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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • , NY • ©2012 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn and Williamsburg AWP/12 pages • Vol. 35, No. 27 • July 13–19, 2012 • FREE SCUM RUSH Invasive species no good for fi sh, birds, turtles, advocates say

By Natalie O’Neill house in the past few weeks — po- The Brooklyn Paper Meadows of tentially hogging oxygen and block- An invasive pond fern has taken ing sunlight, according to Cornell over the lake, and University’s Chuck O’Neill. nature lovers fear the verdant gunk “It has a tendency to crowd out will choke out aquatic life and make other plants and cause mortality in turtles blind. fish,” said O’Neill, who special- A rapidly growing species called izes in the study of invasive spe-

azolla caroliniana has formed a cies. “It’s a nuisance.” Photo by Bryan Bruchman sprawling green and red sheen on SHAME The researcher says contam- Prospect Park’s lake is coated in a thick layer of the surface of the lake by the boat- See LAKE on page 3 aquatic plantlife. ‘Redeemer’ redevelopment

Photo by Elizabeth Graham Church near arena to be demolished, rebuilt with retail or housing Bicycle teacher Eddie Carmona shows adults how to ride. By Natalie O’Neill ner with a private developer to con- The Brooklyn Paper struct a building with a church on the Religious leaders will bulldoze a ground floor and either residential or crumbling-but-historic church a few commercial space above it. steps from the Barclays Center to con- Duncan said no details about the size Pedaling 101 struct a new house of worship — and or aesthetics of the building have been a shopping or living space above it, confirmed — but city zoning permits a church officials say. structure up to 120 feet tall, or roughly Bklyn’s adult cycling instructor Congregation leaders at the Church 10 stories, at the site. of the Redeemer — a 150-year-old brick Neighbors mourned the loss of the teaches grown-ups how to bike building on Pacific Street and Fourth charming structure, which sits on a Avenue — say the aging edifice must piece of real estate near the soon-to- By Natalie O’Neill “independent cycling instructor” — be demolished because it’s structur- open arena, saying several other old The Brooklyn Paper comes in. ally unsafe. and beautiful houses of worship have They say you never forget how to With Prospect Park as his training “We want to take something con- been demolished in recent years in the ride a bike, unless you never learned ground, the bike mechanic–cum–cy- demned and turn it into something so-called Borough of Churches. in the first place. cling guru has taught dozens of grown- beautiful,” said congregation spokes- “It’s sad,” said Howard Kollins, a That’s where Eddie Carmona — ups (so far, all of them women) to let man Shawn Duncan. Photo by Elizabeth Graham Boerum Hill resident. the borough’s only adult-focused See BIKES on page 9 The Episcopal church plans to part- The Church of the Redeemer on Fourth Avenue will be demolished. See CHURCH on page 9 DOG STARS ‘Jaws’ and ‘Black Widow’ Unleaded! come out on top at Nathan’s Slope shop stops selling potentially toxic furniture By Alfred Ng Competition with 45 HDBs (hot for The Brooklyn Paper dogs and buns), giving the famed By Natalie O’Neill “The Black Widow” could not athlete her second-straight Coney The Brooklyn Paper be squashed. Island women’s victory. A shop owner Photo by Paul Martinka Legendary competitive eater So- “I’m going to be 45, and I wanted is pulling salvaged-wood fur- First comes the gluttony nya Thomas smashed the female to eat my age,” Thomas said. niture off the shelves after — then comes the glory for world record at the Nathan’s Fa- The Virginia resident and Burger parents claimed it contained Joey “Jaws” Chestnut. mous International Hot Dog Eating See NATHAN’S on page 9 lead-based paint that’s dan- Penman Jill of Courtesy gerous to kids. ulations limited the use of the Chris Houghton — owner heavy metal. of the rustic home furnishing “This is a big deal to me,” Recount for Kobayashi store Trailer Park on Sterling Place near Sixth Avenue — he said. “I don’t want to hurt By Alfred Ng versy again on July 4 when record- says he will no longer sell kids — I have kids.” for The Brooklyn Paper keepers at a first-ever Bushwick furniture made from recycled Houghton is now work-

Talk about a disappointing meal. frankfurter fest announced he de- Photo by Paul Martinka barn wood that was slathered ing with a consumer safety Hot dog eating legend Takeru Ko- voured 68.5 HDBs (hot dogs and buns) Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas broke the female with lead-based paint decades group, which may recall the bayashi chewed his way into contro- See KOBAYASHI on page 9 world record and won her second women’s belt at the ago, before public health reg- See LEAD on page 9 2012 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition. ‘Last call’ for bar getting arena makeover By Daniel Solomon prep for Barclays Center crowds. He says the July 11 shindig, which home game just blocks away. were famously feuding watering holes, for The Brooklyn Paper Donald O’Finn, the owner of the starts at 8 pm and goes until closing “You do a last call,” said O’Finn, O’Finn said. They competed to see A Prohibition-era dive bar that got newly relocated Freddy’s Bar, is or- time, will be a chance for regulars and who once worked as a bartender at which could stay open the latest, and booted to make room for the Atlantic ganizing a “last call” for O’Connor’s, former employees of O’Connor’s to cele- O’Connor’s before finding a gig at their patrons would square off in an an-

Yards mega-project will toast a rival a Fifth Avenue Irish pub in the midst brate the bar’s past iteration now that it’s Freddy’s. “I was sad that I didn’t get nual softball game in Prospect Park. File photo Callan by Tom pub that’s at risk of losing its old-timey of a major renovation its owner has shuttered for rehab work in the months to say goodbye.” Sometimes tchotchkes from one bar Freddy’s Bar will toast the old charm as it undergoes a makeover to said will “ modernize it a bit .” before the Brooklyn Nets play their first For decades, Freddy’s and O’Connor’s See BAR on page 9 O’Connor’s (above) on July 11. A skyline swim Stars in their eyes Pool with a view opens on Pier 2 Brooklyn designers building spacesuits By Ben Muessig By Eli Rosenberg resident with a background as a The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Paper costume engineer for The McCarren Park Pool isn’t the A theatrical costume designer productions like “The Little Mer- only new aquatic attraction that’s mak- and a former Russian space pro- maid” and “Equus.” “They’re wor- ing waves this summer — Brooklyn gram employee are aiming for ried about people stealing ideas. debuted it’s much-antici- the stars by building low-cost Kickstarter is open-sourced, but pated “pop-up pool” last Friday. spacesuits that they hope will that’s a risk we’re taking — we Swimmers now have the chance to best NASA’s current design. wanted to be a part of the com- take a daily dip in Pier 2’s 50-foot long, Ted Southern and Nikolay munity and not hide.” 3.5-foot-deep water feature from 10 Moiseev have constructed two Southern, who won $100,000 am to 6 pm through Labor Day. prototype spacesuits in their Gow- from NASA in 2009 for designing The pool offers five 75-minute anus studio and they’re currently an astronaut glove, and Moiseev, swim sessions on weekdays and four working on a third that’s ready to who worked for the Russian Fed- on weekends in an attempt to cycle go into orbit — but before they can eral Space Agency for about two visitors into and out of the swim- blast off, they need your help. raising: Kickstarter.com. decades and recently relocated ming spot, which can accommodate Community Newspaper Group / Eli Rosenberg In search of funding, the duo “Not that many people are from Moscow, are perfecting a Photo by Bryan Bruchman 60 paddlers at a time. Designer and innovator Ted Southern is working has cast aside the secrecy of the making spacesuits — and those form of outerspace garb called an ’s new pool The watering hole will be an on a spacesuit from his studio on Seventh Street space–race–era by using a more who are, are very secretive about intra-vehicular activity suit. opened last week. See POOL on page 9 that he hopes will be space-ready by early 2013. contemporary approach to fund- it,” said Southern, a Park Slope See SPACE on page 9

