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Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2006 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages •Vol.29, No. 3 BWN • Saturday, January 21, 2006 • FREE STOP & GO Ratner demolition goes to court as ‘Park’ plan gets green light YARD’S FOES SUE IRE OVER HOUSING
By Ariella Cohen By Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Papers The fight to stop the Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-devel- The state’s economic development agency this week approved the opment has moved to the courts. controversial plan for a housing, hotel and recreation development On Wednesday, a coalition of Brooklyn block associations and landowners along the Brooklyn waterfront known as Brooklyn Bridge Park. sued the developer and the state Economic Development Corporation, alleg- The $130-million plan approved Wednesday by the Empire State Develop- ing that the state had no right to allow Ratner to demolish six buildings with- ment Corporation would be built on Piers 1-6, stretching 1.3 miles from in the project’s footprint while his plans are still under environmental review DUMBO to the foot of Atlantic Avenue. — essentially, beginning work on the 24-acre development before officials But the manner in which the the project’s green space component would approved it. be maintained is its most-controversial feature. The green space would be / Gersh Kuntzman “We believe that the demolition of the buildings before the completion of subsidized by 1,240 units of housing, most of it luxury; a 225-room hotel; the [environmental review] process is a violation of the law,” said Jeff Baker, nearly 400,000 square feet of retail establishments; 95,000 square feet of of- attorney for the plaintiffs. fices; and 1,183 parking spaces. Baker said the demolition work will promote and predetermine the out- Calls for a waterfront park began decades ago, as the Port Authority of New come of the environmental review. York and New Jersey’s maritime use of the piers declined. But the latest incarna-
The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn ESDC, the project’s lead agency, greased up Ratner’s wrecking ball after tion was set into motion with a deal between the city and state in March, 2002. the developer argued that the six buildings were on the verge of collapse — a At one point, the plans included a 30-story tower, and another building that position supported by LZA Engineers, a firm hired by Ratner. threatened to block views of the Brooklyn Bridge from the famous promenade The state approved the demolition on the grounds that such work is legal in Brooklyn Heights. Now the largest buildings are 20 stories, planners said. Bathroom break if the buildings present an imminent threat to public safety. That still didn’t satisfy critics. But the plaintiffs charge that said buildings are not a hazard, and that “The amount of development in the park that was approved [Wednesday] Councilman Simcha Felder (D-Borough Park) cozies up to new Council Speaker Christine Quinn ESDC broke the law by relying solely on the LZA report. is still too much,” said Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights). “I at his swearing-in ceremony Wednesday night in Borough Hall. A few days earlier, Felder closet- In addition, the suit claims that ESDC’s approval of the demolition was support the proposal, but I believe the development should be reduced.” ed himself in the council’s men’s room rather than cast a vote for the openly gay Quinn, whose can- compromised by the fact that the lawyer who approved the razing of the ESDC officials said that “revenue-generating uses” would take up just 10 didacy he had publicly supported but whose homosexuality was problematic for some mem- buildings had previously worked for Ratner. percent of the 85-acre footprint and that development will be confined to only bers of Felder’s Orthodox Jewish political base. See Brooklyn Briefs on page 16. See RATNER SUED on page 15 See ‘PARK’ IS A GO on page 15 Allstate dumps B’klyn over hurricane threat
By Susan Crosier ance policy holders — renter, than undertake the ardous Insurance Information Center. uated and Hartwig points out faces a hurricane threat, much The Brooklyn Papers co-op and condo policies — process of getting the state In- “It’s not like going to the gro- that on Cape Cod, very few of Brooklyn only has a slight will not be affected, she said. companies offer homeowners’ risk of being affected by surges Brooklyn homeowners Queens surance Department to ap- cery store or the gas pump.” Several major catastrophic prove a rate hike. Other coastal areas are also insurance. created from a major storm. have just become the latest storms in the past two years, “Rates cannot be raised [to affected by insurance company “In New York, Allstate is the Some swaths of Brooklyn victims of Hurricane Katr- has taught Allstate “an awful compensate for predicted loss- changes. Conte says that other first to take action, but as you would be under water in most ina. lot,” said Brian Pozzi, the es],” said Bob Hartwig, chief metropolitan coastal areas cov- move down the coast, many in- moderate to severe hurricanes, Allstate, which dominates company’s regional counsel in economist for the Hurricane ered by Allstate are being eval- surers have decided not to write according to the New York the New York area with a 25- New York. new policies and not renew ex- City Office of Emergency percent share of the homeown- He said the company paid isting policies,” Hartwig said. Management [see map]. ers’ insurance market, has an- out $4.5 billion in claims from Brooklyn Other insurance companies Since 1821, five hurricanes nounced that it is no longer hurricanes Katrina and Rita Would be flooded in a strong Category 1 told The Brooklyn Papers that have severely damaged New writing new policies for alone — and now doesn’t or weak Category 2 hurricane. they will continue to offer poli- York. Brooklyn residents — and the want to be holding that bag in cies for Brooklyn residents. In the next hurricane season, company is blaming Katrina, New York should a major Would be flooded in a strong Category 2 “State Farm is not going to which begins in the summer, which devastated a city half a storm hit. or weak Category 3 hurricane pull out of New York,” said Cliff experts are predicting 17 named continent away. AIR Worldwide, a risk Wheeler, a broker in Brooklyn. storms that could strengthen to The decision, effective on modeling and technology firm, Would be flooded in a strong Category 3 Allstate’s move allows com- hurricanes. Hartwig says that al- Jan. 1, is an attempt to “man- estimates that insurance com- or weak Category 4 hurricane panies that are willing to contin- though New York and New age exposure” — which is in- panies would face $50 billion ue offering new homeowners’ England do not see hurricane surance-industry jargon for in payouts if a major hurricane Map assumes hurricane hits at high tide and policies an opportunity to grab a activity as frequently as some cutting one’s losses, said hit the Big Apple. makes landfall just north of Atlantic City, worst- larger share of the market in other states, it is difficult to find Krista Conte, an Allstate re- For now, Allstate is the only case scenarios for New York City. New York — and, of course, a any state along the coast that gional manager in New York. insurance Goliath to eliminate larger share of the risk. has not been affected by the re- Current homeowners’ insur- new policies in the area rather Source: New York City Office of Emergency Management Although New York always cent storms. Jay station hit City, state gonzo for by men in black Gov. Island gondola By Ariella Cohen is transforming the former Army and Coast By Lilo H. Stainton ly pushed onto the subway tracks. The Brooklyn Papers Guard base across Buttermilk Channel from The Brooklyn Papers The first incident was on Jan. 9, A plan to connect Brooklyn and lower Red Hook into a 92-acre public space. when a 23-year-old woman was at- Manhattan to a proposed tourist Mecca A quarter-mile of water separates Gover- A succession of thieves dressed nors Island from Brooklyn. Currently, the tacked while riding the F train, police on Governors Island via an aerial cable in black attacked three straphang- said. As the Brooklyn-bound train only way to reach the island — unless you ers at the Jay Street subway station pulled into Jay Street, at 8:10 pm, a car earned a nod of approval from city want to crawl through a 14-inch sewer in a string of brutal and bizarre rob- stranger came up to the victim and spit and state planners Tuesday, but the vote main — is by ferry from Lower Manhattan. beries over three consecutive days on her. When she left the train, the spit- didn’t come without hard questions on The gondolas are a small piece of the re- last week, according to police. ter followed her across the platform in- the pie-in-the-sky proposition. development plan — but the tram’s poten- The thugs employed saliva, fists sisting, “I’m going to f—k you up.” “What it will cost to build [a gondola] that tial to bring Brooklyn residents to the is- and possibly a gun during the three He eventually caught up to his vic- can withstand the elements and accommo- land could become an essential lure for unrelated heists, which netted the tim and grabbed her neck, strangling date maritime needs of the harbor?” asked investors in the project, planners said this criminals a combined bounty of $83, her as he pushed her ever closer to the James Gill, chairman of the Battery Park week. various credit cards and two cell- tracks, police said. City Authority and a member of the Gover- “Accessibility is a major issue for devel- phones, police said. One victim is an Luckily, the woman wasn’t physical- A plan would link Governors Island (above) to Pier 6 at the foot of Atlantic Avenue nors Island Preservation and Education opment and the [gondolas] certainly could MTA employee and another was near- See ATTACKS on page 15 (top right), the southern end of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park development. Corp., a state- and city-appointed board that See HOOK GONDOLA on page 15
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Win a gift A pair of thugs armed 10 when a trio of thugs sur- The robber escaped with midst of a move. certificate for with a gun and a knife bru- rounded him on Bridge Street, the man’s billfold, but mem- Any lingering doubts were tally beat employees of a $100 of clothing near the corner of York Street, yelled, “You got anything?” rant, which is located between bers of the 76th Precinct Anti- erased when they saw the dev- Fulton Street nail salon according to police. but the teen ignored the call President and Carroll streets, Crime Unit tracked him down astation inside the apartment. from Luce. during a Jan. 14 robbery, One man pulled a gun, and kept walking. police said. later that morning. The man had used a utility police said. shoved it into the victim’s The posse followed him and A 54-year-old restaurant Police Officer Adnan Moh- knife to saw the metal vent off Keep it The thugs burst through the back and insisted, “Don’t attacked, police said. One thug worker saw the suspect throw sin arrested the 28-year-old a window to get into the base- simple door of the beauty shop, just move. Give me everything punched the victim in the eye, a padlock through a window man on robbery charges and ment, which had been ran- after 6 pm, with the gun you’ve got,” police said. He causing it to swell shut, and at the eatery and bust inside to recovered the imitation gun. sacked, according to police. drawn, demanding cash, po- then came around to face his pushed him to the pavement. snatch $11, police said. The Caught in act Police Officer Daniel Keep it The group then joined in, lice said. With several female victim, placing the weapon to restaurant’s owner confronted When the man staggered Bonilla of the 76th Anti- gorgeous punching and kicking the customers watching, the the man’s temple as a second the robber and restrained him out of the Court Street base- Crime Unit arrested the 44- youngster. They also searched thieves repeatedly pistol- thief rifled the victim’s pock- until police arrived. ment at 8 am on Jan. 13, his year-old man on burglary his pockets for valuables, but CASUAL • FORMAL • FUN whipped two workers, men ets. The third attacker kept Officer Oliver Lopez of the arms loaded with a television, charges. ages 32 and 46, about the watch during the robbery. only came up with the Metro- 76th Precinct’s Anti-Crime head. Later, they grabbed The victim wasn’t injured, Card, police said. Unit made the arrest. $600 from the cash register, a but the trio escaped with $275 The four men — three 18- Also that day, thieves on the hook bag of CDs and another sack and his designer watch, valued year-olds and one 20-year-old struck a second establishment, filled with DVDs, and bolted at $575, police said. Authori- — now face robbery charges. a Court Street bar near Fourth boutique from the store, according to ties are now searching for Bling brawl Place, less than five blocks police. three black men. A pair of thugs brutally at- from the burglarized restau- 281 Van Brunt Street (bet. Visitation & Pioneer) Paramedics took the 32- The man with the silver tacked the clerk at a Fulton rant, police said. Redcliffe Open: Tuesdays - Saturdays • year-old to Long Island Hos- gun was wearing a gray hood- Street jewelry store on Jan. When a 36-year-old worker [email protected] 718.852.1345 pital for treatment and the 46- ed sweatshirt, while his two 12, police said. arrived at 8:30 am to open the Sauvignon Blanc pub, she found the front win- year-old to the trauma center accomplices wore black hood- The men entered the store, arlborough’s Best Quality/Value at Bellevue. Police recovered ies and torn jeans, according near Flatbush Avenue, around dow had been broken and the M a kitchen knife, gun and a to the victim. 7 pm. An argument sparked cash drawer removed from the Sauvignon Blanc register, police said. An un- half-dozen rounds from the between the potential cus- Thugs nabbed known amount of cash was salon and were searching for a tomers and a 24-year-old em- Loose Talk about overkill. missing. black man, 6-foot-1 and 165 ployee, police said. Police arrested four young Things grew violent when Mugger nabbed ines pounds, dressed in a green men for a Jan. 10 robbery af- Ace Liquorsported w one would-be shopper punch- Police arrested a man who Im Dentures? military jacket, and a Hispanic ter they allegedly brutalized a Domestic & ed the clerk in the jaw. His used a fake gun to rob a man man in his 20s, 5-foot-6, teenager to steal a single item: liquors at affordable prices partner then tossed a chair at on Court Street in the early & GO AHEAD.... wearing a red jacket. his student MetroCard. Armed rob the worker, which sliced into morning of Jan. 7. (cor. of Nevins St.) Eat what you want! The quartet of thugs stopped his forehead, police said. 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Henry & Hicks) flap, police noted. 461 77th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209 www.floralheights.com The wallet held her driver’s *We accept Medicaid and most Insurance plans* (718) 625-2066 license, an array of credit cards, $30 and gift cards for Target, Starbucks and other franchises. No show Despite the matinee price, a midday movie on Jan. 7 Singles, Couples, 20s, 30s, and 40s all welcome proved no discount for one cinema buff. The True, Real, Not for Profit, Police said the victim was a 71-year-old man who placed his wallet on the seat next to him when he settled down to Not for Hollywood, Bible Code – watch a 1 pm film at a movie house on Court Street, near State Street. But when the Its Proofs and Its Prophecies show ended, the wallet was gone. The real difficulty with understanding bible accounts is knowing whether to interpret a word literally or The man searched the the- metaphorically. The true bible code gives us that information. The Da Vinci Code does not. The Hebrew atre, but couldn’t find the bill- Letter Skip ‘Code’ does not. The True Bible Code also, as one might expect, actually tells us how a church is fold, a brown leather model that held bank cards, his union supposed to be run. card and veteran’s ID, plus his The 4 Gospels are divided into around 300 little stories of episodes in Jesus’ life and ministry. Each of these driver’s license and vehicle The Art of Making 300 stories/accounts obey the following rules, which apply to the Greek manuscript... registration, according to po- lice. [1] If any noun acting as a noun is repeated an even number of times then the whole account has at Fast food thief Legs Perfect least one extra meaning, one extra thread, one metaphorical meaning in addition to its literal meaning. The food wasn’t the only thing moving fast at a [2] If an item or character is referred to by 2 successive designations, such as: John, the Baptist, then Willoughby Street burger – Veins of all sizes treated franchise on Jan. 9: a quick- the whole account has at least 2 extra meanings. In other words it is doubly metaphorical. If an item of – Varicosis and spiders treated character is referred to by 3 successive designations, such as Anna, the prophetess, the daughter of acting thief was also at work. Police said a 51-year-old Phanuel, then the whole account has 3 extra meanings. In other words it is triply metaphorical. woman finished lunch around 2 – 20 years experience pm at the burger joint, near the – Most work done in our office [3] The total number of nouns acting as nouns in each account is divisible by the number of meanings corner of Pearl Street. When of that account. she cleared her table, rising to take her trash to a can nearby, [4] The total number of unique interpretable nouns or noun chains in each account is divisible by the she left her purse behind on the floor. And in those moments, number of meanings of that account. the thief moved in, plucking 21 her red wallet from the bag We have verified [3] and [4] for all of Matthew up to chapter 18 (except the Sermon on the mount which The wallet held $25, vari- YEARS is a 3 chapter long account and so could lead to compensating errors), and for all of Mark up to chapter 9, ous credit cards, her Social and for all of Luke up to chapter 11 (except for the sermon on the level plain which again is a long account). Security card, a non-driver ID EXPERIENCE Basically we have checked these rules for the first 127 gospel accounts in the first 3 gospels and they all obey and a government benefits them. The chances of this being a fluke are zero. So the noun counts of [3] and [4] prove that the bible is writ- card, police said. ten in a metaphorical grammatical code and that we have that code. Eatery hit It is grammatically complex. It is metaphorically complex. It is Greek. But it works every time. To see this Police arrested a robber at a Court Street restaurant on Jan. Before code in action please visit www.truebiblecode.com/understanding49.html. After 10, and detectives from the 76th Here are our latest interpretational prophecies that result from our application of the true bible code to Precinct are checking to see if Revelation 13 and Revelation 17. These may not be entirely correct. But they are the best we can manage with the suspect is connected to a Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center our present understanding of the true bible code... break-in at a bar later that day. For now, the 37-year-old 263 7th Avenue, Suite 5E • (718) 499-7755 1. The UNPBC (Peace Building Commission) will take over control of the UN on 2006Iyyar29 Brooklyn man has only been hit with burglary charges for www.perfectleg.com • fax (718) 499-7887 (2006May 27/28), 10 BLC months of power after the G8 summit of 2005Tammuz29 (2005July 7/8) the 6:20 am heist at the restau- and 7 months of kingship before the image of the beast, the UNPBC, gives its Kingdom to the UNGA (UN General Assembly). 2. The 10 future kings of the UNPBC will officially appear on 2006Iyyar29 (2006May27/28). NECK OR BACK PAIN? 3. There will be a Global Security Threatening event on 2005Shebat29 (2006February 2/3) which will result in a new unity of purpose among the powerful UN Nations, fulfilling Revelation 17:17. This event triggers the beginning of the 10 months of unity of purpose of the 10 future kings of the UNPBC, before they hand over their kingdom to the UNGA on 2006Chislev29 (2006December 23/24).
4. The 4th and final form of the UN, the General Assembly controlled form, the UNGA, lasts for the 616 days of Revelation 13:18. The UN ends on 2008Elul15 (2008August20).
