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By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers This war came to a peaceful end. State Sen. Marty Golden and As- semblyman Peter Abbate put aside their differences this week and an- nounced that they and Borough President Marty Markowitz would obtain the funding for a new senior center at a Moose Lodge, just blocks from the Narrows Senior Center in Bensonhurst, which must close because it is not handicap ac- cessible. For more than three years the Narrows Senior Center has been in negotiations with the Kings County Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge, on 18th Avenue at 77th Street, to Peter Abbate and Marty Golden bury the hatchet, along with Marty obtain space that would better ac- Markowitz to announce the release of funds for a Moose Lodge Se- commodate its 100-plus seniors and nior Center. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan provide the required handicap ac- cessibility. But spurred on by a barrage of for the satellite center. seniors that plans for the Moose bad press and a final deadline of Appearing shoulder to shoulder Lodge would proceed. April 30 given by Moose Lodge ad- Thursday morning at the Narrows Funding will come from a combi- ministrator Sam Mazza, Golden and Senior Center, on New Utrecht Av- nation of sources including $100,000 Abbate agreed this week, after a enue at 79th Street, Abbate and in operating costs from Mayor meeting in Albany, to release funds Golden announced to the lunching See SENIORS on page 3

Brewer Kelly Taylor of the new Heartland Brewery in Clinton Hill, surrounded by kegs filled with his creations. The Brooklyn Papers / Brad Horrigan Plea gets 5-15 years By Deborah Kolben and stout they would serve. real estate mogul David Walentas The deal for a 12,000-square- The Brooklyn Papers With manufacturing space too offered rent-free space in a dilapi- foot space in Clinton Hill was fi- costly in Manhattan, he looked dated building, but “it was old and nally secured two months ago. When Jon Bloostein, in a shambles” and would require The former dairy factory on Wa- founder of the Heartland across the East River to Brooklyn. But after his third real estate too much capital investment in ren- verly Avenue between Fulton and for crooked Gangemi Brewery chain, decided to deal fell through, Bloostein started ovations, Bloostein said. Atlantic avenues will supply more expand his trio of large brew- So last week, when the first than 4,000 barrels (8,000 kegs) of losing faith. There were two sites trayed, many of who are here,” and two to six years on eight counts pubs to smaller non-brewing in Greenpoint, but one landlord re- batch of Heartland beer was final- beer to the Heartland Brewery Gangemi said. “I want to let them of grand larceny in the third degree. establishments throughout the neged on a contract while the other ly brewed this side of the East restaurants. Bilked clients: know that when my debt to the state Those will run concurrently. city, he needed to find a place turned around and leased the space River, Bloostein breathed a big The majority of the beer — is paid I will do my best to see that “He should have gotten a year for big enough to brew the ale to somebody else. Then DUMBO sigh of relief. See BREWERY on page 5 That’s not they are paid.” every client. He got away cheap,” Firetog sentenced Gangemi to said Lorraine DeVico, who said her enough five to 15 years on nine counts of family lost millions to Gangemi. grand larceny in the second degree See GANGEMI on page 5 By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers Rheingold’s back, Clients bilked out of millions were left fuming Friday after a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge sentenced Frank Gangemi to School district not brewed here five to 15 years in jail. Charged with 17 counts of grand By Deborah Kolben But despite his marketing forays into larceny, the disbarred lawyer from The Brooklyn Papers the borough, Bendheim, who most recent- Bay Ridge changed his plea from quarters here ly brought back Dooney & Bourke hand- not guilty to guilty last month. In In the ’50s it was one of the city’s bags, said there are no plans to return the exchange, Judge Neil Firetog agreed most popular beers, and it was brewed By Deborah Kolben become the hub for the new Divi- brewery to its Brooklyn roots. He said it to sentence Gangemi concurrently sion 7. in Brooklyn. Now, after a 30-year just wasn’t economically feasible. on all counts. The Brooklyn Papers absence, Rheingold is back in business, Under the restructuring, the city’s The first batch of Rheingold beer was Explaining the change of heart, For parents in Bay Ridge 32 community school districts will but this time the label has taken its hops Gangemi’s attorney, Ronald Aiello, brewed in Bushwick in the 1950s by come July, the trek to the new be replaced with 10 instructional 250 miles north to upstate Utica. Samuel Liebmann, a German Jewish im- said his client “wished to confess to Division 7 educational district leadership divisions called Learning That decision was made by new Rhein- migrant, and his three sons. what he had done.” Rather than face headquarters will be a familiar Support Centers. These centers will gold CEO Tom Bendheim, a marketing When the family arrived in the United a trial and a possible 30-year sen- route, kind of like going to the guru specializing in brand revitalization States, they built a small brewery on the tence, Gangemi copped a plea. house parent support offices offering whose last project involved bringing back corner of Forrest and Bremen streets in He may also face federal charges current District 20 headquar- school registration and other infor- a forgotten leather handbag company. Bushwick and named it for the great river of using Mafia muscle to quiet wit- ters. In fact, it will be exactly mation Bendheim, who touts his own New in Germany. nesses. like it. Under the current plan, districts York City roots, is fashioning Rheingold That brewery quickly expanded and In an appeal that jerked few tears, When Mayor Michael Bloom- 20 and 21, covering Bay Ridge, as New York’s beer. With a lot of “grass- Rheingold became one of the country’s Gangemi, the son of former Bay berg and Schools Chancellor Joel Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Bath roots marketing,” Rheingold has been tar- leading beers. At its peak, it held 35 per- Ridge Councilman John Gangemi, Klein’s newly revamped school sys- Beach, Gravesend, Brighton Beach geting Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the cent of the market share in New York apologized to the courts and his col- tem goes into effect this summer, and Coney Island will join with East Village and Williamsburg. And ac- City. The brewery shut down in 1976, leagues for disgracing the profes- the District 20 office, housed in the Staten Island to form Division 7, the cording to Bendheim, Rheingold has also overtaken in the market by Miller and “Miss Rheingold” was an iconic figure in the sion. former Bell Atlantic building on largest of the proposed 10 divisions, made quite a splash in Park Slope. 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Home of Funzi’s Pub • Karaoke – Fri. Nights Gays to march in Irish parade Cosmic Bowling – Sat. Nights • Fund Raisers By Patrick Gallahue it was OK if some friends at and his group have sought an Elected officials have been confirm by press time. The Brooklyn Papers the Lavender and Green Al- invitation to march in the pro- a sporadic presence at the pa- Mary Frances O’Leary, the liance marched with them, and cession to no avail and instead rade due to the exclusion. president of the New York State Corporate Parties • Leagues Forming A gay and lesbian organ- I had no objection to that,” he have stayed on the sidewalk at The parade saw a drop in its Board of the Ladies Ancient Or- ization has been invited to told The Brooklyn Papers. The Bartel-Pritchard Square to hold political support in 2001 with der of the Hibernians will be this march in Sunday’s 28th church is located on Sixth Av- an annual protest. the absence of Assemblyman year’s grand marshal. Joining annual Brooklyn Irish enue at Park Place. “The celebration and the sprit Jim Brennan, and then-Borough the parade will be the St. Mary’s American Parade through Asked whether the Lavender of the day are only enhanced by President Howard Golden. Fife and Drum Band from Park Slope, but they’ll and Green members could un- greater hospitality and open- Then-Councilman Marty Gold- County Cavan, Ireland; the likely have to keep their furl their banner as they ness,” said Fay, who organized en was also not present at the Killeshin Pipe Band from Coun- Monday Madness marched behind that of his the Queens Saint Patrick’s Day banner furled. festivities but cited scheduling ty Laois; the Clan Eireann Pipe Long cast to the periphery, church, Rev. Whelan said he march, which included gays and conflicts. Band of Brooklyn; and Squad 1, RENT A LANE the Lavender and Green Al- was informed by the parish- lesbians. “Park Slope is no place Last year, however, Brennan, the firehouse on Union Street liance has been welcomed to ioners that the banner would not for discrimination or exclusion. Markowitz and Marty Golden between Sixth and Seventh av- walk behind the St.Augus- be displayed because they are Nor is Brooklyn or anywhere all participated, and Mayor enues, which lost a dozen of its Per Hour tine’s Roman Catholic Church not a registered organization for that matter.” Michael Bloomberg, also made members on Sept. 11, 2001. banner by church council with the parade committee. Parade chairwoman Kathleen an appearance. Councilman Bill There will also be an official $1 .00 (Up to six people per lane) “We will have our banner McDonagh did not return calls DeBlasio opted not to join the visit by Irish Minister of State member Mychal McNicholas. “I have invited my friends to with us in case of a miracle,” for comment. Nor did the pastor event due to the parade commit- Mary Hanafin. The parade is GREAT PARKING! march with me,” McNicholas said Brendan Fay, the executive of Saint Augustine’s. tee’s ban on gay and lesbian dedicated to Peter Tuohy, a for- from 9pm to closing said. “The parish bulletin of director of the Manhattan-based Fay, the co-chairman of the groups. mer parade officer and 1992 Sunday, [March 9] indicated all Lavender and Green Alliance. Queens St. Patrick’s Day pa- This year, an aide at Assem- grand marshal, and noted histo- (cannot be combined with any other offer) are welcome to march behind “In the meantime, we join the rade which welcomes gay and blywoman Joan Millman’s of- rian John Gallagher, who wrote (holidays excluded) Saint Augustine’s parish banner. brothers and sisters of the Saint lesbian groups, has received fice said she would join DeBla- “The Battle of Brooklyn, 1776.” And I didn’t see any discrimina- Augustine’s parish and carry support from allies as close as sio in skipping the event. The parade will start at 15th www.maplelanes.ebowlingcenter.net tion in that statement.” our rainbow and Irish flags.” City Hall and as far as Dublin. Markowitz, who typically hands Street and Prospect Park West And the pastor of St. Au- The parade will kickoff The Mayor of Dublin, Council- out green bagels at the parade, at 1 pm. The route runs down gustine’s, the Rev. Bob Whe- from Bartel-Pritchard Square, lor Dermot Lacey, wrote Fay as part of the Yiddish Sons of to Seventh Avenue and then to lan, is all for it. “I encourage 15th Street at Prospect Park recently to “salute all involved Erin, will be involved in pre-pa- Union Street. On Union Street, maple lanes people to bring their family West, at 1 pm on March 16. St. in your parade to congratulate rade festivities, but skips the the parade returns to Prospect 1570 60th Street • Bklyn, NY 11219 and friends and neighbors, and Patrick’s Day is the next day. you on celebrating a modern in- march, as will Marty Golden. Park West and then back to 718-331-9000 a few parishioners asked me if For more than a decade, Fay clusive Ireland.” Brennan’s office could not 15th Street. Gil Hodges Lanes “The Best of NY” – Daily News 6161 Strickland Ave. • Bklyn, NY 11234 718-763-3333 Ridge Parade March 30 “WHAT?” By Deborah Kolben a small village in County year’s parade, which will fea- If this is your first The Brooklyn Papers Rosconnon, Ireland, had the ture 8,000 marchers, 35 bands response ... you’re not pleasure of visiting the Emer- and a host of bagpipers. alone. This is how The 10th annual Bay ald Isle for the first time just According to parade organ- Ridge St. Patrick’s parade over 10 years ago. When his izer Larry Morrish the late approximately 28 million will go off rain or shine on cousins said, “Welcome date was chosen to insure that Americans who experience Sunday, March 30, and home,” it really did feel like the event would not conflict this year’s grand marshal, home, said Phillips who was with other parades around the hearing loss respond. Purim Monsignor Michael Phil- born in Queens. city. lips, says that either way, He was also pleased to be Asked if gay groups would he will be thrilled. able to say mass at the church be allowed to join the march, What you can do A heavy downpour plagued where his parents were bap- Morrish said the issue had If you suspect you or someone you know the first year’s parade with tized. never come up before. “We such force that few partici- As usual, the Ancient Order just want to share our heritage may have a hearing problem, call today Carnival pants, including Phillips, will of Hibernians and the Fifth with everybody else,” said for a personal appointment for a Avenue Board of Trade will Morrish adding, “We’re a pri- ever forget it. FREE HEARING CONSULTATION. All “The Irish call a rainy day a co-sponsor the parade, which vate group and we will judge Sunday, March 16, 2-5pm Ages! ‘soft day’ because in Ireland begins at noon at 94th Street by our rules.” they never let the rain inter- and Fourth Avenue and con- Honorees at this year’s pa- We are accepting donations of unused vene with their enjoyment of tinues up to 67th Street and rade will include Ancient Or- or non-functioning hearing aids for the Third Avenue. der of Hibernians members life,” said Phillips, who has Starkey Hearing Foundation which Games been the pastor at the St. The day will kick off with a Joseph Connelly, Dennis Prizes Anselm Roman Catholic 9:30 am mass at St. Patrick’s Brody and Judith Rose. Police distributes free aids to poor children. Church, on 82nd Street at Church, on Fourth Avenue at Officer Danny Woods, Fire- Rides HamantaschenFace PaintingCostumes Fourth Avenue, for 12 years. 97th Street, which will be fol- fighter John Kelly and William 748-2630 / 745-5169 Phillips said he was honored lowed by a brunch for parade Lane, from Our Lady of Per- and delighted to be chosen honorees at the Hunters Steak petual Help in Sunset Park. T CONGREGATION Mount Sinai H grand marshal of this year’s and Ale House across the For more information on E AMERICAN HEARING CENTER 250 Cadman Plaza West, between Clinton and Clark Streets in Brooklyn Heights parade. street. the day’s festivities, call (718) 875-9124 • E-mail: [email protected] • web: www.congmtsinai.org Phillips, whose parents Organizers expect upwards (718) 399-9344 or visit 512 84th Street were both born in Granlahan, of 100,000 spectators at this www.stpatricksparade.org.

