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By Jess Wisloski nity Organizations for Reform Now) — which The Brooklyn Papers both support the Forest City Ratner plan — say they are already providing to the developer serv- Two organizations that have been meeting ices for which they could later be hired, acting as with Forest City Ratner officials over a com- community gateways to jobs and housing. munity benefits agreement tied to Atlantic Ratner plans to build Atlantic Yards on 24 Yards may be rewarded with jobs if the bas- acres of public and private property bounded by ketball arena, office skyscraper and apartment Dean Street and Flatbush, Atlantic and Vander- high-rise plan gains government approvals. bilt avenues in Prospect Heights. Members of both BUILD (Brooklyn United James Stuckey, executive vice president of For- for Innovative Local Development) and the New est City Ratner, announced at a public meeting on York chapter of ACORN (Alliance of Commu- Nov. 29 that he hoped to bring ACORN on as the community’s sponsor once the city Department of Housing Preserva- tion and Development (HPD) grant- ed his company tax abatements connected to the construction of af- fordable housing on the site. Carol Abrams, an HPD spokes- Library to woman, said her agency requires a community sponsor in any cases where developers receive tax abatements or relief that is paid for by city taxpayers. That group, she said, is chosen at the developer’s get $16M discretion. HPD entrusts the chosen com- munity group with marketing and leasing the project’s housing com- ponent, but still monitors the admin- makeover istration of the lottery-style applica- tion process through which tenants By Jess Wisloski are selected for the affordable hous- The Brooklyn Papers ing. As proposed, Ratner’s project would include 2,000 units of tax- The Brooklyn Public Library is undertaking a abated housing and 4,500 units in $16 million, 18-month reconstruction of its Cen- total. tral Branch at Grand Army Plaza. But at the Nov. 29 public meet- Library patrons, be warned. As soon as January, read- ing, the motives of both ACORN, a Mango / Greg ers arriving at the library on Eastern Parkway at Flatbush nationwide organization of low- and Avenue may find looming construction equipment sheds moderate-income families, and obscuring the grand entrance. BUILD, a community group But although the library may look off-limits, it will be formed for the express purpose of open during normal hours, despite commencement of the finding jobs from the Atlantic Yards Papers The Brooklyn project, which includes construction of an underground au- project, were called into question. ditorium that has been in the works since 1912. An audience member asked if On Dec. 16, library directors and trustees gathered to members of the two groups were host a community forum addressing concerns local resi- getting paid by Forest City Ratner Piano man, all dressed in red See LIBRARY on page 11 See POWER on page 4 In Dyker Heights, where Christmas always seems a little bit brighter, Santa takes a turn at the piano for this display at 1054 82nd St. Park Sloper’s slice of life

The spot, which he claims has no name, no is near Bay 50th Street and Avenue X. site staffers hope to parlay the site’s early suc- Weblog seeks sign and no advertising, serves until the “I can’t find it,” he said. “I don’t know if cess into a franchise of sorts. That endeavor, dough runs out, usually about noon. it’s even for real.” he said, could come to include online travel But the locale has proven elusive for Kuban, Real or not, it is Quixotic detours like those guides (with directions to the best pizza the perfect pie creator of SliceNY.com, a Web site that bills it- that have transformed SliceNY from kitschy joints) and maybe even a coffee table book. self as “America’s favorite pizza weblog.” curiosity to a resource of Zagat-sized propor- Until then, however, Kuban’s biggest contri- By Jotham Sederstrom Indeed, in three sojourns to an area not far tions, at least where pizza is concerned. It has bution to pizza remains something he calls the / Greg Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers from the Marlboro Houses in Gravesend and become something of a must-read for anyone “piPod,” which allows lovers of cheese, sauce the Coney Island rail yards, Kuban has come in search of a great slice. Since Kuban put the and dough to download a list of some 35 pizze- About a year ago, Park Sloper Adam to think of the elusive pizzeria as his very site online last October, it has grown to include ria reviews onto their iPods. The invention is Kuban received a tip about an out-of-the- own white whale. nearly 500 pages and gets about 600 hits a day. free on the site, he said, and is updated regularly. way pizzeria in Gravesend, where, as he “They said it’s under the train tracks and Besides embarking on a mission to review “Most of my really good friends know not The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn was told, a customer could order what it’s this weird little shop with no name or a parlors outside of the city (thanks to contribu- to get me started,” said Kuban, 30, of his Adam Kuban, who operates a Web site called SliceNY.com, enjoys some was described to him as a cross between sign,” Kuban said of the person who tipped tor Ian Ritter, SliceNY’s “foreign correspon- predilection for pizza. “But sometimes even I brick-oven pizza at Franny’s on Flatbush Avenue at St. Mark’s Place. a calzone and a particularly savory slice. him off to the pizza place, which he believes dent”), Kuban said that he and two other Web See PIZZA on page 11 NORMAN’S CRY Sources: Capano to ‘Hynes wants to make politics illegal’ By Jotham Sederstrom at a pretrial hearing in Supreme Court, Down- The Brooklyn Papers town, on Monday. quit Boro Hall post Characterizing two former judicial candi- “The politics of Brooklyn is a complicated business,” said Mark Baker, an attorney for By Jotham Sederstrom Markowitz’s predecessor, Howard Under Markowitz, who took office

dates as “a bunch of disgruntled losers,” Callan / Tom Norman, during a Dec. 20 pretrial motion re- The Brooklyn Papers Golden, in 1999, told The Brooklyn in 2002, Capano was promoted to the attorneys for Assemblyman Clarence Nor- questing that the court drop an indictment Papers this week, “The answer is I position of senior advisor for communi- man Jr. maintained that when the party boss against Norman on the basis that the Brooklyn Sources say a Republican City haven’t resigned.” ty relations and legislative affairs, a role demanded both nominees either ante up for Democratic Party boss’ conduct is constitu- Council hopeful from Bay Ridge But a Markowitz spokeswoman in which his responsibilities include favored campaign vendors or forget the tionally protected. will resign from his position as a Jocelyn Aframe said, “We understand overseeing the borough’s 18 communi- party’s nomination, he was only engaging in “It may not be nice,” said Baker. “It’s hard- senior advisor to Borough Pres- Bob is exploring his options. In the ty boards while acting as a liaison to its

run-of-the-mill “hardball” Brooklyn politics. ball, but it’s not illegal.” Papers File The Brooklyn ident Marty Markowitz. meantime, he will continue to fulfill elected officials and civic groups. And that much is still legal, the lawyers said See NORMAN on page 11 Clarence Norman Robert Capano, who was hired by his obligations here at Borough Hall.” See BEEP AIDE on page 11

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The Carroll St. mug with Procession of the Christ Child and China • Accessories The victim, 19, told police DVD player and his car’s Vir- Seventh avenues. incident happened at 8:10 pm ginia license plates and vehi- Breaking into the side gate Two muggers attacked a Blessing of the Creche Dolls • Toiletries that one man approached him on Dec. 18. young man from behind while Music for Choir, Soloists, Orchestra and Organ while he was riding his moun- cle registration. He estimated of a residential building, Journals • Jewelry Boxes The victim, 28, told police where the bike was routinely he was walking home on Car- Mozart, Gounod, Yon, and Handel tain bike between Fourth and the total loss at $17,700. And More he was running between Sev- kept, the burglars managed to roll Street in Gowanus on Traditional Carols for Chirstmas Fifth avenues at 6:40 pm. enth and Eighth streets, along PC burglar clip the locks and chain and Dec. 13. “Where is your money?” the sidewalk, when one of the A burglar broke into an lift the gate. Only a few doors from his Christmas Day the man demanded before hoodlums grabbed him by his apartment on Seventh Avenue When the victim discov- home, the victim, 18, turned Family Mass with Children’s Sermon 10am A Vintage Gift Shop punching the victim in the neck and forced him to the at Garfield Place Dec. 15 ered it missing the next day, to see two men approaching at Traditional Carols for Christmas Angela Fernan, PROP. face. ground, pushing his face into while the occupant was out, Dec. 16, at 11:30 am, he no- 10 pm, one of whom bran- dished a large, yellow box- 274 Court Street The other thug went through the pavement. between 4 pm and 10 pm. ticed that the lock and chains Sunday, December 26 cutter. (bet. Kane & DeGraw) his pockets, and found $90 and “Give me the iPod,” one of The resident, 47, told police had all been cut. First Sunday of Christmas a cell phone. the muggers said, adding, The other man held a small, (718) 522-1800 that when he returned it ap- Mass at 10am with Traditional Christmas Carols The men fled westbound on “Give me your wallet!” peared the bandit had entered Gunpoint mug dark handgun, and ordered the The other attacker held the through the rear kitchen win- A brazen robber jammed a victim to turn around, while victim’s legs down and the dow and left by way of the gun into his victim’s ribs and they patted him down and two removed his property to- front door, making off with a threatened to shoot him if he took his property, including gether. desktop computer. didn’t give up his wallet and his cell phone, wallet and gym Fleeing westbound on cell phone. The incident hap- membership card. Eighth Street, they made off Bike thief pened on Garfield Place, at 10 The men directed him not A-Z Dental, PC with only the $350 mini-stereo. Burglars took off in the pm, on Dec. 13. to turn around, and fled to- venue A witness who saw the in- night with a Park Sloper’s yel- The victim, 24, was walking wards Fourth Avenue, making Family cident from her home called low, 2004 Suzuki motorcycle, alone between Fifth and Sixth a left towards Union Street. police. Dentistry th Car thief Gentle, Painless Touch s The owner of tan, 1996 rtSupplie Acura Integra sedan parked • FREE Examination and Consultation his car at the corner of Sev- with any dental work enth Avenue and 13th Street A 376 on Dec. 7 at 6 pm. When he Baby accidentally • Insurance and Medicaid plans accepted went to retrieve the car the • Ultimate 4-step sterilization Supplies7 for next day, at 8:30 am, it was 7th Ave. • Comprehensive Care, including the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) nowhere to be found. 