Hands Off My Boardwalk! Locals Cringe at News That Private Group May Control Coney Events
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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2014 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/18 pages • Vol. 37, No. 46 • November 14–20, 2014 • FREE VICE VERSUS CIRCUS City evicts Williamsburg acrobats who narced on hipster media company
By Danielle Furfaro Vice’s contractors. The Brooklyn Paper “I do not know how we are going to A circus school’s bid to get back at continue operating here,” she said. “We incoming upstairs neighbor Vice Me- feel we are in danger.” dia for allegedly dangerous construc- Partial eviction or no, the school is the tion work backfired dramatically on latest casualty of Vice’s arrival at Kent Nov. 6 when the city, called to inspect Avenue and S. First Street, following Vice, kicked out a half-dozen acrobats announcements of the imminent shut-
living illegally in the non-residential tering of indie music venues Death by Photos by Stefano Giovannini building. Audio and Glasslands . The mass exodus The contested building is at S. The circus school the Muse is the lat- is the result of a deal struck with build- First Street and Kent Avenue. est artistic institution getting the boot ing owner CTA Digital to boot current ahead of Vice’s takeover of two con- tenants to make room for Vice, through negotiations and by refusing to renew tain a newly formed community of nected buildings at Kent Avenue and acrobats, aerialists, and tumblers, she S. First Street. The performers are sup- the leases, Gawker and the Commer- said. The building owner originally al- posed to move out by January. In the cial Observer reported . lowed all tenants to live in the build- meantime, they have gone on rent strike One Muse teacher said the upheaval over supposed falling debris caused by is just one example of Williamsburg ing, she said. renovation work, which is making way becoming a no-mans-land for creative “In the beginning, every single person for the hipster media juggernaut’s New types. in this complex was living and work- Years move-in . “It demonstrates the bigger pictures of ing in here, because that is how the The conflict came to a head when bigger corporations pushing out smaller landlord presented it,” she said. “They building inspectors, summoned by the corporations,” said aerial instructor Di- eventually started telling people they school’s owner to scrutinize Vice, took ane Tomasi. “Rents are astronomical could not live there and started boot- a look beyond the trapezes and spotted and artists cannot make it.” ing people out.” illegal living units built in the ware- For now, the Muse is keeping its The space is part school and part house space. $10,000 monthly rent in escrow, Buc- performance venue. Buccinni Butch The show can go on, but the six artists cinni Butch said. The school had been is devastated that she has to leave the in residence cannot stay, said the owner, negotiating with the CTA Digital in an home her group has been working on who shrugged off the clampdown. attempt to cancel the lease early, but for the past four years. “We are still allowed to run and now she is hoping Vice will pay her “For a while, I could not walk around have classes, but we cannot be in the group to leave. the space without tears in my eyes,” back,” said Muse founder Angela Buc- She said she quoted the media com- said Buccinni Butch. “This place was cinni Butch. “I am fine that they shut pany a figure to cover reimbursing stu- trashed when we took it over, and we us down, because everyone has to be dents their tuition, canceled contracts, made it something beautiful.” safe.” and moving costs. She doesn’t want to The Muse is planning to move to a The people living there were all take the landlords to court, though a law- new space in Bushwick and has launched staying temporarily, Buccinni Butch Teacher Diane Tomasi spots suit would have merit, she added. a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds said. Davon Chance as he tries an aeri- Plus! Dance school “I could sue them, but that is not my for the many renovations the building The big-top personality had previ- al position at the Muse, the circus Changing interest,” Buccinni Butch said. needs. ously said that she was contemplating school that is leaving its S. First booted for condos The Muse opened at 32 S. First Street Representatives of Vice Media and an early closure because of the sup- Street home to make way for Vice Brooklyn SEE PAGE 3 in 2010 after Buccinni Butch’s Bush- CTA Digital did not return calls for posed hazards of practicing beneath Media — but not without a fight. wick backyard grew too large to con- comment. Hands off my boardwalk! Locals cringe at news that private group may control Coney events
By Max Jaeger “We’re considering a lot of different The Brooklyn Paper elements,” said spokeswoman Mae Fer- The city may be about to cede con- guson, adding the parks department has trol of the Coney Island Boardwalk to not set a date to issue the request. a private group. But critics say privatizing the per- The parks department, which controls mitting process could make the Peo- ple’s Playground too exclusive. the neighborhood’s iconic Riegelmann “If [outside groups] take over, this is Boardwalk, is drawing up plans that looking to me like ‘bring in the white would let an outside group take over all rich,’ ” said Brighton Beach resident Ve- event permitting — and possibly more ronica Grimm, who has been dancing — for the 91-year-old public space, ac- on the Boardwalk with various groups cording to sources. for almost a decade, which requires a The news has outraged locals and permit. park advocates, who say the plan is a Locals suspect the city’s request for recipe for pushing the people out of the proposals will be a sweetheart deal for People’s Playground. the Alliance for Coney Island, an um- “This is not just a park someplace. brella organization of businesses. This is the iconic Coney Island Board- Photo by Paul Martinka “These RFPs are usually a self-fulfill- walk, and I don’t think that a private en- The Mermaid Parade is the biggest event held on the Boardwalk. ing prophecy,” Sanoff said. “Anybody tity should be in control of what happens can answer one, but my experience is
Photo by Elizabeth Graham there,” said local activist Ida Sanoff. in charge of who can and cannot use an A parks department spokeswoman that, before the RFP, the city knows who Brighton Beach dancer Veronica Grimm is worried that the possible “All over the city we have ‘friends of area. Isn’t this the job of the parks de- confirmed the city is creating a call for they’re going to award them to.” privatization of permitting on the Coney Island Boardwalk could jack this park,’ ‘friends of that park,’ and partment? Why do we need a private bids that would affect the Boardwalk, One member Alliance member said up the cost of throwing events there. while they’re involved, they’re not put entity doing that?” but was short on details. See CONEY on page 14 THE FUTURE OF FOOD DELIVERY? Pie in the sky This pizzeria delivers by drone
By Noah Hurowitz arms next door. The Brooklyn Paper There are some kinks to work It was one small step for pizza, out before large-scale drone deliv- and one giant leap for pizza de- ery becomes a reality. The first de- livery. livery flight of the evening ended The mad genius behind Wil- in tragedy when the unmanned de- liamsburg Pizza made history on vice crashed, losing its precious Nov. 6 when he launched pizza de- cargo in the process, according livery into the drone age with a to a New York Post report . And of course, drone flight is a legal test drop-off by remote-controlled gray area, and piloting the devices helicopter. The customer whose in busy areas in New York car- yard served as a landing pad for the ries potential legal penalties. But pie and its daring delivery mech- Williamsburg Pizza, undeterred anism said the pilot program is by such terrestrial concerns, is of- ready for takeoff. fering a drone delivery option on “It was a really fun experience, its website (punching in an order and delicious pizza,” said Phyl- this way gets you a lengthy dis- lis Brody, a neighbor of the pizza claimer full of caveats that make it shop’s owner, Charles Walters, in unclear if or when your pie might Prospect Heights. take to the sky). Whenever the Like the Wright brothers’ in- kinks get worked out, Brody is (Clockwise from top left) Pizza chef Aurel Xhepexhiu cuts augural 12-second flight at Kitty ready to receive her pepperonis up a hot pie. A pizza-laden delivery drone descends from a Hawk 111 years prior, the pizza’s from on high.