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Is that a gun in your Instead, the woman turned POLICE BLOTTER robbed by a group of thugs as over her cosmetics bag, police a violent outburst, police said. he walked along Sixth Avenue The Spanish-speaking vic- pocket or do you just want said. That seemed to be The 32-year-old man threat- tim said her purse held several tions when the customer picked with an older relative on Jan. to rob me? enough for her attacker, who ened the teller and her boss, 99-cent melee critical documents, including up a paperweight and threw it 10, police said. Police say a mugger ran north, towards the Grand police said. Then he picked up A discount-store worker her Social Security card, citi- at the clerk, striking her on the The group may have fol- stopped a 31-year-old woman Army Plaza station. a sticky-tape dispenser and suffered bruises and scratches lowed the youngster and his zenship papers, medical insur- at the corner of Carroll Street Police are searching for a hurled it at the 23-year-old when an argument with a cus- shoulder. The thug followed up ance identification, bank and with her fists and feet, punch- 41-year-old guardian from a and Prospect Park West and black man, 6-foot-4, dressed clerk, smacking her in the tomer turned violent on Jan. nearby bank, police said. But credit cards, plus her glasses, ing and kicking the woman be- robbed her with nothing more that day in a multi-colored thigh and leaving a red bruise. 10, police said. when the pair reached the cor- $300 cash and a check for than a finger stuffed into his jacket and — oddly — with an Both employees told cops that The 33-year-old victim said fore she ran off, police said. ner of 12th Street, the thugs $525. She described the mug- pocket to simulate a gun. ID tag draped around his neck. they felt physically threatened. the woman walked into the The victim described the stopped them. One perp push- ger as a man roughly 5-feet-2- The victim was making her Bank brawl When police arrived, they Fifth Avenue shop, near 13th shopper as a Hispanic woman, ed the boy down, rifled his inches tall, dressed in a black way home from the Grand arrested the suspect and col- Street, shortly after 7 pm. Po- 5-foot-1 and 120 pounds, with pockets and snatched his cell- baseball hat and a black blaz- Army Plaza subway station just The thug should have lected the tape dispenser as lice don’t know what started long black hair, dressed in a phone. The posse ran east on er, police said. after midnight on Jan. 11 when known better: Everything re- evidence. the fight, but words led to ac- blue jacket and blue pants. 12th Street. Left behind the mugger got her attention by quires ID these days. Police said the heist was asking, “Can you help me?” He Witnesses said a man en- A woman distracted by her recorded by a security camera husband’s sudden illness left then stuffed his hand into his tered a Fifth Avenue bank, mounted on a residential jacket pocket, suggesting the near 14th Street, at 1 pm on her high-end laptop by the building, which could help side of the road on Jan. 10, them identify the muggers. police said. The victims described the ◆ Z The drama began at 6 am, perp who grabbed the phone when the 42-year-old woman ◆ as a black man, 6-foot-3 and ◆ and her husband were driving Holy Name School 150 pounds. The robber wore at Grand Army Plaza. When a black baseball hat, blue her husband became seriously Windsor Terrace jeans, a blue jacket and white ill, she pulled her car to the sneakers, police said. curb — between Plaza Street Teen shot dead West and Flatbush Avenue — Providing a Christ-Centered Education A 17-year-old boy died af- and dialed 911, police said. to Brooklyn’s Children since 1885 ter gunfire broke out midday Paramedics arrived and ◆ on Jan. 14 inside the Wyckoff quickly packed the suffering ◆ Gardens housing complex, ac- man into the ambulance, ac- ◆ Come discover what makes our school x Grades Pre-K - 8 cording to police. cording to police. During the Phillip Greenberg / Forest City Ratner / Forest Phillip Greenberg so special: caring teachers, a diverse x Toddler program (age 3) Jabary Foster was found confusion, the woman removed ◆ Custom Framing face down in a pool of blood her laptop and another bag student body, a century-old x Spanish, art and music ◆ Ready-Made Frames inside the stairwell of the and placed them both on the Score! 374 7th Avenue ◆ tradition of academic excellence, and x Computer and science Third Avenue housing com- street next to her car. Posters & Prints plex at 1:38 pm. Police were Canarsie forward Nath- labs The ambulance pulled away aniel Lester scores two of (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) ◆ a deep respect for Catholic values. investigating reports of a gun- Friendly Service x Resource Room/Title I and the woman followed be- his game high 36 at the 718-832-0655 --Robert Hughes, Principal fight in the building, between hind, forgetting the bag and x Imagine Tomorrow® Seventh Annual Brooklyn Wyckoff and Baltic streets, the computer. Basketball Challenge at computer classes and they discovered a semi- The woman realized her Long Island University on x After-school program automatic handgun on the mistake and quickly returned, Martin Luther King Jr. Join us for Open floor near Foster’s head. x Diocesan Aquinas honors but her belongings had al- Day, sponsored this year Paramedics rushed the ready disappeared, police said. by Forest City Ratner. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Yassky’s MLK vision
HILE OTHER politi- The Brooklyn Heights Demo- New York can take pride in its supposed to rejoin a society that cians showed their ap- crat — who, wouldn’t you know, liberal approach — 13 states per- locked them up [and then] W preciation for Dr. Martin is running for Congress in the manently disenfranchise some or locked them out?” he asked. Luther King Jr.’s memory this majority-black district now rep- all felony convicts. “When you have claim to week by using offensive racial resented by retiring Rep. Major And arguments abound that something, you feel responsibili- code words (Sen. Clinton), re- Owens — offered a resolution the entire parole system ought to ty toward it as well,” he said. fusing to support even a small demanding that New York State be overhauled — so that once a Debate over Yassky’s legisla- increase in the federal minimum stop denying voting rights to felon is freed from prison, there tion would encourage an over- wage (President Bush) or mak- parolees. is no doubt that his debt to soci- due examination of the parole ing the same old speech (Mayor In New York, a felon must ful- ety has been paid. system. Its introduction on Bloomberg), City Councilman ly complete parole before getting Yassky believes that restoring MLK Day was far more appro- David Yassky stood out by offer- back his vote. As a result, more voting rights upon release is a priate than Clinton’s “planta- ing a proposal that would have than 130,000 New Yorkers — far first step. tion” pandering, since it ad- made the civil rights leader more than half of them black — “How are ex-cons — the vast dressed an issue central to Dr. proud. cannot vote at any given time. majority of whom are black — King’s legacy.
LETTERS Cristian Fleming An interesting way to raise funds for the library
To the editor: Communities are given little notice of de- impact that the development of massive sky- spaces,” Jan. 14), while also suggesting domain eviction by the Atlantic Yards Project. I have an idea for the Brooklyn Public Li- Out with the new velopment projects that will have grave im- scrapers, that will take many years to com- that 4,000 spaces remain in the plan. If Editor’s note: The headline for the arti- brary, struggling to pay for the amazing En- To the editor: plications for them. Developers, understand- plete, will have on the intersection of Flat- true, this means that the original number cle in question was wrongfully vague. The rique Norten Visual & Performing Arts li- I have been a resident of Brooklyn for ably, make promises they don’t keep. Many bush and Atlantic avenues? This type of of parking spaces had been 5,100. project has not eliminated 1,100 parking brary planned for Flatbush and Third over six decades. My wife and I moved here elected and appointed officials try to keep progress will not prove advantageous for air Now keep your eye on the peanut. spaces but, as the story reported, eliminat- avenues (“Lots of glass, not enough cash,” because we wanted to live in a low-rise everyone happy while receiving sizable con- quality, gas consumption, or the health and The February 2005 memorandum of ed an underground garage that was to contain 1,100 spaces. The Papers regrets Jan. 7). neighborhood with a community, not tributions from business and developers. economic well-being of all who use the area. understanding with Ratner calls for “ap- Why not raise the funds by accepting The scale of the Atlantic Yards project re- So what is to be done? The politicians proximately” 3,000 parking spaces in to- the error. Forest City Ratner declined an anonymity. We can be certain that change opportunity to respond to Locker’s letter. donations from the community — and in will occur, but when it does, it is often decid- quires that New York State use eminent do- who were voted into office by these con- tal, and the September 2005 scoping exchange for the donation, the benefac- main to seize private property. (Why not stituents must see their needs as para- analysis for the Environmental Impact ed by people who do not live in the commu- tor’s name (or whatever) could be etched seize Ratner’s Atlantic Center Mall instead? mount when making decisions that affect Statement calls for 4,000 parking spaces. Send us a letter onto a pane of glass? With computer soft- nity, nor is it in the control of those affected. It was neither an architectural nor commer- them so completely. The current elec- Apparently, the 1,100 parking spaces ware, they could etch signatures or art- Today, the Atlantic Yards Project, the cially successful development. Some called torate, not the expected one, must be dropped as a “concession to critics” was By mail: Letters Editor, Brooklyn Papers, upzoning of Fourth Avenue, the Brooklyn 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 work as well, allowing parents to have it a blight at the intersection.) Yet property is served. Morris Kornbluth, Park Slope never accounted for by Ratner, so the sub- their children’s artwork become a perma- Bridge Park project, and other mega-de- so valuable in this community that it is in- traction means nothing. What was actually Fax: (718) 834-9278. velopments are threatening to change the nent part of a library for the arts. conceivable that any developer should get an addition of 1,000 spaces went unnoticed. By e-mail: [email protected] You could vary the amount of glass space face of Brooklyn with hardly any commu- tax incentives to build here. Over $1 billion Ratner’s shell game In shell-game parlance, this is called be- you get by sectioning each pane into nity input and with limited oversight. in public subsidies will be directed towards To the editor: ing “stuckeyed.” [The reference is to Rat- All letters must be signed and include the parcels. They could face inward or outward, One of the Atlantic Yards buildings, for this private development project. Your recent article indicated that the At- ner vice president, James Stuckey.] writer’s home address and phone number (only and part of the fun would be searching example, has been dubbed “Miss Brook- Traffic is now at a standstill several times lantic Yards Project has “given up” 1,100 George Locker, Manhattan the writer’s name and neighborhood are pub- through the library looking for your name or lyn.” Its 58 stories don’t exactly meld with each day at the intersection where the At- parking spaces under the proposed arena The writer is an attorney who represents lished with the letter). quote. Charles Wells, Boerum Hill Brooklyn’s low-rise character. lantic Yards is planned. Can you imagine the (“Ratner’s plan kills 1,100 parking residential tenants threatened with eminent Letters may be edited and will not be returned.
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DIY New Year’s MUSIC Celebrate the holiday with supplies from Brooklyn’s Chinatown Rockin’ barge By Eleazer Gorenstein for The Brooklyn Papers For Judith Barnes, founder and artistic director of Vertical Player Repertory, which specializes in per- or those of you still recovering from the forming rarely-heard operatic works, presenting a start of 2006, you better take out those piece by the composer of “La Boheme” and Felastic waist pants, because Brooklyn’s “Madama Butterfly” is a no-brainer. Chinatown is getting ready to party like it’s “I think it’s a great piece,” Barnes says about “Il 4074. / Steven Sunshine Tabarro,” the one-act that Puccini originally penned Vibrant red and gold lanterns adorn the as part of an operatic triptych, “Il Trittico.” Vertical shops along Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park Player Rep will stage “Il Tabarro” beginning Jan. 27. and serve as reminders to their neighbors The tragic opera, that the start of the new lunar year, better which is a hard-hit- known as the Chinese New Year, is on its Papers The Brooklyn ting, dramatic por- way. trait of a marriage ir- In a growing neighborhood whose bustle revocably ruined by and ethnic composition is beginning to rival the death of a child, that of its famed Manhattan counterpart, the is, according to holiday is a time for families to celebrate Barnes, “so com- and relax together, reflect on the past year pact. It describes the and ensure good luck in the year to come. psychology of its
“Most of Sunset Park’s Chinatown is / Steven Sunshine characters vividly made up of relatively new immigrants, so and realistically and they still have some very close ties to the describes this trou- Isidore Elias Isidore old country,” said Katy Chau, director of bled marriage in social services at the Brooklyn Chinese- very powerful, humanistic terms.”
American Association. “The traditions are Papers The Brooklyn Although the libretto is better than most operatic followed very closely and it is a huge event Where to stock up: (Clockwise from top fare, it’s Puccini’s music that, as usual, is the draw- for families to get together and go through ing card. left) Traditional “dim sum” is served at their various customs. Families generally “The score is very hypnotic,” explains Barnes, who have different ways of celebrating the holi- Diamond on Eight restaurant; Jessie Lin sings the wounded wife Giorgetta in this production, day, but all of them focus on the start of a enjoys the festive decorations at Ameri- opposite baritone Zurab Ninua, as the husband clean slate and the importance of celebrat- Store; and a variety of “lai-see” en- Michele. (The performers are pictured above.) “It’s ing with loved ones.” velopes for sale at Easton Computers. hypnotically powerful as it builds to its climax.” One of the most important holidays for The relative obscurity of “Il Tabarro” puzzles the the Chinese, the 15-day celebration begins soprano. on Jan. 29 this year. It originally marked the “It may not be as sentimental as ‘Boheme’ to my beginning of spring and the start of the Where to shop ear,” admits Barnes, “but it’s accessible and there are planting season when Chinese families On the first day of the New Year, red, a great tunes galore!”
would gather to prepare for a prosperous color of good luck, should be worn by all, / Steven Sunshine “Il Tabarro” takes place on a small Parisian barge, harvest in the new year, and get rid of debts and black should be avoided entirely. “which is good for us,” Barnes admits. “Some works and other bad omens from the previous Many families stay at home for the day, are suited to smaller spaces — and this helps to make year, said Maria Fung, world language ma- but some go out for tea before enjoying din- it very confining and claustrophobic.” terials specialist at the Brooklyn Public Li- ner together. Even if you see “Il Tabarro” this month or next, Ver-
brary. One popular spot for this family outing in Papers The Brooklyn tical Player Repertory hopes you see it again this sum- Brooklynites can prepare to celebrate the Sunset Park is Diamond on Eight Restau- mer, when the company plans to stage it on a real Year of the Dog by heading to Sunset Park’s rant, on 60th Street at Eighth Avenue. Along other authentic Chinese cuisine. (“Dim sum” barge, outdoors. Eighth Avenue now to stock up on Chinese with a pot of tea, families can dine on a vari- is Cantonese for “heart’s delight,” according Fireworks solution Barge Opera, anyone? New Year’s provisions. ety of traditional “dim sum” delicacies and to the “Food Lover’s Companion.”) Stories that are typically told to children Puccini’s “Il Tabarro” is performed by Vertical For the main dinner, families usually eat center around a monster, Nian, who comes out Player Repertory at 219 Court St. between War- at home, and usually enjoy foods that have on the last night of the year to gobble them up. ren and Wyckoff streets in Boerum Hill, Jan. 27 positive meanings that bode well for family “Families huddle together to stay away and Feb.3 at 8 pm and Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 at 4 members in the coming year. In addition to from the monster, and in China they would pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Celebration guide chicken and pork dishes, many Chinese eat throw firecrackers into the street to fend it For more information, call (212) 539-2696. Lanterns and “lai-see” envelopes are the lotus root, “lian hua,” a word that in Chi- off,” said Fung. “And on New Year’s Day — Kevin Filipski available at Easton Computers, Inc. nese sounds like the word for “healthy fami- the children would see that the monster was [5710 Eighth Ave. at 56th Street, (718) ly relationships,” according to Brooklyn gone and they would celebrate with their 833-0888]. Public Library’s Fung. family. Typically the whole family stays up A variety of vegetables are also eaten, together all night.” Decorative firecracker lights can be THEATER purchased at AmeriStore, Inc. [5624 which symbolize wealth in the new year, she While lighting firecrackers in the streets is Eighth Ave. at 57th Street, (718) 567- said. not legal in Brooklyn, this custom of family 8007]. Noodles are eaten, and are left uncut to protection from Nian and celebration of to- preserve a long and happy life. Noodles are getherness are still main themes for New Noodles and other foods for the a traditional part of the meal that is essential York’s Chinese immigrants. holiday meal are available at K&S Mar- The big 5-0 ket Inc. [5712 Eighth Ave. at 56th for any Chinese New Year celebration, said If you want to deck your house out with Street, (718) 833-8801]. Yan Chao of K&S Market, on Eighth Av- red lanterns and firecrackers, Brooklyn’s The Heights Players’ celebration of its 50th anniver- enue at 57th Street. Chinatown offers faux fireworks. sary season continues with a gala dinner dance on Sat- Beer, oranges and holiday-themed The Hong Kong Market, directly across The AmeriStore Inc., on Eighth Avenue at urday, Jan. 28 at Giando on the Water in Williamsburg. candy are available at the Sunrise Mar- ket [5403 Eighth Ave. at 54th Street]. the street from Diamond on Eight restaurant, 57th Street, has a variety of festive knick- The non-profit theater group, which was recent- has an assortment of foods to choose from knacks, including an electronic alternative ly honored when Assemblymember Joan Millman Tea and traditional “dim sum” items and is a good place to do shopping for the — complete with crackling sound effects visited with 50th an- are at the Diamond on Eight Restau- meat portion of the meal. At Hong Kong and a voice wishing a prosperous New Year niversary committee rant [6022 Eighth Ave. at 60th Street, Market, chicken, flank steak and pork loins (in Chinese, of course). chairman Thomas Levy (718) 492-6888]. are all affordably priced. Upon entering the store, you will en- (pictured at left), is cur- Meat for the Chinese New Year’s The holiday is especially popular for chil- counter a large statue of a cat, symbolizing rently presenting Eu- meal is available at the Hong Kong Su- dren. In addition to the red “lai-see,” or good luck, which is present in many local gene O’Neill’s “Ah, permarket [6013 Eighth Ave. at 60th “good luck,” envelopes, that are filled with stores around the beginning of the new year. Wilderness!” on its Street, (718) 438-2288]. money and given to kids and unmarried Purchase a red lantern and a “lai-see” gift Brooklyn Heights stage Brooklyn Public Library Chinese young adults, sweet candies are everywhere envelope from one of the most festive stores through Jan. 22. New Year events include: a Chinese to be found in Brooklyn’s Chinese conven- in all of Chinatown, Easton Computers, Inc. Their gala buffet New Year crafts workshop at the Home- ience stores. Dried fruit candy and choco- on 56th Street at Eighth Avenue, to really get dinner dance begins crest branch [2525 Coney Island Ave. at lates are popular among children and adults into the spirit of the holiday. A variety of en- with cocktails at 7 Avenue V, (718) 382-5924] on Jan. 26 at alike for dessert and are sold at the many velopes depicting favorite children’s charac- Gerald Newman pm on Jan. 28 at Gi- 4 pm; Music from China concert featur- A lion dance was staged at the markets and stores, including Sunrise Mar- ters are available, such as Hello Kitty, ando on the Water ing the erhu and yangquin instruments Brooklyn Public Library’s Central at the Sunset Park Branch [Fourth Av- ket on 54th Street at Eighth Avenue. Snoopy and Winnie the Pooh. (400 Kent Ave. at Broadway). Tickets are $75. enue at 51st Street, (718) 567-2806] on branch in 2000. Oranges are exchanged by both friends For an authentic celebration, make sure to For tickets, contact Tina Throckmorton at Jan. 28 at 11:30 am; a Beijing Opera- and family, but other fruit, such as apples, have plenty of beer on hand, a Chinese drink [email protected]. For more information about up- style performance, face painting for chil- Opera-style performance at the New are not to be had during the holiday, as the of choice during New Year festivities. coming Heights Players performances and audi- dren, singing and a Chinese martial arts Utrecht branch [86th Street at Bay 17th word for apple, “ping guo,” is pronounced “A lot of the older people around here tions at their theater, located at 26 Willow Place demonstration at the Homecrest branch Street, (718) 236-4086] on Jan. 31 at the same as the word for “poor” in Man- drink a traditional favorite beer called Tsing- between State and Joralemon streets, visit their on Jan. 28 at noon; and a Beijing 1:30 pm. darin, explained Priscilla Luo, manager of tao,” said Jun Chen, of AmeriStore Inc. “But Web site at www.heightsplayers.org or call (718) Sunrise Market. Heineken is always popular, too.” 237-2752. — Lisa J. 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Bodegas 860 Fulton St. at Clinton Avenue, (718) 230-3729 Callan / Tom (Cash only) Entrees: $8-$16. Owned by husband-and-wife team, Christian Dennery and Maria Dolores Lagdameo, Bodegas’s menu “reflects the neighborhood,” says Dennery, adding that it is a “migrational restaurant versus regional.” Dennery, who also owns Liquors, in Fort Papers The Brooklyn Greene, says he serves “anything from steak and The brick oven at Graziella’s. eggs to couscous and lamb.” Since February 2004, Bodegas has been serving a wide variety of entrees, which change seasonally. At Kum Kau, anything is possible. They have included the grilled shrimp pasta with “Customers are free to customize their own din- mushroom pappardelle and “pistou” (a mixture of ners,” boasts manager Peter Cheng. While co-
