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Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications at 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 © Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol.26, No. 41 BWN • October 13, 2003 • FREE Dems rally for boss As indictment looms, friends stand by Norman Crown Heights in the Assembly. By Deborah Kolben “I’m here to show my support of The Brooklyn Papers a very, very good friend of the Jew- With an indictment looming ish-American, African-American against Brooklyn Democratic and Caribbean-American commu- Party boss Clarence Norman, nities,” Sperlin said. elected officials and other sup- Following the rallying cry from porters gathered on the steps of such supporters in attendance as Rep. Major Owens, state Sen. Velmanette Borough Hall Tuesday morn- Montgomery, Councilwoman Tracy ing to show their support. Boyland and her father, former As- “I stand here as a longtime semblyman Thomas Boyland, Nor- friend,” said Fort Greene Assem- man briefly addressed the crowd. blyman Roger Green. “And I have “We gather here in support of our Paul Kolnik never seen [Norman] engage in Democratic Party,” Norman said, any criminal activity.” adding that Hynes was engaging in The Rev. Joe Parker, pastor of the “persecution rather than an investi- On your toes Wayside Baptist Church in Bush- gation” and there had been no “evi- Suzanne Farrell Ballet will open the 2003-04 season at the Brooklyn Center for the Perform- wick, questioned Brooklyn District dence of the selling of judgeships.” ing Arts at Brooklyn College with an all-Balanchine program on Sunday, Oct. 12. GO Brook- Attorney Charles Hynes’ probe into Following the rally, Norman / Tom Callan / Tom lyn Editor Lisa Curtis’ exclusive interview with the former New York City Ballet principal allegations that Norman and other seemed upbeat, waving to cameras dancer-turned-choreographer is the cover story in GO Brooklyn, which follows page 6. Brooklyn Democratic Party officials and greeting supporters as if he put civil judgeships up for sale. were at a family reunion. “I’m concerned about motiva- “We’re very moved and very tions. Is it really about judgeships? appreciative of the support. Now Or is it about Clarence Norman, who Papers The Brooklyn we’re just going to pray,” said Nor- is tall and handsome. Or is it because Assemblyman Clarence Norman, head of the Kings County Democratic man’s father, the Rev. Clarence he is tall, dark and handsome?” Party, speaks during rally for him on steps of Borough Hall Tuesday. Norman Sr. Parker said to a loud round of cheers, referring to Norman’s race. Jackie’s honor For months, Hynes has been in- vestigating whether the Brooklyn Democratic machine pressures ju- Congress dicial candidates to donate large Officials: Charges imminent sums of money to local political clubs and hire certain consultants acts on in exchange for civil judgeships By Tom Hays arcane system in which voters and the party’s endorsement for Associated Press pick delegates to a judicial Supreme Court judgeships. Be- nominating convention. medal for Prosecutors plan to seek Critics say the system al- cause Brooklyn is overwhelmingly criminal charges against a Democratic, an endorsement gen- lows political party leaders to prominent state assembly- steer nominations to judicial Robinson erally secures a spot on the bench. man in a sweeping investi- Norman is also being investigat- candidates who have strong ed for the misuse of funds, which gation of how judges are party ties and deep pockets — By Neil Sloane selected in Brooklyn, say not sound legal credentials. The Brooklyn Papers may have included using party funds to pay for expensive dinners, officials close to the case. Because the city’s most popu- For the first time in 48 years, clothing and gifts. Clarence Norman, 52, who lous borough is heavily Demo- Brooklyn has trumped the “If people don’t like the process, heads the borough’s Democra- cratic, the party has a lock on Bronx in October. then go to Albany and fix it. tic Party, could be indicted this selecting judges. While the Yankees were set to be- Clarence Norman cannot be the week, said the officials, who Norman faces a possible co- gin their League Championship Se- scapegoat,” said Coney Island City spoke on condition of anon- ercion charge stemming from ries against arch rival Boston Councilman Domenic Recchia of ymity. Callan / Tom allegations that an aide threat- Wednesday, the biggest baseball the way judges are chosen. Norman came under scruti- ened to pull one judicial candi- news was that the House of Repre- While most supporters on Tues- ny amid allegations that civil date off the ballot if she failed sentatives voted to bestow the Con- day were black, Chaina Sperlin, judgeships — with annual to hire certain consultants, the gressional Gold Medal on Jackie chairman of the board of directors salaries of $125,000 or more officials said.

Robinson. for the Crown Heights Jewish — can be bought from Demo- Papers The Brooklyn The officials also said pros- The House recognized the late Community Council, also stood in cratic leaders. Protestor holds signs damning District Attorney ecutors claim to have evidence Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Famer support of Norman, who represents The scandal arose from an Charles “Joe” Hynes at Tuesday’s rally. See CHARGES on page 6 Tuesday as an athlete, civil rights activist and businessman, bestowing Congress’ highest honor on Robin- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese after a game dur- son, who broke major league base- ing their glory years with the Brooklyn Dodgers. See JACKIE on page 10 Bishop: Church must support abuse victims

By Deborah Kolben often point out their children’s shortcomings, they The Brooklyn Papers can also make mistakes. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was installed as “The Church must be a mother, must show its care for all victims of sexual abuse, especially those the seventh bishop of the Roman Catholic who have suffered at the hands of representatives of Diocese of Brooklyn at a ceremony Friday at the Church,” DiMarzio said. Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park. The new bishop also extended the analogy to More than 2,000 guests including top city offi- both legal and illegal immigrants. cials attended the Oct. 3 ceremony during which “The Church as mother must reach out to the DiMarzio focused on the large percentage of immi- many migrants and refugees who come and make grants in the diocese, which includes 1.8 million Kings and Queens counties their ports of entry, Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens, almost half of those with documents and without,” he said. whom are non-native English speakers. And in contrast to his predecessor, Bishop Ordained in 1970 as a priest of the Archdiocese Thomas Daily, DiMarzio directly addressed allega- of Newark, his hometown, DiMarzio served as aux- tions of sexual misconduct by diocesan priests. iliary bishop from 1996 to 1999, when he was ele- Daily retired in August after 13 years as leader of vated to bishop of Camden. the diocese amid charges that he helped cover up During his tenure there, DiMarzio implemented allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated by priests measures to deal with sexual abuse claims made Mango / Greg both here and in Boston. against clergy or employees of the diocese of Cam- DiMarzio welcomed his new parishioners in 20 den. Last year, he announced the creation a special different languages during the ceremony, and repre- toll-free number run by an attorney and former mu- sentatives from several nations plied him with gifts nicipal court judge to receive complaints of abuse.

of wine and bread. Just two days before DiMarzio was consecrated Papers The Brooklyn In his homily, DiMarzio compared the church to as bishop of Brooklyn, the diocese was slapped Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at Our Lady of Robinson steals home against the Boston Braves, on Aug. 22, 1948, at Ebbets Field. a mother, explaining that while mothers nurture and See BISHOP on page 6 Perpetual Help in Sunset Park Friday.

INSIDE THE PAPER Protestors continue shelter attack Classifieds...... GO 8 and pages 8-9 GO Brooklyn 8 pages ...... after page 6 Home Improvement ...... pages 9-10 Health, Mind & Body...... page 6 Carroll Gardeners rip placement of sanctuary for battered Asian women Letters ...... page 4 By Deborah Kolben took to the streets Saturday morning that organizers say they are planning out- motive, I could not be a member of this position,” Eng demanded. Parent ...... page 5 The Brooklyn Papers to protest a battered women’s shelter side the four-story residential building. group,” said Eng, a Chinese-American Both Assemblywoman Joan Millman Real Estate ...... GO 8 Banging pots and pans, chanting scheduled to open next month. Addressing the crowd, Michael Eng, a attorney who has lived in the neighbor- and Councilman Bill DeBlasio have re- While the neighbors who object to the member of the executive committee of hood for 15 years. “We are not against fused to support one side over the other Online at slogans and eliciting support from Concerned Citizens of Carroll Gardens, a Asian immigrant women.” and have instead said they are working passing motorists, about 75 residents shelter for battered Asian women had until now relied on posters, mailings and a Web group that formed when they got wind of In addition to deflecting accusations of with both groups to establish a “memo- www.BrooklynPapers.com from otherwise quiet Carroll Gardens site to get out their message, Saturday’s the shelter opening, said that this was not racism, Eng criticized the local elected of- randum of understanding.” Hear our editors and reporters discuss the news protest, just a few houses down from the about racism. ficials of “running scared” from the issue. That has outraged members of the Con- every week in EDITORIAL ROUNDTABLE See LETTERS on page 4 planned shelter, marked the first of a series “If I truly felt that there was a racist “We voted you into office, now take a See BISHOP on page 6

©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Neil Sloane, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM October 13, 2003 New Term starting Study: Parking-permit MON., NOV. 3RD abuse rampant D’town new class schedule By Deborah Kolben mit-parking zone in their The Brooklyn Papers neighborhood. Asked about the Down- Residents and shoppers town Brooklyn parking study, Dance Classes in Downtown Brooklyn Judy Stanton, executive direc- Martial Art Classes have long complained a- tor of the BHA, said, “If the Swim Academy Program bout the difficulty of finding city is willing to offer this Gymnastics parking along the area’s parking perk to employees, Jazz & Tap Classes busiest commercial strips. give them a garage, but don’t Basketball A new parking study helps take it off the backs of taxpay- explain why. ers.” According to the study by w Writing Brooklyn Heights-Downtown Ne Brooklyn Councilman David this Poetry all! Yassky, a slew of illegally F Latin dance parked government workers are hogging metered spots, Edwin G. Burrows, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Playwriting hurting businesses and pre- Callan / Tom Acting for teens venting the city from earning Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. much-needed funds. The three-week study fo- 30 Third Avenue cused on 18 blocks predomi- Gerald Friedman, internationally known geologist. of Brooklyn (bet. Atlantic & State) nantly on or near Atlantic Av-

Y Papers File The Brooklyn enue. Tania León, ASCAP-winning composer. For more information call 718-875-1190 In addition to photocopied Councilman David Yassky is investigating abuses of park- and expired permits the study ing permits in Downtown Brooklyn. found that 80 percent of the 1,148 cars observed were vio- Elizabeth Murray, celebrated painter. lating parking or permit rules. would be looking into the Yassky said through a “The problem we have now parking situation and that the spokesman that he hoped the Rohit Parikh, renowned computer theorist. PERFECT LEGS is intolerable. The meters are results “did not really surprise study would force the city to Treating varicose veins and spiders taken up from about 8:30 in the us aside from the magnitude consider a no permit-parking morning to 5 in the afternoon,” of what’s going on.” zone. Mac Wellman, Obie Award-winning playwright. by treating the source (leaks) said Sandy Balboza, president David Bookstaver, a Said Yassky spokesman of the Atlantic Avenue Better- spokesman for the state Office Evan Thies, “But more impor- ment Association (AABA), the of Court Administration, said tantly that the city recognize neighborhood group that that his office was looking that there’s widespread abuse pushed for the study. into the problem. Court em- of permits in Downtown “We want our customers to ployees accounted for 36 per- Brooklyn and not only is it find legal parking,” Balboza cent of the violations cited in taking away business and said, adding that the AABA the Yassky survey. costing the city money, but it’s would like the city to create a “We’re reviewing every- also a potential public safety no permit-parking area similar body who has credentials and problem. to ones established in Brook- that those who do have them “The city’s losing money, lyn Heights and Metrotech. know the rules and make sure the shops are losing business According to the study, em- that people who shouldn’t and the residents are losing ployees of the courts, the po- have them, don’t have them,” patience because of such lice department, the Depart- Bookstaver said. widespread abuse. Parking ment of Correction and the New York City Transit permits are not a license to Transit Authority were the top spokesman Paul Fleuranges steal or intrude,” added Thies. Before permit violators. said he had not yet seen the Charles Wolfson, owner of Study with the Best After In addition to tying up cov- study, but was surprised to In Days of Old, an antique eted parking spots, illegal per- hear that his agency was cited. shop on Atlantic Avenue near Brooklyn College Exclusive Patent pending procedure mit use in the study area costs “We don’t issue parking per- Hoyt Street, said that because the city about $66,000 a year Entirely in the office mits,” Fleuranges said. “I don’t of all the permit parkers — le- 18 YEARS in lost meter revenue, the know what he’s talking about,” gal and illegal — his cus- Graduate Open House No need for major anesthesia experience study found, not factoring in he added, referring to Yassky. tomers are unable to load up Immediate return to work revenue from parking tickets But according to the study, furniture into their cars, hurt- Thursday, October 16, 6 p.m. not written. the Transit Authority account- ing his business. “It’s a difficult issue,” said ed for 7 percent of the illegal “It’s a horrendous situa- Brooklyn College Student Center Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center city Department of Transporta- permit use. tion,” Wolfson said. Campus Road and East 27 Street tion (DOT) spokesman Tom Spokesmen for the police The Brooklyn Heights As- 263 7th Avenue (718) 499-7755 Cocola, noting that he had not and Correction departments sociation (BHA) conducted a (718) 951-5001 Suite 5E http://www.cureveins.com received a copy of the study. did not respond to requests for similar study seven years ago www.brooklyn.cuny.edu Cocola said his agency comment. and as a result got the no per-

