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By Ruth Brown a positive way to react to such an Brooklyn Paper ugly thing.” He’s gotta fight for your Local families found the offen- rights. sive message on train-shaped play The Beastie Boys’ Adam “Ad- equipment in the State Street recre- Rock” Horovitz rallied with hun- ation area last Friday and reported dreds of Brooklynites and fans it to state Sen. Daniel Squadron’s on Sunday after some jerk graf- office, which sent city workers to fitied swastikas and the phrase “Go scrub it off that night. Trump” in Adam Yauch Park — Neighbors have now covered the Brooklyn Heights playground the spot with hearts, flowers, and named for his late bandmate, who Tibetan prayer flags, as Yauch — grew up around the corner. though born into a secular Jewish family — was a Buddhist. The emcee encouraged the Police are investigating the van- crowd to keep fighting similar acts dalism as a hate crime, though of racism that are on the rise in the plenty of amateur online detec- wake of President-elect Donald tives are dismissing it as a prank. Trump’s win — and he dropped a Office Squadron Daniel Sen. of Squadron said he did consider
few famous lyrics in process. Parents found swastikas whether publicizing the swasti- Photo by Caleb Caldwell “We can’t and we won’t and and the phrase “Go Trump” kas would give the perpetrator the Beastie Boys member Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz speaks we don’t stop,” he said, quoting scrawled on playground attention he was seeking, but de- against racist pro-Trump graffiti in Adam Yauch Park — his band’s 1994 song “Sure Shot.” equipment when they took cided condemning them was the named for his late bandmate — at a rally on Nov. 20. “Keep your eyes open, stand up their kids to play in Brooklyn only “moral” thing to do. for each other, don’t be afraid to Heights’ Adam Yauch Park “If it is a prank, then the worst step in or enlist the help of oth- last Friday. we’ve done is send a strong mes- “This kind of graffiti has been isn’t even the first post-election at- ers — because this is home-grown sage and become stronger as a popping up all over the country tack in the area — a man punched terrorism for real.” community,” said Squadron. “If because we’ve elected a president a woman at a Boerum Hill bar on Horovitz wasn’t the only star and faith leaders. And attendees it’s serious and we do nothing, we who’s given our children the mes- Nov. 12 after overhearing her say- who turned out — his wife, fem- say it warmed their hearts to see risk our Republic itself.” sage that it’s okay to write ‘white ing she’s disappointment in the elec- inist rocker Kathleen Hanna, and so many people band together Squadron called on Trump to power’ in their high-school hall- tion results. actor Ben Stiller shivered along in response to the anti-Semitic denounce this and other acts of rac- ways, that it’s okay to attack women Brooklynites can report any with the huge crowd at the out- scribbles. ism being carried out in his name and girls, that Latinos and Muslims incidents to the District Attor- door event, which included rous- “It’s humbling to share simi- — and Horovitz also blamed the and Jews are bad people, and that ney’s hate crime hotline at (718) ing group sing-alongs of “We Shall lar vibes with all of our neighbors president-elect and his pals for in- you can electroshock the gay out 250–4949, District Attorney Eric Overcome” and “This Land is Your coming out,” said Carroll Gardens citing racism and bigotry during of somebody,” he said. Gonzalez told the crowd, vow-
Land” and speeches from area pols resident Corrie Zaccariah. “What the election campaign. Photo by Caleb Caldwell He noted that the park graffiti ing to prosecute perpetrators. Sold! Bushwick Inlet Park fi nally paid for the taxpayers and now we can move but says he was willing to sell it to De- years,” said Brodsky. “But the city had City buys CitiStorage for $160M forward.” Blasio for less so long as the city came to come a lot closer to the value than Williamsburg developer Norm Brod- a little closer to what he believed is the what it did initially.” By Ruth Brown to force it to honor a decade-old prom- sky rejected a $100-million offer from true value of the land. Still, the sale probably never would Brooklyn Paper ise to transform the lot into a sprawl- the city to buy his burnt-out CitiStorage As a longtime local, he too wanted to have happened if it weren’t for Assem- blyman Joe Lentol (D–Greenpoint) and ing green space. warehouses at Kent Avenue and N. 11th see the city make good on finishing the Photo by Stefano Giovannini Put it in park! Street in June, but the various parties park that it first pledged to build in 2005 especially Councilman Steve Levin (D– At one point, park activists pro- Mayor DeBlasio has reached a “We’re stunned but ecstatic,” said quietly continued negotiating. in exchange for rezoning the neighbor- Williamsburg), who just didn’t let it rest, jected messages on the side of $160-million deal to buy the final stretch Greenpoint resident Steve Chesler, of Brodsky had bragged that he could hood for luxury high-rises, he says — both Chesler and Brodsky say. the CitiStorage complex noting of Williamsburg waterfront land the city activist group Friends of Bushwick In- score upwards of $300 million for the just not without getting a cut. The pols were the go-between for the that it was supposed to be park- needs to finish Bushwick Inlet Park, let Park. “We’re very happy the proper- industrial land — and claims he had “The city was always my first choice two parties, keeping negotiations alive land. Now it will be. finally ending locals’ years-long fight ties are in safe hands with the city and two other, higher offers on the table — — I’ve been in the neighborhood for See PARK on page 10
HELLO, TROLLEY! DOWNTOWN LAYS INTO MAYOR’S STREETCAR PLAN Hit the brakes They’re skirting the law Downtown to streetcar bigs: City needs Feds’ permission to run streetcar Yeesh, enough transit already past federal courthouse — but doesn’t have it By Lauren Gill month , and are now visiting com- By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper munity boards for feedback. Brooklyn Paper They’re not on board. In Community Board 2’s dis- Objection! Downtown-area residents nei- trict, they want to direct it out of The city wants to run its planned ther want nor need Mayor DeBla- Cobble Hill Downtown-bound streetcar in front of the Eastern sio’s streetcar running along their along Atlantic Avenue, then District federal courthouse on already transit-rich roads, they onto Court Street. From there, Cadman Plaza East, which has told city officials at a Commu- it will either run through Down- been blocked off with barriers town along Willoughby or Tillary and guards since 9-11. But city nity Board 2 Transportation Com- streets, or continue along Cadman officials haven’t actually asked mittee meeting last Tuesday night, Plaza East to Dumbo, where it will the Feds’ permission to reopen slamming the entire Sunset Park- run along Front and York streets the thoroughfare, they admitted to-Queens trolley as a waste of to Gold Street. at a recent community meeting, $2.5 billion that could go much But locals said directing the and residents are skeptical they’ll further on less-flashy transit in streetcar away from the river and get it now — especially from the far needier areas. into a neighborhood that’s already new guy in charge. Community News Group / Lauren Gill “I think it’s an outrageous lousy with subway and bus stops “You’re never going to be able waste of money and it should be NYCEDC The city wants to run the streetcar through Cadman Plaza defeated DeBlasio’s stated purpose to put a streetcar on Cadman Plaza East, which has been under federal control since 9-11. going to other modes of transpor- of the project, which is to connect The proposed routes Downtown. East,” said Community Board 2 tation,” said committee member transit-starved waterfront neigh- Transportation Committee mem- Bill Harris. borhoods and job hubs. committee member Jon Quinn. The streetcar spokespeo- ber Jon Quint when officials came The Cadman Plaza East leg of the only connection planners are Streetcar honchos revealed po- “When you’re getting to sub- “Aren’t you losing the whole con- ple countered that they’d lose a to present the plan at a committee the $2.5-billion trolley is just one proposing for getting the train to tential routes for the Brooklyn- way connections, you’re going cept, which is to serve the un- large swathe of travelers by only meeting on Nov. 15 . “President of several potential routes the city Dumbo — a neighborhood that Queens Connector earlier this away from the waterfront,” said derserved communities?” See TROLLEY on page 10 Trump is not going to let you.” is considering Downtown, but it is See COURT on page 10
