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By Ruth Brown avoiding the verbal skirmish — but their mont senator of dragging his feet. under the relentless scrutiny of former Brooklyn Paper campaigns didn’t let that stop them get- “We had thought the Sanders cam- editor Gersh Kuntzman, who proposed Democratic presidential candidates ting one last jab in. paign would have accepted our offer the event live on Monday’s edition of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will “It’s great for the people of New York for a Brooklyn debate on April 14 in a Brooklyn Paper Radio . go head-to-head in a televised debate at that there will be a debate in Brooklyn, New York minute, but it ended up tak- The debate itself — five days ahead the Navy Yard in Fort Greene on April something that the Clinton campaign has ing a few extra days for them to agree,” of the New York primary — will take 14, in a battle for the hearts and minds of long opposed,” said Sanders’s spokes- said Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon. place inside Navy Yard event venue the the most important voters in the coun- man Michael Briggs, noting the cam- “We are glad they did.” Duggal Greenhouse, a cavernous ware- try — Brooklynites. paign moved a planned rally forward CNN and NY1 will co-host with an- house on the waterfront.
The two camps finally settled on a a night to accommodate Clinton’s pre- chor Wolf Blitzer moderating — a blatant A rep from the venue said there would Photo by Jordan Rathkopf date and venue for the war of words on ferred date. snub of the Brooklyn Paper’s own offer likely only be around 1,000 public tick- HILLARY’S TOWN HALL: Brooklynites packed into Medgar Evers Monday night after days of squabbling A staffer for the former secretary of to sponsor an authentic Kings County ets up for grabs, and to keep an eye on College in Crown Heights on April 5 to hear Clinton speak at her — each publicly accusing the other of state fired right back, accusing the Ver- showdown between the two combatants CNN and the candidates’ websites. first Kings County appearance. Read more on page 5. She’s got no time to waste! Artist will recreate 11-hour fi libuster with no pee breaks
By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper It is a fili-bladder-buster! An artist will re-enact for- mer Texas state Sen. Wendy Da- vis’s non-stop, 11-hour, anti-abor- tion-bill-blocking 2013 speech at a Fort Greene performance space on April 13. But unlike Davis, who wore a catheter to avoid prohib- ited bathroom breaks during her marathon monologue, this brave performer plans to hold it in the
old fashioned way. Photo Callan by Tom “I’m not going to drink that Residents in Brownstone Brooklyn say the F train’s express tracks should not come out of morning and stop drinking the retirement unless the transportation authority adds more trains to the line. night before as if you were to go ken with Davis about the perfor- into surgery,” said Alicia Grul- mance — she didn’t get any en- lon, who lives in the Bronx but durance tips, but did receive her will give her performance at Bric blessing. House. “I’ll go in the morning be- “She really likes the idea that The ripple F -ect fore I start.” I’m doing this and that was great,” Grullon says she is staging the said Grullon. production to bring attention to This will not be Grullon’s first Riders: MTA must add trains for F express Whole Woman’s Health v. Heller- re-enactment — she previously
stedt — an ongoing US Supreme Photo by Jason Speakman acted out the death of an undoc- By Lauren Gill the line , though, so F riders who many straphangers can’t get on Court case challenging parts of the umented immigant who froze to Brooklyn Paper don’t live along express stops will and are forced to wait for other Artist Alicia Grullon will same 2013 legislation that Davis’s death while working in the woods be left waiting as the orange bul- trains to arrive. re-enact Texas state Sen. No F-ing way. stand ultimately failed to stop, re- in Long Island in 2007. Brownstone Brooklynites liv- let whizzes by. Councilman Brad Lander (D – sulting in restrictive conditions on Wendy Davis’s 11-hour And it also won’t be her last — ing along the citrus-colored F line The F express used to quickly Cobble Hill) said he’s in favor of Texas abortion clinics that have filibuster to block an anti- this is the first of a series of fili- say they will not support a push shuttle Brooklynites between the F express as long as the trans- forced many to close. abortion bill on April 13 at buster re-enactments that will also Coney Island and Manhattan, Bric House. She will don to reintroduce express service un- portation authority adds more “I hope people get inspired to feature Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I– skipping stops in brownstone trains along the line, but a rep get more informed about the Su- the same salmon Mizono less the cash-strapped Metropol- Vermont) eight-hour stand against itan Transportation Authority in- Brooklyn except Bergen Street refused to comment on whether he preme Court and will look at the running shoes Davis wore tax cuts for the wealthy in 2010. in Cobble Hill and Seventh Av- creases service along the route would offer his support to speedy case that will largely define wom- during her epic speech. As with Davis’s speech, peo- enue in Park Slope, but the au- so those at skipped stops won’t service sans more trains, dismiss- en’s access to abortion and health Associated Press / Eric Gay ple will be able to attend any part thority cut it more than 30 years ing it as a hypothetical he did not care,” she said. get stranded. ago to save money. stray off topic as she was attempt- pare herself for the big day. But of Grullon’s performance gratis. want to get into. Grullon will stand at a po- They will also be able to tune in “I would be in favor of the ex- Now the transportation au- ing to block the bill. she said she is not rehearsing the Another Carroll Gardens resi- dium and read off the same let- via the livestreaming app Peri- press if there was an increase in thority is considering bringing Grullon will adhere to these actual material at all, mimick- dent who has worked to bring back ters and testimony Davis shared scope, where it will be broadcast trains,” said Erika Chiu, who lives back the rapid ride to and from same restrictions, but said she ing the feisty Texas pol’s on-the- from women against the bill, while for the first 15 minutes at the top in Carroll Gardens and uses Car- the People’s Playground, follow- the F express agreed the entire video excerpts of the actual senate doesn’t think holding in her flow fly feat. of each hour. roll Street station — which the ing demands from riders and pols service’s success depends on add- hearing and audio of the senator’s sans catheter for 660 minutes will She will also don the same After the epic performance, she express would pass by — to get in far-flung Southern Brooklyn ing more trains to the line. voices play in the background. be the toughest hurdle — it will salmon Mizono running shoes will take questions via Twitter. to Manhattan. “If not, it would neighborhoods. “You have to make sure you The Lone Star State has the be standing up for the entire time, that became almost as famous “Filibuster” at Bric House kind of suck.” Supporters of the F express maintain a level of service and toughest filibuster rules in the since she has bad knees and is nor- as the filibuster itself as thou- [647 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place A former transportation au- argue it will relieve congestion people are not going to see the country and Davis wasn’t allowed mally a fidgety person. sands around the country fol- in Fort Greene, www.bricarts- thority bookkeeper says the pub- during peak hours when trains service suffer,” said rider and to sit down, drink water, go to the Davis is an avid runner, and lowed along online. media.org, (718) 855–7882]. licly funded agency doesn’t have — which run every four to six Community Board 6 member bathroom, lean on the podium, or Grullon has been hiking to pre- The artist says she has spo- April 13,10 am–9 pm. Free. the money to add more trains to minutes — are so crowded that Gary Reilly.
