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By Jess Wisloski The Brooklyn Papers Proving that a picture is truly worth a thousand words, a com- munity activist and longtime sup- porter of the plan to build a Brooklyn Bridge Park set off a flurry of anxious e-mails this week when he distributed a com- puter-generated image of what he believes a planned 30-story con- dominium tower at the park’s Hall Borough southern end would look like. Borough President Marty Markowitz, pictured last month with Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary-General, is Roy Sloane, a member of the Cob- building bridges that may result in the international agency setting up permanent offices here. ble Hill Association who owns a small advertising agency and special- izes in graphic design, circulated an e-mail with an image he created de- picting how the park would appear from a western-facing view at At- lantic Avenue. U.N.-BELIEVABLE “My goal was to get an accurate picture out there and have an open discussion,” said Sloane, who oppos- es plans by the park’s state-appointed Seek permanent office development corporation to finance the annual $15.2 million operating budget by building five luxury resi- dential buildings. Unlike most parks in the city, space in D’town B’klyn Brooklyn Bridge Park, which is planned for the waterfront roughly be- By Jess Wisloski say, even if they don’t decide upon “We went to the U.N., we made tween the Manhattan Bridge overpass The Brooklyn Papers Brooklyn as a temporary facility, our pitch and came home,” he Below, left, Cobble Hill Association member Roy Sloane’s rendering of what he believes a proposed 30-sto- and Atlantic Avenue, is mandated to be they still would consider Brooklyn said. ry tower at the entrance to the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development would look like. The self-sufficient, paying for its own cost- Borough President Marty for a full-time expansion,” said Adams told The Brooklyn Pa- Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation subsequently released its version of the tower view (below, ly maintenance. The city and state Markowitz has been lobbying Greg Atkins, Markowitz’s chief of pers this week that the U.N. was right) and also overlayed what they believe to be more accurate dimensions onto Sloane’s rendering (above). have agreed to finance the estimated United Nations officials to relo- staff. also eyeing Brooklyn for a perma- $150 million it will cost to develop the cate to Downtown Brooklyn Atkins noted that the July 12 nent relocation of some type. open space, commercial and housing during the planned reconstruc- meeting, which included Brooklyn “I think the thing that struck me development. tion of the international body’s Chamber of Commerce President about the meeting was first, that Since the plans for the housing general headquarters in Man- Kenneth Adams and Downtown the undersecretary made it clear were introduced to media and select hattan — and the effort may be Brooklyn Council Director that Downtown Brooklyn is cer- community groups late last year, sub- paying off. Michael Burke, did not include tainly still on their radar screen sequent meetings held by the Brook- any real estate developers. [for the temporary relocation], but lyn Bridge Park Development Corpo- Word out of meetings between Markowitz and U.N. Undersecre- “In fact, we aren’t even ready to the thing that was a surprise was ration (BBPDC) and its lead designer, be talking to developers in Brook- that he also mentioned his interest the landscape architecture firm tary General Christopher Burnham lyn, but we took a delegation of in Downtown Brooklyn long- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates this week was that Brooklyn is not business, educational institution term, that it is a possible site for (MVVA), have shown attendees vari- just being looked at for the seven- ous renderings of what the park year relocation of their headquar- and community leaders to go talk some function of the U.N. perma- would look like from a multitude of ters and General Assembly, but is and we went to speak to Chris nently,” he said. viewpoints as well as a model. also being seriously considered for Burnham about why Brooklyn Crain’s New York Business re- None of the images showed pro- a permanent relocation of some would be a great possibility,” ported Monday that the U.N. had posed luxury high-rise residential support staff. Atkins said about the half-hour narrowed the potential sites for the “Undersecretary Burnham did meeting. See PICTURE SPARKS on page 17 See UN MOVE on page 13 Bloomie bucks MTA won’t pave way for show hand Moose Lodge Refuses to release bid info By Jess Wisloski the 8.4-acre site likewise would not The Brooklyn Papers be made public until after the MTA By Ajla Grozdanic went more than a mile away, to a basement Despite mounting pressure from board review of the bids. for The Brooklyn Papers space at the Angel Guardian Home, on 63rd Forest City Ratner, the develop- Street between 12th and 13th avenues, in community groups, the Metro- ment company with whom the MTA It’s taken three years of political Borough Park. politan Transportation Authority posturing and name-calling, but has been negotiating for more than a Left without a center in Bensonhurst, said this week it would not make year, and Extell Development, a Man- Bensonhurst seniors will soon get a Jerry Speier many seniors, who had to travel more than public the details of two bids sub- hattan-based company that submitted new center at the Loyal Order of the 20 blocks to get to the new center, protest- mitted by developers seeking to a last-minute bid, both hope to secure Moose Lodge on 18th Avenue. ed that decision. build over the Atlantic Avenue rail development rights for the site. The Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week Not everyone is showing unreserved op- Potter’s field storage yards until the authority’s rail yards stretch east into Prospect announced $133,000 allocated from his ex- timism towards the new center opening this Brooklyn Public Library librarians Marilyn Ackerman, Michael Santangelo and Alli- fall, especially considering the two-year de- board had completed its review of Heights from the intersection of At- ecutive budget towards operational costs of son Henden surrounded by the latest Harry Potter installment, “Harry Potter and the new satellite senior center at the frater- lay that followed the closing of the Narrows them. lantic and Flatbush avenues. the Half-Blood Prince.” BPL set a new record with its initial purchase of 1,155 nal lodge. It is scheduled to open this fall. Senior Center, which had been deemed un- Aspokeswoman for the state au- Both Forest City Ratner and Ex- The Bay Ridge Paper first reported back fit by the city and not in compliance with copies. Online reservations for the book topped 1,150 copies before last Satur- thority also told The Brooklyn Pa- tell officials have declined to make in January the mayor’s funding commit- the Americans with Disabilities Act. day’s release. Reservations can be made at www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. pers that an independent appraisal of See REFUSAL on page 17 ment for a senior center at the Moose “[The senior center will open] just before Lodge, 7707 18th Ave., which Bloomberg the election, so that [Bloomberg] can come announced this week. and cut the ribbon,” said Assemblyman Pe- “Moose Lodge Senior Center is another ter Abbate this week. wonderful addition to our 329 centers A political tug of war between the De- across the five boroughs,” said Bloomberg mocrat Abbate and Republican Golden Ridge body artist dies on bike path on July 15. “Our centers are vibrant places over funding for the Moose Lodge began for seniors to socialize, stay informed about near the end of 2002. Golden, who accord- their community and receive nutritious ing to sources was instrumental in the cen- By Ariella Cohen It was Alexander’s passion May acknowledged unsafe, meals. Bensonhurst seniors will now have ter moving to Borough Park, announced for The Brooklyn Papers for bicycling and speed that led crowded conditions along the during his campaign for Senate in late 2002 to his demise — he was killed Bay Ridge waterfront on Shore one more place to go and meet friends.” If one thing is certain in the State Sen. Marty Golden, chairman of that he had secured $225,000 in matching July 11 in a biking accident on Parkway’s “narrow” bike and funds from Senate Majority Leader Joe wake of the tragic death of the Shore Parkway path along pedestrian path and was looking the state Senate Aging Committee, who has lifelong Bay Ridgite Keith been involved in the Moose Lodge funding Bruno, and $100,000 in annual operating the waterfront in Bay Ridge. for funds to finance its repair. saga since its inception, said as part of a costs from the city, for a center at the Alexander Bonanno, it is that According to eyewitnesses, “The accident is so senseless. joint release with the mayor, “Today, the Moose Lodge. his memory will live on, and Alexander, who did not wear a Keith crashed while trying to senior citizens of Bensonhurst have been See MOOSE on page 8 under, the skin of many of helmet, hit the guardrail that avoid hitting a kid,” said his granted a gift, and I am very grateful to those who knew him. separates the road from the girlfriend, Melissa Medina. “I Mayor Bloomberg for working with our PAGE 9 Perhaps best known for his highway. He had been trying to had just decided to stop riding community to make this dream of a senior expertise as a body artist — spe- pass a child who was veering there,” she added. center a reality. cializing in piercing, cuttings back and forth between left and Alexander opened Brook- “The establishment of this new center and brandings — the 41-year- right on the narrow lane. His lyn’s first-ever body piercing was a priority, for we could not allow our old Alexander (as an adult he head hit the railing and he bled studio, Modern American Body seniors to age in an outdated and unsuitable dropped the Bonanno) lived the profusely before he died. Arts, in 1996. Occupying a environment.” life of a modern-day renaissance “The ambulance guy said first-floor storefront on Fifth The funding of the senior center puts an man. He pursued his multiple that if he had had the helmet, Avenue at 87th Street — only a end to what turned out to be a three-year passions as a body artist, rock he’d probably still be alive,” few blocks from where Alexan- back-and-forth of political scapegoating guitarist — in the bands Carni- noted a post on bikeblog.com. der grew up — Modern Ameri- that arose shortly before the closing of the vore and Primal Scream — and Alexander died on a stretch can functioned as a neighbor- Narrows Senior Center, on 18th Avenue at avid bicyclist even while main- of the bike and pedestrian path hood hub, its cleanliness and 77th Street, in July 2003. Although the Ridgite gets Bing taining a career as the chief tech- recognized by local elected of- atmosphere attracting enthusi- Moose Lodge had been the primary candi- nologist and digital project man- Melissa Medina ficials and the Parks Depart- asts of the goth scene as well as date to serve as the new home for some 100 Crosby his due ager for a media company in Keith Alexander Bonanno, 41, died last week after a bicycling ment for its poor maintenance. body art connoisseurs from all displaced Bensonhurst seniors, funding SoHo. accident on the Shore Parkway bike path. The Parks Department in See BIKER on page 15
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Through window police that the man approached 11:55 am, on the southwest his home, which did not ap- During that time, a thief Athief snagged $400 but him as he was walking home corner of Fourth Avenue and pear to have been ransacked: snatched the bag from her was spotted by a child while along the avenue, near 71st 93rd Street. $1,000 in cash, a $7,500 home, near Ovington Avenue. escaping through the bath- Street, at 12:01 am. At first, the She had just climbed the Rolex, a pair of gold cigarette The victim said the purse had room window of a building on man asked only for a cigarette, the victim said. stairs from the subway station, lighters, valued at $1,500 to- two $100 bills and a cell phone 63rd Street, say police. When he told the would-be emerging onto the street, when gether, and $20,000 in suits, bill in it. The 44-year-old resident robber “no,” the attacker told the thug struck. The victim told shorts, pants and other cloth- Police said the woman later told police she left her home, him, “Run your pocket.” When police the attacker bumped her ing. Also taken was the vic- found the bag around the cor- near 14th Avenue, at 12:30 pm on July 11. When she returned the victim refused to empty his in the face with his arm and tim’s Egyptian passport. ner, on 68th Street between 13th threw her back down the sub- an hour later, her place had pockets, the suspect pulled a red % Bar brawl and 14th avenues, but the goods way stairs. He then snatched been robbed. box cutter and tried to slash the inside were gone. * her cell phone and fled. Fisticuffs at a New Utrecht Police said the thief came in victim’s throat. Avenue nightspot turned Dirty deed through the bathroom window, The victim struggled free APY Bloomin’ idiot bloody when one man beat Athief nabbed $150 from a which was open. The victim’s and the attacker fled, boarding a Aman at a steakhouse on another with a beer bottle. 3.00for balances of $5,000 or more Bath Avenue Laundromat child saw the suspect leave the D train bound for Manhattan. X.XX 86th Street bludgeoned a co- Police said the July 17 fight closed for the night. worker with a cutting board at the bar, near the corner of same way, but no description Police arrested a suspect at 39th on July 17, say police. 15th Avenue, was between Police say the robber entered of the robber was available. Street and Third Avenue. MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT. Cops arrested a 22-year-old strangers. FDIC INSURED. Brooklyn man on a felony as- The victim, 26, told police sault charge after the scuffle at that a 30-year-old man struck Security. Rates consistently among the highest in the restaurant, part of a nation- him over the head repeatedly al chain of steakhouses, near the nation. And easy access to your money. 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When she re- returned at 2:20 pm on July 13, a side window smashed and the two front airbags ripped out. Robbers cleaned out the turned at 1 am, her front door in the back had been busted and the thief had And sometime between 11:30 pm on June 28 closet — grabbing $20,000 in was open and her home had cut out the airbags. and 5:30 pm on July 8, thugs smashed up a clothing — and also scored been burglarized. Another Honda on the same block met a sim- 2002 Lexus in a failed attempt to snatch a pair metlifebank.com cash and luxury goods during ilar fate. The victim said he left the car at 11:35 of headlights, valued at $2,500. The owner told The door was busted open, *A*Annualnnual Percentage YieldsYields (APYs)(APYs) areare effectiveeffective 00/00/007/6/05 and, and are are variable variable and and subject subject to tochange. change. 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A ra- Police have warned of a dio call led police to the scene. rash of muggings involving Police said the suspect re- the digital music players, sisted arrest, flailing his arms which range in price from and struggling to get free be- $100 to more than $300. fore he was taken into cus- Police arrested two teenage tody. The homeowners said CIAL suspects in one attack, at the nothing was stolen. SPE corner of 63rd Street and New Bogus bandits UNT WE WILL Utrecht Avenue. The 14-year- SCO d Aband of five young men DI tate an old victim told police the teens flashed a fake police badge and ity, S BEAT ANY approached him around 3:20 all C es robbed a teen just before dawn for mploye announces their pm on July 11, pushed him to July 14 on Shore Parkway. ederal e COMPETITOR’S the ground and punched him The victim, 16, told police F about the head and face. he was approached by the PRICES ON 100% The victim told police they group of thugs at 5 am, at the demanded money and his iPod. corner of Bay Parkway. He ABOVE ALUMINUM When he turned it over, the at- said the men asked if he and tackers fled. his companions did drugs. POOLS On July 15, a 17-year-old The lead attacker then pro- lost his iPod when a neighbor- duced fake police identifica- GROUND hood kid snatched it. tion and demanded their wal- The teen told police he was lets. 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By Lilo H. Stainton •Around 4:30 pm, on July 11, a man report- The Brooklyn Papers ed that his 2005 Cadillac Escalade had been stolen from where he had parked it, on Bay 23rd Thieves snagged at least eight vehicles, Street near 86th Street.
