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Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages •Vol. 28, No. 12 BRZ • Saturday, March 19, 2005 • FREE X MARKS GENTILE TO SUNDAY METERS: THE SPOT SAY YOUR Cinderella Xaverian takes city title, state is next

By Vince DiMiceli The Brooklyn Papers It was the year they weren’t supposed to do it, but some- how they did anyway. The Xaverian Clippers men’s basketball team won their first-ever PRAYERS Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) AA-Division city By Jotham Sederstrom into effect by Bloomberg in 2002 as a par- championship on March 10 with a dramatic 67-66 win over heavily fa- The Brooklyn Papers tial antidote to the city’s escalating budget deficit. Gentile said this week that he vored Rice at Fordham University. Locked in a politicized battle with Along the way to the most coveted trophy in Catholic high school hopes widespread support of the legisla- Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 36 City tion, now idling in the council’s transporta- basketball, the Clippers also eliminated Christ the King, taking down Council members have united to two nationally ranked top-10 teams in two weeks. tion committee, will prompt Bloomberg to form what Bay Ridge Councilman revoke or recast the Sunday meter opera- “It was an improbable run to knock off two giants,” Coach Jack Ale- Vincent Gentile described as a veto- si told The Brooklyn Papers. “But it just goes to show you, persistence tion, which draws $7 million annually. pays off. Our team really came together in the last month.” proof majority in support of legisla- “Now that that’s the case,” Gentile said Led by 6-foot-5 senior forward Saiquon Stone’s 22 points — 13 of tion that would eliminate Sunday of the veto-proof bill, “we’re going to give which came in the fourth quarter — and stellar defense, the Clippers turned parking meters. it a little more time.” Gentile gathered on a 53-50 deficit with 5:25 to go into a 57-53 lead in under two minutes. Flanked by Queens Councilman Hiram Sunday at the intersection of Fifth Avenue But Rice rallied back, and with the Clips hanging on to a 64-63 lead Monserrate, Gentile announced on Friday and 79th Street to raise the issue. “Hope- / Tom Callan / Tom with 57 seconds remaining, Brian McKenzie hit a three-pointer to seal at the steps of City Hall, and again on Sun- fully, the mayor and the [Department of the win. day in Bay Ridge, that he had corralled Transportation] will come to the table,” he The championship came a year after the Clippers lost in the finals to support from two-thirds of the council’s 52 said. St. Raymond’s with what was considered a better team than this sea- members, the magic number needed to Long a concern in Bay Ridge, where son’s squad. override an expected veto by Bloomberg. churchgoers charge that having to run out “Last year, you might have expected it,” Alesi said of the champi- If approved, the legislation sponsored to feed parking meters midway through Papers The Brooklyn onship. “But going into this season, after graduating some guys, dis- by Gentile would amend an administrative Mass has disrupted Sunday services, the Vincent Gentile says the CIty missing two starters before the start of the season, and having a very code to allow for the suspension of Sunday issue has escalated since last month to Council can override a may- tough schedule, who knew?” parking meter regulations, which were put See SUNDAY on page 6 oral veto. But with a starting five of Stone, honors student McKenzie, senior point guard Levance Fields, Timmy Hepworth and Jake Stevens, the Clippers defied the odds. “These guys were the foundation of the team,” Alesi said. “And they did it the typical Xaverian way, with teamwork, chemistry and solid defense.” While Xaverian had never won a city championship before, the boys’ team has had some success over the years. In 1981, led by future Na- Seek funds for crumbling tional Basketball Association all-star Chris Mullen, the Clippers won the state A-Division championship. And in 1985, the X-Men took home the same title in the B-Division. During the 10 years Alesi has coached the team, the Clippers have Shore Road Park seawall won three CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens championships and made it to the city’s final four six times. / Gary Thomas The Brooklyn Papers aging seawall along the route and Rep. Vito Fossella, who said he would MARCH MADNESS: On Saturday, March 12, the Clippers defeated Community Board 10 announced resubmit a request for $16 million in St. Mary’s 71-69 at Fordham University, thus winning the Catholic A decade-long struggle to High School State Championship and advancing to the overall state rebuild nearly a third of the dete- its intention to create a multi- federal funding to rebuild the crum- championship game Saturday. The loss was the first of the year for St. riorating Shore Parkway bike path agency task force to coordinate bling seawall and restore a four-mile

Mary’s, which was ranked No. 2 in the nation, going 24-0 on the sea- Papers The Brooklyn was revived this week as the future reconstruction. stretch of bike path between 79th and son. The X-Men will play for the state title on Saturday, March 19 in Xaverian forward Chris Lowery goes up for a slam dunk during Army Corps of Engineers agreed The combined efforts were an- 95th streets that has long been plagued Glenns Falls, NY. Clippers improbable 67-66 win over Rice last Wednesday. to conduct an inspection of the nounced on Monday by Bay Ridge See SEAWALL on page 4 FIGHTING IRISH Sun’Park Early Easter seeks new forces boro’s zoning law 2 parades By Ariella Cohen into 1 Sunday for The Brooklyn Papers If plans for new residential development in By Jotham Sederstrom northern Sunset Park proceed under the neigh- The Brooklyn Papers borhood’s current zoning code, the Goddess of Minerva at Green-Wood Cemetery risks losing a As the luck of the Irish would have it, flirtation nearly 90 years old. two separate St. Patrick’s Day parades will wend their way through streets in Separated by New York Harbor and about six av- enue blocks of low-rise Brooklyn real-estate sloping Bay Ridge and Park Slope on Sunday / Tom Callan / Tom down toward the harbor, the Minerva statue and the afternoon, a scheduling gaffe that has Statue of Liberty have spent the better part of the last injected new life into the term “fighting century locked in a stone-eyed stare. Irish.” But a new residential development planned for the Thanks to an unusually early Easter, corner of Seventh Avenue and 23rd Street, where the which this year falls on March 27, the annu- Papers The Brooklyn National Produce Warehouse stood until last year, al Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade is on The statue of Minerva atop Green-Wood cemetery’s Battle Hill will lose her intended view of gigantic threatens the sight line between the two historic monu- March 20, a week ahead of schedule and on gal-pal the Statue of Liberty (inset), if a high-rise condo development in Sunset Park goes forward. the same day as the Brooklyn Irish-Ameri- See SUNSET on page 16 can Parade in Park Slope, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Kathleen McDonagh, who has organized the Park Slope parade since its inception in 1975, initially declined to comment on the dueling events, but later conceded that she believed the Bay Ridge parade, itself only 11 Callan / Tom Coney rides given once-over years old, should have been rescheduled. “Yes I do,” said McDonagh. “Ours has al- ways been on the third Sunday of March. Al- Some 82 rides at Astroland Park ways.” City: Parks and Deno’s Wonder Wheel were Jerry Callahan, president of the Bay Ridge deemed safe for the hundreds, or per-

parade committee, said that his organization Papers File The Brooklyn haps thousands of revelers expected — which normally hosts the parade on the A bagpiper marches in the Brooklyn ready to roll to spill into the neighborhood on fourth Sunday of March — began planning Irish-American Parade in 2003. March 20, when the attractions open for this year’s event as early as 2003, know- By Jotham Sederstrom for business for the first time since ing far in advance that Easter Sunday would The Brooklyn Papers September. 15th Street at Prospect Park West, following be off limits and the week after that would As much a sign of the coming Save for a loose nut there, and a wig- push it into April, nearly three weeks after St. an assembly at noon and a rededication cere- gly bolt there — all of which were cor- Patrick’s Day, March 17. mony for 9-11 victims at 12:30 pm, said Mc- of spring as pitchers and catchers rected before being given the green light Callan / Tom He noted that Irish heritage parades were Donagh. The route then traces 15th Street reporting to Florida, city officials by Department of Buildings inspectors held in the Rockaways and on Staten Island west to Seventh Avenue, where green-clad this week descended upon Coney — each of the rides passed inspection. last week. revelers will march north to Union Street. Island for last-minute safety ins- “We’re just making sure they’re “You hear rumors,” Callahan said of From there, the crowd will head back to pections before throngs of thrill ready for riders,” said Buildings Depart- grumbling in Park Slope. Prospect Park West and then return to their seekers flock to Brooklyn’s am- ment spokeswoman Jennifer Givner. Papers The Brooklyn The Park Slope parade begins at 1 pm, on See ST. PAT’S on page 15 usement mecca this Sunday. See CONEY on page 16 City inspectors examine rides at Coney Island, which opens this Sunday.