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By Lauren Gill development plan, imposed on Brooklyn Paper us against our will, that will He votes nay! bring even greater displace- A Brooklyn activist group’s ment to our communities,” the idea of turning the city’s 59 group said in a release. community boards into elected The rabble-rousers are also A/D3C>B= bodies with real power would demanding the city allow citi- just result in expensive elec- zens to vote for each member A>@7<5 tions for panels that would use of the 50-person boards. their clout to veto any changes Currently, borough presi- to their neighborhoods, says a dents and Council members former board member turned nominate locals for the slots councilman. — and the beeps ultimately “You can’t give community appoint them — but the activ- boards power because nothing ists claim members are afraid AC7B $ would get done,” said former to criticize development pro- A/:3 Community Board 18 member posals in case that puts them and current Councilman Alan on the wrong side of the pols Maisel (D–Mill Basin), slam- backing their seat. ming recent demands from a “There are good, well- Community News Group / Lauren Gill meaning people on the com- B6=CA/<2A=4<3E/@@7D/:A coalition called the Brooklyn BAN Gentrification picketed and held up signs dur- Anti-Gentrification Network, munity board but they can’t re- ing its rally outside Borough Hall on Wednesday ally speak up because they’re which includes tenant groups afternoon. and social justice organizations afraid of not getting appointed from Sunset Park, Flatbush, again,” said Flatbush activist Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, neighborhoods with no real ment the city’s most vulner- Imani Henry. and Bushwick. way to fight unwanted de- able still can’t afford. But electing 2,950 members The outfit’s members ral- velopment. Council overwhelmingly across the city would just eat 9LP(JL@K lied outside Borough Hall last Their case in point is the passed his bills last month, up taxpayer dollars, says Mai- 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< Wednesday arguing the cur- recent passage of Mayor De- despite the vast majority of sel — and few would turn out rent boards — composed of Blasio’s sweeping changes to community boards reject- to vote anyway. volunteers who offer advi- the city’s zoning rules, which ing them. “Could you imagine the cost and expense of having elec- > positions. B AC7BA Yfpj[\gXikd\ek%%%Y`^ kXcc B 6 By Zach Jones “Community board mem- '' 7 3 for Brooklyn Paper bers should never be afraid to " C < A 00 speak their minds,” said Bor- 4=@ Police have arrested a guy ough Hall communications 3 ! %# 2 JL@KJ ,0 who they say stole a truck then E 3 guru Stefan Ringel. 0 AB fatally ran over its owner af- Henry acknowledged his :C3D3 ter he tried to chase the al- group hasn’t come up with an leged thief down in Green- actual plan for holding such wood Heights on the morning huge elections, but said it is GIFDJN<;;@E>JJN< ;I N<JG<:@8C@Q<@E>IFLGJ8C DISC VERS K?<C8I> 0@= lot marked out in chalk. yond the residents’ claims that “It’s impossible to get by there is barely enough space sometimes,” said another man, on the strip for pedestrians — STREET FIGHT! who also refused to identify let alone tables — the restau- himself. rant also failed to bring any The restaurant rep didn’t documents or diagrams along Slope eatery seeks sidewalk seating, address the residents’ gripes, to bolster its bid. but said they should be grate- “Address these issues, gets grilling over clutter instead ful for the business, which make it more community spruced up the long-shut- friendly, come back,” said tered space when it opened Community Board 6 chair- By Maddie Anthony waiting customers, strollers, restaurant Hugo and Sons on a year ago. man Sayar Lonial. Brooklyn Paper and dogs, they have to cross Seventh Avenue at 11th Street “I think we really brought Ultimately, though, Hugo Talk about a stumbling the street just to get past. came seeking the committee’s something to the neighbor- and Sons doesn’t actually block! “There are so many car- blessing for a permit for the hood, we upgraded it,” said need the voluntary board’s A Park Slope eatery expect- riages blocking the street, I seven tables and 14 seats it is manager Rebecca Tory, who support to secure the permit ing to nab the local community have to literally walk all the already sporting unsanctioned later said she could not explain — it is just something the board’s support for sidewalk way around them,” claimed on its 11th Street sidewalk. how the eatery had been get- city’s Department of Con- seating last Monday night in- a resident, who refused to But the committee told her ting away with providing al sumer Affairs may take into stead faced a grilling over just give her name, during Com- the eatery must first resolve its fresco dining without a per- consideration when granting about everything else on its munity Board 6’s permits and irate neighbors’ allegations of mit for so long. certifications. pavement when neighbors licenses committee meeting asphalt obstacles, which also Community News Group / Maddy Anthony But the panel members Hugo and Sons did not re- showed up to complain that on March 28. included large planters and a Hugo and Sons is a little too popular with Park Slope’s stroller crowd, according said that wasn’t enough to spond to subsequent requests it is often such a minefield of A manager from Italian designated “stroller parking” to neighbors. earn their endorsement. 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Find more online every Wednesday at Detectives arrested a pair A scoundrel tried to use his An angry woman ran over Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) The victim told cops he BrooklynPaper.com/blotter of suspects from Queens who walking stick to rob a guy on her ex-husband on Conselyea • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment was near Fulton Street at they say came broke into an Pacific Street on April 1. Street on March 31, said po- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings 3:50 pm when the nogood- 87th Street home on March lice. • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) Police said the man was right leg at 3:10 pm near Navy A report said the guy was nik punched him and took 29. The victim told officers • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) near Bond Street at 7:50 am Street and fled. pestering patrons at the store his phone. They allegedly took pricey that he was talking to his new when the punk waved his Slapped near Fourth Avenue at 7:50 jewelry from the home be- girlfriend outside their place Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer cane in the guy’s face and Double shot when police arrived, and he Cops cuffed a guy who tween Narrows Avenue and of work between Graham and 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens A brute shot a guy twice on then allegedly approached one said, “Give me your phone, they say smacked a police Colonial Road in a quick hit Manhattan avenues at 8 pm 624-5554 s 624-7055 give me your wallet.” Sands Street on April 1. officer after she tried to get of the officers and slapped just after noon, police said. Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking the side of her face, causing when his ex-wife pulled up He tried to grab the cell- Authorities said the gun- him to stop harassing custom- But detectives nabbed them on next to the pair and started and insurance plans accommodated swelling and redness. phone from the victim’s hand, man slugged his victim once ers at a Pacific Street store the way back to Queens and an argument. but was unsuccessful, and in the left leg and once in the on April 1. — Lauren Gill found them with the jewelry, The victim pulled out his a police scanner, and tools in phone to videotape his irate their vehicle. ex — only for her to slam Diamond heist her gray Honda Accord into SPRING IS HERE! An intruder stole cash and him and drive off, police re- jewelry out of a woman’s 86th ported. The victim suffered Street home on March 29, po- lacerations to his right hand, You don’t have to suffer with your lice said. index finger, and right knee, The woman left her home cops said. near Gatling Place around Nailed 8 am and returned around A foul-mouthed bandit 5:30 pm to find a rear win- knocked off a Graham Ave- dow wide open. Police later BACK, NECK OR KNEE PAIN! nue nail salon on April 3. found pry marks on the win- The victim told police the dow sill. A wallet with $8,000 in- bad guy stomped into the store side and diamond rings were between Metropolitan Avenue missing. and Conselyea Street at 9:40 am and gestured towards his Register raid right coat pocket as if he had Looters broke into a Third a gun, before saying, “I’m not Avenue restaurant in the early f------around!” morning hours of March 28, The victim handed over an police said. undisclosed amount cash and Surveillance video at the the thief ran, police said. restaurant near 92nd Street shows the thieves cutting the Hot desk locks and breaking in through A looter swiped a worker’s a side door just after 2 am. laptop from his Meserole Av- >OW\T`][( They broke open the regis- enue office on April 1. ters and grabbed a total of The victim told police he $5,000 before dashing, ac- returned to his office be- VS`\WObSRRWaQa cording to police. tween Jewel Street and Di- amond Street at 1:10 pm to Cash grab an empty desk. RSUS\S`ObSRRWaQa A home invader broke The victim’s office and through a Seventh Avenue the building’s doors were home’s kitchen window on unlocked, and multiple peo- O`bV`WbWa April 1 to steal cash, accord- ple had access to both, he told ing to a police report. police. The homeowner was gone a^W\OZabS\]aWa from around 6 am on April Overhaul 1 until around 4 pm the next An