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Now Announcing Our Third Generation of Moshmans By Caroline Spivack for class shouting, “All you Brooklyn Paper immigrants are moving out Public school employees of here,” and “Yes, Trump are bullying immigrant stu- won!,” according to the cross- dents in Bay Ridge and Sun- ing guard. set Park, saying “they’d better Several students were start packing their bags,” on crying out of fear that their the heels of Donald Trump’s families are going to be de- election victory, according to ported, according to parents. a letter Councilman Carlos And some parents are even Menchaca (D–Sunset Park) nervous to bring their stu- and members of two local dents school following the community education coun- election. cils sent to schools chancellor “It’s really upsetting to Carmen Farina on Nov. 15. hear stuff like this is going “I recently met with par- on right here in Sunset Park, ents from CECs 15 and 20 in an area that is so diverse,” and local community organi- said Victor Severino, whose zations. They expressed ur- son is a third-grader at PS
gent concerns about what their File photo by Stefano Giovannini 169. “I trust the school, but children have experienced at Carlos Menchaca says Department of Education it makes me nervous bring- school since the recent na- staffers are bullying immigrant pupils in the wake of ing my kid here.” tional election,” Menchaca Donald Trump’s election. The city is investigating wrote. “Parents have reported the reports and will follow to me alarming details of re- election, according to the things like that around chil- up appropriately, according cent student bullying, harmful Southern Poverty Law Cen- dren,” sad Sunset Parker Mari- to an education department language, hostile treatment by ter, which has tallied more sol Garcia, whose daughter spokeswoman. non-teacher employees, and than 400 incidents nationwide is a first-grader at PS 169. “I “Schools are safe havens students overhearing inap- since Nov. 9 — 137 specifi- want my daughter to feel safe for communities and we are propriate comments among cally targeting immigrants. at school. We shouldn’t have dedicated to providing all stu- DOE staff.” A school custodian at PS to worry about someone mak- dents with a safe, supportive Sunset Park is home to a 169 in Sunset Park was over- ing her scared that we’re go- and inclusive learning envi- sizable immigrant commu- heard saying, “I hope he builds ing to be deported.” ronment. We have explicit pro- nity, most notably from Mex- the wall, and I hope they throw The school is known for its tocols and robust training pro- ico and China. them over the fence,” accord- diversity, and the majority of grams in place to ensure any During the election, Trump ing to a crossing guard who its 1,624 students are Asian or incidents of harassment, dis- made deporting Mexicans asked to remain anonymous Latino, according to Depart- crimination, or bullying are Three generations of dental excellence in particular a centerpiece because she did not have ment of Education data. swiftly addressed,” said rep of his platform and repeat- the Department of Educa- And students aren’t just Toya Holness. edly disparaged Mexican im- tion’s permission to speak hearing things from school A man punched a fellow migrants as “criminals” and to the press. staff. diner in the face at a Down- Dr. Andrew Moshman graduated from “rapists.” Parents there are out- The morning after the elec- town bistro last weekend after There has been an uptick raged. tion, people have driven by she made disparaging remarks Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. in hate crimes following the “It’s despicable to say the school as students arrived about the president-elect. He completed residencies at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center. Shooting rocks Vinegar Hill school By Lauren Gill cording to police. granddaughter goes to PS 287 him and took him to Method- Brooklyn Paper The pupils inside were all on Nassau and Gold streets. ist Hospital. He is expected to Please visit us at our newly renovated office and say hello! A Vinegar Hill elementary fine, but family members of “It’s scary.” survive, but the shooting ap- school went into lockdown af- students say they panicked The gunman blasted an pears to be gang-related and ter a gunman shot two peo- when they arrived to find 18-year-old man in the leg and he is not cooperating with in- ple nearby on the afternoon police tape up around the one of his bullets also grazed a vestigators, a police spokes- 89 Remsen Street 718-855-7545 on Nov. 17. school. 28-year-old female bystander, man said. The shooter opened fire at “I walked up and saw police according to police. Paramedics also took the Brooklyn Heights www.moshmandental.com Navy and Gold streets around and was here thinking some- The teen hobbled to Navy wounded bystander to the hos- 1 pm, and the city promptly thing had happened,” said a and Nassau streets, where pital, and she is also expected sealed up nearby PS 287, ac- woman whose 6-year-old emergency responders found to live, police said.
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By Colin Mixson tion day, Nov. 8, and took the tag as a Brooklyn Paper sign of things to come. It’s penny dreadful! “I said, ‘oh s---’ and I took it as a bad A vandal defaced the 140-year-old omen,” said Park Sloper Richard Kes- bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln at sler, a longtime fan of the statue . Prospect Park last week, spray-paint- The graffiti was still sullying Lin- ing over the Emancipation Proclama- coln’s famed executive order as of Nov. tion and its inscription that typically 17, but a spokeswoman from steward group the Prospect Park Alliance said Community News Group / Colin Mixson reads “Shall be forever free.” A scoundrel desecrated the The barely comprehensible scrawl it would immediately dispatch workers to scrub it clean after this paper brought 140-year-old statue of Abraham itself doesn’t appear to be a political Lincoln in Prospect Park. statement, but the fact that the tagger the marred model to its attention. chose to attack the Liberator is still of- This isn’t the bronze bust’s first brush fensive to park-goers, according to one with vandalism — the whole park fell in 1869, but officials moved it deep in- local resident. into disrepair during the dark days of the side Prospect Park three decades later, “It’s a smack in the face to the peo- 1970s and ’80s, and Honest Abe ended to Concert Grove on the Prospect-Lef- ple it means something to,” said Pros- up covered with graffiti, while thieves ferts Gardens side of the meadow. pect-Lefferts Gardens resident Jermaine swiped the original decorative eagles, The city claimed it was so the 16th Smith, who saw the statue last Thurs- shields, and scrolls located on the stat- President would not be dwarfed by Pla- day. “Especially that president. Every ue’s base, according to the city’s Parks za’s towering Soldiers and Sailors Me- president did something, but he did a Department . morial Arch, although Kessler has long lot for blacks.” The idol was the first statue of Lin- believed it was an act of censorship be- One local history buff says he first coln erected after his assassination. It cause leaders at the time didn’t like Lin- spotted the offending inscription on elec- originally stood in Grand Army Plaza coln’s anti-slavery stance. A gnarly new Downtown park By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper Radical! Officials unveiled a new public skatepark Downtown last Wednesday, and local thrashers say they’re stoked to have a place to shred that’s both bodacious and legal. “It’s amazing, it’s better than most skateparks around,” said Fort Greene skateboarding enthusiast Brendan Johnson. “Now I have somewhere to go instead of skating in the streets and getting arrested.” The state Department of Transportation offered to re- vamp Golconda Playground on Gold and Concord streets Photo by Caleb Caldwell after taking over the con- Kids say the new skatepark in Golconda Playground will give them a place to crete area in 2011 during its board without having to break the law. failed reconstruction of the Brooklyn-Queens Express- with the city’s Parks Depart- chos said they’re happy to “You can leave the monu- way above , when it used the ment to overhaul the open have helped create the dedi- ment in Fort Greene Park alone area as a staging area to store space — which also includes cated boarding oasis so skat- and now come here,” said city equipment. refurbished handball and bas- ers will stop carving up reg- parks commissioner Mitchell The state agency worked ketball courts — and local hon- ular parks. Silver. Experience banking where even the www.pafcu.org smallest saver is treated like a VIP.
