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Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages •Vol.28, No. 6 BRZ •Saturday, February 5, 2005 • FREE Quiet change of command Williams out at Fort Hamilton, replaced with first woman CO By Jotham Sederstrom Although a woman had The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE been commander of the re- cruiting post on the base, the The Army will appoint relieved of the command for base command has always Col. Tracey Nicholson as what base sources said were been held by men, most no- commander of the Fort personal reasons related to his tably Capt. Abner Doubleday, Hamilton Army base later wife’s arrest in 2003 on drunk who is popularly credited with this month, marking the driving charges. inventing the modern game of first time in the garrison’s Since November, Col. Cur- baseball in 1835. / Tom Callan / Tom 174-year history that a tis Wrenn Jr. has acted as tem- Besides Doubleday, who porary garrison commander in led the base for only one woman has filled its highest anticipation of Nicholson’s month in June of 1861, Capt. post, The Bay Ridge Paper appointment, which is to be Levi Whiting is remembered has learned. announced officially on Feb. as Fort Hamilton’s first com- The appointment comes 15, sources said. Wrenn will mander, in 1831.

nearly three months after Col. be reassigned to Fort Monroe Papers File The Brooklyn “We’ve come a long way,” Kewyn Williams was quietly in Virginia. Col. Kewyn Williams Col. Tracey Nicholson See CHANGE on page 4 Golden fuming over new kids book promoting pot smoking

By Jotham Sederstrom America and abroad that included a depiction of a family sleep- / Jori Klein The Brooklyn Papers ing in a car in a city that appeared to be New York. “It’s just so wrong, telling kids it’s alright to get messed up ABay Ridge legislator lashed out this week at a on marijuana,” said Golden, a former New York City police of- Prospect Heights author who penned a children’s book ficer.

praising the virtues of marijuana, calling it “harmful Cortes defended the book’s contents as more truthful than Papers The Brooklyn and dangerous to the children of our society.” most efforts to educate parents and children about pot, which State Sen. Marty Golden said the illustrated book, “It’s Just he called scare tactics similar to those in the 1938 anti-marijua- a Plant,” by Brooklyn native Ricardo Cortes, crossed the line na propaganda movie “Reefer Madness.” by sending a pro-pot message to children. “It’s not promoting marijuana use by any means,” said The small-press book, published by Magic Propaganda Mill, Cortes, who said he anticipated that addressing the topic Idiot’s delight a creative design group, was sponsored by the Marijuana Poli- “would be a Trojan horse to some extent.” cy Project and the Drug Policy Alliance, two drug advocacy “This came out of looking at current forms of marijuana ed- Participants in the first “Idiotarod” cross the Brooklyn Bridge with a shopping cart last Sat- groups. ucation and seeing how terrible they were,” said Cortes. urday. The event, which takes its name from the famous Alaskan dog-sled race, the Iditar- “This guy Ricardo Cortes should get his head examined,” With pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge in the background, the od, saw teams of five race shopping carts from Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn to Tomp- “It’s Just a Plant,” a children’s said Golden, a conservative Republican who last year came story line of “It’s Just a Plant” revolves around a young girl, kins Square Park in Manhattan for cash prizes. While there was no set course, teams were book about pot use. down on a children’s book about different types of housing in See WEED on page 15 required to make stops at two checkpoints in downtown Manhattan along the way. MARTY’S BROOKLYN gonna need it.” When Markowitz said the project More contentious, however, were his would create “about 10,000 permanent It’s cruises, Ikea, Nets endorsements of an Ikea store that is to new jobs” and “15,000 construction-relat- be built on the Red Hook waterfront and “Thanks, dock it in my usual spot — See STATE BORO on page 12 By Jotham Sederstrom developer Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards The Brooklyn Papers Pier 11 in Red Hook,” Markowitz told PAGE 7-11 the Brooklyn-born actor and TV talk project. The latter, a 24-acre plan, would Borough President Marty Mark- show host as he approached the podium. be built on a portion of Prospect Heights, owitz promoted Brooklyn as a future Two lines, Norwegian and Carnival, stretching from the intersection of Flat- home to professional basketball, the are expected to dock at Pier 12 in Red bush and Atlantic avenues, and rely on city’s first Ikea furniture store and, Hook as early as this fall with Pier 11 eminent domain property condemna- / Tom Callan / Tom most conspicuously during his State used as an entryway to the dock. tions to construct apartment and office of the Borough address, a dock for “Those cruise lines will bring tens of skyscrapers and a basketball arena for commercial cruise ships. thousands of new tourists into Brook- Ratner’s New Jersey Nets. Kicking off the address at the lyn,” Markowitz said of the construc- The mention of the Ratner project Brooklyn Museum on Jan. 27, tion, which is scheduled to begin in drew loud boos from anti-arena ac- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Markowitz walked on stage alongside March. “So it’s a good thing that last tivists Patti and Schellie Hagan, who Behind the scenes Brooklyn-born actor Tony Danza of “The Tony Danza Show” and Borough President Marty actor Tony Danza carrying a card- week we broke ground for the expan- sat among a pool of reporters in the Markowitz stand in front of model of cruise ship Markowitz hopes will sail from Brooklyn. board mock-up of a cruise ship. sion of the Brooklyn Marriott — we’re back of the auditorium. of ‘Assisted Living’ Ridge zoning hearing turnout Brooklyn’s own ‘Explorer’ By Jotham Sederstrom DUMBO — an Emerging Explorer. The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE The wildly coveted title will be awarded to just he and five others is large thanks to scare tactic Using statistics, Andrew Zolli dent likely didn’t foresee is the Na- chosen from among several hundred predicts such things as foreign tional Geographic Society one day re- candidates worldwide. Sharing the wars waged over natural re- While it was difficult to say 13-member commission. cruiting him as a resident voyager. recognition with an Argentinean high- By Jotham Sederstrom meting property values, Bay sources and a future in which the But on Monday, Feb. 7, the 117- altitude archeologist and an English The Brooklyn Papers Ridge homeowners and de- exactly how many people at- One explanation for the inter- modern nuclear family makes est, which dipped to only five year-old institution will name Zolli — crocodile hunter, Zolli, 34, is one of velopers turned out in droves tended the hearing, since other way for European-style multigen- four from the United States to be cho- Spurred on by a combina- proposals from all five boroughs people at last month’s Borough who runs Z + Partners, a think-tank tion of low turnout at a previ- to a public hearing before the Hall public hearing, was the sur- erational living. that specializes in helping people and sen, and the only one from New York. were also on the calendar, near- The others from the United ous hearing and the circula- City Planning Commission ly a dozen spoke either in sup- facing of a misleading anony- Zolli is what is known as a futurist. institutions understand and respond to tion this week of an anony- on a proposal to down-zone port or opposition to the preser- mous letter sent to homeowners But one thing the Park Slope resi- change, from an office on Jay Street in See EXPLORER on page 12 mous letter warning of plum- the neighborhood. vation effort before the See ZONING on page 15

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WHEN YOU’RE OFFERED VISION, Atlantic Avenue HEARING AND UNLIMITED mosque is said GENERIC DRUG COVERAGE, IT’S ONLY NATURAL to spread hate TO LOOK FOR By Jotham Sederstrom The Brooklyn Papers A CATCH. The Saudi Arabian govern- ment has been distributing ma- terials preaching hatred of Jews and Christians — and calling for death to Muslims who stray IT’S NOT EVEN IN THAT from Islamic tenets — out of a

FREE CUP OF COFFEE. mosque on Atlantic Avenue Callan / Tom ( ) that has been linked by investi- gators to the funding of terror- The catch is, there is no catch. And ists, according to a study re- to prove it, we’re inviting you to join leased this week. The Center for Religious us for a free breakfast seminar where Freedom, a Washington, D.C.- based organization that is part Papers file The Brooklyn you’ll get answers to your Medicare of the Freedom House human The Masjid al-Farooq, on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. questions. You’ll learn about benefits rights organization, concluded in an 89-page report that of 200 lims and two independent transla- Jersey, Washington, Virginia, such as vision, hearing and dental documents found at mosques tors reviewed each of the docu- California, Texas and Illinois. across the country, many had that are part of every Oxford Medicare ments in Arabic, the language “Not only does the govern- originated from the Masjid al- used in 90 percent of the materi- ment of Saudi Arabia not have Advantage® plan. And, you won’t Farooq, a mosque at 554 At- als collected, said Center Spokes- a right — under the First Am- lantic Ave. in Boerum Hill. woman Elyse Bauer. endment or any other legal doc- pay a penny more than what you In March 2003, the mosque Among key findings, accord- ument — to spread hate ideolo- are already paying for traditional was cited in a federal indict- ing to the report, was that most gy within U.S. borders, it is ment as a fundraising apparatus of the writings asserted a reli- committing a human rights vio- Medicare. To reserve your seat, or to of terrorist financiers. gious obligation for Muslims to lation by doing so,” said Bauer. In a case being heard now in hate Christians and Jews; to In his book “American Ji- find out more, call 1-800-677-5523 federal court in Downtown consider themselves a stranger had,” Steven Emerson writes (TDD: 1-800-201-4874) between Brooklyn, prosecutors charge behind enemy lines, and to live that the al-Farooq mosque that an alleged al-Qaeda finan- in the United States only to ac- served as the New York office 8:00 AM and 5:30 PM. cier, Mohammed Ali Hasan Al- quire new knowledge or earn for the Pakistan-based Alkifah Moayad, 54, used the mosque money for a future jihad. Refugee Center and had been to raise and funnel millions of Sufi and Shiite Muslims are transformed around 1989 into a dollars to al-Qaeda and Hamas. condemned, and most of the center for shipping funds, arms Center for Religious Freedom tracts discovered espoused Wah- and enlisting new recruits for investigators discovered, among habism, an extreme interpretation Jihad in Bosnia, the Philippines, other tracts at the mosque, a of Islam that is the official reli- Egypt, Palestine, and elsewhere. UPCOMING SEMINARS book published by the Saudi gion of Saudi Arabia. Under the The Alkifah Refugee Center, Ministry of Islamic Affairs au- less tolerant eyes of a Wahhabist, also known as the Office for thorizing Muslims to kill con- it is expected that anyone who Services of the Mujahideen, verts to Islam who commit adul- converts out of Islam be killed. was a precursor to Osama bin tery or engage in homosexuality. “Saudi textbooks and other Laden’s al-Qaeda. Brooklyn-Sunset Park Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn-Bay Ridge Brooklyn The author, according to the publications in the collection Aformer imam at the At- study, was Saudi Arabia’s official lantic Avenue mosque, Sheik February 8, 9:00 AM February 9, 9:30 AM February 15, 9:00 AM February 16, 9:00 AM February 21, 6:00 PM propagate a Nazi-like hatred for Omar Abdel-Rahman, was the George’s Rest. (Bi-Lingual) Junior’s Restaurant Del Rio Diner Tiffany Diner Vegas Diner religious leader, the late Bin Baz. 