including two motorcycles, this week, say •Two hours later, on the same day, a woman Callan / Tom police. said thieves stole her 1990 Jeep Cherokee, •A 24-year-old man told police his 2003 parked on Dahill Road near 65th Street. Suzuki motorcycle was stolen sometime around •Sometime between noon on July 11 and noon on July 16 from its parking spot on Bay 7:30 pm on July 12, robbers grabbed a 1999 Parkway near 70th Street. Nissan and a 1994 Honda. The Nissan owner •On July 17, around 3 pm, robbers grabbed a said he had left the car parked at West 12th Papers The Brooklyn 2001 Yamaha bike from Bay 41st Street near Street and Avenue P. The owner of the Honda Harway Avenue. Accord, said the car was parked on 81st Street, •Sometime between noon on July 10 and between 18th and 19th avenues. Now that’s a BIG check! 11:30 pm on July 11, a 1988 GMC vehicle was •On July 15, at 10:15 pm, a man reported his City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Gifford Miller (left) joined Brooklyn Public Library Deputy Director Siobhan Reardon and Councilman stolen from Avenue S, between West Sixth and blue 2005 Chevrolet Electra stolen from where Vincent Gentile last Thursday, as the coucilmembers presented a giant $3,360,000 check for renovations of the Fort Hamilton Branch of the library, West Seventh streets. he had parked it, on 14th Avenue at 63rd Street. located at Fourth Avenue and 94th Street. MOOSE… Continued from page 1 ary process.” But the money was contin- “We’re just happy that [the Win a honeymoon gent upon two things — the senior center] is going to be Assembly committing to put open,” Coffey added. in the other half of the funding Bloomberg, he said, believes and the election of Golden to the new center will serve as a Enter The Brooklyn Bride contest to win a 7-night cruise for two the newly drawn seat. great place for the Bensonhurst Abbate, who had pledged senior community to get to- $100,000, fumed at the politi- gether, especially since it will to the Caribbean or Mexican Riviera, sponsored by cal wrangling, telling The Bay involve a shorter commute than Ridge Paper in October 2002: they now have to get to the An- “[Golden’s] a no good, lying, gel Guardian Home. son of a bitch! You can put Christopher Miller, director that in the paper. He’s the of public affairs for the city most despicable elected offi- Department for the Aging, cial I’ve ever seen.” said that everything is going The war between the two as planned with respect to the politicians over the facility new facility. continued until March 2003, “We knew all along that the when they gathered at the old opening will be in the fall,” he On Carnival, Norwegian or Royal Caribbean Cruise lines. Packaged by Mini Vacations Inc. Narrows Senior Center to an- said. nounce a funding agreement. The agency, he said, is Golden secured $175,000, working with the Moose followed by Abbate’s Lodge, the landlord, and Contest open to engaged couples & couples $125,000 for the physical ren- Catholic Charities, who run ovation of the lodge, which the Angel Guardian program married since Jan. 1. Enter by Aug. 3. began shortly after that press and will run the satellite cen- conference. And the allocation ter, to make sure that things go Mail to: July Contest, The Brooklyn Bride, c/o The Brooklyn Papers, of the funds from the mayor’s smoothly. executive budget also un- 55 Washington St, Ste 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY WED. AUG. 3. Meanwhile, Catholic Chari- locked $35,000 committed by ties is moving forward with Borough President Marty Or enter online at www.TheBrooklynBride.com. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY WED. AUG. 3. the process of hiring staff for Markowitz for annual opera- the new center. BRIDE’S NAME: tional costs at the Moose Lodge senior center. The budget is intended to re- serve approximately $22,000 GROOM’S NAME: When asked about the bad blood raised over the center’s for rent; $62,000 for personnel; $27,000 for disposable products WEDDING DATE (between January 1, 2005 and December 2007): funding, Golden spokesman John Quaglione said the past and 50 meals a day; $5,300 for is behind them, the funding is program activities; $2,000 for STREET ADDRESS: there now and the center is liability insurance; and $4,400 built and ready to be used. for utilities. The center will be CITY, STATE & ZIP: “We’re just happy that in open four hours a day, officials the time when senior centers said this week. DAYTIME PHONE: EVENING PHONE: are faced with cuts and clo- “We’re working coopera- sure in the city, we’re able to tively with the Department for E-MAIL ADDRESS: open a state-of-the-art facility the Aging toward the opening in Bensonhurst,” Quaglione of the center,” said Lucy Gar- NAME AND RELATION OF PERSON SUBMITTING ENTRY: said. “It will be a treasure rido, director of communica- BRIDE GROOM OTHER (SPECIFY) once it opens.” tions for Catholic Charities. Mayoral spokesman Chris And even Abbate, who re-
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CINEMA Superwoman Brooke Ellison, who at age 11 was hit by a car and left paralyzed from the neck down, has defied the odds. Despite her handicap, she graduated with honors from Harvard University in 2000 and her life inspired a film. Amovie based on her life, “The Brooke Ellison Story,” directed by the late Christopher Reeve, is being shown at Long Is- land University’s Brook- lyn campus in the Li- brary Learning Center, Room 124, on July 24 at 2 pm. After the film, Elli- son (pictured at right with her parents) will give a brief talk and sign copies of her autobiographical (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings July 23, 2005 book, “Miracles Hap- pen,” from 3:30 to 4 pm. The free screening is part of the Brooklyn Inter- national Disability Film Festival, which features 35 films by and about people with disabilities, and will take place at various locations on the Brooklyn campus through July 24. A free Wellness Expo, with talks geared to the disabled, will take place at the campus from 10 am to 5 pm on July 23. Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus is lo- cated at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. For ‘Fierce’ more information about the Brooklyn Internation- al Disability Film Festival and Wellness Expo, call Anne Scott, professor of occupational therapy at LIU’s Brooklyn Campus, at (718) 780-4507 or visit www.brooklyn.liu.edu/bidff/. — Eleazer Gorenstein
campus ART Brooklyn College celebrates 75th Coney art On July 24 at 3 pm, the Coney Island Museum year with exhibit of memorabilia will host an artist’s reception for “Philomena Marano: (still) Under the Influence.” The exhibit features Marano’s cut paper works, from celebrities, protests & more from 1981 to the present, that are inspired by the neighborhood’s amusements. Among the works on By Eleazer Gorenstein merce calling for the creation of a CUNY display is 2004’s “Wonder Wheel World Swing
for The Brooklyn Papers branch in Brooklyn. The Board of Higher Edu- Mango / Greg Low” (below). cation was established that same year, and the The recep- silver shovel that Mayor Fiorello La plan for Brooklyn College was set in motion. tion is fol- Guardia used to break ground at Brook- The original site of the college was in Down- lowed by an Alyn College‘s Midwood campus in 1935 town Brooklyn, and it remained there until “Ask the Ex- now stands erect in the center of the college 1937, when construction of a permanent home pert” lecture at library, like a statue commemorating the be- was completed on 40 acres of land in Midwood 5 pm, where ginning of a celebrated legacy. that had previously been a golf course. La Marano will The college that the three-term mayor fund- Guardia secured the land and, with President Papers All photos The Brooklyn discuss her life ed with the hope that it would yield keen and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s help, began raising From fashion to fairs: (Clockwise from top) Anthony Cucchiara, curator of “A Fierce Deter- and work, curious minds for Brooklyn is now host to a money to fund the new campus. The two men mination: 75 Years of Excellence” at Brooklyn College, stands by a display of traditional fe- which includes public display of his- held a groundbreaking male campus clothes from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s; the Jan. 27, 1971 issue of “The Student co-founding the Coney Island Hysterical Society tory and precious ceremony at the Mid- Mobilizer”; the shovel used by Fiorello La Guardia at the groundbreaking for the current cam- with artist Richard Eagan, in an effort to minimize memorabilia in honor EXHIBIT wood site in October pus on Oct. 2, 1935; and buttons from Brooklyn College Country Fairs. Coney Island’s decline. of its 75th anniver- 1935, and the shovel The Coney Island Museum is located at 1208 sary. “A Fierce Deter- “A Fierce Determination: 75 Years of Ex- that La Guardia used started in 1938 by Dean Adele Bildersee to and mired in tremendous controversy because Surf Ave. at 12th Street, second floor. The recep- cellence” will be on display until Dec. 31 at mination: 75 Years of Brooklyn College’s library (located at the junc- during the event can raise money for the Brooklyn College Graduate of such high-profile clientele as Mike Tyson tion is free and the lecture is $5. The exhibit will Excellence” features tion of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues and be seen at the exhibit. Scholarship Fund’s cash-starved students. The and O.J. Simpson — and perhaps most fa- continue through Oct. 9. Museum hours are Fri- more than 200 pieces Ocean Avenue and Avenue H in Midwood). A “A Fierce Determi- fair was a significant event for the urban cam- mously the overturned conviction of Claus von day through Sunday, from noon to 5 pm, in July portion of the exhibit is on display now at celebrating the insti- Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon St. at nation” also features pus — and the neighborhood — and was an Bulow, accused of murdering his Newport so- and August, and Saturdays and Sundays, from tution’s rich tradition, Court Street in Brooklyn Heights) until Aug. buttons, fliers, news- annual affair for decades before being discon- cialite wife, Sunny, which was depicted in the noon to 5 pm, in September and October. For 19, when it will return to the library. complete with arti- The exhibit is free, and is open during the li- papers and pictures tinued in the late 1980s. film “Reversal of Fortune” — is another alum more information, call (718) 372-5159 or visit facts from notable brary’s summer hours: Monday and Thursday created by students Letters are also on display documenting the well-represented in the exhibit. Some of Der- www.philo-mania.com — Lisa J. Curtis alumni and events. from 9 am to 6 pm, and on Tuesday and and faculty, chroni- 1952 dismissal of Harry Slochower, one of the showitz’s college and professional writing is on Wednesday from 9 am to 9 pm. The traveling “The exhibit is component at Borough Hall is open 9 am to 5 cling the events and original professors at the college, due to his re- display, including one of his books, “Taking supposed to show pm, Monday through Friday, and is also free. For overall attitude of the fusal to answer Brooklyn College President Liberties: A Decade of Hard Cases, Bad Laws how the college has more information, call the Brooklyn College li- Midwood campus Harry Gideonse’s questions during a “Mc- and Bum Raps.” brary at (718) 951-5346 or Borough Hall at (718) CINEMA evolved, as well as to 802-3700, or visit the web sites at www.brook- over the years. Memo- Carthy-like” inquisition of the faculty can be “If it wasn’t for Brooklyn College, Alan Der- highlight the achieve- lyn.cuny.edu and www.brooklyn-usa.org. rabilia from the anti- seen, Cucchiara said. The Western Union showitz would not be a notable figure today,” ments of the college war movements dur- telegram from students congratulating Slo- Cucchiara claimed. “A lot of first-generation over time,” Brooklyn ing World War II and chower after he was reinstated at the college by American children, like him, would have gone College Archivist Anthony Cucchiara told GO the Vietnam War, as well as pictures of riots and the Supreme Court in 1956, is there as well. into their father’s business had they not had the Nun better Brooklyn. “Even though the college has protests from the civil rights-era represent the The exhibit also features the bell from the opportunity to go to school in Brooklyn, which changed quite a bit, our goals remain pretty profound political involvement and enthusiasm USS Brooklyn, a World War II Naval ship that was local and cheap. Dershowitz would have much the same now as they were when the col- for U.S. isolationism that has been present on received four battle stars. The bell was obtained been a dry goods store owner, just like his dad.” lege started. Brooklyn College has always been the campus almost since its inception, a trend by the college’s Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, a As pleased as Cucchiara is with all of the ob- about providing fine public education to the that Cucchiara believes still exists at the college chapter for World War II veterans who received jects in the exhibit, there’s one that was a partic- children of immigrants.” today. their education on the GI Bill. ular delight to acquire, he said. Some of those children have gone on to be- “Students here are very intellectually stimu- An olive-green robe worn by actor Smits in “The La Guardia shovel is a very interesting come well-known figures after their tutelage at lated and in charge, and have been for a long 1980, his senior year, during a production of piece,” said Cucchiara. “I had been looking for Brooklyn College, including acclaimed and time,” Cucchiara said. “A well-informed citi- “Othello,” is encased in glass. Smits, 50, is an it for years, ever since I saw it in the video of controversial defense attorney Alan Der- zenry is the basis for sound democracy. Stu- Emmy-winning actor who has starred in the tel- the groundbreaking ceremony. Then one day, a showitz, authors William Alfred and Irwin dents — a lot of the time — are distracted to- evision series “L.A. Law,” “NYPD Blue” and man named George Goodman called and said Shaw, Nobel Prize winner Stanley Cohen, actor day. A lot is going on and we want them to “The West Wing” as well as in The Public The- he had it. It apparently was given to George’s Jimmy Smits and comedian Sam Levinson, know that there is more than iPods and J. Lo ater’s Shakespeare in the Park productions, on father, who was La Guardia’s neighbor, when who all have artifacts in the exhibit. out there in the world.” Broadway (“Anna in the Tropics”) and George La Guardia moved into Gracie Mansion. It had “A Fierce Determination” chronicles the his- A number of panels in the exhibit display Lucas’ latest “Star Wars” installment. been in the family ever since, and he decided entieth Century Fox / Photofest
tory of the college, beginning with a letter in images and information about events like the Dershowitz, the attorney and law professor that it would be better if we had it. Tw 1926 from the Brooklyn Chamber of Com- Brooklyn College Country Fair, which was who has been both blessed with great success “I’m glad we do.” The hills of Prospect Park are going to be alive with Robert Wise’s Oscar-winning 1965 film, “The preneurial prowess, helming Cros- Sound of Music,” on July 29 at 7:30 pm. According by Enterprises, which not only to Celebrate Brooklyn’s Jack Walsh, the film will be made mousetraps and coffee filters, shown in Cinemascope on the band shell’s 50-foot- but also emblazoned his name and wide, 22-foot-tall screen “as it was meant to be visage on the packaging a la Paul seen.” Newman. Watch as Maria (played by Golden Globe-winner ‘Christmas’ in July Among the members in the can- Julie Andrews, above) leaves the convent to be gov- dlelit audience sipping their cock- erness to the unruly brood of seven children belong- Bay Ridge native and Kathryn Crosby team tails and singing along was Cros- ing to Capt. Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). She by’s widow, Kathryn, who had tames them with, well, the sound of music, just in traveled from Nevada for this time to plan their escape from the Germans who are up to pay tribute to Bing Crosby’s career month’s cinematic tribute to her invading Austria on the eve of World War II. husband at the Film Society of Lin- The screening will be preceded by a performance / Tom Callan / Tom By Lisa J. Curtis Tuesday night was a blast from the The theme of his unorthodox set, coln Center. That retrospective of by drummer Kenny Wollesen’s marching band GO Brooklyn Editor past, indeed. Bay Ridge native accompanied by Dave Gross on pi- Crosby’s movie career, “What a SLAM. Martin McQuade sang Bing Cros- ano, was celebrating the work of Swell Party This Is!,” continues The Prospect Park band shell is located at Ninth atching the microphone- by songs from the 1930s, ’40s and the legendary Crosby. While the through July 26 and is co-curated Street at Prospect Park West in Park Slope. Admis- wielding cabaret singer, ’50s, and even showed off the overwhelmingly positive songs by McQuade. sion is free but a $3 donation is suggested. For The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Wdressed in a black bow tie crooner’s merchandise from that were from Crosby’s numerous In addition to performing Cros- more information, visit the Web site www.cele- Performer Martin McQuade with Kathryn Crosby and white, double-breasted jacket, time period: a vintage mousetrap films, the household items were ex- by’s songs and collecting “Crosby- bratebrooklyn.org or call (718) 855-7882. at the Triad Theatre Tuesday night. at the Triad Theatre in Manhattan and ice cream box. amples of the singer-actor’s entre- See CROSBY on page 11 — Lisa J. Curtis
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Chocolate black and white mousse cake and German chocolate cake are also available. BROOKLYN Stop by for a poetry night on the third Friday of the month, between 7 pm and 9 pm. Peaches & Cream also caters children’s par- Neighborhood ties. Open from noon to 9 pm, Sunday through Thursday, and from 10 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday. Room with a view Dining Guide Sapolo 501 Myrtle Ave. at Ryerson Street, (718) 789- 101 Restaurant celebrates 14 years of 7788 (AmEx, Disc, MC, V) Entrees: $6-$10. Bites At William San’s Sapolo restau- rant, sample Chinese and offering comfort food and great sights Spanish food ranging from lob- This week: ster chow mein to “carne de res con pimiento” (green pep- CLINTON HILL per steak). Here you’ll find the By Tina Barry traditional fare of both cultures. for The Brooklyn Papers Chinese classics include General Tso’s chicken, spicy Bodegas scallops in garlic sauce, and hat is a neighborhood restaurant? It depends 860 Fulton St. at Clinton Avenue, (718) 230- ham egg foo young. Or go for Spanish dishes such as the 3729 (Cash only) Entrees: $8-$16. on the neighborhood. “chicharrones de pollo sin W Owner Christian Dennery says his menu hueso” (fried chicken crack- In Park Slope, bistros abound; “reflects the neighborhood,” adding that it is lings), “chuelita frita” (fried ditto for Smith Street in a “migrational restaurant versus regional.” pork chops) or paella. The daily Boerum Hill. In Bay Ridge, Dennery, who also owns Liquors, in Fort lunch special (for $4.95-$6.15 locals have flocked to 101 Greene, says he serves “anything from steak depending on choice of meat) and eggs to couscous and lamb.” is served with your choice of Restaurant & Bar since its Since January 2004, Bodegas has been serv- egg drop, wonton or sweet- opening, 14 years ago.