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The Clones at- was followed by a wild pitch, a walk, an- — evened the score in the bottom of back, not striking out tempted a rally in the sixth with an RBI other wild pitch, and two straight walks the fifth, but the Jammers came back double from first baseman Cole Fren- — one that drove home the game-win- with another run in the sixth thanks — By Will Bredderman fastball over the left-center zel and a broken-bat single from left ning run. and three more in the seventh. Clones The Brooklyn Paper field wall on July 4 against fielder Stefan Sabol, who extended his Left fielder Stefan Sabol’s hit streak shortstop Philip Evans managed to cross Cyclones left fielder Stefan the Crosscutters for his first hitting streak to 11 games. came to an end, even though he reached the plate in the ninth, but it was too lit- Sabol is on a tear — but he minor league home run — But with a runner on second in the top base on an error and scored. tle too late. wouldn’t even know it if his fa- said he made sure not to let of the seventh, the Crosscutters hit one Jamestown Jammers 6 his success at the plate go Jamestown Jammers 5 ther hadn’t tipped him off. up the middle to Clones center fielder Cyclones 3 The first-year phenom to his head. Cyclones 2 Photo by Steve Solomonson Brandon Nimmo. The top Mets pros- July 7 at MCU Park July 9 at MCU Park from California’s Orange “It’s in the back of my pect hurled the ball to Clones catcher Cyclones left fielder Stefan Sabol went on an 11- The Jammers dealt Cyclones ace The Cyclones bullpen fell apart af- Coast College went on an 11- mind, I’m sure,” Sabol said Jeffrey Glenn — but it wasn’t in time, game hitting streak from June 25 through July 5 Luis Mateo his first loss of the sea- ter a strong start by Hansel Robles, game hitting streak from June before last Friday’s game, according to umpire Matt Moore, who — and he didn’t even know he was on fire until his son, taking the lead in the first and as the Jamestown Jammers swept the 25 through July 5 — but he when his streak came to an declared the Williamsport runner safe dad told him. refusing to relinquish it. pride of Coney Island in a three-game didn’t realize it until he heard end. “But if I get a sac fly or over the loud protests of nearly every- Mateo gave up three runs in the first series at MCU Park. from dear old dad. a key walk that gets in a run, body in the stands. After the strtech, I’ll be happy with that.” and plunked a batter. The Clones scored Ahead 2–1 going into the eighth, “I was aware I was seeing eying the all-time Mini-Mets his left fielder. Cyclones second baseman Juan Carlos Sabol didn’t get a hit that a run in the bottom half of the frame, but Clones reliever Matthew Bowman the ball well, making good record: 17 in a row, set by “The only thing I’ve said Gamboa hit a solo homer — his first of night, but he ended up reach- the Jammers added to their lead in the plunked a Jammers batter. The Jame- contact,” said the California left fielder Lucas Duda — to Stefan since he’s been here the year — but it wasn’t enough. native, who started his string ing base on a throwing er- now a full-grown Met — is ‘Hello’ and ‘Good game,’ ” top of the third on an RBI single. The stown runner stole second and scored of successful at bats with a ror and crossing the plate on in 2007. said Donnelly. “When a guy’s Cyclones 7 Mini-Mets scored in the fourth and ral- an RBI single. After Bowman gave up single in the team’s shut out a wild pitch — helping lift “I’m just trying to have doing his work well, you don’t Crosscutters 6 lied in the bottom of the eighth, com- another hit to third baseman Pedro Men- victory over the Hudson Val- the Clones to a 7–6 victory good at bats, find the holes, need to say much to him.” July 6 at MCU Park ing within one run of the Jammers af- doza, Donnelly called in hurler John Min- ley Renegades. “It wasn’t till I in the rubber match against and help the team win.” The 19-year-old is batting The Cyclones grabbed an extra-in- ter an RBI double off the bat of Brandon cone — who immediately gave up another was talking to my dad and he the Crosscutters. Record-breaking will .308 in the last 10 games with nings victory against the Williamsport Nimmo. But closer Dawrin Frias gave RBI single. Jammers relievers Jheyson just said, ‘You’ve got a seven Sabol said he never picked have to wait for now, but a .413 on-base percentage, is Crosscutters on a walk in a game punc- up back-to-back hits to Gomez and an Manzueta and Nick Wittgren held the game hitting streak going on,’ up hits in more than four Cyclones skipper Rich Don- trailing only first baseman tuated with wild pitches. RBI single and catcher Kevin Plawecki Cyclones scoreless through the bottom of that I realized it.” straight games while play- nelly said he definitely hasn’t Cole Frenzel on the team After a sloppy night of play, the Cross- threw the ball away, bringin in another the inning, and the Jammers padded their But Sabol — who sent a ing ball in school and wasn’t been putting the pressure on in hits. cutters gave up a single to designated run and giving Jamestown the win. lead with two runs in the ninth.

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tanks of liquid chlorophyll — wouldn’t work in a large area like Owls Head. Curing the stink “If you want to deodorize pet smells in your apartment, that’s one thing, but that’s Plant pigment could help at Owl’s Head another order of magnitude By Will Bredderman where Bortnick spoke of from deodorizing a Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper his idea. neighborhood,” Lloyd said. Instead, Sapienza said The professor added that A green pigment found both plans wouldn’t be cheap in flowers could kill the the city was exploring tra- ditional options like covering to implement, and would foul odors coming out of a certainly exceed Bortnick’s Bay Ridge sewage treatment several of the tanks, moving more of the malodorous ma- humble Social Security pay- plant, claims a Community ments. Board 10 member who is so terials indoors, and cleaning the plant’s digesters. “We’re talking about a ma- confident that his air fresh- jor feat of civil engineering,” ener plan will work he’s will- But Bortnick does have an ally in a Kingsborough he said. ing to pay for it with his own Chlorophyll, a molecule Social Security check. Community College profes- sor who says the activist’s responsible for absorbing Allen Bortnick, who File photo Levin by Ted idea is ecologically sound. sunlight and using its energy has spent years trying to CB10 member Allen “It wouldn’t be surprising if to produce foliage through find ways to kill the smells Bortnick has his own a plant could neutralize some photosynthesis, is used by vi- coming from the Owl’s Head solution to the stench of those odors,” said Dr. Pat- tamin and natural foods com- Wastewater Treatment Facil- of Owls Head Sewage rick Lloyd, who teaches ana- panies as an internal and ex- ity near his home on Shore Treatment Plant. lytic chemistry. “If you’re try- ternal cleanser, but the last Road near 72nd Street, says ing to do things from a green time researchers looked into that treating the tanks with the substance’s odor-busting Bortnick says he’s ready perspective, it is something chlorophyll will go a long you could look into.” muscle was in the 1950s — way in sweetening the air. to fund the experiment out of with unclear results. his own Social Security check Lloyd pointed out that road “Chlorophyll is a chemi- planners often line highways The nearly 60-year-old — but the city isn’t giving his cal that eats rather than masks with chlorophyll-rich plants Owl’s Head plant treats up odors,” said Bortnick, 82, who plan the green light, despite to soak up carbon monox- to 120 million gallons of nox- claimed that Air-Wick used lavishing $50 million on the ide and other toxins, and ious sludge per day, and has to sell a deodorizer made of park last year in a failed bid suggested that the city put long been a thorn in the side plant juice that was more ef- to clean up the stink. green algae directly in the of its neighbors — even af- fective than any product the Department of Environ- sewage tanks, or create an ter older outdoor tanks were home fragrance company had mental Conservation Com- algae-lined cylinder to pro- moved indoors. sold. Air Wick didn’t return missioner Vincent Sapienza cess the waste. In 2007, the city added calls about why the product dismissed Bortnick’s green The professor said that covers on some of the tanks, is no longer on the market. plan. Bortnick’s idea was sound, and in 2008 it installed a “You could just put a tub of “We’re working on other but claims the plan’s execu- “flare” to burn off excess chlorophyll out, and put some solutions right now,” he said tion — which would entail gas — yet residents con- rags in it.” at the last CB10 meeting setting up enormous open tinue to complain. Water meters soak boro By Eli Rosenberg “I’ve been frustrated by it erywhere from Park Slope ing to the Daily News. The Brooklyn Paper and I’m waiting for something and Carroll Gardens to Ca- The Department of Envi- INTRODUCING The city’s new water me- to get done with it,” said Mid- narsie and Mill Basin — the ronmental Protection says the ter readers are drowning the wood resident Naomi Wolf, two neighborhoods with the readers have helped save resi- borough in undeserved bills, who claims she used to pay most meter woes. dents money by cutting down say angry Brooklynites who about $1,200 per year for wa- New readers aren’t the only on estimates, and maintains it are now paying as much as ter — before the city billed thing shooting up water costs. has found no “discrepancy” in eight times more for water her $4,800 after installing an The price of water in the city any of the meter readings that than they did before. automated meter reader at her has nearly doubled for hom- have sparked complaints. The Bloomberg adminis- home on last eowners in the last 10 years . But public officials say tration is installing the auto- September. “I use a normal In 2013, water rates will rise that’s ludicrous. mated devices, which read and amount of water like every- another seven percent. “The denials out of City transmit information about wa- body else.” Critics say that instead of Hall are getting less believ- BROOKLYN’S ter usage, across the city in Complaints have flooded helping residents save cash, the able by the day,” said de Bla- a $252-million program that Public Advocate Bill de Bla- new meter readers are just an- sio. “We know bill disputes are was slated to save residents and sio’s office from all five bor- other money-maker for the city. up, we know [the Department businesses $90 million thanks oughs — but Brooklyn leads The city is on pace to collect a of Environmental Protection] to improved accuracy. the way with 168 complaints record $3 billion in water bills, is out hiring new inspectors it But residents say the meter about allegedly faulty read- which would be an increase of shouldn’t need, we know hom- readers are causing their sav- ers, 42 percent of the city- 30 percent from the $2.1 bil- eowners are getting bills that ings to go down the drain. wide total. Brooklynites ev- lion collected in 2008, accord- defy explanation.”

