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By Patrick Gallahue The Brooklyn Papers Two longtime members of the Brooklyn ANOTHER B’KLYN Democratic Party’s judicial screening panel abandoned ship on Tuesday as calls for reform got louder and a special grand jury’s investigation into the judicial selec- JUDGE IS AXED tion process moved forward. Barry Kamins and George Farkas, both Court lord $15,000 in back rent. By Patrick Gallahue Street attorneys, resigned from the screening The Commission on Judicial Con- The Brooklyn Papers panel, with Farkas saying the screening panel duct ordered Mason removed from Capping an already horrific week the bench in June and the Court of was “flawed.” for the borough’s judiciary, the state Appeals supported the decision on “I believe that certain people’s participation in Court of Appeals on Thursday ordered May 1. the committee itself leaves the committee sub- Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice The commission report had noted ject to potential criticism,” Farkas told The Reynold Mason to step down. that Mason was uncooperative during Callan / Tom Brooklyn Papers. “And the bottom line being, I Mason, 52, had been accused of il- the investigation and “that he failed to believe, the entire system of selections has very legally subletting his apartment for 10 respond to six letters seeking his re- serious flaws in it. And the screening committee years to his brother-in-law, depositing sponse to the allegation of misconduct.” happens to be part of the system.” the money paid to him into an escrow Paul Gentile, Mason’s attorney, did He declined to name anyone he believed did / Tom Callan / Tom not belong on the screening panel. account and refusing to give the land- See ANOTHER JUDGE on page 5 Papers The Brooklyn “A number of things have occurred, a lot of it Democratic boss Clarence Norman in the public eye, some of it which will come (above) addresses party faithful in the into the public eye, such as who gets inter- Marriott after protestors, some dressed viewed and what a particular applicant is enti- in judges robes, rallied outside. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn tled to before being interviewed,” said Farkas. BRIBE JUDGE CASES After Civil Court Judge Margarita Lopez Tor- res was shunted aside for an interview last year with the screening panel because she hadn’t ARE UNDER REVIEW been referred by the county leader, Assembly- man Clarence Norman, two members threatened The Brooklyn Papers Protest at Dem dinner The state Office of Court Adminis- to leave the panel. With District Attorney Charles tration has even set up a hotline for By Patrick Gallahue This year’s dinner, however, featured The protest was organized by Alan “I’ll let you guess who those were,” he said, people to report suspicious verdicts. Hynes building a case against The Brooklyn Papers factions holding separate events and the Fleishman and Liz Daly, state commit- hinting that it was he and Kamins. “As of the time of the arraignment Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge dinner itself was greeted with a protest tee members, also known as district Lopez Torres has claimed that she has been at there were under 10 cases that we’ve What a difference a year makes. from a group of elected officials and ex- leaders, of the 52nd Assembly District odds with the county party ever since she refused Gerald Garson for allegedly ac- identified as being improperly routed cepting gifts to fix divorce cases, While last year’s Kings County De- ecutive committee members. The protes- of Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights. to hire a legal secretary referred to her by Norman, to Judge Garson,” said David Book- mocratic Committee dinner featured a tors waved placards outside the New Among the 20 or so to attend the and in another instance, one referred by Bushwick court overseers have turned their staver, a spokesman for the Office of few intentional absences by reformers attention to the disgraced jurist’s York Marriott Brooklyn Thursday night, protest rally were Brooklyn Heights Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a party loyalist. Court Administration. There have been and party dissidents, the party stood gen- Councilman David Yassky and Park Lopez Torres once again declared her candi- past rulings. reading, “Order in the Courts” and “Jus- See UNDER REVIEW on page 5 erally united and fired back at criticism. tice is not a family affair.” See DINNER PROTEST on page 5 See QUIT on page 5 Sloper sues ‘Prez’ Sheen Filmmaker cites ‘West Wing’ actor, claiming theft of script By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers A Park Slope filmmaker is creating some real life drama — he’s filed suit against the President of the United States (or at least the man who plays him on TV). Sitting on a bench outside Oz- / Brad Horrigan zie’s coffee shop on Seventh Avenue, Tomislav Novakovic, a Croatian-born director and screenwriter, explained the lawsuit, which seeks damages against, among others, the actor Martin Sheen. Papers The Brooklyn “After seeing many films Croatian-born Tomislav No- come out of that part of the world vakovic in Park Slope / Brad Horrigan with men in military fatigues shooting each other, I wanted to director was filming a movie star- write about a female character ring Martin Sheen that sounded that refuses to become a victim of remarkably similar to one he had tragedy,” said Novakovic, who penned, Novakovic got himself a / Nick Ut

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn may have become a victim of a lawyer. tragedy of another kind. In Novakovic’s lawsuit, filed When Novakovic learned from in Manhattan Supreme Court, he Blossoms in bloom a cover story in Gloria magazine claims that director Jakov Sedlar

Loan Nguyen takes a photo of her grandsons Pen and Peter Nguyen on a Japanese Flowering Cherry Associated Press — the Eastern European equiva- stole his screenplay after reading at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Cherry blossoms peaked last week. Actor Martin Sheen at an anti-war vigil in Los Angeles on March 26. lent of People — that a Croatian See SUE SHEEN on page 7 19th-century ‘Eagle’ morgue comes alive online

By Patrick Gallahue “The Eagle online will offer patrons a new The site was paid for with a $239,000 grant The Brooklyn Papers widow into history,” said Brooklyn Public Li- from the Institute for Museum and Library EXCLUSIVE brary executive director Ginnie Cooper. Services and was constructed by the Brooklyn The fragile pages of the Brooklyn Eagle, The Web site, which the library is still test- The Web site features editions from January Public Library with Online Computer Library once threatened by age at the Brooklyn Pub- ing, but which The Brooklyn Papers got an 1841 through December 1902, that are, incred- Center, a nonprofit research organization. lic Library, are now preserved in cyberspace. exclusive look at this week, also captures the ibly, keyword searchable. There are also spe- The digitization of the Brooklyn Eagle was Under headlines such as “An Aggressive freshness of Brooklyn’s evolving narrative cial compilations by subject for African-Amer- performed concurrently with an expansion Campaign: Women Suffragists Are Forging 150 years ago, including the opening ball of ican History, BAM, the Brooklyn Bridge, and upgrade to the Brooklyn Public Library’s Right Along” and “Plymouth Church and the the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1861; the consolidation, the draft riots, Walt Whitman Brooklyn Collection, which includes archives Slavery Question” the pages offer a fascinat- inauguration of the Brooklyn Bridge on May and more. When a particular edition is ac- of maps, books and records dating back to ing glimpse into the then-contemporary past 24, 1883 and Brooklyn’s transformation from cessed, readers can browse the front page and pre-colonial times. of Brooklyn in the vernacular of the times. city to borough on Jan. 1, 1898. select clips from the newspapers of the day. The collection has served as a resource to writers, historians and the filmmakers Ken and Ric Burns, who used it in the making of their classic documentaries “New York, a Documentary Film” and “Baseball.” Former Borough President Howard Golden allocated Firehouse panel a rubber stamp $3.9 million towards a consolidation of the original newspapers into a single climate- controlled reading room. By Patrick Gallahue and Brooklyn borough commander, was an met for five or six hours. The Web site is expected to be running The Brooklyn Papers appointee of Council Speaker Gifford Miller “You didn’t even spend an hour a house,” normally by September. The cost to access to the panel. He told the council’s Fire and said Councilwoman Yvette Clarke, of Flat- the site, if any, is still being determined, a

Members of the blue-ribbon panel that Mango / Greg Criminal Justice Committee that despite sug- bush, who chairs the committee. BPL spokeswoman said. was convened to investigate whether the gesting alternatives “the vote was pro forma.” On April 7, the panel voted to shutter the “This is an unbelievable way for Brook- mayor really needed to close eight fire- The council’s other appointee to the pan- eight firehouses, five of which are in Brook- lynites, and people all around the world, to houses told the City Council on Monday el, Glenn Corbett, an assistant professor of lyn. Both Corbett and Fellini were the only learn more about our borough’s fascinating that the decision was “a foregone conclu- Fire Science at John Jay College of Criminal dissenting votes on the seven-member pan- history,” said Borough President Marty sion” and their meetings were little more Justice, testified that in the panel’s three el, which was stacked with appointees of Markowitz. “To have all of this easily acces-

than a rubber-stamp formality. meetings the Fire Department budget was Mayor Michael Bloomberg. sible information is certainly a historical gold Papers File The Brooklyn Frank Fellini a retired assistant fire chief never produced and that, in total, they only See FIREHOUSE on page 7 See EAGLE on page 7 The Brooklyn Eagle heralds formation of Greater New York in 1898. 2 DTZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM May 12, 2003 Ed Weintrob / We were softer then, but not for long The first issues of The Brooklyn into some trouble right away. Our Our preview took some secretaries to the movie city’s daily newspapers were deadline, their cover featured a pic- more than a handful wouldn’t stop, Paper, back in 1978, were nothing first edition featured a roundup of issue’s cover pic- and chatted over coffee afterward. closed by a lengthy strike, and ture of the pontiff and this headline thinking us “Moonies.” like today’s. lunch spots — since our readers tured a secretary We’d hand flowers to arriving of- some people assumed we were a — “Pope dies, details tomorrow.”) The free concept, however, was I was looking for an opening in left the area at 5 o’clock, lunch was about to pour a fice workers on National Secre- temporary “strike” paper. (In those The second thing involved the destined for widespread acceptance, Brooklyn’s newspaper market and the big deal. In an otherwise com- pot of coffee over taries Day in April and we spon- days, New Yorkers we so desper- Rev. Sun Myung Moon, self-pro- and it now dominates the weekly found one Downtown, where no plimentary review of Capulet’s on her boss’ head. sored a Best Secretary Contest, ate to read a newspaper every day claimed Korean messiah, right-wing newspaper business — there are weekly publication served the Montague Street, our critic men- We were big on which generated a tremendous re- that when the dailies would be political aspirant and cult-leader even several free dailies, though not area’s tens of thousands of office tioned that the wait for service at office worker fea- sponse. struck shut, which happened with whose legions were dispatched in New York. Acceptance did not workers (daytimers, we called them, lunchtime was a long one. The pro- tures, which in Giving out free flowers was some frequency, entrepreneurs throughout the city distributing come overnight; getting there re- most living in various Brooklyn prietor was displeased. those days meant great in cementing our good rela- would start “strike” papers, em- Moon’s literature — and flowers. quired creativity and determination. neighborhoods). We figured we’d Fortunately, others were happier. women. When “9 to 5” came out tions with Downtown’s gatekeep- ploying some of the strikers and We were the first major “free” Stubbornness, really. leave residents of the ’hoods near- A Montague Street retailer knew ex- — the movie in which Jane Fonda, ers, but it compounded a challenge giving readers their daily fix. One newspaper in Brooklyn, and many Meanwhile, our featurey and est Downtown to the existing pub- actly which day The Paper came out Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton play particular to that period. publisher, an old acquaintance op- people didn’t understand the con- Downtown-centric approach lasted lications. — around noon, office workers a trio of office workers who wreak Two things coincided with The erating on the tightest of budgets, cept — how could we make money, about two months. More on that in Our product was “soft,” featur- would beginning showing up with revenge on their (male) boss — Paper’s launch. borrowed time on our typesetting giving it away? In our first weeks, a future column. ey but not fluffy. Even so we ran his ad in hand. Features Editor Laurie Brockway First, within a few weeks, the equipment; when the Pope died on as we offered Papers to passersby, [email protected]

A Gallery of Hand-Crafted henna k Artisanal Jewelry Movie ATM stolen HANDCRAFTED JEWELRY featuring the work of By Patrick Gallahue American and The Brooklyn Papers International Artists A cash machine disappeared POLICE BLOTTER from a Downtown movie theater on April 30. three men grab the case at around cording to police. The nasty A 25-year-old employee of 7:30 pm, on May 3, then keep customer then took off without the movie house, on Court going, and going and going. his haul. Street between Schermerhorn The thieves were caught on Talk not cheap and State streets, told police surveillance video, which is be- that shortly before 7 pm she ing studied by detectives. The A man, 55, placed his brief- discovered the cash machine items were valued at $1,030. case on the corner of Montague and Court streets, at 8 am, on was no longer there. Twinkie fix / Tom Callan / Tom The machine itself was val- April 29, to indulge in a brief ued at $1,500. An employee of A thief was thwarted in his conversation with an acquain- Jewelry as the theater said someone, or a attempts to steal a handful of tance. When he turned his at- group of people, ripped the ma- Hostess cakes, the company tention back to his briefcase, it Unique as You! chine off a platform. best known for its artery-clog- was gone. The victim reported ging Twinkies, from a store on his identification, checkbook

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Still running Hicks Street, between West and credit cards stolen. 165 COURT STREET A display case containing Ninth and Mill streets at 5:15 Atlantic maul (BET. PACIFIC & DEAN) cameras and Energizer batteries pm on May 5. COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN was grabbed at a drug store on An employee, 42, grabbed A 37-year-old man was Puppet regime walking down Atlantic Avenue, 718•852•5777 A giant puppet and its followers march along the prome- Fulton Street, between Hanover the cakes back, when the thief Place and Duffield Street. pulled a knife and said, “Do crossing Nevins Street, at 3:15 nade during St. Ann’s Puppet Parade on Monday. am on May 4, when he was set STORE HOURS: A witness told police he saw something and I’ll kill you,” ac- SUN: 12-5PM upon by a mugger who said, MON-THURS: 12-7PM “Give me your money or I’m CLOSED: FRI & SAT going to punch you in the face.” Before making any more Robinson may get threats the robber then grabbed DAVID BERG LECTURE SERIES a necklace off the victim’s neck and fled. Police have identified PRESENTS B’H Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM a suspect and he is wanted for Congress medal questioning. Our store is located in a State St. attack Landmarked building, Associated Press that also proposed designating Pirkei Avos – a national day to recognize On April 30, at 9:30 pm, a so Step Back In Time. WASHINGTON — More than half a century after Jack- Robinson’s accomplishments. man, 48, was pushed to the Ethics of our Fathers A four-sport star at UCLA, ground from behind on the cor- Greeting Cards • Jewelry ie Robinson broke major ner of State and Bond streets. Robinson ended decades of MONDAY, APRIL 28 China • Accessories league baseball’s color barri- segregation in the major When the suspect fell, two Dolls • Toiletries er, Congress wants to honor men pounced in to grab his Lectures Chapter 1: Can a man leagues when he broke in on author a prayer book? Journals • Jewelry Boxes him with its highest award. April 15, 1947. wallet, containing identification and miscellaneous papers. Both by ********** And More Reps. Richard Neal, D- He retired after 10 years, MONDAY, MAY 5 muggers then fled south on Mass., and Peter King, R-N.Y., six pennants and one World Chapter 2: Intolerance, / Tom Callan / Tom Bond Street. Rabbi introduced legislation last Series with the Dodgers and blind men & elephants week to give the late Brooklyn Right off lot was inducted into the Hall of ********* A Vintage Gift Shop Dodger a Congressional Gold Fame in 1962. He died in A gray 2002 Ford Explorer Aaron L. MONDAY, MAY 12 Angela Fernan, PROP. Medal for his contributions to 1972. vanished form a parking lot on Think first – 274 Court Street civil rights and sports. “Throughout his years with Livingston Street between Raskin No one is born in a vacuum