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The little boy found the Police are still investigating • Lipodystrophy Psychological Support The child was staying with Clonodine pills — a heart whether the child opened the • Wasting Syndrome • Case Management his regular babysitter at her medication that relaxes blood bottle himself, or if it was • Salvage Therapy • Legal Aide 14th Street home in Park vessels — and swallowed found open. Slope. IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE The 56-year-old woman, who has five grown children of her own and who neighbors said treats the toddler as one of her own, went to the hospi- Union rips opera tal with the baby on Friday, PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE • BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN Dec. 17, after he lost con- Associated Press was prevented,” Lennon said. AGGRESSIVE ADVOCACY FOR OVER 15 YEARS sciousness. Calls to the sitter’s A Manhattan concert Last year, musicians staged home were not returned by a four-day walkout in a dis- JOSEPH G. OLIVIERI, M.D., A.A.F.P. press time. hall stopped the Opera Company of Brooklyn pute over the virtual orchestra The investigation is ongo- machines, shutting down all 313-43rd Street – SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN Monday to Friday ing but Sandy Silverstein, a from holding a planned but one Broadway musical. 3rd Avenue and 43rd Street 10am to 6pm spokesman for District Attor- event there this month after a musicians’ union The strike cost the city $10 scheduled a protest against million in box office receipts the company’s use of a so- and revenue. called virtual orchestra machine. The Dec. 14 event, which the opera company said was a 86 STREET BAY RIDGE fundraiser and celebration of its new board of trustees, was to be moved to another venue, said Jay D. Meetze, the company’s founder and artistic director. The fundraiser was to in- clude a demonstration of the Sinfonia, a computerized au- From mattresses dio system that is banned from Broadway theaters. The union objects to the de- vice, which union president David Lennon said was de- to mini-cams to signed with the “sole purpose of eliminating live music and live musicians and replacing them with a machine” to in- crease profits. Meetze said the Sinfonia al- mini-skirts. lows the Opera Company of Brooklyn to provide afford- able, accessible opera. You'll sleep better after shopping on “The whole mission of the 86th Street — we're famous for our Opera Company of Brooklyn bevy of bedding stores. is to work to bring opera to the masses, and using technol- And you can relax while browsing ogy is a way to accomplish this goal,” Meetze said by here for electronics and clothing, telephone. too — and anything else you need. Lennon said the opera com- pany agreed with the union in So rest easy...head for 86th February not to use the device Street, Bay Ridge: all the choices without the union’s consent. of a mall — all the convenience of a Meetze said that agreement was invalid because one board neighborhood. member had signed it under duress. For more information, or to get our Local 802 of the American free shopping guide, visit: Musicians’ Union had sched- uled a Tuesday night rally out- www.86bid.org • 718 491-1705 side CAMI, the concert hall where the fund-raiser was to take place. The protest was can- celed after CAMI decided not 86 Street Bay Ridge is easy to host the event, Lennon said. 86 Street Bay Ridge to reach by R train (to 86th “We applaud CAMI hall Business Improvement District St) and by bus: B16; B37; for their commitment to live Bay Ridge’s Main Street. B63; B64; S53; and S79. music, and we’re very pleased that tonight’s performance

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By Jess Wisloski room, where a Christmas tree is varying income levels. PARENT The Brooklyn Papers set safely out of the grasp of Better Brooklyn has leased tiny hands on a red Formica the space on a long-term con- Better Brooklyn Chil- tabletop. tract with St. Ann’s Episcopal dren’s Academy has a prob- The room for “threes and Church and ornate fixtures still lem not frequently seen fours” has two dozen cots adorn the historic parlor’s wall. among private preschools stacked up in a corner, and has A crystal chandelier hangs in Positive vibes best — too many empty seats. become the nap room, while the the middle of a room that, With three brightly colored lucky kids who are enrolled get Lewis promised, would one day rooms in their ground-floor the space designed for the “big be a playroom for the tots. childcare center on Pierrepont kids” — with counting charts, The building is also used by Street at Clinton Street in flash cards and word posters — the Saint Ann’s School, a non- for dealing with ex Brooklyn Heights, and only all to themselves. parochial private school that eight students, they’ve just had The faculty of the new pre- leases several rooms as addi- Q: My 4-year-old nephew with make-up. Callan / Tom to make-do with the excess of school did their best to boost tional classroom space for their likes to play with Barbie dolls Parent-to-Parent An alternative similar to lip- toys, shiny, jelly-fingerprint- student enrollment by holding lower school. and wear high-heel shoes. stick kisses is face painting. free posters, unused cots and an open house in December to “We have enough space for How can we discourage this? Here’s a recipe for an activity classrooms. bring their first term, which be- kids of all different ages,” said — an uncle from “Grandloving” (www.- A large backroom that was gan with only two students in Better Brooklyn’s director, He-

A: With preschool boys, grandloving.com): Papers The Brooklyn designed to accommodate up September, to a close and lene Reisman, who gestured there’s already enough behavior To make a non-toxic face Max Amato, 2, works on a puzzle with teacher Renee Silver- to 12 2- and 3-year-olds has spread word about the school, around the bright, empty rooms. that has to be squashed: Don’t paint, use 1-1/4 teaspoons of berg at the Better Brooklyn Children’s Academy pre-school. been turned into a storage-TV which is tucked inside a brown- “Now we just need kids,” add dolls and fancy shoes to the Grandma’s cold cream; 1-1/4 stone at 122 Pierrepont St. piped up head teacher Renee list. teaspoons cornstarch; 1/2 tea- Even though the organiza- Silverberg, who recently got her Insist that a 4-year-old boy spoon of water; and 1 drop of tion — the school is run by Bet- Ph.D. in Education. stop playing with Barbies and food coloring. Mix the ingredi- ter Brooklyn, a community “Whatever happens, I hope guess what he’ll want to do ents. Use an egg carton section 400 local businesses that have expressed inter- group geared towards youth she stays in this room,” said most? for each color. Create designs est in being used as contractors to build At- programs — is equipped to Rubin Gomez, parent of 3-year- Whether little boys don plas- with your finger on your grand- lantic Yards or to lease space have also been tic necklaces, play house with child’s face. The cold cream is POWER… handle up to age 5 and has two old Jessenia, who twittered hap- logged. dolls or try on silky scarves, it’s relaxing, and the fond memory certified teachers on staff, the pily to herself as she dragged Continued from page 1 Asked if she was concerned that individu- current enrollment is mainly 2- her parents into the classroom developmentally inappropriate lasts long after the face paint is als and businesses unfamiliar with BUILD to interfere with their choices, wiped away. for their support of the project. and 3-year-olds. where she spends her days. could be left out of the database and lose a experts say. Just sit back and Tip of the week: Stuckey balked, and refused to answer the “We really try to create a Jessenia pulled down tex- enjoy the imaginative show. By Betsy Flagler question, instead saying, “Why don’t you ask chance in line, Marie Lewis said that was well-balanced education,” said tured flash cards from a shelf “This is normal,” says family Blended families, in particu- them yourself?” something the group hoped to expand upon in Andy Lewis, executive director and stacked them up like a tow- lar, should avoid overscheduling therapist Michael Gurian, author harmful message to boys: A chorus of boos came from the ACORN their partnership with Forest City Ratner. of Better Brooklyn. The er, then ran in a circle around of “Boys and Girls Learn Differ- and overbuying during the holi- and BUILD activists who largely packed the “Outreach will be an ongoing issue,” she school’s public relations repre- them on a fuzzy rug before col- “You’re not supposed to be af- days, says Stephan Poulter, psy- ently” (Jossey-Bass, 2002). fectionate.” audience. Afterwards, Stuckey told The said. “Based on what we’ve done thus far, it’s sentative, Joy Doss, agreed. lapsing, then attempting a head- “Don’t involve yourselves in it.” chologist and author of “Father just been us working on this as volunteers. If a grandmother decides to Your Son: How to Become the Brooklyn Papers he didn’t answer the ques- “I’m sure we’ll start to spill stand, and collapsing again. Gurian, who runs an educa- take away this bond, then the tion because, “It was insulting. Of course, Once the agreement is reached … and you over,” she said. “She always tries to mimic tional training organization, Father You’ve Always Wanted to child might think: “Oh, there’s Be” (McGraw-Hill, 2004). Kids BUILD and ACORN are not getting paid.” have a program, and a staff, now that expands The tuition, which runs from what she learns in school,” said suggests that adults concerned something wrong with me. Bertha Lewis, Brooklyn director for our capacity to do outreach and connect with $600 to $1,000 per month Lisa Gomez, Jessenia’s mom. about a boy’s choices need to need downtime; they don’t al- Grandma doesn’t love me.” ways need to be racing to family ACORN, called the accusation ridiculous. the people.” based on the child’s age, is “Come on sweetie, we have tune into their own biases. Sep- In “Grandloving: Making “We’ve built housing for over a million Asked if Forest City Ratner would be pay- “well below market-rate,” said to go home,” Rubin said to arate what’s your issue and gatherings on Mom’s or Dad’s Memories With Your Grand- side after a divorce. people. I raise two to three million dollars a ing for the staffing, she laughed. Lewis, adding that the area av- Jessenia, who refused and con- what is the child’s issue. children” (Heartstrings Press, year,” Lewis told The Papers. “It just says to “We’re still negotiating who’s paying for Ask yourself: Is this a prob- If you have tips or a ques- erage runs $1,000 to $1,600 per tinued running in circles. 