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SOLD By Colin Mixson This year’s concert series is slated for 2,000 more concert-goers in an The Brooklyn Paper to begin on July 12 with a tribute area in the back. Talk about a genre jumble! to Donna Summer, the five-time Asser Levy Park, in compar- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Grammy winner who wowed summer ison, was twice as large and pro- Village People, Squeeze, and Gladys concert series crowds in 2009. vided spaces for music lovers to lay Knight will be gracing the Seaside Gloria Gaynor, the Village Peo- out on blankets. Summer Concert Series stage this ple, the Tramps, and Rose Royce Markowitz held his Seaside Sum- season, Borough President Markow- will be among the 1970s perform- mer Concert Series at Asser Levy itz said as he announced a lineup that ers paying tribute to the disco diva Park every year since 1991, but was who lost a battle to lung cancer this booted from the popular greenspace spans generations and musical styles past May. after he announced plans to build a for the 34th annual music series. A similar Martin Luther King $64-million, 8,000-seat bandshell But not everyone will be able to Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Field there. enjoy the concert series, which will in East Flatbush will honor the late Congregants of two synagogues again be held in a cramped W. 21st Whitney Houston. abutting the park balked at the idea, Street parking lot — irking long- Markowitz said audiences at the calling the amphitheater a monstros- time concert-goers who remember Seaside Summer Concert Series can ity that would destroy parkland and the spacious green of Asser Levy look forward to weekly Thursday overwhelm their quiet street. Park, where the series was held for performances through Aug. 20 — Synagogue officials sued to stop decades before it was forced to re- with the exception of a Friday con- the amphitheater after blowing the locate last summer. cert featuring Squeeze and the Ro- dust off an old city regulation that “Asser Levy Park was a beauti- mantics. forbids amplified music within 500 ful and classic location,” said mu- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Seaside Summer Concert Series feet of a house of worship. sic fan Steven Centonzo. will once again perform at the organizers will be offering 5,000 Markowitz settled the lawsuit “I miss the grass and picnicking Seaside Summer Concert Se- seats — at $5 apiece — near a make- by agreeing to relocate to W. 21st LIVE LARGE AT THE MAYNARD with a blanket,” he said. ries this year. shift stage. There will also be room Street. New co-ops for $290K in Crown Heights

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Street on July 1 — forcing police said. told cops she locked her door 20, and 22 — had been hit in The men proceeded to the victim to hand over his as she left her home near Fifth Ganged up phone and cash. the torso. None of the wounds punch and kick the victim Avenue at 8:30 am. A pack of men surrounded are expected to be fatal. Cops while he was down, and then The victim told police he She came back at 7:30 pm a teenager playing basketball was between Graham Ave- canvassed the neighborhood, stabbed him multiple times, and discovered a dent on her on DeKalb Avenue on July but found no suspects. The in- police said. nue and Humboldt Street at The Company You Can Trust • Est. 1909 door and her lock busted — 7 and robbed him. 2:30 pm when he felt a tap vestigation is ongoing, a po- Poolside scuffle then noticed a necklace, cam- The 16-year-old victim on his shoulders. lice source said. Three teens were arrested era, and a laptop were miss- said he was playing hoops As he turned around, he Drop it BACK TO SCHOOL for disturbing the peace and ing. with his cousin at the park at came face-to-face with the Police cuffed a 23-year-old fighting police officers at Retail tale Adelphi Street when 12 men thief, who calmly told him accused of dropping a loaded surrounded him and took his the McCarren Park Pool on A thief swiped a wallet to relax and hand over his handgun when he crossed phone and sunglasses. July 2. from a clerk at a shop on Fifth phone. After the victim ini- paths with cops on July 6. Officials said the trio was Avenue on July 6. myPhone tially refused, the mugger Officers responding to re- causing trouble at the pool be- The 25-year-old victim A crook stole a woman’s displayed a large revolver ports of shots fired at the cor- TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THE GRADE tween Lorimer and Leonard told cops she set her purse cellphone on DeKalb Ave- for extra convincing. ner of Henry and Mill streets streets at 5:15 pm. When of- behind the counter at Some- nue on July 7. “Don’t make me pull my at 11:15 pm say they spotted a ficers tried to take them into thing Else, a clothing store The 35-year-old victim s--- out,” the gunman said. man matching the description custody, they teens allegedly near Union Street, at 1:30 told cops she near Grand The victim handed over his of a suspect. They report see- attacked the officers, punch- phone and wallet, which con- 7” Child Pad Tablet Android 4.0 pm then helped some cus- Avenue at 11 am when the ing the man chuck a firearm ing their faces and causing tomers. thief snatched the phone out tained $350. onto the sidewalk, hop into a # #   swelling. #  She returned 90 minutes of her hand and ran. Pain station 2006 Hyundai, and flee to-      Cell snatcher later and discovered her Marc Two thugs attacked a ward Hamilton Avenue.   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Police cuffed a suspect ac- One of the assailants cused of using a fraudulent grabbed the victim and held credit card to steal clothes tapping the power of waste as a him from behind while an- from the Atlantic Terminal other swiped his iPhone be- Mall on July 3. resource. fore running away. Cops said the 33-year- Tireless thief old racked up $2,913 in pur- chases at the Target in the The wheels of two cars — mall on Flatbush Avenue at one parked on Prospect Park To learn more, visit www.thinkgreen.com. 1:37 pm before he was ap- West and the other on Gar- prehended at another store field Place — went missing later that day. overnight on July 5. A 40-year-old victim told Cash grab cops he parked his gray 2008 A thief struck a house on Audi on Prospect Park West Lafayette Avenue on July 3 near 14th Street at 9 pm, then — taking off with the ten- INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | BOOKS | CINEMA

COMEDY Stories aside Did you hear the one about the former Nick- elodeon star who’s making his stand-up com- edy debut in Brooklyn? Fifteen of the city’s best storytellers — in- cluding “ Blue’s Clues ” star-turned spoken word master Steve Burns — are joining forces for a comedy showcase fea- turing short stand-up routines. “I Like You, Maude,” a lottery-style impro- visational storytelling series, is staging a spe- cial edition evening in Courtesy of Kerri Doherty which top-notch per- formers ditch the personal narrative and pre- pare three-minute comedic performances. “There’s a gray area between comedy and storytelling,” said organizer Kerri Doherty. (718) 260-2500 July 13–19, 2012 “This gives us a chance to tell a one-liner or The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings make a funny observation.” Many performers also participate in the legendary The Moth StorySLAM series and have in the past told tales featuring an apoc- alyptic cockroach, a deadly Caesar salad and a clairvoyant colon doctor. Contaminant I Like You, Maude at Tea Lounge [837 Union St. between Sixth and Seventh av- enues in Park Slope, (718) 789–2762]. July cocktails Canal spirit 17, 7:30 pm. Free. — Natalie O’Neill Naming your establishment after a local MUSIC landmark is one thing, but taking the more- New bar named for Gowanus biohazard than-undrinkable Gowanus Canal as the namesake for a beverage — and serving it By Alfred Ng for The Brooklyn Paper Guns blazing up to patrons — is walking a line between the playfully ironic, and plainly daring. rinking from the Gowanus Canal They shoot to kill, and they’ve got Brook- Here are three drinks named after the is a Brooklynite’s worst nightmare, lyn in their sights. Dbut that hasn’t stopped the fetid wa- Energized from a nationwide tour, Cobalt putrid sludgeway that we tried and sur- terway from inspiring a new Carroll and the Hired Guns are bringing their fok-punk vived to write about. Street watering hole and other trendy rock to Union Hall in Park Slope to some of their hangouts. most devoted fans. The Gowanus The new bar Lavender Lake touts the The Chicago-based A dip in the Gowanus Canal is more risky than Gowanus Canal in its name — follow- band debuted their first it is restorative, but splashing around in a refresh- ing the lead of several other Canal-side album in 2008, “Jump ing cocktail of the sameame name is a businesses that have started re-brand- the Fence” — which our safer proposition (pic-pic- ing the egregious environmental haz- editors reviewed three tured below). ard in a bid for cred, customers, and years ago as a smash Made with cool points. album . grapefruit vodka, “We wanted to pay tribute to the Their latest album grapefruit juice, neighborhood but also have an invit- “Everybody Wins” was seltzer, lime, sim- ing name,” said co-owner Eric Chavez, a fan-funded project on courtesy Novo Photo of ple syrup, and some who turned an old horse stable into the website Kickstarter — and a significant fresh basil flotsam, the neighborhood’s newest bar. amount of the funds were from Brooklyn. Bar Tano’s creation iss “Lavender Lake car- “We had a big fan base from Oberlin College a slightly bitter sum-m- ries such a nega- in Ohio,” said band member Mike Roth. “Most of mer drink that remindedded tive connotation, them moved to Brooklyn after graduating.” our intrepid reporterr of but if you didn’t And after two years away from the borough, a not-so-sweet mojitoo or know any better, it the band is feeling antsy to get back. a spiked lime-ade. sounds like a great “We can’t wait to show them the new songs Fishing out all of thathat ba- place.” and new tricks we have up our sleeves,” said sil using a cocktail straw is a The Gowanus Roth. tall task — you might even start empathizing with Canal’s nick- Cobalt and the Hired Guns at Union Hall the feds tasked with scrubbing the waterway while name became [702 Union St., between Fifth and Sixth ave- you’re trying to clean out your glass. part of the nues, (718) 638–4400, unionhallny.com]. July Bar Tano [457 Third Ave. at Ninth Street, (718) Brooklyn lexi- 27, 7:30 pm. $8. — Alfred Ng 499–3400, bartano.com]. $10. con after a 1998 documentary of GowanusGowan Houseboat Swizzle the same name This sludge-inspiredslu concoction actually detailed the wa- THEATER looks lilikeke a refreshing glass of canal water, terway’s polluted withwit something strange floating at conditions. theth top and the rest becoming pro- The viaduct’s gressivelygr murky as you reach the reputation has bottom,bo but don’t worry — it’s a only gotten worse Cowabunga! layerla of red bitters, and not a toxic following wide- chemical,ch you see. It sits atop a spread media cov- You’ve heard of turtle soup, but what about colorc shifting liquid that goes from erage of the fact roasted heroes on the half-shell. a bright orange to neon yellow to it contains gon- A comedic trio are uniting for a night of a slight green — that’s the blend orrhea, is flooded Mystery Science Theater 3000-style movie of Cachaca, lime, orange juice, with hundreds of roasts, but instead of cracking jokes over and Galliano. gallons of raw sew- some obscure ’50s sci- It’s served cold enough to form age per year, and qual- fi romp, they’ll be pok- frost on the glass, and it starts off ifies for a costly federal ing fun at the first film with strong, tasting of ginger, cleanup reserved for the nation’s big- featuring everybody’s and ends bitter and dry, thanks gest environmental mishaps. favorite mutated, color- to the sour flavor. That doesn’t sound appetizing — coded, reptile assassins Clover Club [210 Smith St., but entrepreneurs are still embracing — the Teenage Mutant between Baltic and Butler the putrid creek. Ninja Turtles. streets, (718) 855–7939]. $12. Bar owners and restaurateurs have The movie is sure to dubbed their business ventures after the inspire some timeless observations.