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The Brooklyn Papers man William Colton, chairman of the Legislative Committee the stacks never burn again, Custom Fit Bowling Balls A notorious Gravesend on Solid Waste Management. Community Board 11 District garbage incinerator will Manager Howard Feuer said All Major Brands: Bowling Balls, Bags, Accessories & Apparel “Not only are they taking down Professional Bowling Lessons Available soon be torn down. the stacks, but the city is pro- the barging of garbage would Department of Sanitation ceeding to barge garbage out also mean less trucks on city * FREE Rosin Bag with purchase & mention of this ad. Commissioner John Doherty rather than truck it out.” streets. announced at a meeting of the But before the waste can be “Our roadways are inundated 423 88th St. • (718) 748-SHOP• Concerned Citizens of Benson- barged out, the stacks must with these trucks,” said Feuer, in Mark Lanes 748-7467 hurst last week, that the two, come down, which could take who praised the use of barges, 200-foot smokestacks standing as long as 15 months, accord- calling them a “positive step.” on the waterfront near the Nellie ing to Department of Sanitation Many are still wondering, Bly amusement park will be dis- spokesman Keith Mellis. however, where the trash will mantled and replaced by a ma- The Southwest Brooklyn In- go. rine waste transfer station. cinerator, located on a piece of The Department of Sanita- As part of an effort initiated property that juts out of tion said a destination for the by Mayor Michael Bloom- Gravesend Bay between 25th barged trash is still in the works. berg, the incinerator, which Avenue and Bay 41st Street, Garbage from southwest was built in 1961 and was de- has long roused community ire. Brooklyn was once shipped to commissioned in 1991, will A large protest was staged in the Fresh Kills Landfill on become a transfer station serv- June at the dormant incinerator Staten Island, but that closed ing southwest Brooklyn. when Bloomberg announced down in 2001. And most re- cently, a deal fell through with “We see this as a step in the his citywide cutbacks to recy- The garbage incinerator in Gravesend is scheduled to be torn down. BP / File photo a dump in Linden, N.J., be- cause of corruption charges, according to Colton. For the upcoming months, Colton said the community will be closely watching the disman- Golden law seeks to limit trucks tling process to insure that prop- er precautions are taken. “Those stacks were spewing By Deborah Kolben Alternatives, an advocacy the structures of our homes to streets,” said Golden. Assembly, it’s in a good posi- forth poisonous substances for The Brooklyn Papers group. Many of those trucks crack and be damaged, and “With a Republican intro- tion to go through,” added over 30 years and we don’t traverse the Verrazano Nar- Residents have long have greatly disturbed our ducing the legislation in the Golden’s press secretary, John want all those poisons let loose rows Bridge into Bay Ridge. quality of life on residential Senate and Democrat in the Quaglione. in the air,” Colton said. complained of disruptive Assemblyman Joseph truckers who ignore des- Lentol, whose district includes ignated truck routes, opt- Greenpoint, introduced the ing instead to take their legislation in the Assembly in rigs down Bay Ridge and January. Bensonhurst streets, rat- “This legislation hits busi- tling houses along the ness owners in their pocket- way. books and slaps drivers with But legislation introduced points on their driving record this week by state Sen. Marty — putting their livelihood at Golden seeks to put the brakes risk,” said Lentol in announc- on truckers who disobey the ing the legislation. law. The legislation would as- Both legislative bodies have sess stiffer penalties on truck- referred the bill to their respec- ers who choose to ignore the tive committees on transporta- designated routes. tion. Truckers would face penal- According to Community ties ranging from $250 to Board 11 District Manager $2,000 and could incur points Howard Feuer, the biggest on their license. problem area for trucks in Most truckers are aware of Bensonhurst is Cropsey Av- truck routes but often choose enue between Bay Eighth and to ignore them, opting instead Bay 18th streets, and 23rd Av- for more direct paths. Be- enue between Stillwell and cause the current $70 ticket Cropsey avenues. amounts to little more than a Bay Ridge residents com- slap on the wrist for drivers — plain of truck traffic coming many of whose employers cal- off the Verrazano. Instead of culate the amount into their heading north on Seventh Av- shipping costs — it is often enue to 86th Street, the trucks more cost effective for drivers veer south on Seventh Avenue to break the law. past Victory Memorial Hospi- Almost 14 million trucks tal and then around the south- make their way over New ern end of the Dyker Beach York City’s bridge and tunnel Gold Course before heading crossings each year, transport- east on Cropsey Avenue from ing two-thirds of all freight go- 14th Avenue. ing into and out of the city, ac- “For too long, trucks have cording to Transportation caused our cabinets to rattle, SENIORS... Continued from page 1 The Department for the Ag- Michael Bloomberg, $175,000 ing confirmed Abbate’s suspi- for renovations from Golden, cions in October, when a $125,00 from Abbate, and spokeswoman told The Bay $35,000 from Markowitz. Ridge Paper that renovations The borough president, would cost “more in the area who jumped into the fray ear- of $300,000,” primarily in the lier this year, offering money kitchen and dining areas. to get a center built at the When Golden won in No- Moose Lodge, said there was vember, seniors in Benson- hope for the world, noting that hurst wanted to know when if Abbate and Golden shook they would have their center hands on this, anything could at the Moose Lodge. Too Pressed ForTimeTo GetToThe Bank? happen. But an embittered battle of Telling the assembled sen- the wills between Golden and Iron It Out With bank-by-phone. iors he was the oldest politi- the Democrat Abbate, both of cian of the lot, Markowitz who blamed the other for said, “Enjoy [the Moose holding up the funds, kept This terrific service lets you take care of your banking from home, work, or wherever Lodge] today and get it ready renovations at a standstill. for us tomorrow.” The details of the center it’s convenient. Transfer money between linked accounts or make loan payments. The long political tug of have yet to be worked out. war over the senior center be- Abbate is pushing to make it a Check out your account balances, checks paid, transactions for the past 60 days, or gan last year when the city full-time rather than satellite Department for the Aging, and center. “We’re spending Catholic Charities, which is $300,000 to renovate the interest you’ve earned. And with bank-by-phone’s bill-paying option, you can even the prime sponsor for the sen- kitchen, why shouldn’t we ior center, decided that the An- make the meals there?” he pay your bills. What’s more, this time-saving option is free* for the first six months gel Guardian Home, on 63rd wondered in an interview with Street between 12th and 13th The Bay Ridge Paper. regardless of your balance (except for the cost of the call). So if time is the big wrinkle avenues, more than 21 blocks Under the current plan, away in Borough Park, would meals will be made at Angel make a better home for the Guardian and brought over to in your life, don’t get steamed. Get bank-by-phone instead. Sign up at any of our seniors. the Moose Lodge. In an effort to keep the cen- After a great deal of delay, offices now or call (718) 447-8880. ter in Bensonhurst, Golden an- the Angel Guardian site is nounced last October that he scheduled to open at the end had secured $225,000 in of March. But according to matching funds from the state the Department of Aging, the Senate and $100,000 in annu- center will only be able to seat al operating costs from the 95 seniors at a time. city for a center at the Moose Relieved that she will not Lodge. have to travel to Borough But the money was contin- Park, one senior, Joanne, 75, gent upon two things — the said, “I would rather go to the Assembly committing to put Moose than stand outside on in the other half of the funding the corner for a bus.” and the Republican Golden Helen Carriero, 73, said she being elected to the newly was excited about having the drawn Bay Ridge-Benson- two centers. “Here it’s a little hurst-Dyker Heights state industrial, but over there at THE bank for you. Senate seat. Angel Guardian it’s like step- Republican Senate Majori- ping into another world. It’s ty Leader Joe Bruno later like going to Brighton Beach amended that pledge and or going to Key West,” she Member FDIC. promised to match only what said. *Bill-paying option monthly fee of $5 waived for combined balances over $1,000. www.sibk.com Abbate brought to the table. Noting that the agency was The Democratic assembly- “broke,” the assistant commis- man pledged $100,000 and said sioner for the Department for he was ready to go, but that the Aging, Al Buzzeo, said he Golden’s Moose Lodge reno- was just happy that the deal 718-447-8880 www.sibk.com vation estimates were too high. was going through. 4 BRG THE BROOKLYN PAPERS March 17, 2003 Ridge bar mystery

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It recently was patients from around the globe. The role of the vascular sur- men were inside the Loft, a ed his cash. geons is critical. Every 53 sec- bar on Third Avenue at 91st “I know you just got paid, onds someone in America has a Street when the fight began Overweight? stroke which kills 160,000 peo- give me your money,” the at- around 2:30 am on March 8. ple yearly and leaves more than SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY INVITES YOU TO tacker demanded in Spanish. one million Americans disabled But according to a witness, When the 38-year-old diner to some extent, according to the Join us for a journey of self-discovery and self-enhancement the men had come from an- employee refused to hand American Heart Association. other bar up the street and over his hard-earned pay, the Before After Stroke is the most common merely asked an employee at attacker wielded an unknown cause of disability in people age the Loft if they could call an blunt object and whacked him 65 and older. Meditation & Spiritual ambulance. on the head. The mugger then “It all starts with preven- Both men, ages 21 and 22, rifled through his pockets and tion,” notes Dr. Ascher. “At the were taken to Lutheran Med- came away with $397 in cash. Vascular Institute at Mai- Enhancement Retreat ical Center where they were The victim was taken to monides our entire staff from treated for stab wounds. One Victory Memorial Hospital surgeons to nurses to adminis- suffered from wounds to his where he received several trators are on a mission to in- THE RETREAT WILL OFFER: left shoulder while the other stitches and was released. Date: form the public about stroke Saturday, March 29th Facilitated Meditation Sessions; Yoga Class; had been stabbed in his left prevention and the importance side. Police described both Pocket change? Time: 10am to 5pm Life Enhancement workshops; Vegetarian An employee at a dentist’s of early detection. For example Cooking Classes; Discourses on Spirituality, men as uncooperative. The in- Maimonides offers free screen- Location: Syosset, Long Island Meditation & Nutrition; Cultural Program cident is still under investiga- office told police this week ings to high-risk stroke patients tion. that she had a purse full of who would not be able to afford Children above 5 years of age are welcome. Bus Transportaton provided from cash swiped from the office, them otherwise.” Bountiful mid-town Manhattan, Brooklyn Heights, and Queens. Location is accessible by LIRR on Fourth Avenue at 78th Dr. Ascher has developed an A burglar with an eye for Street, around 2:30 pm on ultrasound technique which and has parking facilities. Vegetarian meals and snacks will be provided free of charge. religious finery broke into two March 5. In addition to $5,000 wards off strokes before they apartments at a Bay Ridge For information and Registration call: 917.428.8340 / 718.358.8496 in cash, the woman reported happen by precisely detecting building on Wednesday and that the bandits made off with blockages and helping vascular Email: [email protected] made off with religious accou- a slew of credit cards. surgeons to determine if surgi- terments and a trunk-load of Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center cal intervention is necessary. electronic equipment. Car jacked With ultrasound Dr. Ascher and RETREAT IS FREE The break-ins took place on Taking advantage of the Exclusively for Treatment his colleagues can “sound out” 97th Street between Barwell day’s sunshine around 1:40 pm blockages without the use of with Registration by March 20th – seats are limited, so register early! Terrace and Fourth Avenue on March 9, a man climbed of Varicose Veins of All Sizes. uncomfortable angiograms or sometime between 5:50 am into the backseat of his car, on Spiders and Facial Spiders. Leg Ulcers. the injection of dyes. and 4:35 pm on March 5. 86th Street at 18th Avenue, and When the ultrasound detects Entering through the bath- started cleaning it. He was 17 years experience the need to remove dangerous room window and exiting soon approached by a man, plaque build up in the carotid through the front door, the who he described as 5-foot-6 National clientele arteries the procedure then used crook pocketed $10 worth of and 160 pounds, who bran- is called cartid endarterectomy. 263 7th Avenue (718) 499-7755 pennies, two silver crosses, and dished a 9-mm handgun and Under Dr. Ascher’s direction a 14 karat gold Jesus charm be- demanded he turn over the car. Suite 5E http://[email protected] Maimonides has adopted and fore moving on to another The victim complied and improved the use of new mini- apartment in the same building. mally invasive approaches to the thief drove off westbound the procedure which allow for a There his takings were on 86th Street. The car was PSYCHOTHERAPY shorter recovery time without more bountiful. Among the later recovered on 80th Street compromising success rates. pilfered booty was a laptop at 13th Avenue, police said. According to Dr. Ascher the computer, MP3 player, a cam- corder, and assorted jewelry Senior burgle THERAPY Compassionate therapy procedure leaves a patient’s ar- A mustachioed man with teries clearer than when the per- reportedly valued at $5,600, FOR WOMEN for lasting change. police said. no front teeth might be re- son was born. sponsible for a burglary at an . . . 