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According to Monique Stringer, the commercial revi- • construction specialists but keeps stock talization project manager of • full charge bookkeeping Neighbors Helping Neigh- C& W By Patrick Gallahue its name to ‘Discount Decora- bors, a Sunset Park-based fi- • payroll nancial counseling and eco- BUSINESS The Brooklyn Papers tors,’” Jack Shekerchi told nomic assistance organization, SOLUTIONS • union reporting Fifth Avenue’s Avon The Brooklyn Papers. “I’m more of a discount, volume the rising rents are progres- • certification of payroll Decorators began liquidat- operation.” sively pushing out longtime (718) 836-1780 ing its stock over the sum- The store was opened in the merchants. • Quick Books/ While Stringer said most of mer, startling many Park 1950s and bought by Norman Brooklyn Office Timberline/MAS 90 Slopers who have for Shekerchi, Steven’s father, in the evidence of rent hikes is anecdotal, the desirability of decades been neighbors of 1967. After Norman died the avenue is something the the longtime business about seven years ago, his son organization has monitored. between 11th and 12th kept it going and even ex- Mango / Greg She said surveys conducted streets. panded the business. by Neighbors Helping Neigh- We feature creative But while the name “Avon” Meanwhile Jack Shekerchi bors show that the vacancy came down and the word was running a linen store in rate on Fifth Avenue between comfort food at a “Discount” takes its place on Queens, and Steven’s brother, Flatbush Avenue and 25th also named Jack, opened an- the sign above the front door, Papers The Brooklyn Street, including Ninth Street neighborhood price! it’s not curtains for the long- other Avon Decorators in Ben- from Fourth to Sixth avenues, time business. sonhurst, on 86th Street and The former Avon Decorators, on Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th streets, has changed owners, and has since lost the word “Avon” from its sign. dropped from nearly 20 per- Jack Shekerchi, a cousin of 20th Avenue. cent in 2001 to 5.8 percent former owner Steven Sheker- Many Slopers thought this year. chi, took over Avon Decora- Avon was closing down for rise, as are commercial rents enue between Ninth and 15th in operation. According to some mer- tors in July. good, and with good reason, there, forcing several longtime streets these days, it’s stun- The signage above Distinct chants, between the declining “It’s going to stay in the since the south end of Park merchants to move. ning to look at some of the One Fashion Accessories, at economy and hot real estate family but it’s going to change Slope’s Fifth Avenue is on the Walking along Fifth Av- classic storefronts no longer 500A Fifth Ave., between 12th market it is difficult to pin- point exactly what is draining their businesses. Café At Happy Days Children’s RED Wear and Juvenile Furniture, 78 Fifth Avenue (bet. St. Marks & Prospect Pl.) at 533 Fifth Ave. at 15th Baggage screeners Street, the store is closing its Brooklyn • (718) 789-1100 furnishings portion. 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Only Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Congregation than NIMBY. borhood for supporting a facility for bat- a few extremists (me not among them) R44 Manhattan look without tered women, I didn’t ask where he was Elected officials and communities who ever asked for it to be moved. However, I B’nai Jacob when they were closing our firehouse — oppose everything are easily dismissed. can assure you that if the clinic’s operators PARK SLOPE Park Slope Synagogue Ones who have a record of supporting although he, and the other vocal oppo- ever announced they were selling the site JEWISH CENTER 401 9th St. bet. 6/7 Aves the Manhattan prices!! nents of the shelter (with the honorable some facilities have a lot more credibility to a battered women’s shelter, we would in opposing the ones that present a real 8th Avenue at 14th St. 832-1266 exception of Anthony Pugliese), were have sent them a dozen perfect roses and Fri. nights 6:30 pm threat to neighborhood safety and stability. 965-9836 nowhere to be found. hosted a fundraiser from them. Sat. mornings 10 am But, as much as it pains me to give It is Mr. Sarafina and his ilk who threaten • • • Adult Ed e Hebrew School Rabbi Shimon Hecht Elegant, hand-crafted willful ignorance legitimacy by respond- our credibility, and therefore our stability, A few other points in Mr. Sarafina’s by opposing a facility which presents no Rabbi Carie Carter Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan ing to it, Phillip Sarafina’s personal attack letter are worth mentioning. Shabbat Friday Evenings pieces that are perfect [Letters, Oct. 6] is way beyond the pale. credible threat (the police captain has Park Slope’s Egalitarian, First, his lack of mathematical facility. Conservative Synagogue Shabbat Sat. AM: 9:30 for summertime or He states that I have no legitimate role promised whatever it takes to ensure secu- Even if his population figures for the rity, up to and including a 24-hour patrol 768-1453 CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS in this matter because I live in Cobble block were correct, the facility would not R27-31 anytime fun! Hill. I live on Clinton between Carroll and car posted in front of the site, if that is www.parkslopeshul.org increase the block’s population by 25 per- R35 President. This is damned near the facility, what is necessary). cent, unless you are counting on a four- Earrings $45 and as far as I know, the only one who Further, each of the facilities I opposed family building staying vacant in perpetu- Union doesn’t think that my block is in Carroll is different in kind from the battered $ ity. The only fair comparison is to what Pendant 50 Gardens is Celia Cacace, and that’s be- women’s shelter. the block’s population would be if the Temple • • • cause she thinks the area should still be building were fully occupied. If we very Brooklyn’s Oldest Reform Congregation Shabbat called South Brooklyn. 1) When I worked in the mayor’s office conservatively assume the building holds • • • and, at the request of the late Eileen Du- 17 Eastern Parkway 10 people at normal occupancy, the in- at Grand Army Plaza The Great Yet Reasonably Priced, I get my pizza at Nino’s, my bread at gan, helped to kill Homes for the Home- crease would be only 10 percent, not 25 Friday evenings 8:15 p.m. Mazzola, my turkey at Amici’s, and my less on Tiffany Place, the Columbia Street percent. Moreover, that would be assum- Shalom! Jewelry Store on Court Street! kafta kabob at Zaytoons. I get the subway Waterfront District was just beginning its Saturday mornings 10:30 a.m. ing two sides of one small block would be Presented by at Carroll Street and my son uses the difficult revival, and was still home to a a fair measure for impacts on services First Friday monthly 6:30 p.m. 165 COURT STREET swings at Carroll Park. This summer, I shantytown, and several social service fa- such as police. followed by Pot-Luck Dinner Congregation (BET. PACIFIC & DEAN) made an offer on a fixer-upper on Luquer cilities — facilities which had quality of Ten people would severely burden the henna k Street (go ask Debra Scotto). Moreover, life impacts far greater than those Mr. 638-7600 B’nai Avraham HANDCRAFTED JEWELRY COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN services of a precinct serving approxi- R40 Mr. Sarafina knows where I live because Sarafina cites as being located in Carroll Modern Orthodox Synagogue 718•852•5777 mately 50,000? Are you nuts? A new Rite- he was at the meeting where I publicly Gardens. If at the height of this fight it Aid would have more impact. KINGSBORO TEMPLE of of Brooklyn Heights was announced that the community was stated I live across the street from St. Finally, if Mr. Sarafina is correct that 117 Remsen St. • 802-1827 Store Hours: Sun: 12-5pm; Mon-Thurs: 12-7pm; Closed: Fri & Sat Paul’s Episcopal. instead getting a battered women’s facility SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS there is a house for sale across the street Rabbi Aaron Raskin Good thing he’s retired from the police at the site in question, I believe the com- from this facility, he can rest assured that A Go to Heaven Fellowship munity would have declared victory. force because he has an alarming tenden- my wife or I will be calling the broker to 415 7TH ST. • BROOKLYN, NY 11215 cy to both jump the gun and falsify evi- Moreover, I can assure you that in the un- Candle elegant embellishments arrange for a visit shortly. If Mr. Sarafina (718) 369-3534 • D.L. Mcphuall, PASTOR dence; on “Dragnet,” they used to say thinkable event that Eileen Dugan had wants to verify the truth of this assertion, Lighting for your home “just the facts,” but Mr. Sarafina seems to asked for my help to kill a battered he is welcome to come along, as long as Sabbath School - Saturdays - 9:30 am f Divine Worship - Saturdays - 11:00 am prefer fantasy and falsehood. women’s shelter at that site, she wouldn’t he leaves his gun at home. specializing in At any rate, I once lived in Cobble Hill have gotten yes for an answer. Pastor’s Hour - Saturdays - 4:30 pm Sukkot — Howard Graubard, Carroll Gardens Youth Ministries - Saturdays - 5:30 pm (mea culpa, mea culpa maxima!), but if 2) Mr. Sarafina is right that I lived very Friday, Oct. 10, before 6:06pm this facility were the disaster Mr. Sarafina close to 250 Baltic (across the street, in Prayer Meeting - Wednesdays - 7:30 pm Shabby Chic & thinks it is, then it would negatively im- fact) when a shelter was threatened at that ‘Character’ of Men’s Ministry - Tuesdays - 7:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 11, after 7:05pm pact Cobble Hill as well. Further, I am a site. How soon we forget the facts of that Women’s Ministry - Bi-Tuesdays - 7:30 pm French Country member of Community Board 6, a body issue. The shelter at 250 Baltic was not Gardens backs Website: kingsboroSDA.org Mikvah furniture • candles which your leader, Sal Russo, has de- proposed because it was needed; it was women’s shelter Our Sabbath Service is live on the internet! For appointment call 596-WATER jewelry • pillows • baskets manded take a position on this issue. You proposed as punishment for Councilman R27-16 UFN dried flowers • mirrors can’t demand I take a position with one Steve DiBrienza standing up to the mayor. To the editor: hand, and then tell me it’s none of my Putting a shelter at 250 Baltic would have I support the right of the NYAWC business with the other. evicted a senior program and a family (New York Asian Women’s Center) to pomegranate home • • • support program whose very survival build a shelter in Carroll Gardens. Mr. Sarafina also takes issue with my were threatened. It would have evicted an I would like to think that my community 314 Sackett St. (cor. Court & Sackett) 718-797-9984 prior opposition to other facilities, imply- outpatient psychiatric facility, which be- is one that supports and welcomes such ef- Ricki W48 r HOURS: Wed-Fri: 12-7pm; Sat: 11-7pm; Sun: 12-6pm • ing I am a hypocrite. cause of NYMBY-oids like Mr. Sarafina, forts. In fact, many of the fliers opposing the Lake In my earlier letter I noted my prior would have been extremely difficult to re- shelter mention the need to retain the “char- record to make clear I was not some naive locate. And, it would have evicted the acter” of the community (and that the shel- idealist who cared nothing for his neigh- community board. Yes, I opposed a shel- ter would undermine the character of Car- AUDIENCE borhood’s quality of life. However, Mr. ter at 250 Baltic, and I would have op- roll Gardens). But shouldn’t the character of DOCUMENTARY ON Sarafina states that my opposition to other posed a battered women’s facility as well, the neighborhood be one that welcomes and WANTED facilities was based on the proximity of or a park, public school, swimming pool supports the downtrodden and needy? FREE TICKETS where I lived to those other sites, and that or firehouse. The eviction of the occupants The vehement opposition to the shelter, 1-866-AUDIENCE I would have opposed a battered women’s of 250 Baltic was one of the great blots on unfortunately, gives the impression of just or visit www.ricki.com older-child facility at each of those sites. the Giuliani record. I would have opposed the opposite — a community that resists Mention This Ad When Calling Must be 18 years or older In one case he is clearly wrong about it no matter where I lived. helping people. Clearly the women who are to reside in the proposed shelter are people who need adoption help, and I would like to think that the “character” of Carroll Gardens is that of a (children ages 10 and up) Send us a letter community that will reach out to help. Seeking families and individuals in various stages of I was speaking with a gentleman who By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn Papers, 26 Court St., was passing out fliers opposing the shelter. FREE the adoption process willing to share their stories. We were sharing our thoughts and debat- Brooklyn, NY 11242. By fax: (718) 834-9278. By e-mail: ing in a civil and friendly manner, as is TICKETS Please write to: [email protected]. Each letter MUST be signed our right (perhaps even our duty) to do in Call 212-989-8101 Columbia University Adoption Project and include the writer’s home address and day or evening a democracy. 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CALL ADMISSIONS refuses help My point is this: We cannot take all the benefits of a hous- (718) 360-2549 Q: “My daughterhas OB/GYN or family doctor. ing market that is “just like postpartum depression and Parent-to-Parent They can’t fix this problem on bipolar disorder, but is in their own.” Manhattan” and all the bene- BBy B Betsy t Fl l Flagler & B Mill fits of the revitalization of denial, refuses to get treat- Another reader, an Atlanta Smith Street, which converted ment and has isolated her- mother of a son with a mental it into a row of restaurants and self, our 9-month-old grand- illness, says, “I know it is hard shops that is arguably “just child and her husband.” to watch someone in denial like Manhattan” and then — a grandmother who refuses medication, espe- complain when another fea- A: Depressed mothers who cially knowing that medica- ture of urban life that is “just ask for help are already a step tion would be such a help. The like Manhattan” comes along. closer to recovery. But those grandparents may have to in- To those whom much is giv- who slip deeper into gray soli- tervene if the health of the en, much is expected. Carroll tude put themselves and their child is at risk.” Gardens cannot take all the babies at risk. A resource: the National economic benefits of change “We worry the most about Alliance for the Mentally Ill, without also taking on some people who isolate themselves, based in Arlington, Va. Family aspects of change that are not people who don’t ask for any support groups are helpful, so immediately rewarding. help, who don’t show up at some readers suggest. For —Jac Calabro, Carroll Gardens well-baby visits,” says Ronald more information, the organi- Rosenberg, M.D., an expert in zation’s Web site is Opposes postpartum depression. He is www.nami.org, or call (800) one of three Michigan-based 950-6264. “Recovery is possi- shelter site authors of “Conquering Post- ble,” says the secretary of one partum Depression” (Perseus, To the editor: Texas branch of NAMI. “Her 2003), who support a multifac- that resulted from his mother’s I certainly do have compas- daughter owes it to the baby eted treatment approach of untreated mood disorders. sion and concern for women “While everyone was busy to get herself help.” and children who are victims medication, counseling and family support. worrying about her, I, the in- Can you help? of domestic violence. I do fant, toddler and young child, however oppose the [Carroll State laws vary, but the “My daughters, 9 and 11, family needs to seek a court- was left to deal with her,” he are in gymnastics. The older Gardens] site for a transient writes. “The infant must come shelter. ordered psychological evalua- one has fewer girls competing tion of their adult daughter, first for this family. No one in her age category and places In addition, why are 26 beds with severe untreated mood says Rosenberg, who has a high in nearly every meet. The with up to 10 staff and onsite disorders should be left alone dual specialty as a psychiatrist younger one has many more services in a building zoned as with a child. Some of my and an OB/GYN. Untreated girls in her group and comes a four-family house? This is il- deepest anger is with those major mood swings, bipolar in about 15th. How should I legal per zoning law and has who knowingly left me at the misleading applications filed disorder, combined with post- handle all the tears?” — a partum depression and at- mercy of a mother too ill to be with city departments, financial capable of caring for me but mother in Miami. backers, etc. They have also tempts at isolation, are cause If you have tips or a ques- for alarm and call for medical more than capable of doing not filed a change in certificate great physical and emotional tion, call our toll-free hotline occupancy. attention. any time at (800) 827-1092. The much less severe harm to me.” This location is at a corner Know your risk factors — where victims are easily spot- “baby blues” — tearfulness, anxiety, moodiness, sleep particularly that depression ted as well as the residents and runs in families. The stress of children being put in danger. problems — disappear with- out treatment within two hormone changes and delivery Last, but not least, Carroll can trigger postpartum depres- Gardens is a “fair share” com- weeks. But if the symptoms worsen and fail to fade away sion, Rosenberg says. Also at munity with many other shel- risk: mothers who have high ters. on their own after two weeks, it’s time for an assessment, he expectations and silently turn I have lived and owned my their disappointments inward. house for 38 years in this says. With postpartum depres- One grandmother doesn’t neighborhood and will fight to know where to turn after her The Kinderland Shule: preserve it. XAVERIAN HIGH SCHOOL sion, the “blues” symptoms —Angela Sallustio, escalate and may include depressed daughter told her: a secular Jewish, Carroll Gardens thoughts about death, social “Get a life and get out of progressive school What’s up withdrawal, a lack of interest mine.” Unable to see her for children ages 6-12, in the baby and poor daily grandson, she says her daugh- integrating history, Educating Fine Young Men ter never leaves her baby be- with Squad 1? grooming. Or what a once-de- literature, Yiddish, arts, pressed mother describes as cause she fears he will be tak- To the editor: For Over 40 Years “wanting to close the blinds en from her, and she’s in and social justice. I’ve noticed that Fire De- on the world, not having ener- denial about needing a mood partment Squad 1 on Union gy to walk my baby or even stabilizer. Street has been closed down, make him laugh ... wanting to Denial is the main road- presumably for repairs [“FDNY sleep half the day.” block to mental health care, Squad 1 leaves Slope — for “It really is a living hell,” several Parent to Parent read- now,” Sept. 15]. says Rosenberg. ers agree. I’ve not seen any actual re- Without treatment, a de- “There is nothing more pairs take place and I worry pressed mother struggles to frustrating than trying to get a Register now - classes begin that this may be the mayor’s bond with her baby. A reader loved one to get help for a Sunday October 19th way to put a spin on closing from Texas, age 54, who has mental illness,” says a mother yet another firehouse. clinical depression and post- who has a relative with de- in downtown Brooklyn There were no protests or traumatic stress syndrome, pression. “Try to get the 718-643-07711 any fanfare to close this amaz- says he still suffers from the daughter to a respected neutral [email protected] ing house down. We lost 12 of physical and emotional abuse third party, like her daughter’s our 29 men on Sept. 11, 2001, and I would really like to think that maybe this is a good thing, that as a thank you, the city is fulfilling a repair wish- list for the house. Unfortunately, I do not have the confidence in my local government — especially since [Mayor] Bloomberg just called for more cuts across the board — to do something posi- tive. Can anyone tell me truth- fully if this is a good thing? XAVERIAN’S —Gillian Pancotti, Park Slope TEN STEPS TO SUCCESS LEGAL NOTICES 1. International Baccalaureate Degree Program (IB) SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA- 2. Advanced Placement Program (AP) TION SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff against WALLY BAPTISTE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure 3. Xaverian High School Honors Program and Sale entered on May 23, 2002. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auc- 4. R.E.A.C.H.: NYS- Certified Program for Special-Need Students tion at the “foot” of the Courthouse steps, facing Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, 5. Music Program: Jazz, Chorus, Concert-Band, Beginners’ Band Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 22nd day of October, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. premises Beginning at a point on the easterly side 6. Prep Program of Tompkins Avenue, distant 40 feet southerly from the southerly corner of 7. Full-Time Guidance Department Monroe Street and Tompkins Avenue; being a plot 80 feet by 20 feet by 80 feet 8. Largest Extra-Curricular Program in the City by 20 feet. Said premises known as 345 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207. 9. Full-Time Campus Minister Tax account number: SBL #: 1820-7. Day Approximate amount of lien $273,094.29 plus interest and costs. Premises will be 10. Educating your Son in the Legacy of Christ sold subject to provisions of filed judg- ment and terms of sale. Index No. School, 15502/01. Leo J. Kimmel, Esq., Referee. Fein Such & Crane, LLP, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff, 1800 First Federal Plaza, TH Rochester, N.Y. 14614. Inc. BP38-41 OPEN Sunday, October 19 , 2003 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SUF- A fully licensed and certified preschool FOLK Division. The Trial Court, Probate and Family Court Department. Docket No. HOUSE 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM 02D1883. Summons By Publication. Jaime Reanos, Plaintiff(s) v. Claudia Rivera Reanos, Defendant(s). To the above 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, named Defendant(s): A complaint has been presented to this Court by the FOR MORE INFORMATION Plaintiff(s), Jaime Reanos, seeking divorce. Licensed teachers afternoons or full days You are required to serve upon Jaime PLEASE CONTACT THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE AT Reanos - plaintiff(s) - whose address is 91 Ames St. Box C118, Dorchester, MA Optimal educational equipment Spacious Classrooms 02124, your answer on or before ext 117 November 6, 2003. If you fail to do so, the (718) 836-7100 court will proceed to the hearing and adju- Exclusive outdoor facilities Enriched Curriculum dication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer in or visit our website at www.xaverian.org the office of the Register of this Court at A XAVERIAN BROTHERS’ SPONSORED SCHOOL Indoor Gym facilities Caring, loving environment Boston. Witness, John M. 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IN PARK SLOPE! dens, who at the Oct. 4 march While addresses of battered repeatedly challenged DeBlasio women’s shelters are as a mat- Next to NY Methodist Hospital and Millman to take a stand. ter of course kept private to Among their objections, op- protect the residents of the fa- ponents of the shelter say that cility, the group made every Full Pharmacy Services the location is inappropriate effort to publicize the address • and will “stick out like a sore including posting it on signs, • Complete Surgical Supplies thumb” on a block that has just mailings and a Web site. Vitamin & Herbal lines 80 residents. The group vowed last week • The group also chastised to stop posting the address, but • Most Medical Insurance Accepted the New York Asian Women’s at Saturday’s rally many of the Center (NYAWC), the Man- signs and pamphlets being dis- • Patient Counseling hattan-based organization that tributed listed the location. Free Blood Pressure Screening bought the property and will Howard Graubard, a Com- • run the shelter, for “sneaking munity Board 6 member and / Brad Horrigan • Free Pick-up and Delivery into the neighborhood” with- founder of Carroll Gardens out informing elected officials Supports Children and Abused WE WILL MATCH OR BEAT or the local community board. Moms Proudly (CG-SCAMP), The NYAWC has apolo- a group formed to counter the ANY COMPETITOR’S PRICE

