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By Matthew Perlman But his tenure has rarely been free The Brooklyn Paper of controversy. The fall of 1999 marked The outgoing Brooklyn Museum the opening of “Sensation,” the now- director has a piece of advice for his legendary exhibition of contemporary successor: march in the West Indian British artists that included Chris Ofi- American Day Parade. li’s mixed-media painting “Holy Vir- Arnold Lehman is retiring after 17 gin Mary,” which used elephant dung years spent trying to make sure that and cut-up pieces of pornography to the borough’s biggest art collection at- depict the biblical figure. The painting tracted everyday Brooklynites while drew the ire of then-Mayor Rudolph also maintaining its reputation as a Giuliani, a Catholic, who, not having world-class institution. How he bal- seen the exhibit, responded by pull- anced the two missions sometimes gar- ing the museum’s $7 million in city nered him criticism, but his experience funding and trying to evict it. Leh- marching in the Labor Day parade up man sued the mayor and ultimately Eastern Parkway during his first day won the subsequent political and legal on the job reminded him of who he battle that drew worldwide attention, was going to work for, he said. cementing his cred as a free-speech “It gave me a sense of how diverse defender and doubling the museum’s of a community it is,” Lehman said, previous single-day attendance record sitting at his desk in front of a paint- photo File in the process . ing by French artist Jean Dubuffet. The “Sensation” show in 1999, which pitted Lehman against then- “Not only did it introduce those art- “Every few blocks the community Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, was the talk of the city. ists to a broad American public — it changes.” showed that this museum would stand The world outside his office win- to patronize and enjoy it,” he said. ple to eat, drink, dance, and check up for what it believed in,” he said. dow has informed how he does his Lehman took the helm at the insti- out art and artifacts they might oth- Later exhibits about hip-hop, graf- job ever since, he said. tution in 1997 and, two years later, erwise never see. fiti, and “Star Wars” brought Lehman

“It’s the community’s museum. began the free First Saturday promo- “We were saying, ‘It’s your place, under fire from the same elite art world Photo by Jason Speakman They’re the taxpayers. You want ev- tion, opening up the museum on the and for the evening, it’s yours,’ ” Le- he defended in the “Sensation” fight. Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman is stepping down from eryone who is part of that community first Saturday of every month for peo- hman said. See MUSEUM on page 12 his post next year, having served in the role since 1997.

Also, the museum doubles down on its lation “The Dinner Party” as a centerpiece. commitment to showing local artists with the show “Open House: Working in Brook- 2011: ‘Raw/Cooked’ series starts Lehman’s legacy: A retrospective lyn,” featuring 200 of them. The museum starts giving lesser-known Brooklyn artists solo shows as part of a re- By Matthew Perlman building it has occupied since 1897. 2005: ‘Basquiat’ curring series. The Museum’s The Brooklyn Paper Lehman responds with a federal lawsuit and 2012: Dance ultimately forces Giuliani to back off. first solo show of When he steps down in mid-2015, Ar- the work of native son parties called nold Lehman will have spent 18 years as 2000: ‘Hip-Hop Nation’ Jean-Michel Basquiat off director of the Brooklyn Museum. In that An exhibition of artifacts and memora- (right). The museum calls time he has pushed boundaries, fended bilia makes the case for rap representing a off the dance parties off controversy, and reached out to new major cultural shift in America and world- 2006: Graffiti that had been taking audiences. Here is an expertly curated wide. Some in the museum world criticize A graffiti exhibi- place on First Satur- timeline to help guide you through Leh- the show as not befit- tion and a rejiggering days because, draw- man’s legacy. ting the museum, but of how curators work ing crowds as big the huge attendance it together — separat- as 20,000 in warm 1997: Lehman takes the director job attracts convinces Le- ing the department weather, they had Lehman’s first official act is to march in hman he is onto some- into two groups, one for exhibitions and gotten too big to the West Indian American Day Parade, an thing. one for permanent collections, rather than handle. experience he says impressed upon him the the subject specialty divisions seen in most need to make the museum a place for all of 2002: ‘Star Wars’ institutions — draws potshots from the likes 2013: Saul opens the borough’s people. Another big-draw of Metropolitan Museum of Art chairman The Michelin-starred restaurant Saul opens exhibition (right) is George Goldner. off of the museum’s Great Hall, giving vis- 1999: First Saturdays begin met with hand-wring- The Manhattan arts bigwig tells the New itors a place to take a load off and munch Recognizing the old adage that the best ing from high-society York Times the pop shows are “razzamatazz” some gourmet eats as they contemplate all things in life are free, the Brooklyn Museum types. and compares the curatorial shift to forc- they’ve seen. starts opening its doors to all — and offer- ing medical specialists to leave their depart- ing cash bars — on the first Saturday of ev- 2004: A grand ments . 