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Slope offices. ally every aspect of the field The Vascular Institute and Dr. Ascher when a man approached him Among the stolen booty (718) 638-0718 from behind and pulled a gun R13 Women Psychotherapists of Brooklyn are unrivaled in New York City.” were Social Security and cred- In addition to its intense focus out from his coat. That was on it cards. (718) 398-2015 66th Street and Fifth Avenue. W33 on prevention, early detection Good Samaritan and state of the art surgical tech- “Give me your money,” he niques, the experience of Mai- said. A woman gained a hero on FEELING FAT? monides vascular surgeons has When the victim told his at- March 9 when a man came to helps you change your world. Let a support group help you led to its success in this field. tacker he had no money to the rescue after she had her purse snatched at 11:15 am at Create the life you want to explore your emotional relation- According to the prestigious give, the mugger asked for his black North Face coat instead. 77th Street and 21st Avenue. live and feel better! ship with food, and the issues that Center for Medical Consumers, patients of major stroke centers The jacket-jacker fled east- The man chased down the Group, individual, families, couples contribute to eating and body Sliding-scale fees and experienced surgeons fare bound on 65th street with the 22-year-old thief and held him image problems. 121 Prospect Place • www.letsdevelop.com better than patients of low vol- coat, valued at $200. until the police arrived. 718-622-4142 Cheryl Pearlman, CSW ume hospitals and physicians. In Psychotherapist this respect Dr. Ascher is truly R32 unrivaled. According to the con- Specializing in eating disorders sumer organization in 2001 Dr. PSYCHOTHERAPY (718) 636-3099 Ascher performed 173 carotid FOR WOMEN Individual therapy available endarterectomies. No other sur- Experienced empathic therapist R32 geon in the New York City area • Depression • Anxiety • Addiction performed even 100 during that • Sexual Identity • Relationships period. And all totaled surgeons Sandra Siegal, MSW, CSW from the Vascular Institute per- Park Slope and Manhattan loc formed 239 such procedures that Sliding Scale Fee year giving Maimonides the 718-369-1632 highest volume in the metropoli- R24 tan region. Mind-Body Health Issues Established in 1992 by Dr. JOANNE HEITH Ascher, The Vascular Institute MA fitness CSW Psychotherapist has helped thousands of pa- R42 26 Court St, Suite 506, Brooklyn NY 11242 Anxiety • Depression tients prevent the most serious Chronic Illness / Pain circulatory complications of hy- (718) 834-9350 pertension, diabetes, arterioscle- Major Life Changes Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. rosis and other conditions. In University Hospital and 718-707-1588 R12 Manhattan Campus for Established 1978. Copyright 2003. addition to carotid artery sur- the Albert Einstein College gery, the Institute also special- of Medicine • PARK SLOPE GROUP: Park Slope Paper, Windsor Terrace Edition, Sunset FEMINIST PSYCHOTHERAPY izes in limb salvage operations. Park Paper individuals/couples/children In addition to serving as Di- • DOWNTOWN GROUP: Brooklyn Heights Paper, Downtown News, Carroll specializing in the reduction of stress, Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper, Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper relationship crisis & school problems for rector of the Vascular Institute • BAY RIDGE GROUP: Bay Ridge Paper, Bensonhurst Paper. persons of all lifestyles. at Maimonides, Dr. Ascher was • MIDWOOD GROUP: Midwood, Kensington and Ocean Parkway Papers. DR. GEORGINE GORRA, D.S.W. recently elected President of DIABETES AND PAINFUL FEET Doctor of Social Work both the Society for Clinical PUBLISHER: Celia Weintrob (ext 104) 718-783-8247 Parking • Ins. Reimb. Vascular Surgery, one of the na- PRESIDENT: Ed Weintrob (ext 105) R27-03 R35 tion’s largest medical societies, RESEARCH STUDY EDITOR Neil Sloane (ext 119) If you have suffered with painful areas in your legs and feet due to your FEATURES EDITOR: Lisa J. 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March 17, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BRG 5 Honors for women who made a difference By Deborah Kolben productive and caring citizens. She has women stayed home. The Brooklyn Papers worked to make this vision a reality since And somehow between her job and her the day in June 1945 when she began teach- family, she found time to become a com- A grandmother, a school superin- ing,” wrote the staff of District 21 in a letter munity activist, serving on Community tendent, a veteran cop who busted a to Golden nominating Tucker. Boards 14 and 15, and a host of other homicidal maniac preying on prosti- Three police officers will also receive Brooklyn civic organizations. tutes, and a nun are among the their due. Officer Jammie Cafaro, of the “Mildred Silverstein serves as the shin- women being honored from southern 68th Precinct, has taught drug education in ing example of what one person, in this Brooklyn at this year’s Women’s the schools, and during her 11 years on the case, a single woman coping with tragedy, History Month celebration. force has accumulated 88 arrests. can do to not only help herself and her Started in California in the 1970s in re- Officer Lucy Rosa, who has been on family, but to also help her community sponse to the dearth of women being stud- the force for 17 years, has more than 200 overcome and cope with the obstacles life ied, President Jimmy Carter encouraged arrests under her belt. She has spent her throws our way,” wrote Community Americans to celebrate Women’s History entire career at the 68th Precinct in Bay Board 15 members. Week in 1980 and by 1981 a Congression- Ridge. Rounding out the list of honorees are: al resolution declared the week of March And then there’s Officer Carol Ann • Maura Jeanne Pinnavaia, who left a Wall 8 as National Women’s History Week. Liguori, who with 20 years of service on Street brokerage house to raise her children President Bill Clinton extended that cele- the force and more than 350 arrests, still and devote herself to the community. bration to the entire month of March in hasn’t lost her knack for solving crimes, • Debbie McCormack, a member of 1992. according to Capt. William McClellan, of Good Shepherd Church and a devoted And now state Sen. Marty Golden is the 61st Precinct. Gerritsen Beach community activist; bringing it to Bay Ridge. Following a tra- Liguori was called to the Golden Gate • Frances Pulomena, a lifelong Benson- dition he started last year as city council- Hotel for a reported dispute a few years hurst resident who has been an active man, Golden asked residents to nominate back. While climbing up to the second member of St. Frances Cabrini Church for local women of note to be honored. floor she noticed a man who looked famil- the past 40 years. “These are the people who are there iar. When she realized she had seen his • Sister Hyacinth Serravilla, principal of and nobody ever says thank you to and face earlier that evening on wanted poster the St. Finbar School for 15 years. they just keep on doing,” said Eileen at roll call, she brought him into the 61st • Dr. Nicholetta Pallotta, of the Neigh- LaRuffa, a member of the panel of women Precinct stationhouse for questioning. He borhood Counseling Center in Dyker PARENT assembled by Golden to select this was later prosecuted and sent to jail for Heights, where she has dedicated herself month’s honorees. several murders of prostitutes. to the health and wellness of women and Among those selected was Ethel Tuck- Mildred Silverstein, born and raised in their families. How to cure your ‘trips er, school superintendent of District 21, Southern Brooklyn, moved to Madison • Angela Sarro, of the Friends of Historic who has been teaching in New York City Park, just north of Sheepshead Bay, when New Utrecht. schools since 1945, when she started at PS she married. She and her husband had two They will all be honored at a ceremony 97 in the Bronx. children together. But the sudden death of on Sunday, March 23, at 2 pm, at New “She truly believes that all children can her husband decades ago, sent Silverstein Utrecht High School, on 16th Avenue at to the doctor’ problems learn and will become literate, responsible, out into the workplace at a time when 80th Street. Tips on how to get the most the pediatrician: All caregivers •Be well-informed about out of a visit to your child’s Parent-to-Parent need to have the same infor- the policies of your pediatri- pediatrician: mation. How was the child cian’s office regarding office Vico, referring to the agency er former Gangemi client who Stay focused. during the night before the visits, telephone callbacks, put in place to repay clients appeared in court with a cane Starting when you make an baby-sitter arrived in the billing and emergencies. GANGEMI… short-changed by New York and small bandage on his head appointment, be polite but di- morning? What over-the- •When you submit forms to State attorneys. Friday morning to see justice rect. Under a pressured man- counter medication is the child your doctor for school, camp Continued from page 1 Paula Bartelli, who received served. aged-care system, there’s no taking to treat the symptoms? and day care, fill in as much as DeVico said Gangemi cashed $30,000 from the Lawyers Samara, who says he lost time to talk in circles. Come Levin suggests these other tips you can ahead of time. in her father’s life insurance Fund, said Gangemi’s sen- more than $2 million to with a brief list and leave with for a more productive office tence was not severe enough. Gangemi, said he would be fil- written notes. visit: Can you help? policy, sold two of their apart- “A girl in my third-grade ments in Florida, and wrote “He robbed from his own fam- ing a lawsuit against Gange- “From the pediatrician’s •During infant visits when standpoint, it helps if the par- daughter’s class sends her $165,000 in forged checks, ily,” she said. mi’s father and sister, John and immunizations are due, par- ent is clear and we don’t have typed letters asking, ‘Do you among other transgressions. Saying he was fearful be- Ursula Gangemi, who run the ents can support each other cause of allegations that Gangemi & Gangemi law to go fishing for information,” and comfort the baby. Espe- want to be my best friend? “I was a good friend of his says Mark B. Levin, MD. Check yes or no.’ She likes to wife’s,” said DeVico, who Gangemi has mob ties, anoth- firm. cially when a well-child visit er former Gangemi client, who Samara’s attorney, Merrill Statements such as “My entails discussion about specif- back my daughter in a corner, now lives in Miami Beach. child’s just not right” or “My but if someone else comes “We broke bread together, he spoke on condition of O’Brien, said that case, filed in ic problems or your child has child’s not feeling well” don’t special health needs because along, the girl will play with was our friend. I stayed in his Frank Gangemi BP / File anonymity, said he did not 2001, is currently in the dis- provide enough information. of a chronic disease, it helps to her and leave my daughter out. home and then he took my en- come forward to District At- covery phase. By Betsy Flagler “We need specific details to have all adult family members When that friendship sours, tire family to the cleaners.” torney Charles Hynes’ office, Calls to the law firm of many of the complainants es- get to the root of the problem be related to your child’s present to avoid misinterpreta- the child is back seeking out She said her family lost every- timate the number closer to $9 but attended Friday’s sentenc- Gangemi & Gangemi for to help the child and family my daughter as her ‘best ing to “look into [Gangemi’s] comment were not returned. symptoms — such as divorce, tions and allows each adult to thing to Gangemi. million. out,” Levin says. loss of job or a death in the ask questions. friend.’” — a mother eye.” Neither John Gangemi, nor While Gangemi pleaded “I just hope the Lawyer’s Steps to help you stay on family. •Take routine requests, such If you have tips or a ques- guilty to bilking $2 million Fund for Protection Services “It’s a slap on the wrist,” John Jr. or Ursula were at track and help your pediatri- Another reason for clear, as record releases or school tion, call our toll-free hotline from mostly elderly clients, steps up to the plate,” said De- said Victor Samara, 89, anoth- Frank Gangemi’s sentencing. cian make an accurate diagno- concise communication be- forms, to the doctor’s office any time at (800) 827-1092 or sis: fore the child ever comes to staff. e-mail us at [email protected]. •When you call in, be clear about why you think your child needs an office visit so the amount of time set aside BEER… matches the type of visit. Nature Oriented Day Camp •Jot down symptoms and Continued from page 1 hometown beer. “Brooklyn observations you have made Experienced Adult Staff • Flexible Scheduling Available Schlitz. Brewery has set a standard for at home. With a list, there’s no But much like its CEO today, excellence that will be very dif- worry that traffic jams, a the Rheingold leaders of yester- ficult to top, but we wish them whiny child or a long wait in year were well versed in the im- well,” Markowitz said. the office will rob you of your Daily Trips: portance of advertising. With a $1.5 billion beer mar- memory. As a result, many remember ket in the city, Brooklyn Brew- •Write down your ques- The Palisades, lakes, zoos, the beach, Rheingold not for its taste, but ery, a microbrew that pumped tions. Not having questions for its jingle — “My beer is out more than 41,000 barrels of answered is a chief reason for NY Aquarium, Sesame Place, pools, Rheingold the dry beer …” — beer last year is the only com- patient dissatisfaction, Levin many hikes, amusement parks, mercial brewery in the city. and for the Miss Rheingold con- says. It may sound obvious, Chinatown, museums, and more! test. Between 1940 and 1965 Brooklyn Brewery brews 20 but to get your question an- tens of millions of New Yorkers percent of its beer in Williams- swered, you have to know voted in taverns and groceries burg and the rest in Utica. what your question is. Early drop-off and late pick up available “If [Bendheim] thinks the each year to decide which pret- •Bring a pad to the office to 1 1 Ages 5- /2 to 11- /2 years ty but proper woman would Ms. Rheingold contest is going take notes on answers to your to put him on the map represent Rheingold. questions. One mother of six Bendheim has brought that overnight, he might find that it’s a bit more difficult than he says preparation is vital. Be- Call Dan Moinester tradition back, but is now target- fore each well-check visit, she ing more “independent women.” imagined,” said Brooklyn