basil, garlic and olive oil); beef burger with toma- owners and chefs Jimmy and Amy Cheng make all / Steven Sunshine to, cheddar cheese, horseradish sauce and a side of the sauces, other chefs divide duties depending of french fries; and “big roast fish and bliss,” which on their specialties. A favorite at Kum Kau is the features the catch of the day prepared with toma- crispy baked shrimp with mild spices and rice. On to provençal and roasted red bliss potatoes. The Wednesdays, Kum Kau offers an “all you can eat” dessert menu has everything from cakes and buffet lunch ($5.99) and dinner ($10.99) including
bread pudding to molten chocolate cake and Chinese cake. Each week the buffet menu stays Papers The Brooklyn coconut flan, all made by their in-house pastry the same, allowing customers to enjoy traditional chef. In addition to the a la carte dinner menu, Chinese entrees. Kum Kau offers a special family Bodegas offers a $19 prix-fixe menu daily, from 5 menu for two or more people including soup, an Not that Bunger is anti-vegetable. pm to 7 pm. Open daily for breakfast, lunch and appetizer, an entree, rice and dessert, all for With a plate that stars a different sea- dinner, Monday through Friday, from 8 am to mid- $11.95 per person. Takeout and private parties sonal variety each evening and always night, and weekends, from 9 am to 1 am. also available. Open daily for lunch and dinner. includes garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach, as well as a pot pie Castro’s Maggie Brown with slow-braised root vegetables and 511 Myrtle Ave. at Grand Avenue, (718) 398- 455 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, (718) 1459 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7-$14. white beans — non-meat eaters will 643-7001 (Cash only) Entrees: $9-$18. feel right at home. The smell of grilled meats and rice and beans has Maggie Brown, which opened in 2004, was greeted customers at Castro’s, since 1999. named after the 99-year-old grandmother of co- Modern appeal I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention two “Customers love our mole poblano because the owner Chelsea Altman. And the restaurant does carb-loaded highlights of my meal. Af- sauce, along with everything else, is homemade bring international cuisine to the table grandma ter you’ve ordered, a waitress walks and original,” boasts owner Humberto Castro. style. With a bit of Mexican here, and a bit of Park Slope’s Melt combines vintage- Although the entire Castro’s team helps in the Italian there, and a whole lot of what chef and co- around with a basket and deposits kitchen, it is Chef Lorenzo Leiba who combines owner, Johannes Sanzin, calls “Southern-influ- some of the best focaccia, sourdough various peppers, toasted sesame seeds, garlic, enced American gourmet comfort cuisine” in slices and chewy olive bread. chocolate, raisins and cinnamon to make the typi- between, Maggie Brown’s menu has something inspired decor with updated retro dishes If you’re a “pommes frites” freak cal Mexican dishes at Castro’s. Vegetarians can try for everyone. the burrito with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zuc- (who isn’t?), order a side with garlicky chini, jack cheese, rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Specialties include grilled yellowfin tuna with fen- By Tina Barry Creme of the crop: (Above) herb aioli (French mayonnaise). nel salad and soy ginger vinaigrette; the red wine onions, sour cream, guacamole and a side of “pico for The Brooklyn Papers Chef Brian Bunger serves up They’re like the golden age of McDon- de gallo.” All entrees come with chips and salsa braised short ribs; or the Southern fried chicken and a side of rice and beans. with mashed potatoes with biscuits and gravy on a “creme brulee tasting” at ald’s fries — and I mean that in the the side. Grandma’s hearty cookin’ is a tough act ho can explain chemistry? Not most flattering way. Years ago, a trip to In warmer months, enjoy a meal in the backyard Melt. (At left) River Archi- to follow, but a hefty slice of the rich peanut but- the test tube in the laboratory the Golden Arches meant a serving of patio. Castro’s also offers an array of breakfast bur- ter pie stands its ground — and then some. Or try tects designed the restau- ritos and morning specials. Delivery and takeout the Key lime pie. kind, but that “click” that hap- rant's chic chocolate and the thinnest, crispest fries imaginable. available. Open daily from 7 am to midnight. W pens when something — shoes, a Melt’s are just as addictive. Weekend brunch is served 10 am to 4:30 pm. cream interior. Daily happy hours run from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm stranger, a restaurant — feels just right. So is the quartet of creme brulees. Gourmet Kitchen and 11 pm to midnight. Open Sunday through I was hearing that “click” big time Even if your New Year’s resolution is 402 Myrtle Ave. at Vanderbilt Avenue, (718) 643- Thursday, from 10 am to 11 pm; Fridays and when I walked into Melt, an American collaboration: roasted quail with to never again eat this dessert, you 9423 (Cash only) Lunch entrees: $5.25-$12.60. Saturdays, 10 am to midnight. bistro that opened in Park Slope in foie gras (a special appetizer). should try Bunger’s mini-cup four- In traditional diner style, Gourmet Kitchen has June. Being a lover of all things mod- The nutty quality of the lean some anyway. His vanilla is like pure, been serving eggs, grits, home fries, French toast, Mojito Cuban Cuisine pancakes, bacon, sausage and “omelets galore” ern, I admired the rich chocolate and / Steven Sunshine bird makes a great foil for the fresh cream; the peanut butter tastes of for breakfast to hungry customers, since 1978. 275 Park Ave. at Washington Avenue (entrance cream color scheme, the simple white unctuous liver. newly ground nuts; the rich chocolate They even serve homemade crab or salmon cakes on Washington Avenue), (718) 797-3100, www.mojitocubancuisine.net (AmEx, DC, Disc, tables and the curvy, dark wood bar. While the entrees aren’t as possesses a hint of hazelnut; and the on the side. For lunch, the menu lists soups, salads and sandwiches, among other entrees. The over- MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$21. The chic room is a collaboration be- experimental as the starters, espresso is like a dream cup of java: stuffed Reuben sandwiches, served on pita bread, Since 2004, Cuban cigar boxes and posters dis- tween River Architects, a design con- they’re hardly boring. I doubt rich, strong and aromatic. playing Cuban cigars have adorned the exposed are packed with your choice of either pastrami, cern in Cold Spring, New York, and Papers The Brooklyn there’s moister meat or an entree On Tuesday evenings, Bunger or an- roast beef or corned beef, and topped with melt- brick walls at Mojito, while traditional Latin music the bar and restaurant consultant Cenk served with such well-matched other chef in residence for the evening, ed Swiss cheese and sauerkraut. “It is so big that has played, rhythmically, in the background. Chef- when you go to eat it, you don’t even leave a bite owner Marcelo Arias’ restaurant offers Cuban cui- (pronounced “Jenk”) Fikri, who serves sciutto and melon, by pairing the ham partners as the short ribs: two fall-off-the serves a $20 prix fixe, five-course tast- mark,” says owner Jimmy Iliopoulos. Open daily sine for dine-in, take out, delivery, or catering. as Melt’s manager. The interior could with cubes of sweet watermelon and bone servings are ing menu of other for breakfast and lunch from 7 am to 5 pm. Mojito Cuban serves everything from empanadas, grace the pages of any contemporary drizzling both with extra virgin olive placed atop chipo- cuisines — Me- with ham and cheese to the eclectic guava and cheese; a Cuban sandwich served with pineapple design shelter magazine, but feels oil and sprinkling the top with goat tle pepper-laced DINING diterranean one Graziella’s coleslaw; and “carne asada” (black angus steak) inviting with zero pretension. cheese. It’s a delightful, sweet and mashed potatoes week; Asian the 232 Vanderbilt Ave. between DeKalb and served with rice and beans and chimichurri sauce In a way, chef Brian Bunger’s menu salty, oily and crisp combination that that carried a real Melt (440 Bergen St. between Fifth next. On Thurs- Willoughby avenues, (718) 789-5663 (AmEx, on the side. Desserts range from “cuatro leches” reflects the setting — or vice versa. makes the fruit taste fresher and the punch of heat; a and Sixth Avenues in Park Slope) ac- days, five differ- Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $13-$20. (four milks) to Cuban lime pie. Don’t forget to have cepts MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: In May 2004, Louis Devivo and Vito Randazzo one of the namesake cocktails, like the strawberry His dishes combine retro classics like meat richer. mound of buttery, $14-$23. The restaurant serves lunch ent wines are smoked salmon canapes (fabulous with Not as creative, yet equally good, velvety braised and dinner daily. Brunch is available on added to the din- opened the doors to their casual Italian restaurant. mojito or the mango-papaya fruit-shake. Open weekends, from 11 am to 4 pm. For In addition to friendly servers, a blazing fire from an daily for lunch and dinner. the Nova atop thin slices of green ap- were two plump, garlicky, pan-seared cabbage joined the reservations, call (718) 230-5925. ner for $30. authentic wood-burning brick oven greets cus- ple) with subtle, global touches. The shrimp given a jolt of heat with a dab duo. (Reservations for tomers in the dining room, where Antonio Iannelli bakes all kinds of pizza. One of his specialties is the Sapolo food is boldly flavored, unfussy and of jalapeno-cucumber relish. Grilled North the tasting din- “pescatore pizza” covered with various types of 501 Myrtle Ave. at Ryerson Street, (718) 789- satisfying. You could call it fusion, but I could have gobbled up the entire Atlantic salmon was enlivened with a ners and wine evenings are strongly seafood in marinara sauce. The menu includes clas- 7788 (AmEx, Disc, MC, V) Entrees: $6-$10. it’s more evolved than that: his dishes plate of grilled whole baby octopus, as coriander-ginger glaze and coupled recommended.) sic dishes such as the beef lasagna with fresh moz- At William San’s Sapolo restaurant, diners can are a natural joining of diverse ingredi- much for their smoky char as the little with whipped potatoes made spicy I’m planning on going back to Melt zarella. One of head chef Milton Roebe’s special- sample Chinese and Spanish food. The restaurant, ties is the seafood risotto. From May through which has been open since 2000, offers a menu ents with well-honed technique. That’s pile of mixed greens dressed with tart with the Japanese root wasabi. Tiny soon for a plate of their sublime fries and September, take advantage of the rooftop dining ranging from lobster chow mein to “carne de res modern American cooking now. sherry vinaigrette that kept the mol- squares of roasted carrots and potatoes a glass of the Mark West Pinot Noir with a view of the Manhattan skyline. Free delivery con pimiento” (green pepper steak). Chinese clas- Bunger has fun with appetizers. He lusks on the plate. were added more for decoration than (California, 2003), a smoky delight. for lunch. Open Tuesday through Sunday, for lunch sics include General Tso’s chicken, spicy scallops in puts a spin on the classic Italian pro- Bunger has come up with a great flavor. Then I’ll order dinner. and dinner. Closed Mondays. garlic sauce, and ham egg foo young. Or go for Spanish dishes such as the “chicharrones de pollo Jive Turkey sin hueso” (fried chicken cracklings), “chuelita frita” (fried pork chops) or paella. The daily lunch 441 Myrtle Ave. at Waverly Avenue, (718) 797-1688, special (for $4.95-$6.15 depending on choice of www.thejiveturkey.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: meat) is served with your choice of egg drop, won- $5.25-$7.95, Whole turkeys: $44.95-$74.95. ton or sweet-and-sour soup, as well as white or Seeing red Jive Turkey is the latest evolution of the popular chicken-fried rice. Open Monday through quick-casual trend, offering customers the simple Saturday for lunch and dinner, and for dinner only You might ask, “Where am I? Williamsburg?” when pleasures of convenient, quality food. “We deep-fry on Sundays. Delivery is cash only. the turkeys in very hot peanut oil for 18 to 24 min- you enter Beet. With its bright red walls, futuristic white utes. The result is much juicier on the inside with a lamps and curvy wooden furniture, chef-owner Pasu light crisp on the outside,” says owner Aricka Sushi Okdol Rodsomarng’s new Thai restaurant qualifies as the Westbrooks of Jive Turkey’s signature dish. The 497 Myrtle Ave. at Hall Street, (718) 789-1373, hippest eatery in Park Slope. menu features 15 different flavors of whole fried (MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$15.95. His menu offers the same curries, satays and noo- turkeys ranging from honey pecan and lemon pep- It’s always sushi time at this seven-year-old per to peach bourbon and orange zinfandel, in Japanese and Korean restaurant. Just look at the dle dishes available at Mango Thai, his popular addition to entrees, grilled sandwiches, and salads. clock in the dining room — it tells time in sushi! restaurant further north with dishes divided into cate- Jive Turkey, which opened its doors to Brooklyn in And although the small restaurant, decorated in 1997, also serves a menu of homemade desserts gories like “nice and warm,” soups; “smooth and various shades of blue, is located on the second spicy,” curries and noodles; and “yummy,” a mix of including extra large Rice Krispy treats, bread pud- floor of a two-story building, outside, the enor- ding, cupcakes, cookies and tarts. While the restau- mous sign bearing its name is hard to miss. Owner vegetables and Thai sauces you can mix-and-match rant offers limited seating, there is a “grab, gobble Eunmoo Kang customized the menu so it appeals with meat and seafood. and go” menu of salads, sandwiches, meats and to both native Korean and Japanese — as well as Rodsomarng even throws in a few French-Thai sides. Jive Turkey serves five flavors of homemade American — customers. The most popular dish lemonade, particularly popular on summer days. among Pratt students of Korean descent, accord- touches like “seared, crusted jumbo shrimp and scal- Whole turkeys can be shipped nationwide. Catering ing to Kang, is the “BiBimBop,” a mildly spiced lops with brown butter sauce.” Thai beers, a short available. Open daily for lunch and dinner. combination of rice, vegetables, eggs and your wine list and house cocktails like the “up Beet marti- choice of meat or bean curd. Here’s the fun part: ni” made with citron-infused vodka, and the “raspber- Kum Kau the sides are served in separate compartments and the diner can mix them himself. ry kiss,” a mix of sparkling wine brightened with 465 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, (718) 638- raspberry liqueur, add to the chic ambience. 1850 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5.95-$12.75. On the Japanese side of the menu, the dragon roll, made with eel and crab and adorned with art- Three custards — pumpkin, Thai tea and green tea fully sliced pieces of avocado, wins in popularity. — end the meal. = Full review available at Lunch specials are served Monday through Friday, The only grumble about this restaurant, which opened from 11:30 am to 3 pm. Open daily for lunch and in October, is that beet lovers will be disappointed. The dinner. only example of the root on the menu are beet chips (served gratis as a pre-meal snack) that just don’t cut it. Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants
in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not Mango / Greg Beet (344 Seventh Ave. between Ninth and 10th comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to streets in Park Slope) accepts American Express, Dis- Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your cover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $7-$17. The Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily. Delivery e-mail at [email protected]. available to surrounding neighborhoods. For more
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FREE DELIVERY to DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Metrotech Mon-Thurs, 11:30am-7pm COORS/COORS LIGHT January 21, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 7 PARK SLOPE COMMUNITY MEETING Another musician who is regularly ON ATLANTIC YARDS associated with BFCM is percussion- ist Svet Stoyanov, so when Jalbert in- Thursday, January 26th, 6:30 P.M. cluded percussion in “Icefield Son- nets,” “Wanda immediately thought Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, Park Slope Greens, of him,” explained the composer. Park Slope Neighbors and the Fifth Avenue Stoyanov also returns later in the Committee invite you to a community meeting on Hitting a same program to perform two move- Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project. ments from Jalbert’s Marimba Sonata, which had its premiere in The evening’s agenda will feature: 2001. • the latest updates on the proposed project Jalbert explained the genesis of and community opposition this unusual choice for a solo instru- mental sonata. • special guest speakers “Another percussionist based in New York City, Mikoto Nakura, who • information on volunteer opportunities high note commissions a lot of new music, • a community Q & A and discussion session asked me to write him a marimba sonata,” he says. “I’m a pianist and a Location: Old First Reformed Church Composer’s works get play percussionist myself, and the marim- Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street ba, although it is set up like a key- in Ft. Greene, Carnegie Hall board, utilizes a different technique; For mass transit access, please use the 2/3 it’s played with mallets and it’s made subway to Grand Army Plaza, B/Q to 7th Avenue, By Kevin Filipski form these works. of wood. I found it very enjoyable to R/W to Union Street, or the B67 bus. for The Brooklyn Papers Jalbert’s “Icefield Sonnets” and write, although it was very challeng- “Four Porter Songs” were each writ- ing. Marimba was an instrument that n Sunday afternoon, Brooklyn ten for two vocalists, a soprano and a I knew, and it has a great, unique For more information, Friends of Chamber Music will baritone, and were commissioned by sound.” please visit www.dddb.net present the world premiere of Fleck for specific singers, Jalbert said Why is Stoyanov only playing two O or call (718) 362-4784 two works the organization has com- during an exclusive phone interview movements of Jalbert’s Marimba missioned from one of America’s ris- with GO Brooklyn from his home in Sonata? ing young composers, Pierre Jalbert. Houston. “I decided that it would be too Jalbert (pronounced JAL-burt), a “Soprano Judith van Wanroij is a daunting to do the whole sonata, and professor of music at Rice University Dutch vocalist that Wanda had heard it would have made for a very long in Houston, has composed two vocal a while back, whom she wanted to program,” explained Jalbert. works — “Ice- use for another Just two days after his world pre- field Sonnets” BFCM concert, mieres in Fort Greene, Jalbert will Marco Polo • and “Four Porter MUSIC and baritone travel across the river to hear the first • • Songs” — that Thomas Meglio- local performances of his latest or- celebrates • • will have their The Brooklyn Friends of Chamber ranza is another chestral work at Carnegie Hall. • / Steven Sunshine • world-premiere Music present “Rhythm and Rhyme: singer Wanda had “The Houston Symphony will be • Music of Pierre Jalbert to Poetry of • • performances Anthony Hawley and Christina Porter” heard and wanted playing my work, ‘big sky,’ which • • • during a typical- as well as works by Khatchaturian and to hear again,” they just world-premiered in Hous- • • • ly wide-ranging Rabl, on Jan. 22 at 3 pm at Lafayette said the 37-year- ton,” he says. “The inspiration for • • Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 South • • Brooklyn Friends Oxford St. at Lafayette Avenue in Fort old composer. ‘big sky’ was me thinking what the The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn • • of Chamber Mu- Greene. Tickets are $15, $5 for stu- “Wanda wanted Houston Symphony could bring up ARNEVALE!• sic (BFCM) con- dents. For more information, visit to bring them In the spotlight: Houston-based composer Pierre Jalbert sat in on the from the Southwest to the New York C • www.friendsofbrooklynchambermusic Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music’s rehearsal of his new works at the • • cert at Fort .org or call (718) 855-3053. both together for area. There’s something about the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church on South Oxford Street on Jan. 17. • ! Greene’s La- a duo recital, and sky down here, where it seems that • le! fayette Avenue she also wanted the horizon goes on forever. Va Presbyterian Church. them to sing new works.” Jalbert’s musical palette extends percussion instruments color the pi- “I grew up in Vermont, and it’s a zo !) The program, which will be con- Fittingly, Jalbert’s two new song back to his younger days playing ano sound,” said Jalbert. “I also very different kind of landscape er es! ducted by Brooklyn Symphony Or- cycles are based on the poetry of a rock and jazz, and he’s also been wanted other instruments to round down here,” said Jalbert with a laugh. ch go chestra’s maestro, Nicholas Arm- pair of his contemporaries. heavily influenced by composers as out the ensemble. So the strings pro- “I’m not trying to paint a portrait of i S ng strong, also includes a trio for “The texts for ‘Icefield Sonnets’ disparate as Aaron Copland, Igor vide one sort of timbre, the piano an- any particular thing, but it’s an at- ni in gn th Featuring clarinet, violin and piano by Russian come from poems of Anthony Haw- Stravinsky, Olivier Messiaen and other and the percussion can color all tempt to translate a wide-open envi- Og ny composer Aram Khatchaturian (best- ley, who is an acquaintance of mine,” George Crumb (who was Jalbert’s of it. I like that combination.” ronment into sound through very (A Neapolitan Tenor Antonio Guarna known for his ballet score “Sparta- Jalbert explains. “The other cycle, music professor while he was an un- As for “Four Porter Songs,” Jal- wide-open chords which are spread Accompanied by Alba Mazza cus,” part of which was featured in ‘Four Porter Songs,’ is based on po- dergraduate at Oberlin). bert decided that fewer musical throughout the whole piece.” Friday, Feb. 24, 2006, 7pm Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001: A ems of Christina Porter, a Brooklyn Jalbert’s instrumentation for “Ice- adornments would work best for the Between the attention his work will $65 per person, includes buffet dinner, Space Odyssey”) and a quartet by Heights resident who was in her early field Sonnets” is also a nod to his tal- young poet’s texts. receive at Carnegie Hall and the wine, beer & soda, tax and tip Romantic-era Viennese composer 20s when she tragically passed away ents as both pianist and percussionist. “I wanted to keep the instrumen- Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music Walter Rabl for the unusual combina- last year. Wanda knows the Porter “What I had to work with for the tation simple and straightforward, so world premieres, Jalbert’s journey Prize for Best Costume! tion of clarinet, violin, cello and pi- family, so she wanted to commission ‘Sonnets’ is that, basically, I knew I it’s just the vocals and the piano,” he away from Houston’s skies will defi- (costumes optional) ano. The ensemble Antares will per- this piece to be played here first.” wanted to use piano and to have the explained. nitely be one for the composer to savor. Marco Polo RISTORANTE
