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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/18 pages • Vol. 30, No. 43 • Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO BEGGING FOR HELP Slope pastor has had it with 3 homeless men

By Dana Rubinstein people sleeping on the steps of his house of worship The Brooklyn Paper that he has begun throwing out their belongings — a move that has prompted a flurry of multi-denomina- Three homeless men have driven one of Park tional soul-searching in liberal Park Slope. Slope’s most liberal religious leaders to the very “It’s always been a simmering problem, but it brink of what some would consider un-Christian heated up this summer,” said Meeter. behavior. For years, the front steps of the church, at the cor-

Rev. Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Presby- ner of Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street, unprotect- Callan / Tom terian Church has gotten so fed up with the homeless ed by a fence, have served as a de facto homeless shelter. By this summer, three men in particular were finding refuge there: Robert Royster,

who’d been an on-and-off visitor for Paper The Brooklyn years, Will Franklin, who drinks on the stoop and sleeps elsewhere, and Frank Silano. All three have substance-abuse problems, according to Meeter. The haunted The church at first tried to help. In the Brooklyn kids — of all ages! — caught Halloween fever spring, Meeter helped Franklin get a job at on Wednesday night. Making the scene in Cobble Hill a local Key Food, but he soon lost it. Meeter gave the men leftover food from Park (photo above) were Lea Sainz and Ines Weinstock, church affairs. He offered to help them get and Groucho Marx lover Howard Graubard. Meanwhile, treatment (he said they refused). His dea- in Park Slope, Wicked Witch of the East wannabe Kate con knitted them scarves. Lovell tried to scare her daughter Tess to no avail. The / Mike Fernandez But by July, according to Meeter, all good news? That’s not her normal skin tone. three were getting worse. “They started urinating in the area and they were losing self-control,” said Meeter. “They were making comments at

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn passersby and they were playing the radio A homeless man sleeps outside the Old First Reformed really loudly. Church on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. See HOMELESS on page 7 NEW D’TOWN FACE Vision of the future By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper Downtown planners on Thursday rolled out a glitzy vision of Downtown Brooklyn as a 24/7 destination — and neighborhood — putting snazzy window dressing on a re- trenchment of the original notion that the Flatbush Avenue corridor and surrounding streets would be a booming business district. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, the quasi-governmental agency charged with creating the “new Downtown,” presented glitzy renderings (pictured) of what the area will sup- / Julie Rosenberg / Tom Callan / Tom See NEW FACE on page 14

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By Mike McLaughlin message onto building The Brooklyn Paper Two more groups have mobilized to In uncertain terms By Dana Rubinstein lantic Terminal Mall in the 1990s, told turn the fight against fliers and menus The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Paper that Atlantic Yards into a dual-front war. Jim Vogel of the Pacific “is the same thing all over again.” Scott Witter — the curator of Brook- Street Block Association To register his anger, Witter erected the Sure, anyone can print his own sign at No Menus, No Flyers lyn’s Other Museum of Brooklyn (a.k.a. home, but for five bucks, you can buy two, gave out this placard message to “Mayor Moo Moo,” covering a Ningunos menús, ningunos aviadores BOMB) — has covered an entire brick wall of his own home with blue painter’s bright yellow, 3-inch-by-5-inch, weather- decrying menus and wall with a caustic message to Mayor resistant laminated placards from the tape. It took him eight hours and countless fliers — in six languages! 㼡 Bloomberg protesting the controversial Boerum Hill Association that say: “NO 㦘噫⠽᧨㼡 rolls of tape (no, really, he lost count). 㦘歪嫛䓸 16-skyscraper-and-arena Atlantic Yards In his message, Witter calls Ratner’s MENUS, CIRCULARS, ADVERTISE- 㼡㦘 Problem is, our crack staff 㼰㦘噫◤ 噫⠽᧨㼡㦘 project, warning that the project would re- MENTS.” ᧨㼰㦘歭嫛歪嫛䓸 plan a “gated community” and says took the time to trans- 䓸 sult in a neighborhood getting “raped.” “there is no reason to give more of And if that’s not a clear enough message, ꐉ鰩 꽻 㼰㦘噫◤ 넁, 뻁ꄱ ᧨㼰㦘歭嫛 Witter, who opposed the destruction of Brooklyn to Bruce Ratner.” they also have an image of a menu and flier late it, and it doesn’t 넩꽩 꽻넁 䓸 ꐉ with a red slash through them; reminiscent add up. ⚜峭鰩 꽻넁 뻁 the historic Long Island Rail Road Termi- Witter, a reformed Dumpster diver, runs ቑⓜ቎䞷ሧ ꄱ넩꽩 꽻 nal that made way for Bruce Ratner’s At- BOMB, a collection of modern artifacts, at of “no smoking” signs everywhere. ቉ᨙ 넁 There are no money-back guarantees, ᨗ⃊ ⚜峭ቑⓜ his building on Steuben Street, Here’s what the sign 崭ዘ䥽䤓崭 ቎䞷ሧ቉ but the sign has a good track record. ቎ቍቮ ᨙ between Park and Myrtle av- really says: ϡ΍ ϡϥ ϕ΍ΉϡΓ ᨗ⃊ “I use it on my door, and while it does- ΍ϝρω΍ϡ, ϡ΍ 崭ዘ䥽䤓 enues in Wallabout. ϡϥ ρϱ΍έ΍Ε 崭቎ቍቮ The latest screed is one of n’t always work, often it does work,” said about 20 enormous blue-tape Sue Wolfe, a member of the Boerum Hill ENGLISH messages Witter has erected Association. It means: “No Menus, No over the years. The BHA’s creation is but one of the lat- People Who Fly” menus, no fliers” est examples in the suddenly urgent fight “It was the mayor who / Adrian Kinloch SPANISH JAPANESE taught me to use painter’s against stoop flotsam. It says: “If you use [it] before a At the Park Slope Civic Council has en- It says: “None menus, none tape,” smirked Witter. “I aviators” noun it becomes a subject or [once] went out [with] a can tered the fracas with its own sign, after object.”

/ Adrian Kinloch of green paint and started hearing grumblings from members in the CHINESE painting. I got arrested right spring. Its creation takes a more polite ap- It says: “No Menus, No Fliers” ARABIC on Flushing Avenue. I spent Paper The Brooklyn proach saying: “Please No Fliers, Ads, It is just a line of unpronounce- 22 hours in jail. [And I Artist Scott Witter has covered two buildings in Wal- Menus” on the free sign it plans to give to KOREAN able letters, but the word “air- learned that] tape is not con- labout with anti-Atlantic Yards screeds. It’s not graffiti, block associations. Phonetically it means “No plane” appears in them. though; it’s blue painter’s tape. 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Lasagnetti Verde pumpkin & parmigiano cheese Center hosts a tour of the birds of the park. Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. Homemade spinach pasta with Zuppa di Zucca Noon to 1:30 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road (718) 694-1600. mushrooms, tomato & fresh basil and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. MICRO MUSEUM: celebrates its 21st birthday Cream of pumpkin with basil, parsley & FUNGUS AMONG US: Explore the world of with exhibits, music, live performance, food Riso In Brodo parmigiano reggiano mycology (the study of fungi) and learn and more. $40 ($20 for exhibits only). 6 pm Chicken Soup with Rice about some of the diverse organisms on to 11 pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797-3116. earth. 1 pm. Prospect Park Audubon RECEPTION: Brooklyn Artists Gym presents Cocktail di Gamberi Center; enter park at Ocean Avenue and new paintings by Heidi Yockey. 6 pm to 9 Chilled shrimp cocktail ...Additional $5.95 Lincoln Road. (718) 965-8999. Free. pm. 168 Seventh St. (718) 858-9069. Free. UP ALL NIGHT: Brooklyn Academy of Music PERFORMANCE hosts an all-night party featuring music, Choice of Entreé GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Yank! A New dancing and films. $20. 9 pm to 4 am. 30 Musical.” $18, $14 kids and seniors. 2 pm Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Tacchino Tradizionale Suprema di Pollo Al Grand Marnier and 8 pm. 199 14th St. (212) 352-3101. CONEY’S ‘SECRETS’: An exhibition of Charles Traditional roasted turkey with sweet potato, Breast of chicken sauteed in a grand KINGSBOROUGH COLLEGE: “Lights Out: Denson’s photographs, “Secrets of Coney cranberry sauce, chestnut stufﬁng & giblet gravy marnier mushroom sauce Sound Plays Inspired by the Golden Age of Island Creek,” is on display now through Radio.” $15, $12 seniors and students. 3 pm Nov. 6. Exhibit charts history of the water- and 7 pm. 2001 Oriental Blvd. (718) 368-5596. way through the 1960s and ’70s. Brooklyn

Salmon Tornato Tilapia Oreganato Josh Kessler WHITE WAVE: presents Wave Rising Series College library, one block from the junction Salmon rolled with spinach in lobster sauce Broiled Tilapia topped with breadcrumbs production of “Cannikin.” Other perform- Klezmer krazy: On Nov. 8 at the Brooklyn Lyceum, Develop Don’t De- of Nostrand and Flatbush avenues. For exhi- Bistecca Alla Griglia Arista di Maialino al Rosmarino ances. $20. 4 pm. Also, “A Page Out of stroy Brooklyn hosts a benefit concert featuring the Klezmatics (pic- bition hours, call (718) 951-5346. Free. Order: 3 Women.” Other performances. Grilled sirloin steak ...Additional $5.00 Pork tenderloin with rosemary $20. 7:30 pm. John Ryan Theater, 25 Jay St. tured), Kakande and Demolition String Band. (212) 868-4444. SUN, NOV 4 All Entrees are served with chef's choice of vegetable & potatoes BROOKLYN REPERTORY OPERA: presents a production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” per- Conservatory of Music presents violinist 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 636-5000. NYC Marathon formed with full orchestra. Beethoven’s only John Blake. $25, $15 students and seniors. ARTHRITIS WALK: 5K walk in Prospect Choice of Dessert (Coffee & Tea with Dessert) opera was a commentary on current events 8 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Park. Check in at 9 am; walk at 10 am. Re- OUTDOORS AND TOURS in Europe in his time. $20, $10 seniors and OTHER gister at www.prospectparkarthritiswalk. GREEN-WOOD WALK: Brooklyn Center for Strudel Di Mela Gelato di Ricotta students. 4 pm. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 kintera.org/newyork. (212) 984-8725. the Urban Environment explores the less-vis- Apple studel served with ice cream Sponge cake rolled with ricotta Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn Museum hosts WEEKSVILLE FARMERS MARKET: Farm- ited side of Green-Wood cemetery. $13, $10 BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert with its monthly event featuring a program of fresh produce. 9 am to 1 pm. 1698 members, $8 seniors and students. 1 pm to Classic Italian Cheesecake Tortino di Zucca Candida works by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. live music, dance performances, spoken Bergen St., between Rochester and 3:30 pm. Meet at Fort Hamilton Parkway $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. 8 pm. Fulton word and a dance party. Tonight: cele- Buffalo avenues. (718) 788-8500. entrance. (718) 788-8500,ext. 208. Pumpkin Pie bration of exhibit “Brushed with Light: Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East ART WALK: Jerry Rose hosts a two-mile singles River. (718) 624-2083. American Landscape Watercolors from FLEA MARKET: at Bay Ridge United Metho- the Collection.” Activities include dist Church. 10 am to 4 pm. Fourth and walk to art galleries in Williamsburg. $10 $39.95 Per Person $18.95 per Child (Under 12) RUSSIAN COMEDY: The Brooklyn College fee. Ages 21 to 35. Reservations necessary. Department of Theater presents Anton Dreamland Orchestra playing jazz from Ovington avenues. (718) 238-4517. the Roaring ’20s at 6 pm; Bridgman BEGINNING BEADING: Urban Glass offers For meeting place reply to All Major Credit Cards Accepted-Free Valet Parking Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” $12, $10 seniors, [email protected] $5 students. 7:30 pm. Gershwin Theater at Packer Dance performs at 6:30 pm; a two-day weekend bead class. Students watercolor art class at 6:30 pm. More. For learn how to create decorative beads WILLIAMSBURG TOUR: New York Like a Native Call for Reservations & Information 718-852-5015 Brooklyn College, one block from the inter- offers a walk around Williamsburg including section of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. full list of programs visit www.brooklynmu- through the process of lampworking. the Hasidic area, the Broadway corridor and (718) 951-4500. seum.org. Event runs from 5 pm to 11 pm. $375. 11 am to 4 pm. 651 Fulton St. 345 Court Street (at Union St.) the waterfront. $18. 2:30 pm to 4 pm. Call CONCERT: Friends of Historic New Utrecht for meeting location. (718) 393-7537. presents “Abracadabra,” an evening of Halloween and film favorites. ISO Sym- PERFORMANCE phonic Band performs. 7:30 pm. Parish PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical House, 1831 84th St. (718) 256-7173. Free. CIVIC CALENDAR Culture presents a platform at 11 am and NEXT WAVE: John Jasperse Company in “In Debt We Trust,” a film at 2 pm. 53 “Misuse Liable to Prosecution.” $20, $35, SUNDAY, NOV. 4 Monthly meeting. 76th Precinct station- Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. Free. $45. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Central Brooklyn Independent Demo- house (191 Union St., between Henry BCBC: Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts at Fulton St. Also, Sufjan Stevens in “The BQE.” crats. Town Hall meeting about the war and Hicks streets), 7:30 pm. Call (718) Brooklyn College presents the United States $20 to $50. 8 pm. Howard Gilman Opera in Iraq. Old First Reformed Church (729 834-3211 for info. Military Academy Band. 3 pm. Walt jè^\ij House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Carroll St., at Seventh Avenue in Park Whitman Theater at Brooklyn College, one RHAPSODY PLAYERS: presents “Magic Slope), 5:30 pm. Call (718) 504-2197 or WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7 block from the intersection of Flatbush and Moments,” music from the 1950s and ’60s. visit www.cbidems.org for info. Community Board 2. Health, Environ- Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. Free. $15, $10 kids and seniors. 8 pm. St. John’s ment and Social Services Committee. BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical music con- Church, 99th Street and Fort Hamilton MONDAY, NOV. 5 Brooklyn Hospital (121 DeKalb Ave., at cert with works by Mozart, Beethoven and fm\i Parkway. (718) 907-3490. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Felix Street, in Fort Greene), 6 pm. Call Brahms. $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. 4 NARROWS COMMUNITY THEATER: presents Public hearing about a possible fare hike. (718) 596-5410 for info. pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street “The Music Man.” $20, $15 seniors, stu- Brooklyn Marriott (333 Adams St., at the East River. (718) 624-2083. dents, children. 8 pm. St. Patrick’s Audi- between Willoughby and Tech Place, in THURSDAY, NOV. 8 WHITE WAVE: presents Wave Rising Series torium, 97th Street and Fourth Avenue. Downtown), 6 pm. Call (212) 878-7483 Community Board 1. Public Safety production of “ A Page Out of Order: 3 (718) 482-3173. or visit www.mta.info for info. Committee. Board office (435 Graham Women” and other performances. $20. 4 dXe_XkkXe IMPACT THEATER: presents “Anna Christie,” by Ave., at Frost Street), 6:30 pm. Call Community Board 10. Traffic and Trans- pm. Also, “Cannikin” Other performances. Eugene O’Neill. $15, $10 students and sen- portation Comittee. Board offices (621 (718) 389-0009 for info. $20. 7:30 pm. John Ryan Theater, 25 Jay St. iors. 8 pm. 190 Underhill Ave. (212) 714-7102. 86th St. at Fort Hamilton Parkway in Bay Concerned Citizens of Bensonhurst. (212) 868-4444. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The National Ridge), 7 pm. Call (718) 745-6827 for info. 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stoopDUMBO BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – DOWNTOWN Dogs parade — no, really! outh Park characters, princesses Tired of the usual and Sonny and Cher all march- HEIGHTS S ed down the Promenade last LOWDOWN lunchtime fare? Sunday, representing the neighborhood’s craftiest in costume making. Fine Japanese cuisine, Sounds like just another Hal- loween parade, except for Cher sniff- plus full sushi bar, ing Sonny’s butt, and the princess lifting her (or his?) leg to pee. for lunch or dinner. Yes, it was time once again for the fourth annual “Halloween Dog Parade Extravaganza” — and locals came out in droves to dress their canines in Polyester and taffe- ta and march them to the Hillside Juliana Bunim Dog Park. Tour-book-toting tourists must have thought they’d wandered into Crazytown, watching the natives wrap their pug in tin foil / Julie Rosenberg (hot potato, get it?) or their Chow Chow in a Russian circus bear costume (that would be me, I’m afraid to say). It may be under the guise of charity — the $25 registration fee goes to maintain the dog park, as well as a local non-profit

— but something tells me that’s only the icing on the dog bis- Paper The Brooklyn cuit. Tom Vasquez — owner of Perfect Paws on Hicks Street — first organized the parade three years ago to raise money for ani- First order of business mals abandoned by Hurricane Katrina. New Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Carl Hum (left) — who took the reins only last month — welcomed 162 Montague Street (at Clinton Street) “We weren’t going to do it anymore, but then everyone asked state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to a luncheon last week at the Steiner Studios in Brooklyn Navy Yard. over and over to keep it going,” said Vasquez, who wore drag, Brooklyn Heights · 718-522-5555 six-inch, hot pink platform shoes and a white, candy-covered Open 7 Days a Week beehive hairdo at this year’s parade. “This year I’m dressed as Candy Dish, cause we dish, dish Fast, Free Delivery · dish. Every year it just keeps getting better and better.” Clearly, family takes many forms in the Heights. “You don’t realize how far people will go to integrate their pets into their lives,” said Matthew Justus, a spectator. “And then something like this happens and you see just THE DUMBO PANHANDLE Baseball Cards ON OUR OTHER how serious they are. It’s unreal!” Comics · Toys Surprisingly, only a Beggars choose rich nabe to ply trade stoop handful of the 100-plus Sports Cards PAGES two-legged attendees but the message that panhan- but when they get money Bought & Sold PARK SLOPE were kids. Which invites By Adam F. Hutton New pool at the Y the question, why are all The Brooklyn Paper dling sends to criminals — through intimidation, either by of these grown-ups play- “That there’s easy money to be physical or verbal harassment, Pokemon GOWANUS Panhandling in DUMBO had in DUMBO” — leads to then DUMBO residents are los- OPEN The Baseball Card Yu-Gi-Oh ing dress-up? 7 DAYS! Big plans for canal has gotten out of hand, judg- crime, he said. ing their freedom and their DUGOUT Because this is a ing by complaints from area W’MSBURG “We’re not against panhan- rights because they’re afraid to chance to participate in residents at a crime prevention New power plant? some of the fun all you dling, but it brings muggers, go out in their own neighbor- 453 COURT ST. · (718) 624-2527 meeting last week. burglars and drug dealers into hood.” WWW.JOEROCKSCARDS.COM B’HURST breeders get to have all The hour-and-a-half long Synagogue stopped year long. Just because the neighborhood,” Sunwoo In a Web posting, DUMBO- meeting was held so that the said. watch said it will pick a day on we may not have little police could give the public tips online at BrooklynPaper.com kids, doesn’t mean we He added that his group is which residents would be urged on how to avoid becoming a worried about panhandlers who to call 311 to report panhan- don’t like to dress up liv- victim of crime — but it quick- ing beings in funny outfits and attract loads of attention. use coercion to get what they dlers. In addition, the group ly became an inquisition into “I can’t wait for next year,” said Karen, who has lived on Liv- want. Aggressive panhandling said it would soon begin “tak- COBBLE HILL why the police have not ingston Street for 15 years. “We’re already planning Baxter’s hurts the quality of life for ing photographs of every suspi- cracked down on the handful of / Arialla Cohen costume.” DUMBO residents, he said, cious loiterer” so that the police panhandlers who have been OK, that’s a bit crazy — but who am I to say? complaining specifically about would have pictures “in the working — some say working case of … crime.” Juliana Bunim is a writer who lives in Brooklyn Heights. a group of three donation solic- VARIETY over — the rapidly gentrifying itors who work the corner of Several residents attacked THE KITCHEN SINK neighborhood for almost a year. Washington and Front streets. the latter proposal, an indication