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The plan would be City Planning Commisioner Dolly WIlliams with Borough President Marty Markowitz in 2002. room during discussions. “She 420 Ovington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11209 enues as part of the Atlantic built on more than 21 acres of could simply sit there lobby- Yards plan. public and privately held land and other local regulation sioners with Brooklyn ties, al- board member of the Green- ing for her investment.” Williams’ co-ownership between Dean Street and Flat- where appropriate.” though they were appointed point Manufacturing and De- Raynoff assured in an e-mail with her husband, Adonijah bush, Atlantic and Vanderbilt “If you look carefully at the by the mayor. sign Center. to The Papers, “[Williams] will EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS® Williams, of a more than $1 avenues. wording,” said Rachaele Ray- “We still have two people A clause in Chapter 68 al- not be present at any portion of million stake in the team, puts The project, sponsored by noff, a spokeswoman for the who hail from Brooklyn,” said lows for “an individual who, any CPC meeting at which the Give something sweet to her in the position of having a the Empire State Develop- planning commission, “it says Raynoff, who cited planning prior to becoming a public Nets may be discussed.” potential conflict of interest, ment Corp. 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Gravesend. “We’re hoping that Mango / Greg of my top funding priorities in Congress this month ahead of schedule. [Borough President Marty homes in peril. year.” Donner said that the Army Corp of Engi- neers would inspect the path within months to Markowitz] does the same, If approved, the plan would The 13-mile stretch of asphalt, constructed Heard before the public on determine the extent of the problem and hone March 9, and approved the fol- City Planning does the same effectively downzone 120 along the waterfront in the 1940s, traces the blocks in an area bounded by in on what preliminary measures must be tak- lowing evening at the board’s and the council does the same. Belt Parkway from 69th Street to Bay Park- en to repair the seawall. Bay Parkway and 61st Street monthly meeting, the long-an- If everyone does it in half the way. He said that Army Corps inspections tradi- ticipated proposal to downzone time then, well, it will be done to the north, McDonald Av- Although the span extends into Benson- The Brooklyn Papers file The Brooklyn tionally signify the beginning of such con- 120 blocks of Bensonhurst and in half the time.” enue to the east, Avenue U to hurst, the deterioration has been largely con- Marty Markowitz will hold hearing April 4. struction projects. Gravesend was fanned with The March 10 approval by the south and Stillwell Avenue fined to Bay Ridge, where cracks below the The cost to rebuild, said Fossella and com- lightening speed through the the board marks the first step to the west. seawall have allowed water to surge through munity board members, stands at approxi- first stage of the city’s Uniform in the ULURP process, which Commission and the City come much sooner, according The proposal seeks to estab- sections of the path, creating dozens of holes, mately $20 million, a low-end estimate for a Land Use Review Procedure requires hearings before and Council. Markowitz must to a spokeswoman for the bor- lish height limits where low-rise some 2 feet deep. project whose price tag over the years has (ULURP) in an effort to expe- recommendations by CB 11, make his own recommenda- ough president. housing predominates while While the Department of Transportation ranged between $16 million and $40 million. dite the project. Howard Feuer, Markowitz, the City Planning tion by May 16, though it may “Because of the community eliminating the potential for un- regularly inspects the span, and routinely If approve by the House Subcommittee on board’s diligence, the hearing characteristically large medical pours new asphalt into the trenches, the prob- Water Resources and Environment, Fossella’s will be held on April 4,” said storefronts and buildings de- lem, say officials, has outgrown such a Band- allocation would help to restore the seawall Jocelyn Aframe, a spokes- signed for mixed commercial Aid solution. and much of the four-mile stretch being tar- woman for Markowitz. “If and residential use. “This has been a Community Board 10 geted. But funding, said Beckmann, would they had followed the original While commercial corri- capital priority for 10 years now,” said also need to come from city and state re- PUBLIC schedule, the hearing would dors along portions of Bay Josephine Beckmann, district manager of the sources. have been planned for some Parkway, Kings Highway, board, who said that the deterioration poses Prior to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, NOTICE time in May.” Highlawn Avenue and av- significant safety risks, both for cyclists who 2001, state Sen. Marty Golden, then a coun- Certified by the Depart- enues O and T would flourish, have trouble maneuvering around the holes cilman representing Bay Ridge, had lobbied ment of City Planning on Feb. three quarters of the plan and for those who fear that some portions are for $15 million in funding. 14, Valentine’s Day, the plan would safeguard detached and so mangled that the entire seawall could actu- The effort was derailed, however, when Notice of Commission Hearing in Brooklyn drew near unanimous ap- semi-detached housing by ally collapse into the bay. priorities turned to national security and rein- Wednesday, March 23, 2005 proval last week, save for a limiting new development to “It can no longer be a temporary fix,” she vigorating the city’s suddenly downward spi- Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11238 lone developer who argued 35 feet and under. said. “It’s become a necessity.” raling economy. Expert forum begins at 4:30 p.m. (Topic: Fiscal Stability) Public hearing begins at 6 p.m. The Brooklyn Public Library is accessible by public transportation. Take the 2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza or Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum of Art station, or take the Q train to 7th Avenue. For further information on accessing this location, contact (718) 230-2100. The New York City Charter Revision Commission is holding a public hearing in Brooklyn. At this public hearing, the Commission will hear testimony from members of the public on the Charter. This public hearing will be preceded by an "expert forum," in which the Commission will hear from selected experts on the issue of fiscal stability. The Mayor has asked this Commission, in reviewing the entire Charter, to pay special attention to fiscal stability, administrative judicial reform, and operational effiency and accountability. Members of the public wishing to testify before the Commission may direct their comments to these topics or to any other aspect of the Charter. A Summary of Issues Under Consideration for Charter Revision is available on the Commission's website (www.nyc.gov/charter). Paper copies of the summary also will be available upon request by telephone or mail. The public will have the opportunity to observe the expert forum, but not to ask questions of Mango / Greg those experts testifying before the Commission. The public will be invited to testify after the forum concludes and the public hearing portion of the evening begins. This hearing is open to the public and anyone may register to speak. Individuals who wish to give testimony may do so by registering one half-hour before the hearing. Written testimony is encouraged and can be submitted at the hearing or sent to the New York City Charter Revision Commission at 2 Lafayette Street, 14th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10007. Testimony may also be Papers The Brooklyn e-mailed to the Commission at [email protected]. NOTE: Individuals requesting spoken or sign language interpreters for this public hearing should contact Charter Revision Commission staff member Brian Geller at (212) 788-2952 five (5) New senior center / Greg Mango / Greg business days prior to the public hearing. TDD users should call Verizon Relay Services. At the opening of a new senior center for Chinese-Americans at Sixth To contact the New York City Charter Revision Commission: Avenue and 57th Street in Sunset Park, Paul Mak (center), executive di- By telephone: (212) 676-2060 rector of the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association, feeds lettuce to a By e-mail: [email protected] dragon. At right, City Councilman Vincent Gentile, Mak and others cut a By regular mail: 2 Lafayette Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10007 cake to celebrate the opening. 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/ Dave Sanders March 11 to find a treasure the 24-year-old owner’s name Police said the thief took bound on Eighth Avenue with trove of expensive jewelry. A vandal with no particular engraved on it. Police say he off after the do-gooder started about $800. Before checking out, the motive broke into a Bay also snatched seven $2 bills. Ridge home at 5:30 pm on running toward him and A suspect, 26, was arrested goon bagged six watches val- yelling. Although her bag soon after cops began can- Cops say that after the goon ued at $6,000, including one March 1 and wreaked havoc finished in the basement he with diamond studs. He also inside. kicked down a door leading to Papers The Brooklyn pocketed the 33-year-old vic- Cops say the burglar broke the first-floor apartment of a tim’s pair of diamond rings, through a side window of the 75-year-old man. There, he valued at $4,000, and a $300 home on Marine Avenue at bagged $500 and some assort- Cops of the Month digital camera, say police. 95th Street and began smash- ed jewelry before splitting. ing cabinets, light fixtures and Dirty pool From left to right, Police Officers John Wagner and Timothy Cox with, Sgt. Naveed (Nick) No smokes toilets in an unoccupied base- Chaudry. The 68th Precinct officers were honored for their undercover work that led to A ruthless thug wasn’t crav- A billiards-loving bruiser ment. The property’s owner, arrests of people breaking into cars and stealing headlights. ing nicotine when he shoved a who lives on 82nd Street at left more than a scratch at a 44-year-old Bensonhurst local pool hall, cueing police Narrows Avenue, told cops woman to the ground and ran the damage ran to $1,000. to charge in and break up the punched him in the head and March 11 when a trio of punks scribed as blunt objects, the off with her cigarette case. early morning melee. face, then took off with three surrounded him. Brandishing misfits stabbed the man twice Police said that the bruiser Good deed Police say that an enraged money orders valued at knives and what cops de- — once in the right leg and shoved the woman from be- A Good Samaritan scared pool hustler began swinging $1,050. wildly at a 22-year-old player after the two started arguing at Takes beating the pool hall on McDonald Police are investigating Avenue at Avenue P just after why three hoods bludgeoned a 5 am on March 12. Before po- man with an expandable metal lice arrived on the scene, the baton in an apartment in Ben- man, also 22, had bashed two sonhurst. Ratner begins drilling at sticks over his opponent’s hip, At 9:30 pm on March 7, causing severe pain and three men viciously beat a 30- swelling and $200 worth of year-old man in the face with damage to the sticks them- the weapon at an apartment on selves, say police. 81st Street between New Atlantic Yards arena site Garage attack Utrecht and 18th avenues. The victim, however, refused to di- By Jess Wisloski cleanup of portions of the site, neighbors of the 24-acre site, said he was awakened by the A thug pummeled a Bay vulge to police his relationship Ridge man after the victim The Brooklyn Papers began almost concurrently with most of who are protesting the ruckus on Feb 28. TRAVEL/ with the thugs, despite severe “People were knocking my parked his car in his garage on To the surprise of many the announcement last Friday development, knew to expect bruising and lacerations on his fence down and drilling in my 70th Street at Fort Hamilton Prospect Heights residents, of an agreement signed by Rat- signs of the elephant next door face. enormous drills have begun test ner and government officials soon enough. But when bushes backyard at 7:30 am,” he said. Parkway. Sheets first noticed the massive VACATIONS Police said that the man Gang attack borings of the earth below sev- that commits city and state were torn out of backyards and eral sites within the 24-acre property and money to the construction cones set out to ac- equipment in the last week of To advertise call (718) 834-9350 was unloading some things Knife-wielding numbskulls February, and said he only rec- from his car on March 7, at stabbed a Bensonhurst man on swath upon which developer project. That memorandum of commodate equipment the size Bruce Ratner plans to build his understanding also calls for the of a backhoe, the neighborhood ognized it as a drill “from hav- around 9 pm, when the attack- West Sixth Street. ing watched them put on many er entered his garage and tried Police said that the man, Atlantic Yards arena and high- condemnation of property alarms — in this case ringing LUXURY CONDOS & HOMES rise development. within the project’s footprint telephones — started sounding. drilling attachments.” to make off with some of his 22, was walking on West Sheets was miffed, he said, stuff. 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X18 X13 TOO MANY who broke ranks with fellow which encompasses Bath AIPAC POLICY Democrats last year by vocally Beach, Bensonhurst and AIPAC POLICY AIPAC POLICY AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCES supporting Bloomberg, namely Gravesend, voted 32-5 in fa- ADVERTISER FOCUS 16 CONFERENCES 11 CONFERENCES 16 CONFERENCES TO COUNT for his pro-Israel stance. vor of an old resolution in “In principal, he supports support of the Sunday meters. the idea that you shouldn’t Although insignificant in “My mother has attended “It was my first Policy “For me, the Policy “I have been honored to 27 AIPAC Policy Conference in 1993 that Conference is always a address the Policy have to pay to pray,” said Arie terms of the legislation, the Conferences and I’ve opened my eyes... and thrill, whether I am on Conference four times. Lipnick, a spokesman for vote flies in the faces of Gen- been to 16. I want my soul to AIPAC. I never stage introducing the But I attend the Felder. “But the councilman is tile and Councilman Domenic Allstate children to grow up with would have imagined that President or off stage Conference even when I still studying how it would be Recchia, both of whom repre- AIPAC just like I did.” only a few years later, I chatting with other am not speaking because implemented on a citywide sent portions of that commu- would chair the event and activists from around no meeting has more of an –Sam Lauter be meeting with Senate the country.” impact on the U.S.-Israel scale. There’s some commer- nity board district and support cial strips where there aren’t a ban on Sunday meters. Majority Leader Bill Frist –Amy Friedkin relationship.” and then-Senate –Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) any churches.” Howard Feuer, district Democratic Leader Mayoral spokesman Chris manager of CB11, said that Tom Daschle.” Coffey argued that the issue is the meters help to rotate traffic –Lee Rosenberg more complex than his boss’ along commercial corridors in potential Democratic chal- his area, especially on bustling lengers have suggested. While 86th Street and along 18th Av- THE AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE 2005 Bloomberg, a Republican, has enue, where that street’s mer- MAY 22–24, WASHINGTON, D.C. CONVENTION CENTER already offered to extend one- chant association has also re- hour meters to two hours to newed its endorsement of the To register or to learn more about the Conference please visit www.aipac.org or contact accommodate churchgoers, Sunday meters. Coffey said that the issue in- “I wanted to make it clear AIPAC’s Brooklyn Area Director Michal Katz at (212) 750-4110. volves balancing the needs of that if I was going to speak both merchants and parish- out at, say, City Council, I ioners. Additionally, he con- wanted to make sure that I tended that the Sunday meters was on solid ground with my / Tom Callan / Tom The American Israel Public Affairs Committee • America’s Pro-Israel Lobby were not enacted solely to community board,” said Feuer, who suggested that one alternative may be for clergy to submit documentation to the Department of Transporta- ELIVERY D tion when parishioners are Papers The Brooklyn LOCAL DERMATOLOGY ticketed for parking at expired Naj Cabbad (support staff), Yadira Lopez (support staff) and Abraham Fallah FREE meters. (agent) of Allstate Insurance on Montague Street. “It’s not about politics and TWO COSMETIC SKIN PROBLEMS this has nothing to do with re Small Pies Mike Bloomberg. 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FITNESS Samurai style If you’re not afraid of swords and want to nurture your inner warrior while toning your outer body, head to Brooklyn Aikikai, a new dojo (martial arts school) in Gowanus. Aikido, which means “way of harmony with the universal force,” is the ancient Japanese martial art that is taught at Brook- lyn Aikikai. It uses cir- cular movements to har- monize with the force of the aggressor. “Aikido is meant to combine the mind, body and spirit,” says Neilu Savoca, who co-owns and teaches at the studio with her husband and fellow instructor, Robert (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 19, 2005 Savoca. “The tech- niques are based on samurai movements, but it’s a non-competitive art. Students come to work on themselves.” While there are no competitions, students prac- tice techniques in pairs, taking turns as attacker and defender. The training improves balance, flexibility, muscle tone and endurance, and helps students be- come more centered in their lives. The practice “isn’t necessarily aerobic,” says Hell on Savoca, “but people usually lose weight immediate- ly due to the constant falling down and getting up.” The studio also offers weapons training, an inte- gral part of aikido, with wooden staffs and swords. The purpose is to help students more easily see the weight, balance, stance, timing and distance of one’s body movements. Another traditional form of Japanese sword work, iaido (“the way of sword wheels drawing”) is offered to students. Zen meditation practice completes the aikido training by teaching students how to be present in the moment. According to Savoca, people train in aikido for Brooklyn Bombshells shed pounds, different reasons. “Some come for weight loss, some come for spir- itual reasons, some want to learn to be more grace- build muscle in roller derby league ful,” says Savoca. The studio, which had operated in Carroll Gardens since January 2002, opened at its By Erin Marie Daly new location last November, and now boasts 2,000 for The Brooklyn Papers square feet of mat and training space. Classes in iyengar yoga, which focuses on preci- ere you the girl who beat up all the sion, alignment and length of stay in postures, are boys in elementary school? Do you held at the studio on Thursdays and Fridays. Ac- Wconsider yourself an overgrown cording to Savoca, this form of yoga strengthens the tomboy? Are you strangely attracted to both body and massages the inner organs. miniskirts and mouthguards? If so, you may Brooklyn Aikikai’s March 19 open house will of- be ready to become the Brooklyn Bomb- FITNESS fer the opportunity to observe classes, meet the in- shells’ newest “bad-ass chick on roller structors and watch informational videos on aikido. skates.” Brooklyn Aikikai is located at 408 Third Ave. at But make no mistake. If you want to be a SPECIAL Mango / Greg Sixth Street. For more information and class Bombshell — a team in the Gotham Girls schedules, call (718) 643-6044 or visit Roller Derby, New York’s only all-female www.brooklynaikikai.com. — Erin Marie Daly roller derby league — you’ve got to be more than just New York City tough. The Bomb-

shells, who regularly compete with the only Papers The Brooklyn other team in the league, the Manhattan May- Exercising demons: Members of the Brooklyn Bombshells roller derby team, Anne Silvernail (aka FITNESS hems, aren’t afraid of bruises or broken bones. Anne Phetamean) and Jean Schwarzwalder (aka Suzy Hotrod) at practice in the Skate Key Arena in

But you’ve also got to be a lady: most of Mango / Greg the Bronx on March 7. At left, Brooklyn Bombshells co-captain Suzy Hotrod shows off her tattoos. the girls battle it out in fishnet stockings and short skirts. It’s a community of girls of all shapes and sizes who beat the crap out of each I always wanted.” reasons, girls are also strictly prohibited from Free yoga other and then go for beers. The players practice together for a mini- skating if they lack health insurance, and they