SPRING CLASSES: Brooklyn Conser- pm. Rubelle and Norman Schafler 345 Court St. at Union St. CARROLL GARDENS Compiled vatory of Music introduces R&B, rock Gallery, 200 Willoughby Ave. (718) and African drumming to its spring 636-3473. Free. Valet Parking • Reserve Now! (718) 852-5015 or Alba at (718) 836-3645 by Susan line-up of classes. Call for schedule MEDITATION: Class with Western Bud- info. 58 Seventh Ave. www.bqcm.org. dhist nun. $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. First Rosenthal (718) 622-3300. Unitarian Congregational Society, 48 Where to Monroe Place. (718) 496-5514. BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film MON, JAN 23 series “Month of Malick.” Tonight: SAT, JAN 21 ARTS AT ST. ANN’S: presents Foundry “Pocket Money” (1972). $10. 7 pm. G R AC E C H O R A L S O C I ET Y Theater’s “Major Bang, or: How I 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-film. OF BRO O K LY N OUTDOORS AND TOURS Learned to Stop Worrying and Love www.bam.org. BIRDWATCHING: Take a guided tour the Dirty Bomb,” part suspense WINTER SHOWCASE: Micro Museum through Prospect Park’s nature trails presents a program of dance. $5. & thriller, part magic act and part and find out why the National instructional seminar. $20. 4 pm and 6:30 pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797- Audubon Society has designated 3116. spiritus et anima 8 pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. ACOMMUNITY CHORUS OF SAINT ANN’S SCHOOL Prospect Park an important bird BARNES AND NOBLE: presents a dis- ARTS AT ST. ANN’S: “Major Bang, or: area. Noon to 1:30 pm. Meet at cussion and signing with Gen-la How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Wollman Rink. Enter the park at junc- Dekyong, author of “Mahamudra Love the Dirty Bomb.” $20. 8 pm. tion of Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Tantra.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) See Sat, Jan. 28. Road. (718) 287-3400. Free. 246-4996. Free. MUSIC: One World Symphony hosts an CELEBRATION and LONGING PERFORMANCE TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes Bar pres- open rehearsal. $5. 6:30 pm. See ents a series of documentaries on Tues., Jan. 24. ARTS AT ST. ANN’S: presents Foundry Appalachia. Tonight: “Strangers and A Musical Journey Through the Psalms Theater’s “Major Bang, or: How I Kin” (1984) and “Tough, Pretty or Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Smart” (1981). 7 pm. 376 Ninth St. THURS, JAN 26 ! ! the Dirty Bomb,” part suspense (718) 288-1761. Free. Palestrina Schütz Mendelssohn thriller, part magic act and part BOOKSTORE TALK: Barnes and Noble BUSINESS WORKSHOP: Church instructional seminar. $20. 4 pm and Avenue Merchants Block Association Lili Boulanger ! Benjamin Britten 8 pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. presents a talk: “Mahamudra Tantra: An Introduction to a New World of offers a talk “Introduction to Home- BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert Meditation.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. Based Daycare.” Get an overview of James Busby Music Director, Jason Asbury Organ of Shostakovich Quartets. $35, $30 (718) 496-5514. Free. the planning and application seniors, $25 students. 7:30 pm. Ful- process. 10 am to 1 pm. 884 Flat- INTRO TO CERAMICS: Learn basic bush Ave. (718) 282-2500, ext. 242. ton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street techniques for working with clay. JANUARY 21 at 8PM at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Ages 12 and older. $150 for 8-week DIFFICULT CHILDREN: Families First MUSICAL: Berkeley Carroll School pres- session for kids; $290 for adults and begins a weekly group to help par- Old First Reformed Church, 7th Ave & Carroll St, Park Slope
ents “It’s All in Your Mind,” a musical Steph Goralnick teens. Call for schedule. Bay Ridge- ents deal with their 3 to 6-year-olds. comedy about being 14. $5. 7:30 This Bard’s for ‘You’: The Gallery Players present “As You Like It” Union Center for the Arts, 8101 $125, $100 members. 1 pm to 2 pm. at pm. Reservations necessary. 181 Ridge Blvd. (718) 745-0438. Through Feb. 16. 250 Baltic St. (718) JANUARY 29 2PM Lincoln Place. (917) 514-4591. through Jan. 29 in Park Slope. 237-1862. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pres- SKATING SPECIAL: Students and adults Grace Church, 254 Hicks St, Brooklyn Heights ents gospel vocalist Alvin Slaughter TUES, JAN 24 are invited to skate with a friend. $5 and The Greater Allen Cathedral TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids ages 4 and Sat., Jan. 21. for 14 years and older; $3 under 14. Tickets: $12 advance/$15 at door Mass Choir and Band. $20 and $25. older are invited to a class on Red BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert PLANT-O-RAMA: Brooklyn Botanic 2 pm to 6 pm. Buy one admission, 7:30 pm. Howard Gilman Opera Bird Reef Painting. Arts and crafts of Shostakovich Quartets. 4 pm. See Garden hosts its 10th annual horti- receive one free. Wollman Rink. Enter call 718-707-1411 or email [email protected] House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636- lesson follows. $5, $3 children ages 3 Sat., Jan. 21 cultural trade show and symposium. the park at junction of Ocean Avenue 4100. to 17. 1 pm. NY Transit Museum, $15, free to members. 9 am to 4 pm. and Lincoln Road. (718) 965-8999. COMEDY: “Lost in Yonkers.” 5 pm. See 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7298. COMEDY: Bay Ridge Jewish Center Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Sat., Jan. 21. RECEPTION: St. Joseph’s College pres- presents Neil Simon’s “Lost in Street. (718) 694-1823. LECTURE: Pratt Institute presents artist ents “Frederick Terna: From Yonkers.” $15. 8 pm. Corner of MOVEMENT CLASSES: at Embora CHILDREN Vanessa Beecroft. She discusses her Darkness to Light, Please Touch,” an Fourth Avenue and 81st Street. (718) Wellness and Movement Studio. $13 sexually charged conceptual per- art exhibit with works based upon SEMINAR: Career coach Rahti Gorfien formance pieces which make refer- the artist’s experience in Nazi con- 836-3103. per class. 900 Fulton St. Call for class speaks about “Creative Survival for WINTER ONE-ACT FEST: Impact info. (718) 857-4360. ence to feminism, fashion, body centration camps. 5:30 pm to 8 pm. Artist Parents.” $20. 11 am. Gumbo, image, voyeurism and cinema. 12:30 245 Clinton Ave. (718) 636-6880. LASERS Theater hosts a festival of one-act 493 Atlantic Ave. (917) 804-9572. FOR THE REMOVAL OF... OTHER pm to 1:30 pm. Engineering Building, POETRY: Brooklyn Poetry Outreach performances of comedy, tragedy FAMILY FUN SERIES: Brooklyn Center and everything in the middle. $15, LACROSSE CLINIC: Girls, in the 4th to room 371, Pratt Institute, 200 Wil- hosts a reading. 6 pm. Barnes and Hair, Broken Blood Vessels, Wrinkles, Before for the Performing Arts hosts a per- loughby Ave. (718) 636-3554. Free. Noble, 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 996- Spider Veins (face & legs), Age Spots, $12 students and seniors. 8 pm. Call 8th grades, are invited to learn about formance by Tap Kids, featuring nine for program. 190 Underhill Ave. (718) the sport and take part in a clinic. 7 BARNES AND NOBLE: New reading 2912. Free. Acne Scars, Stretchmarks young tap dancers. 2 pm. Call for group for adults begins with the 852-2105. am. Brooklyn Athletic Club, 4400 ticket info. Walt Whitman Theater at LITERARY SERIES: Brooklyn Academy Glenwood Road. (212) 870-3244. book “Portrait in Sepia,” by Isabel BOTOX & RESTYLANE – CHORAL MUSIC: Grace Choral Society Brooklyn College, one block from the of Music and the National Book FOR WRINKLES of Brooklyn and Spiritus et Anima Free. Allende. 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) Awards presents “Eat, Drink and Be intersection of Flatbush and 246-4996. Free. present “Celebration and Longing: A JEWISH HISTORY: Union Temple offers Nostrand avenues. www.brooklyn- Literary: Dinner and a Reading.” LIPOSUCTION Musical Journey Through the a weekly course on Basic Judaism. center.com. (718) 951-4500. FOOD TALK: Families First hosts a Tonight, Julian Barnes reads from his series on nutrition for the family. work. Kurt Andersen is moderator. Psalms.” $15, $12 in advance, $10 Today: “Zionism, Israel, Holocaust BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Totally under local anesthesia. students and seniors. 8 pm. Old First and America.” 9 am to 10:15 am. Today: “Feeding Your Baby Solids.” $42 includes dinner. 6:30 pm. 30 Abdomen, lovehandles, thighs, presents the X-plorers Club: $25, $20 members. 7:30 pm to 9 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4129. Reformed Church, 126 Seventh Ave. Light breakfast offered. 17 Eastern “Remarkable Shells.” Kids learn hips, male breasts. (718) 707-1411. Parkway. (718) 638-7600. Free. pm. Pre-registration necessary. 250 CARIBBEAN DIALOGUE: Brooklyn After about a variety of shells and then cre- Baltic St. (718) 236-1862. Acne • Spider Vein Treatment GALLERY PLAYERS: presents the AUTHOR TALK: Brooklyn Public Library, ate a spiral sculpture. Appropriate for Public Library, Central branch, pres- romantic comedy “As You Like It,” Central branch, hosts a talk by MUSIC: One World Symphony hosts an ents “Examining Caribbean Media Chemical Peels • Botox • Collagen ages 8 and older. $4, free for mem- Genital Warts • Herpes • Moles by William Shakespeare. $15, $12 Megan Smolenyak, author of “Trace bers. 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. 145 open rehearsal. $5. 6:30 pm. St. Ann Coverage in NYC.” 7 pm. Grand children and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. and the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. St. (718) 832-0617. Tests to Explore Your Family Tree.” 2 St. (718) 462-7270. 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(718) 797-WINE. tions between art and science: DANCE AEROBICS: Spoke the Hub HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents Eugene 768-2972. Free. “Missing Link: Art Meets Bio- hosts “Sambaerobics,” a dance BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilderness!” $13, $10 ART TALK: Tabla Rasa Gallery presents medicine.” 4 pm to 6 pm. 200 Wil- workout using dances from Brazil. Conditions Related To Hair, Skin & Nails seniors, students and children. 8 pm. SUN, JAN 22 “In Search of Lena Gurr,” by art his- loughby Ave. (718) 636-3554. Free. Call for ticket info. 7 pm to 8 pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. torian, writer and photographer 748 Union St. (718) 408-3234. TEEN READING GROUP: Barnes and 27 8th Avenue 1000 Park Avenue CHILDREN PERFORMANCE Priscilla Bain-Smith. Also, as part of Noble begins a new reading group. MILITARY HISTORY: Harbor Defense presentation, Roy Clary reads a poem Book discussed is “The Secret Fruit Museum presents film “Courage (corner Lincoln Place) (at 84th Street) PUPPETWORKS: presents a marionette MUSIC: Brooklyn Friends of Chamber “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” by Walt Under Fire” (1996). 7 pm. 101st Park Slope, Brooklyn New York City, NY Music presents a concert on the of Peter Paddington,” by Brian performance of “Puss in Boots.” $8, Whitman. 2 pm to 4 pm. 224 48th St. Francis. 6 pm. 106 Court St. (718) Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. $7 children. Recommended for ages theme “Rhythm and Rhyme: Music of (718) 833-9100. Free. (718) 630-4349. Free. (718) 636-0425 (212) 288-1300 Pierre Jalbert to Poetry of Anthony 246-4996. Free. 4 and older. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. DISCUSSION: Park Slope Jewish Center BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert 338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street. 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© jeff cooper 2005 friend’s Oscar party in 2001, and I was keeping track of the Oscar winners pool. “I kept telling Amy I thought she was Evoking the season’s beauty & tranquility going to win the pool, but she came in And the winners are... second. As a consolation [prize], I asked her out. with exotic & white-on-white arrangements “I knew right from the start that she was ‘the one.’ I even told the host of the Fox and Veilleux of Brooklyn Heights By Hugh Ryan At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden: party that I had a good feeling about her. for The Brooklyn Papers (Clockwise from top left) Among the Amy Fox, 30, and Zachary Veilleux, Our first date was dinner at a Greek botanicals suggested by designers for 31, of Brooklyn Heights are the Decem- restaurant.” or any bride, incorporating flowers ber winners of The Brooklyn Bride The bride-to-be says: “About a month winter weddings are winterberry; jew- into her wedding decorations can be el orchid; blooming aloe; and red cruise-a-month giveaway, sponsored by after we started dating, Zach arranged a both beautiful and difficult, with 545 FIFTH AVENUE AT 45TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10017 Michael C. Fina. day trip to Montauk during a period F pearl amaryllis. (At left) BBG gardener questions of kind, color and placement all Jennifer Williams holds a potted jewel 8211 FIFTH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11209 The couple plans to be married on when I had a very stressful work sched- needing to be addressed. orchid, easily found in flower shops 800 289-3462 • michaelcfina.com Sept. 3 at the Taharaa Mountain Lodge ule with loads of overtime. We spent a Winter brides in particular face a further in Estes Park, Colo., joined by approxi- day walking on the beach and stayed in set of complications: and Home Depot stores. mately 180 guests. a lovely hotel. It was so thoughtful and The ceremony will be both written • Do they use more affordable seasonal romantic. That’s when I knew.” plants, which can mean fewer choices and brides to “see what seasonal dried flowers and performed by the couple, as Col- they have.” These can be the key to bring- Ask for Bride rate! orado state law allows them to be the of- colors, or should they use more expensive Have your wedding at the Who proposed, and how? exotics? ing color and life to your floral arrange- ficiants. Friends and family members The bride-to-be says: “We proposed ments and centerpieces, while still staying will participate in the ceremony, which • How should they incorporate the beau- to each other. We both knew, and bought ty of winter itself into the occasion? within a winter theme. will incorporate a few Jewish rituals, an apartment together. That night we Winter-blooming grasses, which hold / Jori Klein such as the couple standing under a • How can they tastefully embrace (or Gregory FormerlyHotel The Comfort Inn & went to the Brooklyn Bridge and he pro- their seed heads — or flower heads — avoid) looking like a Christmas event? Landmark Hotel Gregory wedding canopy; the groom stepping on posed with a ladybug ring that I already through the winter, giving them an orna- and breaking a glass at the end of the owned, as a nod to a romanticized ver- There is no one set of answers to these mental look, can make fantastic center- ceremony; and all-inclusive circle danc- sion of my parents’ own engagement questions. Each bride must strike a balance pieces when combined with dried flowers
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The bride-to-be will be wearing a vin- / Jori Klein the bridge when they first discussed process is finding a florist who shares her “I like amaryllis around Christmas- tage 1920s ivory and gold lace dress marriage.) personal vision. time,” Williams says. The rich crimson of Silvestri says in winter she tends “to use not particularly high, except around Christ- worn over a vintage ivory sheath, both The Brooklyn Bride spoke with two ex- cockscomb is also especially nice and eas- one color but many different types of flow- mas or New Year’s Eve, so finding any found in an East Village shop. “Zach had the idea of having match- ing engagement bands made. We flew to perts in the field, Jennifer Williams, the de- ily obtainable in winter. ers.” She especially recommends “cream particular type of flower shouldn’t be too Banquet space for up to 120 people The bride-to-be is the daughter of Sid signer of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s To further accentuate the season, Bride’s Guide and white flowers teamed with dark fo- difficult. Boulder and had the rings made, and For floral display inspiration, visit the Brooklyn Deluxe Accommodations and Liz Fox of Boulder, Colo. Fox at- winter holiday display, and Kerri Silvestri, Papers The Brooklyn Williams likes to use fake snow around the liage and wild wood.” The wood and “This is New York,” she adds. “You can tended Fairview High School in Boulder stopped over at my parents’ to announce Botanical Garden (1000 Washington Ave. be- • 2 room & jacuzzi suites • 1 queen or 2 double beds • Continental buffet breakfast our engagement. owner and operator of Allow Me Events, a bases of her displays. tween Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard in greens capture the luxurious depth of the have anything tomorrow.” and Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., comprehensive event planning service in can focus on the joyous moment itself. “It’s a nice wintry touch,” says Prospect Heights). BBG also offers Continuing winter palette, while using only one pri- Special Wedding Guest Rates: graduating with a bachelor’s degree in “The same jeweler who made our en- Education Certificate Courses in Floral Design Off the list DUMBO, to get their very different ideas Williams has a long list of favorite flow- Williams. “And you can get it in any craft such as Basic Flower Arranging and Wedding mary color avoids a riotous summer or Jan-Feb – 20% off reg. rates • Mar-Aug – 15% off reg. rates English. gagement bands will be at the wedding. on how to approach the question of winter ers for winter decorating, such as Lunaria, store.” spring feel. One thing both designers agree on, The rings will be melted and re-crafted Design, as well as seasonal flower arranging and Sep-Oct – 10% off reg. rates • Nov-Dec – 15% off reg. rates She also attained her master’s degree Callan / Tom flowers. which she explained are more commonly crafts courses. For more information about fees In particular, Silvestri likes “amaryllis, however, is their strong feelings about * Rates are subject to availability & change and must be made 14 days in advance in fiction writing at Brooklyn College in by the same jeweler into our wedding called “silver dollar plants.” Williams also Exotic elegance and registration, call (718) 623-7220. thistle, orchids, calla lilies and even poinsettias. For Reservations: (718) 238-3737/800-4-GREGORY 2005. bands.” Local color recommends pampas plumes, cockscomb, “I think of myself as a designer rather DUMBO-based wedding consultant Kerri Sil- tulips,” and flowers that are “solid, defined Silvestri says, “It’s a beautiful plant, but The groom-to-be says: “Neither of us vestri of Allow Me Events is available by ap- 8315 4th Avenue • Located In Scenic Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Fox is a freelance screenwriter and Even a hurried holiday visitor cannot cotton and sea oats. than just a florist,” says Kerri Silvestri of pointment only by phone at (917) 488-3912 or and rich.” Mixed with the warmth of can- they are everywhere” in winter, and can teacher at New York University and the were crazy about the traditional engage- help but notice the calm that radiates from An artist by training, Williams says that Allow Me Events in DUMBO. Why is this via her Web site, www.allowmeevents.com. dlelight, Silvestri says, these can provide a make your wedding look a little bit like the
Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Her first Papers The Brooklyn ment ring thing; we wanted to do some- Jennifer Williams’s “Japanese Winter Gar- choosing flowers for a wedding is “like important for a winter wedding? Because, Home Depot stores which carry potted plants beautiful, yet still graceful, appearance. office holiday party. film, “Heights,” starring Glenn Close, thing that was meaningful to us.” den,” which was recently displayed in the shopping for clothes — you mix and Silvestri says, the proper look for a winter include the locations at 585 DeKalb Ave at Nos- “[Candles] are under-rated and should Williams recommends rarer peach poin- He is an editor at a university public have a neighborhood,” said Veilleux. trand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 230- Showers • Parties • Receptions up to 250 Guests! was released in 2005. Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s Steinhardt match, find your palette, and then start wedding cannot be captured just through 0833, and 550 Hamilton Ave. between 18th and be used in abundance,” since they can settias for earlier winter weddings, as op- relations office in Manhattan. “We love the diversity and flavor of Concerns about the wedding? Catering for Bridal Showers, Engagement Parties, Rehearsal Dinners, The groom-to-be is the son of Karen Conservatory. Expressing the tranquil looking for interesting textures.” flowers alone. 19th streets in Sunset Park, (718) 832-8553. evoke Hanukkah, Kwanza and Christmas, posed to the traditional red-and-green, to and Richard Veilleux of Blacksburg, Va. After the wedding, the couple will Brooklyn, but also fell in love with the The bride-to-be says: “There are a lot beauty of the season, Williams notes, is One trick Williams recommends is vis- “The linen and table settings — these as well as winter itself, says Silvestri. As take advantage of the plant’s natural beau- Wedding Receptions, & post-Wedding Brunches with a spectacular Veilleux attended Blacksburg High continue to reside in Brooklyn Heights. apartment itself.” of people involved with these decisions, one of her main goals in any winter floral iting your local deli before going to a real elements should complement the flower an added bonus, she notes, “candlescapes ty without overwhelming the event. She Manhattan skyline view next to the Brooklyn Bridge. School and the College of Wooster in “We decided to buy a home in Brook- and we’re juggling a lot of people’s arrangement. This can be done in numer- florist. This will give you an idea of what arrangement,” explains Silvestri. “And porate outdoor spaces, a winter wedding lower costs” by adding depth without re- warns that they work better when dis- Ohio, graduating in 1996 with a degree lyn Heights because we wanted to be How did you meet? needs, but have had no conflicts or prob- ous ways, and can even help to alleviate plants are more affordable at this time of winter greens are essential.” Unlike spring depends entirely on the decor to evoke the quiring larger bouquets. played as whole plants rather than as cut in English. close to the action of the city but also The groom-to-be says: “We met at a lems.” the stress of the big day, so that the bride year. In particular, Williams instructs and summer weddings, which often incor- season. In her experience, demand in winter is flowers.