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For that, it would be lawful eventually collecting some 200 Abdel-Rahman was sen- Mirage Diner Arch Diner Kings Plaza Diner Vegas Diner for Muslims to spill his blood original documents disseminat- tenced in 1996 to life in prison 717 Kings Hwy. 1866 Ralph Ave. 4124 Avenue U 1619 86th St. and take his money.” ed, published or otherwise gen- without parole. Cross St./E. 8th St. Corner of Flatlands Corner of Hendrickson Cross St./16th Ave. Phones were disconnected at erated by the government of the mosque this week and its Saudi Arabia. Only about a leaders could not be reached. quarter of those were cited in Bin Laden ties A sales representative will be present to provide information and applications. Oxford Health Plans (NY), Inc., is a licensed HMO operating The research was carried out the study. Besides al-Farooq, PAGE 6 under a Medicare Advantage contract. ©2004 Oxford Health Plans, LLC. 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You are cordially invited to a workshop to address your financial By Randi Weingarten York City teachers — the system concerns regarding Estate Planning, Medicaid eligibility rules as s the city and the teachers’ union have been try- establish an Enterprise Zone well as your long-term care needs. The speaker will be Linda where everyone willing to work at Faith Marshak, an Elder Law Attorney with experience in all Aing to reach a new contract to replace the one 200 selected hard-to-staff schools that expired more than 1-1/2 years ago, a number of would receive a 15 percent differ- aspects of Health Care and Financial Planning with regard to ential. Medicaid eligibility, wealth preservation, and asset protection for myths about the current agreement are surfacing, The response from the Nancy Brady Esq. seniors and their families. Linda Faith Marshak Esq. distractions that make it difficult to resolve the real Department on this suggestion? Silence. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE DISCUSSED: problems of our schools. Myth #4: “Work rules” make it impossible for schools to be man- Let me shatter a few of those system, and other tough condi- aged. myths: tions. • Get your “legal” house in order - basic estate planning tools Reality: Which work rules? The Myth #1: Because of “the Nor do all new teachers end up one that prevents the Department • Medicaid eligibility rules and strategies to maximize preservation union” it takes forever to dismiss in the toughest districts. The de- from cramming more than 34 stu- incompetent teachers. partment’s own figures show that of assets; in particular nursing home or home care benefits dents into a high school class and Reality: Reforms negotiated in at the beginning of the last school 28 into fourth grade? (While these • The role of Long-Term Care Insurance and Medicaid planning the 2002 contract cut the time it year, three of the highest perform- limits are still too high, it is only takes to adjudicate teacher disci- ing districts in the city, received • Forming an estate plan to help ensure maximize the fact that they are in the con- pline cases (once they are filed). 462 new teachers. Meanwhile tract that makes the Department passing of assets to loved ones Last year more than half the only 375 new teachers went to comply.) Other “work rules” in- cases were concluded in less than three of the most struggling dis- clude allowing teachers to have three months. tricts. Special guest speaker will be John Calabrese CLTC, financial services representative from lunch, or have a break after teach- The union has also proposed a Myth #3: The union insists on Client Advisory Solutions, an office of MetLife Financial Services*. For more information ing three classes in a row. program under which struggling lockstep pay with no recognition of on Client Advisory Solutions, visit www.ClientAdvisorySolutions.com teachers would be given help to special needs and circumstances. Dealing with reality improve, and if the assistance Reality: This year we negotiated The critical truth about our failed, the union would counsel a project in the Bronx that gives schools is that teachers here have them out of the profession. The additional compensation to “mas- the largest classes in the state, ONLY 1 DAY Department of Education, which ter teachers”— one the school teach some of the most challeng- The MetLife Building made supportive noises when I system is now touting. The union ing students, work in overcrowded 15 Bay Ridge Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11220 announced this proposal in assisted Chancellor Rudy Crew and sometimes unsafe buildings January, 2004, has not followed to design and create the without proper equipment and (One Block from the 69th Street Pier) AVAILABLE!! up. Chancellor’s District, a special dis- supplies - and still make $10,000 Myth #2: Seniority rules permit trict for struggling schools where to $15,000 less every year than –––––––––––––––––––––––– SEATING IS LIMITED, PLEASE CALL teachers with experience to con- teachers worked longer hours in their colleagues. Those able to re- Thursday, February 10th stantly move to new and easier as- exchange for higher salaries. tire have been doing so in droves. 1-800-395-5762 signments, while new teachers Scores in the Chancellor’s District Nearly half of new teachers leave 1:30p.m. & 5:30 p.m. Registration are concentrated in the toughest went up dramatically, but despite within six years for jobs in the sub- REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED schools. national recognition as a fantastic urbs or other careers. Reality: Less than 1 percent of school turnaround strategy, this Solving the system’s real prob- the teaching force transferred last successful experiment was one of lems mean providing competitive Neither Ms. Linda Faith Marshak Esq. nor Nancy Brady Esq. are representatives of or affiliated with MetLife. They year under seniority rules, gener- the first casualties of the new ad- pay and better conditions for are solely responsible for the content of their presentation. This presentation is for informational purposes only. ally to move closer to their homes. ministration. teaching and learning in all our Neither MetLife nor any of its representatives are in the business of giving tax and legal advice. Attendees should con- But the department had to find Based on the success of the schools. But these are goals we sult with their own legal or tax advisors concerning the appropriateness of any points discussed for their particular cir- more than 7,000 teachers to re- Chancellor’s District, the union can never reach as long as the city cumstances. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10010. place those who retired, or left suggested earlier this year that — and the Chancellor continue to frustrated by low pay, overcrowded simultaneously with providing cling to the myths rather than re- L0502HU1G(exp1206)(NY,NJ)MLIC-LD classes, lack of support by the competitive salaries for all New ality of our schools. 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Jewish Center on Sunday, amid reports Brooklyn, but throughout the store in Queens, but even With 4,905 stores interna- –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ALAN R. KLING, M.D. other boroughs,” for places to worse to have one in Brook- tionally, Wal-Mart has become sundays that the nation’s largest Hebrew School Program BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST open stores. lyn. In reality, what Wal-Mart the world’s largest retailer, but 9am - 12:30pm retailer is looking to open “I read about Wal-Mart’s does is destroy jobs and com- has not yet tapped into the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation 27 8th Avenue 1000 Park Avenue a big box store in Brook- proposal to move into New munities,” he said. New York City market. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lyn. 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Associated Press Writer rors Wednesday in federal Worshippers frequently gave president of the Yemeni chap- him some of the Islamic laws.” AYemeni sheik was record- court in Downtown Brooklyn. money without knowing its desti- ter of Al-Aqsa Charitable Or- Defense lawyers said al- ed tutoring his personal assis- “For example if they want, nation, but the al-Farooq mosque ganization, which the govern- Moayad made idle boasts to tant about code words for uh, weapons, ‘By God Sheik has long been a suspected hotbed ment contends is a front for wheedle millions of dollars Mohammed, the workers at of terrorist-related activity, law en- Palestinian terrorists. And he from an FBI informant posing weapons and ammunition on the bakery want ... they’re forcement sources said. described his friendship with as a militant Islamist. secret surveillance tapes that waiting for ... what you call it? Prosecutors describe al- the assistant of a radical cleric The informant had proposed Wednesday became some of Peels. They want peels for the Moayad as a longtime support- from Qatar who terrorism ex- giving al-Moayad $2.5 million the most potentially damaging dough,’” al-Moayad said. er of Osama bin Laden and perts have said condoned at- to divide between terror groups government evidence in a The two men were recorded Palestinian militant groups. tacks on Americans and Jews. and al-Moayad’s Yemeni char- high-profile terror funding trial. talking alone after meeting in a Defense lawyers argue that al- Al-Moayad’s words may ities. Sheik Mohammed Ali German hotel with two FBI in- Moayad and Zayed were daz- counter the defense argument Al-Moayad described his Hasan al-Moayad told his as- formants posing as militant Is- zled by the promise of funding that he had no involvement relationship with bin Laden as sistant, Mohammed Mohsen lamists who needed help donat- for their charities and said what with terrorism before he was limited to the days before the Yahya Zayed, that if Zayed ing $2.5 million to Hamas and they believed the informants entrapped by the government al-Qaeda leader attacked U.S. wanted to buy ammunition he al-Qaeda. The four men dis- wanted to hear about funneling informants. interests. could say, “By God Sheik cussed splitting the funds be- funds to terrorists. The sheik also describes a But the Yemeni cleric went Mohammed, we wish to buy tween the terrorist groups and That defense was dealt an relationship with bin Laden on to describe ongoing rela- corn. The corn is running low. al-Moayad’s charities in Yemen. apparent blow Wednesday by that endured beyond the Saudi tionships with Hamas leader Should we buy it or what?” The two are charged with us- tapes that included the corn and militant’s battles with Russian Khaled Mashaal and other For weapons, al-Moayad ing the Masjid al-Farooq mosque, peels discussion. The recordings troops in Afghanistan. militants. He also talked of his told Zayed he could use the on Atlantic Avenue, between went on to lay out what ap- “He called me his sheik. He support for the families of Is- word “peels,” a type of tool Third and Fourth avenues in peared to be elaborate plans to used to say that I’m his sheik,” lamic “martyrs.” used in their charity bakery in Boerum Hill, to funnel millions conceal the movement of the in- Mohammed Ali Hasan al- “Whoever we find out has Yemen, according to a gov- of dollars to al-Qaeda and formants’ funds into Yemen. Moayad said of bin Laden on the become a martyr, we try to set ernment translation of the Ara- Hamas, and conducting illicit Al-Moayad also told the in- tapes secretly recorded in a Ger- aside an amount of money for bic conversation played for ju- dealings at nearby businesses. formants about his role as man hotel room. “I used to teach his family,” al-Moayad said. Nixon-era terrorism task force