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SM November 14–20, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3 Fleet-footed Fort Greene African-dance studio getting the boot
By Matthew Perlman of January to clear out. The Brooklyn Paper Building permits show A Fort Greene dance stu- that a 19-story residential A/D3C>B= dio is not ready to let the beat tower will rise on the spot, bringing ground-floor retail 6=:72/G drop. The Cumbe Center for Af- and another 157 apartments rican and Diaspora Dance on to the rapidly transforming Fulton Street is getting the boot area. The tower will extend to make way for a luxury res- all the way to Flatbush Ave- idential tower. The departure nue, where a corner storefront % will end three years in the space housed a short-lived Five Guys Burgers and Fries and has re- above a bagel shop between Photo by Elizabeth Graham 3D3@G2/G cently contained a succession Flatbush Avenue and Rockwell of temporary retailers. Lori Ann Perez leads an Afro-Latin movement class. Place, and will cut short a 10- A/:3 Martinez said the move year lease, forcing the danc- stings because studio man- ers to scramble to find a new certain cultures seemed com- ing with the Downtown Brook- 3FB@/A/D7<5A7<3D3@G23>/@B;3
K?<C8I> 0@==9:G< <3E83@A3G 0@= 8ccd\iZ_Xe[`j\efk`eXccjkfi\j%8ccjXm`e^jf]]mXcl\gi`Z\jn_`c\hlXek`k`\jcXjk%Gi`Z\j\]]\Zk`m\k_ifl^_Efm%)*% 4 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 November 14–20, 2014 NYPD officials reported. arrested three of the suspects The 32-year-old victim said at 8:58 pm, on Carlton Ave- he left the bag on the seat on nue between Park and Myr- Bad day: Burglarized while incarcerated the Brooklyn side of the iconic tle avenues, and picked up span at 3:50 pm, and walked the fourth an hour later, re- cords show. Furious four ton Mall costume store on suspect walloped the officer away for 10 minutes. 90TH PRECINCT Halloween night, according in the left eye and hocked a When he returned, the bag Subway snatch A gang of four attacked a — which contained $400 in Southside–Bushwick man and stole his cellphone POLICE BLOTTER to police. loogie on him for good mea- A quick-moving culprit The 35-year-old victim sure, cops said. cash, debit and credit cards, An opportunist burglar- on Broadway on Nov. 4, of- snatched a woman’s cellphone said the 17-year-old was with and a Venezuela driver’s li- aboard a Manhattan-bound C ized a woman’s Thames ficers stated. Find more online every Wednesday at Mean teens a group of 20 disorderly peo- cense — was gone, cops train on Nov. 5, and jumped off Street apartment on Nov. 4 A crew of treacherous teens The 22-year-old victim BrooklynPaper.com/blotter ple on Fulton Street between said. the train at the Lafayette Av- — while she spent the day took another youth’s phone on said he was between Marcy Bridge and Duffield streets Sleeper creeper enue station, cops said. in jail, cops said. Avenue and Rodney Street Warren Street at Smith Street The 30-year-old victim at 8:50 pm. Someone snatched a sleep- The 22-year-old victim said at 2:20 am when he saw the Citizens’ arrest on Oct. 27, cops said. said she was arrested at her 94TH PRECINCT ing man’s phone on a Brook- she was riding the train at 1:55 quarrelsome quartet across Officers took a man into Co-worked over The 13-year-old victim said apartment between Bogart lyn-bound N train on Nov. 1, pm, and that as it pulled into the street. Greenpoint–Northside custody who they say stole A band of burglars broke she was walking to school at Street and Morgan Avenue according to police. the station the goon grabbed They descended on him, a woman’s bicycle from the into a Dumbo office-share 8:15 am when the trio of older on a warrant. When she re- Snatch and dash The 31-year-old victim the device out of her hands punching and kicking him A pair of perpetrators at- hallway of her India Street space sometime overnight bullies surrounded her. One turned home later that day, she on Sept. 30 and stole elec- of the meanies grabbed the said he boarded the train on and scrammed. in the head and face, and tacked a woman and ran off building on Nov. 5. the distant island of Manhat- found her property, including The 34-year-old victim tronics from three compa- phone and wrenched it from Brinks bust plane tickets to Wisconsin, a grabbed his phone and wal- with her purse on N. 10th tan at 1 am, and started play- let, cops said. They all ran said she was in her apartment nies, according to the au- her hand, then all three took Cops cuffed a man who driver’s license, $850 in cash, Street on Nov. 4, officers thorities. off running on Warren to- ing a game on his phone. He away except for one guy, who between Manhattan Avenue stole $7,396 from his em- a letter from her dad’s grand- said. The companies reported wards Hoyt Street, officers fell asleep holding the de- ployer, the armored-truck rode off on a bicycle, police and Franklin Street at 9:20 parents, housing documents, The 26-year-old victim said that a surveillance video stated. vice shortly thereafter, and company Brinks, between reported. that she was between Wythe pm when she heard noise in awoke at the Atlantic Ave- and credit card information, the hallway. shows four prowlers creep- Unlimited pass Aug. 22 and Sept. 3, accord- all missing. and Kent avenues at 7:30 pm ing into the building on Wa- nue station to find it taken, Out of breath She looked out the window A straphanger stole a fel- ing to the authorities. The victim said she be- when they started punching ter Street between Anchor- cops said. A punk shoved a woman and spotted the suspect stroll- low subway rider’s wallet The cash-handling com- lieves the culprit was her and kicking her. One of the age Place and Pearl Street at and stole her pocketbook on ing away with her mountain aboard a Manhattan-bound Jackets jacked pany, which has an office louts grabbed the purse off 11:50 pm and leaving 40 min- roommate. Humboldt Street on Nov. 4, bike, police said. She called A train during rush hour on A group of goons boosted in the Navy Yard, reported her shoulder and they ran off, utes later. X-ray special causing her to have a panic to her husband and the two Oct. 27, according to a po- five jackets from a Fulton on Nov. 6 that the 47-year- cops stated. The crooks hit three com- attack, according to a re- of them ran after the man and lice report. Mall clothing store on Nov. old employee had been steal- Someone stole an X-ray panies, making off with three port. Razor-thin cornered him, per a report. The 27-year-old victim 2, cops said. ing money. machine and an instrumen- laptops, a desktop computer, The 62-year-old victim Police arrested a man who They called the police, and said she boarded the train at Employees of the store Police arrested the sus- tarium from a Rutledge Ave- and an electronic tablet, po- said she was at Boerum they say slashed a guy at a officers came and charged Nostrand Avenue at 8:15 am between Adams and Pearl pect the same day, a report nue doctor’s office on Nov. 6, lice said. says. NYPD officials reported. Street at 1:10 pm when the Skillman Avenue homeless the 31-year-old suspect with wearing her backpack, and streets said the sneaks saun- tered in at 1 pm and grabbed The office manager said fiend ran up behind her and shelter on Nov. 8. burglary, cops said. Cop clobbered that when the train pulled into Hands-bag five jackets, a backpack, and she found the two expensive threw her to the ground. The 33-year-old victim — Danielle Furfaro Police arrested a woman Jay Street–MetroTech Station A fleet-footed opportunist another bag, then scrammed. gadgets missing from the of- He grabbed her pocket- said he was arguing with who they say punched and she noticed the bag had been grabbed a woman’s bag as she book, which contained her the 55-year-old suspect at spit on an officer who tried unzipped and her billfold pil- The store valued the merchan- got her bike out of her base- fice between Bedford and 84TH PRECINCT dise at $1,246, according to Wythe avenues at noon. credit card, cash and iden- the shelter near Kingsland to break up a fight on Mon- fered. The wallet contained ment on Carlton Avenue on. Brooklyn Heights– a police report. She told police that at least tification, and ran off, the Avenue at 10 pm when the tague Street on Oct. 31. credit and debit cards, law en- Nov. 3, officers stated. DUMBO–Boerum Hill– 30 employees have access to authorities said. accused suddenly pulled out An officer said he saw a forcement officials said. The 33-year-old victim Downtown the facility and that there was Paramedics took the a razor and slashed him in the fight break out between two Troubled walker 88TH PRECINCT said she put the pouch down women between Henry and no one working there from woman to Woodhull Med- face and on the chest. Halloween scare A bandit snatched a man’s Fort Greene–Clinton Hill in her front yard, between Clinton streets at 5:35 am, and when the instruments were ical Center, and she was Officers slapped the brace- Cops arrested a teen for unattended bag from a Brook- Elevated threat Willoughby and DeKalb av- treated and subsequently lets on