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Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 16 pages BRZ •Vol. 28, No. 49 • Saturday, December 17, 2005 • FREE Brooklyn: Bloomie’s FLORIDA NORTH sleepover State: Seniors staying on in Bay Ridge’s ‘Naturally Occurring Retirement Community’

no biggie By Gersh Kuntzman Boulevard to Shore Parkway. workers and medical staff will be was crowing about the new state The Brooklyn Papers There are 1,300 seniors living in available. designation. AYOR BLOOMBERG said earlier this week Bay Ridge in Brooklyn and the zone. “The first step is determining “[NORC grants] allow seniors that if there is a transit strike, he would sleep at Bay Pines in Florida now share When a NORC is established, what services seniors in this area to reside in a location that is popu- Ma city office in DUMBO so he could walk to something more than their first the non-profit groups within the need,” said BRCOA executive lated with many other seniors, yet City Hall over the Brooklyn Bridge. names. zone are eligible for state grants director Russell Norris. “In some at the same time, not have to move The remark, predictably, set off intense preparations by to provide services to the NORCs, seniors need medical to a senior-living facility,” he said. city officials to accommodate the mayor. Meanwhile, a Last week, a portion of Bay different set of preparations were being made in DUMBO. Ridge was officially designated as “retirees.” services. In others, they just need “It promotes a lifestyle of inde-

Entirely Brooklyn preparations, that is. a “naturally occurring retirement This week, the state Office for help getting around.” pendence, dignity and choice.” Mango / Greg “What the hell do I care?” asked a counterman at community,” a classification that the Aging gave Bethlehem Norris said the services can Norris said the $144,000 grant Grimaldi’s, the famous pizzeria that stands less than a kicks in when at least 40 percent of Lutheran Church a $144,000 range from health checkups to is only for one year. After that, the quarter-mile from the mayor’s would-be digs. the residents of a neighborhood, grant — one of only nine such finding volunteers to help the amount declines and the service Given my reputation as a newshound (or a pizzahound, housing complex or even a single grants statewide. anti-snowbirds keep up with lawn agency is expected to pick up the I sometimes get them mixed up), I asked the manager if building reach their golden years. The Bay Ridge Center for and home maintenance. slack with outside donations. In he’d make a special pie for In Bay Ridge, the NORC zone Older Adults, which is based in State Senator Marty Golden the second year, the grant is cut the mayor. THE BROOKLYN extends from Bay Ridge Parkway the church, will soon establish an (R-Bay Ridge), who is chairman by 15 percent. By year five, it’s Papers file The Brooklyn “What are you to 88th Street, from Ridge office on 90th Street where case- of the Senate’s Aging Committee, cut in half. Marty Golden talking about, By Gersh special pie?” ANGLE Kuntzman the man said. “Get out of here.” (Note to self: ouch!) This reporter had gone to the legendary pie shop — no slices! — to find out how the locals were preparing for the mayor’s relocation. Expecting excitement, or at least a soupcon of mild MTA: No new trains for Nets interest, I found instead that the “Bronx cheer” By Gersh Kuntzman could not disagree more. may be misnamed. The Brooklyn Papers “People who believe that At The River Cafe, gen- Madison Square Garden is the If 19,000 cheering Nets same [as a Brooklyn Nets are- eral manager Scott Stam- fans come pouring out of ford could not have been na] don’t know Brooklyn,” more bored by the topic of an arena at the corner of said Assemblywoman Joan the mayor bedding down Atlantic and Flatbush av- Millman (D-Park Slope). 15 feet from his front enues someday, the MTA Millman was most surpris- door (is it just a co- is not going to add service ed by the MTA’s admission incidence that the to help get them home. that it does not add service be- mayor chose to The transit agency, which fore or after Knick games. sleep RIGHT many hope will play a signifi- “How can they say their NEXT DOOR cant role in reducing con- to one of the gestion resulting from best restau- / Julie Rosenberg Bruce Ratner’s pro- On the rants in posed Atlantic town?). Yards mega-devel- UT road, Stamford opment, dropped HININ’B’B two treated me this mini bomb- OTH N wins like I was a Papers The Brooklyn shell this week at health inspec- Of all the people we met, only Marta Borough Hall, one where Borough tor on an Krawiec of the Water Street Ale House S loss: President Marko- S unannounced would welcome the Mayor to DUMBO. visit. “You witz, local elected NET p. 13 know,” he officials and Commu- sniffed, “the mayor has eaten here before.” nity Board chairs met to Yes, I suggested, but this time, it’ll be different. If the discuss Atlantic Yards issues. regular service is sufficient?” mayor is truly in emergency management-mode, he’ll be The MTA refused to send a she said. “That was very sur- wearing one of those fancy OEM “man of action” fleece Callan / Tom representative to the meeting, prising to hear that.” pullovers — a clear violation of the River Cafe’s “Jackets Markowitz said. Instead, the Aspokesman for the MTA required in the dining room” rule. agency sent over a statement said he would let the agency’s “I think we can waive the rule for the mayor,” Stamford outlining its plans for service statement speak for itself. said. “He could come in with a bomber jacket if he to and from Nets games at the The MTA’s statement also

wants.” Papers The Brooklyn Ratner arena. said that “buses are not a key Across the street at Pete’s Downtown, owner Pete “For Madison Square Gar- component of any service Thristino said he was planning nothing special for the real den, the regularly scheduled plan” after concerts and games mayor. “We had Pacino in here once,” he said, referring to service is sufficient for every at Madison Square Garden — the star of “City Hall.” typical event,” the agency said which also angered the Brook- VEN THE MAYOR’S HOSTS at the OEM head- in a statement. “Madison lyn contingent. quarters — officially surplus warehouse B-53 — Oy tannenbaum! Square Garden is the ... model “How can they say that bus- were subdued at the prospect of late night games of [for Nets game service] be- es are not critical in Brook- E Borough President Marty Markowitz pulled the switch on Brookyn’s official Christmas tree this week — and also “Twister” or making prank calls to 311 with their boss. cause it is about the same size lyn?” asked Shirley McRae, I stopped by the warehouse, you know, to welcome the plunged into a growing nationwide controversy over what to call the seasonal evergreens. “They’re ‘Christmas and situated on multiple lines.” chairwoman of Community mayor and offer him a pillow, but was stopped by a cop trees,’ not ‘holiday trees’!” the beep told The Brooklyn Papers. “Next thing, people will tell me I light a ‘holiday Brooklyn elected officials Board 2, which lies to the north who called inside. Within a few minutes, OEM deputy menorah’ at home, not a Hanukkah menorah.” The Papers deconstructs Markowitz’s holiday card, page 5. — some who support Ratner’s of the Atlantic Yards site. press secretary Andrew Troisi (what, I don’t rate an AC- plan, others who oppose it — McRae called on the MTA TUAL press secretary?), came out. to include buses in the agen- Everything Troisi said was off the record (which was cy’s traffic analyses of the area. odd, considering that all he said was that the OEM staff The borough’s elected offi- would be happy to accommodate the mayor), but Troisi cials have been meeting regu- did confirm that the mayor would, indeed, be sleeping on larly to prepare for the release a cot. 10,000 pennies for Yard thoughts of a draft environmental im- “We’re OEM. We have plenty of cots inside,” Troisi pact statement for the Ratner said before nervously putting the rest of the conversation By Ariella Cohen mercial, residential and arena mega- here, participants said. project. The DEIS, which is again off the record (too bad, because he told me the se- The Brooklyn Papers project — and how well Forest City “It was fun, but scary,” explained one expected to be completed next cret burial site of Judge Crater). Ratner is getting its message out about EXCLUSIVE attendee. “I came in against the project, month, is supposed to analyze From the OEM office, the mayor would have a half- Someone wants to know what the project’s purported benefits. but by the time I left, my attitude was, existing conditions and offer mile walk to the Brooklyn Bridge. But he should not ex- Brooklyn thinks of Bruce Ratner’s “They kept telling us how much af- Rugelach and Baking Company. ‘Oh yeah, let’s build. It’s going to be mitigations for problems such pect people along the route to be throwing rose petals be- Atlantic Yards project — and that fordable housing there would be,” said Focus groups, which have become a wonderful’.” as traffic or litter that are fore him. secret someone is willing to pay one small business owner who partici- staple of modern marketing, allow big Experts said focus groups allow politi- caused by the project. The first place the mayor will pass on his pedestrian hundreds of thousands of dollars to pated. “They told us about the park. companies to reach out to potential cians and companies to hide their inten- This week’s discussion on commute to City Hall is St. Ann’s Warehouse, a perform- find out. They told us about how many jobs consumers and hear how well — or tions while testing various messages. transit issues, combined with a ance space. Given the mayor’s support for the arts, I fig- Thousands of Brooklyn residents there would be.” how poorly — their sales or public re- “It gives a grass-roots feel,” said similar gathering earlier this ured the folks there would be excited to sell Bloomberg a have been paid $100 each to attend fo- Another business owner in the same lations strategy is working. Tony Herbert, a vice president of Vital month on traffic, suggest that ticket (“Measure for Measure” opens Tuesday). cus group sessions conducted by a session called it “a bunch of talking In political campaigns, they are often Marketing in Manhattan. “It helps much more work needs to be Cobble Hill marketing research firm. points.” used as a way of swaying public opinion identify the brand and the demand for done to convince local offi- See MAYOR SLEEPS on page 2 The sessions centered on people’s “We were rolling our eyes,” said Er- under the guise of a neutral survey. the product.” cials that the $3.5-billion Rat- perceptions of the $3.5-billion com- ica Kalick, the owner of Erica’s That seemed to be the approach See THOUGHTS on page 13 See NO TRAINS on page 13

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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT No votes for a thief Roger Green must be stopped. sion within the 10th congression- thought he could get away with it Sliding down today’s ever-slip- al district, Brooklyn voters actual- — that he felt above the law that pery slope of cynicism, the dis- ly do think it is a “major issue” we send him to Albany to make graced Brooklyn Assemblyman when a politician is caught with — is what makes the transgres- now has the temerity to suggest his hand in the till, pleads guilty sions unforgivable. that his guilty plea last year for to robbing his own constituents In the same Times interview, stealing thousands of dollars from and is forced to resign in disgrace. Green trash-talked Towns in the the state’s coffers will not be a big That Green was eventually re- language of the reformer he will deal as he campaigns to defeat elected to the very same office never be. “There is a question of Rep. Ed Towns in Brooklyn’s speaks more to the power of in- his legislative leadership,” Green 10th congressional district. cumbency and the lack of talent said. “You have someone in of- “People do not feel it’s a major on the scandal-tarred Democratic fice for more than 20 years and issue,” Green told the New York bench, than forgiveness. has only one bill to his credit that Times last week. Green’s crime — he took free has been voted into law.” We beg to differ. No, we don’t rides from a private company and But for our money, we’d rather beg. We scream. then billed the state for travel ex- have a back-bencher than a con- As our own Ariella Cohen dis- penses — was hardly a hanging victed — and unrepentant — covered during a fact-finding mis- Assemblyman Roger Green offense. But the fact that he thief.

TO THE EDITOR Cristian Fleming Yassky is pulling a ‘Dr. David and Mr. Newt’ To the editor: to oppose the placement of luxury own district. What is the price he’ll those who are just finding Red hummingbird. As someone who worked for housing in the Brooklyn Bridge get for a larger piece of Brooklyn? Hook. My old friend Skinny used to Councilmember David Yassky in Park, refuses to oppose the mon- Jerry Foyster, Brooklyn Heights The blocks of vacant land and bring up blue crabs by the pailfull his first campaign, I read Gersh strous Atlantic Yards proposal, sup- (Editor’s note: Councilmember the unused waterfront have made down at Pier 12. (“They come over Gersh on the tube Kuntzman’s article with great inter- ports inappropriate development in David Yassky declined The Brooklyn Red Hook attractive to lots of wild from Jersey,” he’d say.) On four est (“Yassky Channels Gingrich,” Williamsburg and, last month, led Papers’ invitation to respond to this critters you’ll never see in other legs, we have both possums and The Brooklyn Papers Business reporter Erik Engquist. Dec. 3). Much has changed since the effort to undo landmark protec- parts of New York City. raccoons. letter.) Excited about the behind-the- The half-hour program airs Satur- that campaign, apparently. For Mr. tion for the Austin, Nichols ware- I never saw a mockingbird until I And at my house, we have a day, Dec. 17, at 9 pm and is repeat- Yassky to advocate a “Contract house, designed by Cass Gilbert. came to Red Hook — and in my thriving population of very fast mil- scenes race for City Council Speak- ed on Monday, Dec. 19, at 10:30 with America” concept is ironic, And all the while, he collects big Wild Red Hook time here I have seen Red-Tailed lipedes (or something) that looks er? Then check out BCAT’s weekly am, Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 10:30 since he’s now pursuing a “Contract checks from the developers who To the editor: hawks and kestrels, many sorts of like a runaway mustache. I hope de- “Reporters Roundtable,” which fea- am and 6:30 pm, and Thursday, ON Brooklyn” approach here at benefit from his abuses of public Those two dumb crickets in your ducks, cormorants, Great White velopment will include enough tures The Papers’ Editor Gersh Dec. 22, at noon and 8 pm. Check home. policy. editorial cartoon (All Drawn Out, herons, Black-Crowned night open space for man and beast alike. Kuntzman, Daily News columnist listings to determine what channel Councilmember Yassky refuses David Yassky has sold out his Dec. 3) better get in the long line of herons, woodpeckers, and even a Phil Forbes, Red Hook Errol Louis and Crain’s New York BCAT is on in your area.

