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THE NEW BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY LOTS OF GLASS, NOT ENOUGH CASH / Julie Rosenberg The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Babies of the New Year are here! Enrique Norten / TEN Arquitectos A rendering of the proposed Brooklyn Public Library Visual and Performing Arts branch (right) at Flatbush and Lafayette avenues in Fort Greene, next to the proposed Frank Gehry-designed Theatre for a New Audience (center). The two buildings would stand next to the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Neo-Itlaianate structure (left).

By Ariella Cohen To jumpstart the latest fundraising in serious doubt. poration, while another $3 million “It is very seductive and appeal- The Brooklyn Papers campaign, on Tuesday, the library “In a perfect world, we are talking was given by the City Council and ing, but you have to ask some hard had Norten show off tweaks in his about building in the next four or directly from the Bloomberg admin- questions about how a project like The building is clear, but who well-received design to the library’s five years,” said Cooper. “But we stration. Another $2 million came this will be subsidized and sus- will pay for it remains murky. board of trustees. have to find funding first.” from Albany. tained,” said Marilyn Gelber, execu- Brooklyn Public Library admitted The project’s glistening architec- Raising money for projects in Down- Part of Norten’s presentation was tive director of Independence Com- last week that it is struggling to raise tural benchmarks remain, but now town Brooklyn — even ones attached simply to remind the library board of munity Bank Foundation. enough money to build a chic — and include more commercial space than to a brand-name architect — has the spectacular qualities of the pro- In July, the Foundation gave the expensive — Visual and Performing the prior version, a revision that re- proven tricky. And the fund-raising posed design. Library $500,000 towards a new au- Arts Library at Flatbush and flects the need for private sources of pitch comes as budget cuts have left But he also showed off the in- ditorium and plaza at the main Lafayette avenues in Fort Greene. income to sustain the building’s Brooklyn’s neighborhood library creased the amount of inside space branch on Grand Army Plaza. But Designed by architect-of-the-mo- costs. branches with limited hours and less- devoted to children and teens. The Gelber couldn’t say if more money ment Enrique Norten, the slinky, all- “It is not easy to fund cultural in- senior librarians. older kids will lord over their own was being earmarked for the sexy glass, ship-bow-shaped library will stitutions,” said Norten, “Not only The library has raised just $18 wing on an upper-level of the library performance library — and even cost between $70 and $85 million. will cafes and shops on the ground million of the $85 million it needs to while children will have a large sec- questioned the need for such an eye- “The biggest question right now is floor work financially, they will build Norten’s design. Roughly $10 tion on the library’s main floor dedi- catching design. where we will find the money to bring life to the public space.” million has come from the city, cated to them. The tweaks did little “How does such a gorgeous de- build,” said Brooklyn Public Library But they can only do that if it gets through its financial partnership with to dull the overwhelming enthusiasm sign contribute to the overall goals of Executive Director Ginnie Cooper. built — something that appears to be the BAM Local Development Cor- for Norten’s design. See GLASS BUILDING on page 3 Nazi spin put on Islander’s anti-Vito Web site

By Gersh Kuntzman mission was temporarily delayed never did vote against a reauthoriza- B+ voting rating from the National The Brooklyn Papers over a dispute involving Fossella tion of the assault rifle ban because Rifle Association. / Julie Rosenberg This wasn’t, perhaps, the spokesman Craig Donner. it never came up for a vote after it “To be honest, I didn’t even campaign that most Bay Ridge Caneco had referred to Donner as was killed by House leadership. waste my time going through the Fossella’s “propaganda minister” — And Donner claims his boss did not rest of it because it was so sloppy,” Democrats had in mind. and Donner, who is Jewish, said he vote to “withhold money from Donner said. When Democratic leaders in Stat- interpreted the comment as an anti- peacekeeping missions of the U.N., “The bottom line is that they [De- en Island started talking last month Semetic reference to Nazi spin doc- which could cause millions to go mocrats] still have no candidate, to prominent party officeholders to

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn tor Joseph Goebbels, who used the hungry.” have raised no money and have be- take on Rep. Vito Fossella (R-Bay title during his service to Hitler. “I think he’s talking about our bill gun no campaign,” he added. Hindy Krausz holds her baby boy (top photo), Ridge), they didn’t foresee the battle getting sidetracked over a discussion Caneco apologized and removed to cut off funding for the U.N. Hu- On that point, Donner and his unnamed at press time, who was born at 12:29 of whether a Fossella spokesman is the reference from his site — but man Rights Commission whenever nemesis agree. am on New Year’s Day at Long Island College a Nazi. that didn’t stop Donner from spin- it’s headed by a nation that supports Caneco told the Staten Island Ad- But that’s where the campaign ning the story. He said he is satisfied terrorism.,” Donner said. vance that Democrats could defeat

Hospital in Cobble Hill. Krausz’s son, her first Mango / Greg stands, just eight months shy of that the dispute is over, but added Donner did not comment on the Fossella, thanks to a strong Democ- baby, tipped the scales at 8-pounds 8-ounces. Election Day, thanks to an anti-Fos- that it shows the “essential nature” validity of Caneco’s other claims ratic ticket headed by Sen. Hillary Below, Tomasa Howard holds her baby girl, sella Web site created by a Staten Is- of Caneco’s Web site. about Fossella’s “anti-New York Clinton and Attorney General Eliot who was born at New York Methodist Hospital land Young Democrat. “It’s littered with so many agenda,” including taking money Spitzer, who is running for gover- in Park Slope at 5:31 am. Brooklyn’s first New Kevin Caneco’s site, www.fossel- spelling and grammatical mistakes from scandal-scarred Texas Con- nor. laexposed.com, claims it is dedicat- that you almost can’t see how many gressman Tom DeLay, his steadfast “It’s an important year and I feel

Year’s baby was born one minute after midnight ed to “exposing the right wing pup- outright lies are on there,” he said. Papers file The Brooklyn support for the war in Iraq, his we have a good shot [at defeating in Coney Island Hospital. pet named Vito Fossella,” but its But Donner cited two: Fossella Vito Fossella “strong anti-union record,” and his Fossella],” Caneco said. Auster’s Park Slope Latest novel set amongst the brownstones

By Gersh Kuntzman way she held and touched her children. feints in the book. She ends up not really The Brooklyn Papers He had never seen maternal love ex- being a major character, but merely win- pressed so eloquently or simply, with dow dressing for the most Who is the B.P.M.? more tenderness or outright joy Brooklyn of Auster’s works. Of all the many recognizable denizens … To watch her sit- Certainly, the 58-year-old of Park Slope who make guest appear- ting on the front Sloper has written about New ances in Paul Auster’s new book, “The steps of her house York before. The city, in fact, Brooklyn Follies,” this one character — with her arms is a main character in “The the “Beautiful Perfect Mother” — will wrapped around those New York Trilogy,” and his undoubtedly provoke many a spirited de- two small kids was movie, “Smoke,” is set in bate about her identity. enough to bring a flut- a Park Slope candy store. Everyone knows a Park Slope B.P.M. ter to an old curmud- And Auster himself is a Indeed, aren’t all the moms in Park Slope geon’s heart.” very recognizable figure B.P.M.s? In naming this character as he The identity of the on Seventh Avenue and did, that is probably Auster’s point. It’s a B.P.M. is hidden for sev- the focus of substantial bit of a wink to his neighbors that will eral pages of “The Brook- lust among some read- probably go unrecognized by readers lyn Follies,” yet once it is ers. outside of Brownstone Brooklyn. revealed, it becomes ho- “He’s a world-class Mango / Greg “[She sat] on the front stoop of her hum. (Her name is Nancy writer, a real inno- building with her two young children, Mazzucchelli and she makes vator,” one woman waiting for the yellow bus to arrive and jewelry in her brownstone recently posted on take them to school,” writes Auster. “She studio.) Like many other char- the blog, http://onlythe-