the guy and charged allegedly assaulting a man tried to stop them. During the enues, at 7:15 am, and went last seen at 8:45 am on Oct. 15 lyn Bridge bench on Oct. 30, Cops recorded three eleva- until they turned up gone. released, cops said. him with assault. with a sign in front of a Ful- confrontation, the 19-year-old to retrieve her bike from the tor robberies in the Ingersoll basement. and Walt Whitman houses this When she returned two week, one inside the elevator, minutes later the bag was one just as the victim exited, gone, and with it, a laptop, a and one at the victim’s front wallet, and a pair of Ray-Ban door. Here’s how the crimes sunglasses, police said. went down. — Matthew Perlman • Three goons threw down and robbed a 66-year-old woman as she walked out of 78TH PRECINCT the elevator of a Navy Walk Park Slope building on Nov. 4, the au- Welcome home thorities said. A sneak-thief stole a man’s The victim said she took safe during his move to Eighth the elevator to the second floor Avenue sometime between of the building between Til- Oct. 19 and 25, police said. lary Street and Myrtle Ave- The victim said he moved nue at 5 pm, and when she to his new address between left, two galoots grabbed her Union and President streets on by the neck and threw her to Oct. 20, and had last checked the floor as the third took on the contents of his safe OUR her purse. on Oct. 19. • A couple of toughs robbed But when he peered inside a man at knifepoint that same the lockbox on Oct. 25, he night inside of a Saint Ed- realized that a $5,000 Cart- wards Street building, po- ier watch and a $700 pair of WORLD-CLASS lice said. mother-of-pearl cuff-links The 51-year-old victim said had vanished, cops said. The he entered the elevator in the victim told cops the only peo- building between Park and ple who had been near the safe Myrtle avenues at 8:15 pm, were movers from a Bronx IMAGING CENTERS and found two bandits bran- company. dishing knives inside. The de- generates demanded cash and Pickin’ purses the victim forked over $920, A crook excised cash and cops said. a check from an unsuspect- ARE IN YOUR ing woman’s handbag at At- • A lowlife followed to her front door inside of a Cum- lantic Terminal Mall on Oct. berland Walk building on 28, cops said. Nov. 8, then pushed her to The scalawag managed to BACKYARD. the ground and stole her purse, go undetected as he opened police said. his victim’s purse and re- The 57-year-old victim said moved $190 in cash and a she got off the elevator in the $5,000 bank check, accord- building between N. Portland ing to a report. and Carlton avenues at 4 pm Signal boost and the scoundrel followed her Three shoplifters bagged a (WELL, ALMOST.) to her apartment door. When laundry list of goods from an she got to the door and un- electronics store on Atlantic locked it, the trickster asked Avenue on Oct. 29, accord- if she wanted to buy an elec- ing to a report. tronic music player, accord- A manager at the store be- ing to a police report. tween S. Portland Avenue and The fiend then shoved Fort Greene Place said the the woman into her apart- tricky trio entered the shop ment and snatched her purse, around 11 am and snuck out cops stated. The crook made with more than $1,700 in elec- off with $28 in cash, a hat, tronics, including a handful a scarf, and some candy, the of fitness watches and remote woman reported. speakers. Park after dark Trick or trick Two derelicts robbed a man A ruffian used Halloween on DeKlab Avenue at and Car- chaos to his advantage when lton Avenue on Nov. 1, po- he swiped a teen’s backpack lice said. and melted into the crowd on The 39-year-old victim said Prospect Park West on Oct. he was walking on DeKalb 31, cops said. towards Fort Greene Park The 17-year-old victim was NYU LANGONE RADIOLOGY HAS LOCATIONS IN at 12:15 am when the pred- between Ninth and 10th streets atory pair approached from when a ruffian in a blue-and- BROOKLYN, QUEENS, AND LONG ISLAND. behind. One of the villains gray hoodie snatched her back- placed what felt like a gun to pack and took off running to- the back of the victim’s head ward Grand Army Plaza, then We’ve made it much easier to access state-of-the-art imaging services. 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Cops cuffed four teens who student identification, offi- Brooklyn, NY 11215 Rego Park, NY 11374 Forest Hills, NY 11375 Great Neck, NY 11021 Garden City, NY 11530 Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 cers stated. 718.832.1445 718.261.8686 718.544.5100 516.504.1600 516.747.0161 631.928.1600 they say robbed a man in the parking area under the Brook- Double trouble lyn-Queens Expressway on Cops arrested a parolee Nov. 4. who they say ripped off head- The 21-year-old victim told phones from an electronics the authorities that he and a store in Atlantic Terminal friend were walking under the Mall on Oct. 31. elevated highway, at N. Ox- Employees say they saw ford Walk at 7:35 pm when the man enter the store and a team of youths surrounded grab five pairs of Beats by them. 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Officers said. — Noah Hurowitz November 14–20, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 5 6 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 November 14–20, 2014 .POUIMZ)FBMUI5JQT Brooklyn gang wars GSPN/FX:PSL.FUIPEJTU)PTQJUBM ‘Latin Kings’ charged for near-scalping in mayor’s ‘hood By Danielle Furfaro ons on enemy turf, in one say- and Nathan Tempey ing that their enemies were The Brooklyn Paper “about to get chitty chitty More than a dozen alleged bang bang night night,” ac- members of the Latin Kings cording to a criminal com- gang are facing decades in plaint. prison after being accused of In one social-media col- a string of attacks that left laboration early this year, the victims mangled, including alleged ringleader text-mes- an attempted scalping around saged an alleged foot soldier the corner from Mayor De- to request a photo of his gun Blasio’s Park Slope home. for a sinister collage he was District Attorney Ken making to post on another Thompson and police chief accused member’s wall as a William Bratton announced a declaration of war, the com- sweeping indictment against plaint states. 14 supposed affiliates of the A Facebook missive from “Outlaws tribe” of the street another member read, “Ppl gang who they say used Bush- just don’t understand that Fa- wick and East New York as cebook could get them seri- home base for a murder plot ously hurt in the real world,” and a series of brutal assaults per prosecutors. targeting seven members of On March 25 of this year, rival so-called “tribes.” The the alleged fiends lured a charges include conspir- member of the Woodhaven /FX:PSL.FUIPEJTU acy to commit murder, at- Maya faction to Bushwick tempted murder, conspiracy using a fake Facebook per- to commit assault, gang as- sona, prosecutors said. When sault, weapons charges, and the target arrived at the witness intimidation. Ten house on Van Buren Street )PTQJUBMUP)PTU'PVSUI between Bushwick Avenue of those accused were ar- rested last Wednesday and and Broadway, they stabbed him in the head, stabbed him four others are already incar- Facebook cerated, according to pros- A photo from one of the defendant’s Facebook in the body, and shot him, leaving him in a coma for ²3FE4UPDLJOH³#FOF¾U ecutors. Thompson said the pages dated Oct. 31, 2012 shows two men throwing weeks, according to the au- streets are safer thanks to gang signs as one brandishes a machete. The cap- the sweep. thorities. BROOKLYN, New York: New York Methodist dors. Participants include Angry Orchard Hard tion reads, “Happy Halloween trick or treat patria Four days later, the al- “We must protect the com- killer !!!!!!” “Patria” is a reference to the Dominican Hospital’s (NYM) fourth annual Red Stocking Cider, Baluchi’s, Bella Gioia, Benchmark, Butter- munity from these senseless leged head of the crew ar- Trinitarios gang, members of which are known to ranged a knife fight with a Soirée fundraiser will be held on Wednes- milk Bakeshop, Camelia Cocina Mexicana, Coco acts of bloodshed which were use machetes in attacks on foes. committed supposedly to en- rival, who opted out of a pro- day, November 19 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Roco, Crabbie’s Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer, force the Latin Kings mani- posed gun fight because he the Hospital’s Carrington Pavilion, 506 Sixth Die Koelner Bierhalle, Grand Central Oyster Bar festo,” he said. on his head,” a witness told panied by a taunt, an indict- had a broken hand, investi- gators said. Street in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, Hanoi Vietnamese Kitchen, L’Albero dei The bloodshed, all of it or- DNAinfo at the time. The ment states. The post was fol- chestrated or boasted about website’s report states all lowed shortly by a photo of a Finally, in April, May, and Gelati, Luke’s Lobster, Okeanos, Pull Brewing, Co., June, one of the defendants, Red Stocking is the oldest holiday fundraising drive on Facebook, began on Sept. four were stabbed. victim in a hospital bed with