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Upon detaining the youth, Honda Accord at 8 pm and and insurance plans accommodated and threatened, “You gonna thorities said. — Lauren Gill Cycle crook the patrolman discovered discovered all four of his tires gimme the jack or I’m gonna Top score Cops are hunting for a there was a warrant out for and rims were gone. his arrest, according to po- A scofflaw stole 18 hats and 78TH PRECINCT knave who they say stole a Jewel heist man’s bike he chained up on lice. four beanies from a Fulton Park Slope A weasel swiped jewelry Ninth Street on Nov. 10. Street store on Nov. 18. Doggone it Bike away from a woman’s 76th Street A worker told cops the The victim told police that Investigators have thrown Cops have given up the he left his bike locked between apartment on Nov. 17, accord- weasel attempted to leave up their hands in the case of ing to police. the store near Pearl Street hunt for the thief who stole Fifth and Sixth avenues at 5 a Nov. 7 bike theft on Eighth a doggie-sized New York Gi- am, and returned around noon The victim told police she with the caps at around 4:15 Street. suspects the nogoodnik came pm and she tried to hold the ants jersey from a Fifth Ave- to find it missing. The victim told police that nue pet store on Nov. 8. in through the unlocked back- door closed to stop him. The Dopey driver she left her Trek bike locked door of her apartment between cur then hit her in the chest An employee told police near Sixth Avenue at 8 am, Police busted a man smok- Fourth and Fifth avenues af- C.O.D. with his elbow and fled, ac- that the suspect waltzed into ing a blunt while driving along and returned at around noon ter she left for work at 9 am. cording to a report. the shop between 12th and Third Street on Nov. 9. to find her chain snapped and Phone plunder 13th streets at 5:30 pm, when The arresting officer re- her bike stolen. The ne’er-do-well made off he grabbed the tiny canine The stolen bike remains with a necklace and a pair of A punk purloined a guy’s ported spotting the suspect’s football uniform and fled. missing and no arrests have earrings, police said. phone from his hand as he 2001 Mitsubishi four-door No arrests have been made been made, according to po- Police canvassed the build- was walking in MetroTech near Third Avenue at 11:55 in the heist, and the case has pm, where it was swerv- lice. — Colin Mixson ing but with negative results, Center on Nov. 16. since been closed, according said officials. The man was strolling near ing erratically over the dou- (718) 354-3834 to police. ble yellow line at a blister- Flatbush Avenue Extension at 68TH PRECINCT Ransacked 6 pm when the snake grabbed Cell to cell ing speed. 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e’ve just been through what has political leaders and representatives – not been the most divisive, only Republicans but also Democrats – that Wexhausting, and unsettling they must improve economic fairness, close presidential election in our lifetime. Many the widening economic gap, improve the job people – especially immigrants – are prospects of working people, and make it apprehensive or even terrified. Anti-Black, easier for unions to organize so they can anti-Muslim, and anti-Semitic incidents are represent their members in the halls of happening online, in schools, and power and influence. workplaces, and on the streets with more We have done it before, and now we frequency. Swastikas and Nazi graffiti have must now do it again. appeared on more college campuses and None of us have all the answers. But we storefronts. The entire world is worried. do know that it is a different era, and there are We are facing incredible challenges, but both new challenges and new opportunities we cannot succumb to pessimism or for connection that didn’t exist in previous despair. If we do, the worst of what this decades. election has unleashed will be normalized Together, we must create new ways of and grow in power. Instead, we must bringing working people together, and new recommit ourselves to strengthening our ways of showing those who may be movement for social and economic justice misguided, angry, and misinformed that and defeating the forces of hatred and racism and prejudice are not the way bigotry in our society. forward, that a growing economic gap is not It will take hard work, meaningful the way forward. We must transform and dialogue, and sustained action to build a rebuild our country from within and bring all country that is fairer and better for all communities into a larger progressive working people, especially those who movement that lifts up all working people: have been left behind and harmed by A larger progressive movement that takes globalization and the current economic the energy and learns the lessons from the order. Many immigrant workers, white Occupy Movement and Black Lives Matter workers, women and people of color feel and the Sanders campaign and the Fight for trapped in an economy that fails them and Fifteen. A larger progressive movement that only seems to reward those at the very top. is inclusive and diverse. Yet too often working people today who And we must remind ourselves over share common interests but come from and over again what different backgrounds speak past each other, Dr. King so eloquently not to each other. We must bring working taught us: The arc of people together across their differences and the moral universe is help them understand their common long, but it bends interests and why it’s so crucial to fight and towards justice. organize as a unified twenty-first century labor movement. And we have to press our www.rwdsu.org THEATER Arcade’s fire She’s putting in her two cents! Legendary political performance artist Penny Arcade will stop in Dumbo next month for the American premiere of her incendiary one-woman show, after a year-long world tour. In “Longing Lasts Lon- ger,” opening at St. Ann’s Warehouse on Dec. 1, Ar- cade takes on gentrifica- tion and the city’s changing neighborhoods — something Brooklyn residents are very familiar with, she said. “Brooklyn is a simula- Photo by Caleb Caldwell tion of what Brooklyn was. It’s like a board game now, it’s not a real place, it’s not a real city,” said Arcade, who lives in Manhattan. “It’s impossible not to be part of gentrification because New York City has been colonized — this has befallen all of our inner cities, invaded by a culture of wealth that cre- (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings Nov. 25–Dec. 1, 2016 ates a mall-like character.” But more insidious than yuppies buying up real estate is the way that moneyed gentry have co-opted the symbols and language of society’s outsiders, said Arcade. “There is a gentrification that happens to neighborhoods but there is also a gentrifica- tion that happens to ideas,” she said. “Once bik- ers and strippers had tattoos and those tattoos were a rite of passage — now every stock bro- ker has multiple tattoos. The word ‘queer’ de- ‘Naughtycracker’ noted a person who had experienced a period of societal exclusion that marked them as an outsider forever. Now people who have never had an outsider moment in their lives call them- selves queer.” Company XIV gives a sexy spin to the holiday classic In her show, Arcade will share personal sto- ries of protesting the Vietnam war and coming of age in the city, against a soundtrack of music By Caroline Spivack from the last five decades. She hopes the sto- Brooklyn Paper ries will inspire young people to take up their SHOW own crusades, she said. imme some sugar, sugarplum! “ ‘Longing Lasts Longer’ is really directed A sexy, adults-only retelling of “Nutcracker Rouge” at the Irondale to young people. Young people need an ally holiday classic “The