“It’s risky business,” admits Suzy Hotrod Papers The Brooklyn mum of two hours each week. At tonight’s must be 18 to join. Teachers at DUMBO’s new Noodle Yoga want (aka Jean Schwarzwalder), the fearless co- practice, the two teams (who are mostly in Tonight, Ariel Assault (Tracey DeBenedic- you to experience the mind and body benefits of captain of the Brooklyn Bombshells. “It’s tooed arms. their 20s to early-30s and train together de- tis), Donna Matrix (Anna Kolberg), Annie yoga for yourself — and they’ll let you do it for free easy to take an injury, but the best way to Roller derby, which originated in 1935, is spite their uninhibited rivalry during games) Maul (Sandy Basta), Sharyn Payne (Morgan on April 6 in their 1,700-square-foot facility. avoid it is to be the best possible skater.” an enigmatic cross between spectacle and begin with their regular stretching, endurance Bennison) and Carmen Monoxide (Dina Fias- The hour-long class, taught by creative director It’s a Monday sport. During a bout, training, and bouting exercises before they conaro) are competing as Bombshells for the Nadia Block (pictured below in the Sirsasana pose), night, and the Bomb- two teams of five turn nasty and start the real brawling. They first time, but they are technically no longer is specifically designed for those with little or no shells and the May- FITNESS skaters face off on a circle the rink hundreds of times at a dizzying “fresh meat,” explains league founder and co- yoga experience and also for individuals interested hems are practicing flat track. Four girls pace, practice falling “correctly” and review captain of the Bombshells, Chassis Crass in learning more about the Noodle Yoga philosophy together at Skate Key The Gotham Girls Roller Derby are recruit- of each team form different maneuvers and blocks. (Karin Bruce). and facilities. ing in all boroughs and New Jersey. Although in the Bronx. Suzy there is no fee to join, there are dues that are “packs” and take off Clearly, this kind of activity is a brutal “We joke and say they’re now ‘rotten meat’ A native Park Sloper, Hotrod sheds her applied toward practice costs. For more infor- at the first whistle. workout. or ‘rancid meat’ with the rest of us,” says Block told GO Brooklyn mation, e-mail Chassis Crass (Karin Bruce) at leopard-print coat and [email protected]. If The remaining two “Everyone loses weight,” says Suzy Crass. “We don’t place fresh meat on teams that “yoga is a great dons a pair of roller you’d just like to watch, bouts will be held “jammers” bolt at Hotrod, whose own muscles bulge in her until they pass their skills test.” counter to our busy New skates painted with monthly from April-October at Skate Key, 220 E. the second whistle black jeans and belt with “Lady Unluck” Kaleena Castillo, who’s considering the York lifestyle.” 138th St. at Canal Place in the Bronx. Tickets orange flames. ($12 advance, $15 at the door) are available on- and start fighting studs. “Your quads and hamstrings get more name “Sugar Smacks,” has already passed her “Our philosophy is to “It’s like being Spi- line at www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com. VIP their way through defined, especially at that point where your skills test, but isn’t competing as rancid meat offer non-competitive, derman on wheels,” and season ticket rates also available. the opposing team’s butt meets your leg.” with the Bombshells tonight due to lapses in safe, fun, creative and she says, and hits the pack, who try to stop The Mayhems’ Ginger Snap (Natily Blair), her health insurance between jobs. But she challenging classes,” said rink with a ven- the opposing jammer who snapped her wrist during a particularly says she’s lost at least 6-10 pounds since prac- Block, 38, who started geance, keeping low to the ground and swing- from passing through and scoring. vicious practice last season, agrees: “The right ticing with the derby girls due to the aerobic practicing yoga in 1990, ing her arms menacingly. Around and around, the action goes on for legs of all my jeans split, because we used to and muscle-building effects of the sport. And at the age of 23, when Meanwhile, her bellicose teammates are up to two full minutes of spectacular carnage. go around the rink in only one direction.” like her fellow combatants, she’s drawn to the she was living in Califor- Mango / Greg donning their armor: kneepads, elbow and Bodies are slammed to the floor, elbows Although the battles may seem dangerously odd combination of conflict and camaraderie nia. wrist guards, helmets adorned with glittery whack into ribs and cheers mix with exple- chaotic, all derby girls are put through a rigor- shared by all Gotham Girls. “I was curious what this stickers and the occasional mouthguard for the tives as the girls battle it out at breakneck ous three-month training period and must pass “There’s no, ‘I’m sorry’ or taking anything thing called yoga was all truly vicious fighters. Under a sign that reads speed. Each game is three periods of 15 min- a basic skills test before they are allowed to personally,” says Castillo. “The rivalry is all in about,” said Block, adding “Skate At Your Own Risk,” they slam into the utes each with a half-time show. become a part of the team. good fun. It helps get out your mutual aggres- that she was initially em- Papers The Brooklyn rink and everything is suddenly ablaze with a “I love it,” says the Bombshells’ Lady Bat- “It takes a long time to get good enough [to sion. But afterward, the girls exchange recipes barrassed to do some of the poses. “But I could not be- swirling mass of multicolored wheels and tat- terly (Sarah Paradoski). “It’s the kind of sport compete],” says Suzy Hotrod. For obvious and sewing tips.” lieve how great my body felt afterwards,” she added. After studying yoga for close to a decade on the West Coast with distinguished teachers like Shiva Rea and Seane Corn, while pursuing a career in delightful. graphic design, Block relocated back to New York “He makes you feel as if you’re a FITNESS to teach yoga full time. A certified instructor and a performer when you’re in his class,” registered Yoga Alliance professional, she teaches says Maxine Schulof, 53, a regular for James Martinelli teaches Move & vinyasa yoga, a style that combines breathing and six years at Martinelli’s Move & Groove and Sculpt classes at the East- movement. The postures are connected through ern Athletic Club at 43 Clark St. at Groove and Sculpt classes at the East- Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights on breathing, creating strength, flexibility and balance. ern Athletic Club in Brooklyn Heights. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday morn- “Yoga strengthens the whole body by using its Dance fever ings and Saturday afternoons. For “I like his energy and his fun personali- own weight to build strength,” said Block. more information, call (718) 625-0500. ty. He makes an hour of exercise go by “I used to be all about cardio,” she said. “Now I Aerobics instructor keeps fans quickly.” am all about yoga. I rarely do anything else.” For Martinelli, who also teaches at But she added that the stretch benefits of yoga the New York Sports Club in Bay Holmes, where, Martinelli says, “My are a great counter to cardiovascular training and with unique technique & humor Ridge and has private students through- best friend was Ben Stiller.” He also partner up well with exercises such as running, out the tri-state area, “It’s not about became involved in dance. which compress the body. / Tom Callan / Tom By Paulanne Simmons Martinelli, who is a dancer and an building. It’s about strengthening what “My cousin took me to her dance “I have students who say that [yoga] has helped for The Brooklyn Papers actor (he is acting director of theater at you have. It’s about inspiring yourself.” class every week and I watched her. Fi- them with tennis or their golf game,” Block said. Long Island University and frequently It was in public school that Martinel- nally, the teacher, Margaret Tapona, let The free “Fundamentals of Yoga” class will be of- ven the most ardent proponents of performs in community theater), li discovered his dancing and acting tal- me take her class for free until I could fered on April 6 at 6:30 pm at Noodle Yoga, locat- exercise will admit that working teaches his own blend of aerobic ents. His English teacher at Grady pay for it by working for her,” says ed on the second floor of 31 Washington St. at Wa- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn out can be boring. But you’ll never dance and weight training sprinkled High School in Brighton Beach en- Martinelli. “She inspired me and she ter Street, in studio No. 4. For further information, James Martinelli leads a class at E hear that complaint from James Mar- with a heaping dose of his generous couraged him to join the First All Chil- was my first love.” call (718) 624-5525 or visit www.noodleyoga.com Eastern Athletic Club. tinelli’s students. personality. And his students find it dren’s Theatre, founded by Celeste See DANCE on page 11 on the Web. — Ajla Grozdanic

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Biscuit 367 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 398- 2227 (Cash only) Entrees: $6-$16.50. Carolina-style barbecue restaurant Biscuit is proba- bly not the place to go if you’re on a diet, as the most popular items on the menu are the half-rack of ribs and the fried half-chicken. But this is the place Mango / Greg to go if you have a hankering for dry-rubbed pork Lite touch ribs, blackened catfish, smoked chicken, catfish sandwiches and sides like red beans and rice, col- lard greens and cheese grits. On the last Monday of Cavale Tonuzi serves up every month, Biscuit also offers a “pig-picking” for $30 per person. The pig is dry-rubbed, hot-smoked

and slow-cooked. It includes all sides and can feed Papers file The Brooklyn 15 people. All pastries are made fresh daily on the healthy foods alongside its premises by Maio Martinez, who co-owns Biscuit Maryland crab cakes with candied yams with Josh Cohen. Free delivery in the area. Open and collard greens at Corn Bread Cafe. daily for lunch and dinner. hair and bodycare services Cafe Steinhof tarian-friendly cafe nestled on the south end of Park