2003), the authors says Grand- lem somehow for the child, or tion, call our toll-free hotline me, ‘This is exactly why people think stuff what right now,” BUILD’s Lewis said. month. He also mentioned that “She never wants to go,” he ma’s should be a safe place just an adult’s opinion? any time at (800) 827-1092 or boils down to race and class.’ It’s like, how “We’re looking at different things. scholarships are available for said. Over his decades-long career where the child can experiment e-mail us at [email protected]. dare you? as a pediatrician, T. Berry Brazel- “We got paid? 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(718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings December 25, 2004 Tunnel vision “City Depths,” an exhibition of photographs by Henrik Krogius and Stephen Schuster now on dis- play at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch, examines the New York City subway system. Over the last 50 years, Krogius, whose photo- graph, taken Dec. 20, 1960, is shown above, has fo- cused on the relationship of diverse riders to one an- other and their underground environment. Schuster, meanwhile, is drawn to the dark, largely unexplored tunnels through which the trains travel. “City Depths” is on display in the Grand Lob- by through Jan. 30. Library hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 10 am to 9 pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm; closed on Mondays. The exhibition is free.The library is located at Grand Army Plaza. For more information, visit www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org or call (718) 230- 2100. — Lisa J. Curtis

EVENT Starry night Leslie Lyons At midnight on Dec. 31, the Prospect Park Al- What’s new: As part liance will set off its 23rd annual fireworks of the “Under the show over the Radar” theater festi- Soldiers and Sai- val, (clockwise from lors Monument top left) Elevator Re- arch at Grand pair Service will read Army Plaza. Admission is every word of F. Scott free. All that’s re- Fitzgerald’s famous quired to enjoy work in “Gatz”; the the show, de- cast of six in “Gone signed by Zam- Missing” will perform belli Fireworks 30 roles; Big Dance Manufacturing Theater combines the Company, is to stories of Richard dress warmly and Nixon and 19th centu- bring a hot (non- Take flight ry German wild child alcoholic) drink Kaspar Hauser in — and a friend “Plan B”; and Herbert for smooching at DUMBO’s new ‘Under the Radar’ fest aims Siguenza pays tribute midnight. Event to the Charlie Chaplin organizers advise of Mexico in “Cantin- taking public transportation to the plaza, with best flas.” viewing inside the park on Park Drive. Enter at to put cutting-edge productions on tour Grand Army Plaza, Garfield Place and Third Street on Prospect Park West. By Paulanne Simmons Herbert Siguenza’s “Cantinflas” is one For more information, visit www.prospect- for The Brooklyn Papers THEATER of the comic’s first solo outings away from park.org or call (718) 965-8999 ext. 311. the Los Angeles-based Culture Clash, said — Lisa J. Curtis ark Russell left his position as artis- “Under the Radar” runs Jan. 7-10 at vari- Russell, who called Siguenza “an incredible ous venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Tick- tic director of Manhattan’s ac- ets for the performances at St. Ann’s Ware- mime.” Performing in both Spanish and claimed venue PS 122 last June, af- house are $15 to $25. A $40 “Under the English, Siguenza pays tribute to the late M Radar” festival pass provides admission to all ter 21 years, but that doesn’t mean he is any Mario Moreno, (stage name Cantinflas) shows at St. Ann’s Warehouse plus a $10 dis- ART less passionate abut promoting edgy, inno- count to all off-site performances. Shows are known as the “Charlie Chaplin of Mexico.” vative work that breaks the bounds of tradi- presented on a rotating schedule. St. Ann’s In The Civilians’ “Gone Missing,” a tional theater. Warehouse is located at 38 Water St. at Dock six-member cast plays more than 30 charac- Street in DUMBO. For more information The curtain will rise on his collaboration about shows at St. Ann’s Warehouse, call (718) ters telling stories about things lost and with Arts at St. Ann’s — “Under the 834-8794 or visit www.artsatstanns.org. found. The show features Michael Fried- Gallery opens Radar,” a four-day mini-festival starting man’s music, which Russell said sounds Jan. 7. like what would happen “if radio did a mu- Lurita “LB” Brown (pictured with Borough Pres- The festival, which he produced with some of our most innovate theater artists. I sical cabaret.” ident Marty Markowitz) celebrated the opening on Arts at St. Ann’s artistic director Susan wanted to create a buzz around them.” Russell admits that Ethel’s “Streaming Dec. 16 of her new Clinton Hill Art Gallery. Feldman, will run through Jan. 10, primari- The festival kicks off with Cynthia Hop- Ethel” comes “from left field.” The string The first exhibit in Brown’s new space is “Un- ly at the St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO kins’ “Accidental Nostalgia,” which was quartet blurs the boundaries between classi- tried: A Maiden Voyage,” with works by Brooklyn and in a few additional locations. Russell presented at St. Ann’s Warehouse last sea- cal, jazz, rock, blues and other musical painters and sculptors from South of the Navy Yard chose those days because they coincide with son and will have an extended run there this styles. Which may be why Russell — who picts the last moments of Katerina Ivanov- Artists (SONYA) the Association of Performing Arts Presen- January. says he “wanted something that would clear na, a minor character in the Russian novel- and the Brooklyn ters’Annual Members Conference in Man- “I wanted to do the first version of ‘Acci- the palate, something really different” — ist’s work. Waterfront Artists hattan. dental Nostalgia,’” said Russell. “It was chose this group. “I wanted to give a peek at some of the Coalition (BWAC) “These people decide what tours. I want- originally going to be at PS 122, but it need- There are many who consider F. Scott work that’s going on around the world that as well as those ed them to have a chance to see this work,” ed more resources than we could provide.” Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” to be the we never see in this country,” said Russell. that have exhibited Russell told GO Brooklyn. Accompanied by her alt-country band great American novel. The experimental “Oksana Mysina’s performance is a tour de in her other space “Under the Radar” features a selection of Gloria Deluxe, playing a blend of garage- theater group Elevator Repair Service tack- force.” Clinton Hill Sim- performances by artists and companies that rock, honky-tonk and cabaret music, against les the novel, reading every single word of Big Dance Theater’s “Plan B” [at the ply Art Gallery at Russell expects will soon move onto the a videoscape by Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg, it, in “Gatz” [at The Performing Garage, 33 DUMBO Stable, 16 Main St. at Water 583 Myrtle Ave. at radar. Hopkins tells the story of Cameron Sey- Wooster St. in Manhattan, (212) 529-7875]. Street, (718) 422-0303] weaves the secret Classon Avenue. “Many of these shows go on tour to mour, neurologist, amnesiac, wanderer and As Russell explains the show, “A guy tapes of Richard Nixon and the biography “On behalf of places like San Francisco and Houston Sufi. She draws on both her imagination comes into an office setting obsessed with of Kaspar Hauser, famous wild child of Kathryn Kirk Brooklyn, I con- where they play in very small, alternative and her childhood in Georgia to create this reading ‘The Great Gatsby.’ People around 19th-century Germany (a foundling, who, it gratulate Lurita LB Brown on adding to our arts spaces — that’s real contemporary theater,” fantastic tale. him begin inhabiting the characters.” Gatz was rumored, came from a royal lineage) renaissance in a way that is deeply aware of the rich said Russell. “I look for work that speaks to Russell calls Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s will be read in two parts. with the choreography of Annie-B Parson. artistic history of the neighborhood and the borough me, that hits me in the gut, that challenges “Word Becomes Flesh” a “compelling, The Foundry Theatre takes on another lit- “I wanted to give everyone a chance to — and that gives all the great Brooklyn artists of to- me, that changes my perception of theater heart-wrenching work about his process of erary icon — Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and see this piece,” said Russell. day a chance to become the art legends of tomorrow and the world. becoming a father.” Joseph is both a spo- Punishment,’ in “K.I. 