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$20, $30, $35. 7:30 pm. hunts, art making, films, danc- “Astride the Centuries: Mellits Howard Gilman Opera House, ing, music and food. $25 per and Beethoven.” Included in 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636- child, $60 per adults; family of admission of $8, $4 students 4129. 4 starts at $150. 6 pm to 8:30 and seniors, free for members. Where to GO... BARGEMUSIC: Classical music pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. 3 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. concert of Mozart, Strauss, (718) 638-5000. (718) 638-5000. Francaix and Poulenc. $35, OTHER ONE-ACT OPERA: Vertical Player Continued from page 7... and location. (718) 745-0694. $30 seniors, $25 students. Repertory presents a perform- 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, STROLLING, SHOPPING & SIP- interpretations, reductions, GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: New PING: 28 neighborhood ance of Giacomo Puccini’s “Il Old Fulton Street at the East Tabarro.” $25. 4 pm. 219 approximations and more. $10 theater series presents “Bar River. (718) 624-2083. shops, galleries and restau- suggested. 8 pm to midnight. Flies,” as part of its “Evolve” rants in DUMBO host an Court St. (212) 539-2696. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. series. $12. 8 pm. 70 North WINTER ONE-ACT FEST: Impact GALLERY PLAYERS: “As You Like Theater hosts a festival of event. Noon to 7 pm. Start at ISRAELI FILMS: Second annual Sixth St. (718) 384-4586. It.” 3 pm. See Sat., Jan. 28. one-act performances of 111 Front St. or 68 Jay St. Brooklyn Israel Film Festival ONE-ACT OPERA: Vertical Player www.dumbo-newyork.com. WINTER ONE-ACT FEST: Impact presents “Hill 24 Doesn’t comedy, tragedy and every- Repertory presents a perform- thing in the middle. $15, $12 (718) 222-2505. Theater hosts a festival of one- Answer.” $10. 8 pm. Discussion ance of Giacomo Puccini’s “Il LECTURE: Brooklyn Public Library, act plays. 3 pm. See Sat., Jan. follows film. Kane Street Syna- students and seniors. 8 pm. Tabarro.” $25. 8 pm. 219 Court Call for program. 190 Under- Central branch, presents “Cen- 28. gogue, 236 Kane St. (718) 875- St. (212) 539-2696. hill Ave. (718) 852-2105. tennial of Dmitri Shostakovich,” ARTS AT ST. ANN’S: “Major 1550. SALON: Brooklyn Lyceum pres- GALLERY PLAYERS: presents as a celebration of the 100th Bang, or: How I Learned to SHORT PLAYS: The Howling ents “Salon: Gowanus.” Film: romantic comedy “As You anniversary of the composer’s Stop Worrying and Love the Moon Cab Company presents “Festival in the Desert: The Like It,” by William birth. 2 pm. Grand Army Dirty Bomb.” $25. 4 pm. See “The Brooklyn Plays,” a once Tent Sessions” (2003). Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. act play festival. 8 pm. Jam for Performance of desert blues Shakespeare. $15, $12 chil- Sat, Jan. 28. dren and seniors. 8 pm. 199 BOOK TALK: Park Slope Jewish Bread Cafe, 333 Henry St. Call follows. $10. 9 pm. 227 Fourth Center offers a discussion of BARGEMUSIC: Classical music for info. (917) 359-6234. Ave. (718) 857-4816. 14th St. (718) 832-0617. concert of works by Mozart, HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents “The Rabbi’s Cat,” by Joann ARTS AT ST. ANN’S: “Major TWO BOOTS: Music with Dave Sfar. 4 pm to 6 pm. Call for Strauss, Francaix and Poulenc. Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilder- / Greg Mango / Greg Bang, or: How I Learned to Clive’s N’Awlins Funk Band. No location and registration. 4 pm. See Sat., Jan. 28. Stop Worrying and Love the cover, no minimum. 10 pm. 514 ness!” $13, $10 seniors, stu- (718) 768-1453. Free. Dirty Bomb.” $20. 8 pm. See Second St. (718) 499-3253. dents and children. 8 pm. 26 CHILDREN Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. OPEN HOUSE: Brooklyn Arts Sat, Jan. 28. ARTS AT ST. ANN’S: “Major Bang, Council hosts a group exhibit ARTY FACTS: at Brooklyn WINTER ONE-ACT FEST: Impact or: How I Learned to Stop CHILDREN of 22 artists in “Making Your Museum. 11 am and 2 pm. Theater hosts a festival of one- See Sat., Jan. 28. Worrying and Love the Dirty FILMS FOR KIDS: Brooklyn Mark: On Paper.” 4 pm to 6 act plays. 8 pm. See Sat., Jan. Bomb.” 8 pm. See Sat, Jan. 28. pm. 55 Washington St. (718) PUPPETWORKS: “Puss in Boots.” The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn 28. Public Library, Central branch, WINTER ONE-ACT FEST: Impact screens “Chicken Run” 625-0080. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Theater hosts a festival of one- (2000). 11 am. Grand Army DINNER DANCE: The Heights Sat., Jan. 28. act plays. 8 pm. See Sat., Jan. Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Players celebrates its 50th FRI, JAN 27 OTHER 28. BARNES AND NOBLE: Story- anniversary at a celebration. Pop goes Corkery ALMOST MOZART FEST: Barbes $75. 7 pm. Giando on the HEALTH TALK: Dr. Edna Valdes, time for toddlers with ABC’s, FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES: Brook- Water, Williamsburg. Call for breast surgeon, offers a talk: lyn Public Library’s Central continues its two-day festival of 1,2,3’s and colors. 11 am. 106 You can practically hear the film advancing music by Mozart. 8 pm to mid- Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. information. (718) 237-2752. “What Every Woman Should branch presents “10” (1979). 6 Know About Early Detection and bulb-popping of paparazzi when looking at pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) night. See Thurs., Jan. 26. ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum RECEPTION: Monster Gallery 230-2100. Free. SHORT PLAYS: “The Brooklyn invites kids, ages 4 and older, presents the show “Arranged and Treatment of Breast “Celebrity Moments: The Work of Daily News Fantasy.” 7:30 pm to 9:30 Cancer.” $12 includes light RHYTHM AND BAM: Brooklyn Plays.” 8 pm. See Thurs., Jan. 26. to look at art and have an Photographer Richard Corkery,” the latest exhi- arts-and-crafts session. $8 pm. 234 Fourth Ave. (914) brunch. 9:30 am to noon. Bay Academy of Music presents 318-4280. Free. Ridge Jewish Center, 405 81st bition of photographs in Long Island Universi- Arrested Development and adults, $4 seniors, free for SAT, JAN 28 ISRAELI FILMS: Second annual St. (718) 382-6454. ty’s new Humanities Building Gallery. Urban Word NYC in a program children under 12. 11 am and of spoken word and hip-hop. 2 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn Israel Film Festival DISCUSSION: Brooklyn Hadassah The photos on display range from the bla- M1 of Dead Prez hosts. $20, OUTDOORS AND TOURS (718) 638-5000. presents “Walk on Water.” offers a talk: “You Be the Judge: tantly exploitative (such as shots of Barbara $25. 7:30 pm. Howard Gilman BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S $10. 8 pm. Rated R. Kane Gender Issues Before Israel’s ICE SKATING: at the Wollman Street Synagogue, 236 Kane Bush dirty dancing at Club Sette VII and 18- Opera House, 30 Lafayette MUSEUM: hosts a workshop Supreme Court.” $15 includes Rink in Prospect Park. Sessions St. (718) 875-1550. light lunch. Noon to 2 pm. 1416 year-old John F Kennedy Jr. falling to the Ave. (718) 636-4100. at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 for families with special BARGEMUSIC: Classical music needs: “Signs of Winter.” Kids SALSA NIGHT: Brooklyn Ha- Ave. M, suite 302. (718) 382- pm and 7 pm to 10 pm. $5, $3 dassah hosts a night of salsa ground after an altercation with a photographer) concert of Penderecki, Luto- children and seniors. $5 skate learn about the signs of the 6454. slawski, Bacewicz and Szyma- changing seasons. Arts-and- and sangria. Dance lessons, to poignant shots of a retiring Luciano Pavarotti rental. Enter the park at junc- snacks and more. Couples HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES: dabbing his eyes on the Metropolitan Opera nowski. $35, $30 seniors, $25 tion of Ocean Avenue and crafts project follows. $4, free Discussion of issues encoun- students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry for members. 11:30 am to 1 and singles in their 20’s to Lincoln Road. (718) 965-8999. 40’s are invited. $12. 8:30 pm tered in completing health House stage’s curtain as he leaves the stage for Landing, Old Fulton Street at pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) care directive documents. Call the East River. (718) 624-2083. 735-4400. to midnight. Brooklyn Con- the last time; Muhammad Ali and Michael J. PERFORMANCE servatory of Music, 58 to receive packet of informa- Fox embracing at a Parkinson’s disease research DISCO NIGHT: Advocates for MUSIC FROM CHINA: Brooklyn PUPPETWORKS: presents a Seventh Ave. (718) 375-2596. tion prior to meeting. $15, $10 fundraiser; and a wistful Richard Nixon stirring Services for the Blind Multi- Public Library, Sunset Park marionette performance of members, $5 seniors and stu- handicapped hosts a fundraiser. branch, presents music in honor “Puss in Boots.” $8, $7 chil- dents. 1 pm to 3 pm. Park dren. Recommended for ages his cup of coffee in a Manhattan diner in 1980. $50. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. of the Chinese New Year. 11:30 SUN, JAN 29 Slope Jewish Center, Eighth Corkery’s photos, which hang on a maze of Legacy Disco, 437 88th St. am. Fourth Avenue at 51st 4 and older. 12:30 pm and Avenue and 14th Street. (718) (718) 492-1006. Street. (718) 567-2806. Free. 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. at 768-1453. suspended frosted glass panels, reveal the pho- Fourth Street. (718) 965-3391. PERFORMANCE tographer’s tenacity as much as other photogra- VOX POP: presents “A Patriot ARTS AT ST. ANN’S: presents SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum pres- Act,” by Mark Crispin Miller. Foundry Theater’s “Major LIVE MUSIC: Gustafer CHORAL MUSIC: Grace Choral ents “An Evening of the Yellowgold hosts a program phers’ shots of him at work, fearlessly lacing up $5. 8 pm. 1022 Cortelyou Bang, or: How I Learned to Society of Brooklyn and Spi- World’s Best Short Films.” $10. Road. (718) 940-2084. of giant moving images and skates to shoot Jessica Lang at Rockefeller Cen- Stop Worrying and Love the ritus et Anima present “Cele- 7 pm to 9 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. NIGHT OF MAGIC: Good Coffee- Dirty Bomb,” part suspense live songs. $5. 2 pm. The bration and Longing: A Musical ter’s rink or allowing Tom Cruise, who had be- to be caught by me in this embarrassing situation.” Healing Rain Space, 256 Sixth Journey Through the Psalms.” www.brooklynlyceum.com. house Music Parlor hosts its thriller, part magic act and part (718) 857-4816. come irritated by Corkery, to handle his camera At the Jan. 5 opening reception, Corkery’s annual night of magic. $15. 8 instructional seminar. $20. 4 pm Ave. (718) 965-0041. $15, $12 in advance, $10 stu- pm. Brooklyn Society for and 8 pm. 38 Water St. (718) PUPPET SHOW: Talking Hands dents and seniors. 2 pm. ISRAELI FILMS: Second annual and turn the lens on him. publicist told GO Brooklyn that the photojour- Brooklyn Israel Film Festival The most revealing aspect of the exhibition, nalist is now assembling a book of his work. Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect 254-8779. Theater presents Rudyard Grace Episcopal Church, 254 Park West. (718) 768-2972. YOUTHWORKS: Brooklyn Arts Kipling’s “How the Elephant Hicks St. (718) 707-1411. presents “Promises.” $10. 7 however, are Corkery’s captions, written with “Celebrity Moments” is on display though MUSIC: One World Symphony Exchange presents original Got Its Trunk.” $7, $5 chil- CONCERT: Park Slope Singers pm. Discussion follows film. Paola Curcio-Kleinman, in which he explains, Jan. 27 at the Humanities Building Gallery in presents “Antiquity Reformed: plays, choreography and per- dren. Appropriate for ages 2 presents its winter choral con- Also, lecture by a cinema with unflattering honesty, how the shots had Long Island University, at the junction of Flat- Mozart and Gluck.” $30, $20 formance work by young peo- to 7. Monster Gallery, 234 cert featuring Schubert’s Mass Judaica expert and poster students. 8 pm. St. Ann and ple, ages 7 to 18. $15, $10 Fourth Ave. Call for time. in G Major plus other works. exhibit. 4 pm. Free. Kane come to be. bush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague members, $8 low-income. 7 pm. (914) 318-4280. $10, $5 seniors and students. Street Synagogue, 236 Kane About JFK, Jr., flailing as he falls to the ground Downtown Brooklyn. Gallery hours are Mon- St. (718) 462-7270. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. FAMILY PARTY: Brooklyn Museum 3 pm. St. John’s Episcopal St. (718) 875-1550. at the end of a night celebrating his 18th birthday, day through Friday, from 9 am to 6 pm and DINNER SOCIAL: Men, ages 40 RHYTHM AND BAM: presents celebrates Lunar New Year at Church, St. Johns Place CAFE STEINHOF: Movie: “Five to 65, are needed to meet Morris Day and The Time. Also, its annual fundraiser to bene- between Sixth and Seventh Corners” (1987). 10:30 pm. No Corkery says, “When all was said and done, it weekends from 11 am to 5 pm. For informa- women at a mix-and-mingle din- Sharon Jones and The Dap- fit its education division. avenues. (718) 788-2282. cover. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) might have been better for John to pose rather than tion, call (718) 488-1198. —Lisa J. Curtis ner. 8 pm. Call for information Kings in a funk performance. Activities include treasure BROOKLYN MUSEUM: presents 369-7776.
Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 21: 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 24: Bingo, 7 Cafe Steinhof Saturday Night Stomp, 10 pm, $5; pm, Lindsey Horne, 9 pm, The Tommy’s BROOKLYN 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Jan. 22: 722, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 26: Corduroys, 10 pm, Rene Lopez, 11 Tavern Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, Brooklyn Rocks! with Eternal, 8 pm, pm, FREE; Jan. 25: Quizz-Off, 7:30 www.cafesteinhof.com. 1041 Manhattan Ave. at Freeman Metermaids, 9 pm, Zeps, 10 pm, Built pm, Rockdove, 10 pm, Robert Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383-9699. Jan. 25: River Alexander’s Mad Jazz for Life’s Shit, 11 pm, $8; Jan. 27: DiPietro, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 26: Jan. 26: Bent Outta Shape, Common Hatters, 10:30 pm, FREE. Finger on the Pulse, 11 pm, FREE; Luthea, 9 pm, Adam Snyder, 10 pm, Vision, International Anthems for Jan. 28: Neurolytic Collapse, Biolich, The Scholars, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 27: Irrational Numbers, Monogamous Take This City by Nightfall, 9 pm, Cattyshack Todd Deatherage, 9 pm, Benjamin Octopus, 8 pm, $5. Nightlife $TBD. 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Cartel, 10 pm, The Boy Bathing, 11 Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Park Slope, (718) 230-5740, pm, FREE; Jan. 28: Toby Good- Trash Bar www.cattyshackbklyn.com. Magnetic Field shank/Rachel Lipson, 8 pm, Birdwire, 9 $10 food/drink minimum; Jan. 28: Saturdays: DJs Daryl Raymond & BK pm, Jeffrey Lewis, 10 pm, Honey 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in The Backroom 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, Brooklyn Sax Quartet, 9 pm, $10 Brewster, 10 pm, $TBD; Tuesdays: Rivers, 11 pm, FREE. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.thetrashbar.com. (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at food/drink minimum. (Downstairs) Trivia Night with Sancho, www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, Jan. 21: Juneteenth, 8 pm, The 7 pm, FREE, (Upstairs) After work party Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, Rbar (718) 622-7035, Barbes with rotating DJs, 5 pm, $5, FREE after Boroughs, 9 pm, Cholo, 10 pm, www.freddysbackroom.com. 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 21: Dead Flowers 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue Strange Attractors, 11 pm, This Day 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park midnight; Wednesdays: (Downstairs) presents A Lee Grows in Brooklyn in Greenpoint, (718) 486-6116. Forever, midnight, $7; Jan. 22: Steve Jan. 21: The Second Annual Brooklyn Slope, (718) 965-9177, “I’m Okay, You’re Okay - Kara-Okay,” 9 (Lee’s 35th Birthday Celebration) with Mondays: Guest bartender nights, 9 Gore, 9 pm, Grand Mal, 10 pm, One Winter Howdown featuring Dock & www.barbesbrooklyn.com. pm, FREE to watch, $5 all you can sing, The Imaginary Icons and special pm, FREE; Tuesdays: “Mikey’s Big Last Shot, 11 pm, $6; Jan. 23: The Alex, 4 pm, American String Con- Mondays: The Velmeers, 9:30 pm, (Upstairs) “Oink!” with DJ Floyd for guests, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 26: Live Gay Pajama Party,” 11 pm, FREE; Dead Bodies, 9 pm, Tala, 10 pm, Sonic spiracy, 5:15 pm, Izzy Landau featur- FREE; Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 dirty boys hosted by PJ, 9 pm, $3; band karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 27: Wednesdays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Bliss, 11 pm, $6; Jan. 24: Grandhabit, ing Graveyard Shift, 6:30 pm, Norris, pm, $8; Wednesdays: Night of the Thursdays: Schoolhouse with DJ ’Lina iDork Night (a live shared DJ party), 9 Thursdays: Comedy Night, 8 pm, 9 pm, Fantom Frequency, 10 pm, $6; 8 pm, M Shanghai String Band, 9:15 Ravished Limbs, 9 pm, $8; Jan. 21: & Daryl Raymond, 9 pm, $TBD; pm, FREE; Jan. 28: The Fabulous Soul FREE. Jan. 25: Catspaw, 9 pm, The Hand- pm, The Y’All Stars, 10:30 pm, The Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts, 10 pm, Fridays: All-request after-work party Shakers, 8:30 pm, $8. some Public, 11 pm, $6; Jan. 26: Roulette Sisters, 11:45 pm, FREE; FREE; Jan. 22: Judith Berkson, 7 pm, with DJ Lugnut, Cirrah with DJ Mark S&M, 8 pm, The New Fantastics, 9 Jan. 22: Pub Quiz, 9:30 pm, FREE; $8 suggested donation, The Wiyos, 9 James, and rotating go-go with Maine Ripple Bar National pm, Lucky Bitch, 10 pm, The Inklings, Jan. 23: Open mic, 9:30 pm, FREE; pm, $8 suggested donation; Jan. 23: & Sarah and Cinnamon & Keisha, 10 769 Washington Ave. at Sterling 11 pm, Dealer, midnight, $6; Jan. 27: Jan. 24: Fusion Collective, 9:30 pm, Two Man Gentleman Band and pm, $5; Jan. 26: Afterwork Jam with Restaurant Place in Crown Heights, (917) 657- The Others Ran, 8 pm, Mighty High, 9 FREE; Jan. 25: Spelling Bee, 8 pm, Astoriani, 9:30 pm, $8 suggested DJ Vickie Starr and friends, 8 pm, FREE 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton 3468, www.ripplebar.com. pm, Demander, 10 pm, Prowler, 11 FREE; Jan. 26: Music from the NY donation; Jan. 24: Janine Nichols and before 11 pm, $5 after 11 pm. Second Street in Brighton Beach, Saturdays and Fridays: Live DJ party, pm, Valient Thor, midnight, $8; Jan. Underground, a monthly jazz series, Neill C. Furio as But Beautifuls, 6 pm, (718) 646-1225, www.come2nation- 10:30 pm, FREE; Mondays: Comedy 28: The Lookaways, 8 pm, The Empire with Trio For, 8 pm, Daniel Levin $8 suggested donation, Jenny al.com. night, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Live Chocolate State Troopers, 10 pm, Los Chaparros, Quartet, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 27: The Scheinman, 7 pm, $8 suggested Saturdays: Live Russian music and jazz session, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 11 pm, Buzzard, midnight, $TBD. Bitter Poet, 8:30 pm, Kelly Rae, 9:30 donation; Jan. 25: Driscoll/McManus Monkey dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 DJ Victorious, 10:30 pm, FREE. pm, Music Grinders, 10:30 pm, Colin Group, 8 pm, $8, Curtis Hasselbring’s 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Russian McNearney, 11:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 28: BTH, 10 pm, $8; Jan. 26: The Almost in Park Slope, (718) 789-7896. music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE 200 Fifth
