHITING the Atlantic. There’s nothing so fresh, MACKERAL tasty, and satisfying as the season’s SQUID bounty from the sea. Roll up those pant legs, July is high season BLUE FISH for clams on the Connecticut coast! Every BLACK SEA BASS SKATE year we harvest littlenecks by the bushel LOCALLY CAUGHT MONK FRESH and bring them straight to you. OYSTERS LITTLENECK CLAMS They are excellent for steaming, grilling 30 COUNT CLAMS SCALLOPS or eating raw. Dig some up in our seafood $8.99 COD department today. HAKE BUTCHER IS GREEK YOGURT REALLY LOCAL? FAMILY PAC8rfairway Boneless IT IS WHEN IT’S FAIRWAY’S OWN! chicken breasts LB. $4.99 We make our Greek yogurt in Farmingdale, New York, with milk from New York farms. Our yogurt is thicker and creamier than Antibiotic Free ho-hum yogurt! Locally Raised in Pennsylvania Packed with protein, calcium, and probiotics Fresh & Never Frozen to boost your immune and digestive health. BLUE MOUNTAIN, PENNSYLVANIA No Growth Hormones It’s also Kosher and gluten-free! No Animal By-Products We set out to find chicken worthy of the Fairway label. Fed a Vegetarian Diet of FAIRWAY We wanted our chickens to come from local farms; it was American grains GREEK YOGURT important that they be humanely raised; it was essential Humanely Raised 6 oz. container that they taste absolutely delicious. We found an experienced family farmer in Blue Mountain, PA, who has been raising chickens under FOR strict animal welfare standards for several generations. 4TH OF JULY4DAY Sale! PACKAGED 30% PERSIAN CUCUMBERS OFF! USDA BONELESS FOR TOMATOES FRESH GOLDEN PRIME ON THE VINE CANTALOUPES PINEAPPLES SIRLOIN STEAKS LIMES LB. FOR FOR $ 99 FOR EARTHBOUND 6 LB. SALADS ORGANIC ORGANIC RED AND CELERY BLACK PLUMS FOR 5 OZ. PKG. EACH LB. GIGANTIC 30% SHRIMP SALE! OFF! SAVE 25% ORGANIC STACY’S MUIR ORGANIC 16/20 COUNT EZ-PEEL PITA GLEN HONEST 16/20 COUNT CLEANED CHIPS KETCHUP TEA 26/30 COUNT CLEANED BERRY NUTTY MEDJOOL 21/25 COUNT COOKED TRAIL MIX DATES FOR 8 OZ. FOR 26 OZ. FOR 16.9 OZ. LB. LB. Ahoy! The Ferry to Fairway Red Hook is Back Service runs every Sat. & Sun. from 11:30AM-9:30PM from Pier 11 in lower Manhattan. And be sure to join us Sat. & Sun. 11AM-3PM to celebrate summer with food demos, music, face painting, our patio grill, and more! 480-500 VAN BRUNT STREET Prices Effective BROOKLYN, NY 11231 Jul 07—Jul 10, 2014 718.694.6868 8AM-10PM DAILY LAKE GROVE Follow us on COMING JULY 2014 FAIRWAY MARKET DSW PLAZA FAIRWAYMARKET.COM