Samuel Adams, and Zito’s Sandwich Shoppe. The 27, 2013, when prosecutors The following day, the the caption “the new and im- having heard reports that a in the country. Its legacy dates back to 1925 when Red Stocking Soirée also will feature a culinary-in- say one of the defendants ar- accused ringleader taunted proved version,” the district rival was snitching, sent a Brooklyn Sunday school children and church groups ranged an 11 pm rumble with the Slope gangsters on Fa- attorney said. series of threatening Face- spired silent auction and raffle and gourmet goody the Hardbody faction of the cebook, according to pros- The following month, the book messages to the man’s generously filled Christmas stocking-shaped card- bags filled with Brooklyn-made products. Kings on Hardbody turf at ecutors. accused stabbed two mem- friends urging quiet, prose- board folders with coins to benefit their community Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, “Guess n----- bodies aren’t bers of the Jamaica Maya fac- cutors said. “He got my bros fac- hospital. Almost 90 years later, the Red Stocking Entry to the Red Stocking Soiree is $100. just more than a block from so hard after all. F--- with tion in Queens, law enforce- “Patron”-level tickets are also available for the house Hizzoner and his a real lion and get eaten,” ment officials said. ing mad time,” the suspect icon remains a great source of pride for NYM, and an additional $50, and include recognition family occupied until de- he allegedly wrote. “Shout The threats continued supposedly wrote. “I hope he doing the right thing u the Red Stocking Soirée is festive fundraiser that in the event’s program and a gourmet goody camping to Manhattan in outs to the surgeons mak- through the fall and winter, ing that overtime pay . . Ur with multiple Outlaws ex- know.” continues a tradition of holiday charity and helps the bag for the first 75 Patrons to arrive. All Red June. Once there, the Outlaws set upon four Hardbodies, but welcome.” changing taunts with Queens The suspects were ar- Hospital provide medical care for those in need. Stocking Soirée tickets are tax deductible to reserving special malice for The same defendant rivals in the Jamaica Maya, raigned on Nov. 5 and the the extent allowed by law, and can be pur- one, who they stabbed in the continued his social me- Woodhaven Maya, and Loy- alleged ringleader was held Red Stocking Soirée attendees will enjoy culinary chased online at www.nym.org/redstocking back and “nearly scalped,” dia braggadocio five days alty Shadow tribes on Face- without bail. Each defendant faces as delights, fine wines and beverages from some or by calling NYM’s Development Depart- the District Attorney’s Of- later by posting a picture book, prosecutors said. 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The crowds on the last go,” Christina Kirsch wrote two nights of the three-night on Facebook. “So let down exhibition far exceeded orga- when it was closed just when nizers’ expectations, a rep for we finally figured out where the festival said. we were.” Creative Commons / Adnan Islam The projections and sculptures that comprised the New York Festival of Light “In our wildest imagination A police spokesman said we had no idea it would pull the York station, which only were mostly confined to the Manhattan Bridge archway. in so many people,” spokes- has one two-way platform, Best Certificate Yields woman Linda Miller said. “It filled to capacity and offi- the event down everyone said organizers did their best “What can I say? 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It was then that he got the idea to pen the biography. “There was nothing David Bivins David written about this guy, and he’s amazing,” Baram said. “I thought, I’m going to write a book about him.” Baram got to know Heron in 2008 when he wrote a profile of the artist for New York Mag- azine, and the pair kept in touch. (718) 260–2500 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings November 14–20, 2014 “I just jumped at the chance to tell his story,” said Baram. Heron, who briefly lived in Fort Greene during the early 1990s, is known for penning socially- conscious poetic lyrics set to jazz and funk mu- sic. He produced 15 albums between 1970 and his death in 2011. One of his first songs, “The Revo- lution Will Not Be Televised,” was also his most enduring. The track became a symbol of protest movements around the world, Baram said. “You could see the phrase on signs from the 1980s in Eastern Europe all the way through to the Arab Spring,” he said. Heron’s biting tongue garnered comparisons to 1960s folk icons. Some people even called him the “Black Bob Dylan” — a label he hated, Baram said. But Heron’s influence is beyond reproach, the author explained — he paved the way for a whole branch of hip-hop that concentrates on social issues, melding meaningful lyrics with catchy beats. “He allowed a lot of artists to realize that they could bring social consciousness into their work,” said Baram. Marcus Baram at Book Court [163 Court St. between Pacific and Dean streets in Boerum Hill, (718) 875–3677, www.bookcourt.com]. Nov. 16 at 7 pm. Free. — Matthew Perlman FILM Green screen Prospect Park is ready for its close-up. Photos by Stefano Giovannini Brooklyn’s favorite green space will star in a new film screening at Nitehawk Cinema’s Shorts Festival on Nov. 22. “Lost in Prospect Park” — just one of dozens of pint-sized moving-pic- tures showing at the Williamsburg movie house’s second annual bash — is a short, silent, darkly humorous flick that is drawn from a personal experience to which any Guy and dolls Brooklyn resident can re- late, explained the film- maker. Gallery celebrates artist’s bizarre Christmas tradition “I was with a casting company and I went to the FMmarx.com By Colin Mixson park looking for people to for The Brooklyn Paper ART fill a show I was working on,” said Park Sloper Lindsey Lambert, who wrote and directed the “My Sister’s Doll: Artists Respond to film. “Eventually, I got lost in Prospect Park.” alk about a toy story! a Christmas Saga” opening reception The director of a Williamsburg gal- at Figureworks Gallery [168 N. Sixth St. Unlike her visit to the titular park, which she T lery is hosting an art exhibition featur- between Bedford and Driggs avenues described as “green and beautiful,” Lambert’s ing an eclectic collection of dolls lovingly in Williamsburg, (718) 486–7021, www. film is shot in black and white, and takes a cyn- fi gureworks.com]. Nov. 14 at 6 pm–9 ical look at the high expectations that often ac- handcrafted by 50 of his fellow artists. The pm, free. Show runs until Dec. 21. show, entitled “My Sister’s Doll: Artists Re- company a budding romance. spond to a Christmas Saga,” commemorates In the film, Annie (Annie Gaarder) is enjoy- an error in judgement that the organizer’s ing night on Nov. 14, and take home her ing a date in the park with her boyfriend James father may never live down, he said. favorite pick as an early Christmas pres- (Zach Gamble) on Valentine’s Day, when the cou- “He’s 85 years old and we still torture ent, Harris said. ple becomes hopelessly lost. As the story pro- him about it,” said Randall Harris (pictured “Whichever doll she likes best will be her gresses, Annie learns some new things about her top), director at Figureworks Gallery. gift this year,” he said. “I’ll try and steer her sweetheart, and eventually comes to reconsider The great mistake and inspiration for Har- away from the more expensive ones.” her romantic prospects, said the director. ris’s art show occurred on Christmas Day The artists have taken the show’s theme “It’s about how relationships begin with certain 50 years ago, when Harris’s then 10-year- and run with it, each creating a doll that is expectations, and how quickly things can change old sister, Jane, received a beautiful doll in interesting and unique, Harris said. for better or for worse,” said Lambert. a special-edition box. The gift should have The submissions include a life-sized little In addition to her past experience, Lambert cinched Christmas — and dad — as the girl made entirely out of ceramics, and a doll chose to set her film in Prospect Park because best ever. with another doll’s head sticking out of its of its natural splendor and abundance of seclu- However, when Harris’s “less-privileged” stomach. And at least one artist has turned sion, she said. cousins arrived later that day, the Harris the theme on its head, crafting a book about “Prospect is a really beautiful park, some- family patriarch decided to re-gift Jane’s Doll face: A doll modeled after Oprah and one that looks like a life-size ce- the meaning of the word “doll.” where you can get a film crew in and find some doll in an act of misguided charity, which ramic toddler are just some of 50 dolls Jane Harris can select as her Christ- “When I asked my artists to participate, I quiet,” said Lambert. “It’s also one of my favor- left his daughter in tears. mas present this year. had no idea how enthusiastically they would ite parks in the city.” “My mother was furious and my sister embrace this side-project or how cathar- “Lost in Prospect Park” at Nitehawk Cin- was heartbroken,” said Harris. “Christmas toilet-paper rolls. This act of sibling kind- This year, however, he has gone one tic it would be for so many,” said Harris. ema [136 Metropolitan Ave. between Wythe didn’t end well that year.” ness sparked a yearly tradition and Harris step further, inviting 50 other artists to “Most artists have made direct connections Avenue and Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) To make amends, the 5-year-old Harris has made, scavenged, or sought out a new create a doll for his sister. Jane will get to a similar family event that seeded last- 384–3980, www.nitehawkcinema.com]. Nov. 22 crafted Jane a makeshift doll out of discarded doll for Jane every Christmas since. to choose her favorite the show’s open- ing fond or troubled memories.” at 11:45 am. $11. — Colin Mixson THIS WEEKEND! 