Slope’s Seventh Avenue. The cheerful staff serves Callan / Tom 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, (718) 369-7776 By Tina Barry and the sound of a trickling stream lulls up locally roasted coffees, fresh bagels and home- for The Brooklyn Papers (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$13. made pastries and muffins, or try the homemade patrons. Cafe Steinhof, named after a famous park in candy, such as chocolate-covered pretzels sprinkled A year ago, owners Violette Tonuzi, Vienna, has a European feel — a German “bier with Snickers pieces. Eclectic menu items include hether your hair is cut for $20, Georgette Franzone and Charbel Elias garten” with a hint of British pub. True to its cultur- organic oatmeal and their own granola. For lunch, or you run into Manhattan for a opened the Lite Bar, adjoining the salon. al roots and the taste of owner and chef Paul try a soup, salad or a spicy chicken or roasted veg- Goebert, the restaurant serves spaetzle (small gie sandwich. For a great afternoon pick-me-up, try Wstyling with $600 diva clipper It’s a small, airy, all-white room with a Papers The Brooklyn dumplings), schnitzel (meat that’s been dipped in the fruit protein smoothie. And nightly dinner selec- Sally Hershberger, your appointment counter that seats about five. Behind the Spa cuisine: Chef Carolina Saenz at work in Cavale Tonuzi salon’s Lite Bar. egg, breaded and fried) and sauerbraten (beef tions include homemade chicken potpie and maca- will happen in a salon. counter, the eatery’s manager, Chris (Top left) Saenz’s chicken breast in a whole wheat wrap with blue cheese, that’s been marinated for several days and then roni and cheese. Naidre’s is the place for great roasted). Cafe Steinhof offers five beers on tap and meals, coffees, desserts and good company. A sec- If you want to throw a massage and Daly, blends smoothies, pours freshly sundried cranberries, walnuts, celery, arugula and olive oil. 10 bottled beers from Austria, Germany, the Czech ond location is now open at 502 Henry St. at Sackett maybe some aromatherapy into the brewed teas and tops fresh fruit salad Republic and Britain, as well as wine and a full bar. Street in Carroll Gardens, which serves daily entree works, you’ll visit a salon-day spa. with yogurt and organic granola. Just Cafe Steinhof is open daily for lunch and dinner, specials, plus beer and wine. Breakfast, lunch and But if you want true pampering and across from the counter is a small oil, and she doesn’t scrimp on seasoning. I loved the grilled vegetable panini except Mondays, when they’re closed for lunch. On dinner served daily. Monday nights, instead of the usual menu, $5 even a good meal, you’ll head to Cavale kitchen where the chef, Carolina Saenz, Saenz grills eggplants, tomatoes and with goat cheese, pesto and vinaigrette. bowls of goulash, a $6 filet of trout and $3 apple Tonuzi in Bay Ridge, one of Brooklyn’s turns out fare that is worth a visit, peppers in that tiny kitchen and, unlike No one would call it light fare, but after bread pudding are offered. Second Helpings uber-salon-and-spas. whether you’re having your hair the flaccid vegetables that you some- consuming so many lusterless versions Cafe Steinhof screens ’60s and ’70s movies every 448 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 965-1925, Opened in 2000, the 6,000-square- streaked or not. times find between dull bread, hers are of this sandwich, I was okay with the Sunday, including such grisly classics as “Jaws” and www.secondhelpings.com (MC, Visa) Entrees: $4- “Deliverance.” Occasionally, musicals such as $13.95. foot space sprawls over three floors. The Everything you’d expect from a cafe velvety-textured with a concentrated, calories. “Moulin Rouge” are shown on Wednesday Dedicated to serving the best-tasting, healthiest two that are open to the public include a in a health club or salon is available — earthy taste. And atop rich, grilled Portobello evenings. Be sure to visit on the first Wednesday of food possible, Second Helpings will keep you com- cool, white upstairs area where black- smoothies, salads and sandwiches — Saenz isn’t afraid to use cheese. Her mushrooms and slices of marinated arti- every month for live music. ing back for more. Using mostly organic produce clad stylists cut and color clients’ hair but unlike dry sandwiches heaped with best sandwiches have a rich smear of choke hearts were leaves of fresh basil, and only the freshest fish and free-range poultry available, this friendly neighborhood cafe offers before long mir- sprouts and under- full-flavored goat or a good, pungent an unctuous dollop of pesto, delectably Corn Bread Cafe fresh vegan, vegetarian, fish and poultry dishes to rors, with a Tantra dressed salads, blue cheese. All of her dressings are salty olive paste and goat cheese grilled 434 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street, (718) 768-3838, please every palate. Try the butternut squash chow- Spa on the lower DINING Saenz’s fare is vi- house-made, as is the pesto that lights up in a fresh pita. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.95-$16.95. der with roasted corn or the vegan yuba manicotti level that is all brant and full-fla- the vegetable panini. Come spring, I plan on taking that Corn Bread Cafe chef-owner Bettina Harris keeps — both local favorites. And the kids love the organ- Lite Bar at Cavale Tonuzi (8211 Third mouths watering with her “down-home barbecue” ic macaroni and cheese. Boasting incredible brown- dark, Indonesian Ave. at 82nd Street in Bay Ridge) accepts vored. There are The egg, chicken and tuna salads are sandwich, or maybe the crisp baby and “taste of New Orleans.” Entrees like Maryland ies (vegan and wheat free), their desserts are fresh drama. American Express, MasterCard and Visa. smoothies galore constructed per order so there are no spinach salad drizzled with a garlicky, crab cakes with remoulade, crawfish etouffe and and healthy! Do your tastebuds a favor: come back In the lower Salads and sandwiches: $5-$6.50. The — 12 on the menu tubs of over-processed salads sitting yellow plum tomato dressing, into the penne with spinach, roasted peppers and mush- for Second Helpings! Breakfast, lunch and dinner Lite Bar is open Tuesday through Sunday rooms show that this is no ordinary soul food restau- served Tuesday through Friday. Brunch and dinner level’s manicure from 11 am to 6 pm. Closed Mondays. — but they can be around. The whole-grain breads and cia- shady garden behind the salon to enjoy a rant. Corn Bread Cafe’s Po’ Boy sandwiches — served Saturdays and Sundays. Closed Mondays. and pedicure ar- Takeout and delivery is available to the personalized, so batta used for crisp panini are delivered leisurely lunch. chicken or fish served on a baguette topped with eas, the lights are surrounding neighborhood. For more in- the choices are daily from Mazzola’s, a well-known Desserts made in-house are limited to sweet pickles, coleslaw and tomatoes — are humble kept low and formation about the Lite Bar and services endless. They’re Brooklyn purveyor. Even the wraps are fruit salads and yogurt with fruit and but delectable. Harris recommends the fried chick- Sotto Voce offered at Cavale Tonuzi and the Tantra en. Desserts like the double chocolate layer cake 225 Seventh Ave. at Fourth Street, (718) 369- moody and mir- Spa call (718) 748-9880. fine as smoothies fresh and pleasantly chewy. granola. On the counter there’s an enor- and warm peach cobbler ensure a sweet ending. 9322 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6.95-$18.95. rored pillows line go, but the sand- The chicken wrap, says Saenz, is a mous cookie jar filled with home-baked Beginning in May, enjoy the outdoor patio on the A favorite lunch spot of indie filmmakers and actors plush banquettes wiches and salads customer favorite, and for good reason. chocolate chip and all-chocolate cook- weekends, weather permitting. Open for dinner in Park Slope, this 7-year-old restaurant is open daily while clients relax. Yanni-esque New are far better than you’d expect from a The organic chicken sandwich is moist, ies. They’re OK if you like the soft kind. Tuesday through Sunday. Weekend brunch. for lunch and dinner, serving top-notch contempo- Catering available upon request. Closed Mondays. rary Italian cuisine from chef-owner Mario DiBiase. Age music is piped into the four “tran- tiny kitchen in a salon. the blue cheese is pungent and plentiful When you think of better salons, buzz- Sotto Voce serves lunch, dinner and brunch on quility rooms,” where seemingly every Saenz owned the now-defunct Grass and sun-dried cranberries add a sweet words like “pampering,” “personalized The Minnow Saturdays and Sundays. Seating available both variation on the massage, facial and Roots, a small Bay Ridge restaurant that, note and enjoyable chewiness. Crisp care” and even “transformation” come to indoors in the light, airy dining room and outside 442 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 832-5500 waxing is administered. Each room has if you haven’t guessed, specialized in walnuts and arugula mixed with olive oil mind. Enjoying good food in a salon, (weather permitting) in its sidewalk cafe where din- (DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$19. ers happily gawk at the bustling Seventh Avenue a different theme; for instance, in the light, healthy cuisine. She uses mostly freshen the filling. It’s like Thanksgiving however, is uncommon, and that’s where The Minnow combines classic seafood dishes with shoppers. The entrees include a wide range of water room, river rocks line the floor local, organic ingredients and good olive on a roll. Cavale Tonuzi is a cut above the rest. zesty sauces, and an Upper East Side chic — lots of pasta, fish, meat and chicken dishes. Fusilli with warm wood and softly tinted walls. But the best part four-cheese cream sauce is legendary. End your is that it’s all at reasonable prices. Chef and owner meal with a housemade Sotto Voce dessert such as Aaron Bashy recommends the crispy shrimp cock- homemade apple pie or cheesecake. (The tiramisu tail, or the skate osso buco served with fresh is superb!) The menu also offers low-carb specials pancetta and caper vinaigrette over olive mashed such as salads and fish. Open daily. potatoes. The Minnow also offers an all-night $28 Let’s dish prix-fixe wine-tasting menu on Mondays, which includes an appetizer, entree and dessert. Each Two Boots Fate came into play when Michael Izzo Follow that with a tuna combo roll and a course is accompanied by a glass of white or red 514 Second Ave. at Seventh Avenue, (718) 499- and Henry Arena opened Dish in Decem- Chilean sea bass in bean paste, orange wine. Sunday brunch and outdoor dining available 3253 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$17. as well. Closed Tuesdays. ber. They wanted a symbol for the Asian- and white wine sauce (both pictured at Famous for its thin-crust pizza, Two Boots is a fusion French fusion restaurant’s logo. A beauti- left) and a dessert of pistachio ice cream of Cajun and Italian with a casual and inviting atmos- Naidre’s phere. Offering a variety of southern dishes, what ful Japanese character appealed to them; tartufo (neither French nor Asian, maybe 384 Seventh Ave. at 11th Street, (718) 965-7585 owner Piper Wandzilak calls “American comfort its translation — dish, hence the name. a nod to the Italian neighborhood?) with (Cash only) Pastries and dishes: 75 cents-$7. food,” patrons can get a taste of authentic jamba- “There’s nothing like it in Bay Ridge. a center of fresh berries. laya, Louisiana crawfish pie, southern fried chicken Naidre Miller has created a cozy vegan and vege- or one of their many fresh salads. It’s very Zen,” said Rio Lai, the manager When the weather warms up, a garden of this restaurant on Third Avenue at behind Dish will accommodate 60 diners. Two Boots also has a full bar, with seven flavors of frozen margaritas and a variety of New Orleans 92nd Street. In a decor he describes as a Can you say, “Merci oooohm”? = Full review available at cocktails, including “Creole lemonade” and “super “Western and Zen mix” (lots of bamboo Dish (9208 Third Ave. between 92nd Cajun bloody Mary.” balanced with leather sofas), chef Jack and 93rd streets in Bay Ridge) accepts On Saturdays and Sundays, the extensive brunch Woo of the Sushi Den in Colorado and American Express, Diner’s Club, Mas- menu — including breakfast and lunch options — is Migita Sushi in Brooklyn Heights, mar- terCard and Visa. Entrees: $14-$25; served from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. ries the cultures. $50 sushi platter for two. The restau- / Tom Callan / Tom On Fridays, Saturdays and every other Thursday at The house special cocktail, a litchi rant serves lunch daily, dinner Tuesday Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American 10 pm, Two Boots has live music ranging from blues Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover and country to Latin and folk. 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Bollywood Axion is located at 257 W. 39th St., 14th floor, between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Man- hattan. Bhangra (a traditional Pun- jabi folk dance) and Bollywood y dance classes cost $140 for 10 hours Boll wood and $240 for 20 hours. Private, in- home lessons cost $45 per hour. To register, e-mail contact information to [email protected]. Acting coaching, pageant competi- tion preparation and choreography for films and wedding dances are also offered. For more information about classes, call (718) 791-3781 or visit the Web site, www.bollywood- workout axion.moonfruit.com. Indian films’ choreography own home. Narang says that her students vary widely in body type and age, but ignites new fitness craze “there are definitely more females.” Classes are all taught at the same be- By Erin Marie Daly itable magnetism is undeniable — to ginner’s level, and students need not for The Brooklyn Papers think that bodies can move this way, have prior Bollywood dance experi- that music can sound so cheesy and ence because “the way I teach is rooklynites got a taste of the so catchy at the same time, and that easy.” spicy spectacle that is Bolly- you, whoever you are, can learn how But Narang herself, a 1996 Miss B wood dance, with a performance to do it. India Canada pageant finalist, does by dance teacher Pooja Narang’s Bhavana Nancherla, 24, of Ditmas look the part of a Bollywood star troupe at the Brooklyn Museum on Park, has been taking lessons since even as she weaves unobtrusively March 12. last fall and says she looks forward to among her students, pointing out the But Bollywood — the Hollywood- each week’s class. She says the best need for a fuller hip gyration here, like film industry in India — isn’t part about the class is that “it gets Mango / Greg demonstrating the correct alignment just for sedentary entertainment any- you moving, and dancing is a really of the fingertips there. more, it’s also the source of a bur- fun way to get some exercise with- Sarah Starbuck, 28, of Park Slope, geoning workout craze. out even realizing that had no prior Bollywood dance expe- If you’re looking to you’re getting it.” Nan- rience when she began taking lessons shed some of that win- cherla was one of the Papers The Brooklyn from Narang in January 2004. Now ter weight but can’t troupe members who Masala on the move: (Left to right) Sarah Starbuck, Nicole Merino and she’s a performer in Narang’s troupe. bear the thought of a performed to a med- Bhavana Nancherla of the Bollywood Axion Dance Troupe performed She says that everyone usually loses boring gym routine, FITNESS ley of Bollywood at the Brooklyn Museum on March 12. some weight from taking the class. consider livening up songs at the museum “Between classes, rehearsals and your fitness regimen on Saturday. practicing at home, you shed a few with Bollywood SPECIAL Nancherla also daredevil thrills and melodrama, Narang explains that “certain hand pounds,” she says. “The greatest ben- dance classes. says it improves coor- mixed into a three-hour extravaganza gestures are meant to connote emo- efit is the way it makes you feel. It’s Narang can usually dination and rhythm, with glamorous costumes and elabo- tion — touching the eyes means, fun, dramatic and sexy, and for the be found at Bollywood and that “concentrating rate song-and-dance sequences. The ‘I’m thinking of you’ or touching the brief time you’re dancing, you’re an Axion, her dance studio on something other than typical masala movie is an epic, mouth expresses unspoken entertainer telling a story and being overlooking Times Square. Per- how many minutes I have left on kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes, thoughts.” the center of attention. haps it’s her own serenity amid the a treadmill keeps me interested for made even more dramatic by the fact Trained in Indian classical danc- “It’s a great way to relieve stress deafening Hindi pop music blasting longer.” She says benefits also in- that traditional Indian culture shies ing, hip-hop, jazz and ballet, Narang and boost your self-confidence.” from the portable boom box in the clude aerobic exercise, toning, away from on-screen displays of sex- moved to New York City with her And while it may not be the tough- corner that keeps her students atten- stretching and exercising different uality — the first onscreen kiss in a husband in early 2003. She worked est workout you’ll ever do, its most tive. As a whole, they mimic her sets of muscles all at once, and that Bollywood film occurred only 10 as a Web designer by day and gave important benefits are general fitness movements — hips jutting sideways, “if you enjoy Bollywood music, it’s a years ago. Romantic plot lines are in- private Bollywood dance lessons at and fun. arms overhead, fingers crooked and great way to keep up-to-date with In- stead expressed metaphorically night. By the time she was 25, she “Bollywood dance isn’t going to held just so. Every beat of the song dia’s movie industry at the same through song and dance. had quit her 9-to-5 job and opened a give you rock-hard abs or help you matches the beat of their bodies. time.” And yet, while Bollywood per- Bollywood dance studio in Midtown complete a marathon,” says Star- Sometimes Bollywood dancing The film industry is incredibly formances may seem spastic and that same year. Space in her classes is buck. “It’s a fun way to get more confuses the eye, sometimes it over- popular in India, producing twice as capricious, this dance form — a com- limited, and participants must sign up physical activity into your life and loads the senses and sometimes it re- many films per year as its Western bination of India’s classical and folk well in advance of each three-month feel good, but the focus is on the joy lentlessly thumps at a place so deep counterpart. Also called “masala dance traditions infused with Latin session. of dancing and the challenge of inside of you that the urge to dance is movies” after the Indian masala spice and Arabic influences — is a compli- If you don’t want to make the trek learning something new. like an unscratchable itch. It is jarring mixture, Bollywood films include a cated art. There is much more to Bol- to Midtown, Narang will give indi- “The health benefits are just a side and graceful all at once. But its inim- little bit of everything: love, comedy, lywood dancing than just the steps. vidual lessons in the privacy of your effect.”