Brewery’s president and reviews what is developmen- Park Slope • 768-6419 This year’s finalists have been tally appropriate for each of narrowed down to 13 young founder, Steve Hindy. “The problem with Rhein- her children, then takes an in- women who work at bars serv- ventory of sleeping, eating ing Rheingold. One of those fi- gold is that it never really died. nalists includes Juliette, a whispy The Rheingold brewery closed and other patterns so she does- haired brunette who serves up in 1976, but continued to make n’t waste the doctor’s time A Private School for all Christian Faiths pints at Williamsburg’s Red & beer in Pennsylvania and then thinking of answers. She also Black on North Fifth Street. later in Baltimore. And it sold lists any concerns. But the coveted Rheingold very cheap. It was just ‘cheap Preparation also includes crown went to Kate Duyn, a beer,’” Hindy explained. reading books with your child bartender at Lit Lounge, in the Brooklyn Brewery has never about Curious George and Lutheran East Village. “I’m a dancer ... conducted market surveys, but Paul Newman was one of many celebrities who hawked other characters going to the on the bar, but that’s usually late Hindy describes the average Rheingold in the 1950s. doctor. at night,” her Rheingold profile consumer as “better educated Avoid what one pediatric Elementary School reads. and somebody who is more petitor. “We’re more positioned few administrative offices, has nurse calls “add-ons” that can While the company is once- likely to eat out.” against Rolling Rock, Miller been torn down. The new of- throw off an already tight Established 1957 again pushing Rheingold as Describing the Brooklyn and Yuengling,” he said. fices are in Manhattan, but ac- schedule. A child is checked OF BAY RIDGE New York’s beer, Borough Pres- brew as more robust and full There are no plans for the cording to Bendheim, “Brook- for a strep throat, then the par- ident Mary Markowitz said, bodied, Bendheim said he does former Rheingold Brewery in lyn is still an important market ent says, “And by the way ... New York City already has a not see Hindy’s beer as a com- Bushwick, which, except for a for us.” my daughter won’t sleep in her bed and hits her baby sis- ter.” These important behav- ioral issues need to be ad- on the streets of Clinton Hill a field that includes Williams- dressed but cannot be as “the brew man” these days. burg’s Brooklyn Brewery, the squeezed in as an after- BREWERY… There’s also plenty of space premier brewer in the borough. thought. for tools and breathing room at “We wish them well,” said “It puts pediatricians be- the new brewery, especially Brooklyn Brewery president, hind schedule, and it’s not fair Continued from page 1 tle over a year ago and a new considering there are only Steve Hindy. to the other parents who are Heartland’s brews include Not bakery is about to start pump- three employees. “A hundred years ago there waiting,” Levin says. The par- ing out bagels next door. Tonight Honey Porter and a Taylor describes Heartland were 48 breweries in Brooklyn ent should, however, ask For now, the only indica- OPEN HOUSES soon-to-be-brewed Grateful brews as full flavored. “Even and certainly there is room for when is the best time to call or tion that tanks of beer are bub- Red Lager — will supply our lightest beer has more in- more breweries in New York make an appointment to dis- Heartland’s newest outpost, at bling inside the brick ware- Tues. March 18 & 25, 9:30 – 11:30am gredients per pint than a lot of City,” Hindy added. cuss these other issues. the South Street Seaport, which house is the pungent smell of microbrews,” he says. While there are no plans to If a child comes in with does not produce its own beer. hot barley wafting out from Producing all that beer also open a restaurant in the imme- symptoms such as stom- But it will also be going to the inside. achaches, for example, it can Limited Openings means producing a lot of diate future, Bloostein — who Heartland’s flagship restaurant Brew master Kelly Taylor, take several office visits to fig- at Union Square and to its who oversees the brewing waste — five to seven thou- started Heartland Brewery in ure out what’s going on. Junior High Advanced Honors Program Offered newer sites in Times Square process, describes his job like sand pounds of left over grain 1995 after a career in mergers The symptoms are a red and across from Radio City that of an executive chef. “I’m per week to be exact. and acquisitions — says he’s flag, but for what? Bullying Foreign Language Beginning in 4th Grade Music Hall. responsible for how the brew Instead of paying somebody checking out the neighbor- at school? Food allergies? The Clinton Hill deal was tastes,” says Kelly, whose pas- to cart it away, the brewery hood to determine how a brew Constipation? Understand Computer Lab, Grades K-8 brokered by a local landlord sion for beer started when he brokered a deal with a local pub might do. The brewery that it takes more than a five- and former Wall Street invest- began brewing his own in col- pig farmer in New Jersey who also plans on opening itself up minute conversation to get at Instrumental & Vocal Music Programs ment banker who wants to see lege. He went on to hone his comes to pick up the refuse to to the public for tours. the underlying causes, Levin the neighborhood flourish, skills by offering his labor to use as feed for its swine. Until then, Taylor says he’s says. according to Bloostein. breweries in exchange for free Before the first brewing be- looking forward to the sum- One mother says she’s had 440 Ovington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11209 Once home to beer tycoon beer and pizza. gan on March 1, large silver mertime when he hopes to or- to train herself to have a focal Samuel Liebmann, who start- Taylor, 32, now lives in tanks used for fermenting and ganize informal barbecues at point to her concerns and fo- For more information call ed Rheingold Beer in Bush- Greenpoint and is happy to be conditioning the beer were in- Heartland’s Brooklyn brewery cus on answering the question (718) 748-9502 wick in the 1850s, Clinton working in Brooklyn instead stalled and a new floor was where friends and neighbors the doctor asks, “without RINCIPAL Hill is experiencing a renais- of at the restaurants in Man- poured in the warehouse, can kick back, grill a burger, adding a lot of fluff.” Lorraine M. Tuccillo, P sance of its own. hattan. “It’s a lot more tranquil which boasts 35-foot ceilings and swill the latest brew with While it’s important to be Next door to Heartland’s and neighborhoody,” says and a silo. the neighborhood’s newest focused, don’t withhold per- Sponsored by Bethlehem Lutheran Church space a new gym went in a lit- Taylor, who is often greeted Heartland Brewery steps into brew master. sonal information that might 6 BRG THE BROOKLYN PAPERS March 17, 2003 Judge tosses out O’Hara appeal By Patrick Gallahue gathered with his legal team he was convicted in 1997, but Democratic Committee — has tion of the term “residence” The Brooklyn Papers outside the court to begin re- was sentenced to five years led critics to complain that the was never raised. viewing their options to chal- probation, fined $20,000, dis- case was politically motivated Gleeson, however, ruled the Saying the merits of the lenge Gleeson’s ruling. barred as an attorney and and was intended to punish a case was well tried, and said, Rooms Wanted / Bklyn case have been exhaus- “I’m disappointed,” O’Hara handed 1,500 hours of com- candidate who forced en- “I’m erring on the side of con- APARTMENTS tively argued in lower told The Brooklyn Papers af- munity service collecting trash trenched Democrats into ex- cluding that it’s fully exhaust- Japanese university Students courts, a federal judge this ter the ruling. “I’ve been on Shore Road, between 69th pensive primaries. ed.” For Rent / Brooklyn looking for spare room in week tossed out the latest through appeals before.” and 100th streets, once a In O’Hara’s unsuccessful “No one should use the apartment or house, short or attempt by former attorney O’Hara’s case has been a week. appeal in 2001, Judge Albert electoral laws of New York longer stay. Please call Sara John Kennedy O’Hara to bizarre seven-year odyssey The conviction was over- Rosenblatt wrote in a dissent- State in a criminal way and South Park Slope at (718) 284-5904. Email: overturn his criminal con- that went through three trials turned on appeal in 1998 but ing opinion, “If politically get away with it,” Hynes said Beautiful duplex. 1st & 2nd floors, [email protected] R11 viction for voter fraud. in state court and led to the Hynes brought the case back charged disputes such as this in a statement this week. limestone home, varnished hard- U.S. Eastern District Court first criminal prosecution for to court again in 1999, which and questions of residence are O’Hara, who has been serv- wood floor & ceramic floors. 4 COMMERCIAL Judge John Gleeson dismissed voter fraud since Susan B. An- resulted in a hung jury. In a going to be resolved in the ing out his community service bdrms, big backyard with awning. SPACE O’Hara’s appeal and said the thony was convicted in 1876. surprising and rare move, criminal arena … we should hours weekly, will apply to the Nice block, near N, R, W trains. issues of the case were argued O’Hara, who thrice failed Hynes brought the case back ensure that the definition of second circuit Court of Ap- Appx. $1900 monthly. Call (718) 259-5409 Studio Space Available extensively in his three trials in Democratic primary runs to court a third time in 1999, residence is plainly under- peals for a certificate of appeal . R10 in state court, which ultimate- for state assembly and twice John O’Hara BP / File photo winning a conviction. stood.” to challenge Gleeson’s ruling. ly led to his conviction, and for City Council, was indicted The criminal prosecution of O’Hara petitioned the fed- Asked if he could seek to Sunset Park Red Hook that he was essentially guilty on seven felony counts in Oc- tered to vote from an address a charge that is almost always eral court to overturn his con- have the case reviewed for se- Completely new, renovated 3 bed- 3 room studio shop for jew- of the crime for which he was tober 1996 for registering to on 47th Street in Sunset Park tried in civil court, and the ag- viction by claiming he re- lective prosecution, O’Hara’s room apt., new appliances. NO eler, contractor, hobbiest. charged. vote and voting from a tempo- while he maintained a perma- gressive prosecution of the ceived ineffective counsel in attorney, Barry Fallick, said, PETS. 60th St. bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves. $650 monthly. 18’x32’. Call “I’m denying the petition rary address. Brooklyn Dis- nent residence on 61st Street. case by Hynes — who has a his first three trials at the state “That is an issue Mr. O’Hara $1500 monthly. 1 month security (718) 788-2220. on its merits,” Gleeson said. trict Attorney Charles Hynes He faced one to four years cozy relationship with the level because the issue of con- certainly can explore. It has required. Call 1 (609) 259-7307 – R09 A disappointed O’Hara contended that O’Hara regis- in prison for each count when leaders of the Kings County stitutionality over the applica- not been raised before.” daytime. R11

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(718) 491-0873 begins with a request for an process being excessively po- Seminara who suggested last The screening panel cur- 1 bedroom with huge country eat- R09 The Kings County Dem- application from the county litical, and much of that criti- November forming a commit- rently consists of about 20 in kitchen, dishwasher, washer & ocratic Committee has committee. That application is cism was backed up by a tee to investigate the process lawyers including Karp; for- dryer hook-up. Large deck, gas & taken steps to open up the then submitted to a judicial bombshell letter released last by which county nominates mer Supreme Court Judge electric included. $1700 mo. Call secretive process by which screening panel, who deter- year. judges. Ronald Aiello; Roger Bennet (718) 686-9877. 1 block from F HOUSES train & park. it selects judges. mines whether the candidates A civil court judge at odds Instead of a committee, Adler, a past president of the R10 Democratic state committee are qualified. The list of quali- with the county Democratic however, Norman suggested Brooklyn Bar Association; For Sale / Brooklyn members passed a motion put fied Democratic candidates is committee wrote a letter seek- having Feldman reach out to and Barry Kamins, another Kensington Open House forth by Marine Park Council- then handed to the county ing consideration for the state district leaders for suggestions past president of the Brooklyn Large 5 room, first floor. Use of Supreme Court. The only re- on reform, which was greeted Bar Association, who defend- man Lew Fidler that will keep leaders of Brooklyn and Staten driveway. Quiet residential block. Park Slope executive committee members Island, Assemblyman sponse Judge Margarita Lopez with some rumbling over the ed former judge Victor Barron Torres said she received was propriety of having an insider in his bribery trial. 4051 E. 4th St. $1400 per month, 2 family house with basement. 281- apprised of who is on the judi- Clarence Norman and Assem- negotiable. (718) 851-5331 A 19th Street bet. 5th & 6th Aves. cial screening panel and who blyman John Lavelle, respec- from Jerome Karp, the head of evaluate the process. At the request of district OPEN HOUSE: Sat. 3/1/03, 10- the county judicial screening “I’m not going to question leaders the panel is expected (days), (718) 851-2506 (eve). Ask is considered for nomination tively, who select the candi- for Luz. 3pm. No Brokers, No Real Estate. to the state Supreme Court. dates they will endorse. A committee, which read: “It is [Norman’s] intentions,” Fidler to diversify by adding more S10 Serious Inquiries Only. R09 “At first blush we’re going judicial convention then votes not necessary for you to de- Clarence Norman BP / File said. “But it certainly came women, Hispanics and gays to give the members of the ex- on those endorsements or clare your candidacy to me or across as something that and lesbians. Bensonhurst Park Slope ecutive committee an opportu- nominates candidates from the my committee. Candidates are wouldn’t pass. If the purpose “I think we were fairly im- 3 bdrm, 2 bath with a balcony in Court judge thrown in jail for 2 attached houses for sale by nity to familiarize themselves floor, according to Feldman. only considered by our com- of what we were trying to do pressed with everything but the a new 3 family house w/new dish- three to nine years for bribery. owner. 