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Prospect Park has not Boop-oop-a-doop! always been the lush Guitar legend Gary green oasis of bird- Lucas (best known for watching and roller- his work with Captain skating that we now Flannel Beefheart and Jeff Action hero know and love. Urban Buckley) teams up with Everything is more fun planner Patrick Lam- fantasy son-Hall will give a talk Knees-up Union Hall will smell Broadway star Sarah when you do it wearing spandex and a cape — titled “Grime and Britain’s Kneehigh The- like teen spirit tonight Stiles to pay tribute to even running, probably Glory: A History of atre is reprising its for the ’90s Alternative the music from “Betty the least fun activity of Prospect Park,” docu- acclaimed production Sing-Along — a kara- Boop” and “Popeye” cartoons in a free show all time (after golf). The menting the park’s “Tristan & Yseult” for a oke night where every- at the Brooklyn Acad- Super Ridge 5K Run early golden years dur- U.S. tour, which will call one sings and dances emy of Music’s BAM invites you to dress up ing the Robert Moses Brooklyn home for to every song. Come Cafe. like your favorite super- era to the crime- and almost a full month. in your best flannel hero and run or walk drug-riddled hell-hole Based on an ancient and you could win 9 pm the Brooklyn Academy about three miles it became in the ’70s. tale about a king who ’90s-themed prizes. of Music [651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort through Shore Park. 8:30 pm at Brooklyn falls in love with his Remember — even if Greene, (718) 636–4100, There will be prizes for Brainery [90 Underhill enemy’s sister, the play the decade is a blur of www.bam.org]. Free. best costumes, and all Ave. between Sterling incorporates a live and St. Johns places in smoke and Zima, you proceeds go to the band, aerial acrobatics, can still sing the chorus Prospect Heights, (347) Making Headway 292–7246, www.brooklyn- and audience interac- to “Mmm Mmm Mmm Foundation, which brainer y.com]. $10. tion for what is Mmm” by the Crash helps kids with brain reputed to be a very Test Dummies. and spinal cord tumors. fun night out. 9:30 pm at Union Hall [702 10 am at Narrows 8 pm at St. Ann’s Union St. between Fifth and Botanical Garden [7200– Warehouse (29 Jay St. at Sixth avenues in Park Slope, 7398 Shore Rd. at Mackay Plymouth Street in (718) 638–4400, www.union- Place, www.superridge5k. Dumbo, www.stannsware- hallny.com]. $10.. com]. $25. house.org). $50–$70. NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, NOV. 14 MUSIC, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE,GEOLOGIST, DEAKIN, AVEY TARE: $15. 11 pm. 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Silent Barn (603 between Harrison Place and Grattan Bushwick Ave. between Jefferson Street in Bushwick, (718) 852–4396], DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS FRO- SPORTS, BROOKLYN NETS VS. and Melrose streets in Bushwick), www.studio10bogart.com. ZEN: $20–$205. 7 pm. MILWAUKEE BUCKS: $35– silentbarn.org. TALK, “THE FBI’S LESBIAN — AN- $3,000. 7:30 pm. SAT, NOV. 15 SAT, NOV. 15 GELA CALOMIRIS VS. THE AMERI- CAN COMMUNIST PARTY”: Lisa MUSIC, SLUDGEFEAST: Heavy music DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS FRO- E. Davis leads a discussion. Free. 3 festival featuring NAAM, No Way, ZEN: 11 am, 3 pm, 7 pm. See FRI, NOV. 21 pm. Lesbian Herstory Archives [484 Blackout, Eidetic Seeing, Moun- Friday, Nov. 14. 14th St. between Eighth Avenue and tain God, Wonderbreed, Blackest, SPORTS, COACHES VS. CANCER Chimpgrinder, It’s Not Night: It’s Prospect Park West in Park Slope, Space, and Grizzlor. $20. 2 pm. 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Clinton Hill illustrator Molly Ostertag and writer Brennan Lee Mulligan (who NOVEMBER • lives in another, lesser borough) 22 23 could not find enough strong female protagonists that they liked in comics, movies, and television shows, so they de- cided to create one themselves. The title of the comic? “Strong Female Protagonist.” The protagonist in question is Alison Green, a superhu- manly powerful 19-year-old New York college student with an equally strong drive Original to do right by the world around her. “She is a reaction to the term ‘strong female protag- Handmade onist’ and how it gets used. It is usually a mysterious ba- dass lady who is proficient at combat but a flat character,” Beautiful said Mulligan. “The goal for us was to tell a story of a char- acter who is strong in every One Of A Kind Gifts sense of the word.” The pair started publishingishing From $50 to $5,000 “Strong Female Protagonist”onist” online three years ago, and have religiously Photo by Cate Dingley updated their website PenP pals: Molly Ostertag Brennan Lee Mulligan with the with two new pages of bobooko version of “Strong Female Protagonist.” the story every week 90 since. Eventually, they pointp crowd-funding website find anywhere, like feminist had amassed the equiva-- Kickstarter.K They were seek- and queer comics,” said Os- Contemporary lent of four chapters andd ingin $8,000 to get the project tertag. “We do not have plans Juried Artists 220 pages, so they decideded offof the ground, but ended up to stop any time soon.” to turn it into a book. raisingra more than $60,000 & Designers “Each chapter is almostost ffrom almost 2,000 fans of like one season of a tele-le- thet webcomic. COMICS vision show,” said Mulli-ulli- But despite their success in Molly Ostertag and ceramics gan. “They each have theirheir the paper publishing world, Brennan Lee Mulligan own arc.” Ostertag and Mulligan con- launch “Strong Female decorative fiber On Nov. 20, Ostertagg and tinue to post new pages of Protagonist” at Bergen Street Comics [470 Ber- Mulligan will host a launchaunch their comic free online ev- gen St. between Flatbush furniture party for the resulting tome ery Tuesday and Friday. and Fifth avenues in Park at Park Slope’s Bergen Street thethefeminismin feminism in “Right now, the webcomic Slope, (718) 230–5600, Comics, where they will dis- the comics industry. world consists of people like www.bergenstreetcom- glass Jeffery P’an ics.com]. Nov. 20 at 7 pm. cuss their comic, the charac- The duo funded the book us who are making stories that Free. ter, and their attempt to step up through a campaign on Green- they want to see and cannot jewelry leather metal mixed media wearable fiber wood THANKSGIVING Celebrate with us November 27, 2014 William Robbins Exquisite Three-Course Prix Fixe Dinner $38.95 Per Person ($18.95 per child under 12) CHOICE OF APPETIZER Insalata Organica Tortellini in Brodo SATURDAYSATUR 12 -6 (Organic Greens, Vinaigrette Dressing) (Tortellini stuffed with spinach & ricotta cooked in a SUNSSUNDAY 11-6 Insalata di Pere light broth) (Mix greens, Pears, Walnuts, Gorgonzola cheese & Ravioli di Zucca Adults $12 balsamic dressing) (House made ravioli made with ricotta, pumpkin & Parmigiano cheese in a butter sage sauce) SeniorsS $11 Raschiatelli con Ragù di Vitello StudentsSt $6 (Homemade pasta with veal ragu) Zuppa di Zucca e Noce Judith (Cream of Pumpkin Soup with fall spices, parsley, & Neugebauer BrooklynBrooklyB Museum Mozzarella Caprese Parmigiano reggiano topped with toasted pecans) (Mozzarella, roasted peppers, & tomato) Members $6 Cocktail di Gamberi Penne al Pomodoro e Basilico (Chilled shrimp cocktail … Additional $6.95) Children under 10 Free (Penne with fresh tomato & basil) Cash only at the door CHOICE OF ENTRÉE Tacchino Tradizionale Petto di Pollo con Carciofi BROOKLYN MUSEUM (Traditional roasted turkey with sweet potatoes, (Chicken cutlet topped with Artichoke, Spinach, cranberry sauce, chestnut stuffing & giblet gravy) parmigiano sauce) Andrea Geer 200 Eastern Parkway Salmone Al Forno Filetto di Sogliola Alla Provenzale Brooklyn, NY 11238 (Broiled salmon topped with fresh herb & finished with (Filet of Sole topped with olive herb breadcrumb in a lemon sauce) light tomato sauce) Vitello Al Marsala Bistecca Show Admission Includes (Veal with mushrooms, asparagus, truffle oil, & (Grilled Sirloin Steak with wild mushrooms in white marsala wine … Additional $6.95) wine sauce … Additional $7.00) General Access to All Entrees are served with chef’s choice of vegetable & potatoes BROOKLYN MUSEUM CHOICE OF DESSERT (Coffee & Tea with Dessert) Espresso … Additional $1.50 “Amazing, Stunning!” Strudel Di Mele Tortino di Zucca Candita Don’t Miss It: (Apple strudel served with ice cream) (Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream & nutmeg in espresso sauce) KILLER HEELS, Brownie Al Cioccolato The Art (Warm chocolate brownie with nutella whipped cream Classic Italian Cheesecake and crumbled cookies and ice-cream) of High- Heeled Shoes. 