ing a wide variety of entrees, which change and-sour soup, as well as white Sitting on the corner of Callan / Tom seasonally. They have included pan-seared or chicken-fried rice. Open 101st Street and Fourth Av- Atlantic salmon with cucumber dill sauce and Monday through Saturday for potato puree; grilled shrimp pasta with mush- Carlos Aguila (center), owner of Karrot health lunch and dinner, and for din- enue, the restaurant looks like room pappardelle and pistou (a mixture of food store, was named a “Business Pioneer” at ner only on Sundays. Delivery is a cross between the kind of basil, garlic and olive oil); beef burger with the 2005 NYC Neighborhood Achievement cash only. big, loft-like cafe you’d find in tomato, cheddar cheese, horseradish sauce SoHo, circa 1985, coupled Papers The Brooklyn and a side of french fries; and “big roast fish Awards at Gracie Mansion on July 11. Sushi Okdol and bliss,” which features the catch of the day with a sports bar. 497 Myrtle Ave. at Hall Street, (Above) The pan-roasted rib prepared with tomato provencal and roasted Brooklyn health food stores. Sound like an unfortunate red bliss potatoes. The dessert menu has (718) 789-1373, (MC, Visa) Entrees: $9- pairing? At 101, the opposites eye steak with sun-dried everything from cakes and bread pudding to Open daily for lunch and dinner, from 8 am to $15.95. tomato mash potatoes at molten chocolate cake and coconut flan, all 8 pm, Monday through Saturday, and from 9 It’s always sushi time at this Japanese and work in a surprisingly success- made by their in-house pastry chef. In addi- am to 7 pm on Sundays. Korean restaurant. Just look at the clock in ful way. 101 Restaurant & Bar in Bay tion to the a la carte dinner menu, Bodegas the dining room — it tells time in sushi! And On a hot night, the floor-to- Ridge. (Left) General Mana- offers a $19 prix-fixe menu daily, from 5 pm to although the small restaurant, decorated in ceiling windows slide open of- ger Yossi Haddad in the 7 pm. Open daily for breakfast, lunch and din- Kum Kau various shades of blue, is located on the sec- ner, Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 11 465 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, ond floor of a two-story building, outside, fering pedestrians a view of the restaurant’s sidewalk cafe pm, and Saturday and Sunday, from 9 am to (718) 638-1850 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: the enormous sign bearing its name is hard crowd at the bar and dining which has a view of the Ver- midnight. $5.95-$12.75. to miss. Owner Eunmu Kang customized the room, and the diners inside a razano-Narrows bridge. At Kum Kau, anything is possible. menu so it appeals to both native Korean and Japanese as well as American cus- perfect perch for people-watch- Castro’s “Customers are free to customize their own tomers. The most popular dish among Pratt ing. The ceilings are high, and dinners,” boasts manager Peter Cheng. While 511 Myrtle Ave. at Grand Avenue, (718) students of Korean descent, according to co-owners and chefs Jimmy and Amy Cheng the tables well spaced. Looking enhance the sweetness of the 398-1459 (Cash only) Entrees: $8-$12. Kang, is the “BiBimBop,” a mildly spiced make all of the sauces, other chefs divide combination of rice, vegetables, eggs and just beyond the outdoor tables fish; and the beans were tender. The smell of grilled meats and rice and beans duties depending on their specialties. A that ring the restaurant, there’s a But no one tasted the dish’s greets customers at Castro’s. “Customers your choice of meat or bean curd. Here’s the favorite at Kum Kau is the crispy baked shrimp fun part: the sides are served in separate show-stopping view of the Ver- Callan / Tom cloyingly sweet “ginger Orien- love our mole poblano because the sauce is with mild spices and rice. On Wednesdays, homemade,” boasts owner Humberto Castro. compartments and you get to mix them razano-Narrows Bridge, its tal sauce” before it emerged Kum Kau offers an “all you can eat” buffet yourself. Chef Lorenzo Leiba combines various pep- lunch ($5.99) and dinner ($10.99) including lights twinkling in the distance. from the kitchen. If they had, pers, toasted sesame seeds, garlic, chocolate, Chinese cake. Each week the buffet menu On the Japanese side of the menu, the drag- Beside the dining room, they’d have realized that it be- raisins and cinnamon to make this typical stays the same, allowing customers to enjoy on roll, made with eel and crab and adorned Mexican dish. Vegetarians can try the burrito traditional Chinese entrees. Kum Kau offers a with artfully sliced pieces of avocado, wins in there’s a bar scene that can get longed over ice cream, not the popularity. Lunch specials are served Monday with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, special family menu for two or more people loud as the night progresses. Papers The Brooklyn entree. jack cheese, rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, including soup, an appetizer, an entree, rice through Friday, from 11:30 am to 3 pm. Open Two huge television screens, There’s chocolate ice cream onions, sour cream and guacamole. (Pico de and dessert, all for $11.95 per person. daily for lunch and dinner. perched on either side of the din- Our waiter, an affable guy Slivers of fresh cilantro and sun- over flourless chocolate cake on Gallo is served on the side.) All entrees come Takeout and private parties also available. with chips and salsa and a side of rice and Open daily for lunch and dinner. ing room, remind the crowd that who was happy to share his dried tomato add a herbaceous, the dessert menu, and a few oth- beans. Thai 101 101 is a casual eatery that isn’t opinion on different dishes, sug- earthy note, and a squeeze of er crowd-pleasing, but not excit- 455A Myrtle Ave. between Washington and In warmer months, enjoy a meal in the back- KUSH Waverly avenues, (718) 855-4615 (AmEx, trying too hard to be chic. gested we split two pastas. Each, fresh lemon gives a tart zing to ing, sweets like cheesecake and yard patio. Castro’s also offers an array of Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $4.95-$14.95. The menu, too, aims to please he assured us, had a lot of flavor. the ingredients. apple crisp. And, it’s hard to breakfast burritos and morning specials. 17 Putnam Ave. at Grand Avenue, (718) 230- Delivery and takeout available. Open daily 3471 (Cash only) Entrees: $5-$6. The effect of the orange art deco lamps customers who appreciated He was right. The twisted rotelle I doubt you’ll find a plate of take a dessert roundup serious- from 8 am to midnight. It’s great to see a bright spot in the neighbor- reflecting off Thai 101’s crisp, whitewashed well-prepared Italian dishes with made a delicious pillow for more appealing pork chops than ly, if it includes chocolate hood, say many customers of KUSH Cafe, brick walls, gives it a modern and airy feel. Thai 101 favorites include deep-fried duck or just a few trendy touches for va- chunks of melting mozzarella the one served at 101. Two mousse mixed with chunks of according to Jean Owensby, a customer and riety. So, on the appetizer list, and slices of hot sausage; we thick, juicy chops with a thin, Oreo cookies. The tiramisu Graziella’s fan of the 35-seat Pan-African-French restau- fish served with their special house sauce, 232 Vanderbilt Ave. between DeKalb and rant, which opened its doors in November mixed vegetables and pineapple. Also popu- you’ll find spring crusty breading are ringed in a though, was exceptionally light Willoughby avenues, (718) 789-5663 (AmEx, 2004. lar is the pad Thai because customers have rolls with a sweet balsamic vinegar sauce that and doused with enough espres- Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $13-$20. the option of eating it with beef or chicken Kush’s walls are hand-painted with African versus solely with vegetables or shrimp. chili sauce next to DINING sports slices of hot cherry pep- so to ensure a sleepless night. In May, Louis Devivo and Vito Randazzo symbols and adorned with framed photo- Check for the weekly soft-shell crab special fried calamari for pers. The sauce is tart without 101 Restaurant & Bar may 101 Restaurant & Bar (Fourth Avenue opened their doors to Italian food lovers in graphs and batiks depicting village life and rit- with either panang curry, peanut or garlic two; and on the en- overpowering the pork, and the not be the kind of place I think Clinton Hill. In addition to friendly servers, a ual dancers. Shelves are lined with books at 101st Street in Bay Ridge) accepts sauce. For dessert, owner Raymond Beard American Express, MasterCard and Visa. blazing fire from an authentic wood-burning about Pan-African life. recommends the FBI (Fried Banana Ice tree roundup, you’ll peppers give a jolt of heat. Per- of as a neighborhood hangout brick oven greets customers in the dining find traditional fa- Entrees: $18-$36. The restaurant serves fect creamy mashed potatoes — that honor is reserved for One of the signature African-French fusion cream) or the pumpkin custard. Lunch spe- lunch and dinner seven days a week. For room, where Antonio Iannelli bakes all kinds cials served daily for $4.95. Open Monday vorites like chicken and sauteed spinach complete down-at-the-heels dives that of pizza. One of his specialties is the “pesca- dishes is the “Biekossoh,” a filet of tilapia with reservations call (718) 833-1313. plantains and palm oil, wrapped in banana through Saturday for lunch and dinner. with sausage and the dish. It’s an old-fashioned serve burgers. tore pizza” covered with various types of Sundays are dinner only. seafood in marinara sauce. The menu includes leaves. Another signature dish, says chef and sweet peppers, and meat-and-potatoes affair that is But, I have to love a place classic Italian dishes such as the beef lasagna owner Samuel Gbongbro, is the “couscous a Chilean sea bass with an “Ori- tore slices of warm Italian bread comfortingly familiar but not where huge, custom-crafted with fresh mozzarella. One of head chef royale,” made North-African style with a light Two Steps Down broth of chicken, that combines lamb, veal ental ginger sauce.” from the basket on the table to the least bit dull. hogs are parked just outside the Milton Roebe’s specialties is the seafood 240 DeKalb Ave. at Vanderbilt Avenue, (718) risotto. From May through September, take sausage, chick peas, raisins and seasonal veg- Chef Reyes Acquinos’ menu mop up the pasta’s rich sun- The Chilean sea bass with restaurant — next to the valet etables. A lighter option is the KUSH salad 399-2020, (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees $12.95- advantage of the rooftop dining with a view $29.95. doesn’t get more adventurous dried tomato cream sauce. We sauteed escarole and cannelloni parking sign, and blondes drip- of the Manhattan skyline. Open Tuesday with palm hearts, asparagus, roasted beets, Opened 33 years ago, owner Yvette Mayo’s than that. That’s a good thing, also admired the penne topped beans wasn’t dull either, but I ping in gold jewelry dine beside through Sunday, for lunch and dinner. Closed tomatoes and toasted almonds. The apple exquisite seafood restaurant may very well be Mondays. and plantain tart served with vanilla ice cream because when he stays in Italy, with big sauteed shrimp. The wouldn’t order it again. Alone, Hulk Hogan look-alikes. Espe- makes a fitting grand finale. why other fine restaurants have flocked to Fort his flavors are balanced and pasta is crisped after cooking in the trio would have worked just cially when the men finish their Greene. This cozy, bi-level eatery can seat up Open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through to 75, between the ground floor and the lively. Head east though, and hot olive oil, so it becomes fine. The fish was moist; the es- pasta, climb atop those bikes Karrot Friday, from 11 am to midnight, and for brunch upstairs. Inside, you’ll find exposed brick walls 431 Myrtle Ave. at Clinton Avenue, (718) on Saturdays and Sundays, from 9 am to 4 pm. trouble lurks. pleasantly browned and chewy. carole was just bitter enough to and roar away into the night. adorned with lots of artwork — the colors of 522-9753 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Smoothies: Closed Mondays. Garden cafe seating is berries and grapes contrasting with white $3.75-$4.75. offered in the back. tablecloths. And the food! The best smoothie in Brooklyn can be found at Karrot, owner Carlos Aguila says of his hip Mojito Cuban Their Louisiana gumbo contains mussels, health food store. He offers two types of clams, shrimps, scallops and oysters. The base organic smoothies: the Jubilee with blackber- Cuisine is roux, and then corn and okra are added. The Power to gumbo is served with yellow rice and a garden ries, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, soy 275 Park Ave. at Washington Avenue milk and mango juice ($3.75) and the Omega salad. The blackened medley is spiced and (entrance on Washington Avenue), (718) 797- seared salmon, catfish and tuna, topped with with almonds, bananas, soy protein and 3100, www.mojitocubancuisine.net (AmEx, almond milk ($4.75) — “and lots of love,” a black bean and corn salsa. Sweet endings the pie DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$18. adds Aguila. include sweet potato cake with cinnamon Cuban cigar boxes and posters displaying gelato, and bread pudding with rum sauce. On Karrot’s shelves are international teas, Cuban cigars adorn the exposed brick walls at Albano Ballerini, one of the san and a raw egg topping. fresh organic dairy products and eggs, wheat- Mojito, while traditional Latin music beats pioneers of Vanderbilt Avenue’s Eat your pie (slices and fami- free and dairy-free products, and natural rhythmically in the background. Empanadas, Zaytoons new culinary renaissance, has ly-sized at lunch; individual- beauty supplies. The store, which opened in from the traditional ham and cheese to the 472 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, opened a second outpost, Amori- sized only at dinner) or indulge November 2002, even stocks natural pet eclectic guava and cheese; a Cuban sandwich (718) 623-5522 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) foods. “We’ve got lots of quick cuisine stuff, served with pineapple coleslaw; and “carne Entrees: $4.50-$13.50. na Cucina Rustica, across the av- in an entree of eggplant parme- lots of low-carb breads and boxed goods for asada” (black angus steak) served with rice According to Zagat, co-owners and chefs enue from his first idiosyncratic san, baked ziti, lasagna or riga- the low-carb crowd, cereals, you name it,” and beans and chimichurri sauce on the side, Ahmad Samhan and Faried Assad, serve the cafe, Aliseo Osteria del Borgo. toni with olives and rosemary in Aguila said. are just some of Mojito’s specialties. Desserts best Middle-Eastern food in New York City. The new place, done up in the funky dining room that Aguila was named a “Business Pioneer” at the range from “cuatro leches” (four milks) to Tapestries and antique lamps adorn exposed 2005 NYC Neighborhood Achievement Cuban lime pie. Don’t forget to try one of their brick and warm, red walls, while brightly pat- “Ballerini eclectic” (as described bears Ballerini’s style stamp — Awards at Gracie Mansion on July 11 and was tasty mojitos, with fresh stalks of sugar cane terned fabric covers comfy benches, couches by the owner), is a boutique- vintage wallpaper, tables cov- credited with catalyzing new commercial serving as enormous swizzle sticks, from the and chairs. The chicken “shawarma,” lemon- style pie place and more. ered in checkered cloths and activity on Myrtle Avenue by Small Business full-service bar. Open daily for lunch and din- marinated chicken from the rotisserie served Ballerini, who opened his enough chandeliers to open a Services Commissioner Robert Walsh. ner. Brunch is served on Sundays, from 11 am with rice and salad and a choice of hummus or Aguila’s natural food mini chain — three addi- to 3 pm. babaghanouj, has been a customer favorite venture in March, says “our fan- small showroom. (Ballerini says tional locations are at 283 Grand Ave., 854 W. since the restaurant opened in late 2002. tastic pies are Roman style — there are 12 different styles of 181st St. in the Bronx, and 304 W. 117th St. in Peaches & Cream Another favorite among customers is thin crust with five different top- chandeliers dating from the ’50s Harlem — stocks products from small produc- Zaytoons’ variety of “pitzas,” a combination of pings daily.” Slices of the fantas- to the ’70s.) He’s even hung ers, some of which are exclusive to the store. Cafe pizza and pita. (All of Zaytoons’ pita is made fresh to order.) Try the “lahmbajin pitza,” cov- tic pie, created by pizza chef yellowing receipts on the walls Aguila says his inventory is priced 10 to 15 436 Myrtle Ave. at Clinton Avenue, (718) percent lower than most Manhattan and ered in lamb, beef, onions, tomatoes, parsley Ruth Kaplan (pictured at left), from his family’s cafe in the 852-2243 (Cash only) Panini: $4.95; sand- and spices. A belly dancer performs two wiches: $4.95. shows every other Friday. (Reservations are an Aliseo patron and enthusias- Marche region of Italy that date Lunchtime brings people in for the panini, recommended on those nights.) Open daily tic home cook, might include ar- back to the ’40s. = Full review available at sandwiches and soups, and later they return for lunch and dinner. tichokes and mozzarella; sun- Amorina Cucina Rustica for a scoop or two of the cafe’s homemade ice cream ($2 a scoop, $2.75 for two, $4.25 a dried tomatoes, pesto and (624 Vanderbilt Ave. at salami; or mushrooms, sweet Prospect Place in Prospect pint). While the vegetarian lentil soup and Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restau- turkey panini with pepper jack cheese and rants in the neighborhood. The list rotates, tomatoes and sausage. Heights) accepts cash only. roasted red peppers sounds delicious, let’s be and it is not comprehensive. For more restau- Callan / Tom Every other week, Kaplan in- The restaurant serves lunch frank here — it’s the banana pudding ice rants, go to www.brooklynpapers.com on the troduces a new “Will to live” pie and dinner Tuesday through Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American cream you really want. Or the ginger ice cream Web. If your restaurant is not listed and you Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover with honey grahams. Or the strawberry would like it to be, please contact GO like the “Pizza alla Norma” — Sunday. Closed Mondays. En- Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card cheesecake ice cream. Heck, get a slice of Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via e-mail at eggplant, ricotta salata, cherry trees: $10-$13. For more infor- pineapple coconut cake while you’re at it. [email protected]. tomatoes and fresh basil or the mation, call (718) 230-3030.
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BAM Local Development Corporation One hot & chashama present: July 9 -31, 2005 All performances in BAM Park at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. ‘Summer’ Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome! Ha-Go-Ro-Mo Sleepless Somniloquy choreographed by Noriko Wako from Sacred Circle Theater The Sackett Group shines July 9 - 10, Sat - Sun at 7pm July 21 - 23, Thu - Sat at 8pm Rice paper installation begins at 1pm Trilok Fusion: July 23, Sat at 5pm Women’s Voices, Women’s Visions in ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ Cirque Boom July 15 - 17, Fri - Sun at 7pm July 29 - 31, Fri at 7pm, Sat at 3 & 7pm, By Paulanne Simmons circumstances only known to his trav- Sun at 3pm for The Brooklyn Papers eling companion, his distressed and distraught cousin, Catherine Holly visit www.chashama.org/outsideart e all use each other and that’s (Ellen Lindsay). “ what we think of as love,” Mrs. Venable goes to great lengths Wsays Catherine Holly in Ten- to keep those circumstances hidden, nessee Williams’ “Suddenly Last Sum- even confining Catherine to a mental A Festival of Free Outdoor Performances in the BAM Cultural District
mer,” The Sackett Group’s inaugural institution and calling in a doctor Callan / Tom show at the Brooklyn Music School whom she attempts to bribe into per- Playhouse. forming a lobotomy on her niece. Indeed there’s a lot of using in this Catherine’s plight is complicated by play, but not too much love. her avaricious mother (Diane Lynne
First produced in 1959 as “Garden Drew) and boorish brother, George Papers The Brooklyn District” (a section of New Orleans), a (David Sochet), who want her to keep Mourning becomes her: In the Sackett Group’s production of “Suddenly double-bill that also featured Williams’ her mouth shut so Sebastian’s will can Last Summer,” by Tennessee Williams, Dorothy Stasney plays Mrs. Ven- short play “Some- be executed with- able and Matthew Healy is Dr. Cukrowitz. thing Unspoken,” out a hitch and “Suddenly Last THEATER the Hollys can re- Summer” is a ma- ceive their inheri- Mankiewicz had cast her that she re- tainly a challenge at a time when ture work that The Sackett Group’s production of tance. fused to see the final cut) and Elizabeth sound bites and flashing images domi- “Suddenly Last Summer” plays through came after many Aug. 7, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 “Suddenly Last Taylor, both of whom were nominated nate the media. This is especially so for masterpieces — pm, and Sundays at 5 pm, at the Brooklyn Summer” unfolds for Academy Awards. If Weinstein has community theater with its limited re- “The Glass Mena- Music School Playhouse (126 St. Felix much like a mys- not been able to resurrect Hepburn and sources. Street. at Lafayette Avenue in Fort gerie” (1944), “A Greene). Tickets are $19. Call SmartTix tery (without the convince Taylor to somehow shed 46 In the first place, the nature of his Streetcar Named (212) 868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com. action) as the years and come to Brooklyn, he has plays demands accomplished actors; Desire” (1947), truth is slowly un- certainly found two actresses who do a Williams’ plots often center on an ac- “Summer and covered. On superb job in recreating these plum tion that took place long before the ac- Budweiser Latin Music Series THUR ✦ 7/28 ✦ 7:30 Smoke” (1948), “The Rose Tattoo” stage, the first half of the play is domi- roles. tual time of the play, which focuses on MILLIE QUEZADA / GRUPO AGUAKATE (1951) and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” nated by Mrs. Venable, who attempts Stasney has a malicious, haughty solving interpersonal conflicts. And his (1955). So, there are in “Suddenly Last to cajole and bully Dr. Cukrowitz grace that makes her performance dialogue, although lyrical and highly The Queen of Merengue with fast-rising reggaetón stars Summer,” all of Williams’ usual culprits (Matthew Healy) into submitting to her powerful and convincing. And Lindsay emotional, is also lengthy and some- FRI ✦ 7/29 ✦ 7:30 Music & Movies Series — the overpowering older woman, the will. At the same time she creates a is in total control as she skillfully con- times obscure. vulnerable, sexually repressed young pretty good picture of the unusual and trasts fragility with spunk. In the second place, Williams’ plays The Sound of Music/Slam lady, the boorish relative. unhealthy relationship she once had It would be criminal to discuss this demand an audience willing to listen, But in this production, directed by with her son. The second half is domi- production without mentioning the to explore, to use and stretch its imagi- The hills are alive with a classic musical and marching band! Robert J. Weinstein, the most impor- nated by Catherine, who is at last al- way set designer John Scheffler has nation, to understand passion without SAT ✦ 7/30 ✦ 7:30 tant character, Sebastian, the effete son lowed to tell the real story behind Se- created a lush garden whose vegetation seeing explicit sex scenes and violence of the rich widow Mrs. Venable bastian’s death. seems to overwhelm and threaten, or without witnessing bloodshed. MORGANHERITAGE/ DON MINOTT & THE HIGH VOLTAGE BAND (Dorothy Stasney), never appears on In the 1959 movie, these two vital lighting designer Michael Hairston, Weinstein has definitely been Reggae’s royal family and a lovers’ rock revivalist stage (except as a wire sculpture of the roles were played by Katherine Hep- whose use of color and varying inten- blessed with the first. Hopefully this martyred St. Sebastian). He has died in burn (who, ironically, so disliked the sity is a perfect complement to the set. run will prove that he has also been fa- Europe months before under traumatic light in which director Joseph L. Undertaking Williams’ work is cer- vored with the latter.