Nutcracker” Center [85 S. Oxford St. between G Lafayette and Greene avenues in Fort and I have chosen to be that ally. The engine of has shimmied onto the stage of Irondale Greene, (718) 488–9233, www.iron- evolution has always been the hunger and en- Center in Fort Greene, running through dale.org]. Through Jan. 7, Mon–Sat at ergy of young people with the wisdom of older Jan. 7. “Nutcracker Rouge,” performed by 8 pm. $35–$200. people,” said Arcade. “And I have faith — I’m theater group Company XIV, uses its sen- part of a generation that helped stop the Viet- sual spin to bring new audiences to Tchai- nam war, threw Nixon out of office. I believe we kovsky’s music and classic ballet moves can make a difference but we need to be awake — especially adults who may have been and form coalitions. And that’s what ‘Longing turned off by excessively cutesy produc- Lasts Longer’ is about — it’s to inspire individ- tions. The erotic elements are the spoon- uality and authenticity in all of us.” ful of sugarplum that helps the ballet go down, said the show’s creator. “Longing Lasts Longer” at St. Ann’s Ware- “It’s a lot more sexy and elegant. And house [45 Water St. at Old Dock Street in Dum- what I’ve found in incorporating the bur- bo, (718) 834–8794, www.stannswarehouse. lesque element and striptease is it allows org]. Dec. 1–11, Tue–Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 3 pm and 8 pm, Sun at 5 pm. $35–$55. the audience to connect with what we’re — Julianne Cuba doing in a different way,” said Austin Mc- Cormick, artistic director and choreog- rapher of Company XIV. “It allows us to present our more classical elements in a BOOKS more digestible way — we present it with a layer of accessibility through burlesque and the art of entertainment.” The baroque burlesque show fuses theater, dance, and circus acts to create Book picks an erotic winter wonderland. In McCor- mick’s adaptation, Marie-Claire is a grown Word’s pick — “Born a Crime” woman who stumbles not into the World by Trevor Noah of Sweets, but into a decadent world of The title of Trevor Noah’s memoir is not a meta- pleasure where she experiences a sex- phor. Growing up in apartheid Sourth Africa, Noah ual awakening. was hidden from anyone but “Nutcracker Rouge,” first performed his family until the age of in 2010 , has become an annual tradition 6, and when going outside, for the Carroll Gardens theater company, he avoided walking beside but the show has evolved each year. Mc- his mother so she would not Cormick has tailored the show to the com- be picked up by the police. pany current cast, and the score has ex- This book is for fans of “The panded — in addition to Tchaikovsky’s Daily Show,” anyone still bit- classic suite, it includes opera, jazz, and ter Noah took over the show pop ballads by Britney Spears and Lana from Jon Stewart, and any- Del Rey. So the risqué revue will still one who wants to know about have surprises for returning audience living under apartheid. Noah members, said McCormick. conveys the reality of living “The show really is always different, in shanties with no running water and newspaper I really tailor the show to the cast,” said for toilet paper with a dose of humor — at least it McCormick. “There are some classic num- kept him informed on current events! bers we always comes back to, but the circus acts are different, so is the music — Ashanti Wallace-White, Word [126 Frank- — so it’s always a bit of a surprise for lin St. at Milton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383– the audience.” 0096, www.wordbrooklyn.com ]. This year’s production at Irondale Cen- ter is even more intimate than usual, with Community Bookstore’s pick — baroque couches and cabaret tables that “Mr. Norris Changes Trains” by Christopher break down the barrier between the au- Isherwood dience and the performers. While stumbling around in post-election grief, “It has more of a French night club I stumbled on Isherwood’s “Mr. Norris Changes vibe,” said McCormick. “I think because Trains,” a book for our dark times. The story of the seating it’s much more intimate. follows British expat Wil- The performers walk through the audi- liam Bradshaw as he nav- ence, you can see the cast dressing, so igates the seedy, beautiful underbelly of 1930s Berlin. it’s a bit more immersive and exciting Perry Shelby Mark than years past.” As he falls into the orbit Risqué revue: In “Nutcracker Rouge,” an innocent but very adult Marie-Claire meets her Nutcracker Prince. of Arthur Norris, an im- porter-exporter with shady friends, their relationship becomes a prism through Get ’cracking! which we can see the early rise of Hitler’s Germany. ‘Tis the season for ballet! A number of “Nutcracker” Isherwood’s novel is a gor- productions are taking place in Brooklyn this year, geous, seductive story that pulses with those lives and from adult action to kiddie fare, there is an op- — Jewish, communist, pacifist, gay — that would tion for everyone to enjoy the holiday classic. fall victim to the coming currents of hate. — Hal Hlavinka, Community Bookstore [43 Nuts for peace GK Arts Center (29 Jay St. Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- The Moscow Ballet kicks off between John and Plymouth field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. the season with its “Great Rus- streets in Dumbo, (212) 600– sian Nutcracker” at the Kings 0047, www.gkartscenter.org). Theatre. The show features Dec. 8–18; Thu–Fri at 7:30 pm; Greenlight Bookstore’s pick — hand-painted sets, designed by Sat at 2 pm and 7:30 pm; Sun CervantesJulieta “The Unreal and the Real” by Ursula Le Guin I discovered Ursula Le Guin very late, and with frequent Wes Anderson collab- at noon and 5 pm. $20–$59. A doll of a show: “The Hard Nut,” from the Mark Morris orator Carl Sprague, and a two- Dance Company, offers a version of the classic set in the every novel and essay I read I think: More. More person “dove of peace” with a That’s nutty swinging ’70s. magic worlds, more fierce 20-foot wingspan. “The Hard Nut” is a gen- intelligence, more bold ex- plorations into the work- Kings Theatre (1027 Flat- derbent production that puts a ings of power, the realms of bush Ave., between Tilden swinging ’70s twist on “The Kids ’cracker Russian revolutions men and women, the sweet- Avenue and Duryea Place Nutcracker.” The annual pro- For a child-friendly approach The State Ballet Theatre of ness and bitterness of hu- in Flatbush, (718) 856–5464, duction from Mark Morris to the classic, check out “The Russia will perform a full-length man life. Here is more: doz- www.kingstheatre.com). Dec. Dance Group, which uses Tchai- Colonial Nutcracker,” from version of “The Nutcracker” at ens of short stories, both 3 at 3 pm. $30–$180. kovsky’s original score and a Westchester Dance Theatre. Kingsborough College, featur- blend of ballet, modern, and A narrator guides the audi- ing more than 40 dancers as fantastical and earthbound, The classic folk dance, has become a be- ence through the production, sugarplum fairies, mouse kings, along with Le Guin’s own Gelsey Kirkland Ballet’s loved Brooklyn tradition. which is set in colonial York- and tin soldiers. calm, humorous, wry in- troduction detailing why “The Nutcracker” may be the BAM Howard Gilman Op- town, making the story clear On Stage at Kingsbor- she chose these famous borough’s most traditional take era House (30 Lafayette Ave., to kids as young as 5. ough [2001 Oriental Blvd. at and lesser-known pieces. It’s a rich feast, best on the classic ballet. The diverse between Ashland Place and Brooklyn Center for the Quentin Street in Manhattan savored slowly and discussed at length. company features dancers from St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Performing Arts (2900 Avenue Beach, (718) 368–5596, www.