gized for not working more anti-shelter residents, lambast- Papers The Brooklyn (subject to restrictions) closely with the community, ed the protestors for holding Protestors rally against shelter for battered women in Carroll Gardens Saturday. but is going ahead with its ren- the rally so close to the shelter. ovations of the four-story shel- “It was disappointing given ter and plans to move next their movement towards civili- man found the proximity of Among those concerns are not a compromise.” Health Aid month. ty,” Graubard said, noting the protest to the shelter site the issues of safety, sanitation According to Yoon, in the The controversy over the Concerned Citizens of Carroll “extremely disappointing.” and possible uses for the resi- organization’s 20-year history 20-bed residence, which will Gardens’ recent announcement Asked where the council- dence when and if the there has never been a violent Pharmacy Inc. house four to six victims of that they would take the ad- man stood on the shelter issue, women’s shelter moves out. incident at one of their shel- domestic abuse and their chil- dress off signs. Navarro said that DeBlasio A draft memorandum is ters. The agency currently runs 291 7th Avenue (between 7th & 8th Sts.) dren, began in August when That sentiment was echoed “supports the shelter if the currently being reviewed by three shelters, although this is Tel: (718) 499-4610 • Fax: (718) 499-4693 neighbors first learned of the by DeBlasio spokesman Alex valid and legitimate concerns both sides. As part of the deal, the first one they have pur- planned shelter and organized Navarro, who said the council- are being addressed.” an advisory council would be chased. formed, comprised of resi- “In terms of running a shel- dents and representatives of ter we are certainly prepared. the shelter. We are a 20-year-old agency; Leaders of Concerned Citi- we received Gov. Pataki’s zens have said that they are Freedom Award for Excel- not opposed to the shelter but lence last year and we have that the block is not an appro- been recognized by the presi- priate location. Eng said his dent,” said Yoon. group has offered to help the The organization received NYAWC find a new “more the President’s Volunteer Ac- appropriate” location within tion Award from George Bush Carroll Gardens. in 1991. But Kyung Yoon, chair- Capt. Thomas Harris, com- woman of the NYCAW, said manding officer of the 76th that moving was not a com- Precinct, kept an eye on Satur- promise. day’s peaceful protest along ABORTION “From the very beginning with several other police offi- we were prepared to negotiate cers. Canadian Rx any kind of compromises re- Asked what dangers the The DENTISTS garding security, sanitation, shelter could pose for the com- OB/GYN how many people would be in munity, Harris said the police Pavilion the house,” said Yoon, “but to department would protect who- at the prices in boro Park Slope Family help us find another place is ever moves into the property. 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October 13, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BWN 7 Historian wants Revolutionary Hook recognized By Jotham Sederstrom this — one plaque at a time. named after an American Rev- a matter of month,” said Craig through Dwight Street, al- for The Brooklyn Papers Since 1992, he’s been re- olutionary War general and Hammerman, district manager though in actuality, he said, it searching each nook and cran- signer of the Declaration of In- of Community Board Six. probably crossed through a A walk in Red Hook ny, each creek-turned-street, in dependence. “John’s proposal is very ex- swath of land now inhabited by with community activist the hopes of pioneering what Later, he hopes to add more citing in that it is an attempt to the Red Hook Houses apart- cum local historian John he calls a heritage trail through sites, though not necessarily salvage some history and leave ment complex. The site of the Burkard can be confusing Red Hook. related to the American Revo- a legacy for future generations weed-covered burial ground at if you aren’t taking good “The Hook should really be lution. Among those, he points to understand Red Hook’s im- 389 Columbia St. isn’t a point notes. on the map, but, instead it’s to the 150-year-old Visitation portance, not just to Brooklyn of contention, but the number That’s because Burkard, 73, been neglected,” said Burkard, Church, perhaps a candidate but to America during the of soldiers buried there is. a lifelong Red Hook resident, sitting at the dining room table for landmark status, and a American Revolution.” Burkard attributes his infor- tends to intersperse his stories in his home on Coffey Street, building at 55 Ferris St., which That Burkard was a Korean mation to a book published in with childhood memories, which he’s owned since 1962. was once a Charlotte Russe War vet and two of his seven 1865 by local historian Gabriel such as faint recollections of Before that, he lived at 326 factory, producing those la- children were also in the mili- Furman (whose name is im- President Franklin D. Roo- Van Brunt St. dyfinger-lined Bavarian tary might explain his interest mortalized as an avenue and a sevelt’s appearance during the His version of the trail cream-filled pastries. in his neighborhood’s role in street in Brooklyn). Furman construction of the Brooklyn- would begin at Nelson and “It was the only Charlotte the Revolutionary War. Still, wrote that one American solid- Battery Tunnel in 1939. Columbia streets, wind down Russe factory in maybe the he admits that he didn’t get se- er and two British soldiers are Mostly he pitches the Dwight Street and end at whole United States,” claims rious about the project until buried at the site. But Peter neighborhood’s overlooked Beard and Van Brunt streets. Burkard. Both sites figured two years ago, when he began Comito, who rents the build- role in the Revolutionary War. Along the way, supplementary into his childhood, he’s quick spending hours hunched over ing that occupies the land, said “Bear in mind, this was a signage would mark nine in- to point out. seemingly untouched docu- he had heard that two Indian creek, so you have to use your tersections and a series of Community Board 6 has al- ments at the Brooklyn Public troops were buried below. imagination a little bit,” he plaques would tag the approxi- ready gone on record support- Library and the Brooklyn His- “Nobody built it this way said during a recent walk mate sites of a Revolutionary ing Burkard’s plan. Still, a torical Society. because they wanted a gar- along Dwight Street. “The Mango / Greg War burial ground and a fort City Council member, likely “From the time they opened den,” Comito said of the build- path would’ve been to the along the bay that kept British Sara Gonzalez, would have to to the time they closed,” he ing’s abbreviated southeast west a little bit.” soldiers from penetrating the introduce the idea at City Hall. said. corner. “Either way, there’s The path he speaks of is Red Hook Lane, the historic East River. If approved at a committee Burkard is quick to point out more than likely something trail traversed by Gen. George Another, he said, would en- hearing, the resolution would that many of the sites, and the there.” Washington and his fledgling Papers The Brooklyn lighten travelers as to the ori- go to the mayor. trail itself, are approximations. If there is, Burkard will let Continental Army while es- John J. Burkard at Revolutionary War site at Dwight and Nelson streets in Red Hook. gin of Wolcott Street, which is “That process usually takes His trail would travel mostly us know. caping from British troops during the Battle of Brooklyn, whose 227th anniversary was celebrated in August. According to somewhat hazy historical accounts, Cops: Priest had porn American soldiers stationed at Fort Defiance, near what is now Beard and Van Brunt By M. Weissenstein “threatening and alarming” scribed the money as his streets, kept at bay a British Associated Press but did not provide details 401(k). armada of at least seven ships Investigators arrested a about their content. Church On Wednesday afternoon, a on Aug. 27, 1776. The resist- officials said they did not police officer guarded the priest on suspicion of know of any connection be- door of Johnston’s apartment ance allowed Washington and harassing staff at a Fort thousands of his soldiers to es- tween Johnston and the in a six-story, red brick build- Greene Catholic school school. ing in the Jackson Heights cape along the trail, which be- and found at his home an gan at Red Hook Lane in Johnston was wearing a ki- section. Downtown Brooklyn and end- unlicensed pistol, pornog- mono when he opened the Most neighbors said they ed in Red Hook, where boats raphy, Nazi paraphernalia door to detectives at his didn’t know Johnston, but 15- were waiting to take troops to and thousands of dollars Queens apartment, law en- year-old Stephanie Rodriguez Manhattan. that may have been stolen forcement officials said. The described him as “always So the residential and ware- from collection plates, investigators found an unli- moody.” house-lined neighborhood on police said. censed .38-caliber pistol in the “You would say hi, and he the Upper New York Bay may John Johnston, 64, was ground-floor apartment, along never answered back,” she have played an even bigger awaiting arraignment in with items such as Nazi uni- said. role in the battle than its Callan / Tom Queens on Wednesday on form hats and gay porno- Frank DeRosa, a spokes- neighbors to the south and charges of aggravated harass- graphic magazines and videos, man for the Diocese of Brook- east. But although a series of ment, weapon possession and officials said. lyn, said Johnston was or- commemorative events are possession of stolen property, When detectives spotted a dained in 1964 and worked in held annually at the Old Stone a spokesman for Queens Dis- pile of money in the living parishes until 1968, when he

House in Park Slope, the cele- Papers The Brooklyn trict Attorney Richard A. room, the priest told them he was given permission to teach bration is short on Red Hook Brown said. had been stealing between $60 high school. He had not had related history, yet spilling The priest was suspected of and $100 a week from the an active role in the Brooklyn with activities in Marine Park making a series of harassing counting room of the Church diocese in decades but assist- and Sunset Park’s Green- Did Marty win? You bet! calls to Bishop Loughlin of St. Martin of Tours, in ed at the parish of the Church Wood Cemetery. Thanks to the Brooklyn Cyclones’ successful season, Borough President Marty Markowitz and his wife Jamie (at left) were Memorial High School, on Bethpage, Long Island, where of St. Martin of Tours, Burkard, a retired quality as- treated to dinner at Marco Polo Restaurant at Court and Union streets in Carroll Gardens Thursday night. The meal was Clermont Avenue in Fort he had been working for 25 DeRosa said. surance representative at the the payoff on a bet with Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro (at right with companion Joan Cusack), in which Greene, police said. years, law enforcement offi- The diocese was not aware Fort Hamilton military base in Molinaro wagered that the Staten Island Yankees would top Brooklyn’s Mets farm team in their cross-harbor series. The A police official described cials said. of any complaints against him, Bay Ridge, wants to change all Brooklyns beat the Baby Bombers eight out of 12 times. Marco Polo owner Joe Chirico (center) welcomed the beeps. the calls to the school as Johnston allegedly de- DeRosa said.

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The new stores can only help bolster the in the Senate, which is expected to vote on the measure this home-style food and long lines for weekend spring. To accommodate their tastes, HADCO, a neighborhood, which can only help Walentas breakfast will be opening an outpost at 1 Main month, congressional aides said. “Bubby’s is exactly the restaurant I hoped high-end appliance showroom featuring continue to build his DUMBO empire. A four-sport letterman at UCLA, Robinson became the major St. in DUMBO. for in DUMBO. It’s comfortable. The food is brands including Thermador, Bosch and “Bubby’s, HADCO and West Elm all jibe With a quick renovation and little fanfare, league’s first black player since the 19th century when he played for great and it’s where I’d want to eat all the Scottsman, will also be opening at 1 Main St with DUMBO’s lifestyle of working and play- the Dodgers on April 15, 1947. In those pre-civil rights movement Bubby’s is scheduled to swing open its doors time,” Walentas said in a statement. at the corner of Water Street. ing with style,” said Chris Havens, director of and start serving up its homemade pies and days, the entire nation was watching the budding superstar, and he The 5,000-square-foot space at Main and According to Barry Cohen, a HADCO vice leasing for Walentas’ Two Trees Management. knew that he had to be a role model unlike any athlete before him. pulled pork sandwiches starting Friday, Oct. Plymouth streets, which offers views of both president, the store will feature celebrity “Bubby’s is the quintessential friendly, fam- Robinson played all but three games his first season, “despite 10, in the former Kino restaurant and bar space the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, was chefs and guests once a month who will test ily style restaurant, HADCO’s showroom has threats on his life, the weight of a people on his shoulders and racist overlooking the East River. also once home to Le Gamin and Parker’s the wares and serve up wine and hors d’oeu- high-energy style and substance and West Elm taunts,” said his daughter, Sharon, in February. He won the National The owner and chef, Ronald Silver, opened Lighthouse. vres. is all about home design,” said Havens. the original restaurant at 120 Hudson St. in But Bubby’s is just one of three new com- “We want to be part of the community,” “These three additions will bring new and re- League’s Rookie of the Year award. TriBeCa 13 years ago and named it for his mercial tenants opening in the neighborhood. Cohen said through a spokeswoman. turn visitors to DUMBO.” “His remarkable life transcended baseball and helped to trans- form a nation in the process,” said Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., who was urged to sponsor a bill after the Boston Red Sox held a sympo- sium on Robinson’s life last January. “Jackie Robinson’s contributions to baseball and the entire coun- try are just as relevant today as they were more than 50 years ago,” said Borough President Marty Markowitz, who grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. “Brooklyn has always had and will continue to have a CLASSROOM STYLE - EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR ON special love affair with Jackie Robinson. “By breaking baseball’s color barrier, Jackie Robinson has con- tinued to inspire people of all races,” Markowitz said. The Dodgers second baseman won the MVP award in 1949. 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DANCE Merce turns 50 The Merce Cunningham Dance Company will celebrate its 50th anniversary season with an Oct. 14 benefit show featuring live performances by Ra- diohead and Sigure Ros at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. The 8 pm program will feature a world premiere of “Split Sides” and the New York premiere of “Fluid Canvas” (pic- tured). For more in- formation about the benefit dinner and ticket packages,