him,” Crosby introduced 14 “High Tor,” named for a Independence Community Bank Series / African Festival SUN ✦ 7/31 ✦ 2:00-9:00 Oscar-nominated songs and mountain in Connecticut, as a CROSBY... four Oscar-winners and was theatrical feature after its PAPA WEM BA /GHOK-BI SYSTEM / the first musical star to win a broadcast, but thought the set Continued from page 9 Best Actor Academy Award looked too artificial on the big MARIA DE BARROS / KAKANDE / NKOSSI KONDA anna,” McQuade, 52, is Mrs. (for Leo McCarey’s 1944 film screen, Mrs. Crosby told GO All-day extravaganza of African culture. Presented in association with Crosby’s special events coor- “Going My Way”). His Brooklyn. SAT ✦ 8/6 ✦ 7:30 SUN ✦ 8/7 ✦ 7:30 dinator and her public rela- recording of “White Christ- “He didn’t like the papier Independence Music & Movies Series tions manager when she’s in mas” remains, after 65 years, mache rocks, but I think it’s Community Bank New York, he told GO Brook- the best-selling record of all great fantasy. It’s very charm- Series TAR ZAN lyn. The surprising partnership time, said McQuade, with 50 ing,” she said. THE APE MAN between the owner of the million copies sold. Despite Based on a play by KASEY with MOCEAN now-defunct Flotsam and Jet- these awards and accomplish- Maxwell Anderson, “High WORKER / JOAN AS sam memorabilia store in Bay ments, McQuade said there Tor” is a ghost story with a FRI ✦ 8/5 ✦ 7:30PM CHAMBERS / POLICEWOMAN Ridge and the former Holly- has never been a retrospective young Julie Andrews making Budweiser Latin Music Series wood actress, who was mar- of his films, and he 1932 classic with live score plus ried to Crosby for 20 years, likened Crosby’s PLASTILINA MOSH / THE GREENCARDS indie rock superfoxxx was sparked by their meeting disappearance from MUSIC KINKY /JD NATASHA Australian at Hofstra University in 2001. popular culture to country The school was presenting a an eclipse. Martin McQuade will perform songs Sizzling disco-funk-punk-new-wave-rock-hip- made famous by Bing Crosby at the Green- hop-Latin-fusion triple bill crossover star symposium in honor of the “[McQuade] has house Cafe (7717 Third Ave. at 77th Street with centennial of Crosby’s birth, tremendous knowl- in Bay Ridge) on July 27 at 8 pm. For more Presented in association with the bluegrass trio information, (718) 833-8200. Latin Alternative Music Conference and it was here that McQuade edge about Bing “What a Swell Party This Is!: A Salute to “gathered his courage” and of- Crosby’s career,” Bing Crosby” continues at the Film Society fered to give Mrs. Crosby a said the Film Soci- of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street on the plaza level in tour of an exhibit he curated ety Of Lincoln Manhattan) through July 26. For program about Bing. Center’s Joanna information, visit www.filmlinc.com or call Now the duo routinely pair Ney, who collabo- (212) 875-5600. Tickets are $10. up in Brooklyn for tributes to rated with Mc- Crosby’s work, whether at the Quade on the film Fort Hamilton Army Base in series. “He’s devoted himself her screen debut as the phan- honor of Crosby’s contribu- to Bing Crosby. He’s a Crosby tom (prior to her Broadway tions to the U.S.O. or at book- historian and he, along with stardom in “My Fair Lady”). stores where Mrs. Crosby, 72, Mrs. Kathryn Crosby, brought The movie was only broadcast signs copies of her books, to light that nothing had been once on TV, and has never “My Life with Bing,” “My done for Bing, this extraordi- been seen as the Film Society First Years with Bing,” and Accentuate the positive: As part of the “What a Swell nary talent.” will screen it — uncut and “My Last Years with Bing.” Party This Is!” retrospective of films starring Bing Crosby, Mrs. Crosby, who’s played without commercials. It was a Their shared mission is keep- co-curated by Martin McQuade, “High Tor” (featuring opposite Tony Curtis and Jack real coup when Mrs. Crosby ing Crosby’s legacy alive. Lemmon in the course of her found the archival print on “a Julie Andrews with Crosby) will be screened on July 24. Like a minister’s wife — al- own movie career, will intro- shelf in the basement after 50 beit a svelte, glamorous one duce “High Tor,” on July 24 at years,” she told GO Brooklyn. decked out in sparkling jewels before and after McQuade’s dio and on television during the Film Society retrospective. Among the upcoming films — Mrs. Crosby patiently and concert. his career, which spanned Directed by James Nielsen, the in the series, which began on graciously greeted the swarm As McQuade is quick to 1930 to 1966. According to 1956 film is considered the Wednesday, are “High Soci- of Bing’s fans and former col- point out, Crosby was a star on McQuade, who describes him- first made-for-TV movie. ety” (1956), “Blue Skies” leagues that approached her the big screen as well as on ra- self as being “bonkers over Crosby had intended to release (1946), “Robin and the Seven Hoods” (1964), a new print of “High Time” (1960) and “Go- ing My Way.” McQuade, whose father was a film pro- An Exceptional meal. jectionist and ignited his Bing Join us for “fascination and obsession” by buying the crooner’s al- bums for him, will be intro- ducing many of the films. ur host, “[Crosby] had a unique per- with yo sonality, and people watching BROADWAYn Pete or listening to him felt as Cuba though they knew him,” said Put a Casablanca there instead. pm McQuade, explaining Bing’s - 10 enormous popularity. “He Beacuase our ceiling fans cost just 1¢ an hour to 3, 6 aways y 2 • Give comforted them through the NIGHT! 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11:30 am. Leif Erikson Park, 67th (718) 855-7882. Compiled Street and Fifth Avenue. (718) 567- PLAY: The Sackett Group presents its 9620. Free. premiere season as the resident by Susan MEDITATION WORKSHOP: Learn company at the Brooklyn Music Rosenthal sahaja yoga. 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm. School Playhouse. Production is Where to Brooklyn Public Library, Carroll Tennessee Williams’ “Suddenly Last Gardens branch, 396 Clinton St. Summer.” $19. 8 pm. 126 St. Felix pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old signs copies of his book “Brooklyn (718) 833-5751. Free. St. (212) 868-4444. AT ULY S , J 23 Fulton Street at the East River. (718) Remembered: The 1955 Days of LATE NIGHT FUN: Cafe Steinhof pres- IMPACT THEATER: presents “The 624-2083. the Dodgers.” 6 pm to 8 pm. Surf ents Nerissa Campbell. 10:30 pm. Institution,” a comedy by Gerald OUTDOORS AND TOURS CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Avenue and West 17th Street. (718) No cover. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) Zipper. $15. 3 pm. 190 Underhill 507-TIXX. GREENMARKET: BAM Local Develop- performing arts festival hosts the 369-7776. Ave. (718) 390-7163. ment Corporation hosts its third Budweiser Latin Music Series with RECEPTION: DUMBO Arts Center READING: Lisa Selin Davis reads from ART, BEER & MORE: New York Like a annual Greenmarket in Fort Greene Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta 11. presents an art exhibit: “Nimbi and her debut novel, “Belly.” Book Native hosts a tour of Williamsburg. Park (DeKalb Avenue at Ashland $3 suggested donation. 7:30 pm. Penumbrae.” 6 pm to 9 pm. 30 Court, 163 Court St. 7 pm. (718) Visit several galleries and end at the Place). 8 am until park closes. (914) Prospect Park band shell, Ninth Washington St. (718) 694-0831. 875-3677. Free. Brooklyn Brewery. $16. 1:30 pm to 923-4837. Street and Prospect Park West. Free. 4 pm. Meet in front of the Williams- (718) 855-7882. BIRDING: Urban Park Rangers host a OPEN MIC: at Vox Pop. Open to all burg Art and Historical Center, birding walk around the salt marsh. MUSICAL: Performing Arts Society of artists. 7:30 pm. 1022 Cortelyou THURS, JULY 28 Broadway at Bedford. (718) 393- Bring binoculars. 8 am. Salt Marsh Kingsborough Community College Road. (718) 940-2084. Free. 7537. Nature Center [address??]. (718) presents its first summer repertory FILM FEST: International Disability Film DANCE: Young Dancers in Repertory MOVIES WITH A VIEW: Brooklyn 421-2021. Free. season with “Damn Yankees.” $15. Festival at Long Island University, offers a free dance class for children Bridge Park Conservancy hosts an 8 pm. 2001 Oriental Blvd. (718) Brooklyn campus. $10, $5 students. ages 4 to 14. 10:30 am to 11:30 outdoor film festival — displayed NATURE WALK: Urban Park Rangers 368-4809. take a walk through Fort Greene Call for program details. am. Sunset Park, 44th Street and on a 2-story inflatable movie screen Park. Learn about ecology, park his- PLAY: The Sackett Group presents its www.brooklyn.liu.edu/bidff. (718) Sixth Avenue. (718) 567-9620. Free. — with the theme of “water” in premiere season as the resident tory, geology and birds. 11 am. 780-4507. R&B CONCERT: Metrotech Center honor of the NY harbor. Tonight: company at the Brooklyn Music Meet at Myrtle Avenue and North MARTIAL ARTS: See martial arts in hosts a summer music series. “Dr. No.” Music begins at 6 pm. School Playhouse. Production is action during a festival. Martial Johnny Depp portrays gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson in Today: Sharon Jones, “Queen of Film begins at sunset. Empire- Portland Avenue. (718) 421-2021. Tennessee Williams’ “Suddenly Last Free. artists and masters perform. Also, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” which screens at BAMcinematek Funk.” Noon to 2 pm. Jay Street Fulton Ferry State Park. (718) 802- Summer.” $19. 8 pm. 126 St. Felix vendors selling martial arts-related entrance to Metrotech Center. 0603. Free. LUNCH AND LAUNCH: Pedal boat St. (212) 868-4444. on July 23. around Prospect Park Lake. Rent a merchandise. White Wave Dance (718) 636-4100. Free. PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play boat between noon and 2 pm and CHILDREN Studio, 25 Jay St. Call for time. TRANSIT MUSEUM: Toddlers, ages 2 against Hudson Valley. $5 general receive a 25 percent discount (646) 330-4844. to 5, are invited to a session of admission, $10 box seats. 7 pm. PUPPETWORKS: presents “Around DANCE PARTY: is fundraiser for “SUV: TWINS DAY: Twins and Multiples Day contact, and how children can com- transit stories, songs and a tour. $5, Surf Avenue and West 17th Street. coupon for food. $15 per hour, plus the World in 80 Days.” $8, $7 chil- at Astroland Amusement Park. municate inappropriate contact. 6:30 a $10 refundable deposit. (718) The Musical,” by Park Slope play- $3 children under age 17 and sen- (718) 507-TIXX. dren. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 wright. $10. 8 pm to midnight. Talent show, rides, food. Open to all pm to 7:30 pm. 6821 Ft. Hamilton iors. 1 pm. Schermerhorn Street 287-8450. Sixth Ave. Reservations suggested. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth Ave. twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintu- Parkway. (718) 748-2826. Free. and Boerum Place. (718) 694-1873. features a program of Bach, KAYAK FOR A CAUSE: 12.4 mile (718) 965-3391. plets and multiples. $9 per wrist- BAMCINEMATEK: presents “After expedition across Long Island [email protected] BAMCINEMATEK: presents “After Beethoven and Mussorgsky. $35. TRANSIT MUSEUM: hosts a class for band. Coney Island, Surf Avenue at Vigo” series. Today: “Another Girl, Vigo” series. Today: “Kes” (1969). 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Sound to support The Make A Wish kids, ages 4 to 16, on designing 10th Street. (718) 372-0275. Another Planet” (1992). $10, $7 stu- Foundation. Beach party, live con- $10, $7 students, $6 members. 4:30 Fulton Street at the East River. (718) plaques. Learn how to work with SUN, JULY 24 dents, $6 members. 6:50 pm and pm, 6:50 pm and 9:30 pm. 30 624-2083. cert and lobster bake follows cross- ceramics. $5, $3 children 17 and OTHER 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. OPERA: The Opera Company of ing at Calf Pasture Beach. Non-pad- younger and seniors. 1 pm. Boerum LAW SCHOOL TALK: Long Island 636-4100. dlers welcome. Time: All day. Place and Schermerhorn Street. OUTDOORS AND TOURS University offers tips on law school CONCERT: JJ Byrne Park hosts a con- Brooklyn will perform Pasatieri’s “La www.kayakforacause.com (718) LECTURE SERIES: David Berg Series cert series. Tonight: Buzz Universe Divina and Signor Deluso.” $10 in (718) 694-1873. COMMUNITY MARKET: Park Slope admissions. Course hosted by with Rabbi Aaron Raskin in a discus- 243-0849. Kaplan Test Prep. 1 pm to 3 pm. plays an eclectic blend of rock, jazz, advance, $15 at the door. 7:30 pm. ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum Farmers Market begins its summer sion “The Kabbalah of the 10 reggae, funk and groove. 6:30 pm. ART, BEER & MORE: New York Like a season. Farmers and specialty food DeKalb Avenue and Fulton Street. Voorhees Theater at New York City invites kids to “Stories Art” series. Commandments.” Tonight: “You Fifth Avenue, between Third and College of Technology, 186 Jay St. Native hosts a tour of Williams- Today: “London Stories.” $8 adults, producers bring their wares includ- (718) 336-5300, ext. 21. Free. Shall Not Make Any Other G-ds.” 8 burg. Visit several galleries and end Fourth streets. (718) 768-3195. (212) 567-3283. $4 students and seniors, free for ing produce, pickles, breads, pastry, BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Sleepy pm to 9 pm. 117 Remsen St. (718) Free. at the Brooklyn Brewery. $16. 1:30 members. 4 pm. 200 Eastern wine and meats. 11 am to 5 pm. Hollow” (1999). $10, $7 students, $6 596-4840. Free. pm to 4 pm. Meet in front of the Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street at members. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm, STORIES IN THE GARDEN: Annual CONCERT: 23rd annual Martin Luther event hosted by The Hoyt Street FRI, JULY 29 Williamsburg Art and Historical JJ Byrne Park. (914) 923-4837. 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) King, Jr. Concert Series presents Center, Broadway and Bedford. OTHER Garden. Kids and parents invited. 7 WALKING TOUR: Brooklyn Historical 636-4100. Peabo Bryson, with guest Regina GOLF: Federation of Italian American (718) 393-7537. FASHION MARKET: Brooklyn pm. Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Society takes a tour of Sheepshead SCREENING: “The Brooke Ellison Belle. 7:30 pm. Wingate Field, Street. (718) 237-0145. Free. Organizations hosts its second BROOKLYN HEIGHTS WALK: Designers Showcase features Bay. $15, $10 members, $5 chil- Story,” Christopher Reeve’s last Winthrop Street, between Brooklyn annual golf outing at Dyker Beach. Mauricio Lorence, a specialist on emerging designers of handcrafted dren. 2 pm. Meet at East 16th work, is screened at Disability Film TWILIGHT TOUR: Enjoy an evening and Kingston avenues. (718) 469- stroll and cruise around the Seventh Avenue and 86th Street. NYC history and landmarks, leads a merchandise. 10:30 am to 3 pm. Street and Sheepshead Bay Road, Festival. 2 pm. Long Island 1912. Free. Call. (718) 259-2828. tour of Fort Greene, Clinton and 157 Montague St. (718) 763-7654. Prospect Park Lake. Boat ride on at station of the B and Q lines. (718) University, room 124, DeKalb AUDITION: The Strivelli Players of St. SEWING CLUB: Learn basic sewing Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 4 EARTH ART SHOW: Brooklyn Water- 222-4111. Avenue and Fulton Street. Other the electric boat Independence, fol- Bernadette host an audition for lowed by a guided exploration of techniques and start a patchwork pm. Meet at 333 Adams St. (718) front Artists Coalition hosts a show FORT GREENE: New York Like a films. Call for complete program “American Masters: A Tribute to 789-0430. featuring the intrigue in the natural the park’s nature trails. $25. 7 pm quilt. 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Lefferts Native takes a tour of Fort Greene info. www.brooklyn.liu.edu/bidff George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Historic House, located inside world. Noon to 6 pm. 499 Van (718) 780-4507. to 9 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road CEMETERY AT TWILIGHT: Big Onion and Clinton Hill. Find out about row Cole Porter.” 7 pm to 10 pm. 8201 Prospect Park’s Willink entrance Walking Tours hosts a twilight walk Brunt St. (718) 596-2507. Free. houses, mansions and landmarks of ART EXHIBIT: Coney Island artist and Ocean Avenue. Reservations 13th Ave. (718) 907-3422. needed. (718) 287-3400. (Flatbush Avenue and Empire around Green-Wood Cemetery. BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN: NY Arm these neighborhoods. $15. 1:30 pm Philomena Marano presents her Boulevard). (718) 789-2822. Free. $15, $12 seniors, $10 students and Wrestling Association hosts its 23rd to 4 pm. Meet in front of the works on paper. 3 pm to 5 pm. MUSIC: Freebird Books and Goods PARK NESTLINGS: Kids, ages 3 to 5, members. 5 pm. Meet at Fifth annual White Castle Golden Arm Williamsburg Savings Bank, Hanson Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf presents The Poison Lovers in a live TUES, JULY 26 are invited to Prospect Park’s Avenue and 25th Street. (212) 439- Championship. Weigh-in at 10 am; Place at Flatbush Avenue. (718) Ave. (718) 372-5159. Free. music performance. 7 pm. 123 Audubon Center. Activities include 1090. start-time at 12:30 pm. Coney 393-7537. Columbia St. (718) 643-8484. Free. RECEPTION: One Arm Red presents a DANCE: Young Dancers in Repertory storytelling, music and crafts. 2 pm Island Beach Boardwalk, between collaborative arts exhibit. 7 pm to 11 offers a free dance class for children SALSA BY THE SEA: 27th annual PERFORMANCE 10th and 12th streets. (718) 544- PERFORMANCE Seaside Summer Concert Series to 3 pm. Audubon Center at the pm. 45 Main St. (718) 797-0046. between the ages of 4 and 14. 10:30 Boathouse. (718) 287-3400. Free. CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus presents 4592. JAZZ BRUNCH: at D Vine Artiste Free. am to 11:30 am. Dyker Beach Park, features La India, Wisin and Yandel. “Super-Heroes of the Circus.” $15, GARDEN WORKSHOP: Floyd Bennett Cafe. No cover. 10 am to 4 pm. 492 86th Street and 14th Avenue. (718) $5. 7:30 pm. Asser Levy Park, West BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts a work- MOVIE: Cafe Steinhof presents “Yellow shop: NYC Student Writing Show- $10 children age 12 and younger Gardens Association offers a talk on Nostrand Ave. (718) 230-0303. Submarine” (1968). 10:30 pm. No 567-9620. Free. Fifth Street and Surf Avenue. (718) and seniors. 2 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm. herbal oils and vinegars. Learn how TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts a tour 469-1912. case. Writers, ages 11 to 18, wel- cover. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 369- BAMCINEMATEK: presents “After come. 5 pm to 8 pm. Pre-registra- Marine Park, Avenue U, West of to make gourmet treats with fresh around Downtown Brooklyn. Tour 7776. Vigo” series. Today: “Lovers on the CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Flatbush Avenue. (800) 796-5672. herbs from the garden. 2 pm. Ryan includes a stop to listen to gospel performing arts festival presents tion necessary. 267 Seventh Ave. PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play Bridge” (1991). $10, $7 students, $6 (718) 832-9066. Free. IMPACT THEATER: presents “The Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field. music. $25. 10 am to 1 pm. Meet at members. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and Milly Quezada in a merengue pro- against Jamestown. 5 pm. See Sat., PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play Institution,” a comedy by Gerald Reservations necessary. (718) 338- New York Marriott Brooklyn, Adams July 23. 9:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) gram. $3 suggested donation. 7:30 Zipper. $15. 3 pm and 8 pm. 190 3799. Free. and Tillary streets. (718) 789-0430. 636-4100. pm. Prospect Park band shell, Ninth against Hudson Valley. $5 general Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. ART: Studio/ Gallery 64 hosts a closing BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert BARNES AND NOBLE: Urban Readers Street and Prospect Park West. Continued on page 13... OUTSIDE ART: BAM Cultural District event for show “Beyond Color.” features a program of Mozart, MON, JULY 25 book group discusses “The Coldest hosts its second annual Outside Light refreshments served. 3 pm to Hummel and Beethoven. $35. 4 Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah. 7 pm. Art Festival. “Trilok Fusion,” classi- 7 pm. 64 St. Marks Ave. (718) 614- pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old AQUATIC ADVENTURES: NY 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. cal Indian dance with children in 2612. Free. Fulton Street at the East River. (718) Aquarium offers a behind-the-scenes AUDITION: for “American Masters.” 7 traditional costumes at 5 pm; MARTIAL ARTS: First annual DUMBO 624-2083. visit. Ages 6 to 8 invited. $160, $140 pm to 10 pm. See Mon., July 25. “Sleepless Somniloquoy” at 8 pm. festival. $15, kids under 12 free. 5 CIRCUS: Cole Bros. Circus. 2 pm, 5 pm members. 9 am to 1 pm. Classes run LIST YOUR EVENT… BAM Park, intersection of Lafa- pm to 7 pm. 55 Washington St., 9th and 8 pm. See Sat., July 23. for 4 days, through Thursday. West To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send yette Avenue and Fulton Street. floor. (646) 330-4844. Eighth Street and Surf Avenue. (718) WEDS, JULY 27 your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite www.chashama.org/outsideart. Free. PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play CHILDREN 265-FISH. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert against Jamestown. $5 general PUPPETWORKS: “Around the World SEMINAR: “No Secrets, No Shame,” a DANCE: Young Dancers in Repertory 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed features a program of Mozart, admission, $10 box seats. 6 pm. in 80 Days.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. talk for parents to learn how to rec- offers a free dance class for children on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Hummel and Beethoven. $35. 7:30 Also, sports columnist Maury Allen See Sat., July 23. ognize and report inappropriate between ages 4 and 14. 10:30 am to