Moscow Ballet Moscow all over the world, and its produc- (718) 623–7885, www.bam. H at Nostrand Avenue in Mid- onstageatkingsborough.org]. — Jessica Bagnulo, Greenlight Bookstore Set for life: The “Great Russian Nutcracker” on tion takes place on a romantic set org). Dec. 10–18 at various wood, www.brooklyncenter. Dec. 16 at 7 pm. $32–$37. [686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246– Dec. 3 will feature elaborate painted sets. inspired by a baroque theater. times. $25–$125. org). Dec. 11 at 2 pm. $15. — Sarah Dougan 0200, www.greenlightbookstore.com]. 6 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 November 25–December 1, 2016
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ticipation on the show until recently, but she said that cus- tomers have been thrilled to find out that they are eating food prepared by a “Top Chef ” contestant. Rising to the ‘Top’ “They can not believe it,” she said. Barban said that she didn’t do anything special to prepare Fort Greene chef joins TV cooking competition for the competition. Her day- By Lauren Gill to-day presence in the kitchen 3 RD GENERATION FAMILY OWNED! Brooklyn Paper of Aita kept her skills sharp, she said. he’s at the “Top” of her For the day show’s pre- game! miere next week, she plans S A Fort Greene chef to take the day off, and she will with a just-launched restau- watch at her friend’s apart- rant will vie for the $125,000 ment in Bushwick. And for top prize on the new season once, she will put down her of Bravo’s cooking competi- knives and relish the experi- tion show “Top Chef,” pre- ence with friends, without the miering on Dec. 1. The cu- pressure of preparing a meal linary contestant could not for the night. reveal any secrets from the “My plans are to watch it upcoming season, which pits Locally-sourced celebrity: Silvia Barban (pictured with my best friends and the 16 chefs against one another right) recently opened her restaurant La Rina Pastifi- people who support me,” she in Charleston, South Caro- cio and Vino in Fort Greene, which features a charm- said. “They’re going to cook lina, but said that appearing ing backyard space. for me.” FREE pound of coffee
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Continued from page 6 N. 12th St. between Berry LET THEM EAT CAKE: A DAY STRIPTEASE SPECIAL: French Revolution-themed MARKET, FORT HAMIL- (501 Union St. between Street and Bedford Av- TUES, NOV. 29 Nasty Canasta presents TON HIGH SCHOOL PTA enue in Williamsburg, (718) dance party, with costumed Bond and Nevins streets in MUSIC, AMY RAY BAND: The a night of tassel-twirling performers, aerial ballroom HOLIDAY FAIR: Upscale Gowanus), brooklynholiday- 218–7500], www.oleander- holiday cheer, coming vendors, food, and a raffl e. snyc.com. Indigo Girl plays country dancing, and an organ bazaar.com. music. Opening act Chely way ahead of schedule. made of fi re. $30–$45. 10 Use entrance on 85th Street ART, “THE FIGHT CONTIN- HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW: 10 Wright. $20. 9 pm. Bell $20–$35. 8 pm. Bell House pm. House of Yes (2 Wyck- and Narrows Avenue. Free. UES”: An exhibition by am to 5:30 pm. See Friday, House [149 Seventh St. at [149 Seventh St. at Third off Ave. at Jefferson Street 11 am. Fort Hamilton High Leroy Campbell about Mu- Nov. 25. Third Avenue in Gowanus, Avenue in Gowanus, (718) in Bushwick), www.house- School [8301 Shore Rd. at hammad Ali and his continu- MARKET, BROOKLYN HOLI- (718) 643–6510], www.the- 643–6510], www.thebell- ofyes.org. 83rd Street in Bay Ridge, houseny.com. (917) 364–3878]. ing infl uence on the world. DAY BAZAAR: 11 am– 6 bellhouseny.com. ICE SKATING: 11 am–9 pm. Free. Noon–7 pm. House pm. See Saturday, Nov. 26. BROOKLYN GIVES KICKOFF COMEDY, AMERICAN See Thursday, Dec. 1. OUTDOORS, WILD MUSH- CANDY — THE FEMPIRE ROOM HUNT: Join “Wild- of Art Gallery [408 Marcus HANSEL AND GRETEL: 12:30 BREAKFAST: The Brooklyn THEATER, “THE SERVANT Garvey Blvd. between pm and 2:30 pm. See Satur- Community Foundation and STRIKES BACK: A raucous man” Steve Brill on a search sketch comedy show fo- OF TWO MASTERS”: 2 pm for medicinal wild plants Halsey and Macon streets in day, Nov. 26. Brooklyn Industries launch and 7:30 pm. See Friday, Bedford-Stuyvesant, (347) CRAFT ROOM: Get creative a borough-wide day of giv- cused on funny females. and mushrooms in the park. With a pre-show open bar Nov. 25. Pre-registration is required. 663–8195], www.hoagal- with a variety of Jewish ing with free Dough donuts MUSIC, MOSCOW BAL- lery.com. themed crafts to choose and coffee. Free. 9–10am. reception. $25. 8 pm. Ac- $20 ($10 kids). 11:30 am. tors Fund Arts Center (160 LET’S “GREAT RUSSIAN Grand Army Plaza [Union ART, FLIGHT QUILT SHOW: from! Free with museum Brooklyn Industries (100 NUTCRACKER”: Direct Members of the Brooklyn admission. 12:30 pm to 2:30 Smith St. at Atlantic Avenue Schermerhorn St. between Street between Flatbush Smith and Hoyt streets in from Russia, this classic will Avenue and Prospect Park Quilters’ Guild display work pm. Jewish Children’s Mu- in Cobble Hill), www.brook- entertain the whole family around the theme “fl ight.” seum [792 Eastern Pkwy. at lynindustries.com. Downtown), www.fempire- West in Park Slope, (914) strikesback.eventbrite.com. this Christmas. Experience 835–2153], www.wildman- $3. Noon–4 pm. Lefferts Kingston Avenue in Crown THEATER, “THE SERVANT OF exceptional dancing, a 60- Historic House [452 Flat- Heights, (718) 907–8833], TWO MASTERS”: 7:30 pm. THEATER, “THE MOST MIS- stevebrill.com. ERABLE CHRISTMAS foot growing Christmas MARKET, LESBIAN HER- bush Ave. between Empire www.jcm.museum. See Friday, Nov. 25. tree, hand-made costumes Boulevard and Eastern WINTER ON A FLATBUSH MUSIC, ROBU TRIO JAM SES- TREE”: Fun-fi lled family mu- STORY ARCHIVES AN- sical about a Christmas tree by Resident Designer Ar- NUAL HOLIDAY BOOK Parkway in Park Slope, (718) FARM: Get ready for win- SIONS: Instrumentalists, thur Oliver, and stunning 789–2822], www.prospect- ter as they did in the 19th singers, artists, and dancers named Douglas Fir, and his SALE: Fiction, poetry, pulps, adventures after Christmas sets hand-painted in Russia. mysteries, sci-fi , and more. park.org. century farming village are welcome to collaborate Starting at $45. 3 pm. Kings is over. $25 ($20 seniors and Free. Noon–5 pm. Lesbian FAMILY, HANSEL AND GRE- of Flatbush. Learn how to with the band at this late- Theatre (1027 Flatbush Ave. TEL: A marionette version make a candle, watch a night jam session. $10 ($4 students; $15 kids). 8 pm. Ft. Herstory Archives [484 14th Hamilton Army Base, The- between Beverly Road and of the fairy tale, with folk master spinster spin wool for performers). 11 pm–2 Tilden Avenue in Flatbush), St. between Eighth Avenue ater [101st St. and Fort in and Prospect Park West in