(718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings October 13, 2003 which start at $500, Dougherty Tom call the Cunningham Dance Foundation at (212) 255-8240, ext. 14. Additional performances, with recorded music, are Oct. 16-18 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20, $40 and $55. A BAMtalk, “The Merce Cunningham Lega- cy: Four Key Discoveries” will take place Oct. 18 at 4 pm. For more information, call (718) 636-4100 Farrell or visit the Web site at www.bam.org. MUSIC Indies unite arrives Harris Radio will celebrate the release of its new compilation CD, “Bridge to Music: Indie Sounds from Brooklyn’s Underground,” on Oct. 17 at 9 pm with a listening party at Balanchine’s celebrated ‘Muse,’ Patio Lounge, 179 Fifth Ave. at Lin- coln Place in brings ballet company to BCBC Park Slope. The CD fea- By Lisa J. Curtis tures 16 origi- GO Brooklyn editor nal tracks by musicians liv- rooklyn Center for the Performing Arts ing in Brook- is kicking off its new season with a lyn, including B ballet performance by a company run Williamsburg’s by one of America’s most famous ballet Valeze (pictured) dancers-turned-choreographers, Suzanne who contributes “Please Farrell. Me.” The CD is available On Sunday, Oct. 12, Farrell’s Kennedy for purchase exclusively over the Internet at Center-based dance company will perform a www.harrisradio.com/brooklyncd. Proceeds from program of works created by her mentor, the $12 CD will benefit the United Nations World George Balanchine. This year marks the cen- Food Programme Africa Hunger Alert. The event is tennial of the revered choreographer’s birth free and open to the public. — Lisa J. Curtis — he’s often referred to as the father of American ballet — but Farrell, a principal dancer in Balanchine’s company for many years, says that’s not the reason for the all- Mr. B program. MUSIC “He was always a force in my life and an incomparable choreographer and a generous man,” Farrell told GO Brooklyn in a tele- phone interview from Philadelphia. “I’ve al- ways wanted to show him to the public and dance his ballets; they’re extraordinary. [Suzanne Farrell Ballet has] always done Balanchine. We have also done [Jerome]

Robbins in the company’s repertoire and a Paul Kolnik couple [Maurice] Bejart things. But primarily its Balanchine. Which doesn’t mean there Muse” in 1997. As proof of their fruitful won’t be somebody else in the future, if I see partnership, Farrell says Balanchine created something I like. 23 ballets just for her. “But what could be better than Balan- “It’s a new position for me to be in as a chine? It has nothing to do with the centenni- director of my own company, but not a new al. I’ve always danced Balanchine. I cele- world as an interpreter, as a collaborator, as Free tunes brate him every day.” a dancer of Mr. Balanchine. There are other

Farrell was an important muse for Balan- repetiteurs from the [George Balanchine] Paul Kolnik While it may not get nearly as much ink as the chine — in fact filmmakers Anne Belle and Trust and they are very fine and some of Balletomanes rejoice: Suzanne Farrell (at left) brings her ballet company to Brooklyn Cen- far more renowned Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Deborah Dickson made an Academy Award- them were staging his ballets before I did ter for the Performing Arts for one performance on Oct. 12. Natalia Magnicaballi (above) Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Artistic Di- nominated documentary about their creative and I give them credit. But none of them in “Tzigane,” which Farrell made famous. rector Nicholas Armstrong has carved out a re- partnership titled “Suzanne Farrell: Elusive worked as closely with Mr. Balanchine as I spectable niche for itself among local music fans did. over the past three decades. “Nor did he do 23 ballets for them. So ing its 2000 inaugural performance. ed — the timing and the sophistication of And the orchestra’s upcoming season promises to I’m not the only person who stages his bal- “Mr. Balanchine didn’t choreograph much the ballet.” give concertgoers its usual mix of classical, roman- lets, but I come from a different place.” to Mozart because he felt it didn’t need a Her company will also perform Balan- tic and modern works. Now the former principal dancer for New physical counterpart, a visual representation,” chine’s “Variations for Orchestra,’ with mu- The first full-length orchestral concert of the new York City Ballet is an official repetiteur, or explained Farrell. “But it was so beautiful, sic by Igor Stravinsky; his “Tzigane,” with season will be at Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman teacher, for the George Balanchine Trust. In the music. And Balanchine loved Mozart, music by Maurice Ravel; and his “Apollo,” Hall in Midwood (one block from the junction of other words, seeing a Balanchine dance and the properness of the music and the man- to music by Stravinsky. Nostrand and Flatbush avenues). Beginning with coached and interpreted by Farrell is as ex- ners of the music and the intelligence of the “Stravinsky was [Balanchine’s] mentor,” the jolly prelude from Wagner’s opera “Der Meis- citing as seeing the work set by Balanchine music, so he made this wonderful ballet… explained Farrell. “Because Stravinsky’s tersinger von Nurnberg,” more Mendelssohn music himself. music is not the kind of music one would arrives in the form of his Concerto for Violin, Piano Farrell hints that her company’s perform- put on the recorder to listen to, Balanchine and Strings (with soloists Mioi Takeda on violin and ances may be even better, because she has DANCE wanted Stravinsky’s music to be heard by as Emily White on piano), then Modest Mussorgsky’s the added advantage of being a female cho- many people as possible. And that I believe crowd-pleasing “Pictures at an Exhibition” ends the reographer working with female dancers. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts is one of the motivations for why Balan- program in grand style. “Balanchine didn’t dance, and he wasn’t a presents Suzanne Farrell Ballet at Brooklyn chine choreographed so much to Stravinsky. The remainder of the Symphony’s schedule juxta- College’s Walt Whitman Theater (one block woman,” explained Farrell. “But now that from the junction of Nostrand and Flatbush And of course Stravinsky wrote pieces of poses orchestral concerts at Walt Whitman Hall and I’m a woman and I’m teaching these ballets avenues) on Oct. 12 at 2 pm. Tickets are $30. music for him ... They had a longtime histo- at the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, at and women are learning them, it becomes a For more information, call (718) 951-4343 or ry and collaboration.” Clinton and Montague streets in Brooklyn Heights, visit the Web site at www.brooklyncenter.com. different dynamic, not a problem, just a dif- Among the dancers on the program is Na- with chamber music at the Brooklyn Public Library ferent dynamic. It’s a benefit, because I’m talia Magnicaballi, who has been a principal branch on Cadman Plaza West. Although the cham- asking women to move like a woman, not dancer with Farrell’s company since 1999. ber programs had not been announced at press time, like a woman to move like a man who “[At Brooklyn Center] we are showing “I have Natalia Magnicaballi who does a the orchestral concerts are certainly enticing: Haydn, choreographs. the heart of the ballet. The heart of every wonderful ‘Tzigane.’ That was a part done Debussy and Gustav Holst, on Oct. 28 at St. Ann’s; “At the same time, it’s kind of charming Balanchine ballet is the pas de deux, the for me,” said Farrell. “I love watching her Richard Strauss, Dmitri Shostakovich and Evan that they want to do it the way I did, but I dance between the man and the woman. and I liked the way I did it, but I like the way Hause on Feb. 11 at Walt Whitman Hall; Brahms want to see them do it their way with my That’s what you’ll see, plus the Theme in she does it. So that’s exciting.” and Edvard Grieg, on March 31 at St. Ann’s; and Jo- help, not my insistence, but my help. I think Variations section. It’s the real heart and soul Another treat for Balanchine aficionados hann Strauss, Edward Elgar and Adam Silverman on that’s kind of a first in the way a company is of the ballet. It’s just exquisite.” will be the company’s performance of “Apol- May 26 at Whitman Hall. being run with this kind of repertoire. In Farrell describes Balanchine’s choreogra- lo,” that is, Balanchine’s original, uncut ver- Best of all, admission to all concerts is free, with fact, I know it’s a first, or a uniqueness to phy for this piece of music as “pure classical sion featuring New York City Ballet Princi- donations accepted at the door. (Although tickets to Carol Pratt Carol my company, I should say.” ballet,” which dazzles not because of py- pal Dancer Peter Boal. a special holiday sing-along of Handel’s “Messiah,” Passing on traditions: Farrell rehearses Among the works on the Oct. 12 program rotechnics, but because of “the fragility of it, “This is the older version [of ‘Apollo’] Dec. 14 at St. Ann’s, are $15.) For more informa- her company, based at Washington, will be Mozart’s Divertimento No. 15, which makes it difficult. The quality is ex- with the birth scene so even Peter had to re- tion, visit www.brooklynsymphonyorchestra.org. D.C.’s Kennedy Center. which Suzanne Farrell Ballet performed dur- quisitely simple and that makes it complicat- See FARRELL on page GO 7 — Kevin Filipski

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Bites Mango / Greg This week: PARK SLOPE The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Casper Jones 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue, (718) 638-2925, (Cash only) Entrees: $6-$12. Mango / Greg This new cafe-lounge is finding its niche with its diner style and live jazz and DJ atmospherics. The menu is stuffed with salads and sandwich- es, but Chef Said Azzam says he is expanding to feature more entrees like the tasty, meatloaf- like veal and beef pate. It’s a good sign Papers The Brooklyn because his current offerings, such as the Sea scallops with fennel, fingerling po- Easy being shrimp and salmon sandwich or the avocado and watermelon soup, demonstrate an exqui- tatoes and baby arugula at Paradou. site attention to detail. will find Inaka’s dishes expertly seasoned and The Chip Shop melt-in-your-mouth tender. 383 Fifth Ave. at Sixth Street, (718) 832-7701, www.chipshopnyc.com (Cash only) Entrees: $7- $11. Joe’s Pizza Owner Chris Sell has a real winner with this Park 137 Seventh Ave. at Carroll Street, (718) 398- green Slope version of an English staple. The Chip 9198 and (718) 398-9201 (Cash only) Minimum Shop is open seven days a week for lunch and delivery: $12. dinner, serving all the British classics: fish and Fans of the famous Joe’s Pizza on Bleecker chips, bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie. Street don’t have to trek to Manhattan for a New Smith eatery features Desserts include fruit crumbles (apple and slice anymore. Joe’s opened its Park Slope out- blackberry, and rhubarb, both served with cus- post three months ago, and it offers up the tard) and a deep-fried Mars candy bar. same crispy, thin-crust pizzas. Enjoy a tradition- Irish pub grub done right al pie, or give the white pizza (topped with Mango / Greg Corn Bread Cafe ricotta and mozzarella without tomato sauce) or Sicilian square a try. And there’s no need to 434 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street, (718) 768- By Tina Barry The blackboard outside Smithwick’s stand at those circular tables to eat — Joe’s for The Brooklyn Papers announced “D.J. Richie fresh from 3838, www.cornbreadcafe.com (AmEx, Disc, Pizza in Brooklyn has plenty of seating. MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.95-$15.95. ‘The Ridge.’” Richie’s followers, and a

Corn Bread Cafe keeps mouths watering with JRG Fashion Cafe laces like Smithwick’s Bar & few stray, messy-haired, black-clad Papers The Brooklyn their “down-home barbecue,” and “taste of Restaurant can be found in any Smith Street regulars grooved to the Hearty fare: (Top left) Chef Noel Thompson’s lambchops with potato cro- New Orleans.” Entrees like the Maryland crab 177 Flatbush Ave. at Fifth Avenue, (718) 399- American city or affluent suburb. Bee Gee’s “More than a Woman.” cakes with remoulade, crawfish etouffe, and 7079, www.jrgentertainment.com, (Visa, MC, P quettes and mixed vegetables. (Above) Marta Cwajna at work in the din- The long bar that runs down one side of The cuisine is a hybrid of American penne with spinach, roast peppers and mush- DC, DISC, AmEx) Entrees: $10-20. ing room of Smithwick’s Bar & Restaurant on Smith Street. rooms show that this is no ordinary soul food This Caribbean oasis blends owner J.R. the cavernous front room, lit with faux- steakhouse standards and authentic Irish restaurant. Corn Bread Cafe’s Po’ Boy sand- Giddings’ twin passions for fashion and food. Grecian chandeliers, and the dining dishes. Chef Noel Thompson, a native wiches — chicken or fish served on a baguette area’s sponge-painted walls and white of Waterford, Ireland, trained in Europe and dark chicken meat made a meal of enough fat and cholesterol in that dish topped with sweet pickles, coleslaw and toma- Expect dressed-up versions of West Indian toes — are humble but delectable. Dessert favorites — codfish and ackee (a Caribbean fruit linen tablecloths have the anonymous and earned his stripes over the course of the dish. to make an Atkin’s follower ecstatic. items like the double chocolate layer cake and with a taste similar to scrambled eggs) gets rein- feeling of a hotel restaurant. 19 years working in the kitchens of two Thompson fries up a nice platter of Other tried and true dishes from the warm peach cobbler ensure a sweet ending. vented here as a tempura fish cake — or oxtail stew served with a side of rice and beans. The one unlikely spot to find a well-known Irish-American establish- lightly breaded, not greasy calamari. Emerald Isle include fish and chips, Giddings hosts a fashion show in the cafe on the restaurant like Smithwick’s would be ments — Peggy O’Neill’s in Bay Ridge The big, tender slices of squid had the and a poached wild salmon with a Cucina fourth Thursday of each month, and displays on Smith Street, and John Barley- distinct flavor of clean peanut oil and whiskey-accented, creamy dill sauce. 256 Fifth Ave. at Carroll Street, (718) 230-0711, clothing from local designers on mannequins where it opened corn’s in Con- salt. A side of fresh tomato dipping Thompson is a Cordon Bleu-trained www.cucinarestaurant.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, throughout the space. On the first Monday of in May. Wedged DINING necticut. Thomp- sauce was just garlicky enough and en- pastry chef and his simple desserts re- MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.50-$25. each month, there are liquor and wine tastings with live jazz. The cafe is open until midnight between the little son does his best joyably pulpy. flect his education. His lemony cheese- Cucina has been named one of New York’s top bistros, ever-pro- Smithwick’s Bar & Restaurant (191 to uplift Smith- Two meat entrees had real stick-to- cake is rich yet light, pleasantly tart, 50 restaurants in Zagat’s, and named “one of the Sunday-Thursday, and until 4 am on Fridays and Smith St. between Baltic and Warren finest Italian restaurants in the city” by Time Out Saturdays. liferating Thai es- streets in Boerum Hill) accepts Visa, wick’s rather your-ribs appeal. Three hefty lamb and its graham cracker crust adds a New York. But anyone who lives in Brooklyn tablishments and MasterCard, American Express and Dis- bland menu, and chops arrived with a thick rim of fat — crisp texture. knows that. What is news is that Cucina chef trendy bars and cover. Entrees: $10-$26. The restaurant most of the time a good thing in my opinion. When it’s I’d stop into Smithwick’s for a cup Long Tan serves lunch and dinner seven days a Michael Fiore has taken control of this contem- lounges, the bland- he succeeds. grilled, lamb fat has the crispest edge of the restaurant’s strong coffee and porary Italian kitchen. 196 Fifth Ave. at Union Street, (718) 622-8444 week, and brunch on weekends from (MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$16. ly attractive interi- noon to 4 pm. For reservations call (347) Among the ap- and a luscious, buttery texture. The dish sublime Key lime pie. The pie’s filling Cucina also offers valet parking on Friday, 643-9911. Saturday and Sunday and a takeout annex. Serving Thai food, Long Tan is a friendly and or of Smithwick’s petizers of co- comes with a side of spinach and is more tart than sweet and is flavored relaxed restaurant where comfy cushions in and its something- conut shrimp, bar- mushroom “dressing” (that’s “stuffing” slightly with mint, adding a fragrant, vibrant colors line the open, white dining room. for-everyone menu becued baby back to you Americans) that’s as appealing a herbal note. The Gingko Leaf Paper lanterns hang around the room and a has the uneasy air of a Mormon in a ribs and jumbo shrimp cocktail served side dish for this season as one could A few years ago, my in-laws came for 788A Union St. at Sixth Avenue, (718) 399-9876 large window overlooks a garden area with out- (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Lunch: $8-$19 door seating. drag club. with avocado and Bloody Mary dip- want. Mashed potatoes were whipped a visit from California. They’re not ad- until light and creamy. venturous eaters, but they like a nice meal Designed by artist Toshio Sasaki, Gingko Leaf’s For appetizers, Long Tan offers a crab-and- Smithwick’s is the latest venture of ping sauce, was a special of mulli- new indoor garden offers a serene atmosphere mango summer roll, which is a delicate wrap of Seamus O’Toole and Terry Traynor, the gatawny soup. I wasn’t as enamored with the flank in an attractive setting. We took them to a for authentic Japanese dining. Whether seated fresh cilantro and crabmeat. Other appetizers owners of eight-year-old Eammon’s, an I’ve had very good renditions of this steak. The slices were slightly over- lovely French bistro in Manhattan where near a waterfall or beside the sushi bar, there is include the fish cakes with kaffir lime, vegetari- Irish bar and restaurant on Montague aromatic Indian soup, but Thompson’s cooked, and the meat’s mustard and they picked at their small portions and plenty to enjoy. The cafe serves obento boxes at an spring rolls and shrimp and lichee spring Street in Brooklyn Heights. While was outstanding. Rich and soothing, the Balsamic vinegar marinade was too rolled their eyes at the prices. lunch as well as a variety of platters. At dinner, rolls. For entrees, the restaurant’s signature try the daily appetizers like belly tuna (toro) dishes include a yellow curry of butternut more upscale than its predecessor, the warm heat of the curry spread slowly sharp. Later, in my kitchen, my mother-in- tartare with black tobiko (flying fish roe), fresh squash, three-flavored snapper and duck with Irish waitstaff have the same accommo- over the palate. Atop the soup sat a Smithwick’s is one of the few eater- law said of the meal, “I just like a nice mackerel marinated with rice vinegar, or sim- tamarind sauce. dating spirit. Three-quarters of the spoonful of mango chutney that added ies in the neighborhood to offer an au- piece of meat with a salad and a potato.” mered anago (sea eel). Gingko Leaf offers more than 20 different types of fish and a sake bar At Long Tan’s red bar, sassy cocktails make eatery’s huge space is dedicated to the a bit of cool sweetness and a lingering thentic Irish grill: a lamb chop, bacon, Next time they visit, I’ll have the with three types of pure rice sake, all made in drinking here an original experience. The wines bar, which attracts a convivial crowd. cinnamon flavor. Tender slices of white sausage and fried egg combo. There’s perfect place to take them. Japan. are from Australia and New Zealand, making the restaurant a favorite spot for wine enthusi- Gingko Leaf has a Sunday brunch from 11:30 am asts. to 4 pm, and hosts private parties for groups of 20 to 30 people in the garden. Paradou Inaka Sushi House 426A Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, (718) 499- Turkish 236 Seventh Ave. at Fourth Street, (718) 499- 5557, (Visa, MC) Entrees: $10-$20. 7856 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.60- Chef Robert Ubhaus gets rave reviews for his $16.50. crepes, charcuterie plates and his roasted tomato, tapas The making of those beautiful little works of art basil and goat cheese terrine. Paradou, which called sushi is so fascinating many people will pre- opened in June in the old Max and Moritz loca- Williamsburg gourmands take note — much-loved Allioli, home fer sitting at the bar where owner Joanne Wu’s tion, seats 30 to 40 people, serves wine and beer, of Spanish tapas, has spawned a Turkish sibling — Nar Meze Bar. cadre of superb sushi chefs work their magic. and has a large outdoor garden that you can still Nar means “pomegranate” in Turkish, a perfect name for the strong- Others may prefer the comfort of Inaka’s dining enjoy before winter chill sets in. ly flavored, sweet-and-sour tastes of the meze, or Turkish hors room. Either way, a good idea for beginners is to Dinner is served Tuesday through Sunday, from 6 d’oeuvres the restaurant serves. order the nine-piece sushi deluxe box, which con- pm. Brunch and lunch is served Saturdays and tains yellow tail, salmon, mackerel, fan fish roll, Sundays, noon to 4 pm. There is a three-course, The restaurant and bar is modeled on a cicek pasaji, a place for crab meat, white fish in several varieties, shrimp prix-fixe dinner menu for $25; the two-course, drinks and meze in Istanbul. Before opening in July, owners Ayse and tuna roll. Sushi can also be ordered a la carte prix-fixe brunch is $15. and Asu Telgeren and Salim Ozgilik unearthed detailed tin walls and and in more modest combinations. Teriyaki fans original black-and-white photos of the bar from the 1920s under lay- Trattoria Mulino ers of linoleum paneling. The photographs now adorn the refur- 133 Fifth Ave. at Sterling Place, (718) 398-9001 bished tin walls, and a wooden bar from the ’30s lines one wall. = Full review available at (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$19. Belguzar Murat, who, according to Telgeren, “was a five-star chef Chef Louis Mulino recasts familiar Italian in Turkey,” serves sarma, or soft grape leaves filled with rice, pine