2014: Going out with a bang ery month. entrance The museum takes a less controversial stand The building’s new glass pavilion opens 2007: Sackler for freedom of speech, showcasing dissident Fall 1999: ‘Sensation’ didn’t help, either). and the plaza’s fountains are unveiled, ending Center opens Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s work, then stretches The exhibition’s elephant-dung-and-vulva- The mayor, a Catholic, not having seen the a three-year, $63-million renovation. An entire wing de- the limits of the rotunda with a 60-foot-tall tree laden painting of the biblical Mary (at right) exhibit, pulls the museum’s funding, which Coinciding with the big reveal is the muse- voted to feminist art installation by Gowanus artist Swoon . gets Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s goat, big-time constitutes nearly a third of its $23-million bud- um’s change to its current name, from “Brook- opens with Judy Chi- In early September, Lehman announces (the dismembered animal carcasses probably get, and tries to evict it from the city-owned lyn Museum of Art.” cago’s massive instal- he will retire in mid-2015. Gowanus: Ex-prisoners not welcome here handled. Plans for parole headquarters get icy reception at meeting The pledge did not set coun- GOWANUS DEVELOPER cilman and gun control advo- By Noah Hurowitz STRIKES A CLEAN-UP DEAL cate Brad Lander (D–Gow- The Brooklyn Paper SEE PAGE 2 anus) at ease. Their sentence is life with pa- “I don’t want 120 armed peace role. officers in the neighborhood!” Dozens of Gowanus residents “You can’t say this will make the hand from the Department of Lander yelled. turned out to a community meet- neighborhood safe. It already is Corrections and Community Su- Nor did the crowd seem mol- ing on Monday night to lambast a safe neighborhood. This will pervision, which oversees parol- lified when one prison spokes- representatives of the state prison absolutely change that.” ees, apologized for the way out- woman said the only major inci- system for keeping secret plans The facility under construc- reach has been handled but made dent she has experienced was in to consolidate all of Brooklyn’s tion at 15 Second Ave. is on track it clear that the project is moving 2010, when a paroled murderer parole offices into a three-story to open in January, prison reps full speed ahead. As for security shot his parole officer point blank headquarters where Second Av- said at the meeting, but neigh- concerns, they said that former in the Downtown office . enue dead-ends at the Gowanus bors only became aware of it in inmates will be coming to Gow- The prison delegation kept its Canal. Some neighbors said the July, when this paper broke news anus to fill out paperwork, not cool for the most part, but at one 5,000 parolees prison reps said of the plan . to do things that will send them point none of the state officials will be reporting to the new fa- The disclosure came a full year back to jail. present could come up with the cility — 300–400 of them per after the reps said the state inked “People are not going to be name of the building’s owner. day — will inundate the area a contract for the project. The lack coming there with ill intent,” said They shuff led through papers in with crime. of notice infuriated locals. Thomas Herzog, a deputy com- search of a clue but ultimately “This will be bringing an en- “Please give us the respect of missioner in the department. moved on to the next question tirely new element into the neigh- telling us that this is happening to And if somebody does try step- without answering. borhood,” said an agitated De- our face,” said Matthew Fairley, ping out of line, Herzog said that The owner is Chaim Simkow- nise Amses, a local business Photo by Steve Schnibbe emphasizing that he is not against between the metal detectors and itz of Guardian Realty Manage- owner, speaking from the back Shahla Kaloud, who lives near the planned parole headquarters, called it “scandalous” the parole complex itself. the 120 armed “peace officers” ment, a Kensington real estate of the crowded meeting room. that the state chose the location a year ago but residents are just now learning of it. The four representatives on that will be on hand, it will get firm.

ball courts is slated to become part of the convention center but is currently occupied by retail tenants. Northern Expo-sure A third space in a separate, five- story building is under construc- tion. Greenpoint’s new convention center opens its doors The two-day fair drew more than 4,000 people and there is a lot of de- By Danielle Furfaro mand for a place to hold events of its The Brooklyn Paper size, as opposed to the gargantuan cor- Move over, Javits Center. Un-conventional ideas porate affairs that take place across the The new Brooklyn Expo Cen- to accommodate trapeze acts, fire East River, a manager said. ter in Greenpoint opened its doors Nearly all the major industry “There are a lot of community- gatherings that come to New spinners, and dozens — nay, hun- last weekend for an antiques and based type events that do not need book show. It went off without a York set up shop at Manhattan’s dreds — of unicycles. as much space as a place like the Javits hitch, thanks in part to the reno- Jacob K. Javits Center, and while Facial hair: This convention Center,” Brooklyn Expo Center site vations the building’s controversial it may not be big enough to takes place every day on the owner made to the high-ceilinged, host the next New L train, but imagine the manager Michelle McConnell. “And box-shaped building, according to York International magic that would hap- this neighborhood is very special and a spokeswoman for the event’s or- Auto Show, the pen if you added some beautiful.” ganizer. just-opened Brooklyn wine and cheese and space The Brooklyn Expo Center is among “The space worked so well for Expo Center can comfortably for mustache wax vendors and spec- the latest projects of development mo- the event,” said Leigh Infield. “The accommodate 4,000 visitors in a tators. No soup vendors, though. gul Joshua Guttman. glass windows from floor to ceiling weekend, a spokeswoman said. So-called “artisanal” prod- Guttman’s waterfront Greenpoint bring in so much light and people Here are our suggestions for fu- ucts: Anything that can be made in Terminal Market mysteriously burned pick up on that energy.” ture bookings. a kitchen, workshop, or small factory to the ground eight years ago and his The cavernous space that is now Circus freaks: There is only so is being made right here in Brook- latest project in the neighborhood open for business at 79 Franklin St., much space at the Circus Sideshow. lyn. The writing is on the label in caught still-suspicious area residents at Noble Street, is a single open room The open floor plan and high ceil- script: it’s time to get the thing-mak- by surprise.