was remarkably attractive … with long acters and moods in “The blogknowsbrooklyn.com, which is Papers The Brooklyn black hair and luminous green eyes, but Brooklyn Follies,” the B.P.M. operated by The Brooklyn Papers columist Employees of La Bagel Delight, at Seventh Avenue and Fifth Street, a store that is featured in the book “Brooklyn Fol- what stirred him most about her was the ultimately becomes one of the numerous See AUSTER on page 7 lies” by Park Slope resident Paul Auster. 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When he returned at 11 am on NOW OPEN The Brooklyn Papers rifled her personal belongings. A resident of Bay 20th told Dec. 27, the gate had been A third accomplice kept 62/68 BLOTTER police the team of satellite tel- forced open and the funds in Bay Ridge! A gun-wielding thief watch. were gone, police said. robbed a Colonial Road evision installers that visited Suddenly the trio disap- his house on Dec. 28 took far Interrupted resident and her compan- peared, fleeing with $1,200 the money. Bodega heist ion in the elevator of her more than the tip he offered. On Dec. 22, the good tim- $ and jewelry owned by the vic- They then drove off in a A man forced his way into 2 OFF building mid-day on New Police said the team arrived ing of one Bensonhurst tim, police said. black car. Police said the vic- a Fifth Avenue grocery at around 2 pm to install a satel- a TAKE HOME Year’s Eve, police said. tim was too embarrassed to woman kept her from losing Robbery resisted closing time on Dec. 28, stole lite dish and the accompany- any valuables to a burglar, po- 6-PACK The thug followed the 59- report the robbery earlier last Not to be combined $300 bucks and fled in an old ing TV system. After the men lice said. year-old woman and her Thanks to the stubbornness year. Rule of thumb, people: with other offers. pick-up truck, according to left, the 41-year-old resident The 21-year-old woman ar- Exp. 1-20-06 friend, a 69-year-old Bronx of one worker at a Bay Ridge If something seems too police. discovered that his daughter’s rived home at 8:30 pm, only man, into the lift at 11:50 am. laundromat, 2005 went out on good to be true, you’re proba- The store clerk disappeared bedroom bureau had been to spot two strangers running Once inside, he held the doors a sour note for a pair of bly going to lose $7,000 in a brazen, low-level thieves. into the basement of the store, moved and a box of jewelry out of her house. Nothing was open and pulled out a black scam. 8612 3rd Avenue • (718) 238-3092 Police said the two men near 67th Street, around 3:45 that had been hidden behind it missing and police said the gun, demanding, “Money, Repair drama was missing. only money,” police said. tried to snatch a fistful of dol- am to finish some paperwork, wanna-be thief probably came The man did not provide a But the thief was also a liar, lars from the grasp of a 53- An 82nd Street resident police said. in through a window in back detailed list of the missing it turned out. In addition to year-old woman working the suspects his former contractor During the five minutes that was left unlocked. jewels and could not offer a $ $200 in cash, the robber register at 4 pm on New trashed his home and stole his that followed, the thief Ground-floor raid 10 Gift Certificate snatched a watch from one of Year’s Eve at the dry cleaning electronics after they had an pushed the gate up, dashed description of the installation team, police said. A robber snatched $6,400 When you transfer your Rx to Regency the victims, police said. They and self-serve laundry on 86th argument about the quality of inside and popped open the in cash and jewelry from a are now seeking a heavy-set Street, between Seventh Av- the man’s work. cash register. Eatery robbed 66th Street apartment during Good towards any purchase in the store (excluding Rx’s) Hispanic man, 5-foot-8 tall, enue and Fort Hamilton Park- Police said the 23-year-old With the money in hand, The thief was hungry for the middle of the afternoon on who wore a black, puffy, way. But the woman resisted victim arrived home, near the man fled the store and only one kind of bread. Dec. 29, police said. We carry a full line We will Nike-brand jacket over gray the would-be robbers’ attack, 16th Avenue, around 4 pm on drove off in an old, blue When someone broke into The 43-year-old victim left of beauty supplies flavor your sweat-pants on the day of the and the men fled the store New Year’s Day to discover Chevrolet truck, marked with an eatery on Third Avenue her first floor apartment, near crime. empty-handed. the devastation. The walls and patches of primer on the back near Bay Ridge Parkway after 13th Avenue, at 3 pm. When • Ahava • Crabtree children’s Cops catch 2 A witness told cops the floors of his partially renovat- panel. closing-time on Dec. 26 they she returned at 5 pm, she & Evelyn medicines men split on 86th Street, one ed home were spattered with Police said the thief is a • B. Kamins Police arrested a teenager left the food alone, but ab- found someone broke a back running east and the other paint, and the stereo and other white man, roughly 5-foot-5 sconded with $400 in cash window and stole $3,000 and and a young man they believe fleeing to the west. valuables were missing. and 160 pounds, who sports threatened a Bensonhurst man and a money order worth various gold bracelets, ear- FREE PICK-UP & DELIVERY But neither the victim, nor Police are now looking to long, blond hair. with a fake gun on Dec. 30. $1,300, according to police. rings and necklaces, plus jade Most Insurance Accepted the 34-year-old woman who question the contractor, a 51- During the robbery he wore A 36-year-old worker said items, from her home. Police The two suspects, ages 16 saw the thugs flee, could de- year-old white man who goes and 20, face attempted rob- a light blue jacket, jeans and he locked the restaurant’s believe the thief left through Mon-Fri: 9am-8pm; Sat: 10am-6pm scribe the thugs in detail, po- by the name Edgar. white sneakers. doors at 11:30 pm that night. the basement. bery charges after their 8:20 lice said. pm heist attempt. Police said 7115 Third Avenue the pair put a toy gun to the 7 grand scam (718) 238-7488 As usual, it was greed that head of the 31-year-old victim REGENCY DRUGS as the man walked along the brought her down. street, near the corner of 64th A man tricked an elderly Street and 24th Avenue. Bay Ridge woman out of Nothing was stolen and the $7,000 — with a promise of a victim wasn’t hurt. $30,000 return — at the be- Biker heists return Roof repair scam ginning of July, the victim told police the day after Christmas. “WHAT?” A trio of thieves disguised Police said a stranger ap- By Lilo H. Stainton snatched the purse of a 42-year-old woman mode of transportation) attacked a Queens as contractors tricked an older If this is your first Bensonhurst woman out of proached the 83-year-old vic- The Brooklyn Papers as she made her way home from the train woman on Bay Ridge Avenue, police said. $1,200 during a discussion tim on the street near her station around 7 pm on Dec. 26. As the Again, the robber peddled up behind the 21- response ... you’re home the morning of July 9 The bicycle mugger rides in all woman reached the corner of 18th Avenue year-old woman, who was walking along- about repairing her home roof seasons, it seems. not alone. This is how on Dec. 29, police said. and asked for her help in re- near 66th Street the mugger peddled up be- side a male companion, also 21, near the After a rash of similar thefts this sum- hind her, pushed her forward and grabbed corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway, and The three men appeared at trieving the windfall. approximately 28 million mer and early fall — followed by quiet for the bag from her shoulder. He rode south snatched the purse from her hands. the door of the woman’s 73rd The victim accompanied several months — two victims were at- on 18th Avenue with the bag, which held Despite her resistance, the thief — de- Americans who experience Street home, near 15th Av- the stranger and his partner to tacked by area bike-borne burglars during the two sawbucks, various credit cards and scribed only as a dark-skinned Hispanic enue, around 1:50 pm under a Northfork Bank branch on hearing loss respond. the holiday week, police. One woman lost ID, plus the victim’s keys, police said. man, wearing a brown knit cap — the cover of offering their help Sixth Avenue and 71st Street, $20 and credit cards to a swift-acting thief, The woman could only describe her at- wrenched the bag free and rode south on fixing the roof. where she withdrew the cash, while the other victim was relieved of tacker as an Asian man, approximately 20, Fort Hamilton Parkway. Inside the fancy According to police, one police said. The pair then more than $1,000 in valuables and her im- riding a dark-colored mountain bike. Fendi purse was $500 in cash, credit cards man led the victim around her drove her home and asked for What you can do migration papers. Two days later, just before 5 pm, a mug- and the victim’s immigration visa, police home, discussing the fake roof a copy of her phone bill, say- In the first incident, a two-wheeling thief ger with a similar modus operandi (and said. job with the woman, while a ing it was necessary to collect Having your hearing checked by an audiologist can provide the answers you need. LASERS lustrations is another Gehry If you suspect you or someone you know FOR THE REMOVAL OF... addition to the neighborhood: the 70-story “Miss Brooklyn” may have a hearing problem, call today Hair, Broken Blood Vessels, Wrinkles, Before Spider Veins (face & legs), Age Spots, GLASS BUILDING… skyscraper that Forest City for a personal appointment. Acne Scars, Stretchmarks Continued from page 1 Hugh Hardy. 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EEN SPIRIT’S BAND, Cool and quit after eight obsession. unless the parent is intimately in- next Athens, Georgia? Unusual Punishment, was lessons. “Maybe later,” volved. So at the Liberty Heights family- Theadlining the family-friendly The Musical Hepcat feigned So a month later, when the band friendly New Year’s Eve party, the New Year’s Eve at the Red Hook’s Theater Work- disinterest. “I’m had its first gig at the Rockin’ Teens teen audience huddled at small tables streaking Liberty Heights Tap Room, and as shop at Gowanus SMART a little busy Showcase at Liberty Heights, while parents stuck to the other side of Smartmom’s 14-year-old and his Arts was even right now.” Smartmom — a singer/songwriter the laid-back pizzeria restaurant. Cool bandmates took the stage, I recited my more of a fiasco. Last spring, in her own right — found herself and Unusual Punishment — the head- 2006 New Year’s resolution over and Teen Spirit went Teen Spirit sur- awash in a mix of feelings. liners! — went on at 11:20. over: “I will not be a stage mother.” along with it, but mom prised his par- Smartmom knew she was Their 40-minute set, which includ- It’s to quell those stage mom ten- even he knew it By Louise Crawford ents by starting passing the baton to her son and fi- ed originals and an Arcade Fire med- into the dencies. What mother hasn’t wanted was about Smart- a band with two nally letting go of some of her long- ley, culminated in a spirited rendition to enhance the abilities of her chil- mom’s thwarted friends, Red and held fantasies. Ah, such is life. Yet, of “Another One Bites the Dust” at dren? On the other hand, chan- attempt to star in her sixth-grade pro- Best Buddy. Smartmom and Hepcat of course, she was thrilled for her just minutes before midnight. Nice nelling Mama Rose invites disaster. duction of “Guys and Dolls.” Teen were dying to hear, but Teen Spirit boy. touch, kid. Stage-mothering starts innocently Spirit, who never wanted to be an ac- told them to stay away until the Over time, Teen Spirit has been OST OF THE PARENTS knew enough. Really. Just a simple at- tor, especially a singing one, nearly band was ready. willing to talk to his parents about the enough not to get up and New Year tempt to fix something that went dropped out just days before the Despite the warning, Smartmom band. Smartmom is always full of Mdance — that would be far wrong with one’s own childhood. show. Afterwards he told Smart- eavesdropped on the band’s prac- praise and encouragement — to a too embarrassing for their teenage First, you insist that your child mom: “Never again.” tices by standing on the sidewalk in fault, perhaps. Recently, Teen Spirit offspring. But it was fun enough to By Lucky Ngamwajasat home in Brooklyn, taking on takes up an instrument. After all, HAT’S WHEN Smartmom and front of Red’s apartment building told her, “You’re the kind of mom merely cheer them on. And cry a lit- for The Brooklyn Papers the sad-sack Knicks at the most parents say their biggest regret Hepcat decided to lay back a (where for art thou, Teen Spirit?). who thinks everything I do is perfect. tle when no one was looking. Garden. Kidd and Co. take was quitting piano lessons. So what little. They’d learned the hard Finally, one Friday evening, Teen I like it when Dad gives me construc- Smartmom got misty-eyed, proud Nets 99 sadistic pleasure in torment- T better way to rectify that past mis- (and expensive way) that it just Spirit invited his family upstairs. tive criticism. It feels more real.” and even a little jealous of her son, Clippers 85 ing their cross-town rivals, take than by not passing it on to the doesn’t pay to push your child artis- MARTMOM COULD barely con- Point taken. The band now has a who seemed to be having an awful- Dec. 20 at E. Rutherford and this night would be no next generation? tically even if he’s “musically gift- tain her enthusiasm for the Web site, two CDs, and even the ly good time. different. Teen Spirit was going to be the ed, I just know he is.” band’s rendition of Queen’s requisite coterie of teenage fans. For Now, if only she could get Oh So Nets 96 Carter continued his high- S next Benny Goodman. Smartmom So Smartmom and Hepcat went to “Another One Bites the Dust” and Brooklynites of a certain age, Cool Fiesty One to take piano lessons... Orlando 85 flying ways, this time joined signed him up for clarinet lessons the other pole, playing it cool to any “Where is My Mind,” by The Pixies. and Unusual Punishment is men- The next Rockin’ Teens Showcase Dec. 21 at Orlando by Jefferson. Near the end of with a cute, newly minted conserva- of Teen Spirit’s artistic enthusiasms. “How did they learn how to play so tioned right up there with StunGun, at the Liberty Heights Tap Room (34 the first half, Kidd stole an in- Nets 95 tory graduate (whose flyer was post- “Hey, anyone want to see my well?” Smartmom wondered, still un- Mod Rocket, Tetsuwan Fireball, and Van Dyke St., at Dwight Street) is on bounds pass from the self-pro- ed on a Park Slope lamppost, so you comics?” he once said at the height der the parental delusion that nothing Teenage Jesus. Who knew Brown- Saturday, Jan. 14, from noon to 4 Miami 88 claimed best point guard in know he was good!), but Teen Spirit of his middle-school comics drawing good could possibly be accomplished stone Brooklyn was becoming the pm. Dec. 23 at Miami the league, ex-Net Stephon Marbury, dished off to Carter, Nets 109 who set-up a streaking Jeffer- Knicks 101 son for a thunderous jam. Dec. 26 at Madison Square The final scoring play of Garden the first half was a memorable one, as Kidd threw another Nets 96 gorgeous pass for Carter on an Cavaliers 91 in-bounds play and Carter Dec. 27 at E. Rutherford threw it down to the admira- tion/depression of the Knick Nets 97 faithful. The Manhattanites Hawks 91 would get close in the fourth, Dec. 30 at E. Rutherford but not nearly enough to beat T’was the week before their rivals. Christmas and throughout the New Jersey returned to the league, the Nets slammed and swamp for another tussle jammed, and showed no fa- against King LeBron and the tigue. J-Kidd was Cavs. This time, Jef- there with assists ferson was the by the dozens, main guy, as while Vince Carter was Carter laughed hounded with along with his foul trouble. cousins. NOTHIN’BUT RJ scored 28, All right, shooting 9 for enough of the 11 from the rhymes. The NETS field, after Nets continued shooting a perfect their winning ways 8 for 8 against the over the Clippers, Mag- Knicks the night be- ic, Heat, Knicks, Cavs, and fore. Hawks extending their win- The Cavs made it interesting ning streak to eight games. in the final stages, as LeBron New Jersey has been powered James just missed a triple-dou- by the scoring of Carter, who ble, scoring 31 points, grabbing is averaging 30-plus points per 10 boards and passing out 8 game. dimes. But the Nets held on for The Brooklyn-bound Nets a 96-91 victory. began Christmas week in their Nets ended the year as one home swamp against the sur- of the hottest teams in the prising Clippers, currently 16- NBA, rolling off their eighth 10. Carter was his brilliant self consecutive win against the yet again, scoring early and woeful Atlanta Hawks Friday often. He finished with a night before going into a game-high of 35 and also con- week-long break. tributed with 9 rebounds and 7 “Everybody deserves it,” assists, all team highs. Richard said Vince Carter. “Everybody Jefferson had 20 points of his is committed to this team. own, as the Nets led from start We’ve turned things around.” to finish and won 99-85. Carter’s renaissance in the Carter showed no fatigue swamps of the Meadowlands the next night against the continued with a 37-point out- Magic in Orlando — but burst against Atlanta. saved his best for last, scoring He shot 57 percent from the 10 of his game-high 32 points field, including 5 for 7 from in the final stanza. Orlando long distance. The team com- held a brief 77-76 lead with pleted 50 percent of its trey 8:23 left in the game, but tries. The Hawks certainly Carter wouldn’t let the Nets didn’t play like the worst team lose. After nailing a pair of in the NBA, taking an 84-81 free throws and a defensive lead late in the fourth quarter. stop, Carter punctuated the But the Nets were bailed game with an alley-oop dunk, out by super-sub Jacque courtesy of a highlight-worthy Vaughn, who scored 6 of his 8 Kidd pass. New Jersey would- points in the final period. J- n’t look back and won 96-85. Kidd’s understudy nailed a Vin-sanity saved his best jumper that gave the Jersey- performance for a discriminat- fleeing Nets the lead for good ing audience of Shaquille with 3:26. O’Neal, Dwayne Wade and It was a ho-hum game for old friend Alonzo Mourning the team’s big three as Kidd of the Miami Heat. The Nets scored 21 and Richard Jeffer- struggled in the first quarter, son scored 26 for the Atlantic scoring a season-low 12 Division-leading Nets. points and shooting terribly. No Net had any answer for Lucky’s Last Licks Shaq, who treated Nenad The Nets are now 15-0 when Kristic like a rag doll. leading after the third quarter… The Nets were down by as New Jersey now leads the At- many as 15 points and it lantic Division by a half game looked bleak for New Jersey. over the 76ers and are 16-12 on But the team made a frenzied the season … The Nets are on charge and cut the lead at an amazing run, but this team halftime to 46-41. Carter will not win an NBA title with would ignite in the second the its current roster. If Rod half, including a stretch where Thorn are serious about win- he scored 14 consecutive ning a championship (and pro- points, allowing the Rat- tecting Bruce Ratner’s invest- nerettes to seize the game and ment!), they need to acquire the lead. In the end, Carter someone who can push Shaq tied a career-high of 51 out of the paint. Ever since the points. team lost Kenyon Martin last New Jersey wrapped up its year, Ratner has certainly winning week just a few shown a willingness to spend miles from the team’s future money.