(718) 748-1400, www.peggyoneills.com. The LuLu Lounge Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE. Series BROOKLYN (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at Bedford Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-7889, 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney 290 Conover St. at Pier 45 in Red Hook, (718) www.ricerepublic.com. Island, (718) 449-3200, www.peggyoneills.com. 624-4719, www.waterfrontmuseum.org. Sundays: DJ Rob’s Karaoke, 5 pm, FREE; July Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 8 July 29: The 4th Street Night Owls, 8 pm, Mingo 23: Forever Young, 10 pm, FREE; July 29: Hell pm, FREE. & Inner City Blues Band, 9 pm, $10 adults (in or High Water, 9 pm, FREE; July 30: 24-7, 10 advance), $15 adults (day of the show). Magnetic Field pm, FREE. 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Tea Lounge Nightlife Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magnetic- Pete’s Candy Store 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, brooklyn.com. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. The Backroom Bread Stuy Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 pm, Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petes- FREE; July 23: Dot Dash Year Three BBQ candystore.com. July 28: Dneje, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 29: (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Sixth 403 Lewis Ave. at Decatur Street in Bedford- Blow-Out!, 3 pm, FREE, Summer Dance Melt- Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; July The Benny Lackner Trio, 9 pm, Maroon, 10:30 Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Stuyvesant, (718) 771-0633, www.bread- down, 10 pm, FREE; July 27: Trivia for the 23: Carter Little, 9 pm, Fancy Trash, 10 pm, pm, FREE. www.freddysbackroom.com. stuy.com. Unwashed & Well-Read, 8 pm, $5; July 28: Matt Hebert, 11 pm, FREE; July 24: Kelley July 23: Brooklyn Country Music Fest with B- Tuesdays: Chess Club, 5 pm, FREE. Detachment Kit, Susu, 8 pm, $TBD; July 29: McRae, 9:30 pm, FREE; July 25: Spelling Bee, Trash Bar Star, 2 pm, Banjorama!, 3:15 pm, The Harmony The Company Picnic, Eisenhower, 8 pm, $TBD; 7 pm, Julian Velard, 9:30 pm, The Paper Plates, 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- Bros., 4:30 pm, Uncle Leon and the Alibis, 5:45 Cabaret Ovation July 30: Crazy Baldhead Sound System pres- 10:30 pm, FREE; July 26: Bingo, 7 pm, Dawn burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. pm, Prince Lefty and His Ramblin’ Kings, 7 pm, 860 Atlantic Ave. at Vanderbilt Avenue in ents “Tighten up Brooklyn!,” 9 pm, FREE. Landes, 9 pm, Jane Francis, 10 pm, Linda Roulette Sisters, 8:15 pm, John Pinamonti, 9 Draper, 11 pm, FREE; July 27: Quizz-Off, 7:30 July 23: The Soviets, 8:30 pm, Hearts on Fire, Clinton Hill, (718) 636-1400, www.cabaret- 9:30 pm, Kickstart, 10:30 pm, Call Me Lightning, pm, The Wissler Family, 10:15 pm, Whisky ovation.com. Martin Luther pm, FREE; July 28: Pat and Dean, 9 pm, The Rebellion, 11:30 pm, FREE; July 24: Brooklyn Roulette Sisters, 10 pm, The Ashtray Hearts, 11 11:30 pm, Susu, 12:30 am, $7; July 24: Lapse of Thursdays: After Work Adult Party, 6 pm, Luxury, 8 pm, Trim, 9 pm, The Rinse, 10 pm, Country Music Fest with The American String, FREE. King Jr. Concerts pm, FREE; July 29: Reverend Bob and the Dylan Nirvana & Myrrh, 11 pm, Comrad, mid- 4:30 pm, Warren Malone Orchestra, 5:45 pm, La India will perform as part of the Seaside Summer Concert Se- Wingate Field, on Winthrop Street between Darkness, 9 pm, Hula and Friends, 10 pm, The Y’all Stars, 7 pm, Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts, Cafe Steinhof Brooklyn and Kingston avenues in East FREE; July 30: Murder Mystery, 9 pm, David night, $6; July 25: The Wooden Hills, 8 pm, 8:15 pm, FREE; July 27: Spelling Bee, 8 pm, ries in Coney Island on July 28. Flatbush, (718) 469-1912, www.brooklyn- Meade, 10 pm, Julia Darling, 11 pm, FREE. Detour, 9 pm, Your Family presents: Lounge FREE; July 28: “On the Way Out,” music from 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, concerts.com. First, Loud Later, 10 pm, Richard Bacchus, 11 (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. the NY underground with Shunyata, Matt July 25: Sweet Sounds of Soul: Peabo Bryson Rbar pm, Nightbreed, midnight, $6; July 26: Naka- July 27: Nerissa Campbell, 10:30 pm, FREE. Bauder Quartet, 9 pm, $5 suggested dona- Aston Gibson and Jamoor, 9 pm, $5, Riddim Steve Polmare Trio, 9 pm, $10; July 28: Jazz in with special guest Regina Belle, 7:30 pm, FREE. 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue in tomi Plaza, 8 pm, For the Horizon, 9 pm, All tion; July 29: Brooklyn Country Music Fest Nation, midnight, $5. the Garden with Mari Toussaint & Heritage, 7 Greenpoint, (718) 486-6116. Night Chemists, 10 pm, Jack, 11 pm, FREE; July with Christian Gibbs, 9 pm, Sweet William, Chocolate Monkey pm, FREE; July 29: Fleet-Colley Quartet, 9 pm, Medgar Evers Saturdays: Live music featuring local artists, 10 27: “Badtown Party” with The Repercussions, 10:15 pm, Tom Rhodes, 11:30 pm, FREE; July 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in Frank’s Lounge $10; July 30: Ben James Ensemble, 9 pm, $10. pm, FREE; Sundays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; WLWL, 9 pm, $7; July 28: Jahoodoo, 8:30 pm, 30: Brooklyn Country Music Fest with Travis Park Slope, (718) 813-1073. 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort College Tuesdays: “Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Party,” 10 Hot Young Priest, 9 pm, Brother Earth, 10 pm, Miller, 2:15 pm, Radio Ghost Town, 3:30 pm, Saturdays: Express a.k.a. open mic poetry tal- Greene, (718) 625-9339, www.frankscocktail- Kili Bar-Cafe 1650 Bedford Ave. at Crown Street in pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Test Models, 10:45 pm, Fame Junkies, 11:30 Younger Sister Band, 4:45 pm, Jessica Rose, 6 ent showcase, 8 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Party lounge.com. 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, Crown Heights, (718) 498-2150. Thursdays: Comedy Night, 9 pm, FREE; pm, $8; July 29: Common Thrills, 8 pm, Last pm, The Maybelles, 7:15 pm, Vince Allen, 8:30 with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning house, classics Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone (718) 855-5574. July 29: 9th Annual Jazzy Jazz Festival with Fridays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE. Conservative, 8:30 pm, Silo Nova, 9 pm, pm, The Crevulators, 9:45 pm, Sean Kershaw and rare grooves, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Tuesday Anonna, 6 pm, FREE. Imposter Syndrome, 10 pm, Kung Fury, 11 pm, & the New Jack Ramblers, 11 pm, FREE. Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; “Krazy Nanny Sundays” and karaoke with Lisa Night Live, 9 pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednes- Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and Seaside Summer Sin Destroyer, midnight, $7; July 30: Cindy of Love, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Singer/Song- days: Karaoke with Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. M Shanghai the Caulfield Sisters, 8 pm, The Broken River BAM Cafe writer Night hosted by Boo Boo Cousins, 6 Concerts Thursdays: Lonnie Youngblood & The Blood Bistro & Den Prophet, 9 pm, Charlene, 10 pm, Picastro, 11 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Comedy Showcase Brothers with guest The Dap Kings, 8 pm, Laila Lounge Asser Levy Park, West 5th St. at Surf Avenue pm, Brian Bonz & The Fort Green District, mid- Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. hosted by Ray DeJon, 7 pm, $10; Thursdays: FREE; Fridays: Ffun Dance Party, 10 pm, $5; 129 Havemeyer St. at Grand Street in in Coney Island, (718) 469-1912, night, $8. July 23: Son de Madre, 9 pm, $10 food/drink “Misbehaving Thursdays” with karaoke hosted July 29: (Downstairs) Tyrone, Julian, Infinite, 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 384-9300, www.brooklynconcerts.com. Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.laila- minimum; July 29: Manze, 9 pm, $10 by Sandy, Dahlia and Sherika, 6 pm, FREE; Jawandi, and Dom Nice, 9 pm, $5, (Upstairs) www.mshanghaiden.com. July 28: La India, Wisin and Yandel, and special lounge.com. Two Boots food/drink minimum; July 30: Earthman, 9 Fridays: “After Work Karaoke” with live DJ, 6 DJ Ronnie Ron, 9 pm, $5. Sundays: Hip-hop karaoke with Dynamic guest, 7:30 pm, FREE. pm, $10 food/drink minimum. pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 11 pm, $5. Mondays: Karaoke Madness with the Corn- Damien and DJ Harry Ballz, 10 pm, FREE; July 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Galapagos Fed Sisters, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Twin 23: Full Tank, 10 pm, FREE; July 28: Bret Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.twoboots- Peaks, 7 pm, Whiskey Breath with Rick Royale, Sideshows by the brooklyn.com. Barbes Club Exit 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- Mosley and guests, 9 pm, FREE; July 29: DJ Alexander Lowry, and guests, 9:30 pm, FREE; Tony Bento, 10 pm, FREE. Seashore July 23: Mike Brick & the Music Grinders, 10 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue burg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosart- Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase, 7:30 pm, FREE; July 29: The Dirty Water Dogs, 10 (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, www.club- space.com. 1208 Surf Ave. at West 12th Street in Coney pm, FREE; Fridays: Live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; July Island, (718) 372-5159, www.coneyisland.com. pm, FREE. Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, FREE, exit.com. Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, National 30: Richard Cassela, 9 pm, FREE, DJ Vintage, July 29: Burlesque at the Beach with Christmas Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednesdays: Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladies FREE; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE. Restaurant in July, 10 pm, $15. “Night of the Ravished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; FREE until midnight); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, FREE; July 23: The BrooklynArtists.org Launch 200 Fifth 10 pm, FREE. Party, 11 pm, FREE; July 24: CD Release Party 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; Les Babouches Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park July 23: Brian Dewan, 8 pm, FREE, River Alex- for “The Play,” a modern musical puppet Solomon’s Porch Slope, (718) 638-2925. show, 7 pm, $10; July 25: SMUT with Regie 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, 1225, www.come2national.com. ander & His Mad Jazz Hatters, 10 pm, FREE; Cornerstone Bar 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip- Cabico featuring Tsaurah Litsky and V, 8 pm, A (718) 833-1700. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance July 24: Roy Nathanson Quartet, 7 pm, FREE; 1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough Road Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; Fridays: Night of Classic Burlesque hosted by World Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahra- show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); July 25: Michael Gomez, 8 pm, FREE; July 27: in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. Sundays: Open mic, 6 pm, FREE. Friday Night Salsa with a live salsa band and Famous Bob, 10 pm, FREE; July 26: Punch zad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Belly dancer Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 Nicolas Letman’s Haleoscene, 8 pm, $8, Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE. DJs Blazer One and Big Will spinning salsa, (Puppetry!), 8 pm, $5, Brooklyn Comedy Marta, 8 pm, FREE. pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner); Sundays: Michael Bates’ Outside Sources, 10 pm, $8; Live Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, Southpaw reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10. July 28: Will Holshouser Trio, 7 pm, FREE, Ben Company, 10 pm, FREE; July 27: MK Groove Crossroads Orchestra, 7 pm, Darmstadt, 10 pm, FREE; FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner). 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Monder, 9 pm, $5; July 29: Todd Londagin, 8 Liberty Heights July 28: Minamina Goodsong, 6:30 pm, $6, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. pm, Kill Henry Sugar, 10 pm, FREE; July 30: Saloon Vox Po p Hungry March Band with The Extra Action Night of the July 27: Plus Ones, Surefire, 8 pm, $8; July 28: Las Ondas Marteles, 8 pm, 10 pm, Las Rubias Tap Room 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Marching Band, 10 pm, $7; July 29: The Best, Hackensaw Boys and guests, 8 pm, $10; July del Norte, 9 pm, 11 pm, FREE. Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Cookers Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. 7 pm, $5; July 30: Benjamin Ickies’ Failure (3rd Hook, (718) 246-8050, www.libertyheights- 29: Wasabassco Burlesque presents “The Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; July 23: Anniversary Special), 9 pm, $8. taproom.com. 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Sultry Summer Soiree” starring The Scintil- Beast Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Steve Bacon, 8 pm, $5 sliding scale; July 25: Thursdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE. lating Scarlet Sinclair and hosted by Tyler Fyre 638 Bergen St. at Vanderbilt Avenue in D Vine Artiste Cafe Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: with Anita Cookie, Gigi La Femme, Little DLFunk Band, 8:30 pm, $5 sliding scale; July The Hook 27: John Montagna, 8:30 pm, $5 sliding scale; Prospect Heights, (718) 399-6855. 492 Nostrand Ave. at Hancock Street in Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 Brooklyn, Lola Pearl, Maiiah, Mama Lou, Nasty 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Life Cafe 983 July 28: Lynn Drury, 8 pm, $5 sliding scale; July Mondays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE. Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 230-0303. pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Canasta, Peekaboo Pointe, Scott Rayow, Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehook- 983 Flushing Ave. at Central Avenue in Bush- 29: Riot-A-Go-Go, 8 pm, $5 sliding scale; July July 30: Kaissa, 9 pm, FREE. music.com. Veronica Sweet and Le Scandal’s Grand Dame wick, (718) 386-1133, www.lifecafenyc.com. Bonnie Dunn with music by Susquhanna 30: Bliggins and Goines, 8 pm, $5 sliding scale. Bembe July 23: Flight, 10 pm, Limehead, 11 pm, A Northsix Tuesdays: Bingo for Beer, 8 pm, FREE; Wed- Industrial Tool & Die Co., 8 pm, $15. 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williams- Europa Night Club Passing Feeling, midnight, $TBD; July 29: 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- nesdays: Open mic with Chuck, 10 pm, FREE. burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Zebulon burg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Devils Island, 11 pm, Zandelle, midnight, $10. Stain Saturdays: “Rhum,” live DJs alongside live Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, www.europa- Lillie’s July 23: Drunk Horse, Made Out of Babies, 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Latin percussion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: club.com. Hope and Anchor Fake Swedish, 8 pm, $10; July 24: (Downstairs) 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, www.zebulon- 46 Beard St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook, Skitkids, No F**ker, Splitting Headache, burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. cafeconcert.com. “The New Music Initiative” with Selectors Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREE 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red (718) 858-9822. Stations, 8 pm, $8; July 25: Falconhawk, 8 pm, Trevor GoOdchiLde and DJ Kofi Obafemi, 9 before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Fridays: Hook, (718) 237-0276. Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm, FREE; Tues- July 23: Marianne, 10 pm, FREE; July 24: Reck pm, FREE; Mondays: “Cold Hands” with DJ Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE Thursdays: Nadine’s Open Mic, 8 pm, FREE; $8 in advance, $10 day of the show; July 26: days: INKstain, a literary open mic series fea- Allmond’s Kalimba Collective, 10 pm, FREE; Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke (Downstairs) Baroness, Sea Creature, Disnihil, DiGilog and special guest vocalists, 9 pm, before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; July 24: hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. July 29: The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, turing poets and writers, 8 pm, FREE; July 25: Badou, 10 pm, FREE; July 26: FREE; Tuesdays: “Natural Selections” with DJ Piotr Rodowicz Trio, 7:30 pm, $10 (FREE 10 pm, $5. 8 pm, $8; July 27: Kid 606, Knifehandchop, Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal open mic S.L.A.M. with Kenny Wollesen, Jonathan Haf- Jon Bless (JB) and guests, 9 pm, FREE; before 8 pm with student ID). Eats Tapes, 8 pm, $10; July 29: DKT/MC5, hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; fner, and Tony Scherr, 10 pm, FREE; July 27: iO Restaurant Suffrajett, 8 pm, $25; July 30: (Downstairs) Off Wednesdays: “Convalescence” with DJ The Lucky Cat Thursdays: Benecio and the Del Toros, 10 pm, Adam Lane’s Real Big Band, 10 pm, FREE; July 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in Minor, My Disco, Amateur Party, Haram, Life Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Five Spot 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- FREE; July 24: Quiet City, 9 pm, $5; July 29: DJ 28: Louie Belogenis Trio, 10 pm, FREE; July “Toque” with DJ Nat and live percussion sets, Williamsburg, (718) 388-3320, Detecting Coffins, 8 pm, $7, (Upstairs) Jason Jp, 10 pm, FREE; July 30: BBQstain, live music 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. 29: Zemog (el Gallo Bueno), 10 pm, FREE; July 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: “World Beat Flavors, 9 www.iorestaurantandlounge.com. Lowenstein, The Chris Brokaw Rock Band, and grilling in the garden, 5 pm, FREE. Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespot- Tuesdays: Joe McGuinty’s Piano Parlor and 30: Jojo Afro Beat Groove Man, 10 pm, FREE. pm, FREE. Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm, Notekillers, 8 pm, $10. soulfood.com. FREE ($5 after 11 pm); Fridays: DJ spins salsa keyboard karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednes- Sunset Music —compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Saturdays: DJ C2, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: DJ and house, 10 pm, FREE. days: Hex! with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; July Ozzy’s Coffee Black Betty Tek, 6 pm, FREE; Mondays: Open turntables 23: Red Sonja Release Party with live perform- 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street hosted by Elijah, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Jazz 966 ances by Adam Ramirez, Crayon Rosary, Red Shop in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.black- Handspin Dinero, 6 pm, FREE, Hot Damn Sonja, The House of Leaves with DJ Borne, 9 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton 249 Fifth Ave. at Garfield Street in Park betty.net. Comedy, 8 pm, $10; Wednesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE; July 26: Jonathan Levy/Matt Hill, (718) 639-6910. Slope, (718) 768-6868. Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- pm, FREE, Soul F’Real, an R&B open mic, Silverstein Duo, 8 pm, FREE; July 27: Adam Fridays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $10 donation. Mondays: “Monday Night Monkathon,” The TALK TO US… days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand hosted by Anisa with Da Feel, 8 pm, $5; July McBride Smith, 9 pm, FREE; July 28: Matt Music of Thelonious Monk by live performers, and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: 23: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, Supa Lowery Bros., 9 Lavelle & Morcilla, 8 pm, The Music Now! Unit 7:30 pm, FREE. To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Rev. Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, $5, Riddim Nation, midnight, $5; July 27: The Jazz Spot Plus, Test, 10 pm, FREE; July 29: Empire K8’s name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Eric Roberson & Peter Hadar, 8 pm, FREE; July 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Birthday with The Weekend Bowlers, Dean Peggy O’Neills address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Thursdays: The Greenhouse with DJ 28: DJ Chris, 6 pm, DJ Tek, midnight, FREE; Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453- Dean & The Sex Machines, Brainwashed formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are MonkOne, 11 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Mihoko, July 29: Sweet Potato featuring FL Jones, 9 7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. Youth, 8 pm, $5; July 30: Cause for Alarm and (Two locations) free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 11 pm, FREE. pm, $5; July 30: Manchild Black featuring Mondays: Jam session, 8 pm, $5; July 23: more, 9 pm, $5. 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, Where to GO... Where to GO...