Photo by Stefano Giovannini the size of six basketball courts. ings of the Brooklyn Expo Center, ers in a room together. At this point, Guttman is renting Tom Pelphrey and Lili Simmons browse the bookshelves at the Brooklyn Another, attached space that takes on the other hand, are big enough — Danielle Furfaro the hall for $15,000 per event day and Antiques and Book Fair, the first event at the Brooklyn Expo Center. up the area of two and a half basket- $12,000 per loading day. 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 19–25, 2014

KANE STREET SYNAGOGUE Dirt money Rabbi Samuel H. Weintraub Developer digs deep for A vibrant Gowanus cleanup deal Conservative By Noah Hurowitz is good by me,” said Linda congregation in The Brooklyn Paper Mariano, a member of the Cobble Hill A developer has inked a group Friends and Residents deal with the feds to cover of Greater Gowanus. “This is tens of millions of dollars definitely a step in the right worth of Gowanus Canal- direction.” side cleanup in exchange Anti-Lightstone neighbors Welcome for immunity from future say the project will crowd pollution lawsuits. neighborhood schools and Lightstone Group, which subways, cause traffic jams, plans to build a 12-story, stress already over-taxed sew- the Lightstone Group 700-apartment luxury hous- ers, and help price people out ing complex on A rendering shows Lightstone’s plan for a huge residential complex along a NEW YEAR bank of the Gowanus Canal. a canal-front site with KANE STREET SYNAGOGUE bounded by Carroll Cleaning the and Second streets, years to complete. canal to prevent further con- quantity originally pledged, Selichot Saturday evening, Sept. 20 has agreed to foot A Lightstone spokes- tamination. The settlement, Rodriguez said. the bill for remov- Gowanus man was quick to say that however, mandates build- The Bond Street site’s Rosh Hashana, Sept. 24 – 26 ing toxic soil on the the agreement simply puts in ing a deeper-than-planned original developer Toll Broth- site and building a writing the commitment to bulkhead, which will allow ers fought the Superfund des- Yom Kippur, Oct. 3 – 4 new bulkhead along the ca- of the neighborhood. appeasing the environmen- a deeper dredging of so-called ignation and ultimately fol- nal. The deal between the The agreement with the tally-minded arm of the gov- “black mayonnaise,” the pu- lowed through on a promise feds calls for Lightstone to developer and the Enviorn- ernment that the company trid, poisonous sediment lurk- to ditch the development if Come to the Kane Street Service for a spend $20 million mopping mental Protection Agency, it went through, bailing on up the Bond Street lots it is set has had all along. ing at the bottom of the water- warm and traditional service in our beautiful which is overseeing the Su- “Look, the bottom line is way, according to an agency its $5.75 million down pay- perfund scrub-down of the to build on, including under- writing the removal of 17,500 that from day one Lightstone spokesman. ment in 2010 . sanctuary or join us at the more intimate and fetid inlet, heightens Light- met with the EPA and said “This agreement will Environmental Protection stone’s cleanup commitment cubic yards of contaminated ‘What do you need us to do greatly enhance the cleanup Agency officials cheered the informal Bergen Street Service. and lets it off the hook from soil, enough to fill about Lighstone conrtact as proof making additional pollution- 17,500 pickup trucks. to be comfortable with this work they are doing,” agency deal?’ ” Lightstone’s Ethan rep Elias Rodriguez said. that private efforts to clean Tour Our Pre-School cleaning payouts in the fu- The company had previ- ture. One longtime neighbor- ously been cleaning up the Geto said. “They were going to have to up along the canal can coex- Join us in October for inspiring scholars at our Beit Midrash hood activist who opposes the lots in keeping with its state But the Environmental build a bulkhead anyway, but ist with their program. development said anything designation as a brownfield Protection Agency says the this is going to be much deeper “These settlements illus- that heals Gowanus and hurts site. The new deal will wrap agreement binds Lightstone to and more enhanced than what trate that the Superfund pro- Lightstone’s bottom line is the process into the larger cleanup efforts beyond those they would have otherwise gram can work in parallel just fine with her. Superfund cleanup, which is it originally promised. Light- done. That is a big deal.” with redevelopment,” said Ju- “Any more money that supposed to start in earnest stone was already planning The amount of soil to be dith Enck, regional director Lightstone has to pay out in 2016 or 2017 and take 8–10 to build a bulkhead along the removed also goes beyond the of the agency

236 Kane Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn between Court and Clinton Streets Changing of guard at GALAXY GLASS Prospect Park Alliance By Noah Hurowitz past six years, overseeing the im- first as a city administrator, then as 191 WINDSOR PLACE, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 The Brooklyn Paper plementation of PlaNYC, a sustain- president of the Prospect Park Al- Brooklyn’s backyard has a new ability-oriented program that planted liance, which she oversaw the cre- person in charge of its front of- more than 900,000 trees and built ation of. Shower Doors fice. eight parks across the five boroughs, As word of the hire spread, praise Store Fronts The parks department and the according to the parks department. for Donoghue rolled in from offi- Prospect Park Alliance have ap- In her new role, Donoghue will di- cials across New York. Mirrors pointed a new head to the Alliance, rect the fund-raising and operations “Sue is a great problem-solver the private group which manages the that keep the park lean, clean, and and a natural coalition-builder, and a Safety Glass park. The new head honcho, Park green. champion for the sustainability and Tabletops Sloper Sue Donoghue, is coming to Donoghue, a long-time Brooklyn diversity of our parks,” said Coun- the position from a city job manag- resident, replaces Emily Lloyd, who cilman Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE ing green spaces and said she is ex- left greener pastures behind in Jan- in a statement. cited to work closer to home. uary to become Mayor DeBlasio’s The Prospect Park Alliance was Offi ce: 718-232-9231 “It gives me an opportunity to commissioner to the Department of created in 1987 to channel philan- give back to a place my family and Environmental Protection. Lloyd had thropist money into sprucing up the Cell: 917-903-0355 I love and couldn’t live without,” been the park’s green queen for just then-bedraggled park. Funding from [email protected] said new prez Sue Donoghue in a three years, taking the helm in De- the Alliance pays for a bulk of the Prospect Alliance Park statement. cember of 2010. park’s budget, and the group main- Sue Donoghue is taking the Fax: 718-837-2819 Donoghue worked for the Depart- Before Lloyd, Tupper Thomas tains the greensward with help from helm at the Prospect Park Alli- ment of Parks and Recreation for the had run Prospect Park since 1980, the city. ance in October.