40x100 lot, perfect for with people that are currently Until now, most district mittee upon referral of the was create credibility for our diversity of the panel,” Fidler washer, washer & dryer. Near all county leader.” In addition, the entire Brook- process that wasn’t going to said. “I think there was a feel- developer. Serious buyers only. on the panel,” said Jeff Feld- leaders did not know which lyn judicial system was repri- transportation & highway. $1800 man, executive director of the applicants were deemed quali- While the county commit- do it.” ing, and justifiably one, that we monthly, without utilities. (917) No Brokers Please. $1.6 million. manded by the state’s Chief Chris (718) 439-6338. Kings County Democratic fied and they also did not tee denied having received Another state committee- ought to, as the executive com- 679-8379. R11 Lopez Torres’ request for an Judge Judith Kaye for crony- man suggested creating a pan- mittee, be approving the panel, R12 Committee. know who was on the screen- ism. “Now, out of respect for the ing panel. The judicial con- application it added yet anoth- el of law school deans to re- and we also clarified the rule Apartments, Sublets er black eye to Brooklyn’s ju- The motion to open up the place the current screening that anyone who submits an leaders, what they’ve asked is vention was also ignorant of process came up in response & Roommates that they be advised at the con- the screening panel’s makeup. diciary, which saw a Supreme panel. That motion was shunt- application is interviewed.” BROWSE & LIST FREE! To place an ad in clusion of the screening panel Because there are no pri- All Cities & Areas! Brooklyn Papers’ process who had been found maries for the judgeships, the www.Sublet.com Real Estate Section qualified,” Feldman added. Democratic county leader’s Studios;1-2 Bdrms; $800-2000 “Having heard who our selections for judicial endorse- 10 Vice President Carlo Scis- 1-877-FOR-RENT Call: (718) 834-9161 screening panel is and having ments are tantamount to an sura, all Democrats. R48 clarified the fact that everyone election victory in Brooklyn, Seminara pulled in about who wishes to apply can apply whose electorate is over- ELECTION… 26 percent of the vote, accord- and will be interviewed, I whelmingly Democrat. ing to unofficial tallies, with think it’s important that the “It’s more than a first step,” Harrison and Scissura getting BROKERS public understand that,” Fidler said Bay Ridge committeeman about 7 percent — about 700 told The Brooklyn Papers this Ralph Perfetto. “It puts us in the votes — each. Gentile and week. “And that the process pipeline on having a unified O’Keefe each had 30 percent has some integrity.” process, a unified county com- of the vote before the absentee The process of obtaining an mittee and it gives us a chance ballots were tallied. Not Just Another endorsement to become a state to answer the criticism.” Board of Election’s Execu- Pretty Face! tive Director John Ravitz, a for- mer Republican Assemblyman from the Upper East Side, in ARLENE GREENDLINGER Manhattan, a runoff between Real Estate LLC Make New Friends and get to know O’Keefe and Gentile would Your Neighbors and the Business only happen in a dead heat. In addition to prolonging Tel (718) 857-5360 and Professional Comunity! the election results, some not- Fax (718) 623-3323 at ed the high cost of the absen- tee ballot counting process. www.arlenegreendlinger.com R19 BUSINESS BAY RIDGE STYLE “This is costing too much money,” said Assemblyman Peter Abbate, a Gentile sup- Tradeshow & porter who made an appear- ance at last week’s counting, INSURANCE which lasted until 9 pm on Networking Mixer Absentee ballots are counted and scrutinized last week. The Brooklyn Papers / Brad Horrigan several nights and extended over into Saturday. Ridge Paper this week that the out 100 years ago that the Continued from page 1 According to campaign Wednesday, March 26th – 6:00 until 8:00pm move to have the ballots Board of Elections does not sented after Thursday’s count, staffers, Gentile spent last Comfort Inn – 8315 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn but either party can still bring counted before they are chal- function very well,” said week hustling for funds to their prior objections before a lenged came from O’Keefe’s Davidoff, who noted the 91 cover his legal fees, which, Buffet - Beer - Wine - Soda judge on Friday morning. attorney Robert Muir, who cit- ballots as an example of the according to Abbate, ran up- ed a decades-old case from gridlocked system that puts $20.00 per person Henry Berger, who along wards of $10,000 a day. with Thomas Garry is serving upstate New York as the political parties before the in- “We will sort out fundrais- as Gentile’s attorney, said the precedent. terests of the voters. CORPORATE SPONSORS: ing later,” said O’Keefe cam- results of Thursday’s count Fifty-five of the ballot ob- “Members of the Board of paign advisor Michael Alle- N8-22 The Bay Ridge Paper • Susan Cannone Consulting • Promotional Enterprises will determine whether either jections came from O’Keefe Elections, and the board itself gretti when asked about American Express Financial • Susan Martin – Strategy Coaching side has a reason left to go be- and 36 from Gentile. … [are] elected by the party covering their costs. Fashion Jewelry by Elements of Style • Comfort Inn - Gregory fore the judge on Friday. Muir did not return phone and their principal duties are “We are just happy that Health Matters Wellness Consultation • The Law Offices of Connors & Sullivan Asked about the issue of calls seeking comment by to protect party interests,” said every vote is being counted Independence Community Bank • Fidelity National Mortgage compromising voter privacy press time. Davidoff. and that the democratic once the ballots are opened Linda Stone Davidoff, exec- Other candidates in the process is being followed,” he For further information: and challenged, Berger said utive director of the Citizens nonpartisan special-election to added. that if anything, this system Union, a century-old, non-parti- fill the seat Golden vacated Ruth M. 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Heights, Crown Heights, fire recalls boro’s worst” in the Williamsburg, Greenpoint, March 10 edition misidentified Order On-Line Now At and portions of Bedford- the original source of the image. www.cal-mar-enterprise.com SCHOOLS… Stuyvesant and Crown That drawing came from a book Heights, will become District titled “Brooklyn’s Horror, A Continued from page 1 District 21 should have to Or Call Toll Free 8, with 82,593 students. Personal Account of the Brook- with 137,186 students. move at all. It’s perfect. And if lyn Theater Fire.” there’s nothing broke, then Carmen Farina, superin- Current Queens district su- tendent of District 15, will In the same edition, in the ar- 1-877-945-0862 perintendent Michelle Fratti don’t fix it,” said Community ticle headlined “Ridge fights School Board 21 President head that division, which will will oversee that division. pre-K cuts,” a quote attributed Marlboro At Special Price While Fratti will be based at Carmine Santa Maria. be housed at 131 Livingston While Supplies Lasts School Board 21’s headquar- St., a former Board of Educa- to Pamela Simpson should have the Department of Education’s identified her as the education new headquarters at the Tweed ters, at 521 West Ave., will be tion office building in Down- director of Magical Years. Courthouse in Lower Manhat- converted into classrooms as town Brooklyn. tan, along with the nine other part of the mayor’s plan to add Offices belonging to District The article headlined “Mets regional superintendents, 10 lo- 28,000 new classroom seats to 16, at 1010 Lafayette Ave., in to play Keyspan Park,” in the SENECA SMOKES cal instructional supervisors — New York City by June 2004. Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Dis- same edition, gave the wrong who will oversee no more that Approximately 20,000 of trict 13, at 355 Park Place in date for the ticket giveaway. Tax Free Discount Cigarettes a dozen schools each — will those seats should be ready for Prospect Heights, will be con- Tickets were doled out at the Cartons start at just $11 be placed at the learning center school in September. verted to classrooms as well. park on Thursday, March 6 in Bay Ridge. Under the new plan, Dis- “These Learning Support and are sold-out. All major brands plus many value brands. Staten Island will have a tricts 13, 14, 15 and 16, in- Centers will be a critical point We regret the errors. Full line of chew, cigars, snuff and pipe tobacco. satellite center. cluding Brooklyn Heights, of access for parents,” said The Brooklyn Papers Parents in District 20 may Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Car- Department of Education strives for accuracy, but some- Call Toll Free 1-877-234-2447 have been celebrating this roll Gardens, Sunset Park, spokesman Paul Rose, adding times mistakes are made. In week, but over at District 21, Red Hook, Kensington, Wind- that parents will be able to vis- such cases, readers are urged Or visit our website at: in Coney Island, things were a sor Terrace, Boerum Hill, it any of the 10 centers or to contact Editor Neil Sloane www.senecasmokes.com bit grim. Downtown Brooklyn, Fort three additional satellite cen- at (718) 834-9350, ext. 119, or W47 “I don’t like the idea that Greene, DUMBO, Prospect ters citywide. by fax at (718) 834-9278. 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ART PAGE GO 3 Shining Ruby Actress Ruby Dee will be one of the panelists at “High Holocaust exhibit at Brooklyn Museum Tea and Reel Talk,” a discussion sponsored by New York Women in Film & Television, as part of the annual Reel Sis- ters of the Diaspora Film Fest & Lecture series on March 15 MUSIC PAGE GO 4 at 3 pm in the Luntey Commons on Long Island Universi- ty’s Brooklyn campus. New staging of ‘Madama Butterfly’ Film veteran Dee, whose films include “No Way Out,” opposite Sidney Poitier in 1950, “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961) and Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever” (1991), will be BROOKLYN EVENTS CALENDAR: GO 2 joined on the panel by film producer Grace Blake and film historian Pearl Bowser. The sixth annual festival, beginning at 6 pm on March 14 with an opening night reception and award ceremony, will screen 36 films by women of color. The festival will continue through March 16 at LIU, at The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings (718) 834-9350 • March 17, 2003 DeKalb and Flatbush avenues. For festival schedule and tickets, call (718) 488-1052 or visit www.africanvoices.com. Student discounts are available. — Lisa J. Curtis

MUSIC Easy Windy city Composer John Adams unveils latest opera,‘El Nino,’ at BAM By Kevin Filipski for The Brooklyn Papers being nyone familiar with the Brooklyn Academy of Music over the past two decades knows how integral the stage Aworks of composer John Adams have been in making the name BAM synonymous with the musical and theatrical cutting edge. The Massachusetts-born Adams made his name as a mini- malist — a misnomer because his musical palette has always been far more wide-ranging than someone like Philip Glass — and composed two topical operas, “Nixon in China” (1987) green and “The Death of Kling- hoffer” (1991) that had their local premieres at BAM and went on to worldwide acclaim. Every Brooklyn neighborhood Adams’ music has al- ways found its way back to Brooklyn, including ac- celebrates St. Patrick’s Day claimed concert perform- ances of “Nixon” by the By Tina Barry Brooklyn Philharmonic a for The Brooklyn Papers NIGHTLIFE few seasons back. Now comes the New York pre- n my Windsor Terrace neighborhood, Eamonn’s (174 Montague St. at Clinton miere of his latest stage Street in Brooklyn Heights) accepts Visa, the area turns a vivid green as St. MasterCard, Discover and Diner’s Club. En- In the spirit: Bartender Tommy Mc- work, the oratorio “El IPatrick’s Day nears. Dolls that resem- trees: $10.95-$16.95. The bar is open 11 Manus of Eamonn’s in Brooklyn Nino,” touching down for ble leprechauns peek from behind curtains am-4 pm daily. (718) 596-4969. two performances at Heights serves up two pints of Guin- and cutouts of green pots of gold twinkle Farrell’s Bar & Grill (215 Prospect Park BAM’s Howard Gilman on brownstone entrances. Storefront win- West at 16th Street in Park Slope) accepts ness. (Below right) THAT Bar on Smith Opera House (March 20 cash only. The bar is open 10 am-3 am dai- Street celebrates St. Patrick’s Day dows along Prospect Park West are cov- ly. (718) 788-8779. and March 22). with specialty cocktails such as the ered with shamrocks and signs proclaim- Peggy O’Neill’s (8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st “El Nino” is a co-pres- ing, “Pride of the Irish.” Street in Bay Ridge) accepts American Ex- Nutty Irishman, a heady mix of Bai- entation of BAM and Lin- press, MasterCard and Visa. The bar is For many Brooklynites, the celebration ley’s Irish Cream, Frangelico, Amaret- coln Center’s Great Per- Marie-Noelle Robert open 11 am-4 am daily. (718) 748-1400. of all things Irish begins well before and to, and a drizzle of creme de menthe. formers series, which will Peggy O’Neill’s (1904 Surf Ave. at West Stormy weather: “El Nino” ends well after the annual Brooklyn Irish 16th Street in Coney Island) accepts Visa, The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango unveil a special spring fes- receives its New York pre- American Parade (kicking off March 16 at MasterCard and American Express. En- tival dedicated to Adams’ miere at the Brooklyn Acad- 1 pm at 15th Street and Prospect Park trees: $7.95-$13.95. Open 11 am-4 am dai- have planned an entire weekend of festivi- imposing body of work. emy of Music on March 20. West). ly. (718) 449-3200. ties for their patrons. On Friday, March 14, “John Adams: An Ameri- 66 Water Street (66 Water St. at Dock Irish pride moves indoors as bars and Street in DUMBO) accepts American Ex- from noon to 2 pm, Patrick Harkin of Ben- can Master” (March 20- restaurants throughout the borough plan press, Visa and MasterCard. Entrees: $12- sonhurst will perform live bagpipe music. May 17) — featuring a world premiere, New York premieres for the big day. Some are acknowledging $20. The bar is open from 11 am-4 am dai- From 4 pm to 6 pm, radio station Q104 and collaborations with the New York City Ballet and the Juil- ly. The kitchen is open 11 am-midnight. their Irish patrons and their friends by (718) 625-9352. will broadcast live from the restaurant. liard School, along with BAM — marks the first time Lincoln adding specialty, Irish-themed drinks to THAT Bar (116 Smith St. at Pacific Harkin returns on Saturday and Sunday, Center has honored a living composer. their bar list, while others