favorites with an elevated air in this cheery yet Mango / Greg nuts and currants; midye dolma, mussels cooked in their own broth handsome Park Slope locale. Tony Soprano then stuffed with rice pilaf mixed with currants, caramelized onions wouldn’t turn down Mulino’s brawny veal chop and fresh herbs; and imam bayildi, pan-fried baby eggplants filled Valdostana, which nearly blankets the serving dish. Cheese oozes from the center of the ten- with onions, red peppers and tomatoes. Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American der cutlet topped by a layer of wine-drenched Nar Meze Bar (152 Metropolitan Ave. at Berry Street in Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover mushrooms. Reasonably priced wines by the Papers The Brooklyn Williamsburg) accepts cash only. Meze plates: $4-$9; entrees: Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card glass may have something to do with the con- $14-$19. The restaurant is open Tuesday through Sunday for din- Strong flavors: At Nar Meze Bar, grilled meatballs are sandwiched between hot tented air of the diners. ner. The bar is open until 4 am. Closed Mondays. For informa- grilled peppers and tomatoes on Turkish bread. tion, call (718) 599-3027. — Tina Barry

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obert Rauschenberg is one of SITI Company’s production of “bo- modern art’s most controversial brauschenbergamerica” will take place artists, and he’ll have tongues in the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton R St. at Flatbush Avenue in Fort Greene) PARADOU wagging again beginning Oct. 14, Oct. 14-18 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20, BROOKLYN FREE when “bobrauschenbergamerica,” a $35, and $50, and they can be pur- 426 Seventh Avenue chased by calling BAM Ticket Services Brooklyn, NY 11215 Glass of wine play about him written by Charles L. at (718) 636-4100, or by visiting the Mee, opens at BAM’s Harvey Theater. Web site at www.bam.org. Phone: 718.499.5557 with purchase of Early in his career, at the beginning Fax: 718.499.2709 entree when you of the 1950s, Rauschenberg created a series of all-white paintings whose only an intense sensibility of freedom in his Michael Brosilow mention this ad Mee, too: Charles Mee’s latest play, “bobrauschenbergamerica” (top left image was the shadow made by the work. In looking around the landscape, viewer. This was followed by a series he found delight in discarded objects. I and above), directed by Anne Bogart, is brought to vivid life with the help of all-black paintings on which torn and tried to translate his wonder of the world of costume and set designer James Schuette. VIN.CUISINE.JARDIN crushed newspapers were pasted down into a play. I’m not trying to take his art and coated with black enamel; a series and put it on the stage. More important against what Bogart calls an “extreme to be American has been shaped by her of constructions made from city refuse than the art is the feeling.” graphic setting” with the actors dressed unconventional upbringing. Because she lles www.paradounyc.com such as rusty nails, rags and pieces of Bogart, 52, who comes from Navy in very ’50s clothing that “starts to look grew up in the Navy, Bogart says “we 12B 2001 paper; and the red paintings, in which people on both her mother and father’s brilliant in a Rauschenberg sense.” (Both moved every year. The longest we ever he used found objects — pieces of side and claims to be the great-great- costumes and setting were created by lived in one place was when we lived in painted fabric, newspaper photographs great-great granddaughter of a captain in James Schuette.) Japan.” And that was not much more and postcards. the Revolutionary War Minutemen, says But although “bobrauschenbergameri- than two years. Coming from this back- Director Anne Bogart, whose SITI the play is “really like vaudeville” and in ca” is composed of “numbers” and “the ground, her work is both very American BROOKLYN CENTER Company produced “bobrauschen- that way is “quintessentially American.” transitions are not fluid,” Bogart believes and multicultural. O3 bergamerica,” says she was not familiar “There is a Midwestern ’50s feel to the play does have linearity “in that In 1992, she founded SITI Company FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE with Rauschenberg’s work until play- what is American,” she says. “It’s pic- there’s a love story — boy meets girl, with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki. O4 wright Mee (with whom she had already nics, cars, dances. On both coasts we get boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets SITI Company’s “War of the Worlds” SEASON worked on his “Orestes”) approached her confused. I’m totally sympathetic to that girl.” was presented at BAM’s 2000 Next with his project. past, and I don’t want to forget it. But Bogart, who runs the graduate direct- Wave Festival. “Chuck wanted to teach me what art there is a darker side to it, and a darker ing program at Columbia University, “A lot of my work is about what it Brooklyn Center debut! can be by doing the play,” she told GO side to the play. There is also a seduc- says, “I think Chuck is the forerunner of means to be an American. At the same Suzanne Farrell Ballet Brooklyn. “Bob Rauschenberg’s vision tion.” breakthrough playwriting in our time.” time, I have an interest in international art Sunday – October 12, 2003 • 2pm of the world can be contagious. I certain- “Bobrauschenbergamerica” has no Like the advocates of hip-hop and sam- and not getting too blinded by my own ly caught that delight.” traditional narrative structure; it is a se- pling, Mee embraces other people’s country,” Bogart says. Tickets: $30 Once Bogart decided to direct Mee’s ries of vignettes that take the audience texts. “His work is brand new and In many ways, Rauschenberg, who play, the challenge was “how to translate from Rauschenberg’s childhood home to steeped in the way Americans create art” was both an egalitarian and an icono- Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats a vision into an art that moves through a New York cafe through a patchwork of says Bogart. (Mee’s OBIE Award-win- clast, embodies what many consider the time.” people and places, music and dancing, ning “Big Love” was presented as part of best in the American character. In this sponsored by and “We tried to capture the spirit of schemes and shootings — a veritable the 2001 Next Wave Festival.) way Bogart and Rauschenberg may in- Saturday – October 18, 2003 • 2pm Rauschenberg,” says Bogart. “There is panorama of America — played out Bogart’s perspective on what it means deed be kindred spirits. Ages 3 and up • Tickets: $20

