Slope Mom Creates TV Series About Her Own Kind Tic Avenue and Smith Street and Along Fourth Avenue at by COLIN MIXSON Since 2002
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April 6–12, 2018 Including Brooklyn Courier, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, & Williamsburg Courier FREE ALSO SERVING PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, KENSINGTON, AND GOWANUS Cyclists get head start at select crossings BY JULIANNE CUBA And they’re off! Cyclists can now start ped- aling through some Kings County intersections 10 sec- onds before the drivers next to them, city transit leaders announced last week at one of those junctures in Boerum Hill. The head start, which al- ready exists for pedestrians at more than 2,000 crosswalks across the fi ve boroughs, makes it safer for bike riders because it allows motorists to see them before they put pedal to metal, according to a local civic guru. “It allows someone on a bike to get into a driver’s fi eld THE SHOW MUST GO MOM: Park Sloper Alexandra Foucard, left, is raising money to produce a comedic series she wrote about motherhood in the of vision,” said Eric McClure, neighborhood that will feature actresses Zillah Glory, center, and Irene Glezos, right. Photo by Jordan Rathkopf the head of Community Board 6’s Transportation Committee, who also runs the street-safety group StreetsPAC. “Just a sig- nifi cant improvement — gives pedestrians and bikers time before drivers head out.” The Department of Trans- portation is installing “cy- MAMA DRAMA clists use pedestrian signal” signs at 19 Kings County inter- sections — including at Atlan- Slope mom creates TV series about her own kind tic Avenue and Smith Street and along Fourth Avenue at BY COLIN MIXSON since 2002. “The show ex- Machiavellian path to reclaim side of Park Slope but offers Dean, 18th, 19th, 21st, 29th, Even television shows are lo- plores the area’s underbelly, their once stress-free bake to assist Fuller-Fowler in the 30th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, cally sourced in Park Slope! and that’s where the comedy sales, according to the show’s hope that her hard work will 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, A Slope mom is collecting comes from.” creator, an actress whose re- help her to relocate to the cov- 59th, 62nd, and 63rd streets — cash from neighbors to bring Foucard’s “Park Slope sume includes roles in theater, eted enclave; and inveterate where the head starts, or so- a comedic series she penned Moms” focuses on the ex- fi lm, and television. schemer Nina Stanfi eld, who called Leading Pedestrian In- about life in the stroller capi- ploits of made-up matri- “She runs the PTA like she claims to be a government tervals, are already available tal of Brooklyn — and the pa- archs who serve on the par- used to run her law offi ce, and spy and relentlessly plots the to those traversing the pave- rental utopia’s dark side — to ent-teacher association of PS the women are so tired of it, mom-in-chief’s downfall. ment on foot. At these inter- the small screen. 519 — a fi ctional elementary they try to do her in — liter- And although the learning sections, the walk signal for “Park Slope is very in- school — and the mothers’ ally,” said Foucard, who will house and its mothers are fi g- pedestrians appears seven-to- teresting in that everything struggle for power within the play Fuller-Fowler in the se- ments of Foucard’s imagina- 11-seconds before a red light looks pretty and is politically cutthroat organization. ries. tion, powerful Park Slope par- turns green , allowing people correct on the surface, but The association’s leader is The maniacal president ent-teacher associations are to move before vehicle traffi c then you scratch that a lit- ferocious lawyer turned stay- helms the group comprised anything but. starts driving in the same di- tle bit and fi nd it’s not quite at-home mom Carlotta Fuller- of other characters including Last year, public-pol- rection. what you thought,” said Al- Fowler, a character whose ty- pill-popping wino Paula Os- icy watchdog the Center for The Brooklyn signs giv- exandra Foucard, who has rannical reign as president terberg; association underling American Progress released Continued on page 22 lived in the neighborhood leads lesser members down a Angela Polo, who lives out- Continued on page 22 A CNG Publication Vol. 38 No. 14 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE Tricky NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D<KIFK<:?:<EK<IEFIK?('K?=CFFI9IFFBCPE#EP(()'( situation Park Slope resident Kevin Cho watched in awe as wand- The kid’s alright: 12-year-old pia- nist Julian Raheb will play several songs that he wrote himself at the Regina Opera Company’s gala concert on April 8. Jeff Raheb wielding wizard Mark Mitton — a magician who has lent his tal- ented hand to fi lm, Broadway, Young at art and circus productions — per- Preteen pianist performs original opera pieces By Adam Lucente formed the work of the junior composer. said Raheb, he was inspired to set it as influences, developed his songwrit- ere’s listening to you, kid! His songs include a piano and flute to music. His compositions begin with ing skills with help from the New York A Park Slope piano prodigy duet, which Raheb will play alongside flut- straight-forward tunes, he said. Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers formed a coin-in-the-can gag Hwill debut three of his original ist Richard Paratley; a second piece with “Usually I think of a simple melody, Program, according to his father Jeff. tunes at a concert with the Regina Opera lyrics taken from the Langston Hughes and then I harmonize it,” he said. The younger Raheb dreams of someday Company this weekend. The Company’s poem “I, too,” with the pint-sized pianist Garber describes Raheb as a “prodigy,” playing solo in that famed Philharmonic 48th Annual Gala Concert on April 8 accompanying soprano Courteney Wilds; and said she was surprised the first time concert hall, but said that for now, he is will feature a collection of famous arias, and a third, orchestral tune based on the she heard his original compositions. happy to finally showcase his own songs Broadway tunes, and the world premiere apocalyptic poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert “I thought it was remarkable a young for a Brooklyn audience. of three songs from 12-year-old Julian Frost. Raheb will also play a short piece by person wrote all that music,” she said. “For “I like other people hearing my music,” during an enchanted evening Raheb. The preteen pianist blooms while Chopin during the concert. a young person, his music is quite interest- said Raheb. “I see what I accomplished in front of a keyboard, said Regina’s Raheb said he is most excited to hear ing and melodic.” and all the hard work I put into it.” chairwoman. his song of ice and fire performed by the She played Raheb’s music for the com- Regina Opera Company’s 48th “He’s shy except for when you put him company. pany’s orchestra without telling them who Anniversary Gala Concert at Basilica of in front of a piano,” said Francine Garber. “I think the music I wrote really wrote it. They liked the tunes, she said, Our Lady of Perpetual Help school audi- “The keys fly off ’cause he’s so skilled.” matched the poem,” said Raheb. “When and were blown away when they found out torium (5902 Sixth Ave., between 59th and at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Raheb has played piano with Regina I hear that poem, I can picture it in my that 12-year-old Raheb was the boy behind 60th streets in Sunset Park, (718) 259–2772, before, but the concert this Saturday will mind.” the notes. www.reginaopera.org). April 8 at 3 pm. $15 mark the first time the company has per- The first time he heard Frost’s poem, Raheb, who credits Chopin and Bach ($13 in advance). Central branch, where several Your entertainment esteemed sorcerers and local guide Page 39 illusionists gathered on March 28 to dazzle a crowd with stunts and stories from the borough’s Police Blotter ..........................8 magical past. 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