Ben Long Sista’s Place Seeing Voices, 9:30 pm, The Second Mozart Festival with Michi Wiancko Saturdays: Express a.k.a. open mic (with $50 prix fixe dinner); Sundays: 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Park Slope, (718) 638-2925. Fiddles, 10:30 pm, Jeff Winter, 11:30 and Friends, The Four Bags and Will poetry talent showcase, 10 pm, $7, Drumming up excitement: Dafnis Prieto will perform as Live Russian music and dance show, 7 Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) pm, FREE. Holshouser, 8 pm, $10 suggested Sexy Lounge After-Party with DJ part of the Williamsburg Jazz Festival at the Williamsburg pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner). 398-1766, www.sistasplace.org. Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men donation; Jan. 27: The Almost Mozart Ozkar Fuller spinning house, classics Jan. 21: Cyril Greene’s Metamorpho- Music Center on Jan. 21 at 10:30 pm. $10; Fridays: Friday Night Salsa with a BAMCafe Festival with The Scarlet Z, Pamelia and rare grooves, 12:30 am, FREE; Night and Day sis, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $20 per set; Jan. Kurstin, Las Rubias del Norte, 8 pm, Tuesdays: Femme Elite Entertain- live salsa band and DJs Blazer One 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Restaurant 28: Lenora Zenzalai Helm and Trio, 9 and Big Will spinning salsa, reggae, Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100, $10 suggested donation; Jan. 28: ment music by DJs Candy and Inez 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in pm, 10:30 pm, $20 per set. hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10. www.bam.org. The Brooklyn Playboys, 8 pm, $8 sug- hosted by Lisa Love, 6 pm, FREE ($5 midnight, $5; Mondays: Open turnta- pm, FREE; Jan. 27: Lonesome Billys, gested donation, Chicha Libre!, 10 after 9 pm); Wednesdays: Comedy Park Slope, (718) 399-2161, Jan. 21: Maritri Garrett, 9 pm, $10 bles hosted by Elijah, 8 pm, FREE; Habit Trail, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 28: pm, $8 suggested donation. Showcase hosted by Ray DeJon, 7 www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. Solomon’s food/drink minimum; Jan. 27: The Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Dinero, 6 pm, Gravel Pit Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE. Vox Po p pm, $10; Thursdays: A Taste of the FREE, DJ Tommy Talkz, 8 pm, FREE, Tuesdays: Songwriters Showcase with Porch 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Richard Bennett Quarkestra, 9 pm, Kevin Ray, 7 pm, Live jazz jam hosted Bembe Underground featuring DJ Ras & DJ Hot Damn Tuesdaze (comedy night) The Hook 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, Cloud 9, 6 pm, FREE; Fridays: After by the Dan McCarthy Trio, 9 pm, www.voxpopnet.net. 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in with Dave Lester, 10 pm, FREE; 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Work Karaoke hosted by Lisa Smiles, FREE; Jan. 22: The Jambalaya Brass THIS WEEK AT Williamsburg, (718) 387-5389, Wednesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, in Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, Sundays: Open mic, 6 pm, FREE. Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; www.bembe.us. 6 pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 11 Soul F’Real, an R&B open mic for Soul Band, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 23: Debra & Jan. 21: My Dad’s Truck, 8 pm, 2-drink www.thehookmusic.com. Mary’s Night on the Town, 9 pm, Saturdays: Rhum, live DJs alongside pm, $5. Singers, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: (or snack) minimum; Jan. 23: Karla Jan. 21: Queen of the Ryche, 10 pm, $TBD; Jan. 25: 4 Unsolvable Sax Southpaw live Latin percussion flavors, 9 pm, Large Professor presents “Timbuktu,” Moore Fredericson’s One Woman Sanctuary “Live After Death” stage Cases with Roy Nathanson, Sweet FREE; Sundays: No Selectors with live Club Exit 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Soul in the 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Show, 7 pm, 2-drink (or snack) mini- show, 11:30 pm, $10; Jan. 27: Speed Sue Terry, Jay Rodriguez, Andy Laster, Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, THE BACK ROOM BEGINS DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Cold 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Hole, midnight, $5. mum; Jan. 28: Micah Howeson, 8 pm, Assault, 8 pm, Devils Island, 9 pm, 9 pm, $TBD; Jan. 26: Mikanic (South www.spsounds.com. Hands with DJ DiGilog and special Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349- 2-drink (or snack) minimum. Constricted, 10 pm, Magus Beast, 11 African jazz with Mike Rennie, guest vocalists, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 6969, www.club-exit.com. Jan. 21: JellyNYC with Impose pres- Frank’s pm, Zandelle, midnight, $TBD; Jan. Yasuhito, and friends, 9 pm, $TBD; ents “Jelly: The Sticky, Sweet Party,” Natural Selections with DJ Jon Bless Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, 28: Dirty Mother Nation, 9 pm, The Jan. 27: David Budway, E.J. Waterfront Ale and guests, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: $15 (ladies FREE until midnight); Lounge with Rhymefest, The Hong Kong, DJ Rip, 10 pm, Murder 1, 11 pm, $TBD. Strickland, James Genus, 9 pm, Convalescence with DJ Stefan Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place Mark Ronson, and more, 9 pm, $12; House $TBD. Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: FREE. in Fort Greene, (718) 625-9339, Hope and Jan. 24: Really Good Bands with All 155 Atlantic Ave. between Henry Toque with DJ Nat and live percussion www.frankscocktaillounge.com. Night Chemists, George, Black Bunny, and Clinton streets in Brooklyn sets, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: World Beat Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Anchor Night of the Asi, 7:30 pm, $5; Jan. 26: Essioll, Cool Heights, (718) 522-3794, Club Xo Hand, and more, 8 pm, $8; Jan. 27: www.waterfrontalehouse.com. Flavors, 9 pm, FREE. Tyrone and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street Cookers 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live featur- “Swerve,” a party with DJ Snooze, Jan. 21: Bob Hoffnar Group, 11 pm, Flatlands, (718) 209-0525, in Red Hook, (718) 237-0276. ing KoKo H Live, 9 pm, 2-drink mini- 767 Fulton St. at South Portland 9:30 pm, $10 before 1 am; Jan. 28: FREE; Jan. 27: Blues show, 11 pm, Sunday, January 22 Black Betty www.clubxonyc.com. Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 797- mum; Wednesdays: Karaoke with Cody Chestnut, Martin Luther, Alice FREE; Jan. 28: David Berkman Trio, 11 6PM READING: Sapphire 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Fridays: “The Best of the Best” fea- Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay 1197. 9PM THE JAMBALAYA BRASS BAND Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Ffun Smith, Tiombe Lockhart, 8 pm, $12 in pm, FREE. Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599- turing live DJs, 11 pm, FREE before Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Dance Party with DJs Tyrone, Julian, Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; advance, $15 day of the show. Monday, January 23 0243, www.blackbetty.net. midnight, $10 after midnight. Sundays: Live music, noon, FREE; 9PM DEBRA & MARY’S and Infinite, 8 pm, $5. Williamsburg Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, Kili Bar-Cafe Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; NIGHT ON THE TOWN FREE; Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Stain Debra Barsha, Mary Cleere Haran Crossroads 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Music Center & friends Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 Galapagos Hill, (718) 855-5574. 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Cafe 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, Tuesday, January 24 Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, Northsix Street in Williamsburg, (718) 384- Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 1241A Prospect Ave. at Reeve Place Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.stainbar.com. 7PM Kevin Ray’s FREE; Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in 1654, www.wmcjazz.com. pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 www.galapagosartspace.com. Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often Songwriters Showcase in Windsor Terrace, (718) 972-1852. hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, Jan. 21: The Williamsburg Jazz Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 accompanied by the jazz guitar of 9PM Dan McCarthy’s Jazz Jam pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Yah Su- Tuesdays: Jazz series with Todd www.northsix.com. Festival with Gerry Eastman Group, 9 preme & Brohemian, 9:30 pm, FREE; pm, FREE; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Wednesdays: Wednesday, January 25 Neufeld and friends, 8 pm, $5 dona- Jan. 21: Criteria, Attractive, pm, Dafnis Prieto, 10:30 pm, $10. Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 21: East Laila Lounge “JAMstain,” an informal open mic 9PM 4 UNSOLVABLE SAX CASES: tion suggested. Aberdeen City, Nakatomi Plaza, 9 pm, MonkOne, 11 pm, FREE. Meets West with John Moran and His 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, Roy Nathanson, Sweet Sue Terry, $10; Jan. 24: OK, GO, Controller Jay Rodriguez, Andy Laster Neighbor Soari, plus a live appear- in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, FREE; Jan. 22: Kristin Diable, 9 pm, Zebulon Crossroads www.lailalounge.com. Controller, Apollo Sunshine, 9 pm, 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Thursday, January 26 ance from Philip Glass!, 8 pm, $15, FREE; Jan. 24: John Wriggle, 8 pm, The Brooklyn $15; Jan. 25: Marco Rizzo’s Colossal Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218- Saloon Uncomun, 10 pm, $8; Jan. 22: Pussy Mondays: Karaoke Madness with the FREE; Jan. 26: Hall of Mirrors, 8 pm, 9PM MIKANIC: South African jazz Corn-Fed Sisters, 9 pm, FREE; Myopia, Agents of Man, Irate, The 6934, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. w/Mike Rennie, violin; Yasuhito, guitar; Conservatory 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Rock, 7 pm, $7; Jan. 23: Smut, 8 pm, FREE; Jan. 27: Amphis Baena, 8 pm, Amber Code, A Dozen Dying Roses, Jan. 21: Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat, 10 & friends Highway in Sheepshead Bay, (718) FREE, Monday Night Burlesque host- Tuesdays: Fruity Loops (Gay Night), FREE; Jan. 28: Stefko & Matt Logan, of Music 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel 8 pm, $10; Jan. 26: The Ambitious pm, FREE; Jan. 22: Kevin Robinson Friday, January 27 339-9393. ed by Darlinda Just Darlinda, 10 pm, 7:30 pm, Third Border, 9 pm, FREE. 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Orchestra, The Negatones, Pee- Ensemble, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 23: Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 FREE; Jan. 24: Brooklyn Comedy Music Showcase with an open mic, 9PM IN CONCERT: David Budway, Park Slope, (718) 622-3300, lander-Z, 9 pm, $10; Jan. 27: Rainer Sussurus Station & Stephen Thorne, piano; E.J. Strickland, drums; Company, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 25: 7:30 pm, live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; www.bqcm.org. pm, FREE. Maria, Pilot to Gunner, Annie Hayden, Tea Lounge & James Genus, bass Darmstadt, 8 pm, FREE, Get Ready Jan. 21: DJ Stealth, 10 pm, DJ 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 24: Fire of Space Jan. 21: Jenny Hill and The Chill Autodrone, 9 pm, $12; Jan. 28: 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Party!, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 26: Brazilian Chichon, midnight, FREE; Jan. 27: DJ featuring members of The Antibalas Factor, 8 pm, $10, $5 for Europa Night (Downstairs) Municipal Waste, Caustic Park Slope, (718) 789-2762, Judy Joice of The Lion’s Head and Robin Party, 8 pm, $8; Jan. 27: Clay McLeod Yanacat, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 28: DJ Horn Section, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 26: students/seniors; Jan. 28: A Night of Christ, Deathcycle, JDA, 9 pm, $8, www.tealoungeny.com. Hirsch of Cornelia Street Cafe have Club Chapman’s play, “Bar Flies,” 8 pm, QZR, 10 pm, FREE. Golem, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 27: joined forces to open Night and Day. Sizzling Salsa and Sangria, 8:30 pm, (Upstairs) Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, Jan. 25: Bomb X, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, Amayo’s Fu-arkist-ra featuring The 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan $10 in advance, $12 day of the show; $10 in advance, $12 day of the show Almost Violet, Excuse Me, 9 pm, $15. FREE; Jan. 26: Andy Milne & We are delighted to welcome Simon Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 383- Jan. 28: TubaJoe’s Birthday Set with Les Babouches Antibalas Horn & Rhythm Section, Jo (includes dance lessons, snacks, and Bandwidth, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jo Kwo, Ola Jagun, Kunie Ade & Glenn, who comes to us from ten years in 5723, www.europaclub.com. Tuba Love, 10 pm, $7. 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay New Orleans, as our new chef. sangria). Jan. 27: The Fringe, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, Amayo, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 28: Bonga, Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, Ridge, (718) 833-1700. Pete’s Candy FREE. 10 pm, FREE. Restaurant • Bar • Jazz • Performance The Brooklyn FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after Hank’s Saloon Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Store Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner 10:30 pm; Fridays: Sexy Pro- 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street Weekend Brunch • Parties • Champagne Lyceum gressive/Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, Belly dancer Marta, 8 pm, FREE. in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Escargots • Tuna Confit • Flights of Wine before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tequila • Single Batch Bourbon 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street www.hankssaloon.com. www.petescandystore.com. in Park Slope, (718) 398-7301, Jan. 22: Harvie S., 7:30 pm, $10 Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, The Lucky Cat Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, A touch of New Orleans in the kitchen (FREE before 8 pm with student ID). TALK TO US… and dining under the stars in the most www.gowanus.com. FREE; Jan. 21: Good Looking Shoe, 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in FREE; Jan. 21: I Feel Tractor, 8 pm, beautiful back room in Brooklyn Jan. 21: The New Chaw, Puppetbox, 10 pm, Pale Imitations, 11 pm, The Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Drums for Giants, 9 pm, So L’il, 10 To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possi- Mrs. Skannotto, 9 pm, $5; Jan. 27: A Five Spot Conjugal Visits, midnight, FREE; Jan. www.theluckycat.com. pm, Dustin Hodag Williamson, 11 pm, ble. Include name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the pub- 230 Fifth Avenue Night in the Sahara Desert with 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington 22: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor FREE; Jan. 22: Desdemona Finch, lic to call, Web site address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send list- at President Street in Park Slope Abdoulaye Alhassane and Ousseini Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 852- Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 23: Live and keyboard karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; 8:30 pm, American String Conspiracy, ings and color photos of performers via e-mail to [email protected] ( ) Chipkao of the Niger, Mamar Kassey, 0202, www.fivespotsoulfood.com. Band Kuntry Karaoke with Rob Ryan Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic 9:30 pm, Finian McKean, 10:30 pm, or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available 718 399-2161 basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. www.nightanddayrestaurant.com Banning Eyre, Dirck Westervelt, 9 pm, Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, “Back and the Brooklyn Country All-Stars, 9 Night hosted by Claire Bowman, 7 FREE; Jan. 23: Spelling Bee, 7:30 pm, $10. to Brooklyn” with The Beat Miners, pm, FREE; Jan. 26: Ordinary K, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hex! with DJ Megan Jean, 9:30 pm, Virgil Shaw, January 21, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 BWN 11 Nets drop The art of ‘Autography’ 2 on road
OUIS SCHLAMOWITZ: Public Ehud Olmert; every first African- envelopes and stamps — the only By Lucky Ngamwajasat Enemy #1 or just an old guy with American general in every branch of weapons in his arsenal. He doesn’t for The Brooklyn Papers La lot of time on his hands? the armed forces; every important even travel — even when he was in- The federal government seems to Watergate figure; every president vited to Washington, D.C. by the Memphis 81 think the former, judging by how fre- from Herbert Hoover to the current Senate leadership last year. Nets 69 quently investigators from the FBI, Bush; every member of the Joint “Obviously, they thought I was Jan. 13 at Memphis the CIA and other “national” “securi- Chiefs of Staff; important figures in some big lawyer or Republican ty” agencies drop by Schlamowitz’s the Martha Stewart case, including fundraiser, but I’m just a guy who Dallas 110 Canarsie apartment. Martha herself, the man who prose- writes letters,” said Schlamowitz, Nets 77 NOTHIN’BUT They always ask the same thing: cuted her and the judge who sen- who describes himself as “half-Re- Jan. 14 at Dallas Why does Schlamowitz’s name keep tenced her; and many enemies of the publican, half-Democrat.” (My guess popping up in the files of famous United States, from Hafez Assad to is that the flannel-shirt-and-jeans- Nets 97 (and infamous) overseas leaders (and Moammar Qaddafi to Ayatollah wearing Schlamowitz also turned Indiana 92 NETS criminals)? Khomeini. down the invite because of the “busi- Jan. 16 at E. Rutherford But the jackbooted thugs should “I wrote to him when he was in ex- ness attire” requirement.) leave the old man alone: Schlamowitz ile in France,” Schlamowitz said. (It’s Pull up a bulging loose-leaf binder The Nets were glad to return home against the Pacers is not bothering not that he was a and Schlamowitz’s non-partisanship on Monday, because they’ve got as much chance to win anyone. In fact, fan of the Ayatol- is apparent. in San Antonio, Memphis and Dallas as a snowball has what he’s doing is THE BROOKLYN lah, but merely IS PERSONAL collection of of retaining its shape in hell. But the Brooklyn-bound bothering every- an equal-opportu- Passover and Rosh Hashana Nets returned to the Swamp and snapped their three- By Gersh cards and notes from sidelined one. ANGLE Kuntzman nity pest. “I also H game losing streak by beating the Pacers. Since 1954, have the Shah Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon New Jersey was missing Richard Jefferson, whose when he sent a and some of the numbers in the double-digits. back spasms kept him out of the last three games of the simple Christmas card to former hostages,” he said.) “I am certain we have the faith and Nets four-game road trip. His contributions were certain- President Harry Truman, Schlam- “Three weeks after I wrote to the strength to stand firm with pride ly missed against the Grizzlies who dominated the mid- owitz has sent tens of thousands of Khomeini, the Shah was overthrown and win the day,” Sharon once wrote dle stages of Friday night’s game. letters to leaders all over the world and Khomeini was in power in Iran. him. “He’s obviously a big key for us,” bench-player Scott Pad- with a simple request: Can I have Seemed like a nice guy.” Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat was gett said. “We have a smaller margin of error with Richard your autograph? No wonder the CIA, the FBI, the writing Schlamowitz the same thing out, but we still have plenty of weapons to win games.” The result is a collection of 5,000 NSA keep visiting. “They ask me about his cause. Mike Miller came off the bench for the Grizzlies and signed pictures that fills 60 loose-leaf why my name keeps coming up in “We hope [you know] about the had a double-double, scoring 18 points and grabbing 16 binders and spills out onto the walls everyone’s files. They asked me who cause of the Palestinian people in the rebounds. Memphis scored 21 unanswered between the of his tiny apartment in the Bay View I know in high places.” injustices incurred upon him by the second and third quarters and never looked back. Jason Houses. He actually knows no one. But racist, expansionist Zionist state of / Gersh Kuntzman Kidd had a double-double of his own, scoring 10 points This is not the work of a mere au- Schlamowitz, a retired floral design- ‘Israel’,” Arafat wrote in 1979. and 11 rebounds, but the Nets were no match in this one. tograph hound; this is the life’s mis- er, is blessed (or cursed) with a Zelig- Instead of a “sincerely” or a “It was one of those nights,” coach Lawrence Frank said. sion of an autograph pit bull. or Chauncy Gardner-like ability to be “yours truly,” Arafat wrote his name “Everyone had turnovers. It wasn’t a pretty performance. He has signed pic- in the wrong place at the wrong time. under his standard sign-off: “Revolu- We couldn’t get anything done on the offensive end.” tures from every Early last year, for example, he tion until victory.” Vince Carter added: “We missed shots, missed layups. astronaut who has wrote to federal judge Joan Lefkow Schlamowitz treats all politicians Papers The Brooklyn We couldn’t put the ball in the basket.” been in space; in Chicago asking, as he always does, with the same respect, until they Louis Schlamowitz holds up some of his correspondence with Israeli Things were not much better the next night against the every Israeli for a signed picture. Two weeks later, commit a crime — then they go in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in front of his wall of fame. Mavericks in the Big D. Jersey was thoroughly pummeled prime minister Lefkow’s husband and mother were the disgraced binder with other cor- all over the court by the Mavs, who didn’t let up from the from David murdered. rupt or shamed politicians from the LIPPING THROUGH the years outgoing letter to the new Chilean opening tip. They forced 10 Net turnovers in the first frame, Ben-Gurion A month after that, an investiga- Abscam low-lifes to Marion Barry to which ended the game before it really even got started. to the tor from the Department of Justice Dan Rostenkowski to Bob Packwood of photos, a visitor takes in not president was addressed, “Honorable just a history of world politics, Michelle Bachelet, Office of the new Had it been a fight, the refs would have stopped it ear- new named Jack Sheehan knocked to Sol Wachtler. F ly on. But Dallas continued to bludgeon the Ratnerettes, guy, on Schlamowitz’s door. “That’s where the bums end up,” but an almanac of bad hair (the president elect, Presidential Palace, 1980s), wide ties (the 1970s) and Santiago, Chile.” A similarly ad- led by ex-Net Keith Van Horn, who was unconscious “I told him about what I do he said. The binder is, alas, way too from the field, going 8 for 9. and he just said, ‘That’s a hell thick. thick eyeglass frames (the 1960s). dressed letter is headed to North Ko- And it all started with that single rea’s dictator Kim Jong Il — and will An exasperated Net team returned home with Jefferson of a hobby, Louie,’” Schlam- Still, there are plenty of pols who finally joining the starting lineup against the Pacers, who owitz said. (Sheehan did not retain their place in Schlamowitz’s letter to Truman. no doubt prompt a new round of vis- “We were in the Army in Korea its from national security officers. were without star forward Jermaine O’Neal (out with a return my call.) honor roll, from Jack to Ron to Rudy sprained ankle), Jamaal Tinsley (out with a torn biceps) and Of course, Schlam- to Hillary to Bill. and my buddy had an extra Christmas If he has any regrets, it’s simply card that he gave me. I said, ‘I ain’t that his life’s work has become diffi- audience puncher Ron Artest (out being, well, Ron Artest). owitz had a perfect ali- Even Nixon holds a spot in The Nets showed no mercy to Indiana, with the big got nobody to write to,’ so he said I cult in a nation that sees terror threats bi anyway: He rare- Schlamowitz’s heart, thanks to a clas- three all having terrific performances. Kidd had another should write to Truman. I said, lurking in every hand-written enve- ly leaves home, sic photo showing a 1970s-era Louis double-double, 23 points and 10 assists, including 5-for-5 except to buy spi- Schlamowitz, his sideburns as plump ‘There’s no way Truman will write lope. from long distance. Jefferson added a double-double of ral notepads, as lamb chops, shaking hands with back to me, a buck private.’ But sure “Everything changed after 9/11,” his own with 11 points and 10 rebounds. the president during an April, 1973, enough, he did.” Schlamowitz said. “I get more rejec- breakfast at the White House. Now he sends a few letters a day, tions now. The new Supreme Court Lucky’s Last Licks contacting anyone of interest whose guy, Roberts — his secretary wrote “He kept calling me ‘Counselor.’ I The Nets have not beaten Dallas since March 2, 2000 … swear he had me mixed up with [then name he saw in that day’s newspaper. back saying that he doesn’t give auto- Schlamowitz New Jersey is 19-0 when leading after three quarters … New York Attorney General] Louis And his mission is not tainted by graphs as a matter of personal policy. Backup point guard Jeff McInnis is on the shelf for 6-8 and some of Lefkowitz,” he said. even the slightest bit of research. His What’s that all about?” his binders. weeks with a knee injury … Jacque Vaughn started in Jef- ferson’s place while he was away. 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 January 21, 2006 Qpmz!Qsfq!Tvnnfs!3117 02/'2!-3 &/2 #(),$2%. !'%3 ¯ The Brooklyn Papers 2006 "* Ê"1- SUMMER &%"25!29 !- TO 0- CAMP GUIDE