are sponsoring Street in Boerum Hill) accepts Visa, Master- from 3 pm to 6 pm, and again on Monday, You could call “El Nino” somewhat of a departure for the parties with live bands. One bar offers rev- Card and American Express. Entrees: $7- March 17, from 11 am to 8 pm. Guitarist 56-year-old Adams, except that every new work of his could $10. The bar is open 4 pm-4 am daily. (718) elers the opportunity to sing their favorite 260-8900. Mick Dunne, from Dublin, arrives around be labeled as such. His most recent large-scale work, “On the Irish songs karaoke style. Wicked Monk (8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th 8:30 pm to perform Irish ballads and con- Transmigration of Souls,” a brooding, emotional 20-minute Opened in 1933, Farrell’s Bar & Grill Street in Bay Ridge) accepts Visa, Master- temporary Irish pop music. Between tone poem that responded to the events of Sept. 11, was com- in Park Slope is one of the oldest saloons Card, American Express and Discover. The Dunne’s sets, DJ Richie will spin Irish tunes. missioned and played by the New York Philharmonic last fall. in Brooklyn. Patrons begin their days at bar is open 11 am-4 am daily. (718) 921-0601. In honor of the day, O’Toole and Paul Clegg, of Dublin; and Mike Dorgan “El Nino” is based on various Nativity texts, which 10 am with a beer at the bar and close the Traynor have added corned beef and cab- of County Cork, who own the bar. The Adams compiled with stage director Peter Sellars, who also place down at 3 am. On any given bage, and beef or lamb stew to their a la Wicked Monk is known for its stained directs “El Nino’s” interweaving of solo singers, dancers, a evening, men holding 32-ounce foam said of the bar’s contribution to the Irish carte Irish menu. glass and gargoyle-laden interior as well chorus and a film. cups of beer congregate outside the bar. celebration on March 17. There are two Peggy O’Neill’s bars: as 25 varieties of international bottled beer Viewing the Arthaus Musik DVD of the world premiere On St. Patrick’s Day, the same men wear Budweiser, Heineken, Coors and Mich- one in Bay Ridge and a bar with a restau- and 15 beers on tap. of “El Nino,” one is struck by the visual clarity of Sellars’ bright green bowler hats. elob are on tap. “Nothing fancy,” Mills rant in Coney Island. At the Bay Ridge lo- For Saint Patrick’s Day last year the conception of this very unique Nativity setting: the place- Eddie Mills has tended bar for 30 of the says. “There’s no call for it here.” cation, free corned beef and cabbage will New York Order of Fraternal Bagpipers ment of the singers and dancers onstage, along with the 50 years Farrell’s has been open. Seamus O’Toole and Terry Traynor, own- be supplied to customers from Friday, blew the Wicked Monk crowd away. This work’s multimedia aspects, are strikingly appropriate correl- “Our kitchen is making corned beef ers of Eamonn’s, an Irish bar and restaurant March 14 through St. Patrick’s Day, Mon- year they’re back by popular demand. atives to Adams’ shimmering music. sandwiches for the parade folk,” Mills on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, day, March 17. At 10 pm on Monday, an Catch them on Monday, from 6 pm to 4 Rather than a standard story of the Nativity, Adams and open mic will allow patrons to sing their am. A catered dinner of corned beef and Sellars — through their wide-ranging texts that include, favorite Irish ditties. Plan on hearing cabbage will be served. along with the King James Bible, Latin and Spanish verse, “Danny Boy” a few times too many. A $5 Starting at noon on Saint Patrick’s Day, mystery plays, and old English stories — intend to follow the fee will be charged at the door. the kitchen at 66 Water Street in DUM- eponymous weather system’s cycle of recurrence. The birth On Monday, March 17, at 9 pm, the BO will begin serving a full Irish break- of Jesus Christ is here seen as an ongoing miracle, both with- Coney Island branch of Peggy O’Neill’s fast with bacon, sausage and baked beans. in each succeeding generation (every newborn child is presents cover band Unforgettable Fire’s For lunch and dinner traditional Irish fa- touched with the divine) and outside it (the story of the birth “Tribute to U2.” Tickets are $10 if ordered vorites include corned beef and cabbage, of the Christ child is constantly reenacted by each group of in advance at (718) 449-3200, or $15 at roast spring lamb, fresh baked ham with descendants). the door. Between sets, patrons can enjoy colcannon (a mix of mashed potatoes and It comes as no surprise that Sellars and Adams have worked free corned beef and cabbage. Shepherd’s cabbage flavored with parsley and chives) closely before: “Nixon” and “Klinghoffer” (both of which had pie and Gaelic steak (a strip steak sauteed and shepherd’s pie. librettos by poet Alice Goodman) were originally staged by in Jameson Irish Whiskey) round out the Owner Brian Donohue has planned an Sellars in so singular a fashion that it’s become difficult to con- restaurant’s holiday a la carte menu. afternoon-into-evening of Irish rock ‘n’ ceive of either opera being done in any other way. Chic THAT Bar on Smith Street in roll. From 3 pm to 5 pm, the Celtic Irish In addition to Sellars, other long-time Adams collaborators Boerum Hill presents “Gays and Lesbians Band, from Ireland, will play U2 and Thin are reunited with the composer for “El Nino.” The cast of Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day.” On Monday Lizzy covers. From 9 pm to midnight, soloists includes soprano Dawn Upshaw, mezzo-soprano Lor- night, March 17, Chef Billy Thorsen will New York City’s own Irish rockers Black raine Hunt Lieberson — currently wowing audiences as Dido add corned beef and cabbage to his menu 47 take over, and a DJ continues the in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Hector Berlioz’s of snack food. The bar, famous for its “hap- theme from midnight until 4 am. If all that epic “Les Troyens” — and baritone Willard White. The vocal py get lucky” drinks with names like Tai booze, food and rock ‘n’ roll becomes too ensemble Theatre of Voices takes the substantial choral parts. Mai Up and Get in the Sling, has added much, you can pass out in front of the fire- And leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic is conductor two more for the occasion: the Lucky Lep- place in the bar’s whiskey room. Esa-Pekka Salonen, long a champion of Adams’ music. rechaun (creme de menthe, creme de cacao Finding your own slice o’ Ireland this But, as always when it comes to Adams’ music, it all begins and vodka) and the Nutty Irishman (Bai- Saint Patrick’s Day is easy. Few neighbor- at BAM with “El Nino.” ley’s Irish Cream and Frangelico). hoods are without bars to welcome you. “El Nino,” by John Adams, will be performed at the Bag men: At the Brooklyn Irish American Parade in 2001, Kevin Emsworth led “Call back when the lads are in,” said a Join their parties, toast to all things Irish, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. at the Department of Sanitation Pipe and Drum Band down Prospect Park West. woman at the Wicked Monk in Bay and feel no guilt if those Irish eyes get Ashland Place in Fort Greene, on March 20 and March This year’s parade will begin at 1 pm on March 16 at Prospect Park West and Ridge, in a thick Irish brogue. The lads are bloodshot — after all, “Ulysses” wasn’t 22 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $85, $65 and $35. Call (718) 15th Street. The Brooklyn Papers / File Photo Declan Rooney, of Monaghan, Ireland; written on ink fumes alone. 636-4100 for more information.

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By Tina Barry Since its opening, the old-timers RESTAURANT for The Brooklyn Papers have returned “in droves,” he said, Michael’s and people new to the area, or long- 2929 Avenue R (at Nostrand Ave.) • (718) 998-7851 cBear’s, a dive bar with time residents who found McBear’s www.michaelsofbrooklyn.com • greasy, prison-sized windows “men’s club” atmosphere intimidat- Mwasn’t the kind of place a ing are discovering the place, too. woman entered alone. On any week- “When I was growing up here in day, men huddled around the bar the 1970s, people came from two drinking pints while a TV flickered parishes; if you went to Holy Name in the background. With its dank you were part of the Holy Name Have an scent of cigarettes and old beer, parish, or you were IHM. I was McBear’s possessed the end-of-the- IHM, Immaculate Heart of Mary,” Unforgettable Evening road sadness that Edward Hopper says Lawson of the area between captured in his paintings. Ninth and Greenwood avenues bor- McBear’s closed three years ago. dered by Prospect Park and Green- with our Renovation on the space began im- Wood Cemetery. mediately. What emerged in Decem- Lawson’s father, James, was an ber 2000 after the lengthy overhaul ironworker who moonlighted as a was Rhythm & Booze, a bar that bartender in the defunct Paddy’s, a beckoned to a tonier crowd. Gone neighboring bar in Windsor Terrace. ******* were the peepshow-sized windows; “Growing up as I did meant the after the revamp, large casements let conversations — politics and sports, Seafood the light in. Sponge-painted gold everything — happened around the Extravaganza walls made the perfect backdrop for kitchen table or in Paddy’s. Thirst quenchers: Rhythm & Booze bartender Mike Apples looks forward to servicing the thirsty crowds af- the rest of the interior’s Irish-proud “Some of my happiest memories ter the Brooklyn Irish American Parade on March 16. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango color scheme. The floor tiles are took place in a bar. I remember that An Assortment of Chilled Shellfish deep green and ivory, the ceiling is one-game playoff between the Yan- including Lobster, Jumbo Shrimp, deep green, and so are the leather- kees and the Red Sox. It was a Fri- business, chefs. The whole family is “Good American comfort food! great meal. It’s just a day to celebrate Oysters & Clams on the Half Shell. covered bar stools, the chairs in the day night and my father was tending in the business, all around New That’s what people are asking for. everything Irish. It’s a great day.” Served on an Iced Bed Platter dining area and the tablecloths and bar,” he reminisced. York,” says McQuillen. They want meat loaf, pot roast. That’s For St. Patrick’s Day, Monday, napkins. In addition to keeping the neigh- After The Chimes closed 15 years the stuff that sells.” March 17, the kitchen will open at with Assorted Sauces. At night, emerald velvet curtains borhood well lubricated, Lawson ago, McQuillen worked for an Irish While the restaurant is gaining noon. drape the windows. In honor of Saint wanted to offer sustenance. The pub on Nostrand Avenue and Avenue popularity for its roasts and special “Whoever wants to come in can ******* Patrick’s Day, the windows are paint- restaurant at Rhythm & Booze X in Sheepshead Bay called Buck- entrees, it’s their glorious burger that have coffee or Irish coffee. Dennis ed with leprechauns, gold coins and opened in August 2002. ley’s and later opened a steakhouse, is drawing carnivores from outside makes his own soda bread. We’re shamrocks. “There are very few quality res- The Lion’s Den, on Staten Island. the neighborhood. serving free corned beef and cabbage Rhythm & Booze is the long- taurants in the area. I wanted ours to I spent some time with McQuillen McQuillen makes the best burger until dinnertime. I have contempo- Gage & Tollner held dream of be the kind of in the restaurant’s small, immaculate I’ve had in a Brooklyn bar, superior rary Irish music like the Cranberry’s, Brooklyn’s Famous Landmark Restaurant (Established 1879) owner Jamie place where lo- kitchen. I watched as he bustled about to the much-touted Corner Bistro the Pogue’s, groups like U2 and a lot Lawson, who DINING cal people, who the space, calmly adding dried porci- burgers in Greenwich Village. Served of Van Morrison, going all day. For Proudly Serving Patrons Under grew up not far maybe weren’t ni mushrooms to a mushroom bisque on a lightly toasted English muffin, the older guys there’s Bing Crosby The Gas-Lit Chandeliers for The Past 123 Years Rhythm & Booze (1674 10th Ave. from his bar. A at Prospect Avenue in Windsor Ter- bar people, could for that evening’s soup du jour. Toma- the Rhythm & Booze burger is a and the Clancy Brothers,” said Law- smooth-skinned race) accepts Visa, MasterCard and walk around the to sauce bubbled on one burner of the plump yet manageable handful of son. For the evening meal, Mc- American Express. Entrees: $7.95- 372 Fulton St. (off Jay St.) (718) 875-5181 man in his mid- $13.95. For information, call (718) corner and have a stove; near it was a big piece of pork richly flavored grilled meat. It comes Quillen will add corned beef and liberally doused with red pepper with hand-cut fries that are crisp and cabbage, a lamb dish and shepherd’s DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN 30s, with short, 788-9699. good burger and a brown hair and couple of beers,” flakes and vinegar. The pork would salty. pie to the dinner menu. Complimentary Valet Parking • www.gageandtollner.com blue eyes, Law- said Lawson. become the restaurant’s popular The kitchen will close on Sunday “On St. Patrick’s Day weekend son experienced resistance to the The restaurant’s chef, Dennis Mc- pulled-pork sandwich. March 16, the day of the Irish-Amer- last year, we had a group of firemen new bar from McBear’s displaced Quillen, an imposing, gray-haired When I commented on the deli- ican Parade that marches down from Dublin who came in at around clientele. man with gentle, blue eyes, is Law- cious aromas emanating from the Prospect Park West. All the tables 6 o’clock at night. They marched in “People who had a connection son’s kindred spirit. McQuillen’s oven, McQuillen said, “That’s sauer- and chairs in the dining area will be the parade. One of the guys said to Classic, Elegant Italian Cuisine with McBear’s felt like I was invad- family was in the bar and restaurant braten [a German pot roast]. I mari- stored to accommodate the crowd me, ‘This is the way the pubs are in Still one of the best restaurants in Brooklyn! ing their clubhouse,” said Lawson. business for 50 years. nated it for four days in vinegar and Lawson expects to fill his bar. Ireland. This bar reminds me of “My idea was never to shun anyone. “My family owned The Chimes [a sugar, celery, onions and carrots. It’s “I take pride in St. Patrick’s Day,” home.’ I loved hearing that,” said I wanted to open the doors to the restaurant in Marine Park]. I worked popular here.” Lawson said. “The holiday is about a Lawson. “That was my intention all neighborhood — new and old.” in the kitchen. I have cousins in the McQuillen describes his menu as, family getting together and having a along.”