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Court Street and Boerum Place. (bet. Kane & DeGraw) With bipartisan support, the Dodgers, he faced constant ********* Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in- In addition to the vehicle, how- MONDAY, MAY 19 (718) 522-1800 abuse and pressure,” Sen. Ed- All Classes are troduced a bill in February ward Kennedy, D-Mass., a co- ever, the victim, 44, valued the Chapter 4: Self Respect Mouse that roared stolen cargo at almost $10,000. FREE and sponsor of Kerry’s bill, said at One of two inflatable rats on Montague Street Friday, are held on ********* a news conference. The victim parked the car at 9 MONDAY, MAY 26 where local unions protested non-union asbestos workers. am, on April 25, and returned 10 “But the more he was Mondays, 8-9pm Chapter 5: hours later to discover the car Anger Management ls taunted and threatened and ha- gone. In addition to the vehicle, e rassed, the more he let his su- No Knowedge ********* w the victim reported stolen a suede MONDAY, JUNE 2 Je y perb performance on the field of Hebrew is B SATNICK jacket, guitar, CDs, cassettes, per- Chapter 6: speak for itself.” fume and a stereo system. Required Robinson played all but Catholic lay group Love vs. Infatuation We offer quality jewelry, precision three games his first season, Fulton frisk ❤ A shopper at a department timepieces and fine giftware at “despite threats on his life, the weight of a people on his store on Fulton Street, at the Congregation B’nai Avraham prices to fit every budget... shoulders and racist taunts,” allowed to return corner of Jay Street, was brows- ing the aisles on April 30 when 117 Remsen Street – Brooklyn, NY 11201 said his daughter, Sharon. Associated Press Baptist Church and an Ameri- a sticky-fingered pickpocket FREE On the 50th anniversary of can Legion Hall. reached into her purse and stole (718) 596-4840 his major league debut, the The ban on a Catholic lay Lay-a-Way Plan group that addresses the Voice of the Faithful, was her wallet. league retired his No. 42. first organized last year in Since George Washington church’s sexual scandals has On all Purchases been reversed, Brooklyn dio- Boston in response to allega- received the first Congression- tions of sex abuse by priests al Gold Medal in 1776, Con- cese officials said. ADVERTISER FOCUS SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS Bishop Thomas Daily, leader there. Since then, chapters have gress has bestowed the honor sprouted across the country. on some 300 people, includ- of the diocese of Brooklyn re- 196 Joralemon St. (off Court St) versed the ban on Thursday, al- ``We are eager to get back

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® ® ing Mother Teresa, Pope John (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • MasterCard lowing Voice of the Faithful to into our parishes,’’ said Melissa Paul II, Rosa Parks and Presi- meet on church property. For Gradel, the organization’s re- HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm dent and Nancy Reagan. St. Michael’s six months, the group had met gional coordinator told The in a college meeting room, a New York Time.

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Notice is hereby given that an Order entered Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by HOTLINE by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 1st the Civil Court, Kings County on the 22nd day day of May, 2003, bearing Index Number of April, 2003, bearing the Index Number N00220/2003, a copy of which may be exam- N00203/2003, a copy of which may be exam- 1(866) 811-7276 ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, room number 304, grants Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Drexel Thomas Clark the right to assume the me rights to: Assume the name of: Michael name Drexel Thomas Rivers. His present name Anthony Torres. My present name is: Michael is Drexel Thomas Clark. His present address is Anthony Harris a/k/a Michael A. Torres. My 219 Howard Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. His present address is: 215 Bay 31st St., #2, date of birth is November 12, 1972. His place of With one phone call, you can speak Brooklyn, NY 11214. My place of birth is: birth is Brooklyn, New York. BP19 Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is: 09/23/99. directly to a registered nurse who BP19 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 1st day of Notice is hereby given that a license, number can answer many of your general April, 2003, bearing the Index Number 1137896 for liquor/beer/wine has been applied N00164/2003, a copy of which may be exam- for by El Piccolino Restaurante, Corp. to sell medical questions. ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL liquor/beer/wine at retail in a restaurant under COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 511 40th Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 for on-premise con- me rights to: Assume the name of: Violette sumption. Olympia. My present name is: Sally Ann Martin. BP19-20 Simply call us toll-free at 1(866) My present address is: 469 62nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220. My place of birth is: SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS. Daytona Beach, Florida. My date of birth is: ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC., Plaintiff 811-7276, Monday - Friday, from 9 03/26/82. against PERRY BUCKNER, et al Defendant(s). PS19 Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale am to 5 pm. Janice Boylan, RN Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by entered on April 14, 2003. I, the undersigned the Civil Court, Kings County on the 28th day of Referee will sell at public auction in Room 261 Continuum Referral Center April, 2003, bearing the Index Number of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams N00025/2003, a copy of which may be exam- Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 12th day of June, St. Michael’s Cemetery at 72-02 Astoria Boulevard and 49th Street in Queens. ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL 2003 at 3:00 p.m. premises Beginning at a point COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, on the Northerly side of MacDonough Street Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants distant 75 feet Easterly from the corner formed me rights to: Assume the name of: Alla by the intersection of the Northerly side of Making cemetery arrangements is some- filling requests of families. To satisfy the Our nurses and operators can give you: Zaborsky. My present name is: Alla Malinskaia. MacDonough Street with the Easterly side of thing we all have to confront at one time or last requests of Scott Joplin, the cemetery My present address is: 2184 East 28th Street, Howard Avenue; being a plot of 100 feet by 25 Brooklyn, NY 11229. My place of birth is: Beltsy, feet by 100 feet by 25 feet. Said premises another — either for ourselves or family arranged the playing of “Maple Leaf Rag” Moldova. My date of birth is: 3/28/87. known as 569 MacDonough St. Brooklyn, N.Y. • Primary care physicians and specialists in your area BP19 members. Yet this is something many peo- at his graveside. 11233. Tax account number: SBL # 1497-70. ple keep putting off until it is too late. Making preparations is important for Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Approximate amount of lien $386,020.17 plus • A physician’s experience and credentials the Civil Court, Kings County on the 2nd day of interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject “We should make arrangements selfish- peace of mind — for both ourselves and May, 2003, bearing the Index Number to provisions of filed judgment and terms of ly, considering what we want for ourselves N00226/2003, a copy of which may be exam- sale. Index No. 28706/02. Alan M. Rocoff, Esq., our families. • Office hours and payment methods ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Referee. Fein Such & Crane, LLP, Attorney(s) for and for eternity. But you also need to con- “At a time of need, families need to stick COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Plaintiff. 1800 First Federal Plaza, Rocherster, sider the people who are going to visit Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants N.Y. 14614. together and support one another, not fall BP19-22 • Information about test procedures me rights to: Assume the name of: Steven you,” counsels Ed Horn, a representative of apart under the weight of decisions that Khatimskiy. My present name is: Vyacheslav NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT - COUN- St. Michael’s Cemetery. Khatimskiy. My present address is: 7714 Bay TY OF KINGS. Mortgage Electronic need to be made at a time of grief and • Guidance on topics such as medications and nutrition Parkway, #5G, Brooklyn, NY 11214. My place of St Michael’s is a religious cemetery Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for birth is: Tashkent, Uzbekistan. My date of birth stress,” says Horn. “It’s what every respon- Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., Plaintiff open to people of all faiths. is: 05/18/86. sible parent owes to their children.” BP19 against Clement O’Donoghue, et al., “The only thing that matters is that you Defendant(s). Pursuant to a judgment of fore- St. Michael’s Cemetery assists families NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS closure and sale entered herein and dated wish to be here,” says Horn. COUNTY. WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, March 3, 2003, I, the undersigned Referee will by requiring only 10 percent as a down For answers to your general health questions, INC. F/K/A NORWEST MORTGAGE, INC., Pltf. St. Michael’s Cemetery has been provid- sell at public auction at the Kings County payment, with the balance paid over three vs. HIDDEKEL CHURCH OF GOD, INC., et al, Courthouse, Room 261, 360 Adams Street, ing service for 150 years, having been call the Continuum Referral Center Defts. Index #02-11911. Pursuant to judgment Brooklyn, County of KINGS, State of New York, to five years. No interest or sales taxes are of foreclosure and sale dated Oct. 8, 2002, I will established in 1852. The cemetery offers 1(866) 811-7276 on June 5, 2003 at 3:00 PM, premises on the ASK-A-NURSE HOTLINE at sell at public auction at the “foot” of the traditional property (graves), crypts in ever charged. Courthouse steps, facing Adams St., 360 northwesterly side of 6th Avenue, 50 feet south- St. Michael’s, located at 72-02 Astoria Adams St., Brooklyn, NY on May 29, 2003 at west of 22nd Street, being a plot 25 feet by 100 community mausoleums and niches for 10:15 a.m. prem. k/a 263 Sterling St., Brooklyn, feet and known as 710 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, cremated remains. Currently, St. Michael’s Boulevard at the corner of 49th Street, is NY a/k/a Section 5, Block 1315, Lot 61. Approx. New York. Approximate amount of lien within eight miles of the heart of amt. of judgment is $265,732.52 plus costs and $284,168.08 plus interest and costs. Premises is constructing St. Peter’s Mausoleum, interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of will be sold subject to provisions of filed judg- which offers a pre-construction discount. Brownstone Brooklyn. The cemetery is filed judgment and terms of sale and the right ment, Index Number 30545/02. Dated: April 21, of the United States of America to redeem with- 2003. Anthony G. Gross, Esq., Referee. All Faiths Chapel and Crematory is sched- open 365 days a year, as is the office. Call in 120 days from the date of sale as provided by Zavatsky, Mendelsohn, Gross, Savino & Levy, uled to open this year. (718) 278-3240 for additional information. law. MARTIN EVENS, Referee. ESCHEN & LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, P.O. Box 510, 33 FRENKEL, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 93 East Main St., Queens Street, Syosset, New York 11791-0510. St. Michael’s has a long history of ful- — Paulanne Simmons Bay Shore, NY. #53743. BP17-20 BP18-21 2 PSZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM May 12, 2003 Ed Weintrob / We were softer then, but not for long The first issues of The Brooklyn into some trouble right away. Our Our preview took some secretaries to the movie city’s daily newspapers were deadline, their cover featured a pic- more than a handful wouldn’t stop, Paper, back in 1978, were nothing first edition featured a roundup of issue’s cover pic- and chatted over coffee afterward. closed by a lengthy strike, and ture of the pontiff and this headline thinking us “Moonies.” like today’s. lunch spots — since our readers tured a secretary We’d hand flowers to arriving of- some people assumed we were a — “Pope dies, details tomorrow.”) The free concept, however, was I was looking for an opening in left the area at 5 o’clock, lunch was about to pour a fice workers on National Secre- temporary “strike” paper. (In those The second thing involved the destined for widespread acceptance, Brooklyn’s newspaper market and the big deal. In an otherwise com- pot of coffee over taries Day in April and we spon- days, New Yorkers we so desper- Rev. Sun Myung Moon, self-pro- and it now dominates the weekly found one Downtown, where no plimentary review of Capulet’s on her boss’ head. sored a Best Secretary Contest, ate to read a newspaper every day claimed Korean messiah, right-wing newspaper business — there are weekly publication served the Montague Street, our critic men- We were big on which generated a tremendous re- that when the dailies would be political aspirant and cult-leader even several free dailies, though not area’s tens of thousands of office tioned that the wait for service at office worker fea- sponse. struck shut, which happened with whose legions were dispatched in New York. Acceptance did not workers (daytimers, we called them, lunchtime was a long one. The pro- tures, which in Giving out free flowers was some frequency, entrepreneurs throughout the city distributing come overnight; getting there re- most living in various Brooklyn prietor was displeased. those days meant great in cementing our good rela- would start “strike” papers, em- Moon’s literature — and flowers. quired creativity and determination. neighborhoods). We figured we’d Fortunately, others were happier. women. When “9 to 5” came out tions with Downtown’s gatekeep- ploying some of the strikers and We were the first major “free” Stubbornness, really. leave residents of the ’hoods near- A Montague Street retailer knew ex- — the movie in which Jane Fonda, ers, but it compounded a challenge giving readers their daily fix. One newspaper in Brooklyn, and many Meanwhile, our featurey and est Downtown to the existing pub- actly which day The Paper came out Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton play particular to that period. publisher, an old acquaintance op- people didn’t understand the con- Downtown-centric approach lasted lications. — around noon, office workers a trio of office workers who wreak Two things coincided with The erating on the tightest of budgets, cept — how could we make money, about two months. More on that in Our product was “soft,” featur- would beginning showing up with revenge on their (male) boss — Paper’s launch. borrowed time on our typesetting giving it away? In our first weeks, a future column. ey but not fluffy. Even so we ran his ad in hand. 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By Patrick Gallahue millimeter gun. ing warrants although no sus- after she allegedly cut the the neighborhood’s council- to feel not all residents are recommendations from the emotions and making a com- The Brooklyn Papers The investigation of the in- pects in the shootings were throat of her child and then at- man, James Davis, a former suspects. American Civil Liberties plaint if harassed — was dis- cident was interrupted twice apprehended. tacked police officers with the police officer, who attended “There’s a lot of people that Union and the Civilian Com- tributed to about 30 young Police shot and killed a by gunfire on officers who A review of the incident has knife. the meetings. say, ‘We want the police in plaint Review Board. people at a party hosted by the man in Fort Greene around swooped down on the crime yet to be concluded, but indi- Since the shootings, police Davis added, “Though here,’” he said. “But there’s “It seems to me that there information exchange on Fri- 3 am, on April 30, after the scene. Five of nine shots fired cations from the police depart- have been meeting with com- [Quinones’] intentions may also a lot of folks that say we needs to be much more com- day night. man fired 17 shots into the hit a police Emergency Ser- ment are that the shooting was munity leaders to normalize not have been malicious, if the want change but we don’t munity responsibility for District Attorney Charles air from a semi-automatic vice Unit truck, just missing justified. This week, Eric relations between residents reports are true you cannot want our children harassed.” policing,” Gardner said. Hynes will investigate the weapon. an officer sitting in the truck, Adams, who heads the police and law enforcement. Several shoot an unlicensed gun in the He added, however, that The brochure — with tips shooting and present his find- Floyd Quinones, 28, an ex- Kelly said. group 100 Blacks in Law En- of the gatherings have taken air in an urban community.” Deputy Inspector Timothy on keeping control over one’s ings to a grand jury. con, was fatally shot in the Those later incidents, one at forcement, called the shooting place at the Christian Fellow- Darnell Canada, president Pearson, commanding officer back by police on Carlton Av- about 3:30 am, and the second and two other police-involved ship Life Center, on Myrtle of the Fort Greene Empower- of the 88th Precinct, and the enue outside the Walt Whit- half an hour later, brought shootings this past week, justi- Avenue between Prince and ment Organization, a local police department, have been man Houses after he fired the hundreds of cops into the fied. Navy streets in Fort Greene. service organization for the “bending way beyond back- shots in celebration of a neighborhood in search of The following day, Carlos “From hearing some of the Walt Whitman, Raymond In- wards to come up with solu- friend’s birthday. gunmen who investigators be- Lopez, 19, was shot in Bed- concerns and complaints in gersoll and Farragut housing tions to the problems.” TED ROTHSTEIN, DDS PhD According to Police Com- lieve were firing from high up ford-Stuyvesant after police police-community relations projects, said the neighbor- Pearson did not return calls Adults and Children missioner Raymond Kelly, the in the housing complex. Po- say he gunned another man we think there’s some room hood is caught in a conun- for comment. officers fired on Quinones af- lice went door to door and and a woman was shot, but for better interaction between drum between the desire for Trayce Gardner, founder of ter he refused to drop the 9- made 20 arrests for outstand- not fatally, in Crown Heights community and police,” said greater policing and the need the Fort Greene Information Named Invisalign “Top 500 Docs” Exchange and Brooklyn Young Filmmakers, began Specialist in Lingual (behind the teeth) handing out pocket-sized brochures to youths this week on how to avoid confronta- • 852-1551 • • www.drted.com • tions with law enforcement. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS SINCE 1976 Sunset Park molester They were put together on nabbed for boy sex