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What to look for Champagne is no longer just a drink for royalty. You can find vintage cham- BROOKLYN pagnes from small estates at less than astronomical cost. A champagne can Neighborhood be declared vintage only on years All that sparkles when conditions yield an exceptional harvest, and it must consist entirely of Dining Guide wine from that year. For New Year’s, impress your friends with For example, 1996 was a notable vintage year, and the ’96 Pierre Gimon- net Blanc de Blanc ($55), is a fine ex- great champagnes and sparkling wines ample of an elegant vintage champagne Bites that can be had for half the price of By Ian Wolff more familiar names like Veuve This week: for The Brooklyn Papers Cliquot or Roederer. A “blanc de blanc” ATLANTIC AVENUE is made from 100 percent chardonnay he temperature has dropped, signal- grapes. This one has an elegant com- ing that New Year’s Eve — when plexity with notes of citrus and a subtle Bacchus Tfriends and family come together to finish. The Pierre Gimonnet spent six 409 Atlantic Ave. at Bond Street, (718) 852-1572 share warmth and cheer — approaches. years on the lees. And that’s evident in (AmEx) Entrees: $8-$18. Chances are, some form of sparkling both its depth, and its 93 point score in Heavy truck traffic may trundle by Bacchus, but that wine will be poured. “Wine Spectator” magazine. doesn’t dampen the bouncy atmosphere inside this Cross / Gregory Traditional champagne might be the But don’t limit yourself to consider- cozy French wine bar and bistro owned by Bruno Laclide. The dining room is quieter and the tree- first thing that comes to mind — after ing champagne. There are a number of lined back patio is romantic. Start with the newest all, it dates back to 17th-century alternatives at a range of prices. Illumi- addition to the menu, “friand au fromage,” rolled France. It’s often raised in toast at wed- nati Brut ($29), a wonderful Italian Swiss cheese. ding receptions, and it’s what’s in your “metodo classico spumante” (which “It’s like macaroni and cheese, only no macaroni,” Papers The Brooklyn glass when the ball drops on New translates as “foaming”), is derived said chef Didier Pawlicki. “It’s original. I don’t think Sweetbread champagne with sauteed Year’s. from indigenous grapes grown on the that anyone in New York is selling it.” spinach and potatoes at Jolie. The lunch menu is standard French fare, with The Russian Czars appreciated it, Illuminati family estate in northern omelets, quiches and “croque monsieur” (the French and even Madame de Pompadour, mis- Abruzzo. Three years on the lees im- version of the ham and cheese sandwich), and then tress to King Louis XV of France, parts notes of brioche to this complex there’s steak au poivre, grilled tuna, lamb, pork ten- es. For two big eaters, Luu recommends the “Love derloin, rabbit, duck, coq au vin, monkfish and more Boat”: 10 pieces of sushi, 21 slices of sashimi, one liked champagne. “[Champagne] is the sparkler. for dinner. Young wines dominate the cellar. Brunch is maki roll selected by the chef and the Alaskan only wine that leaves a woman beauti- Also from Italy, Prosecco is a popu- served Saturdays and Sundays. Open daily. salmon roll plus miso soup and salad. Although spe- cials change every couple of weeks, Shinjuku is cur- ful after drinking,” she said. lar sparkling wine. Its simple — yet re- rently serving seared pepper tuna wrapped in Today champagne shares the stage freshing — taste makes it a perfect Bedouin Tent organic greens. with sparkling wines from around the aperitif. Prosecco undergoes second 405 Atlantic Ave. at Bond Street, (718) 852-5555 The wine list continues to grow and they also offer world. If you’re shopping for a fermentation in pressurized tanks in- (Cash only) Entrees: $5-$12. four sakes — three cold and one hot. Luu can sparkling wine, you’ll see names like stead of in bottle. This helps keep the Despite its name change, this family-owned restau- accommodate parties up to 12 behind the screens Prosecco from Italy and Cava from cost down; Pisani, at $11, is a good ex- rant has made Atlantic Avenue its home for the past of the private tatami room, the perfect place for a 13 years. (Before Bedouin Tent, the Demis family ran cruise on the Love Boat. Open Monday through Spain. You’ll find there are sparkling ample. With the light and fruity body their eatery as “Moustache.”) Winner of Borough Friday for lunch. Dinner served daily. wines from Australia, California — typical of Prosecco, Pisani has honey- Hall’s 2001 “Mom and Pop Business of the Year even South Africa. suckle and ripe peach aromas. Award,” Bedouin Tent is known far and wide for their appetizing food and friendly prices. Soul Spot Since only wines produced in the Spain has a celebrated sparkling 302 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street, www.the- Signature dishes include “lambajin,” a Middle Champagne region of France can be wine called Cava. After visiting France soulspot.com (718) 596-9933 (MC, Visa) Entrees: called champagne, the term “tradition- in the 1800s, José Raventós brought Eastern lamb pizza, and the “harira,” a Moroccan $7.95-$12.95. stew. For dessert, there’s the “basbousa” — semoli- al method,” or “classic method” (or a the Champagne method to his estate in Banumu Turay and Chef Yaya Ceesay opened this na cake served with yogurt and honey. True to its translation thereof) is often used on la- Penedès. The Ravéntos family contin- name, the restaurant has garden seats year round Caribbean-influenced, Southern-style soul food under a heated tent. Open daily for lunch and dinner. spot in June 2003. Ceesay, who says he spent five bels to indicate that a sparkling wine ues a tradition of excellence with years at Soul Fixins in Manhattan, has a long list of has been made in the fashion of cham- L’Hereu de Ravéntos i Blanc ($14), a signature dishes which includes meatloaf, barbecue Brawta Caribbean beef ribs, fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, pagne — most importantly, that it was bright, sparkling wine with a pale baked salmon, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, fermented in the bottle. So understand- straw color. Its year spent on lees im- Cafe candied yams and peach cobbler. As the menu says, ing a little about champagne can go a parts a nice essence of yeast balanced 347 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street, (718) 855-5515, “Makes you never wanna cook at home.” But with www.brawtacafe.com; also in Park Slope at 447 Soul Spot’s free local delivery, you may never even long way towards understanding the by hints of lemon and apple. nuances of the vast array of sparkling Sparkling wine has even made its Seventh Ave. at 15th Street, (718) 788-4680, (AmEx, have to leave home to eat well. Sidewalk dining Mango / Greg DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12.50-$21.50. closed for the winter. Catering available for all occa- wines. way to South Africa. Graham Beck has This small Caribbean restaurant offers flavorful dishes sions. Open daily from 11 am to 11 pm. Popular myth credits Dom been making it since 1991 at his in huge portions. Try the spicy curried coconut shrimp Perignon, a 17th-century Benedictine Robertson Cellar on the Western Cape. or the jerk tofu, tofu or conch roti or the newest addi- Tripoli Restaurant tion to the menu — mahi mahi in butter sauce. monk, with the invention of cham- In 1994, his sparkling wine was served Brawta is BYOB, but don’t forget about their fresh- 156 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street, (718) 596- pagne, but the development can’t be at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration. The The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn squeezed juices like mango, fruit punch, pine-ade (a 5800, www.tripolirestaurant.com (AmEx, DC, attributed to one person. Sparkling Graham Beck Brut ($16) spends two Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7-$14.50. Pop the cork: On Sunday, patrons of Greene Grape wine store in Fort sweet combination of ginger and pineapple), sorrel (a wine evolved over time. Cold winters years in the bottle and pours with a medicinal fruit juice) and the recently added peanut Enter this Atlantic Avenue landmark and you’ll Greene sampled a ’96 Pierre Gimonnet Blanc de Blanc, which has notes punch. For dessert, try Brawta’s own mango or pine- swear you’re skimming the south shores of ancient in the Champagne region often caused vigorous sparkle. apple cheesecake. The Park Slope outpost is takeout Lebanon. Maybe that’s a stretch, but an impressive wine in the cellar to stop fermenting of citrus and a subtle finish. The wines mentioned here are only and delivery only and it is closed on Mondays. The mural of Tripoli’s coast bedecks the spacious interi- Atlantic Avenue location is open daily. or of this Lebanese eatery, now in its 31st year. until spring when a secondary fer- the tip of the iceberg, but with this lit- Tripoli Restaurant is commendable for its “Coussa mentation would start. The secondary champagne and many sparkling wines before being recapped. The amount of tle bit of knowledge, you’ll be able to Jolie Restaurant B’Leban,” or stuffed squash with ground lamb, rice, fermentation created carbonation their character and individuality. The sweetness is indicated on the label as navigate the bubbly at your local and pine nuts, cooked in a yogurt sauce with mint, many winemakers struggled to avoid. longer a sparkling wine is allowed to Extra Brut — extremely dry with vir- Brooklyn wine shop. 320 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street, (718) 488-0777 and its “Seleck B’loubia,” or black-eyed peas and (AmEx) Entrees: $12-$20. « celery with sauteed onions and coriander. Tripoli Eventually, they realized that the sec- ferment in bottle (“left on the lees”) tually no sugar added; Brut (the most Ian Wolff is a manager at The Greene From the art displayed on the walls to suede ban- recently renovated their downstairs room for private ondary fermentation could be har- before “degorgement” (when the spent common style) — very dry, less than Grape, located at 765 Fulton St. between quettes and contemporary-style chandeliers, Jolie parties. Temporarily closed on Tuesdays. nessed to make a refreshing and won- yeast is removed), the richer and more 1.5 percent sugar; Extra dry — which South Portland Avenue and South Oxford Restaurant is all about its name — it’s very pretty. In derful wine that became known as complex the wine. is slightly less dry than Brut; and, in- Street in Fort Greene. For more informa- addition to the 60-seat dining room you can enjoy a Waterfront Ale Nancy Li, Magda or Barbie — cocktails known as champagne. After degorgement, the bottle is creasingly sweet, Sec, Demi-Sec and tion, e-mail [email protected] or “jolie juices” — at the10-seat marble-top bar. House Bottle fermentation is what gives topped with