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Ludwig’s play is filled with quick one-liners and quicker sight gags. But the show is re- Compiled ally a vehicle for Gershwin’s spectacular music and the by Susan numbers they inspire — the Rosenthal rousing “Slap That Bass,” the Where to ‘Got Rhythm’ tender “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and the slapstick Church hosts “A Walk in Greenwich THURS, OCT 9 Village,” a film with David Hartman and Heights Players production of ‘Crazy “What Causes That?” in historian Barry Lewis. 1 pm. 157 which Montenieri (the fake MEETING: of Community School Board 20. Montague St. (718) 875-6960. Free. Zangler) joins Velardi (the real 7 pm. 415 89th St. (718) 759-3921. BAMCINEMATEK: “Andy Warhol: I Don’t BAMCINEMATEK: “Paul Morrissey: An Know What I’m Doing” series presents for You’ has top-notch cast & direction Zangler) in mirror image cho- Independent Spirit” series presents “Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy reography. “Mixed Blood” (1984). $10. 7:30 pm. 30 Warhol” (1990). $10. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. By Paulanne Simmons Ludwig incorporated six pm and 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) for The Brooklyn Papers MEETING: American Heritage Political Or- 636-4100. songs from “Girl Crazy” ganization presents City Council Speaker READING: Spiral Thought Magazine hosts a (“Bidin’ My Time,” “Could Gifford Miller. 7:30 pm. Bay Ridge Post program with poets, prose writers, per- red Astaire, watch out. You Use Me?” “Embraceable #157, 345 78th St. (718) 836-9702. Free. formance artists and musicians. 6 pm to 8 Your reputation is on the You,” “But Not for Me,” “I WORDSMITH SERIES: “Regeneration: Tel- pm. Fall Cafe, 307 Smith St. (718) 403- ling Stories From Our Twenties,” features 0230. Free. Fline. Tony Montenieri is in Got Rhythm,” and part of seven young authors. 7:30 pm. Halcyon REUNION: alumnae of Edward R. Murrow town and the Heights Players “Entrance to Nevada”). The Cafe, 227 Smith St. (718) 260-WAXY. Free. High School . 1600 Ave. L. Call (718) 677- BARGEMUSIC: presents chamber music pro- have a hit. rest of the songs come from 0530. The hit is “Crazy for You,” Broadway shows like “Trea- gram by Haydn and Mozart. $35. 7:30 CELEBRATION OF DESIGN: New York pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. opens its doors for a celebration of archi- and Montenieri plays banking sure Girl,” “Oh! Kay,” “Show WORKSHOP THEATER: “Hunting Cock- tecture and design. See Sat. heir Bobby Child in Ken Lud- Girls” and “Ladies First”; and roaches.” $5. 8 pm. Gershwin Theater, one block from the intersection of Flatbush wig’s reworking of the Gersh- Hollywood films like “Shall and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4600. MON, OCT 13 win brothers’ musical, “Girl We Dance” and “Damsel in JIMMY BRESLIN: Newspaper columnist is Crazy.” Distress.” Just one song, guest speaker at fundraiser for South Columbus Day Brooklyn Legal Services. Tickets are $75 “Crazy for You” opened at “Naughty Baby,” was written and includes live music, dinner and drinks. The Regina Opera Company presents BAMCINEMATEK: Three by Howard Hawks: the Shubert Theatre in Febru- for neither stage nor screen. Superfine restaurant, 126 Front St. 6 to 9 Today: “His Girl Friday” (1940). $10. 2 ary 1992 and ran for 1,622 This production is blessed its “Opera Pops” concert on Oct. 12. pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:10 pm. 30 pm. Call (718)237-5517. performances before closing with a particularly strong sup- BAM: presents “The Sound of Ocean.” 7:30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. pm. See Sat. BARBES BAR: Traveling cinema film series in March 1993. Before the fi- porting cast. David Eason WATERLOO: Waterloo Bridge Theater presents “Throne of Blood” (1957). 9 pm. THEATER: “Frappuccino.” 8 pm. See Sat. Company presents “Romeo and Juliet.” nal curtain fell, “Crazy for Smith is quite convincing as WATERLOO: “Romeo and Juliet.” 8 pm. Live music accompanies film. 376 Ninth $15, $10 students. 8 pm. 475 Third Ave. St. (718) 965- 9177. Free. You” won three Tonys (musi- the crude and avaricious sa- See Sat. (212) 502-0796. cal, costume design and cho- loonkeeper Lank Hawkins. COMEDY: Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha. $5 plus reography), two Drama Desk Albert Walsh is the perfect two-drink minimum. 9:30 pm. East End TUES, OCT 14 FRI, OCT 10 Ensemble, 273 Smith St. (718) 624-8878. Awards (musical and choreog- Englishman, Eugene Fodor. CHILDREN BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: raphy), and five Outer Circle Kristiann Menotiades is de- Jewish Festival of Sukkot Celebration of Sukkot, the Jewish harvest Critics Awards (Broadway lightful as Zangler’s flame, begins at sunset PUPPETWORKS: “1001 Tales of the Arabian festival. $4, free for members. 1 pm to 5 Nights” adaptation of “Aladdin and the pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. musical, choreography, scenic Tess. And Alex Gushwin is THRIFT SALE: at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Wonderful Lamp.” $6, $7 adults. Ages 3 MEETING: AARP of Bay Ridge meets. 2:30 design, costumes and light- fresh and funny as the not-too- Church. Admission: 25 cents. 11 am to 4 and older. 12:30 pm and 2 pm. 338 Sixth pm. Shore Hill Housing, 9000 Shore pm. 414 80th St. (718) 745-0020. Ave. (718) 965-3391. ing). bright showgirl, Patsy. Road. (718) 748-9114. “Crazy for You” is limited Particular attention should EXPERIMENTAL ARTS: J Mandle FAMILY OPERA: America Opera Projects SPIRIT SUPPORT: Mama Donna’s Tea Performance presents “Variable City: Fox presents “The Upside Down Boy (El Nino Garden and Healing Haven offers a six to three weekends at the ‘Crazy’ talent: Kerry Ann Lambert as Polly Baker and be paid to Albert Walsh’s su- Square,” a site-specific performance and de Cabeza).” $15, $12 seniors and stu- week course: “Bountiful Blessings.” $240. Heights Players, so you’d bet- perb costumes — especially in urban design research project. Group and dents. 2 pm. South Oxford Space, 138 S. Tony Montenieri as Bobby Child (center) with the cast of 7 pm to 9:30 pm. Call for reservations ter hurry or you’ll miss a live- dressing Bobby’s wannabe solo performances. Noon to 1 pm. Oxford St. (718) 398-4024. and location. (718) 857-2247. the Heights Players production of “Crazy for You,” direct- Intersection of Flatbush Avenue and AUDITIONS: Dancewave’s Kids Company FILM SERIES: Brooklyn Public Library, ly and lustrous tribute to the ed by Ed Healy. girlfriend, Irene Roth (Gina Fulton Street. (718) 246-7440. Free. invites boys and girls, ages 11-18, to try Central branch, presents a documentary Gershwins. Healy), who sports a variety FISH AUCTION: Brooklyn Aquarium Society out. 3 pm to 5 pm. Mark Morris Dance series “Science and the Shaping of Ed Healy directs a cast of of slinky, sexy outfits that are hosts its 17th annual event. Free admis- Group Building, 3 Lafayette Ave. (718) Modern Life.” Today: “Forensics.” 7 pm. sion. 7:30 pm. St. Brendan’s Church, 1529 522-4696. Scholar-led discussion follows. Grand 20 in this exuberant musical You” have to be adapted to a ning Heights Players debut as skimpy in all the right places. E. 12th St. (718) 837-4455. CAROUSEL RIDE: $1 per ride at the Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. extravaganza. He is ably as- small stage, and performers Polly Baker, the pretty post- The Gershwins are ranked BAMCINEMATEK: “Andy Warhol: I Don’t Prospect Park landmark. Willink entrance BARNES AND NOBLE: Author Sarah Vowell sisted by Anne Rebold, who have to make audiences forget mistress of Deadrock, Nev., among the most cosmopolitan Know What I’m Doing” series presents near Flatbush Avenue and Empire reads from her book “The Partly Cloudy “Poor Little Rich Girl” (1965). $10. 7:30 Boulevard intersection. (718) 282-7789. Patriot.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) plays keyboard and conducts they ever heard these notable who so beguiles Bobby that and sophisticated men to have pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. SALES 832-9066. Free. the orchestra — Eric Kay on songs performed by the likes he forsakes his mission to ever plied their trade on, or off VEGAN POTLUCK: Park Slope Food Co-op ASSOCIATION MEETING: First Place Tri- SALE: St. Thomas Aquinas Church. 9 am to reeds, Donna foreclose on the decrepit Gai- Broadway. They are the epi- hosts a dinner. Bring a vegan dish for six. Block and Summit Street Block $3. 7:30 pm to 10 pm. 782 Union St. 5 pm. 1550 Hendrickson St. (718) 253- Rossi on trumpet ety Theatre owned by her fa- tome of Tin Pan Alley style, 4404. Association meets. Manager of Red Hook (718) 622-0560. Post Office is guest speaker. 7:30 pm. 106 and Dave Birchard THEATER ther, Everett Baker (the Ed yet they were born and raised BARGEMUSIC: program of chamber music RUMMAGE SALE: at Flatbush Reformed First Place. (718) 858-4699. Free. on percussion; Wynn-like Bill Wood) and in- in East New York. And to by Haydn and Mozart. $35. 7:30 pm. Church. 10 am to 4 pm. Flatbush and The Heights Players production of Church avenues. (718) 284-5140. BAMCINEMATEK: “Andy Warhol: I Don’t Kathy Valentine, stead put on his own follies to those who reside in this bor- Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. Know What I’m Doing” series presents “Crazy for You” runs through Oct. 19, Fri- POSSIBLE FIREWORKS: BRIC Studio pres- RUG SALE: Annual oriental rug sale. 10 am “Tarzan and Jane Regained....Sort of” who staged the tap days and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays raise money to save the build- ough, they’re as Brooklyn as ents singer Susan McKeown. $10, $8 stu- to 6 pm. St. Mary’s Church, 8005 Ridge (1963). $10. 7:30 pm. Q&A with star numbers; and Gina at 2 pm. Tickets are $15, $12 students and ing. the Dodgers and egg creams. dents. 8 pm. 647 Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. Blvd. (718) 238-8008. Taylor Mead follows. 30 Lafayette Ave. seniors. The Heights Players are located at FLEA MARKET: at Lutheran Church of The Healy, who staged 26 Willow Place between State and Jorale- Bobby’s task becomes George Gershwin, accord- BIRTHDAY JAM: for Sporty and Baby Death (718) 636-4100. additional musical more difficult when Polly dis- ing to Merman (who made her featuring The Latest Nonsense. No cover. Good Shepherd. 11:30 am to 4 pm. 7420 NEXT WAVE FEST: Brooklyn Academy of mon streets in Brooklyn Heights. For reser- 10 pm. Three Jolly Pigeons, 6802 Third Fourth Ave. (718) 745-8520. Music presents “Bobrauschenberg- numbers. Robert J. vations, call (718) 237-2752. covers who he really is, so in Broadway debut as Frisco Ave. (718) 745-9350. OTHER america,” a homage to visual artist Robert Weinstein has de- desperation, he assumes the Kate in “Girl Crazy”), enjoyed FRIDAY AT THE MOVIES: Green-Wood Rauschenberg. $50, $35, $20. 7:30 pm. Partnership presents “The Bride of Fran- MEETING: Older Women’s League presents Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. Also, BAM signed an unusual- identity of the real impresario, sneaking into the pit during kenstein” (1935). $8. 11 pm. Fourth Aven- Brooklyn Borough President Marty Dialogue with Anne Bogart and Charles ly large number of very effec- of Ethel Merman and Judy Bella Zangler (the excellent Wednesday matinees to play ue and President Street. (718) 857-4816. Markowitz. 10:30 am. Brooklyn College, Mee. $8. 6 pm. Rose Cinemas, 30 room 432, New Ingersoll Hall. Call for tive light cues. Garland. In this, Healy and his Steve Velardi) for whom he the piano part of “I Got BAM: presents “The Sound of Ocean.” 7:30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Also, open- crew are remarkably success- has previously (unsuccessful- Rhythm.” He would most cer- pm. See Sat. info. (718) 891-2490. ing night benefit performance for Merce Clearly, it’s not easy for a FAMILY OPERA: “The Upside Down Boy” MEETING: AARP, Ovington Chapter. 1 pm. Cunningham Dance Company. “Split community theater to under- ful. ly) auditioned with an im- tainly have approved of this (El nino de cabeza). 7:30 pm. See Sat. Bay Ridge Center for Older Adults, 6935 Sides” features live performances by take a musical of this magni- The magnificent Monte- promptu dance number (the hometown rendition of so Fourth Ave. (718) 748-0650. THEATER: “Frappuccino.” 8 pm. See Sat. Radiohead and Sigur Ros. $100, $80, $55. CARIBBEAN AUTHORS: Brooklyn Public 8 pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 tude. The large-scale produc- nieri plays opposite Kerry show-stopping “Krazy for many of his most memorable WATERLOO: “Romeo and Juliet.” 8 pm. Library, Central branch, presents author tion numbers of “Crazy for Ann Lambert, making a stun- You”). songs. See Sat. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4111. Kwame Dawes. 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza. DANCE: Term begins for kids in jazz, ballet, WORKSHOP THEATER: “Hunting (718) 230-2100. Free. Cockroaches.” 8 pm. See Sat. tap, hip-hop and more. Call for program BAMCINEMATEK: “Andy Warhol: I Don’t info. Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln BROOKLYN LYCEUM: Danzas Espanolas, Know What I’m Doing” series presents “I Place. (718) 522-4696. T performs. 8 pm. See Sat. Shot Andy Warhol” (1996). $10. 3 pm, 6 AILY EQU HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Crazy for You.” 8 pm. D S ILA pm and 9:10 pm. Q&A with director Mary CIAL BA A See Sat. Harron follows 6 pm screening. 30 WEDS, OCT 15 PE R ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: Beth Gibbons Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. S and Paul Webb. 8 pm. See Sat. FILMS: Green-Wood Partnership presents SPINAL TAP: New York Methodist Hospital “Saturday at the Movies.” Today: offers a spine check-up. 10 am to 2 pm. “Dumbo.” $5. 3 pm. Also, “Dog Day 263 Seventh Ave. (718) 246-8700. Free. SAT, OCT 11 Afternoon.” $8. 6 pm. Also, “All Quiet on LECTURE: St. Francis College presents a talk the Western Front.” $8. 9 pm. 500 25th Crystal “The Haitian Revolution and the HAPPY OUTDOORS AND TOURS St. (718) 857-4816. American West.” 12:20 pm to 1:45 pm. Home HOUR SEX IN THE SEA: NY Aquarium hosts a sin- 180 Remsen St. (718) 489-5272. COLUMBUS DAY PARADE: Parade route is of the AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT 3-6PM gles night out. $40, $35 members. Price MEETING: Bay Ridge AARP meets. 2 pm. along 18th Avenue from 60th Street to includes beer, wine and refreshments. 7 84th Street. Councilman Domenic Our Lady of Angels, 337 74th St. (718) pm to 9:30 pm. West Eighth Street and 788-7372. Sizzling Fajitas Recchia Jr. is honored, along with others. Surf Avenue. (718) 265-3448. Manor 1 pm. (718) 259-2828. WATCH CLUB: Weekly series presents “The CELEBRATION OF DESIGN: New York opens Magnificent Seven” (1960). 