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bridge’s aging hardware has Residents and Assembly- made matters worse lately. man Joe Lentol (D–Green- The week before last, point) say something has to the bridge got stuck in the be done, but the Coast Guard Cars vs. boats up position and remained says the boats’ schedule is up there for an hour and a half to Mother Nature. G’point commuters say drawbridge while city workers scram- “The trips need to be made bled to fix it, according to during high tides, so if high commuters and a commu- tide is during the morning raising at rush hour has to stop now nity board member. or evening rush hour, unfor- Tall boats cause the bridge tunately that is when ships By Danielle Furfaro stop the bridge from going motorists crossed the bridge to open an average of twice a need the bridge to be open,” The Brooklyn Paper up during morning and eve- in 1993, and by 2000, that day, according to the Coast said Coast Guard spokesman It’s a bridge over troubled ning rush hours. “But now number was hovering around Guard. Many of them are Russ Tippets. rush hour. there are many, many more 37,000, where it remained in barges carrying industrial Lentol said he plans to Car commuters trying to people trying to get over the 2012, the last year for which materials and waste from reach out to the Coast Guard travel to Queens via Green- bridge.” city data is available . businesses along Newtown to try to work out a compro- point’s Pulaski drawbridge A 29-year low of 25,279 The 60-year-old draw- Creek. mise. are demanding the Coast One Geenpointer stressed Guard stop boats from motor- that there is more than ing up Newtown Creek dur- just boat and car traffic at ing rush hour, when they say stake. traffic is regularly brought “It is a critical cross- to a standstill by the bridge ing, especially because of being raised for a sole ves- the bike and pedestrian el- sel to pass. ements,” said Teresa Toro, The volume of auto traf- referring to the bridge’s bike- fic on the bridge ballooned in and-pedestrian path that is the 1990s and has remained set for an upgrade . “It can- greater than ever before in its not be underestimated that history since 2000, meaning there is an impact here and a the blocked road is a head- broader regional impact be- ache for a boatload of driv- cause you are talking about ers. deliveries and travel between “It has always been an is- Brooklyn and Queens. This sue over the years. You get is not a little Greenpoint caught on the way to work or problem.” going home and mutter under The Department of Trans- your breath,” said Greenpoint portation refused to an- resident Glenn Radecki, who Photo by Jason Speakman swer questions related to started a petition last week to There is now more traffic on the Pulaski Bridge than ever in its history. the bridge-raising. Death knocks for Death by Audio Another Williamsburg venue to close

By Danielle Furfaro The Brooklyn Paper Another scrappy Wil- liamsburg music venue is closing its doors. Death By Audio will close next month, after seven years in business, its owners an- nounced last week. The duo said the shuttering was ex- pected given the fleeting na- ture of liquor-license-free concert spaces specializing (Above) Death By Audio has been a popular Wil- in independent music. liamsburg haunt for seven years. (Right) Music fans “All ages, DIY music ven- ues are almost by definition Kira Simon-Kennedy and FT Zemg take in one of temporary, and we feel for- the venue’s first last nights. tunate to have lasted in this Photo by Stefano Giovannini space for this long,” own- in the post. ‘What’s the best venue in Some of the more well- During the past couple of ers Edan Wilber and Matt “When we first moved New York?’ for five years,” known acts that have graced years, popular Williamsburg Conboy wrote on their blog. onto S. Second Street, the said Jordan Michael Ian- the stage over the years include venues Public Assembly , “We knew from the begin- only things on our block were nucci, a show promoter who Dirty Projectors, Dan Deacon, House of Yes , and Zebulon ning that it couldn’t last for- a used police car lot and sev- occasionally books shows at and Thee Oh Sees. have all closed. House of Yes ever and we are extremely eral empty buildings,” they Death By Audio and is often The Death By Audio com- is set to reopen on Jefferson grateful to everyone who has wrote. “Now there are a half in the audience there. “Its fo- pany, which makes gui- Street in Bushwick, but Pub- performed or attended any dozen expensive restaurants, cus were bands that existed tar fuzz pedals in the same lic Assembly and Zebulon of our shows.” bars, a daycare center and a within the context of a na- space, will stay in business, appear gone for good. The venue on S. Second new condo building.” tional scene. DBA is where Wilber and Conboy wrote. It Death By Audio’s last day Street between Kent and Regulars said they are dev- touring bands would play, and will operate out of a tempo- will be Nov. 22. The venue Wythe avenues has seen the astated by the news. they would play there regard- rary location until they can minders promised 75 days shiny, new Williamsburg rise “It has been the consistent less of whether they had a lot find something more perma- of “great programming” un- all around it, the pair mused answer to me being asked of buzz behind them.” nent, they said. til then.