345 Court Street (at Union Street) For reservations (718) 852-5015 Website: MarcoPoloRistorante.com Buy Tickets Online BrooklynCraftShow.com !LL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED s &REE VALET PARKING 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 November 14–20, 2014 New reading recommendations Brooklyn booksellers offer their top picks for new literature Word’s pick BookMark’s pick Greenlight’s pick “A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing” by Eimear “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony “Your Face in Mine” by Jess Rowe: This is McBride: McBride is telling a theoretically sim- Doerr : Set in World War II France and Germany, easily one of the most interesting and thought-pro- ple story — “A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing” fol- this book is long, rich, and populated by a range voking books I’ve read this year. Nearly two decades lows the growth of a young woman whose fam- of imperfect characters. Doerr brings this wide as- after their high school graduation, Kelly runs into his ily life centers around her ill older brother. In her sembly of individuals to life, slowly drawing them old classmate, Martin, who immediately discloses hands, it becomes not nearer one another, flesh- to Kelly that he has un- only a beautiful exam- ing each of them out so dergone racial reassign- ple of the flexibility of that even those we might ment surgery to become prose, but a story with expect to be stereotypes a black male — a secret layer upon layer of emo- are much more. I was he’s held from absolutely tional depth and com- amazed that the author everyone until now. The plexity. The writing it- was able to heighten all mesmerizing novel asks Photo by Stefano Giovannini self is fragmented and my senses in a way that the question: what if you circuitous, so much so I felt I knew what it was felt, with your entire be- that the sentences them- like to be blind. In most ing, like you were into selves aren’t really sen- well-written books, you the wrong race? It is an tences. The fragments get of a sense of what the interesting and difficult are as sharp and jagged characters look like and question to ask, but what as the narrator’s strug- follow them throughout Row does so brilliantly is gles with family, with the story. But with this ask these questions about Upper crust! abuse, with religion, novel, I could imagine race and identity without with identity, and with finding personal freedom. what it was like to be in Marie-Laure’s shoes. presuming to know any of the answers. A difficult read, but an essential one. — Christine Freglette, The BookMark Shoppe — Emily Russo Murtagh, Greenlight Bookstore Become a pie-witness expert this — Jenn Northington, Word [126 Franklin St. [8415 Third Ave. between 84th and 85th streets [686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. at Milton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, in Bay Ridge, (718) 833–5115, www.bookmark- Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, Thanksgiving with these classes www.wordbrooklyn.com ]. shoppe.com ]. www.greenlightbookstore.com]. By Noah Hurowitz hind lecture series Masters FRI, NOV. 21 The Brooklyn Paper FOOD of Social Gastronomy may be just the thing. The Mas- READING, BRIAN FINKE: Hands-on pie: pump- 9 DAYS... ime to get baking, ters will hold a talk on Nov. Photographer Brian Finke kin fi llings class at the Continued from page 10 launches his collection Brooklyn. Brooklyn Kitchen [100 19 at Littlefield in Gowanus following the lives of U.S. T Thanksgiving is just Frost St. between Man- that will explore the ins and TUES, NOV. 18 Marshalls, “U.S. Marshalls.” around the corner, which hattan and Meeker av- outs of apple pies, as well as Free. 7–9 pm. PowerHouse means you can’t throw a tur- enues in Williamsburg, the long history of Ameri- MUSIC, RACHAEL Arena [37 Main St. at Water (718) 389–2982, www. YAMAGATA, THE DOVE Street in Dumbo, (718) 666– key leg in the borough with- thebrooklynkitchen.com.] ca’s greatest invention, the & THE WOLF: $25. 8 pm. 3049], www.powerhouse- out hitting an opportunity to Nov. 18 at 6:30 pm. $65. pumpkin pie. Music Hall of Williamsburg arena.com. stuff your pie-hole — with “Pumpkin pie is very [66 N. Sixth St. between MUSIC, HAND JOB ACAD- pie! And according to the or- Masters of Social Gas- American, and has deep roots Kent and Wythe avenues EMY, .357 LOVER, LATE tronomy at Littlefi eld in Williamsburg, (718) 486– CAMBRIAN, MATH THE ganizer of one such event, the [622 Degraw St. between to the country’s culinary his- 5400], www.musichallofwil- BAND, WHEATUS: $14 tasty pastries are easier to Fourth and Third avenues tory,” said Sarah Lohman (pic- liamsburg.com. ($12 advance). 8 pm. The make than people think. in Gowanus, (877) 435– tured top), co-founder of Mas- THEATER, “IL BARBIERE DI Wick [260 Meserole St. at “Pie is one of the things 9849, www.omgmsg.com]. ters of Social Gastronomy. SIVIGLIA”: LoftOpera pres- Bushwick Place in Bushwick, that blows people away when Nov. 19 at 8 pm. Free. The free talk will also give ents Gioachino Rossini’s (347) 799–1049], www.the- “The Barber of Seville.” $30. wicknyc.com. they realize how simple it audiences a chance to sample 8 pm. The Green Building is,” said Lili Dagan, educa- veal the specific secrets that a pie recipe from pre-Revo- [452 Union St. between tion manager at Brooklyn pie scholars will pick up at lutionary War days, as well Bond Street and the Gow- SAT, NOV. 22 Kitchen, a Williamsburg the class, but she was will- as a scientific comparison of anus Canal in Cobble Hill, Elizabeth Herman D. Child’s play: The Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs its new show “Black Mountain MUSIC, “BLACK VIOLIN”: cooking store that is host- ing impart what she said is the many kinds of apples that (718) 522–3363], www.lof- $15. 2 pm. Brooklyn Center topera.com. ing a pie-making class on the key to a good pie: qual- can be used to fill a pie. Songs” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Nov. 20-22. for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College [2900 Nov. 18. “Basically all you ity ingredients. Lohman agreed with Da- Campus Rd., between need is your filling and wa- “When you’re making gan on the ease of baking a WED, NOV. 19 www.brooklynhistory.org. MUSIC, “BLACK MOUNTAIN MUSIC, MOBILE MON- THURS, NOV. 20 SONGS”: Brooklyn Youth Amersfort Place and Ken- ter, flour, and butter.” something with so few in- pie, but said anyone intimi- TALK, A CONVERSATION DAYS: Operator Emz, Joey Chorus perform music cel- ilworth Place in Midwood, FILM, THE WILLIAMSBURG (718) 951–4500], www. The class will empower at- gredients, you really want dated by the prospect of mak- ABOUT CONVERSATIONS Carvello, Natasha Diggs, ebrating the collaborative ABOUT RACE: Authors Ba- INDEPENDENT FILM FES- brooklyncenteronline.org. tendees to make their holiday to get the best ingredients ing a crust from scratch is Misbehavior, and $$$ Mike TIVAL: Featuring indepen- spirit of North Carolina’s ratunde Thurston (“How to Black Mountain College, DANCE, STUDENT SHOW- pies from scratch this year, of- you can,” she said. off the hook. Be Black”) and Tanner Colby spin classic and danceable dent fi lms from around the CASE: A fund-raiser includ- fering step-by-step instruc- For those who want the “When in doubt, pie crust (“Some of My Best Friends tunes, all on 45 RPM singles. world, with many focussing composed by Caroline ing Afro-modern, hip-hop tion from the crust to the fill- secret to a good pie as well from the freezer section is Are Black”) host an inter- $10. 7 pm. Brooklyn Bowl on Williamsburg and Brook- Shaw, Nico Muhly, and oth- fusion, Haitian drumming, ing, and the tools to blow their as some great factoids to pretty good,” Lohman said. racial conversation. Free. [61 Wythe Ave. between lyn. $13. 7 pm. Wythe Hotel ers. $20. 7:30 pm. BAM and samba. Free. 7 pm. N. 11th and N. 12th streets Harvey Theater [651 Fulton throw at their know-it-all “You can even make a good 6:30 pm. Brooklyn Historical [8 Wythe Ave. between N. Cumbe [558 Fulton St. at grandma’s family recipe out of Society [128 Pierrepont St. in Williamsburg, (718) 11th and N. 12th streets in St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Flatbush Avenue Exten- the water, said Dagan. cousin come Thanksgiving, pie with a bad crust. It’s all at Clinton Street in Brooklyn 963–3369], www.brooklyn- Williamsburg, (718) 460– Greene, (718) 636–4100], sion, (718) 935–9700], www. Dagan was reticent to re- the food-mad scientists be- about the filling.” Heights, (718) 222–4111], bowl.com. 8000], www.willfi lm.org. www.bam.org. cumbedance.com. 