St. Gowanus Beer canal, from the Gowanus Yacht Club Photo by Elizabeth Graham This Belgian pale ale from the local brewers to the Canal Bar. “I recently read a at Kelso is a muddy or- The crew behind the buzz-worthy res- book about the sex lives of different animals, ange, with an insubstan- taurant Buttermilk Channel — named and did you know that a number of reptiles tial head, and tastes sur- after the tidal strait beside the putrid have two sets of penises?” comedian Jerm prisingly light — since its waterway’s mouth — say their eatery’s Pollet prodded in an interview. name might insinuate a pa- name sounds clean for being so close “That means the Ninja Turtles have eight tron saint of pollution. It’s to the canal. d----.” But the show doesn’t stop with the movie.

a refreshing summer drink, “I looked around for something in Photos by Elizabeth Graham and there’s a hint of spice the area that would tie my restaurant Lavender Lake’s Emily Deason samples Gowanus-inspired The Raspberry Brothers have included Ninja What’s in a name: Turtles trivia, ooze-themed drinks, and even and fruitiness, begging for a to the history of the neighborhood,” drink, the Lavender Lake Iced Tea — a mixture of lavender vodka, lemon and slice of orange, but with none said Buttermilk Channel owner Doug a live martial arts demonstration. earl grey iced tea — and unlike the canal it’s named after, there’s no trace of Roth, at 40-years-old, is a yellow belt. provided, the beer tastes a Crowell. pollution. Below, an order of house chips served at the bar. bit thin, and it lacks the deepp “I still consider it a great stroke And while the first Ninja Turtles movie cer- and dark punch one might ex-x- of luck that we happen to be located tainly has its hokier scenes, fans of cheese- pect from a drink named af-f- near such a delicious sounding body otherwise have no experience in the of toxic sludge to be found — the only fests should see the sequel, where Vanilla Ice ter a toxic waste dump. of water.” bar business — serves up a “Laven- danger is in ordering a few too many makes a cameo as the hokiest character of Water Street Restaurantant And it’s not just the signs outside — der Lake iced tea,” which is tastier of them. them all — himself. & Lounge [68 Water St. betw. drinkers often find Gowanus-inspired than it sounds. Lavender Lake [383 Carroll St. at Nitehawk Cinema [136 Ave. Main and Dock streets, (718) 625–9352]. $6. concoctions on cocktail lists. The Canal-inspired drink is a mix Bond Street, (383) 799–2154]. Mon- between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue, — Sol Park The Lavender Lake — owned by a of lavender vodka, simple syrup, Earl day–Friday, 4 pm–2 am, Saturday, (718) 384–3980, nitehawkcinema.com]. July group of interior design experts who Grey iced tea, and lemon with no traces Sunday, 12 pm–2 am. 20, 12 am. $15. — Colin Mixson

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An unforgettable show with have access to women’s self defense this amazing prodigy that sings in 5 languages and plays works of great training. We hope to help protect Photo by Amanda Gentile women by offering this training in a masters like Mozart on the violin. Who positive and empowering setting, Roll-icking good time: Alissa Laderer and Jamie Roach are the has performed solo in orchestras and for free. You shouldn’t have to pay stars of the musical on wheels, “Xanadu,” at Washington Park on featured on NBC- won countless sing- for safety! free. 8:00 pm. Class One Thursdays and Fridays this July. ing contests world wide. A show not Mixed Martial Arts & CrossFit [85 4th to miss. $20. 7 pm. Davidzon radio Ave in Park Slope, (718) 230–3530], FILM, CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT [2508 Coney island Ave.; fl 2. in sheep- www.c1mma.com. Steve Brill and look for wild berries, FILMS - ROOFTOP FILMS SUM- mushrooms and greens. $20 ($10 shead bay, (718) 303- 8000], www. 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Dekalb Market [138 Wil- anniversary of the fair and many are includes discussions about the his- Stone House this July, as we proudly loughby St at Flatbush in Downtown invited to check out the exhibits fea- tory of the park, including its role in present the Brooklyn premiere of Brooklyn, (718) 417-7362], rooftop- turing: Canarsie Police/Fire history “Xanadu,” the musical comedy fi lms.com/2012/schedule/clermontfer- the American Revolution and Civil Native American History Local Mer- War, and the monuments dedicated adapted from the 1980 cult classic rand-short-fi lms-1. chant/Resident History and Canarsie to the Wallabout Martyrs. Guest fi lm starring Olivia Newton-John. Transit history, (with Steven Kaye The cast is on roller skates for almost of the NYC transit car restoration artists will provide the poetry and the entire production makes it the SAT, JULY 14 club). Free. noon. Canarsie History song. . Free. 1 pm. Fort Greene Park summertime-perfect escape for Museum [954 E 95th St in Canarsie, Visitor Center [Enter park at Myrtle Brooklynites of every age and cul- THEATER, “LADY SUSAN OR THE Avenue and Washington Park in Fort CAPTIVE HEART, A JANE AUS- 718-649-5083]. tural stripe. Free. 8 pm. Old Stone Greene, (718) 722-3218]. House, Washington Park [336 Third TEN BODICE RIPPER”: A reading SPOONS, TOONS, AND BOOZE Street at 5th Avenue, Brooklyn 11215 of the dramedy adaptation by Lynn GETS BANNED: Booze and feast while enjoying censored cartoons in Park Slope, (718) 768–3195], piper- Marie Macy that tells the tale of MON, JULY 16 theatre.org/performances. Lady Susan, a manipulative callous from the 1940’s–1990’s. $11. 12 pm. and cruel widow, who is looking to Nighthawk Cinema [136 Metropoli- INSTALLATION: The Tile Mural Instal- buy her fortunes back by hooking a tan Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 384-3980], nitehawkcinema.com. lation ceremony opens the collabo- rich husband. No reservations, pre- rated works of the NYC Dept. for the sented by Theater 2020 Visions for SUMMER EXHIBIT: Urban Garden: This CIVIC a New Millennium. Free. 1:30 pm. summer’s exhibit offers practical Aging, JASA Senior Alliance Senior Brooklyn Heights Library (280 Cad- tips to help urban dwellers green Center and JASA Scheuer House of man Plaza W. at Tillary St. in Brook- up their homes, with a focus on easy Manhattan Beach. Free. 10:30 am CALENDAR lyn Heights), www.theater2020.com. maintenance and sustainable prac- – 12:30 pm. Senior Alliance Senior MUSIC, PARAGON RAGTIME OR- tices in Lily Pool Terrace. An exhibit Center [161 Corbin Pl. in Manhat- WED, JULY 18 CHESTRA’S YOU’RE A GRAND on BBG’s innovative community hor- tan Beach, (718) 646-4100], www. Lefferts Gardens Charter OLD FLAG: 2012 Hot Summer ticultural outreach program, Green- jasa.org. School. Board meeting. Free. Nights, free outdoor concert se- Bridge, is also featured in the Stein- “BESSIE’S BIG SHOT”: The cow jumps 6:30 pm. Lefferts Gardens ries: George M. Cohan’s Broadway hardt Conservatory. 3 pm. Brooklyn over the moon in this great puppet Montessori School [559 Rogers concert presents a stirring look Botanic Garden [1000 Washington production. Free. 10:30 am. Cofffey Avenue in Lefferts Gardens, at this great composer’s life and Ave., at in Crown Park (85 Richards St. between Ve- (718) 284-1480], www.lefferts- music, playing the original scores Heights, (718) 623-7220], www. rona and King Sreets in Red Hook), on antique instruments of such hits bbg.org. gardens.org. www.cityparksfoundation.org. as “Give My Regards to Broadway,” FILM, THE ARGENTINEAN LESSON: Community Education Council “H-a-rr-i-gan,” “The Yankee Doodle Captured in breathtaking 16mm MUSIC, MONDAY NIGHT VINYL District 21. Annual business Boy,” “Over There!,” and many more fi lm, an eight-year-old traveling from CLUB AT BELL HOUSE: You bring meeting. Free. 6:30 pm. PS 329 of Cohan’s enduring songs. This Poland to Argentina meets Marcia, it, you spin it. Be a Dj and hear your The Surfside School [2929 W. concert features a Broadway song a beautiful and brave young girl, 11 records on a top notch sound sys- 30th St and Surf Avenue in and dance man performing in grand going on 30. Filmmaker Wojciech tem in the Frontier Room of the Bell Cohan style! Free. 8 pm. Kingsbor- House. Free. Free. 8pm. Bell House Coney Island, (718) 333-3885], Staron will be in attendance for a Q ough Community College [2001 Ori- and A following the screening. 8:00 [149 Seventh St. at Third Avenue in www.cecd21.org. ental Blvd. at Oxford Street in Man- PM Doors Open 8:30 PM Live Music Gowanus, (718) 643-6510], www.the- To list an event in the Civic Calendar, hattan Beach, (718) 368-5000], www. 9:00 PM Film Begins 11:00 PM-12:30 bellhouseny.com. e-mail [email protected]. onstageatkingsborough.org. AM Reception in Courtyard. $12. WILD BERRIES: Join with “Wildman” 8:00 PM. The Old American Can See 9 DAYS on page 8