compiled by Susan Rosenthal Night with Zagnut Circus WHERE TO Orkestar. No cover. 8 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. CLASSIC: Brooklyn College Department of Theater pres- Refreshments served. 7:30 pm. ents “Philoctetes,” by Sopho- HURS ARCH T , M 13 New York Aquarium, West SAT, MARCH 15 cles. $15, $10 seniors and stu- FILM: St. Francis College presents Eighth Street and Surf Avenue. dents. 8 pm. Gershwin Theater, “Road to Perdition.” Noon and (718) 837-4455. OUTDOORS AND TOURS one block from the junction of 6 pm. 180 Remsen St. (718) BARGEMUSIC: chamber music WALK NEW YORK!: Neighbor- Flatbush and Nostrand 489-5272. Free. program of works by Bach and hood Open Space Coalition avenues. (718) 951-4500. CELEBRATION: Community School Stravinsky. $35. 7:30 pm. hosts a walk along “The Left JAZZ: Brooklyn Conservatory of District 15 celebrates its achieve- Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) Bank” of the East River from Music’s Faculty Showcase pres- ments with a dinner and dance. 624-2083. Long Island City to Williams- Tina Michelle ents vocalist Sandi Blair. $5. 58 6 pm. Call for ticket informa- VEGAN POTLUCK: at Park Slope burg. 10 am. Meet at street Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. tion. Rex Manor Caterers, 11th Food Co-op. $3 donation and level of 21st Street/ Queens- JAZZ: The Hank Johnson Trio per- • Banquet Room Available for Holiday Parties Avenue and 60th Street. (718) bring a raw vegan dish for six bridge station of the F train. Ballet on ice forms. $15 includes beverages to share. 7:30 to 10 pm. 782 (212) 352-9330. Free. 330-9283. Choreographer Katherine Healy (pictured) will perform and snacks. Sets at 9 and 11:30 • Enclosed Sidewalk Cafe • Full Mahogany Bar LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public Union St. (718) 622-0560. ICE SKATING: Kate Wollman Rink pm. 119 Vanderbilt Ave. (718) Library, Central branch, hosts BARBES BAR: presents Fourth is open. $4 skate rental, $4 ad- her ice ballet “Through the Glass, Darkly,” in memory of 855-1981. • Live Piano - Wed, Fri & Sat eves • Fine Wine List Peggy Garrison, Patricia Street Niteowl. No cover. 8 pm. mission, $2 seniors and children. her mentor, the late Olympic Gold Medalist John Curry, WOMEN IN JAZZ: The Jazz Spot Markert, Constance Norgren 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Prospect Park. (718) 287-6431. as part of the Ice Theatre of New York’s program at the presents big band leader saxo- and Susan Sindall in “Women GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: The PERFORMANCES Rockefeller Center ice skating rink (on 49th Street be- phonist Kit McClure. $25. 9 pm Poets Speak Their Minds.” 6 African-Hungarian Jazz United to 1 am. 375 Kosciuszko St. BORO TALES: White Bird tween Fifth and Sixth avenues in Manhattan) on March 19 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) Front performs. $10. 8 to 10 Productions presents “Boro (718) 453-7825. 230-2100. Free. at 1 pm. Curry, Britain’s most successful figure skater, died Marco Polo pm. 53 Prospect Park West. Tales: Brooklyn.” $15. 3 and 7 WESTINGHOUSE HS: presents STRESS TALK: Park Slope Food (718) 768-2972. pm. BRIC Studio Theater, cor- of AIDS in 1994. He was 44. “Godspell.” $5. 7:30 pm. Klit- RISTORANTE Co-op offers a talk on how to WOMEN IN JAZZ: The Jazz Spot ner of Fulton Street and Brooklyn Heights native Healy, a former principal gord Auditorium, 105 Tech Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn relieve fear, trauma, anxiety presents saxophonist Tia Fuller. Rockwell Place. (718) 398-3658. Place. (212) 625-6130 ext. 501, and anger. Learn healing tech- dancer with the Vienna State Opera Ballet Company, Les $25. 9 pm to 1 am. 375 PLAY: “Feast,” by J Mandle Mr. Izzo. niques. 7 pm. 782 Union St. Kosciuszko St. (718) 453-7825. Ballets de Monte Carlo and the London Festival Ballet, will (718) 622-0560. Free. Performance, presents interdis- CHILDREN PLAY: “Feast,” by J Mandle Per- ciplinary work involving move- be joined by Kevin Curtis, brother of GO Brooklyn editor 345 Court Street (at Union Street) 718-852-5015 BARNES AND NOBLE: Author formance. 7 to 10 pm. See Sat. ment, sound and visual design Lisa Curtis, skating the role of the premonition. (Rain date BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSE- Bernice McFadden reads from UM: Traveling exhibit “Toolville” Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • THEATER: “Bat Boy.” 8 pm. See Sat. of costume, lighting and archi- is the following day, March 20.) her book “Loving Donovan.” 7 CLASSIC: “Philoctetes.” 8 pm. tecture. $10. 4 to 7 pm. 16 features tools from around the Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246- See Sat. Main St. (718) 246-7440. The performance is free. For more information, call world. Make a simple machine 4996. Free. to take home. 10:30 am to noon. MUSICAL THEATER: “Annie.” 8 OPERA: Regina Opera performs (212) 929-5811 or visit www.icetheatre.org. BARGEMUSIC: chamber music Also, interactive play “Craig the pm. See Sat. “Madama Butterfly.” $15, $10 works by Bach and Stravinsky. Construction Worker.” 1 and 2 $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: seniors and students. 7 pm. pm. Also, workshop for families Landing. (718) 624-2083. “Solo Women.” 8 pm. See Sat. Regina Hall, 65th Street and 852-4544. income. 8 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. with special needs “Body 12th Avenue. (718) 232-3555. (718) 832-0018. 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FISH TALK: Brooklyn Aquarium 1-800-316-7636 Society hosts author Eric Borne- 8405 5th Avenue • BAY RIDGE man in a talk “Corals You Can Keep Alive.” Also, fish and plant Municipal Parking around the corner www.wolfpacktobacco.com auction. $5, free for members. www.chopstixofnyc.com (718) 238-1300 March 17, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM 3 Drawn out / Greg Mango / Greg / Greg Mango / Greg The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn At the exhibition opening on March 6 are (above left) Curators David Micken- of horror berg, director of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, and Marilyn Kushner, chairwoman of the department of prints, drawings and pho- Auschwitz art, on display at Bklyn tographs at the Brooklyn Museum; and (right) Holocaust survivor Frederick Terna.

Museum, is a testament to human strated the rack used to torture them, and at the camp. Lice carried typhus, and near a forest, a “crude woodland grill” is dis- Mieczyslaw Koscielniak’s gripping poster, a covered, where inmates were burned out in color linoleum cut, in its scuffed wood resilience in face of inhumanity the open. frame, warns that one louse means death in The artwork in “The Last Expression” blazing red letters next to a skull and menac- By Lisa J. Curtis gives but a glimpse of the atrocities Holo- ing insect drawn in equal size. On the one The Brooklyn Papers ART caust victims suffered, but it is striking evi- hand, the artist’s skill is evident, on the oth- dence that the victims used art to maintain er hand, the poster tells of the indescribable he Brooklyn Museum of Art’s new ex- “The Last Expression: Art and Ausch- their identities as well as to document the filth and degradation the prisoners had to witz” will be on display at the Brooklyn Mu- hibition, “The Last Expression: Art seum of Art (fifth floor, 200 Eastern Parkway horrors they experienced daily. endure. and Auschwitz,” accomplishes the at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights) The works hang in maize-and-brown-col- Koscielniak’s “A Friendly Favor” (1943), T through June 15. breathtaking feat of bringing to the fore the ored rooms that have been designed by is crayon on cardboard, showing two men The museum has also organized dance, unimaginable horrors of the Holocaust music and film performances to comple- Matthew Yokobosky. The enormous wood carrying a collapsed man between them. The while simultaneously celebrating the re- ment the exhibition. beams overhead and painted fences and train curators write that a drawing with this sub- silience of the victims who, through art, Admission is $6, $3 students with valid ID tracks hint of the stifling sensation of being ject matter would have been forbidden. and an adult and free children under 12. For tried to document, rise above or resist the information about museum hours and up- corralled into a concentration camp. Waldemar Nowakowski’s small watercol- atrocities they suffered. coming events, call (718) 638-5000 or visit the The more than 200 works of art were ors on cardboard document in impactful, The exhibition rooms are filled with Web site at www.brooklynmuseum.org. For created at the Auschwitz, Buchenwald, graphic illustrations the brutally masochistic more information about the exhibit, go to paintings and sketches drawn by Holocaust http://lastexpression.northwestern.edu. Gurs and Drancy concentration camps, and methods of torture and murder the inmates victims. Many of the salvaged works are in ghettos such as Lodz and Theresienstadt, witnessed. made from crude materials like folded card- yet each artist in the exhibition, whether Some artists used their art to escape their board, others drawn in small sketchbooks Previously exhibited at Northwestern from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, reality. Zofia Stepien-Bator created romanti- and some even on canvas. Some are made University and Wellesley College, this is the Austria or Germany is bound by the com- cized portraits of the other prisoners with by trained artists and some by people who last stop of the “Last Expression” tour, mon tie that each was incarcerated or mur- stylish hair and clothes. With her small ges- craved this form of expression. which was organized by the Mary and Leigh dered at Auschwitz. ture of resistance, she created a flattering “To a certain degree the exhibition chal- Block Museum of Art at Northwestern. Mickenberg said the works were scrupu- “Portrait of Mala Zimetbaum” (1943) with lenges notions of an art museum,” explained Mickenberg lauded Marilyn Kushner, cu- lously researched and all can be said to be crayon on cardboard. The artist imagines Flatbush native David Mickenberg, curator rator and chairwoman of the department of “au courant at the time of the Holocaust.” Zimetbaum with her head held high, with of the exhibition and director of the Davis prints, drawings and photographs at the “The more research we did and the more a fashionable hairstyle and civilian clothing Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley Brooklyn Museum, for the additional re- scholars we talked to in the field, the more instead of prisoner’s stripes. College. “Certainly there are some well- search she did to flesh out the identities of we wanted this exhibition to be completely Both curators agree that because Holo- trained, important artists in the exhibition — the individual artists and to put the artwork Mieczyslaw Koscielniak’s “Self Portrait” (1941), an oil on canvas, is one of the undeniable and not be affected by issues of caust survivors are aging, it’s urgent that re- Felix Nussbaum has a museum dedicated to in context. works on display as part of “The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz.” memory,” said Mickenberg. “Therefore we search and oral histories are gathered before his works in Germany, Friedl Dicker-Bran- “The exhibition has been different in chose the dates 1941-1945 for works of art it’s too late. deis is an important artist and well-trained, every location and in Brooklyn it looks par- footage. ing shoveled into mass graves with bulldoz- to be put in the exhibit. On the opening night of “The Last Ex- Mieczyslaw Koscielniak is one of the impor- ticularly stellar in the information it commu- Visitors can sit on a large couch covered ers. There are tight shots of faces crawling “We didn’t want anybody to look at this pression,” Holocaust survivor Frederick Ter- tant artists of mid-20th century in Poland, nicates and the way it is installed,” said with an army barracks-style blanket while with insects, their mouths open in silent exhibition and say that something wasn’t ac- na, who lives on Washington Avenue with and Jozef Szajna came out of Auschwitz and Mickenberg. watching the film, “Nazi Concentration screams. curate because [the artists] were remember- his wife, Rebecca, came to see the exhibit Buchenwald and became one of the most Kushner explained her philosophy on Camps” (1945), directed by George Stevens. The bits of narration reveal a litany of ing how it was five years later,” he said. “We and give a few remarks to the members. Ter- renowned Polish directors,” said Micken- mounting the exhibition. Stevens, who went on to direct “The Diary Nazi atrocities: sickness, starvation, abuse, didn’t want anybody to deny the accuracy or na, whose work is not part of the exhibition, berg. (The museum is trying to arrange a vis- “I did a lot of research to put each draw- of Anne Frank” (1959), assembled this offi- murder, medical experimentation, crematori- truth of what’s being included in the exhibi- said that although the art on display could it from Szajna in June.) ing into context, because I was looking at a cial documentary report from footage taken ums and gas chambers made to look like tion based on distance in time and what the only render “a tiny facet of the horror,” he “So there are, definitively, people here drawing and I said, ‘Who was that artist, March 1-May 8, 1945. shower stalls. Victims’ clothing hangs out- effects of memory would be on the actual considered the displayed artifacts of vital im- who were well trained and continued to be what are they depicting, and how did that fit The black-and-white film, which the mu- side the “showers” as if their owners were representation of a given scene or an object portance for the survival of civilization. or became renowned artists in the field, but into the experience at Auschwitz? How did seum has labeled with a caution against al- going to return for them at any moment. or a person.” “The works shown here go beyond the there are artists here who are not artists, who it fit into the history of the Holocaust?’Art lowing children to view its explicit footage, Exposed are the numbers tattooed on their In the exhibition, the works are grouped traditional scope of art,” said Terna. “The were not trained, who took up pen and paper can’t be seen in a vacuum,” said Kushner. was made under orders from Allied Com- arms, replacing their names and ethnicities according to subject matter: portraiture, art work of these artists is testimony, commen- and brush in order to survive and in order to “It’s part of a social network.” mander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. — their very identities. The bodies seem made on command by a Nazi officer tary and also a warning. document and in order to resist, or for any The Brooklyn Museum augments these The resulting film, documenting the even more skeletal when compared to the (Auschwitz was one of the few camps that “What is their message? There is no value number of reasons … one of the things the works with interactive computer kiosks camps as they were “liberated,” shows innu- buxom, well-fed female guards who are had an art studio and museum), prisoner ex- higher than a human life. We are all respon- exhibition addresses is the role of art in cul- that display works too fragile to handle, an merable nude, emaciated, lifeless bodies forced to bury the dead after the American periences, satire and illustration. sible for each other. And we have to strive tures in times of great political and social extensive reading room with many texts in with shorn heads in heaps, and in wood liberation of the camps. The works cover a range of subjects. A for an open, fair and just community if we duress.” addition to the catalogue, and archival film carts, too many to bury. They are filmed be- At the Ohrdruf camp, inmates demon- poster warns of the deadly typhus epidemic want to avoid a reoccurence of this.”