2 pm. St. Ann 522 Court St 151 Atlantic Ave OPEN HOUSE: Mark Morris Dance Center its doors for a celebration of architecture and the Holy Trinity church, 157 (Bet. Nelson & Huntington) (Bet. Clinton & Henry) offers a tour of its new performance facili- and design. Brooklyn sites include land- Montague St. (718) 875-6960. Free. CARROLL GARDENS BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ty. 10 am to 4 pm. 3 Lafayette Ave. (718) marks of Grand Army Plaza and Green- January - March 2004 624-8400. Free. MEETING: Midwood Youth Council meets. Wood Cemetery, skyscraper Williamsburgh 4:30 pm. Midwood Development Corp. 718-237-2230 718-643-6000 GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Brooklyn Savings Bank and more. For info on the 75 Office, 2394 Nostrand Ave. (718) 859-3011. Catering Special Center for Urban Environment hosts “The Open 7 days, Lunch & Dinner • Available for Private Parties • FREE DELIVERY buildings and sites of architectural distinc- BAMCINEMATEK: Cinema Tropical presents Most Foul Walking Tour” with Ruth tion, check www.ohny.org. Free. Visit us at: www.Mezcalrestaurant.com Prices starting at $35 per person Edebohls. Learn about the blemished “Seres Humanos” (2003). $10. 4:30 pm, reputations of many of the cemetery’s 6:50 pm and 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. WEDDINGS • CHRISTENINGS residents. $11, $9 members, $8 seniors SUN, OCT 12 and students. 1 pm. Meet at Fifth Avenue OPEN REHEARSAL: One World Symphony ANNIVERSARIES • FUNDRAISERS invites the community to its practice ses- and 25th Street. (718) 768-7300. ALL BUSINESS FUNCTIONS/ BROOKLYN HEIGHTS WALK: Brooklyn OUTDOORS AND TOURS sion. $5. 6 pm. St Ann and the Holy Elegantly Casual – Not Stuffy Historical Society hosts a walk through GREEN-WOOD TOURS: Tour with John Trinity church, corner of Clinton and REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS Montague streets. (718) 462-7270. Serving your Family & Friends since 1964. one of Brooklyn’s oldest neighborhoods. Cashman and Frank Mescall. Explore the (meals served if your wish) $15, $10 members, $5 children. 1:30 pm. architecture, history, horticulture and the- SERIES ABOUT BROOKLYN: Pratt Institute Call for reservation. (718) 222-4111. atrical appeal of the cemetery. $6. 1 pm. launches “Brooklyn’s Creative Economy,” Call 718-859-2141 featuring the role of arts in Brooklyn. HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS: Mauricio Meet inside Ft. Hamilton Parkway Gate Vist our website - www.crystalmanor.net Lorence, specialist on NYC history and off McDonald Avenue. (718) 469-5277. Panel discussion features Jonathan Bowles, landmarks, leads a tour through Ft. Greene, Also, Jeff Richman, cemetery’s historian, Barbara Corcoran, John Flansburgh, 1460 Flatbush Avenue, KENSINGTON leads a Historic Fund Tour. $10. 1 pm. Robert Lanham and David Walentas. Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 (Bet. Glenwood & Farragut Rd.) VALET PARKING AVAILABLE pm to 5 pm. New York Marriott Brooklyn, (718) 768-7300. Moderated by Kurt Andersen. 6:30 pm. 200 Willoughby Ave. Reservations neces- perience for 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HUNT: Watson s is a dining ex sary. (718) 636-3657. Free. Thi g as ‘SEX’ LOCATIONS: Watson Adventures host Adventures hosts a walk around ho regard eatin Brooklyn’s most scenic neighborhood. MEETING: Community Board 7 meets. Una people w a walk and hits stores, bars and posh ajor pleasures. places visited by the characters on HBO’s $20. 2 pm to 5 pm. Call for meeting loca- Clarke, of the Empire State Development ne of life's m Authentic Japanese Food in Park Slope Corporation, gives a presentation. 6:30 o “Sex and the City.” $20. 2 pm to 5 pm. tion. (212) 726-1529. LYN PAPERS pm. 4201 Fourth Ave. (718) 854-0003. – THE BROOK Call for meeting place. (212) 726-1529. PERFORMANCE WINE TASTING: A Perfect Setting hosts a 200 PERFORMANCE BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts lecture series. Today’s topic is Parties for up to WORKSHOP THEATER: “Hunting presents “Suzanne Farrell Ballet.” $30. 2 pm. Chardonnay. $40. 7 pm. 140 Atlantic Ave. * * * Call to sign up. (718) 222-1868. * * * * Cockroaches.” $5. 2 pm and 8 pm. Walt Whitman Hall, Brooklyn College, music nightly Inaka no Gershwin Theater, Brooklyn College, one one block from the junction of Nostrand LIBRARY TALK: “Mixed Signal” series pres- Enjoy pia Inaka block from the intersection of Flatbush and Flatbush avenues. (718) 951-4500. ents Mark Naison, author of “White Boy: * * * * * * * A Memoir.” 7 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, t and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4600. BARGEMUSIC: presents a program of cham- in our private lo Sushi House BAM: “The Sound of Ocean,” directed and ber music by Haydn and Mozart. $35. 4 Central branch. Grand Army Plaza. (718) Park Our experienced Sushi Chef choreographed by Liu Ching-Ming. $45, pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. 230-2100. Free. prepares the freshest Sushi MEDITATION: Learn sahaja yoga. 6:30 pm. $30, $25. 7:30 pm. Harvey Theater, 651 CONCERT: Music from Good Shepherd & Sashimi to order! Fulton St. (718) 636-4111. presents The Scarborough Trio. 6 pm. Brooklyn Public Library, Carroll Gardens Avenue S and Brown Street, Marine Park. branch, 396 Clinton St. (212) 269-YOGA. BARGEMUSIC: presents a program of cham- Sukiyaki, Yosenabe & Shabu ber music by Haydn and Mozart. $35. 7:30 (718) 998-2800. Free. Free. pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. OPERA: Regina Opera Company presents FILM FEST: Lunafest, a national festival of Shabu prepared at your table its annual “Opera Pops” concert. $8, kids films by, for and about women is held at GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Mystery Combination Teriyaki & Tempura Available of Edwin Drood.” $15, $12 children under free. 4 pm. Regina Hall, 12th Avenue at Cobble Hill Cinema. $20, $15 students. RESTAURANT 7:30 pm. 265 Court St. (718) 596-4995. Michael’s 12 and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th St. (718) 65th Street. (718) 232-3555. A light, healthy meal for the entire family. 595-0547. LUXX: presents Bruce Lee Night. $6. 8 pm. BARNES AND NOBLE: Author Madalyn 2929 Avenue R (at Nostrand Ave.) • (718) 998-7851 256 Grand St. (718) 599-1000. Aslan reads from her book “Madalyn THEATER: Ryan Repertory Company pres- (bet 4th & 5th Sts.) ents “Frappuccino.” $22, $20 seniors and HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Crazy for You.” 2 pm. Aslan’s Jupiter Signs.” 7:30 pm. 267 www.michaelsofbrooklyn.com • 236 7th Ave. students. 5 pm and 8 pm. Harry Warren See Sat. Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. Theater, 2445 Bath Ave. (718) 996-4800. WORKSHOP THEATER: “Hunting MEETING: Bay Ridge Historical Society (718) 499-7856 BAR BELOW: Word on the Street Cockroaches.” 2 pm. See Sat. offers a talk “World War II: The Home Front.” 7:30 pm. Shore Hill Towers, 9000 Continuously serving lunch and dinner Productions presents “There Goes the GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Mystery Mon. - Sat. Noon - 10:30pm, Sun. 5pm - 10:30pm Neighborhood,” an original play about of Edwin Drood.” 3 pm. See Sat. Shore Road. (718) 745-5938. Free. gentrification of Carroll Gardens. $8 NEXT WAVE FEST: Brooklyn Academy of FREE DELIVERY • Catering Available • Major Credit Cards BROOKLYN LYCEUM: Danzas Espanolas, Music presents “Bobrauschenbergamerica.” includes beer. 7:30 pm. 209 Smith St. performs. 3 pm. See Sat. SmallTownBrooklyn.com (917) 873-1432. 7:30 pm. See Tues. BAR BELOW: “There Goes the Neighbor- THEATER: “Frappuccino.” 8 pm. See Sat. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: Live performance hood.” 3 pm. See Sat. Est 1902 by singer-songwriter Beth Gibbons and Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb. Others. $27.50. CHILDREN THURS, OCT 16 8 pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum of Art hosts Monteleone’s HEIGHTS PLAYERS: George Gershwin musi- “Stories and Art” class featuring the story COMMUNITY LAW DAY: Civil Court of the SPECIALTY BAKERY cal “Crazy for You.” $15, $12 seniors. 8 “Bodies and Faces.” Free for children 12 City of New York and Brooklyn Borough pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. and under. 4 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. President’s office co-sponsor an event to Consistently voted top ices in New York BROOKLYN LYCEUM: Spanish dance com- (718) 638-5000. inform and educate public about communi- pany, Danzas Espanolas, performs PUPPETWORKS: “Aladdin and the Wonderful ty services available. 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Andalusian songs including Sephardic and Lamp.” 12:30 pm and 2 pm. See Sat. 209 Joralemon St. (212) 374-8082. Free. Be a good Start your Call for next Class Moorish selections. $30. 8 pm. 227 OTHER FILM: St. Francis College presents “Tortilla Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. Soup.” Noon. 180 Remsen St. (718) 489- day Freshly GET YOUR JAZZ: Guitarist Rick Stone performs in the ZEN CENTER: Beginning instruction in 5272. Free. faculty member series. $10, $5 students Zazen. $5. 9:45 am to 1 pm. 500 State St. Baked! (718) 875-8229. SPECIAL NEEDS: Resources for Children with PREMIUM and seniors. 8 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718) Special Needs offers a talk “Preschool neighbor: 622-3300. VIDEO SERIES: St. Ann and the Holy Trinity BREW Services.” 10 am to 1 pm. Brooklyn Public , Library, Heights branch, 280 Cadman Plaza rs say NO West. (212) 677-4650. Free. er bake COFFEE When oth s YES!!! SUPPORT: Self Help for the Hard of Hearing nny say meets. 11 am. 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By Paulanne Simmons shops through Oct. 12 at Bar ing her legs and holding her tion. The owner of the pork for The Brooklyn Papers Below, at 209 Smith St. hands in a certain manner (a shop is clearly skeptical of its For Brown, “There Goes the gay designer, an old Puerto Ri- benefits. The girl who has lived ike Plato’s famous river, Neighborhood” is a work of can man). She’s also an expert in Carroll Gardens all her life neighborhoods in Brook- more than a little brilliance. For at accents and speech patterns finds it exciting. The Chinese Llyn seem to change so Pacelli, it is a tour de force re- (African-American, Puerto Ri- restaurateur is exuberant over Free Handouts to All Attendees suddenly that when you come quiring both creativity and can, Italian-American, Long Is- the possibilities. An old Puerto back to them, they are never stamina. With nothing more lander). And only occasionally Rican man seems mostly con- Seating is Limited To Insure a Reservation, quite the same. In Brooklyn than a cigarette (teenaged girl is it difficult to tell whether fused. we have DUMBO, Williams- from the neighborhood), a she’s playing a man or a What all these people have Call (718) 238-6500 burg and Carroll Gardens as wineglass (young woman trans- woman. in common, however, is their exemplary proof of how planted from Long Island), a Brown’s dialogue reflects a passion for the neighborhood neighborhoods can become pair of oversized eyeglasses startling ability to capture ver- — whether they remember it We Offer for Your Convenience, Ten Separate Sessions: “hip” almost overnight. (“middle-aged white chick”) a nacular speech with all its most as traditional and close-knit, Mari Brown and subtle nuances. She uses a nice resent it for its narrow-minded Deanna Pacelli, trick of having the characters bigotry or respect it for the Mon., October 20, 2003 Tues., October 21, 2003 two Carroll Gar- THEATER answer or disagree with each changes that are making it dens residents, other using almost the same more compatible with their QUEENS - ROCKAWAY QUEENS - BAYSIDE have been working Word on the Street Productions pres- words. And Pacelli supplies the lifestyles. ents “There Goes the Neighborhood” 11:00am & 3:00pm 11:00am & 2:00pm hard over the past through Oct. 12, Saturday at 7:30 pm and perfect gesture and tone. It took lots of outreach to two-and-a-half Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets are $8 and include The intimate, cabaret-like at- write “There Goes the Neigh- The Beach Club The Adria Ramada Hotel (In the Adria Building) a free beer. Bar Below is located beneath years documenting Faan restaurant, at 209 Smith St. at Baltic mosphere of Bar Below helps a borhood.” One pictures Brown 129 Beach 116th Street, Rockaway Park, NY 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside, New York the changes there. Street in Boerum Hill. For more informa- lot, too. and Pacelli nodding sympa- (116th Street at the Boardwalk) (2 Blocks West of Cross Island Parkway) They’ve conducted tion, call (917) 873-1432 or e-mail wordon- The unifying thread that ties thetically and taking notes. more than 50 inter- [email protected]. the characters together and to This same ability to listen and views with long- Brown’s theme is the character learn prevails during the work- Wed., October 22, 2003 Thurs., October 23, 2003 time residents and of DJ Transforma, who appears shop phase of production. young professionals, mom- baseball cap (Italian owner of a intermittently throughout the Pacelli and Brown host talk- QUEENS - MIDDLE VILLAGE BROOKLYN - BAY RIDGE and-pop store owners and new 100-year-old pork shop) and hour-long show, and in the end, back dialogues after every per- restaurateurs. The result is same baseball cap turned back- supplies the philosophical formance and encourage sug- 11:00am, 4:00pm and 7:00pm 11:00am, 4:00pm and 7:00pm “There Goes the Neighbor- wards (newly arrived Chinese framework on which the show gestions and criticisms. So if Niederstein’s Restaurant The Greenhouse Cafe hood,” a one-woman show restaurant owner), Pacelli cre- rests. you’d like a chance to make 69-16 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, NY 7717 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, New York written by Brown and per- ates individuals who are both One of the most interesting your artistic opinion go further formed by Pacelli, who plays poignantly unique and hilari- aspects of “There Goes the than your spouse or best (Metropolitan at 69th Street) (Between 77th & 78th Streets) nine neighborhood characters. ously familiar. Neighborhood” is Brown’s re- friend, don’t miss “There Goes The hour-long piece is being Sometimes Pacelli achieves fusal to take sides in the contro- the Neighborhood.” You’ll performed as a series of work- the same effect by merely cross- versy surrounding gentrifica- also have a great time. SEE OUR AD IN THE VERIZON YELLOW PAGES