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Pair of tools Samsung television, an iPod, A pair of thieves filched a $1,500 Christian Dior wal- tools and material from an let, and a couple of cartons Home invader nets cache of jewelry D’town under-construction Lafayette of cigarettes. She found her Avenue residence on Sept. 11, front door open when she him twice in the face, accord- on a D train on Sept. 1, cops Place and Flatbush Avenue woke up, a report shows. 84TH PRECINCT the authorities said. ing to a police report. Then said. Extension at 5:23 pm and The 46-year-old victim, Sidewalk swipe Brooklyn Heights– the belligerent grabbed the The tired 27-year-old pas- POLICE BLOTTER commenced stuffing the who lives between Carlton An opportunistic thief DUMBO–Boerum Hill– cabbie’s cellphone, glasses, senger told police he got on goods into laundry bags, Avenue and Adelphi Street, snagged a woman’s bag from Downtown and hat, law enforcement of- the Brooklyn-bound train Find more online every Wednesday at cops said. said he saw a couple of crooks her Clinton Street stoop on An armed aggressor ficials said. in Manhattan at 12:40 pm BrooklynPaper.com/blotter The crooks absconded cut the lock to his construc- Sept. 13 when she left for 15 raided a Livingston Street The driver ran down At- and immediately fell asleep. with deodorant, Dove body tion fence at 4:30 am. Then minutes, officers stated. apartment on Sept. 6, threat- lantic towards Court Street He woke up when the train wash, and other beauty sup- he saw the burglars trying to The victim said she took ening the resident with a gun looking for help, and the was at the Atlantic Avenue– Sept. 2, according to the Kids these days plies, store employees re- wheel a box of tools out of her dog into her house be- and stealing a ton of expen- tough followed him, then Barclays Center station and authorities. A brute robbed a teen of ported. The hygienic outlaws the fence before giving up tween Baltic and Kane streets sive jewelry including a half- stopped and smashed his got off, cops said. At the sta- The 32-year-old ball player cash and a pair of sneakers hopped into a gray Nissan and taking off through the at 1:30 pm, cops said. When dozen watches, the author- phone on the ground, cops tion he realized his laptop, told police he was in the park on the corner of State and Murano to make their get- backyard, according to the she returned to her stoop 15 ities said. said. camera, and phone had been near the corner of Joralemon Clinton streets on Sept. 7, away, police said. authorities. minutes later, her bag, wal- The 34-year-old victim, • Another cabbie picked taken from his backpack, po- and Furman streets at 10:15 cops said. Hot spot They ultimately made off let, and iPhone had all van- who lives between Nevins up a pair of guys from the lice said. pm and left his bag unat- The 15-year-old victim Police arrested a man who with copper pipes and fit- ished, according to the au- Street and Flatbush Avenue, corner of Bleeker Street and • A thief plucked a wom- tended while he played a said a tough guy approached they say stole a laptop from a tings, power drills, and a bag thorities. said she was on the phone at Bushwick Avenue in Bush- an’s wallet from her purse game. He went to retrieve him on the corner at 6:30 pm, woman while she was in Cris- containing hand tools, police Whopping $3 3:50 pm when the rapscallion wick at 9:30 pm on Sept. 4, while she rode a crowded D the bag at 10:40 pm, and it and told him to give over his pus Attucks Playground early said. Cops found bolt cutters rang her bell and she buzzed police said. train on Sept. 4, according had disappeared, cops said. and a glove at the scene, and Cops collared a 75-year- backpack. When he refused, on the morning of Sept. 10. old woman who they say stole him in. When the fiend got to The driver said they asked to police. The victim said the bag con- the galoot punched him in the The 46-year-old victim the resident saw a sports util- the apartment, he pulled out to be dropped off at the cor- The 22-year-old victim tained $50 in cash and a debit ity vehicle speed away, offi- three gauze pads from a phar- face, fished $25 in cash from said she was in the park near macy on Court Street on Sept. the gun and pressed it against ner of Flatbush Avenue Ex- said she boarded the Man- card. his pocket, and snatched the Classon Avenue and Fulton cers stated. her face, cops said. tension and DeKalb Avenue, hattan-bound D train at Bay 11, merchandise valued at a Teen clean-out bag which contained a pair of Street at 4:45 am when the ac- Lens larceny whopping $2.97, according He then took $6,000 in and when they arrived the Parkway at 7:45 am, and just A pair of teens robbed a Jordan sneakers, cops said. cused came over and tried to A prowler stole five ex- to a police report. cash, six watches, includ- galoots refused to pay their before the train reached the younger kid of cash and a Transmission grab a laptop out of her hand. pensive camera lenses from a Employees observed ing three Rolexes, a dia- $24 fare. Atlantic Avenue stop, she felt pair of sweatpants on Sept. She struggled, but the suspect film production truck parked the elderly woman putting The hack insisted that they someone bump her from be- A scoundrel smashed the mond ring, necklace, and a 3 on Livingston Street, cops got away, running on Clas- on Vanderbilt Avenue over- the merchandise in her bag pay, and one of the bandits hind. After she got off the window of a parked car on pair of earrings, according said. son Avenue towards Putnam night from Sept. 12 to Sept. without paying for it at the to a police report. The items