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BOOKS Book ’em Now that the holidays are behind us, it’s time to curl up and relax with one good book — or nine, if you plan on attending every event in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s upcoming literary series. A co-production with the National Book Awards Foundation, “Eat, Drink & Be Literary: Dinner and a Reading in BAM- cafe” begins its second season on Jan. 12 with a visit from author Gish Jen (pictured, left) and a discussion moderated by jack-of-all-media Kurt Andersen. Jen is the author of several novels that ad- dress the Chinese- (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings January 7, 2006 American experience. In “Typical American” (Houghton Mifflin, 1991) and its sequel “Mona in the Promised Land (Knopf, 1996), critics praised her for her insights as much as for her wit. Her latest novel, “The Love Wife” (Knopf, 2004), has as its hilarious premise a meddling mother-in-law who bequeaths a nanny from mainland China to her Chinese-American son and his Caucasian wife. BAM’s literary events begin at 6:30 pm with live music and wine, fol- lowed by a buffet dinner in the BAMcafe pre- pared by executive chef Carlos Baca. At 8 pm, the literary program be- gins with authors read- ing from their works, / Jori Klein / Jori Klein participating in a discus- sion with the moderator, and answering ques- tions from audience members. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn BAM’s in-house bookstore, The Shake- speare & Co. BAMshop, will provide books for purchase and signing. Mark your calendars! Among the featured au- thors in this year’s series are Julian Barnes (Jan. 26), Jonathan Safran Foer (Feb. 23) and Jonathan Lethem (April 20, pictured above). The series con- tinues through June 1; visit www.bam.org for a complete list of scheduled authors.

/ Greg Mango / Greg But just because the holidays have come and

/ Greg Mango / Greg / Jori Klein gone, it doesn’t mean the holiday spirit has to fol- low. Used books, in good condition, can be donated in the BAM lobby, prior to each event, and will be distributed to local charities and organizations. Tickets to “Eat, Drink & Be Literary” are $42,

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Papers file The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn including admission to the reading, dinner, wine, tax and tip. A 20-percent discount is available to those who buy tickets to five or more events. Subscription and single tickets can be purchased by calling (718) 636-4100. Single tickets may also be purchased at the Web site www.bam.org or in person at the BAM box office (30 Lafayette Ave., at Ashland Place, in Fort Greene). All the best — Lisa J. Curtis One reviewer recalls 10 best Brooklyn meals enjoyed in 2005 DANCE

By Tina Barry Memorable morsels: (Clockwise from for The Brooklyn Papers left) Amelia restaurant’s Colorado lamb with Dijon herb shell is served on week- n the past year, more restaurants opened Forkfuls of praise — and dismay ends in Bay Ridge; Chef Ido Ben Shmuel than I could possibly visit, and those in Below are a few “hon- in Park Slope for a great talban welcome” award of Miriam in Park Slope; the linguine with Iwhich I dined are raising the bar on what orable mentions” that mascarpone cheesecake are Peperoncino, for a clam sauce at Samm’s in Bay Ridge; Le constitutes a great meal — at a tab that puts would have made the list with quince compote; dining room manager so Dakar’s signature cocktail of pina colada less evolved Manhattan places to shame. if I had been allowed to Smith Street’s Cibo e surly he made me cringe, infused with sorrel flowers; and the But ask me to pick my favorite of the name my Top 16, and sev- Gente for lasagna the and a hostess at the Mira- bunch for 2005, and the answer will be “No “posole estilo Guerrero” is served on Sat- eral citations are awarded way it should be made; cle Grill who could teach urdays at Red Hook’s El Huipil. way.” The choices are too varied, and any- to places that could use a and Sweetwater in interrogation techniques to way, I go from “love” to “just friends” with reality check. Williamsburg for the best the CIA. restaurants faster than Renee Zellweger and Honorable mention butterscotch pudding I’ve The “Gotcha!” medal and the year after that, Thiam will be includ- Kenny Chesney. ed in those roundups, too. Why? Because I

goes to Beast in Prospect ever eaten. goes to Bar BQ in Park Carmel Avivi I’ve tried to narrow my choices down to Heights for terrific grilled The “Hey you’re hurt- Slope. If I say I loved the was so overwhelmed with his cooking the 10 that I visited this year, cheating a bit by sardines and an outstand- ing me!” citation goes to chocolate cake I tasted on last time I was there that I was surprised I adding a list of honorable mentions. There ing lemon tart; Green- Song in Park Slope for as- my first visit, on my next, didn’t start speaking in tongues. are other eateries in this borough that I ad- point’s Paloma for scal- saulting my ear drums, don’t bring out something Thiam, who opened his Senegalese restau- mire — and visit all the time — but for this rant, Le Dakar, in September 2004, can take Clap and chat lops on a puree of nutty with Dish in Bay Ridge that looks like you picked story, I included only those I reviewed in something as simple as tomato soup and turn cauliflower that was at coming in a close second. it up at the deli counter at 2005 for GO Brooklyn. it into a multi-layered masterpiece of flavor. Brooklyn Arts Exchange is kicking off the first once earthy and suave; The two Park Slope the grocery store and try to So, whether they took the falafel out of His “Thiebou Djenn,” an African fish stew event of its 2006 “First Weekends New Perfor- Middle Eastern cooking or used it in an in- Park Slope’s Tost for restaurants to win the pass it off as the real thing. with bluefish and okra made me dizzy, while mance and Discussion Series” with a visit from the novative way, dished out flawless renditions admirably light panini; “Least likely to be con- If I were blindfolded, I his “Paris Dakar,” a thin tart of apple and man- Mob. of American classics, or put the perfect back Sette Enoteca e Cucina fused with a Ricardo Mon- could taste the difference. go layers, sits on the most brittle, buttery crust Mob Productions, that is. into pizza, each of the restaurants in this that’s as thin as glass. On Jan. 7 at 8 pm, the members of Mob won’t be year’s roundup fed me something — or lots If you haven’t visited Le Dakar, then go. breaking kneecaps — at least we hope not. These of things — that made me happy. less. (If you knew her, you’d understand the opened in August. He stops at each table to Right now. dancers will be exploring “the physicality of emo- Anyone who thinks Jewish mothers only significance.) entertain with amusing restaurant lore before Once journalists and the public got past, tions that occur, moment by moment, in intimate re- inspire guilt hasn’t eaten at Miriam. Owner Mom stayed home when I visited Olea, a racing back to his one-man kitchen. Every- “Isn’t that the guy from ‘The Restaurant?,’” lationships” — purely through movement. Refeal Hasid pays tribute to mom by naming Fort Greene restaurant that opened in October. thing I tasted at Amelia’s was superb: a strip Rocco DiSpirito’s crash-and-burn reality Also on Saturday’s bill is an excerpt from “Mar his restaurant after her and using many of Good thing, too, because she would have gob- steak that would put Manhattan’s meat em- show, they realized that the real story at ici is Adentro (The Sea Within),” a new work by chore- her recipes in the kitchen. bled up all of my fried mussels. I had never poriums to shame; crusty diver sea scallops the food. “The guy,” Laurent Saillard, who ographers Alicia Diaz and Marion Ramirez. “The The man executing Miriam’s dishes and sampled a fried mussel, but since my dinner on a bed of decadently rich polenta en- opened ici in 2004, installed chef Julie Sea Within” is a collaboration with Peruvian per- plenty of his own, is Ido Ben Shmuel, who there, I don’t want them any other way. hanced with herbs and cream; and an ex- Farias in the kitchen. Working with Sail- cussionist Sebastian Guerrero and former Pilobolus dazzled my mother (see a pattern here?) and They’re just one of the delicious surprises traordinary red snapper encased in a pista- lard’s recipes, as well as her own, Farias dancer Matthew Thornton. me this summer. We started with a ceviche from Olea’s chef Gary Moran. He skips chio nut crust served with couscous that turns out simple, playful, market-driven The triple bill is complete with Milka Djordje- of sweet grouper, “cooked” in lemon and around the warmer countries and comes up absorbed a heady lobster broth. dishes that rarely disappoint. vich’s “Four Women in Dresses,” featuring dancers lime juices. The fish sat in a small puddle of with intriguing combinations: those mussels Oh, man, was that great. Sitting in the Fort Greene eatery’s leafy performing “a stylized critique of the subtle chore- ripe tomato puree, brightened with cilantro are coupled with squid rings, lemon slices So was just about everything I tried at Ap- garden this summer, I was served an “oyster ography of social life,” set to the repetitive, mechan- and parsley, and Shmuel topped the little pile and fresh sage leaves that he drops into the plewood, a restaurant in Park Slope whose brulee.” The single oyster (an “amuse ical brass music of the Boban Markovic Orkestar. with slivers of pickled garlic and batons of batter and sizzles them up, too. chef, David Shea, is dedicated to the slow bouche” or little mouth amusement) was As with all “First Weekend” events, the audience lightly cooked beets. The first bite was He takes artichoke hearts, fried in a falafel food movement. Shea likes bacon — and so dabbed with a bit of lemon-laced anchovy is invited to participate in a discussion with the shockingly vivid, then herbaceous. Slowly, batter, and serves them with a smoky Turk- do I — so his mix of wild mushrooms studded butter sprinkled with crisp breadcrumbs then artists following this presentation of their works-in- hot and smoky notes crept in. ish eggplant salad that made me want to ask, with salty lardons over creamy polenta won browned in the broiler, hence the “brulee.” It progress. It was divine. “Please sir, may I have some more?” my heart. So did Shea’s braised pork belly was one bite of everything I love: salt, citrus, Don’t fugheddaboudit. Ceviches are off the menu until the sum- The food is so wildly delicious and the with its brittle crust and lush interior. cream and crunch. The Brooklyn Arts Exchange is located at 421 mer, but Shmuel is serving spicy, pan-seared portions so enormous, that if you ask for Chef Pierre Thiam of Le Dakar in Clin- If you’ve had it up to your molars with Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street, in Park Slope. Tickets sea scallops that won’t disappoint you. Nei- “more” at Amelia’s Ristorante in Bay ton Hill makes my list again this year. (His bistro fare, then head to El Huipil in Red are $15. For reservations and more information, ther will the figs filled with goat cheese in a Ridge, then you’re a glutton. Chef Ken Bed-Stuy restaurant Yolele was included in Hook for real Mexican — not Tex-Mex — call (718) 832-0018 or visit the Web site at red wine sauce that left my mother speech- Deiner whirls around the eight-seat place he 2004.) If he opens a restaurant the year after, See BEST OF on page 6 www.bax.org. — Lisa J. Curtis 1991 Tony® Award Best Play Neil Simon’s Casa Platinum LOST IN 1 PINTS $ Calamari Cafe & Billiards YONKERS

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peas with a side of steamed vegetables and Pan-Asian comfort food plantains. For dessert, owner Reid recom- BROOKLYN mends the pineapple cheesecake with “soju” for the rum, and keeps the drink’s guava sauce! Open daily from noon to 10:30 pm. traditional fresh mint sprigs. Neighborhood Diane, who created the menu and Le Gamin serves as the restaurant’s executive chef, Dining Guide 556 Vanderbilt Ave. at Dean Street, (718) is serving “pan-Asian comfort food with 789-5171, (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8- provisions from Korea, China, Vietnam $12. and Taiwan,” explains Joseph. Owner Kathy Palm started out as a regular “It’s a new version of Asian fusion that in Robert Arbor’s Le Gamin in Chelsea. includes just Asian ingredients and tech- Bites Smitten by the hospitality of “Naughty Little niques,” he says. One dish that has be- Boy” (the English translation of the French This week: name), Palm opened her own version of the come a customer favorite is the fried cafe in Prospect Heights in June 2004. turnip cakes served with four sauces: PROSPECT HEIGHTS Palm’s Le Gamin combines the ease of a peanut/chili, sweet chili, a hot pan-roast- coffee bar with the understated appeal of a ed chili sauce and another with soy, gar- casual French eatery. lic and a hint of ginger. Among the specialties on the menu, whose “The sauces have become so popular recipes were prepared by Arbor, is the Aliseo Osteria del crepe. The variety of crepes ranges from that we’ve started to sell them to our cus- Borgo savory versions made with buckwheat bat- tomers,” Joseph adds. ter to the lighter-tasting dessert crepes / Steven Sunshine One hearty entree, perfect for the cold 665 Vanderbilt Ave. at Park Place, (718) made with white flour — “the best dishes weather, is the “Emperor’s Dish,” fea- 783-3400 (Cash only) Entrees: $13-$20. on the menu,” according to GO Brooklyn Tucked in the heart of Prospect Heights critic Tina Barry in August 2004. Filled with turing pork coated with tamarind sauce since February 2003, this tiny Italian restau- Valrhona chocolate and banana slices, the and served with house-made Fuji apple rant features a new menu each day. Sample dessert crepe, when paired with Le Gamin’s sauce.