songs from Humperdinck’s thread, and enjoy Dutch am. The Five Spot [459 SashaBPhoto www.kingstheatre.com. opera. Suitable for children treats made at our outdoor Myrtle Ave. at Washington Bay Ridge, (718) 482–3173.], Park Slope, (718) 788–3953], www.narrowscommuni- FAD HOLIDAY MARKET: An 3 years and older. Reserva- hearth from a Lefferts family Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) Off with their heads!: Performers barely dressed in www.lesbianherstor- tytheater.com. indie market with more tions suggested. $10 ($9 recipe. St. Nicholas will visit 852–0202], www.fi vespot- 18th-century garb will roam the French Revolution- yarchives.ort. FUNDRAISER, BROOK- than 45 independent art- kids). 12:30 pm and 2:30 at 3 pm. $3. 1 pm to 4 pm. soulfood.com. ists, designers and makers. HANSEL AND GRETEL: 12:30 themed dance party “Let Them Eat Cake” at the LYN RUGBY CALENDAR pm and 2:30 pm. See Satur- pm. Puppetworks [338 Sixth Lefferts Historic House [452 House of Yes on Dec. 3. With jewelry, accessories, Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Flatbush Ave. between Em- LAUNCH PARTY: The vintage fi nds, fashion, art day, Nov. 26. Slope, (718) 965–3391], pire Boulevard and Eastern WED, NOV. 30 Brooklyn Rugby Foot- and photography, and FAMILY, SINTERKLASS — www.puppetworks.org. ball Club releases its sexy, SAINT NICHOLAS DAY: Parkway in Park Slope, (718) ART, “BIRDING”: Prints of pm. See Friday, Nov. 25. THEATER, “THE SERVANT OF more. Free. 11 am–6 pm. 789–2822], www.prospect- shirtless 2017 calendar at St. Paul’s Church Basement, The Wyckoff House Mu- OPERA, “DON GIOVANNI”: our feathered friends by THEATER, “EXIT THE BODY”: TWO MASTERS”: 7:30 pm. this fund-raising party. $15 The Regina Opera Com- park.org. A comedy about mystery See Friday, Nov. 25. [190 Court St. at Congress seum presents a traditional Hilary Lorenz. Free. 8 am–11 ($25 with calendar). 9 pm. Dutch Christmas celebra- pany presents Mozart’s COMEDY, BILLY KELLY: pm. Plymouth at Brooklyn writer Crane Hammond, MUSIC, MISSY MAZZOLI Street in Cobble Hill, (917) Littlefi eld [622 Degraw St. 775–4636], www.fadweek- tion, with an appearance by opera in Italian, with Eng- Grammy-nominated family Bridge Park (99 Plymouth who looking for a quiet va- AND GABI: A rare night between Fourth and Fifth lish supertitles. $25 ($20 musician-turned-comedian of solo and collaborative end.com. St. Nicholas on horseback, St. at Anchorage Place in cation when she discovers avenues in Gowanus, (718) traditional games, and hot seniors; $5 teens; children Billy Kelly puts on a show Dumbo), www.brooklyn- a body in the closet and a performances that explore 855–3388], www.little- ART, “BIRDING”: 8 am–11 pm. free). 3 pm. Regina Opera the whole family can enjoy,. See Wednesday, Nov. 30. cider. $5 ($3 kids). 1–4 pm. bridgepark.org. cache of stolen diamonds. the ethereal fringes of fi eldnyc.com. The Wyckoff House Mu- [5902 Sixth Avenue at 60th $5 for kids, $10 for adults, THEATER, “THE SERVANT OF $10. 4:30 pm. Brooklyn Tech electronic music. $25 ($20 FAMILY, SOUL INSCRIBED: A Street in Sunset Park, (718) $25 per family. 2 pm. Jalopy BURLESQUE MURDER MYS- seum [5816 Clarendon Rd. TWO MASTERS”: 7:30 pm. High School (DeKalb Ave. in advance). 8 pm. Roulette TERY SHOW!: Solve a mys- dance party for the whole at E. 59th Street in Canarsie, 259–2772], www.reginaop- Theatre [315 Columbia St. See Friday, Nov. 25. and South Elliott Place in [509 Atlantic Ave. at Third family. $10. 10:30 am and 2 era.org. between Hamilton Avenue tery set in an upscale gen- (718) 629–5400], wyckoff- COMEDY, COMEDIANS Fort Greene). Avenue in Boerum Hill, (917) tlemen’s club. The audience pm. BAM Cafe (30 Lafayette museum.org. PARK SLOPE’S HOLIDAY and Woodhull Street in 267–0363], www.roulette. Ave. between Ashland Place YOU SHOULD KNOW: A ART, THURSDAY NIGHTS member who fi gures out “THE MOST MISERABLE TREE LIGHTING: The city’s Red Hook, (718) 395–3214], stand-up showcase featur- AT THE BROOKLYN MU- org. and St. Felix Street in Fort www.jalopy.biz. the killer will receive a prize. CHRISTMAS TREE”: 2 fi rst tree lighting ceremony, ing Roy Wood Jr., Hadiyah SEUM: Free admission to $25 ($20 in advance). 9 pm. Greene), www.bam.org/ with free hot chocolate, OPERA, “DON GIOVANNI”: 3 programs/bamcafe-live. pm and 8 pm. See Friday, Robinson, Gilbert Lawland, the museum’s many exhibits The Muse [350 Moffat St. Dec. 2. live music, puppets, and a pm. See Saturday, Nov. 26. FRI, DEC. 2 MARKET, BROOKLYN WAL- and David Drake. Hosted and galleries every Thurs- between Irving and Knick- FILM, “FAMILY REWRITTEN”: visit from Santa Claus. Free. by Mike Lebovitz. $5. 9 pm. day evening, sponsored by erbocker avenues in Bush- DORF SCHOOL WINTER 6:30–8 pm. (Fifth Avenue at TOUR, “BROOKLYN NAVY A fi lm project by, for, and The Gutter [200 N. 14th St. Squarespace. Free. 6– 10 YARD — INSIDE INDUS- wick, (929) 400–1678], www. FAIR: Four full fl oors of Fourth Street in Park Slope). MON, NOV. 28 great food, live music, about foster youth. A por- between Berry Street and pm. Brooklyn Museum [200 TRY TOURS”: Tour some themusebrooklyn.com. tion of proceeds will ben- COMEDY, THE WEEKEND Wythe Avenue in Williams- Eastern Pkwy. at Washing- of the 330 businesses in THEATER, “THE SERVANT OF unique performances, old \MUSIC, UNCLE MEG: The fashioned children’s games, efi t City Living. $10. 5 pm. DROP: A rootin’-tootin’ genderqueer rapper holds a burg, (718) 387–3585], www. ton Avenue in Prospect the thriving industrial park. TWO MASTERS”: 7:30 pm. weekly standup show in Wil- and local vendors. Free. 11 Halyards [406 Third Ave. at release party for their album thegutterbrooklyn.com. Heights, (718) 638–5000], With visits to woodworking See Friday, Nov. 25. Sixth Street in Gowanus, liamsburg. Hosted by Ca- www.brooklynmuseum.org. am–5 pm. Brooklyn Waldorf “Bug.” Don Pedro [90 shops, spacesuit makers, ART, “MARILYN MINTER: School [11 Jefferson Ave. (718) 532–8787], www.barh- mille Theobald, Camille Har- Manhattan Ave. at Boerum OPEN SOURCE SOUP and the new technology Pretty/Dirty”: 11 am–6 pm. ris, and Mo Fathelbab. $10 THURS, DEC. 1 at Claver Place in Bedford- alyards.com. Street in Williamsburg, (718) KITCHEN: Each night in De- center. $20. 9:30 am. Brook- See Friday, Nov. 25. OPEN SOURCE SOUP ($8 in advance). 