classes are “different from all years, says, “I know I’ll have cerned about people who put ways well-attended; they av- tinelli. “I welcome people all other classes because of fun at James’ class. I might get their egos before common erage about two dozen people. the time. You have to start DANCE... James’ knowledge of music a little sweaty, but I’m not go- sense. “I don’t make people feel somewhere. And it might as and dance.” ing to be dying there. I like his “You must start small and uncomfortable,” says Mar- well be me.” Continued from page 9 Martinelli explains, “Most music [primarily show tunes stay small,” he advises. “Peo- Over the next few years, aerobics teachers don’t have a and soft rock]. It doesn’t drum ple use heavy weights for their Martinelli appeared on televi- dance background. I use dif- in your ears like in a lot of oth- own egos. Women are the sion in “Kids Are People Too” ferent styles of dance in my er aerobic classes. worst offenders. In exercise and “We’re Dancing,” in com- program. I change direction to “I go to a lot of classes, but it’s dangerous because you munity theater and touring in stimulate the brain, and I use most of them are about the hurt yourself. You build your shows such as “The Boy- light weights to strengthen the same. He brings a lot of his ex- body through time and your friend,” “Carousel” and “Ok- body.” perience to class. He dances to body will last. If you build it Basquiat in Brooklyn lahoma.” Then he enrolled in He is also aware of the his own beat. That’s why he too fast, it’s going to fall.” Brooklyn College. body’s limitations, something has a following.” Martinelli takes dance “When I got to college and that’s become even clearer During class, Martinelli classes at Luigi’s on the Upper MARCH 11 - JUNE 5, 2005 they asked me to pick a major, now that he’s turned 40 (al- loves to joke and tell anec- West Side where one of his I picked two — dance and though, with his boyish good dotes about his large Italian fellow-dancers is Liza Min- health. I found a correlation looks he appears younger, as family. He has two older sis- nelli, whom he finds inspiring. between the two,” Martinelli he’ll be the first to tell you). ters and a mother who doesn’t “She’s still dancing,” he says recalls. “They both brought “There is no injury in my believe men should do house- of the 59-year-old star of stage out an inner joy that creates a classes. We use the natural work. As a result, he claims to and screen. “And so am I.” domino effect bringing on alignment of the body and the be permanently unable to do “It’s all about the quality of health. I started putting togeth- natural way of moving,” he his own laundry. Fortunately, life — being strong enough er a program for myself that says. “My classes are aimed at his wardrobe is so vast he nev- physically and at the same included dance and weight everybody. Even the more ad- er wears the same piece of time listening to the body’s training … and I’ve been do- vanced people have something clothing twice — cargo jeans, wisdom,” he advises. ing it ever since. I happen to to learn — primarily how to sexy T-shirts and sweats of all But perhaps Martinelli’s be very lucky to have stum- treat their bodies with respect.” stripes. biggest asset is his ability to 1985. IN HIS STUDIO, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT PHOTOGRAPH © LIZZIE HIMMEL bled upon this combination.” Carole Rapaci, 60, who has But Martinelli takes his put people at ease. Perhaps Schulof says Martinelli’s been with Martinelli for eight work seriously. He is con- that’s why his classes are al-

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By Ajla Grozdanic quined costumes and the use of for The Brooklyn Papers a veil. McBride moved towards the ere you ever amazed at a American tribal style because belly dancer’s ability to she said that it empowered the Wshake her hips, shimmy woman. Leaving the glitz be- her shoulders, twirl her hands, hind, the tribal dance employs twist and turn her stomach while more traditionally ethnic cos- glancing flirtatiously around the tumes and jewelry with influ- room — all at the same time? ences from Pakistan, India, I was. Afghanistan and North Africa, I wanted to know how she explained Bossonis in her book. managed to look graceful — And the differences between even seductive — when an av- McBride’s and Ward’s styles

Rafy erage person, in an attempt to were reflected in the atmosphere Michelle Trachtenberg (right) do the same, would appear as in the classroom, the teaching and Kim Cattrall as her though he or she were experi- style and the costumes the in- coach in a scene from the encing a series of spasms. structors wore. McBride’s black new film “Ice Princess.” I have always wanted to cropped shirt and the long flow- know how to execute those im- ing cotton black skirt was al- possible-looking moves, but most the exact opposite from Nicole Kidman’s, Trachten- was afraid to try — until last Ward’s vibrant red stage cos- berg says she thinks it is one’s weekend. I am proud to an- tume.

On ‘Ice’ / Rebecca Cetta constant ability to change that nounce that I have deposited (Ward does not teach in her dictates how long she works in two successful belly dancing costume, instead wearing a Sheepshead Bay native Hollywood. (She left Brook- classes into my limited bank of comfortable workout outfit, like lyn for Los Angeles about sev- exercise experience. the rest of the students, adorned en years ago.) Not exactly someone you’d with a bead- and coin-decorated

talks of tough workouts Papers The Brooklyn “After I did ‘Buffy,’ I got a call a fitness nut, I am more hip scarf — to help them know lot of [offers to play] that likely to cringe at the mere Shaping up: Belly dancing students at work at the Greenhouse Holistic studio in Williams- if their hips are moving with the for lead in ‘Ice Princess’ book-wormy, smart-alecky thought of going to the gym burg. Trisha McBride, foreground, leads the class. music.) character and I was like: than stick to a strict regimen. In addition to being all-fe- By Karen Butler “but I had no idea that it was ‘Nope. That’s not it,’” she But I am always looking nities to meet people with com- Ward’s dance male, there were also many oth- for The Brooklyn Papers going to be months and explains. “That’s why I for innovative ways mon interests and a feeling of style and technique FITNESS er similarities between the two months of the most intense did ‘EuroTrip.’A lot that might encour- accomplishment “from master- combines Egyptian classes — starting with the in- hen Michelle Trachten- training sessions, as well as in- of people were age my inner fit- ing a new skill.” and Iranian folk and Autumn Ward offers new beginners, structors’ passion for belly berg was a young girl tense ballet classes, and hours like, ‘I can’t be- ness-o-holic to social traditions with continuing beginners and intermediate/ad- dance, which was reciprocated vanced belly dancing classes on Saturdays at Wgrowing up in and hours of being on the ice. lieve she did a FITNESS come out of its Class One: Middle Eastern classical ballet influ- 11:30 am, 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm, respective- by their students. Sheepshead Bay, she dreamed “I started from scratch and racy teen come- closet. And Petite Autumn Ward, 32, ences. ly at Spoke the Hub at 748 Union St. between If I had to pick between the of being a championship ice was trying to accomplish what dy.’ Well, that since I love to could not look any less Middle “I would like to Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope and in- two instructors and their dance termediate classes on Wednesdays from 6:30 skater like her childhood idols, my character accomplishes in was the point. SPECIAL dance — which Eastern with her fair, freckled give the general pm to 8 pm at Spiral Flow Yoga studio at styles, I wouldn’t know which Michelle Kwan and Oksana the movie, which seemed Breaking out.” by no means im- skin, light eyes and strawberry- public a better idea 302A Bedford Ave. between Grand and S. one to choose. Ward’s structured First streets in Williamsburg. Classes are $15 Baiul. rather impossible at first. But After her appear- plies that I know blond hair, which she wore in a of Middle Eastern for one hour. For more information, call (917) teaching technique of detailed “I took one lesson and said, because I trained so much, I ance in “EuroTrip” how to — I jumped long braid. But the moment she dance,” she said. 686-1622 or visit the Web site at www.brook- explanations of every move ‘I’m going back to acting,’” can do a lot of fun tricks. And and her four-episode stint at the prospect of trying put on her costume — a red-vel- Ward teaches four lynbellydance.com. helped me to see and learn ex- Trisha McBride offers belly dancing class- Trachtenberg told GO Brook- when I watch ice skating, I as a demanding pop star on the out the art of traditional belly vet, torso-revealing top and a classes a week — es on Sundays from 2:30 pm to 4 pm at the actly how the dancing is done lyn with a laugh in a phone know all the lingo and I can acclaimed HBO drama, “Six dance as a form of exercise. matching floor-length fitted skirt an intermediate Greenhouse Holistic studio located at 88 Roe- the right way. She continuously interview last week. say, ‘She didn’t get enough Feet Under,” Trachtenberg I think I might have found with a slit down each side to al- class at Spiral Flow bling St. at N. Seventh Avenue in Williams- moved from one side of the burg. Classes are $14 each. For more infor- It was probably the correct height in her axel,’ or ‘She was ready for yet another my calling. low for unrestricted movement in Williamsburg mation call (718) 599-3113 or visit the Web room to the other, tirelessly choice, since it was right flubbed her footwork.’ That’s a change of pace, something In her book “Bellydancing — let her waist-length hair down and three classes, site at www.greenhouseholistic.com. making sure that everyone was about that time the former cool feeling.” sweet and fun like “Ice for Fitness: The Sexy Art that and started dancing for the cam- ranging from begin- “Bellydancing for Fitness: The Sexy Art keeping up. that Tones Your Abs, Butt, and Thighs” (Fair child model was offered a job Asked if making “Ice Princess.” Tones Your Abs, Butt, and era, it was evident that she was ner to intermediate- Winds Press, $19.95), which comes with a CD On the other hand, I liked the on the long-run- “I had been meaning to do a Thighs” (Fair Winds Press, in her element. advanced on Satur- of Middle Eastern music, is available at, or can energy created by the fast flow ning, daytime movie with Disney about girls 2004), author Rania Androniki Aformer gymnast from days at Spoke the be ordered through, local bookstores. of McBride’s class, which really soap opera, “All CINEMA being empowered in a really Bossonis, an Aerobics and Fit- Carlisle, Pa., Ward, now a Hub in Park Slope. makes you sweat. Even though I My Children,” cool, girl-centered story for a ness Association of America- Greenpoint resident, has been “What I like so was not always sure if I was do- which led to lead “Ice Princess” opens March 18 at Regal while,” she says. “And they certified fitness instructor and practicing belly dancing since much about [Ward’s classes] is dance, said Ward, you have to ing the right thing, we learned a Entertainment Court Street 12 (106 Court parts in the kids’ St. between State and Schermerhorn came up to me with a story professional Middle East dance 1997 and teaching it for the past that they are small,” said Jennifer be fit, strong and flexible in or- great variety of moves that films “Harriet streets in Brooklyn Heights). Call (718) 246- about ice skating, so I was teacher, writes that belly dance six years, first in Washington, Gonzales, 21, after her third der to properly execute the made for a fun dance. McBride the Spy” and 7995 for screening times and prices. like: ‘I’ll try my hand at ice- is an ancient ritual dance rooted D.C., and now in New York. class. “If you need extra atten- movements. (She is an advocate also repeatedly provided us with “Inspector Gad- skating. How hard could it in the Middle East and North “People in the class look like tion, she’ll stand there and help of pilates, too.) very clear instruction. get,” and, ulti- be?’ Little did I know.” Africa. Brooklyn,” said Ward of her you.” Gonzales said she likes In addition to improving flex- Ward’s style was graceful and mately, her breakout role as Princess,” which co-stars Joan In addition to a great part This type of dance first Park Slope and Williamsburg that there is no pressure if you ibility, strength, stamina and elegant with delicate — but at Dawn, Buffy’s kid sister, on Cusack and Kim Cattrall, that let her stretch as both an reached the United States in student body. “They are mixed don’t know what you’re doing. poise, Ward said that belly danc- the same time intricate — moves the hit TV drama, “Buffy the made her feel like maybe she actress and an athlete, the 1893 during an exhibition of in ages, race, ethnicity and na- Although you don’t have to ing can also be spiritually re- while McBride taught a more Vampire Slayer.” missed her calling, Trachten- movie also gave her the op- Middle Eastern dance and cul- tionality.” be a certain body type to belly warding in that it makes women raw and energetic dance style In her new, big-screen fami- berg assures that she is quite portunity to spend time with ture by Sol Bloom at the Chica- feel better about their bodies. full of big powerful movement. ly comedy, “Ice Princess,” the happy in the relatively safe, that ice princess who first go World’s Fair, where the term What the two had in common is 19-year-old brunette beauty fi- warm world of acting. caught her eye a decade ago “belly dance” was created, Class Two: American Tribal an air of feminine sensuality that nally gets to finish what she “I came away from the ex- — Michelle Kwan. writes Bossonis. Trisha Ann McBride, 29, be- makes the students in both class- started when she was 8. perience with a respect for “To me, Michelle Kwan “It is characterized by articu- gins teaching her class at Green- es come back for more. To prepare for her role as skating and respect for what was such an awesome figure,” lated isolation movements, un- house Holistic, in Williamsburg, “[Belly dancing] is amazing Casey Carlyle, a Harvard- these people really go through Trachtenberg says. “When I dulations, intricate patterns of with a 10- to 15-minute medita- for female organs,” said bound teen who puts aside her and how hard they work,” she was younger, I thought she hip isolations, ribbon-like arm tion session. McBride. “It’s good for giving books to go for the gold, Tra- says, noting she also came was just so amazingly grace- and torso undulations, percus- “I want people to come in birth because it strengthens that chtenberg spent countless away with a variety of bumps, ful and beautiful and to meet sive locking movements, circu- and drop their excess baggage at whole area.” It eases PMS and hours in ballet and ice-skating bruises and other minor in- her in person, she was just like lar hand movements, and shak- the door,” McBride said, adding cramps, several students agreed. classes over an eight-month juries. “But I’m an actress first the nicest girl ever and we ac- ing or fluttering movements / Rebecca Cetta that leaving their worries behind But most importantly, belly period. Although stunt skaters and foremost, so it was cool to tually got on the ice together (shimmies),” writes Bossonis. helps improve the flow of the dancing seems to improve a were employed for some of the step into their shoes and be a and she was very complimen- In addition to physical bene- dance movements. woman’s image of herself. more difficult maneuvers, like skater, but that’s not what I tary of my efforts in skating, fits, such as improved coordina- ASalt Lake City native, “I am so glad I never pur- double and triple jumps, Tra- want to do with my life. Act- knowing that I had only start- tion, balance, muscle tone and McBride began her belly danc- sued ballet,” said McBride. “I’d chtenberg performed most of ing’s my love and my pas- ed recently and she was just a posture, Bossonis lists a series Papers The Brooklyn ing career nine years ago in the have a completely different the on-screen skating herself. sion.” really, really cool, cool girl. of “social and mental/emotion- Hip workout: Belly dancing instructor Autumn Ward (in American cabaret style, a blend body image.” “I knew I was going to have Confiding that she would Just like an angel gliding over al” rewards of belly dancing skirt) teaches a move to writer Ajla Grozdanic at Spoke of Middle Eastern and Western She encouraged the class, to train a lot,” says the actress, love to have a career like the ice.” such as reduced stress, opportu- the Hub in Park Slope. dance which involved glitzy, se- “Ladies, shake it if you got it.”