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Gregorio Uribe Big Band Musicians from around the world create a masterpiece of Afro-Colombian rhythms with funk grooves and powerful big-band arranging.

Wednesday, July 18, 6:30 PM

Matt Munisteri Exploration of the music of the largely forgotten composer Willard Robison, who emerged in the 1920s as an early prototype of the American singer-songwriter.

Wednesday, July 25, 6:30 PM

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Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration 5003.AD_7.13 8 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 13–19, 2012 Play with nerds STAY & PLAY Video games take the stage in festival DRAWINGS!3pm – 6pm By Charles Gershman for The Brooklyn Paper here are players on the stage, but they’re not the ones to watch. T Williamsburg’s Brick Theater kicked off their Game Play festival with a terrifically inventive collection of four short pieces called “Kwaidan,” ad- aptations of traditional Japanese ghost stories told through today’s most pop- ular video games — turning enter- tainment for the masses into delicate acts of story telling. The theater group behind the per- formances, EK Machinima, is named after the founder and artistic direc- tor, Eddie Kim — and “machinima” is a term for the technique they em- ploy to stage their dramas. Each piece is brought to life using several video games, including “World of Warcraft,” “Duck Hunt,” and “Halo: Reach” — projected large upon a white screen at the very front of the theater (or “up- stage”), and controlled on-the-fly, by gamers sitting with their backs turned to the audience and their faces wrapped in the glow of laptop monitors. An offstage story teller, played by

Connor Sedlacek, tells each tale in Photo by Sol Park an uninflected voice, occasionally Joystick em’ up: Characters from the video game “Halo: Reach”are interrupted by dialogue from the characters— a blind musician per- the actors in “Kwaidan” — a theatrical adaptation of Japanese ghost forms for demons, a nobleman falls stories at the Brick Theater. in love with a strange girl, a desper- ate hunter kills the wrong bird, and a sticks, not so much spellbound under which consists of his students, has per- young man nearly dies in an encoun- the narcotic influence of electronic en- formed in various venues, including ter with a witch. tertainment as exerting control. One the A.R.T. in Cambridge, Mass. The video games, guns-and-swords- thinks of a group of marionettes with The results are pleasantly surpris- centric as they are, could easily over- their individual masters. ing — not only because the logistics of power these delicate stories, but Kim’s Indeed, spectators can see the back- their performance are a feat in them- directorial choices bring out the math- stage workings, “strings” and all, be- selves, but also the medium in which ematical beauty of these 3D render- cause each laptop screen, visible even they convey such subtle stories is one ings, like the pixelated snowfall in from the back of the house, shows the so often associated with and underes- “Minecraft,” as well as the black hu- gamers hard at work, setting up cam- timated as idle child’s play. mor of goofy cartoon violence, like era angles and placing their avatars in Kwaidan at the Brick [575 Metro- in “Duck Hunt.” position, even while the large screen politan Ave. between Union Avenue There’s also a strange irony in goes black between scenes. and Lorimer Street, (718) 907–6189, watching this group of boys — who, Kim, a theatre teacher at the Pier- bricktheater.com]. Sat., July 14 at sitting on the floor in the center of repont School in Westport, Conn., has 5pm, Thurs., July 19 at 7 pm, Sat., July the theatre, appear entirely in their been creating and presenting machin- 21 at 7 pm, and Sun., July 22 at 2 pm. element with their laptops and joy- ima theater since 2007. The group, Tickets $15.

Free. 6:30–7:15 pm. Brook- 318 - an inner-city school crafts village. $5. Gover- lyn Children’s Museum [145 where most students nor’s Island (Colonel’s Row), Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks come from low-income www.kickstarter.com/proj- 9 DAYS... Avenue in Crown Heights, homes - that also happens ects/poetrysocietyny/the- (718) 735-4400], www. to have the most winning 2nd-annual-new-york-city- Continued from page 6 brooklynkids.org. chess team in the country. poetry-festival?ref=live. FILM, COMING HOME - Presented by Rooftop PETE’S MINI ZINE FEST: TUES, JULY 17 ROOFTOP FILMS SUM- Films and Kickstarter Event is FREE and open to MER SERIES: It’s never The Brooklyn Castle pre- the public Pete’s Mini Zine COMEDY, I LIKE YOU, easy to go home, but this screening chess event will Fest, the fest-in-a-bar, is in MAUDE: Special Edition - program of spirited black feature subjects from the its fourth installment--the NYC’s Finest Storytellers comedies, fraught anima- fi lm playing fast-paced longest running zine fest in Doing Stand-Up Comedy! tions and intimate docu- chess -- including compet- New York City. Come nurse FREE. 7:30PM. Tea Lounge mentaries offers hope for ing against multiple play- a beer and hobnob with zin- [837 Union St. at Seventh reconciliation. 8:00 PM ers simultaneously — as esters and cartoonists. Take Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Open 8:30 PM Live Music well as more casual games. advantage of the lovely 789-2762], www.tealoung- 9:00 PM Films. FREE. 8:00 . 7:30 PM Doors Open 8:00 patio in the back while you eny.com. PM. Metrotech Commons PM Chess Event Featur- read some zines! Free. [Bridge Street and Johnson ing Kids The Film! 8:30 PM 2pm–7pm. Pete’s Candy $ Street in Downtown Brook- Live Music by Katie Mul- Store [709 Lorimer St. at WED, JULY 18 lyn, (718) 417-7362], rooftop- lins 9:00 PM Film begins. Richardson Street in Wil- WEEKLY WEDNESDAY fi lms.com/2012/schedule/ $12. 7:30 PM. The Old liamsburg, (718) 302-3770], CHILDREN’S CONCERTS coming-home. American Can Factory www.petescandystore.com. IN FORT GREENE PARK: DANCE, HUSTLE PARTY AT [232 Third St. in Gowanus, Come sing, dance, cele- DANCEFEVER STUDIOS II: (718) 417-7362], rooftop- 1,000,000 fi lms.com/2012/schedule/ brate, and enjoy the beauty Boogie down to Dancefever SUN, JULY 22 of the Park with us at these Studio at 9pm! Come early brooklyn-castle.