inventive dishes like “lonzino di miale con famous cafe au lait, makes for a first-rate Papers The Brooklyn Come summer, there’s a 30-seat gar- fichi” (pork loin stuffed with figs) or “bis- finale, says Barry. (Hazelnut chocolate tecchina ripiena” (steak stuffed with herbs spread, Nutella, can be substituted for the den that makes an ideal spot for sipping and prosciutto). There are also interesting dark Valrhona.) In one of those ugly New York land- the 40 seats to a wooden table and sip a one of the restaurant’s 10 Asian beers. pasta dishes such as the “lasagnette con Server Nicole Gunther recommends the lord stories, Diane and Joseph DiMeo specialty cocktail; there are 30 of them Soju (145 Atlantic Ave. between anatra” (lasagna with duck ragu) with popular “L’oeuf Gamin,” a poached egg, (pictured) were forced to sell their cook- made with “soju,” Korean rice liquor Henry and Clinton streets in Brooklyn bechamel cream sauce. goat cheese and potato cake with rata- ing school, the Neighborhood Kitchen, similar to vodka, but less potent. Heights) accepts cash only. Entrees: Check out the cheese selection, and the touille (a mix of zucchini, peppers and egg- on Court Street. Determined to make the “It’s very drinkable,” says Joseph. I’m $8.50-$13.95. The restaurant serves wine list, much of which hails from the plant in a tomato sauce). Le Gamin now best of a lousy situation, the couple cre- sure it is, especially when the booze is dinner Mondays, and Wednesday Marche region of Italy, like Aliseo’s owner, serves beer and wine. Open daily, from 8 Albano Ballerini. Callan / Tom am to 11 pm. In warmer months, garden ated Soju, a cozy neighborhood restau- flavored in-house with ingredients like through Sunday. Closed Tuesdays. cafe seating is available. For dessert, try the “panna cotta all’anice,” rant on Atlantic Avenue. berries, lemongrass and herbs. One to try Reservations accepted for parties of six anise-flavored panna cotta with figs in In the casual, red-walled space, which is the “Sojuito,” an Asian take on the or more. For information, call (718) orange sauce. Open for dinner Wednesday Soda Bar opened in June, you can pull up one of Mojito that substitutes basil-infused 624-7658. — Tina Barry through Sunday, closed Mondays and 629 Vanderbilt Ave. at St. Mark’s Avenue, Tuesdays. Garden seating is available, (718) 230-8393 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Dishes:

weather permitting. Papers file The Brooklyn $3-$8.50. Chef Ruth Kaplan of Amorina Decorated with signature ice cream parlor Amorina Cucina Cucina Rustica displays her pie. signs, Soda Bar, which opened in 2002, has Rustica expanded with the addition of Soda Lounge. BEST OF... 624 Vanderbilt Ave. at Prospect Place, lowed by the flan for dessert. Open daily “Henry Boses had a sundae shop and soda (718) 230-3030 (Cash only) Entrees: $10- Continued from page 5 for breakfast, lunch and dinner. fountain here for years,” owner Anatoly $14. Dubinsky told GO Brooklyn, “so the name cooking. I’m always touched by small This boutique-style pie place opened in and the signs come from him.” In addition to family operations, so this tiny place in March and is owner Albano Ballerini’s sec- Franny’s hamburgers and pierogis, the bar has 15 ond venture in the area, located directly 295 Flatbush Ave. at St. Marks Avenue, beers on tap, with a lot of imported selec- Red Hook really got to me. Mother across the avenue from his Aliseo Osteria (718) 230-0221, tions and cocktails like the “Vanderbilt,” Heleodora “Lolita” Vivar and her son Je- del Borgo. Chef Ruth Kaplan prepares thin- www.frannysbrooklyn.com, (MC, Visa) which GO Brooklyn dining critic Tina Barry sus Serrano are in the kitchen turning out crusted Roman-style slices with a variety of Entrees: $8-$15. describes as “a potent, ice-cold martini authentic dishes from their home state of topping combinations, including sun-dried Owners Francine Stephens and Andrew made with lime juice that could make an Guerrero; Jesus’s wife Megan works the tomato pesto and salami, or mushrooms, Feinberg opened Franny’s in March 2004. hour with Paris Hilton palatable.” Open sweet tomatoes and sausage. Every other The rustic Italian menu features chicken liver Monday through Thursday, from 5 pm to 3 floor. week, Kaplan introduces a new “will to live” “Toscano crostini” and appetizers like the am; Fridays, until 4 am; Saturdays, from 2 pm Everything that goes into their cooking pie, which are novelty pizzas like the “Pizza house-cured “finnochiona” (Tuscan salami to 4 am; and Sundays, from 2 pm to 2 am. — from the roasted peppers, to the hun- alla Norma” with eggplant, ricotta salata, with fennel seeds). But their specialty is dreds of spices crushed in a mortar and cherry tomatoes and fresh basil. Entrees pizza. It is cooked in a wood burning brick include eggplant Parmesan, baked ziti, oven. There is also a diverse menu of top- Soda Lounge pestle — is prepared in their little kitchen. lasagna or rigatoni with olives and rosemary. pings, from the clams, chilies and parsley 629 Vanderbilt Ave. at St. Mark’s Avenue, Vivar’s “mole de pollo,” is a moist The funky dining room adds to the experi- pizza to the buffalo mozzarella, ricotta, gar- (718) 230-8393 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, chicken leg topped with the headiest mole ence, with vintage wallpaper and 12 differ- lic and oregano pizza. Closed Mondays. Visa) Dishes: $4.50-$8.50. sauce you’re likely to encounter south of ent styles of chandeliers. The restaurant Open daily for dinner. Opened in November 2004, the Soda the border. It’s the color of coal and un- serves dinner Tuesday through Sunday. Lounge is attached to the Soda Bar, owner Closed Mondays. Anatoly Dubinsky’s initial brainchild. The folds slowly in the mouth: first smoke, Ginger Root Cafe Lounge has several seating areas with then a taste of licorice, and then a hint of Brooklyn Museum 702 Washington Ave. at St. Marks Place, Jennifer Convertibles-style sofas with knee- cocoa. It’s one of those dishes that made (718) 857-1274, (Cash only) Entrees: $7- high ottoman-tables meant for resting food me want to raise my fist in the air and Cafe $10. and drink. Served in plastic buckets, the shout “Yes!” 200 Eastern Parkway at Washington Owned by Layra Petrie and Wendy Taylor, charcoal-grilled hamburgers, chicken BLT, Avenue, (718) 638-5000, Ginger Root Cafe specializes in home cook- veggie burgers, onion rings and chicken Sometimes good things take awhile to www.brooklynmuseum.org (MC, Visa) ing and comfort foods with a Caribbean rings are all good choices, according to happen. That’s the case with Night and Sandwiches: $7-$9. twist. Although they have an extensive menu Dubinsky. The Soda Lounge serves what Day, a Park Slope restaurant and perform- Dubinsky describes as “American tapas,” The cafe is the perfect place for a timeout that includes West Indian favorites like fish ance space whose proprietors, Judy Joice cakes and patties, “nothing is set in stone small cheese plates and antipasti. It also fea- after wandering by the museum’s impres- tures margaritas made from fresh seasonal and Robin Hirsch, hired and fired two sive holdings. Contemplate the artwork of and we will cook what the diner asks for,” says Petrie. Since 2004, the women in the fruit and cocktails mixed with Boylan sodas. chefs in the eatery’s infancy before luck- Asia, Africa and ancient Egypt over Soda Lounge is open daily from noon to 4 Starbucks coffee. Discuss one of the largest kitchen have been serving up entrees like ing out with Simon Glenn. the marinated and grilled chicken with rice; am. Garden seating is available, weather ancient Egyptian arts collections in the permitting. Glenn started in November, five country over beer or wine, or marvel at the fish dinners with mashed potatoes and months after the place opened, and the bold genius of Auguste Rodin’s “Monument green beans; and roti wraps with chicken, shrimp and vegetables. change in the kitchen is, well, as different to Balzac” over chicken fingers and fries. Sugarcane as night and day. Recent menu additions include panini sand- But leave room for their freshly baked pas- 238 Flatbush Ave. at Bergen Street, (718) wiches, a salad bar and pasta entrees. tries, like the popular individualized carrot On a recent cold evening, I tried 230-3954, www.sugarcanerestaurant.com / Jori Klein Museum admission: $8 adults; $4 students cake or their pineapple tart. Catering and (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$19. Glenn’s “osso buco” and was wowed. He and seniors; free to Brooklyn Museum mem- party platters available. Closed Mondays. Chef Phoebe Gumbs brings Caribbean puts a Greek spin on the Italian classic by bers and children 12 and younger. Open Open daily for a light breakfast, lunch and cooking with a Trinidadian influence to the pairing two fall-off-the-bone-tender lamb Wednesday through Friday, 10 am to 5 pm; dinner. Park Slope-Prospect Heights area and gets Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm. shanks with baby artichoke halves and rave reviews for her seafood, especially the oven-dried tomatoes, then splashes the Hibiscus Cafe sugarcane shrimp skewers and curried Papers The Brooklyn shrimp. Owned by Chef Phoebe’s sister, dish with a light sauce brightened with Cafe Shane 564 Vanderbilt Ave. at Bergen Street, ’Tony restaurant: At the newly opened Anthony’s in Park Slope, locals enjoy chick- Charmaine, and Gaspa Rodriguez, the lemon juice and fresh oregano. A sprin- 794 Washington Ave. at St. Johns Place, (718) 638-6850, restaurant’s menu features many West en with eggplant (above) as well as “pizzaiolo” Bart Agozzino’s thin-crust pizzas. (718) 399-9001, www.cafeshane.com, www.hibiscusflowershop.com (MC, Visa) kling of sharp feta cheese lent a creamy, (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$14. Indian dishes including a Jamaican favorite, nutty note to the works. It’s a perfect Entrees: $8.50-$12. the jerk chicken. But with an entire menu Named after owner Luther Willams’s son, Escape from the cold city to this mini Carib- bursting with sunny flavors, it may be hard winter dish that instantly transported me cheese, coconut shrimp, meatloaf. You menu of classics, so I had my doubts Cafe Shane opened in 2004, and offers a bean paradise with its citrus fruit-colored to choose just one dish. to a sun-drenched Grecian beach. get the picture. about Samm’s in Bay Ridge, an eatery unique dining experience in the heart of walls and tropical flowers in the windows. I never trust a menu that reads like a Normally one would assume that the that’s been around for seven years. Prospect Heights. Its menu, cooked by Chef Diners can choose from delicacies like “The [decor’s] effect is very vibrant and calm- Eduardo Rugerio, is eclectic with entrees steamed-codfish salad, rum-and-thyme- greatest hits list of culinary favorites: a chef couldn’t possibly maintain his en- But after trying chef Segundo Gua- ing at the same time,” says Robina White, that include coconut shrimp with mango- marinated stew chicken, and soursop flan. pupu platter, chicken wings with bleu thusiasm when cooking an unchanging man’s lamb chops, I knew I was wrong. who owns the cafe and the Hibiscus Flower papaya salsa and basil oil drizzled over bas- Since Sugarcane’s opening in 2003, patrons shop next-door. White makes everything, He served seven of them, each tiny and mati rice and the “Maffe Guinaar,” which is have been clamoring for the callaloo, made from smoothies to their popular soups, sal- rare. A thin crust of crisp, slightly mus- a West African peanut butter stew of chick- with okra and taro root leaves, which is ads and warm meals to pastries and cakes, en served with seasonal vegetables. Cafe Trinidad’s national dish. For dessert, tardy breadcrumbs did for the sweet meat keeping both vegans and carnivores happy Shane also has live jazz entertainment on Sugarcane is “famous” for its coconut bread what a little lip-gloss does for Angelina since 2002. Her signature vegan, sweet Wednesdays and Sundays. Delivery and pudding with coconut creme anglaise Jolie’s kisser. Those lamb chops didn’t potato pound cake has customers coming Where to find the year’s best takeout available. Closed Mondays. Open sauce, according to Gumbs. Or you may back for more. White does all of her baking need a thing, but I wasn’t complaining daily for breakfast (until 4 pm), lunch, and give the sorrel cheesecake a try. Sugarcane with dairy and non-dairy products. Although Amelia Ristorante (8305 trees: $7.25-$8.95. The The restaurant serves dinner when I tasted his velvety sauce studded dinner. hosts live steel pan jazz performances every the cafe doesn’t serve beef or pork, you may Third Ave. between 83rd restaurant serves breakfast, daily and weekend brunch other Sunday, from 6 pm to 10 pm. Open and 84th streets in Bay lunch and dinner Tuesday from 10 am to 4 pm. For with shiitake mushrooms. forget they exist after trying the jerk chicken Tuesday through Sunday for dinner. Closed Ridge) accepts American Ex- through Sunday. Closed more information, call (718) Why am I carrying on about lamb El Gran Castillo with rice and peas served with salad. Or the Mondays. press, Discover, MasterCard Mondays. For more informa- 622-2250. chops? When the meat is as good as this, stir-fried tofu made with ginger sauce. And and Visa. Entrees: $13.95- tion, call (718) 855-4548. de Jagua let’s not forget the tasty red bean or lentil $37.95. The restaurant Night and Day (230 Fifth and a chef knows just how to amp up its 345 Flatbush Ave. at Park Place, (718) soup! Terrace Cafe serves dinner Tuesday ici (246 DeKalb Ave. be- Ave. at President Street in flavor, then lamb chops are rave-worthy. tween Clermont and Vander- Park Slope) accepts American 622-8700, (MC, Visa) Entrees: $7-$14. Among the beverages is White’s “Man- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 900 Washington through Sunday. Closed Why would I put a restaurant that Ave., (718) 623-7200, www.bbg.org (under Mondays. For reservations, bilt avenues in Fort Greene) Express, Diners Club, Discov- It’s been 17 years since owner Pedro Tejada dingo,” a tropical smoothie made from sea accepts American Express, er, MasterCard and Visa. En- the “Visitor Services” link) (Cash only) call (718) 680-4650. serves mostly pizza on this list? Because opened this restaurant with a combination moss, bananas, pears and pineapple, but for MasterCard and Visa. En- trees: $12-$22. The restaurant since their arrival in November, Park of the typical Spanish foods found through- this cold winter, White recommends diners Entrees: $2-$8. Anthony’s (426A Sev- trees: $12-$22. The restau- serves breakfast, lunch and out the Caribbean islands of Cuba, the choose from the hot sorrel, warm apple If you’re tempted to eat the greenery on dis- enth Ave. between 14th and rant serves breakfast, lunch dinner daily. Weekend brunch Slope locals have reacted to Anthony’s Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. cider, or the chai tea. play at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, be sure 15th streets in Park Slope) and dinner Tuesday through is available from 10 am to pies like thirsty desert wanderers handed Named for a fortress in Jagua, Cuba, the to hop to the Terrace Cafe, which offers accepts American Express, Sunday and brunch on 4:30 pm. For reservations, call The Caribbean pastries, including the Discover, MasterCard, and weekends, from 8 am to 4 (718) 399-2161. a jug of cold water. The man creating all restaurant offers the traditional yellow or lunch and beverages. The menu features the ruckus is “pizzaiolo” Bart Agozzino, white rice with most entrees, yet there is Jamaican “gizzada” — which is similar to a sandwiches like grilled chicken, ham and Visa. Entrees: $9-$16. The pm. Closed Mondays. For tart but filled with coconut and spices, are restaurant serves lunch and reservations, call (718) 789- Olea (171 Lafayette Ave. nothing ordinary about the yellow rice with Brie cheese, and turkey and orange. The at Adelphi Street in Fort whose pies are a dream: thin, chewy, popular among customers, too. Hibiscus is dinner daily. Sunday brunch 2778. hints of garlic and parsley which Chef Jose chicken burrito as well as assorted salads is served from 11 am to 3 Greene) accepts American delicately crusted, lightly coated with a Contreras cooks up. For an entree, there’s open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and Texas-style chili are also available. Le Dakar Restaurant & Express. Entrees: $15-$18.50. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm; and 10 am pm. For information, call fresh tasting, house-made sauce and rotisserie chicken, which can be combined Dining is outdoors on the terrace from (718) 369-8315. Cafe (285 Grand Ave. be- The restaurant serves break- mozzarella, and strewn with slivers of with fresh vegetables or rice and beans, fol- to 6 pm on Sundays. spring to early fall and in the lower level of tween Lafayette Avenue and fast and lunch from Monday the Steinhardt Conservatory in late fall and Applewood (501 11th Clifton Place in Clinton Hill) to Friday. Weekend brunch fresh basil. winter. Open Tuesday through Sunday, from St. at Seventh Avenue in accepts American Express, is available from 10 am to The owners know their pies are great, The Islands Park Slope) accepts Discov- MasterCard and Visa. En- 4:30 pm; dinner is served 10:30 am to 3:30 pm during winter; and from 803 Washington Ave. at Lincoln Place, er, MasterCard and Visa. En- trees: $10-$15. The restau- daily. For reservations, call but they don’t fling around the patroniz- = Full review available at 10 am to 5 pm in the summer. Closed trees: $19-$25. The restau- rant serves lunch and dinner (718) 643-7003. ing “you’re eating a piece of art” attitude (718) 398-3575, (Cash only) Entrees: Mondays. $7.50-$25. rant serves dinner Tuesday daily. Weekend brunch is that I’ve found in other Park Slope through Sunday. Brunch is available from noon to 5 pm. Samm’s Restaurant and Owners Marilyn Reid and Shawn Letchford Lounge (8901 Third Ave. at restaurants that emphasize great pizza. Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restau- offered on Sundays, from 10 For more information, call opened this West Indian restaurant in 2001. am to 3 pm. Closed Mon- (718) 398-8900 or visit 89th Street in Bay Ridge) ac- Lina Buglione, the mother of owners Although they feature foods from all of the rants in the neighborhood. The list rotates, cepts American Express, and it is not comprehensive. For more restau- days. For reservations, call www.dakarcafe.net. Sal and Frank, makes a fabulous Sunday West Indian islands, their specialty is (718) 768-2044. MasterCard and Visa. En- rants, go to www.brooklynpapers.com on the Miriam (79 Fifth Ave. at trees: $17-$26. The restau- Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American Jamaican food. Chef Derrick Williams’s ragu, too. Web. If your restaurant is not listed and you El Huipil (116A Sullivan Prospect Place in Park Slope) rant serves dinner Tuesday Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover menu is bold and exotic, with entrees would like it to be, please contact GO St. between Van Brunt and accepts American Express, through Sunday. Closed So those are my top 10 for 2005 — all Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card including jerk chicken, oxtail and the garlic Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via e-mail at Conover streets in Red Discover, MasterCard and Mondays. For reservations, deserving of praise for serving our shrimp; all three are served with rice and [email protected]. Hook) accepts cash only. En- Visa. Entrees: $13.50-$20. call (718) 238-0606. neighborhoods the kind of fare that keeps us coming back for more.