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BROOKLYN ‘Grand’plans Luxx to transform into a gay, Nightlife neighborhood nightclub

BAMcafe By Lisa Selin Davis somewhere to go for gay people.” 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene, for The Brooklyn Papers (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. The new venue, Grand Central, Oct. 10: NextNext featuring Tiombe Lockhart, 9 pm, named for Grand Street, its central FREE; Oct. 11: Uncle Moon’s reinterpretation of the Velvet ometimes you want to go where Williamsburg location, and because Underground’s ‘Banana’ album, 9 pm, FREE. everybody knows your name, as they hope to be as busy as the venera- Barbes Sthe song says, but did you ever ble Manhattan terminal, will continue 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) think that place would be a nightclub? to cater to electroclash fans, but at the 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. That’s just what managing partners same time, they’ll be reaching out to Oct. 9: Musette Explosion with Will Holshouser and Matt Troy Carson and Garry Hannon are plan- the ever-growing gay population in Munisteri, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 10: Shuffle Boil, 8 pm, FREE; ‘Altered’ state: The Williamsburg club, Luxx, designed by Eben Luxx, will Oct. 11: Nikitov, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 13: Akira Kurosawa’s ning for the Williamsburg dance club cur- Williamsburg, and redefining the club’s undergo a not-so-extreme makeover before reopening as Grand Central, “Throne of Blood,” 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 14: Jazz curated by rently known as Luxx: a kind of gay mission. The plan is to create a neigh- Chuck McKinnon, with trombonist Mike Fahn, 9 pm, FREE; a gay dance club with a neighborhood feel, in November. Oct. 15: Night of the Ravished Limbs featuring Jim Cheers with dancing and DJs. As of Oct. borhood atmosphere inside. Pugliese’s Phase 3, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 16: Matt Munisteri, 9 25, Luxx will close its doors, and two “It can be a nightmare ordering a pm, FREE. weeks later Grand Central, a gay dance drink at Luxx,” says Troy. “We want — both cosmetically and musically — destination,” says Garry. “We’re going Boudoir Bar club, will blossom in its place. people to come in and have the bar- is key to running a successful club. to support local artists, put on fashion At East End Ensemble, 273 Smith St. at Sackett Luxx opened two years ago, develop- tenders know who they are.” Word of the impending change is out shows, installations, keep it in the Street in Carroll Gardens, (718) 624-8878, www.east- ing a loyal follow- Not everything in the neighborhood, and Troy and Gar- neighborhood.” They point out that endensemble.com. Tiombe Lockhart will be performing at ing among neigh- will change at the ry say the buzz is mostly positive. But there are plenty of great places to see Oct. 9: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 10: Femme Fatale BAMcafe on Oct. 10. (burlesque and more), 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 11: Brooklyn borhood residents NIGHTLIFE new club. Some of they’ve heard a few unkind rumors lurk- live music in Williamsburg, but none of Brew-Ha-Ha, 9:30 pm, $5. and Manhattan that weird and in- ing about, that the club-to-be will dis- them have a cabaret license. and the Gashouse Gorillas, 10 pm, FREE. visitors alike. Performers interested in Grand Cen- teresting decor will place longtime Luxx patrons, and that a If some residents are skeptical, it Blah Blah Lounge “There was tral should contact Garry and Troy at Met- stay. Eben Luxx gay nightclub will alienate newcomers. doesn’t bother Troy. He received the 501 11th St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Low Bar ropolitan, 559 Lorimer St. between Metro- nothing there then, politan Avenue and Devoe Street in describes the look “Part of the problem is that some same reaction when he decided to start 369-BLAH, www.blahblahlounge.biz. Below Rice restaurant, 81 Washington St. at Front Street Mondays: Happy hour all night, 6 pm to 1 am, prices vary; nothing geared to- Williamsburg, at (718) 599-4444 or at as “tripped out people think gay means only one thing, a neighborhood gay bar. in DUMBO, (718) 222-1LOW, www.riceny.com/low. Luxx, 256 Grand St. between Roebling Wednesdays: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 10: DJ Alex Oct. 9: Reading with Mike Daisey and Aaron Landsman, 7 ward upper mid- ’60s space strip one kind of place,” says Garry. “When I opened Metropolitan, Battles, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 11: Pepa K, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 12: Street and Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, pm, FREE; Oct. 10: Gloria Deluxe, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 12: dle class hipsters,” at (718) 599-1000. For more information, club.” With glitter Williamsburg is a diverse neighbor- everybody said you couldn’t do it. And David Berkman, 8:30 pm, $7; Oct. 15: Open mic with Improv Comedy with a team from Upright Citizen Brigade, Kevin So, 8:30 pm, FREE. says club designer go to www.clubluxx.net. Luxx will shut bars that alight in hood, mixing Polish families with now we’re about to celebrate our one- 8 pm, FREE, Jonathan Jacobs spins records from ’30s and down Oct. 25 and reopen as Grand Cen- ’40s, 9 pm, FREE. Eben Luxx. “It tral around Nov. 8. different colors, a stockbrokers, industrial workers and year anniversary.” Cafe Mezzo was a music and disco jail, crown- artists, and the new club, they say, will Metropolitan is in part the model for 136 Montague St. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Luxx dance venue open shaped DJ booth be open to all. this next phase of Luxx. The bar, situated Heights, (718) 522-2202, www.mezzocafe.com. 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Wednesdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Open (718) 599-1000, www.clubluxx.net. to all kinds of underground music. Any- and mirror balls that undulate along the “The only people displaced will be on Lorimer Street between Metropolitan mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; Saturdays: Melvin Williams, 9:30 pm, Oct. 9: Jucifer, Jet By Day, 9 pm, $8; Oct. 10: Bad Wizard, thing that was non-mainstream, as wall and ceiling seams, Eben had every- people who want straight rock and roll Avenue and Devoe Street, feels both like FREE; Oct. 10: Lauren Echo, 9:30 pm, FREE. 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 11: The Six Parts Seven, The Neal Pollack weird and interesting as possible.” thing custom made — even the vinyl bands,” says Troy. But that doesn’t an Elks lodge with its cozy fireplaces and Invasion, 8 pm, $8; Lingo with DJ Girlina, 11:30 pm, $5; Delia’s Lounge Oct. 12: Bruce Lee Night, Peelander-Z, Blue 3, The Spunks, The club was home to DJ Larry wallpaper in orange and silver zigzags. mean the new club won’t have rock. an East Village hangout with its jukebox 9224 Third Ave. at 93rd Street in Bay Ridge, (718) Gaijin A Go-Go, 8 pm, $6; Oct. 13: The Holy Wars, The Tee’s dance parties that helped launch “The concept behind the design is al- Like its predecessor, the new club will and funky light fixtures. Patronage is split 745-7999, www.deliaslounge.com. Cinema Eye, Audion, The Fugue, 8 pm, $7; Oct. 14: The Shakedowns, 9 pm, FREE. the new music/fashion/art movement tered perception. I want to feel like I offer a wide array of musical entertain- down the middle, between men and Mondays: Margarita Mondays, 6 pm to 4 am, FREE; Tues- known as electroclash. Electroclash’s left reality even while I’m drinking ment. They’ll host live bands three to women, and you can find gay and days: Movie night, vote online for film choices, 8 pm, FREE. Magnetic Field label became so popular that Larry Tee club soda.” four nights a week, along with dance straight bar-goers alike inside. Duplexx 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, was often pulled away, but he supports “We’re getting rid of the wallpaper,” parties that combine rock, electroclash, “We want it to have the atmosphere (718) 834-0069, www.MagneticBrooklyn.com. 46 Washington Ave. at Park Avenue in Clinton Hill, this next phase. admits Troy. “It gives you a headache.” ’80s music and more. of Metropolitan, but in a nightclub,” (718) 643-6400, www.theduplexx.com. Mondays: Open turntable nights, with host DJ Blakulove, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 9: DJ French Toast, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. “I think it’s incredibly positive,” he But he points out that the club was “It could go from Madonna to Jane’s says Troy. “We say it’s a bar for gays, Sundays: Caribbean music and buffet, 8 pm, FREE, after 9 10: DJ Blakulove, 9 pm, FREE; Sir Colt 45’s Hip Hop-A-Go- pm, women pay $5 and men pay $10; Tuesdays: Caviar says. “Williamsburg is a melting pot of smartly designed for easy makeovers: Addiction to the Chili Peppers to Don- lesbians and their straight friends.” Go, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 16: Law and Disorder, 9 pm, FREE. Tuesdays, 8 pm, $10, $5 for women; Oct. 10: Eman & Wil different kinds of people and it’s impor- the wallpaper is removable. Club na Summer in a row,” says Troy. 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Flatbush Addicts, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 11: Crooked Road, Groovsky, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort and Nostrand avenues. (718) Evil Queens, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 12: Will Vinson, 9 pm, FREE; Greene, (718) 797-1197. Thursdays: LIVE JAZZ/RHYTHM & BLUES 768-3202. Oct. 13: Sweet Clemintine, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 14: Julie Thursdays: Blues, 8:30 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: ARTIST RECEPTION: Khali Milgram Quintet, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 15: Jeff Winter, 9 pm, Jazz, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sundays: Jazz brunch, noon, FREE. serving food til 11pm Friday & Saturday Nights: LIVE SALSA Marcello Gift Shop hosts a FREE; Oct. 16: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE. “Showcase of Excellence” cele- Northsix $8 brunch and daily dinner specials Saturdays: brating African-American art. 7 Galapagos 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, pm to 10 pm. 315 Flatbush Ave. 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. famous DJ’s spin eclectic ESPN College Football Pkg. (718) 636-2221. Free. (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Oct. 9: Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Baby Rosebud, 8 pm, FILM AND DANCE SERIES: Oct. 9: McSweeney’s, the Wild East, 7 pm, $5, The Shift, HBO Sundays: Brooklyn Public Library, Central $10 advance, $12 day of show; Oct. 10: Guignol, Barbez, brazilian beats and rare grooves 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 10: Congregation, 7 pm, $5, DJ Andee, Gutbucket, Pink Noise, 8 pm, $10; Oct. 15: My Favorite, Boxing Pkg. branch, offers “Dance on 10 pm, FREE, Floating Vaudeville Night, 10 pm, $5; Oct. Solar Return, 10 Year Drought, Argentine, 8 pm, $10. NFL Sunday Ticket Camera,” a program of film and 11: Hypertonics, 7 pm, $7, DJ Salinger, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. dance lessons. Today: “Queen of 12: Ocularis, the Skyline at Work, 7 pm, $6; Oct. 13: Peggy O’Neill’s We Feature Continental Cuisine, the Gypsies: A Portrait of Carmen Garbo, Cookies Downtown, 7 pm, $5, Monday Evening 40 Beers on Tap, Amaya.” 7 pm. Grand Army (Two locations) casper jones prepared by Chef Mendy, Burlesque, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 14: New Rock Weekly, 8 formerly of The Grocery and Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney Island, (718) 23 TVs, 1 Great Place! pm, $6; Oct. 15: Tribes magazine release party featuring Knickerbocker’s Grill BAMCINEMATEK: “Andy Warhol: I poetry and music by Beauty Contest, 6-9 pm, $10; Oct. 16: 449-3200, www.peggyoneills.com. 440 bergen st. btw flatbush/5th ave. Don’t Know What I’m Doing” The Pie Hole Comedy Show, 8 pm, $7. Oct. 10: Thin Black Tie, 10 pm, $TBD; Oct. 11: Wicked OPEN 7 NIGHTS A WEEK FOR DINNER: series presents “Screen Test #2” World (Black Sabbath tribute band) and Mistreated (Deep 200 Fifth Ave Park Slope parkslope brooklyn 718.399.8741 Dinner served: SUN-WED, 4-12pm (Full Menu) (1965). $10. 7:30 pm. Q&A with Halcyon Purple tribute band), 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 12: NFL & (between Union & Berkeley) star Ultra Violet. Also, “Ant The Karaoke, 1 pm, FREE. THURS, 4pm-1am • FRI, 11am-2am • Sat, 4pm-2am 227 Smith St. at Butler Street in Boerum Hill, (718) mon-fri 4pm-4am sat-sun 10am-4am Sat & Sun Brunch: 11am - 4pm Life of Juanita Castro” (1966). 260-9299, www.halcyonline.com. 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 748- 638-2925 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636- Oct. 9: Breathe with DJ Jin, 9 pm to 1 am, FREE; Oct. 10: 1400. 4100. Acupuncture, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 11: Nu-Pschidt with resi- Thursdays: Ladies Night with Kane, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: KAYAKING SIGN-UP: Brooklyn dent DJs, 12-6 pm, FREE, Schematic, featuring ScottieB DJ Rob, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Sunday Night with Gary, 8 Bridge Park Coalition hosts a and Sneak-E-Pete, 6-9 pm, FREE, Bingo-A-Go-Go, 9 pm, pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. sign up for a boating program. FREE; Oct. 12: Hangover Helper with DJ Domewrecka and 6:45 pm. Brooklyn Bridge Park. Skratch, 12-7 pm, FREE, Undercity with Sheldon Drake and Pete’s Candystore (718) 802-0603. DJ Spinoza, 7 pm to 2 am, FREE; Oct. 13: Lounge Arcade 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williamsburg, NEXT WAVE FEST: Brooklyn with Mr. Rourke and Super BK Bros., 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 14: (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. Academy of Music presents Chocolate Buddah with Ron Paizley, 6-9 pm, FREE, Thursdays: Howard Fishman, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Merce Cunningham Dance Mixtape Sessions with Blaze, 9 pm to 2 am; Oct. 15: Tama Open mic, 6-8:30 pm and The Reverend Vince at 9 pm, Company. $55, $40, $20. 7:30 Waipara, Triumph of Time ObliqSound Record Release FREE; Mondays: The CobbleHillbillies, 8 pm-midnight, pm. Also, “Bobrauschenberg- Party, 9 pm, FREE. FREE; Wednesdays: Quiz-Off, 7:30 pm, FREE and Matty america.” 7:30 pm. See Tues. Charles & the Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 9: HALCYON CAFE: Wordsmith Series The Hook Joanaspolicewoman, Marmalade, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 10: features Paul McDonald, Gary 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, Lo Fine, Ill Ease, The Malarkies, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 11: Keenan and Eve Packer reading (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. Patrick McGrath, The Dimestore Dance Band, 9 pm, from their works. 7:30 pm. 227 Oct. 9: Airborne Audio, 11 pm, $6; Oct. 10: Retada, North FREE; Oct. 12: Brian Osborne, First Hand, Fear & UNDERWATER LOUNGE Smith St. (718) 260-WAXY. Free. Star Nation, Airborn Audio, Nuclear Family, 9 pm, $6; Oct. Trembling, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 13: Poetry, 7 pm, FREE; Oct. MARKETING TALK: Park Slope 11: Manhattan Samba and Amoeba Technology, 10 pm, 14: The Summer Lawns, 9 pm, FREE; Oct. 16: Chris at Water Street Restaurant Food Co-op offers a talk with $10; Oct. 12: Congo Ashanti Roy and the Jammy Land All- Moore, The Sandusky Band, 9 pm, FREE. Susan Martin. 7:30 pm. 782 Stars featuring King Django, 10 pm, $8; Oct. 14: The 66 Water Street, D.U.M.B.O., Brooklyn, NY Union St. (718) 622-0560. Free. Savage Breast, with poetry and music, 10 pm, $8; Oct. 16: Sideshows by the BARGEMUSIC: presents a cham- Tru Mystic, Femm Nameless, 8:30 pm, $5. Seashore ber music program of all RESENTS Chopin. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton io Lounge and 1208 Surf Ave. at West 12th Street in Coney Island, P : Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. Restaurant (718) 372-5159, www.coneyisland.com. THEATER: “Frappuccino.” 8 pm. Oct. 10-12: Creep Show at the Freak Show, 8 pm, $7.50. See Sat. 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in Williamsburg, THE WOLFTONES (718) 388-3320, www.iorestaurantandlounge.com. WATERLOO: “Romeo and Juliet.” Sistas’ Place 8 pm. See Sat. 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No pets. 4 $400-500 per; Separate office 13’x13’ $900; blocks from F train. references & tunity to legitimize even the Fourth Ave. conference Lounge $30/hour (psy- Tickets cost $25 at the credit check required. chotherapists, tutoring etc). Flat rent most wretched of us snoops. INSURANCE door or can be purchased in (718) 376-9676 includes: H/Speed internet, util, 24hr, In fact, it’s just that voy- W40 Copier, Fax, Kitchen, more. Subway, Buses. euristic bent that organizers advance for $20 at the Novel (718) 491-1241 or [email protected] of upcoming house tours in Idea Bookstore, 8415 Third Park Slope more info at Bay Ridge and Bedford- Ave., or at Victoria Wishes www.accounting-concepts.com Gift Shoppe, at 7520 Fifth Luxury 3BR in front of N & R trains. R42 Stuyvesant are banking on 4 stops to Manhattan. Hardwood & to woo the hordes. Ave. Reservations are strong- marble flrs. Jacuzzi, French doors, Carroll Gardens While visitors shouldn’t ly recommended. For infor- huge lofty apt. $2,500/mo. No fees. expect to see Ferraris fash- mation, call (718) 836-8773. 1 or 2 yr lease. 671 Union St. Contact: Columbia St. & Union St. New ioned into king-sized beds building. 2,000 sq.ft. ground If you have a tip about Super: (718) 399-0788 or Owner: or matching his and hers N38-27.1 (917) 309-0676. floor & 2,000 sq.ft. basement. real estate in northern or [email protected] Call Sal. bidets they can ooh and ah western Brooklyn or have a W39 (718) 721-8800 over parquet floors, the fab- property-related question, W44 ulously expensive furniture send an e-mail to RealEstate Windsor Terrace and the owner’s overall im- @BrooklynPapers.com. Apartment for rent. No Fee. Avail. 10-1-03. GREAT peccable taste. Be sure to include your 3BR $1700. Large Yard with garden, wood 627 75th St. is one of the properties that can be viewed floors, eat-in kitchen. 3 blks from Prospect GETAWAYS But most importantly, the during the Bay Ridge house tour. name and telephone number. Park, 2 blks from F train, near #67 bus. tours offer the rare opportu- Near laundry & shopping. Pets upon approval. Call owner. Florida nity for potential homeown- ers to get a feel for a neigh- (917) 572-8746 W39 “As Low As $39 Per Night!” borhood and its neighbors. By Jotham Sederstrom Apartments, Sublets DISNEY FALL “This is a house tour with for The Brooklyn Papers & Roommates GETWAWAY SALE a very special purpose. We Bay Ridge BROWSE & LIST FREE! Hotels - Suites - Condos - Homes want our guests to meet A two-bedroom apart- BUYING All Cities & Areas! 1-800-749-4045 Ext. 78 families who have chosen ment on Shore Road recent- AND www.Sublet.com www.orlando-wholesale-travel.com Bedford-Stuyvesant because ly sold for $262,500. The it is a good place to live,” Studios;1-2 Bdrms; $800-2000 C42 asking price was $275,000. said Brenda Fryson, presi- The apartment at 9281 1-877-FOR-RENT R48 North Carolina dent of Brownstoners of Shore Road, is in a quiet sec- Bedford-Stuyvesant, which tion of the neighborhood, SELLING For Share / Brooklyn Wrightsville, Beach, NC is hosting its 25th annual and features a renovated tour of some of the neigh- bathroom and eat-in kitchen. Windsor Terrace Ocean Front Condos. borhood’s famed Victorian The apartment also Very near F train and Prospect Park For rates & info: brownstones. boasts a laundry area, dish- – Share beautiful, spacious apart- “Our house tours are de- washer and extra storage, ment with open livingroom, raised (718) 668-2063 said Kristen Lizzi, the Cen- R34/39 signed to encourage new dining area, full kitchen & bath. Own tury 21 DeMasi agent who private bedroom & two closets. $650 residents to not only pur- brokered the deal. Mainte- includes utilities. chase a home, or rent an nance is $726 a month. (718) 437-1409 HOUSES apartment, but to become an W40 active member of our com- Prospect COMMERCIAL For Sale / Brooklyn munity,” Fryson said. Heights To demonstrate just how A condominium apart- SPACE keen they are on inviting ment in the Newswalk Dyker Heights new faces to purchase old Building sold for its asking Callan / Tom Callan / Tom Building For Sale Reconditioned legal two family used homes, the tour concludes price of $679,000 after eight as large one family. 5/6 bedrooms, months on the market. 3.5 baths, partially finished base- with a home-buying seminar. Woodside, Queens In Bay Ridge, the Al- Built in 1930, and recent- ment. Large backyard, one care park- ly converted to condomini- Storefront, with a 3BR apt. ing pad. Lot 31’ x 100’, House 24’x liance of Bay Ridge Block ums, the building at 700 Pa- Papers The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn above. 20 mins to city. Have 48’. Asking $699,000. Open to Associations has organized your own business and live free. Negotiation. cific St. features full-time 9281 Shore Road 700 Pacific St. a house tour that concludes doormen and a concierge, as Call Broker. (718) 234-5854 W40 not with a seminar but with well as a common roof deck HOUSES (718) 396-6483 W40 high tea and offers visitors and indoor parking. nan, the Corcoran agent who $422 a year and the monthly For Sale / Staten Island the opportunity to visit “the The 2,038-square-foot sold the property, the kitchen common charges are $374. For Sale / New Jersey Commercial Space best of Bay Ridge’s charm- condo features two bed- boasts granite countertops Carroll ing row houses.” and stainless steel appli- NEW CONSTRUCTION rooms, two bathrooms and a Gardens 3BR, 2bth, full bsmt, 1 car gar. on cul- Two houses on Senator Jacuzzi. ances. de-sac. 8 yr tax abmt. OWN FOR Street, which is the only block According to Peter Noo- Taxes on the property are A two-bedroom apartment $1435/mo! Open House every Sat & in the neighborhood listed near the Gowanus Canal Sun, 1-4pm. 14 Prince St: Verrazano on the National Registry of sold for $298,000 after just to exit 13, right at 1st light (Targee Historic Places, will be one month on the market, St.), right on Vanderbilt, left on Prince. among the six homes fea- according to Julie Cohen, the Prime Time RE tured. Brooklyn Heights Real Es- tate agent who sold the prop- (718) 980-3000 W44 Eric Rouda and his part- ner Ron Gross bought one erty. of those homes and were ac- The newly constructed, tive in getting the historic 802-square-foot apartment at

PARKING Callan / Tom R41 designation. 463 Degraw St., features a dishwasher and skylight, Parking Available They are now throwing Park Slope open the doors to their lime- among other amenities. Body Work Space for Rent. Central Park Slope “It’s brand new,” Cohen location. Women’s Wellness Center and herbal dis- stone-facade house in the said of the two-story build- pensary on site. rooms 8’x10’ and 8’x12’, $1600- Carroll Gardens name of preservation. $2200 a month. Amazing foot traffic. Suitable for Papers The Brooklyn ing. aromatherpy, shiatsu, acupuncture, herbology, “Here we have a gem Degraw Street bet. Columbia & 463 Degraw St. in Carroll Gardens Taxes are $177. naturopathy, homeopathy, reflexology, nutrition, that’s a hundred years old massage, skincare. Van Brunt. Asking $170 per [email protected] month, per car. Call Bill. and we want the public to see what a 100-year-old R36 or (718) 595-0573 (718) 809-5026 R40 R39 house can look like. We’re very proud of the house and the work we’ve done,” said Rouda, adding, “We always The numbers just don’t lie... To advertise love to have people see a lit- Five beautiful islands tle piece of history.” Eight hundreed fifty acres of water in the The Bed-Stuy tour kicks + Forty homesites allowed on the entire lake off at 832 Marcy Ave., near –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Putnam Avenue, on Satur- = One Rare and Exclusive find day, Oct. 18. The tours will run from 11 am to 4 pm. A Bed-Stuy bazaar featuring Debutary Pointe, 30 local artists will also run South Carolina throughout the day. Tickets cost $15 and can For Sale by Owner Real Estate be purchased in advance at 1 2,500 Luxurious Sq.Ft. 3 BR / 2 /2 Baths SECTION Brownstone Books, 409 On the Water $339,000 Lewis Ave., and at the Call Hunter for pictures and more details. Lewis Gallery, at 525 At- lantic Ave. Tours have been (800) 868-1615 call known to sell out and visi- mobile (803) 283-7373 tors are advised to arrive (718) 834-9161 ext. 111 www.diamondpointedeals.com early. For more information, C27-07 call (718) 573-5497.