opportunistic crook day, and when he came back looted a car parked under the b]`\[S\WaQca to his house between 70th and Brooklyn-Queens Express- 71st streets he found some- way on Meeker Avenue on one had removed metal bars March 30. P]\S]\P]\S on the window and ransacked The victim told police he the entire house. returned to his ride near Lo- The looter found a series rimer Street at 9 am and dis- aQWObWQO of envelopes containing cash covered his driver’s-side front that were hid around the house and rear windows broken, and and got away with roughly thousands of dollars in be- $2,000, police said. longings gone. — Dennis Lynch — Madeline Anthony Mugger targets B`WSRR`cUa ^VgaWQOZbVS`O^g 8]W\bVSbV]caO\Ra]T^S]^ZSeV] elderly women QVW`]^`OQbWQ By Anna Ruth Ramos `SUOW\SRbVSW`_cOZWbg]TZWTSeWbV for Brooklyn Paper OQc^c\Qbc`S Police have released new ]c`dS`gacQQSaaTcZb`SOb[S\b photos of the crook they say ]`SdS\ac`US`g mugged a number of elderly Brooklynites in their homes over the past few months — eWbV]cb`SZWST- and are offering a $2,500 re- ward for his arrest. The bandit first came to the attention of authorities NYPD and Brooklynites on March Cops say this man tar- 2, when police say he drew geted senior citizens in a E3E=C:2:793B=63:>G=C a gun on a 91-year-old Park mugging spree. Slope women in the entrance G=C@4/;7:G/<24@73<2A031=;3>/7<4@33 to her Ninth Street building , and took $370 from her and police said. a guy who stumbled across And on March 26, he fol- the robbery. lowed an 83-year-old Kensing- But now authorities say the ton lady into her home near / < :RSZ1OabWZZ]; 2 4@33 same guy is also behind a spree Ocean Parkway and Beverly of similar crimes. Road at 4:38 pm and whacked BVS[]abSf^S`WS\QSR0]O`R1S`bW¿SR>OW\A^SQWOZWab Q]\acZbObW]\ On Feb. 11, the guy took her in the face with a hard ob- $375 from a 71-year-old ject, but didn’t steal anything, woman in her home near Pros- authorities said. W\0`]]YZg\AbObS\7aZO\R eWbVbVWaOR pect Place and Sixth Avenue Police say the 66-year-old around 2:30 pm, after attempt- suspect is a 5-foot-8 black man, ing to tie her up, cops said. weighing around 202 pounds, On March 19, he waved and sporting gray hair. a gun and a box-cutter at Police ask anyone with % &'$$& an 81-year-old woman near info to call (800) 577– Prospect Place and Carlton 8477, or visit www.nypd- '%! "bV/dS 0`]]YZg\ Photo by Jordan Rathkopf icism at potential Republican a means of high-lighting the Clinton will debate Sanders New Jersey over 70 years! Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton opponents. gender pay gap, raising the in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on speaks to a packed crowd at Medgar Evers College “I am thrilled to have a federal minimum wage — April 14 — five days ahead of FREE DELIVERY IN THE TRISTATE AREA AND PENNSYLVANIA in Crown Heights on April 5. chance to be here in Brook- which advocates say would the New York primary. 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Speak with a Flushing Bank representative for more details. 2 Flushing Bank Mobile Banking is available to all Flushing Bank online banking users. Flushing Bank is a registered trademark 6 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 8–14, 2016 The problem? Too much school n ancient times — say, the just one hint of how parents are throw it a little easier to the 1950s, or ’60s, or ’70s or now supposed to continue the youngest kid — a trait also I maybe even the ’80s — school day at home. They are known as empathy — all the children were expected to 3IZNFTXJUI expected to review their kids’ arts of being human. waste a good deal of their time homework and, often, to sign These activities don’t stunt riding their bikes to nowhere, it. They’re also expected to vol- intellectual development, they making up basketball moves, $3";: unteer at the school, as reading make young minds curious and or drawing with chalk. buddies, or running the book creative. Their parents didn’t worry By Lenore Skenazy sale. It’s as if school has become In an essay titled, “Be Glad that this meant they were going the biggest force in our lives, of Our Failure to Catch Up with to end up drug addicts, or at basic psychology textbook used summer vacation. Bliss! No inescapable from morning to China in Education,” Gray least at a second-tier college. In in colleges across the country one was freaking out about night. Parents are told that this compares our education sys- fact, most parents were eager the “summer slide” — kids is how it has to be if they want tem to China’s, where gram- (including Harvard), says that Photo by Louise Wateridge to shoo kids out of the house. their kids to succeed. mar school kids spend nearly while “increased fears from forgetting the lessons they Kids braved Saturday’s soggy weather to parade through Park Slope for the But that was before something left behind in May. Summer Once parents are taught 10 hours a day studying, and by began taking over all waking the media” are partly to blame Prospect Park Baseball Association’s opening day festivities. for this new, constricted child- was seen as the charger kids to be “school partners,” says high school they face a 12-and- hours of the day. needed, not a drain. Gray, “all of society develops a-half-hour school day. School. hood, there’s another force at play. As for what happened dur- the view that children grow “A common term used in When we think about how ing the school year itself, there best when carefully monitored China now to refer to the gen- different childhood is today — Or, rather, not at play. “Part of it that we don’t was little or no homework in and guided. And it used to be eral results of their educational structured, supervised, stress- children grow themselves.” Rain on the parade give enough weight to is the the lower grades, unless the system is ‘gaofen dineng,’ which ful — we tend to blame heli- kids had to do something like This is not to say that kids means, literally, ‘high scores, copter parents, or the culture increasing amount of influ- ence of schooling.” gather leaves for a project. No learn algebra by climbing trees. but low ability.’ Because stu- Kids’ baseball season hits off in Slope of fear that has made stepping But they do learn how to gauge Think about how school nightly homework sheets. No dents spend nearly all of their outside without mom or dad risk, and handle fear. Playing By Lauren Gill marched in their rain boots and coach Mayor DeBla- dominates the lives of kids to- nightly reading log, the bane of time studying, they have little into an activity mentally ac- a game of catch, even against Brooklyn Paper in the annual procession sio turned up to throw the day. When Gray, now a white- my existence as a mom. (Forc- chance to do anything else,” like companied by scary organ mu- a wall, they learn how to do to Brooklyn’s Backyard, heat, delivering the cere- haired professor, was grow- ing your kids to read a certain develop interests, physical stam- Spray ball! sic. After all, every parent’s amount each day turns out to something over and over to Hundreds of little leagu- where local officials cut a monial first pitch and of- ing up, the school year was ina, or social skills. worst nightmare could be just be the perfect way to make get it right. (Think how much ers sloshed through Park green ribbon to the newly fering a few words of wis- five weeks shorter. I remem- That’s a “success” America around the corner! them hate reading. Try it!) easier it is to learn that les- Slope in the rain on Satur- revamped Long Meadow dom about the ball sport’s But Peter Gray, author of the ber that, too — a three-month would do well to avoid. Gray, who is at Clemson Uni- son on the playground than Lenore Skenazy is a key- day for the Prospect Park Ball Fields, which finally place in Kings County. versity this week to give a talk at in the classroom.) Playing note speaker and founder Baseball Association’s open- reopened after years of ren- “Baseball is the quintes- Bay Ridge | Carroll Gardens | North Slope | Park Slope | Windsor Terrace the Rebooting Play Conference, with friends, they learn how and author of the book and ing day parade. ovations. sential Brooklyn pastime,” as am I, says that those logs are to control their impulses, share, blog Free-Range Kids. Youngsters and teenagers Former Park Sloper he said. The making of Eli, the sportswriter talk a good game about He was the one who knew ev- popularity and is made to feel the sign. I thought it was a leaving my kids alone erything about everyone on ev- only worse by her father offer- ‘sign.’ ” I to be who they are, but ery baseball team. He was the ing up, “I don’t think you’re a My heart burst, my narcis- then, sometimes I realize I Fearless one, who at age 6, sat scream- dork, I don’t think your mother sism knew no bounds: not only want them to be who I want ing at the screen during the thinks you’re a dork…” As if was my son going to take my them to be: I want them to Parenting final tense plays of “Friday that helps. advice, but he was reading the TRADITIONAL DAY CAMP be like me. Night Lights” on the airplane. So, I said it. Some other older signs-literal and figurative-of Take for example, my re- By Stephanie Thompson Go figure. kid thinks it’s cool. I made the ON WHEELS TRAVEL CAMP what he should do. cent Facebook post, an arti- I was just seeing what I suggestion and let it lay there, I want my son to succeed by CIRCUS CAMP | SOCCER ACADEMY cle my older son wrote for his saw as his interests when I festering in his mind. a path that I have laid. I want to LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE school paper. writing that I thought was re- My father could never go suggested, fingers crossed, A few weeks later, Eli of- be part of helping him find his I remember the moment it ally insightful, but to push him anywhere without complain- that maybe he could do some fered up some news of the day, way. This is dangerous ground, as a writer seemed self-serv- ing he was missing some sports occurred to me, that maybe sportswriting for the school pa- in and of itself a rare occur- so dangerous that I almost didn’t SPRING BREAK MINI-CAMP he’d really want to be a writer, ing, and more than a little ob- program. He had to buy the per, that I had overheard a kid rence. post the article he wrote about April 25–29 | Grades Pre-K – 6 like Dear Ol’ Mom. vious. Really? Could I say, “I first-ever video cassette re- mention it and, I said blithely, “I saw a sign up today to I was at the parent orien- think you should be a writer corder, a Betamax — at great “He said it was cool.” write for the paper, and they a new cheerleading group at OPEN HOUSES tation at his high school, and like … me.”? expense — to feel less terrible Did he say it was cool? Did need sportswriters,” he said. school on Facebook. Saturday, April 9 through the din, one student’s It would be hard. But writ- about what he missed. It is ob- I make that up? I have learned, My eyes got wide with ex- Almost. Saturday, April 23 voice broke out. “I work as a ing about sports? vious, then, even to someone when making a suggestion to citement, and he noticed. He’s In the end, I did. I want him 339 8th Street sportswriter on the school pa- This, clearly, wasn’t about who isn’t a psychoanalyst, that my children, that using an ex- on to me. No matter how I to know how proud it makes Presentation at 1 & 2:30pm per…” he said to one or another me. I hate sports. I am the third sports broadcasters were my ternal character who “thinks phrase it, how many exter- me that he wants to be a writer, nervous new parent. girl in my family, the big disap- mortal enemies, my most di- it’s cool” can be far more ef- nal characters I might em- even if it’s not forever. It was like a big red fire- pointment to my father’s dream rect competition for my father’s fective than saying, “I think ploy to tell him it’s cool, he There are so many things work display out of nowhere of having a boy who’d make attention. Therefore, to suggest it’s cool.” I recall vividly that knows what I want. he can be besides a writer, if in the sky: Oh my God! Eli it to the Big League (or what- that my son be a sportswriter, scene in “Sixteen Candles” “Wow!” I said, “Cool!” he wants. 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ROCK OPERA With a bullet Photo by Angel Zayas Shooting Republicans will not solve your prob- lems! The new play “Killing Republicans: A Rock Opera,” takes aim at the history of Republican presidents who have been felled by gun-wielding maniacs. The writer of the musical — which will debut, fittingly enough, at the Shooting Gallery (718) 260–2500 April 8–14, 2016 Arts Annex in Coney Island on April 22 — says Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings his show was inspired by history, and not by the current animosity in the Grand Old Party. “Unfortunately history is repeating an ugly cy- cle. The Republican coalition has fractured, and a new coalition has yet to emerge,” said Dick Zigun, Coney Island’s unofficial mayor. “Good for pro- moting my play, but very bad for the country.” The show takes place on a transatlantic flight, where three first-class passengers discuss success- ful and attempted assassinations of Republican politicians, including Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, and William McKinley. One of the high- Going indie flyers is actress Jodie Foster, portrayed by Juliet Schaefer. Reagan’s would-be assassin targeted the president hoping to impress Foster, and the charac- ter discusses the event with oil magnate “Billy Bob Online comic portrays a Brooklyn that has cut loose from Biloxi” (Nikos Brisco) and pop star Goodness Gracious (Princess Pat White, who also portrays Lincoln for a short segment). The boozed-up first By Giaco Furino classers soon break into song — accompanied by for Brooklyn Paper an electric guitarist and some prerecorded tracks — and try to figure out why people keeping stuff- rooklyn draws the line. ing the bullet box for Republicans. A new online comic The rock opera has no definite conclusions, B imagines a super-charged said Zigun, but the passengers think it may be Brooklyn, reversing the Mis- related to the party’s shift to a more conserva- take of 1898 to create a world tive position. in which the borough secedes “They’re drinking, using telephones, research- not just from New York City, but ing Republicans who got shot, and wondering from the entire United States. why the liberal party turned conservative,” Zi- In the opening panels of “The gun said. “The ultimate reason not to kill Re- Red Hook,” which launched its publicans is that violence doesn’t make a differ- first chapter this week, a seismic ence. The parties flip ideologies over decades shock shatters the Brooklyn and so killing might produce different results than Manhattan bridges and separates the killer intended.” Kings County from Queens. The Zigun wrote all of the lyrics, working with comic’s creator came up with the composer Christian Amigo to create songs in an earth-shaking idea in July 2014 eclectic set of styles, including punk, heavy metal, when artists replaced the Ameri- and Johnny Cash-esque country tunes. can flags on the top of the Brook- “If ‘Hamilton’ can do history as a musical, lyn Bridge with white flags . we can do ‘Killing Republicans’ as a punk rock “I joked to a friend, ‘Oh my show,” Zigun said. god, Brooklyn gave up!’ ” said The sideshow impresario is excited for his Dean Haspiel. “That’s a really show’s debut, and hopes the audience walks away interesting idea, what if Brook- with at least one message in mind when it comes lyn was sentient? And it liter- to Republicans, he said. ally and physically decided to “You don’t have to marry one,” he said. “But secede from America?” you really shouldn’t kill them.” The Carroll Gardens car- “Killing Republicans: A Rock Opera” at Co- toonist began to imagine life ney Island USA (1214 Surf Ave. between Stillwell in the new Brooklyn, and the Avenue and W. 12th Street in Coney Island, new lives that people might build www.coneyisland.com). April 22–May 15, at in the broken borough. But he various times. $15. — Julianne Cuba decided not to be worry about being too realistic. “I’m not a scientist, I’m not going to fact-check how this MORE OPERA! could actually happen. I’m ro- manticizing the fantasy of a se- ceded Brooklyn,” he said. Haspiel has been in the com- Sing and spin ics biz for more than 25 years, and has drawn superhero books including “The Amazing Spi- der-Man” and “Batman Ad- ventures,” along with original characters and personal stories about living in Brooklyn. His new comic bridges those two worlds, introducing superheroes and super-villains to his home borough, starting with the title character of “The Red Hook.” “I was aiming for a super- Vincent Pontet Vincent hero but what I came up with Photo by Jason Speakman It is an all-singing, all-dancing extrava- is a super-thief,” said Haspiel. Ink master: Artist Dean Haspiel, in his Gowanus studo, holds up two pages from his new series “The Red Hook.” “I thought about Red Hook and ganza! how difficult it is to live there. A 306-year-old fusion of opera and ballet will And I thought about what kind of super- artists Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, and Alex today. I like simplicity and clarity.” adapted versions of the pages into a graphic finally make its United States debut at Brooklyn hero would be in Red Hook and I kind of Toth when designing the Red Hook’s solid The super-thief’s epic story will appear novel after the end of the online run. Academy of Music. The singers and dancers of created a bad guy. He’s kind of like a Robin costume — in red, naturally. weekly on the Line Webtoons site, with new in- More comics set in the same world as “Les Fetes Venitiennes,” opening on April 14, Hood, but he only takes care of himself and “I like that simplified, streamlined look,” stallments coming for 26 weeks. Each chapter “The Red Hook” are planned for this fall. will serve up a feast for the ears and the eyes, his girlfriend.” said Haspiel. “I can’t get into all the