6>;3 20A3 4E4=CB envisioned today’s big threats ?A454AA43B40C8=6 ' !(!(#%$ A4BCA82C8>=B0??;H By Frank Bass and ties groups fear a focus upon tinue to stand at the edge of an ated the group in September terrorism,” Nixon wrote in ask- Randy Herschaft Arab-Americans and Arab awful abyss,” Robert Kupper- 1972 after Palestinian comman- ing Secretary of State William Associated Press travelers will erode basic man, chief scientist for the Arms dos slaughtered 11 Israeli ath- Rogers to oversee the task force. freedoms. Control and Disarmament letes at the Munich Olympic “It is equally important that The essential guide to Top government officials Agency, wrote in a 1977 report. Games. It involved players as we be prepared to act quickly worry about the possibility Sounds familiar? It should. It is the present, and also the It summarized nearly five years diverse as Henry Kissinger and and effectively in the event that, the Borough of Kings of radioactive “dirty bombs” past — more than three of work by the Cabinet Com- George H.W. Bush to a young despite all efforts at prevention, being detonated in large decades ago, according to de- mittee to Combat Terrorism, a Rudolph Giuliani. an act of terrorism occurs in- cities. Airlines, scared of classified documents obtained high-level government panel “It is vital that we take every volving the United States, either losing business, protest that by the Associated Press. created to draft plans protecting possible action ourselves and in at home or abroad.” Every week in The full panel met only once, new security measures will “Unless governments take the nation from attacks. concert with other nations de- in October 1972, to organize, bankrupt them. Civil liber- basic precautions, we will con- President Richard Nixon cre- signed to assure against acts of but its experts gathered twice a month over nearly five years to identify threats and debate solu- tions, the memos show. Eventually, the panel’s in- fluence waned as competing priorities, a change of presi- dents ushered in by Watergate, bureaucratic turf battles and a lack of spectacular domestic attacks took their toll. But before that happened, the panel identified many of the same threats that would confront President Bush at the dawn of the 21st century. The panel’s experts fretted that terrorists might gather loose nuclear materials for a “dirty bomb” that could dev- astate an American city by spreading lethal radioactivity across many blocks. “This is a real threat, not science fiction,” National Se- curity Council staffer Richard T. Kennedy wrote his boss, Kissinger, in a November 1972 memo describing the “dirty bomb” scenario. 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(718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings February 5, 2005 TV Marc Bryan-Brown Marc Freedom ride East New York resident Miguel Dominguez plays the role of Titus in the new PBS series, “Slavery and the Making of America,” which premieres on Sunday. The series, narrated by Morgan Freeman, chronicles the institution of American slavery from its origins in 1619 through Reconstruction using interviews with scholars as well as performances by actors who bring to life the heroes who resisted their shackles. Among these historical rebels is Titus, a New Jer- sey slave bound to Quaker John Corlies, in the 1760s. (His exploits are recounted in the series’ sec- Fact vs. ond hour, “Liberty in the Air.”) While other Quak- ers taught their slaves to read and write and gave them their freedom at age 21, Corlies refused Titus both. So Titus joined up with the British troops after Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Viriginia, promised freedom to blacks who enlisted. After he rose to the rank of Colonel, Titus rode into New Jersey as the leader of a band of guerilla raiders who conducted operations for the British, at- tacked and plundered the homes of their former fiction masters and liberated their friends and family. Born in the Dominican Republic, Dominguez, 19, was raised in East New York, where he learned ‘Assisted Living’ director sets to ride horses as a member of the Federation of Black Cowboys. It was out of those East New York stables that he learned to ride a horse with as much assurance and pride as the real Col. Tye, who was comic film in real facility, / Jori Klein killed in battle at age 26. “My neighborhood was really bad,” Dominguez told GO Brooklyn. “Having the stables was heaven with seniors who live there on Earth.” Dominguez said acting in the series was a great By Lisa J. Curtis Papers The Brooklyn experience, although he was initially intimidated by GO Brooklyn Editor CINEMA Senior moment: (Above left) Todd (played by Michael Bonsignore) and Mrs. Pearlman the prospect of improvising much of the role. (played by Maggie Riley) enjoy a game of Scrabble in Elliot Greenebaum’s film “Assisted Liv- “You learn so much,” said Dominguez. “You ather than being elated about his “Assisted Living” by Elliot Greenebaum is ing.” The director (above), who enjoys blurring the lines between reality and artifice, insists learn about that [character]. After it was finished, I now playing at the Angelika Film Center (18 award-winning movie, “Assisted Liv- West Houston between Broadway and Mercer on being photographed while actually eating his burger at City Lighting on Flatbush Avenue. saw things from a different perspective.” R ing,” which opened at the Angelika Street in Manhattan). Tickets are $10.50, $7 “Slavery and the Making of America” will Film Center this week, Prospect Heights (seniors 62 and older). For more information, premier on PBS Feb. 9 and 16, from 9 to 11 call (212) 995-2000 or visit the Web sites filmmaker Elliot Greenebaum is exhausted. www.AngelikaFilmCenter.com or www.assist- doesn’t mean he’s not pointing out the hilari- hard,” Greenebaum said with a chuckle. pm. —Lisa J. Curtis In lieu of sleep, the 27-year-old Greene- edlivingthemovie.com. ous badge he’s wearing with photos of his In addition to the actors in key roles, he also baum had spent the previous evening trying to film’s two stars wearing gigantic dark plastic filmed the actual residents, who appear re- get a damaged film reel replaced in time for a sunglasses (post-mydriatic specs, for those in- markably relaxed in the final product. All of press screening. And this was just the latest seem weird and interesting … He plays games the-know). which begs the question, how much of the film hiccup in the 5-year-long saga that has been the with the residents. They’re not real people to “There was a hubbub about it at one point,” is real and how much is fiction? CINEMA story of bringing his first film to theaters. him, just objects. He tries to have as much fun Greenebaum recalled about his rollercoaster “I did want to show how strange the real “It’s not a labor of love anymore,” as he can and serve himself well.” ride as a first-time indie filmmaker. “The dis- world is,” said Greenebaum. “So whenever I Greenebaum dryly told GO Brooklyn in an in- While his irreverent antics are humorous, tributor went bankrupt, and that’s why it didn’t use documentary material it was always at the terview at his local burger joint, City Lighting. Todd (played by Michael Bonsignore) is clear- come out last year. So [2004] has had some service of reawakening the viewer to the kind Love & Haiti “It’s duty to complete something. It’s a good ly frittering away his youth while the patients drag-like characteristics psychologically.” of bizarre and bewildering reality of this world. movie. I’ve been around it a long time, but oth- are marching toward death’s door. Despite the After describing his distributor’s financial If you look at it carefully, things you take for Filmmaker Karen Kramer (pictured) will intro- er people haven’t seen it — aside from film odds, Todd strikes up a reluctant friendship problems as being the “nadir” of his love affair granted are unfathomably weird. The docu- duce two of her movies as part of Long Island Uni- festivals, so it’s time for them to see it.” with Mrs. Pearlman (Maggie Riley) who is with “Assisted Living,” he quickly explained mentary material, I hope, has an effect of giv- versity’s Feb. 9 conference, “Haiti: Rites of Pas- Directed and written by Greenebaum, “As- longing desperately for a change of scenery that the experience was an opportunity for him ing a lot of traction to the fiction, giving it a lot sage.” Kramer’s films, “Legacy of the Spirit,” a sisted Living” concerns a young man, Todd, — at the very least. She hopes her son will “to learn about distribution and to try to take on of support.” documentary about the who doesn’t take his life or job at an assisted rescue her from the dull loneliness of life in the challenge of beating out pessimistic, manip- And while the film takes pictures of “real” religion of Vodou, and living facility for the elderly too seriously. In this relatively pleasant institution with its ulative, dishonest big companies that trick peo- people and “real” settings, Greenebaum takes “Breaking Leaves,” a fact, Todd often takes breaks to self-medicate droning TV sets and bingo games and lessons ple into going and seeing their bad products.” pride in blurring the boundaries between portrayal of peasant ap- (with marijuana) and makes the days go faster from a monkey handpuppet. Make no mistake that Greenebaum enjoys genres. plications of herbal by coming in late, rolling around in wheel- Although it has taken Greenebaum’s indie a challenge. He shot his film under “excruci- “It’s not shot documentary-style either; it remedies will be chairs and making phony phone calls to the film a long time to hit the big screen, it doesn’t atingly bizarre conditions, sometimes without just takes pictures of things that are real,” said screened at 1:15 pm at seniors impersonating god. mean that the folks who have seen it didn’t ap- a script” in five different nursing homes in Greenebaum. “But it doesn’t do that with a the Library Learning “The main character is basically just me,” preciate it. “Assisted Living” won the 2003 Kentucky, with most of the footage shot at the shaky camera — or I don’t know what the Center, Room 116. said Greenebaum. “It tracks [the character’s] Slamdance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize, Masonic Homes of Kentucky assisted living genre tropes are these days to make things look The daylong conference events are free, open to transformation from childhood to adulthood in as well as grand jury prizes at that year’s facility. like a documentary. The documentary material the public and seating is on a first-come, first-served the course of a day. He starts off the film trying GenArt Film Fest, Woodstock Film Fest and “I didn’t audition anyone. I was just recom- is done in a very stately way that co-mingles basis. For a complete schedule of events call Noel to remain distant from his world by turning it Savannah Film Fest. And just because mended some actors in Louisville. I would talk with the fiction so that you can’t tell what’s real Hall at (718) 488-3355. LIU’s Brooklyn campus is into a comic abstraction. He plays games with Greenebaum is bemoaning his sleepless night with them and then I would write scenes that and what’s not real when you watch the movie. located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension people. He makes pictures in his head that and the weather (“Are you cold? I’m cold.”), it matched the way they talk and act, so it wasn’t See ASSISTED on page 11 and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. 