Continued from page 12... Broadway at Bedford. (718) Continued from page 12... Broadway at Bedford. (718) admission, $10 box seats. 7 393-7537. admission, $10 box seats. 7 pm. 393-7537. pm. Surf Avenue and West 17th Surf Avenue and West 17th Street. (718) 507-TIXX. CHILDREN Street. (718) 507-TIXX. CHILDREN CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer BARNES & NOBLE: Storytime: CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer BARNES & NOBLE: Storytime: performing arts festival pres- Favorite Picture Books. 11 am. performing arts festival pres- Favorite Picture Books. 11 am. ents a music and movie series 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. ents a music and movie series 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. with “The Sound of Music.” Free. with “The Sound of Music.” Free. Music by SLAM precedes CAROUSEL RIDE: Historic 1912 Music by SLAM precedes CAROUSEL RIDE: Historic 1912 movie. $3 suggested donation. Carousel. $1 per ride. Noon to movie. $3 suggested donation. Carousel. $1 per ride. Noon to 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band 6 pm. Near Flatbush and Ocean 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band 6 pm. Near Flatbush and Ocean shell, Ninth Street and Prospect avenues. www.prospectpark.org. shell, Ninth Street and Prospect avenues. www.prospectpark.org. Park West. (718) 855-7882. PUPPETWORKS: presents Park West. (718) 855-7882. PUPPETWORKS: presents BARGEMUSIC: Classical music “Around the World in 80 BARGEMUSIC: Classical music “Around the World in 80 concert features a program of Days.” $8, $7 children. 12:30 concert features a program of Days.” $8, $7 children. 12:30 Bach, Beethoven and Mussorg- pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Bach, Beethoven and Mussorg- pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth sky. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Ave. Reservations suggested. sky. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Ave. Reservations suggested. Landing, Old Fulton Street at (718) 965-3391. Landing, Old Fulton Street at (718) 965-3391. the East River. (718) 624-2083. MUSIC & MORE: Children’s per- the East River. (718) 624-2083. MUSIC & MORE: Children’s per- SUNSET MUSIC SERIES: Water- formance “Gustafer Yellow- SUNSET MUSIC SERIES: Water- formance “Gustafer Yellow- front Museum and Showboat gold’s Wide Wild World,” fea- front Museum and Showboat gold’s Wide Wild World,” fea- Barge hosts The Fourth Street turing music, animated illustra- Barge hosts The Fourth Street turing music, animated illustra- Night Owls at 8 pm; Mingo and tions and song. Admission by Night Owls at 8 pm; Mingo and tions and song. Admission by the Inner City Blues Band at 9 donation. 2 pm. Community the Inner City Blues Band at 9 donation. 2 pm. Community pm. $10, $6 kids 12 and Bookstore, 143 Seventh Ave. pm. $10, $6 kids 12 and Bookstore, 143 Seventh Ave. younger. Conover Street at the younger. Conover Street at the water in Red Hook. (877) 238- (718) 783-3075. water in Red Hook. (877) 238- (718) 783-3075. 5596. OTHER 5596. OTHER MOVIES ON A ROOF: Rooftop EARTH ART SHOW: Brooklyn MOVIES ON A ROOF: Rooftop EARTH ART SHOW: Brooklyn Films presents “Tape Freak.” Waterfront Artists Coalition Films presents “Tape Freak.” Waterfront Artists Coalition Other films. $8. 8:30 pm live Other films. $8. 8:30 pm live music; 9 pm film. Rooftop, hosts a show at Red Hook Pier. music; 9 pm film. Rooftop, hosts a show at Red Hook Pier. Automotive High School, 50 1 pm to 6 pm. 499 Van Brunt Automotive High School, 50 1 pm to 6 pm. 499 Van Brunt Bedford Ave. (877) 786-1912. St. (718) 596-2507. Free. Bedford Ave. (877) 786-1912. St. (718) 596-2507. Free. PLAY: “Suddenly Last Summer.” 8 PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones PLAY: “Suddenly Last Summer.” 8 PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones pm. See Sat., July 30. play against Hudson Valley. $5 pm. See Sat., July 30. play against Hudson Valley. $5 IMPACT THEATER: “The Institu- general admission, $10 box IMPACT THEATER: “The Institu- general admission, $10 box tion.” 8 pm. See Sat., July 30. seats. 6 pm. Surf Avenue and tion.” 8 pm. See Sat., July 30. seats. 6 pm. Surf Avenue and West 17th Street. (718) 507- West 17th Street. (718) 507- TIXX. TIXX. SAT, JULY 30 SAT, JULY 30 SUN, JULY 31 SUN, JULY 31 OUTDOORS AND TOURS OUTDOORS AND TOURS BIRDWATCHING CRUISE: Guided OUTDOORS AND TOURS BIRDWATCHING CRUISE: Guided OUTDOORS AND TOURS tour aboard the electric boat tour aboard the electric boat Independence. Learn about COMMUNITY MARKET: Park Independence. Learn about COMMUNITY MARKET: Park flora and fauna in Prospect Slope Farmers Market. Farmers flora and fauna in Prospect Slope Farmers Market. Farmers Park’s lake. $10, $6 kids. Noon and specialty food producers Park’s lake. $10, $6 kids. Noon and specialty food producers to 12:45 pm. Enter park at bring their wares including pro- to 12:45 pm. Enter park at bring their wares including pro- Lincoln Road and Ocean duce, pickles, breads, pastry, Lincoln Road and Ocean duce, pickles, breads, pastry, Avenue. (718) 287-3400. wine and meats. 11 am to 5 Avenue. (718) 287-3400. wine and meats. 11 am to 5 PARK SLOPE TOUR: offered by pm. JJ Byrne Park, Fifth PARK SLOPE TOUR: offered by pm. JJ Byrne Park, Fifth Big Onion Walking Tours. $15, Avenue between Third and Big Onion Walking Tours. $15, Avenue between Third and $12 seniors, $10 students and Fourth streets. (914) 923-4837. $12 seniors, $10 students and Fourth streets. (914) 923-4837. members. 1 pm. Meet at south- members. 1 pm. Meet at south- east corner of Plaza Street West PERFORMANCE east corner of Plaza Street West PERFORMANCE and Flatbush Avenue. (212) BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- and Flatbush Avenue. (212) BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- 439-1090. cert features a program of 439-1090. cert features a program of Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Schu- Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Schu- PERFORMANCE mann. $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry PERFORMANCE mann. $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry BARGEMUSIC: Classical music Landing, Old Fulton Street at the BARGEMUSIC: Classical music Landing, Old Fulton Street at the concert features a program of East River. (718) 624-2083. concert features a program of East River. (718) 624-2083. Mozart, Rachmaninoff and CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Mozart, Rachmaninoff and CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Schumann. $35. 7:30 pm. performing arts festival pres- Schumann. $35. 7:30 pm. performing arts festival pres- Fulton Ferry Landing (Old ents the African Festival with Fulton Ferry Landing (Old ents the African Festival with Fulton Street at the East River). Papa Wemba, Gokh-Bi System, Fulton Street at the East River). Papa Wemba, Gokh-Bi System, (718) 624-2083. Maria De Barros, Kakande and (718) 624-2083. Maria De Barros, Kakande and CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Nkossi Konda. $3 suggested CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Nkossi Konda. $3 suggested performing arts festival pres- donation. 2 pm to 9 pm. Pros- performing arts festival pres- donation. 2 pm to 9 pm. Pros- ents Morgan Heritage and Don pect Park band shell, Ninth ents Morgan Heritage and Don pect Park band shell, Ninth Minott and The High Voltage Street and Prospect Park West. Minott and The High Voltage Street and Prospect Park West. Band. $3 suggested donation. (718) 855-7882. Band. $3 suggested donation. (718) 855-7882. 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band shell, Ninth Street and Prospect GOSPEL MUSIC: Micah Stampley shell, Ninth Street and Prospect GOSPEL MUSIC: Micah Stampley Park West. (718) 855-7882. and his wife Heidi sing. Power- Park West. (718) 855-7882. and his wife Heidi sing. Power- ful Praise Tabernacle, 708 ful Praise Tabernacle, 708 PLAY: The Sackett Group presents PLAY: The Sackett Group presents its premiere season as the resi- Myrtle Ave. between Spencer its premiere season as the resi- Myrtle Ave. between Spencer dent company at the Brooklyn and Walworth streets. Call for dent company at the Brooklyn and Walworth streets. Call for Music School Playhouse. Pro- time. (718) 422-1170. Free. Music School Playhouse. Pro- time. (718) 422-1170. Free. duction is Tennessee Williams’ IMPACT THEATER: “The Institu- duction is Tennessee Williams’ IMPACT THEATER: “The Institu- “Suddenly Last Summer.” $19. tion.” 3 pm. See Sat., July 30. “Suddenly Last Summer.” $19. tion.” 3 pm. See Sat., July 30. 8 pm. 126 St. Felix St. (212) PLAY: “Suddenly Last Summer.” 5 8 pm. 126 St. Felix St. (212) PLAY: “Suddenly Last Summer.” 5 868-4444. pm. See Sat., July 30. 868-4444. pm. See Sat., July 30. IMPACT THEATER: presents “The IMPACT THEATER: presents “The Institution,” a comedy by CHILDREN Institution,” a comedy by CHILDREN Gerald Zipper. $15. 3 pm. 190 PUPPETWORKS: “Around the Gerald Zipper. $15. 3 pm. 190 PUPPETWORKS: “Around the Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. World in 80 Days.” 12:30 pm Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. World in 80 Days.” 12:30 pm ART, BEER & MORE: New York and 2:30 pm. See Sat., July 30. ART, BEER & MORE: New York and 2:30 pm. See Sat., July 30. Like a Native hosts a tour of Like a Native hosts a tour of Williamsburg. Visit several gal- OTHER Williamsburg. Visit several gal- OTHER leries and end at the Brooklyn MOVIE: Cafe Steinhof presents leries and end at the Brooklyn MOVIE: Cafe Steinhof presents Brewery. $16. 1:30 pm to 4 pm. “Watership Down” (1978). Brewery. $16. 1:30 pm to 4 pm. “Watership Down” (1978). Meet in front of the Williams- 10:30 pm. No cover. 422 Meet in front of the Williams- 10:30 pm. No cover. 422 burg Art and Historical Center, Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. burg Art and Historical Center, Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. July 23, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS AWP 13 JU LY S PE CI AL UN MOVE… Grandparents who Free Mini-Manicures Continued from page 1 1 million square feet of temporary office space to six locations in or Free Temp color Manhattan and Brooklyn. for Burnham has said that the absolute deadline for signing a lease Birt for the temporary space, which is being called swing space, is fall are too generous hday Pa Every Wed. is preteens: rties 2006. The space would need to accommodate its Secretariat staff FREE of nearly 3,000 and General Assembly meetings within a hall big C Q: My son’s grandpar- cornrows, HARAC enough to seat 1,800. ents thrive on giving him ex- TWIN DAY & 10% OFFTER Calls to Burnham’s office seeking comment for this article twisties, travagant and inappropriate 2nd twin gets (al were not returned by press time, but several sources confirmed l koshe gifts. For his third birthday, free haircut fun! r food) the interest shown by the U.N. it was an above-ground “If, in a sort of post-9-11 security environment, the U.N. were swimming pool. For his to decentralize some of its functions and spread them around the fourth birthday, it was a TV GINA formerly of Lulu’s is here! city, [Burnham] indicated that Downtown Brooklyn could be an and DVD player, and they Birthday Parties • Gifts • Kidz Haircuts appropriate site for the permanent location for a support function told him it was for his room. of the U.N.,” said Adams. What can we do to stop the KIDZ GET IN THE ZONE! “Obviously, that is far more lasting than the temporary swing gift-giving, or deal with the space,” he said. heartbreak when we have to FREE G Play Xbox or on IFT Interest by the U.N. could help spur new development in take the new gift away?” Game Cube your firs Downtown Brooklyn, which passed a major rezoning initiative — a mother while you wait! t visit last year but has yet to result in a spate of new growth. A: Here’s a sure-fire way to Kidz Cut Zone On May 10, The Brooklyn Papers reported that Secretary- ruin family ties: Giving ex- bet. 9th & 10th Sts. General Kofi Annan said the U.N. may have found commercial 447 6th Ave. travagant presents with strings Mon-Sat: 10am-6:30pm space in Downtown Brooklyn that could serve its Secretariat and attached and without consult- Sun: 11am-5pm • • 369-4700 General Assembly needs. ing the parents. The Brooklyn site being looked at, which Annan would not Taking an over-the-top gift identify, would cost the U.N. between $211 million and $220 mil- away after the fact isn’t the so- lion for the offices and conference hall, much less than a Midtown lution. Show the grandparents Manhattan location estimated to cost between $221 million and more reasonable ways to ARENT $230 million, plus another $45 million for conference space, ac- P YWCA of Brooklyn show their love to their grand- cording to his May 10 report. pass to a zoo, pay for a sports pool or how much TV is son. team or lesson dues, or send watched should be a parental Parent-to-Parent After School Enrichment Program The Downtown Brooklyn Plan, signed into law last August, Your goal: Help your them to a summer camp,” decision.” was created, according to its advocates, to encourage the devel- child’s grandparents cross the When money is no object, Activities opment of 6 million square feet of office space by allowing high- generation gap without stomp- suggests reader Nancy Gush- rises up to 400 feet in some zones, in order to attract businesses how about taking the child on a Include: ing. “The grandparents need ing on your parental authority. cruise or train trip? That invest- that are considering moving their back-office space to New Jer- “Fun things could be a sum- to think about the parents Homework help & sey and elsewhere outside the city. ment would create memories to skills-building mer pass to a local park ... a when giving. Big things like a last a lifetime, says one mom, Joseph Sitt, a developer whose Thor Equities company owns Music & Art both an above-ground parking lot along Flatbush Avenue Exten- whose parents take her kids out Drama sion at Willoughby Street and the adjoining Gallery at Fulton to lunch and shopping for a toy Mall shopping center, said in May that he had been contacted by on their birthdays. African & Caribbean Or head off to camp. One dance U.N. officials about the 1.2 million-square-foot office project he has in mind for that site. suggestion, from the Founda- Yoga, and more The catch, he said after the U.N. report’s release, was that most tion for Grandparenting at banks insist on a 10-year-lease from major tenants and not the www.grandparenting.org, is seven that the U.N. predicts it will need while its old home is be- Grandparents’ and Grandchil- Three, four, and five day-a-week programs are available ing renovated. dren’s Camp in the Adiron- to meet the needs of working parents. That new tower would be just one of three city planners expect dack Mountains. to flank a 1.5-acre open space to be known as Willoughby Sometimes grandparents overindulge a grandchild be- Sibling discounts are also available. Square. ACD Vouchers are accepted. cause they don’t know any Lee Silberstein, a spokesman for Thor Equities, said this week that the site near the planned Willoughby Square, adjacent to 1 other way to express their in- Register by July 31, 2005 and receive $50 off tuition DeKalb Ave., was indeed being considered by the U.N. terest and love, says Nancy “There have been ongoing discussions,” he said. Samalin, author of “Loving By Betsy Flagler For more information or to register Atkins said no developers were mentioned or discussed at the Without Spoiling” (McGraw- call 718-875-1190, ext. 250. meeting with Burnham. Hill, 2003). grandparents are going over- “We didn’t get into specifics about that. We just wanted to let In trying to form a tangible YWCA of Brooklyn board, redirect them. Rein- 30 Third Avenue (corner Atlantic Ave.) them know that Brooklyn was open for business,” Atkins said. connection with their grand- Brooklyn, NY 11217 “We’re not privy to any negotiations, so this is a complete guess force the message that what child, they may feel that giving your child really needs is to be www.ywcabklyn.org on my part, but my guess is they’re talking to property owners material things is one of the and developers.” with them and get their affec- best ways to show their love. tion and attention, says Sama- Burke, whose organization devised the Downtown Brooklyn If you’re concerned that Plan, said this week, “There are probably a number of developers lin, a parent educator. that have approached the U.N. Make it clear, some parents say, that you have the authority “The U.N. is actively looking in Manhattan and Brooklyn for SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST swing space,” he said. “Given all the development potential in how a gift such as a DVD play- Downtown Brooklyn, we’re hoping that the U.N will decide to er is incorporated into your (Licensed & Certified) relocate here, and I think there is a good possibly.” household. You could share Adams said bringing the U.N. to Downtown Brooklyn would your knowledge, from the Thomas C. Daus, M.S., CCC be an enormous coup. American Academy of Pedi- atrics, that a television in a Articulation Autism/PDD “If Downtown Brooklyn was selected by the U.N. it would Accent Reduction Early Intervention send a very powerful message about the appeal of Brooklyn,” he child’s bedroom is inappropri- said. “Every time news comes out of the U.N., it’s coming from ate. Voice & Fluency Learning Disabilities Brooklyn, N.Y. That sends a very strong message,” he said. “Have a heart-to-heart talk Various Syndromes Myofunctional Therapy with the grandparents,” says “It would put us on a global map. It’s that type of message that Corporate Speech Consulting Language Delays/Disorders is critical to fulfilling the Downtown Brooklyn Plan.” reader Margie Robinson. “Be- gin by saying that you under- * home visits provided stand they love their grand- * 718-382-8277 child and view their gift giving as their wanting to ex- Where to ... press that love. Then ask them GO if they will consider a long- term expression of that love.” Continued from page 12... Broadway at Bedford. (718) FAMILY admission, $10 box seats. 7 pm. 393-7537. Suggest that while the child Surf Avenue and West 17th is young, they limit the cost of Street. (718) 507-TIXX. CHILDREN gifts to a specified amount of CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer BARNES & NOBLE: Storytime: about $25 that could gradually CLASSIFIEDS performing arts festival pres- Favorite Picture Books. 11 am. To advertise call (718) 834-9350 ents a music and movie series 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. increase each year, Robinson with “The Sound of Music.” Free. says. If they would like to Music by SLAM precedes CAROUSEL RIDE: Historic 1912 spend more than that, they movie. $3 suggested donation. Carousel. $1 per ride. Noon to 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band 6 pm. Near Flatbush and Ocean could invest in the child’s fu- Childcare Available Parties shell, Ninth Street and Prospect avenues. www.prospectpark.org. ture with the understanding Park West. (718) 855-7882. PUPPETWORKS: presents that the money would be used Babysitter available 8:30am- RICO BARGEMUSIC: Classical music “Around the World in 80 2 MORE SUMMER SESSIONS! 2:00pm. Smart, energetic RICO concert features a program of for a college education or babysitter available in Sept for The Party Clown & Magician Days.” $8, $7 children. 