a sweetened reserve wine Doux. call (718) 797-9463. The classic French dishes, created by chef Michel 155 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street, (718) 522- Pombet, are the most jolie of all. There’s creamy 3794, www.waterfrontalehouse.com (AmEx, DC, oxtail terrine with cornichons and onion compote or MC, Visa) Entrees: $11.95-$21.95. « the sweetbread champagne with sauteed garlic Since 1989, Sam Barbieri’s Waterfront Ale House spinach and potatoes. Or choose from one of their has embraced its pub status, offering 19 beers on daily specials, suggests co-owner Benjamin Tretout. tap and 65 different bottles. But with the help of Perfectly frank Complete your meal with profiteroles, pastry puffs local chef Jim Takacs, they are able to go well filled with cream and sprinkled with bittersweet beyond the usual bar fare. There are the obligatory Over the past month, Windsor Ter- dog so far has been the “Brooklyn” chocolate. Open Monday for dinner; Tuesday chicken wings and fried calamari, but diners can also race residents have noticed an unusu- (mustard, sauerkraut and house-made through Friday for lunch and dinner; Saturday and sample more sophisticated choices like venison and Sunday, from 11:30 am to 4 pm for brunch and 5:30 black bean chili with tequila-cilantro sour cream or a al sight — people walking around onions), while the “Windsor Weenie” pm to 11 pm (10 pm on Sunday) for dinner. burger made from Kobe beef. Try any of Water- with big hot dogs topped with fra- (a dog wrapped in pastrami and front’s award-winning barbecue items from beef brisket to pulled pork. All meats are smoked in- grant chili or sauerkraut … some- topped with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese Shinjuku Japanese house. Open daily for lunch and dinner. times both. and mustard) comes in a close second. Cuisine The source is Hot Diggity Dog, At the moment, dining is stand-and- 177 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street, (AmEx, Disc, Zoila which opened on Prospect Park West eat only, but seven stools have been MC, V) (718) 935-1300. Entrees: $9.95 to $45.95 73 Hoyt St. at Atlantic Avenue, (718) 596-5438 in November. ordered. “They’re supposed to be here (for the “Love Boat” for two). « (Cash only) Entrees: $5-$6.25. “The neighborhood loves us,” ex- before Christmas,” says Grillas. While the decor is “Bohemian industrial,” according Owner Martha Johnson wants her customers to forget claims owner Billy Grillas (pictured). He also offers a “Billy cheese to manager Jack Luu, the Shinjuku menu has all of that they are at a restaurant when they come to Zoila. The Sheepshead Bay native says his steak” (Philadelphia style with onions, the traditional Japanese favorites and a few surpris- “I want people to feel like coming home,” she said. For those of us accustomed to the size of New York family owns the Off Shore Diner in peppers and white American cheese) apartments, the bright-colored room with only one Bay Ridge, “So I knew I’d end up do- and house-made veggie, turkey and « = Full review available at counter and three chairs might truly feel like home. ing something with food.” chicken burgers. But his heart belongs Johnson serves what she calls “new American food” Grillas chose to specialize in hot to franks. — Latin, Asian and Mediterranean-influenced soups, salads and sandwiches. The chicken sand- dogs, because, he says, he’s always Hot Diggity Dog (263 Prospect wich is served on focaccia and it includes a marinat- looking out for the perfect frank. “You Park West between 17th Street and ed chicken breast, basil aioli, tomatoes and can get a burger or a slice anywhere,” Prospect Avenue) accepts cash only. / Gregory Cross / Gregory Romaine lettuce. For some Mediterranean flavor try he says, “but a good dog is hard to Items: $1.75-$5.75. The shop is open Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American the “mezze” plate, a combination of hummus, Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover pesto orzo, feta cheese and stuffed grape leaves find.” daily from 11 am to 9 pm. Free deliv- Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card served with pita bread. Open Mondays through “I only use Boars Head all-natural ery in the neighborhood. For more Saturdays from 7:30 am to 7 pm. beef dogs, and I make all the toppings information, call (718) 499-0008.

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New Year’s Eve Party, 10 pm, $50 (includes cham- Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, Black Betty pagne toast at midnight), RSVP required. www.come2national.com. P Jazz 966 Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 ARTY 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton pm, FREE (with $60 prix fixe dinner); Fridays and Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.black- Elite Ark Hill, (718) 639-6910. 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Vince Anderson FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: ✳ EW EARS AY REAKFAST and His Love Choir all night long, 11 pm, $10 party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Party with N Y ’ D B New Year’s Eve Jam with music by DJ Fritz, 10 pm, (includes free champagne toast at midnight). 10:30 pm; Dec. 26: Harvey S with band, 7:30 pm, three DJs, 9 pm, FREE (includes free champagne $20 in advance, $25 at the door (includes buffet $10 (students free before 8 pm with valid ID); toast at midnight). BUFFET 7 A.M. TO NOON Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Party with live DJs, 9 and champagne toast at midnight). Boudoir Bar pm, $125 (includes dinner, breakfast and open 273 Smith St. at Sackett Street in Carroll Gardens, bar). Laila Lounge Peggy O’Neills $299 Per Couple Plus Tax (718) 624-8878, www.eastendensemble.com. 113 N. 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FREE; Wednesdays: “Neo-Soul” hosted by Black Lola, Tyrone Perkins and special guests, 9 pm, $25. Les Babouches Waxx Records 7 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Host Terry 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, Pete’s Candy Store Billy featuring DJ Ras, live music, and karaoke, 8 Galapagos (718) 833-1700. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williams- pm, FREE; Fridays: “Reggae After Work” with 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- Fridays and Saturdays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 9 burg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandy- live DJ, 5 pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 9 pm, $5; store.com. Dec. 31: Live music featuring Gary Michael burg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosart- pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Party, 9 pm, space.com. Sundays: Open Mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE, Matty Wade and Baba Shem, 9 pm, $10 (includes com- $75 (includes four-course dinner, open bar, belly Charles and the Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 26: plimentary buffet and free champagne toast at Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; dancer performance, and free champagne toast at Stephen Thorne, 8:30 pm; Dec. 27: Devorah Day, Call 201-896-0500 midnight). Mondays: Monday Evening Burlesque a.k.a. midnight). “Tassel Twirling Fun,” 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 9 pm, Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co., 10 Ask For The New Year’s Eve Package New Rock Weekly, 8 pm, $6; Fridays: Galapagos Liberty Heights pm, Nemo, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 28: Goodbye Cornerstone Bar Floating Vaudeville, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 27: Better Holiday Showcase with So Lil’, 9 pm, I Feel Two Meadowlands Plaza 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road in Miscellaneous with Joe Praino, 7:30 pm, FREE; Tap Room Tractor, 10 pm, Tiger Vomit, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. Dec. 28: Cello Danse Mania, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook, 29: Cas Lucas, 9:30 pm, Julian Velard, 10:15 pm, East Rutherford, NJ 07073 Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Bash with The Blue Laws, 29: Urb Alt featuring MuthaWit, 7 pm, $8, (718) 246-8050. FREE; Dec. 30: Jonathan Bentley, 8 pm, The 9:30 pm, FREE. Blackbeard (friends of Urban Alt), 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Foster Family, 9 pm, Natalie Flanagan, 10 pm, Dec. 30: The Tulip Sweet Show with Tulip Sweet Lex Gray and The Urban Pioneers, Time TBD, $10 Colin McEnearney, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Milton’s Crossroads and Her Trail of Tears with a special guest, 8 pm, (includes free champagne toast at midnight). New Year’s Eve Party with Milton’s All-Star Band $TBD, The Hungry March Band Galapagos and The Isrealites, 9:30 pm, FREE. Saloon Experience, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s at Life Cafe 983 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Galapagos hosted by Murray Hill, Dirty Martini Samba Restaurant Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. and TravSD with DJ Boy Racer and top secret 983 Flushing Ave. at Central Avenue in Bush- wick, (718) 386-1133, www.lifecafenyc.com. & Nightclub Tuesdays: Bingo for Beer, 8 pm, FREE; Wednes- 9604 Third Ave. at 96th Street in Bay Ridge, days: Open Mic with Chuck, 10 pm, FREE. (718) 439-0475. Saturdays: “Havana Nights” featuring Nino TALK TO US… Lillie’s Bar Torre spinning Latin rhythms, salsa, club classics, 46 Beard St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook, and disco, 10 pm, ladies FREE, men $10 (ladies To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name (718) 858-9822. 24 to enter, men 26 to enter); Fridays: Joe Bee, of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, Wednesdays: Rib Night with live music and open Donnie C, Brian Large and Orlando present times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of performers via e-mail to mic, 8 pm, $5 (includes all-you-can-eat ribs); Dec “Samba Fridays” with music by DJ Sizzahandz, [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a 28: Pete Courtney, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New DJ Explor, and Ava, 10 pm, $10 (ladies 24 to space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Year’s Eve Copacabana Party with Sasha Foo and enter, men 26 to enter). The Low Riders, 10 pm, $10 (includes live DJs, Continued on page 8...