grabbed a bag off the front train, she realized the wallet the corner of Jay and Nassau The 13-year-old victim streets on Sept. 6 and stole a Avenue, police said. 13, officers stated. store between First and Sec- were worth approximately passenger-side seat of the cab was gone, cops said. She said said he was between Nev- Cops arrested the 35-year- Employees of the company ond places around 1:05 pm, $40,0000, officers said. and they both took off run- the wallet contained $60 in man’s laptop, cops said. ins Street and Flatbush Ave- The 41-year-old victim old near the park at 9:10 pm said they parked the vehicle they said. One called 911 and Hack attacks ning, according to a police cash and a credit card. nue at 3:30 pm when the two that day, according to a po- at 9:11 pm between Fulton they turned her over to po- report. The cabbie chased the • A crook snatched a man’s said he parked at 4 pm, and Police reported two as- toughs approached him. The lice report. Street and Atlantic Avenue lice, law enforcement offi- guys but when he caught up to cellphone from his hand on when he returned four hours saults on cab drivers in the bullies started asking him later the passenger-side win- and returned at 6:30 the next cials said. them they pushed, punched, Sept. 7 as he rode a Brook- Cash stash dash precinct this week. questions, then one of the dow of his car was smashed morning. — Noah Hurowitz and kicked him to the ground, lyn-bound A train, law en- A burglar stole $750 in • A man attacked a hack older boys punched him in and the computer had van- The burglar busted out officers said. 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One-on-none lice recounted. pharmacy on Sept. 10, ac- dow wide open. his parked car on Lafayette The proprietor left the res- him. One of the fares asked • A sneak stole a man’s A thief stole a man’s bag The kid told police the bag cording to police. He checked the apartment Avenue on Sept. 11, cops taurant between Ridge Bou- him to turn around, and when camera and computer from as he played basketball in contained a pair of sweat- The thieves entered the and found his cash was gone, said. levard and Third Avenue in he refused the goon punched his backpack while he slept Brooklyn Bridge Park on pants. store between Ashland police said. 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Actors also must drink when someone else reads their character’s name — an unfortu- Nursery crimes nate rule for the poor sap playing Ferris Buel- ler in a previous show, who had to drink each time the teacher droned “Bueller … Beuller … Beuller,” said Brewer. MC Frontalot puts a twisted take on classic fairy tales The actors have just one rehearsal — so- ber — before they take the stage to read their By Danielle Furfaro lines in front of a loud and increasingly ine- briated audience. But according to Brewer, the The Brooklyn Paper unpaid actors have a great incentive to don a nd they all lived rap-pily home-made costume and take part. ever after. “The actors are really gung ho,” she said. A Hip-hop musician MC “They’re in it for the free beer.” Frontalot is best known as the A Drinking Game NYC presents “The Goo- godfather of nerdcore rap — a nies” at Union Hall [702 Union St. between genre that mixes hip-hop with Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope, (718) geeky topics such as video games 638–4400, www.unionhallny.com]. Sept. 25 at and good grammar. But in his new 8 pm. $15. — Noah Hurowitz album “Question Bedtime,” the Lefferts Gardens resident mines subject matter more fantastical than “Voltron” or Dungeons & RELIGION Dragons: children’s fairy tales. “I generated a list of fairy tales that I wanted to explore,” said Frontalot, whose real name is Da- mian Hess. “I wanted to write Awe-some some really familiar ones so that I could stray from the stories in interesting ways, and then there are some other stories that my English-speaking, Western au- dience might not have caught wind of.” For example, on the album’s third track “Gold Locks,” Gold- ilocks does more than just break into houses because she is hungry and tired — she also terrorizes and murders kids in the woods. Other familiar tales that get the Fronta- Photo by Jeremy Fisher lot twist include “Little Red Rid- The high holy days are going hipster. ing Hood” and “The Emperor’s Rabbi Dan Ain is ringing in the Jewish New New Clothes,” as well as lesser- Year with a set of music-infused services at known fables such as Japanese the Boerum Hill event space Roulette that he folk tale “The Ugly Son.” hopes will attract young Jews who have been Frontalot calls “Question Bed- losing their religion. time” “liminally a children’s re- “A lot of people in my age bracket and cord,” and for that reason, he nixed Photo by Ben Trivett younger have given up on religion,” said Ain, any foul language. But the album Acting out: Geeky Lefferts Gardens rapper MC Frontalot has recorded a whole album about fairy tales. who is 37. “They think of it as something for still has the same frenetic appeal their parents.” as his five other adult-aimed records. I do will be nerdcore,” he said. “I have astrophysics and my eyes turn opaque he is still plotting the stage show, but ex- Ain wants to change their minds with ser- The concept album is a new direction always written about whatever I wanted and they are very disappointed to learn pects that it will include pajamas. vices on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that for Frontalot, but the poindexter performer to write about.” that I am not versed in all areas of nerd- MC Frontalot at Littlefield [622 Degraw he hopes will bring a contemporary under- said he does