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I'll be your bridge from where you are The “Cobble Hill” — a zip-up with a “soft-sueded” cotton- / Julie Rosenberg Polyester blend and embroidered with a chest-spanning banner to where you want to be ad for its corporate maker— can be had for $79.50 at your near- est A & F location. (Ironically, that’s in Manhattan.) Our neigh- ELLEN borhood pelt differs from its peer fleeces on a few key style GOTTLIEB points. Namely, its not striped and doesn’t have a hood. Paper The Brooklyn Instead, our fleece is marked with such retro touches as a Toll Brothers, best known for building suburban McMansions, wants the city to rezone this industrial land along the Gowanus ASSOCIATE BROKER “distressed” print of the word “New York” over the number Canal — seen from the Carroll Street Bridge — so it can build one or more 12-story buildings. “27,” as if the fleece’s wearer was a lost outfielder — except the company didn’t even have the bullocks to write “Brooklyn” instead of “New York.” The shirt also boasts a high-necked collar reminiscent of both a priest and a mid-1980s basketball coach. Still, adults could wear this fleece with less shame than they 211 Court Street may feel in the “Camp Vigor,” a $79 sweatshirt that looks like it 917.797.1351 was made with Gwen Stefani’s toddler in mind. A tall ‘Toll’ on the Gowanus 718.625.3700 x 112 “It’s made for a young guy who just started working in an office, but wishes he was still the captain of the soccer team,” hy- By Mike McLaughlin ning will shape development on pothesized Cobble Hill resident Elizabeth Cook. The Brooklyn Paper both banks of the Gowanus. The Others had more specific gripes with the teenybopper purvey- city is considering a major rezon- or’s appropriation of the Community activists were ing of the area from manufactur- neighborhood moniker. treated to a glimpse of the ing to residential, though the likely ON OUR OTHER “Enormously lettered Gowanus Canal’s high-rise future result will be a mixture of the two. www.brookly nbridg erealty .com brand names are not when the Toll Brothers develop- Geto gave few specifics, but did what I would call in the ment company, which owns say that the company, best known CARRO stoop property on the western bank of for building suburban Mc- PAGES spirit of Cobble Hill,” LL ST said Roy Sloane, vice the canal, unveiled preliminary Mansions, would set aside 20 per- PARK SLOPE president of the Cobble plans for affordable housing, co- cent of the project as city-subsi- Cellphone risk? ST Hill Association. op and rental units, and public ac- dized, below–market-rate housing, FIRST ST DUMBO Sloane said he appreci- cess to a 40-foot swath of green- which also is in keeping with the ND A begging crisis? ated the “understated” cut ery along the canal. Planning Department guidelines. BO Toll SECOND ST W’MSBURG of the jacket in light of re- The Tuesday meeting was not It might be enough for the city, Brothers but one source thinks that Go- New power plant? cent neighborhood scuf- open to the public or press, but at- Site fles over new develop- tendees said representatives from wanus residents will not consider B’HURST 20 percent an adequate exchange Synagogue stopped ment. “The collar is Toll Brothers unveiled plans for a TH high, but its not too, too mixed-use project featuring sev- for the high-rise buildings. IR D S online at BrooklynPaper.com tall,” said, Sloane, a vet- eral 12-story buildings that would “I’m sure the community T eran in the advertising rise on a two-block canal-front would like that percentage to be higher,” said a person who was at field. As such, he wasn’t surprised to see Abercrombie playing piece of land bounded by Bond, Tired of the usual Carroll and Second streets, and the briefing. on the appeal of the historic hood. Building affordable housing in “Cobble Hill is a classy, elegant place. Of course, they want the Gowanus Canal (see map). lunchtime fare? The units proposed for the a heavily polluted urban area to tap into that,” he said. Fair enough. But Cook pointed out that would be new territory for Toll Bond Street side of the project our namesake fleece is a little square. The cool kids wear stripes Brothers, one of the largest luxu- Fine Japanese cuisine, would rise only five stories, said while the “Cobble Hill” gets a high neckline and narrow pockets ry homebuilders in the U.S. that are described in women’s magazines as “slimming.” We all a person who attended the meet- know that Cobble Hill is a good place to raise kids and walk ing, but at least one apartment plus full sushi bar, dogs while wearing Crocs, but come on, did we need to be re- tower along the canal would be minded by the company that once produced shirts with the slo- 12 stories. A publicly accessible for lunch or dinner. gan “Wong Brothers Laundry — Two Wongs Can Make it greenway is also part of the plan, White”? This Cobble Hill fan didn’t like that shirt and she does- which was a crowd-pleasing fea- n’t like the new product. So here’s an unsolicited suggestion for ture at the meeting. the company: a T-shirt that reads only, “We are not teenagers any- “From our point of view, open Pool time at the YMCA more.” Ariella Cohen is a freelance writer. space adjoining the canal would be a very good thing,” said one THE KITCHEN SINK person who was at the briefing. Local pols break ground on $5-mil center Leo’s Corner Bar has opened where Sparky’s used to Developers have been clamor- ing to remake the former manu- stand, at the corner of Court and Nelson streets in Carroll place Markowitz in 2010) cobbled together facturing hub and current toxic By Gersh Kuntzman Gardens. Some people are wondering if Leo’s is using the side $500,000 in city funds and Assemblyman James door as its main entrance to make sure it’s officially 100 feet wasteland, but the Toll Brothers The Brooklyn Paper presentation, albeit private, was Everybody in the parking lot! Brennan found $250,000 from the state. away from Brooklyn Blue Feather School on Court Street in The largest private donation, $100,000, came order to obey the liquor laws. … If you want to get some dirt one of the first accounts of what a A coterie of local pols, community activists, from Brooklyn Heights resident Wids DeLaCour. under your fingernails one last time before the cold weather property owner might actually do kids and YMCA members broke ground on the takes hold, you can join other weekend gardeners for a planting with his land if it is rezoned for Prospect Park Y’s new $5.7-million pool center on The facility will complement the Y’s original session on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Boerum Park between Smith, residential development. Monday — kicking off an 18-month construction pool, a classic (and small) natatorium built in 1927, Hoyt, Warren and Baltic streets starting at noon. … Remember The company would not dis- project in the Ninth Street facility’s back lot. and will feature a six-lane swimming hole that will 162 Montague Street (at Clinton Street) the last Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association town cuss specifics with The Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz’s office allocat- allow the Y to double its existing pool time for kids hall meeting in August? It was filled to the rafters, so the Asso- Paper, but Toll spokesman Ethan ed $873,000 out of its capital budget for a center and families. 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Take Designer Braids and Trade, between St. James Place and Washington Avenue. “My landlord said I could stay if agreed to a one-year lease with a $900-per-month increase,” said Marion Council-George, I'll be your bridge from where you are the owner of Designer Braids. “I couldn’t afford it.” to where you want to be Council-George has until February to find a new spot. A Wa- verly Avenue site that was going for $900 three years ago is now Hospital wants to sell a lot ELLEN going for $2,400, said Council-George, who grew up in the neighborhood. GOTTLIEB Dale Charles of the By Dana Rubinstein win situation for the hospital.” ON OUR OTHER ASSOCIATE BROKER Fulton Area Business As- The Brooklyn Paper Financially, sure. But commu- sociation has been work- nity sentiment is another story. ing to stem the exodus of Brooklyn Hospital, the Fort stoop Greene medical center that If she had her druthers, Hege- PAGES small businesses. She wisch would extend the brown- said Council-George’s has, until recently, been mired PARK SLOPE stone row and storefront retail predicament is not in bankruptcy, may get at least that defines the rest of DeKalb 211 Court Street New pool at the Y its financial health back by unique on Fulton Street Avenue as it wends its way east- 917.797.1351 selling its parking lot to a pri- GOWANUS or in the Fulton Street ward toward Pratt Institute. 718.625.3700 x 112 Big plans for canal area. vate developer. And local Councilwoman W’MSBURG “Some of the proper- “It’s actually part of our re- Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) New power plant? ty owners won’t even structuring and bankruptcy would, as usual, like to see have a discussion,” said plan,” said hospital spokesman some affordable housing and B’HURST Bob Cooper. “There are some Synagogue stopped Charles. “They’re pretty contextual development — much raising the rents ideas for that parking lot. But something she’s been making online at BrooklynPaper.com by two or three times. I there’s nothing concrete.” clear to the hospital’s president, www.brookly nbridg erealty .com don’t know where they Even so, the news — and the with whom she’s spoken “sev- sight of surveyors measuring think they’re going to get merchants to pay that kind of money.” eral times.” the parking lot at the corner of (So far, it remains unclear who will move in to any of these This Brooklyn Hospital lot, at Ashland Place and DeKalb Av- “He understands my con- Ashland Place and DeKalb Av- spaces, though rumor has it a green grocer is considering taking enue, could be sold to raise cash for the struggling hospital. cerns,” said James. enue over the past week — has over the old antique shop, directly across the street from the new prompted concern from some COBBLE HILL Fresh Garden grocery store, which is partially stocked and looks and resignation from others. ready to open any day now.) “That’s the way things are go- The Senegalese restaurant Keur ’N Deye has been on the ing here,” sighed Ursula Hege- block between South Portland Avenue and South Elliot Street wisch, the chair of the Fort VARIETY for 17 years. “Our lease went up, and the owner wants the place Greene Association. “The land is Clinton Hill crime on the mind back,” said Salif Ciffe, who owns the restaurant with his wife. obviously very valuable, and it “The rent went from from $2,500 a month to $4,000.” will most likely be a very tall The Brooklyn Paper gory, from rape to burglary to felony assault has And fashionistas have donned black to mourn the passing of Holiday Shipping building. We will obviously Drug dealing and muggings are up in Clinton seen double-digit decreases. Jacob’s Eye, the clothing boutique which, only a block off Ful- have a corridor of high rises, and “There have been no burglaries in last 28 days ton, has succumbed to similar pressures. Hill, residents say, a result of the ongoing influx Authorized Shipping Center I don’t know that there’s a whole of wealth into the neighborhood. over there,” said Deputy Inspector Philip Sfer- “They had such a distinctive assortment, a really distinctive lot that we can do about it.” razza, the commanding officer of the 88th Pre- style,” said Ursula Hegewish, head of the Fort Greene Association. Hegewisch was referring to a “There have been a lot of muggings and purse cinct. 'FE&Y® Who will be able to afford the new rents? Charles is guessing snatchings and things like that,” said Sharon widely supported rezoning earli- He did acknowledge that drug dealing was a Overnight · Ground some new restaurants will give it a go. Some high-priced ones, er this year which allows for Barnes, a 20-year resident who sits on the board of problem, but “not a major one.” for sure. Dana Rubinstein is a staff writer for The Brooklyn Paper. taller buildings on commercial the Society for Clinton Hill, which recently held a “Sometimes people call in because see three or Priority · Drop-off Service strips like DeKalb Avenue, meeting about crime in the area. four people hanging out and automatically assume THE KITCHEN SINK while restricting building heights “People reported seeing more broken glass on they’re dealing drugs,” he said. “Sometimes Mailing Supplies Do you know how to make Myrtle Avenue better? 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to do more to stop it. burglaries have continued. An oft-target- lic about how to protect themselves,” said / Julie Rosenberg Fashion photographer Peter Sunwoo ed office building on Washington Street Improvement District Executive Director Mount Sinai founded DUMBOwatch last month to, he was robbed yet again last weekend (see Tucker Reed. says, “show the 84th Precinct that the page 4). “But it became a forum about how the 250 Cadman Plaza West neighborhood is concerned about crime and That follows an Oct. 7 robbery at a Jay police can do a better job of addressing (718) 875-9124 that we want more policing in the area.” Street clothing boutique, an Oct. 10 bur- concerns.” The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn [email protected] How slow can you go? Something for Everyone at If you’re the B63, about ﬁve-miles-per-hour By Zachary Kolodin the Straphangers’ report. YANKEE FAIR For The Brooklyn Paper “It’s all right,” said Charles Gomez, a Red Hook Bedraggled riders of the B63 bus weren’t the resident. “In the early morning, it does take time, but least bit surprised to hear that their tortoise-like it still gets there.” The Straphangers Campaign speculated that the • Children’s Street Fair ride is actually the slowest in Brooklyn — averag- including crafts, games, ing less than 5 miles per hour, according to the slow pace of the B63 was due primarily to traffic- Straphangers Campaign. flow problems. bouncers, exotic pet “The B63 goes up Fifth Avenue, so once you hit a “It is very slow,” said Lewis Calor of Bay Ridge. show, silhouettes, The B63 crawls up crowded Fifth Avenue from few red lights, you tend to hit red lights the rest of the puppet show and way up,” said Kate Contino, a Straphangers spokes-

Callan Calor’s neighborhood through Sunset Park and Down- pony rides m town before terminating at the western end of Atlantic woman. “We [also] see areas of double parking, / To Avenue between Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. which slows the bus down.” • Antiques and Straphangers clocked it at 4.9 miles per hour, just But the group thinks it may have the answer. Collectibles a tick or so faster than the average pedestrian, who “One measure that may improve speed would be motors along at a comparably brisk three miles per [bus priority signals] on buses that helps switch the • Children’s Clothing hour. lights [to keep the bus on schedule],” said Contino. • Vintage Clothing The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Some riders have become numb to the pain of a “Other strategies include wider lanes, and, at high- The B63 crawls down Atlantic Avenue on Wednesday. commute that takes 90 minutes from end to end — volume areas, we are suggesting pre-boarding fare • Holiday Crafts Sale It’s Brooklyn’s slowest bus, a new study shows. longer than an Amtrak to Philadelphia, according to machines.” • Books, CDs and DVDs • Country Kitchen IF SID'S DOESN'T HAVE IT, and Café • Homemade Lunch YOU DON'T NEED IT! ‘Park’ meeting (12 – 2 p.m.) • Raffle Celebrating Our 75th Anniversary! rescheduled! Orange Street, (between Hicks c27,000 sq.ft. c Hardware cLicensed Locksmith The Brooklyn Paper titudes of people who read the and Henry Streets) Saturday Superstore cHoliday Decorations cLumber Cut-to-size Now it can be told: the story and were inspired to con- Brooklyn Heights November 10 tribute their two cents. Custom Orders cHome Center cPaint Brooklyn Bridge Park Conser- c vancy postponed this Tuesday “It was a positive piece … Information: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. night’s public meeting about that generated a level of interest 718-624-4743 SID'S HARDWARE future programming in the pro- that [showed] we needed more RAIN OR SHINE 345 Jay Street SAVE posed park because The Brook- time to prepare,” Koval said. She’s now hunting for a big- (Between Tillary & Willoughby Streets) 15% OFF lyn Paper is so damn good. ger room — and we’ll be hunt- Downtown Brooklyn with this Apparently, our preview arti- ing for more “positive” stories (718) 875-2259 coupon! cle about the meeting (“Bridge at the Nov. 26 meeting. Open 7 Days -- We Deliver Park people ready to listen,” Brooklyn Bridge Park Conser- Oct. 27) generated such a mas- vancy programming and recre- www.plymouthchurch.org WWW.SIDSHARDWARE.COM sive response that Conservancy ation meeting (location to be Executive Director Marianna announced), Nov. 26, 6:30 pm. Koval realized she needed a Call (718) 802-0603 for informa- bigger space to contain the mul- tion. —Adam F. Hutton Have you seen us lately?

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have! And, anyway, it’s easy — ce / Kathryn K right? There aren’t that many words, i s Off and all I need is a good moral, or ’ dent some kind of childhood affliction Wendy Ponte i that turns out to not matter after all. I didn’t have an annoying childhood nickname like Moore’s Freck-

leface Strawberry. But I did have awfully hairy arms for a 9-year- Pres Borough old girl, and the boy sitting next to me at school teased me all year A panoply of local celebs broke ground on Prospect Park Y’s new aquatic center this week. until I finally convinced my mother to let me use bleach. Maybe I could call my book “Gorilla Girl,” or just plain “Hairyette.” One thing is for sure, if I become a children’s book author, I will never keep my audience waiting for a half an hour, the way Moore did, her fans packed into the steamy children’s book department in too-few folding chairs. And my audience would be mostly real kids. Moore’s audience was mostly grown-up Pool time at the 9th St. Y women. Barbara Ensor, who belongs to my writer’s group (I wonder By Gersh Kuntzman located $873,000 out of its capital budget — came from Brooklyn Heights resident if Moore has a writer’s group like I do), is a children’s book au- The Brooklyn Paper for a center that “will keep thousands of Wids DeLaCour. Brooklynites swimming and backstroking The facility will complement the Y’s origi- thor all the time and never acts in movies at all. She lives right Everybody in the parking lot! here in Park Slope and she wrote “Cinderella (as if you didn’t their way to a long and healthy life in nal pool, a classic (and small) natatorium built already know the story)”, which has gotten great reviews. A coterie of local pols, community ac- Brooklyn,” he said. in 1927, and will feature a six-lane swimming “It’s kind of flattering, in a way, that all these famous people tivists, kids and YMCA members broke Councilman Bill DeBlasio (who wants to hole that will allow the Y to double its exist- think that writing a children’s book is so cool,” Ensor told me. ground on the Prospect Park Y’s new $5.7- replace Markowitz in 2010) cobbled togeth- ing pool time for kids and families. “On the other hand, I million pool center on Monday — kicking er $500,000 in city funds and Assemblyman Also, the Y plans to expand its “Second find myself thinking, off an 18-month construction project in the James Brennan found $250,000 from the Grade Swim” classes from the current 300 ON OUR OTHER gosh, it must be so easy, Ninth Street facility’s back lot. state. kids to 1,000 by the time the pool is com- what I’m doing.” Borough President Markowitz’s office al- The largest private donation — $100,000 plete and filled by spring, 2009. In all fairness, Moore’s stoop book is perfectly sweet. PAGES The writing is just fine. FORT GREENE But it isn’t brilliant and Fulton changing it certainly isn’t unique. GOWANUS Ensor writes with a Big plans for canal quirky style that couldn’t So, just how slow can you go? be duplicated by some- W’MSBURG one else. Moore said she New power plant? wrote the first draft of DUMBO her book in her Filofax If you’re the B63, about five miles per hour A begging crisis? on an airplane. Ensor works and re-works her By Zachary Kolodin report. online at BrooklynPaper.com stories in excruciating For The Brooklyn Paper “It’s all right,” said Charles detail. Sometime the Bedraggled riders of the B63 Gomez, a Red Hook resident. “In words flow easily, but the thought process is extremely complex. the early morning, it does take time, I know, because I see her in action every week in our group. bus weren’t the least bit surprised to hear that their tortoise-like ride but it still gets there.” If I were inclined to choose a children’s book based on the au- The Straphangers Campaign thor’s name, I would be much more likely to pick up a book by is actually the slowest in Brooklyn — averaging less than 5 miles per speculated that the slow pace of the Jon Scieszka, Mo Willems, or Julie Markes, all of whom live B63 was due primarily to traffic- here in the Slope, than one written by Madonna, Jamie Lee Cur- hour, according to the Straphangers Campaign. flow problems. tis, Katie Couric, or Naomi Judd (yes, they all got their kids’ “The B63 goes up Fifth Avenue, books published, mostly because of their last — or in Madon- “It is very slow,” said Lewis so once you hit a few red lights, you Calor of Bay Ridge. na’s case, only — name). tend to hit red lights the rest of the Let’s face it, if I saw “Freckleface Strawberry” on a shelf in The B63 crawls up crowded Fifth way up,” said Kate Contino, a the bookstore, written by Jane Smith, I probably wouldn’t even Avenue from Calor’s neighborhood Straphangers spokeswoman. “We pick it up — since neither I nor my daughter has red hair and through Sunset Park and Downtown freckles. My kid has never heard of Julianne Moore — so that’s before terminating at the western [also] see areas of double parking, no draw. Admittedly, she does go for the books that Julie An- end of Atlantic Avenue. which slows the bus down.” But the group thinks it may have drews has written because who wouldn’t want to read a book Callan Straphangers clocked it at 4.9 written by Maria von Trapp? And who wouldn’t want to read a m miles per hour, just a tick or so faster the answer. book by Inspector Clouseau, or Steve Martin, as us adults call / To than the average pedestrian, who “One measure that may improve him? His alphabet book was just released last week. motors along at a comparably brisk speed would be [bus priority signals] Of course, she’s a big fan of me, her mother, as well. So three miles per hour. on buses that helps switch the lights maybe I will write that book. Or perhaps, on second thought, I’ll Some riders have become numb [to keep the bus on schedule],” said just tell her a bedtime story and leave it at that. to the pain of a commute that takes Contino. “Other strategies include

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The card was reg- To advertise in this weekly istered to a Queens woman. directory call Laura at Burgs in burg (718) 834-9350 ext 109 At least three apartments were robbed last week, cops Brown Memorial said. Here’s a roundup: Baptist Church • Two laptops — an Apple and 484 Washington Ave., Ft. Greene an IBM clone — were swiped Sunday School 9:15am from an Eighth Avenue apart- Morning Worship 8:00am & 11:00am Wed. Bible Study 1:00pm & 7:15pm ment on Oct. 22. The 25-year-old 718-638-6121 victim told cops that the crime Rev. Clinton M. Miller - Pastor must have occurred between 8:40 LM31-12 am and 8:50 pm when he arrived Cong. 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Friday Eve Services 6:30pm The 45-year-old victim told Saturday Morning 10:00am Rabbi Joseph Potasnik A42 cops that she heard noises downstairs at around 2:15 pm, but Brooklyn when she checked it out, she dis- Heights covered only that her laptop and Synagogue $200 was gone and the basement 131 Remsen St. · 718-522-2070 door of the building, which is be- [email protected] Affiliated with the Union of Reform Judaism tween Fourth and Fifth avenues, was unlocked. A warm, welcoming, and Jewishly diverse community, dedicated to Wheely bad life-long learning and to caring for At least three cars were the world and each other. stolen — and one broken into Please join us! — in the neighborhood last Shabbat evening service week. Here’s a roundup: every Friday at 6:30 pm • A woman told cops that she Torah study had parked her 2000 Mercury every Saturday at 9:30 am Sable on Ninth Street, between A51 Second and Third avenues, at around 7 pm on Oct. 24. But by PARK SLOPE JEWISH CENTER the next morning, it was gone. 8th Avenue at 14th St. Fri. nights at 6:30 pm • A man’s 2000 Econoline Sat. mornings at 10:00 am van was stolen from its parking Adult Ed Hebrew School place on Fifth Avenue some- Rabbi Carie Carter Park Slope's Egalitarian, time after 6 pm on Oct. 26. Conservation Synagogue • The man told cops that when he returned to the spot two days 768-1453 A31-26 later, the van — a Ford model beloved by hipsters and construc- Shabbat Shalom! tion workers alike — was gone. Presented by • A rental car agency was B’nai Avraham robbed of an almost new Chevy of Brooklyn Heights ££ÇÊ,iÃiÊ-Ì°ÊUÊxÈ{n{ä Impala, which had been parked Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin near the company’s Warren www.bnaiavraham.com Street office. The manager told cops that Candle the Chevy had been parked be- Lighting tween Third and Fourth avenues on Oct. 19 at around 8 am. When he needed the car again — on Shabbat Chayei - Sarah Oct. 26 — it was gone. Fri., Nov. 2, before 5:34 pm • A Nissan was robbed of its Shabbat Toldos airbags on Oct. 24, cops said. Fri., Oct. 9, before 4:26 pm The victim told police that he’d left the car on Fourth St. John–St. Matthew–Emanuel Street between Seventh and Lutheran Church Park Slope Eighth avenues at around 8 am. 283 Prospect Ave (5th and 6th Aves.) When he returned to the car just (718) 768–0528 www.stjme.org four hours later, he found it stripped of its supplimental re- ELCA — Reconciling in Christ Sunday Worship 11:00 straint system — which is Rev. David C. Parsons worth $1,155 on the black mar- A31- 28 ket, cops said.