bells and is a long line of images, optimized for viewing “The Red Hook” is now available at says the show’s producer. Haspiel drew on his biggest influences, whistles of the new superheroes designed on mobile devices, but Haspiel plans to collect www.webtoons.com. “It’s visually stunning,” said Joseph Melillo. “The audience is going to dazzled.” The revival of the 18th century French ba- the product. The most promi- roque piece by Andre Campra features five vi- nent figure to endorse Manis- gnettes or “entrees,” each of them set in Venice chewitz was Sammy Davis, Jr. during Carnival. The show, first performed in The comedian and singer re- 1710, blends song and dance, and was composed corded a series of catchy televi- to satisfy Parisian appetites for both art forms Oh, what a wine! sion commercials for the wine, during a single session. Melillo says that the said Horowitz. ornate three-hour show, presented by French By 1954, Manischewitz had ensemble Les Arts Florissants, will be acces- quadrupled its production space sible to both to devotees of ballet and opera Brooklyn history of Manischewitz and was manufacturing seven and to newcomers. million gallons of wine per year, “It’s very playful,” said Melillo. “There are By Julianne Cuba The wine began under a dif- Company began mass produc- said Horowitz, finding an au- all these colors and it’s always moving, it’s a Brooklyn Paper ferent name — the Monarch ing its concord-grape wine un- dience well beyond its Jewish lot of fun.” Wine Company started produc- der the Manischewitz name in origins. Campra created it to be performed inside hese grapes Concord ing it during Prohibition, when 1939, said Horowitz, and do- But just like disco and shag especially large rooms, such as the receiving Brooklyn! sacramental wines were still le- ing well with the city’s Jewish carpeting, the supremely sweet halls inside the French court of Versaille. Me- T Those who sip Manis- gal, but could not be marketed population. wine struggled to make it out of lillo said that that “Les Fetes Venitiennes” will chewitz wine — the sweet ko- or advertised, Horowitz said. “New York City is a great the 1970s, said Horowitz. be the largest show that the Brooklyn Academy sher wine that is a staple of the But once the country’s dry spell market for kosher wine,” said “Concord grapes are diffi- of Music has put on within its space. Seder table — are partaking in was over, the Monarch wanted Horowitz. cult to make into wine because The spectacle will only run for three nights, a local tradition. A food histo- to set itself apart in the thriving Wine sales increased in the you have to use so much sugar but costume makers and light technicians have rian will reveal the Brooklyn new market for alcohol. So in late 1940s, when the wine be- — they’re not the best grapes spent a great deal of time coordinating the elab- origins of the Jewish vino at 1934, it licensed a name from came popular among African- to use for making wine,” he orate show with its full cast of include singers, “Man-O-Manischewitz” at the a company well-known within Americans, said Horowitz. said. “American consum- dancers, and musicians. Brooklyn Historical Society on the Jewish community — the “During World War II, ers start to shift away from “It’s a logistical challenge, so the produc- April 12, and his personal his- Manischewitz food company there’s a big migration of Afri- sweet wine, and by the early tion department has been working on this for tory with the beverage. from Ohio, known for its kosher can-Americans to the north, and 1980s, there are declining months,” said Melillo. “As a boy, I encountered food products like matzo and what starts to happen during sales. Different generation, He said he is excited to unleash “Les Fetes Manischewitz at our annual noodles — but not wine. the 1940s, they seek out Manis- different taste.” Venitiennes” on Brooklyn for the first time Passover Seder. While the chil- “We can have the name on chewitz wine, which starts to “Man-O-Manischewitz: and watch the audience absorb the artistic tri- dren could celebrate the special our wine, we will be recognized increase demand in ways that Brooklyn’s Wine in a Kosher ple threat. Jessica Payne occasion by drinking Coke, the by Jews and they will trust us,” surprises the Monarch Wine USA” at the Brooklyn Histori- “They’ll love it,” he said. Wine guy, huh?: Food scholar Roger Horowitz will dis- adults drank Manischewitz,” was the company’s reasoning, Company,” he said. cal Society [128 Pierrepont St. “Les Fetes Venitiennes” at BAM Howard Gil- cuss the history of Manischewitz wine at the Brooklyn said Roger Horowitz, the author said Horowitz. Monarch jumped at the new at Clinton street in Brooklyn man Opera House [30 Lafayette Ave. at Ash- Historical Society on April 12. He is the author of “Ko- of “Kosher USA: How Coke Be- So in Sunset Park’s Bush market, advertising in African- Heights. www.brooklynhis- land Place in Fort Greene, www.bam.org, (718) sher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales came Kosher and Other Tales Terminal — now known as In- American publications and hir- tory.org. (718) 222–4111]. April 636–4100)]. April 14 and 16 at 7:30 pm. April 17 of Modern Food.” of Modern Food.” dustry City — Monarch Wine ing black celebrities to hawk 12 at 6:30 pm. $5. at 2:30 pm. $35–$185. — Lauren Gill 8 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 8–14, 2016 WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY April 9 April 10 April 11 April 13 April 14 Griffin Golden has claws voice Tart-tongued, pop Singer-songwriter culture-obsessed Asaf Avidan wraps up comedian Kathy Grif- a three-night resi- fin has promised to dency at Rough cut loose on the pre- Trade tonight. The tensions of Brooklyn I Israeli performer has Love’s food hipsters at her show an ethereal voice that You probably know tonight at Brooklyn recalls Billie Holiday drummer Questlove A lad insane Center. And she will Raising and Janice Joplin, for his work with the A crazed comedy film surely have some- the bar but the folk tunes on Roots, from “Late thing to say about his album “Gold Night with Jimmy with sets and props In his one-man show “A her previous night’s Shadow” feel totally Fallon,” or from his made from brightly Life Behind Bars” actor audience in Queens. original. regular DJ sets at colored cardboard, and bartender Dan Brooklyn Bowl, but “Adam Green’s Alad- 6 pm at Brooklyn Center Ruth distills 20 years of 8 pm at Rough Trade [64 the Grammy-winning din” stars the former for the Performing Arts experience slinging N. Ninth St. between Kent Moldy Peach in an [2900 Campus Rd. drinks into a night of and Wythe avenues in performer is also an between Hillel Place and Williamsburg, (718) 388– adaptation of the darkly comic stories author and foodie. Avenue H in Midwood, 4111, www.roughtradenyc. Tonight he reads story of a boy who www.brooklyncenter.org, about New York’s com]. $20. finds a magic lamp. (718) 951–4500]. $45–$75. changing bar scene, from his new book Green will speak filled with alcoholism, “Somethingtofood- before the screening. crooked health inspec- about,” a collection tors, and selfie-sticks. of interviews with Midnight at Nitehawk innovative chefs. Cinema [136 Metropo- 7 pm at the Gutter [200 litan Ave. between N. 14th St. between 8 pm at Powerhouse Wythe Avenue and Berry Wythe and Nassau ave- Arena [37 Main St. Street in Williamsburg, nues in Williamsburg, between Water and Front (718) 384–3980, www. 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More bootleg events followed and the space soon morphed into Sunny’s Bar, said Balzano-Johansen. “That’s sort of how we got permission to stretch CLIFFORD the hours, and it just grew Shine on since then — if you are one of those people yourself you Concert pays tribute attract the same kind of peo- THE BIG ple, because you enjoy it so much,” she said. “It’s so en- to bar owner Sunny joyable to hear other friends ™ Photo by Stefano Giovannini play music and to see their RED DOG By Dennis Lynch Luna Sisters, alongside Miss Center of attention: work that whatever people Brooklyn Paper Ida Blue, Stillhouse Serenade, Legendary barkeep did we just said ‘Okay, yes and other bands that regularly Sunny Balzano greeted do it, show us!’ ” he spirit of Sunny’s will stomped the floor of Sunny’s fans at the reopening of Sunny’s Bar is going to con- live on. back room. Sunny’s Bar in August of tinue as usual, said Balzano Jo- T A devoted crew of mu- Food at the concert will 2013, after damage from hansen, and those who attend sicians, all regular performers be provided by local eat- Hurricane Sandy had the tribute concert at Pioneer at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, eries Hometown BBQ, the kept the bar closed for Works should expect to find will play a tribute show on Good Fork, Red Hook Lob- almost a year. the same warm and inviting April 14 in honor of the wa- ster Pound, and Jalopy Tav- atmosphere as the bar. tering hole’s legendary name- ern, while Fort Defiance and “It’s a celebration of Sun- Sun, Apr 17 at 2pm sake, Antonio “Sunny” Bal- Six Point Brewery will serve town BBQ would bring ribs ny’s life, which was a celebra- zano, who passed away in up drinks. The outpouring of over, and Sunny engendered tion of being yourself, to not Recommended for ages 4 and up March. The concert is a fitting support from local businesses that. He just was not a judg- fit the mold,” she said. “It’s tribute to a man whose hos- is no surprise, says the eve- mental person, he was just a just beautiful that he was such pitality brought artists, musi- ning’s headlining act. loving guy.” a different role model for peo- cians, and other creative types “Everyone who worked at Sunny’s Bar on Conover ple — to be yourself, what- to a once forgotten neighbor- those restaurants would come Street, just a cobblestone’s ever that is.” hood, said his widow. to Sunny’s after work, it be- throw from the East River, The money raised at the BrooklynCenter.org or 718-951-4500 “Sunny was probably the came like a community cen- has been in Balzano’s fam- concert will go to pay for the person that changed Red Hook ter,” said guitarist Smokey ily since the 1800s. In the late beloved bar owner’s funeral Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College more than anyone,” said Tone Hormel, who has played 1990s, Sunny’s uncle was run- expenses. Balzano Johansen. “I can’t tell Sunny’s every Wednesday ning the space as John’s Res- “To A Life Well Lived: A 2 to Flatbush Avenue / on-site paid parking available you the countless people who for the last decade with his taurant and Bar, but Balzano Tribute To Sunny” at Pio- come to me and say ‘I came band Smokey’s Roundup. convinced his uncle to keep neer Works [159 Pioneer St, to Red Hook because of the “It’s just one of those places the joint open late by showing between Conover and Imlay bar.’ It’s been a magnet for — it’s got a magnetism that him a wad of cash he had col- streets in Red Hook, (718) Supported by: those kind of people.” pulls people in. The people lected at a “birthday party for 596–3001, www.sunnysred- Balzano Johansen will per- at the Good Fork would in- no one” that attracted much of hook.com]. April 14 at 6:30 form at the concert with the vite us over there, or Home- Red Hook’s growing artistic pm. $25–$250. WHERE TECHNOLOGY CAN TAKE YOU? 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Triskelion Arts Bridge (333 Adams St. at [106 Calyer St. between Pearl Street in Downtown), Banker Street and Clifford www.tradebklyn.com/2016- Place in Greenpoint, (718) business-conference. 389–3473], www.triskelion- FAMILY, MISS NINA: The chil- arts.org. dren’s musician performs BABY AND FAMILY EXPO: all her hits from her weekly Interactive demonstrations, video show. Free. 10 am. the latest in baby gear, top Bushwick Public Library [340 advice from parenting ex- Bushwick Ave. at Seigel Street in Bushwick, (718) perts, kid-friendly entertain- 602–1348], www.brooklyn- ment and access to commu- publicllibrary. org. nity resources. Registration required. $15. 11 am–3:30 MUSIC, MICHAEL PETROSI- NO’S PETRIO LIVE JAZZ pm. Industry City (233 37th TRIO: Free. 8 pm. The St. between Second and Room at Dizzy’s (230 Fifth Third avenues in Sunset Ave. at President Street in Park), www.achildgrows. Park Slope). com/expo. COMEDY, DRUNK SCIENCE FILM, “THE CUP READER”: A PRESENTS BIOETHICS: fi lm about multiple genera- Three intoxicated comedi- tions of Palestinian women ans compete to present the Fine Japanese cuisine, who rhapsodize about love, best scientifi c dissertation plus full sushi bar, for $10 as translated through a for- to a panel of real scientists. FREE MIN tuneteller. A conversation $8 ($5 in advance). 8 pm. lunch or dinner DELIVERY with the fi lmmaker follows. Littlefi eld [622 Degraw St. Free with $16 suggested DiDonna Michael between Fourth and Fifth 162 Montague St, 2nd Fl, Brooklyn Heights admission. 2 pm. Brooklyn Star in stripes: Flamboyant showman Marco Benevento, who tours with a custom piano fitted with guitar avenues in Gowanus, (718) (718) 522-5555/58 Fax: (718) 522-7555 Museum [200 Eastern Pkwy. pedals, will launch his new rock concept album “The Story of Fred Short” at the Music Hall of Williamsburg 855–3388], www.little- at Washington Avenue in fi eldnyc.com. www.nanatori.com OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Prospect Heights, (718) on April 16. 638–5000], www.brooklyn- museum.org. heavy metal — together at 10 am–2 pm. Rally site (Cad- ART, “WAYS OF” CLOSING THURS, APRIL 14 FUND RAISER, A LOVE LET- SUN, APRIL 10 last! Find love with your fel- man Plaza Park in Brooklyn BRUNCH: A closing brunch PETER YARROW BENEFIT TER TO BAX: The Brooklyn MUSIC, REV. BILLY AND THE low headbangers. Hosted Heights), www.cadvny.org. for Melissa Pokorny’s solo CONCERT: Peter Yarrow, by comedian and musician show of photos and sculp- Arts Exchange celebrates STOP SHOPPING CHOIR: FILM, “MY BEST GIRL”:Mary one-third of the renowned 25 years with a party, an Dave Hill. Free. 7:30 pm. St. ture assemblages. Free. 3 The legendary activist and Pickford’s last silent fi lm, folk trio Peter, Paul, and awards ceremony honoring Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave. pm. Front Room Gallery [147 Mary, holds a benefi t con- FOLLOW US ON performer releases a new from 1927, is a class-con- four of its instructors, and at Clay Street in Green- scious Cinderella story. With Roebling St. between Met- cert with special guests album and a book, both performances from its affi li- point). live piano accompaniment. ropolitan Avenue and Frost Bethany & Rufus, for the ated dance, tumbling, and titled “The Earth Wants DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RALLY: Free. 12:30 pm. Brooklyn Street in Williamsburg, (718) Science, Language and youth groups. $15–$250. You.” $12. 7 pm. Market A community awareness fair Public Library’s Central 782–2556], frontroom.org. Arts International School 6 pm. Kumble Theater Hotel (1142 Myrtle Ave. at honoring crime victims of branch [10 Grand Army Building Fund. $25–$50. 7 at Long Island University Broadway in Bushwick), domestic violence. With a Plaza, between Eastern pm. Brooklyn Music School twitter.com/Brooklyn_Paper [DeKalb and Flatbush av- www.myspace.com/mar- defense class and presenta- Parkway and Flatbush Av- MON, APRIL 11 Playhouse [126 St. Felix St. enues in Downtown, (718) kethotelnyc. tions given by local offi cials, enue in Prospect Heights, between Lafayette Avenue FILM, “RACE — THE POWER and Hanson Place in Fort 488–1624], www.brooklyn. EVENT, SPEED METAL DAT- survivors of domestic vio- (718) 230–2100], www. OF AN ILLUSION” EPI- liu.edu/kumbletheater. ING: Speed dating and lence, and advocates. Free. brooklynpubliclibrary.org. Greene, (718) 638–5660], SODE 2: A screening of the brooklynmusicschool.org. series about the concept READING, FUNNY, SEXY, of race, followed by a dis- SAD: A reading series of BUSINESS, BROOKLYN STYLE – ADVERTISEMENT cussion with author and pieces that are hilarious, ociology professor Erica sex-related, extremely sad, Chito-Childs. Free. 6:30 or some combination of pm. Brooklyn Historical So- those things. Free. 8 pm. ciety [128 Pierrepont St. at Molasses Books [770 Hart Clinton Street in Brooklyn St. between Wilson and Heights, (718) 222–4111], Knickerbocker avenues in www.brooklynhistory.org. Bushwick, (631) 882–5188], MUSIC, NEIGHBORHOOD www.facebook.com/Molas- CLASSICS CONCERT — sesBooks. THE SYBARITE5: A string THEATER, “BABY IAN FALLS quintet inspired by Radio- DOWN A WELL”: In this head. $15. 7 pm. PS321 experimental comedy, as- [180 Seventh Ave. between piring child star Baby Ian First and Second streets in is trapped in a well, where Park Slope, (718) 499–2412], he discovers an adult Baby www.ps321.org. Jessica, fl eeing her fame COMEDY, “ASK ME AN- from falling down a well in OTHER”: Hosted by Ophira 1987. $10. 9 pm. Annoyance Eisenberg, this rambunc- Theatre [367 Bedford Ave. at S. Fifth St. in Williams- tious hour blends brainteas- burg, (718) 569–7810], www. ers and local pub trivia night theannoyancenewyork.com. with comedy and music. $25 ($20 in advance). 7:30 pm. Bell House [149 Seventh St. FRI, APRIL 15 at Third Avenue in Gow- anus, (718) 643–6510], www. FILM, “KRAMER AND thebellhouseny.com. KRAMER”: Part of BAM’s COMEDY, “NIGHT TRAIN “Senior Citizen Lineup,” WITH WYATT CENAC”: this 1979 fi lm with Dustin Hosted by Brooklyn-based Hoffman and Meryl Streep comedian Wyatt Cenac, tells the story of a married “Night Train” is a weekly couple’s divorce and its im- show that features comedy pact on everyone involved. Free for those 65 and older. from the best local and in- 10 am. BAM Rose Cinemas ternational stand up come- [30 Lafayette Ave. between dians. $5. 8 pm. Littlefi eld Lafayatte Avenue and Han- [622 Degraw St. between son Place in Fort Greene, Fourth and Fifth avenues in (718) 636–4100], www. Gowanus, (718) 855–3388], bam.org. www.littlefi eldnyc.com. FREE ARTS OPEN HOUSE MUSIC, OLD SOUL REVIVAL: FOR PEOPLE WITH DIS- A classic rock cover band ABILITIES: Learn about a mashes up the Allman variety of free art programs Brothers and the Grateful open to all adult New York- Dead. $7. 