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High School in an / UPN Robert Voets use of 1980s pop music. For example, Italian neighbor- ‘The Wonder Years’ in Brooklyn: The cast of UPN’s “Everybody Hates a scene in an early episode — in Now Open! hood renamed Chris” features (from left to right) Tichina Arnold as Mom, Tyler James which cops escort the former principal Brooklyn Beach, Williams as Chris, Imani Hakim as Tonya, Terry Crews as Dad and of Corleone JHS out of the building af- where Chris’s Tequan Richmond as Drew. (At left) Comedian Chris Rock (right) stands ter he committed an unnamed, but ob- strict, but loving, vious offense — appropriately features behind the scenes with executive producer/co-creator/writer Ali LeRoi mother (played by the song, “Don’t Stand So Close to “Martin” alum (left) and Williams (center). Me,” the Police tune about a teacher Tichina Arnold) fighting his attraction to a student. hopes he will get At home, things aren’t much easier. While the show is drawn from Another scene, in which young a better education. Chris is designated the “emergency par- Rock’s own personal experiences grow- Chris takes on a white bully starts

(Not a Harvard Monty Brinton / UPN ent” to his taller, more confident ing up with limited means, it is easy for with the song “Eye of the Tiger” and education, the younger brother, Drew, played by all Brooklynites to relate to its likable then moves to that ’80s anthem of adult Chris observes in one of the his natural defenses — his brains and “Ray” co-star Tequan Richmond, and characters and familiar familial situa- racial harmony, “Ebony & Ivory,” as show’s many funny voiceovers, just not his sense of humor. Of course, those their bratty kid sister, Tonya, played by tions. After all, who wouldn’t fear the Chris and his aggressor roll around on the “sticking-up-a-liquor-store-kind-of- don’t save him from getting his butt newcomer Imani Hakim. Among his wrath of a parent over a lost bus pass? the pavement. In addition to offering education” he would have gotten in kicked initially, but they do secure him duties while Mom is at work are watch- Who can’t understand the anxiety of be- adults a little nostalgia, the music en- Bed-Stuy.) a place in the school’s nerd population ing the younger kids and making sure ing the new kid in town? Or of being hances the 30-minute episodes, which Once at his new school, Chris, and the friendship of Greg (Vincent no-one wakes up their hard-working self-conscious about our clothes at are already well-written and expertly better products, naturally played by the adorable newcomer Tyler Martella), a fellow outcast and a boy dad (played by former pro football school? Who hasn’t experienced or wit- acted. Brooklyn’s largest selection of natural and James Williams, finds it difficult to fit who likes Chris for who he is — but player Terry Crews) before it’s time for nessed the dinner-time show-down in “Everybody Hates Chris” airs homeopathic products for dogs, cats & rabbits in. Chased by bullies, the boy relies on who tends to flee when trouble is afoot. him to go to his night job. which someone wasn’t leaving the table Thursday nights at 8 pm on UPN. food, treats, collars, leashes shampoos, toys, and much more

young guy behind the counter an- B.P.M.s, the bagel guys and book- Free delivery until 10pm, 7 days a week! swered: ‘Sorry, we don’t have any of BOOKS store owners with mysterious pasts. AUSTER... those. How about a pumpernixon in- He dives right into his new life in See our daily special on stead?’ Fast. So damned fast, I nearly “The Brooklyn Follies” (Henry Holt the borough as if he has gills. the pet section of Craigslist Continued from page 1 wet my drawers.” and Co., $24) by Paul Auster is available He is not merely rejuvenated by at, or can be ordered through, these Louise Crawford. From there, it’s onto Auster’s bookstores: The Bookmark Shoppe moving to Park Slope, he is re- 169 Lincoln Place at 7th Ave. (718) 246-4600 “He speaks French, makes won- lunchtime haunt, rendered here as [6906 11th Ave. at 69th Street in Dyker deemed. Mon-Fri: noon-9pm; Sat & Sun 11am-7pm Heights (718) 680-3680], BookCourt “The Brooklyn Follies” is by no derful independent movies and lives “The Cosmic Diner,” but clearly a [163 Court St. at Dean Street in Cobble in a brownstone in Brooklyn. He is stand-in for the diners that Auster Hill, (718) 875-3677] and Barnes & No- means Auster’s best novel. (A strong said to be a very generous, good per- (and any Brooklynite) remembers ble [267 Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street in case could be made for “The Book of son and has stayed married to a fa- from the not-so-distant past. Park Slope, (718) 832-9066]. Illusions” or “Leviathan,” but neither mous writer [Siri Hustvedt] for years. “The food there was mediocre at of them is about Park Slope, so why He also has a dog. What more could best, but one of the waitresses was an bother?) Characters, like Glass’s you want in a sex symbol?” adorable Puerto Rican girl named Despite its rich setting, “The beloved waitress or the B.P.M., come But Auster has never put his Marina, and I rapidly developed a Brooklyn Follies” is not a full novel and go, and a main plot line involv- Brooklyn — specifically, Park Slope Mango / Greg crush on her. She was half my age at all, but more of a scrapbook. The ing a bookstore owner with a larce- — so front and center in a book (and and already married, which meant plot, such as it is, follows Glass, a re- nous past, never seems to build to on the cover, too. Yes, that’s the cor- that romance was out of the question, cent cancer survivor, as he returns to anything more than just an example ner of Seventh Avenue and Second but she was so splendid to look at ... his native Park Slope “to die,” as he of the folly of the title. And the less Street on the book jacket). that I literally pined for her on her puts it on page one. said about the last page — a Septem- The book’s main character, retired Papers The Brooklyn days off.” Yet, he does not die. ber 11th ending that seems tacked on insurance salesman Nathan Glass, of- This Park Slope bookstore may Now, why can’t the New Purity In fact, he doesn’t even succumb simply to jolt — the better. ten grabs a sandwich at La Bagel De- have inspired a primary setting in get a waitress like that? to the curmudgeonly impulses that But before that misstep, there’s light, a Seventh Avenue joint famous Paul Auster’s new book “The Glass rents his movies from caused his divorce, estrangement plenty to enjoy. If you live in Park for its overstuffed sandwiches and Brooklyn Follies. “Movie Heaven” (fictional), yet gets from his daughter and his complete Slope, you’ll recognize the people, garrulous countermen. his hair cut at Park Slope Barbershop lack of friends. The most fun of the places and diner food. But if you As narrator Glass puts it, “One to ask for a cinnamon-raisin bagel, (a real Seventh Avenue place) and “follies” consist of watching Glass don’t, you might be tempted to move Sunday morning, I went into a but the word caught in my mouth and eats a nice meal at Mike & Tony’s transform from “a cruel and selfish to this wondrous place that does crowded deli with the absurd name came out as cinnamon-reagan. steakhouse on Fifth Avenue (now person” to his ultimate redemption, more for the soul than a month at of La Bagel Delight. I was intending “Without missing a beat, the closed and replaced by Moutarde). thanks to his new life among the Lourdes. WALK-IN An Exceptional meal.