MAYOR SLEEPS Historic sphere found in hidden draw Continued from page 1 Then I remembered I was in Brooklyn. By Gersh Kuntzman tied all the drawers already.” ing when they heard radio announcer Russ “And why, exactly, should I care?” the box office clerk The Brooklyn Papers The ball was in a secret “drawer behind Hodges yell, “The Giants win the pennant! asked, Grimaldi-like, when I mentioned St. Ann’s proximity a drawer,” Deeb said. The Giants win the pennant!” to the mayoral manse. The Giants won the pennant, but Although he’s a self-proclaimed Atlanta Instead, Deeb put the ball on eBay — In fact, as I walked the route, I discovered that the only Sterling Deeb will get the cash. Braves fanatic, Deeb knew the importance item number 8735570432 — in an auction friendly face the mayor may encounter belongs to Marta Kraw- Last month, the Gainsville, Georgia man of the discovery — more so after he had that ends at 10:30 pm Sunday. He expects it iec, a bartender at Water Street Restaurant and Lounge, who got luckier than Bobby Thomson when he the ball’s authenticity verified. to sell for several thousand dollars. At press vowed to have a steaming cup of Irish coffee waiting for Hiz- discovered a baseball signed by every It held the signatures of four future Hall time, it was already up to $910.37. zoner every evening when he comes home over the bridge. member of the tragic 1951 Brooklyn of Famers — Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee An independent auctioneer said Deeb “I’ll hook him up — on the house,” she said, quickly re- Dodgers hidden inside a piece of furniture Reese, Roy Campanella and Duke Snider. shouldn’t expect to strike it rich by selling membering that the billionaire mayor certainly doesn’t need a he’d just purchased. It’s also signed by Ralph Branca, who a cherished piece of Brooklyn history. free anything from anyone at anytime. Deeb paid $650 for the desk at an auction gave up the homer to Thomson that cost the “Balls with many signatures have proven It’s no surprise Krawiec was so welcoming — OEM was of abandoned property. He didn’t notice the Bums the pennant in ’51. to be less valuable than balls with one or two having its Christmas bash downstairs at the time. ball until he was about to resell the desk. Deeb admitted he never considered donat- signatures,” said Arlen Ettinger, president of And man, those guys know how to party when the boss is- “I heard something rattling around,” he ing the ball to the people of Brooklyn, where Guernsey’s, a Manhattan auction house. “It Found in a desk purchased at an auction, this ball is n’t around. said, “which was strange because I’d emp- many still remember where they were stand- won’t put his kid through college.” signed by everyone on the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers. GRAND OPENING The average person The UPS Store™ GAINS

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By Lilo H. Stainton jumped his 59-year-old victim “Give me $10, too.” The Brooklyn Papers on the corner of 13th Avenue The victim, 34, gave the pair at noon on Dec. 6. He appar- 62/68 BLOTTER $90. But the generosity piqued Broad daylight didn’t ently clocked the man’s nog- the thugs’ curiosity. stop one thief from bashing gin with a gun and insisted the “What else do you have?” a man in the head during a man remain quiet. The thug searched the vic- chips, a gold tear-drop pendant one of them asked, according violent robbery on 70th “Don’t turn around,” the tim’s pockets, snatched his wal- and a Kenneth Cole watch, to police. The victim said he Street. thief added. “Put your arm be- let with $20 and his gold wed- among other items, police said. was cashed out, and the Police said the mugger hind your back.” ding band, and ran, police said. Shutterburglar thieves fled on 78th Street. Laundry robbed A burglar went to work The man could not give police Usually a laundromat does when a Bay Ridge Avenue a detailed description. the cleaning, but this time, resident left for her job on Rush-hour rob burglars cleaned out a Fifth Dec. 5, removing jewelry and Amugger bashed a 70- LASERS Avenue laundry on Dec. 6, camera equipment from her year-old woman on the head FOR THE REMOVAL OF... fore police said. home, police said. and snatched her bag as she Hair, Broken Blood Vessels, Be Athief pried open the front The thief busted through the passed a Bensonhurst subway Wrinkles, Spider Veins (face & door of the closed cleaners, front window of the apartment, station on the evening of Dec. legs), Age Spots, Acne Scars, which is at 89th Street, be- between 10th and 11th av- 10, police said. Stretchmarks tween midnight and 7 am. enues, between 8 am and 4:30 The thug jumped the victim LIPOSUCTION Once inside, the thief or pm, when the woman returned on New Utrecht Avenue, near thieves stole $300 from the home. Once inside, he loaded the 79th Street B/M stop, Totally under local anesthesia. cash register and busted open up with four pairs of white gold around 7:30 pm. He snuck up Abdomen, lovehandles, thighs, two candy machines for the earrings, a white gold bracelet, hips, male breasts. r from behind, struck her in the Afte coins inside, police said. four watches, and a $600 cam- head with an unknown object Acne • Spider Vein Treatment Jewelry stolen era, in its leather case. The bur- and grabbed her purse, which Against the war Chemical Peels • Botox • Collagen glar also helped himself to Genital Warts • Herpes • Moles A burglar raided the jewel- held $200, police said. $100 in Fuji film. Activists protested Rep. Vito Fossella’s support of the war in Iraq this week, and ry box — snatching a diamond Teens nabbed FREE LIPOSUCTION CONSULTATION Loses name dropped off petitions at his Staten Island office demanding a timeline for bringing ring and a half-dozen gold Three teens stole sneakers American troops home by the end of 2006. Dawn Ellwood said protesters were all The robber stole every- Day & Evening Appointments • Affordable Fees pieces — at a Third Avenue ap- and a down parka from an old- constituents of Fossella (R-Bay Ridge), who was not in the office at the time. Many Insurances and Credit Cards Accepted artment on Dec. 6, police said. thing, including his heart. And er boy on Dec. 7, police said. The victim, 28, left home, his name. The three thugs attacked ALAN R. 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Which isn’t to say that Smartmom Smartmom got a call from Teen “Is that for school?” Smartmom the tenth congressional district — told the New York ing it and Smartmom hates forcing Over the years, they’ve tried and Hepcat aren’t also proud of their Spirit’s English teacher. “He hasn’t asked hopefully. Times that voters don’t think it’s a “major issue” that him to do it. every kind of motivational strategy, male offspring, a creative iconoclast been handing his homework in,” the “No,” Teen Spirit said, clearly an- he stole $5,000 from the state. We asked district resi- So ever since TS was a wee third- including homework charts, tutors, with decidedly off-beat charm. But teacher said. “He owes me a couple noyed. dents if Green is right. grader at Park Slope’s sacred PS positive reinforcement, negative re- his non-conformity is also, sadly, of essays.” At this, Smartmom’s anx- “Why don’t you write one of 321, Smartmom and TS have been inforcement and more. On numerous one of the things that drives them iety went into overdrive: Teen Spir- those missing homework essays in a destructive pas-de-deux over his occasions, they’ve had to make the crazier than a rush-hour driver on it’s second-quarter grade wasn’t about that book?” she suggested. school responsibilities and her re- television set, laptop, cellphone, and Flatbush Avenue. looking good. “No, thanks. That’ll ruin it,” he sponsibility to get him to live up to iPod off-limits. And that’s where the anxiety When Smartmom hung up the said. them. And when that doesn’t comes in. Living in Park Slope, the phone, type-A panic raced through Neither of them said a word. Anti-authority by na- work, they put him in pressure is on to produce perfect her. “College is less than four years Smartmom felt proud of Teen Spirit “A stealing politician is a ture, Teen Spirit just complete lock-down, children. Smartmom has felt the away,” she thought. “What chance even if he didn’t want to write the corrupt politician. Of doesn’t get the point of watching him like a pressure since she was a new mom does he have of getting into a decent essay. course, he might do some it. When he leaves the SMART door-checker at the Food at the post-partum exercise class at school with a barely passing grade in He appreciated Salinger’s master- work for the good of the school building he likes Coop until he gets the The Dance Studio comparing baby freshman English?” piece for all the right reasons and not people in general, but you to leave all thoughts — mom work done. birth weights and developmental When Teen Spirit got home that for the wrong reason (to get an Eng- could hardly avoid that if and responsibilities — Who can blame TS for milestones with other moms. night, Smartmom and Hepcat read lish teacher off his back). Like Teen you are in a high position of school behind. his disinterest in home- Who knew people actually re- him the riot act. They’d already Spirit, the book’s protagonist, Holden of power. But regardless Which means that work after a long day at membered their kids’Apgar scores?! locked away his iBook. Instant Mes- Caufield, resents the superficiality, of what he does for the night after night, school? As time went on, Smartmom and saging was out of the question and hypocrisy, and shallowness that he good, a corrupt politician Smartmom and papa There’s so much he’d her friends believed they could cre- there were more deprivations to sees all around him. Adults are just is not a good politician.” Hepcat are thrust into rather be doing, like ate the perfect child the same way come. phonies who make Holden (and, I’m Thomas Duddy, the unenviable role practicing with his band, many of them had become partners “We really don’t mind if you want learning, Teen Spirit) feel alienated. Brooklyn Heights making sure Teen Spirit (think Queen-meets- at law firms, bond traders and book to sit in front of a Korean market on Maybe Teen Spirit would never reads his Gilgamesh, Bright Eyes) reading editors. Seventh Avenue with a cup when like homework and school would al- computes his algebra Manga books at Barnes To create superkids, they just you grow up,” Hepcat said. ways be a chore. Still, Smartmom problems, and conju- & Noble, playing Con- needed the time and energy to Volvo Teen Spirit stormed off to his bed- felt unyielding love for her baby boy gates Spanish verbs. nect-4 with his friends at them from school to Power Play for room. Smartmom wondered if Teen who is now nearly six-feet-tall with But don’t think Teen By Louise Crawford the Cocoa Bar, or draw- gymnastics, the Brooklyn Conserva- Spirit’s performance in school was a a low voice and the beginnings of Spirit isn’t up to the ing anime superheroes. tory of Music, Let’s Play Chess, and referendum on their parenting. stubble on his face. task. He’s sharp as a pin and then Meanwhile, Smartmom’s 8-year the AYSO soccer field. Perfection Maybe she and Hepcat could be bet- He needs to make his own mis- some. At the risk of sounding like old daughter, the Oh So Feisty One, was possible: it was just a matter of ter homework cops. But then, how takes and find his own way, that’s “It’s about honesty. A poli- the cliche of a Park Slope parent, is “student of the week” when it hard work (and plenty of Paxil). to explain OSFO’s enjoyment of all for sure. But finally, Smartmom has tician should be account- Teen Spirit’s IQ is off the charts. comes to homework. In class, she And when the children disap- things school-oriented — from her realized that unless she supports the able for all he does. And Maybe he’s just bored. Didn’t Ein- writes the homework assignment pointed with less-than-perfect grades Hello Kitty pencil holders to the qualities that make Teen Spirit such as voters, we should be stein flunk out of grammar school? down neatly in her daily homework or tepid interest in their parent’s ex- homework folder filled with careful- a spirited teen, she’s a phony like the concerned about who a Still, Smartmom and Hepcat’s ef- book and checks everything off as tracurricular choices (musical the- ly finished homework assignments? rest of them. person is before we put forts to slay the homework dragon it’s done. ater, rock climbing, hands-on sci- Dispirited, Smartmom was about Imagine that: Smartmom embrac- him in office. We need to are right out of a medieval epic Teen In many ways, OSFO is just so ence), Smartmom and her friends to turn in for the night when she no- ing her son’s alienation. Well, it’s a make our politicians be- Spirit hasn’t read (yet?). The nightly much more suited for classroom rou- blamed themselves and resolved to ticed that Teen Spirit’s light was still start. have honestly.” battles with Teen Sprit have included tines. And this thrills Smartmom no work harder. Afraid to let their chil- on. She stuck her head in and saw slammed doors, screaming fights, end. Worn down by Teen Spirit’s dren make their own mistakes, they that he was lying under his blue Louise Crawford also edits Only The Marion Bailey, futile threats (“You better do it or, homework histrionics, Smartmom is continued to shape them with rigor. plaid comforter reading, “The Catch- Blog Knows Brooklyn, which is at Bedford-Stuyvesant um, or, or else!”) and complaints proud of OSFO’s work ethic. But kids will be kids. 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t first glance, Michelle Fields’s Bride’s Guide As far as fabrics go, Fields likes to © jeff cooper 2005 new Atlantic Avenue boutique Michelle New York Brides is located at stick to soft silks and French lace. 396 Atlantic Ave. between Hoyt and Alooks like a spin-off of the SoHo Bond streets in Boerum Hill and is open “Most of my dresses are silk because Prada store, where rows of mannequins by appointment only. Bridal gowns range it’s so beautiful,” she said. “It feels nice are the first thing that captures the eye from $500 to $2,500; bridesmaids gowns: on her body.” $250 to $500. Michelle New York is locat- of a passing window shopper. ed at 376 Atlantic Ave. between Hoyt and One of her favorite pieces from her Closer examination, however, re- Bond streets and it is open daily. For spring collection – a dress with a box- veals a major difference: unlike Prada’s more information, call (718) 643-1680 or pleated maxi skirt and a V-neckline that often naked models, Fields’s forms are visit www.michellenewyork.com. plunges to the waist, front and back — outfitted in wedding gowns. is made with buttercream silk taffeta Open since September, Fields’s underlining that peaks through the out- Boerum Hill shop, Michelle New York known designer that, she feels, comple- er layer of soft, creamy French lace. Brides, is still a work in progress. A ments her style. This store also carries This is also the most expensive gown sign has not yet been installed above jewelry and accessories made by local in the line, priced at $2,500. the entrance, and, aside from two beau- designers. The ready-to-wear clothes While ready-to-measure dresses range 545 FIFTH AVENUE AT 45TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10017 tiful orchids on the windowsill, the are priced between $50 and $500. in price from $600 to $2,500 and include 8211 FIFTH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11209 sunlit, wide-open space with high ceil- fittings with the designer, Fields also of- 800 289-3462 • michaelcfina.com ings and white walls is completely Bridal collection fers a more affordable line, bought off- bare. But what’s not missing is truly Her designs are for brides of all ages, the-rack for as low as $500, for the so-