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Butta’ Cup Papers The Brooklyn 271 Adelphi St. at DeKalb Avenue, (718) 522- 1669 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $11-$30. Set in a Fort Greene brownstone, Mike “Milo” Odom’s seductive lounge is decorated with sexy leopard prints and vintage furniture. Start with something spicy — jerk wings or the Cantonese- style salt-and-pepper jumbo shrimp. Chef Francisco Pastrejon’s “Asian soul” menu includes customer favorites like the salmon Japanese, Lil’ Mango / Greg Nostalgic Big Daddy’s fried chicken, sweet potato pie, apple pie, or homemade red velvet cake. But don’t limit yourself to just the food. Butta’ Cup’s two bars serve some of the coolest cocktails / Jori Klein around and all-you-can-eat brunch on Sundays. “Blunch,” or brunch and lunch, is served week- days. Garden seats available in season. Open Papers file The Brooklyn daily from 11 am until 2 am. Mo-Bay serves tropical drinks and “rummy-rum cake.” Chez Oskar noshing Papers The Brooklyn 211 DeKalb Ave. at Adelphi Street, (718) 852- (Above left) Laura’s Gourmet Restaurant owner Laura Leone and daughter Walter and Marvin, and boasts what might be 6250, www.chezoskar.com, (AmEx, Disc, MC, the most famous cheesecake in America. But Jaennette Leone, the restaurant’s manager, serve up a feast. (Above) Chef Visa) Entrees: $14-$19. Laura’s Gourmet Restaurant Junior’s makes more than just a dozen varieties Sal Leone’s “Bocconcini,” chicken stuffed with shrimp in a cognac sauce Chez Oskar offers some of the best French bistro of cheesecake. Have you tried their cookies, made with a stock of portobello and porcini mushrooms. fare — with hints of the Caribbean — in croissants or challah? Mondays through Thurs- Brooklyn. And what goes better with owner days, from 4:30 pm until closing, Junior’s offers a offers classic Italian dishes Denis Costav’s delicious French staples than a $14.95 prix fixe meal including a fresh fruit cup or restaurants gleefully gouge customers, portobello mushroom ravioli or the bottle of wine from an affordable list? Whether soup of the day, tossed green salad, a choice of you choose the escargot, the lamb shank with By Lisa J. Curtis it’s a typical strategy for Leone. Her light, housemade gnocchi with bright- entrees, including roast half spring chicken, meat GO Brooklyn Editor green pesto sauce, are so good they’re couscous or the steak frites, the flour-less choco- loaf, and Hungarian beef goulash, and a choice DINING goal is simply to please her customers. late cake is a perfect ending. Brunch is served of select desserts and soda, coffee or tea. She doesn’t even feel self-pity over hav- memorable. Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 4 pm. Owners Alan and Kevin Rosen ship their cheese- ne of the many great aspects of Laura’s Gourmet Kitchen (1235 ing to work on holidays. Laura’s also offers thin-crust pizzas Sidewalk cafe seats available weather permitting. cakes anywhere in the United States [call (800) 9- living in Brooklyn is that you can Prospect Ave. at Reeve Place in Wind- “I don’t mind, because I’m surround- fresh from her wood-burning oven. Her Open daily for lunch and dinner. sor Terrace) accepts American Express, JUNIORS], so if you haven’t indulged, you’ve got still find family-run restaurants Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: ed by family and nice people,” said margherita pizza — served on a white no excuse — no matter where you live. Open O that place a premium on consistently $9-$23. The restaurant serves dinner Leone. “We’ll celebrate later on. I want platter with pretty blue flowers — with I-Shebeen Madiba Sunday through Wednesday from 6 am to 12:30 Tuesdays through Sundays. A $16.50 preparing recipes passed down through prix fixe dinner menu is offered Sun- to accommodate my customers and fresh mozzarella, fresh tomatoes and 195 DeKalb Ave. at Carlton Avenue, (718) 855- am, Thursdays from 6 am to 1 am, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30 am to 2:30 am. generations. The owners remember days, and Tuesdays through Thursdays. make them happy. I have the best of basil would give Grimaldi’s a run for its 9190, www.i-shebeen.com (AmEx, Disc, MC, Closed Mondays. Open for Valentine’s Visa) Entrees: $12-$22. you, because they actually work the both worlds.” money. dining room, and after a few visits, you Day, Monday, Feb. 14. For reservations, Whether diners are celebrating a spe- While an entree of prosciutto stuffed Stepping into Madiba is like bursting into the Lou Lou call (718) 436-3715. Kasbah. Billowy interior canopies, wooden bar 222 DeKalb Ave. at Clermont Avenue, (718) feel as affectionately about them as you cial occasion or grabbing a quick bite with not-so-fresh shrimp in a salty 246-0633 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees:$14-$18. do about your great-aunt Florence. after work, Laura’s menu is flexible brown gravy missed its mark on this Lou Lou has a cozy atmosphere with rustic At these restaurants, you don’t have mendations and generally bubbles over enough for both. evening, Sal’s chicken in a complex co- tables, exposed brick walls and a lovely gar- to worry about the labels on your with enthusiasm. “Everything on our menu is carefully gnac cream sauce with mushrooms and den. A signature dish from chef William Snell’s clothes, or paying too much for a trendy She recently spruced up the restau- prepared from old family recipes and red peppers was a nostalgic trip down French menu is his seafood bouillabaisse in a “saketini,” or if your grandmother will rant’s decor with dramatic velvet drapes simply the freshest food we can find,” memory lane. It tasted like the chicken coconut curry broth. Snell also recommends be as comfortable eating there as much and fresh paint. (“I’m a dancer, so I like said Leone. “Some of our recipes origi- a la king of my youth. Among the list of the divers sea scallop crepe in a vermouth and Portobello cream sauce. A $19 three-course as your teen. it to look like a theater,” Laura said nate from the Genovese region of Italy, vegetables served as side dishes, the prix fixe menu is offered Mondays through When you go to Laura’s Gourmet earnestly in her heavily accented Eng- where my mother [Rosetta Forconi] and garlicky, sauteed fresh zucchini was

/ Greg Mango / Greg Thursdays. On 2-for-1 Thursdays, get two Restaurant, in Windsor Terrace, which lish.) Although Laura’s does sport linen I come from, some from Tuscany where served in a giant heap that we continued entrees for the price of one, and on Mondays, has been serving their classic Italian fare tablecloths and glittering chandeliers my father is from, and some from Sici- to enjoy the next day. enjoy a free corkage fee. Brunch is served for more than 20 years, you are gra- reminiscent of the Metropolitan Opera, ly, where my husband comes from.” For dessert, ask Laura for her recom- Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 am to 3 pm. ciously welcomed. The staff includes the restaurant, with its open kitchen, is Sal is joined in the kitchen by chef mendations. We were thrilled with the Open daily from 5:30 pm-11 pm, Fridays from 5:30 pm-midnight. owner Laura Leone, manager Jaennette comfortably informal. Giorgio, who has been with the restaurant gorgonzola, with its buttery texture, that (her daughter) and chef Sal (her hus- Laura’s menu of antipasti, soups, sal- for more than 15 years; and Forconi’s she paired with a sweet pear and the

The Brooklyn Papers file The Brooklyn Mo-Bay Restaurant band), and they’re all confident about ads, pastas, brick oven pizzas, seafood fantastic contributions to the menu in- aforementioned grandmother’s cake, a how the dishes taste, the freshness of and meat entrees has remained constant, clude mushroom ravioli in cream sauce lemony custard torte with pine nuts that Mussells at Chez Oskar. 112 DeKalb Ave. at Ashland Place, (718) 246- 2800, www.mobayrestaurant.com (AmEx, DC, their ingredients and their authenticity. but she frequently offers special holiday and the “grandmother’s cake.” was a refreshing pick-me-up after our Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.75-$16.75. (Leone says her family makes regular menus, including a $35 prix-fixe four- Whether it’s the lemon in the water feast. and pillow-topped benches transport you to a fan- trips to Italy to pick up hard-to-find in- course Valentine’s Day dinner, begin- or the charmingly mix-and-matched For a light meal of wine and pizza, or tastic getaway. Madiba has a South African menu If Caribbean, soul and vegetarian food are what with exotic dishes and a state-of-the-art wine list. you fancy, then Mo-Bay restaurant is the place to gredients.) All that’s left is customer ning with a champagne cocktail, for plates or fresh flowers on the tables, the a four-course extravaganza, Laura’s Chef-owner Mark Henegan’s unique South African be. Mo-Bay’s beach hut interior, fresh-cut flowers service, which is easy for the effusive Monday, Feb. 14. While the price seems details are attended to here. The basics, continues to offer great Italian classics recipes include the Durban samoosa (stuffed and reggae music give the place a cool, island Leone, who makes spot-on wine recom- remarkably low on a day when most such as Forconi’s earthy porcini and for all occasions. Indian vegetable patties with spicy pickled vibe. Owner Sheron Barnes’ popular dishes mango), “potjie bredie” (a slow-cooked stew include the curry coconut salmon, brown-stewed served in a three-legged, cast-iron pot) and ostrich chicken and oxtail stew. For vegetarians, there’s carpaccio with marinated sweet peppers. Desserts the brown-stewed “veggie” chicken, curry “veg- include the Klipdrift brandy tart and Jenny’s malva gie” chicken, barbeque “veggie” chicken and pudding (a classic South African dessert served “veggie” salmon (made from soy protein). The More than booze with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream). Terrace dessert menu offers Mo-Bay’s famous “rummy seats available. Open daily. rum cake,” vanilla cake soaked in three types of rum and served warm with vanilla ice cream — a What’s the story with the Meanwhile, “gastropub,” ex- Ackerman offers a warm slice of heaven. Daily luncheon specials. Open term “gastropub?” I’ve seen it plains Ackerman, “originates chocolate brownie with choco- Junior’s weekdays from 11 am to 11 pm, Saturdays from in newspapers twice in two in London, when pub owners late whipped cream and a 386 Flatbush Ave. at DeKalb Ave. (718) 852- noon to 11 pm, and Sundays from 3 pm to 10 pm. weeks. It sounds like the name began to employ chefs who caramelized apple cobbler. 5257, www.juniorscheesecake.com (DC, Disc, of the condition you’re in the could do more than fry fish And, says Ackerman, “In MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.25-$28.95. Sugarhill Supper Club day after a long night of bar and chips.” addition to a great beer selec- Opened in 1950, Junior’s diner is a Brooklyn cruising. So can Ackerman, whose tion, we have the best single landmark named for founder Harry Rosen’s sons 615 DeKalb Ave. at Nostrand Avenue, (718) 797-1727, (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees The definition, if you’re not most recent stint was at malt Scotch and Irish whiskey $9.95-24.95. hip to the latest culinary slang, Williamsburg’s Diner. His fry- around. Opened in 1993, this restaurant serves up is a bar or pub with good er is at work here, dishing out Spike Hill (184 Bedford = Full review available at Southwestern cuisine, and if you’re hungry on a food. big portions of that Brit delica- Ave. at North Seventh Street) late weekend night, it’s open 24 hours on Fridays The latest gastropub is Spike cy, but he’s also serving up accepts American Express, and Saturdays. With a nightclub downstairs and three full bars, things are kept lively. Manager Hill, which opened in burgers, a grilled steak, chick- MasterCard and Visa. En- Akesha Freeman recommends the popular crab Williamsburg in September. en stew and Irish fry-up — trees: $11-$17. The restau-

cakes. Live entertainment performs four nights a Mango / Greg According to the pub’s chef, blood sausage, bacon and rant serves lunch and dinner Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American week. Open Mondays and Thursdays from 8 am Brett Ackerman (pictured), baked beans topped with daily. Brunch is served Satur- Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover to 10:30 pm, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 Spike Hill is the name of the poached eggs. More refined days and Sundays, from 11 Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card am to 7 pm, and continuously from Friday at 8 am until Sunday at 7 pm. owners’ family property in Ire- dishes include a sea bass with a am to 5 pm. For information, land; proprietors Tom Kenney panko breadcrumb crust. call (718) 218-9737.