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Philharmonic. $85, $65, $35. 7:30 pm. Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. Pre-concert discus- sion with John Adams and WHERE TO GO... Peter Sellars. $8, $4 friends of BAM. 6:15 pm. Hillman Attic Studio, 30 Lafayette Ave. Also, Continued from previous page... members. 7 to 8:15 pm. 250 Cad- “Hashirigaki.” 7:30 pm. See lessons. 7 to 9:30 pm. 339 man Plaza West. (718) 875-9124. Sat. March 22. (718) 636-4100. Hicks St. (718) 852-2181. Free. BAM: presents Switzerland’s Theater BARGEMUSIC: chamber music HALYCON CAFE: presents Hip Vidy-Lausanne in “Hashirigaki,” program of all Chopin. $35. an original work from German 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. ‘Butterfly’ Liquid Lounge Social. No cover. 9 pm to 1 am. 227 Smith St. composer Heiner Goebbels. (718) 624-2083. (718) 260-WAXY. Work features text by Gertrude BRIC STUDIO: presents “Sink or CANASTA PLAYERS: Brooklyn Stein and music by Brian Swim,” a performance of pup- Canasta Club meets every Wilson. $50, $35, $20. 7:30 petry, music and dance. $10, Monday. Day and evening pm. Also, BAM Dialogue with $8 students. 7:30 pm. 57 openings. Call for Bay Ridge Heiner Goebbels at 6 pm. 30 Rockwell Place. (718) 855-7882. location. (718) 680-4084. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. BAMCINEMATEK: “Oscar in New MEETING: Bay Ridge Historical York: Annie Hall” (1977). $10. Society presents Judith Berdy, 4:30, 6:50 and 9:30 pm. Q & A TUES, MARCH 18 of Roosevelt Island Historical with actor Tony Roberts and Society. 7:30 pm. Shore Hill writer Marshall Brickman after reborn PURIM CELEBRATION: Congre- Towers, 9000 Shore Road. (718) 6:50 pm screening. 30 gation B’nai Avraham holds 745-5938. Free. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Sacharit at 7:45 am, followed BARBES BAR: violinist Rima Fand BARBES BAR: presents Matt Bunraku puppets spice by Meggilah reading. Music, and singer Blueberry. Also, Church Munisteri. No cover. 9 pm. 376 dancing, entertainment for of Betty Trio. 8 pm. No cover. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. kids. $36 for Purim meal, $18 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. LOW BAR: presents Michael children and seniors. 5:30 pm. GALE GATES: Transmission Projects up Regina Opera’s staging 117 Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. Stumm. 10:30 pm. 81 Wash- presents “Compress Your ington St. (718) 222-1LOW. ANTI-SEMITISM TALK: National Dreams,” a tribute to silence. Council of Jewish Women BAM: Switzerland’s Theater Vidy- $12. 8 pm. Gale Gates et al, 37 Lausanne in “Hashirigaki.” 7:30 hosts an all-day seminar “Bias Main St. (718) 875-9177. of Puccini’s classic work and Anti-Semitism,” featuring pm. See Sat., March 22. Rabbi Judah Newberger, WATERLOO BRIDGE THEATER: Devorah Halberstam and Rabbi presents “Shakespeare in By Kevin Filipski THURS, MARCH 20 Space.” 8 pm. See Sat. Joseph Potasnik. $30, $25 for The Brooklyn Papers members. 9:30 am. Luncheon PANEL DISCUSSION: Brooklyn PLAY: Transmission Projects pres- MUSIC follows morning session. East Public Library and Con Ed host ents “Compress Your Dreams.” Midwood Jewish Center, 1625 a talk “Women and Power: 8 pm. See Wed. or the penultimate production of Regina Opera presents “Madama Ocean Ave. (718) 376-8164. Adapting to a Changing Econ- its season, the Regina Opera Butterfly” on March 15 and March 22 HEALTH TALK: Health Plus offers omy.” 8:30 to 10 am. Brooklyn at 7 pm, and March 16 and March 23 a talk “Help Your Child Stay Heights branch, 280 Cadman FRI, MARCH 21 Company in Dyker Heights will at 4 pm, at Regina Hall, corner of 12th F Avenue and 65th Street in Dyker Healthy From Birth To 2 Years.” Plaza West. Call. (718) 623-7000, stage a production of Puccini’s tragic Noon. United Methodist Head option 4. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: “Oscar in New “Madama Butterfly,” that is at once Heights. Tickets are $15; $10, college Start, 4419 Seventh Ave. (718) York: All About Eve” (1950). $10. students and seniors; $5, junior high OPEN HOUSE: at PS 39. 9:30 am. 2, 5 and 8 pm. Introduction by and high school students; and free for 491-7584. Free. 417 Sixth Ave. (718) 330-9310. traditional and unconventional. Catch this ‘Butterfly’: In Regina Opera’s production of “Madama Butter- LATIN JAZZ: Jazz and Latin per- Village Voice’s Michael Musto Among Regina Opera’s many children under 12. LIBRARY: Brooklyn Public Library, before 8 pm screening. 30 For more information, call (718) 232- fly,” Lt. Pinkerton (Alejandro Olmedo, center) has married Cio-Cio-San cussionist Ray Mantilla will per- Central branch, hosts “Women strengths, according to Francine Gar- form and discuss his experi- Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. 3555 or visit www.reginaopera.org on (Carol Welker, right) and promises to love her forever. Cio-Cio-San’s ser- Poets Speak Their Minds” series. the Web. ences. 4 pm. Long Island LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public ber-Cohen, Regina Opera’s chairman vant, Suzuki (Jeeminn Lee, far left), watches protectively. Bob Bonsignore Today, several poets read from Library, Brooklyn Heights University, Humanities Building their works. 6 pm. Grand Army and executive vice-president, is that Conference Hall, corner of branch, celebrates Women’s Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. History Month with a perform- audiences expect a staging faithful to Flatbush Avenue Extension and LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public DeKalb Avenue. Free. ance by Urban Stages. Today the composer and librettist’s original An American sailor, Benjamin Often, too, the casting is homespun. “Both of the young boys who alter- Library, Eastern Parkway branch, HEALTH PARTY: Learn stress “War Stories.” 6:30 pm. 280 intentions — and this “Butterfly,” run- Franklin Pinkerton, is married to the “We use the finest Brooklyn singers nate playing Butterfly’s son have deep celebrates Women’s History Cadman Plaza West. (718) 230- reducing strategies during an Month with a performance by ning March 15-16 and March 22-23, delicate young Cio-Cio-San, who be- all the time,” Garber-Cohen says, and roots with Regina — both of Christo- open house hosted by Touch 2100. Free. Urban Stages. Today “War EXHIBIT: Space Station, an alter- will be no different. lieves he truly loves her. When he fi- going down the cast list for this “But- pher Clark’s parents are regular play- of Light Chiropractic. Free gen- Stories.” 6:30 pm. Eastern tle adjustments, demonstra- native contemporary art space, “It is a traditional staging that takes nally returns to Japan with his new terfly” bears him out. For the perform- ers in our orchestra, and James Parkway at Schenectady hosts an exhibit featuring small tions, refreshments and prizes. Avenue. (718) 230-2100. Free. place in Japan: the characters wear ki- American wife, Cio-Cio-San says ances on March 16 and March 22, Callaghan’s mother, Joan Callaghan, is 7 pm. 44 Court St., Ste. 907. works. 7 to 10 pm. 1657A Eighth (718) 643-9980. Free. ARTIST SEMINAR: Brooklyn Arts Ave. (718) 768-0870. Free. monos and black wigs,” Garber-Co- goodbye to their young son and fatal- Deborah Anne Faw, of Carroll Gar- one of our leading mezzo-sopranos. Council hosts a seminar series BARNES AND NOBLE: poet Kevin RECEPTION: Momenta Gallery hen explains, “and the music will be ly stabs herself with her father’s dens, and Peter Emery, of Park Slope, Also, Joan’s father, Sal Fontana, and for artists and arts organiza- presents “Chitra Ganesh,” by Young. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh tions. Today’s topic “Nonprofit performed exactly as it was written: knife. sing Cio-Cio-San and Pinkerton. (Car- uncle Frank Fontana sang with our Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. artist James Higginson. 7 to 9 Incorporation with Tax-Exempt pm. 72 Berry St. (718) 218- uncut and unchanged.” Soap opera? Perhaps. Yet Puccini’s ol Welker and Alejandro Olmedo han- company in the 1970s and 1980s.” BARBES BAR: presents music Status or For-Profit Business: with The Dave Scott Quartet. 8 8058. Free. But here traditional does not mean music — filled with authentic emo- dle the roles on March 15 and March Which is the Best Model For BARGEMUSIC: chamber music pm. No cover. 376 Ninth St. You?” 6:30 to 8:30 pm. St. slavishly conventional. Director Linda tion, as all his scores were — makes 23.) Grand finale (718) 965-9177. program of all Chopin. $35. Francis College, 180 Remsen 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. Lehr — who has been working with these characters and their actions plau- Additional Brooklyn voices, Sarah This spring, the Regina Opera’s sea- St. (718) 625-0080. Free. (718) 624-2083. Regina Opera for several seasons, di- sible, dramatic and heartrendingly Blaze, of Park Slope, and Adrienne son ends with a flourish. On April 6, BARNES AND NOBLE: presents EDS ARCH RAW POTLUCK: Park Slope Food recting such repertory staples as tragic. Metzinger, of Midwood, alternate as the Annual Gala Concert will be pre- W , M 19 Johanna Stoberock, author of Co-op hosts a dinner. Bring a “Tosca,” “La Boheme,” “Rigoletto” As usual for Regina Opera, talent Kate Pinkerton, the sailor’s new sented, as many of the company’s LECTURE: St. Francis College “City of Ghosts.” 7 pm. 106 raw vegan dish for six to share. hosts a talk “Latin America’s Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. $3 donation per person. 7:30 and “Carmen” — studied the history and not racial homogeneity is the lead- American wife. One of the “bunraku” leading-role singers perform opera Natural Resources and Geo- WINE TASTING: A Perfect Setting to 10 pm. 782 Union St. (718) of Japanese theater, coming up with an ing factor in casting the roles. puppeteers, Katie Cohen, is also from arias and ensembles by Verdi, Puccini graphy.” 12:20 pm. 180 Rem- hosts a tasting of cabernet 622-0560. idea that will be used in this produc- “We go based specifically on the Midwood. and Mascagni, along with popular mu- sen St. (718) 489-5272. Free. sauvignon. $40. 7 pm. 152 GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: presents VIDEO: Watch Club Video Series Atlantic Ave. (718) 222-1868. Caru Thompson and Friends. tion. person’s talent,” Garber-Cohen notes. The 14-year-old Cohen, who also sic and Italian and Neapolitan songs. presents the film “South PROTEINS: Park Slope Food Co- Take a journey into springtime “Linda has added puppeteers, called “We have cast people of various ethnic sings in Regina’s chorus, is the daugh- May 4 is the Swing Along Broad- Pacific.” 2 pm. St. Ann’s Parish op presents a talk about how and celebrate Women’s History ‘bunraku,’ that are from traditional groups in our lead roles over the years ter of Susan Carlson, flutist with the way Concert, with several Regina Hall, 157 Montague St. (718) much protein your diet should Month with an intergenerational, 875-7392. Free. have. 7 pm. 782 Union St. (718) multi-racial mix of women per- Japanese theatrical productions. — Korean-American, Japanese-Amer- Regina Opera orchestra. That brings Opera soloists singing show tunes, in- WOMEN WORKSHOP: Union 622-0560. Free. forming song, music and Dressed in black costumes, they han- ican, Hispanic-American and African- up another unique facet of Regina cluding selections from old Broadway Center for Women presents BAM: presents “El Nino,” by John dance. $10. 8 pm. 53 Prospect dle the props [handing Cio-Cio-San American — because we cast the best Opera: its unabashed, unapologetic classics and contemporary Broadway “Wise Women’s Workshop: Tap- Adams with the Los Angeles Park West. (718) 768-2972. ping Into Your Inner Power.” $25 the knife for her suicide, for exam- singers who are available. nepotism. songs. includes dinner. 6:30 pm. 9508 ple],” Garber-Cohen says. “They will “When we did our recent ‘Marriage “Since Regina Opera has been Finally, the last of the season’s pro- Fourth Ave. (718) 748-7708. CORRECTION be acting, not singing, roles for three of Figaro,’ the father was Caucasian, around for 33 seasons now,” Garber- ductions is Verdi’s “La Traviata,” TALMUD: Congregation Mount In the March 3 edition of GO Brooklyn, in the article headlined people, who are essentially performing the mother was African-American, and Cohen explains, “we’ve gotten to the staged by Linda Lehr and conducted Sinai presents Rabbi Joseph Potasnik in a four-part series on “South Side,” the name of photojournalist Regina Monfort was in mime.” Figaro himself was Japanese-Ameri- point where we have second- and even by Jose Alejandro Guzman, on May Talmudic thinking. $35, $25 misspelled. We regret the error. Puccini’s plot couldn’t be simpler. can. The audience just loved it!” third-generation performers. 31, June 1, June 7 and June 8.

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