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He then underwent a trial-by- media before he was eventually exonerated – then sued several media outlets and got millions. But almost 12 years later, government officials are still chirping like birds. In May, state agents raided Lowen’s, whch is at the corner of Bay Parkway and 69th Street, pulling out $200,000 in ‘Watchdogs’ claim victory as steroids, they claimed. A second raid on Oct. 16 yielded $7.2 million in human growth hormone, they claimed again. After the second raid, law enforcement wasn’t as tight-lipped as it usually is. “It was a closed circle,” once source told the Daily News. synagogue construction halts “Lowen’s processed thousands of prescriptions a month from a Why isn’t Congress stable of doctors. Customers found out about these doctors … By Michael Giardina access, and that the walls would lies, wants to prevent illegal con- other month at St. Athanasius, a through the gyms.” That newspaper — and others — said that for The Brooklyn Paper have the correct fire rating. struction in Bensonhurst. DeNi- Bay Parkway church, was also sources identified Dolphin Fitness, on Bay Ridge Parkway, as a Also, the synagogue would cola and others say is building responsible for getting a “stop moving to stop the ﬂow roid-referral service. Work on a new synagogue have been 45 feet, a violation of outside of code is rampant in the work” order on four homes I admit the innocent- on 60th Street was halted by the 33-foot height limitation. area as builders rush to construct along 61st Street, from 18th Av- of illegal immigrants ON OUR OTHER until-proven-guilty thing the city after a neighborhood “They wanted to do a lot of much-sought housing. enue to 21st Avenue. has become a dated con- watchdog group discovered things in that building, but we She claims that her members “Quality of life is changing into the country? cept in this day and age, that the developers were plan- smoked them out,” said Natalie made the 311 calls that got the and we don’t want that to hap- stoop but imagine the daunting ning to build a structure taller DeNicola, a resident of 61st project shut down, though this pened,” said Joe Oliva, a resident PAGES task of running a busi- than current zoning allows, Street, and an organizer of the claim could not be verified be- for 61st Street for over 77 years, PARK SLOPE ness, in a small close-knit along with other violations group. cause the city’s 311 system is and avid member of the group. New pool at Y community like Bay within the building code. DeNicola says the group, anonymous. The owner of the synagogue Mike Ricatto President GOWANUS Ridge, amid charges that The Department of Buildings which is comprised of 85 fami- The group, which meets every declined to comment. Big plans for canal haven’t even been for- blocked construction of the mally made. building, Congregation Tefiloh W’MSBURG After all, if there isn’t Ledovid, which is rising on a New power plant? enough evidence to shut vacant lot near 21st Avenue, in DUMBO down these places after at July after neighbors lodged 18 A begging crisis? least five months of in- complaints. New Utrecht Church turns 330! THE KITCHEN SINK vestigating, how is there The year-old “Neighborhood online at BrooklynPaper.com Give that man a raise: Even though Gov. Spitzer announced his enough to publicly point Preservation Group” claims its The historic church, which is now at its “new” the finger? By Matthew Lysiak U-turn on the illegal aliens’ driver’s license proposal, state Sen. members made the calls. location at 18th Avenue and 84th Street, was found- Maybe the charges are true, but to this columnist, that’s a hard for The Brooklyn Paper Marty Golden’s spokesman, John Quaglione, had a press re- “In this case, the department ed in 1677 and is considered by historians to be sell. So far, there’s been months of investigation that have revealed, Once you hit 330, that’s when everything really lease in our “In” basket the same day. That’s a hard-working public disapproved the permit applica- among Brooklyn’s most-cherished structures, espe- at best, that a few consenting adults have chosen to hurt themselves tion after raising objections over goes down hill. (or, more accurately, Golden) servant. … A stretch of homes on cially the New Utrecht Parish House with its mag- (or potentially heal themselves, if you believe Suzanne Somers, who non-compliance with the build- More than 100 residents showed up last Saturday 84th Street between Colonial and Third avenues were swears that human growth hormone is the fountain of youth). ing code,” said Kate Lindquist, a at the New Utrecht Reformed Church to celebrate the nificent stained-glass windows. spooked out for Halloween and looked fantastic. … Best deal in But no matter what happens, the truth is that residents will al- Buildings Department spokes- old parish’s 330th birthday with an old-fashioned The main church building and sanctuary located Bay Ridge? A generous bag of date sweetened yogurt-covered pret- ways view Dolphin Fitness and Lowen’s with suspicion — and in woman. church dinner, followed by worship and stories next door dates back to 1828 and has had to under- zels for under $2.50 at Appletree on Third Avenue near 80th. … a small town like ours, reputation is one thing you can’t get back. According to Lindquist, the chronicling three centuries of enduring the elements. go extensive repairs just to keep it standing. This week’s cold spell means the Shore Road basketball If Lowen’s and Dolphin Gym are ultimately vindicated (not that blueprints failed to demonstrate “It’s the third-oldest continuous structure in The Friends of New Utrecht, a group of resi- courts, at 79th Street and Shore Road, are unofficially closed for they’ve even been charged yet!), then this columnist hopes that at that sprinklers would be in- Brooklyn,” said local history buff David Elligers. dents whose goal is church preservation, have the summer. We had a good run, but now it is time for The Sink to least they learn a thing or two from the Richard Jewel case — the stalled in the cellar, that exit “In 1790, George Washington even paid a visit, helped to raise enough funds to complete a roof- balloon up on Peppino’s Vodka pizza (which is our winter tradi- lawsuit part of the case, that is. signs would be put up, that the staying at a local farmer’s inn at the corner of 84th restoration and are currently raising more in hopes tion). … Anyone notice less dog poop on Ridge Boulevard Matthew Lysiak is a freelance writer who lives in Bay Ridge. building would have handicap Street and 16th Avenue.” of next renovating the walls and the interior. lately? We have! E-mail us at [email protected]. 4 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 November 3, 2007 NATIONAL He leaves bar, then is jumped by 7 CLASSIFIEDS By Matthew Lysiak covered that it — and $50 inside rious man named Steve on Oct. him several times in the shoulder The man couldn’t give a de- The couple was near Shore Reader Advisory: National Trade Associations to which we belong have pur- and Michael Giardina — had vanished from the prem- 27, cops said. and once in the upper thigh. scription of his attacker, but did Parkway at around 10:45 pm chased the following classifieds. We urge readers to independently verify the The victim told police that the The wounded man was taken say his name was Steve. when the first perp rushed the value of any service or product that is advertised below. 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Reader mail Why isn’t Congress moving to stop the flow — a tradition of illegal immigrants t can be lonely writing a newspa- into the country? per column. You think long and BESIDE Ihard about a topic — this can be THE POINT combined with watching “House” — do some “research” and then elec- tronically dash off as many as five or Mike Ricatto President six hundred words to your editor. Then you wait for a reaction. Positive, negative; it doesn’t matter. It’s just nice to get something back. Sometimes you never do get a reaction, not even from your editor, who is pretty busy and does not open e-mails right away unless the subject line says something like: $$$$ UR- The Bloomberg Administration says it wants to build a new city park on the Williamsburg waterfront between North Eighth GENT: HELP ME GET OIL MIL- and North 14th streets — but the energy giant TransGas owns one key plot of land. And therein lies a great story. LIONS OUT OF NIGERIA. venue But then again, sometimes you Tom GIlbert do. This column is for all the beau- th tiful people who took the time to write and tell me what they thought of Beside the Point. rt My very first letter came from Laura Hofman, who was upset that I minimized the allegedly widespread racism in Greenpoint Power plant’s gas pains ASupplies in the 1970s and 1980s in my column on the McCarren Park 7 pool fiasco. “It doesn’t have In her view, white racists in the neighborhood were responsi- By Adam F. Hutton in Queens last summer were ble for the fact that the pool has been closed for two decades. The Brooklyn Paper to be a choice be- just the tip of the iceberg, if we 376 tween my power Hofman says that they are still around, citing as evidence that The Bloomberg administra- don’t replace our infrastructure Supplies for she had her “butt kicked many times for walking down to tion wants to pull the plug on plant and the city’s we’re going to have wide- 7th Ave. Franklin Street to visit my Puerto Rican friends.” plans for a massive power park, we can do spread, prolonged blackouts.” the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) As I have never walked in Hofman’s shoes or had my butt plant on Brooklyn’s northern both,” Victor told But the mayor isn’t interested. Graphic Artist, kicked on the way to Franklin Street, I guess we will have to dis- waterfront and is pushing The Brooklyn Pa- The administration, which Student per, “But we need a agree about our perceptions of Greenpoint. All I can say is that I ahead with its own plans for a says new housing is its top pri- and Children 369-4969 did not deny the existence of racism; I only said that it has never 28-acre park surrounding the city’s desire to build a park on power plant on that waterfront ority, also refused when the been the main issue about the pool. the inlet, but says he’s baffled more than we need a park be- company offered up $50 million Bushwick Inlet by condemning cause the old infrastructure is In response to my column on Williamsburg as the birthplace the property parcel by parcel. as to why the administration to pay for 1,000 units of below- of professional baseball, has created a false dilemma by starting to fail and it can’t sup- P.J. Jimenez wrote: Using eminent domain, the suggesting that the land can port the energy needs of New market-rate housing on the site. city snatched up two pieces of Two years ago, when the 100% Recycled ON OUR OTHER “Don’t forget Red lived only be used for one purpose. York City. [The power outages] & FSC Papers on Lynch Street before land to the southeast of the pro- mayor was pushing hard to he was king of basket- posed plant in September — a build a West Side football and Vegetable Inks stoop ball.” I am kind of a signal to energy giant TransGas Olympic stadium, Victor made with Low VOCs PAGES one-sport guy, so I am that it is still unwelcome on that a $700-million bid to buy the PARK SLOPE not sure who “Red” is, waterfront. subway rail yard where the sta- We Print Stuff Chemical-Free TransGas owns an eight-acre CTP Production New pool at the Y but it sounds like he had dium would have been built — little or no involvement piece of land between North GOWANUS 12th and North 14th streets — but only if he got to build his Printed with with baseball. Wind Power Big plans for canal within the city’s planned park power plant in Williamsburg. My favorite letters Bloomberg rebuffed those ad- FORT GREENE came in response to a — stretching from the water- vances, too. A ‘lot’ of ideas column on the hysteria front to Kent Avenue. The company has been planning to build A mayoral spokesman de- B’HURST about the Greenpoint oil Brochures Synagogue stopped spill and the conspicu- a $2-billion, 1,100-megawatt clined to comment for this arti- SPMMJOH!QSFTT ous lack of evidence that power plant there since 2001, cle. an environmentally-friendly Postcards online at BrooklynPaper.com it has had any bad health and the company’s president But the city’s efforts at Bush- boutique print house effects. Michael Heim- has made some unusual offers wick Inlet speak for them- Catalogs to entice the city allow it. binder pointed out that while I said that the Department of Envi- selves. The mayor has turned Magazines ronmental Conservation found no evidence of either oil or dan- But Bloomberg has a vision up the heat on TransGas by gerous vapors seeping up into people’s homes, they did in fact for that waterfront, and it does- grabbing nearby land, including Marketing n’t include a power plant. 718 625 6800 T find hazardous vapors in eight out of the 52 homes tested. a slice immediately adjacent to Collateral He is perfectly correct. It is just that the hazardous vapors they The mayor didn’t budge 718 625 0669 F when TransGas offered to build TransGas’s site. The city has found appear to be unrelated to the oil spill, which is what my col- been trying to get that piece of www.rollingpress.com Etc. umn was about. In the 19th century, this area was infamous for in- the plant underground so the city could still develop its park land since 2004, but the con- dustries that practiced the “five black arts” — printing, pottery demnation process is being held making, petroleum refining, glass making and ironwork. Does on top of the invisible plant. anyone think that you could test the air or soil anywhere in Green- TransGas President Adam TransGas says its power plant could be built underground up in court, according to a point or Williamsburg and not find something unpleasant? Victor says he understands the (arrow), allowing the city to build its park anyway. Parks Department spokesman. “Galway” wrote: “What about the effects of breathing the OPEN horrible stench from the treatment plant? Is that smell bad for VEGAS our lungs? Is it affecting my 7-month-old son?” 7 DAYS I really do not know, but if I thought it was, I would not be 7AM-10PM writing columns for The Brooklyn Paper — I would be moving. AUTO SPA Lastly, “NY Voter” wrote: “Mr. Gilbert’s story has restored my faith in the free press. Facts trumping hype, finally. The only Will Greenpoint museum be “Platinum” Express Car Wash additional information that I wish the article would have touched Includes: UÊ i>Ê7 iiÃ THE UÊ ÕLiL`ÞÊ >Ì UÊ>`Ê/ÜiÊ ÀÞ $ 77 on is the horrendous lies being spread about Greenpoint by 7/ UÊFREEÊ1ìÀÊ >ÀÀ>}iÊ >ÃÌ "1*" elected officials. Greed and corruption are nothing new in poli- *1-Ê/8 Not to be combined with any other offers. Expires2 12/31/2007 tics, but when it reveals itself, it should be exposed. Here’s to CHEAPEST you, Senator Chuck Schumer, Congresswoman [Nydia] Ve- next victim of city land grab? lazquez, Congressman Anthony Weiner and Councilman David “Deluxe” Express Car Wash Yassky, for how you lied about the findings in the EPA report to Includes: UÊ>`Ê/ÜiÊ ÀÞ By Adam F. Hutton about it. We’re hoping that the owned by the museum, but was UÊ ÕLi `ÞÊ >Ì (Ê7iÌÊ7>Ý smear this fantastic neighborhood. Your horrific and corrupt be- $ 54 city will allow us to keep our lost at sea later that year. UÊ7 iiÊ À} Ì (Ê/À«iÊ*Ã 7/ The Brooklyn Paper UÊ1ìÀÊ >ÀÀ>}iÊ >ÃÌ (ÊÀÀÊÊ/ÀiÃ "1*" havior needs now to be revealed to the wider public so everyone *1-Ê/8 acre and still build their 27-acre Lauletta-Weinmann and her Not to be combined with any other offers. Expires5 12/31/2007 will know that you are unfit for public service.” While the city turns up the CAR park around us.” husband, George Weinmann, Thanks, John. heat on TransGas (see story Parks spokesman Phil were born and raised in Green- Tom Gilbert is a writer and historian who lives in Greenpoint. above), a smaller landowner is Abramson said the museum’s point and got their Monitor ed- “The Best” Express Car Wash feeling the pressure, too. plan conflicts with the city’s ucation as part of their local his- Includes: (Ê7iÌÊ7>Ý THE KITCHEN SINK UÊ ÕLi `ÞÊ >Ì (Ê/À«iÊ*Ã The Greenpoint Monitor Mu- plan to have a continuous wa- tory studies in grade school. UÊ7 iiÊ À} Ì (ÊÀÀÊÊ/ÀiÃ $ 08 UÊ1ìÀÊ >ÀÀ>}iÊ >ÃÌ (Ê «iÌi 7/ "1*" Top scorers on our recent North Brooklyn pop quiz included seum has one acre within the terfront esplanade in the park. George’s family lived in Green- UÊ>`Ê/ÜiÊ ÀÞ ÊÊÊÊ,>8Ê-iÀÛVi 8 *1-Ê/8 Not to be combined with any other offers. Expires 12/31/2007 WASH “Mayor of North Henry Street” Robert Petrullo (23 out of city’s proposed 28-acre Bush- Parks has asked Lauletta- point during the Civil War, he is

25) and our favorite firefighter Joe Triolo, who scored 19 correct. wick Inlet Park site, a small plot Weinmann to submit a site plan, Bachner / Jeff a member of the Sons of Union Honorable Mention to former Greenpointer and current Bangkok, that was donated by a Shell Oil and a compromise may yet be Veterans of the Civil War, and IN

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Thailand resident John Padorr, who got 17 right. … Most realis- affiliate in 2003. Yet the city reached, Abramson said. his distant cousin was on the EXPY. PROSPECT CAR WASH tic Halloween display goes to the folks at Roebling and North wants that acre, too, said Janice In the meantime, the city is Monitor when it sank. STREET 18TH 11th Street. You almost believe that the pool of oil is actually bub- Lauletta-Weinmann, the muse- still planning on using eminent When the subject of a Moni- BROOKLYN! bling up from underground! … The good news is that Armor for um’s president. domain to take the land. In Sep- tor museum came up in the ear- 20TH STREET The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Sleep’s new album, “Smile for Them,” is in stores this week. The “There is so much eminent tember, the city condemned two ly 1990s, Lauletta-Weinmann bad news is that the Jersey-based band’s big new video off the LP is domain abuse going on now … adjacent properties and has Janice Lauletta-Weinmann raised anchor and got a state called “Williamsburg.” The video is set in what appears to be class it’s unconscionable that the city plans to do the same with three charter and secured the launch for hipsters. We like the idea, but the song definitely does not hold a would take land from a non- more parcels surrounding the the first iron-clad war ships site from an oil company. 555 7th Avenue candle to Life in a Blender’s “What Happened to Smith,” which profit museum,” said Lauletta- inlet, including the plot owned built by the U.S. Navy during “After all that hard work, it enter from 19th St. just south of 7th Ave. remains the seminal anthem to neighborhood decay/improvement. Weinmann. “For 50 years, it has by the museum. the Civil War. It was launched would be a shame if we had to E-mail us at [email protected]. been vacant and nobody cared The USS Monitor was one of in 1862 from the site now relocate,” she said. 718-768-WASH (9274)

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And when the diners were on their took Gurney’s, a modest beachfront which included swimming in the Monte’s father, Angelo, opened the “You had everyone from politi- way out the door, Monte always gave hotel, and built it into a luxurious re- saltwater pool at the St. George Ho- Venetian Room in 1906, and Nick cians and policemen, to gangsters gifts like a small piece of jewelry or a sort with the Skipper’s Dining Room tel on Clark Street. and his four brothers owned and oper- and priests in there,” and Nick candy dish to female customers. restaurant that can seat 300 people, That’s where he got the idea for a ated the restaurant until 1993, accord- “shook hands with everyone who During Prohibition, the Carroll conference rooms, and a spa, as well spa, telling the New York Times that ing to his nephew, Paul Monte. came in,” Paul Monte said. Gardens restaurant was a speakeasy as the addition of almost 90 rooms. he drank an ounce of seawater a day The restaurant was a cornerstone Tony Bonnet, Liza Minnelli, that made its own hooch. Underneath Paul Monte said that his uncle re- to stay healthy. Collection of Paul Monte HOMELESS… Continued from page 1 10 “There was a week in July when I said, ‘Hey guys, it’s over,’ and Top Reasons I started throwing their stuff out and chasing them away. Problem was, they’d come back — and now they were hostile.” But Meeter said the final kicker was Sunday, Oct. 21, when he discovered that the men had hidden a steel bar behind the church wall. “I saw the steel bar as a weapon. It was all beyond tolerance,” to vote for said Meeter. “The church was no longer [a] sanctuary; now they had a weapon.” Last Tuesday morning, Silano, 64, was curled up in a blue flow- ered blanket on the Carroll Street side of the church, sound asleep. By 10 pm, he was lying Jim McCall on the front steps. He said he was sleeping off a particularly bad drunken bout, during which he’d slipped and badly bruised the left side of his face. for Civil Court Judge His two companions had yet to arrive. Silano said he enjoys his presence at the church about as little as the church enjoys hosting him. “I don’t like nothing 10. Black judicial robes are very slimming. here,” said Silano. “I did- n’t think that the church would bother us as much as they do. This ain’t the 9. He can read the U.S. Constitution. New York’s too! same country I remem- Rev. Daniel Meeter ber from 20 years ago. … It seems like everyone is against the homeless that shouldn’t be.” 8. He’s a tolerant, fair-minded person. Silano, a lifelong Brooklynite, was born in Gowanus and spent nearly 50 years in Bay Ridge. He worked in construction and said that recently, his mother and he had to leave their Bay Ridge apartment. She ended up at his sister’s place, and he ended up on the street. 7. Clarence Norman didn’t nominate him. “I just want to be able to stay here and sleep at night,” said Silano. “Is there an answer to this?” he asked, shaking his head. Meeter is looking for an answer, too. He wrote about the issue on Oct. 18 on his blog, www.oldfirst.blogspot.com, prompting a flurry 6. He already works for a Civil Court Judge, so you of online suggestions ranging from putting up a sign asking passersby not to give the men money to erecting a gate. Divine references were rife. Park Slope poet laureate Leon know he can find the Court House. Freilich even chimed in with the following stanza: “The quality of mercy is not strained/But Lord, O Lord, it sometimes has you pained.” Meeter also got an online response from another blogging clergy- man, Rabbi Andy Bachman of Congregation Beth Elohim, the Re- 5. He’s the only candidate rated “approved” form Jewish yin to Meeter’s yang in Park Slope. “I read Rev. Meeter’s post late Thursday night and mulled over its implications while trying to figure out a practical response,” by the Brooklyn and City Bar Associations. wrote Bachman on Oct. 20, before launching into an online rumina- tion centered on the week’s Torah portion, “Parshat Lech Lecha.” Bachman’s ultimate conclusion: “I propose a Community Clean- Up Crew. … In the spirit of Abraham, our forefather, we are all 4. He’s not in the pocket of the Taxi Industry. sleeping on the stoop of Old First. We are all asking for money. We are all in need of a little human dignity. Give us a day and we’ll help.” Or any industry. Non-denominational organizations are also stepping up. The Park Slope Civic Council has offered its assistance, as has the elite Berke- ley-Carroll School, just down the block from the church. Meanwhile, police from the 78th Precinct have tried to convince the men to accept help, or at least move on. 3. Judge Judy shouldn’t have all the fun. But there’s only so much the cops can do. “We can just offer, but we cannot insist,” said Officer Nybia Cooper. “One of the reasons we’re not getting rid of them is because everyone is giving them money.” For his part, Silano, raised Catholic, professes bewilderment that 2. He’s never been the subject of a he can’t continue to seek refuge at a house of worship, of all places. “I’m not a holy roller, but I do believe in God, Jesus Christ,” said Silano. Federal Investigation. Ever. 1. He’s not Noach Dear. Jog your memory: On Marathon day, avoid V-Z, 4th Ave Jim McCall

for The Brooklyn Paper Runners aren’t the only ones dreading this weekend’s New for Civil Court Judge York City Marathon. The 26-mile race requires major closures on the Verrazano-Nar- rows Bridge and Fourth Avenue this Sunday, Nov. 4. Plan according- 9 ly: • On race day, the entire bridge is closed for most of the morning: Brooklyn-bound lanes will be closed from 8 am to 1 pm, while Stat- en Island-bound lanes will be closed from 7 am to 2 pm. • The city will close the Staten Island-bound expressway approach to the bridge starting at 6:45 am to allow bridge-bound traf- Column ‘B’ or ‘D’ fic to clear. • Along Fourth Avenue, closings will begin at 7:45 am. The Bay Paid for by Friends of Jim McCall 2007 Ridge end will reopen at approximately 12:20 pm, while the Park Slope end will reopen at approximately 1:20 pm. — Zachary Kolodin 8 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 November 3, 2007

OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Say no to Noach Dear ff-year elections sometimes suffer from a the race has received enough attention to suggest has had an ancillary benefit: It has allowed us to see lack of attention, but one local race this that sanity may indeed prevail. him driving the wrong way down a one-way street Oyear demands the attention of any voter During his 18 years in the pre–term-limited to get away from WCBS-2’s Andrew Kirtzman ear- who supports good government and rejects the Council, and in his unsuccessful runs for Congress lier this year. It’s worth googling!) cynical back-room deal-making that has long and state Senate, Dear has shown himself to be ill- Meanwhile, Dear’s surrogates — Borough Presi- characterized the judicial section process in tempered and ethically challenged. dent Markowitz and the borough’s Democratic boss, Brooklyn. Much of the attention in this race focuses on Assemblyman Vito Lopez — insist that Dear is a In the Fifth Civil Court District — which covers Dear’s past comments about gays (whom he de- changed man. Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Windsor Terrace, Borough rided as practicing a “deviant behavior”). Dear may have convinced Marty Markowitz Park, Sunset Park and the southernmost part of Park But there are other reasons to say no to Dear. As that he’ll be competent and fair, but the City Bar Slope — Democratic nominee Noach Dear is so the Village Voice has reported in a series of articles, Association didn’t buy it, declaring him “not ap- lacking in judicial qualifications and temperament Dear has had to give back campaign donations, pay proved” as a judge, in part because of his lack of that civic-minded residents must make time on Tues- fines and even refund a phony salary to a Jewish legal background. day to go to the polls and vote for his worthy oppo- charity during his undistinguished career. The good news is that voters do have a choice. nent, James McCall. The Voice also reported that Dear’s campaign is Unlike Dear, McCall has been traveling the dis- Generally, a ham sandwich listed on the Demo- receiving handsome donations from the taxi indus- trict to tell voters just what kind of judge he would cratic line would beat Mother Teresa running as a try — a business that he is supposed to be regulat- be. Several conversations with McCall, who is Republican in a Brooklyn judicial race. So even ing as a commissioner on the city’s Taxi and Lim- currently a court attorney for a sitting Civil Court though McCall is qualified to be a judge and Dear ousine Commission. judge, have convinced us that he would serve the is not — and even though McCall’s record sug- Dear has had ample opportunity to refute those public well if elected. gests an upright man of integrity while Dear has charges and show that he has altered his opinions And unlike Dear, the City Bar Association rat- been anything but — McCall’s candidacy remains about gays, but he has declined to comment ed him “approved.” a long shot. throughout the race — a reprehensible lack of McCall is certainly better than the alternative, But because Dear is so unqualified — and his openness from a candidate. which is why we strongly endorse him for the (That said, Dear’s reluctance to speak publicly past so filled with ethical lapses and gay-baiting — Fifth District Civil Court seat. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Big deal. Astroland has been saved. Now what?

To the editor, To be charitable, Astroland is a dump. I’m canal are brownfields. n’t make you “controversial.” It just makes I was disappointed to hear that Astroland not saying the city should turn the land over Miss you, too If this coalition is truly responsible, how you look like weasels. had been given a one-year lease extension by to Disney, but must a theme park be filled Save the kudos can it possibly consider such things as rezon- Welcome, Maggie and Peter, to the neigh- To the editor, developer Joe Sitt (“Ride on! Sitt gives with garbage to be considered authentic? Is To the editor, ing for mixed-income housing and other borhood. If you’re ever looking for compro- Coney Island fave Astroland a new lease on there no middle ground between Disney and As with Forest City Ratner’s 16-acre I was born and raised in East New York, mising pictures of the editor of The Brooklyn and was recently held to my end of a promise flights of fancy? life,” Oct. 27). a trash pile? Metrotech high-rise office campus, Atlantic Recently, gonorrhea was found in the canal. Paper, we can help you out no problem. Yards is rife with planning problems that are I made to my wife. I told her that when I re- Astroland’s champions do not necessarily “Saving” Coney Island means restoring the The coalition’s platform calls for using city- David Shenk, Park Slope entirely foreseeable (“Big step forward for tired from civil service, we would move to At- have the area’s best interest at heart — and are area as a full-year, exciting amusement attrac- owned Public Place for housing. The Public Editor’s note: The photo of Gyllenhaal was Downtown,” Oct. 27). lanta, Ga. So here I am — and I am hating it. convincing other naive people that Sitt’s plans tion that draws tourists from all over the world. Place site was designated for recreational use provided by the company that produced her Those elected and appointed officials ac- I mean, the South has its pros and cons. can be thwarted if only Astroland remains an- Astroland ain’t that. circa 1974. This would mean that the city movie, “Secretary.” The photo of the editor quiescing to Bruce Ratner again — and leav- No more harsh winters, no alternate side of other season. Richard Monstein, Park Slope would need to go through a land-use review referred to in the above letter is not all it’s ing these problems to the next generation of the street parking, cheaper real estate, friend- This is foolishness. Sitt’s plan will succeed process to change the zoning (and usurping the cracked up to be. planners to fix, as is being done in Downtown lier people (especially the women), the Bible or fail based on whether there is a market for land from the community), something it has Brooklyn — are being wholly negligent. Belt, and I haven’t seen a rat since I moved the proposal he’s pushing. Astroland’s future No fare! not yet done. Responsible development? Lumi Michelle Rolley, Park Slope down here a year ago. has nothing to do with it (besides, if As- To the editor, But I will be always loyal to Brooklyn! Margaret Maugenest and troland was so intent on staying, why did its The first hearings on the proposed transit James E. Lewis, Atlanta, Ga. Linda Mariano, Gowanus owner, Carol Albert, sell her land to Sitt in fare hike is this Monday in Brooklyn. I be- Delivery Opt out Begs to differ Every week, we deliver copies of The the first place?). lieve it is important for concerned Brook- Brooklyn Paper to homes in designated lynites to sound off, but also for all New To the editor, Brooklyn neighborhoods. Our unique sys- Yorkers to send a message. As a tenant of the Pratt building featured in Canal moan Let Maggie be tem limits deliveries to just a few papers Considering that the MTA had four con- your recent column (“Model landlord is ten- To the “editor,” per building (eliminating the kind of clutter Send a letter To the editor, caused by circular and menu delivery serv- secutive years of record budget surpluses, rid- ant-tough,” Fort Greene edition and online, One of the neighborhood groups that was What is this Tourette-like need to pick on ices). We hope everyone appreciates our By e-mail: [email protected] ership increasing 15 percent across the board Oct. 20), I am compelled to say that the prop- NOT invited to be part of the coalition for Maggie Gyllenhaal (“We threw a lemon and free home delivery, but realize that there By mail: Letters, The Brooklyn Paper, in the past 10 years — the L train has in- erty management is very tolerant when it “Responsible Redevelopment of the Go- Maggie made lemonade,” Oct. 27)? Leave will be exceptions. So, if you’ve received The Paper at home and no longer want this 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. creased to the tune of 48 percent alone! — comes to issues like late payments, even wanus Canal” was FROGG: Friends and her alone! free service, we’ve made it easy for you to By fax: (718) 834-9278. how is it possible the MTA is facing a budget though we did have heating problems in the Residents of the Greater Gowanus (“Big First, you gratuitously splayed her across “opt out” of home delivery. We’ve also deficit? past years. plans for Canal’s future,” Carroll Gardens the front page last year, offering what may be made it easy for you to report any prob- All letters must be signed and include lems with deliveries (including missed deliv- the writer’s home address and phone As I learned in Economics 101, when you I feel lucky to live in a rent-stabilized build- edition and online, Oct. 27). the least-neighborly welcome ever and of- ery, or too many papers being delivered). number (only the writer’s name and cut costs, you have an increase in demand, ing and to have had my lease renewed — It is known that FROGG does NOT sup- fending most of your readership along the To “opt out,” please complete the simple neighborhood are published with the let- which means an increase in revenue. even when I was late (months late) in my rent. port redevelopment without responsibility. way. Then, last week, you manufactured a online form at: Please come to the meeting and tell the I also would like to thank the maintenance fake controversy by confronting her on the www.BrooklynPaper.com/about/opt-out/. ter). Letters may be edited and will not Responsible redevelopment means facing re- (We will do our best to honor your request be returned. The earlier in the week you MTA: “NO FARE HIKES.” people for keeping the building clean. ality. The reality is that the canal is an aquatic street about your earlier offending item. We within two weeks.) send your letter, the better. Thomas Brice, Staten Island Roberta Philippe, Bedford-Stuyvesant brownfield. The land east and west of the love The Paper, but showing bad taste does-

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EVENT Monkey see The Guerilla Girls — those sarcastic, gorilla- mask-wearing, women’s rights champions who have been rousing the rabble for two decades — are finally getting some institutional support. On Nov. 9, the Brooklyn Museum will honor the anonymous activists/artists at its fifth annual Women in the Arts fundraiser. Four “Girls” will take to the stage on Fri- day to present highlights from their 20 years of casting a skeptical eye on the art world. (Remem- ber their 2004 poster about the content of the Metropolitan Museum’s modern and contempo- guerrillagirls.com (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings November 3, 2007 rary galleries: “Do women have to be naked to get into U.S. museums? Less than 3 percent of the artists in the Met. Museum are women, but 83 percent of the nudes are female.”) “It will definitely be entertaining, for sure,” said Maura Reilly, the curator of the Brooklyn Muse- um’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, whose detective work got the feisty foursome — who go by the pseudonyms Frida Kahlo, Kathe Kollwitz, Gertrude Stein and Alice Neel — to accept the museum’s invite. After their presentation, Mind over ‘Matters’ the Guerrillas will be available for a question-and- answer session, followed by luncheon in the Beaux- Arts Court where ticket holders will have a chance New gallery arrives in DUMBO with look at the diamond trade to meet them face to fur. Although Reilly said she was easily able to track down the incognito Guerrillas through their Web By Adam Rathe site, other event details are proving to be a bit tricki- The Brooklyn Paper er to solve. “We are wondering how they will eat with their or eight years, Umbrage Editions, a masks on,” said Reilly. “They’ll need straws for high-end art book publisher, has called their water on stage.” FManhattan home. This week, however, The Brooklyn Museum has itself been scruti- the operation is moving to Brooklyn’s most nized by the group, which calls itself the “con- art-friendly neighborhood in order to expand science of the art world.” They did protest the mu- into a gallery and take advantage of the bor- seum’s 1999 “Sensation” exhibition with a poster ough’s culture hungry denizens. that claimed British collector Charles Saatchi “paid “First and foremost, our publisher lives the museum to show his art collection.” But Reilly two blocks away,” said Temple Smith said it was time that the Guerrillas received this Richardson, Umbrage’s director of exhibi- award that’s been bestowed on the likes of artist tions. “So, we said, ‘Let’s open a gallery [on Maya Lin and photographer Annie Leibovitz. Front Street]!’ We have shows that are always The Guerrillas may have been rallying against on the move and are already set to be [in- the under-representation of women in galleries and stalled], so it was natural for us to have a museums, as well as other gender and racial iniqui- gallery. We publish three to six books a year, ties, for over 20 years, but Reilly says their message and all of those are ready to be in shows.” is still relevant. The space, which will be in the gallery- “Women have come a long way, but the ratios packed building at and the statistics are still so horrendous that we 111 Front St., won’t shouldn’t be content,” said Reilly. “ Their message be ready until Janu- ART is not old news.” ary, but Umbrage “Diamond Matters” is on The “Women in the Arts tribute to the Guerril- just couldn’t wait to exhibit now through Dec. 4 at 81 Front St. at la Girls” program kicks off at 11 am in the Iris and Washington Street in DUMBO. “Diamond sink its teeth into the Matters” by Kadir van Lohuizen (Umbrage Edi- B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium at the Brooklyn Mu- ripe DUMBO art tions, $29.95) is available for purchase at the seum (200 Eastern Pkwy., at Washington Avenue scene. This week, gallery. For Umbrage’s gallery hours and more in Prospect Heights) on Nov. 9, and is followed information, call (212) 965-0197 or visit they opened a show www.umbragebooks.com. by an awards presentation and luncheon. The called “Diamond program is included in the museum admission of Matters,” featuring $8, $4 students and seniors with ID. Tickets for the photographs of Kadir van Lohuizen, at the luncheon begin at $150. For reservations and 81 Front St. (It’s utilizing the raw space information, call the Community Committee Of-

where graffiti superstar Shepard Fairey / Daniel Kriegerfice at (718) 789-2493. Kadir van Lohuizen — Lisa J. Curtis showed — and was stink bombed — this past summer). Van Lohuizen told GO Brooklyn that the space was just right for the display of his / Daniel Krieger BOOKS haunting black and white images, which Paper The Brooklyn follow diamonds from the mines in Africa The mine’s eye: Clockwise from left, photographer Kadir van Lo- to retail spaces in New York and parties in huizen, “Sewa River, Sierra Leone” and the crowd at the opening London. of his show at 81 Front St. in DUMBO, Tuesday. “I think the space is great,” he said. “It fits Paper The Brooklyn We be stylin’ with the work because it’s fairly rough.” Having worked as a photojournalist in the it was about the past, but this show is about tends to tackle social and political issues — the moment that they are found, through We’ve had hip-hop on our stereo for years now, 1990s in Zaire, Sierra Leone and Angola, van what is happening today, which is still quite other books have focused on cancer, Vietnam trade in African countries, going to India to but on Nov. 3, it will be invading our bookshelf. Lohuizen had seen the effects of the diamond disturbing. The diamond industry says there War veterans and human rights activists be polished and in New York for retail. A di- “The Breaks: Stylin’ and Profilin’ 1982-1990,” a trade first hand, and in 2005, he went back to are no conflict diamonds anymore, but if worldwide — but “Diamond Matters” also amond basically sees the whole world before new coffee table book from powerHouse books by Africa to assess the situation under new you go to the mines, every day there are has a strong local angle. it ends up in a ring.” famed hip-hop photographer Janette Beckman, digs peace agreements. people dying.” “The United States is the biggest outlet for Should couples celebrating their engage- through her archives to unearth classic shots of that “I went back to see if things had changed, The exhibition, which runs through Dec. diamonds in the world,” said van Lohuizen, ment at the nearby River Cafe avoid stopping era’s most significant and they hadn’t,” said van Lohuizen. “I was 4, is an extension of the book of the same “and there needs to be knowledge among by? Not a chance. players, from Slick Rick quite shocked. There was an issue with the name published by Umbrage. It fits neatly consumers of what they’re buying. The pho- “I’m not against diamonds,” van Lohuizen (pictured) and Grand- film ‘Blood Diamond’ and the industry said into the publishing house’s oeuvre, which tos in the exhibit follow the diamonds from See DIAMOND on page 11 master Flash to Tone Loc and the Beastie Boys. Beckman, whose career began at the dawn of punk when she was shooting the likes of the Natural born Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Ramones, was poised and ready to take on hip-

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Join Us for a chewy and smooth textures, the bite of the vegetable and delicacy of the soy. Spicy Korean meatballs or “dong gu rang ddang” were messy, two-bites of pleasure. Pre-Holiday Mixed into the beef were bits y of tofu that lightened the meat Art b the bowl while scallions added their bitter, grassy notes. Wine Tasting The one disappointing dish Moim brings KO Korean to Seventh Avenue of the evening was “sook ju na featuring 45 wines from around the world mul,” or sauteed bean sprout By Tina Barry salad. While the sprouts were Special tasting of olive oils, hot & for The Brooklyn Paper cool and crunchy, they lacked cold hors d'oeuvres, cheeses, fruits flavor. he differences between We ordered the “dol sot bi Proceeds to beneﬁt the Moim and its Park Slope bim bop” and watched as a hot Tneighbors begin at the stone bowl, or “dol sot,” on a Caritas Montessori Training Center of Catholic restaurant’s window. Beside wooden pedestal arrived at our the gaudy awning of an old table. Inside was a layer of rice Charities Brooklyn and Queens Mexican eatery is the large that became crisp at the bot- front window of this new Ko- tom as it cooked. We mixed THURSDAY NOV. 8TH, 2007 rean cafe, its panes covered the crunchy shards of the grain 6PM TO 9PM with a screen of dark wooden with strips of sizzling “bul-go- slats. From the street, the ki” (marinated flank steak) and

unique front lends a sense of / Daniel Krieger a crown of julienned, sauteed St. Francis College mystery. And if you peer in- carrots, zucchini, spinach and 182 Remsen Street side during the day, a room Korean radish. Like the dishes unfolds that is as serene as a that preceded it, the blend of Brooklyn Heights lake in the early morning rough and smooth, sweet and hours, with curved pieces of Paper The Brooklyn sour, mild and hot flavors was FOR TICKETS & INFORMATION: dark wood forming a subtle Park’s prospects: The black cod with Korean red pepper sauce, above, is one of chef arresting. wave pattern over a wall of Saeri Uyoo Park’s refined dishes at her new Park Slope eatery, Moim. We lingered over an entree Call 718-722-6221 shale colored bricks. Follow- of “un dae gu,” black codfish $25 Pre-Register / ing that undulating surface, back and forth from the different creation than Korea gerichten at Spice Market, and filet with brittle skin and a the eye is drawn to a room kitchen to the dining room Town’s coarser, oilier versions. in the kitchen of the Modern at silky interior. A mild sauce $35 at the door where tables face a quiet gar- where she greets diners warm- The thin disc studded with MoMA. Her experience shows brightened with Korean red den. ly while surveying the service soft, small shrimp and scallop in the refined rendering of her pepper and the fresh summery At night, music hums in the with a critical eye. pieces resembled a round of modern Korean fare. flavor of stir-fried cucumber Presented By background and this tranquil She needn’t worry. lace cross-hatched with bright Several “ban chan,” or little balanced the lush fish. space takes on the buzz of Still in its infancy, the scallion greens. It was delicate side dishes, are standard pre- Two desserts define the yin friendly conversation. kitchen is clicking meal offerings in traditional and yang of the dessert Moim [pronounced MO- along, putting forth Korean eateries. Park offers roundup: A poached Asian HEIGHTS CHATEAU EEM], which is Korean for carefully prepared DINING just three “nibble plates” that, pear and two slices of choco- “gathering,” opened in June. and plated dishes instead of bombarding the late “pave.” Spread across the The restaurant is the first ven- with just enough Moim (206 Garfield Pl. at Seventh Av- palette, teases it into a recep- plate like a delicate golden 123 ATLANTIC AVENUE · BROOKLYN HEIGHTS · (718) 330-0963 enue in Park Slope) accepts American Ex- ture for its owner-chef Saeri time for a breather press, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. En- tive mood. On this night, the fan, the fruit’s slices retained Uyoo Park, who often pops between courses. trees: $16-$20. The restaurant serves dishes, which change each some of their crispness. We The waitstaff has dinner Tuesday through Sunday. Closed evening, included tender and dipped the spoon into the Mondays. Subway: F to Seventh Avenue. an endearing blend For information, call (718) 499-8092 or visit chewy black beans with a marinade, and inhaled the of professionalism www.moimrestaurant.com. sweetness like caramel, and perfume of star anise, cinna- and effusiveness. spicy “kimchi,” the marinated mon and vanilla. Two coal- Our server nodded cabbage, its heat turned down colored slices of chocolate, enthusiastically when we or- with hits of the sweet, briny a notch or two. their dense texture relieved by dered the scallion and seafood shellfish. My husband and I “Dub bu kimchi” offers the bits of crisp chestnuts, were pancake called “pajun.” gobbled it up in what seemed cabbage stir-fried and tossed as deep and rich as a bitter- “You know how sometimes like seconds. with tender pieces of pork. sweet truffle. 2007-2008 SEASON it’s really heavy and greasy?” That pancake is an example This mix is spooned over silky Let’s welcome this new- he asked. “It’s not like that at of Park’s aesthetic. The chef pieces of warm tofu, each cube comer to Seventh Avenue and all here.” has worked with top talent scattered with black sesame hope more chefs with impec- He was correct. This scal- such as Gray Kunz at Cafe seeds that glitter like tiny jet cable taste and cooking chops lion pancake was an altogether Gray, Jean-Georges Von- beads. The dish is a wonder of following her lead. U.S. PREMIERE TOUR! ICELAND DANCE COMPANY Katrín Hall, Artistic Director / Robin Lester Saturday, The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn November 10, 2007 ‘Top’ dish: Miso salmon topped with