6>;3 20A3 4E4=CB ?A454AA43 B40C8=6 ' !(!(#%$ A4BCA82C8>=B0??;H Stress Free – Low Cost – All Fun – New Year’s Eve Compiled THURS, DEC 30 BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: by Susan presents a New Year’s dance party. $4, Prohibition Party free for members. 2:30 pm. 145 Rosenthal Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Where to FAMILY TIME SERIES: Ryan Repertory –– NO COVER –– Company presents “Christmas in the SAT, DEC 25 Land of Oz.” $12, $10 children under 8. Open 3pm - 4pm • Festivities start 9pm 8 pm. Harry Warren Theater, 2445 Bath Christmas Day Ave. (718) 996-4800. You’re invited to dress up in Prohibition-Era garb. BLUEGRASS MUSIC: Orrin Star and the Your local flapper will be your bartender! PERFORMANCE Sultans of String perform on guitar, UNDER THE BIG TOP: Moscow Circus banjo and mandolin. $10. 9 pm. performs. $35, $40. 11 am, 2 pm and Barbes, 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. 5 pm. Millennium Theater, 1029 Brighton Beach Ave. (718) 615-1500. FRI, DEC 31 OTHER New Year’s Eve QUILTS: “My Favorite Quilt” exhibit, feturing 10 quilts with themes ranging FUN RUN: Brooklyn Road Runners Club from Judaica to peace, is on display invites you to ring in the New Year with COMPLIMENTARY HEATED GARDEN at Prospect Park Audubon Center at a healthy and fun 3.3 mile run in Pros- Black & White movies the Boathouse. Open noon to 5 pm pect Park. $20. 11:15 pm. Post-run fire- works at midnight. Grand Army Plaza showing in the backyard for school break (Dec. 24 through Champagne Toast Jan. 2). Enter Prospect Park at Lincoln entrance to Prospect Park. www.run- Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287- brooklyn.com or (718) 921-7183. AT MIDNIGHT 3400. Free. BROOKLYN BRIDGE WALK: Walk into the New Year. See the fireworks from Staten Island, Brooklyn, Central Park SUN, DEC 26 and New Jersey. Also see an Empire State Building light show to greet the New Year. Learn how the Roebling fam- OUTDOORS ily built the Brooklyn Bridge. $25 credit MARSH WALK: Enjoy a walk around the card pre-paid reservation; $30 last marsh with the Urban Park Rangers. Material-istic view: Ruth Marchese-Grieder’s quilt “Brooklyn Backyards from minute walk-on reservations. Walk Dress for the weather. Meet at 3302 My Window” is one of 10 quilts on display in the “My Favorite Quilt” exhi- begins at 11 pm. Meet inside Blimpie’s Ave. U. For information call 311 and Restaurant, 38 Park Row, lower ask for the Urban Park Rangers. Free. bition at the Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse. Manhattan. (888) 377-4455. FIREWORKS: Over the Grand Army Plaza PERFORMANCE arch at midnight. Www.prospectpark.org BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the MON, DEC 27 WEDS, DEC 29 or (718) 965-8999 ext. 311. Free. Performing Arts at Brooklyn College presents the L’Chaim series with come- FENCING CAMP: Brooklyn Fencing hosts AQUARIUM: Kids ages 5 to 10 are invited dian David Glickman in “Laughing a workshop where beginners learn the to learn why walruses and whales enjoy SAT, JAN 1 from Right to Left.” $25. 2 pm. Walt basics. Training and conditioning avail- a cold environment. $28, $23 members Whitman Theater on the campus of able for advanced students. $480 for 1 (per adult/ child). 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. New Year’s Day 2005 ANNUAL HANG-OVER BRUNCH Brooklyn College, one block from the week or $70 per day. Equipment pro- NY Aquarium, West Eighth Street and junction of Flatbush and Nostrand vided. Ages 9 and older. 10 am to 4 Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. OUTDOORS AND TOURS 95 avenues. (718) 951-4500. pm. Through Dec. 29. 62 Fourth St. LUNCHTIME TOUR: Brooklyn Historical ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. New Year’s Day • 12 -5pm • $9 WOMEN’S CONCERT: Women are (718) 522-5822. Society offers a walk around Brooklyn $5 adults, $3 children and seniors. Skate invited to “Songs of the Soul” with BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Heights. Stops include the Brooklyn rentals for $5. 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm brunch plus cocktail or beer or wine Neshama Carlebach. $18, $15 stu- presents the Yuletide Singers. $4, free Heights Promenade, St. George Hotel to 6 pm. Enter Prospect Park at Parkside dents and seniors. 7:30 pm. 117 for members. 1:30 pm and 3 pm. 145 and Plymouth Church. $6, $4 students and Ocean avenues. (718) 287-5252. Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. and seniors. 12:30 pm. Meet at 128 UNDER THE BIG TOP: Moscow Circus. YOUTH THEATER: TADA Theater offers a Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. 11 am, 2 pm and 5 pm. See Sat., 5-day session during the winter break. BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: SUN, JAN 2 Dec. 25. Kids sing, dance, act and perform in a presents “The First Fruits of Kwanzaa,” The Lighthouse Tavern mini-musical. $325. 9:30 am to 2:30 a family event. $4, free for members. 3 CHILDREN pm. Call. (212) 252-1619. OUTDOORS AND TOURS pm to 4 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) ICE SKATING: The Wollman Rink is open. BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART: Stories 735-4400. See Sat., Jan 1. and art hour presents Arty Facts with FINANCIAL TALK: Pratt Area Community 243 5th Ave. between Carroll & Garfield TUES, DEC 28 “Relationships.” $6, $3 seniors and Council presents the series “Bring Me OTHER Mon-Fri: 3pm-4am; Sat & Sun: 12noon-4am • Costa Rican & American Food students, free for members and chil- POLAR PALS: NY Aquarium invites kids 6 to the Bank: Building and Preserving LECTURE: Brooklyn Society for Ethical dren under 12. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 to 8 years to learn about the lives of Wealth.” Today: “Wills, Trusts and Culture hosts a talk “Talking to Your Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. animals that live on the ends of the Estate Planning.” 6:30 pm. 266 Aunt Mamie About the Values of BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: world. Event includes exhibits, games, Lefferts Place. (718) 783-3549. Free. Islamic Religion and Muslim Ameri- presents “The First Game.” Kids are crafts and more. $26, $21 members. FAMILY TIMES SERIES: “Christmas in the cans.” 11 am. 53 Prospect Park West. invited to learn about the oldest 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. West Eighth Land of Oz.” 8 pm. See Thurs. Dec. 30. (718) 768-2972. Free. games in the world. Appropriate for Street and Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. ages 6 and older. $4, free for mem- BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: bers. 1 pm to 4 pm. 145 Brooklyn hosts a Kwanzaa art workshop. $4, free Ave. (718) 735-4400. for members. 2 pm to 4 pm. Also, Charles Moore Dance Theater OTHER Kwanzaa Celebration. 1:30 pm and 3 LIST YOUR EVENT… FLEA MARKET: at Bay Ridge Jewish pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send Center. 9 am to 4 pm. 405 81st FAMILY TIME SERIES: Ryan Repertory your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Street. (718) 836-3103. Company presents “Christmas in the Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a FILM: Cafe Steinhof presents “Prick Up Land of Oz.” $12, $10 children under Your Ears” (1987). 10:30 pm. 422 8. 8 pm. Harry Warren Theater, 2445 space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. The Nutcracker Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. Free. Bath Ave. (718) 996-4800. Moscow Classical Ballet Sunday • November 28, 2004 ~ 3pm

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Clones partygoers welcome The issue of whether or not Capano should resign seems to hinge on charges leveled at him by Democratic Assemblyman Peter Abbate, who claims Capano’s eventual council campaign will unfairly benefit from his position at Borough Hall by put- ting the candidate before potential voters at civic association and community board meetings as well as myriad other events in the Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst district. Randolph home to Brooklyn Abbate, who himself served under former Borough President Golden until 1985, acknowledged that Capano’s dual role did By Ed Shakespeare Randolph had a friendly com- biography of the Brooklyn not necessarily warrant an investigation by the city Conflicts of for The Brooklyn Papers ment for each of them. Dodger Hall-of-Famer who Interest Board. Nonetheless, he said that he had raised the issue After signing autographs, was the first black player in with Markowitz. New Mets manager Wil- Randolph, 50, born in South modern baseball. “I don’t think he’s doing his job,” said Abbate, an 18-year in- lie Randolph came home to Carolina, discussed his Brook- Randolph played his high cumbent of the 49th Assembly District, which encompasses Brooklyn Dec. 16, greeting lyn roots. school baseball at Samuel J. Borough Park, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights. “I