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Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) The Brooklyn Paper “Lab automation today is • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment This startup wants to give basically where computing • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings was in the 1970s,” said Will • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) scientists a hand — a robotic hand. Canine, who lives in Bedford- • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) Stuyvesant. OpenTrons aims to revo- Lab automation systems that Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer lutionize the way biologists exist now, such as those that 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens work using an automated sys- measure and combine small 624-5554 s 624-7055 tem to help perform the repet- amounts of liquid, can run as Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking itive tasks lab work requires. expensive as $25,000, and re- and insurance plans accommodated One of the company’s found- quire a technician to program ers said it is high time labs got them, Canine said. The team plans to sell its creation for just $3,000 when it hits the mar- ket next April, and, Canine ex- Eye on technology and plained, scientists can program OpenTrons innovation in Brooklyn it themselves through a drag- From left, Chiu Chau, Will Canine, Nick Wagner, and Andy Sigler — the team and-drop web interface. behind OpenTrons — look down at one of their robotoic lab assistants. “The ease of reprogram- bility to biology. ming is the tricky part,” Canine “We know if you speed up said. “We need to empower our the design-test-build cycle you liquid into a series of tiny test on top of it.” Morgan Chase, have curated a researchers with knowledge of get better products,” Canine said. tubes. Scientists often perform The team, which also in- collection of original artwork their machines.” “We’re trying to bring that same this task by hand in order to cludes Nick Wagner, Chiu to sell to collectors through The precise, computer-con- thing to bio-prototyping.” prototype potential new com- Chau, and Andy Sigler, started the site, and at their brick-and- trolled motors driving the robot Canine says there is a market pounds and to create base so- working on the devices at Gen- mortar gallery on Morgan Av- are similar to those in 3-D print- for the product because other lutions for research. space, a Downtown biotechnol- enue. The works come framed ers. Canine said advancements lab-automation setups only sell OpenTrons is currently ogy lab that offers workspace and ready to hang. by companies such as Maker- to institutions, whereas Open- open-source, as MakerBot was and classes to foster biologi- • • • When it comes to natural gas pipelines, Bot have made these motors Trons is offering it to anyone when it first started hawking cal innovation. Kickstarter is ramping up cheaper and easier to use. who is interested. printers. But the founders say OpenTrons is now rasing its collaboration with the Mu- there’s no such thing as too safe. “Aspects of our systems “We’re targeting doctoral their business model requires money on Kickstarter, and seum of Modern Art , adding were made possible because students and other people who that they stay open-source, be- hopes to open an office Down- more products to the shelves of innovations that have hap- are frankly too smart to be do- cause scientists need to be able town soon. of the museum’s fancy high- pened largely in Brooklyn,” ing this kind of manual labor,” to adapt their robotic assistants end design store in Manhat- he said. he said. to meet their needs. Techno Files tan. One of the products se- Advances in printer technol- The primary OpenTrons “Being open-source is a Sugarlift, an online art lected for the holiday shopping ogy have lowered the barriers setup consists of an eyedrop- central tenant of our busi- gallery operated out of Bush- season was Brooklyn designer Delivering safe, reliable natural gas service to our customers is our top to entry to designers creating per-like component on a mov- ness model,” Canine said. wick, launched last week. The David Barry’s Cloud File new products, and OpenTrons ing arm that dispenses small “We need other companies founders, Wright Harvey and Solutions, a metal file orga- priority. Pipeline safety is something we take very seriously at National Grid. is trying to bring that accessi- amounts of precisely measured to take our product and build Bart Piela, both alumni of JP nizer shaped like clouds. Even though most lines are buried underground, that doesn’t mean you can ignore them. ing our work in partnership vate group issues permits. according to information from with the NYC Department of The Brooklyn Bridge Park the group and the city. Keep your family and community safe by helping to prevent gas leaks. CONEY... Parks and Recreation across Corporation controls Brook- Community Board 13’s dis- Continued from page 1 The Alliance did not con- multiple initiatives for the last- lyn Bridge Park. Former trict manager said the request Always call New York 811 at 811 or 1-800-272-4480 before you dig. ing growth and benefit of the Mayor Michael Bloomberg for proposals could come be- the group is in talks with the firm that it was talking with the city, but its director said area.” and former Gov. George Pa- fore December. city. taki formed the Corporation “I have been told one is in Know the signs of a gas leak. We’ve added a spoiled egg smell that makes the group’s primary goal is The city ceding permit- “The Alliance for Coney Is- ting rights alone to an out- in 2002. It is also responsi- the works for this month,” said natural gas easier to identify. Look for bubbles in standing water, a white land has been in negotiations making Coney Island fun for side group would be prece- ble for implementing a hous- Chuck Reichenthal. cloudy mist or blowing dust, which indicates that an underground gas line with the parks department,” everyone. dent-setting. ing-development plan on the Rican Vargas, who heads said Dick Zigun, Coney Is- “We are first and foremost Three parks citywide are former piers that make up the the Coney Island Dancers, may have ruptured; or, listen for a hissing, roaring or whistling sound. land’s unofficial mayor and dedicated to helping Coney Is- operated and maintained by park. said the late-year proposal the director of the arts organi- land, whether it’s with supple- outside groups — Brooklyn The Corporation’s re- is a means of sneaking the If you smell, see or hear any of those indications, leave the area immediately, zation Coney Island USA. mentary sanitation or public Bridge Park, Bryant Park, and quirements for issuing spe- plan under locals’ radar. Zigun’s Mermaid Day Pa- then call National Grid at 1-718-643-4050. Be smart and be safe. Know boardwalk programming like Hudson River Park, where the cial events permits are simi- “They’re probably gonna rade is by far the Boardwalk’s the Free Friday Night Fire- controlling organizations are lar to the parks department’s: stuff it out around Thanksgiv- what’s below — call before you dig and know the signs of a gas leak. biggest event, but he said Co- works,” said Alliance exec- responsible for operation, applications take at least 21 ing when everyone’s eating ney Island USA won’t enter a utive director Johanna Zaki. maintenance, and permit- days to process, require a $25 turkey,” Vargas said. “That Visit www.nationalgrid.com for additional safety information. bid and will instead support “The Alliance for Coney Is- ting. But there are currently non-refundable fee, and are way they’ll be pulling the wool the Alliance’s application. land looks forward to continu- no city-run parks where a pri- not issued on major holidays, over everyone’s eyes.” November 14–20, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 15 Speaking of the creaky- a-- arm of the team, Deron Williams claims he’s finally healthy. That sounds familiar. Prognosis: Meh-gative Didn’t we hear this last year? I suppose anything is possi- ble, even the resurrection of Nets outlook: Bench is hot but big names lukewarm the D-Will the Nets signed from Utah. And winning the o, through the first six writer and not a TV reporter, Eastern Conference’s Player games of the NBA sea- because then I’d have to learn of the Week ain’t a bad way S son, our Nets emerged to pronounce those names. to start. But despite the pos- 4–2. The other plus side of a hot itive early returns, D-Will’s Quick math tells me that’s bench, for the Nets at least, is ankles are about as trustwor- twice as many wins as losses, that it lets you rest the lum- thy as Anthony Weiner with and far better than the team’s bering china dolls who make a cellphone. 