market greens and served with / Robin Lester at 8:00 PM wasabi mashed potatoes is just one of “versatile, the plates of “global comfort food” that Josie Smith-Malave (above) is daring and serving at Speakeasy in Fort Greene. explosive!” Paper The Brooklyn — The Varsity, Toronto ’Easy does it Most restaurateurs boast that their chef ture,” she said. as the name implies.” Outdoor seating is is tops, but few can honestly say they have Among the dishes are French onion planned for the spring, and the glamorous, a “Top Chef” in the kitchen. With celebri- soup (“that’s something that everyone 40-seat dining room is currently decked ty chef Josie Smith-Malave — a former seems to love,” Smith-Malave said); cur- out in warm golds and rich earth tones. Julio Bocca’s final NYC performance! contestant who sliced and diced with the ried mussels in a coconut broth for Thai “We’re between two landmark streets,” best of them in the popular reality show neighbors; Southern folk can dig into said Gamany, “so the mood is just right.” “Top Chef” — behind the stove, Fort glazed baby back ribs; and the Caribbean The Speakeasy (132 Greene Ave. at Greene’s Speakeasy has bragging rights. population will appreciate the chicken Waverly Avenue in Fort Greene) accepts Smith-Malave described the cuisine as noodle soup with Jamaican spices. American Express, Discover, Master- Ballet “global comfort food” befitting an area as A full bar is available and the interna- Card and Visa. Entrees: $10.50-$21. The diverse as Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. tional wine list is evolving. (Right now, restaurant serves dinner daily. Subway: “What we’re serving is soul food in the Bordeaux and a Cote du Rhone are being C, G to Clinton/Washington Streets. For Argentino sense that there’s something satisfying for poured.) information, call (718) 230-3520 or visit every ethnicity. Each plate that comes out Speakeasy manager Monir Gamany de- www.thespeakeasybrooklyn.com. Bocca Tango of the kitchen represents a different cul- scribes the interior as “very late 1920s — — Tina Barry burg, where decent CHEWS Mexican spots are Sunday, BREAKING still few and far between. “passionate... f the fried candy bars at the Chip And DUB Pies November 11, 2007 Shop aren’t hitting the spot any- (193 Columbia St. at Sackett Street in hot dancing”es York Tim more, try grabbing a bite at its new Perennial Boerum Hill fave Lunet- the Columbia Street Waterfront Dis- — New I at 2:00 PM neighbor Mediterra (381 Fifth Ave. at ta (116 Smith St. at Pacific Street) is trict), the Australian meat pie empori- Sixth Street in Park Slope), which is branching out. Last week, owner Adam um, will be opening a second location serving up falafel, salads and Turkish, Shepard opened a Manhattan outpost in owner Gareth Hughes’s own neigh- French and Italian fare. near Union Square. borhood, Windsor Terrace. Look for Or if you’re in need of a pick-me-up, “It’s an expansion of the brand,” DUB’s grub at 211 Prospect Park West, Program support provided by: LILA ACHESON WALLACE Harkness Foundation THEATER FUND for Dance drop into Brooklyn Bean and Tea Shepard told GO Brooklyn, “but I’m which also happens to be the location Company (355 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt still there on Smith Street.” where Paul Auster’s “Smoke” was Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College Street in Boerum Hill), a new specialty Speaking of food on the move, we hear filmed. coffee shop that serves up an yuppie- that a taco truck will be parking perma- Got a hot dining tip? Drop us a line at 2900 Campus Road, Brooklyn (on-site paid parking available) friendly menu of coffee, tea and baked nently on the corner of North Seventh [email protected]. goods like organic biscotti. Street and Bedford Avenue in Williams- — Adam Rathe Tickets and info: www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org Box Office: 718-951-4500 (Tues - Sat, 1pm-6pm)

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Since 1946 Bard girl Chocolate - Local novelist pens update What else is there to say? of Shakespeare’s ‘The 2917 AVENUE R ·(718) 375-1277 Tempest’ in her debut novel WWW.JOMARTCHOCOLATES.COM In her debut novel, “Among the next one. I think it’s a great Other Things, I’ve Taken Up place to have a character come Smoking,” Prospect Heights into her own. resident Aoibheann Sweeney Bobby Teten turns Shakespeare’s “The Tem- GO: How did you end up here? pest” on its head with a mod- AS: I came to live in New York ern interpretation. Her protag- City after college in the early Spike’s onist, Miranda, shares a name ’90s. I drove here in a U-Haul; it IN CASE OF EMERGENCY with the Bard’s character, but is was like a sitcom. I was working raised on an island off of in publishing, and I worked non- sounds Maine, not Italy, and instead of stop. I even worked at a book- running off to Milan, she sets store after hours. [Eventually] I Spike Hill, the tavern sitting on the corner of her sights on New York. left to go to an artist colony, and Bedford Avenue and North Seventh Street in GO Brooklyn’s Katie New- I stayed at people’s houses and Williamsburg, is a neighborhood favorite for a ingham chatted with Sweeney tried to write my novel. I went beer or burger, but starting Oct. 25, something new about updating Shakespeare, and got my Master’s degree and was added to the menu: live local bands. And with careers in publishing and why then realized I had to go back to its musician-heavy clientele, Spike Hill is already there aren’t any good diners in the city. It was 2001 and all my a breeding ground for local talent. Prospect Heights. friends were in Brooklyn, so I “The bar has been open for years,” said Zack came to Brooklyn. I knew noth- Dinerstein, a talent booker at the venue, “but we’re GO Brooklyn: So, how did you ing about Brooklyn, but now it’s trying to give local musicians a leg up, and that’s decide to write a book about the only place to go. I have a where the showcase will come in.” Shakespeare’s Miranda? baby, and I live in Prospect The showcase, a bi-monthly concert that will Aoibheann Sweeney: I want- Heights and it’s great. feature 12 bands — playing everything from bal- ed to explore the story of the lads to electronica — is designed to expose un- BREAK GLASS daughter, a girl who’s educated GO: What are the best spots for signed talent to music industry insiders, as well as but not at all ready for the out- writing in the neighborhood? to the crowds that stream past the venue every side world. What would happen AS: I wish there were better coffee night. to her when she breaks her fa- shops in Prospect Heights. I “The biggest draw for the club is its location,” said ther’s spell and doesn’t marry a also work full-time, so I can’t Dinerstein. “Our doors open to the street, so people prince but moves to the city in- really do the coffee shop thing. I walking by hear the music and then come in.” CHEF stead? used to live in Greenpoint, and Artists at the showcase, like singer-songwriter busy there are great Polish diners enced the book. Miranda was an NYU] now, so I feel like non- Drew Nix (pictured) and keyboard diva Claire GO: What made you pick New there that are really well-lit. I immigrant, and so many people fiction would blend better with Wadsworth, were among those hoping that playing Meals you'd cook yourself, York City as Miranda’s final love writing in diners where around New York City are im- my work. With fiction, you need a set at Spike Hill will pay off. But, according to if you weren't too busy. destination after living such an they keep pouring you coffee. migrants [so it] was great for in- to have another head for it. Dinerstein, the crowds are just as excited. isolated life on Crab Island, We could use more diners in spiration. “There are a ton of musicians in Brooklyn,” he Maine? Prospect Heights. “Among Other Things, I’ve Tak- said, “and there are also tons of people who want NOW FEATURING AS: Having escaped to New GO: With your first book done, en Up Smoking” (The Penguin to come out and see them play. It makes this really York myself, I think it’s a place GO: Did your neighborhood in- are you ready to start on the next Press, $23.95) by Aoibheann easy.” 60 Henry Street Brooklyn Heights for escape for so many people fluence the book at all? one? Sweeney is available at Book- The Artist Showcase will be held bimonthly at at from so many different lives. I AS: The last six years I’ve been AS: Not right now. I’m thinking Court (163 Court St. at Dean Spike Hill (184 Bedford Ave. at North Seventh 718.624.3182 felt that as soon as I got here: the in Brooklyn, I’ve been writing non-fiction might be an easier Street in Cobble Hill). For infor- Street in Williamsburg). Free. For information, call energy of people wanting to the book. The Caribbean areas path, even though everyone says mation, call (718) 875-3677 or (718) 218-9737 or visit www.spikehill.com. www.busychef.biz shed their cocoon and climb into in Brooklyn definitely influ- I’m wrong. 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than video, because it Callan / Tom gives a “warmth” and “beauty” impossible to achieve through other means. This decision has

meant having to make Paper The Brooklyn cuts in other areas, like location fees and actor out a young filmmaker Naturally, the script tends toward the salaries. who’s also a friend,” bawdy, including an outrageous fantasy Luckily, La Sorsa’s fel- D’Onofrio told us while sequence in which the shrink rips off her low Brooklynites have a enjoying a slice of pizza clothes to reveal a T-shirt that reads “I lot of love to donate. between takes. Love Peeing.” Bensonhurst’s own Joe The plot centers around La Sorsa’s first film, 2000’s “All Saints D’Onofrio (inset), whose a mother and her 31-year- Day,” a comedy about a botched heist at a resume includes such clas- old son (D’Onofrio), Brooklyn fish market, drew some minor sics as “A Bronx Tale” whose antics, including acclaim. and “Analyze This,” agreed to work for the execution of various bodily functions La Sorsa and his crew are hoping the free. in inappropriate places, have led the name “Joe D” will help “Circus Max- “It’s great working in Brooklyn, since mother, and later the son, to the office of imus” get picked up for distribution. I was born and raised here. And to help an attractive female psychiatrist. — Chris Varmus

DIAMOND... Continued from page 9 said. “They can serve the people, especially in Africa, who are living on incredible wealth but are extremely poor. Con- sumers play an important role; they can question jewelers about where diamonds are actually from and can buy fair trade diamonds. We can buy fair trade coffee; we know that the farmers share in profits. We should do that with diamonds as well. If the con- sumer just buys anything that’s available, it’s not going to happen.” It’s this passion and cultural conversation that Umbrage intends to develop with its new DUMBO space. “It’s going to be very exciting because there is photography everywhere here and the streets are teeming with activity,” Richardson said as she shooed away gawkers who were trying to come into Um- brage’s temporary gallery space before the opening of “Diamond Matters.” “It’s very lively.” 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM November 3, 2007

Center for Older Adults, 6935 Fourth Ave. Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 833-0220. BARGEMUSIC: presents jazz with Aaron Wein- (718) 624-2083. PUBLIC FORUM: MTA hosts a hearing on pro- stein and Frank Vignola. $35, $30 seniors, $20 IMPACT THEATER: presents Eugene O’Neill’s 9 DAYS... posed changes in fares and crossing charges. students. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Ful- “Anna Christie.” $15, $10 students and sen- 6 pm. Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 ton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. iors. 8 pm. 190 Underhill Ave. (212) 714-7102. Continued from page 2 Adams St. (212) 878-7483. Free. MEETING: Narrows Community Theater holds its MUSICAL: Narrows Community Theater presents monthly meeting. 8 pm. 9000 Shore Road. “The Music Man.” $20, $15 seniors, students, pm. See Sat., Nov. 3. PARK TALK: Learn about nature. 7 pm. Salt Marsh Nature Center, 3302 Ave. U. (718) 421- (718) 482-3173. Free. children. 8 pm. St. Patrick’s Auditorium, 97th ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE : “Black Watch.” 8 pm. 2021. Free. VARIETY SHOW: Bare skin and comedy. $10. 9 Street and Fourth Avenue. (718) 482-3173. See Sat., Nov. 3. LECTURE SERIES: Congregation B’nai Avraham pm. Adults only. East Coast Aliens, 216 BCBC: Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts pres- OTHER hosts a series: “Alef-Beit: Numerology and Franklin St., between Huron and Green ents The Iceland Dance Company. $25. 8 pm. streets, Greenpoint. (917) 501-8915. Walt Whitman Theater, Brooklyn College, one PRAYER MARATHON: Bay Ridge United Metho- Kabbalah of the 22 Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.” Rabbi Raskin leads discussion. 8 HUMAN COMEDY: “The Seagull.” 7:30 pm. See block from the intersection of Flatbush and dist Church hosts a morning of prayer and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. praise for the marathoners. $3 pancake break- pm to 9 pm. 117 Remsen St. (718) 596-4840, Sat., Nov. 10. FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts Exchange pres- fast. 8:30 am to 9:30 am. Marathon cheering ext. 18. Free. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Black Watch.” 8 pm. DINNER: BRIC Rotunda Gallery hosts its annual See Sat., Nov. 10. ents its new performance and discussion and singing from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. series featuring work by Radiohole, Joseph Worship service at 11:30 am. Fourth and benefit dinner. Tickets from $350. 6:30 pm. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Yank! A New Musical.” 8 Rotunda Gallery, 33 Clinton St. Dinner follows pm. See Sat., Nov. 10. Silovsky and The National Theater of the USA. Ovington avenues. (718)748-9502. $15, $10 members, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 at 8 pm at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 IMPACT THEATER: “Anna Christie.” 8 pm. See FLEA MARKET: at St. Finbar Church. 9 am to 3 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. pm. Bath Avenue and Bay 20th Street. (718) Pierrepont St. Reservations necessary. (718) Sat., Nov. 10. 236-3312. 875-4047, ext. 11. OTHER BAZAAR: Sale hosted by Sisterhood of Flatbush KABBALAH MEDITATION: at Temple Beth El. He- FITNESS FOR LIFE: Aviator Sports and Recrea- Jewish Center. 10 am to 3 pm. 327 E. Fifth St. brew knowledge is not required. 7:30 pm to 9 FRI, NOV 9 tion hosts classes in slimnastics, strength and (718) 871-5200. pm. 111 West End Ave. (718) 891-3500. Free. tone and self healing. Adults 55 and older are RECEPTION: Danny Simmons Corridor Gallery GUERRILLA GIRLS: Brooklyn Museum hosts its invited to attend. 9 am to noon. Floyd presents “Equal Rights: Reggae and Social fifth annual Women in the Arts luncheon and Bennett Field, Hangar 5. (718) 758-9800. Free. honors arts activists The Guerrilla Girls, a Change.” 4 pm to 7 pm. 334 Grand Ave. TUES, NOV 6 WEEKSVILLE FARMERS MARKET: Farm-fresh (718) 230-5002. Free. group of anonymous women fighting for gen- Coney’s ‘Secrets’: Brooklyn College hosts an exhibition of photographs by der and racial equality. $150. Program at 11 produce. 9 am to 1 pm. 1698 Bergen St., DINNER DANCE: Bensonhurst Volunteer FITNESS CLASS: Brooklyn Arts Exchange hosts a between Rochester and Buffalo avenues. (718) five week class in yoga, dance and Pilates. Coney Island native Charles Denson, “Secrets of Coney Island Creek,” in its am; lunch at 1 pm to 2:30 pm. 200 Eastern Ambulance Service hosts its 30th anniversary Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. 788-8500. event. 5 pm. Sirico Caterers, 8017 13th Ave. $120 for all sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays library through Nov. 6. PANEL TALK: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Call for ticket info. (646) 285-7034. through Dec. 13.). $14 per class. 9 am to 10 LECTURE: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch presents a talk on “History, Memory branch presents a discussion on Brooklyn and am. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. the civil war. 10 am. Also, “Music Off the JAZZ CLINIC: Long Island University presents and Oblivion.” Historian David Blight discusses READING: Author Benjamin Feldman reads from 0438. Free. American’s collective memory of the Civil War. Shelves: Whitman and the Music of the Civil ON OV jazz guitarist Cherry and her organ trio. 4 pm. M , N 5 his book “Butchery on Bond Street: Sexual 6 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. War.” 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- DeKalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue Exten- SUPPORT: Harm Reduction Network (HAMS) 2100. Free. LECTURE: Journalist Dominic Carter gives the key- sion. (718) 488-1668. Free. Politics and The Burdell-Cunningham Case in offers a support group for people who wish BARGEMUSIC: presents “Here and Now: Ameri- Ante-bellum New York.” 7 pm. Bookcourt, to drink more safely or to drink less. 7 pm. St. can Contemporary Music Series.” Program CRAFTS FAIR: Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts note address at “The African American Family: BUSINESS BUILDING: Brooklyn Public Library’s hosts a fair. Noon to 5 pm. Good Shepherd Evolution, Trends and New Developments.” business branch hosts “How to Write a 163 Court St. (917) 553-6244. Free. John’s Episcopal Church, 139 St. John’s Pl. includes works by Ruo, Lang, Larsen, Higdon (347) 678-5671. Free. and Copland. The Chelsea Symphony per- Church, 75th Street and Fourth Avenue. (718) 10 am to 2 pm. Atrium Amphitheater, 300 Jay Business Plan.” 6 pm to 8 pm. 280 Cadman TAIZE SERVICE: Union Church of Bay Ridge 256-6782. St., at Tillary Street. (718) 260-5500. Free. Plaza West. Pre-registration necessary. (718) offers a service with chanting, silence and NEXT WAVE: presents “Cast No Shadow,” an forms. $50, $25 seniors and students. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the INDIE MARKET: Collective of Brooklyn-based SENIORS: AARP meets. 2:15 pm. Bay Ridge 623-7000, press option 4. Free. prayers. 7 pm. 8101 Ridge Blvd. (718) 745- evening of film and dance. $20 to $45. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. East River. (718) 624-2083. emerging designers show their wares of fashion, (718) 636-4100. GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Acoustic music with accessories, bath and beauty, pet gear, home- Bluesman Jonathan Kalb. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. goods and more. 11 am to 7 pm. Smith and ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The National Theater Union streets. www.brooklynindiemarket.com. of Scotland’s “Black Watch,” a story of personal 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street, Park testimonies of 10 men on the ground of the Slope. (718) 768-2972. WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: at Bishop Kearney Scottish regiment to fight the war on terror. HUMAN COMEDY: “The Seagull.” 7:30 pm. See High School. 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all started with the Fab Four, it’s no surprise his songs retain a little of that in- fectious sound. The Lohan lowdown “When I discovered the ‘Beatles An- Lindsay Lohan and her adorable freckles sult her nether regions. thology’ at 13, I immediately dug out a first won our hearts in 1998 when she blew In short, we’ve been there from sweetheart dusty keyboard and said, ‘I can do Hayley Mills away in a remake of “The Par- to Skeletor. How can you hate a girl who this,’ ” recalled Ross. ent Trap.” We hadn’t liked a redhead so much named her dog Brooklyn? g Most 13 year olds would have trad- since Little Orphan Annie herself! In honor of the Brooklyn Academy of Mu- Amazin Ross ed in the piano for a PlayStation soon As her career progressed, we watched La sic’s “Takeover” party on Nov. 3, which will after, but Ross never considered it. Ten Lohan with wide eyes, rooting for her when feature live bands, beer and, most important, a Dreamy politico faces toughest vote yet years later, he’s still banging those the toothsome and sinister Hillary Duff stole Lohan retrospective — BAM will be screening keys, albeit with a little more grace. her boyfriend Aaron Carter, as fair-weather “The Parent Trap,” “Freaky Friday,” “Mean “The last few years, I’ve been trying friends like Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton Girls” and “I Know Who Killed Me” all in one By Juliana Bunim to make up for my lack of technical came and went and even when oily heir Bran- night — GO Brooklyn has compiled a timeline for The Brooklyn Paper ability and have taken jazz piano les- don Davis took it upon himself to publicly in- of Lohan’s greatest achievements. sons to focus on technique,” he said. “I he annual Williamsburg Live think it’s almost better, because I’m Songwriter Competition draws coming at it from the love of music, hundreds of aspiring crooners from rather than a very by-the-book ap- 1998 T Those were simpler times. At age 11, Lindsay made her big screen across the country, all vying for the glo- proach.” ry as well as a $4,000 prize and free For the Williamsburg Songwriter debut in a remake of the classic family film “The Parent Trap,” and studio time. But for Danny Ross, a self- Competition on Sunday, Ross is per- America fell in love with the freckled actress. A nation silently hoped taught pop rock pianist, the competition forming a song called “When You’re that this star would be spared the fate of other famous children. is part of a much greater and precisely Down (and You’re Out),” which he de- managed plan. scribes as “like a Cole Porter song with And with a day job as the scheduler a Beatles-esque bit, too.” and operations coordinator for Con- He usually composes for a five-piece 2004 gressman Jerrold band — complete with two guitars, one After taking center stage in another remake — “Freaky Nadler (D — Bor- bass and a drummer — or a three-piece Friday,” co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis — Lohan was on ough Park, Coney MUSIC wind section. Performing alone may be her way to becoming a household name. With “Confes- Island, Brighton a departure, but it’s one Ross doesn’t sions of a Teenage Drama Queen,” the young starlet, Beach, Sea Gate, Danny Ross will perform as part of the eschew. now 17 and blonde, was ready to shake off her whole- “Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competi- Bay Ridge and tion” at 8 pm on Nov. 4 at Union Pool (484 “As important as it is for me to be a some image. In addition to acting, Lohan contributed a Bensonhurst) plan- Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Wil- composer and arranger and put together song, “That Girl,” to the film’s soundtrack. ning is something liamsburg). $TBD. For information, call big pieces, it’s just as important to work (718) 609-0484 or visit www.wlsc2007.com. the 23-year-old “Introducing Danny Ross!” is avail- on my solo skills and express my ideas Much like “Heathers” before it, 2004’s “Mean Girls” defined can do in his sleep. able for $5 at www.dannyrossmusic.com. through my instrument,” Ross said. a generation. Unpopular teens everywhere saw themselves “I work until 6 “It’s definitely a change of pace, but it’s in Lohan’s character, Cady Heron, and cheered her on as she pm for the Con- necessary.” took down her high school’s most evil clique. This block- gressman, and then until 2 am on my It’s also Ross’s first time performing buster cemented Lohan as a bankable star with a broad music,” Ross told GO Brooklyn during in Brooklyn — something he hopes to range — and one of the rare actresses who can hold her a rare free moment. “And then it starts repeat in the near future. own on screen with Tina Fey. all over again.” “I’d like to be at the level where I’m Organizing a politician’s life while playing places like Studio B and Union trying to aggressively pursue rock star- Pool,” he said. “Hopefully within the dom is no small feat. Having already Oh, Danny boy: Ross, above, will perform “When You’re Down (and next year or two, the momentum will graduated from Cornell, self-released You’re Out)” on Nov. 4 at Union Pool as part of the Williamsburg Live swing, and I’ll get there.” 2005 an EP, “Introducing Danny Ross!,” Songwriter Competition. For now, his strategy is to continue Being cast with the likes of Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin in “A launched a Web site and put together a playing gigs and building a buzz. Prairie Home Companion” by famed director Robert Altman, press kit, Ross appreciates his small accumulate to big goals.” jazzy mix of pop and rock, is akin to And what about his boss? Lohan seemed to have moved beyond teen queen territory and successes. But listen to Ross’s tunes, and you’d the love child of Ben Folds Five and “[Nadler] loves it,” said Ross. “I think into the land of true movie stars. Rumors of her misbehavior on “It’s sort of like starting a business,” never believe it was the music of a self- the E Street Band. he’s happy to see someone who isn’t just set were denied by a steely Streep in interviews, but by this he said. “Management and planning are proclaimed micromanager. His style, a Considering his passion for playing stuck behind a desk at his office.” point, Lohan’s fans knew something was amiss. essential to achieving any big plan you have. All this effort into little goals will 2007 After a year of car accidents, drug busts and re- hab, we were rooting for L.L. when “I Know Who The algo-rhythm Killed Me,” a thriller, in which she plays a stripper, came out in 2007. Although it quickly tanked, as Sometimes it seems like every guy with the star’s real life had more drama than the film puppy dog eyes has a sad song to sing, so did, we know that sometimes things have to get what makes Danny Ross so different? GO Take one part vintage The charm of Bright Eyes, Former Arkansas Governor “Introducing Danny worse before they get better. So, here’s hoping! Brooklyn spent some time with his debut Billy Joel, with catchy whose sole permanent Mike Huckabee. The presi- Ross.” songs about girls and member, Connor Oberst, dential hopeful and bass record, “Introducing Danny Ross,” and, us- a piano instead of a has been compared to a player balances both rock For more information about the “Lindsay ing its golden ear, discerned exactly what guitar, and add. … young Bob Dylan, and stardom and politics. Add makes Ross so appealing. mix with a pinch of. … ’em up and you’ll get. … Lohan Mid-Career Retrospective,” visit www.TakeoverBAM.org. — Adam Rathe