think he’s children at the Cyclones’ “This [baseball] is what I Tilden High School in East been playing politics rather than serving the people.” annual Community Holi- love to do. My friends and I Flatbush. Capano, 31, contends that since September he has voluntarily day Party at Keyspan Park played in the Puerto Rican “Tilden wasn’t a great base- refrained from representing the borough at events throughout the in Coney Island. leagues — a lot of the bodegas ball power or anything like 43rd council district, which includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights More than 200 local young- were sponsoring teams back that,” said Randolph. and portions of Bensonhurst. Oth- sters and their parents were in then. I played softball, baseball, “We played on a field that ers loyal to Capano maintain that attendance as guests of the any kind of games in the neigh- was more conducive to foot- the likely candidate has successful- Cyclones, Brooklyn’s minor borhood that we could find,” ball, with a short right field ly separated his duties with Bor- league baseball team. Randolph told The Brooklyn porch.” ough Hall from his political aspira- They enjoyed hot dogs and Papers. “It was a close-knit, Randolph was a shortstop at tions. french fries supplied by Na- very friendly environment. Tilden, and he made first team “He hasn’t represented any of than’s, and took part in games “It was the Brownsville sec- All New York City his senior the 43rd and that was something and activities. Cyclones’ mas- tion of Brooklyn, and I remem- year. / Jori Klein they established once they started cots Sandy the Seagull and ber it being a real neighbor- He played for six major throwing his name around [as a Pee Wee entertained the kids, hood. It was tough. It was league teams, including the possible candidate],” said Donald and another surprise visitor mean streets, more or less, but Mets in 1992. One of his man- Clark, a six-year member of Com- made an appearance, but the my parents raised me well, and, agers was the Los Angeles munity Board 11, whose monthly real star of the occasion was for the most part, I stayed out skipper, Tommy Lasorda, who meetings both Capano and Abbate Randolph. of trouble and was able to be had pitched for the Brooklyn attend sporadically.

The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn A former all-star second drafted by the [Pittsburgh] Pi- Dodgers. “It’s unfortunate, because Mar- Bob Capano baseman for the Yankees, rates out of high school and the “Tommy taught me a new kowitz is a Democrat but recog- Randolph, a Brownsville na- rest is history.” way to play,” noted Randolph. nized Capano’s work, which just tive, played 13 seasons with What was his family like “But I learned things from all shows that [Capano] works well with everybody,” said Clark, the Bombers and coached back then? my managers.” adding, “This is schoolyard crap that [Abbate’s] playing.” them for 11 years. “My father was a hard work- Randolph wasn’t old While responsible for all 18 Brooklyn community boards, Ca- In accepting the Mets’ man- er,” noted Randolph. “My enough in 1957 to see the pano said he personally visits only boards 13 and 15, which en- agerial position this fall, Ran- mother took care of her kids Dodgers play at Ebbets Field. compass Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay, respectively. dolph became the first black and made sure we had a good “It was a shame I missed Camille Socci, a liaison who reports to Capano, has represented baseball manager in New education, and it was a very the Dodgers,” said the new Community Board 10 at Borough Hall since September and York City history. rich, very full upbringing. Un- Mets manager. Community Board 11 since 2002. Still, when Randolph en- like a lot of major leaguers Has he seen the Cyclones, “I would doubt that those people would say I’m not doing my tered the Keyspan Park lobby, whose parents were very sports- his new team’s single-A affili- job,” said Capano, referring both to the community board mem- where the party was in full minded, with me it was the op- ate play at Keyspan Park? bers he represents and to members of the Brooklyn Borough swing, he stood unrecognized posite of what you might ex- “I’ve seen a few games at Board, which, he said, met only a month ago to discuss ways of by the youngsters. Until he was pect. My parents weren’t Keyspan” said Randolph who improving the borough’s community board activity. introduced to warm applause. sports-minded at all.” saw his son, on last season’s “Throughout my time at Borough Hall, since 1999, I have A line formed for autographs, So how did Randolph get Staten Island Yankees, play at given 110 percent for Brooklyn and all our great communities,” but many of the hungry young- involved in baseball? Keyspan. “If the schedule per- said Capano. “I will continue this record as long as I remain sters made sure they got their “My cousins taught me the mits, I’ll be there again this serving with Borough President Marty Markowitz.” food first, a point that Ran- game,” said the Mets skipper. summer.” The issue could provide steam for a campaign by fellow Bay dolph noted with a chuckle. Randolph was asked about Randolph left to return to Ridge Republican Pat Russo, 36, who ran unsuccessfully As he signed a souvenir Mango / Greg against Gentile in November 2003 but garnered 40 percent of a report that he used a Jackie Shea Stadium. But a new visi- postcard for each young fan, Robinson-model glove as a tor to the party was attracting the vote. Randolph meticulously signed Kings County Conservative Party Chairman Jerry Kassar has youngster. the kids’ attention. He had an his name in flowing script, “I don’t remember what enormous belly, and was said that his party would likely endorse Russo over Capano, pri- making sure to go back and dot marily because of Russo’s showing in 2003. glove I used as a young kid, wearing a red suit. the “I’s” in Willie each time. Papers The Brooklyn The Borough Hall campaign-conflict issue harks back to the but I was inspired when I read Was it David Wells, the Red He gently reminded one young Baseball star Willie Randolph, the new manager of the New York Mets, spoke to N.A.T.S. “The Jackie Robinson Story,” Sox new left-hander? 2001 race for borough president in which Howard Golden’s fan to say “Thank you,” and deputy borough president, Jeannette Gadson, was accused of Kids at Keyspan Park about getting the chance to play major league baseball. noted the Mets skipper of the Nope. It was Santa Claus. campaigning for the seat while simultaneously holding an ap- pointed position within the office with significant policy influ- ence. The city Conflicts of Interest Board, a five-member panel ap- pointed by the mayor, ruled in January 2001 that appointed pub- lic servants with substantial policy discretion could not solicit contributions for a campaign for city elective office. Gadson eventually took a job as special assistant to Golden in order to continue her run, free of conflict, while maintaining a job, albeit at a lower salary, at Borough Hall. She lost to Markowitz in a three-way race that included former Brooklyn Heights Councilman Kenneth Fisher. PIZZA… Continued from page 1 get tired of talking about it.” But over dinner at Franny’s, a wood-fired, brick-oven pizze- ria on Flatbush Avenue at St. Marks Place in Prospect Heights, Kuban did not tire of pondering pizza. Rather, between bites, he lamented the passing of the coal oven, a secret ingredient for many of New York’s most storied pizzerias, not least of all To- tonno’s, on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island, and Grimaldi’s, on Old Fulton Street near Front Street in Fulton Ferry. [A zoning change in the early 1960s banned all new coal-fired ovens, grandfathering in those brick ovens already in existence.] The void, said Kuban, goes a long way in explaining why so many parlors are simply average. Worse still, he said, is when a restaurant doesn’t take full advantage of an existing brick oven, choosing instead to fire the pies with wood. Callan / Tom “It’s like having a Ferrari and driving 55,” he said. But Kuban acknowledges that a new wave of pizzerias, like Franny’s, are beginning to remind New Yorkers why their city is known for stellar pies. Kuban readily acknowledges that his passion stems from his Papers The Brooklyn father’s own outsized craving for pizza. Growing up in a suburb of Kansas City, he helped his dad make homemade pies and lis- tened to the old man’s dreams of opening up his own “Milwau- kee-style” pizzeria. Although he concedes that the term likely Clones earn Marty a free meal doesn’t exist outside of his family circle, he uses it to describe a pie with a particularly flaky crust, almost like that of a pastry. Borough President Marty Markowitz and wife Jamie (seated at right) are treated to dinner at Ponte Vecchio restaurant at 8810 Fourth Ave. in Bay Ridge. Picking up