not feel limited by the “nerd- The title does make some for some awk- dom,” he said. St. between Third and Fourth avenues in standing to holy day traditions. core” label. ward fan encounters, though. Frontalot will play a hometown gig at Gowanus, (718) 855–3388, www.little- “We’re trying to capture the best of what Ju- “I came up with the term, so anything “People come up to me and talk about Littlefield in Gowanus on Sept. 20. He said fieldnyc.com]. Sept. 20 at 11 pm. $12. daism has to offer,” he said. That includes a com- munity of people to gather with and a chance to start fresh in the new year, he explained. role-playing game birthed 40 reads from his book. The services will also include musical ac- years ago and oft associated “This is the story of a com- companiment from Jeremiah Lockwood, a can- with the basement-dwelling pany that had every imagin- tor and guitarist who fuses Jewish prayers with set has indelibly shaped Amer- able thing wrong happen to his other passion — the blues. ican pop culture today. it — international scandals, “The aim is to reconcile a tradition that is Critical lit! “It’s really influential and people thought game was sa- very old with something that’s more of the had a big effect on a whole gen- tanic — they made every mis- moment,” said Lockwood, who fronts local D’town author conjurs eration — not just in the video take possible in the business outfit Sway Machinery. game business,” he says. “[Di- world,” he says. Rabbi Ain works for the 92nd Street Y, a rector and actor] Jon Favreau Piqued, you buy a copy of Jewish cultural center on the distant island of up a book on ‘D&D’ first learned how to tell stories the Ewalt’s tome, and thanks Manhattan, but lives in Park Slope. He has by being a dungeon master and to your charisma-heavy stat been running services in Brooklyn for the By Max Jaeger and prosthetic elf ears — you playing D&D with friends.” sheet, he happily signs it before last year-and-a-half because he believes that The Brooklyn Paper have wandered into the paper- It is less a nerdy pastime inviting you to play a game of many young people here don’t identify with back launch of Downtown au- and more a social and intel- Munchkin — a easy-to-learn local congregations. ill you roll the dice on thor David Ewalt’s book “Of lectual exercise, Ewalt tells card game that parodies the “A lot of the people I’m reaching haven’t this book launch? Dice and Men: The Story of the crowd. fantasy genre. connected with the synagogues here in Brook- W You’re rushing to a Dungeons & Dragons and the “There’s a lot of medi- “If you’ve ever watched lyn, in spite of all the good work they do,” Ain pop-up artisinal snow pea ven- People Who Play It.” cal and scientific research ‘Game of Thrones,’ you’ll see said. “People just aren’t finding expressions dor in Greenpoint on Sept. 25 A friend of lesser consti- that shows that role-play- the humor,” he assures you. of their own lives.” when the skies open up and a tution abandons your party, ing games are therapeutic “Of Dice and Men” pa- 92Y’s High Holy Days in Brooklyn at Rou- freak thunderstorm forces you running across the street to and make you smarter and perback launch at Word lette [509 Atlantic Ave. between Third Avenue to take shelter in Word book- suck down a kale smoothie, healthier,” he says. [126 Franklin St. at Milton and Nevins Street in Boerum Hill, (212) 415– store. 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Where will your family be on Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur? Union Temple WHERE TO A Reform Jewish Congregation EDITORS’ PICKS FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY Tots’ Services Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Children’s Services Ale to the Grave king situation Adult Services Say cheers to local Get all of your mor- beers! New York City bidly curious ques- Brewers Guild is host- tions off your chest ing its annual Blockto- when Caitlin Doughty Studio city berfest fundraiser, a — a licensed morti- FREE FOR It is open season — beer tasting and block Book ’em, cian and the host of Funk master on peeking into art- party (with a name web series “Ask a ists’ work spaces. that makes less sense Danno! Mortician” — visits flicks EVERYONE! More than 85 artist in September) featur- Pencil this one in. The (where else?) the The Screaming Eagle studios at Brooklyn ing brews from 20 Brooklyn Book Festi- Morbid Anatomy is soaring back into the Army Terminal will craft breweries from val is back, bringing Museum to talk about borough! Nitehawk is September 24–25 open their doors to around the city — dozens of authors, her book “Smoke screening “Charles the public Sept. including locals Six- publishers, and book- Gets in Your Eye.” Bradley: Soul of Amer- and October 3–4 19–20. See some point, Kelso, Brooklyn sellers together in ica,” a documentary Brewery, Other Half, and around Borough 8 pm at the Morbid telling the incredible works-in-progress, Anatomy Museum [424 chat to their creators, and Grimm Artisanal Hall for a day of free Third Ave. at Seventh story of the struggling and take advantage Ales, in addition to panels, readings, Street in Gowanus, (347) Brooklyn James Brown of the free water taxi suds slingers from workshops, and other 799–1017, www.morbi- impersonator who got For details and schedule: other, lesser boroughs. literary festivities. Big- danatomymuseum.org]. his big break as a solo service that is being $5. www.uniontemple-hhd.org offered as part of the 12:30–5:30 pm at Kelso name authors head- artist in his 60s. The show, running Beer [Waverly Avenue ing Downtown on the night includes a Q&A 718-638-7600 between the Army