/ Tom Callan / Tom By Deborah Kolben across the street from the video store and is an The Brooklyn Papers aide to Sunset Park Councilwoman Sara Gonza- lez. A known sex offender in Sunset Park was “We’re a community of working families. arrested this week for picking up boys at a We take pride in living here,” said Ruiz, a native local video store and luring them back to his of Sunset Park. “Hopefully this was an isolated The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn 49th Street apartment. The developer wants to build an apartment building at incident.” Martin Fairhurst, 26, was charged with sodom- Fairhurst, who is listed on the lifetime sexual of- 460 Union St., a manufacturing site. izing four young boys, ages 11 to 14, police fender registry, got out of jail two years ago after arking said. serving four and a half years for fondling a 7-year- Fairhurst allegedly frequented a video store old boy in 1996. He was paroled on March 17, P on Eighth Avenue at 46th Street and attracted 2000 and was sent back to prison on June 21 of Scale back the boys attention by providing quarters for the that year after he failed to appear for a mandatory store’s video games. counseling session. He then brought the four boys back to his He is now being charged with multiple counts apartment where he showed them photographs of: sexual misconduct, sodomy in the first de- of naked pre-teen boys and videotapes of men gree, sodomy in the second degree, endangering 05 460 Union St and women having sexual intercourse before the welfare of a child, possessing an obscene sodomizing the boys, according to the criminal sexual performance by a child and possessing a $136 By Patrick Gallahue ums or rental units has not been complaint. sexual performance by a child. The Brooklyn Papers made, Wright said, adding that The incidents occurred between March 17 Fairhurst is described as 5-foot-7, with manufacturing in the current and April 6. blonde hair, blue eyes, and scars on his right and After facing opposition building was impossible since monthly rate “It was very, very atypical for the neighbor- left wrists and a tattoo on his right upper arm. (+ tax) from community groups, much of it is divided into seven hood. Everybody was just stunned and shocked The judge set bail at $200,000 and Fairhurst the proposed developers parcels by thick, load-bearing and appalled,” said Ian Ruiz, who also lives is still being held in custody. of a residential building at stone walls. 460 Union St., between Community Board 6 rejected Bond and Nevins streets the proposal last year, on the grounds that it was out of con- • Multiple car discounts offered along the canal, are text with the surrounding two- rethinking their plans. and three-story buildings. The attorney representing the Civics fill slots on local • Park and lock available “We really would rather see developers, Chris Wright, told that property stay as it was orig- The Brooklyn Papers on inally zoned, but if that’s not Wednesday that the facade and possible and the owner could Pick up and delivery available size of the project will go community boards prove a hardship that’s some- through revisions in an attempt thing we would look at,” said to satisfy community opposition. CB6 Chairman Jerry Armer, By Patrick Gallahue Gowanus and Park Slope, were ble Hill activist Carl Peek died this 24 hour • Indoor “We’re trying to work out a adding, “But the building The Brooklyn Papers Devin Cohen and David Nach- year, creating another. Two other compromise with all the com- should be with those around it.” man. Yassky appointed Tarika slots were already vacant and one, munity officials,” he said. “It Councilman Bill DeBlasio, Half of all the community Barrett. Gonzalez, a former chair- a Gonzalez seat, remains vacant. will be substantially reduced who is willing to allow housing board members in the bor- woman of CB7, appointed In Community Board 7, covering from the initial proposal.” on the site, opposed the propos- ough were up for either reap- Yvonne Girela and Lou Sones. Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace, 700 Pacific St. The site is currently occu- al before the Board of Stan- pointment or replacement at Sones, a Red Hook resident, Gonzalez appointed Yvonne Pagan- GARAGE pied by a 10,000-square-foot represents a particularly interest- Falcon, Angel Lopez, Kathleen De- dards and Appeals on April 29 the end of March and the ing choice given his opposition to Riso, Leonard Lofnes, Betty Lee, (bet. Carlton & 6th Aves.) former manufacturing building. citing the height and facade of borough president this week projects that passed CB6 over- Maria Dominguez-Morales and The applicants, Jim Plotkin and the proposed building. released the new list. whelmingly, such as the Fairway Ivan Perez, who last year lost the Barry Leon, were seeking a “I’m glad that the building is planned for Van Brunt Street. The race to replace the disgraced former variance from the city to build a In Community Boards 2, 6 and (212) 929-0099 ext.12 rescoped to be more consistent 7, there are 23 incoming members board traditionally stands in favor councilman, Angel Rodriguez, as six-story, 60-unit, apartment with the character of the com- chosen by Borough President of protecting manufacturing in the district leader to George Martinez. building, comprised primarily munity,” DeBlasio said this Markowitz and the appropriate area, and Sones has been a Markowitz appointed Richard of multiple bedroom units. The week. “We’re looking forward City Council members. staunch advocate for housing. He Guay, Paige Sayle, Marty Ray- exception from the current zon- to seeing the new designs.” “Our community boards are has also been active with Red mond and Susan Wipper-Venet- ing is needed because the lot is The new plans are still in de- the backbone of Brooklyn,” Hook Groups Against Garbage. sky. designated for manufacturing. velopment and will come be- Markowitz said. “What I look for in a candidate They replace Ramon Acevedo, A decision as to whether the fore the Board of Standards and Borough Hall declined to pro- is commitment to the community, Jack Deacon, Susan Mammolito, apartments will be condomini- Appeals on June 24. vide information about the partic- the ability to volunteer hours for Azalia Rivera, Helen Sokoloski, ular appointees. the work expertise in some vital John Toledo, Dominick Massa Joining Community Board 2, area to the community and demo- and Alice Montalbo, as well as which covers Brooklyn Heights, graphic diversity,” Gonzalez said Gonzalez and two vacancies. Studios DUMBO, Clinton Hill and Fort through an aide. Wipper-Venetsky, a resident of Diabetes? Greene, are Markowitz appointees Sones said his first order of Windsor Terrace and founder of Andrew Lastowecky, Enida business would be “to advocate the Firefighters Appreciation Are you caught between these two health Davis, Barbara Smith-Boyd, for more diversified housing on Committee as well as the former Available all income levels.” president of the PS 154 PTA, has problems? Then you may qualify for Look AHEAD, Lenue Singletary, Nioka Young and Ann Lowenthal. Councilman “We’re a very diverse commu- been highly visible in recent a National Institutes of Health research project $ Per David Yassky appointed Rachel nity racially and I’d like to see it months protesting firehouse clos- Month studying the long-term benefits of weight loss in Foster. become more economically di- ings. Engine 278, on Seventh Av- 2500. people with type 2 diabetes. They replace Maribel Agosto, verse,” he said. enue at 50th Street, is among the Franklin Forbes, Tyler Heming- Board members Helen Henkin, eight slated for closure by Mayor Room & a 25-year veteran of community Michael Bloomberg. Physical exams, medical tests, and educational way, Sandy Holmes DeShong, George Korchowsky, Barbara Roy boards and Antonio Manzon both “I think the first order of busi- Board programs are provided at no cost to volunteers and Sheila Susskind plus one va- left the board, as did Dolly ness should definitely be to let the who qualify. cancy. Sunset Park-Red Hook Williams, who was elevated as community know that the closing Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez still Markowitz’s appointment to the of any firehouses is a losing For more information, call has one seat to fill on the board. City Planning Commission, creat- proposition to the community they Foster, who was raised in Park ing the vacancies. Longtime Cob- serve,” she said. 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ANOTHER JUDGE… QUIT… Continued from page 1 Huttner was censured for partaking in liti- Continued from page 1 Dems won’t get not return calls this week seeking comment, gation involving his Manhattan housing co- dacy for Supreme Court to the chairman of the but last June, he likened the investigation of operative, and published reports stated that screening panel, Jerome Karp, and to Norman, in a his client and the Brooklyn judiciary, in gener- Rappaport was being investigated by the letter dated Jan. 10, and has asked for “the rules, pro- al, to a witch-hunt. Commission on Judicial Conduct for failing to cedures and criteria of the committee.” Four months “It’s likely that people involved in this report knowledge of Barron’s alleged bribe so- later, an interview was scheduled — then cancelled fundraiser cash process were caught up in this frenzy involv- licitation. to accommodate her request — but the criteria has According to the Daily News, eight Brook- ing Brooklyn judges,” Gentile said last year, not yet been provided. pushing for reforms in the way the dinner and held his own shad- lyn judges have been under investigation by By Patrick Gallahue as crooked Supreme Court Judge Victor Bar- “What I have been looking for in a candidate for judges are selected in Brooklyn. ow event. the Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Brooklyn Papers ron commanded a great deal of media atten- Supreme Court may not be the same qualifications Several elected officials, such as Asked about the fundraiser, Last week, District Attorney Charles Hynes Patrons of a $300-a-ticket tion. that other people have,” Farkas said. “I don’t believe Councilmen David Yassky and Norman, chairman of the Kings announced that he had convened a grand jury Gerald Stern, administrator of the Commis- that party loyalty, carrying petitions and putting in fundraiser for the Brooklyn Bill DeBlasio attended the County Democratic Committee, sion on Judicial Conduct, responded that the to investigate how judges are selected in the 10, 15 or 20 years as a party stalwart is necessarily a Democratic Party, particular- demonstration. said new federal election rules hearings began in September, months before borough, a process controlled by the Kings qualification to be a judge.” ly insurgent members, may “It would not surprise me if the transformed the way money Barron was indicted, and that Mason moved County Democratic Committee. Kamins, who last year defended former Supreme want their money back when county leadership did not support could be given to elections and the funds between his escrow and personal That came on the heels of two Brooklyn Court Judge Victor Barron, who pleaded guilty to they come up for re-election. people who signed the letter,” necessitated the organization to checking accounts, which indicated a serious Supreme judges being charged with corrup- bribery, did not return calls for comment. The proceeds from Thursday’s said Yassky, one of the elected of- “reactivate” the political action breach in ethics. tion in the past 16 months. In January 2001, The screening panel, stacked with Kings County annual dinner for the Kings ficials to sign on to the letter ear- committee known as the Brook- “You’re dealing with escrow funds in the Barron was indicted on bribery charges and Democratic Committee allies including Ravi Batra, County Democratic Committee ly. lyn Democrats. first instance that were co-mingled with his last week, Judge Gerald Garson was arrested a law partner of Norman, has been the center of crit- actually went to another organi- The party, however, could go “We don’t punish members of own personal funds,” Stern said. “These are for allegedly fixing divorce cases for a price. icism focused on the process. zation, known as the “Brooklyn one step further and fund cam- our executive committee,” he told matters pertaining to ethics, not a landlord- Barron copped a plea last year in exchange Since the arrest last week of Justice Gerald Gar- Democrats.” paigns against those who’ve been The Brooklyn Papers. “We may tenant dispute.” for a sentence of three to nine years in prison. son for bribery, the second Brooklyn Supreme Court The Kings County Democratic a thorn in county’s side with the agree. We may disagree. There’s The commission’s report came on the heels Garson is free on $15,000 bail and has report- judge to be charged with a felony in 16 months, the Committee is only permitted to money raised on Thursday night, discussion, there’s no punish- of the reassignments of two other Brooklyn edly been cooperating with prosecutors to process has been under fire from all angles. use its funds for general elections said the former state Senate mi- ment. This is not the criminal jus- Supreme judges, Richard Huttner and Edward gather evidence of corruption in Brooklyn ju- District Attorney Charles Hynes called the judicial and housekeeping, but the Brook- nority leader, Brooklyn Heights tice system.” Rappaport. dicial selection process. selection process “a sham” and convened a grand lyn Democrats is a political ac- state Sen. Martin Connor. Specifics about the functioning jury to investigate the procedure. tion committee, which means the “It could be used against them of the organization, its officers After being confronted with the evidence against money could be used in primar- and they had the temerity to put and the federal laws that necessi- him, Garson reportedly wore a wire to meetings with ies. [Fleishman and Daly’s] names tated the change were referred to county Democratic leaders to discuss elevating Given the list of dissidents on the invitation,” Connor, one the executive director of the par- friends to judgeships for a fee. Published reports confronting the party organiza- of the state’s top election ty, Jeffrey Feldman, who could UNDER REVIEW… have said at least one of those meetings was with Ba- tion this year, some said it was lawyers, said incredulously. not be reached for comment by Continued from page 1 credited to Garson occurred in 1998, when he tra. conceivable that the party leader, “The county dinner for the last press time. While Batra declined to comment, his attorney, dozens of phone calls to the hotline but cer- ordered an Orthodox husband, unwilling to Assemblyman Clarence Norman, seven or eight years went to “It’s not kosher,” said Fleish- grant his 22-year-old Sephardic wife of four- Randy Mastro, a deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, could seek some payback. Kings County Democratic Coun- man. tainly not all of them about Judge Garson.” told The Brooklyn Papers, “Mr. Batra recalls having The calls, Bookstaver said, “are being months a “get,” or religious divorce, to pay The county dinner, after all, ty Committee,” Connor said. “My name was on the invita- $500 a week in permanent maintenance. met with Judge Garson several weeks ago and hav- was greeted with a protest, organ- “Certainly this new group, the tion and I am not an officer of the looked into.” ing a conversation that he recalls was uneventful and “We encourage people, if they feel there’s While a marriage can be invalidated by the ized by state committee members Brooklyn Democrats, hijacked Brooklyn Democrats. I am an of- civil authorities, a woman is still considered unremarkable … [He] certainly didn’t discuss with Alan Fleishman and Liz Daly, to the county dinner.” ficer of the Kings County Demo- an impropriety, to use the hotline,” he added. Judge Garson, or anyone else, anything untoward.” “Sometimes it just requires an explanation, married in Jewish law until the husband grants urge Norman to sign on to a letter Connor subsequently skipped cratic Committee.” sometimes it requires further investigation.” a get. The woman, known as “agunah,” is then He said that Batra has not On April 23, Garson, a former treasurer for unable to remarry and often faces hardship been called to meet with the the Kings County Democratic Committee, and even harassment. grand jury. was arrested on charges that he, along with six Garson cited a 1983 statute that ordered Asked if the grand jury accomplices, fixed divorce cases for a fee. spouses to remove all “barriers to remarriage,” probe has implicated members Also charged in the case are: Nissim El- and due to the husband’s failure to do so, ordered of the screening panel, Hynes mann, who prosecutors say brokered Garson’s him to pay his wife $500 a week in permanent spokesman Jerry Schmetterer verdicts; Paul Siminovsky, who allegedly maintenance, which ultimately won the woman declined to discuss the investi- bribed the judge on behalf of clients; Avraham a get. The decision was lauded by Jewish gation. Findings, however, Levi, who allegedly paid over $10,000 to El- women’s groups such as Agunah International may be only a couple of mann to secure the desired outcome of his di- and the International Council of Jewish Women. weeks away. vorce case; court officer Louis Salerno, who The lawyer called the decision “brilliant” Some members of the pan- allegedly routed cases to Garson; and Rabbi and said it was surprising that Garson lasted as el, appointed by the chairmen Ezra Zafrani who with his daughter, Esther long as he did in the matrimonial part. of the Brooklyn and Staten Is- Weitzner, allegedly planned to bribe the judge “That’s a tough part,” the lawyer said. land Democratic parties, were to secure custody for Weitzner of her child. “Matrimonial law is very tough because too allied to the party, accord- Hynes was tipped off to the case by a you’re dealing with people’s emotions and ing to Brooklyn Democratic woman who was left without alimony or cus- lives.” reformers. tody of her 11-year-old daughter in a divorce Following Garson’s arrest, the chief admin- Alan Fleishman, one of the case adjudicated by Garson. She complained istrative judge for Brooklyn, Justice Ann Pfau, most outspoken advocates for that Garson had made up his mind about her announced a series of reforms designed to un- reform, who is a state commit- custody case before it had even gone to trial. cover and thwart corruption and prevent cases teeman from the 52nd Assem- The grand jury has not handed down an in- from being directed toward a particular judge, bly District of Park Slope and dictment against Garson. as was allegedly done by Ellman and others. Brooklyn Heights, said the While the Office of Court Administration Her office will conduct a daily review of resignations of Farkas and was busy this week looking at Garson’s record the assignment of cases to judges to find out if Kamins were a sign that the as a judge others were shocked, and recalled a the random assignment procedure was fol- screening panel “was on its hard-working jurist who came up with imagi- lowed; begin rotating the clerks and officers last legs.” native solutions to sensitive problems. among the civil trial part judges on a regular Remaining members of the “In general he was a hardworking judge basis and develop a computer system to alert panel include Karp, Bruce who knew his work, tried cases and worked the Inspector General’s Office of any over- Behrins, Martin Edelman, hard,” said one Court Street lawyer who spoke rides of the random assignment. Roger Adler, John Gulino, on the condition of anonymity. The Office of Court Administration’s hot- Trevor Headley, Sanford Among the most noteworthy decisions line is (866) 302-7001. —Patrick Gallahue Rubenstein and Luther Williams. Reformers have circulated a letter seeking support for a plan to scrap the screening panel in favor of a new com- DINNER PROTEST… mittee, appointed by district leaders, and comprised of aca- Continued from page 1 who lost his seat last year to Marty Golden, demics, bar association mem- Slope Councilman Bill DeBlasio, both De- and who is currently a City Councilman. bers and public interest mocrats, and a handful of state committee “They can’t even get a list of their state lawyers. The screening com- members including Sunset Park District Senators together,” Connor said. mittee could then produce Leader George Martinez and Midwood Dis- Connor also slammed the county organiza- three judges for each vacancy trict Leader Jacob Gold. tion for raising money for not the Kings — instead of being handed a The protestors were seeking reforms in the County Democratic Committee but a separate slate selected by party leaders way judges are selected in Brooklyn after state political action committee [see “Dems won’t — and the district leaders Supreme Court Judge Gerald Garson was ar- get fundraiser cash,” this page]. could vote on endorsements. rested on charges that he fixed divorce cases Inside the May 1 dinner, several hundred The letter has so far been for a fee. people sipped cocktails and sat down to a signed by Rep. Nydia Ve- Fleishman and others are urging the chair- $300 a plate fundraiser. lazquez, Rep. Major Owens, man of the county committee, Assemblyman District Attorney Charles Hynes, a longtime Brooklyn Heights state Sen. Clarence Norman, to sign on to a five-point party ally, was conspicuously absent. Since Martin Connor, Park Slope plan to develop a judicial screening panel ap- Garson’s arrest, he has convened a grand jury Assemblyman Jim Brennan, pointed by district leaders and promote greater to investigate the process in which judges are Brooklyn Heights Assembly- participation among the executive committee. selected in Brooklyn. Hynes called that proce- woman Joan Millman, Fort “I do not believe the judiciary should be dure “a sham,” and reportedly has evidence — Greene Councilman James politicized,” said Yassky. “But I do believe the obtained through Garson — linking other par- Davis, Brooklyn Heights time has come that political representatives stand ty officials to efforts to buy judgeships. Councilman David Yassky up and do something about these problems.” The district attorney’s office declined to and eight district leaders. Norman simply said of the protest that it was- comment on his absence at the dinner. The letter was written by n’t necessary, and that if asked he would have Of the grand jury probe, Norman said, “In Fleishman and Liz Daly, the placed it on the executive committee agenda. light of the fact that there have been these ru- female district leader for the In addition to the demonstration, the former mors that judgeships have been bought and 52nd AD. state Senate minority leader, state Sen. Martin sold, I know that with this grand jury conduct- State committee members Connor, of Brooklyn Heights, who last year ing its business and doing a thorough investiga- requested, and were verbally publicly defended Norman, held his own shad- tion there’s only one, and but one, disposition notified of, the makeup of the ow dinner at Pete’s Downtown Restaurant, on that they can come to and that is that those ru- screening panel in early Old Fulton Street, furious over the scandals mors and those allegations are indeed false.” March. The panel was also and dissention within the organization. Also in sharp contrast to last year, Norman broadened to include four “It’s pathetic,” Connor said. “It’s been one did not address the adversity facing the party. women and two Hispanics, af- thing after another for a few years now.” At last year’s dinner, Norman said, “My mes- ter requests for greater diversi- To add embarrassment to ignominy, the ad sage to those who willfully transpire to under- ty. in the dinner journal sponsored by the Brook- mine our party by using lies, innuendo, false The new members are Pa- lyn Democratic delegation to the state Senate newspaper headlines and those articles that lack tricia Ann Taylor and Manuel was filled with errors including a listing of substance is simply, you don’t know who you’re Ortega, appointed by the Stat- Minority Leader David Paterson, who is from messing with, we are Brooklynites!” en Island county leader, As- Manhattan and whose name was misspelled; On Thursday, the county leader kept his semblyman John Lavelle. four errors to delegation members’ conference broad remarks focused on the state and federal Norman appointed Helene titles — not including omissions — and the budgets. “I made my statement and I don’t Blank, Lisa Lashley, Elena inclusion of former state Sen. Vincent Gentile, have to keep reiterating it,” he said later. Makau and Manuel Romero.