44–38 mark at the end of last up your starting squad. Brook Next up (as of press time) season, but this year is just Lopez, I’m looking at you. The for our Brooklyn boys and getting started and if there is Big Lug is still working his prospective AARP members: one thing the three games against some of Nets don’t the best in the West. Now, I have gobs love the West Coast hospital- of, it’s stam- Flagrant ity of Safeway trash compac- ina. Anyhow, tors as much as the next pi- it’s too early geon, but the trip is going to be for a sweep- Fowl a real schlep on my bum wing . ing progno- with Crummy the Pigeon sis, but here Assuming I make it, I am ea- Sleep-Away is how it’s ger to see BL’s Balkans curse Camp looking from the rafters. way back from a never-ending put to the test against Golden The Nets’ big-name old succession of foot injuries, and State center Ognjen Kuzmic. guys are no Murderer’s Row, guys named Nikola have been The Bosnian Serb is a true but all their parts are still mov- eating him up the way I attack end-of-the-bench-warmer, ing after six games. As for the a trash-can full of Shake Shack but if I was Warriors coach bench, it’s hotter than an after- wrappers after a game. First Steve Kerr I would put him noon tryst in the upper reaches it was Nikola Pekovic and the in to see if he catches fire, the of a Prospect Park gazebo in Timberwolves giving it to him. same way you test a whiskey’s August — trust me, I know. Then, on Sunday, it was the alcohol content by putting a The big guys from over- Magic’s Nikola Vucevic. And lighter to it. Even if the Nets seas are doing what they do when Coach Lionel Hollins get wasted by the stiff com- best: hanging out 24 feet from benched Lopez for the fourth petition out there, let’s hope the basket and making it rain quarter, Vucevic stopped scor- they don’t bring the hangover threes that remind me of how I ing. The only conclusion we back to Barclays. could use a good pothole bath. can draw from this is that Lo- They say the morning af- Take Bojan Bogadanovic and pez is some sort of Monte- ter gets more painful as you Mirza Teletovic. Both have negrin-good-luck charm. Or Photo by Jason DeCrow get older, but I say they’re not impressed early, making me that he is in no condition to Nets guard Deron Williams looks good here, but we drinking enough. thank the almighty bread- play defense. I suppose that can’t be sure the spring has returned to his step for Speaking of which: spare crumb dispenser that I am a is also possible. the season. a buck for a beer? G’point homeless shelter shock By Danielle Furfaro “We are not opposed to a scale of the city’s current record There are already three home- emergency exists through- The Brooklyn Paper planned shelter program. The homeless population . less shelters in Williamsburg out the city, and they should The city is rushing to open homeless of our community “Every borough, neighbor- and Greenpoint, including the not burden just one commu- a new homeless shelter in must be placed in decent, stan- hood, and community district, 300-capacity men’s shelter on nity board district.” Greenpoint to avoid answer- dard housing,” said Commu- as a part of the city of New York, Skillman Avenue, Lentol said. The new shelter is supposed ing to opponents in the com- nity Board 1 chairwoman must do its part to address and The assemblyman, Brooklyn’s to accommodate as many as 91 OUS OUS OUS munity, according to neigh- Dealice Fuller. “However, assist the growing number of longest-serving pol, said that homeless adult couples. A local "" "! 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Crashes Are Preventable. Together, We Can Save Lives. #25MPH 16 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 November 14–20, 2014 “We’re Back – Stronger Than Ever!” Flower power D’town By Matthew Perlman one park steward said. a hand, with some help from The Brooklyn Paper “It was really nice to see a equipment provided by the Things are coming up daf- bunch of people who didn’t Partnership for Parks. fodils in Cadman Plaza next know each other before, work- One of the younger diggers year. ing together,” said Toba Po- was Alice Poliner, a Brook- 718-230-8100 The Cadman Plaza Park tosky, president of the con- lyn Heights 3-year-old. Her Conservancy planted 1,650 servancy. mother Megan said the ex- daffodil bulbs in the strip This was Cadman Plaza’s perience will help teach Al- Airport Transportation of green space that extends second year participating in ice about giving back to the from Tillary Street to Prospect the Daffodil Project, part of places they enjoy. Corporate Accounts Welcome Street on Saturday. Green- a citywide program started “We see the parks as our ex- thumbed volunteers showed by New Yorkers for Parks tended living room,” the elder Out-of-town up from around the borough after the Sept. 11 attacks to Poliner said. “And we wanted Photo by Elizabeth Graham to help, shoulder-to-shoulder remember those killed. This to show Alice that we have Three-year-old Alice Poliner wields a shovel like a Competitive Rates with neighborhood residents, year, about 75 volunteers lent to take care of them.” pro while planting daffodil bulbs in Cadman Plaza. Sports, and the rules of the game Open 24/7. olleyball season just steady, disciplined, and ex- about this old way moral compass is broken in ended for my 16-year- perienced coach. of doing things, she youth sports. 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Her between my high-school sports ish. of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Clinton Hill Fort Greene Bed-Stuy Dumbo experience and my daughter’s Dad Team, to hockey player Slava team improved all season, I thought about comes down to the values be- By Scott Sager Voynov, to a list of NFL play- 718-230-3003 718-230-0999 718-623-9393 718-623-1607 bonding and working hard the Sayrerville, NJ hind “Training Rules,” a con- ers currently suspended, all for under the watchful eye of a high-school foot- cept my adolescent has never ball team, on which some of uninvolved team members. various iterations of domestic heard of. the boys took the already bad The idea of values seems violence. Back in the day, schools had idea of hazing into the crimi- missing from discussions of In the spring, when my expectations athletes had to nal realm of sex crimes. While athlete behavior, my daugh- daughter plays varsity softball meet during the season, such and I suggest that her duty to ter’s and these teenage boys’ WHAT IS ROTARY? as no smoking or drinking, and most adults of that commu- the team might include giv- sometimes even a curfew. If nity seem to support the school included. Under the pressure ing up a party or two, it will Rotary is a group of local business people who get together weekly you broke training, you were board’s decision to cancel the to perform, the goal of win- be time to have a longer, very to network and do charitable work in their community. suspended from the team. rest of the season, there are par- ning trumps all the positive important talk about what the When travelling you had ents who try to dismiss what lessons athletics offers kids. privilege of being on a team to wear jackets and ties. Girls went on in an unsupervised Certainly there are coaches and is about, translated from my wore dresses or slacks and no locker room or who worry programs and schools that rise alien tongue into words she The Brooklyn sneakers. Your grade-point av- about the consequences on the above the norm, but mostly the understands. erage better be in shape too, Bridge Rotary because if you weren’t keep- This year we’ve focused on helping ing up in classes, you were off Club meets the team. disadvantaged pregnant women to These were some of the every Thursday become self reliant, and we also brought ways the meaning of being on a team was communicated, that in Downtown a 5 year old Haitian boy to NYC to have it was a privilege and a respon- sibility to participate and we Brooklyn. open heart surgery. each better be willing to give Brooklyn. up something for the oppor- tunity. 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Commercial and Residential Property Management When I told my daughter Commercial and Residential Property Management “BUT WHAT IF I’M WRONG?” ISN’T A REASON TO STAY SILENT IF YOU SUSPECT ABUSE OR NEGLECT, please don’t wait for someone else to speak up. A vulnerable child needs you. Call 311 to make a report or 911 for an emergency. Bill de Blasio Mayor Gladys Carrión Commissioner November 14–20, 2014 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 17 18 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 November 14–20, 2014 How do Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito take care of their “moral obligations?” Central Park Five settlement: Benefits for injured police officers: $41 million Nothing Mayor de Blasio paid off his political debts by adding $26 million to the Central Park Five settlement over City lawyers’ objections. But he and the Speaker think it’s just too expensive to give recently-hired NYPD officers the same disability benefits as every other police officer in New York State. Their priorities speak for themselves... Support equal benefits for injured police officers Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York 125 Broad Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004 • 212-233-5531 Patrick J. Lynch, President www.nycpba.org