9 pm. The cember, a volunteer cooks a Stuyvesant, (718) 783–3270], 218–6914], www.donpedro- HOLIDAY, SUNSET PARK lyn Navy Yard Center at ART, “IGGY POP LIFE www.brooklynwaldorf.org. KITCHEN: 7–9 pm. See Experiment Comedy Gal- brooklyn.com. meal for 15–20 people, and BLDG 92 (63 Flushing Ave at lery (272 Grand St. between TREE-LIGHTING CERE- CLASS”: 11 am–6 pm. See MARKET, RENEGADE CRAFT Thursday, Dec. 1. COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL MONY: A holiday tree light- provides an artistic element Carlton Avenue in Vinegar Friday, Nov. 25. COMEDY, AMERICAN Roebling and Havemeyer for the night. Everyone is Hill), www.bldg92.org. FAIR BROOKLYN POP-UP: streets in Williamsburg), COMEDY 11/28: Brook- ing, featuring pictures with ART, “BESTIARY”: 11 am– 6 Check out handmade good- CANDY — THE FEMPIRE lyn’s cutest comedy show Santa, live entertainment, welcome. Free. 7–9 pm. ART, INTERFERENCE OPEN- pm. See Friday, Nov. 25. STRIKES BACK: 8 pm. See thexcomedy.com. Open Source Gallery [306 ness from artisan makers, is back, with Alex Grubard, and goody bags. Free. 3–6 ING RECEPTION: A group “EXIT THE BODY”: 6 pm. See plus food, drink, music, and Friday, Dec. 2. Jono Zalay, David Tveite, pm. Our Lady of Perpetual 17th St. at Sixth Avenue in exhibit on the theme of Thursday, Dec. 1. Park Slope, (646) 279–3969], lots of seasonal festivities. COMEDY, THE WEEKEND and Sally Brooks. Free. 7 Help (Fifth Avenue at 60th interfering wave patterns. free. 11 am–6 pm. Industry SUN, NOV. 27 www.open-source-gallery. OPEN SOURCE SOUP DROP: 9 pm. See Saturday, pm. Over the Eight (594 Street in Sunset Park), www. Free. 7–9 pm. Nurtureart KITCHEN: 7–9 pm. See City [233 37th St. between Nov. 26. MARKET, DOWN TO EARTH Union Ave. at Richardson sunsetparkbid.nyc. org. [56 Bogart St. between FARMER’S MARKET: $12 Street in Williamsburg), OUTDOORS, ICE SKATING: READING, “THE DAILY Harrison Place and Grattan for children, $15 for adults. www.overtheeight.com. Lace up those skates and SHOW (THE BOOK)”: Au- Street in Bushwick, (718) 10 am–5 pm. The Old MODERATELY DIFFICULT get sliding across the ice. $6 thor Chris Smith discusses 782–7755], nurtureart.org. Stone House [336 Third St. TRIVIA: Every Monday, the ($9 weekends: Skate rental his oral history of the Daily FUNDRAISER, BUSHWICK between Fourth and Fifth Lodge hosts a session of its extra). 10 am–6:30 pm. Le- Show, with current and for- STARR HOLIDAY PARTY: LIST YOUR EVENT… avenues in Park Slope, (718) 14-week trivia league, with Frak Center at Lakeside [171 mer writers on the program. The theater throws a fund- To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send your list- 768–3195], theoldstone- a mega-prize at end and East Dr. at Ocean Avenue Free. 7 pm. BookCourt [163 raising holiday party, with ing by e-mail: [email protected], or submit the information online at www.brooklynpaper.com/ house.org. in Prospect Park, (718) 462– weekly prizes as well. Drop- Court St. between Pacifi c food, drinks, a mistletoe events/submit. We are no longer accepting submissions by mail. 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Rennhack reported. And they were extremely well behaved — the kids, that is — unlike last year’s ras- Pup fi ction cals, who ran a bit wild, ac- cording to one organizer. “The kids were so relaxed Park Slope kids read to and focused,” said Mary Huhn of PS 107’s Beast Re- lief Committee, which or- dogs, cuteness ensues ganized the event as part of By Colin Mixson mix, Little Dude the poo- its mission to foster good Brooklyn Paper dle-Shih Tzu-bichon mix, and relations between child and They’re telling tails out returning guest Willow the beast. “Last year there was of school! poodle — all from the Good much more running around Park Slope first-grad- Dog Foundation, which links and we had to change dogs ers read children’s books to up well-trained canines with a lot. This year they were re- dogs at the Powerhouse on those in need of some uncon- ally focused on the dogs and 8th bookstore last Friday, in ditional love. wanting to read.” an event so ridiculously sweet First graders benefit from It is unclear if the dogs employees were left wonder- practicing their reading skills themselves understood any ing if they’d hallucinated the in front of the judgment-free of this — the nature of books, whole thing. pups, because they offer the joy of reading, or their “It was pretty unbeliev- considerably less criticism place in the universe — but ably cute,” said store man- than their two-legged coun- they seemed to enjoy them-
ager Reilly Rennhack. “It was terparts, according to a rep Photo by Caleb Caldwell selves nonetheless, Ren- almost, like, an absurd level for organization. Kids read to canine Teddy (above) at Powerhouse on 8th bookstore in Park nhack said. of cute.” “In a classroom, other Slope last Friday in an effort to improve their literacy skills. (Above left) A little “You know how when you Around 50 kids from two kids can sometimes be cruel, girl reads a book about kitties to an unimpressed Willow the poodle. (Below read to babies, they don’t un- first-grade classes at PS 107 but the dogs provide uncon- left) Stop distracting Luna, she’s trying hear the story! derstand, they’re just excited journeyed to the Eighth Av- ditional love and attention you’re paying attention to enue emporium, where they for them,” said Alexander them?” the bookstore man- selected books and read them Thompson, marketing and from them to practice read- that their furry friends could books, so they wouldn’t ager said. to four lovable therapy pups development manager at the ing out loud.” relate to, according to Ren- go through everything on “They were sweet and — Teddy the goldendoodle, Good Dog Foundation. “It The kids were very consid- nhack. the shelves, but the kids calm, and happy to have a Luna the staffordshire-lab provides a much safer place erate and most picked books “I pulled out stacks of all read books about dogs,” bunch of kids around.” These jokes about getting old just kill n elderly man comes few weeks later he was in Ver- to confession?” The guys who’d grab a into a bar and notices mont and found “The World’s Man in confessional: mic and rat-a-tat-tat, “My A a lovely lady about his Oldest Joke Book.” It was lit- “This is my first time. I’m wife drove her car into the t '! ( #" $" $ # age having a drink by herself. 3IZNFTXJUI erally a book of kneeslappers Jewish.” livingroom”-type of gags He pulls up a stool, leans over from fourth century Greece Priest: “So why are you aren’t here anymore. Where’d t )*# &!(+ & ( and asks, “So … do I come — and it included the “you or telling me?” they go? Here’s a clue: t &! # ***! ( +*! here often?” $3";: your brother...?” joke. Man in confessional: “Tell- Two old friends made a Sure, laugh. Or cry. Fact But if there are no new ing you? I’m telling every- pact that whoever dies first is, we’ll all be the lady or the By Lenore Skenazy jokes, what is eternally new is body!” would come back and tell the man some day — god willing. the strange sensation of hav- When I was reading these other what it’s like. So one day In the meantime, we can trem- he hurt his shoulder and had zheimer’s. ing been a young person but jokes, a strange thing hap- Pete gets a call from Richard, ble, or simply grab a copy of to go to physical therapy. Mr. Jackson: That’s terri- now gradually experiencing pened to me: I heard them who died of a heart attack. ,- “Die Laughing: Killer jokes So he is stretching, ach- ble. But at least I don’t have all the things you associate in my father’s voice. Pete says, “What’s it like?” for newly old folks,” the new ing, and dealing with doc- cancer! with old people. That’s not just because my Richard tells him: book by William Novak. tors when he realizes: This So Novak started collect- To make some sense of dad loved to tell jokes — to- “I start off with a big break- The cover shows a cane is not a unique experience. ing jokes. As he did, he re- this, Novak arranged the ward the end of his life “Got fast. Then I have sex, and af- slipping on a banana peel. What the world needs is a