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Company, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 11: Starboy, 8 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 12: Mike Pride’s • Residential & Jan. 7: Blue Night with James Gilchrist, 7:30 pm, $TBD, The Hazzards Makeout Party, 10 Night and Day Scrambler, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: pm, $10, Stephen Galgocy, 8:30 pm, $10, pm, FREE; Jan. 12: Swinger 8, 10 pm, Wicked Jessica Lurie Ensemble, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, Commercial Mortgages Improv Summit IV with Improv Centric Unit, Awesome, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Contem- Restaurant FREE. Big Black Car, Arsenal, 5 Dudes hosted by porary Press Party, 7 pm, $TBD, Clay McLeod’s 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Norman K, 9:45 pm, $10. play “Bar Flies,” 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day Slope, (718) 399-2161, Trash Bar • 1st & 2nd Mortgages of the show; Jan. 14: Boundless NY Web site www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Cafe Steinhof Launch Party featuring The Roughstars, DJ Tuesdays: Songwriters Showcase with Kevin Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, • Direct Lending 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Synapse and DJ Gravy, 8 pm, $10. Ray, 7 pm, Live jazz jam hosted by the Dan www.thetrashbar.com. Slope, (718) 369-7776, McCarthy Trio, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 7: Cliff Jan. 7: Perplexions, 8 pm, C.B.C., 9 pm, • Low or no down www.cafesteinhof.com. Hank’s Saloon Korman Quartet, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 8: The Leader, 10 pm, Burbis, 11 pm, Matsuko, mid- Jan. 11: The Jack Grace Band, 10:30 pm, FREE. 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Jambalaya Brass Band, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 9: night, $6; Jan. 8: Brown Bird, 9 pm, The Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Rachel Eckroth, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 11: All Joshua Gabriel Band, 10 pm, $6; Jan. 9: Pretty payment options & Nice, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 10: Repellent, 8 pm, Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. Ellington with The Leif Arntzen Quartet, 9 pm, Cattyshack Dealer, 9 pm, The Robot Revolt, 10 pm, 7: The Randy Bandits, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 8: FREE; Jan. 12: Soul of the Blues with Jon 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Umami, 11 pm, $6; Jan. 11: Billy Ann Crewse • Post-bankruptcy & Sean Kershaw & the New jack Ramblers, 9:30 Sobel, M. 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Saturdays: (Main floor) DJs Daryl Raymond & Things, 10 pm, $6; Jan. 13: The Nolan Gate, 8 Stars, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 10: Lonesome Billys, BK Brewster, 10 pm, $TBD; Tuesdays: (Down- pm, Higgins, 9 pm, The Monumentals, 10 pm, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Outpatients, Mike Mok, Night of the • No income / stairs) Trivia Night with Sancho, 7 pm, FREE, The Brought Low, 11 pm, King Dust, midnight, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 14: The Unpronouncables, (Upstairs) After work party with rotating DJs, 5 Cookers $7; Jan. 14: Red Door Exchange, 9 pm, The 10 pm, FREE. no asset verification pm, $5, FREE after midnight; Wednesdays: 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Plastic Containers, 10 pm, Sin Destroyers, 11 (Downstairs) “I’m Okay, You’re Okay Kara- Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. pm, Limousine, midnight, $7. Okay,” 9 pm, FREE to watch, $5 all you can The Hook Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: sing, (Upstairs) “Oink!” with DJ Floyd for dirty 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, boys hosted by PJ, 9 pm, $3; Thursdays: Two Boots Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. (Upstairs) Schoolhouse with DJ ’Lina & Daryl www.thehookmusic.com. Brooklyn Raymond, 9 pm, $TBD; Fridays: (Main floor) Jan. 11: Emergenza Festival with Mud the 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park LIBERTY CAPITAL All-request after-work party with DJ Lugnut, Northsix Otter, 8 pm, Timeless, 8:30 pm, My Only Slope, (718) 499-3253, Cirrah with DJ Mark James, and rotating go- Downfall, 9 pm, Tenebrae, 9:30 pm, Sliver, 10 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. ––––––––––––––––– go with Maine & Sarah and Cinnamon & burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. URCHASES ORTGAGES EFINANCE pm, Madface, 10:30 pm, Atomic Fury, 11 pm, Jan. 7: Mike Brick & the Music Grinders, 10 P M R Keisha, 10 pm, $5. Bbox, 11:30 pm, $TBD; Jan. 12: Emergenza Jan. 9: Imperial Leather, The Bayonettes, The pm, FREE; Jan. 13: The Merles, 10 pm, FREE. John Errante Festival with Dirty Dick, 8 pm, Steve Liberman, Shemps, Splitting Headache, 9 pm, $8; Jan. SENIOR Chocolate Monkey The Gangsta Rabbi, 8:30 pm, A Staggering 13: Burnside Project, Eiffel Tower, The Diggs, 200 Fifth (718) 351-5050 CELL (718) 612-1122 MORTGAGE Genius, 9 pm, Surviving Sunrise, 9:30 pm, A- The Debutantes, 9 pm, $10; Jan. 14: Hula, 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park BANKER Summer Lawns, The Isles, Oceanographer, Park Slope, (718) 789-7896. Life, 10 pm, Human Ashtray, 10:30 pm, Slope, (718) 638-2925. Against All Odds, 11 pm, Blood of Kain, 11:30 Cheyenne, 9 pm, $10. Saturdays: Express a.k.a. open mic poetry tal- Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip- 2351 HYLAN BLVD SI NY 10306 • LICENSED MORTGAGE BANKER NYS BANKING DEPT ent showcase, 10 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge After- pm, $TBD; Jan. 13: Emergenza Festival with American Sex Machine, 8 pm, Chad Willems Parlor Jazz hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; Fridays: Party with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning house, clas- Friday Night Salsa with a live salsa band and sics and rare grooves, 12:30 am, FREE; Band, 8:30 pm, Almost Doesn’t Count, 9 pm, 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue in Splitsense, 9:30 pm, Stryk-0, 10 pm, Chiba- Clinton Hill, (718) 855-1981, DJs Blazer One and Big Will spinning salsa, Sundays: GMHC Center Holiday Party’s reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10. “Alternative Life Styles,” 8 pm, FREE; Tues- Ken, 10:30 pm, A Glass Diary, 11 pm, Robert www.parlorjazz.com. days: Femme Elite Entertainment music by DJs Katrikh’s Overture, 11:30 pm, $TBD; Jan. 14: Jan. 14: The Ed Stoute Trio, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, Candy and Inez hosted by Lisa Love, 6 pm, Emergenza Festival with The Vinyl Stash, 8 $20 suggested donation. Vox Po p The Art of Making pm, Eggy and the Scramblers, 8:30 pm, 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in FREE ($5 after 9 pm); Wednesdays: Comedy Showcase hosted by Ray DeJon, 7 pm, $10; Almighty Love Noise, 9 pm, Steel Reign, 9:30 Peggy O’Neill’s Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, pm, Through the Discipline, 10 pm, Guernica, www.voxpopnet.net. Thursdays: A Taste of the Underground featur- (Two locations) ing DJ Ras & DJ Cloud 9, 6 pm, FREE; Fridays: 10:30 pm, Dirty Mother Nation, 11 pm, Utopia Jan. 7: Richard Pryor Tribute, 8 pm, $4; Jan. Legs Perfect Banished, 11:30 pm, $TBD. 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, 10: Vox Pop 9/11 Collective Research Project, After Work Karaoke hosted by Lisa Smiles, 6 pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 11 pm, $5. (718) 748-1400, www.peggyoneillsbr.com. 7 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Denise Barbarita & Hope and Anchor Saturdays: DJ Rob and live music, 10 pm, Friends, 9 pm, two-drink minimum; Jan. 14: Club Exit 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Rod, 9 pm, Indie Night with Brian Jarvis, The Boy Bathing, – Veins of all sizes treated FREE; Tuesdays: Beer Pong, 9 pm, FREE; Sean Spellman and Mike Fraser, two-drink 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Hook, (718) 237-0276. Wednesdays: Trivia Night, 9 pm, FREE; minimum. in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke – Varicosis and spiders treated Thursdays: Karaoke with DJ Rob, 9 pm, FREE; www.club-exit.com. hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE. – 20 years experience Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladies Zebulon FREE until midnight); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, Jazz 966 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Island, (718) 449-3200, Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, – Most work done in our office 10 pm, FREE. 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in www.peggyoneillsci.com. www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Clinton Hill, (718) 639-6910. Saturdays: DJ Joey, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: Jan. 7: Zemog, el Gallo Bueno, 10 pm, FREE; Club Xo Fridays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $10 donation. NFL Football Special, 1 pm, FREE. Jan. 8: Akim Funk Buddha & The Ebonyasia 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Flatlands, Project Yumi Kurasawa, Wynne Bennet, 10 (718) 209-0525, www.clubxonyc.com. Kili Bar-Cafe Pete’s Candy pm, FREE; Jan. 9: We Do It For The Money! Saturdays and Fridays: “The Best of the Best” 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, (Zebulon Jam Band), 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 10: 21 featuring live DJs, 11 pm, FREE before mid- (718) 855-5574. Store Himalayas with Kenny Wollesen, Jonathan night, $10 after midnight. Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Haffner, Tony Scherr, and more, 10 pm, FREE; YEARS Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Jan. 11: Eye Contact, Ryan Sawyer, 10 pm, Cornerstone Bar funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. www.petescandystore.com. FREE; Jan. 12: Azouhouni Adou (music from EXPERIENCE 1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough Road Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Jan. 7: the Ivory Coast), 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: Forro in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. Laila Lounge Hotbird 7, 9 pm, Casey Dienel, 10 pm, FREE; for All, Rob Curto, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 14: Baye Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE. 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Jan. 8: Jason Myles Goss, 8:30 pm, Kelley Kouyate et les Tougarake (music from Mali), 10 Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, McRae, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 9: Spelling Bee, pm, FREE. Crossroads Cafe www.lailalounge.com. 1241 A Prospect Ave. at Reeve Place in Sundays: Concrescence Sessions featuring a Before Windsor Terrace, (718) 972-1852. rotating cast of musicians and visualists, 9 pm, After Tuesdays: Jazz series with Todd Neufeld and FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Madness with the friends, 8 pm, $5 donation suggested. Corn-Fed Sisters, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: TALK TO US… Fruity Loops (Gay Night), 10 pm, FREE; Wed- To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center Crossroads nesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site open mic, 7:30 pm, live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Saloon Jan. 7: Party Doll, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 13: DJ formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are 263 7th Avenue, Suite 5E • (718) 499-7755 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Friend, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 14: DJ Trackstar, 10 free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. www.perfectleg.com • fax (718) 499-7887 Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. pm, FREE. January 7, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 9