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ark City, Utah — It starts on the plane. The guy across the aisle on Pthe early morning flight out of JFK to Salt Lake City is reading Jonathan Lethem’s “Fortress of Soli- tude.” You can take ‘em out of Brook- lyn, but you can’t take Brooklyn out of … well, you know how it goes. Last month’s Sundance Film Festival cranked out another edition peppered with Brooklynites. While there were “It Oozes Romance” many films from all over the country that - DAILY NEWS will probably make appearances on screens large (director-writer Craig Brewer’s “Hustle & Flow” seems a like- ly contender for wide release) and small (Jessica Sanders’ documentary, “After Innocence,” is already slated for cable sometime this year), it’s likely that we’ll Marco Polo also see work by our neighbors on these same screens within the year. RISTORANTE (Last year, Williamsburg resident Joshua Marston’s film “Maria Full of Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn Grace” — the audience favorite in 2004 — wound up making quite a stir: among many other prizes, he won the New York Film Critics Circle award for ‘Love’ the attention: “Love, Ludlow” (above), directed by Carroll Gar- 345 Court Street (at Union Street) 718-852-5015 best first feature and the lead actress, dens resident Adrienne Weiss (at right), was featured in the Sundance Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • Catalina Sandino Moreno, has been Film Festival’s American Spectrum section in January. nominated for an Academy Award. Not Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com a bad year’s work.) Noah Baumbach’s latest film “The work. Both “The Squid and the Whale” Weiss. “You’re going for a genuine Squid and the Whale” is a cinematic and “Loggerheads” screened in the connection between the actors, and you take on the filmmaker’s youth in Park American Dramatic competition. can capture it up close and completely Slope. With great performances by The Duplass brothers — Mark (of spontaneously when you’re working Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels as par- Greenpoint) and Jay (of Williamsburg), with a camera. There’s an element of ents going through a painful separation who were here last year with their short surprise and spontaneity that I find and Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline as “Scrabble,” made a return trip this year thrilling.” TORO the sons caught in the middle, the film with their first feature-length film, “The For a first-time filmmaker, Weiss had N Now Open for Dinner was shot in Brooklyn and makes an im- Puffy Chair.” It didn’t take them long to a relatively easy time getting started. mediate connection with the audience, start the march up the film food chain “The project came about in a kind of 4pm to midnight not only geographically, but emotional- with their film’s appearance in the Ameri- magical and unexpected way,” she said. 7 days a week ly. It is a powerful and heartfelt portrait can Spectrum section of the festival. “I had another project I was getting of divorce. At the end of the festival, Also in the American Spectrum sec- ready to do, and out of the blue I got a O Baumbach — who also authored “The tion was “Love, Ludlow,” directed by phone call from a former student of Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” and di- Carroll Gardens resident Adrienne mine, Ruben O’Malley, a wonderful rected and penned 1995’s “Kicking and Weiss. Weiss’ film, about three lonely DP [director of photography] and fel- it’s still more edgy than Sundance (in Screaming” — walked away with jury individuals who learn to connect emo- low Brooklynite. He told me he’d been one room, the video projector sits on W awards for directing and writing. tionally, is this stage director’s film de- hired to shoot the project. There was a the floor), the organization has about as “Loggerheads” is former Brooklyn but. In an e-mail interview with GO script, the financing and the start date, many sponsors as does Sundance and resident Tim Kirkman’s handsomely Brooklyn, she wrote about the differ- but no director. As it was based on a they give their filmmakers loads of written story of three separate lives that ences between directing for the stage play, they were looking for someone “swag” — just like their wealthier may or may not connect over time. A and for celluloid. who was good with actors, and so he cousins at Sundance. (For the uninitiat- winning cast — Chris Sarandon, Bon- “For me, the most exciting thing thought of me.” Weiss is a former ad- ed, swag is the free stuff — the gift nie Hunt, Tess Harper and Michael about film acting vs. stage acting is the junct professor to New York Universi- bags!) O Learned — help make this subtle film immediacy and intimacy of film,” said ty’s graduate film program who now Slamdance also has their own pub- teaches workshops in New York and licity department, which sends out Los Angeles. press releases whenever a film is sold “I read the script, thought there was to a distributor. But they can be forgiv- something there, and shortly after was en this crass bit of business, because, P hired to direct it,” she said. “I worked after all, getting films seen are the rea- with the writer for about two weeks on son film festivals exist. By getting pub- a re-write, and then we went into pre- licity and distributors for these films, production! I still can’t believe it was the festival helps to get the films seen E that easy to do my first feature. I feel by even more people. very fortunate.” I ventured over to Slamdance (for This is Weiss’ first time at Sundance the first time) to see works by a number The Best Spanish & and all was going well for her. of Brooklyn filmmakers who were N “It’s great to connect to other film- making their mark there. makers, and also really be introduced to Don Bernier, also of Carroll Gar- Asian Fusion in NYC the industry. Our first screening went dens, was on hand at Slamdance to amazingly well, and our producer is talk- present his documentary “In a Nut- Executive Chef Dudley Nieto ing to distributors.” The Sundance festi- shell.” This film documents the trials Sushi Chef Richard Fong val is working as it should for Weiss. and tribulations of artist Elizabeth Tashjian. 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Serving your Family & Friends since 1964. documentary. (Bernier’s experimen- rap artist Tragedy (aka Percy Chap- James Hamilton tival. The fact that we won the Grand tal work has been shown in the New man) and a host of other rappers. It’s Jesse’s girl: Noah Baumbach’s autobiographical “The Squid and the Jury Prize and the Audience Award York Video Festival.) a gritty film, brimming with life, loy- Whale,” with Jesse Eisenberg and Anna Paquin, won jury awards for for Best Narrative Feature was icing “I still love the idea of a small alty and machismo. directing and writing at Sundance. on the cake. We never expected to screen,” he said. Consequently he’s The first question I had to ask Sim win any awards and the fact that we looking into screening it on public and Heard was how two white Cana- won two is amazing.” for television. In the meantime, he was dian boys (the filmmakers are child- New York State lounge on Main hop fans,” said Sim. Who knew? To be sure, these were not the only ing experience This is a din having fun in Park City. “Good swag hood friends, moved to Brooklyn to- Street on Jan. 26. We talked about the “On the Outs,” by former Cob- Brooklyn filmmakers in Park City. gard eating as people who re bags,” he volunteered. gether and lived in the same house in pluses of a festival like Slamdance. ble Hill resident Lori Silverbush and Short filmmakers and artists with on- jor pleasures. one of life's ma Documentaries about musicians Fort Greene until it burned down) get “Slamdance is truly independent,” Fort Greene resident Michael Skol- line works were also at both festivals. PAPERS – THE BROOKLYN abounded at both festivals. Philip Di to know and gain the trust of these said Heard. Di Fiore concurred. nik, won both the Grand Jury and In fact “Bullets in the Hood: A Fiore, of Brooklyn Heights, discov- “up from the street” kids? “A film like mine could get lost in Audience awards for best feature nar- Bed-Stuy Story,” a short in which Parties for up to 200 ered the subject of his film “We came to New York to work the shuffle of Sundance,” Di Fiore rative at Slamdance. Terrence Fisher and Daniel Howard * * * * * * * “Stranger: Bernie Worrell on with them, to use their music on a said. At Slamdance the films stand Last year, Skolnik was at Sun- examined police shootings in their Enjoy piano music nightly Earth” at his New Jersey high documentary we made about Li- out. And most screenings sell out. dance as associate producer of Ivy neighborhood, won the jury special * * * * * * * school. beria,” Sim told GO Brooklyn. At the Granted, most of these rooms (and Meeropol’s documentary “Heir to an recognition prize. But it’s come to Park in our private lot “He was the father of a friend of same time they were looking for a they are rooms) are smaller than the Execution.” This year at Slamdance, this — there are just too many mine,” Di Fiore said. “The kid man- way to use hip-hop to examine theaters showing the Sundance films. he and Silverbush showed “On the Brooklyn artists to be included in one aged the football team. I just knew geopolitics. But that’s the point — better a 50- Outs,” a drama about the lives of in- article. Bad news for those who him as Mr. Worrell who would pick “We had to earn their trust, natu- seat theater filled to capacity than 50 ner city girls. couldn’t be listed. Good news, up his son after school.” It turns out rally,” said Sim. Once that was ac- people lost in a 200-seat hall. In Salt In an e-mail, Skolnik told GO though, for filmmakers all over the there was much more to the man. complished, they had to beg favors Lake City, however, where films Brooklyn about the genesis of the borough. RESTAURANT Bernie Worrell is a keyboardist extra- and borrow to make the film — the from both festivals screen, “Tragedy” film: “As a documentary filmmaker, Michael’s ordinaire, who worked with such mu- usual route of truly independent film- played to a full house in a huge the- I felt very strongly that this film had Marian Masone is the associate di- 2929 Avenue R (at Nostrand Ave.) • (718) 998-7851 sic luminaries as Talking Heads, makers. ater. And what did they discover to be truthful and honest. The only rector of programming for the Film www.michaelsofbrooklyn.com • George Clinton and Mos Def. A child I sat down with Sim, Heard and there? way to make it a reflection of young Society of Lincoln Center and chief cu- prodigy who studied classical music, DiFiore for bagels and coffee in the “There were groups of local hip- women incarcerated was to go to the rator of The New York Video Festival.

DINING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: suing publication. 9:30 am to 11:30 Ave. Reservations necessary. (718) Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Compiled am. Call for registration information. 965-3391. 250 Baltic St. (718) 624-5053. OTHER Open Tues-Sun by Susan LITERARY SERIES: National Book Foun- Rosenthal dation and the Brooklyn Academy of BAM CINEMATEK: presents The Best of 11:30am-10pm 18) 643-1588 Music presents “Eat, Drink and Be the African Diaspora Film Festival. o (7 Where to Literary: Dinner and a Reading at Today: “Kirikou and the Sorceress” t Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. BAM Cafe.” Tonight: author Paul (1998). 2 pm. “Au Pair Chocolat” e Auster and moderator Wendy (2004). 4:30 pm. “Raise Your Voice” m L SAT, FEB 5 PAPER FLOWER MAKING: Brooklyn o É IL Wasserstein. $38 includes dinner and (2004). 6:50 pm. “How to Conquer lc E H Botanic Garden invites kids to bright- wine. 6:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. America in One Night” (2004). 9:30 e F BL OUTDOORS AND TOURS en the day with some color. 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(n “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” 12:30 CONSERVATIVE TALK: Park Slope St Jewish Center and the United $4 students and members. 1 pm and IE PERFORMANCES pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., Feb. 6. 3 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) raw Synagogue of Conservative Judaism eG FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts OTHER presents a talk “Lobster, Shrimp and 638-5000. CD Exchange hosts its new performance MEETING: AARP, Ovington chapter, 3 FLEA MARKET: at RC Church of St. Frog’s Legs: The Founders of the 4 and discussion series featuring sever- Conservative Movement.” 8 pm. meets. 1 pm. 450 Ovington Ave. 2 SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES: al female choreographers premiering Finbar. 9 am to 3 pm. Bath Avenue and Bay 20th Street. (718) 236-3312. Temple Shalom, 2075 E. 68th St. (718) (718) 748-0650. Free. 10oz Cajun Classic Burger - $8.50 new works. $15, $10 members, $8 768-1453. Free. YEAR OF THE ROOSTER: Brooklyn BROOKLYN AUTHORS: Brooklyn His- Baked Salmon - $11.50 • Pork Vindaloo - $10.50 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. torical Society presents “Love and Southern Fried Chicken with Sweet Potato Fries - $8.50 (718) 832-0018. Public Library, Central branch, hosts “Music, Magic and More,” an event Hip Hop in Brooklyn,” with Brooklyn GOSPEL PLAY: “More Love Makes It FRI, FEB 11 resident and writer Nelson George. Right,” a play which chronicles a bro- which features Chinese dance, acro- batics and magic. 2:30 pm to 4 pm. Included in admission fee of $6, $4 ken relationship. $30, $25 for CUNY BAM CINEMATEK: presents The Best of seniors and students. 2 pm. 128 students. 7 pm. Medgar Evers Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. the African Diaspora Film Festival. Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. College, 1650 Bedford Ave. at Crown Today: “Denying Brazil” (2003). 2 pm. ARTIST RECEPTION: Williamsburg Art Street. (718) 926-0091. “Lord Have Mercy” (2003). 4:30 pm. and Historical Center presents TAQUERIA D.F.I. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pres- “The Tracker” (2002). 6 pm. “Silence: MON, FEB 7 “Unfamiliar Destinations: Landscapes ents “Amelia,” performed by In Search of Black Female Sexuality” as Geographies of the Abstract.” 4 Canada’s La La La Human Steps. $20, (2004). 9:15 pm. $10 per film. 30 pm to 7 pm. 135 Broadway. (718) LAW COURSE: Brooklyn Bar Association Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Mission Style Burritos $40, $60. 7:30 pm. BAM Howard offers a course “Searching in Lexis.” 486-7372. Free. Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette $35. 1 pm to 2 pm. 123 Remsen St. TEEN ARTS: Brooklyn Arts Exchange READING: Spiral Thought hosts a spo- Ave. (718) 636-4100. Regina Opera Company, featuring (718) 624-0675. hosts a conference featuring dance, ken word series. 6 pm to 8 pm. “San Francisco Style Cal-Mex” JAZZ: Alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett Sophie Taillefer (above), presents PARENTING WORKSHOP: Families First theater and performance by teens. Shakespeare’s Sister, 270 Court St. performs with his quartet. $25, $15 offers a talk, “If You Think Two Year Today “Arts and Social Change” for (718) 832-2310. Free. “A Salute to Broadway” concert teaching artists and classroom teach- students and seniors. 7:30 pm and 9 Olds are Tough, Wait Till Three!” $15, SEX IN THE SEA: Single’s social mixer at ers. 6 pm to 9 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. Pre- pm. Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, on Feb. 6 in Dyker Heights. $10 members. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. 250 the NY Aquarium. Learn how animals registration necessary. (718) 832- 709 Fifth Avenue 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. “fall in love.” Adults 21+. $34, $29 0018. Free. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: Preview per- COMMUNITY MEETING: Community members includes wine and cheese. 