the tab is Staten After a stint in Portland, Ore., Kuban moved to New York — Island Borough President James Molinaro with Joan Cusack. Molinaro lost bet over who’s borough would have a better baseball team. While the Cyclones finished first in the McNa- Bay Ridge, in fact — and began eating pizza the way poor col- mara Division of the New York-Penn League, the Staten Island Yankees came in dead last. Well, at least they didn’t lose to the Red Sox. lege students survive on Ramen noodles. At one point, Kuban was hitting the dough on a daily basis, sometimes even two and three times a day. But as with any binge, Kuban’s all-pizza diet came crashing to a halt and the pizzeria was relegated to a once- ing informational kiosks, outdoor food vendors and retail a-week destination. carts. It was only after his maiden voyage to DiFara, on the corner Additionally, she said, a “water element” or running water of Avenue J and East 15th Street in Midwood — on Palm Sun- LIBRARY... NORMAN... along the sides of the stairways leading up to the plaza, will day last year — that Kuban returned to his love affair. Since Continued from page 1 help to “mask some of the sounds of traffic.” The entire Continued from page 1 then, he, Ritter and another SliceNY contributor, Marc Bailes, plaza will be a wireless Internet zone. dents might have about the reconstruction. With only a small Facing a 22-count indictment that includes charges that he have been balancing their day jobs — Kuban is a full-time copy Perhaps the icing on the cake is the night lighting scheme, turnout of about 12 people, most of them library insiders, the tried to coerce and extort Karen Yellen and Marcia Sikowitz, editor at “Martha Stewart Living — with their work on the Web which barely exists at the library now. By completion of the meeting briefed attendees on what to expect, both during and af- two candidates for judgeships in 2002, Norman resorted to an site. He estimates that he invests 20 hours a week on the site project, library officials hope it will mimic the Soldiers and ter the project’s development. old refrain — that his conduct, while rough, is still protected un- where he is attempting nothing short of amplifying pizza’s sig- Sailors Memorial Arch across the street. nificance in popular culture. Alice Fischer Rubin, the library’s buildings and grounds der the First Amendment. chairwoman, told attendees that the original building was de- “Development commences this winter; we hope to start in Citing a 1973 Supreme Court case dealing with collective bar- In one entry, Brian Williams is a source of pizza power. While early January,” said Cooper. In the meantime, the library is the jury’s still out on Tom Brokaw’s “NBC Nightly News” re- signed to have an underground auditorium, but when the project gaining, Baker and a second Norman lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, ar- ran out of money, the idea was abandoned. still shoring up the financing to pay for it all. gued that even threats of violence are permitted in politics, provided placement, SliceNY seems to endorse the talking head, thanks “The project will cost the library itself $11 million,” ex- to an Associated Press story posted on the site that paints him as Joking about fundraising for the project, she said, “I’m not that the reason for sounding those threats wasn’t for personal gain. sure we have it yet either, but we’re going ahead anyway.” plained Harry Yarwood, director of facilities at the library. Last month, a judge dismissed four charges against Norman pizza friendly. Rubin chimed in that their current fundraising goal was for “Tom Brokaw’s replacement is a NASCAR dad who consid- Ginnie Cooper, the library’s director, started by introducing relating to election-law violations, but the court appearance on $5 million, and they had just over $2 million. ers pizza night with the kids sacred — thin crust, please — and the other projects in the works at the Grand Army Plaza library Monday involved the charges of coercion and extortion. Neither listens to hundreds of hours of White House tapes from the including everything from expansion of the Brooklyn Collection “Some public money came from the City Council,” said lawyer would comment on other charges that day. Johnson administration for fun,” reads a passage of the article, on the second-floor to replacement of the building’s boiler. Cooper, “but there’s a substantial federal endowment for it.” Norman and co-defendant Jeffery Feldman, the Kings County which is followed by a shining endorsement of Williams by the She explained that the auditorium plaza, which makes up the She cited and thanked specifically the work of Reps. Major Democratic Committee’s executive director, stand accused of SliceNY crew. roofing of the auditorium, would be replaced, giving the library Owens and Edolphus Towns. coercing Yellen and Sikowitz to pay upwards of $9,000 each to In another entry, pizza is cited as a major player in the evolu- the opportunity to create wheelchair accessible ramps to both the While construction goes on, the library leaders made clear Branford Communications. When they each refused, the co-de- tion of rap music, what with one member of the pioneering Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue entrances. that Eastern Parkway might be the best entrance to use to fendants threatened to drop the Democratic Party’s endorse- “Sugar Hill Gang” working at a pizza parlor just before record- The underground, which she said “has become a sort of furni- avoid delays or rerouting, and that wheelchair-bound patrons ments of the two, the indictment alleges. ing the classic, “Rapper’s Delight.” ture morgue over time,” and features low ceilings, uneven floors should continue to use the Youth Wing entrance, on Eastern Branford Communications, run by Brooklyn Democratic Par- “Were it not for Crispy Crust Pizza in Englewood, [N.J.], who and poor lighting, will meanwhile be rebuilt with a 200-seat the- Parkway at the rear of the library building. ty stalwart Ernie Lindler, prints and mails palm cards and knows how much longer we would have waited for hip-hop to ater and stage (with no backstage area) suitable for lectures, con- Construction equipment will not be left in the street, leaflets for political candidates and is considered by many to be become the phenomenon that it is,” writes Kuban on the blog. certs, films and community events. Cooper said. “It will all be staged here, using the grassy ar- the premier firm for such services. He said he uses a system of search engines to hunt down new “A grand common entryway suitable for exhibitions” would eas on Eastern Parkway. And we’re going to do some spec- “A blue suit is a blue suit,” said Brafman, explaining the dif- mentions of the word “pizza” as they surface on the Internet. lead from the entrances to the auditorium, and both would be ac- tacular signage that will lead people and make it clear where ference between Branford and other communications firms. Each time the P-word is uttered on the Web, SliceNY will be cessible separately from the library, so after-hours events could our entrances are,” she said. “But it’s not a blue suit when you begin to look at the lining, the their to magnify its importance. take place securely, she said. Towards the end of the brief session Rubin thanked the tailoring and all the rest that goes into it. “We treat it a little like six degrees of Kevin Bacon,” Kuban Two side meeting rooms, which Cooper said are being patrons for coming out, but encouraged people to speak up “Karen Yellen would have used some hole-in-the-wall non- said of the parlor game whose object is to connect, through called the “green rooms” for their green color on the plans, (despite library courtesy) in the future. union printer,” he added. shared movie credits, one actor to another, namely Bacon. “It’s could accommodate community meetings, workshops and “We’re hoping we won’t have any faux pas along the way “When it came time to pay the check, these girls snuck off to like how can you connect a celebrity or some news event to piz- seminars. but if you have any thoughts that occur to you, we encourage the lady’s room,” Brafman said of Yellen and Sikowitz. za? And you’d be surprised at how easy it can be.” Meanwhile, the new plaza above will boast a wider platform you to contact the library before we have a major disaster on But prosecutor Monique Ferrell wasn’t buying it. “This was If only finding that elusive Gravesend pizzeria could be so space than the plaza entrance does now, in order to be able to our hands,” said Rubin. put up or shut up, and do as we say because we say it,” she said. easy. “accommodate events in the summertime,” said Cooper, includ- Construction is expected to finish by fall 2006. “This was ordinary, common thuggery.” 12 BWN THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM December 25, 2004

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