8 pm. Brooklyn ers with disabilities. All Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. be- levels of artistic experience tween N. 11th and N. 12th are welcome. Free. 4–7:30 streets in Williamsburg, pm. ICS Artists on Wheels (718) 963–3369], www. Gallery [25 Elm Pl. between brooklynbowl.com. Livingston and Fulton READING, FRANKLIN PARK streets in Downtown, (877) READING SERIES — MEM- 958–8427], www.icsny.org/ OIR NIGHT: With fi ve writ- our-social-programs. ers who shed light on con- ART, “YOUNG AND INNO- temporary culture through CENT” OPENING RECEP- personal narrative. Free. 8 TION: A solo exhibition of pm. Franklin Park (618 St. new paintings by Amy Hill, Johns Pl. between Classon of urban children decorated and Franklin avenues. in by logos, tattoos, piercings, Crown Heights), franklin- drugs and digital media. parkbrooklyn.com. Free. 7–9 pm. Front Room Gallery [147 Roebling St. be- tween Metropolitan Avenue TUES, APRIL 12 and Frost Street in Williams- burg, (718) 782–2556], www. TALK, “BRINGING BACK frontroom.org. THE CITY: What’s Below?”: MUSIC, MS. LAURYN HILL: Archeologist Alyssa Loorya The Grammy-winning R&B and “Untapped Cities” artist performs. Starting at founder Michelle Young $67. 9 pm. Kings Theatre examine what lies beneath (1027 Flatbush Ave. be- our feet. $10. 6:30 pm. tween Beverly Road and New York Transit Museum Tilden Avenue in Flatbush), [Boerum Place at Schermer- www.kingstheatre.com. horn Street in Downtown, )BWFBQBSUZUPSFNFNCFSBU4JSJDP¤T (718) 694–1600], www.mta. SAT, APRIL 16 info/mta/museum. COMEDY, SIRIUS/XM COM- INTRODUCTION TO THE By Camille Sperrazza planner will say, “I do.” fireplace in the lobby make ductions begin. for unique needs, and Siri- EDY RECORDING SHOW: BIRDS OF GREENPOINT: The radio station records Learn to identify local birds Food: They get it. It’s got perfect backdrops. Tropical Bar: Say aloha to co’s accommodates them all. some of the city’s best by sight and sound, and Decorations: comedians, including Rob about their habitats. Bring hen you’ve got 90 years to be good. With customized Lighting sets the place where teens enjoy Whether it’s an anniversary, Paravonian, Myq Kaplan, binoculars if you have them. Ophira Eisenberg, Liam Meet at the Shelter Pavilion. of experience, you menus for every taste and bud- the mood and atmosphere, so drinks that include virgin pina retirement, Communion, Con- McEneaney, Frank Conniff, Free. 10 am. McGolrick Park know how to throw get, it will be. Guests enjoy color-coordinate your event coladas, strawberry daiquiris, firmation, corporate event, or and Joyelle Nicole. $7. 7:30 (Russell Street between 8 pm. Union Hall [702 Union Driggs and Nassau avenues awesome parties. drinks and food in a separate with an LED lighting pack- and frozen sensations. other special occasion, Sirico’s St. at Fifth Avenue in Park in Greenpoint), ny.audubon. Food: Slope, (718) 638–4400], org/BrooklynEvents. Their grandparents may room for the cocktail hour, then age. It can match your wedding A buffet loaded with is the place to be. www.unionhallny.com. MUSIC, MARCO BE- have started Sirico’s Cater- make their way to another for colors. Or, reach for the stars fun food, customize designed There are party rooms that MUSIC, SONGS FROM APHA- NEVENTO: The keyboard SIA: Downtown legends maestro releases his new ing, but two cousins, Hercu- dinner and dancing. Of course, with specialized effects that to taste. Among the offerings: can accommodate up to 100, “Blue” Gene Tyranny and rock concept album “The Mary Griffi n collaborate Ballad of Fred Short.” $20. les and Jim Sirico, are the ones there’s a lovely bridal suite for include an image of a bright taco stations, a mashed potato 200, and 300 people. on a multimedia oratorio 8 pm. Music Hall of Wil- drawing its inspiration from liamsburg [66 N. Sixth St. that keep these parties going the bridal party. blue sky. Sirico’s has it all cov- bar, and sliders. For dessert, Valet parking and a park- “Aphasians” — people who between Kent and Wythe lost their ability to speak as avenues in Williamsburg, every night. Music: The house DJ is ered with chair draperies and there’s an ice cream sundae ing lot make it convenient for (718) 486–5400], www.musi- a result of traumatic brain challofwilliamsburg.com. young, hip, gets the party sashes, too. bar, candy tables, and Sirico’s all guests. injuries. $25 ($20 seniors and students). 8 pm. Rou- SHOW UP!: An energetic Weddings started, and keeps it moving famous chocolate fountain. Let’s get this party lette [509 Atlantic Ave. at anthology of original cho- reography performed by A bit overwhelmed with all all night long. Sweet 16s Decorations: Select from started. Third Avenue in Boerum ballerinas, B-Boys, modern Hill, (917) 267–0363], www. dancers, and more. $32.50. to be done? 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Bal- Sirico’s Caterer’s [8023 13th A screening of the South University [DeKalb and Flat- need is coordinated by Sirico’s so Sirico’s works with proven has your back. loon center pieces are always Ave.between 80th and 81st African fi lm about angry bush avenues in Downtown, youth, followed by a 10 pm (718) 488–1624], www. in-house wedding planner who photographers and videogra- Your daughter’s party starts a hit. streets in Dyker Heights, (718) after-party with dancers and brooklyn.liu.edu/kumble- a DJ set of African house theater. directs the process. phers who make sure special in the Entourage Room where 331–2900, www.siricos.net]. and electronic music from COMEDY, KEVIN JAMES: Ceremony: Sta7ck. $15 ($12 in advance, Starting at $49.75. 7 pm. Want to get mar- moments are captured. The the guest of honor can wait Other parties Open Tuesdays through Sun- $5 after-party only). 8 pm. Kings Theatre (1027 Flat- ried here? Say the word, and the beautiful gardens and active with friends before the intro- days, from 1:30 to 9:30 pm. House of Yes (2 Wyckoff bush Ave. between Beverly Every special occasion calls Ave. at Jefferson Street in Road and Tilden Avenue in Bushwick), www.house- Flatbush), www.kingsthe- ofyes.org. atre.com. April 8–14, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 HOOKED UP! THREE WAYS TO LOVE Sign comes back to Van Brunt Street By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper It is a red-letter day in IN PRINT Red Hook! Pick up Brooklyn Luxury electric car maker Tesla has installed its own Paper every neon incarnation of the Friday across neighborhood’s iconic “Red Greenpoint, Hook” sign, which once hung at street level on the Williamsburg, Van Brunt Street warehouse Bushwick, the high-tech manufacturer Downtown, and recently turned into a deal- Pete Waldman ership. Tesla’s own version of the beloved “Red Hook” sign Brownstone The original Red Hook on its Van Brunt Street showroom (left) now lights up Brooklyn. Each paper sign on the Golten Marine the night. The original (above) was much larger. delivers news, arts, sports, and parenting building near the Battery Community News Group / Max Jaeger in one package. Tunnel — which welcomed out of the neighborhood. its new sign on Tuesday. Its artist, Pete Waldman, way for Tesla. story about someone sitting visitors to the neighborhood Locals called for Tesla, The new letters appear to drew inspiration for its 10- Waldman — a glassblower on the bus and they turned for almost 10 years — was ON YOUR COMPUTER, demolished to make way for which opened its show- be smaller than their prede- foot tall font from a sign who has lived in Red Hook the corner and said the Red the showroom. room on Van Brunt and cessors, and grace the sec- that hung in the window of for 20 years — was not con- Hook lights are up again, it’s PHONE, OR TABLET But now the high-tech car Imlay streets in March, to ond story of the building — famed neighborhood grocery sulted on the project, but so nice someone is thinking maker has installed a new bring back the sign on so- higher than the originals, store Fairway and hung the was happy to hear that Te- of us,” he said. No one approximation after resi- cial media — even creat- which were on the ground- lights himself the first two sla is bringing back his de- “To bring it back would else covers dents demanded the com- ing a Twitter account dedi- floor of the warehouse. times around, nearly break- sign, which has become a make a lot more people in Brooklyn like cated to the lights. The original sign was ing his neck in the process, source of pride for residents the neighborhood apprecia- pany bring it back. BrooklynPaper. “It’s Red Hook’s welcome Salguero said a rep for made of rope lights wrapped he said. in the transit-starved nabe tive of Tesla.” mat to the world,” said Caro- the company told her “We around wooden letters, and The sign’s lights kept go- that is sometimes referred A rep for Tesla confirmed com. The site lina Salguero, president of wa- listened and we heard,” last was initially created for a ing out, and had to be hung a to as an “armpit commu- that it is