7 (corner of 22nd St) formance of The Wooster Group’s about her recent works. 2 pm. FISH TALK: Brooklyn Aquarium Society 10% OFF Atlantic Avenue, between Hoyt and Board 14, Transportation Committee, pm to 9:30 pm. West Eighth Street when you “House/ Lights,” a co-mingling of the hosts a public hearing on the Cross presents a new look at live-bearer and Surf Avenue. (718) 265-3448. Bond streets. (718) 254-0808. Free. with Ted Colletti, columnist, lecturer mention (718) 499-2969 opera libretto “Dr. Faustus Lights the Harbor Freight Movement Project. 7 DINNER DANCE: Valentine event host- this ad Lights” and the 1960’s B-film classic EXHIBIT: Fading Ad Gallery presents art and author. $5, free for members. exhibit “Distance Made Good.” Event pm. Edward R. Murrow High School, ed by The Italian Apostolate of St. “Olga’s House of Shame.” $27. 8 Avenue L and East 17th Street. (718) 7:30 pm. 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Discussion follows. 17 Eastern from the intersection of Flatbush and Parkway. (718) 638-7600. Free. REGISTRATION: Sts. Simon and Jude Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. 768-1453. CHILDREN Athletic Association holds girls base- RECEPTION: The Dollhaus Art Gallery ball and softball registration for the VALENTINE’S MUSIC: One World Sym- AQUARIUM: Kids 9 to 12 are invited to presents works by Michael J. 2005 season. Ages 6 through 16 are phony performs works by Williams, SUN, FEB 13 New in Red Hook! find out what it’s like to be a live ani- Bowman. 8 pm to midnight. 37 invited to join. 294 Ave. T. (718) 375- Blow, Purcell, Tallis and Grill. $20, $15 mal keeper at the New York Broadway. (718) 486-0330. Free. 9600. seniors, $10 students. 8 pm. St. Ann Aquarium. $23, $18. 9:30 am to 11 and the Holy Trinity, corner of PERFORMANCE am. West Eighth Street and Surf Montague and Clinton streets. (718) BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the l Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. SUN, FEB 6 462-7270. Performing Arts celebrates Black TUES, FEB 8 i FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central 651 ARTS: presents the Evidence Dance History Month with Opera Verdi branch, presents “Lilo and Stitch” PERFORMANCES CAREGIVERS TALK: Maimonides Medical Company in a performance. Music by Europa’s “Aida.” $40. 2 pm. Walt OPEN (2002). 11 am. Grand Army Plaza. Center offers a program for caregivers. the Kronos Quartet. $40, $30, $20. 8 Whitman Theater, on the campus of p (718) 230-2100. Free. MAGIC SHOW: Priest-illusionist The 1:30 pm to 3 pm. Refreshments served. pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Brooklyn College, one block from the i PUPPETWORKS: presents classic stories Conjuring Clergyman performs. $8 979 48th St. (718) 283-7396. Free. St. (718) 636-4100. intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand includes ice cream after the show. 2 7 DAYS by Hans Christian Andersen: “The MEETING: AARP of Bay Ridge meets. FILMMAKERS PROGRAM: Training pro- avenues. (718) 951-4500. Snow Queen” and “The Emperor’s pm. St. Thomas Aquinas Church Hall, gram for young filmmakers “Behind MUSIC: St. Jacobi hosts a concert series u a for Brunch, Fourth Avenue between Eighth and 2:30 pm. Shore Hill Housing, 9000 New Clothes.” $7 kids, $8 adults. the Scenes”is offered by the NY and presents organ and violin music. n Ninth streets. (718) 768-9471. Shore Road. (718) 748-9114. Free. H ca Lunch and 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth TV TALK: Learn about Brooklyn Brooklyn Educational Opportunity 4 pm. 5406 Fourth Ave. (718) 439- El i Ave. Reservations necessary. (718) DANCE: Young Dancers in Repertory Center Bridge Program. Students 8978. Free. x Dinner hosts “A Valentine Concert for Carl.” Community Access Television and its e Mexican 965-3391. low-cost television production train- ages 18 to 25 years who are studying a M Owner BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a 2 pm. Beacon IS 220, 4812 Ninth Ave. for their GED and live in Brooklyn are CHILDREN cin (718) 567-9620. Free. ing courses. 6 pm to 8 pm. BRIC Co and Chef story and art hour for kids, presents Studio, 57 Rockwell Place. (718) 625- invited to apply. Call for info. 111 NY AQUARIUM: offers a class “Jelly Authentic Home Style “Where You Live.” $6, $3 seniors and MUSIC: Brooklyn Public Library, Central 0080. Free. Livingston St. (718) 802-3340. Jam!” Kids, ages 5 to 8, are invited to students, free for members and chil- branch, celebrates the Chinese New learn about sea jellies and their kin. Mexican Comfort Food HEALTH SCREENING: Seniors are invit- dren under 12. 11 am and 2 pm. Year with a program of Chinese music, ed to get a blood pressure screening. Program includes song, art and story ******* Also, “All That Jazz.” 4 pm. 200 dancing, singing and acrobatic per- Call for an appointment. Heights and SAT, FEB 12 telling. $26, $21 members (per adult/ Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. formances. 2:30 pm. Grand Army child). 10:30 am to noon. 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For complete schedule visit the pany, a Russian folkloric dance Society hosts “We Speak Music!” FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn Museum GROUND HOG SERIES: Brooklyn Arts Web site www.brooklyn.liu.edu/oia/ or troupe. $40, $45. 8 pm. Walt Whit- Celebrate Black History Month with a hosts its monthly event featuring Exchange presents a performance by call (718) 780-4157. man Hall, one block from the inter- musical journey through historic – Family owned since 1990 – entertainment to celebrate the Mardi students of the Brooklyn School for HADASSAH MEETING: Boro Park Chap- section of Flatbush and Nostrand Weeksville with African drumbeats Gras and Black History Month. Collaborative Studies “Spanish As A ter meets. Noon. Young Israel Beth-El, avenues. (718) 951-4500. and blues music. $6, $4 students and Featuring delicious, innovative specials, Entertainment includes Latin and Living Language.” $10, $8 kids 12 4802 15th Ave. Call. (718) 435-9020. seniors. 3 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. Caribbean music, art making, art dis- and under and members. 2 pm. 421 LUNCHTIME TOUR: Brooklyn Historical CHILDREN (718) 222-4111. fresh pastas, homemade desserts, cussion, and a spoken word event. Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Society hosts a tour of its Queen Anne- BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a sto- grilled meat and fish specialities. Movie: “Seven Year Itch” (1955). 9 FAMILY FUN SERIES: Brooklyn Center style building. Limit of 10 people. $6, story and art hour for kids, presents ries and art hour for kids, presents pm. Dance party begins at 9 pm. 5 for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn $4 students and seniors. 12:30 pm. 128 “Where You Live.” $6, $3 seniors and “Where You Live.” $6, $3 seniors and –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pm to 11 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. 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(718) 236-1598. tion of Flatbush and Nostrand Day Center offers a series of talks FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., DISCUSSION: Brooklyn Public Library, avenues. (718) 951-4500. about caring for older persons. 6 pm branch, presents “Fantasia” (2000). Feb. 12. Sun. Brunch: 10am-3pm; Sun. Dinner: 5-10pm Central branch, presents author FAMILY WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Historical to 7 pm. 1 Prospect Park West. (718) 11 am. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- Debra Dickerson in a discussion Society invites families to a soap mak- 499-7701. Free. 2100. Free. OTHER Mon-Sat: 5:30-10:30pm about race. 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza. ing workshop. Learn all about soaps MEETING: of Community Board 7. 6:30 TEEN ARTS: Brooklyn Arts Exchange PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical (718) 230-2100. 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Moms.” Learn how to write for self- New Clothes.” $7 kids, $8 adults. pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623- every week at discovery, creating keepsakes or pur- 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth 7220. February 5, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 11 ASSISTED... Continued from page 7 “My deep desire when I started this project Heart&soul was to not merely mix documentary with fiction but to make nonsense out of the distinction. Be- cause film is this art form where you take pic- The Coasters’ Dave Revels to tures of real things and then you put them to- gether in a row. It’s not like ‘that shot’s real, and unleash ‘Love Potion No. 9’ that shot’s fake.’ It’s not fictional or documen- tary. It has to be in a context. “If you film James Bond saying, ‘I think and more at Brooklyn Center that’s a handsome fork,’ and then there’s a close up of a hand picking up the fork, no one’s like, Odd couple: Maggie Riley (as Mrs. Pearl- By Paulanne Simmons ents shared their music with them.” ‘They did such a great job mixing documentary man) and Michael Bonsignore (as Todd) in for The Brooklyn Papers Each of the three groups has its own and fiction in the new James Bond movie.’And Elliot Greenebaum’s film, “Assisted Living.” distinctive style. now this is suddenly a fictional fork, a fake fork hether you’re carrying a torch or The Platters are legendary for their in a fake hand in a fictional context. There are lighting a fire, Brooklyn Center “wonderful romantic songs,” said Rev- actual scenes [in ‘Assisted Living’] which are Greenebaum said his next film will be set Wfor the Performing Arts at els, songs like “Smoke Gets in Your part of a fictional narrative but they don’t have in another atmospheric location, but “It will Brooklyn College will be the place for Eyes,” “Only You,” “With this Ring” any acting in it.” be Terrence Malick-y, with a strong script, but lovers this Feb. 11, at a pre-Valentine’s and “The Great Pretender.” Inducted In perfect harmony: Cornell Gunters’ Coasters, featuring (left to right) Ron While Todd’s antics provide much of the with less visceral impact. It will be more for- Day concert featuring Cornell Gunter’s into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Beau, Earnest Harrison, Michael Raysor and Dave Revels, will perform with comic relief of the story, the director takes us mal and less experimental. Coasters, Elsbeary Hobb’s Drifters and 1990, The Platters have played in ven- with Todd into places where the viewer must “My next film is going to be at a small air- Elsbeary Hobb’s Drifters and The Platters at Brooklyn Center on Feb. 11. the Platters. The show is a stop on the ues from Madison Square Garden to the confront their own mortality and the grim aging port like an FBO — a fixed base operation … “Stand Up America” national tour the Bottom Line. process. In one such scene, Todd goes to the in- There are stages that have a lot of poetry for three groups are making together. “Fun in the sun, beach music” is what inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of song, “Stand Up America,” which has firmary where wailing patients are suffering me. And nursing homes have poetry for me. Although the original performers are characterizes the Drifters, said Revels. Fame, the Coasters have appeared with become the centerpiece of the group’s from dementia and other ills. And I like airplanes for some reason … and by now either de- Their hits include Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bill Haley national tour. Revels said that the song “Todd has to have an aversion to age,” said somehow you get in these sort of math riddles ceased or retired, “Under the Board- and the Comets, The Shirelles and Rich was inspired by what he saw while tour- Greenebaum, “and the audience is so relieved with yourself trying to structure things so that their music is per- MUSIC walk,” “Up on the Little. ing the country after that tragic event. because they have an aversion to age. And then they’re poetic so the characters hit their marks petuated by vocal- Roof” and “Save the “People who loved and experienced “We got to experience how the coun- they get screwed because they have to go where and the emotional choreography will be right ists who carry on The Valentine’s Concert, featur- Last Dance for Me.” our music still want to hear it,” Revels try was dealing with the tragedy of that people are old and sick.” and you come out with this sculpture of some ing Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, Els- their name, their beary Hobb’s Drifters and The Plat- The Drifters have said. “There’s lots of audience participa- date,” he said. “I wrote the song about But Greenebaum says the film, stemmed less kind that hopefully feels like a thing. ‘Assist- spirit and their ters, will be performed at 8 pm on also made more than tion in our show. People sing with us how America was dealing with the trau- from an interest in raising awareness about el- ed Living’ feels like a little sculpture, like a Feb. 11 in the Walt Whitman Theatre music. on the campus of Brooklyn College, 100 television ap- and dance with us. It’s a very friendly, matic experience of losing so many dercare issues, than an interest in telling a moth- Joseph Cornell [shadow] box.” Vocalist Dave one block from the junction of Flat- pearances and have fun environment.” people. I know people personally who er-son story. The filmmaker has a rigorous strategy to Revels, a member bush and Nostrand avenues. Tickets worked with song- Revels believes “music has always perished there.” “It’s about a mother who wants her son to get himself through the opening week of “As- are $35 and $30. For tickets and more of the Coasters , ex- information, call (718) 951-4500. writers Burt Bacha- been a uniting force.” And he doesn’t The groups’ national tour has taken rescue her and about a janitor’s decision to be sisted Living,” which he hopes will trigger a plains what makes rach, Carole King, think the nature of music has changed them to many military bases where they that son, or not. And that was the story. Now wider release across the country in the coming these groups so Don Pomus and that much over time. entertain not only men and women in what made me interested in mother-son is- weeks and months and hopefully signal an special. Leiber & Stoller. “There’s good and bad music in the armed forces, but also their families. sues? I have a mom, and I’m her son,” said end to this roller coaster ride. “Their songs had fantastic melodies As for his own group, the Coasters, every generation,” he said. “As entertainers, we know what it’s Greenebaum, deliberately ending further dis- Said Greenebaum, “I keep myself exhaust- with subject matter about everyday life. Revels said humor was a major part of its But he does believe that audiences like to be away from home for a few cussion with an intriguing Cheshire cat grin. ed to keep away the fears.” Some people’s memories are tied to success. have changed because of the new tech- weeks,” Revels said. “But we know that those songs,” he told GO Brooklyn. But “Comedy is an important element in nology that is now available. can’t compare with military families Revels also said that their audiences in- human life. No matter how depressed “With the ability to download music whose loved ones are away from home clude “age groups across the board.” Of we are, we need to lighten our lives,” he and burn CDs, fans are less loyal,” he for months. What really moves me [af- course those who were listening to and explained. said. “Nowadays, you don’t make as ter 9-11] is how people forgot their dif- buying vinyl in 1950s and 1960s are The Coasters’ hits include “Yakety much money. You have to love what ferences and wanted to get to know well represented, but there are also Yak,” “Love Potion No. 9” and “Char- you do.” how others felt.” teenagers and young adults whose “par- lie Brown.” The first vocal group to be After Sept. 11, 2001, Revels wrote a And that’s a kind of love too. Isn’t it?