special, family-friendly to take the free intermedi- MUSIC, THE DANNY REPOLE OLYMPIC SPORTS FESTIVAL: http://www.aviatorsports. concerts every Wednesday ate hustle dance class at 8 SWING BAND: 2012 Hot morning all summer long. pm. $10. 8:00 PM. DanceFe- Summer Nights, free out- com/olympic-sports- Artists will be Mil’s Trills, ver Studios II [159 20th St., door concert series: Sum- festival Come discover a Jeremy Plays Guitar, The between 3rd and 4th Ave- mertime Swing Concert, multitude of sports and Rozz & Val Show, Suzi Shel- nues, (718) 637–3216], www. featuring such treasured fa- activities at our Olympic ton, Astrograss, Robbi K dancefeverstudios.com. vorites as “Night and Day,” Sports Festival! What’s and Friends, Moey’s Music “Tangerine,” and “Cherry included: Opening ceremo- RUBY RED Party, and fi nally Rolie Polie Pink.” Repole’s remarkable nies, arts and crafts, water Guacamole. Free. 10 am. SAT, JULY 21 musical career includes activities, Olympic sports Fort Greene Park Visitor performing in the Tommy activities and closing cer- Center [Enter park at Myrtle MUSIC, THE STRING OR- Dorsey Orchestra, the Guy emonies What to bring: Avenue and Washington CHESTRA OF BROOKLYN: Lombardo Orchestra, at Clothes that can get wet, Park in Fort Greene, (718) Concert in Fort Greene Radio City Music Hall, and sock, sneakers and a towel. 722-3218]. Park: The String Orches- on the original Broadway $15-$21. 10:00am. Aviator tra of Brooklyn performs cast recordings of The Sports and Events Center Beethoven’s famous Sym- Sound of Music, Cabaret, [3159 Flatbush Ave. (718) THURS, JULY 19 phony no. 5. Don’t miss this and Chicago. Free. 8 pm. 758-7500]. GIVEAWAY dramatic, classic, and free Kingsborough Community MILL’S TRILLS: Uke Can THEATER, THE TRAGEDY OF concert in one of Brooklyn’s College [2001 Oriental Blvd. Change the World gives OTHELLO, THE MOORE most beautiful settings! at Oxford Street in Manhat- families an opportunity OF VENICE, DIRECTED Free. 6 pm. Fort Greene tan Beach, (718) 368-5000], to meet, touch and hear a BY MARK HARBORTH: Park Visitor Center [Enter www.onstageatkingsbor- collection of hand-made in- The Gallery Players is proud park at and ough.org. struments from around the Now – August 23 to present The Tragedy of Washington Park in Fort SECOND ANNUAL NYC world. $15 (children under 4 Othello, the Moor of Venice, Greene, (718) 722-3218]. POETRY FESTIVAL: The free). 3 pm. Littlefi eld [622 its fourth annual produc- FILM, BROOKLYN CASTLE festival includes 150 poets Degraw St. between Fourth tion of Shakespeare in the - ROOFTOP FILMS SUM- and over 40 reading series. and Fifth avenues in Gow- Summer. Othello runs from MER SERIES: Brooklyn It also features beer, food anus, (718) 855-3388], www. 11a m – 6 pm Thursday evening July 19th, Castle tells the story of I.S. vendors, and an arts and littlefi eldnyc.com. through Sunday afternoon, August 5th. $18.00. 7:30. Gallery Players [199 14th St., between Fourth and !"#%&Y"()""# Fifth avenues in Park Slope, (212) 352-3101], galleryplay- ers.com. a voucher to get a FREE Ruby Red Scratch-off ticket. DANCE, LEARN TO DANCE SOCIAL AND INSTRUC- TION: Social dancing and $ instruction in Latin and You could win up to 1 million! American Style dancing takes place in Brooklyn every Thursday afternoon See Genting Rewards or our website for rules and details. at JASA, 3601 Surf Avenue at 2:45 - 4PM. Instruction by Professional and DJ for- merly of Roseland. Singles and couples. Dinner served for $1. Free $1 for dinner. 2:45PM. JASA - Scheuer House [3601 Surf Ave in Sea Gate, (718) 332-7825]. MOVIES, SYFY MOVIES WITH A VIEW: Slumdog Millionaire (R): This is the 13th season of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s movie series on Thursdays this sum- mer. Shorts are curated by BAMcinématek, and DJs from Brooklyn Radio kick off the evening. Bike valet Basic Non-Linear Editing provided by Transportation Alternatives. Free. 6 pm. Tuesday, July 17 | 2-5pm or 6-8pm | $60 Brooklyn Bridge Park [334 Furman Street in Brooklyn Learn to use professional editing software to create Heights, (718) 222-9939], www.brooklynbridgepark. compelling videos. MINUTES org. FRI, JULY 20 NOT HOURS AWAY FUND-RAISING, BROOK- LYN EVENT TO SUPPORT TOM MCGRATH RUN: The Commodore Barry Club invites all Brooklyn to turn out for a festive Buffet Lun- Community Media Program Orientation cheon at the Irish Haven, 58th ST. & 4TH Ave., Brook- Saturday, July 21 | 11am | FREE lyn. Suggested Donation is $20 and includes lunch and two drinks of soda or beer. Cash bar. $20. 11 AM. Irish Haven [58th St. & Fourth Ave. in Sunset Park, (718) 833-3405], www.com- Videoblogging 101: Your Video modorebarryclubbrook- lyn.org. SUMMER STROLL: Take a on the Internet Located in next to JFK Airport at the Aqueduct Racetrack. walk, listen to music, and have a relaxing dinner, all Wednesday, July 25 | 6-8pm | $10 FREE Shuttle between Jamaica/Sutphin Boulevard Station & Casino. Pick up presented by the vendors and merchants on Third at Archer Avenue/Sutphin Boulevard. Accessible via LIRR or trains. Avenue. Free. 6–10:30 pm. Easy Access from N. Conduit: Exit 1 – Van Wyck South/Lefferts Boulevard from Belt Parkway. Third Avenue [Third Ave. 81st to 89th streets in Bay 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard Ridge, (718) 748-9700]. RUMBA TAP: The ensemble Must be 18 years of age or older to play the New York Lottery Games. Please play responsibly. mixes and remixes tradi- tional tap with a Afro-Cu- ban jazz and folkloric music. 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fers to let students find their own sense of gravity. BIKES... But he does use mind games to help students for- Continued from page 1 length of the entire 3.35- get they’re scared. mile Prospect Park road- go of their fears and grab onto “I’ll say, ‘Tell me about KIDS • SCHOOL • STYLE • TEENS • CAMPS • MUSIC the handlebars over the past way, he said. your husband.’ They start five years. According to researchers, talking and all of a sudden PARENT Part coach, part acciden- only three percent of Amer- they’ve ridden around the tal therapist, part professor icans say the main reason park and they don’t even of the street, Carmona uses they don’t regularly ride bi- realize it,” said Carmona, a combination of old-fash- cycles in the summer is be- who works part-time Dix- ioned pep talks, intuition and cause they don’t know how on’s Bicycle Shop, has the Full-time kids in summer mind tricks to help his stu- — and in cycling-obsessed word “Brooklyn” tattooed on Brooklyn, finding an adult dents overcome their fear of his upper arm, and is prone to have mostly kept my ity for them. This summer, doing it all wrong, that I am who can’t ride is like find- failure and embarrassment passionate rants about obey- kids in summer camp when their tired teachers possibly the poster child for ing a two-headed bike hel- — concerns that only grow ing road rules. in the years since I have get a much-needed break, I what not to do as a teacher bigger with age. met. I Fearless Carmona has no website been out of full-time work, am their teacher, and when and role model. Buy my dog- “Kids are easy but it’s One of Carmona’s cli- or storefront and relies in- the same way I did when it really mental for adults — ents had managed to make things go wrong there will gie’s eyes give me some hope stead on word of mouth and was a necessity for child- be no one to blame but me that as the summer moves they have a lot of fear,” said it through living in the bor- a stack of business cards to Parenting care. But this year I have and my husband. on, I do get some credit for Carmona. “So I work on the ough without biking, but she find customers, which also By Stephanie Thompson signed them up for just two Thankfully, I now have at least trying. mind first.” didn’t want to be the only include children in Park weeks of sleep-away camp The instructor said he two-wheel challenged girl Slope. a furry friend, a little com- My fingers crossed that in August. My goal is to late us outside of watch- to tell them what I think, how panion who looks at me with that might count for some- often focuses on overcom- in her college town. A spokeswoman for the forge new bonds with my ing bike-related childhood Problem was, she had bike advocacy group League ing the stories other people I might wish for them to un- sympathetic eyes just at it thing, especially with the boys by figuring them out have written or playing the derstand their actions bet- hits me with a great sink- people who count most: scars, both literal and fig- long ago smashed into a of American Cyclists, Caro- and letting them figure me urative. fence while learning to ride, lyn Szczepanski, said Car- games they have invented to ter and take responsibil- ing suspicion that I may be my boys. out — warts and all. test our skills. It’s important In one case, a woman was wounding her face and her mona isn’t the only adult-fo- Of course, it is so easier desperate to learn to bike so confidence. cused bike instructor in the to find more active things to plan them senseless all where our minds and bodies FREE KID’S MEAL EVERY NIGHT!! she could keep up with her To bust through those country — but his approach summer long to keep my outdoorsy husband. She was memories, Carmona pumped is unconventional. are fully engaged, and not With a Dinner Entrée or Special sanity, and believe me, I just because a teacher or a get a Free Kid Combo, Pizza, Pasta or Mac & Cheese in great shape physically but her full of positive reinforce- Many teachers take “li- was