12:30 wedding, for example. Bach, Beethoven and Mussorg- pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth JULY 25-AUG G5 & AUG 8-12 8:30-2 M-F in BH/CH/CG. She Birthday parties and special sky. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Ave. Reservations suggested. “I remember using savings currently cares for our son who occasions — Adults & Kids. Comedy, Landing, Old Fulton Street at (718) 965-3391. the East River. (718) 624-2083. bonds that my grandparents will be attending PS 29 in Sept. Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, MUSIC & MORE: Children’s per- BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. SUNSET MUSIC SERIES: Water- bought for me when I was a She’s absolutely wonderful. formance “Gustafer Yellow- 718-434-9697 front Museum and Showboat gold’s Wide Wild World,” fea- child to buy a gift for my Please call me for details: 212- Barge hosts The Fourth Street turing music, animated illustra- Jewish Sports Academy bridegroom just before our 432-2652 or 917-385-3754. 917-318-9092 R42 Night Owls at 8 pm; Mingo and tions and song. Admission by wedding,” Robinson recalls. W31 the Inner City Blues Band at 9 donation. 2 pm. Community Wonderful babysitter/nanny pm. $10, $6 kids 12 and Bookstore, 143 Seventh Ave. Ages: 5-9 Now thru August 12th “By this time, my grandfather younger. Conover Street at the available. She’s loving, caring & Pet Adoption (718) 783-3075. was deceased, so it was a spe- water in Red Hook. (877) 238- At: The Hannah Senesh School - 215 Pacific St. gentle. Experienced with new- 5596. OTHER cial way of feeling that he had borns & toddlers. Full or part 13 year old pug needs home. a part in my wedding plans.” Must have air conditioning & MOVIES ON A ROOF: Rooftop EARTH ART SHOW: Brooklyn Specialists in Supervised & Instructional: time. (718) 566-8671 or (917) Films presents “Tape Freak.” Waterfront Artists Coalition Give the grandparents a list 721-5067. Greatest refer- companionship. Call Hank. Other films. $8. 8:30 pm live hosts a show at Red Hook Pier. of several choices that your ences. (718) 680-8318. music; 9 pm film. Rooftop, v Swimming, Soccer & Tennis W29 W28 Automotive High School, 50 1 pm to 6 pm. 499 Van Brunt r child likes, says reader Debra Bedford Ave. (877) 786-1912. St. (718) 596-2507. Free. Dramatics • Ballet • Dance • Pony Riding • Trips • Crafts Cotton. Suggest that if they PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones Instruction Tutoring PLAY: “Suddenly Last Summer.” 8 want to spend $100 on your pm. See Sat., July 30. play against Hudson Valley. $5 Judaic Study • Karate • Computers & Much, Much More!!! IMPACT THEATER: “The Institu- general admission, $10 box child that the best thing to do SLOPE MUSIC Ph.D. provides outstanding tion.” 8 pm. See Sat., July 30. seats. 6 pm. Surf Avenue and Delicious & Nutritious Lunch Provided is get a U.S. Treasury bond to Instrumental & Vocal tutoring in Math, English, Social West 17th Street. (718) 507- Jazz • Classical • Folk • Rock TIXX. use for college. Studies, special exams, includ- Call for free interview ing SAT, LSAT, GRE, Specialized SAT, JULY 30 Contact: Simcha (718) 596-4840 Ext. 15 • [email protected] “Is it an exciting gift for a 4-year-old? No, but along charlessibirsky.com H.S. Test, COOP, Regents. All SUN, JULY 31 Bands available OUTDOORS AND TOURS with a reasonably priced toy it levels. Critical thinking and 718-768-3804 study skills taught. BIRDWATCHING CRUISE: Guided OUTDOORS AND TOURS allows the grandparents to R33 tour aboard the electric boat show they care about the child Dr. Liss. (718) 767-0233. Independence. Learn about COMMUNITY MARKET: Park now and the child’s future,” W29-01 flora and fauna in Prospect Slope Farmers Market. Farmers guitar lessons Park’s lake. $10, $6 kids. Noon and specialty food producers Cotton says. 2002 Berklee College of Music Grad. bring their wares including pro- STIR UP SOME FUN Test Prep / Math Tutor to 12:45 pm. Enter park at “And when your son is old- 6 years teaching exp. Lincoln Road and Ocean duce, pickles, breads, pastry, er, he will appreciate the gifts Dozens of excellent ref. Princeton Grad - exp. tutor. Avenue. (718) 287-3400. wine and meats. 11 am to 5 avail. Patient & relaxed Prep for Regents (Math A, B); PARK SLOPE TOUR: offered by pm. JJ Byrne Park, Fifth that will have accumulated teaching style. Excellent SHSAT - Sci Hi test; SAT (math, Big Onion Walking Tours. $15, Avenue between Third and THIS SUMMER! over the years.” rates. Beginners encour- reading, writing). At my office Fourth streets. (914) 923-4837. $12 seniors, $10 students and If you have tips or a ques- aged. Ages 7-up. Will in Park Slope or your home. members. 1 pm. Meet at south- come to your home. east corner of Plaza Street West PERFORMANCE Our 2-week, hands-on program for kids 7-12 teaches tion, call our toll-free hotline Ed Antoine and Flatbush Avenue. (212) BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- essential kitchen skills and techniques. Kids learn how at (800) 827-1092 or e-mail 617-823-7784 439-1090. cert features a program of us at [email protected]. W24 (718) 501-5111 D2 Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Schu- to measure, mix, peel, grate, whip, slice and knead, PERFORMANCE mann. $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry BARGEMUSIC: Classical music Landing, Old Fulton Street at the as they prepare wholesome and delicious dishes from concert features a program of East River. (718) 624-2083. around the world. Mozart, Rachmaninoff and CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Schumann. $35. 7:30 pm. performing arts festival pres- Fulton Ferry Landing (Old ents the African Festival with Day Fulton Street at the East River). Papa Wemba, Gokh-Bi System, 2005 SUMMER SCHEDULE (718) 624-2083. Maria De Barros, Kakande and CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Summer Nkossi Konda. $3 suggested School, performing arts festival pres- donation. 2 pm to 9 pm. Pros- ENROLL NOW! ents Morgan Heritage and Don pect Park band shell, Ninth Minott and The High Voltage Street and Prospect Park West. Inc. Band. $3 suggested donation. (718) 855-7882. Next Session begins Aug. 2 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band shell, Ninth Street and Prospect GOSPEL MUSIC: Micah Stampley meets Tues. and Thurs., 3:45 - 5:15pm A fully licensed and certified preschool Park West. (718) 855-7882. and his wife Heidi sing. Power- ful Praise Tabernacle, 708 PLAY: The Sackett Group presents COURSE FEE IS $150 ■ ■ its premiere season as the resi- Myrtle Ave. between Spencer 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, dent company at the Brooklyn and Walworth streets. Call for ■ Music School Playhouse. Pro- time. (718) 422-1170. Free. Licensed teachers afternoons or full days duction is Tennessee Williams’ IMPACT THEATER: “The Institu- “Suddenly Last Summer.” $19. tion.” 3 pm. See Sat., July 30. ■ Optimal educational equipment ■ Spacious Classrooms 8 pm. 126 St. Felix St. (212) PLAY: “Suddenly Last Summer.” 5 868-4444. pm. See Sat., July 30. ■ Exclusive outdoor facilities ■ Enriched Curriculum IMPACT THEATER: presents “The To register, or for more info, call Jane (718) 797-0029. Institution,” a comedy by CHILDREN ■ Indoor Gym facilities ■ Caring, loving environment Gerald Zipper. $15. 3 pm. 190 PUPPETWORKS: “Around the 170 Hicks Street, Brooklyn Heights Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. World in 80 Days.” 12:30 pm ART, BEER & MORE: New York and 2:30 pm. See Sat., July 30. Like a Native hosts a tour of Some spaces available for Sept. Williamsburg. Visit several gal- OTHER leries and end at the Brooklyn MOVIE: Cafe Steinhof presents Brewery. $16. 1:30 pm to 4 pm. “Watership Down” (1978). Meet in front of the Williams- 10:30 pm. No cover. 422 Call: 230-5255 • 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) burg Art and Historical Center, Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM July 23, 2005 ThePlay’s the Thing with Ed Shakespeare In Brooklyn, Long Island’s in the house
By Ed Shakespeare first base. as well as the NYCAC Player for The Brooklyn Papers As a boy, Sharpe’s dad, went of the Year. Welcome to Bronx watering holes with Earlier this year, Holden The Cyclones don’t have UPs his father and Whitey Ford. went 4-for-4 in a game in any players from Brooklyn Sharpe’s dad was once treated which he said, “The baseball on the roster this year, but & to a soda by none other than looked as big as a basketball.” home to they do have two players DOWNs Mickey Mantle. He has continued his hot hit- from Long Island, which Another Long Island out- ting from the lead-off spot. makes them, well, semi- fielder on the Clones is Joe “I’m adjusting to hitting the local. Holden, from Wantagh. pitching in this league,” said Mike Sharpe is an outfielder Joe went to Wantagh High Holden. ‘Oisk’ & School and Molloy College, in “In college, I faced a few from Kellenberg Memorial High School and St. Thomas The East Meadow resident Rockville Center, where he was pitchers who threw 90, but here Aquinas College, where he hit has some college buddies who a history major and commuting it’s practically every night.” .374 this year and was named live in Sheepshead Bay, and student. Joe still commutes, tak- He’s also adjusting to winds da ‘bums first team All-NYCAC. Sharpe sometimes stays with ing the 40-minute trip each day in the outfield at Keyspan and / Gary Thomas For the Clones, Sharpe has them after late home games. from Wantagh to Keyspan to the large crowds compared HIS SATURDAY, July 23, the Cyclones played sparingly so far and has Sharpe’s grandfather pitched Park. to college, but usually 10 or 15 are holding a celebration to commemo- been working with hitting on the same amateur team in Holden had a fine year this people in the crowd are friends rate the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 1955 cham- coach Donovan Mitchell and Queens as did Yankee pitching season in college where he hit or family and the remainder
T Papers The Brooklyn pionship, and Carl Erskine, Clem Labine, and roving instructor Darryl Straw- great Whitey Ford, but there, ac- .390 and was named the North- have been pretty vocal support- Ed Roebuck, three pitchers from that club, are berry on his swing. cording to Sharpe, Ford played east Region Player of the Year ers of “Wantagh Joe.” Long Islanders Mike Sharpe and Joe Holden. scheduled to be at Keyspan Park. Back in ’55, the Dodgers entered the World Series having previously lost five times to the crosstown-rival New York Yan- kees, and the team was getting old. Fans and players wondered if the core of the team, which had been together since the late Strawberry ‘roves’ into Keyspan Park 1940s, would ever get another chance. The 1955 Series went to seven games, for The Brooklyn Papers “Growing up in L.A., I was a fan of the new adjustment playing in this environ- “No, this is the only thing I want to do. with the deciding game played at Yankee Darryl Strawberry played for all Dodgers [under manager Tommy LaSor- ment [Keyspan Park]. I don’t want to go to the big leagues. I Stadium. Sandy Amoros made a game-sav- four former or current New York da, a former Brooklyn Dodger]. I saw “It’s all about giving these players con- want to see kids develop. I want to see ing catch in left field, Johnny Podres pitched some great players, [Steve] Garvey, [Ron] fidence that they can make it. It’s not [these] kids be successful on the major- a shutout, and Brooklyn won 2-0. City major-league clubs: The Mets, Cey, [Bill] Russell, [Davey] Lopes,” about their stats right now. We’re out to league level some day.” Amainstay for the Dodgers was starter the Dodgers, the Giants, and the Strawberry told The Brooklyn Papers. teach them a real understanding of the Here was Strawberry, working with the and right-hander Carl Erskine. He accumu- Yankees. But the slugging outfield- In fact, Strawberry is a friend of a for- game.” Brooklyn players just a short throw away lated a big-league record of 128-78, pitched er’s greatest success was with the mer Brooklyn Dodger, Hall of Famer But it isn’t only technical knowledge from the spot outside Keyspan Park that two no-hitters, and once held the record for Mets, World Series winners in 1986. Duke Snider. that Strawberry imparts. will display the statue of Jackie Robinson strikeouts in a World Series game, fanning Now, Strawberry has begun a new ca- “I’ll be seeing him in a few weeks up “I try to teach the players to have fun, “ and Pee Wee Reese. The former Mets 14 Yankees in 1953. reer, as a roving instructor in the Mets at Cooperstown,” said Strawberry. explained Strawberry. “If you don’t have outfielder was asked for his reflections on In a telephone interview last week from farm system. The new instructor talked about what fun in this game and you get frustrated, Robinson. Anderson, Ind., his boyhood hometown / Gary Thomas He was recently at Keyspan Park the Cyclones are going through in Brook- you’ll never succeed. They must be able “If it weren’t for Jackie Robinson, where he still resides, Erskine, affectionately working with the Cyclones for five days lyn. to balance it.” there wouldn’t be me,” said Strawberry. called “Oisk” by fans, talked about his years on the home stand that ended July 18. “This is a learning process for these Strawberry said that he is happy in his “I can just imagine what he went in Brooklyn, the 1955 Dodgers and his re- Strawberry was far too young to have players. They are just getting their feet current job, and before being asked, he through. He faced it in a manner of digni- turn to the borough. seen the Brooklyn Dodgers play, but he wet in professional ball. It’s a big adjust- emphatically volunteered his answer on ty and respect, and he went on to be one
“I was called up to the Dodgers from Fort Papers The Brooklyn was a fan of what they became — the ment from swinging aluminum bats to whether he wanted to coach in the big of the greatest players to play the game.” Worth, Texas, at age 21, and I didn’t have Darryl Strawberry Dodgers of Los Angeles. swinging wooden bats and it’s a whole leagues. — Ed Shakespeare enough money to live in a hotel,”said Ersk- ine, “There was a YMCA in Brooklyn, the Hanson Place Y, and I got a room. I stayed there the first season and I was 5-0, and I of- ten thought when I got in a slump that I ought to go back and stay at the Y.” Erskine later lived in Brooklyn in Bay Sloppy fielding leads to losing week for Cyclones Ridge, at Lafayette Walk, and he was with the Dodgers when they lost the pennant on By Ed Shakespeare ing performance by starter Orlando cutters in which the Cyclones were the last day of the season three times, includ- for The Brooklyn Papers Rengel as he threw five innings, allow- outscored 19-6, and committed 10 er- ing 1951 to the Giants. Erskine played for ing only an unearned run on one hit. rors. Williamsport 3 Brooklyn in World Series defeats to the Yan- Williamsport 7 Auburn (12-12) broke a scoreless tie kees in 1949, 1952 and 1953. Cyclones 0 in the third when catcher Brian Bormas- While Brooklyn exploded in spontaneous July 13 at Keyspan Park Cyclones 3 ter singled against Brooklyn starter joy at the moment of the 1955 World Series In a poorly played game, the July 15 at Keyspan Park Bobby Parnell (1-0) and later scored on win, the scene in the Dodger clubhouse min- Cyclones committed four errors, The Cyclones lost their third straight a groundout by Sean Shoffit. utes later was a little different. walked five Crosscutters, hit three game and their sixth straight home game. The Doubledays added a run in the “The moment we went into the clubhouse Williamsport scored in the second fifth when Anthony Garibaldi doubled after celebrating on the field, this great team batters, and had two runners thrown out on the bases. when Jason Delaney reached first on in Brian Bormaster from second. — the team of [Gil] Hodges and [Pee Wee] catcher’s interference against Rafael Ar- In the Cyclones seventh, Jesus The tone of the game was set in the Reese and [Duke] Snider, and [Roy] Cam- Gamero singled and Caleb Stewart dou- first inning when Brooklyn starter Jeff royo and later scored on a single by panella, and [Jackie] Robinson and [Carl] Brandon Reddinger. bled down the left field line to put two Furillo — this great team was in a moment Landing sandwiched two walks around the second out. After catcher’s interfer- Brooklyn (13-10) tied the game on a runners in scoring position. Josh Pe- or two of deep, serious reflection before the solo home run by second baseman Ar- tersen singled in Gamero, sending champagne popped, that we had finally ence was called against Drew Butera to load the bases, Landing hit John Santia- mand Gaerlan. Stewart to third. Pacheco then singled in gained a world’s championship for our fans. / Gary Thomas The Crosscutters (12-12) added three Stewart, making the score 2-2. This team felt bad that we didn’t win [be- go with a pitch to force in a run. In the bottom of the first, Ivan Naccara- runs in the fifth on a two RBI double by In the bottom of the eighth, Joe Holden fore], but we felt worse that we didn’t win James Boone and an RBI single by singled and went to second on a balk. Jon [in Ebbets Field] for our fans in Brooklyn ta made a base running error when he hit Steven Pearce. Malo was hit with a pitch before Jesus who had waited forever.” a two-out, bases-empty double and was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. The Crosscutters tacked on another Gamero’s two-strike sacrifice put runners RSKINE AND HIS FAMILY still keeps up Williamsport (10-12) added another Papers The Brooklyn three runs in the ninth on a Brent Lillib- on second and third. After Stewart was with people he met while playing with ridge homer to left. walked intentionally, Petersen singled in the Dodgers. He e-mails Philip Stein- run in the third on three singles, one of Cyclones catcher Rafael Arroyo tags out a surprised Matt Cooksey, who had- E them a misplayed ball by shortstop Jon n’t been told to slide by Emmanuel Sena (right) Tuesday at Keyspan Park. Luis Munoz (4-1) was the winning Holden to put Brooklyn in front 3-2. er, the son of Morris Steiner, the family pedi- pitcher, while Jorge Reyes (2-2) took Eric Brown (1-1) earned the win in atrician during their stay in Brooklyn, and he Malo. The Crosscutters scored the game’s once again committed four errors. third when Mihalics walked and scored the defeat. relief for Brooklyn and Robert Paulk corresponds with members of his fan club, pitched a scoreless ninth for the save de- who were teenagers during his time here. final run in the eighth when, with two Williamsport (11-12) scored first, in the on Joe Holden’s triple. Brooklyn 3 outs, two singles, a walk and a hit batter spite loading the bases. “We still have lots of close connections in second inning without recording a hit. Ja- Williamsport tied the game at 2-2 in the Auburn 2 gave the Cutters a tally. son Delaney walked and John Santiago seventh on a single by Brent Lillibridge. Brooklyn. That’s my second home,” said Er- July 16 at Keyspan Park Auburn 5 skine. Landing (1-3) took the loss for the reached first on an error by shortstop Joe The Crosscutters broke the game Brooklyn 4 The former pitcher will sign copies of his Cyclones (13-8). Mihalics. Euvi Solano was hit by a pitch open with a seven-run eighth, which in- The Cyclones bounced back on to load the bases and Brandon Reddinger cluded a grand slam by Ryan Searage. Mookie Wilson Bobblehead Night, de- July 17 at Keyspan Park