Compiled by Susan Where to Rosenthal Brooklyn parks for recycling. 10 am to 2 pm. SAT, JAN 7 For locations and event information, visit TUES, JAN 10 ww.nyc.gov/parks or call 311. Free. SPECIAL NEEDS TALK: Resources for Children OUTDOORS AND TOURS PERFORMANCE with Special Needs hosts a talk: “Transition MULCH FEST: Bring your holiday tree to Pros- from School to Adult Life.” 10 am to 1 pm. pect Park and turn it into mulch. Remove all BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of works Brooklyn Heights Library, 280 Cadman Plaza decorations. Enter park at any entrance. by Mozart, Kodaly and Brahms. $35, $25 stu- West. (212) 677-4650. Free. Bring container to take mulch home. 10 am dents. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Ful- SENIOR MEETING: AARP of Bay Ridge meets. to 2 pm. (718) 287-3400. For additional loca- ton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Shore Hill Housing, 9000 Shore Road. Call tions and event information, visit HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Ah, Wilderness!” 2 pm. for time. (718) 748-9114. ww.nyc.gov/parks or call 311. Free. See Sat., Jan. 7. DINNER MEETING: Columbian Lawyers Asso- WOOD CHIP GIVEAWAY: Brooklyn Botanic CHILDREN ciation of Brooklyn meets. Topic of discus- Garden and Green-Wood Cemetery host a sion is “How to Avoid a Contested Probate.” Christmas tree recycling event. Bring your BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: presents 6 pm. Nino’s Restaurant, 1110 Hyland tree and take-away mulch. Borough Presi- Chinese opera. $4, free for members and Boulevard, Staten Island. Call for ticket infor- dent Markowitz will recycle Borough Hall’s children younger than 1 year. 2:30 pm. 145 mation. (718) 875-0158. Christmas Tree at 11 am. 11 am to 3 pm. Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. BUSINESS WORKSHOP: Church Avenue Fifth Avenue at 25th Street. Call 311. Free. PUPPETWORKS: “Puss in Boots.” 12:30 pm Merchants Block Association offers a talk, and 2:30 pm. See Sat., Jan. 7. “How to Start Your Business.” Learn basics PERFORMANCE of business planning, licensing and permits. SHOW-OFF FEST: Galapagos Art Space pres- OTHER 6 pm to 8:30 pm. 884 Flatbush Ave. (718) ents a show of music, theater, dance, per- ADOPTION: Singles who are considering 282-2500. Free. formance and visual art, all performed by adopting are invited to learn about the pro- DISCUSSION: Prospect Park YMCA hosts a staff members. 7 pm. 70 North Sixth St. cess. $15. Noon to 1:30 pm. Congregation reading and discussion of a book of essays, (718) 384-4586, ext. 3. Free. Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place. (212) 558- “Awakening from the Dream: Civil Rights BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of Mozart, 9949. Under Siege and the New Struggle for Equal Kodaly and Brahms. $35, $25 students. 7:30 GALLERY TALK: Brooklyn Museum hosts a talk Justice.” Learn how federal courts work, or pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street by curator Edward Bleiberg on the museum’s don’t work, to promote justice. 7:30 pm. 357 at the East River. (718) 624-2083. collection of mosaics. $8, $4 students and Ninth St. (718) 499-0425. Free. FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts Exchange seniors, free for children age 12 and younger. AUDITIONS: Brooklyn Philharmonia Chorus presents its new performance and discussion 2 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. holds auditions for its spring concert series. series. Choreographers Alicia Diaz and MOVIE: Union Temple of Brooklyn presents Call. (718) 907-0963. Marion Ramirez present “Mar Adentro.” “Divan,” followed by a discussion led by More. $15, $10 members, $8 low-income. 8 filmmaker. 3 pm. 17 Eastern Parkway. (718) pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. 638-7600. Free. WEDS, JAN 11 HAITIAN MUSIC: La Troupe Makandal presents SUNDAY AT SUNNY’S: Reading by several “Carnival Dawn,” its closing performance of WRITING WORKSHOP: Families First hosts a Eye-scrapers: “Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky” are on display at the Brooklyn authors. $3. 3 pm. 253 Conover St. (718) workshop “Memoirs for Moms.” Mothers “Rising Sun: A Vodou Drama of Death and 625-8211. Rebirth.” $15, $10 students and seniors, $5 are invited to create a personal memoir for Museum in Prospect Heights through Jan. 15. children age 12 and younger. 8 pm. South their children. $80 for four-sessions. 10 am to Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford St. (718) noon. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. 953-6638. SAT PREP: Federation of Italian-American by Beethoven. $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Edward Burtynsky, “Manufactured Land- HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents Eugene O’Neill’s Organizations offers a prep class for high 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton PUPPET SHOW: Talking Hands Theater pres- scapes.” $15, $10 students, seniors and muse- “Ah, Wilderness!” $13, $10 seniors, students school students. Every Wednesday, 6 pm to Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. ents Rudyard Kipling’s “How the Elephant um members. 3 pm. Gallery talk led by muse- and children. 8 pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) 8 pm. Seth Low JHS 96, 99 Avenue P. Call. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents Eugene O’Neill’s Got Its Trunk.” $7, $5 children. Appropriate um educators at 2 pm. “Manufactured Land- 237-2752. (718) 232-2266. “Ah, Wilderness!” $13, $10 seniors, students for ages 2 to 7. Monster Gallery, 234 Fourth scapes” is on display at the museum through BROOKLYN LYCEUM: Night of improvisation and children. 8 pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) Ave. Call for time. (914) 318-4280. Jan. 15. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 488-5913. with Big Black Car, Arsenal and Improv 237-2752. BABY LEARNING: Applewood hosts a 10-week HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Ah, Wilderness!.” 2 pm. Centric Unit. $10. 9:45 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. THURS, JAN 12 BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: presents course in a musical introduction to sign lan- See Sat., Jan. 14. (718) 857-4816. “Elsewhere,” by Shannon Hummel and Cora guage for babies and their parents. $200. GALLERY PLAYERS: “As You Like It.” 3 pm. BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: presents Dance. $15, $10 members, $8 low-income. 8 Call for time. 501 11th St. (718) 768-2044. See Sat., Jan 14. CHILDREN a workshop on worry dolls. $4, free for pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of works BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: presents members and children under 1 year. 3 pm to GALLERY PLAYERS: presents the romantic OTHER by Beethoven. 4 pm. See Sat., Jan 14. “Blooming Babies Weekend: Animal 4 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. comedy “As You Like It,” by William JEWISH HISTORY: Union Temple offers a week- PLAY: “Lost in Yonkers.” 5 pm. See Sat., Jan. 14. Homes.” Appropriate for ages 18 months to LITERARY SERIES: Brooklyn Academy of Music Shakespeare. $15, $12 children and seniors. ly course on Basic Judaism. Today: “Mo- 2 years. $4, free for members and children and the National Book Awards presents “Eat, 8 pm. 199 14th St. (212) 352-3101. dernity: Enlightenment and Emancipation.” 9 CHILDREN younger than 1 year. 11 am to noon. 145 Drink and Be Literary: Dinner and a Reading.” PLAY: Bay Ridge Jewish Center presents Neil am to 10:15 am. Light breakfast offered. 17 CONCERT: Suzi Shelton performs for the play- Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Tonight, author Gish Jen reads from her Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers,” 1991 Tony Award Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-7600. Free. ground set, youngster ages 2.5 to 7 years. 1 PUPPETWORKS: Marionette performance of work. Kurt Andersen is moderator. $42. 6:30 winner for Best Play. $13 in advance, $15 at pm. Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave. (917) 416- pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4129. ARTIST TALK: MoCADA offers a talk by artists “Puss in Boots.” $8, $7 children. Recom- the door. 8 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish Center, that offers a look between art techniques 4012. Free. mended for ages 4 and older. 12:30 pm and BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of works Fourth Avenue at 81st Street. For reserva- and life experiences. 2 pm. The James Davis PUPPETWORKS: “Puss in Boots.” 12:30 pm 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street. by Beethoven. $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. tions, call (718) 836-3103. Arts Building, 80 Hanson Place. (718) 230- and 2:30 pm. See Sat., Jan. 14. (718) 965-3391. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. CHILDREN 0492. Free. ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum invites kids, BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN: Annual stu- OTHER ages 4 and older, to look at art. Arts and READING: Ken Siegelman, Brooklyn’s Poet ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum invites kids, GALLERY TALK: Brooklyn Museum hosts a talk, Laureate, signs “City Souls,” his 10th book dent/ teacher art exhibit, “Visions of crafts session follows. $8 adults, $4 seniors ages 4 and older, to look at art and have an Nature,” and sale. $5 adults, $3 seniors and “Afternoon Groove: Crafting Funk.” Bring and seniors, free for children younger than of poetry. 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Barnes and arts and crafts session. $8 adults, $4 seniors, your own knitting or crochet project and join Noble, 267 Seventh Ave. (917) 559-4770. Free. students, free for members. 10 am to 4:30 age 12. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 Eastern free for children under age 12. 11 am and 2 pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7200. fiber artist Xenobia Bailey for a crocheting Parkway. (718) 638-5000. pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. bee, funk music and community dialogue. PUPPET SHOW: Talking Hands Theater pres- PUPPETWORKS: presents a marionette per- $8, $4 students and seniors, free for children Classic entertainment: Chinese The- FRI, JAN 13 ents Rudyard Kipling’s “How the Elephant formance of “Puss in Boots.” $8, $7 children. SUN, JAN 15 12 and under. 3 pm to 5 pm. 200 Eastern Got Its Trunk.” $7, $5 children. Appropriate atre Works will present a Peking-style Recommended for ages 4 and older. 12:30 Parkway. (718) 638-5000. for ages 2 to 7. Monster Gallery, 234 Fourth METRO CARD: NYC Transit invites senior citi- pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth MEET THE CURATOR: Clinton Hill Art Gallery Ave. Call for time. (914) 318-4280. opera, suitable for all ages, at the zens and persons with disabilities to apply Street. (718) 965-3391. PERFORMANCE introduces the curator behind its current for the reduced fare Metro Card. 7 am to 8 Brooklyn Children’s Museum on Jan. TEEN AUDITION: Brooklyn Arts Exchange BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts exhibit. 2 pm to 4 pm. 154a Vanderbilt Ave. OTHER am. Van is located at 86th Street and Bay at Brooklyn College presents “Best of Broad- (718) 852-0227. Free. 8 at 2:30 pm. Parkway. (212) Metrocard. invites high school students preparing for FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn Museum hosts its college auditions to a workshop which teach- way,” featuring the songs of Andrew Lloyd SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents “An monthly “First Saturday.” Tonight’s program BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of works es audition techniques. $15. 2 pm to 4 pm. Webber. $15 to $35. 2 pm. Walt Whitman by Beethoven. $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. Evening of the World’s Best Short Films.” includes a performance by the Brooklyn 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Theater at Brooklyn College, one block from $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents “An 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Ballet featuring traditional and contemporary BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: hosts a the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. work at 6 pm; band, Musette Explosion, per- Evening of the World’s Best Short Films.” Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. avenues. (718) 951-4500. $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. FISH TALK: Brooklyn Aquarium Society pres- Thank You Week. Decorate a card to show CAFE STEINHOF: Screens the film “Trees forms accordion music and American jazz gratitude to a loved one. Appropriate for MUSIC OFF THE WALLS: Brooklyn Museum Lounge” (1996), written and directed by Park from 6 pm to 7:30 pm; arts and crafts event www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. ents a talk “Corydoras Cats from A to Z.” $5, free for members. 7:30 pm. NY ages 5 and older. $4, free for members and hosts a series with Brooklyn Philharmonic fea- Slope actor Steve Buscemi. 10:30 pm. No to create a beaded headdress from 6:30 pm CAFE STEINHOF: Screens the film “Quiz children younger than 1 year. 3 pm to 4 pm. turing music set to industrial photography of cover. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. to 8:30 pm; tour of exhibit “Manufactured Show” (1994), starring Park Slope’s own Aquarium, West Eighth Street at Surf Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward John Turturro. 10:30 pm. No cover. 422 Avenue. (718) 837-4455. Burtynsky” at 7 pm; The Brooklyn Phil- Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: New theater series harmonic presents “Amadeus Live!” at 8:30 presents “Bar Flies,” as part of its “Evolve” pm; dance party from 9 pm to 11 pm with series. $12. 8 pm. 70 North Sixth St. (718) waltz music by the Vienna Festival Orchestra. MON, JAN 9 384-4586. Event runs from 5 pm to 11 pm. 200 Eastern HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Ah, Wilderness!” 8 pm. BCAT Program Guide – What’s on Brooklyn Community Access Television Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Free. NATURE BABIES: Prospect Park Audubon See Sat., Jan. 14. JEWISH HISTORY: Union Temple offers a Center hosts a music, storytelling and crafts BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: “Elsewhere.” 8 weekly course on Basic Judaism. Today: program for 1 to 3 year olds and their care- pm. See Sat., Jan 14. “Synagogue, Prayer, Talmudic Judaism, The givers. 9:30 am to 11 am. Call for fee infor- Middle Ages.” 9 am to 10:15 am. Light mation. Audubon Center, Prospect Park, breakfast offered. 17 Eastern Parkway. (718) near the Lincoln Road/Ocean Avenue SAT, JAN 14 638-7600. Free. entrance. (718) 287-3400, ext. 101. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Author Barnet TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes Bar presents a PERFORMANCE The Sonny Side Up Schecter reads and signs his book: “The Devil’s series of documentaries on Appalachia. Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Tonight: “Lord and Father” (1982). 7 pm. MUSIC: St. Simon and Jude Church presents an Fight to Reconstruct America.” 1 pm. Fifth 376 Ninth St. (718) 288-1761. Free. evening of classic Neapolitan songs with by Leonard Jacobs Avenue at 25th Street. (718) 788-7850. Free. DANCE WORKOUT: Mark Morris Dance Group Antonio Guarna and Alba Mazza. $35 per person includes buffet dinner, dessert, KNIT ONE, PERL TWO: Creative Arts Studio presents Rhythm and Motion Dance. Adult exercise class uses hip-hop, jazz, African, singing and dancing. 6:30 pm. 294 Ave. T. hosts a “Pic-knit.” Knit and nosh while work- Call in advance for tickets. (718) 375-9600. ing on your own creation. $20. 2 pm to 5 Latin and modern dance forms. $12. 7 pm to OMETIMES THE BEST ADVICE IS THE SIMPLEST. 8 pm. 3 Lafayette Ave. (718) 624-8400. pm. 310 Atlantic Ave. (718) 797-5600. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of works For example: don’t mess with Sonny Southerland. The MICRO MUSEUM: Composer Andy Cohen S plays interactive musical sculpture. $10 per adult pair, $5 per senior/ student pair. 2 pm producer of The People’s Advocacy Group Presents PAG and 4 pm. Also, Open Wall reception. 5 pm Magazine, which has been airing on BCAT/Brooklyn to 7 pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797-3116. LIST YOUR EVENT… To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send your listing by Community Access Television for six years, is dedicated to SUN, JAN 8 mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by helping everyday citizens demand what their tax dollars enti- fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot OUTDOORS AND TOURS take listings over the phone. tle them to: a local, state, and federal government freed from MULCH FEST: Bring your holiday tree to select the shackles of red tape. It’s a noble aim inspired by the fact Sonny Southerland, pro- that Southerland himself has had a more than a few charmed ducer and host of People's RELIGIOUS SVCS Advocacy Group Presents experiences with government bureaucracy. 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Index #8292/04. alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 264-66 LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale Carlton Avenue; Brooklyn, NY 11205 in Kings entered June 14, 2005, I will sell at pubic auction County, Brooklyn for on-premises consumption. HOUSES in Room 261 on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006 at 3:00 BP01-02 210 Grandview Avenue, LLC, Notice of formation Articles of Organization of Guardian Property p.m. at the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Management of Brooklyn, LLC. Under Section Adams St., Brooklyn, NY prem. k/a 395 Van Brunt Organization filed with the Secretary of State of Christ will return soon the Civil Court, Kings County on the 28th day of 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. FIRST: St., Brooklyn, NY a/k/a Block 598, Lot 5. Said For Sale / Brooklyn For Sale / Brooklyn New York (SSNY) on November 30, 2005. Office December, 2005, bearing the Index Number The name of the limited liability company is property located on the southeasterly side of Van location: Kings County. SSNY has been designat- N501087/05, a copy of which may be examined GUARDIAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF Brunt St. 80 ft. northeasterly from the easterly ed as agent of the LLC upon who process against EXCELSIOR MEDICAL GROUP at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL OLD MILL BASIN - COOP: $179,000. 2 Bedroom Dyker Heights BROOKLYN, LLC. SECOND: The county within corner formed by the intersection of Van Brunt it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any To Isaiah for unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Coop in newly renovated Kings Village, spacious, large Prime location! Detached, two-family process to Joseph Altilio, 2333 East 72nd Street, this state in which the office of the limited liabili- and Van Dyke St., being a plot 20 ft. x 90 ft. Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Approx. amt. of judgment is $12,980.67 plus living room, eat in kitchen, doorman & security, great Victorian. 40x100 lot. Call Vinny or Brooklyn, NY 11234. BP01-06 ty company is to be located is Kings. THIRD: The shall be upon his shoulder. And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, me rights to: Assume the name of: Rachel Fanny costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and con- view of NYC, high floor, laundry room. 1275 E. 51st St. Stephan at Brownstone Real Estate secretary of state is designated as agent of the Phillips Flamm. My present name is: Rachel Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by The Mighty God, The Everlasting father, the Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 for details. www.Brownstonelisting.com limited liability company upon whom process ditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Fanny Phillips. My present address is: 145 Hicks #6F bet. Ave. I & J. Open House: Jan. 7-8, 2-4pm. the Civil Court, Kings County on the 27th day of ERNEST BARTOL, Referee. SHAPIRO & DICARO, Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. My place of against it may be served. The post office address PROSPECT HEIGHTS - CONDO: $299,000. Cozy 1 (718) 855-4111 December, 2005, bearing the Index Number LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 777 Larkfield Rd., Commack, birth is: Port Jefferson, New York. My date of N501082/05, a copy of which may be examined within or without this state to which the secretary ––––––––––––––––––––– Bedroom condo, parquet floors, exposed brick, close ER29-03 NY - (631) 462-2525. #65053. birth is: July 28, 1972. BP01 at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL of state shall mail a copy of any process against BP01-04 to museum, park, library, low maintenance. 491 Park Jean Robert Romulus, MD COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, the limited liability company served upon him or Notice of formation of limited liability company Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Place, #3R, bet. Classon/Grand. Open House: Jan. 7 & Mortgages Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants her is Corporation Service Company, 80 State Civil Surgeon (LLC). Name: Baby Bop Foods, LLC. Articles of the Civil Court, Kings County on the 19th day of 8, 2-4pm. HAPPY NEW YEAR! me rights to: Assume the name of: Lyndon Street, Albany, New York 12207. FOURTH: The Organization filed with Secretary of State of New December, 2005, bearing the Index Number Byrthen. My present name is: Xiaoling He. My SEBY INC. MORTGAGES name and street address within this state of the York (SSNY) on 10/12/2005. NY office location: N501074/05, a copy of which may be examined present address is: 317A Franklin Avenue, Providing complete physical at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL • Purchases • Refinances • Foreclosures registered agent of the limited liability company Kings County. SSNY has been designated as Brooklyn, New York 11238. My place of birth is: COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, O upon whom and at which process against the lim- agent of the LLC upon whom process against it OUTREACH Bad or Good Credit. 100% financing on 1-2 Beijing, China. My date of birth is: July 3, 1978. examinations for immigrants Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants R ited liability company can be served is may be served. The post office address to which REAL ESTATE, INC. fam homes. FHA VA & conventional loans. FG01 me rights to: Assume the name of: Julia E Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against Call (718) 371-5921 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the LLC served upon him/her is 105 State St., #2, Stevanovic Ragle. My present name is: Julia T. Albany, New York 12207. FIFTH: The limited lia- Mon-Fri: 9am-7pm; Sat: 9am-5pm the Civil Court, Kings County on the 30th day of Brooklyn, NY 11201, Attn: Jennifer Gutierrez. Stevanovic. My present address is: 5718 Fort email: [email protected] bility company is to be managed by 1 or more Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11219. Registered Mortgage Broker - NYS Banking Dept. December, 2005, bearing the Index Number Latest date to dissolve: Indefinite. Purpose/char- 718-531-3995 N501096/05, a copy of which may be examined members. Joanne A. Burkhartt, Organizer. My place of birth is: Cold Spring, New York. My Loans Arranged through Third Party Provider EXCELSIOR MEDICAL GROUP acter of LLC: Food Manufacturing. BP01-06 at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL BP48-02 date of birth is: September 4, 1974. BP01 W29-04 W29-05 COURT KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Articles of Organization of Guardian Property 1428 Flatbush Ave. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants the Civil Court, Kings County on the 30th day of Management of Brooklyn, LLC. Under Section the Civil Court, Kings County on the 29th day of me rights to: Assume the name of: Lazar (bet. Farragut Rd & Glenwood Rd) December, 2005, bearing the Index Number Treschan. My present name is: Lazar Treszczan 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. FIRST: December, 2005, bearing the Index Number N501099/05, a copy of which may be examined N501092/05, a copy of which may be examined a/k/a Lazar Treschan. My present address is: 452 The name of the limited liability company is at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL MORTGAGES DeGraw Street, Brooklyn, New York 11217. My Brooklyn, NY 11210 / (718) 434-2900 at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL GUARDIAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, place of birth is: Madison, Wisconsin. My date of COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, BROOKLYN, LLC. SECOND: The county within Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants birth is: January 11, 1975. Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants CG01 this state in which the office of the limited liabili- ––––––––––––––––––––– me rights to: Assume the name of: Jennifer ER49 me rights to: Assume the name of: Della Jewel ty company is to be located is Kings. THIRD: The But thou, Bethelem Ephratah through thou Be little among the thousand, of Saxon. My present name is: Female Saxon. My 10 YEARS OF BROOKLYN Horn Affiliates Realty LLC, Notice of formation of Zimmerman. My present name is: Anna Flory secretary of state is designated as agent of the Judah, yet out of thee shall be come forth unite Me that is to be Ruler in present address is: 855 Greene Avenue, Zimmerman. My present address is: 195 Prospect Let an ANGEL LENDING EXPERIENCE Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Organization filed with the Secretary of State of limited liability company upon whom process Israel, Whose going forth has been from Old to Everlasting – Micah 5:2 Brooklyn, New York 11221. My place of birth is: Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215. My place New York (SSNY) on September 27, 2005. Office against it may be served. The post office address Brooklyn, New York. My date of birth is: February of birth is: New York, New York. My date of birth bring you home • Purchases and Refinances W29-09 location: Kings County. SSNY has been designat- within or without this state to which the secretary 10, 1956. BP01 is: November 6, 2004. BP01 • 1-4 Family Houses ed as agent of the LLC upon whom process of state shall mail a copy of any process against against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Victor Angel • Co-ops And Condos the limited liability company served upon him or of any process to Leonard M. Ridini, Jr., Esq., 534 the Civil Court, Kings County on the 29th day of the Civil Court, Kings County, on the 29th day of Tel: (212) 318-9459 her is Corporation Service Company, 80 State • Low Documentation Loans Broad Hollow Road, Suite 430, Melville, NY December, 2005, bearing the Index Number December, 2005, bearing the Index Number Street, Albany, New York 12207. FOURTH: The ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Cell: (917) 816-2804 • Extremely Competitive Rates 11747. BP49-01 N501094/05, a copy of which may be examined N501095/05, a copy of which may be examined E-Fax: (646) 792-4847 name and street address within this state of the at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL 210 Grandview Avenue, LLC, Notice of formation registered agent of the limited liability company COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Email: [email protected] of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of upon whom and at which process against the lim- To advertise in The Brooklyn Papers Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Organization filed with the Secretary of State of ited liability company can be served is me rights to: Assume the name of: Blimie me rights to: Assume the name of: Mahwish New York (SSNY) on November 30, 2005. Office Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Greenfield. My present name is: Sarah Ahmed. My present name is: Mawish Butt. My location: Kings County. SSNY has been designat- present address is: 2060 East 19th Street, 555 Madison Avenue, 14th Fl., New York, NY 10022 ed as agent of the LLC upon who process against Albany, New York 12207. FIFTH: The limited lia- please call (718) 834-9350 Greenfield. My present address is: 36 Ross Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211. My place of Brooklyn, New York 11229. My place of birth is: REGISTERED MORTGAGE BROKER - NYS BANKING DEPARTMENT • ALL LOANS ARRANGED THROUGH 3RD PARTY PROVIDERS • LICENSED MORTGAGE it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any bility company is to be managed by 1 or more birth is: New York, New York. My date of birth is: Brooklyn, New York. My date of birth is: BANKER - CT & NJ DEPARTMENTS OF BANKING • LICENSED MORTGAGE BROKER - MA & VT DEPARTMENTS OF BANKING • CORRESPONDENT MORTGAGE process to Joseph Altilio, 2333 East 72nd Street, members. Joanne A. Burkhartt, Organizer. November 10, 2004. 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E GOT PLAYED — but it recently replaced disgraced and one Council insider told The assemblyman, can put together a looks like we did it to convicted Clarence Norman as Brooklyn Papers. Lopez, the in- block of votes just so he can give W ourselves. Brooklyn had the head of the Brooklyn Democ- sider continued, wants to control it like a gift,” the councilmember its best shot in years of nabbing rats. Lopez muscled several things like the Housing Commit- told us. the powerful job of Speaker of the Brooklyn councilmembers to tee, where most of the city’s land- “They made a deal, so let’s see Council this week, but the very back Quinn so Brooklyn could use decisions are made — and what they get in return from Chris able Councilmember Bill DeBla- “have a seat at the table,” as he whose members benefit mightily Quinn.” sio (D-Park Slope) eventually fell put it. from donations from developers. Lopez, by the way, didn’t re- to colleague Christine Quinn (D- But why not the seat at the COUNCILMEMBER who back- turn our call. Manhattan). head of the table? ed DeBlasio was still fum- We’re not naive enough to Brooklyn has a plurality of seats Because, insiders said, Lopez Aing about his experience tak- think that the selection of a new on the Council, but Quinn built a was less concerned with helping ing on Lopez. City Council Speaker should be a coalition of members from Man- DeBlasio than with keeping his He complained that when he transparent process rather than a hattan, Queens and the Bronx that hands on the more-hidden levers called a colleague to lobby for De- behind-the-scenes, bare-knuckled drove her to victory. of power in the city. Blasio, he was told, “Sorry, but political power grab. She also had the support of As- “It’s all about the committee Vito has my vote.” But a paper can dream, can’t semblymember Vito Lopez, who chairs that his people will get,” “I resent that Vito Lopez, an it?