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Windsor high-rise Live a Healthier Life “The city of Brooklyn may have passed away,” it was written. “But that civic pride which characterized it was inspired by the reception that By Patrick Gallahue took place at the mayor’s office. It cropped out on every side and though The Brooklyn Papers the tremendous assemblage at the City Hall could hardly have been said to have been merry, it was patriotic and ready to appreciate everything It’s deja vous all over B ergen that was said in favor of the city that was loved and the borough that again. would be loved just as the city had been.” Another building in Wind- And then, too, the issues read as a scrapbook of sorts to the borough’s sor Terrace, decried by some Family Health more enduring features and their transformations over time. local residents as too tall, has In 1861, the opening night of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, then on many of the same proponents Center Montague Street, featured dances of the “Quadrille,” “Polka and Esmeral- do” and “Lanciers,” “an entertainment,” the Eagle wrote, “of that kind to and opponents as another that which the building is chiefly to be devoted.” But times have changed, and rose in the neighborhood three BAM moved to Fort Greene in 1903 after its original building burned years ago. 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The architect is Bricolage • Nutrition A note on the Web site states that digitization of the years after 1902 de- Designs, which in 2000 creat- with what’s there,” he said. fore Community Board 7’s Health Care Needs pends on future funding. ed another high-rise building “Right now you have a non- Land Use committee for a in the neighborhood, at 107 conforming commercial use public hearing on May 12 at • Outpatient Mental Prospect Park Southwest. and that will be replaced. 6:30 pm, in the basement of Health Screening Then as now Windsor Ter- “There are other buildings the Holy Name Church Recto- race Assemblyman Jim Bren- within a couple of blocks that ry, at 245 Prospect Park West. nan is mobilizing opposition are of similar height,” he After the community board SUE SHEEN… to the plan. added of the 67-foot building makes its recommendation the Continued from page 1 “There is a consensus in proposed for the corner of proposal will go to the Board it almost three years ago. Windsor Terrace that we’d Prospect and 11th avenues. of Standards and Appeals, Novakovic is also suing Sheen, an ardent anti-war activist who plays the like small-scale development The area, which is largely which has final say over the president on the NBC television series, “The West Wing.” when possible,” Brennan told low-scale, does have some big- project. Novakovic, 36, whose family left Croatia because of political persecu- The Brooklyn Papers. “And ger buildings, constructed be- The Windsor Terrace com- tion in 1969, wrote “The Lone Mercy” in 1998, and showed it to Sedlar. In we don’t think there would be fore the zoning was in place. munity unsuccessfully fought 2002, Sedlar directed and produced “Mercy of the Sea,” which he was any hardship to the developer That, however, has done lit- plans for a six-story condo- shopping to American film distributors until Novakovic filed suit in November. to comply with the zoning.” tle to quell critical neighbors. minium at 107 Prospect Park Set on the Croatian coast, both “The Lone Mercy” and “Mercy of the The developers are seeking “Most of the buildings Sea” tell the tale of a mother’s search for the children she lost during that Southwest in 2000. country’s civil war. a variance to build above the around here are two and three The building faced a bevy Unless the suit is settled out of court, Judge John Martin will deter- neighborhood’s R5B zoning, stories,” said Amanda Cicarel- of opposition ranging from a mine on May 30 just how similar those two scripts are. which only allows up to four li, a resident of Prospect Av- failed lawsuit to a burglar, B ergen Implicated in the lawsuit are Sedlar; his son, Dominik, who co-direct- stories, with 19 units, Brennan enue, between 10th and 11th who broke into the building in Family Health ed; Sheen; Sheen’s daughter and “West Wing” co-star, Renee Estevez, said. avenues. “Six stories, I think, 2001 and turned on one of the Center who co-stars in “Mercy of the Sea”; Sridhar Sreekakula, who’s involved But Stuart Beckerman, an is ridiculously out of scale.” taps, letting the water run for with film sales; and Barry Morrow, a Hollywood screenwriter who’s film attorney representing the de- The building, which will 12 hours and flooding the credits include “Rain Man.” velopers, believes the new have a range of units from stu- shell of the building. 718-622-1090 Ext. 143 Judge Martin has barred distribution of the film, which finished shoot- project is in scale with the Services provided by BATF in collaboration ing last summer, until the copyright issue is settled. dio to two-bedroom, would The project was ultimately www.batf.net Novakovic says that after showing the script to Sedlar in 1998, he area. “We believe that the include 38 parking spaces. completed and began receiv- with Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center waited for a response. When he called every few months to check in, No- project will be compatible The proposal will come being tenants this year. vakovic said he was given the runaround. He eventually read of Sedlar’s “Mercy of the Sea” in Gloria magazine. “When somebody steals a script they should at least be sure to change the first page,” says Novakovic, who claims that Sedlar was so sloppy in his thievery that he forgot to change names, plot lines and entire chunks of dialogue. Novakovic also says he has a letter from Sedlar in which the filmmaker allegedly states that he “only took about 30 percent of the script.” “That’s like stealing a car and returning it with only the wheel and stereo,” Novakovic says. But Sedlar’s attorney, Fran Miller, said this week that Novakovic sold the script to her client and signed all his rights away. Miller declined to provide that documentation, noting the pending lawsuit. Novakovic de- nies that he sold the script. But despite claiming that her client bought Novakovic’s script, Miller added that Sedlar was not admitting that the script was the basis for “Mercy of the Sea.” Miller also declined to comment on who actually wrote the script. Ac- cording to the film industry Web site imdb.com, Morrow was the screenwriter for “Mercy of the Sea.” Sheen and Estevez’s attorney, Barry Langberg, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, also proclaimed his clients’ innocence when contacted at his office in Los Angeles this week. “They’re named in the lawsuit for publicity purposes. They don’t have anything to do with any wrongdoing,” said Langberg, adding that his clients had no role in the sale or distribution of the film. Sheen, 62, a vocal opponent of his real-life counterpart, President Bush, and the Iraq war, was reportedly served court papers on the White House set of the “West Wing.” An avid activist, Sheen has been arrested more than 70 times for protesting causes ranging from war to homelessness. “He promotes himself as the champion of the downtrodden,” said No- vakovic, adding that he’s been disappointed in Sheen’s lack of response. Born Ramon Estevez, in Dayton, Ohio, in 1940, the actor moved to Cal- ifornia and changed his name to Sheen to avoid Hollywood typecasting. He eventually got his big break when he landed a role as a serial killer and garbage collector in the nihilistic thriller “Badlands” (1973) along- side Sissy Spacek. He went on to make dozens of major films including “Apocalypse Now” (1979) before landing his role on “West Wing.” Aside from a bit part as a bartender in the 1990’s “Robert DeNiro-Robin Williams drama “Awakenings,” Novakovic entered the industry a decade ago with a film he made as a graduate student at Columbia University. “Are They Still Shooting?” (1993) a drama about two brothers, one fighting on the frontlines in Bosnia and Croatia and the other fighting his own battles on the streets of New York City, earned Novakovic accolades from writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel. So it is no surprise that when Novakovic, whose favorite films include 1988’s art-house classic “Cinema Paradiso” and Federico Fellini’s “8 1/2,” was flown out to Los Angeles and asked to pen a sequel to “Pretty Woman,” he turned the studio down, checked out of his Beverly Hills ho- tel and walked away from Tinseltown. Hollywood, he said, was decidedly not for him. Before moving to Park Slope last year with his wife, Alejandra, a painter and flamenco dancer whom he met while working in Buenos Aires, Novakovic was happily ensconced in his TriBeCa apartment. But after the World Trade Center attacks, an event he witnessed from his living room window, the screenwriter moved to Brooklyn, a place where, he says, he can see the open sky without getting a crick in his neck. Now Novakovic, who is finsihing another screenplay, is looking forward to putting the battle over his screenplay behind him and getting on with other projects. “I’m not going to make a career out of being a victim,” he said, adding that he hopes that this lawsuit will make others think twice about stealing a writer’s work. FIREHOUSE… Continued from page 1 Among the firehouses Bloomberg will close are Engine Company 204 in Cobble Hill, on Degraw Street between Court and Smith streets, and Engine Company 278 in Sunset Park, on Seventh Avenue at 50th Street. Elected officials were irate after their suspicion that the panel was little more than a smokescreen was confirmed by two of its own. “The commission did not even visit the neighborhoods that would be affected by the threatened closings,” said Park Slope Councilman Bill DeBlasio in a statement. “We will continue to fight the mayor’s decision with every tool available to us.” During a budget modification late last year, the mayor proposed closing the firehouses to save $10.8 million. To counter Bloomberg’s proposal the City Council agreed to convene a blue-ribbon commission with the mayor to investigate how best to deal with the necessary cuts. The seven-member panel was composed of three representatives from the Fire Department, two Bloomberg appointees and two Miller appointees. Besides Corbett and Fellini the panel included Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, who serves at the discretion of the mayor, Chief of Department Frank Cruthers and Chief of Operations Salvatore Cassano, both appointed by Scoppetta. The mayor’s appointees were Stanley Brezenoff, a former deputy mayor in the Koch administration and the CEO of Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park; and Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone. Both Corbett and Fellini said they made alternative suggestions to generate revenue such as fee-based inspections for high-risk buildings, a top-to-bottom review of inefficient procedures and an expansion of the Emergency Medical Service. “The level of scrutiny that should have been put into this didn’t hap- pen,” Corbett said. Throughout the process council members protested repeated indica- tions from the Bloomberg administration that the city did not intend to seriously consider other options. Deputy Mayor Marc Shaw publicly called the agreement to form the panel a “political punt.” “At that point everyone knew it was a sham,” Stephen Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, told the committee. “It was hoped that the panel’s meetings would be open to the public and that they would do their jobs as was initially agreed to. This was only wishful thinking.” The testimony of Corbett and Fellini was preceded by a speech by Scoppetta who said that despite receiving $2.7 billion in aid from Albany the eight firehouses would still close, as soon as May 23. The state aid package did, however, spare 40 firehouses that Bloomberg threatened with closure in his “doomsday budget.” 8 AWP HomeTHE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM May 12, 2003 IMPROVEMENT