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Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: Nov. 10: Brooklyn Faculty Showcase featuring From Cocaine to Rogaine, Penny Winblood, 8 (718) 625-5559, www.fivefrontrestaurant.com. Nov. 3: Cavestomp 2007 featuring Strawberry Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, $5 sug- Stain Game Night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE; Fridays: Gina Samardge & Alexandra Vasallo, 8 pm, pm, $TBD. Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, FREE. Alarm Clock, The New Colony Six, The Alarm Zodiac Lounge, 7 pm, FREE. $10 ($5 students and seniors). gested donation. 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- Clocks, The Urges, The Higher State, 7 pm, Galapagos burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. $35 in advance, $40 day of the show; Nov. 4: FLATBUSH Brooklyn Lyceum Two Boots Brooklyn 70 N. 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Nov. 3: In the Trees, 10 pm, FREE. 3: (Both rooms) “The Brooklyn Bonfire” featuring Trash Bar Fighto” and guest, 9 pm, $20 in advance, $23 Nov. 4: Songwriter’s Exchange with Jen Chapin, Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with two- live DJs, 9 pm, $5; Nov. 7: Incus, The Mes- 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. day of the show. Rebecca Pronsky, Rachel Loshak, 7 pm, $10. drink/snack minimum. Union Hall sengers, Raquy and the Cavemen, 8 pm, $10; Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Cafe Steinhof (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Nov. 8: (Front room) Rumspringa, Chief, Darren www.thetrashbar.com. Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band Weiss, Savoir Adore and DJ Griggs, 10 pm, $10; Nov. 3: Bound Alive, 8 pm, Hyngd, 9 pm, Pui, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: FORT GREENE www.unionhallny.com. Nov. 10: (Backroom) “Stop, Drop, Rock & Roll,” 11 pm, The Naked Heroes, Midnight, Holly- Mobscenity (live jazz), 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 3: Slope, (718) 369-7776, Kitchen Bar Nov. 3: Kinetic, The Alternate Routes, Excel- a benefit concert for the victims of the Southern wood Cowboy, 1 am, $7; Nov. 4: Plumerai, 9 The Dusty 45s, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 4: The BAM Cafe www.cafesteinhof.com. 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in lent, Royal American, 7:30 pm, $8; Nov. 5: California wildfires, featuring Cornmo, The pm, Victor Bravo, 10 pm, Eveni, 11 pm, Paper Dixons, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 8: Jug Night with Wednesdays: Live music, 10:30 pm, FREE. 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greenwood Heights, (718) 499-5623, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, First Annual Bollocks, SO3, Audition Lab, 10 pm, $5. Tongue, Midnight, $6; Nov. 5: Williamsburg Missing Tractor, Banjo Jack, The Brotherhood Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. www.kitchenbarny.com. Benefit Bash with performances by Tracy Live Songwriter Competition, 8 pm, FREE; Nov. of the Jug Band Blues, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 9: Good Coffeehouse Nov. 3: BAM presents “Takeover,” an open Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE. Bonham, One Ring Zero, Takka Takka and Laila Lounge 6: Rain of Rock, 8 pm, Kabuki Killers, 9 pm, Judge Roy Beans, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 10: Go house of music, film, DJs and art, 9 pm, $15 in Music Parlor more, 6 pm, $45; Nov. 6: White Blue Yellow & Fakeman, 10 pm, The Canon Logic, 11 pm, $6; Girls NYC 07 (benefiting Mighty Mutts) with 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in advance, $20 day of the show. Clouds, Hoots & Hellmouth, Pure Horsehair, Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Nov. 7: DJ Mojo presents Ko-Cho Bisexual, 8 Lara Ewen, Cady Finlayson, Michelle Suesens, Living Room Lounge (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in 7:30 pm, $8; Nov. 7: Union Hall Secret Science www.lailalounge.com. pm, Villa Vina, 9 pm, Worms in Dirt, 10 pm, Jen Shamro, Loki the Grump. G Spot, The 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Night of the Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Club, 7:30 pm, FREE; Nov. 8: Viva Voce, Vivian Girls, 11 pm, Drunk Driver, Midnight, Dirty Mothers, Luthea Salom, Danan Healy, heights, (718) 499-1505, Tuesdays: Bluegrass Tuesdays, 9 pm, FREE; Wed- Pseudosix, 8 pm, $12; Nov. 9: Euros Childs, Aunt Dracula, 1 am, $6; Nov. HIV/AIDS Benefit Stark, Josie Bouve, 7 pm, donation suggested. Cookers www.myspace.com/livingroombrooklyn. Nov. 9: Bluesman Jonathan Kalb, 8 pm, $10 nesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Saturdays: DJ Kurt, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: adults, $6 children. David Kilgour, 7:30 pm, $10. mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; Nov. 3: The Fourth Annual for women in Malawi featuring Ching Chong Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Guitar Hero, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competition, 7 pm, Song, 8 pm, Soft Black, 9 pm, The Bloodsugars, BRIGHTON BEACH FREE; Nov. 7: The Fourth Annual Williamsburg 10 pm, Whisper Doll, 11 pm, The New York Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: mic night, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: ’80s music, Magnolia PROSPECT HEIGHTS Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Wasabassco Burlesque 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, Live Songwriter Competition, 7 pm, FREE. Howl, Midnight, $6; Nov. 9: Tied for Last, 8 pm, National Restaurant pm, FREE. Show, 9 pm, $5. (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. The Backroom Money paper Hearts, 9 pm, The Swear, 10 pm, 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton The Lucky Cat Black Suit Youth, 11 pm, One Last Shot, Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Midnight, $7; Nov. 10: Frank Wood presents, 646-1225, www.come2national.com. GOWANUS PARK SLOPE in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Phony Beatlemania, 8 pm, National G, 8:45 pm, Melt www.freddysbackroom.com. Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance www.theluckycat.com. Fear the State, 9:30 pm, Sea Monster, 10:15 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); The Issue Project Bar4 Nov. 5: Stand-Up Comedy Night, 9:30 pm, FREE. pm, The Bullys, 11 pm, Statues of Liberty, 11:45 Slope, (718) 230-5925. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park 10 pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open pm, The F-Units, 12:45 am, $5. Room Fridays: “Stuck in the ’80s” party featuring DJs pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Slope, (718) 832-9800, RED HOOK Mic Night hosted by Ed Gorch, 7 pm, FREE; 232 Third St. at Third Avenue in Gowanus, www.jamescarney.net/koncfs.htm. Paul EZ and Jan Cooley, 11 pm, FREE. Live Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, (718) 330-0313, Nov. 10: Chico Mann, 10:30 pm, $5. Union Pool Nov. 4: Tin/Bag, 8 pm, TBD, 9:30 pm, $5. FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). www.issueprojectroom.org. Patio Lounge Hope and Anchor 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Nov. 3: Dan Kaufman, Barbez (record release), 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Luna Lounge Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, 179 Fifth Ave. at Degraw Street in Park 8 pm, $10; Nov. 8: Noisy Meditation Band, 8 Barbes Hook, (718) 237-0276. 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer www.myspace.com/unionpool. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Slope, (646) 810-1916, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Street in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, Nov. 3: The End of the World, Swaa, Rebecca pm, $10; Nov. 9: Susan McKeown, Honor www.patiolounge.com. Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, Molloy and Yvonne Molloy, 8 pm, $10; Nov. (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke www.lunalounge.com. Schiffman, 8 pm, $6, DJ Alfreako, 11:45 pm, Magnetic Field Mondays: Laugh Out Loud Mondays, 8 pm, 10: Aunt Dracula, High Places, 8 pm, $10. Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $10 sug- hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Nov. 3: Tonearm, 7:30 pm, Hunters, Run!, FREE; Nov. 4: Jezebel Music presents The 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in gested donation, Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10; FREE; Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays: Dance Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, 10:30 pm, $8; Nov. 4: The Vesties, 7:30 pm, $8; Fourth Annual Williamsburg Live Songwriter Nov. 3: Opera on Tap, 7 pm, $10 suggested Party, 9 pm, FREE. www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Jalopy Nov. 5: Conifer, 7:30 pm, Lesbian, 8:30 pm, Competition, 8 pm, $TBD; Nov. 7: Brooklyn GREENPOINT donation, The Roulette Sisters’ Annual Hallo- Bloody Panda, 9:30 pm, Unearthly Trance, Kitchen’s Anniversary Party featuring “The Nov. 3: The Bluebeats, 8 pm, $TBD, Tighten ween Spectacular, 10 pm, $10 suggested dona- Southpaw 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in Up Brooklyn, 11 pm, FREE; Nov. 7: Dick Red Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. 10:30 pm, $8; Nov. 6: Chastly City Sleep, 7:30 Bodega Challenge,” and bands and DJs, 7 pm, Club Europa tion; Nov. 4: Hang the Lights, 7 pm, $10 sug- 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park pm, The Party Faithful, 8:30 pm, The Fatales, FREE; Nov. 8: The Black, The Minetta and Swizzle’s Sudden Death Game Show, 8 pm, $5 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in gested donation, Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Nov. 3: Kruno Gypsy Jazz Trio, 9 pm, $10; Nov. per contestant; Nov. 8: Live band karaoke, 8 4: Jalopy Opry hosted by Jan Bell and Dock 9:30 pm, The Walk Up, 10:30 pm, $5; Nov. 7: more, 8 pm, $6; Nov. 9: Hopewell, Spindrift, Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, $10 suggested donation; Nov. 5: Chicha Libre, Nov. 3: The RUB with DJs Ayres, Cosmo, and pm, FREE; Nov. 9: The Kings County Soul Oscar, 8 pm, $TBD; Nov. 7: Groove X Jam fea- Duelists, 7:30 pm, Ninth House, 8:30 pm, Black Cat Martino, 8 pm, $8; Nov. 10: The Ergs, www.europaclub.com. 9:30 pm, $10 suggested donation; Nov. 6: The Eleven, 10 pm, $TBD; Nov. 4: WreckRoom, 8 Club, Time TBD, FREE; Nov. 10: The Black turing Big Chief Richard Bennett, 9:30 pm, Taxi, 9:30 pm, $5; Nov. 8: Weird Owl, 8:30 pm, Bunnygrunt, The Besties, 8 pm, $7. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE Lascivious Biddies, 7 pm, $10 suggested dona- pm, FREE; Nov. 6: WreckRoom, 8 pm, FREE; Hollies, Apothecary Hymns, 8 pm, $7. $TBD; Nov. 8: Old Time Country Blues Jam, Heavy Hands, 9:30 pm, Witch, 10:30 pm, $10 before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- tion; Nov. 7: The Clarinets, 8 pm, $10, Taylor/ Nov. 8: DJ Mojo presents The New Lows, in advance, $12 day of the show; Nov. 9: 9:30 pm, $TBD; Nov. 9: Heartache and Hell Williamsburg Music days: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sanchez/Lightcap, 10 pm, $10; Nov. 8: The Telenovela Star, Object, Time TBD, $TBD; Suffrajett, 8:30 pm, Scissors for Lefty, 9:30 pm, Raisin’ with S.A.M., 9 pm, Garrett Klahn and BUSHWICK Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE Debutante Hour, 8 pm, $10 suggested dona- Nov. 9: Mink, Care Bears on Fire, 7 pm, $TBD; Juliette and The Licks, 10:30 pm, $16 in Center The Surrounding Areas, 10:30 pm, $8; Nov. before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Nov. 3: tion, Eletfa, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; Nov. 10: Buffalo Tom, Frightened Rabbit, 9 advance, $18 day of the show; Nov. 10: The 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in 10: Brooklyn Bluegrass Boys with Michael Silent Barn Chinese Stars, 7:30 pm, $10. Nov. 9: Delta Dreambox, 8 pm, $10 suggested pm, $15. Lisps, 11:30 pm, The Waylons, 12:30 am, Take- Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Daves, 9 pm, The Brooklyn Bluegrass Boys, donation, The Zagnut Orkestar, 10 pm, $10 sug- nobu, 1:30 am, $7. Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. 915 Wyckoff Ave. at Hancock Street in 10:30 pm, $8. Bushwick, No phone. Club Exit gested donation; Nov. 10: Les Chauds Lapins, 8 Spoke the Hub Nov. 3: Religious Knives, Heavy Winged, Para- 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue pm, $10 suggested donation, Brooklyn Qaw- (at the Gowanus Art Building) 295 Doug- noid Critical Revolution, 8 pm, $TBD; Nov. 4: in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, wali Party, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation. lass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, SHEEPSHEAD BAY www.club-exit.com. Soft Circle, PIT ER PAT, High Places, 8 pm, Bogota Latin Bistro (718) 408-3234, www.spokethehub.org. $TBD; Nov. 9: Phosphorescent, Bodies of Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, Nov. 9: Gowanus Guest Room presents The Anyway Cafe TALK TO US… Water, Jolie Laide, 8 pm, $TBD. $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Out-of-Towners featuring filmmakers, dancers, 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th Slope, (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. choreographers, musicians, and performing Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Studio B Wednesdays, Thursdays: Live music, 7 pm, FREE. name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site CLINTON HILL artists from Boston, Jackson Hole, and Paris, 8 www.anywaycafe.com. 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in Greenpoint, pm, $15 ($5 students and seniors); Nov. 10: Saturdays: Grace Garland, 8 om, FREE; address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Five Spot (718) 389-1880, www.clubstudiob.com. Brooklyn Gowanus Guest Room presents The Out-of- Mondays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free Nov. 10: Made Event & Cut presents Conservatory of Towners featuring filmmakers, dancers, chore- Andrey Ryabov, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Restaurant M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Damian Lazarus with Trouble & ographers, musicians, and performing artists Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Susan The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Bass DJs, plus Sleepy & Boo in the side room, Music from Boston, Jackson Hole, and Paris, 8 pm, Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, event details. Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, 10 pm, $15 (available in advance). 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park $15 ($5 students and seniors). 9 pm, FREE. November 3, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM AWP 13

all started with the Fab Four, it’s no surprise his songs retain a little of that in- fectious sound. The Lohan lowdown “When I discovered the ‘Beatles An- Lindsay Lohan and her adorable freckles sult her nether regions. thology’ at 13, I immediately dug out a first won our hearts in 1998 when she blew In short, we’ve been there from sweetheart dusty keyboard and said, ‘I can do Hayley Mills away in a remake of “The Par- to Skeletor. How can you hate a girl who this,’ ” recalled Ross. ent Trap.” We hadn’t liked a redhead so much named her dog Brooklyn? g Most 13 year olds would have trad- since Little Orphan Annie herself! In honor of the Brooklyn Academy of Mu- Amazin Ross ed in the piano for a PlayStation soon As her career progressed, we watched La sic’s “Takeover” party on Nov. 3, which will after, but Ross never considered it. Ten Lohan with wide eyes, rooting for her when feature live bands, beer and, most important, a Dreamy politico faces toughest vote yet years later, he’s still banging those the toothsome and sinister Hillary Duff stole Lohan retrospective — BAM will be screening keys, albeit with a little more grace. her boyfriend Aaron Carter, as fair-weather “The Parent Trap,” “Freaky Friday,” “Mean “The last few years, I’ve been trying friends like Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton Girls” and “I Know Who Killed Me” all in one By Juliana Bunim to make up for my lack of technical came and went and even when oily heir Bran- night — GO Brooklyn has compiled a timeline for The Brooklyn Paper ability and have taken jazz piano les- don Davis took it upon himself to publicly in- of Lohan’s greatest achievements. sons to focus on technique,” he said. “I he annual Williamsburg Live think it’s almost better, because I’m Songwriter Competition draws coming at it from the love of music, hundreds of aspiring crooners from rather than a very by-the-book ap- 1998 T Those were simpler times. At age 11, Lindsay made her big screen across the country, all vying for the glo- proach.” ry as well as a $4,000 prize and free For the Williamsburg Songwriter debut in a remake of the classic family film “The Parent Trap,” and studio time. But for Danny Ross, a self- Competition on Sunday, Ross is per- America fell in love with the freckled actress. A nation silently hoped taught pop rock pianist, the competition forming a song called “When You’re that this star would be spared the fate of other famous children. is part of a much greater and precisely Down (and You’re Out),” which he de- managed plan. scribes as “like a Cole Porter song with And with a day job as the scheduler a Beatles-esque bit, too.” and operations coordinator for Con- He usually composes for a five-piece 2004 gressman Jerrold band — complete with two guitars, one After taking center stage in another remake — “Freaky Nadler (D — Bor- bass and a drummer — or a three-piece Friday,” co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis — Lohan was on ough Park, Coney MUSIC wind section. Performing alone may be her way to becoming a household name. With “Confes- Island, Brighton a departure, but it’s one Ross doesn’t sions of a Teenage Drama Queen,” the young starlet, Beach, Sea Gate, Danny Ross will perform as part of the eschew. now 17 and blonde, was ready to shake off her whole- “Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competi- Bay Ridge and tion” at 8 pm on Nov. 4 at Union Pool (484 “As important as it is for me to be a some image. In addition to acting, Lohan contributed a Bensonhurst) plan- Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Wil- composer and arranger and put together song, “That Girl,” to the film’s soundtrack. ning is something liamsburg). $TBD. For information, call big pieces, it’s just as important to work (718) 609-0484 or visit www.wlsc2007.com. the 23-year-old “Introducing Danny Ross!” is avail- on my solo skills and express my ideas Much like “Heathers” before it, 2004’s “Mean Girls” defined can do in his sleep. able for $5 at www.dannyrossmusic.com. through my instrument,” Ross said. a generation. Unpopular teens everywhere saw themselves “I work until 6 “It’s definitely a change of pace, but it’s in Lohan’s character, Cady Heron, and cheered her on as she pm for the Con- necessary.” took down her high school’s most evil clique. This block- gressman, and then until 2 am on my It’s also Ross’s first time performing buster cemented Lohan as a bankable star with a broad music,” Ross told GO Brooklyn during in Brooklyn — something he hopes to range — and one of the rare actresses who can hold her a rare free moment. “And then it starts repeat in the near future. own on screen with Tina Fey. all over again.” “I’d like to be at the level where I’m Organizing a politician’s life while playing places like Studio B and Union trying to aggressively pursue rock star- Pool,” he said. “Hopefully within the dom is no small feat. Having already Oh, Danny boy: Ross, above, will perform “When You’re Down (and next year or two, the momentum will graduated from Cornell, self-released You’re Out)” on Nov. 4 at Union Pool as part of the Williamsburg Live swing, and I’ll get there.” 2005 an EP, “Introducing Danny Ross!,” Songwriter Competition. For now, his strategy is to continue Being cast with the likes of Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin in “A launched a Web site and put together a playing gigs and building a buzz. Prairie Home Companion” by famed director Robert Altman, press kit, Ross appreciates his small accumulate to big goals.” jazzy mix of pop and rock, is akin to And what about his boss? Lohan seemed to have moved beyond teen queen territory and successes. But listen to Ross’s tunes, and you’d the love child of Ben Folds Five and “[Nadler] loves it,” said Ross. “I think into the land of true movie stars. Rumors of her misbehavior on “It’s sort of like starting a business,” never believe it was the music of a self- the E Street Band. he’s happy to see someone who isn’t just set were denied by a steely Streep in interviews, but by this he said. “Management and planning are proclaimed micromanager. His style, a Considering his passion for playing stuck behind a desk at his office.” point, Lohan’s fans knew something was amiss. essential to achieving any big plan you have. All this effort into little goals will 2007 After a year of car accidents, drug busts and re- hab, we were rooting for L.L. when “I Know Who The algo-rhythm Killed Me,” a thriller, in which she plays a stripper, came out in 2007. Although it quickly tanked, as Sometimes it seems like every guy with the star’s real life had more drama than the film puppy dog eyes has a sad song to sing, so did, we know that sometimes things have to get what makes Danny Ross so different? GO Take one part vintage The charm of Bright Eyes, Former Arkansas Governor “Introducing Danny worse before they get better. So, here’s hoping! Brooklyn spent some time with his debut Billy Joel, with catchy whose sole permanent Mike Huckabee. The presi- Ross.” songs about girls and member, Connor Oberst, dential hopeful and bass record, “Introducing Danny Ross,” and, us- a piano instead of a has been compared to a player balances both rock For more information about the “Lindsay ing its golden ear, discerned exactly what guitar, and add. … young Bob Dylan, and stardom and politics. Add makes Ross so appealing. mix with a pinch of. … ’em up and you’ll get. … Lohan Mid-Career Retrospective,” visit www.TakeoverBAM.org. — Adam Rathe