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LITERARY READING: Freebird Books chickweed in Prospect Park during Compiled and Goods hosts a reading by his tour “Wild Food and Ecology.” Krista Madsen and Felicia Sullivan. $10, $5 children under 12. Meet at by Susan 7 pm. 123 Columbia St. (718) 643- 11:45 am at Prospect Park’s Grand Rosenthal 8484. Free. Army Plaza entrance. (914) 835-2153. Where to BARNES AND NOBLE: Carl Baldas- PERFORMANCE sarre, co-author of “The Pocket pm to 4 pm. 1698 Bergen St. (718) parade. Noon. Prospect Park West Idiot’s Guide to Texas Hold’em” BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert SAT, MARCH 19 623-0600. and 14th Street. (718) 499-9482. discusses strategies of this poker features an all-Ravel program. $35. BROOKLYN FAMILY THEATER: pres- PARK SLOPE TOUR: Big Onion Tours game. 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. OUTDOORS AND TOURS ents “Back to Brooklyn” and “How explores Brooklyn’s Gold Coast. 246-4996. Free. (718) 624-2083. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big Onion Peanut Butter Met Jelly.” Appro- Stops include The Montauk Club, KABBALA: Series on day-to-day appli- BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents the dance-theater piece Tours takes a walk around this priate for age 4 and older. $2. 4 Litchfield Manor and many other cation of teachings of the Jewish pm. The Church of Gethsemane, sites. $12, $10 students and seniors. Kabbala. Rabbi Dovber Pinson “Play Without Words,” directed by Victorian “City of the Dead.” Learn Matthew Bourne. $25 to $75. 7:30 about its history, architecture and 1012 Eighth Ave. (718) 670-7205. 1 pm. Meet at southeast corner of leads. 7 pm. Congregation B’nai Plaza Street West and Flatbush Jacob, 401 Ninth St. (718) 965- pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 residents. $12, $10 students and OTHER Fulton St. (718) 636-4111. seniors. 1 pm. Meet at Fifth Avenue Avenue. (212) 439-1090. 9836. Free. and 25th Street. (212) 439-1090. BUSINESS CONFERENCE: Long ASTROLAND OPENS: Season begins BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The Island University hosts its third Wooster Group’s “House/ Lights,” CROWN HEIGHTS TOUR: Brooklyn for Coney Island amusement park. features a program of Schubert and annual “Total Woman” business from Gertrude Stein’s “Doctor Center for the Urban Environment Free rides on the Cyclone roller Prokofiev. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton conference. Entrepreneurial women Faustus Lights the Lights.” $37. 8 offers a walk around neighborhood. coaster for the first 200 visitors, as Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. are invited to learn about business pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. Learn about mansions, rowhouses, long as they meet the height re- BASEBALL REGISTRATION: Parkville planning, capital access and market- the Brooklyn Children’s Museum quirement. ($5 fee applies after first Youth Organization offers instruc- BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- ing. $50. 9 am to 5 pm. Flatbush and more. $11, $9 members, $8 200 riders.) In honor of the spring tional programs for kids ages 5 to forming Arts hosts its 10th annual Avenue Extension and DeKalb season, one free lift on the Astro 12. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. 5908 20th Caribbean celebration. Tribute to students and seniors. 2 pm to 4 pm. Tower to anyone who shows up with Meet at northeast corner of Eastern Avenue. (718) 385-6700. Ave. (718) 232-1086. Bob Marley and performance by OPEN HOUSE: Brooklyn Aikikai cele- a Slinky, pogo stick or other type of MUSIC: Montauk Club hosts a creative Caribbean Callaloo and Jamaica’s Parkway and Kingston Avenue. coil or spring. Live entertainment. (718) 788-8500. brates the opening of its new facili- music series and features a pro- University Singers. $35, $40. 8 pm. ty with a morning of class demon- Also, festive spring costumes/attire gram of modern jazz. No cover. Walt Whitman Hall, Brooklyn PERFORMANCE strations. 9 am to 9:45 am for chil- encouraged. Noon. 1000 Surf Ave. 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. 25 Eighth Ave. College, one block from the inter- dren; 10:30 am to 11:15 am for at West 10th Street. (718) 265-2100 (718) 638-0800. Free. section of Flatbush and Nostrand MUSIC: Chiara String Quartet and or www.astroland.com. pianist Simone Dinnerstein perform. adults. 408 Third Ave. (718) 643- WINE TASTING: A Cook’s Companion avenues. (718) 951-4600. $10. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue 6044. Free. PERFORMANCE hosts its spring series on wines. Today: BRICK THEATER: presents “Big Top RUMMAGE SALE: at Flatbush Machine,” featuring acting, life- Church, 85 South Oxford St. (718) CONCERT: Kingsborough Orchestra wines of South Africa. $50. 7 pm. 768-7100. Reformed Church. 10 am to 4 pm. 197 Atlantic Ave. (718) 852-6901. sized puppetry and theatrics. $10. 8 Flatbush and Church avenues. (718) performs works by Tchaikovsky, Free ride: The first 200 people to arrive at Coney Island’s As- pm. 575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) JAZZ: Brooklyn Music School presents Rossini and Mendelssohn. 2:30 pm. MYSTICAL DIALOGUE: Chabad of “Spring Madness.” $20. 7:30 pm. 284-5140. troland Park on its opening day, March 20, will be treated to free Prospect Heights offers a weekly 907-3457. End of Oriental Boulevard, Manhat- GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Prior to concert, improv workshop RALLY: Brooklyn Parents for Peace tan Beach. (718) 368-5596. Free. rides on the Cyclone roller coaster. class “Men, Women and Kaballah.” for young musicians. $20. (Workshop hosts a demonstration to protest Discussion involves weekly Torah Complete Works of William Shake- the war in Iraq. 10:30 am. Partici- BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: pres- speare (Abridged).” $15, $12 chil- and concert $30.) 4:30 pm to 6 pm. ents “Woom’en,” a multimedia portion. 8 pm. Refreshments. 125 St. Felix St. (718) 638-5660. pants and on-lookers meet at the hosts a spoken word and musical ents the dance, “Play Without Words,” Kurdish Library, 144 Underhill Ave. dren under 12 and seniors. 8 pm. Brooklyn Heights Promenade and work with live music, video, lan- 199 14th St. (718) 595-0547. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music guage, dance and environment. $15, program. 6 pm to 8 pm. The Fall Cafe, directed by Matthew Bourne. $25 to (347) 277-6908. Free. presents the dance “Play Without proceed to the Fulton Mall. (718) 307 Smith St. (718) 832-2310. Free. $75. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, BAM: “Play Without Words.” 7:30 pm. PHILHARMONIC: Brooklyn Academy 624-5921. $10 members, $8 low-income. 4 of Music presents The Brooklyn Phil- Words,” directed by Matthew pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4111. See Sat., March 26. Bourne. $25 to $75. 7:30 pm. BAM DESIGNERS SHOWCASE: Brooklyn ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ harmonic in the program “Weill Designers Showcase presents works BAM: “Play Without Words.” 3 pm. Goes Brooklyn.” Ute Lemper is vocal Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) See Sat., March 19. MON, MARCH 21 Lights.” $30. 8 pm. See Sat., March 636-4111. by emerging talented designers WEDS, MARCH 23 26. soloist. $20 to $60 per ticket. 8 pm. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 488-5913. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert featuring handcrafted merchandise. MUSIC: Brooklyn Philharmonic per- 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. 157 Monta- Lights.” $37. 4 pm. See Sat., March forms at the St. Louis Senior Center. LUNCHTIME TOUR: Brooklyn Historical TWO BOOTS: Music with 12th Street features a program of Mozart, Bar- 19. gue St. (718) 763-7654. 11 am. Second performance at the Society hosts a tour of its Queen RI ARCH Playboys. No cover. 10 pm. 514 ber and Schubert. $35. 7:30 pm. BARGEMUSIC: Program of Mozart, F , M 25 Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624- HEALTH FAIR: at Park Slope Geriatric Dorchester Senior Center. 12:45 pm. Anne-style building. $6, $4 students Second St. (718) 499-3253. Day Center. 11 am to 4 pm. 1 Pros- Barber and Schubert. 4 pm. See (718) 488-5757. and seniors. 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm. Good Friday • Purim 2083. Sat., March 19. CHILDREN ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The pect Park West. (718) 499-7701. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Fright 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. Nights” film series. Today: “The BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film EGG-O-RAMA: Learn about which BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a Wooster Group’s “House/ Lights,” MICRO MUSEUM: Celebration of the CHILDREN comes first: the bird or the egg? museum’s 25th anniversary. Enter- Devil-Doll” (1936). $10. 4:30 pm, series “Fuller at War.” Today: story and art hour for kids, presents from Gertrude Stein’s “Doctor SEA STORIES: NY Aquarium hosts Activities for kids include egg “All About Animals.” 11 am and 2 Faustus Lights the Lights.” $37. 8 tainment includes interactive instal- 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette “Merrill’s Marauders” (1962). $10. “Sea Life Adventures,” with story- 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette crafts, egg experiments, egg art pm. Also, Stories and Art presents pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. lations, live video screening, a poet- teller Luann Adams. $11, $7 chil- Ave. (718) 636-4100. and egg games. Noon to 4 pm. ic performance and more. $2. Noon Ave. (718) 636-4100. “Princesses of Ancient Egypt.” 4 BRICK THEATER: presents “Big Top dren ages 2 to 12. West Eighth TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes presents Audubon Center, Prospect Park. pm. $6, $3 seniors and students, to 10 pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797- ESTATE PLANNING: Today’s topic is Machine,” featuring acting, life- Street and Surf Avenue. Call for “Native Land” (1942). 7 pm. Live (718) 287-3400. free for members and children 3116. “Planning for Your Parents.” Families sized puppetry and theatrics. $10. 8 time. (718) 265-FISH. music begins at 9 pm. 376 Ninth St. BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film under 12. 200 Eastern Parkway. pm. 575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) BROOKLYN MUSEUM: presents a BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: (718) 965-9177. Free. First hosts. $15. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. series “Fuller at War.” Today: “The (718) 638-5000. Marilyn Monroe movie marathon. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. 907-3457. presents Griots in Concert, featur- COMMUNICATION: Learn how to bet- Steel Helmet” (1950). $10. 2 pm, BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- Four feature films starring Monroe. ing drum music. $4, free for mem- ter communicate with your child dur- BARNES AND NOBLE: Liquid 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Call. $8, $6 students and seniors, presents “Herstories,” a talk about forming Arts presents Soweto bers. 2:30 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. ing this parenting workshop. $15, Language performance of poetry Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. extraordinary women. Event fea- free for members. 1 pm to 4 pm. Street Beat. $30. 8 pm. Walt Whit- (718) 735-4400. $10 members. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. and open mic. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert tures storytelling, music and art. $4, 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638- man Theater at Brooklyn College, MUSIC FOR AARDVARKS: David Families First, 250 Baltic St. (718) Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. features a program of Faure, free for members. 1 pm. 145 one block from the intersection of 5000. Weinstone and Audra Tsanos per- 237-1862. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ Chopin, Scriabin, Hersch, Wheeler Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. LUNCHEON: Christ Church of Bay form in concert. $10, free for lap sit- Lights.” $30. 8 pm. See Sat., March and Schubert. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton RYAN REPERTORY: presents “The (718) 951-4600. Ridge hosts a St. Patrick’s day ters younger than age 2. 26. Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. Wild Boy,” a play based on an Iro- UES ARCH luncheon. $15. 1 pm to 4 pm. 7301 T , M 22 FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central quois fable. $12, $10 children under CHILDREN Ridge Blvd. (718) 745-5478. OTHER branch, presents film “The Misfits” age 8. 5 pm. Harry Warren Theater, KID’S YOGA: Aikido, Iyengar yoga TRANSIT MUSEUM: series, “Meet The PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethi- BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Fright THURS, MARCH 24 Nights” film series. Today: “The (1961). 6 pm. Grand Army Plaza. 2445 Bath Ave. (718) 996-4800. and self-defense classes offered. Experts,” presents a talk, “Signal cal Culture offers talk “Personal, (718) 230-2100. Free. NELLIE BLY: Children’s amusement Meet the teachers and learn about Buildings and Signal Towers: Past Favorite and International Poetry.” Nightcomers” (1971). $10. 4:30 pm, BABY WORKSHOP: “Fussy Baby” talk 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette offers support in how to calm your CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION: Most park opens for the season. 1824 classes offered at this new space. 