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The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings (718) 834-9350 • May 12, 2003 Christopher Miler rooklyn Working Artist Coalition’s “Pier Show 11 Car- nival” opens in Red Hook May 10 (noon to 6 pm) with B a reception featuring music by Lovebutton, refreshments and the opportunity to view the diverse artwork of more than 250 artists, including Edward Murr’s “Wendy & Friend” (pictured). The Pier Show hangs in a historic Civil War-era warehouse, overlooking the Statue of Liberty, at 499 Van Brunt Time out St. at Beard Street. On opening day, a free Con Edison shut- tle bus will run between the Smith and Ninth streets F train station and the Pier Show. On May 17, from noon to 5 pm, the BWAC Pier Show will be augmented by the Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festi- val, sponsored by Dance Theater Etcetera. The performing arts festival will bring dance, poetry, food, music and entertainment to the waterfront ’hood. for mom BWAC’s Pier Show is open weekends, from noon to 6 pm, through June 14, when it culminates with a silent auc- This Mother’s tion. Admission is free. For more information, call (718) 596-2507 or visit bwac.org. — Lisa J. Curtis Day, surprise her with a trip for two at a day spa DANCE

By Lisa J. Curtis The Brooklyn Papers ‘Dirt Road’ redux his Mother’s Day, don’t take mom’s n May 9 and May 10, choreographer Ronald K. love for granted. After all, she still Brown’s Fort Greene-based company Evidence will T loves you unconditionally — despite O perform the New York City premiere of his recon- the fact that you drove up those insurance structed 1994 piece premiums after your many fender benders “Dirt Road.” In the in high school, that you moved to New lengthy work, Brown York City after college, despite your huge (pictured with Essence wedding … but I digress. Magazine’s Susan Ta- This year, take some time to be with ylor in October) incor- your mother and leave your whirlwind of porates hip-hop dance, a life on the other side of the soundproof spoken word and mu- doors of a day spa. I brought my mom to sic to portray a family’s Pilo Arts Day Spa & Salon in Bay Ridge journey through grief for the “Pilo Day of Beauty,” which in- and loss in the 1990s.

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was that I booked the same Day of Beauty Papers The Brooklyn had fallen out of the package, so I could be right by her side Put her feet up: Pilo Arts Day Spa & Salon aesthetician Vogue Gaal with co-owners Paul Pastore and Elena Solitario at one of the company’s repertory,” and we could enjoy the day together. salon’s luxurious pedicure stations. Maurine Knighton, We began in the morning with facials, executive producer of then massages in private rooms. At Pilo, 651 ARTS, told GO

facials include paraffin hand treatments said, her newly exfoliated cheeks pink and treatment. volume and applying oil adds extra shine Brooklyn. “Given the Papers The Brooklyn and incorporate some hot and cold mas- dewy. “At my age, I don’t want anything We were pressed for time, so we had and protects chemically treated hair. He evolution of Ron’s sage stones. Although we both had “signa- too energetic.” lunch delivered to us on clever tables at- instantly became my hair guru. choreographic vocabulary since 1994, both the choreogra- ture facials,” they were customized for our I requested a deeper tissue massage to tached to our adjacent leather, massaging After makeup applications by Suzanne pher and 651 ARTS felt it was important for audiences to different needs by work out the sore pedicure chairs. Shirley and Maggie res- Alfonso and Christine Vallaro in the latest experience from whence Ron has come, to better understand our aestheticians muscles from our cued our battered tootsies, while mom en- spring colors, our eyes literally twinkled his roots as both an artist and as a person.” Bela and Sara. BEAUTY recent SoHo shop- joyed a light lady’s lunch of tuna salad with sparkling “eye dust.” Mom and I 651 Arts gave Brown a $10,000 reconstruction grant to Our Swedish mas- ping spree. (When and I tucked into a giant cheeseburger emerged buffed, gleaming and infinitely re-set “Dirt Road” and add it to the current company reper- The “Pilo Day of Beauty” is $314 per per- sages were also ad- son with a haircut with a master stylist and mom and I go deluxe (with extra mayo, thank you). I more glamorous and rested than when we tory. justed to our very $304 with an artistic stylist at Pilo Arts Day shopping, I’m the chose bright-red lacquer while mom opted had arrived. And the real luxury of the An excerpt from Brown’s “Destiny” (1998), which different specifica- Spa & Salon, 8412 Third Ave. in Bay Ridge. bag lady.) My for a subtle beige, with fingers to match. day: we were finally able to spend time blends African and modern dance styles, will also be per- The spa offers gift certificates for any serv- tions. Our massage ice, package or dollar amount. For more in- masseuse Stuart After her short, sleek locks were styled alone with each other. formed. therapists asked formation call (718) 748-7411 or visit www.pi- worked deep, de- by Leah Shortall, mom was ready for As I waved goodbye to my mom, who On May 16 and May 17, the Dayton Contemporary where our aches and loarts.com on the Web. tangling muscles makeup. was driving back home to Massachusetts, Dance Company, led by Debbie Blunden-Diggs and Kevin pains were and they and leaving me I opted for a precision haircut with Pilo I felt of pang of sadness. She called the Ward, will perform Brown and Donald McKayle’s “Chil- inquired if we pre- with limp-noodle co-owner Paul Pastore, who snipped away next day to thank me, and said that when dren of the Passage” (1999), as well as Ulysses Dove’s ferred massage cream or oil. (Massage arms that he was ultimately able to swing with inverted V-cuts to give my long, re- she was looking back at me in her “Vespers” (1986), Blunden-Diggs’ “In My Father’s House” cream is absorbed into the skin, and does- around like slack string. cently straightened hair a style that had rearview mirror, she felt sad, too. I blinked (1997), and the New York premiere of Bebe Miller’s 2002 n’t require a post-massage shower.) Mom Mom and I reunited in the relaxation movement, and layers that so perfectly back tears with my sparkling eyelids, and work, “Aerodigm.” wanted to relax, and Terry offered a mas- room, where mothers and daughters can complemented my round face that family wiped another tear from my moisturized Performances begin at 8 pm at the BAM Harvey Theater, sage without beating strokes — only re- compare notes and enjoy bellinis and a members asked if I had lost weight! Pas- cheek with my perfectly manicured hand 651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene. Tickets are laxing, de-stressing pressure, said mom. light lunch. Spa-goers also have the option tore also offered much-needed styling tips: and vowed to schedule our next day at the $40, $30 and $20. For tickets, call (718) 636-4100. “When I go to a spa, I go to relax,” she to shower and steam or relax until the next blow-drying hair upside down adds extra spa. — Lisa J. Curtis