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Cowan Passenger Pigeons, 9:30 pm, Anvil Rabbit, Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- 10:30 pm, FREE; Nov. 6: …And The Wiremen, days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand www.fivespotsoulfood.com. 9 pm, Naughty Pines, 10:15 pm, FREE; Nov. 7: BAY RIDGE and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE; Mondays: The Gregory Brothers, 10 pm, Northern Arms, Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, The Salty Dog RPM-Open Turntables hosted by DJ Copa 11 pm, FREE; Nov. 8: Andrew Norsworthy, 9 FREE; Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, (bring your own needles and vinyl), 8 pm, pm, Alexis Thomason, 10 pm, FREE, Nat Cas- 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ FREE; Tuesdays: Five for Funny Tuesdays host- sidy, 10:40 pm, Mike and John, 11:20 pm, FREE; (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 ed by Dave Lester, 10 pm, $5; Wednesdays: Nov. 9: Pete’s Big Poetry, 7 pm, Dave Derby, 9 Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE; pm, FREE. Open mic with Nate Jones and Da Feel, 9 pm, pm, Sam Bisbee, 10 pm, The Boy Bathing, 11 Thursdays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. $5 ($10 after 10 pm). pm, FREE; Nov. 10: Barclay Martin, 9 pm, La The Callbox Pieta, 10 pm, Drew Victor, 11 pm, FREE. The Wicked Monk Grand Dakar Cafe 148 Kingsland Ave. at Lombardy Street in 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 384-0179, Sound Fix Lounge (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.thecallboxlounge.com. Nov. 3: Bar Fly, 9 pm, $5; Nov. 4: Sing Along www.granddakar.com. Fridays and Saturdays: Dance music all night, 110 Bedford Ave. at North 11th Street in with DJ Matty, 9 pm, $5; Nov. 8: Joe Waltz 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: ’80s Party with The Williamsburg, (718) 388-8090, Saturdays: Rhonda Benet (funk, jazz, soul, www.soundfixrecords.com. (acoustic), 9 pm, $5; Nov. 9: Runaway, 9 pm, ’80s, old school), 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Live Airwaves, 9 pm, FREE. $5; Nov. 10: My Friend Harvey, 9 pm, $5. reggae music, 7 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Don Nov. 3: DJ Mark Ryan, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 4: Juarez (Brazilian music), 8:30 pm, FREE; Death by Audio Thomas Dybdahl, 6 pm, Fix Tape Exchange, 8 pm, FREE; Nov. 6: Jesca Hoop, 7 pm, Music Thursdays: DJ Afro-Freaky, 8 pm, FREE; The anniversary party: On Nov. 9 Barbez, celebrating its 10th year, brings its mix of experimental 49 S. Second St. at Wythe Avenue in BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Trivia, 8 pm, FREE; Nov. 7: Ravens and Chimes, Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, No phone. rock and Eastern European folk music to the Issue Project Room in Gowanus. 8 pm, Christine Smith, 9 pm, FREE; Nov. 9: Nov. 5: Stars Like Fleas, Charalambides, Alas- Food 4 Thought Robbers, 8 pm, Family Lumber, 9 pm, NYC dair Roberts, Heather Leigh Murray, 8 pm, 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough DUMBO Smoke, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 10: Rahim (record Slope, (718) 622-3300, www.bqcm.org. $TBD; Nov. 6: Casio tone for the Painfully Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. release show), End of the World, Frankopolis, The Warsaw Tea Lounge Alone, Bad Catholics, 8 pm, $7; Nov. 10: Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: Five Front Nov. 3: “Jazz at the Conservatory” with John DJ Mojo, 8 pm, $TBD. 261 Driggs Ave. at Eckford Street in Blake, 8 pm, $25 ($15 students and seniors); 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Behold…the Arctopus, Stay F—ked, Yukon, Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open discus- 5 Front St. at Old Fulton Street in DUMBO, Greenpoint, (718) 387-0505. Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. sion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednesdays: Nov. 10: Brooklyn Faculty Showcase featuring From Cocaine to Rogaine, Penny Winblood, 8 (718) 625-5559, www.fivefrontrestaurant.com. Nov. 3: Cavestomp 2007 featuring Strawberry Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, $5 sug- Stain Game Night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE; Fridays: Gina Samardge & Alexandra Vasallo, 8 pm, pm, $TBD. Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, FREE. Alarm Clock, The New Colony Six, The Alarm Zodiac Lounge, 7 pm, FREE. $10 ($5 students and seniors). gested donation. 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- Clocks, The Urges, The Higher State, 7 pm, Galapagos burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. $35 in advance, $40 day of the show; Nov. 4: FLATBUSH Brooklyn Lyceum Two Boots Brooklyn 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Mondays: “Creative Juice,” 6:30 pm, FREE; BOERUM HILL Cavestomp 2007 featuring The Sonics, The Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, Vox Po p Fleshtones, Lyres, The Wildebeests, The Hall Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.galapagosartspace.com. mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE. Monitors, $35 in advance, $40 day of the Slope, (718) 857-4816, Hank’s Saloon 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. show; Nov. 9: Kaiju Big Battel “More Better www.brooklynlyceum.com. 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Nov. 3: In the Trees, 10 pm, FREE. 3: (Both rooms) “The Brooklyn Bonfire” featuring Trash Bar Fighto” and guest, 9 pm, $20 in advance, $23 Nov. 4: Songwriter’s Exchange with Jen Chapin, Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with two- live DJs, 9 pm, $5; Nov. 7: Incus, The Mes- 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. day of the show. Rebecca Pronsky, Rachel Loshak, 7 pm, $10. drink/snack minimum. Union Hall sengers, Raquy and the Cavemen, 8 pm, $10; Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Cafe Steinhof (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Nov. 8: (Front room) Rumspringa, Chief, Darren www.thetrashbar.com. Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band Weiss, Savoir Adore and DJ Griggs, 10 pm, $10; Nov. 3: Bound Alive, 8 pm, Hyngd, 9 pm, Pui, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: FORT GREENE www.unionhallny.com. Nov. 10: (Backroom) “Stop, Drop, Rock & Roll,” 11 pm, The Naked Heroes, Midnight, Holly- Mobscenity (live jazz), 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 3: Slope, (718) 369-7776, Kitchen Bar Nov. 3: Kinetic, The Alternate Routes, Excel- a benefit concert for the victims of the Southern wood Cowboy, 1 am, $7; Nov. 4: Plumerai, 9 The Dusty 45s, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 4: The BAM Cafe www.cafesteinhof.com. 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in lent, Royal American, 7:30 pm, $8; Nov. 5: California wildfires, featuring Cornmo, The pm, Victor Bravo, 10 pm, Eveni, 11 pm, Paper Dixons, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 8: Jug Night with Wednesdays: Live music, 10:30 pm, FREE. 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greenwood Heights, (718) 499-5623, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, First Annual Bollocks, SO3, Audition Lab, 10 pm, $5. Tongue, Midnight, $6; Nov. 5: Williamsburg Missing Tractor, Banjo Jack, The Brotherhood Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. www.kitchenbarny.com. Benefit Bash with performances by Tracy Live Songwriter Competition, 8 pm, FREE; Nov. of the Jug Band Blues, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 9: Good Coffeehouse Nov. 3: BAM presents “Takeover,” an open Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE. Bonham, One Ring Zero, Takka Takka and Laila Lounge 6: Rain of Rock, 8 pm, Kabuki Killers, 9 pm, Judge Roy Beans, 10 pm, FREE; Nov. 10: Go house of music, film, DJs and art, 9 pm, $15 in Music Parlor more, 6 pm, $45; Nov. 6: White Blue Yellow & Fakeman, 10 pm, The Canon Logic, 11 pm, $6; Girls NYC 07 (benefiting Mighty Mutts) with 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in advance, $20 day of the show. Clouds, Hoots & Hellmouth, Pure Horsehair, Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Nov. 7: DJ Mojo presents Ko-Cho Bisexual, 8 Lara Ewen, Cady Finlayson, Michelle Suesens, Living Room Lounge (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in 7:30 pm, $8; Nov. 7: Union Hall Secret Science www.lailalounge.com. pm, Villa Vina, 9 pm, Worms in Dirt, 10 pm, Jen Shamro, Loki the Grump. G Spot, The 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Night of the Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Club, 7:30 pm, FREE; Nov. 8: Viva Voce, Vivian Girls, 11 pm, Drunk Driver, Midnight, Dirty Mothers, Luthea Salom, Danan Healy, heights, (718) 499-1505, Tuesdays: Bluegrass Tuesdays, 9 pm, FREE; Wed- Pseudosix, 8 pm, $12; Nov. 9: Euros Childs, Aunt Dracula, 1 am, $6; Nov. HIV/AIDS Benefit Stark, Josie Bouve, 7 pm, donation suggested. Cookers www.myspace.com/livingroombrooklyn. Nov. 9: Bluesman Jonathan Kalb, 8 pm, $10 nesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Saturdays: DJ Kurt, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: adults, $6 children. David Kilgour, 7:30 pm, $10. mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; Nov. 3: The Fourth Annual for women in Malawi featuring Ching Chong Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Guitar Hero, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competition, 7 pm, Song, 8 pm, Soft Black, 9 pm, The Bloodsugars, BRIGHTON BEACH FREE; Nov. 7: The Fourth Annual Williamsburg 10 pm, Whisper Doll, 11 pm, The New York Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: mic night, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: ’80s music, Magnolia PROSPECT HEIGHTS Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Wasabassco Burlesque 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, Live Songwriter Competition, 7 pm, FREE. Howl, Midnight, $6; Nov. 9: Tied for Last, 8 pm, National Restaurant pm, FREE. Show, 9 pm, $5. (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. The Backroom Money paper Hearts, 9 pm, The Swear, 10 pm, 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton The Lucky Cat Black Suit Youth, 11 pm, One Last Shot, Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Midnight, $7; Nov. 10: Frank Wood presents, 646-1225, www.come2national.com. GOWANUS PARK SLOPE in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Phony Beatlemania, 8 pm, National G, 8:45 pm, Melt www.freddysbackroom.com. Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance www.theluckycat.com. Fear the State, 9:30 pm, Sea Monster, 10:15 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); The Issue Project Bar4 Nov. 5: Stand-Up Comedy Night, 9:30 pm, FREE. pm, The Bullys, 11 pm, Statues of Liberty, 11:45 Slope, (718) 230-5925. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park 10 pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open pm, The F-Units, 12:45 am, $5. Room Fridays: “Stuck in the ’80s” party featuring DJs pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Slope, (718) 832-9800, RED HOOK Mic Night hosted by Ed Gorch, 7 pm, FREE; 232 Third St. at Third Avenue in Gowanus, www.jamescarney.net/koncfs.htm. Paul EZ and Jan Cooley, 11 pm, FREE. Live Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, (718) 330-0313, Nov. 10: Chico Mann, 10:30 pm, $5. Union Pool Nov. 4: Tin/Bag, 8 pm, TBD, 9:30 pm, $5. FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). www.issueprojectroom.org. Patio Lounge Hope and Anchor 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Nov. 3: Dan Kaufman, Barbez (record release), 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Luna Lounge Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, 179 Fifth Ave. at Degraw Street in Park 8 pm, $10; Nov. 8: Noisy Meditation Band, 8 Barbes Hook, (718) 237-0276. 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer www.myspace.com/unionpool. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Slope, (646) 810-1916, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Street in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, Nov. 3: The End of the World, Swaa, Rebecca pm, $10; Nov. 9: Susan McKeown, Honor www.patiolounge.com. Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, Molloy and Yvonne Molloy, 8 pm, $10; Nov. (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke www.lunalounge.com. Schiffman, 8 pm, $6, DJ Alfreako, 11:45 pm, Magnetic Field Mondays: Laugh Out Loud Mondays, 8 pm, 10: Aunt Dracula, High Places, 8 pm, $10. Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $10 sug- hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Nov. 3: Tonearm, 7:30 pm, Hunters, Run!, FREE; Nov. 4: Jezebel Music presents The 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in gested donation, Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10; FREE; Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays: Dance Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, 10:30 pm, $8; Nov. 4: The Vesties, 7:30 pm, $8; Fourth Annual Williamsburg Live Songwriter Nov. 3: Opera on Tap, 7 pm, $10 suggested Party, 9 pm, FREE. www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Jalopy Nov. 5: Conifer, 7:30 pm, Lesbian, 8:30 pm, Competition, 8 pm, $TBD; Nov. 7: Brooklyn GREENPOINT donation, The Roulette Sisters’ Annual Hallo- Bloody Panda, 9:30 pm, Unearthly Trance, Kitchen’s Anniversary Party featuring “The Nov. 3: The Bluebeats, 8 pm, $TBD, Tighten ween Spectacular, 10 pm, $10 suggested dona- Southpaw 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in Up Brooklyn, 11 pm, FREE; Nov. 7: Dick Red Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. 10:30 pm, $8; Nov. 6: Chastly City Sleep, 7:30 Bodega Challenge,” and bands and DJs, 7 pm, Club Europa tion; Nov. 4: Hang the Lights, 7 pm, $10 sug- 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park pm, The Party Faithful, 8:30 pm, The Fatales, FREE; Nov. 8: The Black, The Minetta and Swizzle’s Sudden Death Game Show, 8 pm, $5 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in gested donation, Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Nov. 3: Kruno Gypsy Jazz Trio, 9 pm, $10; Nov. per contestant; Nov. 8: Live band karaoke, 8 4: Jalopy Opry hosted by Jan Bell and Dock 9:30 pm, The Walk Up, 10:30 pm, $5; Nov. 7: more, 8 pm, $6; Nov. 9: Hopewell, Spindrift, Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, $10 suggested donation; Nov. 5: Chicha Libre, Nov. 3: The RUB with DJs Ayres, Cosmo, and pm, FREE; Nov. 9: The Kings County Soul Oscar, 8 pm, $TBD; Nov. 7: Groove X Jam fea- Duelists, 7:30 pm, Ninth House, 8:30 pm, Black Cat Martino, 8 pm, $8; Nov. 10: The Ergs, www.europaclub.com. 9:30 pm, $10 suggested donation; Nov. 6: The Eleven, 10 pm, $TBD; Nov. 4: WreckRoom, 8 Club, Time TBD, FREE; Nov. 10: The Black turing Big Chief Richard Bennett, 9:30 pm, Taxi, 9:30 pm, $5; Nov. 8: Weird Owl, 8:30 pm, Bunnygrunt, The Besties, 8 pm, $7. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE Lascivious Biddies, 7 pm, $10 suggested dona- pm, FREE; Nov. 6: WreckRoom, 8 pm, FREE; Hollies, Apothecary Hymns, 8 pm, $7. $TBD; Nov. 8: Old Time Country Blues Jam, Heavy Hands, 9:30 pm, Witch, 10:30 pm, $10 before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- tion; Nov. 7: The Clarinets, 8 pm, $10, Taylor/ Nov. 8: DJ Mojo presents The New Lows, in advance, $12 day of the show; Nov. 9: 9:30 pm, $TBD; Nov. 9: Heartache and Hell Williamsburg Music days: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sanchez/Lightcap, 10 pm, $10; Nov. 8: The Telenovela Star, Object, Time TBD, $TBD; Suffrajett, 8:30 pm, Scissors for Lefty, 9:30 pm, Raisin’ with S.A.M., 9 pm, Garrett Klahn and BUSHWICK Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE Debutante Hour, 8 pm, $10 suggested dona- Nov. 9: Mink, Care Bears on Fire, 7 pm, $TBD; Juliette and The Licks, 10:30 pm, $16 in Center The Surrounding Areas, 10:30 pm, $8; Nov. before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Nov. 3: tion, Eletfa, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; Nov. 10: Buffalo Tom, Frightened Rabbit, 9 advance, $18 day of the show; Nov. 10: The 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in 10: Brooklyn Bluegrass Boys with Michael Silent Barn Chinese Stars, 7:30 pm, $10. Nov. 9: Delta Dreambox, 8 pm, $10 suggested pm, $15. Lisps, 11:30 pm, The Waylons, 12:30 am, Take- Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Daves, 9 pm, The Brooklyn Bluegrass Boys, donation, The Zagnut Orkestar, 10 pm, $10 sug- nobu, 1:30 am, $7. Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. 915 Wyckoff Ave. at Hancock Street in 10:30 pm, $8. Bushwick, No phone. Club Exit gested donation; Nov. 10: Les Chauds Lapins, 8 Spoke the Hub Nov. 3: Religious Knives, Heavy Winged, Para- 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue pm, $10 suggested donation, Brooklyn Qaw- (at the Gowanus Art Building) 295 Doug- noid Critical Revolution, 8 pm, $TBD; Nov. 4: in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, wali Party, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation. lass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, SHEEPSHEAD BAY www.club-exit.com. Soft Circle, PIT ER PAT, High Places, 8 pm, Bogota Latin Bistro (718) 408-3234, www.spokethehub.org. $TBD; Nov. 9: Phosphorescent, Bodies of Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, Nov. 9: Gowanus Guest Room presents The Anyway Cafe TALK TO US… Water, Jolie Laide, 8 pm, $TBD. $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Out-of-Towners featuring filmmakers, dancers, 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th Slope, (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. choreographers, musicians, and performing Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Studio B Wednesdays, Thursdays: Live music, 7 pm, FREE. name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site CLINTON HILL artists from Boston, Jackson Hole, and Paris, 8 www.anywaycafe.com. 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in Greenpoint, pm, $15 ($5 students and seniors); Nov. 10: Saturdays: Grace Garland, 8 om, FREE; address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Five Spot (718) 389-1880, www.clubstudiob.com. Brooklyn Gowanus Guest Room presents The Out-of- Mondays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free Nov. 10: Made Event & Cut presents Conservatory of Towners featuring filmmakers, dancers, chore- Andrey Ryabov, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Restaurant M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Damian Lazarus with Trouble & ographers, musicians, and performing artists Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Susan The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Bass DJs, plus Sleepy & Boo in the side room, Music from Boston, Jackson Hole, and Paris, 8 pm, Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, event details. Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, 10 pm, $15 (available in advance). 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park $15 ($5 students and seniors). 9 pm, FREE. 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 November 3, 2007