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Laila Lounge Mondays: Karaoke with Rod, 10 pm, FREE; Thurs- days: Karaoke with DJ Rob, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: —compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Fading Ad Gallery 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in 679 Myrtle Ave. at Bedford Avenue in Bedford- Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Stuyvesant, (718) 254-9300, www.fadingad.com. www.lailalounge.com. Feb. 5: Distance Made Good with performances by Sundays: Jazz Jam Session, 9 pm, FREE; Wednes- Robert Ross and Queen Tipsy, Pan Morigan, Kenya days: Jazz Series Session hosted by Rick Parker, 9 Nairobi-Shakur, and readings by Nelly Reifler, Greg pm, FREE; Feb. 5: Ghost, 10 pm, $TBD; Feb. 6: TALK TO US… Extraordinary (New Gay Sundays) with DJ Giles, 9 Fuchs, 4 pm, FREE. To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name pm, $TBD; Feb. 7: Karaoke Madness with the Corn- Call the Box Office 212-420-8000 or Ticketmaster.com 212-307-4100 Fed Sisters, 10 pm, $TBD; Feb. 8: Whiskey Breath of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, Frank’s Lounge with Mark Devitte, 9:30 pm, Lucy Child, 10 pm, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of performers via e-mail to and use code “WWS35” 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Greene, Jeremiah Birnbaum, 10:30 pm, Gliss, 11 pm, $TBD; [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a (718) 625-9339, www.frankscocktaillounge.com. Feb. 10: Mari Rosa (Brazilian jazz), 8 pm, Kelly Jones space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (Between West 3rd and Bleecker) Groups 212-302-7000 Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone and (alternative country/pop), 9 pm, Rebecca Pronsky *This offer cannot be combined with any other discount and is not applicable to previously purchased tickets. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Subject to availability. Normal phone and Internet service fees apply. Limit 8 tickets per order. Offer valid 1/5/05 thru 2/27/05, but may be revoked at any time. 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS February 5, 2005 Plumber gets PARENT jail for MTA rob Associated Press The owner of a Gowanus plumbing business and his son were sentenced Jan. 28 to prison terms and his wife to probation on guilty pleas related to stealing millions of dollars from the Met- Day ropolitan Transportation Authority. Help finding the Alex Figliolia Sr., 61, his wife, Janet Figliolia, 54, both of Holmdel, N.J., and his son Alex Figliolia Jr., 31, of Staten Island, School, also paid restitution of $6 million to the agency and forfeited $750,000 worth of jewelry. Inc. The Figliolia men pleaded guilty last September to enterprise cor- right preschool ruption, and Janet Figliolia pleaded guilty to bribery. Figliolia Sr. A fully licensed and certified preschool was sentenced to between 21 months and more than 5 years and Figliolia Jr. got 33 months to more than 8 years in prison. They Q: It’s time to register for build up their resistance to would have faced up to 25 years if convicted at trial. Janet Figliolia, preschool. I’m worried that I Parent-to-Parent germs. 54, was sentenced to five years probation. ■ 2-4 year old programs ■ 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, won’t get my first choice for With so many kids in pre- The judge sentenced their company, Alex Figliolia Contracting my son, who will be 3 years school or day care, it can be Corp., to a conditional discharge. ■ Licensed teachers afternoons or full days old in early fall. — a mother tough for a stay-at-home child A116-count indictment returned in December 2003 alleged the A: Preschool pressure to learn how to play with oth- Figliolias, with MTA employees’ help, stole the public agency’s ■ Optimal educational equipment ■ Spacious Classrooms ranks up there with getting er children and function in a money by inflating invoices, overcharging for labor and materials kids into the right college. But large group. and forging business records. ■ Exclusive outdoor facilities ■ Enriched Curriculum there’s no need to panic. Parents find that if they de- The schemes caused the MTA to pay Figliolia Contracting — When thinking about back- cide not to send their child to which has offices at 420 Carroll St. between Bond and Nevins ■ Indoor Gym facilities ■ Caring, loving environment up options, be open-minded preschool or they wind up on streets, and at 473 President St. between Nevins and Third Avenue about other preschools in your a waiting list, it helps to or- — more than $18 million since 1994 for plumbing and renovation area and consider less-popular ganize play dates and child- work at numerous MTA buildings, Manhattan District Attorney 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) • (718) 230-5255 two-day-a-week programs. Or care swaps; enroll their kids in Robert Morgenthau said when he announced the defendants’ arrests. even delay the start of your classes such as gymnastics; Morgenthau said the MTA defendants were Howard Weissman, child’s education. and take them on regular trips 54, of East Meadow, N.Y., a former director of facility operations Are you hoping your child to the library and museums. who earned $124,000 a year; Ronald Allan, 54, of Beacon, N.Y., the will get into an academically Read, read, read together, and former $77,000-a-year facilities manager; and Gary Weissbard, 54, oriented class? Think again. have plenty of art supplies, of Manhattan, a $71,000-a-year building manager. Early childhood specialists are blocks and puzzles on hand. Weissman pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption, Allan pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe receiving and Weissbard pleaded finding that what kids learn For help in finding a quali- ty preschool, or if you’re in- guilty to receiving a reward for official misconduct, Morgenthau’s through play is phenomenal. office said. None of them has been sentenced. Even if you snag your top terested in activities you can choice, it may not be the best do at home to encourage your fit for your child: One mother By Betsy Flagler child’s development, go to the moved her 3-year-old son out Web site of the National Asso- ciation of the Education of of a popular preschool, partly school, some elements are tan- because transitions were han- Young Children at www.na- gible: Teacher training, the ra- eyc.org. STATE BORO... dled in a rigid way. The class tio of teachers and students, was run on a timer: 15 min- the turnover rate of teachers, Can you help? Continued from page 1 utes of block towers and it the size of the groups, and the Q: “When my 3-year-old ed jobs” the sisters shouted in unison, “Lies.” The shouting drew was time to move on. health and safety of the pro- son is around other children, his two community affairs police officers, who on two occasions threat- One “Parent to Parent” gram are all important to energy level excels, he starts to ened to throw out the critics. reader found that her 4-year- weigh. bounce, his listening stops and Possibly predicting protests, Markowitz also acknowledged criti- old son lashed out at his teach- Other concerns are more his aggressive behavior comes cism of the plan in his address. ers during daily workbook and difficult to measure: Does the out. When he’s really mad at “I want to say right now that I fully understand — and share the journal times, and had out- class feel warm and inviting? something, mainly if he doesn’t concerns — of local area residents who have spoken out in opposi- bursts when it was time to How do the teachers strength- get his way, he pushes his sis- tion to this development,” said Markowitz. “People of goodwill can move to a different task. The en social and emotional skills ter, friends and me sometimes, differ. academic setting, highly tout- within the class? Questions to even with a closed fist. “And constructive opposition is something I value and cherish ed by her friends, was not the Since his second surgery for because I honestly believe that — in the end — it makes for a better explore: plan. place for her son. • Sharing: Are there enough tubes in his ears in December, “With the pressure to learn his behavior has been a little “The Nets arena — and the Atlantic Yards project — will go for- materials and duplicates of ward, but it must work for both Brooklyn and for the community all the time, we’ve forgotten popular toys? better, but I still feel he can’t surrounding the arena,” he said. “Because people do not move out how to help our children,” •Discipline: Do the teach- play well with other children. of Brooklyn today seeking a better life. They move out because they says Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD, ers approach discipline as For example, he recently had can’t afford the good life we have here.” co-author of “Einstein Never teaching or as punishment? a playdate with his best friend, The two-hour oration differed little from last year’s address, save Used Flash Cards” (Rodale, •Expressing feelings: Do a neighbor he has grown up for a break in tradition that found Markowitz inviting several guest 2003). “Play is to early child- the teachers help their students with. They were playing nicely speakers to the podium. hood as gas is to a car.” use their words to make their until she decided she wanted to Besides Danza, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Public Advocate Preschoolers belong at needs known? go upstairs. My son didn’t want Betsy Gotbaum and Council Speaker Gifford Miller were also given messy art tables, on the floor •Building friendship skills: to, so as she was walking up brief turns at the mike. All four used their time to praise Markowitz. building block towers and Do teachers plan activities that the stairs he grabbed her feet “I love being here with Marty,” said Miller, a likely mayoral can- climbing jungle gyms. encourage children to help and pulled her down. What didate, who did not mention Bloomberg, or any of his projects, in When you observe a class- each other? should I do?” — a mother his speech. “What other elected official could stand on stage with room, you should see several •Focusing: To help a child Parents concerned about Tony Danza and go toe to toe with him other than Marty learning centers: a special stick to a task, are the teachers their children’s calorie intake Markowitz? None of us would even bother to try. Marty, I’m sure, table full of water, rice or grits able to adjust to individual can obtain a copy of the new has been serial calling him for 10 years. And nobody says ‘no’ to the where kids can measure, sift learning styles? Parent To Parent newsletter Marty Markowitz.” Register today for NYC’s and pour; an art station with Some advantages of pre- “Getting Over Overeating” by He added: “Brooklyn without Marty is like Junior’s without BerkeleyCarrololll cheesecake. You can do it, but it wouldn’t be as sweet.” School premier arts program for minimal teacher direction; an school: A child learns how to sending a long, self-addressed, area for smushing Play-Doh enter a group of peers, how to stamped envelope and $2 to children ages 8 to 14. Call into cookies; a table for take turns with toys and talk- Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, Creative Arts Program matching games, puzzles and ing in circle, and how to hold Wickliffe, OH 44092. 