alized two things: First: No jokes into chapters on things any new ones?” was what he ter that I lie in the sun. Then But the real joke is on the joke book about the changes joke is ever told for the first like “Long marriages,” “New asked me for most. it’s time for lunch, followed rest of us who didn’t think that eventually come to your time. Proof? partners,” “Sex,” along with It’s because jokes them- by a nap and more sex until of this great idea first. No- body, your routine, your love Two older men, acquain- “Death” and its funnier coun- selves are almost an artifact it’s time for dinner...” vak, 68, is the author of 25 life (!) and, especially, your tances but not really friends, terpart, “The afterlife.” of dying era. Pete is thrilled. “I had no other books, and, by the way, short term memory: are sitting on a park bench. So, sex? “Funny people these days, idea Heaven would be like father of B.J. Novak, writer, Doctor: Mr. Jackson, your One turns to the other and Man in confessional: “Fa- they do routines and many that!” actor and executive producer test results have come back, says, “Remind me, was it you ther, I’m 82 years old. I have are terrific. But they’re not “Who said anything about !" # ## $ #%& of “The Office,” on which he and I’m afraid I have a dou- or your brother who died last children and grandchildren, “Two guys walk into a bar,” Heaven? I’m a bull in Wis- played Ryan Howard. ble-dose of bad news. winter?” but last night I made love to according to Novak. consin.” Papa Novak is best known Mr. Jackson: Just tell me. Novak says that when his a girl who’s 24. And not just “One of my goals is to Lenore Skenazy is a key- as co-author of “ The Big Book I can handle it. friend told him that joke, he once but twice!” preserve the art of the joke, note speaker, author of the of Jewish Humor.” But he says Doctor: Okay. 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For — right in the middle of the those with potential life threat- planned green space — as land values, ironically, have Maggie Baker / Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park ing conditions such as a heart skyrocketed since the 2005 attack or stroke, the emergency A bird’s-eye view of the inlet that Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park armada occu- rezoning. pied last year. The darker green bit is the CitiStorage site. room is the most appropriate As recently as 2015, Mayor place to go for medical care. 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For example, between your primary care that went directly in front of dank and overcrowded York the courthouse.” the Marshals Service. “For you to put this up urgent care or primary care if you or your children are ex- physician and the emergency Street F stop . A U.S. Marshal Service Streetcar planners are still there as an option suggests setting are much more expen- periencing stomach, ear or room, offering immediate care The Feds “temporarily” spokesman said he couldn’t conferring with residents that you’re dreaming and sive, making an unnecessary throat pain, have burned or when you can’t get an appoint- took control of the blocks be- comment on whether the law about the trolley route, and you’re not giving us rea- trip to the emergency room cut yourself while cooking, or ment with your doctor, but do tween Tillary Street and Red enforcement agency’s hon- the project is only “2 per- sonable alternatives to dis- Cross Place after the 2001 cent” through the design cuss,” he said. hard on both one’s schedule have a cough or headache that not need advanced emergency chos might surrender the terrorist attacks in the name space to the streetcar be- phase, Brooklyn-Queens The city expects to begin and wallet. just won’t quit urgent care can services. of security, and have since cause, he confirmed, this Connector bigwig Adam Gi- building the streetcar system To save Brooklyn residents provide the treatment you need Next time you require medi- installed gates and booths was the first they’d heard ambrone told the community in 2019 and have it running both time and money, Mod- quickly and cost effectively. cal care, give thought to what manned by U.S. Marshals— of it. board meeting. in 2024. ernMD established a network For routine check-ups, im- type of healthcare provider can although some residents scoff of five urgent care centers munizations and the manage- best serve your current needs. that it is really just a private parking lot for judges and nector route, they will bring across the borough with a mis- ment of ongoing conditions For those non-life threatening staffers from the city’s Of- sion to equalize access to high such as diabetes or high blood illnesses and injuries, consider it back to affected commu- fice of Emergency Manage- TROLLEY... nity boards for a vote, before quality, affordable and conve- pressure, you’re best off visit- visiting ModernMD in Wil- ment, which is also behind Continued from page 1 Bridge Park, but a Depart- it goes before Council. nient care for every day, run of ing your primary care physi- liamsburg, Bed-Stuy, Flatbush, the barriers. sticking to along the shoreline. ment of Transportation hon- Harris said he doubted it the mill ailments. cian, who knows you and your Crown Heights or Bushwick. Regardless, local lead- ers agree it is unlikely the Downtown routes will also cho told the community earlier will get past that stage, but “As an urgent care, Mod- medical history best. “We want All locations are open 7 country’s top brass will re- connect people to more sub- this month that he ordered the advised his neighbors to pre- ernMD works with local pri- our patients to maintain a rela- days a week, from 9am-9pm on linquish control. way stops — something many streetcar builders to stay away pare to fight it anyway. mary care providers and hos- tionship with their primary weekdays and from 9am-7pm on “I would be highly sur- residents demanded at previ- from the stretch, because it “I can’t imagine that it’s go- pital systems to make sure that care doctor and not only for- weekends on a walk in basis and prised if the U.S. Marshal ous meetings — said project would interfere with the long- ing to pass, but in any event we our neighbors have access to ward your visit report for fol- accept all insurances including Service signed off on running chief Adam Giambrone. awaited Brooklyn-Queens Ex- have to prepare for the worst,” the right type of care in the low up, but refer our patients to Medicaid and Medicare. the streetcar down Cadman Several locals said they’d pressway reconstruction. he said. “It’s very serious, I Plaza East,” said Commu- rather see the trolley run along Once the officials finalize think we all have to stand up nity Board 2 district manager Furman Street by Brooklyn the Brooklyn-Queens Con- against it.” November 25–December 1, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 12 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 November 25–December 1, 2016 The cat was fed ten times today
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