9 and Present.” $5, $3 children ages 11 am. 53 Prospect Park West. (718) Rev. Nicholas Di Marzio, Bishop of Shore Parkway. Call to confirm am to 9:45 am. 408 Third Ave. (718) 3 to 17. 1:30 pm. Schermerhorn 768-2972. Free. Ave. (718) 636-4100. baby and read his cues. $25. 10:30 SEMINAR FOR THE ARTS: Brooklyn am to noon. 130 Berkeley Place. Brooklyn and Queens, takes part in hours. (718) 996-4002. 643-6044. Free. Street and Boerum Place. (718) 694- GLASS MENAGERIE: Urban Glass Good Friday Procession. 8 pm. Bring DAY CAMP: Open house at YWCA of 1600. offers a tour of its studio. Also, lam- Arts Council hosts “Working with (718) 938-8697. OTHER Boards of Directors for Non-Profit a candle. Shallow Jr. High School, Brooklyn. 10 am to noon. 30 Third BROOKLYN AUTHORS: Brooklyn pworking workshop demonstrates SOCIAL DANCING: at Shore Parkway 65th Street and 16th Avenue. DESIGNERS SHOWCASE: Brooklyn Ave. (718) 875-1190. Free. Historical Society presents James basic steps to creating small glass Organizations.” 6 pm to 8 pm. St. Jewish Center. $4 includes refresh- Designers Showcase presents Francis College, 182 Remsen St. ments. 11 am to 3 pm. 8885 26th BAM: “Play Without Words.” 7:30 pm. EASTER EGG HUNT: State Sen. Grant in a talk about his book animals and glass beads. Noon to 5 See Sat., March 26. works by emerging talented “John Adams: Party of One.” $6, (718) 625-0080. Free. Ave. (718) 449-6530. Golden’s office hosts a hunt. 10 am pm. Free, but charges apply for ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “House/ designers featuring handcrafted to noon. Seth Low Park, Bay $4 students and seniors. 2 pm. 128 workshops. 647 Fulton St. (718) SPRING LUNCHEON: Brooklyn Botanic KNITTING CIRCLE: at the Brooklyn Public merchandise. 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. Garden offers a class on informal flo- Library, Bay Ridge branch. 1:30 pm. Lights.” $37. 8 pm. See Sat., March Parkway at Bay Ridge Parkway. 625-3685. 26. 157 Montague St. (718) 763-7654. (718) 238-6044. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents a series of ACTOR’S WORKSHOP: Acting coach ral arrangements. Learn how to cre- 7223 Ridge Blvd. (718) 748-5709. Free. AUTHOR SERIES: Brooklyn Public feature films by Pupi Avati. Today: ate arrangements using containers BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film BRICK THEATER: “Big Top Machine.” BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty Facts, a and director Tracey Moore-Marable 8 pm. See Sat., March 26. Library, Central branch, celebrates story and art hour for kids, presents “Graduation Party” (1985). $10. 2 hosts “The Spirited Actor Work- that can be found around the house. series “Fuller at War.” Today: “Fixed BASKETBALL CAMP: Application the role of American women with a “All About Animals.” 11 am and 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. shop.” $50. 2 pm to 9 pm. South $64, $59 members. 6 pm to 8 pm. Bayonets” (1962). $10. 4:30 pm, reading by poet Angela Toscano. 2 pm. Also, Stories and Art presents 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7220. 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette deadline for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. Boys pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- “Dances from India.” 4 pm. $6, $3 BOOK SIGNING: Willie Gluckstern, St. (212) 765-7874. RECEPTION: Spring Gallery presents Ave. (718) 636-4100. 2100. Free. seniors and students, free for mem- BAMCINEMATEK: presents a series of the work of 30 artists and designers MEETING: Transportation Committee and girls ages 10 to 19 are eligible author of “The Wine Avenger,” reads. to apply. Call. (704) 373-0873. BAMCINEMATEK: presents the film bers and children under age 12. 200 5 pm to 7 pm. LeNell’s Ltd., 416 feature films by filmmaker Pupi who have created their own take on of Community Board 6 meets. 6 pm. series “Fuller at War.” Today: “The Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Van Brunt St. (718) 360-0838. Free. Avati. Today: “Stories of Boys and the classic Japanese paper lantern. 6 250 Baltic St. (718) 643-3027. Big Red One” (1980). $10. 2 pm, Girls” (1989). $10. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, pm to 8 pm. 126a Front St. (718) FAMILY DAY: Brooklyn Public Library RECEPTION: Stacy Stewart Smith PURIM CELEBRATION: Chabad of SAT, MARCH 26 5:30 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette and the Center for Architecture Gallery presents a group show 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette 222-1054. Free. Prospect Heights hosts a Megillah Ave. (718) 636-4100. Foundation hosts family day of “Female Trouble.” 6 pm. 614 Ave. (718) 636-4100. LIBRARY PROGRAM: Brooklyn Public reading to celebrate Jewish holiday. RECEPTION: DUMBO Arts Center design dialogue at the Center. 1 Flatbush Ave. (718) 675-4889. Free. LIBRARY PROGRAM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central branch, presents a $10 per adult or $18 per family. OUTDOORS AND TOURS hosts an opening reception for “Hu- pm to 4 pm. Center for Architec- Library, Central branch, presents an slide presentation on Judy Chicago’s Come dressed in costume. 6:30 pm. WILD TOUR: Naturalist and author, man Scale.” 6 pm to 9 pm. 30 Wash- ture, 536 LaGuardia Place. (212) author talk with Tom Rayfiel. He “The Dinner Party.” 7 pm. Grand 603 St. John’s Place. (718) 953-0558. “Wildman” Steven Brill, hunts for ington St. (718) 694-0831. Free. 358-6133. Free. SUN, MARCH 20 reads from his novel “Eve in the Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. AUTHOR SERIES: Brooklyn Public Library, BUNNY SIGHTING: Easter Bunny City.” 2 pm. Grand Army Plaza. SLIDE SHOW: Prospect Park YMCA Central branch, celebrates the role of makes a visit to The Book Mark Palm Sunday (718) 230-2100. Free. hosts “Brownstones and the Brown- American women with a reading Shoppe. Games, balloon animals FILM SERIES: Brooklyn Public Library, stone Age.” Learn about the bor- “Going South: Jewish Women in the and more. 2 pm. 6906 11th Ave. OUTDOORS AND TOURS Central branch, presents film ough’s rowhouses. 7:30 pm. Refresh- Civil Rights Movement.” 7 pm. Grand (718) 680-3680. Free. 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Tuesdays: “Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Party,” 10 Theory, midnight, $6; March 22: Cuddle 25 Eighth Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park Slope, pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke hosted by DJ Machines, 8 pm, Commando!, 8:45 pm, Awake, (718) 638-0800, www.montaukclub.com. Laila Lounge Jack “The Wack,” 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 9:30 pm, Pedestrians, 10:15 pm, Island View March 20: Post St. Patrick’s Day Parade Party, 3 Comedy, 9:30 pm, FREE. Drive, 11 pm, El Toro, 11:45 pm, $6; March 23: 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in pm, $TBD (Call for reservations); March 24: Inside Seka, 8 pm, The Munts, 9 pm, Mighty Nightlife Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Michael Bates’ Outside Sources, Ohad Talmor’s www.lailalounge.com. Reign Bar & High, 10 pm, Siway, 11 pm, $6; March 24: The News Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE; March 25: Glenn Ladies Room Rock ‘n’ Roll Party featuring The ent showcase, 8 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Party Saturdays, Sundays, Thursdays and Fridays: Miller Orchestra, 5:30 pm, FREE. The Backroom with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning house, classics Lounge Bad Mouths, Blood from Stone, Mystical Live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Children, 9 pm, $5; March 25: Miuke Wexler, 8 (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Sixth and rare grooves, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: Madness with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 10 pm, 46 Washington Ave. at Park Avenue in National Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7286, www.reign- pm, Black Lights, 9 pm, Other Passengers, 10 Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, “Krazy Nanny Sundays” and karaoke with Lisa FREE; Tuesdays: Whiskey Breath with Rick lounge.com. pm, $TBD. www.freddysbackroom.com. Love, 6 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Singles party, 5 Royale, Alexander Lowry, and guests, 9:30 pm, Restaurant March 19: The M. Shanghai Band, 9:30 pm, March 24: “The Ladies Lounge,” music series in pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Neo-Soul,” 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase, 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Younger Sister, 10:30 pm, Joss, 11:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Sexy Thursdays After Work 8 pm, FREE. honor of Women’s History Month, 7 pm, $15 Two Boots Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- general admission, $10 on guest list (ladies FREE; March 20: Knit Nite with The Struck Party hosted by Sandy and Nicole, 6 pm, 1225, www.come2national.com. 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Alphorn Jazz Band, 8 pm, FREE; March 21: Karaoke hosted by Lisa Smiles and Monique, FREE before 8 pm). Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.twoboots- Comedy Night, 9 pm, FREE; March 22: Will 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: “Reggae After Work” Le Dakar brooklyn.com. 9 pm, FREE (with $60 prix fixe dinner); Fridays Vinson, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 23: Pini Shavit, 9 with live DJ, 5 pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 9 Jesse Selengut plays the Williams- Restaurant and Sundays: Live Russian music and dance Sistas’ Place March 19: Benicio & DelToros, 10 pm, FREE. pm, FREE; March 24: WIYOS, 9:30 pm, Andy pm, $5. burg Music Center March 25. 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Clin- show, 9 pm, FREE (with $45 prix fixe dinner). 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in Friedman & The Other Failures, 10:30 pm, ton Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakarcafe.net Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-1766, FREE; March 25: Kings County Opry special, 8 200 Fifth Cornerstone Bar Tuesdays: Spoken word, 9 pm, FREE. www.sistasplace.org. pm, FREE. Polly Frost,” 8 pm, FREE, “Tassel Twirling Fun,” Night of the 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park 1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough Road March 19: Roland Alexander Quintet, 9 pm, Slope, (718) 638-2925. 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: New Rock Weekly, 8 in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. Cookers 10:30 pm, $20 in advance, $25 day of the show. Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip- BAM Cafe pm, $6; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, Les Babouches Tuesdays and Thursdays: Open mic, 8 pm, 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; Fridays: Friday 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort FREE; March 19: Catch, 8 pm, $7 ($5 with stu- FREE. (718) 833-1700. Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Solomon’s Porch Night Salsa with a live salsa band and DJs Blazer Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. dent ID), Chris Lancaster, The Ambitious Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahra- Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in One and Big Will spinning salsa, reggae, hip- March 19: Romashka, 9 pm, $10 food/drink Orchestra, Reverend Glasseye & His Wooden Crossroads zad, 9 pm, FREE. Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10. minimum; March 25: VisionIntoArt, “A Tough Legs, 10 pm, $8; March 21: Julie Atlas Muz, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Saturdays and Wednesdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $7 Line,” 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum. Saloon pm, FREE; March 22: Vangeline Theater pres- suggested donation; Sundays: Open mic, 6 Vox Po p 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in ents “Hanae Mori: A Paris-Tokyo Love Affair,” Liberty Heights Northsix pm, FREE. 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flat- Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. TIME TBD, $TBD; March 23: Uprisers in Barbes Tap Room bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Afrofunk Massive, 10 pm, FREE; March 25: 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Southpaw Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE; March 24: Dez, (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Found Footage Festival, 8 pm, $7. Hook, (718) 246-8050. March 19: Goodlookin’ Shoe, Vise Massacre, 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park 8 pm, $8; March 25: Deep Dish TV, 8 pm, $5. Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, FREE, Slavic Europa Night Club Saturdays and Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, Dark Water Transit, Ethnic, 8 pm, $8 in advance, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednesdays: “Night of the 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in The Hook FREE; March 25: Open Jam Session with $10 day of the show; March 24: Big Bear, March 19: Percy Hill, The Brakes, 8:30 pm, $12 Waterfront Ale Ravished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; Sundays: Stephanie Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, www.europa- 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Kitchenrocks, 10 pm, FREE. Narchitect, Print, Ticonderoga, 8 pm, $8; in advance, $15 day of the show; March 20: Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; March 19: Ted Reichman, club.com. Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehook- March 25: World/Inferno Friendship Society, Defalco and Bliss Records present Vyacheslav House 8 pm, $8, Piñataland, 10 pm, FREE; March 20: Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREE music.com. Luminescent Orchestrii, Gutbucket, 8 pm, $13 Butusov & U-Piter, Spielerfrau, 7 pm, $35 in 155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Roy Nathanson Quartet, 7 pm, FREE; March 21: Life Cafe 983 before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Fridays: March 19: The No Fun Fest 2005 (continued), 7 in advance, $15 day of the show. advance, $45 day of the show; March 23: One Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-3794, Sanda Weigl, 9:30 pm, $8; March 23: Reuben 983 Flushing Ave. at Central Avenue in Bush- Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before World Beat Music Fest with Ali Shaheed www.waterfrontalehouse.com. Radding with Matt Moran and Ned Rothenberg, pm, $13; March 20: The No Fun Fest 2005 wick, (718) 386-1133, www.lifecafenyc.com. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; March 19: The Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest), Chip Fu, March 19: Draa Hobbs Trio, 11 pm, FREE=. 8 pm, Nate Wooley Quartet, 10 pm, $8; March (continued), 6:30 pm, $13; March 21: Tuesdays: Bingo for Beer, 8 pm, FREE; Wed- Peggy O’Neills Sayuri Goto Trio, 7:30 pm, $10 (FREE before 8 and more, Time TBD, $TBD; March 24: Defalco 24: Josh Roseman’s Execution Quintet News for Welcome, 9 pm, The Mistakes, 10 pm, Rick nesdays: Open Mic with Chuck, 10 pm, FREE. pm with student ID). (Two locations) presents The Rinse, Fireflies, Motel Creeps, Five, 8 pm, $8, Matt Munisteri, 10 pm, FREE; Johnson Rock & Roll Machine, 11 pm, $TBD; Williamsburg Marianne Pillsbury, 8 pm, $8; March 25: Robyn March 25: The Will Holshouser Trio, 7 pm, FREE, March 25: The Robert Katrikh Band, 9 pm, 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, Five Spot The Lucky Cat Hitchcock, 7 pm, $15, “JellyNYC,” Sweet Music Center Forro for All, 9 pm, $8. Invidia, 10 pm, Devil’s Island, 11 pm, Euphoria, (718) 748-1400, www.peggyoneills.com. 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- Action Magazine presents Jelly, a sticky, sweet 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in midnight, Viscid, 1 am, $TBD. Tuesdays: Karaoke with Rod, 10 pm, FREE; Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespot- burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Thursdays: Karaoke with DJ Rob, 10 pm, FREE; rock ‘n’ roll party with DJ Mark Ronson and Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Bembe soulfood.com. Tuesdays: Joe McGuinty’s Piano Parlor and Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE; March 20: St. Bona Roba, 1 am, $5. Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, $5; Fridays: Live 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williams- Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, Super Lowery Hope and Anchor karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hex! with Patrick’s Day Parade celebration with The Dirty vocals, 10 pm, $5; March 25: Williamsburg Jazz burg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. Bros bring weekly live hip-hop and future jazz 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: “Futurefunk Stayouts, Oakie Karaoke with Tom Bruno, 1 pm, Stain Festival with Jesse Selengut & Noir, Roboto, 8 Saturdays: Live DJs alongside live Latin percus- with DJ Tetsu, 10 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Hot Damn Hook, (718) 237-0276. Sessions” with DJ Sport Casual, 10 pm, FREE; FREE. pm, $7. March 21: The Wrecking Ball, 8 pm, FREE; 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- sion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: “Universal Comedy Night with DJ Tommy Talkz, 9 pm, $5; Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Rhythms” with DJs Amanda and Nick, 9 pm, March 23: Fire of Space, 7:30 pm, FREE; March 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney March 19: MTeam Album Release Party with hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Mondays: “Play Dirty,” 5 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Zebulon FREE; Mondays: “Cold Hands” with DJ DiGilog, DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE; March 20: DJ Chartras, 6 25: The Trees, 10 pm, FREE. Island, (718) 449-3200, www.peggy- oneills.com. Mark Growden, 10 pm, FREE; March 19: 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in 9:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: “Fiyah” with DJ Queen pm, FREE; March 23: Mike MacAllister Jazz Mossyrock, 10 pm, FREE; March 20: Atiquis, 8 Williamsburg, (718) 218-6939, www.zebulon- Majesty, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Con- Band, 9 pm, $5; March 24: DJ Chris, 6 pm, iO Restaurant Saturdays and Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, The LuLu Lounge pm, FREE; March 22: Speakeasy (open mic), 8 cafeconcert.com. valescence” with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE, Riddim Nation reggae band, 9 pm, $5, 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in $TBD; Sundays: Karaoke with Cisco, Time TBD, (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at Bedford pm, FREE; March 24: Freaky Funky Family, an March 19: Avram Fefer & Free Spirit Afro-Latin, FREE; Thursdays: “Toque” with DJ Busquelo, 9 Black Attack, 11 pm, $5, DJ Oliver to follow, Williamsburg, (718) 388-3320, www.iorestau- FREE. Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-7889, anti-oppression poetry night, 6:30 pm, $3; 10 pm, FREE; March 20: Kimbale, 9 pm, pm, FREE; Fridays: “Call to Drum,” world beat fla- FREE; March 25: Sweet Potato featuring The rantandlounge.com. www.ricerepublic.com. March 25: Autumn Ward (bellydance), 10 pm, Xperimento, 10 pm, FREE; March 21: vors with DJ Miller Cruz, 9 pm, FREE. FL Jones soul band, 9 pm, $5. Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm, Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 8 Pete’s Candy $5 suggested donation. Marianne, 10 pm, FREE; March 23: Elliot FREE ($5 after 11 pm); Fridays: DJ spins salsa pm, FREE. Store Sharp/Orchestra Carbon performs Syndakit, 10 Black Betty Frank’s Lounge and house, 10 pm, FREE. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Trash Bar pm, FREE; March 24: Gold Sparkle Trio with 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort special guest Sabir Mateen, 10 pm, FREE; Magnetic Field Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petes- 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.black- Greene, (718) 625-9339, www.frankscocktail- March 25: Bonga, 10 pm, FREE. Jazz 966 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn candystore.com. burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. betty.net. lounge.com. 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magnetic- Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE, Matty —compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalamar, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- March 19: Ever We Fall, 9 pm, The Com- Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone and Hill, (718) 639-6910. brooklyn.com. Charles and the Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live, March 25: Madame Pat Tandy with The Tommy Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 pm, March 19: Jennifer Jackson, 10:30 pm, FREE; DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot 9 pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednesdays: Karaoke Grace Trio, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation. FREE; March 19: The Weekenders, 7:30 pm, March 20: Holly Throsby, 8:30 pm, FREE; Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Electric with Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Lonnie $3, Penetration, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 25: March 21: Pete’s Big Salmon, 7 pm, Jay Gypsy, a Balkan dance party, with DJs Shotnez Youngblood & The Blood Brothers, 8 pm, FREE; Throw Rag, 8 pm, $6, In the Key of the Meow, Bianchi, 9 pm, Capital M, 10 pm, Jay DiMenna, and Tamir Muskat, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: The Fridays: Ffun Dance Party, 10 pm, $5. The Jazz Spot 9 pm, FREE. 11 pm, FREE; March 22: Bingo, 7 pm, Scary TALK TO US… Greenhouse with DJ Monkone and DJ Emskee, 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Mansion, 9 pm, Tigersaw, 10 pm, Adelaide, 11 11 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Mihoko, 11 pm, FREE. Galapagos Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453- M Shanghai pm, FREE; March 23: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Lissa To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include 70 N. 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They listened posed site in a private-owner-to- development that is likely to to what had been a five-year around the Atlantic Avenue rail modifications last August fol- to what PSN had to say, and also private-owner property transfer reflect the context and character struggle to save our homes and yards, it is impossible to feel lowing a meeting with Brooklyn listened to input from the Fifth completely redesigned their ough president boasted that the using eminent domain. Though of Prospect Heights and Fort remain a vital part of the good about the lack of public Borough President Marty Avenue Committee, Fifth plans for Park Slope. They came process “illustrated how com- they control a significant a- Greene. The arena and 17 high- Heights community. process. Markowitz, Assemblywoman Avenue Merchants Association, back to the community with a munity input can help lead to mount of land nearby (the rise buildings, the tallest of Now that the barbarian devel- The contrast between the Joan Millman and members of Fifth Avenue BID, Park Slope significantly changed, vastly development that is appropri- Atlantic Terminal and frequent- which will loom over the oper threatens the preserved-in- way FCR has conducted itself, the First Street Block Assoc- Civic Council, First Street improved, and decidedly more ate to a neighborhood.” ly maligned Atlantic Center Williamsburgh Bank building amber preciousness of “old and the way that Commerce iation. They essentially had a Block Association and Com- Park Slope-friendly building. Let’s contrast this with malls), they have not considered by 100 feet, will cast a long guard” Heights homeowners, Bank engaged with the com- done deal, and they were ready munity Board 6. At the press conference on Forest City Ratner’s proposal siting the proposed develop- shadow over revitalized brown- our suddenly extinct “way of munity, is rather startling. to break ground in February. Commerce Bank then went March 3, at which the new for the Atlantic rail yards. ment on their own property. stone neighborhoods, and will life” has historical value to the Commerce Bank acquired However, faced with the back to the drawing board and design was unveiled, the bor- FCR does not own most of Unlike Commerce Bank, have a major impact on city likes of the BHA’s Tom Van den services — schools, firehouses, Bout. According to him, 20 police, transit and more. Henry St. “was a pretty vital And while FCR has said community of people that had a repeatedly that they were lis- pretty neat thing going on.” tening to community concerns, Van den Bout’s civic-mind- the plan outlined in the recently ed drivel strikes the expected issued memorandum of under- note of hypocritical sympathy, standing is identical to the plan since during the five years we they unveiled well over a year struggled to save our homes ago. and our place in the communi- FCR’s failure to seek, and ty, the BHA adamantly refused to heed, community input and us their support. Clearly the involvement, is best exempli- BHA’s idea of community has fied by the developer’s secre- everything to do with property tive “Community Benefits values and nothing to do with Agreement,” which FCR has the value of human communi- supposedly been negotiating ty and neighborly solidarity. with a handful of organiza- In my more spiteful mo- tions for several months. ments, I imagine the demonic Ironically, more community developer has gotten the go- organizations were at the table ahead to throw up a truly ghast- with Commerce Bank dis- ly sliver building in the old cussing their plans for a single courtyard, its monolithic profile building in Park Slope than casting a guilty shadow over the have been invited into CBA property of all those “homeown- negotiations with FCR, whose ers” who couldn’t wait for the proposed development would “artists’ commune” to fade into be the largest New York City history. real estate project outside of Manhattan in 25 years. Despite what Ms. Grafflin The appointment of the of 55 Poplar St., who was Empire State Development quoted in your article, said, Corporation as the lead agency such a grotesque excrescence for the proposed project means would convey exactly what the GRAND new and improved Brooklyn that any environmental review will take place at the state level, Heights is all about. which will circumvent New — Jim Kemp, Crown Heights York City’s far more stringent Uniform Land Use Review To the editor: Procedure. As a result, Brooklyn In response to Karen Zeb- RE-OPENING residents will have virtually no ulon’s comments on the role the say in the process, and neither Brooklyn Heights Association will our elected legislators. played in the Candy Factory Even the borough president, happenings, I can only assure 550 Hamilton Ave., Brooklyn, NY who has been Brooklyn’s prin- her that the Brooklyn Heights cipal cheerleader for the FCR Association has historically proposal, would have a hard (I’m going back 50 years) been We've Remodeled & Expanded Our Kitchen, Bath, Flooring & Lighting time boasting that this process protective only of certain parts — or more correctly, lack of of the Heights and never the Departments. 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