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The Second Avenue Deli, After Mrs. Stahl’s death in the may it rest in peace, will be 1960s, her name remained piping sorely missed. But Brooklyn hot — so hot that the Weingast endured an equally shocking brothers bought the store and re- loss this fall with the abrupt tained her surname on the sign. closing of Mrs. Stahl’s — the The place was still going legendary knishery under the strong when Les Green, a Brook- elevated train in Brighton lyn salesman, bought it in 1985. Beach. “I thought it would be a good Seventy years of handmade thing to be involved in.” knishes, gone without a forward- Oy, was he wrong! ing address, phone number or It didn’t take Green long to re- Web site. alize that “Russian people didn’t And the greatest indignity: a buy knishes,” he said. Even store visited for decades by gour- though he adding Cyrillic letters mands from all over the city is to the store- now a Subway sandwich shop. But hold on to your mustard, knish lovers: front’s sign, he was fighting de- mass-produce the beloved knish. Mrs. Stahl’s lives mographics that weren’t in his fa- For his part, Conte figured that (albeit in exile in vor. if he could crank out gnocci, how New Jersey)! He eventually relocated some hard could a knish be? Today, “Mrs. of his baking to the Bronx, much To alleviate Green’s “sch- Stahl” is none pilkes,” Conte studied the product other than to the chagrin of Brooklyn Bor- and even invited the “girls who Mike Conte, ough President Markowitz, who a 45-year- rallied to keep knish production worked in the back” of Green’s old Italian- in its historic home. Bronx plant to teach him how to American Green was unmoved. “We make a traditional knish. mensch from couldn’t make a living there,” he “When we tasted the product, Vineland, New said. “It’s not a charitable thing the quality was there,” said Jersey, who is … I’m a businessman.” Green. “He [Conte] makes it 85 keeping the tradi- Even as the business collapsed, percent with the machine and tion alive — in a pas- the thought of selling Mrs. Stahl’s hand finishes it, so it looks the ta factory. hit him in the “kishkas.” “Believe same.” Talk about a diaspora. me, I was heartsick toward the The resemblance goes beyond In the 1920s, when Mrs. end, trying to keep it going,” he the surface. Stahl — yes, there was a real said. Many knishophiles believe Mrs. Stahl — sold her potato- Made by machine in New Jer- Enter Mike Conte. The strug- Conte’s version of a Mrs. Stahl’s filled pastries on the Coney Island sey, a Mrs. Stahl’s kinish looks gling Green sought out Conte, knish is every bit as good as the Mrs. Stahl’s knish store — beneath the Brighton Beach elevated train — then (top left) and now (above). Boardwalk, the knish was king. more like a bagel than its who owns a pasta factory 45 min- original. [Others disagree; see In 1935, she opened her famed hand-made predecessor. utes south of Philadelphia, to sidebar at right.] And even though size doesn’t matter in some things, Conte’s tips the scales 10 ounces. “I’ll tell you,” he said, “one of Opinion: A new knish these babies will really fill you up.” The Brooklyn Papers In fact, they look similar to the The whole thing tasted like it had Another knish flees Conte now churns out 15,000 dough circles that extrude from been frozen and thawed. “Is this a knish or a potato-filled knishes a week from a factory bagel?” my wife asked when I bagel-making machines. The plain potato knish was a for The Brooklyn Papers goslavia and opened the factory at its cur- that’s visited regularly by a placed a newfangled Mrs. But if a blind man welcome relief, despite the same rent location in 1921. kosher rabbi. Stahl’s knish in front of her. wouldn’t care, why annoyingly cracker-like outer crust. Mrs. Stahl’s is not the only leg- should I? The true test endary knish-maker to take flight It employs 40 people and churns out Yet even though she can still Admittedly, we weren’t Oniony and moist, the filling re- five million knishes a month for super- will always be taste. from its ancestral home in satisfy her craving, Pat Singer of too optimistic after hearing minded us of the glory days when markets, delis and food carts. the Brighton Neighborhood Asso- that Mrs. Stahl’s Knishes Unfortunately, Mrs. we used to walk the distance of Brooklyn. Reigning Williamsburg But that’s small potatoes in a hot real ciation insisted that the loss Mrs. Stahl’s doesn’t pass the two subway stops from Coney Is- knish magnate Elliott Gabay recent- — a favorite from back estate market, said Gabay, 58. Stahl’s knishes from the neigh- when they were still being audition: The filling in land just to visit Mrs. Stahl’s before ly announced that he’s moving his “The property’s worth a hell of a lot borhood caused a pang that goes made in Brighton Beach — the spinach knish was getting on the train back to Park Gabila’s factory to Copiague, Long Island. more than the business,” he said. far beyond hunger. were now being machine-made drier than a state senator’s Slope. What a long, strange knish it’s been. The plant will close in the spring. “Knishes are our soul food,” at a pasta factory in New Jersey. inaugural address and the Is there life after Brighton Beach? Gabay’s grandparents came from Nish, Yu- — Laura Silver she said. “And Mrs. Stahl’s was The knishes certainly do bear the outer crust was as brittle as a 2-year- This knish jury is still out. our Ebbet’s Field.” tell-tale sign of machine processing. old’s good mood. — Gersh Kuntzman
BCAT Program Guide – What’s on Brooklyn Community Access Television Stress Busting with BCAT by Jay Bachhuber
ITH A VOICE AS SOOTHING AS WARM MILK Wand a radiating calm about her, Kenshasa Shabaka makes the perfect host for the weekly Kenshasa Shabaka, producer and host of the weekly pro- show 1001 Ways to Cope with Stress, shown on gram 1001 Ways to Cope With BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television. Stress on BCAT.
Her approach to coping with stress ence the loss I did, that would be meditation. Others segments include is comprehensive: her shows aren’t worthwhile,” she decided. panel discussions on topics like the about teaching tricks or temporary In 1985, Shabaka devised a stress need for strong ties to family and Life Is fixes. “A large part of managing stress management course at the College of cultural heritage; demonstrations by is knowing thyself and appreciating Staten Island. Fellow professors were dance groups; and interviews with people for who they are, not skeptical, claiming that college community members who have a trying to change them,” she says. For students didn’t have stress problems. unique understanding of stress Shabaka, stress management is a way But she persevered, and when the management. She recently completed of life: it comes from being mentally course was offered it was hugely taping a seven-part series entitled Sweet! and physically healthy. successful and was eventually expand- “Control Your Breath, Control Your Shabaka’s dedication to stress ed to other City University colleges. Life” where Sifu Roosevelt Gainey, a management began with personal Shabaka had apparently tapped into a forty-year martial arts veteran, teaches tragedy. In 1980, she was a professor need students had that no one else was breathing techniques to both relieve of psychology working with young addressing. When people are over- stress and improve health. (Gainey children in a head start program, whelmed by stress, “they must feel professes that disease cannot live in a happily married to her husband they’re not alone and know they can body that is fully oxygenated, and Kabo, and raising three young do something about their stress.” believes breathing exercises can children. That year, though relatively Stress management has become a improve vitality and treat ailments young, Kabo had a fatal hypertension major focus on college campuses and from heart trouble to cancer.) related stroke. When Shabaka speaks Shabaka likes to think she played a Her show has met with huge of him her eyes grow glassy with the role in the increased attention to this success: in addition to BCAT, it’s bittersweet pain of undying love. serious issue. shown on Manhattan and the Bronx, “He was a beautiful husband and In 2000, her love of cinematography and she hopes to have it play on the father. You never get over a loss like and her desire to communicate her Queens and Staten Island public access stations in the near future. that,” she says, “but you learn to message led her to BCAT, where she However, Shabaka is not getting cope.” took basic production classes and Diabetes Education and Resource Center complacent. She’s constantly chal- Initially, she could only focus on learned to produce her own show. lenging herself to improve the show. recovering from her loss and adjust- 1001 Ways to Cope with Stress has no You can enjoy a high quality of life with diabetes. A lot of people In fact, she recently learned to record ing to life as a single parent. With set format. She covers a wide variety do, empowered with the proper education and resources to achieve in digital video to improve the look of time, however, Shabaka began to of topics she feels will help people and maintain normal blood sugar levels. Specialists at the the show. “I think I’m in it for life,” recover and began finding ways of become more self-aware. The show’s Diabetes Education and Resource Center at New York she says with a smile. Methodist Hospital are ready to provide the treatment and using her experience to help others. set is simple, with only wooden chairs, –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– information that will help you. For more information, or A large part of her work with the a table and a Nigerian Yoruba statue 1001 Ways to Cope with Stress can to make an appointment, head start program was helping which symbolizes her offering to the call: 718-246-8603 children deal with emotional trauma community. be seen in Brooklyn on BCAT on and stress. She considered how she Her ideas for topics and guests Tuesdays at 8:30pm on Time A service of could apply her knowledge to adults come from her own research and Warner Cable channel 34, NYM’s Institute for 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn • www.nym.org Diabetes & Other as well. “If I could use my clinical suggestions by viewers. On one of her Cablevision channel 67 and stream- Member knowledge to help others not experi- favorite episodes, Shabaka taught ing live online at www.bcat.tv/bcat. 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Make a Clay Pot For Kids Wed,1/25 Supplies The Art of Observing Charles Gargano said. class greenspace or luxury de- “The main things people w/Pen & Ink Wed,1/25 Borough President Marko- velopment with a front lawn told us they wanted was a • Workshops for Oil Painiting Miniatures witz joined Yassky, Rep. Ny- depends on whom you talk to. place to eat a meal by the wa- Kids & Adults for Adults Thur,1/26 “There are some people ter and an all-year recreation Intro to Silver Art Clay dia Velazquez (D-Sunset • Birthday Parties for Teens & Adults Fri,1/27 Park), Councilmember Bill de who want to stop any residen- center like a Chelsea Piers,” (Pre-registration required) Blasio (D-Park Slope), state tial development in the park said Roy Sloane, who, as a for Kids Sen. Martin Connor (D- and those people are not hap- board member of the Brook- Brooklyn Heights) and As- py [with Wednesday’s ap- lyn Bridge Park Local Devel- 171 Fifth Avenue (bet. Lincoln & Berkeley) in Park Slope semblymember Joan Millman proval],” said Markowitz’s opment Corporation, once co- www.theartfulplace.com • (718) 399-8199 (D-Brooklyn Heights) in de- chief of staff, Greg Atkins. ordinated public forums about ARENT *INSPIRE*CREATE*PLAY* manding this week that ESDC “But the majority of Brook- what the park should be. P put that promise in writing. lynites know that they will “The current design will “We strongly urge you to have a world-class park that serve 10 to 20 percent of the seek a mechanism to make [it] Brooklyn deserves.” population it could serve be- MIX IT UP! legally binding,” the six law- According to Gargano, cause the planners have re- makers wrote to BBPDC Brooklyn Bridge Park will fused to create an active park. transform the waterfront “into They hijacked the process to At KIDS COOK!, our eight-week program President Wendy Leventer. teaches children essential kitchen skills and a civic space for all New create a front lawn for their The lawmakers were echo- NOT MYKID! techniques. Kids learn how to measure, ing some public concern that Yorkers.” luxury housing project.” sift, mix, whip, cut, grate and knead, park designers will simply Major elements of the For example, Sloane said T Sunday brunch at out to Central Park and get She told him that when high in the bushes. she got high, she thought she as they prepare wholesome and delicious seize more open space for de- “park” are: the absence of a bandshell is Perch, the groovy, foods from around the world. velopment if revenue projec- •Two soccer fields evidence that planners don’t A new, “we tolerate Sure, she felt hypocritical, was brilliant, but she was re- tions are not realized. • Six basketball courts want the park to be a noisy, your child” restaurant on but when Smartmom got back ally just saying silly things. • Afterschool classes Construction is slated to start • 10 handball courts active, vibrant place. Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue, to the apartment, she decided She warned that pot can in 2007, with the first section •Two volleyball courts “They don’t want people Smartmom ran into Buga- to take matters into her own cause panic attacks, which • Private Parties opening in 2009. The state will • One hockey rink hanging out,” he said. “They boo Mom, who told her hands, searching through Teen are very scary. Plus, it hurts • Fun & learning for ages 6-13 contribute $85 million towards • Three tennis courts want to privatize the site.” that local teenagers were Spirit’s bedroom like a CIA your throat and it makes you hanging out on her stoop. agent to see if he was hiding uncontrollably hungry. Smoking pot, no less. any pot in there. She checked “You’ll get fat. You’ll start All KIDS COOK! classes meet at the 170 Hicks Street kitchen “Was it my kid?” Smart- all the obvious places — on taking crystal meth. Remem- To register call Jane at (718) 797-0029 mom asked, not completely his bookshelf next to his ber that picture I showed in jest. But, thankfully, Teen collection of no-longer-read you of the addict with the Spirit was not one of the Joey Charlie Brown books; in his rotting teeth? Drugs will ruin RATNER SUED… Ramone wanna-bes passing a Continued from page 1 ESDC refused to comment on the developer is merely trying joint on a stoop not far from “It is deeply troubling that the Paget portion of the plain- to protect public safety. Maggie Moo’s, the Slope’s the state agency charged with tiff’s suit. “We believe this suit is all after-bedtime teen hangout. an objective review of the pro- The lawsuit came with am- about creating delay tactics,” Bugaboo Mom said she SMART posal is represented by Rat- ple warning. In December, the spokeswoman, Lupe Todd, wasn’t upset at the drug use in ner’s lawyer; it throws the en- City Councilmember Letitia said in a statement. her midst (she wasn’t?!), but tire review process into James (D-Prospect Heights) “LZA, one the city’s lead- simply that the noise made it impossible to get little Atticus, mom question,” said Develop Don’t asked Ratner to allow her to ing engineering firms, found BIRTHDAY Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) inspect — with her own engi- these buildings to be ‘ex- her 1-year-old, to sleep (yes, PARTIES yet another Park Slope baby box of forgotten Teenage Nin- your life. TRUST ME! YOU Ms. J’s spokesperson Daniel Gold- neer — the six buildings. The tremely dangerous’ and to ja Turtle action figures; in a DON’T WANT TO DO IT.” • fun, safe, well stein, who lives in a condo developer agreed – only to pose an ‘immediate threat to named after the hero of “To supervised Kill a Mockingbird”). pile of ultra-passe Pokemon Teen Spirit had the perfect facing the rail yards that Rat- withdraw the invitation two life, health and property.’” cards — but didn’t find a retort: “Well, it sounds like • exclusive use of ymnasticsequipment and ner proposes to tear down to days later. ESDC spokeswoman Deb- Smartmom suggested that Bugaboo Mom simply go thing. you’ve had plenty of experi- gym make way for his $3.5-billion The stand-off convinced orah Wetzel said the agency ence with marijuana,” he said. G UT she also remem- • 90 minute party arena, residential and com- Ratner opponents that the de- will “vigorously defend the downstairs and talk to the GYMNASTICS teens, who apparently think bered what Overpro- Smartmom realized her Divisions for 3 age groups • Wednesday, mercial development. veloper was trying to pull a lawsuit.” She refused to com- tective Mom had heard “Reefer Madness meets Just 1-3 yrs • 3-6 yrs • 7-10 yrs Saturday or Goldstein is a plaintiff in fast one. ment on whether the state Park Slope is Haight-Ash- B Sunday at a lecture by a professional Say No” speech had totally DANCE bury, circa 1967. • approx $20 the case. “If demolition is allowed to agency would review whether backfired, so she quit while • Mommy & Me Ballet (2-3 yrs) “They’re probably nice expert on teens: “It’s very im- per child Baker, the DDB lawyer, continue, community participa- Paget violated any internal portant to smell your teenager she was behind. Teen Spirit • Creative Dance (3-5 yrs) kids who are taking a brief • Jazz, Tap, Ballet (5-10 yrs) said he has known the ESDC tion in the process will end be- policies with his revolving put on his iPod headphones Call for more info! detour into Marijuanaville,” when he comes in the door,” • Broadway for Boys (5-6 yrs) lawyer, David Paget, for cause people will see the build- door employment. Overprotective said. “And make and Smartmom went into the decades in the close-knit cadre ings come down and believe a For one plaintiff in the suit, Smartmom added. living room to tell Hepcat Run by former member of Chinese Olympic Team But Bugaboo Mom said sure the lights are on so you of environmental lawyers. decision has already been the legal battle against Ratner what had just happened. 