the only thing a bride-to-be would shapes and sizes, said Fields. And al- called no-fuss bride, also referred to as a Mango / Greg need from a designer: Fields’s Spring though her dresses can be purchased off “destination bride” in industry terms. FABULOUS HAIR, GLAMOROUS MAKE-UP 2006 collection is ready to be given a the rack, she said that most of her cus- Adestination bride is a woman get- spin. tomers opt for ready-to-measure dress- ting married in a far-off location, such g “Can you think of anything else es. She schedules an appointment with as an exotic island, and needs a dress a Posh Salon Settin where your job is built around some- the bride, and together they decide that travels well, Fields explained. Typ- Papers The Brooklyn In thing happy?” said Fields, 37, when what will look and fit the best. ically, this type of bride is looking for a Maxi-mum romance: Fashion de- asked why she decided to become a “The bride usually has a vague idea simple, pretty dress in pink or white. signer Michelle Fields (top) adjusts bridal designer. or a concept of what she wants,” said Since destination dresses are more the display of her gowns in her new Awife and mother of two boys, Fields. “My job is translating the idea practical and less elaborate — and less Rusty, 7, and River, 4, Fields has al- into a dress.” expensive — the material used to make Boerum Hill bridal boutique, Mich- ways known that she wanted to become Fields, who not only loves to dress them is usually a polyester alternative. elle New York Brides. (Above) Fields’ a bridal designer. After graduating from up, but loves to dress others, said that The bridesmaid’s dress from Fields’s latest collection includes a V-neckline Parsons School of Design in 1990, she what she appreciates most about her 2006 collection is a sleek, floor-length dress, with pleated maxi skirt, that spent some time studying design in job is the instant gratification of having piece with thin straps and a slight hint layers French lace over silk taffeta. Paris. She opened her first Michelle created something and the fun she has of a fishtail shape at the bottom. The New York store six years ago on Bond in the process. $495 four-ply satin dress comes in only where gowns will be displayed on Street, where she carried a ready-to- She calls her style “high-end, urban two shades, moss green or black. But forms as well as hanging on the walls wear collection in addition to custom- chic – unpretentious, but absolutely Fields offers a staple collection of — as pieces of art would be show- Spa Facials Massages Body Treatments • Waxing made wedding gowns. beautiful and not too uptight or too bridesmaids’ dresses, ranging in price cased. The back of the store will be set Pedicure • Manicure • Light Concept Nails Today, she owns two separate stores dressy,” she said. from $250 to $500, that can be ordered up as an open space that Fields’s brides Color Techniques • Hair Design • Styling • Updo’s on the same block of Atlantic Avenue, “Like a midtown girl,” she said. in almost any color. can use to get dressed on their wedding Michelle New York Brides and “Not too uptown, not too downtown.” Michelle New York Brides also car- day, compliments of the house. Anti-Aging Procedures: Michelle New York. The Spring 2006 collection on display ries veils and, for the perfect shoe, she “That way, they won’t have to get a BOTOX • INJECTABLE FILLERS • LASER HAIR REMOVAL Michelle New York, which opened is “very feminine” and it consists of four has partnered up with high-end design- hotel room big enough to fit them and FOTO-FACIALS • CHEMICAL PEELS • MICRODERMABRASION in February, carries a collection of key shapes of white and off white dresses er, Peter Fox. their attendants, as some brides have streetwear designs that grew as an off- — full skirt, A-line, empire waist and The construction and interior design to,” said Fields. shoot from the bridal line, said Fields. straight skirt. Fields also offers about four of Michelle New York Brides should be So, what does Fields think a bride The boutique’s wide range of formal variations of each given shape. complete by mid-December, predicts should look like on her special day? and informal dresses, skirts, blouses, And she likes to mix colors and fab- Fields. She plans on keeping the white “She should be beautiful,” she said coats, pants, purses and belts were ei- rics. A simple white A-line dress, for color scheme as part of the museum- with a smile. “She should be absolutely ther designed by Fields or a well- example, is adorned with a moss green like setting in the front of the store, beautiful.”

“We charge more, but we make them just a couple of days before the wedding,” she said. ‘Sweet’ temptations Although Lekberg bakes out of the Gowanus location, she prefers to have her consultations with brides and Patisserie’s expanded cake division is helmed by artist-chef grooms in the patisserie’s Cobble Hill dining room. By Lisa J. Curtis “When the two of you are looking The Brooklyn Bride Editor for a cake, it’s nice to do a consultation and tasting,” said Lekberg, who has n April, pastry chef Andrea Lek- been a pastry chef for 15 years. berg of Cobble Hill’s Sweet Melis- “It’s just me and the couple, and Isa Patisserie fired up the ovens of they bring their pictures or cut-outs the company’s new wedding and spe- from magazines. We just go over cialty cake headquarters in Gowanus. ideas, and I let them know what we Lekberg’s training as a painter at the can do, and they can take [that infor- Art Institute of Chicago shines through mation] and decide if they want to go in the artistry of her gasp-producing with us. We don’t charge for that [con- wedding cakes, which she has been sultation], and I just recommend it. If baking for Sweet Melissa for the past the cake is your dessert, it’s a very im- four years. But since April, these cakes Mango / Greg portant part of your meal.” have been her only focus. Lekberg’s wedding cakes are so gor- PUBLISHED MONTHLY “One of the reasons that I’m even in geous that even customers who aren’t baking is that I love the traditions,” brides can’t resist them. Lekberg told The Brooklyn Bride. “One woman ordered a small wed- “I’m so happy that people appreciate Papers The Brooklyn ding cake for a bridal shower, and it wedding cakes as this beautiful symbol Hats off: Sweet was so charming,” said the chef about of a festive celebration.” Melissa pastry chef the diminutive cake. “It’s a beautiful Sponsored by Of course, it’s imperative that a Andrea Lekberg thing to have at a shower.” wedding cake taste as good as it looks, (above) created the Lekberg’s confections can incorpo- / Greg Mango / Greg Published by The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201 so Lekberg, a graduate of the Cooking shower of edible rate seemingly any adornment: edible Copyright 2005 and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, roses on this hat- bows, handkerchiefs, Swiss dots, roses, creates a new menu of cake flavors shaped cake (left) and more. Brooklyn Bride Editorial Department: (718) 834-9350 ext. 131 • [email protected] each season. from fondant. “Our cakes are bright and cheerful,” Wedding/Engagement Announcements: www.TheBrooklynBride.com “When I think of what wintertime said Lekberg. “I want to make people Advertising Department: (718) 834-9350 ext. 104 • [email protected] makes me feel like, it’s cooler out, so Papers The Brooklyn smile when they see them.” Celia Weintrob, Publisher • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor • Lisa J. Curtis, The Brooklyn Bride Editor our peppermint ganache with espresso late or ganache finish,” said Lekberg, your finger in it. It has a natural hand Wedding cakes begin at $7.50 per buttercream has a wintry feeling to who also works with slick fondant and in it. It’s not perfect, so it’s prettier to person at Sweet Melissa Patisserie (276 me,” said Lekberg, describing one of buttercream. While she said she ad- me,” said Lekberg. Court St. at Douglass Street in Cobble Our next issue is unveiled Jan. 14. the flavor combinations on her New mires the “perfect beauty” of a fondant The pastry chef said that Sweet Hill) and Sweet Melissa Central (296 Year’s 2006 menu. finish on a cake and “artistically I get Melissa distinguishes itself from other Bond St. at Sackett Street in Gowanus). Visit us online at www.TheBrooklynBride.com “We do traditional cakes, but we enjoyment out of fondant, buttercream bakeries because it doesn’t freeze its For an appointment with Lekberg, e-mail have a lot of people who want a choco- is beautiful because it begs you to put wedding cakes. [email protected]. 8 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 December 17, 2005 INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | CLASSIFIEDS | REAL ESTATE

THEATER John Tramper Farewell tour (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings December 17, 2005 After seeing productions of Shakespeare’s plays updated with modern dress and staged in parks and parking lots, the Globe Theatre’s presentation of “Measure for Measure,” at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO beginning Dec. 20, will seem refreshing- ly old fashioned. Directed by John Dove, this British import will be staged in the round, with an all-male cast, peri- od music and clothing. In the play, Duke Vincentio is dismayed by the moral and social depravity among his subjects, so he deputizes Lord Angelo to govern while he goes undercover as a friar to hear the word on the street. While the play is one of the Bard’s comedies, it ad- dresses sobering issues that are still debated, in- cluding the death penalty, morality and political corruption. Mark Rylance (pictured) stars as Duke Vincen- tio, in his final stage appearance as the Globe’s artistic director. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre of London’s “Measure for Measure” will be performed at St. Ann’s Warehouse (38 Water St. at Dock Street in DUMBO) on Dec. 20-Dec. 23 and Dec. 26-Dec. 30 at 7:30 pm; Jan. 1 at 7 pm; and Dec. 21, Dec. 28 and Jan. 1 at 2 pm. Tickets are $60. For tickets, call (718) 254-8779 or visit the Web site at www.ticketweb.com. —Lisa J. Curtis