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(718) 891-2490. Free. grounds. Learn what’s old, Flatbush Ave. (718) 398-5413. SPRING MARKET: at Greenwood Also, “Light and Photography” Slovin. $5. 8 pm. 227 Fourth Baptist Church. 10 am to 4 pm. PIER SHOW 11: Brooklyn what’s new and what’s planned. workshop. 2 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 857-4816. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: The Working Artists Coalition pres- $15, $10 members of Historic 461 Sixth St. (718) 768-2488. Ave. (718) 735-4400. THEATER: “Blood Wedding,” by Harlequin performs. $6. 9 pm. PLANT SALE: In time for Mother’s ents the opening reception for Fund. 1 pm. Meet at main MOTHER’S DAY CRAFTS: Salt Federico Garcia Lorca. $12, 70 North Sixth St. (718) 782- its art show. Live music by entrance, 25th Street and Fifth Day, Brooklyn Bear’s Pacific Marsh Nature Center offers a $10 seniors, $5 students. 2 and 5188. Street Garden hosts a sale. Lovebutton, refreshments and Inaka Avenue. (631) 549-4891. gift-making class. 2 pm. 3002 8 pm. Gershwin Theater, BAM CAFE: presents Theo Annuals, perennials and herbs. more. Noon to 6 pm. 499 Van HOUSE TOUR: Brooklyn Heights Inaka Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. Brooklyn College, one block Bleckmann and Kirk Nurock. 10 am to 4 pm. (718) 636- Brunt St. (718) 596-2507. Free. Association hosts its annual PERFORMANCES from the intersection of $10 food/ drink minimum. 10 GARD. ART SHOW: First Unitarian Sushi House event. Once-a-year opportunity Flatbush and Nostrand pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) OUTDOOR MARKET: at Flatbush Church hosts an arts festival Our experienced Sushi Chef to visit five private houses and SUZUKI VIOLIN: Year-end festival avenues. (718) 951-4500. 636-4111. Reformed Church. 10 am to 4 featuring music, dance, poetry prepares the freshest Sushi gardens. $30. 3 to 5 pm. of violin and cello students. MUSICAL: New Utrecht High TWO BOOTS: Nights Owls per- pm. Flatbush and Church and refreshments. Noon to 4 & Sashimi to order! Tickets available at 129 12:20 pm. Levenson Recital School presents “Footloose.” form Latin-rhythms. No cover. avenues. (718) 284-5140. pm. Corner of Pierrepont Pierrepont St. (718) 858-9193. Hall, Brooklyn College, one $10, $8 seniors and students. 8 10 pm to midnight. 514 BOOK FAIR: First Unitarian Street and Monroe Place. (718) Sukiyaki, Yosenabe & Shabu BROOKLYN PICNIC: Bike Week block from the intersection of pm. 1601 80th St. (718) 232- Second St. (718) 499-3253. Church hosts its annual event 624-5466. Free. hosts a family picnic. Noon to 3 Flatbush and Nostrand 2500. LOW BAR: presents music with featuring fiction, mystery, BOOK MARK SHOPPE: Chef Bill Shabu prepared at your table pm. See BikeWeekNYC.org avenues. (718) 951-4500. Free. DANCE: “Black Dance: Transition Jamie Weisberg. No cover. romance, sci-fi, history and Aftoora talks about his book WATER WONDERS: Prospect Park BARGEMUSIC: chamber music and Transformation” presents 10:30 pm. 81 Washington St. other types of books. Noon to “Cooking in the Comfort Combination Teriyaki & Tempura Available Audubon Center offers an interac- program by Mussorgsky and “Ronald Brown and Evidence: (718) 222-1LOW. 4 pm. Corner of Pierrepont Zone.” 1 pm. 6906 11th Ave. A light, healthy meal for the entire family. tive exhibit about the park’s water- Tchaikovsky. $35. 7:30 pm. Dirt Road.” $40, $30, $20. 8 PRE-THESIS FEST: International Street and Monroe Place. (718) (718) 680-3680. Free. ways. Noon to 5 pm. Prospect Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 one-act classics directed by the 624-5466. 624-2083. Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. SINGLES BRUNCH: Fun-Guru (bet 4th & 5th Sts.) Park. (718) 287-3400. Free. first year MFA Directors at JEWELRY SALE: Jewelry from invites singles to a dim sum 236 7th Ave. CHILDREN PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Love HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents “My Brooklyn College, Department Israel. After sundown. 63 South brunch. $20. 1 pm. 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Call for time. 30 Lafayette Ave. Films From Slovenia” series from her poetry. $7. 7:30 pm. (718) 636-4100. presents “Idle Running” (1999). Sotto Voce Lounge, 453 Fourth $10. 2 and 6:50 pm. Also, St. (718) 369-9322. HURS AY “Fortress Europe” (2001). 4:30 PAINTING: Norwegian Folk T , M 15 and 9:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. WHERE TO GO... Painting group meets. 7:30 BLOOD DRIVE: at New York (718) 595-2150. pm. Refreshments. All wel- Aquarium. Free admission to READING SERIES: Fiction-writers come. 59th Street Church, 749 aquarium after donation. 10 Continued from page GO 3... bers, $8 seniors and students. 1 famous operas. 2 pm. Levenson Lindsay Ahl and Michael Russell 59th St. (718) 853-1734. Free. am to 4 pm. Surf Avenue and Ridge Center, 6935 Fourth Ave. to 3 pm. Meet on steps of Recital Hall, Brooklyn College, read from their works. 6 pm. MEETING: Eilat Chapter of West Eighth Street. (718) 265- (718) 748-0650. Tennis House in Prospect Park. one block from the intersection Barbes Cafe, 376 Ninth St. Hadassah holds an open meet- 3454. (718) 965-9177. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: “The New (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. of Flatbush and Nostrand ing. Prospective new members PROJECT CHANCE: Workshop Films From Slovenia” series GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Tour avenues. (718) 951-4500. Free. OCULARIS FILM: Cinema of cordially invited to attend. for parents on “Nutrition.” 3 presents “Blind Spot” (2002). and talk about Green-Wood’s LECTURE SERIES: Brooklyn Public Williamsburg Style presents 7:30 pm. Temple Shalom, 2075 pm. 44-60 Rockwell Place. $10. 2 and 6:30 pm. Q & A with historical, sociological, architec- Library hosts a series on Jews programs at 7 and 9:30 pm. E. 68th St. (718) 382-6454. (718) 694-6957. Free. director Hanna Slak follows tural, artistic, horticultural and and the Media. Today: “Jews in $6. 70 North Sixth St. (718) LECTURE: Congregation B’nai 782-5188. FLOWER WORKSHOP: The 6:30 pm screening. Also, theatrical appeal. $6. 1 pm. Radio.” 2 pm. Brooklyn Public Avraham of Brooklyn Heights Horticultural Society of New “Ljubljana” (2002). 4:30 and Meet inside main entrance at Library, Central branch, Grand hosts the latest in its ongoing York hosts a talk on how to 9:30 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. Fifth Avenue and 35th Street. Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Monday night discussions with ON AY plant and transform your gar- (718) 595-2150. (718) 469-5277. Free. M , M 12 Rabbi Aaron Raskin. The cur- den. Children and adults wel- BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN: BARGEMUSIC: chamber music rent series is titled, “Ethics of SPEED DATING: Straight singles. BOOK FAIR: at Adelphi Academy. come. Gloves and tools provid- Meet 9 to 18 singles for one- Spring Fest 2003 begins and program by Bach and Kurtag. Our Fathers.” Today: “Think ed. 3 to 4:30 pm. Brooklyn lasts until Father’s Day. Enjoy $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Judith Angel Photography 9 am to 2 pm. 8515 Ridge First: No One is Born in a on-one dates. 3 pm. Park Slope Boulevard. (718) 238-3308. Public Library, Red Hook Food Co-op, 782 Union St. Call concerts on the Cherry Landing. (718) 624-2083. Vacuum.” It is open to every- branch, 8 Wolcott St. (212) for info. (718) 622-0560. Esplanade, outdoor poetry CONCERT: St. Jacobi Lutheran SUPPORT: SHHH-Self Help for the one, regardless of religious 757-0915. Free. readings, film, tours and more. Church hosts a concert by the Historic homes Hard of Hearing meets. 2 pm. background. 8 pm. 117 IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION: Brooklyn College Student BASIC JUDAISM: Congregation Learn about the laws of attrac- Highlights include a reading of Corona Ensemble for Mother’s Remsen St. (718) 802-1827. Center, Campus Road and East Free. B’nai Avraham offers a talk tion, as taught by “Success poems for Mother’s Day by the Day. Music spans classical Be a nosy neighbor — enjoy the Brooklyn Heights “The Holidays: An Walt Whitman Project and a baroque to American folk. 4 27th Street. (718) 769-6771. MUSIC: Concert for violin, viola, Coach” Kevin Gallagher. $30. 4 Association’s annual House and Garden Tour. Free. Appointments Calendar.” 6:30 pm. Devi, 837 Union St. (718) concert by Toshi Reagon. $5, $3 pm. 5406 Fourth Ave. (718) cello, piano and voice. 8:30 seniors and students, free for to 8 pm. 117 Remsen St. (718) 636-8121. 439-8978. Free. The self-guided May 10 tour will take you inside five MUSIC: Brooklyn Youth Chorus pm. Mark Morris Dance Center, 596-4840. Free. children 16 and under. 10 am to JAZZ: Annette St. John and her hosts its annual benefit. Actress 3 Lafayette Ave. Reservations ART: Brooklyn Arts Exchange pres- 5 pm. 1000 Washington Ave. 19th-century townhouses, including a Victorian brick Rosie Perez is emcee. $150. BARGEMUSIC: chamber music ents opening of exhibit “But It Trio perform. $15 includes necessary. (718) 624-8400, ext. (718) 623-7220. house with finely carved marble mantles (pictured), from Silent auction preview from 6 214. Free. program by Schubert, Doesn’t Look Like Me.” 421 champagne. 4:30 and 5:45 pm. Mendelssohn and Brahms. $35. WILLIAMSBURG WALK: New York Up Over Jazz Cafe, 351 1 pm to 5 pm. to 6:30 pm. Concert choral GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Fifth Ave. Call for time. (718) performance at 6:30 pm. Buffet 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. 832-0018. Free. Like a Native offers a walk Flatbush Ave. (718) 398-5413. Evening of burlesque. 9:30 pm. around Brooklyn’s most diverse General admission tickets are $30 and include the reception at 7:30 pm. Brooklyn (718) 624-2083. COMEDY: Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha. HALCYON CAFE: presents music No cover. 70 North Sixth St. neighborhood. $15. 2 to 4:30 house tour, refreshments at Plymouth Church (and a Museum of Art, 200 Eastern (718) 782-5188. BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts a $5. 9 pm. The Boudoir Bar, 273 with Amoeba Technology. 7 pm discussion group. This month’s pm. Call for reservations and to midnight. No cover. 227 Parkway. (718) 243-9447. Smith St. (718) 624-8878. meeting place. (718) 393-7537. tour of the sanctuary), while $200 patron tickets include PUBLIC HEARING: of Community selection is “Picasso: My AUCTION: and music at Lafayette Smith St. (718) 260-WAXY. Grandfather,” by Mariana a champagne brunch, tour of an additional house, an Board 7. Zoning issues will be TUES, MAY 13 Avenue Presbyterian Church. CHILDREN THEATER: “Blood Wedding.” 2 Picasso. 7:30 pm. 106 Court St. pm. See Sat. early start on the tour and all general admission perks. discussed. 6:30 pm. Holy $25. 7 to 10 pm. 85 South CHINATOWN FOR KIDS: Dr. Phil’s Name Church, 245 Prospect HOUSING FAIR: Bay Ridge (718) 246-4996. Free. Oxford St. (718) 625-7515. New York Talks and Walks GALLERY PLAYERS: “Chess.” 3 According to BHA Executive Director Judy Stanton, the Park West. (718) 854-0003. HALCYON CAFE: presents a pm. See Sat. Center for Older Adults hosts a SINGLES: Bay Ridge Singles Club invites kids to take a walk house tour proceeds are given back to the community — IDENTITY PROTECTION: Brooklyn fair featuring representatives poetry and prose reading. No hosts “Hawaiian Cafe.” $5. 7:30 through Chinatown. $8. 11 am. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “My Fair Public Library, Business branch, from Con Edison, legal aid, cover. 7:30 pm. 227 Smith St. pm. Our Lady of Angels Meet at northwest corner of Lady.” 3 pm. See Sat. in the form of grants to PS 8 and to the Atlantic Avenue hosts a talk “You Know Who EPIC, Medicaid, Access Ride, (718) 260-WAXY. Church, 7320 Fourth Ave. (718) Bowery and Canal streets. (888) PUPPET OPERA: “The Barber of Master Plan process this past year — and also help pay You Are.” Seminar offers way elder law, Mitchell-Lama BRIC STUDIO: presents American 256-3551. 377-4455. Seville.” 3 pm. See Sat. BHA’s operating costs and programs including tree main- to protect yourself from identi- Apartments and many more. Theater Nexus, featuring work BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Love ty theft. 6:30 to 8 pm. 280 Transportation available. 9:30 by Tom X Chao. $10, $8 stu- MUSEUM: presents “The Letters.” 3:30 pm. See Sat. tenance. Cadman Plaza West. (718) 623- am to noon. 6935 Fourth Ave. dents. 7:30 pm. 57 Rockwell SUN, MAY 11 Roots of Swing.” $3. 1:30 and 3 OTHER “We spend $10,000 a year on street tree mainte- 7000. Free. (718) 748-0650, ext. 121. Free. Place. (718) 855-7882. pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) BARNES AND NOBLE: presents OPERA: Regina Opera Company GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: CD Mother’s Day 735-4400. SUNDAYS ON MYRTLE: Lecture nance,” said Stanton. “Last year, we used the moneys historian Michael Immerso, performs “An Afternoon of release party for “Birth of PUPPETWORKS: “Cinderella.” and demo on photography: donated to water and fertilize the trees, supplement- reading from his book “Coney Opera and Popular Music.” George,” a chamber opera. $5. OUTDOORS AND TOURS 12:30 and 2:30 pm. See Sat. how to buy it, collect it and ing the work the Parks Department does.” Island: The People’s 1:30 pm. Brooklyn Public 6 to 9 pm. 70 North Sixth St. SPRING FLOWER WALK: frame it. $15. 4 to 6 pm. Playground.” 7 pm. 106 Court Library, Macon branch, 361 (718) 782-5188. Brooklyn Center for the Urban PERFORMANCES Clinton Hill Simply Art and The tours will be held rain or shine. For more informa- St. (718) 246-4996. Free. Lewis Ave. (718) 376-6185. SOUTHPAW: Pontani Sisters and Environment takes a walk OPERA: Brooklyn College Opera Framing Gallery, 583 Myrtle tion, call the BHA at (718) 858-9193. — Lisa J. Curtis READING SERIES: Jeffrey Free. others perform for a benefit for through woods and meadows Theater presents students in Ave. (718) 624-5041. McDaniel reads from his works. MEETING: AARP of Bay Ridge Projekt Brooklyn. $10. 8 pm. of Prospect Park. $11, $9 mem- scenes and vignettes from BAMCINEMATEK: “The New Also, Rachel McKibbens reads meets. 2:30 pm. Shore Hill 125 Fifth Ave. (718) 834-9120. Housing, 9000 Shore Road. LOW BAR: presents music with (718) 748-9114. Radigan. No cover. 10 pm. 81 MUSIC: Corona Ensemble per- Washington St. (718) 222- forms a program of classical 1LOW. baroque and American folk. 4 GALLERY PLAYERS: “Chess.” 8 pm. St. Jacobi Evangelical pm. See Sat. Lutheran Church, 5406 Fourth Ave. (718) 439-8978. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents FRI, MAY 16 “Light and Shadows” series. Today “Incubus” (1966). $10. NATURE CENTER TOUR: Salt 4:30, 6:50 and 9:30 pm. Marsh Nature Center offers a Cinemachat with film critic tour of its displays and the his- Elliott Stein and producer Tony tory of Marine Park and Taylor after 6:50 pm screening. Gerritsen Beach. 2 to 4 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636- 3302 Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. 4100. Free. BARNES AND NOBLE: Monthly BENEFIT SHOW: Kentler book discussion group. Today’s International Drawing Space selection is “Roscoe,” by hosts “100 Small Works on William Kennedy. 7 pm. 106 Paper.” $100 includes one Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. work of art. 6 pm. 353 Van SOUTHPAW: Positive Focus, a Brunt St. (718) 875-2098. center for emerging photo RECEPTION: 718 Gallery hosts a artists, hosts a benefit party. reception for its exhibit “Color $15, $10 students. 7 pm. Fifth Portraits by Ann Rosen.” 6 pm. Avenue at St. John’s Place. 164 Fifth Ave. (718) 636-1103. (718) 854-4639. BARGEMUSIC: chamber music MUSIC: The Delicato Ensemble program by Schubert, performs a program of classical Mendelssohn and Brahms. $35. and contemporary works by 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. Barcos, Ibert, Kummer, Wilder (718) 624-2083. and others. $20, $15 seniors, LOW BAR: presents music with $10 students. Reception fol- The Howard Fishman Quartet. lows. 7:30 pm. Bargemusic, No cover. 10 pm. 81 Fulton Ferry Landing. (973) Washington St. (718) 222- 467-1348. 1LOW. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Pie SUGARHILL SUPPER CLUB: Live Hole Comedy features an in concert: Friends and evening of alternative comedy, Strangers Youth Jazz Band, storytelling, jokes and more. NSP Fashion Models; NSP $7. 8 pm. No cover. 70 North Dance Troupe, vocalist Simone Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. Collins and more. $20 includes MUSIC: Cerddorion, a vocal meal. 615 DeKalb Ave. Call for chamber ensemble, presents time. (917) 622-0492. “Regenerations: Ancient Tunes STARRY NIGHT: Salt Marsh Revisited.” $15, $10 students Nature Center hosts a night of and seniors. St. John’s astronomy and stargazing. 6 Episcopal Church, 139 St. pm. 3302 Ave. U. (718) 421- John’s Place. (212) 569-5593. 2021. Free. CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn Chamber Music Society pres- WEDS, MAY 14 ents its first concert. $25. 8 pm. First Unitarian Church, 50 LEADERS’ LUNCHEON: New Monroe Place. (718) 858-0718. York Chapter, Arthritis SOUTHPAW: Live music with The Foundation hosts its 14th annu- Standard. $8. 8:30 pm. 125 al Brooklyn Leaders’ Award Fifth Ave. (718) 230-0236. Luncheon. Honorees include BAM CAFE: presents The Michael Celia Weintrob, publisher of Hashim Project. $10 food/ The Brooklyn Papers. $175 per drink minimum. 9 pm. 30 ticket. 11:30 am. Brooklyn Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4111. Botanic Garden, Palm House, GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: New 1000 Washington Ave. (212) York band Gaijin A Go-Go play 984-8706. Japanese pop. $6. 9:30 pm. 70 LUNCHEON: Lutheran Medical North Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. Center Auxiliary hosts its annu- PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Love al fundraising luncheon. Noon Letters.” 8 pm. See Sat. to 4 pm. Call for ticket info. Rex Manor. (718) 748-0816. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Chess.” 8 pm. See Sat. FILM: The Watch Club hosts the classic thriller “North by HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “My Fair Northwest” (1959). 2 pm. 157 Lady.” 8 pm. See Sat. Montague St. (718) 875-6960. MICRO MUSEUM: “International Free. Not Still Art Festival.” 8 pm. MEETING: AARP, Narrows See Sat., May 17. Chapter, meets. 2 pm. Our STUDENT CONCERT: Young Lady of Angels, 337 74th St. People Performing Workshop’s (718) 788-7372. dance program. 8 pm. See 651 FLOWER WORKSHOP: The ARTS: The Dayton Horticultural Society of New Contemporary Dance York hosts a talk on how to plant and transform your garden. Children and adults welcome. Gloves and tools provided. 3:30 to 5 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, Pacific branch, 25 Fourth Ave. (212) 757-0915. Free. RECEPTION: St. Francis College presents exhibit “A Pastiche of Watercolors.” 5 to 7 pm. 180 Remsen St. (718) 489-5272. Free. MEETING: General board meeting of Community Board 6. 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St. (718) 643-3027. ARTS SEMINAR: Brooklyn Arts Council hosts a talk as part of its “Creativity and Practicality” series: “Managing a Box Office in Tight or ‘Virtual’ Quarters.” 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Gale Gates et al, 37 Main St. (718) 625-0080. Free. YOGA: Learn sahaja yoga. 6:30 to 7:45 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, Carroll Gardens branch, 396 Clinton St. (718) 833-5751. Free. NEW FEST: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents The New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Tonight’s film: “Everything Will Be Fine” (1998). $10, $7 students. Call for time. Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. JAZZ: Jazz vocalist Sanni Orasmaa sings. 7 pm. St. Joseph’s College, Quadrangle, 245 Clinton Ave. (718) 636- 0374. Free. BARNES AND NOBLE: presents Mark Costello reading from his novel “Big If.” 7:30 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Klezmer music. No cover. 8:30 pm. No cover. 70 North Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. LOW BAR: DJ Muor Wiselwod spins classic jazz and old country. No cover. 9 pm. 81 Washington St. (718) 222- 1LOW. BAMCINEMATEK: The New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival hosts its bimonthly series and presents “Everything Will Be Fine” (1998). $10, $7 students. May 12, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM 5 Fairy tale come true At BAM’s gala benefit, royals were on stage — and in the audience, too By Lisa J. Curtis danced to exquisitely elfin perfection by Bernice The Brooklyn Papers Coppieters. The child’s tale was made surprisingly adult with or one magical night, patrons of the arts in the sexy costumes designed by Jerome Kaplan. Under Borough of Kings were able to rub elbows Kaplan’s direction, Cinderella’s cruel step-siblings F with royalty from the Riviera. and stepmother wear coordinating corsets, garters and Prior to the New York premiere of Les Ballets de hoop skirts that come to intimidating points (which Monte Carlo’s “Cinderella,” gala-goers sipped magically did not appear to inhibit their performance cocktails in tents near the Brooklyn Acade- of Maillot’s refreshing blend of classical and con- my of Music and drooled over luxury temporary ballet). In fact the evil / Greg Mango / Greg / Greg Mango / Greg items on the silent auction tables step-mom’s wigs and purple Mango / Greg while trying to nonchalantly catch costumes seemed an homage to glimpses of Monaco’s royal fami- CHITTER both Cruella De Vil from “101 ly, screened by a copse of potted Dalmations” and Sour Grapes, trees at the rear of the tent. the witch who menaces Straw- 1 2 3 The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Among the celebs who turned out CHATTE berry Shortcake and her ani- Papers The Brooklyn for the black-tie extravaganza, a bene- R mated friends. Royal gathering: (1) Author Sandra Brown beams at the pre-performance reception in tents near the Brooklyn Academy of Music. (2) His Serene BAM Spring Gala fit for the ballet company and the The evening blurred the lines Highness Prince Albert of Monaco and (3) Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango Brooklyn Academy of Music, were Brooklyn Academy of entertainment and reality, as the their Royal Highnesses the Prince and of Music audience watched the fairytale about Princess of Hanover (aka Princess Caro- April 29, 2003 a bevy of lascivious maidens jockeying line and her husband, Prince Ernst August for the hand of the prince while sitting be- our democratically elected, gregarious leader Councilmen David Yassky and James Davis. the war on Iraq, the 15th anniversary screening of of Hanover) and His Serene Highness Hereditary hind real princes and princesses. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz The ball was open to all, with tickets beginning “Bull Durham,” in which Sarandon and Robbins Prince Albert. Deeply tanned actress-model Lauren The audience of arts patrons did bristle when — spotted at the post-show dinner. at $300 per couple. It raised $1.2 million for BAM starred with Kevin Costner, was moved from up- Hutton and best-selling author Sandra Brown, in- asked to rise for the royal family’s entrance and at The “Cinderella” ball was chaired by the Honor- and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. state Cooperstown to BAM. jecting a dose of movie-star glamour in their glittering intermission when asked by ushers to keep to their able Maguy Maccario-Doyle, Consul General of The event was attended by the movie’s director gowns, as well as cabaret sensation Bobby Short seats until the royal family had exited from the the- Monaco, and Nora Ann Wallace and Jack Nus- Home run Ron Shelton, and co-star Robert Wuhl, as well as were spotted trading air kisses among the VIPs. ater. But BAM president Karen Brooks Hopkins baum. Other VIPs in attendance were home repair Actors Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Sandy the Seagull, the Brooklyn Cyclones’ mascot. Choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot’s in- warned the royals in her remarks preceding the per- guru Bob Vila, who’s working on a building in sought refuge at BAM Rose Cinemas on April 30 The screening was a benefit for the Cooperstown terpretation of the classic story calls for Cinderella’s formance that Brooklyn and Monaco are quite dif- DUMBO these days, choreographers Lucinda from their recent storm of controversy. After Base- Food Bank. mother to return to her after death as her glittering ferent municipalities, with Monaco taking the lead Childs and Trisha Brown, as well as socialites Mrs. ball Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey object- “We appreciate Brooklyn opening its doors to fairy godmother. The role of the fairy-mother was for best climate and Brooklyn winning points for Randolph Hearst and Lynne Wyatt and City ed to the politically active thespians’ opposition to See CHITTER CHATTER on page GO 7