tempted to do so. But After 5:30p, Applies to Deliveries! her memories of learning to ment. censed cycling instructor” counselor makes us. then I remembered: I quit I am nervous as I stare at ride were semi-traumatic be- “You control the bike! courses, then register with my job and haven’t got- the clock and imagine the Come Together cause of an incident with her You are the bike’s brain!” the agency for credibility, ten another not just be- hours ticking by slowly, as with Family & Friends dad as a kid, the instructor he’d shout — and her fear although it’s not required, cause the world of jour- THE I hear the computers going recalls. faded. she said. nalism imploded, not just “He didn’t have the pa- Most of his students, who “Some people choose to because my husband can upstairs and imagine my tience,” Carmona said. “He pay $25 per hour for lessons, take seminars; others build support us, but because I newly woken progeny en- told her she’d never learn, to prefer to learn on low-rid- name recognition in their really want to understand gaged with them (instead give up and buy a car.” ing bikes, such as fold-ups community,” she said. what’s going on with my of me?). What will we do SPOT So Carmona took the op- or BMXs, before moving to For now, Carmona is kids so that I may be of today? posite approach: he worked taller ones. happy with simple street some small use to them The first day off, we 2 floors of Restaurant and Play Space with her, persistently, once a He never uses training cred. went to lunch with friends 81 Atlantic Ave (@Hicks) 718-923-9710 in their lives. And that’s Mon-Wed 10am—6:30pm, Thurs-Sun 10am — 8:30pm week for six months — first wheels, nor does he try the “I always wanted to be a a hefty load. Parenting is and spent the bulk of the Www.themoxiespot.com EVENING focusing balancing, then rid- “I won’t let go” trick — teacher and I’ve always loved not just the time spent with day in the park, wandering. ing short distances, and even- used by sneaky parents ev- bikes,” he said. “So this is the kids, it is also about Oscar found every possible Beatles Rockband Family Disco Wii Night Fri Movie Night, tually cruising around the erywhere — saying he pre- kind of perfect.” building one’s confidence treat along the way and I 1st Saturdays, 6p 2nd Sats, 6p 3rd Sats, 6p Sun Bingo Night! enough so that when the joked that he could start his time to step to the plate own camp, the “Sugar Tour Canaveral or the Silicon Val- Evening Activities are all Free, arises, you are ready. of Prospect Park.” I’m sure Weekday Kid Fee is $2.50/child Singalong Storytimes Dance Around ley — but he says there’s he’d get lots of takers. But summer has always Tu 11a M/W/F 12p Th 11a DAYTIME no place he’d rather be than been a crucial season for There were many fights, Check THEMOXIESPOT.COM for SPACE... Special Events & Details Brooklyn. me to gather my wits and as Eli bullied Oscar and Os- Weekend Singalong, 1st & 3rd Sundays, 12pm Continued from page 1 rent NASA suit is about 30 “When I tell people I make fuel up for the big game. car bullied right back. It Dubbed IVA suits (one pounds — which in a flight spacesuits they think I’m ly- I’ve usually tried to relax made me nervous for the must love acronyms to love of a bunch of people could ing,” said Southern. “New again and take things slow long days ahead in Long Is- space), the orange getups are add up to over $500,000 York in general doesn’t have during the break between land, for our vacation to the SUMMER AT what astronauts wear while savings in terms of fuel,” a very big aerospace indus- school years. It’s about ac- Pacific Northwest. I didn’t inside the shuttle. he said. try, so we end up going to tually maybe being bored quit my job to yell at my The safety suits, which The Final Frontier De- Houston and Palo Alto and and figuring what might kids, I don’t stay home so were adopted after the Chal- signs suit will be suitable Florida. But it is the center float your boat, what it is that I can lecture, lecture, lenger disaster , can be pres- for travel into the upper lim- of the world, so it’s hard to you actually want to do. lecture. surized in the event of an its of the low Earth orbit, beat being here.” Even if you work full time, Or did I? Hmm. emergency — but the cur- somewhere around 1,200 Even in Gowanus, where the days stretch long into I realize that being rent design is in need of miles into the heavens. creative craftsmen are mak- night and there is far more with the boys fulltime, I Southern and Moiseev are a makeover, according to ing everything from cutting- opportunity to find things am forced to see what their DAY SCHOOL, INC. Southern. banking on an anticipated edge art to homemade beer , that are pure fun. instincts compel them to “The old NASA suits boom in the next few years in the locals are surprised that Computer screens loom do, how they react to me, COME JOIN IN THE FUN! are heavy and expensive the commercial spaceflight large in our lives these to each other, and to the and don’t work that well,” industry, where such suits space engineers are toiling in the lofts around them. days. But there must be world at large. In seeing s7ATER0LAY s-USIC-OVEMENT he said. “We see an oppor- will be mandated. other things that scintil- those instincts, I am forced tunity in this field.” Eager outer space explor- “That’s probably at the s3PRINKLERS s'YM&ACILITIES NASA’s IVA suits cost ers can donate to their fund- more extreme end of people s,ARGE/UTDOOR9ARD s!RT0ROJECTS around $250,000. The duo, raising campaign through doing stuff down here, but who are working under the July 15 — and those will- that’s awesome,” said Scott FOLLOW US ON s3PACIOUS#LASSROOMS name Final Frontier Designs, ing to shell out more than Albrecht, a woodworker and A professional staff provides a warm stimulating hope theirs will go for about $10,000 can take home their painter who was burning environment for your child 2.3 – 5 years old wood planks near the build- a fifth of that figure. own custom-built space- 2, 3, 4, or 5 mornings, afternoons or full days. 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his score to 68.5 HDBs — I knew it would be a difficult giving the six-time Nathan’s one,” he told the news station in KOBAYASHI... champ a slight edge over his a statement. “From the begin- NATHAN’S... rival from San Jose, Calif. ning, my goal was 55.” Continued from page 1 zation posted on Twitter , stat- After getting that extra The hot dog setback Continued from page 1 dogs into his mouth. — barely besting Joey “Jaws” ing the discrepancy came after half-dog, Kobayashi leapt comes two years after Ko- King manager bested the 40 Popular contender Tim Chestnut’s 68 HDBs at the a miscount of the number of on the table, flexed his mus- bayashi parted ways with HDBs she put away in the first- “Eater X” Janus earned his much larger Nathan’s Famous plates Kobayashi finished. cles, and pulled up his shirt to Major League Eating, the ever women’s only Nathan’s second-ever second place fin- International Hot Dog Eat- The news must have come show his bulging belly. organization that oversees contest last year, and the pre- ish at Nathan’s, putting away ing Competition in Coney Is- as a disappointment to Ko- But his excitement was the Nathan’s contest, due vious women’s world record 52.25 HDBs. Pat “Deep Dish” land — then quietly reduced bayashi, who destroyed his short-lived — RecordSet- to a contract dispute. He of 41 HDBs she set competing Bertoletti guzzled down 51 the Japanese athlete’s num- rivals in the Crif Dogs Clas- ter corrected the count about was arrested in 2010 when against men in 2009. HDBs for third, and first- ber to 58.5 HDBs. sic, but initially looked dis- Juliet Lee devoured 33 timer Matt Stonie, who, like Photo by Paul Martinka three hours later. The orga- he climbed onto the stage The feeding frenzy at Nathan’s. Authorities from the ar- appointed when officials nization did not respond to in Coney Island after the HDBs, enough processed Chestnut, hails from San Jose, chive of human achievement ruled that he had consumed requests for comment. contest. meat to earn her a second- Calif., came in fourth with an RecordSetter.com admit- 68 HDBs during the 10-min- Kobayashi, who also could Last year, in a one man place finish, while Michelle impressive 46 HDBs. Nathan’s victory ties the streak Mustard Belt in a surprise vic- ted they made a major mis- ute contest — tieing his bit- not be reached before dead- eating extravaganza at a Lesco snagged third with 25.5 Thousands of eating fans set by his longtime rival Takeru tory in 2007. count at Kobayashi’s event, ter rival Chestnut’s Coney Is- line, told CNN that he per- Manhattan rooftop lounge, HDBs. gathered on Surf Avenue to Kobayashi — who in a sepa- They ate at the same table held at the pizzeria Roberta’s land number. formed better than he ex- Kobayashi established a On the men’s side, Joey watch the display of mandu- rate exhibition hours later put until 2010, when Kobayashi and sponsored by the hip hot That is until Kobayashi- pected, even considering contested world record of “Jaws” Chestnut won his cation, but competitive eating away 58.5 HDBs. bailed out of the Nathan’s dog shop Crif Dogs. backer Maggie James con- the updated count. 