SHOPPING / Greg Mango / Greg

OldOld friendsfriends Papers The Brooklyn Natural choice Three-week-old Yaba Bath & Body is my new, Fashion model turns vintage love affair into delicious memoir favorite drugstore/cosmetics counter. Sure, there aren’t many displays and the store is all bleak white By Lisa J. Curtis department. The 6-foot-tall, thin beauty is per- walls and metal shelves, but the products — and af- GO Brooklyn Editor fectly polished from her pointy-toed patent fordable prices — speak for themselves. leather boots to the flawless edging of her pink Yaba carries every family’s must-have items, pon turning the last page of Alison lip-gloss. GO Girl basked in her glow, blinking from household cleaners to shampoo. Houtte’s memoir, “Alligators, Old Mink her eyes in awe like Dorothy coming upon the “Everything is natural and organic here,” ex- U& New Money,” GO Girl was grinning Good Witch. plained co-owner Sam Husein, who runs the store from ear to ear. She knew she must seek out And there is indeed an aura about Houtte, with his brother, Shaher. the style guru who penned this comic, inspira- who works in her store four days a week. De- “It’s organic, natural, clean stuff. [These compa- tional tale and ply from her the secrets of living spite being a little under the weather, her en- nies don’t do] animal testing. We operate our busi- an even more glamorous, fashionable life. thusiasm was infectious, and her wild stories ness as ethically and morally as possible.” Houtte’s memories of her early modeling left GO Girl rollicking with laughter. Yaba offers products for men, women and chil- days — posing for Vogue and Marie Claire During the meeting, at the ungodly hour of Callan / Tom Callan / Tom dren, plus yoga supplies, nutritional supplements, magazines, strutting down the runways of 11, Houtte, 45, revealed that she enjoys a party cosmetics, bathroom accessories and more. But if Paris and inspiring white hot fashion designers just as much as GO Girl. In fact, she said she customers don’t see their favorite product, Husein like Courreges — are impressive, but what is pooh-poohed the idea of having a book signing says he’ll order it for them. truly jaw-dropping is her transition from that in a bookstore in favor of having a celebratory “We offer the high end to the low end,” he said. rarified world to the down-and-dirty mission of bash at the Montauk Club on Dec. 3. Papers The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “We don’t want to alienate anyone.” rescuing fabulous vintage clothes from Penn- When GO Girl asked what Alison Houtte’s Just fur fun: Model-author Alison Houtte’s first memoir chronicles her adventures in vin- When GO Brooklyn popped into this Prospect sylvania for Brooklyn’s style-conscious con- signature cocktail is, she revealed that she does tage clothes shopping for her Prospect Heights boutique, Hooti Couture (top). At the Heights shop, we were astounded by the aisles of sumers shopping on what Houtte calls “gritty, not have one, like GO Girl’s martini, but three!: release party for “Alligators, Old Mink & New Money” at the Montauk Club on Dec. 3, affordably priced — but popular — lines like grimy, screaming Flatbush Av- rum and Diet Coke with lime; gin and tonic; a model added a bit of mystery while Houtte embraced James Williams. Caswell Massey. A box of six olive oil and orange enue.” and “at Christmas, blossom guest soaps (pictured), hand-dipped to sim- After all, as my Mom’s home- fur phone muffler” to her own Christmas the avenue.’ She didn’t get me. I was so proud, ulate picholine olives on a porcelain tray, was priced the ’gator bag made eggnog.” wish list. I called every neighbor to warn them about the at $16.90. (It’s $26 on C-M’s Web site.) fanatic says, Just as Hooti Cou- Reading her book, and chatting with Houtte fake nun.” (Houtte’s also the vice president of “We’re ‘Back to the Land meets Costco,’” Hu- today’s design- GIRL ture must be re- in person, is not unlike a blast of sugar from a the Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement sein said. ers continue to stocked for the Jacques Torres chocolate truffle. She can regale District.) The brothers pass on significant savings to their be influenced by popular fabrics change of seasons, so must a girl’s choice of you with stories about life in Manhattan’s fast She grew up in Florida with a yard full of customers because they keep their overhead low. and shapes from yesteryear, so cocktail bend with the wind. GO Girl had so lane or dating a billionaire who didn’t measure rattlesnakes, so Houtte’s no shrinking violet. For example, they encourage customers to bring why not wear the original inspiration — espe- much to learn. up — too short and too rich, she complained The youngest of six children, she teamed up their own shopping bags, by offering them a five- cially if Houtte’s prices for clothing and acces- Unfortunately, while Houtte did admire GO — who she was introduced to by her hairdress- with her oldest sister, journalist Melissa Houtte, cent discount. It keeps costs down, while conserv- sories are a fraction of those charged on Madi- Girl’s eye-popping skirt, it did trigger a heart- er (Frederic Fekkai!), but alas, all party girls to write the book. ing the earth’s resources, Husein explained. son Avenue? breaking story of loss. It reminded Houtte of the must eventually tap the brakes. Houtte supplied the stories — from memo- Among the product lines Yaba sells are Weleda, “Mine are better quality and they’re the real time she sold her mother’s houndstooth jacket, For Houtte, “Brooklyn was my rehab.” ry. (After one infuriated boyfriend found her Crabtree and Evelyn and Shikai. There are Medina thing,” asserts Houtte. She says that while she and upon feeling seller’s remorse, she did the Now that she has her book and her shop and “boyfriend journal,” replete with its own rating products, such as essential oils and shea butter, as still finds Vogue to be an excellent barometer unthinkable: she swallowed her pride and di- her “dashing Argentinean boyfriend” cooking system, Houtte said she gave up journaling.) well as Beauty Without Cruelty cosmetics and Mrs. for what’s next, after 25 years in the fashion aled the new owner — a friend of a friend — for her at home, it seems Houtte is enjoying After the holidays, the diva of vintage will Meyers household cleaners, such as geranium- biz, her instinct is her best weapon. asking if she could buy back the jacket. her modified pace. And if there aren’t enough undoubtedly make more memories when she scented countertop spray. “If I love it, I buy it,” said Houtte. Houtte recalled that the triumphant owner invitations to fabulous parties in the mailbox, hits the highways in her GMC Suburban to “All over the store there is educational material When GO Girl made her pilgrimage to said, “You’re never getting this jacket” because she’ll just throw her own. make the long trek to Florida to promote her about the ingredients in the products, so people un- Houtte’s Prospect Heights boutique (which re- of the number of compliments she had re- But the Hooti Couture life is not always new book. But while she’s away, she’ll still derstand. It’s not just to make money for us, but to located from Park Slope in 2002), she hoped to ceived while wearing it. glam. Houtte has foiled the dastardly plots of have Hooti Couture on her mind while she educate and make the environment better,” said Hu- earn a nod of approval for her vintage-inspired GO Girl felt for Houtte — clothes are so scam artists pretending to be fundraising for lit- scours Miami’s second-hand stores for addi- sein. houndstooth Isaac Mizrahi skirt, but mostly she much more than the socially mandated way to tle league teams; and thieving, cape-wearing tions to her Spring 2006 collection. “Yaba” is the Arabic word for father, according just hoped that she would be considered worthy mask nudity. They are mementos of beloved gypsies. She has chased a shoplifter down the GO Girl’s last Christmas wish is that she to Husein, who named the store for his father, who enough to enter this widely admired temple of family members and triggers of wonderful avenue and even exposed a faux nun! could ride shotgun. died three years ago. Surely the environmentally fur stoles, beaded bags and sexy shoes. memories. “I was beaten every day by those damn “Alligators, Old Mink & New Money: friendly products these brothers are selling will ben- But as soon as she arrived, GO Girl stopped When the shop’s phone rang, interrupting nuns,” Houtte recalled her suddenly invaluable One Woman’s Adventures in Vintage Cloth- efit the next generation, too. worrying. This eclectic shop, which carries GO Girl’s audience with the fashionista, days as a student of the Sacred Heart school. “I ing” is available at Hooti Couture (321 Flat- Yaba Bath & Body is located at 255 Flatbush wares for men and women, has an all-are-wel- Houtte simply took the phone off the hook and saw the fake veil and sneakers, and asked to bush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in Prospect Ave. at Sixth Avenue. The store is open every come vibe. Truly, anything goes. muffled the buzzing with a fur wrap. see [some nun] ID. She snapped at me, but I Heights). For information, call (718) 857- day. For information, call (917) 676-7098. Houtte does not disappoint in the glamour Of course! Now GO Girl must add “$500 told her, ‘The word’s out about fake nuns on 1977 or visit www.hooticouture.com. — Lisa J. Curtis

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BROOKLYN Neighborhood Taking the Bites Dining Guide This week: high road MYRTLE AVENUE Seventh Avenue’s Sette serves Five Spot 459-461 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, up Italian fare with panache (718) 852-0202, www.fivespotsoulfood.com (Disc, MC, V) Entrees: $10-$15. By Tina Barry too intimate — depending on your A 60-foot bar, hardwood floors and an intricately / Jori Klein for The Brooklyn Papers take; and a small bar sits on the side of patterned tin ceiling decorate Five Spot’s dining room, while exposed brick, crushed red velvet and the room. Like the seating, the lights a wood-burning fireplace adorn the walls where co- t’s hard to imagine now, but just a can be seen as too dim or pleasantly ro- owners Malik and Kim Armstead have been serving few years ago, Seventh Avenue was mantic. Amusing fixtures made of wire down-home cooking since 1996. Southern fried the only game in town when it came mesh that resemble bug zappers — chicken and hickory-smoked spare ribs are just two I The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn of their popular dishes, and they’re now serving to Park Slope dining. No one was without the shiver-inducing “tsst” / Jori Klein 100-percent pure beef and turkey burgers, as well The hummus platter at Pillow Cafe and thrilled with the uninspired restaurants, sound — cast a warm, ambient glow as veggie burgers. Five Spot offers a takeout-only Lounge. but if you wanted to eat in the neigh- atop the bar and into portions of the daily lunch special for $5.95 that includes meat (or fish for $6.95) and two side orders; in-house diners borhood, you worked with what was dining area. get half-off their lunch platters. Side dishes range with comfortable chairs. available. On a recent Saturday evening, with from black-eyed peas and collard greens to maca- Since its opening in March 2004, the food has been Then Fifth Avenue started its restau- every seat taken and diners waiting at the Papers The Brooklyn roni and cheese and candied yams. Homemade made from familiar, but organic, ingredients. rant renaissance, drawing diners west- bar, the din was remarkable, but steps cornbread is served with all dinner entrees. What a catch: Sette’s wood oven-roasted “bronzino,” stuffed with red onion “We make things that we all ate when we were lit- ward. have been taken to remedy the situation. For dessert, try Five Spot’s individual pecan pie or and lemon, is served with a salad of arugula, fingerling potatoes and capers. tle,” co-owner Biola Odunewu said. The menu peach cobbler, or opt for the three-layer coconut In May, Giovanni Tafuri stepped up (If you run your hands under the table, ranges from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to cake. In the