718-534-6540, or e-mail If you have tips or a ques- 181 Lincoln Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn stringing beads; a block zone; his emotions together until the 181 Lincoln Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn [email protected]. a housekeeping center; and a end of the school day. tion, call our toll-free hotline EXPLORER... June 30th to July 29th, 2005 quiet reading corner. Preschool also gives Mom any time at (800) 827-1092 or e-mail us at [email protected]. In an evaluation of a pre- a break and can help children Continued from page 1 States — an architect of space ships, adventurer and a storm chaser — hail from Texas, Missouri and Colorado, respectively. Better Brooklyn Community Center “I’m the first one they’ve had to do exploration of the future,” Experienced Adult Staff said Zolli, who said he will use $10,000 in grant money from Na- Summer Enrichment Camp 2005 Nature Oriented, tional Geographic to do field work abroad. “Where many of the oth- Flexible Scheduling er folks are exploring either engineering or the natural world, I’m exploring time.” Though the term futurist conjures a distant age of flying cars and Physically Active Day Camp domesticated robots, practitioners aren’t necessarily dreaming up science fiction, said Zolli. Rather, the profession is one in which cur- rent demographics and other forces interact with each other to shape academic enrichment + gymnastics + dance + art + band + rockclimbing + horse Daily Trips to: the future. back riding + bowling + nature + swimming + athletic sports + special events By looking at today’s census statistics, for example, it’s possible to anticipate 10 years from now what demographers call an hour- = a FUN learning experience Lakes, pools and beaches for swimming, glass society, where seniors and young people will represent most of the population, he said. With more elderly, expect more conser- from 2 to 15 years old! hikes, special playgrounds, Sesame Place, for children Chinatown, amusement parks, museums vative voters and a demand for more senior housing, said Zolli. If WE PROVIDE: that housing isn’t developed, he said, expect to see grandparents, • Academic enrichment through and more! parents and children all living under one roof. exciting electives and performing arts OPEN HOUSE #1 “There’s a famous truism, and that is that ‘demographics is des- • Weekly field trips to fun and cultural venues OPEN HOUSE Early drop-off and late pick up available tiny,’” said Zolli. “The people who live in a society, the kind of • Outdoor pool: Instructional Swim Thurs, January 27 - 6 pm 1 1 people who live in a society, very much determine the kind of po- • Daily lunch & snacks @ St. Francis College Ages 5- /2 to 11- /2 years • Mature, experienced, and licensed staff Thurs, Feb. 24, 6pm litical, cultural, economic and technological forces that get dis- that enjoy working with children 180Call Remsen for location Street @information Court Street cussed, that are worked on.” • A quality experience with affordable rates Attend to get Early Bird Discount Call Dan Moinester ABoston native and graduate of Vassar College, Zolli has served Licensed by NYC Department of Health as a “Futurist-in-Residence at Popular Science and American De- mographics magazines and Public Radio’s “Marketplace” program. 718-624-1992 ext. 20 + www.bkcenter.org Park Slope • 768-6419 “I absolutely love and am passionate about Brooklyn, which I Camp Main Office: 408 Jay Street @ Fulton Street think is the true inner borough. That is where the bridge-and-tunnel crowd lives, over there,” said Zolli, pointing toward Manhattan from his tiny, ultra-modern ninth-floor office. “We are the authentic BH PARKPARK SLOPE SLOPE • WINDSOR • WINDSOR TERRACE TERRACE• BAY RIDGE core of the city.” BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Terry Garcia, executive vice president of Mission Programs at New! Parenting Education & National Geographic, said that Zolli was brought to his attention af- ter several people, including several at the society, heard him speak v Jewish r Social Club in DUMBO on emerging trends. While the program does not respond to appli- cations, Garcia said that those sent in anticipation of grant money typically number in the thousands. 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Ages: 5-9 “It’s a departure for us to select a futurist and I think it’s a very positive development for the National Geographic, which hopes to Specialists in Supervised & Instructional: S: STRATION CLAS expand and extend the boundaries of exploration and science,” said Swimming, Soccer & Tennis FREE DEMON Garcia. “And Andrew certainly does that.” 8th So, what does Zolli see in the cards for Brooklyn, what with big Dramatics • Ballet • Dance • Pony Riding • Trips • Crafts y, February Tuesda ervation. development sprouting from Red Hook to Downtown Brooklyn Judaic Study • Karate • Computers & Much, Much More!!! call for a res mited. Please Spaces are li and all across the waterfront? Delicious & Nutritious Lunch Provided et in DUMBO “Largely the question depends on some actions that we take Jay Stre treets) right now. I mean, what’s happening right now that’s really excit- Dates: 25 outh & John S Our Camp between Plym 10th ing? 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Each one of these things needs to be done in a way that’s ing for Our Win based in Park Slope minimally destructive and maximally beneficial to the community rrently Register accommodating 10 week Hours 9am-3pm. Cost $425 per session Cu Open House for at large. Extended Session 8am-6pm. Extra $300 per session season Open House for “But if even half of those projects come through, they have a • Free morning transportation Summer Camp transformational impact,” he said. Contact: Simcha (718) 596-4840 Ext. 15 SSunday,ummer January Camp 25, 2004 from most Brownstone “When you look at the terminal, and the redevelopment of Red [email protected] SNoon–2pmunday, February 13, 2005 Hook, what you start to see is Brooklyn spreading beyond the en- Educational + Creative + Fun = Brooklyn neighborhoods Pr339esentations 8 St. just at below noon and6 Ave. 1pm Checks made payable to Camp Gan Israel, 117 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 clave of brownstone neighborhoods that had defined the borough’s Administration fee of $100 per child. Camp is closed July 4th •Established 1992 339 8 St. just below 6 Ave. elite,” said Zolli. 718 788-PSDC (7732) “And that’s very, very effective.” 10% discount early bird registration before April 1st Asked about his own future, Zolli laughed. www.parkslopedaycamp.com “I’ll be expanding the office soon,” he said. February 5, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BRZ 15 Mayor mum as city pays for REAL funeral of girl killed by plow ESTATE For Rent / Brooklyn Lot For Sale / Brooklyn For Sale / Brooklyn By Jess Wisloski played on a snow bank the day after last “I have yet to see any entity pay a fu- APARTMENTS The Brooklyn Papers month’s blizzard, was likely struck by a neral bill when they don’t feel they’re re- Flatbush Sunset Park Avoid Foreclosure city salt-spreader, possibly equipped with sponsible,” said the lawyer. Nearly two weeks after a 10-year- For Rent / Brooklyn 1 BR, $850, broker fee, working EXCELLENT Call for a free 24 hour a plow, said attorney Beth Schlossman, Mayoral spokesman Jordan Barowitz Section 8. 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D07 D05 NO BROKER’S FEE, 80th Street, (19th 718-636-8400 Office 718-630-9494 Page Brooklyn editors’ reunion Ave/20th Ave), BRAND NEW 3BR apart- PARK SLOPE & VIC 718-636-8111 Fax 917-269-3697 Beep ment for rent $1300/mo, has a living Former editors of Seawanhaka, the student newspaper of Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus, held the second in a room, dining room and kitchen. Many www.7184992000.com 347-392-7101 Cell [email protected] planned series of reunions last month. The editors published Seawanhaka during a turbulent period of Long Island University’s others available. Call 718-703-4466 or www.jamesenterpriserealty.com history — from 1967 through 1975 — that included an attempt by the board of trustees to shutter the Brooklyn Campus, go to New Millennium www.KingsApartments.com Vietnam War and Civil Rights protests, rapid academic change that included the elimination of course and attendance re- D07 718-499-2000 quirements, and frequent changes in the leadership of the campus and university. Pictured (left to right): Jim Bernstein, Robert Danielenko, Ezra Helfand, Lorie Bradshaw, Ed Weintrob, George Giokas, Jack Stokes (in back), Robert Gorlach, and Monica Bushwick NO FEE! JER JAMES ENTERPRISE REALTY Surfaro Spigelman. Several other editors who are also part of this growing alumni group participated in its first meeting last Nice, large 1 BR on Bushwick Ave. (near PS 2BR all new bath, granit kit. $1490 (By Appointment Only) fall in Brooklyn Heights. The Jan. 9 gathering convened at the Cheesecake Factory in Hackensack, NJ. The group plans to Cooper). Bright and sunny. HWD floors. Prospect Ave, F-Train 1 BR duplex plus meet again in the spring, possibly at Junior’s or LIU. Quiet bldg. $975. Call Agent (718) huge RecRm $1250 623-2600. Pratt Col. 3BR triplex w/deck & yd $2200 722 Classon Avenue D14 BarcaleyEnterprise Realty D15 LINCOLN R. JAMES Prospect Place/Park Place Canarsie Prospect Heights Licensed Real Estate Broker Brooklyn, NY 11238 NO BROKER’S FEE, Remsen Avenue, Newly renovated 1BR apartment, CIVIC PRIDE AT BRCC… (Avenue M/Avenue N), Beautiful 1BR $1000. Hardwood floors and close to apartment for rent $775/mo. near all. all. Short distance to Brooklyn CO-OPS / CONDOS FOR SALE Continued from page 5 bers Adele Cohen and Golden an “SOB” before de- who in 1978 established the Includes all. Many others available. Call Museum, Prospect Park & Botanic 718-703-4466 or go to Borough President Marty Matthew Mirones all show- coding the acronym as “Sena- “Special Bay Ridge District,” www.KingsApartments.com Gardens. Near 2,3,4 trains. Ready Markowitz, Councilman Vin- ered compliments on guests. tor of Brooklyn,” Gentile told which is now being modified D07 January 2005. Call Broker, Lincoln cent Gentile, state Sen. Marty Markowitz, for one, drew attendees that, thanks to but for years kept the built James on (718) 783-2699 or (347) laughter when he relayed a preservation efforts, the letters Clinton Hill 392-7101. Golden and Assembly mem- character of the neighborhood D05 message from his parrot, a pet now stood for “Scenes of in line. Large 1 and a half bedroom with lots he adopted from his late Beauty.” of closet space and sunlight in a 3 Sunset Park mother-in-law. Acknowledging Walter “It’s worth mentioning how family Brownstone. $900. 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