recent book, “What I Learned from Jackie,” Williamsport 9 Brooklyn lost a 3-0 lead in a game on his visit to Keyspan Park. hit a sacrifice fly to score Delaney. For the Cyclones, center fielder feating the Auburn Doubledays. Cyclones 3 Brooklyn (13-9) tied the game in the Holden went 4-for-4, including a triple. Brooklyn (14-10) came into the game begun on Sunday and suspended after “There is a rush of emotion, because even July 14 at Keyspan Park though it’s a different setting — we’re not second when Josh Petersen tripled and First baseman Petersen was two for having lost six straight contests at home, four innings because of fog. going back to Ebbets Field, we’re not going The Cyclones lost their second later scored on a double play grounder. three with a double and triple. including their last series, a three-game For all the scores and highlights, to see our neighbors, probably — we’ll be straight poorly played game as they The Cyclones went ahead 2-1 in the The Cyclones wasted a strong pitch- stand against the Williamsburg Cross- visit us at www.BrooklynPapers.com shaking hands with many young fans. But to go back to Brooklyn where there is still baseball being played professionally — that’s a thrill. I said once when I came back to see the Cyclones, that I feel like the grand- father to these young kids, who are all gifted players.” When Erskine arrives at Keyspan Park, he’ll see the pedestal of the forthcoming stat- ue of Robinson and Reese that will com- memorate the moment in May, 1947, on the infield Cincinnati when Reese, from Ken- tucky, put his arm around Robinson, who was the target of verbal abuse from some Cincinnati players and fans, and the recipient of hate mail, including death threats. “I thought that [the statue] was a very ap- propriate way to affix in time a moment when America changed, when we began to accept people on the value of who they were — and that was a signal moment in Ameri- can history. ” Erskine notes, however, that those changes in baseball did not come all at once. “Now, it didn’t all happen in that moment, but it signified that that’s when the change was put in place. When Jackie put his civvies on, he was still a black man in America in the 1940s and early 1950s. “It took seven years for all the hotels to accept the black players on the Dodgers. So that statue is a significant piece of history if people will read the history and know what it meant.” RANCH RICKEY, the Dodger executive, signed Robinson, and also signed Bmost of the other players that formed the nucleus of those great Dodger teams of the late 1940s and the 1950s. Rickey sought men of character and he found them. Year after year, the Dodgers of the post-World War II era were in the pen- nant race, winning in 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955 and 1956. But 1955 was special — the year they won it all. Carl Erskine, Clem Labine (who pitched in four games in that series, winning Game Four and saving Game Five), and reliever Ed Roebuck will be at Keyspan Saturday night to greet fans, new and old. New fans could learn something about those 1955 champions, and old fans will never forget. July 23, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 15 Doctoroff: B’klyn ABORTION DENTISTS The OB/GYN Pavilion key to economy at the WE SERVE WITH CARE AND COMPASSION We Accept All Insurance & Medicaid Quality Dentistry By Jess Wisloski administration’s deputy mayor may bring a draw of new cus- barge pulled up to a pier on • NYS Licensed • Immediate Appointment The Brooklyn Papers for Economic Development and tomers or new competition. the Brooklyn waterfront. 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York’s economy,” he said, and in stark contract to his plans (Sweet Air) •Preventative Dentistry (BID) and Fulton Mall Im- “When I say this guy works added that in the coming for the working waterfront. provement Association (FMIA) hard, I mean, I can tell you,” years, both before and after In an April interview with Doctoroff, the featured speaker, said Walsh, shaking his head something gets developed The Brooklyn Papers, Docto- GENERAL PRACTICE talked about the strides Brook- admiringly. above the MTA rail yards, roff said the city has no plan RONALD I. TEICHMAN, DDS lyn has made in attracting inter- “On a Sunday morning, Brooklyn would become a to maintain shipping opera- est from corporations and busi- he’s out there. In Bed-Stuy. boon to businesses looking to tions on the Red Hook water- Saturday & Evening Hours nesses, and how the borough Walking block by block. Tak- move back to the city. front, which comprises piers 5 When was YOUR 357 Seventh Avenue at 10th Street will continue to attract them. ing notes. It’s amazing,” Following his speech, through 12, past 2007. The July 14 event was held Walsh said, placing special Weiss and the FMIA’s co- During a sit-down on April last physical? 768-1111 in the sixth-floor offices of emphasis on each sentence. chairs, Albert Laboz and 26, Doctoroff said that he ex- Macy’s department store on Doctoroff talked to the Joseph Sitt, as well as the pected any remaining industrial the Fulton Mall, and for the room of about 100 busi- BID’s president, Victoria and shipping uses on the piers Anahid Nisanian, MD first time signaled a meeting nesspersons, community lead- Aviles, all owners of Down- to move, if they survive at all. Andras Fenyves, MD of the minds between the ers and elected officials about town businesses, presented “In fact, we are moving a Primary Care mall-specific FMIA and the the importance of Brooklyn in him with an original litho- lot of activity south, to Sunset Metrotech BID, which has terms of preserving the city’s graph print of a shipping Park,” he said. 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And Bloomberg will capitalize on the Lon- DOCUMENT PREPARATION • accounting, auditing don attacks for his own re-election campaign. You can be sure that tion.” The significant constitutional question before the court was can • advisory services EMPLOYMENT economic development be considered a “public use.” The court, with Bensonhurst Office • co-op and condo management Giuliani will be omnipresent in the campaign to strike fear into the A. DiMartino, Accountant ASSISTANT hearts of any undecided voters. But the city’s cops and firefighters, this decision, said yes. 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Sloane said the image has not tured to where new landscaping, buildings near Pier 6 and At- including members of the state- used, as well as to elected officials Van Valkenbergh had a simi- widely enough been made pub- plantings, plaza areas, access lantic Avenue inside the park, mandated Community Advisory and members of the press. lar reaction, saying Sloane’s im- lic. “We don’t have anybody roads and buildings would be said Sloane. One of the towers Committee to the BBPDC, the “We would also like to cor- age was misleading, and pro- that recalls seeing it,” he said, situated for the new park. will rise to 30 stories. development corporation and rect the statement that, ‘The viding what he called a referring to the CAC. At Pier 1, he stopped to ex- Though a two-building hotel the designers. BBPDC has not been forthcom- “to-scale” version. As of press time, the BBPDC plain how the two-building hotel and a restaurant are planned for “My purpose is to help the ing with information or details “Renderings put forth by cer- Web site did not contain the and adjacent residential suites the park at Old Fulton and Fur- public visualize how the south- regarding the buildings’,” to tain members of the community rendering. would be separated from Fur- man streets, and a 16-story resi- ern entrance of Brooklyn which she cited “three occa- do not accurately portray the Silberstein added, “There’s man Street and the park by being dence is planned at John and Bridge Park will look,” Sloane sions where views along At- actual development at Pier 6, no better way for people to see an “island unto itself” surround- Adams streets in DUMBO, resi- said, and in the e-mail accused lantic Avenue have been dis- which is needed to help define what the proposed development ed by a street on either side. dents near the southern end of the BBPDC of not including cussed in public meetings.” and fund the park. In fact, they is going to be than to take a Sandy Balboza, president of the planned park have com- “ANY renderings or images of An original rendering of the distort the development,” wrote look at the model. Any render- the Atlantic Avenue Betterment plained about getting the brunt of the proposed buildings of the Pier 6 high-rise, which Leventer Lee Silberstein, a spokesman ing is going to be from an Association and a CAC mem- ber, thought Sloane’s images the new high-rise development. Atlantic Avenue entrance.” claimed had been released to the for Van Valkenburgh, in an e- artist’s perspective and is open helped her visualize the impact “We are paying a price, and mail to The Brooklyn Papers. to interpretation.” Three architects familiar with public and community groups in of the building design, but the it’s important for people to the plans were consulted on the meetings, was attached to the e- “A visual presentation and Sloane used a different termi- know what that price is,” said nology. walk-through presentation image, he said. mail. design concept for the project spoke more to her, she said, Sloane. Sloane’s rendering was lam- The meetings she cited, from have been repeatedly shown to “They cheated it,” he said of / Jess Wisloski than renderings or models. On July 13, he e-mailed a basted and called inaccurate in a January and February, were the community,” he wrote. the BBPDC rendering. “It’s not from the pedestrian’s viewpoint, “I think [the pictures] will rendering he made of what he response e-mailed the next day held in Van Valkenbergh’s of- Silberstein added that the im- it’s back further from the street. show people visually what imagined the proposed park’s by the BBPDC’s executive di- fices in Manhattan, expressly age sent out by the BBPDC in “That’s why they didn’t play everybody’s talking about, how entrance to look like — a sky- rector. for the members of the Commu- response to Sloane’s e-mail was scraper towering above the it up,” said Sloane. “It wasn’t the housing is going to domi- “The drawing is incorrect nity Advisory Committee. The first shown as part of a Power nate the entrances,” she said.
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Papers The Brooklyn distributed, it wasn’t widely cir- about the proposed building loca- meetings were publicized by in- Point presentation at a commu- culated, it wasn’t up on the Web “But I think the tour last overpass and neighboring for- Architect Matthew Urbanski leads park activists on tour of mer Watchtower plant at 360 tion and height,” wrote Wendy vitation only, and came before a nity meeting on April 16 at site and it wasn’t released to the night really said it all,” she told piers 1-5 on Tuesday. Leventer, in a response sent to the Feb. 22 open public meeting in Long Island College Hospital. press.” The Papers. “What came out of Matt [Ur- Tour of piers banski’s] mouth — that they About 50 community mem- want to separate the park from New York Jets and Mayor Prospect Heights, by the same set a poor precedent for how the “An RFP is typically issued to bers met in the muggy, swelter- the housing — in other words Michael Bloomberg wanted to per-acre calculation, would be MTA conducts its business. everyone at the same time, the ing heat at Fulton Ferry Land- separate the public part of the build a football stadium — the worth $229 million. There, as well as this case in organization is generally not ing Tuesday night to take a park from the private part of the REFUSAL… letter demands that the details of The Brooklyn site, however, Brooklyn, we felt the MTA negotiating with a developer for walking tour of the piers slated park, says the housing is inside for Brooklyn Bridge Park de- Continued from page 1 all bids be disclosed immediate- sits beside a major transporta- should shine some light on its two years prior to that. the park,” she said. “It’s always viewed by the MTA staff, then velopment and get the first up- going to create a tension be- details of their bids public un- ly, and that Kalikow make good tion hub, with 10 subway lines processes in concern to how it “Given the size for this proj- they will be given to the MTA on his promise to hire an inde- and the Long Island Rail Road sells property. ect, the time limit was very close look at the East River site, tween the private condos and til the MTA does so. board members so they can re- pendent appraiser. Copies of the stopping at the Atlantic Termi- “We feel the public has a short,” she added. “Typically, guided by Matthew Urbanski, a the public space.” In June 2004, MTA Chair- view the bids. We hope to do letter were sent to Pataki, nal, across the street, and is right to know.” it’s 60 days for a city project, principal of Michael Van Val- “I don’t know the difference man Peter Kalikow said in a that as quickly as possible, and Bloomberg, Brodsky and state within walking distance of Deb Howard, executive di- and usually you know the sites kenburgh Associates. between separating and priva- letter to Westchester Assembly- they will be made public at the Sen. Vincent Leibell, of Putnam many shopping districts and rector of the Pratt Area Commu- in your neighborhood.” Most of the attendees were tizing. To me if you’re separat- man Richard Brodsky, chair- appropriate time,” said Padilla. County, who has introduced leg- cultural attractions. nity Council, whose organiza- Daniel Goldstein, a member members of the Community ing, you’re privatizing.” man of the public authority Asked when the land’s inde- islation seeking to give more Jeremy Soffin, director of tion has responded mostly to of the anti-Ratner plan commu- Advisory Council to the devel- Sloane agreed. committee, that the MTA would pendently appraised value oversight over public authori- public affairs for the Regional city-level RFPs for development nity group Develop-Don’t De- opment corporation, who had “I want to see the debate be “retain the services of qualified would be announced, Padilla ties, like the MTA, to the Legis- Plan Association, said his group sites, but has also worked on stroy Brooklyn, said the letter been notified by e-mail of the about the entrance, not about appraisers.” said, “As soon as [the bids] lature. signed the letter to urge that a state-level RFPs for funding, drew many groups together. gathering. the merits of the various draw- As recently as February of have been reviewed by the An appraisal commissioned better standard be practiced by said the process seemed unfair. “The letter has nothing to do Standing on various pylons, ings,” pointing out that both this year, MTA spokesman Tom MTA board members,” but ad- by the MTA of the 33-acre Hud- the MTA. “Typically, you’re given with the Ratner plan or the Extell bollards and stairs to project his drawings proved the point to Kelly said that an independent mitted she was not sure whether son Rail Yards found the Man- “We spent a lot of time re- more time, not necessarily that plan, but has to do with the MTA voice over the roar of Furman him: “It doesn’t look like a appraisal of the value of the an independent appraisal had hattan site to be worth $900 mil- searching and fighting the West much more time, but it’s not a acting with some accountability, Street traffic and boats jetting park, it looks like a housing de- property — known as the Van- yet been undertaken or com- lion. The Vanderbilt Yards, in Side stadium,” said Soffin. “It stacked deck,” Howard said. transparency and fairness,” he said. across the harbor, Urbanski ges- velopment.” derbilt Yards — was in the pleted. works and would be an- With the next MTA board nounced. meeting scheduled for this To date, none has been an- Wednesday, July 27, members nounced, but Kelly also said in of the community and civic February and again in March groups fear the board members, that no request for proposals the majority of whom are ap- would be issued seeking com- pointed by Gov. George Pataki, peting bids. will go ahead and approve a bid On May 25, the MTA did is- without being adequately in- MORE PEOPLE USE & PREFER sue an RFP, giving potential de- formed of the property’s true velopers 30 business days to re- worth. spond with a bid rivaling Forest Beverly Dolinsky, director of City Ratner’s 2-year-old plan to the MTA’s Permanent Citizen’s build a basketball arena and 17 Advisory Committee (PCAC), residential, office and commer- is a non-voting member of the cial towers over the MTA prop- MTA board. erty and on adjacent private and “I saw Roco Krsulic, [direc- OUR YELLOW PAGES* city property. The deadline for tor of Real Estate for the submissions was July 6. MTA],” last night, and I said, Mercedes Padilla, an MTA ‘You better open up this spokeswoman, said Tuesday process, because you’re going that the bids had not yet made it to be up for a lot of criticism if to any MTA board members. you don’t’,” Dolinsky told The “It’s being reviewed by the Brooklyn Papers this week. staff. At this moment there is “He said to me they haven’t nothing new with the bids,” finished evaluating the bids yet, Door to Door Delivery said Padilla to repeated ques- and that’s why it hasn’t opened tions about the status of the bid up. We feel they should be vote. She said she was not sure opened up. We feel the board Throughout Brooklyn whether the bidders had been has a fiduciary responsibility to sworn to secrecy by the MTA. their riders. But it’s really been Both Forest City Ratner and kept very close to the vest, and the Extell Development Com- I have no idea why,” Dolinsky Even in High Rise pany, the two bidders, declined said. to discuss details of their bids. The PCAC was created by “The bid now is being re- the state Legislature in 1981 Buildings! give mass transit riders a say in the formulation and implemen- tation of MTA policy and to hold the MTA Board and man- Getting agement accountable. Asked about the seeming ad- it right… vantage to Forest City Ratner of having been involved in negoti- The April 16 article head- ations with the authority for the lined “ ‘Candy’ exiles rip Brook- past year, she said the agency lyn Heights Association: Thanks still owed their public a fair for nothing” contained factual process. errors regarding former 20 Hen- “Even if they’ve had an on- ry St. resident Neddi Heller: going conversation with them, I • Heller has a 5-year-old think they have a fiduciary re- daughter, not a son. sponsibility to their riders. I • Her child did not attend don’t think they expected a sec- PS 8. ond bid, and I think that came • She only teaches at Poly as a surprise,” Dolinsky said. Prep in Bay Ridge and not at Forty-five other community her DUMBO studio. and civic groups, transportation advocates and public interest The Papers apoligizes for organizations signed on to a New Edition the errors. July 15 letter to Kalikow de- The Brooklyn Papers strives for accuracy, but sometimes mis- manding that the MTA board takes are made. In such cases, postpone their vote on the bids. Coming Soon! readers are urged to contact Edi- Calling on the MTA to pro- Coming Soon! tor Neil Sloane at (718) 834- vide greater accountability than 9350, ext. 119, or by fax at (718) it did with the Hudson Yards RFP in Manhattan — where the 834-9278. Authorized Reseller
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