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Mo-Bay’s famous “rummy rum cake” — 965-9526 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American Express, DC= Diner’s Club, what owner Piper Wandzilak calls atmosphere. ly Chinese. 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Chef-staffed Hill Diner around the room and a large window (718) 855-1535 (MC, Visa) Entrees: serves traditional bacon and eggs along- overlooks a garden area with outdoor $15-$19. seating. side veggie-friendly fare like a fresh moz- This pioneering French bistro begun by zarella, roasted tomato and olive paste For appetizers, Long Tan offers a crab- chef-partner Alan Harding sparked the sandwich, or mushroom ravioli with ricot- and-mango summer roll, which is a deli- Smith Street restaurant revolution. The ta and spinach sauce. Salads are numer- cate wrap of fresh cilantro and crabmeat. walls are papered in French newspaper ous and heaped with fresh market pro- Other appetizers include the fish cakes collages. Two dining rooms offer diners a duce. Appetizers like garlic-sauteed with kaffir lime, vegetarian spring rolls feeling of intimacy and eliminate long shrimp with avocado mousse should and shrimp and lichee spring rolls. For lines for a table. The signature dishes are please carnivores. For dessert, try the pie. entrees, the restaurant’s signature dishes the steak frites with au poivre sauce and include a yellow curry of butternut anything fish, assures Harding. For a squash, three-flavored snapper and duck romantic evening, request a table by the Inaka Sushi House with tamarind sauce. Long Tan also offers fireplace. The service is above par. brunch Saturdays and Sundays 11 am – 3 Vegetarian offerings and Sunday brunch, 236 Seventh Ave. at Fourth Street, pm. too. Garden seats available. (718) 499-7856 (AmEx, Disc, MC, At Long Tan’s red bar, sassy cocktails Visa) Entrees: $9.60-$16.50. make drinking here an original experi- The making of those beautiful little ence. The wines all come from Australia Pearl Room works of art called sushi is so fascinating and New Zealand, making the restaurant many people will prefer sitting at the bar a favorite spot for wine enthusiasts. 8201 Third Ave. at 82nd Street, (718) The New ST. PETER’S MAUSOLEUM where owner Joanne Wu’s cadre of 833-6666 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: superb sushi chefs work their magic. $16-$24. at St. Michael’s Cemetery Others may prefer the comfort of Inaka’s LouLou Diners who haven’t been to this Bay Brooklyn College dining room. Either way, a good idea for Ridge eatery recently will be pleased beginners is to order the nine-piece sushi 222 DeKalb Ave. at Clermont Avenue, (718) 246-0633, with extensive renovations — an expand- deluxe box, which contains yellow tail, ed dining room with a suspended ceiling salmon, mackerel, fan fish roll, crab meat, www.loulou/restaurant.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12.50-$19. that seems to float, slate floors, pillars white fish in several varieties, shrimp and and terra cotta restrooms. The dining is tuna roll. Sushi can also be ordered a la Serving healthy and reasonably priced casual and the cuisine is continental, with Undergraduate Division Open House carte and in more modest combinations. food, this French restaurant is part of the an emphasis on fresh fish and seafood. Teriyaki fans will find Inaka’s dishes Fort Greene restaurant renaissance. Sesame swordfish, fresh lobster and crab expertly seasoned and melt-in-your- LouLou has a cozy atmosphere with rus- cakes are popular dishes. But Pearl Thursday, May 15, 6 p.m. mouth tender. tic tables, exposed brick walls and a love- Room also serves filet mignon, shell ly garden. The menu focuses on seafood steaks, chicken and veal dishes, salads — seared Maine diver sea scallops with and pastas. The most popular dessert is Brooklyn College Student Center Isobel grilled portobello mushrooms in a ver- the fried ice cream. Garden and sidewalk mouth herbed cream sauce, and cham- cafe seats available. Campus Road and East 27 Street, Brooklyn, New York 60 Henry St. at Cranberry Street, pagne sea bass with shitaki mushrooms, www.isobelnyc.com, (718) 243-2010 fresh shallot and bouchot mussels in (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $16-$24. champagne cream sauce. Quercy The Moorish/Old World feel of Isobel is enhanced by the rough-hewn tables 242 Court St. at Baltic Street, (718) (handcrafted from antique barn wood by Luce 243-2151 (Cash only) Entrees: $12- Ensure Peace of Mind for yourself and your family. (718) 951-5001 one of the owners) and wrought-iron $24. 411 11th St. at Sixth Avenue, (718) www.brooklyn.cuny.edu lighting fixtures. The French Mediter- Ooh la la — French food cooked by a ranean menu includes wild striped bass 768-4698 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: real Frenchman, and bien sur — of SAVINGS ($20) served in a morel mushroom sauce $15-$18. course — in Cobble Hill! 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A bitter- stew and blanquette de veau (veal stew) $1,000 a prune sauce. sweet chocolate cake is paired with cin- — perfect comfort food for a cold win- Pre-Development Discount on a Companion Organic ingredients are used wherever namon-flavored pears. ter’s day. Closed Mondays. Information on careers and employment opportunities after graduation. possible, allowing for heightened flavors. Crypt in our newest Mausoleum Weekend brunch at Isobel offers unusual ($500 Value when applied to a single crypt) choices like the Cuban (pressed pork) River Cafe sandwich and Spanish omelet with chori- Marco Polo Ristorante zo, in addition to standards like French 345 Court St. at Union Street, (718) 1 Water St. at Old Fulton Street, (718) 522-5200 (AmEx, Disc, MC, toast, eggs Benedict and eggs 852-5015, www.marcopoloris- Interest Free, Tax-Free, Only 10% Down Florentine. You’ll find the active bar does- Visa) Three-course dinner: $70; six- n’t interfere with a relaxing dinner, torante.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, course tasting menu: $90. Next door: because the space is divided into three Visa) Entrees: $16.95-$28.95. The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, 1 Call (718) 278-3240 areas — one is a secluded dining room One of Brooklyn’s most elegant dining Water St. at Old Fulton Street, (718) perfect for small private parties. rooms, Marco Polo boasts valet parking, a 246-3963. Desserts: $1.50-$6.50. formally dressed and knowledgeable wait A quarter-century institution for fine din- St. Michael’s Cemetery staff and a sophisticated menu that ing accompanied by the most breathtak- La Brunette reflects the taste of its owner, Joe Chirico, ing river view of Manhattan make River 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, Queens a veteran restaurateur. Marco Polo has a 300 North Sixth St. at Havermeyer Cafe a favorite date destination. www.stmichaelscemetery.com menu that includes an array of hot and Executive chef Brad Steelman offers Est. 1852 Street, (718) 384-5800 (AmEx, Disc, cold appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, fish, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$20. three-course or six-course tasting menus chicken, veal, steaks and chops prepared for dinner. Steelman pairs a crisp duck Chef John Keller produces French dishes by chef Francesco Insingo. The dessert breast with a lavender honey glaze with like bouillabaisse and coq au vin, and wagon offers pastries, cakes, tortes, fruits, sauteed cracked-pepper spaetzle (a delicious desserts such as creme brulee sorbet and gelato. Marco Polo is open for house-made fine German noodle), and and chocolate souffle. This is a quaint, lunch and dinner. duck confit (duck meat preserved in its quiet spot with music at a level that own fat) with foie gras and fresh cherry allows conversation, a sound-absorbing jus. Next door is a sister establishment: tufted banquette running the length of Michael’s the cash-only Brooklyn Ice Cream one wall, and wood panels. 2929 Avenue R at Nostrand Avenue, Factory, where all eight flavors are made with fresh cream and no eggs. (718) 998-7851, www.michaelsof- Visit online brooklyn.com (AmEx, Carte Blanche, La Traviata DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17-$30. 139 Montague St. at Clinton Street; Sotto Voce 161 Joralemon St. at Clinton Street, Over 35 years ago, Michael Cacace 225 Seventh Ave. at Fourth Street, (718) 858-4100, www.latraviatatogo.com opened a small pizzeria with three tables (718) 369-9322 (Cash only) Entrees: (AmEx, Disc, DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: and a takeout window. Today, his sons, $6.95-$10.95. Fred and John, preside over an elegant $9.50-$14.50. 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Losing at ‘Chess’ List your apartment, It’s (iron) curtains for Gallery Players’ co-op, condo or house revival of Tim Rice’s in Brooklyn’s Cold War pop opera largest-circulation By Paulanne Simmons weekly newspapers for The Brooklyn Papers FREE or some reason, the Gallery Players have chosen to revive “Chess,” a pop Brooklyn F opera written by Tim Rice and the Call 718-834-9350 male half of ABBA, about Cold War in- trigue at the chessboard. Classifieds And while they’ve assembled the con- EXT 250 siderable talents of director Mark Har- borth (“Animal Fair,” “Noises Off,” “An- gels in America”), there’s also an uneven cast of actors, many of who are making 24/7 TO PLACE YOUR AD • NO COST OR OBLIGATION their Gallery Players debut. There are a memorable moments in the production — Limited time offer. Private parties only. like the scenes between Florence (Michelle Lane), the mistress, and Svet- lana (Mary Mossberg), the wife; and any- time Joe Enderson appears on stage as Molokov, the Russian chess champion’s second. Cross / Gregory To Share / Brooklyn But for the most part, the play has the APARTMENTS BROKERS vitality of a wet sponge. It’s too bad the Carroll Gardens Gallery Players had to end an otherwise For Rent / Brooklyn Private bedroom with 2 closets available in fine season on such a tepid note. two bedroom duplex apartment with back- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn yard. Basement entrance. 3.5 blocks from Rice conceived “Chess” as a musical Game boy: (Left to right) Scoop Slone as Freddie, Michelle Lane as Florence, Bay Ridge F train (Carroll St.) 10 minutes to Manhattan. Not Just Another about the way the Cold War influenced Great residential neighborhood. Utilities Mitchell Shapiro as Arbiter and Jason Watson as Anatoly in a scene from the Bay Ridge / on Colonial Road. 2 room both our culture and the individuals who apartment, 1 room + 1 new kitchen. New shared. BBQ in backyard. No pets, smok- Pretty Face! Gallery Players production of “Chess.” bathroom, new walls, parquet floors, near ers or drugs please. Must be clean and live in it. At first, Rice approached his for- respectful of common area. $1200/mo. park, pier, bike-path, train. The downtown One mo. deposit necessary. (917) 312- mer partner, Andrew Lloyd Webber, with & midtown express-buses are right down 8193. ARLENE GREENDLINGER whom he had created such hits as “Evita,” cent in Brixton,” “Noises Off,” “Not Watson), his sensitive and sincere Russian the block. Quiet bldg, great area, $850 - W19 “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and “Joseph and About Nightingales” and, of course, “Les opponent, and Freddie’s second, Florence, NO FEE. (917) 544-7139. W19-20 Real Estate LLC the Technicolor Dreamcoat,” to write the Miserables”) for the debacle. Nunn re- a Hungarian refugee who was taken to Clinton Hill Bensonhurst Lg sunny room 12’ x 19’, 2nd flr of brwn- score. But Webber was already committed placed Elaine Paige, for whom Rice had America after the insurrection of 1956. stn. Ceiling fan light fixture, marble OCEAN PARKWAY, Midwood - Tel (718) 857-5360 to another project. written the romantic lead role of Florence, Anatoly defects from East to West, and “ONE (1) mantle, wooden armoire. Avail May 1. - Bedroom” Apt $925; “TWO (2) - $650/mo + 1 mo sec, + split Con Ed. Fax (718) 623-3323 Then, in 1981, producer Richard Vos in- with American Judy Kuhn, and he brought Florence defects from Freddie to Anatoly. Bedroom” large corner Apt, $1350. 6th troduced Rice to Benny Andersson and in playwright Richard Nelson to write a Neither defection brings the defectors hap- Share full kit + full bath. 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High ADA compliant – 5000 sf over 2 composed over two dozen nondescript tions, call (718) 595-0547. Pop operas with recognizable names at- ceilings, southern exposure, tons of floors. Can be used as 2 – 2500 sf and indistinguishable songs for the Lon- tached to them will always have a cult fol- closets. Bldg has bike room and laun- don production, which ran for three years, lowing. But serious lovers of music and dry. Pet friendly. June 1. $1695 by indiv. practices. Must see. Avail. but never managed to recoup its original musicals can certainly find better fare than owner Bob (516) 429-1502. May 1st. Fillmore Commerical RE. W19 (718) 907-1126 investment. theater critic Frank Rich, whose scathing this dull revue. As for the plot — it was . 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July 1. $1850 by owner Bob even less of a commercial success than the West rivalries during the Cold War, it was surprising that no one began hum- (516) 429-1502. W19 Bklyn Hts London production. “Chess” is a love triangle involving Fred- ming the “Marseillaise.” But don’t be Spacious & sunny 2BR, 2 bath co-op w/ ter- Some blamed director Trevor Nunn die (Scoop Slone), the snide and arrogant fooled. Watson and Lane are no Bergman Cobble Hill race. Full service, 24 hr doorman bldg on (whose impressive credits include “Vin- American chess master, Anatoly (Jason and Bogie. Sunny 2BR corner apt in a charming Henry St. across from Bklyn Hts cinema. contemporary bldg. Parquet flrs. One Plenty of closet space. View of Mnhtn, bridges & Cadman Park from new win- ceramic tile bath. Great neighbor- dows. Garage, laundry rm and storage in hood, near hot Smith St. restaurants bldg. Steps from most trains, shops, prom- and excel. shopping. Cats OK. No enade and DUMBO. Maint only $806 incl. fee. $1900/mo. Garage on premises. util. 58% tax deductible. $489k. No brokers. (718) 797-2876 R22 CHITTER CHATTER... (718) 935-0099. W19 Call owner at . W18 Continued from page GO 5 Crown Heights 3 bedrooms, on Eastern Pkwy. Near HOUSES transportation. Newly renovated ‘Bull Durham,’” said Robbins. er I get the chance.” kitchen & bathrooms. NO PETS. INSURANCE “From Jackie Robinson, Roy While designer Mizrahi cre- Asking $1200. Call after 3pm. (917) For Sale / Brooklyn Campanella, Gil Hodges and ated his costume for “Sere- 520-7599. 2 months security. Good Sandy Koufax to the Cy- nade,” Morris wore his own less credit. References needed. R19 Bay Ridge / 80s clones, Brooklyn’s glorious formal ensemble — a sarong By Owner. Terrific neighborhood. Sunny brick semi-attached 2 story w/basement, baseball heritage makes it a and sandals — to his gala. 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Blocks from Shore director John Turturro paid cluded Wooster Group founder Rd, 86th St. shops, and trans. Needs cos- N8-22 tribute to the actress he directed Elizabeth LeCompte, musi- Kensington - NO FEE metic updating, not gutting or structural in his film “Illuminata.” Other cian Ethan Iverson and Mor- fixes. Asking $559,900. Considering all Large 2BR sunny apartment with high offers. Call (732) 282-2701. W18 celebs who turned out for the ris’ gorgeous dancers. ceilings and plenty of closet space. love fest were David Bowie, Top FL of 2 story brick. Wood floors Tim Curry, Geena Davis, Up next and freshly painted. Eat in kitchen. For Sale / New Jersey Close to F and W trains. Quiet pic- Harry Belafonte, screenwriter Actress Rosie Perez will Montclair, NJ Gore Vidal (godfather of emcee Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ turesque block with easy parking. 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UNION TEMPLE of Brooklyn Summer and Holiday Programs School For Children of Religion Entering Grades K-8