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make stops at the main Post Office Brooklyn-fearing traveler from working on bringing back trolleys and the exit (or entrance, depending around the globe easy access aboard throughout the Downtown area, pos- on whether you’re coming or go- a historic train to our great Borough sibly connecting to Red Hook. The ing) to the currently decrepit Brook- President’s tourist information center only problem, he said, was funding. Hop on the DUMBO trolley! While that’s all well and good, lyn Bridge footpath. at Borough Hall. (And finally, it Of course, it would not stop at would cut a good 20 minutes off my methinks Marty is doing things on OW THAT CADMAN PLAZA EAST forced to weave around the a gas mask to guard against the something in exchange, something the courthouse as, apparently, daily commute.) too grand a scale. My 4,000-foot between Tillary Street and bumpers of cars pushed up onto the fumes spewing out so they can re- that would be a boon to the people trolley line would require less money Red Cross Place has become curbs to maximize parking spaces main warm in the winter and cool of DUMBO, visitors from around everyone who works there drives The trolley could be funded with N — hence the need for the private federal money — as reimbursement and, hence, less politics, and would a private, guarded parking lot for in this now-privately run public in the summer (when they have to the world and, most importantly, me. provide a simple good. parking lot on the stolen street. for the seizure of our street — and courthouse employees, it’s time for street dividing Cadman Plaza and pop the hoods of the vehicles so the What I’m proposing is a trolley And we could finally get some- area residents to get something back. Walt Whitman parks. cars don’t overheat). that would run from Borough Hall UCH A TROLLEY would accom- could cost a buck a ride, or $2 with a thing in return for those two idling Each day, as I take my 15-minute I guess I should just be happy Considering that the federal gov- down Cadman Plaza East, to Wash- plish three things: First, it free transfer to or from any nearby Crown Vics we have to walk past stroll from the Court Street subway that the security guards, who sit in ernment absconded with the street ington Street with a turnaround at S would give the good people of subway when using a Metrocard. every morning. station down the hill to The Brook- idling Ford Crown Victorias at ei- without any public discourse (Was the existing Brooklyn Bridge Park DUMBO easy access to Downtown I discussed this proposal with Bor- Vince DiMiceli is The Brooklyn lyn Papers’ offices in DUMBO, I ther end of the lot, allow me to pass there ever a meeting? Did CB2 ever at John Street. Brooklyn’s extensive network of sub- ough President Markowitz a few Papers’ senior editor. His e-mail is get increasingly annoyed as I’m through — although I should wear bring this up?) I think we deserve Along the way, the trolley could ways. Second, it would give every months ago, and he told me he was [email protected].

TO THE EDITOR Point and counterpoint on Ratner’s ‘Domain’ Ratner is creating his own ‘blight’ Ratner is protection the community To the editor: manufactures blight! In this case, he is thinking that the project has begun and To the editor: These buildings are under our con- Yards project. It is about public safety. Bruce Ratner is so desperate for some claiming hazardous building conditions. they should get out of his way. He also According to LZA Technologies, one of trol and as such are our responsibility. If opponents want to have a discussion activity at his Atlantic Yards project that Buildings that were recently occupied are must convince his impatient investors that the most well-respected independent pro- Should a fire break out, a brick fall or about their concerns with the project, then he decided to take blight into his own now suddenly unsafe. Anyone involved there is activity at the Yards, so they fessional engineering firms in the country, a wall collapse onto the street, then we we are more than happy to continue our hands. Because his project is under review with rehabbing old buildings knows that a should sit tight with their investment. the six structures slated for abatement and would be at fault. discussions. However, when it comes to of the State Environmental Quality Re- property does not go from fully habitable The result could be that an intact neigh- demolition [referred to in the letter at left] Risking the community to these poten- the safety of this community, we refuse to view Process (SEQRA), he does not have to unsafe in less than a year. Is it possible borhood will have holes punched into it. pose a serious health and public safety risk tial hazards is quite simply not something get into a political debate. Bruce Bender full control over his properties. New York that these buildings received human assis- With enough empty lots, Ratner hopes to to the surrounding community. Forest City Ratner would ever do and it The writer is executive vice-president of State law requires that once a review is tance in an effort to accelerate decay under create enough “blight” to justify eminent do- In most of these buildings, the roofs, is not something any thoughtful and Forest City Ratner, which has proposed an under way, the site must remain in the Ratner’s ownership? main condemnations. This is nothing more ceilings and walls have partially collapsed. knowledgeable person should condone. arena, residential and commercial develop- same condition throughout the review. I believe that Ratner is trying to con- than old fashion blockbusting. The remaining standing structures continue So let’s be clear, the demolition of these ment stretching eastward from the inter- So what’s an eager developer to do? He vince local residents and businesses into Lucy Koteen, Fort Greene to deteriorate at an accelerated rate. buildings is not about the proposed Atlantic section of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues.

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