evenings, live music or DJs perform on Seventh Avenue’s game when he you’ll feel several inches of foam smoked salmon salad. The most popular items are stage. (Check the “Brooklyn Nightlife” listings for the hummus and avocado sandwich, with cucum- opened Sette padding that ab- of bites, I longed for a ramekin of sea salt ing that unifies the ingredients. It’s a upcoming performers.) Open daily for lunch and bers and tomatoes on sourdough bread, rivaled by Enoteca e Cuci- sorb some of the on the table. (And this request shouldn’t masterful mix of textures and tempera- dinner. Open for takeout from noon to midnight. their avocado salad with fresh spinach leaves and na, a trattoria and DINING sound. If Sette be seen as demeaning to the chef.) tures that make for fine eating. goat cheese. If you’re in the mood for some wine bar that, un- continues to be this The “orecchiette” (“little ear”-shaped Desserts are beautifully executed and sweets, Pillow Cafe and Lounge has a selection of Kum Kau like the pedestri- Sette Enoteca e Cucina (207 Sev- popular, it will pasta) is tossed with a bland, grainy pork delicious. Freitag uses mascarpone 465 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, (718) brownies and cookies that varies from day to day. enth Ave. at Third Street in Park Slope) 638-1850 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5.95- Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. an establishments accepts American Express, Discover, need more of it.) ragu that cries out for seasoning. And if (Italian cream cheese) for her cheese- $12.75. nearby, aims MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $15-$24. If you look at crisp pancetta is included in the dish — as cake and it’s superb. Lighter than At Kum Kau, anything is possible. Sapolo higher than the The restaurant serves dinner Tuesday Sette’s ambience it’s described in the menu — I missed it. American versions, it has a slightly nut- through Sunday. Brunch is available on “Customers are free to customize their own din- 501 Myrtle Ave. at Ryerson Street, (718) 789- middle ground. weekends from 11:30 am to 3 pm. with an optimist’s Yet crisp, salty circles of pancetta like taste enhanced by its almond-fla- ners,” boasts manager Peter Cheng. While co- 7788 (AmEx, Disc, MC, V) Entrees: $6-$10. Tafuri — who Closed Mondays. For reservations, call eye, you’ll see it as add just the right hit of saline to a sub- vored “amaretti” cookie crust. Beside it owners and chefs Jimmy and Amy Cheng make all At William San’s Sapolo restaurant, diners can sam- owns Sapore, a (718) 499-7767. a happy place: loud tle starter of roasted asparagus in is a mound of quince poached in wine of the sauces, other chefs divide duties depending ple Chinese and Spanish food. The restaurant, trattoria in Green- with good cheer, its Parmesan “fondu.” The fondu (not to and a bit of vanilla. The fruit possesses on their specialties. A favorite at Kum Kau is the which has been open since 2000, offers a menu crispy baked shrimp with mild spices and rice. On ranging from lobster chow mein to “carne de res wich Village — darkness condu- be confused with “fondue,” the thick a texture that’s silkier than a pear with Wednesdays, Kum Kau offers an “all you can eat” con pimiento” (green pepper steak). Chinese clas- transformed this Slope site from a cive to intimacy. You’ll need to evaluate cheese or chocolate dips for bread or a floral flavor that complements the buffet lunch ($5.99) and dinner ($10.99) including sics include General Tso’s chicken, spicy scallops in sporting goods store into a modern, yet the cooking with the same “glass is half- fruit) is a thin, cream-based sauce fla- velvety cake. Chinese cake. Each week the buffet menu stays the garlic sauce, and ham egg foo young. Or go for same, allowing customers to enjoy traditional Spanish dishes such as the “chicharrones de pollo convivial, eatery. He placed the talent- full” approach, which isn’t difficult when vored with the cheese that sets off the The gelato comes from well-known Chinese entrees. Kum Kau offers a special family sin hueso” (fried chicken cracklings), “chuelita frita” ed Amanda Freitag, the former chef de so much of the food is appealing. nuttiness of the spears. Il Laboratorio del Gelato in Manhattan. menu for two or more people including soup, an (fried pork chops) or paella. The daily lunch special cuisine at Manhattan’s ’Cesca, in the To begin, several long sticks of chewy, Next came an entree that showcased I tried three scoops — a delicately fla- appetizer, an entree, rice and dessert, all for $11.95 (for $4.95-$6.15 depending on choice of meat) is kitchen, where she’s putting a twist on slightly salty, pizza “bianco” (no sauce) the chef’s talent with elan. The dish is vored pumpkin, a pungent espresso and per person. Takeout and private parties also avail- served with your choice of egg drop, wonton or able. Open daily for lunch and dinner. sweet-and-sour soup, as well as white or chicken- homey Italian fare. To enhance her rus- are served in tall, mesh cylinders. I would the oven-baked whole “bronzino” (sea a creamy hazelnut. Each was unbeat- fried rice. Open Monday through Saturday for tic cooking, Tafuri installed a wood- have enjoyed a piece dipped into the olive bass), its center filled with slices of able. The gelato is offered with a but- lunch and dinner, and for dinner only on Sundays. burning oven that turns out smoky, oil that comes with a bowl of olives, but lemon, red onion and sprigs of lemon tery, house-baked biscotti that rivaled Luz Delivery is cash only. 177 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue, (718) thin-crusted pizzas, and even dessert the bread was unpleasantly cold. thyme and topped with an unusual part- its partners. 246-4000, www.luzrestaurant.com, (AmEx, Disc, crostadas (free-form tarts). One glitch that appeared early in the ner. Atop the fish — and it’s one of the Right now, Sette Enoteca e Cucina’s MC, Visa) Entrees: $14-$22. Sushi Okdol To keep the mood light, there’s the meal was underseasoning. A dish that freshest, sweetest, examples of this va- patio is enclosed and heated, its tempo- In July, Vivian Torres and Pedro Muñoz relit the fire 497 Myrtle Ave. at Hall Street, (718) 789-1373, “venti per venti,” or list of 20 Italian sounds as gutsy as sardines, topped with riety you’ll find anywhere — Freitag rary plastic enclosure strung with twin- that was sputtering on Nuevo Latino cooking – a (MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$15.95. wines for $20 each. herbed breadcrumbs and baked in the places a mound of room temperature kling white Christmas lights. In the vibrant amalgamation of the traditional Cuban, It’s always sushi time at this seven-year-old Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Argentinean, Peruvian, Japanese and Korean restaurant. Just look at the Sette (which is Italian for “seven”) is wood-burning oven, should pack a wal- arugula tossed with capers and garlic, spring, when the tarp is removed, its Colombian and Caribbean cuisines with unexpect- clock in the dining room — it tells time in sushi! And one large, square room. Wooden beams lop of flavor. These two large fish are chunks of fingerling potatoes and slices diners will sip their Italian wine out- ed ingredients, like ginger and lemongrass – by although the small restaurant, decorated in various crisscross the ceiling; tables that are dense and briny, their topping crunchy of garlic. Over everything she drizzles doors, feeling like they’ve traveled a opening Luz, a Pan-Latino eatery, on Vanderbilt shades of blue, is located on the second floor of a placed inches apart can feel cozy — or and delicately lemony, but after a couple an intensely lemony, herbaceous dress- great distance from Seventh Avenue. Avenue. (Luz, pronounced “loose,” is the Spanish two-story building, outside, the enormous sign word for light.) Diners can begin their meal with the bearing its name is hard to miss. Owner Eunmoo “Luz Colada,” made with passion fruit instead of Kang customized the menu so it appeals to both the traditional pineapple. native Korean and Japanese — as well as American While the owners transformed a former carriage — customers. The most popular dish among Pratt house-cum-garage into a sleek, dining room with a students of Korean descent, according to Kang, is sky light, comfortable banquettes and a long wood- the “BiBimBop,” a mildly spiced combination of Movie and en bar, Chef Jorge Adriazola transforms familiar rice, vegetables, eggs and your choice of meat or ingredients into appetizers such as the “mejillones bean curd. Here’s the fun part: the sides are served al cilantrillo,” mussels steamed with dry white wine in separate compartments and the diner can mix and garlic, that are topped with cilantro and lime them himself. dinner – in bed juice; or the “coconut tuna ceviche,” diced tuna On the Japanese side of the menu, the dragon roll, ceviche in a coconut citrus sauce dressed with red made with eel and crab and adorned with artfully If you tell your friends you had din- Home would have to include a pret- onions and cilantro. For an entrée, co-owner Torres sliced pieces of avocado, wins in popularity. Lunch ner in bed on a first date, will they call ty sophisticated cook. On the menu are says “the churrasco,” grilled fillet mignon served specials are served Monday through Friday, from you a tramp? They won’t if your hori- dishes like curry fish fry, served with with sauteed “farofa” (flowers), collard greens and 11:30 am to 3 pm. Open daily for lunch and dinner. crispy “yucafongo” (fried yuca cake) with mojo, “is zontal meal happens at Monkey Town’s rosewater-flavored yogurt, and Indone- quite popular among our diners!” Thai 101 screening room. sian pulled pork with basmati rice and Luz is open daily for dinner and serves brunch, from Inside the restaurant and video/per- three sauces. 11 am to 3:30 pm, on weekends. 455A Myrtle Ave. between Washington and Waverly avenues, (718) 855-4615 (AmEx, Disc, formance space, opened in October by Pastry chef Heather Scharf’s milk MC, Visa) Entrees: $4.95-$14.95. Montgomery Knott and Meghan Czer- chocolate mousse, flavored with curry Pillow Cafe & Lounge The effect of the orange art deco lamps reflecting winski, there’s an entertainment space and served with chickpea brittle and 372 Myrtle Ave. at Adelphi Street, (718) 246- off Thai 101’s crisp, whitewashed brick walls, gives with low-lying beds and four theatre- whipped cream, and her cheesecake, 2711, www.pillowcafenyc.com (Cash only) it a modern and airy feel. Thai 101 favorites include sized screens where you can stretch out with a delicate rosewater and pome- Entrees: $3.95-$7.50. deep-fried duck or fish served with their special and listen to local bands perform or granate syrup, fit neatly into the inter- If you can’t seem to locate Pillow Cafe and Lounge house sauce, mixed vegetables and pineapple. — it does not have a sign above its entrance — just Also popular is the pad Thai, which can be made watch videos while you eat. national cuisine theme. look for an inviting cluster of pillows in the window with beef or chicken versus solely with vegetables If the dine-while-you-recline concept Monkey Town (58 North Third St. seat. The beige, brown and red interior of the cafe or shrimp. Check for the weekly soft-shell crab spe- is too cozy, you can try chef Coleman between Wythe and Kent streets in also offers a bar with four barstools and four tables cial with either panang curry, peanut or garlic sauce. For dessert, owner Raymond Beard recom- Lee Foster’s global cuisine in Monkey Williamsburg) accepts American Ex- mends the FBI (Fried Banana Ice cream) or the Town’s (named for the graffitti depict- press, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. pumpkin custard. Lunch specials served daily for ing monkeys scrawled around the Entrees: $10-$22. The restaurant and = Full review available at $4.95. Open Monday through Saturday for lunch and dinner. Sundays are dinner only. neighborhood) front room where the screening room is open for dinner booths are low-to-the-ground, the chan- Tuesday through Sunday, 4 pm to mid- delier is made of cardboard, and murals night. Closed Mondays. Reservations Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants

in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not Mango / Greg by neighborhood artists cover the walls. for Thursday, Friday and Saturday comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to Foster, formerly of Gramercy Tav- shows are strongly suggested. For Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your ern, Esca and Bouley Bakery, is cook- reservations and entertainment sched- Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via ing with “all the world’s ingredients,” ule, call (718) 384-1369 or visit the Web e-mail at [email protected]. says Knott, “but the food isn’t fussy. site www.monkeytownhq.com.

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Fifth Ave. at President Street. (718) Where to ❅ 783-1197. Dec. 17th, 8pm SAT, DEC 17 BAMCINEMATEK: presents a series of films directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. Today: “How Tasty Was My OUTDOORS AND TOURS Little Frenchman” (1971). $10, $7 stu- CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: Help count dents. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:30 pm. during the annual bird census event at 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Prospect Park’s Audubon Center. 3 pm to 4 pm. Enter park at Willink entrance. (718) 287-3400. TUES, DEC 20 ICE SKATING: at Prospect Park’s Wollman Rink. $5 admission, $3 children and STRESS TALK: Visiting Nurse Regional seniors. $5 skate rental. 2 pm to 6 pm Health Care System presents a talk on and 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter park at junc- how to deal with stress. 11 am. 715 tion of Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Leonard St. (718) 923-5350. Free. Road. (718) 965-8999. BAMCINEMATEK: presents a series of BIBLE TABLEAU: New Utrecht Reformed films directed by Nelson Pereira dos Church hosts its annual outdoor holiday Santos. Today: “Tent of Miracles” “Living Nativity” featuring live actors (1977). $10, $7 students. 6 pm and 9 depicting Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. in the manger, as well as live sheep and ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents other barnyard animals. 3 pm to 6 pm. Shakespeare’s Globe Theater of Lon- 18th Avenue, between 83rd and 84th don in “Measure for Measure.” All- Concentric Jewelry ❅ streets. At 7:30 pm, the Fort Hamilton male cast, period music and Eliza- ❅ ❅ Jazz Band, conducted by Paul Korn, bethan costumes. $60. 7:30 pm. 38 gives a concert in the Parish Hall of the Water St. (718) 254-8779. church. (646) 523-7272. Free. PERFORMANCE WEDS, DEC 21 CHAMBER MUSIC: Old Stone House presents a concert featuring The BEREAVEMENT TALK: New York Brooklyn Brandenburgers in their annu- Ginny Stomberg Methodist Hospital offers a talk Hats al concert. $10, $5 members. 2 pm. JJ Bible story: The Friends of Historic New Utrecht and Boy Scout Troop “Coping with the Holidays and Special Byrne Park, Fifth Avenue between Days When You Have Had a Loss.” by Guy Third and Fourth streets. (718) 768- 20 will stage their “Living Nativity” on the front lawn of New Utrecht 6:30 pm to 8 pm. 506 Sixth St. Call to 3195. Reformed Church in Bensonhurst on Dec. 17. register. (718) 788-4991. Free. CONCERT: Brooklyn Public Library’s cen- VOX POP: presents Rebecca Pronsky and tral branch hosts a contemporary Friends. No cover. 8 pm. 1022 gospel concert with The Ephesians. 2 presents “A Mouse Christmas.” 6:30 MUSIC: Juilliard Woodwind Quintet per- Cortelyou Road. (718) 940-2084. handcrafted jewelry • designer bedding pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- pm. 282 86th St. (718) 238-2991. Free. forms. $5. 3 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Measure for 2100. Free. Center, Fourth Avenue at 81st Street. Measure.” 2 pm and 7:30 pm. See robes • scarves • shawls • hats (functional & funky) DUETS: Hogar Collection presents an OTHER (718) 836-3103. Tues., Dec. 20. mens accessories • toys evening of de-compositional duets fea- HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Holiday boutique HOLIDAY POPS: Interschool Orchestras turing NY composer Damian Catera of handcrafted items. 9 am to 7 pm. of NY perform. 7 pm. St. Patrick’s with improvising balloonist Judy HURS EC Congregation B’nai Avraham Camp Friendship, 339 Eighth St. (718) Church, Fourth Avenue at 95th Street. T , D 22 Dunaway, sound artist Radio Ruido and 965-3695. (212) 410-0370. Free. BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: 117 Remsen St. (bet. Clinton and Henry Sts) composer Andrea Parkins. 7 pm recep- CRAFTS FAIR: Brooklyn Society for Ethical CONCERT: Annual concert by SEM hosts “Miracle of Light.” Learn about Morgan Collection tion; music at 8 pm. 111 Grand St. Culture hosts a fair of original arts and [email protected] • (718) 596-4840 ext. 13 (718) 288-5022. Free. Ensemble features works by Hillmer, Hanukkah and construct a menorah to crafts including jewelry, pottery, art Vivaldi, Xenakis and Kotik. $5. 8 pm. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pres- prints, toys, clothing, decorations, mir- take home. $4, free for members. 3 ents “Everywhere,” with the Wally Willow Place Auditorium, 26 Willow pm to 4 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) rors, candles, paper art, bags, stained Place. (718) 488-7659. Cardona Quartet. $20 to $45. 7:30 pm. glass and more. 11 am to 4 pm. 53 735-4400. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “A Christmas Carol.” ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Measure for 2 pm. See Sat., Dec. 17. (718) 636-4100. HOLIDAY FAIR: “Bust” magazine hosts a Measure.” 7:30 pm. See Tues., Dec. 20. BARGEMUSIC: presents an all-Beethoven fair featuring knitwear, jewelry, beauty IMPACT THEATER: “Out of the Frying classical music program. $35. 7:30 pm. goods, ornaments, vintage clothing, Pan.” 3 pm. See Sat., Dec. 17. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street handbags and more. Also, Rachael BARGEMUSIC: All-Beethoven concert. 4 FRI, DEC 23 at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Matthews signs her book “Knitorama: pm. See Sat., Dec. 17. MARCO POLO HOLIDAY HARMONIES: Brooklyn Youth TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids, ages 4 and 25 Great and Glam Things to Knit.” older, are invited to “Moving Mobiles,” Chorus performs a range of songs and Noon to midnight. The Warsaw, 261 CHILDREN carols from medieval times through the BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: a crafts project featuring moving busi- Driggs Ave. (212) 505-2900. ness, trains and trolleys for the holi- RISTORANTE present. $8 to $28. 7:30 pm. St. TASTING: LeNell Ltd. offers several differ- hosts an Early Learner Performance Charles Borromeo Church, 21 Sidney with “Louie Does the Holidays.” 1 pm days. $5, $3 kids and seniors. 1 pm. ent kinds of mead; wine made with fer- Schermerhorn Street at Boerum Place. Place. (718) 243-9447. and 2 pm. Also, Hanukkah celebration mented honey. Noon to 9 pm. 416 Van (718) 694-1823. OPERA: The Opera Company of Brooklyn Brunt St. (718) 360-0838. Free. with songs and stories. 3 pm. $4, free hosts a read-through version of “Lucia for members. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Measure for New Year’s SMALL WORKS SHOW: Brooklyn Water- Measure.” 7:30 pm. See Tues., Dec. 20. Di Lammermoor” in the casual atmos- front Artists Coalition hosts a show fea- 735-4400. phere of a residence. $20. 8 pm. Reserva- turing over 100 artists from the borough. PUPPETWORKS: “Beauty and the Beast.” tions must be made in advance due to Most art is priced under $200. 2 pm to 5 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., Dec. SAT, DEC 24 limited space. Location: to be announced. pm. 515 Court St. (718) 596-2506. 17. E-mail: [email protected]. Celebration 2006 WORKSHOP: The Museum of Contem- Christmas Eve IMPACT THEATER: presents a revival of porary African Diasporan Arts presents OTHER “Out of the Frying Pan,” a 1940s com- “Release Through Writing,” in collabo- ART STROLL: Jan Larsen Art hosts a PERFORMANCE edy. $15, $12 seniors and students. 8 ration with the NY Writers Coalition. Sunday-brunch-time art stroll and pm. 190 Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. BARGEMUSIC: Christmas Eve concert Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005 8:30pm to 2:00am 2:30 pm to 4 pm. James Davis Arts champagne breakfast. Musical enter- featuring Bach’s music. $60. 7:30 pm. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents “A Christ- Building, 80 Hanson Place. (718) 230- tainment. 10 am to 3 pm. Call for tick- Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street mas Carol,” adapted from Charles 0492. Free. et info. 63 Pearl St. (718) 797-2557. at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Featuring a Four Course Dinner, Live DJ, Dickens’ classic tale. $12, $10 seniors, BAMCINEMATEK: presents a triple-feature, BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Happy students and children. 8 pm. 26 Willow “Days of Being Wild” (1990) at 4 pm; Together” (1997). $10, $7 students. 2 OTHER Place. (718) 237-2752. “In the Mood for Love” (2000) at 6 pm; pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE: at Good Midnight Champagne Toast & All Night Open Bar CORPORATE CINEMA: St. Ann’s Ware- “2046” (2004) at 8 pm. $10, $7 stu- Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Shepherd Lutheran Church. Also, out- house presents the celluloid-free fifth dents. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. HANUKKAH CELEBRATION: Boutique door manger display. 10:45 pm. Hors d’Oeurves served upon arrival “International Forum of Corporate OPEN MIC: Salt Marsh Nature Center hosts and flea market at 1 pm; program from Avenue M at New York Avenue. (718) Cinema” exploring parallel universes. its annual event of poems, stories and 2 pm to 5 pm. $23, $18 members. 338-6424. In English and French. $25. 8 pm. 38 songs. Light refreshments served. 7 pm. National Council of Jewish Women. HOLIDAY SERVICE: at Bethlehem Luth- Antipasto Water St., between Main and Dock 3302 Ave. U. Call for info: 311. Free. Call for location. (718) 376-8164. eran Church. 11 pm. Fourth Avenue at streets. (718) 254-8779. Insalata d’Astice Mediterraneo FILM FEST: Brooklyn Heights Jewish CHRISTMAS PAGEANT: Good Shepherd Ovington Avenue. (718) 748-9502. Lobster Salad with Tomatoes & Onions CHILDREN International Film Festival presents the Lutheran Church hosts its annual film “Crown Heights.” 7 pm. B’nai BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Sunday school event. 4 pm. Avenue M Primi Piatti Avraham, 117 Remsen St. (718) 596- and New York Avenue. (718) 338-6424. SUN, DEC 25 hosts an early learner’s workshop. Kids 4840. Free. Tortelli Di Magro Salsa di Pomodoro e Basilico are invited to explore the “Global BARBES BAR: hosts a reading series. 6 Christmas TRUNK SHOW: Holiday shopping event pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. Homemade pasta filled with Veal, Spinach & Parmesan Cheese Shoes” exhibit and learn about shoes featuring handcrafted jewelry, designer from around the world. $4, free for bedding, robes, scarves, shawls and READING: Spiral Thought Magazine hosts Hanukkah begins at sunset light tomato sauce & basil members. 11 am to 12:30 pm. 145 hats. 8 pm. Congregation B’nai Avra- a reading. 6 pm to 8 pm. The Fall Cafe, Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. HANUKKAH MENORAH LIGHTING: A ham. 117 Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. 307 Smith St. (718) 832-2310. Free. towering menorah is lit every night of Secondi Piatti MOVIES: Brooklyn Public Library’s central TOY DRIVE: 88th Precinct and 88th SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents “An Hanukkah in front of the state Supreme branch hosts a children’s movie: Combinazione Mignonette & Scampi Precinct Community and Youth Council Evening of the World’s Best Short Court at Court and Montague streets. Sautéed filet tenderloin al Barolo with mushroom sauce & Broiled Prawns “Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh need new toys for boys and girls. For Films.” $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. 225 Fourth Enjoy music and hot latkes. Free meno- Year.” 11 am. Grand Army Plaza. (718) drop-off locations, call (718) 636-6569. Ave. www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) rahs and candles will be distributed. 5 230-2100. Free. Dessert JOY DRIVE: Starbucks Holiday Angels 857-4816. pm. (718) 596-4840. Free. PUPPETWORKS: presents French fairy collects new, unwrapped books and CAFE STEINHOF: presents the film, “The BARBES BAR: hosts a reading series. 6 pm. Prelibatezza ai due Cioccolatini Salsa Mou tale, “Beauty and the Beast.” $8, $7 toys for distribution to hospitalized Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993). 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. children. Recommended for ages 4 and White & Dark Chocolate Mousse Fondue children served by the Starlight Call for time. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents “An older. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Starbright Children’s Foundation. Drop 369-7776. Free. Ave. at Fourth Street. (718) 965-3391. Evening of the World’s Best Short Piccola Pasticceria off items at any hospital in Brooklyn. SMALL WORKS SHOW: Brooklyn Water- Films.” $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. 225 Fourth Assorted Cookies BROOKLYN BABIES: Brooklyn Public www.starlight.org. front Artists Coalition hosts a show. 2 Ave. www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) Library’s Sunset Park branch hosts a COAT DRIVE: 17th annual New York pm to 5 pm. See Sat., Dec. 17. 857-4816. short film, “Reading with Babies” by Cares Coat Drive. Drop-off locations $100 per person (Plus Sales Tax & Gratuity) $75 per child under 12 Susan Straub. Sign your baby up for an can be found online at www.nycares.org. ABC library card. Get expert advice on how to read. 1 pm. Sunset Park Library, Fourth Avenue at 51st Street. 345 Court Street at Union St. CARROLL GARDENS SUN, DEC 18 (718) 567-2806. Free. LIST YOUR EVENT… (718) 852-5015 • www.marcopoloristorante.com TRANSIT MUSEUM: Holiday workshop To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send your for kids, ages 4 and older, storytelling PERFORMANCE listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, (Also offering a special Christmas & New Year’s Eve Ala Carte Menu) and card making. $5, $3 kids and sen- VIOLIN: Brooklyn Public Library’s central iors. 1 pm. Schermerhorn Street at branch presents Australian violinist Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space Boerum Place. (718) 694-1823. Asmira Woodward-Page. 2 pm. Grand available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Make Your Reservations Now! CHRISTMAS PLAY: The Salvation Army Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. All Major Credit Cards Accepted – Free Valet Parking