bringing back the is updated terfront education group Ports- Thursday afternoon. The holiday project in the mid- third time by volunteers be- nity,” he said. sign, but would not comment throughout the ide New York, which operates company flicked the switch 2000s. fore it was trashed to make “I remember hearing a further. day, offering the latest local coverage with more depth than any other Hook nets new soccer fi eld web publication. IN YOUR INBOX, Celebs and locals turn out for opening of ‘street’ arena NEWSFEED, OR TIMELINE By Maddie Anthony Brooklyn Paper will come to Brooklyn Paper you, too. Follow us on Twitter They had a ball! Red Hook youngsters got at @Brooklyn_Paper, like us to test their soccer skills on Facebook at Facebook. against professional play- com/BrooklynPaper, and ers last Friday at the open- sign up for our e-mail news- ing of a new kid-friendly field in Bush-Clinton Play- letter at BrooklynPaper. ground. com/about/alerts. Around 200 pint-sized Pe- les played games and drills with stars from the New York Red Bulls, New York Cos- mos, and New Jersey’s Sky BROOKLYN PAPER and Blue FC on the new asphalt Photo by Louise Wateridge arena from Street Soccer Red Hook youngsters played games and drills with pros at the new ‘street’ soc- BrooklynPaper.com USA, an organization that cer arena at the Bush-Clinton Playground in Red Hook. builds free fields in low-in- Your go-to source for a daily come areas. Fields — is slightly larger players’ feet. It will be open on the new playing ground, Photo by Louise Wateridge The pop-up stadium — on than a basketball court and to the community around the families also enjoyed games, dose of Brooklyn! Kids show off their soccer skills at the opening of Clinton and Henry streets at is enclosed by barriers so the clock. food, music, and a climbing the new field. the edge of the Red Hook Ball ball always stays at young After cutting the ribbon wall. Congratulations to Brooklyn’s 2016 Women of Distinction HONOREES Regina Andriolo, Esq. Laura Glazier-Smith Chinita Pointer Anna Becker Lynn Harris Beareather Reddy Nancy Colt Nataly Isikli Bazah Roohi Sybil DeVeaux Michele Jerry, LCSW Carmen Gloria Audrey Doorn Dr. Saundra Johnson Rosario-Olmedo Pamela Ingrid P. Lewis-Martin Dawn Simon Esposito-Amery Dr. Amy Lipnicki Stephanie Thompson Nancy Falco Diane Marino Hafi da Torres Lenore Friedman Maria Teresa Nitti Shirley Young Bonnii Gargano Angelika Pisakhova Our Honorees will be celebrated in a Keepsake Publication May 20, 2016 Join Us! Our Keynote Speaker Gala Dinner Ophira Eisenberg & Award Ceremony Ophira Eisenberg is a standup Tuesday, June 7 at comic, writer, and host of NPR’s hit trivia comedy show, Ask Me Another. She has appeared on Cocktail hour 5:30 pm The Late Late Show, The Today 8023 13th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11228 Show, Comedy Central, $100/person and VH-1. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES To purchase the tickets on Gala Dinner & Award Ceremony go to brooklyndaily.com/wodevent Free bereavement support services for adults who have had a loss (Loved one is not required to have had hospice care) To congratulate and thank Brooklyn’s Women of Distinction, please call Contact our Bereavement Department at 347.226.4823 Jennifer Stern at 718-260-8302 or email [email protected] 12 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 8–14, 2016 On the scent Attachment issues New dating service based Suits may stop embattled Park Slope entirely on — body odor old folks’ home owner profi ting on sale By Zach Jones lynites — who will stink them By Colin Mixson for Brooklyn Paper up by wearing them for three Brooklyn Paper Love stinks — and this days straight without deodor- The landlord of a Park dating service is out to ant or cologne. Slope old folks home who prove it! Brain and Lavigne will cried poor to boot his ten- A pair of Brooklynites are then cut up the soiled shirts ants out — while secretly running a low-fi alternative to into strips and distribute planning to sell the building Tinder that matches up pro- them back among the dat- for millions — may end up spective lovebirds based en- ing pool. out of pocket after all due to tirely on their body odor — Participants won’t know a recent court decision. a measure of compatibility the gender or sexual orienta- A judge last month ruled they say is far more reliable tion of the people behind each Prospect Park Residence than convoluted algorithms or sample — they will simply owner Hayesha Deitsch can’t online dating profiles. take a whiff and note which sell the building unless he sets Alon Chitayat Alon “Data can lie. Smell fragrances, if any, they find Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne of Smell Dating use their clients’ worn T-shirts to aside $10 million dollars for doesn’t lie,” said Greenpoint most pleasing. Brain and Lav- pair couples based on their reactions to each others’ pheromones. two families currently suing artist Tega Brain, who cre- igne will then match up any him for the wrongful deaths Photo by Jason Speakman ated the Smell Dating ser- mutual attractions. of their loved ones — and that vice with Williamsburg The whole thing is par- works. They interviewed relationships. is intimate, very mundane figure could balloon to $45 A judge has issued two $5-million attachments on writer Sam Lavigne. tially a tongue-in-cheek art several scientists before- “This is an exploration data,” says Lavigne, who is million if the court extends Prospect Park Residence. The pair have sent T-shirts project, the pair admit, but hand, and say they are ea- of what happens when the an editor at a website called that to other suits in the works. to 100 participants around they say they are also seri- ger to find out if any of the only piece of information Useless Press, where he will Given Deitsch paid $40 mil- tried to sell for $84 million, Deitsch can’t avoid paying a New York — mostly Brook- ous about seeing whether it odor-based couples form real you have about a person publish the results. lion for the property, and has he could end up actually los- cash award to the families if ing a grand on his investment, he loses the cases. said an attorney for the al- Deitsch’s attorney tried leged victims. to quash the orders, but the “This guy has the most ex- judge’s latest ruling upheld pensive piece of property in them — which O’Hara be- New York and Tokyo and he’s lieves is an indication the odds going to lose money on it,” will be in his favor when ver- said attorney John O’Hara, dicts start rolling in, and that who is bringing nine wrong- he will be able to replicate the ful death suits against Dei- orders on all of his cases and tsch and is also prone to hy- rack up the grand total of $45 perbole. million in liens. Deitsch is notorious for his “This shows he’s the type ongoing court battle with a of guy to cut out and not pay handful of frail tenants who any judgment, and that we’re refused to leave the facility probably going to win,” he after he attempted to abruptly said. close it in 2014 while claiming O’Hara also represented financial hardship — only for the family of the late “Kung this paper to reveal he had al- Fu” Judge John Phillips in a ready inked the lucrative deal suit claiming he died at Pros- to sell it months earlier. pect Park Residence in 2008 But O’Hara’s separate suits after months of neglect. The stem from a 2009 Department two parties settled out of court of Health inspection, which for $750,000 last year . concluded that 37 seniors at Meanwhile, Deitsch’s the residence “must be trans- other courtroom drama is ferred to appropriate care set- dragging on longer than the tings immediately,” after it full run of “Law and Order” was determined that the level — he is now attempting to of care at Deitsch’s facility countersue the loved ones of was inadequate, court doc- his holdout tenants, claiming uments show. Instead, the they have been dragging his business allegedly ignored name through the mud. The the health department’s or- families have accused him ders and several of the resi- of attempting to harass the dents later died at the unli- oldsters out by cutting ser- censed nursing home. vices — including air condi- The judge had originally tioning, security, and light- ordered $5-million orders of ing — while trying to raise attachment on the property their rent. for two of O’Hara’s suits — Deitsch’s attorney did effectively locking down the not return requests for com- money on a potential sale so ment. ADVERTISE IN BROOKLYN PAPER: (718) 260–4552 April 8–14, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 13 14 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 8–14, 2016 THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION’S PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH WALK SUNDAY, APRIL 10 Pier 84 at Hudson River Park New York City With the support of Cablevision, 100% of every dollar raised goes directly too pancreatic cancer research. #WalkToCurePC TAKE THE FIRST STEP. 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