BROOKLYN POLITICS • THE SMOKE-FILLED ROOM • BROOKLYN POLITICS Cash-rich DeBlasio seeks Beep post To face off against Barron in race to succeed Markowitz By Gersh Kuntzman DeBlasio’s base is Brown- Barron said. in public matching funds. The Brooklyn Paper stone Brooklyn, specifically his “And he support- Barron, by comparison, is Park Slope council district. But ed the expansion of Yet another person has broke. This week, the Federal he strengthened his position a the 421-a subsidy, Election Commission wrote to started dreaming about the borough-wide race with his which is a handout day when Borough President his campaign treasurer asking strong support for his then-Coun- to developers,” Bar- why the Councilman’s 2006 Markowitz is term-limited out cil colleague Yvette Clarke over ron said. of office — Councilman Bill Congressional campaign ac- Councilman David Yassky “Developers should count has “a negative cash bal- DeBlasio announced this (D–Brooklyn Heights) in a four- not get tax breaks ance of $1,375.66.” week that he will seek for building projects way race for Congress last year. “Bill DeBlasio needs to raise Markowitz’s seat in 2009. that are 80 percent He’s also tightly allied with money so he can raise people,” DeBlasio’s hardly surprising local labor unions, whose mem- luxury housing.” For his part, De- said Barron, who spent just announcement — he’s also term- bers came out in droves to sup- $135,000 on his congressional limited in the Council— makes port Clarke and can be counted Blasio said that he has “more experi- race against longtime Rep. Ed him the second pol to officially on to support DeBlasio in 2009. Mango P. / Gregory Towns and got 38 percent of the seek the Borough Hall post. In an interview this week with ence” than Barron, vote in a three-way race. “I’m And like Councilman Charles The Brooklyn Paper, DeBlasio citing his work in Barron, DeBlasio, 46, turned said he would emphasize his sup- the Dinkins Ad- raising people so I won’t need down a possible run for Congress port for affordable housing and ministration as well money.” to seek Brooklyn’s highest, “protecting neighborhoods” from as working in the Though once expected to be Department of a crowded field, the race for

though not-that-powerful, office. “irresponsible developers.” Paper file The Brooklyn Housing and Urban borough president has thinned “I actually think it’s a great He did not mention his sup- Marty Markowitz: Lame duck office,” he said. “Brooklyn is Mango P. / Gregory port for the Atlantic Yards proj- Development dur- out. Councilman Domenic Rec- obviously the center of the ect, a position that has earned him ing the Clinton Ad- chia has opted to battle Rep. most-important stuff going on substantial opposition from many supported gutting Downtown ministration. Vito Fossella next year for the in the city right now — cultur- residents of his Park Slope base. Brooklyn [a reference to the He was also a top adviser to sole New York City Republi- ally, politically with our pro- Barron certainly focused on Downtown Brooklyn Plan, a Hillary Clinton during her suc- can’s tenuous Bay Ridge-Staten gressive values and progressive Atlantic Yards as a way of attack- 2004 upzoning], yet now says cessful run for Senate in 2000. Island seat. And Councilmen ideas, and development-wise. Paper file The Brooklyn ing DeBlasio’s “inconsistent” he wants to save the Duffield DeBlasio has $300,000 in his Simcha Felder (D–Borough The next borough president will WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?: We found this file photo of Councilman Bill DeBlasio (left) and support of progressive values. Street houses, which were part campaign war-chest and is eli- Park) and Yassky have opted to get to shape a lot of that.” colleague Charles Barron staring each other down long before their fight for Borough Hall. “He supported Ratner! He of the Underground Railroad,” gible for an additional $200,000 run for City Comptroller.

was rated as “approved” — is an attorney with years of experience in the Kings Country NEW FACE… court system. For the past four A Republican judge?! years, he’s worked as a Civil Continued from page 1 Court attorney. Before that, he posedly look like in five years. worked as trial attorney, mostly The slideshow, complete with a voiceover by stage legend doing personal injury defense Ian McKellan (Brooklyn Academy of Music’s own King Lear), GOP candidate running as the anti-Dear for insurance companies. forecasted that the area bounded by Tillary, Fulton and Jay McCall believes that Dear is Streets and Flatbush Avenue Extension, plus the blocks around so bad a candidate that it will pledge to stop running for of- BAM, would become “a true urban center.” By Dana Rubinstein override Brooklyn’s knee-jerk fice and having his record re- The Partnership predicted $9.5 billion in new private devel- The Brooklyn Paper Endorsement: See p. 8 Democratic leanings. Indeed, the peatedly dredged up. opment that includes 14,301 residential units, 1,803 hotel rooms A Republican contender for a Lambda club almost endorsed Dear served as a Borough and 1.6 million square feet of new retail space. The animated

/ Julie Rosenberg its first Republican last week to Civil Court judgeship in over- insists he stands a chance, even robes are very slimming.” The Park councilman for 18 (pre- renderings — plus the Partnership’s commitment to building a protest Dear’s candidacy. Even whelmingly Democratic Brook- though a Republican has not 10th? “He’s not Noach Dear.” term-limit) years, during which central park called “Willoughby Square” — will be used to help so, club members — all liberals lyn — who has run as a line filler won a contested judgeship in McCall hasn’t confined his he spearheaded the opposition lure new investors to the area. — had plenty of good things to for his party in previous years — Brooklyn since the middle of campaigning to cutesy ads. He’s to the landmark 1986 gay rights Absent from the Partnership’s presentation was mention of say about McCall. is surging, thanks to the notoriety the 20th century. pressed the flesh at senior cen- bill in the Council and then, af- the city’s original plan for Downtown Brooklyn to become a “Dear has been so vile in his booming business district. Where the Partnership once saw 4.5 that comes from running against “We’re doing a lot of what we ters, the Bay Ridge Community ter the bill passed, sought to Paper The Brooklyn homophobia that we [should] a controversial, ethically chal- need to do to win this race,” Mc- Council, Republican clubs, and overturn it. Jim McCall million square feet of new office space, it now predicts 1.6 mil- support a Republican to defeat lenged, homophobic and largely Call told The Brooklyn Paper. most oddly, at a meeting for the Dear’s record remains tar- lion. him,” said Ralph Perfetto, a dis- absent Democratic opponent. “It’s down to whether we can tru- Lambda Independent Democ- nished by corruption and ethical tion.” He later returned more “The 4.5 million square feet was the total capacity that could trict leader from Bay Ridge The Republican, James Mc- ly activate the Republican base.” rats, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and lapses. The Village Voice re- than $37,000 after an investiga- be created,” said Partnership President Joe Chan. “We don’t re- who accompanied McCall to Call, lambastes his opponent, He’s trying to do it with ener- transgender political club. cently reported that when Dear tion by the attorney general. ally see it as a failure. The growth of the commercial sector was last week’s Lambda endorse- former Councilman Noach gy — appearing virtually every- Dear’s been doing his part ran for Congress a few years Moreover, much of the money one goal of the [2004] Downtown Brooklyn Plan. The other ment meeting. Dear, as measuring himself for where in the Fifth District, for McCall, too, by doing next ago, his staff forged 47 money to finance his campaign for Civil was the creation of a 24/7 community. Clearly, on the residen- For now, McCall hopes to judicial robes before the elec- which includes Bay Ridge, Dyk- to nothing to energize the De- orders in other people’s names Court judge has come from taxi tial end, we’re doing better than we ever thought we would.” ride the anti-Dear bandwagon tion has even taken place. er Heights, Bensonhurst, Sunset mocratic base. Even his en- to hide a donation of $40,000, corporations, the very same ones Indeed, as Chan pointed out, three new residential skyscrap- into office. “I am completely “I’m running for judge, and Park and Windsor Terrace — dorsements by Borough Presi- then 20 times the legal limit. he is charged with regulating as a ers have topped out in the past year: the Forte in Fort Greene, and 100 percent the alternative Noach Dear is running for cov- and humor. His newspaper ads dent Markowitz and county The Voice also reported that in commissioner on the Taxi and the Oro on Flatbush Avenue, and be@Schermerhorn. Several to Noach Dear.” er,” quipped McCall. “That offer voters a “Top 10 list” of boss, Assemblyman Vito Lopez 1991, Dear was “receiving Limousine Commission. more have broken ground. General Election, Tuesday, Nov. But the Partnership’s hope for a 24/7 residential community speaks for itself.” “reasons to vote for Jim Mc- (D–Bushwick), have backfired nearly $250,000 a year from a Unlike Dear, whom the City 6. For information on your local McCall, 59, a lifelong Bay Call.” The first reason given by with political insiders who charity he headed called the Bar association rated unquali- is facing the harsh reality of a sudden downturn in the real-es- poll site, call (212) VOTE-NYC or tate market and on Wall Street — economic conditions that re- Ridgite and Reagan Democrat, the hefty lawyer: “Black judicial called it payback for Dear’s Save Soviet Jewry Founda- fied for the job, McCall — who visit www.vote.nyc.ny.us. cently prompted Mayor Bloomberg to demand cutbacks from his commissioners. The presentation was held on the 23rd floor of One Metrotech Center, an artifact of a previous Downtown Brooklyn redevelopment scheme, where Chan has his offices. The Downtown czar offered these predictions: In Congress, Clarke last among firsts • Within two weeks, a developer will be selected for a part of the BAM Cultural District, which includes the controversial new home for the Manhattan based Dancespace Project, an experimental group that is displacing a homegrown music venue In her first year, writing far fewer bills than other House freshmen called Amber Art and Music Space. • Shortly thereafter, the city will select a developer for Willoughby Square, the 1.5-acre park and underground parking By Dana Rubinstein than all but three members of to draft a bill. speak with The Brooklyn Paper lack of familiarity and network- garage. The controversial project will require the city to con- The Brooklyn Paper her 54-person freshman class As a result, she was the last about her bill-writing shortcom- ing within Congress,” said Hol- demn homes linked by historians to the Underground Railroad. — and she didn’t even roll out member of the freshman class ings. But she told Politico, an man. “And the legislation they • By early spring, construction will begin on the Theater for a Brooklyn’s newest con- her first piece of legislation un- to submit a piece of legislation, influential online magazine, that do sponsor tends to be pretty gresswoman has gotten off to New Audience near BAM, and on the $15-million city-funded til earlier this month, after get- which she did on Oct. 15 — she had “not really concentrated meaningless.” beautification of Flatbush Avenue, a gritty thoroughfare that a slow start. ting wind that an influential po- more than nine months into of- that much on crafting legisla- Even so, other freshmen rep- Chan dubbed an “iconic boulevard.” Rep. Yvette Clarke (D–Park litical magazine was about to fice and four months after the tion.” resentatives have managed to Slope) has written fewer bills publicly skewer her for failing second-tardiest freshman. “Part of it was getting my get their focus more quickly. Moreover, Con- bearings,” added Clarke. “I do Gus Bilirakis (R–Florida), has gress.org, an organiza- have interest. I just haven’t already introduced 18 bills, one tion that monitors the made that my ultimate focus.” of which of was passed by the ‘Schoolhouse’ primer legislature, gave Clarke Clarke did not use her mid- Democratic house just this

a power ranking of Callan / Tom year medical leave as an excuse. month. Rep. Yvette Clarke has had so many problems introducing 366th in Congress, and In July, Clarke had surgery to If Clarke is writing few bills, legislation that we at The Brooklyn Paper felt that maybe she 36th in the freshman relieve painful uterine fibroids, she may merely be following and took a six-week leave of ab- the example set by her prede- needed a refresher course on how things work in Washington class. The numbers have sence. cessor, Owens. In the last 10 of Towards that end, we’d like to remind her of the words to the left even Clarke’s sup- Beyond that, Craig Holman, his 24 years in Congress — pre- famous “Schoolhouse Rock” song, “I’m Just a Bill”: porters scratching their the campaign finance lobbyist sumably when his seniority heads. Paper file The Brooklyn for Public Citizen, a congres- gave him far more clout than a “She has had an in- Rep. Yvette Clarke sional watchdog group, said humble freshman — wrote 102 credible opportunity to Clarke’s inaction was not that bills, or about 10 bills per year become a leading fresh- significant. on average, according to Gov- for their documentation. “Freshman congressmen tra- Track.us, an independent legis- man,” said Arthur Picco- Eight days later, on Oct. 23, lo, a Democratic insider ditionally are not the sponsors lation-tracking Web site. Clarke introduced a second bill who vigorously cam- of much legislation, given their Not a single one passed. paigned for Clarke in that would increase government the heated four-way race relief to military families. to succeed retiring Rep. Clarke’s spokeswoman, Chic Major Owens in 2006. Smith, insisted that quality of “She has not taken legislation was more important Clarke bar advantage of that at all. than quantity. It mystifies me. [Her “Would it be better for her to introduce a bill that required Brooklyn’s newest member of Congress, Rep. Yvette lack of legislation is] a Clarke (D–Park Slope), is going easy on the House symbolic example of everybody carry Kleenex, or that.” everybody carry Purell?” said Clerk. In fact, Clarke ranks second-to-last among all Clarke has drafted Smith. “There is no deadline for freshman in the number of bills she’s introduced dur- two bills since hearing members of Congress [to intro- ing her first 10 months in office. Here are the top 10 duce legislation]. And I’ll sit here and wait, the complaints from the bill-writers and the bottom five (through Oct. 29): “I’m Just a Bill.” wonks and the chatter- “I don’t understand the em- Lyrics and music by Dave Frishberg While a few key Congressmen ing class. Her first bill phasis on the amount,” added MEMBER OF CONGRESS RANK # OF BILLS discuss and debate ••• sought to improve the Smith. “There’s always going Whether they should let me be U.S. Citizen and Immi- to be a first, someone in the Zachary Space (D-OH) 1 19 I’m just a bill. a law. gration Service, where middle, someone in the last Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) 2 18 Yes, I’m only a bill. How I hope and pray that they backlogs can force im- [place].” And I’m sitting here on Capitol will, migrants and naturalized Until recently, that someone Nick Lampson (D-TX) 3 17 Hill. residents to wait years was Clarke, who declined to But today, I am still just a bill. Keith Ellison (D-MI) 4 14 Well, it’s a long, long journey •••

Baron Hill (D-IN) 4 14 / Julie Rosenberg To the capital city. I’m just a bill It’s a long, long wait Yes, I’m only a bill Late bloomer Patrick Murphy (D-PA) 6 13 While I’m sitting in committee. And if they vote for me on Christopher Carney (D-PA) 7 12 But I know I’ll be a law some Capitol Hill Not only has Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Park Slope) written few bills, the freshman introduced her first bill a full four day Well, then I’m off to the White John Hall (D-NY) 8 11 At least I hope and pray that I House months after the next-tardiest freshman. Here’s how the Paper The Brooklyn bottom five shape up: Peter Welch (D-VT) 8 11 will. Where I’ll wait in a line But today, I am still just a bill. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) 10 10 Massive clock With a lot of other bills CONGRESSPERSON INTRODUCE 1ST BILL ••• For the president to sign Kathy Castor (D-FL) 50 2 The clock atop the tallest building in Brooklyn — the I’m just a bill. Kathy Castor (D-FL) April 26 And if he signs me, then I’ll be Yvette Clarke (D-Park Slope) 50 2 Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower on Hanson Place in Yes I’m only a bill, a law. Bill Sali (R-ID) March 21 Fort Greene — has finally been uncovered. But the Four- David Davis (R-TN) 52 1 And I got as far as Capitol Hill. How I hope and pray that he David Davis (R-TN) May 1 Faced Liar is still not telling time. The company that is will, Well, now I’m stuck in com- Jim Jordan (R-OH) May 22 Jim Jordan (R-OH) 52 1 converting the former dentists’ paradise into luxury mittee, But today I am still just a bill. apartments is continuing its costly repairs to the bor- Bill Sali (R-ID) 52 1 Yvette Clarke (D-Park Slope) Oct. 15 ough’s beloved timepiece. November 3, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 15

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Last week’s Trader Joe’s lineup was more of a (718) 254-8900 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the merely members of peoplmovr, a two-year-old art collec- social satire, explained Cedolia, who checked in this (212) 365-4228 L44 24th day of October, 2007, bearing Index Number N500932/2007, a copy of which tive co-founded by Carroll Gardens residents Aaron Cedolia and week with our own fugue editor, Gersh Kuntzman. Computers may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS SEEKING HOME FOR COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me Q: So what was this piece all about? people make their own idea. But for us, it right? But what was your inspiration? Computer the right to assume the name of Nuriddeen Hafeedha Tareeqah Knight. My present A: For us, it was a humorous look at an- was a humorous look at anticipation. A: I first read about the Trader Joe’s in BASIC CLASSES 2 BUNNIES - FREE name is Murideen Hafiza Al-Tariq Knight, a/k/a Nuriddeen Hafeedha Tareeqah ticipation and commerce and culture in Q: It’s actually a satire about our com- The Brooklyn Paper, of course. But then Knight. My present address is 282 E. 35th St., Brooklyn, New York 11203. My place (6"3"/5&&%50-&"3/ Under 1 Year Old. All Black, New York City. We had people stand out- mercial culture, no? was amazed at how quickly I was receiv- of birth is Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is October 17, 1988. Male Brothers, Very Friendly. MID43 side a grocery store that isn’t open yet, A: It could be seen that way. Most of our ing emails and text messages from people Includes 4 Sessions, and a lot of people in the neighborhood work has one or two people. But at Trad- in the neighborhood about it. And now 6 hrs. of Instruction, and Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 917-873-1238 L45 seemed to get it right away. er Joe’s, we had people in the project keep there are hundreds of blog posts and 2 Free Practice hrs. at 31st day of October, 2007, bearing Index Number N500950/2007, a copy of which pages out there on it. Q: Because of our hot, sweaty antici- showing up for the entire hour and getting Brooklyn Geek. may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS pation about Trader Joe’s? on line. People watching it saw it grow Q: It’s not just the neighbors who 718.499.4259 or 5742 Piano Tuning COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me and change. It’s a site-specific installation. want it. The politicians had a parade A: Right. This project wouldn’t have All credit cards · Classes now forming the right to assume the name of Lun Cheung Leung. My present name is Leung Lun made sense anywhere else. We couldn’t Q: And the white shirts and black from Borough Hall to the store site on H47 DILIGENT PIANO SERVICE Cheung, a/k/a Leung Cheung, a/k/a Lun Cheung Leung. My present address is 892 do this project outside a Publix grocery pants? Someone said it reminded the day the deal was announced! Tuning · Regulation · Voicing · Reasonable Prices Bay Ridge Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11220. My place of birth is Hong Kong, store in Florida. It wouldn’t make sense them of Jehovah’s Witnesses. A: We’re kind of amazed by how much China. My date of birth is December 10, 1962. Credit Card Prcessing Jazz & Classical Lessons for Adults & BR43 for an arts group to stand outside it a year A: No. They were just left over from a everyone is talking about it. Children also available. before. But here, it made sense right away. previous project. But we decided to use Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the Q: And it all started with The Brook- Call Michael 718-965-3296 Q: But what is the meaning? them rather than street clothes so there lyn Paper. 26th day of October, 2007, bearing Index Number N500918/2007, a copy of which [email protected] may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS A: (laughs) That’s something else we would be an aesthetic formality. A: It now comes full circle with this inter- L51 don’t force on people. We like to have Q: You mean so it would stand out, view, I guess. GET A NEW TERMINAL FREE... COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me and STOP OVERPAYING the right to assume the name of Renee Halioua. My present name is Renee Malka for YOUR PROCESSING! ADS WORK! Halioua. My present address is 1726 East 7th St., Brooklyn, New York 11223. My Place your classified place of birth is New York, NY. My date of birth is November 3, 2005. We'll give you $500.00 if we KEN43 worked,” Wolfe said. “People had you’d rather save the $5, there is advertisement today and can't beat your current rates! written letters to the companies a free, polyglot alternative. watch your business grow. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the [that hire people to drop the ads Jim Vogel single-handedly be- [email protected] Call (718) 834-9350 24th day of October, 2007, bearing Index Number N500935/2007, a copy of which MENUS… door-to-door] and nothing happened.” gan circulating to members of a Call Laura Now 917-658-4755 may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS L31-01 Continued from page 1 a long time,” about fliers in his This isn’t a new crusade for the Boerum Hill online group, after a COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me BHA. The group started making flurry of neighborhood complaints, But there’s nothing cordial neighborhood, but his group nev- the right to assume the name of Marisa Malone. My present name is Maria Louisa er tried to root it out, because dis- the signs in 2001 and sold them his own printable “No menus” LEGAL NOTICES Elizabeth Guarnaccia, a/k/a Maria Guarnaccia, a/k/a Marisa Malone. My present about the PSCC’s attitude to- mainly to group members. Only sign, which he translated, perhaps wards leafleting. tributing fliers is protected by the address is 1702 E. 28th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11229. My place of birth is last week, the BHA redoubled its accurately, into Spanish, Chinese, Notice is hereby given that license Serial Number 1199175 for a “Liquor Store” has “They drop fliers on our steps First Amendment. Brooklyn, NY. effort when Tony’s Hardware on Korean, Japanese and Arabic. been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in the Liquor Store BP43 and they blow into the streets. It Free speech or not, even the state Senate has joined the mix, Smith Street became the first store “I didn’t know there was such located at 1188 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221 for off premises consumption becomes incredibly repulsive and to carry them, and through the first a thing as an official placard under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. 1188 Gates Avenue, Corp. Notice of Formation of ALIVE STRUCTURES, LLC. passing a law to shield people from BP43-44 appalling,” said Candace Wood- being blanketed by fliers if they put weekend, had sold 18, thanks to from the BHA, so I just threw toward, the group’s vice president. Arts of Org. filed Secy. of State (SSNY) 9/18/2007. up a “no flier” sign. (The Assem- mentions on some Brooklyn Web gether a quick thing in an attempt Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the Other neighborhood groups bly has yet to take up the bill.) sites, like the Gowanus Lounge. to be helpful,” he said. “I used 30th day of October, 2007, bearing Index Number N500947/2007, a copy of which Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as have remained neutral, even “People come in and they say: translation software, but I’m sure This might seem like good news, may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS agent of LLC upon whom process against may be though their members have also but these signs do not meet the ‘Someone told me you have the the ‘No fliers’ part will mis-trans- COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me complained about the carpet- state’s requirements for a legal anti- signs here,’ they buy them, and late very amusingly.” the right to assume the name of Estee Azerad. My present name is Estee Zysl served. SSNY shall mail process to: 153 Freeman bombing tactics of leafleters. flier sign, because they are too small move on,” said Tony Gonzalez, Amusingly to English-speak- Azerad, a/k/a Estee Zeisl Azerad. 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