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Jazz 966 Tuesdays: Femme Elite Entertainment Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, “Back 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Back by Popular Demand: Nightlife music by DJs Candy and Inez hosted to Brooklyn” with The Beat Miners, Clinton Hill, (718) 639-6910. “THE ANDREW GERARDI BAND” by Lisa Love, 6 pm, FREE; Wednes- midnight, $5; Mondays: Open turnta- Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan days: Comedy Showcase hosted by bles hosted by Elijah, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $10 donation. 10:00pm til 5:00am (music cover: $25) The Backroom Ray DeJon, 7 pm, $10; Thursdays: Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Dinero, 6 pm, 6 (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Underground Thursdays, 6 pm, FREE; FREE, DJ Tommy Talkz, 8 pm, FREE, The Jazz Spot Inlcuded: Lite Buffet & $3 Drink Specials Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, Fridays: After Work Karaoke hosted Hot Damn Tuesdaze (comedy night) 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosci- (Kamikazees, Woo Woo’s and Miller Drafts) (718) 622-7035, by Lisa Smiles, 6 pm, FREE, Live music with Dave Lester, 10 pm, FREE; uszko Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, www.freddysbackroom.com. and DJ, 11 pm, $5. Wednesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, Continued on page 13... Dec. 17: Issue release party for Soul F’Real, an R&B open mic for soul Water Street Restaurant “Johnny America,” 5 pm, Noblesse Club Exit singers, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Large & the UnderWater Lounge Oblige, 9:30 pm, Colin McNearney, 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Professor presents Timbuktu, 10 pm, THIS WEEK AT 10:30 pm, The Water, 11:30 pm, Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349- FREE; Fridays: OneAchord, poetic For Reservations: (718) 625-9352 • www.waterstreetrestaurant.com FREE; Dec. 18: Pub Quiz, 9:30 pm, 6969, www.club-exit.com. rhyme and vocal fusion, 9 pm, $7 66 Water Street / DUMBO Brooklyn (just over the Brooklyn Bridge) FREE; Dec. 19: Comedy night, 9 pm, Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, before 9 pm, $10 after 9 pm; Dec. 17: FREE; Dec. 20: Meowskers, 9:30 pm, $15 (ladies FREE until midnight); Jazzique, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 18: B Side, 9 THE BACK ROOM BEGINS FREE; Dec. 21: Karaoke contest (win- Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE; pm, $5; Dec. 23: Soul in the Hole, ner receives free canned ham), 9:30 Dec. 17: Robosexxual, 10 pm, $TBD. midnight, $5. pm, FREE; Dec. 22: Music from the NY Underground, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. Frank’s Lounge 23: Slim Francis, 9:30 pm, Sour- Club Xo Tongue, 10:30 pm, Pocket Monster, 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Greene, (718) 625-9339, 11:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 24: Owls- Flatlands, (718) 209-0525, www.frankscocktaillounge.com. largely improvised, 9:30 pm, FREE. www.clubxonyc.com. Saturdays and Fridays: “The Best of Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs BAM Cafe the Best” featuring live DJs, 11 pm, Tyrone and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tues- FREE before midnight, $TBD after days: Tuesday Night Live featuring 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in midnight. KoKo H Live, 9 pm, 2-drink minimum; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100, Wednesdays: Karaoke with Davey B, 8:30pm - Voice and Guitar est. 1953 www.bam.org. 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: (Downstairs) Dec. 17: Ethel with Gutbucket, 9 pm, Cornerstone Going beyond her critcally acclaimed Ffun Dance Party with DJs Tyrone, Greek song recitals Lina Orfanos $10 food/drink minimum. Bar Julian and Infinite, 8 pm, $5; Dec. 23: teams up with jazz and world music Restaurant & Pizzeria Gutbucket (above) will perform at the BAM Cafe on Dec. 17. 1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough (Upstairs) DJ T-Groove, 8 pm, FREE. guitarist Spiros Exaras for an exciting Barbes Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. evening of songs spanning ethnic Corporate & Private catering and musical cultures. ★ 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE. Galapagos ★ Slope, (718) 965-9177, FREE; Thursdays: Toque with DJ Nat www.cafesteinhof.com. 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 www.barbesbrooklyn.com. and live percussion sets, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. 21: J. Walter Hawkes Trio, 10:30 Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, CHRISTMAS EVE – 4 Course Dinner Crossroads 6pm - Anyone But You Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Fridays: World Beat Flavors, 9 pm, pm, FREE. www.galapagosartspace.com. 12 poets read poems by anyone Prix fixe $22.95 – Reserve Now! Wednesdays: Night of the Ravished FREE. Saloon Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 ★ but themselves – a kickoff to ★ Limbs, 9 pm, $8; Sundays: Stephane 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings pm, FREE; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Wrembel’s Hot Club of New York, 9 Cattyshack Highway in Sheepshead Bay, (718) Carl Rosenstock’s monthly Black Betty Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 17: Wakka poetry series Free Local Delivery • Valet Parking Fri & Sat pm, $8 suggested donation; Dec. 17: 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in 339-9393. Wakka Show, 7 pm, $7, Alexa Joel, 8 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Park Slope, (718) 230-5740, A live broadcast of WFMU’s Trans- Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599- Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, $5, Uncomun, 10 pm, $8; Dec. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 Open 7 days www.cattyshackbklyn.com. pacific Sounds Paradise with Chicha 0243, www.blackbetty.net. pm, FREE. 19: SMUT presents The First Nerve Libre, Mavrothis Kontanis, 6 pm, 7pm - Stories From The Back Room Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, Saturdays: (Main floor) DJs Daryl Ray- Magazine Reading in Ages, 7 pm, 7305 3rd Avenue • Bay Ridge • 718.745.0222 FREE, Andy Statman, 8 pm, $8, 4th Sherry Weaver’s Storytelling series: FREE; Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ mond & BK Brewster, 10 pm, $TBD; Dakar Cafe Hedwig Hanukkah Burlesque, 10 pm, St. Niteowls, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 18: James Braly, Xeni Fragakis, Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 Tuesdays: (Downstairs) Trivia Night 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue FREE; Dec. 20: Earl Dax’s Art Jam Beth Bahia Cohen, 8 pm, FREE, Michele Leona, Michaela Murphy pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince with Sancho, 7 pm, FREE, (Upstairs) in Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8900, presents Julie Goldman, Collective Michael Attias Credo CD release con- Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 After work party with rotating DJs, 5 www.dakarcafe.net. Opera Company, Joseph Keckler and cert, 10 pm, $8; Dec. 19: Don Rauf TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, $5, FREE after midnight; Wed- Saturdays: Afro-Samba, 9 pm, FREE; Erin Markey, Silvia and Wang Newton, presents The Annual Blowhole 7pm - Kevin Ray’s Songwriters Showcase pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Yah Supreme nesdays: (Downstairs) “I’m Okay, Tuesdays: T.K. Blue Ensemble, 8 pm, 7:30 pm, Pay-what-you-can; Dec. 21: Theater Holiday Show put together 9pm - Dan McCarthy’s Jazz Jam & Brohemian, 9:30 pm, FREE; Fridays: You’re Okay — Kara-Okay,” 9 pm, 10 pm, FREE Witches in Bikinis, Gandalf Murphy, 7 UNIQUE MEXICAN CUISINE by Life in a Blender, 7 pm, FREE; Dec. The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne, pm, $7, Mr. B’s Vaudeville All Stars’ 20: The George Rush 4, 7 pm, FREE; FREE to watch, $5 all you can sing, 11 pm, FREE. Holiday Smackdown, 10 pm, $10; Judy Joice of The Lion’s FREE DELIVERY Dec. 21: Tim Berne’s Paraphrase, 8 (Upstairs) “Oink!” with DJ Floyd for D Vine Artiste dirty boys hosted by PJ, 9 pm, $3; Dec. 22: Lip Service: A Tribute to Tina Head and Robin Hirsch pm, 10 pm, $8 per set; Dec. 22: Cafe Turner, Holiday Style, 7 pm, $8, Myka of Cornelia Street Cafe $10 minimum Brewed by Noon, 8 pm, $10, Ben Bodegas Thursdays: (Upstairs) Schoolhouse 492 Nostrand Ave. at Hancock Street Nine, 10 pm, $7. have joined forces to open Monder, 10 pm, $5; Dec. 23: Barbes with DJ ’Lina & Daryl Raymond, 9 pm, –––––––––– 860 Fulton St. at Clinton Avenue in in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 230- Night and Day. Happy Hour Hanukkah Party with The East River Clinton Hill, (718) 230-3728. $TBD; Fridays: (Main floor) All- 0303. Orchestra, 8 pm, Aaron Alexander’s request after-work party with DJ Hank’s Saloon We are delighted to Everyday Fridays: The Aural Assault Project with Thursdays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE. Midrash Mish Mosh, 10 pm, FREE; DJ Kahn, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: In Lugnut, Cirrah with DJ Mark James, 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in welcome Simon Glenn, House Margaritas Dec. 24: River Alexander & his Mad House with Demetrius & Malik featur- and rotating go-go with Maine & Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003. who comes to us from ten 4-7pm Jazz Hatters, 8 pm, Astoriani, 10 pm, ing live percussion and funky visuals, 8 Sarah and Cinnamon & Keisha, 10 Europa Night Sundays: Sean Kershaw & the New years in New Orleans, FREE. pm, FREE. pm, $5; Dec. 17: “63 Inches,” Club Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE (dona- as our new chef. –––––––––– tion suggested); Wednesdays: Mobs- Trans/GenderQueer representation, LUNCH SPECIALS 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan cenity, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 17: Simon & Bembe 10 pm, $5 ($7 after 11 pm); Dec. 24: Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 383- Restaurant • Bar • Jazz • Performance –––––––––– Cafe Steinhof the Bar Sinisters, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in DJ BK Brewster and DJ Daryl Ray- 5723, www.europaclub.com. Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner Live Entertainment 23: Michael Louis Trio, 10 pm, FREE. Weekend Brunch • Parties • Champagne Weekend Williamsburg, (718) 387-5389, Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, mond, Time TBD, $TBD. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, Every Saturday www.bembe.us. Escargots • Tuna Confit • Flights of Wine Tequila • Single Batch Bourbon Brunch Saturdays: Rhum, live DJs alongside The Hook 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street A touch of New Orleans in the kitchen Sat & Sun, 11-3:30pm live Latin percussion flavors, 9 pm, and dining under the stars in the most FREE; Sundays: No Selectors with in Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, beautiful back room in Brooklyn –––––––––– www.thehookmusic.com. www.cantinaparkslope.com live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Cold Hands with DJ DiGilog and special TALK TO US… Dec. 17: The Love Handles, David 230 Fifth Avenue guest vocalists, 9 pm, FREE; To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name of venue, address with Hershey-Webb, The Runs, 8 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Natural Selections with DJ cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send list- Dec. 23: Encryption, 9 pm, Dark Eden, at President Street in Park Slope Jon Bless (JB) and guests, 9 pm, ings and color photos of performers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are 9:45 pm, S.O.A.L., 10:45 pm, Nek- (718) 399-2161 494 4th Ave. (at 12th St.) • 718-369-5850 FREE; Wednesdays: Convalescence free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. ronet, 11:45 pm, Deimos, 12:45 am, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, End of an Era, 1:45 am, followed by December 17, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 534-9350 AWP 13 Nightlife...