OPEN HOUSE! • Junior and Middle Camp • Sports Academy • Senior Camp Sunday, May 18 • Traveling Camp 10:30am - 12:00 noon • Extra Long Summer Third Floor • Wide Range of Activities See what makes religious school at Union Temple special! • Exciting Trips and Special Events Come meet our Rabbi, Cantor, and school principal. • Transportation • Temple members and non-members welcome. • Mature and Caring Staff • Hebrew and Jewish heritage education enriched • Predominantly Out-of-Doors with art, drama, music, and social action. • Child-centered learning. NEXT OPEN HOUSE 718-638-7600 PARENT Sunday, May 18, noon - 2pm 17 Eastern Parkway at Grand Army Plaza Dr. Linda Henry Goodman, Rabbi • PARKING ON SITE Park Windsor A REFORM JEWISH CONGREGATION Slope 768-4426 Terrace Caring for elderly www.ParkSlopeDayCamp.com

DANCE • • • VOICE • • • MUSICAL COMEDY • • • ACTING • • • • • • • • Broadway comes IMPROV is a family affair elderly relatives, and learn • • • • • Q: “How can we parents stood there would be unfamil- Park Explorers to Queens ! ! ! prepare our children for vis- Parent-to-Parent iar smells, sounds and sights about Alzheimer’s from a MIME ON CAMERA iting aging grandparents By Betsy Flagler in those last years when child’s point of view. Day Camp Join our Summer Workshops and great-grandparents at Grandma was in a 24-hour • Limit each visit to 30 to • • • nursing homes?” — a moth- care nursing unit. 60 minutes, depending on the Healthy outdoor fun June 30 through July 25 • • • er “But they understood also child.

ON CAMERA ON A: A 3-year-old girl loved that the important thing was to • Be friendly to other resi- in beautiful Prospect Park

MIME Newly renovated theatre and dance spaces to rub cream on her great- bring Grandma a smile and a dents but keep your visits fo- Professional Staff / Spacious Rooms grandmother’s wrinkled story,” says Walker, a thera- cused on your relative. • • • Transporation Provided hands, while her cousins told pist. • Have fun. One reader says 718-788-3620 stories, danced and sang dur- Sometimes the children her extended family gathers at Ages 4 years through 13 years ing their monthly nursing played the piano for Grandma, her mother’s nursing home

CAMP DIRECTOR • • • home visits. or played Dominos with her. each week for a pizza party IMPROV IMPROV But other sprouts on their • Sports, arts & crafts, drama, pool beach trips, Cynthia Babak DANCE “When Grandma’s memory capped off by performances nature study, and old fashion play • • • NYC Theatre Writers Group family tree seldom brought lost the names of the children, by the grandkids. such joy to their great-grand- she’d see them coming and • Think beyond beige walls. • Special programs for gymnastics and soccer. mother, who had Alzheimer’s. • Also Exploring Beyond for children entering 6th-8th grade. WORKSHOP BY say with a cheery voice, Seek out playground equip- • • • • • The kids were scared to visit, ‘Look who’s here.’ In those ment and picnic tables on the

ACTING John Hickok of Disney’s ‘Aida’ their parents said. And be- VOICE moments, it didn’t matter to nursing home grounds. sides, “the place was too de- anyone that the names were • In some cases, it will be • • • pressing.” forgotten,” Walker says. appropriate for your family’s Garden School Children take their cues • • • • • “There was love.” pet to help ease the way. THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS from their parents. If you ap- tor of the Behavioral Institute Other ideas to make nurs- • Take crayons and paper MUSICAL COMEDYMUSICAL VOICE VOICE Summer Theatre proach visits as a dreadful of Atlanta. ing home visits more comfort- and have the child make a pic- duty, so will your kids. In- r able: ture for grandma’s room. Jewish • • • What often scares their v stead, be upbeat, talk about 33-16 79th Street kids, parents say, is an inva- • Read your children Mem • Leave a few books, puz- what to expect, and be cre- Fox’s “Wilfrid Gordon Mc- zles and art supplies for young Jackson Heights, NY 11372 ative to connect young and sion of their personal space by Donald Partridge” (Scott cousins to find, if your relative Sports Academy old. well-meaning but lonely nurs- DANCE DANCE phone: (718) 335-6363 / fax: (718) 565-1169 Foresman, 1989). The book is has a spare drawer. 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