69 HDBs, though an anal- sixth-straight Nathan’s Fa- experts are already looking A seventh consecutive vic- contest citing a contract dis- “Upon extensive video re- sulted with RecordSetter “A few days prior to the con- ysis by this newspaper re- mous International Hot Dog forward to next year — be- tory at Nathan’s would be a pute and was arrested when view … hot dog count has been founder Dan Rollman on test, when I was told we’d be vealed that he had only con- Eating Championship — and cause that’s when Chestnut first for the famed contest. he rushed the stage after the revised to 58.5,” the organi- stage and officials updated using this particular hot dog, sumed 65 HDBs . he left the contest hungry. will truly have a chance to Kobayashi was consid- competition ended. The 28-year-old mandible make hot dog history. ered by many to be unbeat- “I just got excited,” he from California matched his The eater’s sixth straight able until Chestnut took the said. the folks behind Freddy’s restaurant, prompting worries first time ever — but they Coney Island record of 68 reached an agreement with from fans of the old-man-bar won’t compromise its feel. HDBs in the July 4 exhibi- tion of professional gluttony, ADVERTISEMENT BAR... developer Forest City Rat- that the hangout will aban- “We’re trying to keep the but moments after the feed- Continued from page 1 ner to move from their Sixth don its traditional clientele old look, but modernize it a ing frenzy ended, he said he Avenue building to a new lo- in favor of sports fans. bit,” he said, promising to wished he had put away 70 .POUIMZ)FBMUI5JQT would mysteriously find their cation in the South Slope — “The only word I can come keep the bar’s old furniture way to the other. HDBs. GSPN/FX:PSL.FUIPEJTU)PTQJUBM one equipped with the same up with today is ‘sad,’ ” said and hours of operation. Now, both establishments “It’s a real bummer that share a history of being chains beneath the bar de- Dan Meyers, the editor of the Maher could not be I couldn’t break my record, shaken up by the Atlantic signed so pub patrons could blog Here’s Park Slope and an reached for comment be- but it shows I can match my Yards development. lock themselves to their be- O’Connor’s regular. “It was fore deadline. best,” the eater said. After years of protest- loved watering hole to pre- my favorite bar in the city.” For O’Finn, the changes Chestnut, the over- &YFSDJTJOH4NBSU8IFOUIF ing the project by boycot- vent its demolition. O’Connor’s owner Mi- at O’Connor’s reflect the whelming favorite, broke ting Brooklyn Lager , which When O’Connor’s reopens chael Maher told The Brook- broader changes in the neigh- away about three minutes will be served at the sta- in September — just in time lyn Paper last March that the borhood. into the 10-minute contest, 5IFSNPNFUFS(PFT8BZ6Q dium, building mock guil- for the Nets’ first season in renovations will make the “It no longer has that building his lead and keep- By Terrence J. Sacchi, M.D., Chief of Cardiology, lotines for rallies, and wear- Brooklyn — it will have an pub three times larger and old-school Brooklyn feel,” ing up a steady pace until New York Methodist Hospital ing large masks lampooning expanded backroom, a space one story taller — and bring O’Finn said. “Something has the last eight seconds, when development supporters, for parties, and a second-floor draft beer to the bar for the been lost.” he crammed four entire hot f your hopes are high for exercising in the body’s cooling mechanisms are impaired. Isummer sun, chances are that the tem- Dozens of Americans die each year as a the source of the toxic scare, per million. barn wood. perature will be equally elevated. In the result of inadequate preparation for strenu- she said. Houghton says he’s deeply That’s a relief to parents, summer months in New York City, when ous exercise in the sun, so if you find your- LEAD... In another instance, concerned about the health who say shoppers in the kid- the thermometer regularly goes above 90 self experiencing the symptoms described mother Jill Penman con- risk and and has spent hours centric neighborhood should degrees Fahrenheit, it is crucial to be aware above, you need to act quickly. Call 911 Continued from page 1 inspectors and conducted at- ducted an at-home swab test on the phone with consumer be in the know about poten- of the heat and the added stress it puts on right away, and begin cooling down as fast product. home tests. of a chipped white cabinet health officials since The tially toxic products. your heart. as possible. Move to a cool place, spray or The move comes after In one case, mom Heather from Trailer Park and claims Brooklyn Paper first reported “I’m glad people are aware To maintain normal bodily functions, your sponge yourself with water, and take a cool benches, tables and cabinets Hamilton says she discov- it contained more than 600 the story two weeks ago. now,” Penman said. “Most core body temperature must stay within shower if possible. Make sure someone is — which are new but made ered that her one-year-old parts per million of lead — He said his shop still sells parents don’t know that a narrow range. Though it can vary from with you at all times while you’re waiting from century-old painted had “excessive” levels of lead at least six times more than some furniture — but not the new furniture could pose person to person, the temperature at which for medical attention. the legal limit of 90 parts type made from the painted a risk.” wood — tested well above exposure. An inspector pin- a healthy body functions best is generally Despite the drawbacks, if you’re plan- the legal limit for lead levels pointed a weatherworn bench about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. When the ning a workout in the heat, there are many air temperature is on the rise, the body in consumer goods, accord- and table that Hamilton had active recreation permanent steps you can take to minimize the risks to automatically reacts to keep its own tem- ing to parents who hired lead purchased from the store as fixtures at the park.” your heart. As the weather gets warmer perature from rising with it. Usually, it com- The new pool comes five – or as you move from indoor exercise to POOL... pensates by producing more sweat, which years after the Floating Lady outdoor exercise – you should tone down Affordable Family Dentistry Continued from page 1 lyn families — and I’ll cools the skin as it evaporates. However, in Pool barge docked at the foot your workout regimen until your body ac- high humidity, the moisture in the air makes in modern pleasant surroundings attraction at the waterfront continue to work with [the of Joralemon Street and drew climates to the heat, generally a week or park for the following five it more difficult to sweat, and the onus of Brooklyn Bridge Park Cor- some 50,000 Brooklyn swim- two. While you should always stay well hy- State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) summers thanks to an agree- poration] and my colleagues mers before setting sail for keeping the body cool falls squarely on the Emergencies treated promptly drated during any workout, the increased ment forged by Assembly- to make the pool and other . heart, instead. Special care for children & anxious patients woman Joan Millman (D– To keep your body temperature down in perspiration from outdoor exercise can WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD Carroll Gardens) and State the high heat, your heart rate increases to cause rapid depletion of vital salts in your blood, which can cause irregular heartbeat. • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) Sen. Dan Squadron (D– pump more blood to your skin, which in • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding Brooklyn Heights), who turn keeps you cooler. However, without Non-carbonated sports drinks such as Ga- Crowns & Bridges (Capping) locked down $400,000 in taking adequate steps to support your torade and Powerade contain high levels of • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment CHURCH... • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings state cash to build the pool, as heart in this task, your body may lose the sodium that can help replace these salts, • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) well as an artificial beach and Continued from page 1 ease traffic near the arena. ability to properly regulate its temperature. and eating snacks such as nuts and crack- • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) a food concession nearby. “These churches should The congregation now This could result in rising body temperature, ers beforehand is another solution. Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer And Squadron says he be preserved — but they are “wants to work with neigh- rapid pulse, difficulty breathing, confusion, If you’re planning on exercising in hot 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens wants to make sure neigh- difficult to maintain,” Kol- bors” on a plan for the site, and even hallucinations. These symptoms weather, be smart. Taking the proper steps Duncan said. 624-5554 U 624-7055 bors will always have some- lins said. are indicative of heat stroke, a potentially to account for the heat will ensure a sum- “We want the building Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking where to swim. Kollins added that new ten- fatal condition that can occur when your mer of workout fun in the sun. and insurance plans accommodated “The pool is already mak- ants should be encouraged to reborn in a positive way,” ing a big splash with Brook- use public transportation to he said. 10 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 13–19, 2012 July 13–19, 2012 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 13–19, 2012

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