289 Kent Avenue (Bet. S. 1st & S. 2nd) (718) 218-7065 she’s tried that. “They can check his pupils.” That’s why he was sur- made,” said Candace Carpen- is personal. When Teen Spirit came in “Sounds like you made Williamsburg (L Train to Bedford Ave. Station) www.msjgym.com prised when he discovered ter, a lawyer who is chair of Henry Weinstein, who owns wouldn’t budge and they about every mistake in the were rude to boot.” she said the door that evening, Smart- Paget, who had recently been DDDB’s legal committee. a piece of land on which one of mom practically jumped him. book. Simultaneously,” he looking frustrated. Forest City Ratner’s lawyer, “We have to fight this to the six buildings sits, told The “Mom, what are you do- said. Smartmom thought for “Have you considered was suddenly working for the protect the process.” Brooklyn Papers that he joined ing? You really scared me,” he a moment, but still felt wor- videotaping them?” said a state. A spokeswoman for Forest the lawsuit simply “to prevent said. She did, however, man- ried that her boy would end ART FOR KIDS Paget didn’t return calls City Ratner disagreed, saying [Ratner] from violating my stranger, who was reading the age to inhale him, sniffing up in a 12-step program or from The Brooklyn Papers, that the demolitions have no property and building his proj- Times real estate section while quickly for any traces of drugs worse. “Let’s cross that and Forest City Ratner and the larger significance, and that ect on my property.” his son used the restaurant’s on his clothing or breath. stoop when we get to it,” complimentary markers to col- “Why are you staring into Hepcat said wisely. “Why or the table, the wall, and the my eyes?” he asked. don’t you trust that, like us, stylish banquette. He looked Just checking to see if he’ll do the right thing?” like a typical Park Slope dad, they’re still blue, she told him. Smartmom went into the but maybe he was a Narc. Relief. Teen Spirit smelled kitchen and poured herself a HOOK GONDOLA… “You could post their pictures like himself, that intoxicating big glass of Syrah. Hepcat on the Web or something.” mix of eau d’underarm and was right: you can only solve Continued from page 1 harbor district,” he said. counterparts were planning to Smartmom liked the unwashed hair. For once, it a problem when there’s a theartistryproject videotaping idea. It would problem to solve. Besides, he make the connection simpler,” He imagines a cable car put a gondola station in or near smelled like … victory. •After school programs Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff system with stations at Brook- Brooklyn Bridge Park until he reassure her that Teen Sprit Still, Smartmom decided is a pretty reasonable guy — •Birthday parties said. lyn Bridge Park, the East Riv- read a story in the New York is not hanging out on peo- to take her bull by the horns and an awful liar. If he starts •Mommy and me •Weekend workshops Next month, the Governors er Waterfront Park in Lower Post on Monday. ple’s stoops being loud and and broach the really tough smoking pot, it’ll be obvious. Island board will request pro- Manhattan and on the north Community members who obnoxious. questions. At the risk of For the time being, Smart- www.theartistryproject.com posals from developers will- end of Governors Island. The have criticized the state’s plan And most importantly, not sounding like Nancy Reagan, mom plans to keep the lines of 718-858-0217 ing to sink hundreds of mil- smoking pot. Because if he communication open. She may system would resemble a ski for Pier 6 — which will host a Smartmom was going to have Free trial for new students. lions of dollars into building lift with six- to eight-seat cars hotel, condominiums and a is, there’s no telling where even give him the bomb-sniff- 185 Sackett Street the BIG TALK. She asked See our website for details. on the island. The project de- that run quickly and frequent- landscaped lawn — said they that will lead. him, with barely suppressed ing dog test from time to time. between Henry and Hicks pends on finding a partner ly between the newly land- welcomed the cable car termi- Her emotions spinning panic, if he was taking drugs. And if she fails, she can pour with deep enough pockets to scaped greenspaces, each with nal. faster than an toddler on the “No,” Teen Spirit answered herself a glass of wine. What support the massive project. their own public esplanades “We’ve been saying for a tire swing at the Third Street looking at his mother like she better way to momentarily an- Governors Island, like the and private recreational offer- long time that this kind of playground, Smartmom was crazier than that guy who esthetize herself from the wor- Brooklyn Bridge Park devel- ings. public connection should be thought back to her own pro- walks up and down Seventh ries of raising a 14-year old? opment, is mandated to be But other city officials on the pier,” said Cobble Hill gressive youth on Manhat- Avenue sweeping the streets. Louise Crawford runs the self-financing. wondered just how the flighty Association President Roy tan’s Upper West Side. She “NEVER TAKE DRUGS!” “Only the Blog Knows Brook- State officials have told de- attraction would jibe with oth- Sloane. and her friends used to sneak Smartmom screamed. lyn” Web site. velopers that they will provide er activity on the waterfront, But Sloane wondered if the the necessary infrastructure to including the arrival of large plan for the airborne public FAMILY get people to whatever attrac- cruise ships beginning in April transit wasn’t a case of missed tions developers put there. in Red Hook, which is also a signals. “We have to see what peo- working container port. “My first reaction is to CLASSIFIEDS ple are interested in doing,” “How high do you have to wonder if the left hand knows said Doctoroff. “It could be- go so you don’t interfere with what the right hand is doing,” Day come a major attraction. We shipping?” Gill asked at Tues- he said. “It’s hard for me to TO ADVERTISE HERE have to wait and see.” day’s vote. “The higher you imagine that residents of School, In the past, planners dis- go the more expensive it be- Brooklyn Bridge Park are go- cussed linking Brooklyn to the comes.” ing to appreciate having a ca- Inc. CALL (718) 834-9350 island with a costly bridge, as Planners of the Brooklyn ble car operation in their front well as a regular ferry service Bridge Park, where Doctoroff yard.” A fully licensed and certified preschool connecting Lower Manhattan, would site one of his gondola The gondola would be Governors Island and the stations, were absent from Brooklyn’s first. The only oth- Brooklyn waterfront. Tuesday’s meeting. 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AE03 Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. 718-434-9697 ■ Indoor Gym facilities ■ Caring, loving environment 917-318-9092 Cops said the spate of vio- Instruction W45 lence was unusual, though it is not clear that the three rob- 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) • (718) 230-5255 Piano Lessons Tutoring AT TACKS… Piano Lessons can be fun! beries are related. Continued from page 1 $27.66 each, if they split the “To have three robberies, in I’m great with kids and adults. ly injured, police said. But the take evenly.) But the victim the same station, in three days, IN FLATBUSH AREA Test Prep / Math Tutor Princeton Grad - exp. tutor. thug managed to grab her cell- managed to get something too that certainly looks like a Call Christiana spike,” said Detective Kevin 718-693-0583 Prep for Regents (Math A, B); phone before he ran from the — a detailed description of his B30 SHSAT - Sci Hi test; SAT (math, station. Police are searching for attackers. Police are now Czartoryski. OPEN HOUSES: 6:30pm reading, writing). At my office “The transit robbery squad in Park Slope or your home. a Hispanic man, 5-foot-7 and searching for three black men, Jan 24 and Jan 31 SLOPE MUSIC 125 pounds, with light-colored, all between 5-foot-8 and 6- is investigating.” Instrumental & Vocal Ed Antoine curly hair, dressed in a black foot-1 and weighing between In a similar, but unrelated Jazz • Classical • Folk • Rock (718) 501-5111 overcoat, a black skullcap and 150 and 180 pounds. case, police arrested an 18- Call for free interview D06 white sneakers. 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The Brooklyn Papers It took only 35 years, but the last project in a Fort BRIEFS Greene urban renewal zone is finally moving for- ward. Last week, Community Board 2 approved a proposal by the Fifth Avenue Committee, a non-profit developer, to build 80 condos on Atlantic Avenue between South Portland and South Oxford streets. Beep! Beep! “The last hole of the Atlantic Terminal Renewal Area has been filled,” said Community Board 2 district manager Rob Parris, following the thumbs-up vote last Wednesday. The plan calls for a nine-story brick-and-limestone build- Marty set to take ing that will feature green technology. Half of the condos will be reserved for buyers who earn up to 80 percent of the city’s median income – $62,400 for a family of four. Twenty on insurance biz of the remaining condos will sell at market rate, while anoth- er 20 will be reserved for local buyers who earn just over the The Brooklyn Papers city’s median income. The Beep won a key battle last week in his crusade Over the past three decades of urban renewal, 1,540 units to lower car insurance premiums in Brooklyn. of mixed-income housing have been built in the zone. Forest Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Doris Ling-Cohan ruled City Ratner is also building 1.9 million square feet of resi- last Monday that the state Insurance Department must give dential and commercial space nearby, thanks to a deal signed Borough President Markowitz data that he believes will expose this summer with the state. geographic discrimination by insurance companies operating The city gained control of the blocks included in the At- in the borough. lantic Terminal Renewal Area in the 1960s and 1970s, fol- “It is not only illegal, it is also immoral for an insurer to re- lowing the decline of the Fort Greene meat market. Over the fuse to issue a policy based solely on where someone lives,” years, the former butchers’ district has watched many pro- the borough president said in a statement after his court victo- posals come and go, including the never-realized domed and Planning Magnusson Architecture ry. “Now we will be able to see whether, in fact, this practice is Dodgers stadium and a campus for Baruch College. This nine-story building, which is slated to rise at Atlantic Avenue between South Portland and South Oxford streets in Fort going on in Brooklyn,” he said. — Ariella Cohen Greene, would be the last project in a 35-year-old urban renewal zone. Markowitz demanded the data with a Freedom of Informa- tion Law filing, a tactic typi- cally used by reporters, not politicians, to pry public information from recalci- trant agencies. No-vote Felder’s inauguration features what’s her name He said he sought the information after The Brooklyn Papers Felder. made headlines recently when had publicly supported her. Someone of Irish descent? the room gleefully, again bask- some local insurance Felder, an Orthodox Jew it was revealed that he did not When the vote came, Felder Someone who once worked ing in his support for the new brokers testified in a Enter for a moment the vote for his colleaguue Chris- actually visited the men’s room for Tom Duane? speaker. and calling her “a per- 2003 court case that who represents the over- conflicted mind of City tine Quinn for City Council rather than have his support for “Someone,” Felder repeat- son of integrity and honesty.” major insurers refused whelmingly religious Jewish Councilmember Simcha district of Borough Park, speaker — even though he the openly gay Quinn be offi- ed, again leaving the word For her part, Quinn let her to sell policies in cially recorded for history. hanging. “That’s the end of the porcelain proponent off the parts of Brooklyn. Nu, Simcha? quote.” hook when asked whether she, Auto insurance The Brooklyn Papers Felder may have been as a person who has faced dis- rates in Brooklyn are caught up with Felder at his vague about his motivation, crimination because of her the highest in the swearing-in at Borough Hall but he was definitely honest sexual orientation, was trou- city. The average Wednesday evening to ask about his swearing-in party. bled that Felder didn’t stand Brooklyn retiree pays Checkin’ in with… why he took a powder rather The invitation had said, up to the anti-gay rabbis. $3,767 in annual car in- than vote for his candidate. “Speeches limited/food plenti- “Simcha is a terrific person surance premiums, nearly “I supported her because ful,” and it was no lie. and an outstanding coun- $2,000 more than the same Dr. Robert S. Kurtz she was the most competent “Leave it to Simcha to turn cilmember,” she said. Queens driver, according to state records. candidate,” Felder told The this into a Jewish wedding,” Later, Mayor Bloomberg State officials blame the steep prices on the borough’s den- Papers. “But I consulted with said Councilmember Alan showed up and offered his own sity, the frequency of car accidents, and its high incident of It’s not often that doctors get on the front the rabbis and they told me I Gerson (D-Manhattan). wedding-style toast to Felder. fraud. And the department argued that the data could reveal in- page of the city tabloids, but then again, most could not vote for someone...” But it was less like a Jewish But the mayor left without sam- surance trade secrets. doctors don’t take on the gun lobby and the Someone? Someone what, wedding than a mixed mar- pling the outstanding stuffed But Markowitz disagreed: “If the insurers are not breaking pro-gun politicians who do its bidding. That’s ex- Councilman? Someone fe- riage. When Quinn showed cabbage, a glaring error in judge- the law, they have nothing to worry about,” he said in his state- actly what Dr. Robert Kurtz, co-director of trau- male? Someone with red hair? up, Felder escorted her around ment. — Gersh Kuntzman ment. “However, it does look suspicious that some of the na- ma and surgical critical care at Kings County tion’s biggest insurers joined the state in this lawsuit in an at- Hospital, did back in November after police offi- tempt to keep the information from getting out.” cer Dillon Stewart died at his hospital from a Judge Ling-Cohan gave the state 30 days to send the records bullet fired from an illegal gun. Our own Gersh to Borough Hall. — Cohen Kuntzman checked in with Dr. Kurtz this week.
Q: So what was the fallout from your A: We have great regulations in New York, high-profile, anti-gun position? but regulations can only go so far because A: There was no negative fallout. I said guns are floating in all the time. Eighty-two Where to go? something that was near to my heart and im- percent of guns used in crimes in New York portant. As a trauma surgeon, I know we City come from out of the state. Virginia ac- counts for 17 percent itself. Their politicians The Brooklyn Papers need to do much more to get rid of guns. The won’t do anything about it, so the federal NYPD is very zealous and I’m glad about it, The company that will guide tourists down the government needs to step up, not that they gang-plank and into Brooklyn is still out to sea about but they can only do so much. will. where to actually take the visitors. Q: So who’s to blame? Q: Is anything getting better? Roughly 2,000 passengers will spill out of every cruise ship A: The arms industry. They are simply mak- A: Well, the violence here is way down that docks at Red Hook’s Pier 12 starting in April — and all ing too many guns. Society is awash in compared to 15 years ago, but guns remain will be led by a company called US Gateways. them. There are 100 million guns in this the most significant problem here. As trauma But the owner of the Long Island-based firm is still unsure country. And the gun makers earn a profit off surgeons, we enjoy the challenge, but I’d what his Bermuda-shorts-wearing charges will see. people’s misfortunes. gladly give up the excitement. At a typical “We don’t know where to take them,” Josh Srulevich told Q: But the capitalist in me says that hospital, gun and knife wounds are 8-15 per- The Brooklyn Papers. “Maybe the Botanical Gardens [sic] or gun manufacturers wouldn’t make cent of the trauma cases. Here, it’s 50 per- Callan / Tom the aquarium in Coney Island.” guns if people didn’t buy them. cent. We have the highest rate of penetrating US Gateways ran its first job ads in local newspapers this A: True, but that doesn’t mean it’s right. Co- trauma of any center in the country. week. The ideal candidates have “excellent communication caine is manufactured because people buy it, Q: What kind of stress does it put on skills and professional appearance.” The ad also listed “comp too, but no one says it’s a good thing. But at the hospital? lit” as a requirement, which will no doubt warm the hearts of least with drugs, the only person who can be A: We’re lucky that we’re opening a new Papers The Brooklyn many liberal arts professors. directly harmed is the fool who uses them. operating room and a new emergency room Elected officials have hailed the new cruise ship terminal as But with guns, innocent kids or cops doing this spring. It’s going to be a paradise for a great way to get tourists to Brooklyn, but Srulevich couldn’t their job like Officer Stewart get caught in anyone with severe trauma injuries. say if the city’s investment would actually pay off. “[Passen- King tribute the line of fire. gers] won’t really have time to run around [Brooklyn],” he said. Q: A paradise? Mayor Bloomberg was the headliner at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual tribute Perhaps the 70 people hired as agents can at least help the Q: So what is to be done? A: A paradise that no one wants to visit. to Martin Luther King Jr. this week at the Fort Greene institution. Hizzoner praised King’s tourists find a real bagel. — Cohen legacy and said that schools are the “civil rights battlefield of the 21st century.” WALK-IN The restaurant week that wasn’t Alumni Room Gallery ADMISSIONS for The Brooklyn Papers 245 Clinton Avenue The city’s much-hyped winter “Restaurant Week” is Brooklyn, NY 11205 missing one thing from the menu: Brooklyn. “CHANGE YOUR FUTURE” The River Cafe is the sole Brooklyn representative among the near- ly 200 eateries participating in the Jan. 23-Feb. 3 restaurant promotion, IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN which features a $24.07 prix-fixe lunch. While that may not seem like a lot in Manhattan, most Brooklyn restaurants charge far less for a midday meal. • Dental Lab or Vision Care Technology • Nursing But the high check is not the only reason Brooklyn restaurateurs • Medical Imaging • AutoCad • Biology have virtually stopped participating. “You’re only allowed to participate if you’re a member of NYC & • Engineering • Culinary Company [the city’s tourism agency],” said one Brooklyn restaurant source. “And the fee to participate in Restaurant Week is $2,500. • Career & Technology Teacher Education That’s too much for most of us.” High-end restaurants had a different complaint. Some said that the or any of 57 baccalaureate, associate $24.07 was actually not high enough to ensure a fair profit. “We just couldn’t turn out what people expected for that price,” said In Pursuit of Social Justice and certificate programs Judy Storch, vice president of the company that runs Peter Luger Steakhouse, where the best porterhouse in the city costs close to $40 per person. A Series of Special Events For information about our majors and Storch said the steakhouse had participated in past Restaurant Weeks, but found it could only offer a small steak sandwich. FREDERICK TERNA: how to apply directly contact the But Scott Stamford, general manager of The River Cafe, sees restaurant week as a silver lining amid the gray skies of winter. From Darkness to Light, “It brings people into the restaurant who would not otherwise come Please Touch Office of Admissions in for lunch or dinner,” he said, adding that winter is a particularly slow time for the top-notch eatery. 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Cozy 1 We pay the highest percentage, Auto Donation Formal Appointment of Yvonne Patricia Bruno Approx. amt. of judgment is $12,980.67 plus (718) 855-4111 as Personal Representative of the Estate of Chris costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and con- Bedroom condo, parquet floors, exposed brick, close ER29-03 95% of earned commissions to our agents. That’s the highest payout in the industry. Bruno and the Motion to Limit the Father’s ditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. to museum, park, library, low maintenance. 491 Park Share of Entitlement as and Intestate Heir, ERNEST BARTOL, Referee. SHAPIRO & DICARO, Place, #3R, bet. Classon/Grand. Open House: Jan. 7 & Join “RE/MAX at the Slope” and cover the most DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED PLEADINGS: LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 777 Larkfield Rd., Commack, Mortgages Petitions for Formal Appointment (Summarized) NY - (631) 462-2525. #65053. 8, 2-4pm. HAPPY NEW YEAR! 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SSNY has been designated as Call (718) 371-5921 Father; Lisa Small, Aunt, NOW THEREFORE, agent of the LLC upon whom process against it email: [email protected] Alister Aird is summoned to be and appear may be served. The post office address to which Registered Mortgage Broker - NYS Banking Dept. before me at Columbia SC on the 22nd of the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against 718-531-3995 the LLC served upon him/her is 105 State St., #2, Loans Arranged through Third Party Provider Donate a Car August, 2005 at 2:00pm to show cause why Yvonne Patricia Bruno should not be appointed Brooklyn, NY 11201, Attn: Jennifer Gutierrez. W29-04 W29-05 Join The Paper Team to the personal representative of the Estate of Latest date to dissolve: Indefinite. Purpose/char- Chris Sean Bruno and to further show cause why acter of LLC: Food Manufacturing. BP01-06 Current openings in all departments he should not be disentitled as an intestate heir Any condition of Chris Sean Bruno. A full copy of the Summons 210 Grandview Avenue, LLC, Notice of formation and Petition is available form the above-named of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of MORTGAGES attorney. If you do not appear at the hearing or Organization filed with the Secretary of State of SALES file an answer, the relief requested will most like- New York (SSNY) on November 30, 2005. Office IRS Deduction location: Kings County. SSNY has been designat- ly be granted. BP03 ER49 ed as agent of the LLC upon who process against 10 YEARS OF BROOKLYN Ad Sales by Phone Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any Let an ANGEL LENDING EXPERIENCE As an inside sales rep, you’ll be selling ads by phone to business own- Free Same-Day Pick Up the Civil Court, Kings County on the 30th day of process to Joseph Altilio, 2333 East 72nd Street, ––––––––––––––––––––––––– December, 2005, bearing the Index Number Brooklyn, NY 11234. BP01-06 bring you home • Purchases and Refinances ers, health care and legal professionals and home improvement con- N501100/05, a copy of which may be examined at tractors. Candidates should have excellent phone manner, enthusiasm, the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, 210 Grandview Avenue, LLC, Notice of formation • 1-4 Family Houses KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Victor Angel • Co-ops And Condos self motivation and enjoy learning and working with a team. Salary, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me rights to: Organization filed with the Secretary of State of commission, target bonuses. Full time or part-time. Full-time benefits Assume the name of: Jimmy Shangjun Yang. My New York (SSNY) on November 30, 2005. Office Tel: (212) 318-9459 • Low Documentation Loans ––––––––––––––––––––– location: Kings County. SSNY has been designat- include health, dental and vacation. Our classified section is hot and present name is: Shang Jun Yang. My present Cell: (917) 816-2804 • Extremely Competitive Rates address is: 150 Bay 8th Street, Brooklyn, New York ed as agent of the LLC upon who process against E-Fax: (646) 792-4847 our reps have achieved high earnings. We’re the only New York news- 11228. My place of birth is: Guangdong, China. it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to Joseph Altilio, 2333 East 72nd Street, paper with a full-color home improvement classified section. KIDS IN CRISIS My date of birth is: October 19, 1991. Email: [email protected] BR02/COR03 Brooklyn, NY 11234. 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