Continued from page 12... in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, (718) 453-7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. www.petescandystore.com. Mondays: Jam Session, 8 pm, $5; Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Oldies but Goodies, Time Dec. 17: Paul Foglino, 8 pm, Ted City’s tree hugger TBD, $TBD; Dec. 17: Sharp Radway Houghton, 9 pm, Amy Hills, 10 pm, 76 Trio, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight, $10. Trombones, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 18: Vic Varney, 8:30 pm, Shtreiml, 9:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 19: Private Eleanor, 9 pm, Kili Bar-Cafe Smite, 10 pm, The Other Things, 11 His job: Save the sycamores around OEM 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum pm, FREE; Dec. 20: Bingo, 7 pm, Hill, (718) 855-5574. Stokes’ Holiday Extravaganza, 7:30 with green business cards, Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, pm, Cheyenne, 10:30 pm, FREE; Dec. By Ariella Cohen FREE; Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, 21: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Kelli Scarr, 10 The Brooklyn Papers has never been the only hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. pm, Chad King, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 22: There are no short- tree consultant out there, Squeezebox, 9 pm, Daniel Hightower but he is the arborist most Laila Lounge Smith, 10 pm, FREE. ages of people voicing likely to get the call. 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue their opinions at a con- in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Puppet’s Jazz “I should be; I started struction site — work- www.lailalounge.com. Bar the business,” he bragged. Sundays: Concrescence Sessions fea- ers, architects, engi- turing a rotating cast of musicians and 294 Fifth Ave. at Second Street in And a hard business it is. visualists, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Park Slope, (718) 499-2627, neers, protesters — but www.puppetsjazz.com. “Sometimes you have to Karaoke Madness with the Corn-Fed Bruce McInnes speaks hand-dig around the roots,” Sisters, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Fruity Dec. 17: Randy Johnston Trio, 9 pm, only for the trees. Loops (Gay Night), 10 pm, FREE; $5; Dec. 18: Jam session hosted by said Jack Mesango, a vice Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Show- Jaime Aff, 5 pm, $TBD; Dec. 19: Organ It was a tree in jeopardy trio with William Ash, 7:15 pm, $5; Dec. president at Bovis, the case with an open mic, 7:30 pm, Live this week that brought company overseeing con- music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 17: DJ 20: Jaime Aff Trio, 7:15 pm, $5; Dec. McInnes to the Office of Pascal and VJ Rolf, 10 pm, FREE. 21: Alex Blake Birthday Bash, 9 pm, $5; struction at the site. Dec. 22: Arturo O’Farrill with Alex Emergency Management The OEM site brought a Blake, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 23: Happy Hour headquarters, now being Les Babouches with JC Bass, 6:30 pm, Pups Vibes with whole new series of com- built on Cadman Plaza 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Bill Ware, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 24: Pups plications for the veteran Ridge, (718) 833-1700. Vibes with Bill Ware, 7:15 pm, $5. East, where he ordered Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer around construction work- tree-hugger. Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Rbar “It’s all top-secret stuff,” Callan / Tom Belly dancer Marta, 8 pm, FREE. ers and re-routed fences on 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue behalf of a wounded he said of the concrete foun- in Greenpoint, (718) 486-6116. Callan / Tom dation of the security fence Liberty Heights Mondays: Guest bartender nights, 9 Sycamore. Tap Room pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Mikey’s Big Gay “Trees and excavations that is now the biggest foe to 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Pajama Party, 11 pm, FREE; Wednes- are at odds with each oth- the Sycamores along the Red Hook, (718) 246-8050, days: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Thurs- Papers The Brooklyn days: Comedy Night, 8 pm, FREE. er,” said McInnes, who has perimeter of the property. www.libertyheightstaproom.com. Bruce McInnes shows roots of tree that he is trying to pro- Thursdays: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; been the city’s unofficial “It’s for security,” he The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Dec. 17: Gutenflower, 11 pm, FREE. Ripple Bar tree savior since 1977. said. “But we want to make tect as construction of new OEM building continues on 769 Washington Ave. at Sterling Place Trees are protected along Cadman Plaza East. McInnes, a taciturn man sure the trees are safe, too.” Cadman Plaza East. Lillie’s in Crown Heights, (917) 657-3468, www.ripplebar.com. 46 Beard St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook, (718) 858-9822. Saturdays and Fridays: Live DJ party, 10:30 pm, FREE; Mondays: Comedy Thursdays: Nadine’s Open Mic, 8 pm, night, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Live FREE. jazz session, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Liquors DJ Victorious, 10:30 pm, FREE. 219 DeKalb Ave. at Clermont Avenue Sista’s Place in Fort Greene, (718) 488-7700. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Tuesdays: The Patrick Wolff Trio, 8 pm, Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) FREE. Nets take 2 of 4 on the week 398-1766, www.sistasplace.org. Dec. 17: Tia Fuller & Lakecia Benjamin, The Lucky Cat 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $20 per set. By Lucky Ngamwajasat their first two games during the took 48-47, but the Nets would re- But no lead is safe for the Nets cent for the Nets, who were booed off 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in for The Brooklyn Papers stretch, the Nets faltered and failed to claim dominance, led by Mr. Double- lately. The Swamp Things had a 17- the court by the home fans. (Perhaps Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Solomon’s www.theluckycat.com. get out of their early season malaise. Double, Jason Kidd, who finished point lead in the second half, but the reception will be better in Brook- Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor Porch Nets 97 Against Charlotte, the Nets with 11 points and 11 assists and James got the Cavaliers back in the lyn. Yeah, right.) and keyboard karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street Charlotte 84 battled an up-and-coming Richard Jefferson, who game, scoring 32 with some spectac- Carter and Jefferson both scored Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Bobcat team, lead by scored 21. ular dunks of his own. 26, and the Nets were within eight in Night hosted by Claire Bowman, 7 pm, Sundays: Open mic, 6 pm, FREE. Dec. 7, at Charlotte FREE; Wednesdays: Hex! with DJ 2004-5 Rookie of The Nets moved Donyell Marshall and Damon the fourth quarter, but it was not Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 17: Southpaw Nets 109 the Year, Emeka on to Cleveland to Jones came off the bench to kill the enough against A.I. and Philadelphia. Everything You Ever Wanted, 9 pm, 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Okafor. Looking face LeBron James, Nets with open looks for three — a The Nets looked like they got a The Saturday Night Stomp, 10 pm, Cavaliers 100 Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, to lead his team and assorted other recurring Nets failure this season. break against Washington, when star FREE, Coffin Daggers, 10:30 pm, Gein www.spsounds.com. Dec. 9, at Cleveland and the Grave Robbers, 11:30 pm, and and snap its Cavaliers, in a Marshall tied the game at 87 with a guard Gilbert Arenas was sidelined Dec. 17: Omar with W. Ellington more, $5; Dec. 18: Tiffany Pfeiffer & 76ers 107 four-game los- NOTHIN’BUT game that was lay-up and it looked liked the Nets Felton, DJ Neil Nice, produced by with an injury. Unfortunately, the en- the Discarnate Band, 9 pm, Hall of Somaya Oveslati, 9 pm, $15; Dec. 21: ing streak, filled with high- would blow another one. Mirrors, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 19: The Nets 95 tire Net squad played like they were Imani House Benefit, 8 pm, $TBD; Carter took light reel dunks Sepia Trio, 9:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 22: But Jefferson and Kidd saved the the ones in pain. New Jersey shot a Dec. 22: JellyNYC presents The Spinto Dec. 10, at E. Rutherford Lo-fi Entertainment presents Brooklyn control of the from Carter and day for the Nets in the fourth. Kidd Band, Aeroplane Pageant, R.U.O.K., pitiful 3 for 17 from three-point land Rocks! with Marco Argiro, 8 pm, game in the first Bron-Bron. and special guests, 8 pm, $10; Dec. Wizards 94 got a clutch steal, which led to a Jef- Elvisbeatlesgod, 9 pm, Center of Zero, and allowed Arenas’s replacement, 23: Bekay, Kasual, Tah Phrum Da Bush, half, scoring 16 en Carter smashed ferson basketball and New Jersey es- 10 pm, Read ’em and Weep, 11 pm, Nets 74 ETS Jarvis Hayes, to abuse them. Hayes 9 pm, $TBD. route to a team high through the Cavs, from $8; Dec. 23: Finger on the Pulse, 10 N caped with a W. N scored 19 in a game that the Nets lost Dec. 13, at Washington 23. outside with jumpers, and pm, FREE. The team returned home, greeted early and often. Stain The former Air Canada from the interior with his fe- by Allen Iverson and the division- The LuLu 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Vince Carter is known as Vin-San- took flight in Carolina, with a cou- rocious slams. He led all scorers with Lucky’s Last Licks Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, leading Sixers. Iverson torched the Lounge www.stainbar.com. ity, but the Nets this season have been ple of rim-rocking jams that gave the 38 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Nets, exploding for 42 points and 12 The Nets finally won the 1,000th (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm, FREE; decidedly Vin-consistent. The Brook- future Brooklynites a 45-37 lead go- New Jersey dialed in from long dis- assists. The recipient of those assists game in their franchise’s history Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal lyn-bound New Jersey Nets played ing into the half. tance early and often, shooting 8 for was Kyle Korver, who went ballistic, against Charlotte…Jason Collins re- 218-7889, www.ricerepublic.com. open mic hosted by singers/songwrit- Charlotte came out strong in the 15 from three-point land and had a Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: ers, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Benecio three out of four on the road this shooting 10 for 11 for 26 points. turned from his leg injury off the Karaoke, 8 pm, FREE. and the Del Toros, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. week, including a date with King Le- second half, forcing the Nets into seemingly comfortable nine point Philly shot a stunning 57 percent bench. Cliff Robinson started in his 17: Nate Smith Jazz Quartet, Cecil Bron in Cleveland. After winning some costly turnovers, and briefly lead going into the half. from the field, compared to 41 per- absence. Magnetic Field Dreeme, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 18: Chelsea Labate, 9 pm, FREE. 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Tea Lounge Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in 9 pm, FREE; Dec. 17: The Plungers, Park Slope, (718) 789-2762, Booty Olympics, 8 pm, $5; Dec. 18: www.tealoungeny.com. BCAT Program Guide – What’s on Brooklyn Community Access Television The Second Fiddles, Frank Fotusky, Dec. 22: Shaul Besser Group, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 23: Rasmer, 9 NO TRAINS… 7:30 pm, $5; Dec. 23: Cash Carson, 8 pm, $6. pm, 10:30 pm, FREE. Continued from page 1 Nalani’s Cafe Tommy’s ner project will not put an even bigger cork in the Downtown Brooklyn bottleneck. and Lounge Tavern Fears about a permanent gridlock near the Atlantic-Flatbush 565 Vanderbilt Ave. at Pacific Street in 1041 Manhattan Ave. at Freeman Prospect Heights, (347) 645-0507, Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383-9699. intersection prompted Forest City Ratner to announce this week BrooKenya! www.nalanicafe.com. Dec. 19: Langenus, Beckman, Taber, that it’s talking to a traffic consulting firm that specializes in get- Saturdays: Krush Groove, 9 pm, FREE; Harris, Cousins, Francisco, Bonedust, 8 ting fans to and from crowded arenas. by Rahul Chadha Sundays: An open poetic exhibit of pm, $5. Ratner had been prodded to hire the Florida-based firm, Gameday words produced by Jenesis Soul, 7 Management Group, by Millman and Community Board 6. pm, FREE; Thursdays: Soulful Thurs- Trash Bar days hosted by Red, 9 pm, FREE; Forest City Ratner is reportedly also working on a deal with he phrase “global community theater” is one that would not 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, the MTA to give MetroCard discounts to Brooklyn Nets ticket- strike Kate Gardner as oxymoronic. The Brooklyn resident www.thetrashbar.com. holders to encourage them to use mass transit on game days. T National Dec. 17: Chandler and the Chasers, 9 The New York Post reported this week that the idea is “being relied on that very premise in founding the non-profit arts organi- Restaurant pm, Edison Rocket Train, 10 pm, Eric Ambel & The Roscoe Trio, 11 pm, A- bounced around by team brass … to quell community concern zation Community Theatre Internationale and in producing what 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Bones, midnight, $12; Dec. 18: Les over the traffic nightmare.” Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) would become the BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Couleurs, 8 pm, Copper Man, 9 pm, Although such a scheme might encourage mass transit useage, Don’t Remember, 10 pm, Finn, 11 pm, Saturdays: Live Russian music and one transportation expert said the Nets were giving the discount $6; Dec. 19: Prize Tiger, 9 pm, The special BrooKenya! “I want people to realize how powerful commu- dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix Shorebirds, 10 pm, Checkbook Bio- in “the wrong place.” fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Russian graphy, 11 pm, D.N.R., midnight, Wel- “You need to discount the [game] ticket by $10” to encourage nity theater is, and how transformative it can be,” says Gardner. music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE lington Ladies Welfare League, 1 am, (with $50 prix fixe dinner); Sundays: transit ridership, not discount MetroCards by $1, said Carolyn $6; Dec. 20: Kervin, 8 pm, Coman- Konheim of Community Consulting Services. “In a way, the main message of the BCAT piece is the successful Live Russian music and dance show, 7 dante Zero, 9 pm, Amorea, 10 pm, The pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner). Jungle Junkies, 11 pm, $6; Dec. 21: Her partner, Brian Ketcham, told the same elected officials creation of a network of global theater.” The Bathtub Marys, 8 pm, The Silent earlier this month that it’s time for New York City to bite the bul- Night and Day Alarm, 9 pm, Jack Butler, 10 pm, I let and put tolls on the East River bridges. The seeds for what would eventually “the round table”—to hash out plot BrooKenya!, a collaborative Restaurant Crime, 11 pm, Awesome Color, mid- “All of the development that is going on downtown will add become the show BrooKenya!, which was lines and dialogue. Some of the actors night, $6; Dec. 22: Primer Black, 9 pm, soap opera whose plot lines 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Agnosis, 10 pm, In Extremis, 11 pm, 100,000 more vehicle trips through the area every day, doubling made possible through the support from and writers who ended up in the project Park Slope, (718) 399-2161, take place in the Kenyan city of Randall Flagg, midnight, $8; Dec. 23: individuals and the New York State fell into the fold after walking by shoots www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. the current traffic,” Ketcham said. “The only way to alter the traf- Southside Guitars Christmas Party fic patterns is to toll the bridges.” Council on the Arts as administrated by occurring in their neighborhood and Kinsumu (top) and Brooklyn Tuesdays: Live jazz jam hosted by the Show, 8 pm, West, 9 pm, Figo, 10 pm, Dan McCarthy Trio, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. Deaf by Stereo, 11 pm, Red Sky Markowitz has said that “every alternative” should be consid- the Brooklyn Arts Council, were planted asking what was going on. (bottom), will be cablecast on 17: “It’s Not Just Greek to Me” with Morning, midnight, $6. ered — except that one. a few days after the events of September By February 2004 Garner found her- vocalist Lina Orfanos and guitarist “Tolling those bridges is a non-starter — not gonna happen,” BCAT this week. Spiros Exaras, 8:30 pm, $10; Dec. 18: 11, when Gardner and several friends self on a plane bound for Kinsumu, Anyone But You, 6 pm, FREE; Dec. 19: Two Boots he told The Brooklyn Papers. “It’s DOA. It’s an additional tax on fliered the streets of her Brooklyn neigh- Kenya, bringing with her 15 completed she also manages to slip in an implicit Speakeasy, 7 pm, FREE; Dec. 20: Brooklyn Brooklynites and, therefore, discriminatory. borhood with a call to found a commu- scenes written, acted and produced Songwriter Showcase hosted by Kevin critique of the misogyny found in 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in “I don’t want to see it in the DEIS,” he continued. “The state nity art project. The overwhelming entirely on a volunteer basis. Ray, 7 pm, FREE. Park Slope, (718) 499-3253, and the developer have hired great traffic consultants. They have Kenyan culture. Other storylines focus response resulted in a series of art shows “First we came up with characters,” www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. to be creative.” on the AIDS pandemic, teen pregnancy Night of the Dec. 17: The Blues Prophets, 10 pm, held at the Mark Morris Dance Center says Gardner. “I didn’t know anything The city’s Department of Transportation has offered little guid- and issues of racial identity. Says Cookers FREE. that was supposed to run for only six about soap operas, so I started reading ance. In its Downtown Brooklyn Transportation Blueprint, which Gardner, “People ended up writing 767 Fulton St. at South Portland weeks. “It ended up running for eight about them. What I found was that Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 797- 200 Fifth was released in May, the agency foresaw gridlock after all the pro- scenes that touched on social issues that months,” recalls Gardner with a delight- they’re almost like a global language 1197. 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in posed and approved development is completed. they wanted to explore.” Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Park Slope, (718) 638-2925. ed grin. spoken everywhere.” Thirteen months “If future employees in projected office developments com- It’s obvious from her work that Sundays: Live music, noon, FREE; Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae mute by auto at rates near existing rates, [traffic] would not be ac- That sort of good fortune seems to after Gardner’s trip, the Kenyan team Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; and hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men Gardner’s definition of community is commodated on the existing roadway network,” the report said. have tailed Gardner—who has worked had managed to shoot 13 of their own Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. $10; Fridays: Friday Night Salsa with a not bound by geographic or cultural live salsa band and DJs Blazer One and It concluded that frustrated drivers would begin their commutes variously as an activist, organizer and scenes. Gardner and her colleagues boundaries. She’s found a way to use the Northsix Big Will spinning salsa, reggae, hip- either before or after the traditional “rush hour,” creating, in ef- community theater group member—in combed through many different plot hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10. tools of globalization to build bridges 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in fect, rush hours that last all morning and all afternoon. her amazing effort to produce lines that were shot to pull out a few to Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, between the dissimilar communities of Vox Po p “We want to make sure traffic flows as smoothly as possible,” BrooKenya!.In October 2001 she met be included in the BrooKenya! BCAT www.northsix.com. said FCR spokesman Joe DePlasco. Brooklyn and Kinsumu. Separated by Dec. 17: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Kenyan activist and health educator special. 7,000 miles, stretched over the Atlantic Talibam, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, Kitche Magak at an international per- The show represents an artistic day of the show; Dec. 18: Sunno, www.voxpopnet.net. Ocean and the middle of the African formance conference held in New York endeavor that spans two continents and Growing, Nachmystium, 9 pm, $10 in Dec. 17: Athena Reich and Kristi Mar- continent, two groups of writers, actors advance, $12 day of the show; Dec. tell, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; City. After Magak returned to Kenya, helps dispel the generational, gender and and show producers found themselves 22: (Downstairs) Repellent, Kimono Dec. 21: Rebecca Pronsky and friends, the pair continued a conversation that sexual barriers of both cultures. The Draggin’, Mark Dwinell, 9 pm, $8. 8 pm, FREE. treading on an abundance of common occurred mostly by email, and came up varying plots of the BCAT version of ground to found a truly global commu- Peggy O’Neill’s Waterfront Ale TOUGHTS… with an idea for a collaborative soap BrooKenya! are rife with some of the plot nity theater. “What I feel like I have dis- (two locations) opera whose plot lines traversed both the conventions one would expect from a House covered with BrooKenya! is this strange 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay 155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Continued from page 1 geographic and cultural gaps that sepa- soap opera—children born out of wed- methodology of bringing disparate peo- Ridge, (718) 748-1400, Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-3794, None of the participants were ever told who was behind the rate the borough of Kings from the lock are given up for adoption, decades- www.peggyoneillsbr.com. www.waterfrontalehouse.com. ple together to create something that can polling — but many had an idea. Kenyan city of Kinsumu. old secret trysts are uncovered in Saturdays: DJ Rob and live music, 10 Dec. 17: Draa Hobbs Quartet, 11 pm, show everyone new possibilities,” says pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with FREE; Dec. 23: Matt Smith, 11 pm, “I am sure it was Ratner,” said Kalick. Even in the face of significant tear-jerking scenes—but the storylines Gardner. Rod, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Beer FREE. “Holding a professional focus group is not cheap and who else communication limitations, dialogue have been infused with the voices and Pong, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Trivia would do that?” –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Night, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: between the groups was unfettered. In experiences of the many people who Zebulon Dozens of tightly focussed sessions were held. Blacks were re- Karaoke with DJ Rob, 9 pm, FREE; 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan November 2003 Magak and an associate volunteered that created the scenes This special presentation of Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218- cruited for one, Park Slope residents for another, and business producer on BrooKenya! made their way between 2003 and 2005. BrooKenya! can be seen in 21: Peggy O’Neill’s Christmas Party, 7 6934, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. owners in a third. pm, FREE. Dec. 17: Baye Kouyate et les Touga- to Brooklyn, where they were able to One of the Kenyan plot lines revolves Brooklyn on BCAT on Wed., Dec. The developer was not mentioned by name, but project archi- shoot a number of scenes that would link around a woman whose husband seeks a 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in rake (music from Mali), 10 pm, FREE; tect Frank Gehry and landscape architect Lauri Olin were men- 21 at 9pm and Fri., Jan. 27 at 8pm Coney Island, (718) 449-3200, Dec. 18: Amayo’s Fu-Arkist-Ra featur- the characters from Kenya and Brooklyn second wife in a misguided effort to sire www.peggyoneillsci.com. ing The Antibalas Horn & Rhythm tioned — repeatedly modified by the adjective “world famous,” within the show. A team of dedicated a male heir. The deceit and subterfuge on Time Warner Cable channel 56, Saturdays: DJ Joey, 11 pm, FREE; Section, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 19: Jorge according to a recording obtained by The Brooklyn Papers. Mondays: Monday Night Football, 7 Constentino, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 20: volunteers met religiously in Gardner’s engaged in by the character is pure soap Cablevision channel 69 and stream- Forest City Ratner has used focus groups in the past to test re- pm, FREE. Freedom Art Quartet, 10 pm, FREE; kitchen—around what had been dubbed opera melodrama, but during one scene ing live online at www.bcat.tv/bcat. Dec. 21: Chorus of Poets, 6 pm, FREE; sponse to its plans, a spokesman said. 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