between Atlantic Avenue big day include Sal- with the director, and Terminal, Brooklyn and Fulton Street in Clinton man Rushdie, Lev an after-party. Hill, www.newyorkcitybrew- Grossman, and Joyce Union Temple Bridge Park Pier 1, ersguild.com]. $10 admis- 9:30 pm at Nitehawk 17 Eastern Parkway and Wall Street. sion, beers $5 each. Carol Oates. Cinema [136 Metropolitan Ave. 10 am–6 pm at Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY 11238 6–10 pm at Brooklyn between Wythe Avenue Borough Hall (209 Army Terminal (140 58th and Berry Street in Joralemon St. at Court St. between First and Williamsburg, (718) 384– Street in Downtown, Second avenues in 3980, www.nitehawk www.brooklynbookfesti- Sunset Park, www.cha- c inema.com]. $16. shama.org). Free. val.org). Free. NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, SEPT. 19 PERFORMANCE ĹĭåĘĹķĪĪĹñåćķĴĴİıľijñåēĞåöö÷öù öüúõåýû ΃åļļļóħĦľķĮĩĬĪıĴĦijĸóĴķĬ MUSIC, THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON ĕĭĴijĪÿåíüöýîåûýõò÷ö÷öå BROADWAY (GENESIS TRIBUTE), WOUNDED BUFFALO THEORY: Find lots more listings online at $10. 8 pm. Rock Shop [249 Fourth BrooklynPaper.com/Events Ave. between Carroll and President streets in Park Slope, (718) 230– 5740], www.therockshopny.com. and featuring Amkoullel, Gokh Bi MUSIC, VISUALS (OTHER PEOPLE), System, Rebel Diaz, Shokanti, AYo- TEACHERS OR POLICE: $8–$10. inmotion, and Bocafl oja. Free. 10 8 pm. Cameo Gallery [93 N. Sixth pm. BAM Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. St. between Wythe Avenue and between Ashland Place and St. Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) Felix Street in Fort Greene), www. 302–1180], www.cameony.net. bam.org/programs/bamcafe-live. MUSIC, HERE WE GO MAGIC: Free. MUSIC, JULIANA HUXTABLE, JOEY 7 pm. Brooklyn Night Bazaar (165 LABEIJA VS LSDXOXO, FALSE Banker St. at Norman Avenue in WITNESS, STUD1NT, JIGDAGOD- Greenpoint), www.bkbazaar.com. DESS, DICK VAN DICK: $8-$10. 11:59 pm. Cameo Gallery [93 N. MUSIC, JESSICA HERNANDEZ AND Sixth St. between Wythe Avenue THE DELTAS: With St. Paul and and Berry Street in Williamsburg, the Broken. $20. 8 pm. Music Hall (718) 302–1180], www.cameony.net. of Williamsburg [66 N. Sixth St. Photo by Jeffrey Dupuis between Kent and Wythe avenues Funky out-of-towners: The New Orleans Suspects bring its big, SALES AND MARKETS in Williamsburg, (718) 486–5400], easy sounds to Brooklyn Bowl Sept. 25. ART, PRATT ALUMNI ART AND www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com. DESIGN FAIR: More than 25 Pratt MUSIC, THE WEEKND, SCHOOLBOY Institute alumni showcase and sell Q, JHENE AIKO: $39.50–$79.50. ing her new book “Unspeakable PERFORMANCE paintings, clothing, accessories, ce- 8:30 pm. Barclays Center [620 Things” with Molly Crabapple. ramics, cards, and books. 10 am–4 Free. 7 pm. PowerHouse Arena [37 MUSIC, THOSE DARLINS, LAND- Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in LADY, HEAT, THE DIRTY NIL, DJ pm. Pratt Institute (200 Willoughby Prospect Heights, (917) 618–6100], Main St. at Water Street in Dumbo, Ave. between Hall Street and Clas- (718) 666–3049], www.powerhouse- TOY: Free. 7 pm. Brooklyn Night www.barclayscenter.com. Bazaar (165 Banker St. at Norman son Avenue in Clinton Hill), www. MUSIC, ANDY STOTT, DEMDIKE arena.com. pratt.edu. FILM, “OUT IN THE NIGHT”: Screen- Avenue in Greenpoint), www.bkba- STAR, MILLIE & ANDREA, MILES, zaar.com. SEAN CANTY: $15–$20. 10 pm. ing of documentary about four OTHER African-American lesbians and the MUSIC, CONSERVATORY ORCHES- Output [74 Wythe Ave. at N. 12th TRA: $5. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Col- ART, “LIFE OF THE PARTY”: Exhibi- Street in Williamsburg, (917) 333– media storm that ensued after they lege, Whitman Theater [2900 Cam- tion organized by Peter Schenck 1000], www.outputclub.com. got into a fi ght with a threatening featuring work by Tess Bilhartz, man one night. Free. 7 pm. Restora- pus Rd. at Hillel Place in Flatbush, MUSIC, PASS THE MIC: — A Night of (718) 951–5792], www.bcmusic.org. Austin Eddy, Sarah Lubin, Jeremy Apply Online Women Emcees: Featuring Nitty tion Plaza [1368 Fulton St. at Marcy Roby, Peter Schenck, and Simon Scott, Raje Shwari, Roxanne Shante, Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, MUSIC, SOURCE360: Wu-Tang Clan, Slater. Free. Noon–5 pm. Fowler www.bayridgeloans.org and Sweet Tee. Free. 10 pm. BAM (718) 636–6996], www.restora- The Diplomats, Bone-Thugs-N- Project Space (67 West Street, #216, Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. between tionplaza.org. Harmony, Lil’ Kim, Curren$y per- off West St. in Greenpoint), www. 718-680-2121 Ashland Place and St. Felix Street BROOKLYN CONTRA BARGE forming. $40-$100. 8 pm. Barclays fowlerprojectspace.org. Center [620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c in Fort Greene), www.bam.org/pro- DANCE: With music provided by ART, FERNANDO CARPANEDA, grams/bamcafe-live. Big Chaos Band, and an introduc- Street in Prospect Heights, (917) FRANK RUSSO AND MOSES tory lesson for beginners. $15 ($12 618– 6100], www.barclayscenter. JEAN: Exhibition inspired by punk Ĺĭ MUSIC, OK GO (DJ SET): $10. 11:30 com. MAIN OFFICE :åöüúõåýû åĘĹķĪĪĹñåćķĴĴİıľijñåēĞåöö÷öùåtåíüöýîåûýõò÷ö÷ö pm. Glasslands (289 Kent Ave. at students). 7:30 pm. Waterfront rock, horror, and psychedelia. Free. Museum Barge [290 Conover St. MUSIC, HARD SKIN, EEL, CRIMSON BRANCH : S. Second Street in Williamsburg), 7–10 pm. MF Gallery [213 Bond St. åöûõþåĆĻĪijĺĪåğñåćķĴĴİıľijñåēĞåöö÷øúåtåíüöýîåþøùòûýõþ www.glasslands.com. near Reed Street in Red Hook, (718) SCARLET, KICKER, NOMAD: $25 between Baltic and Butler streets ($20 advance). 8 pm. The Wick [260 THEATER, “NEXT TO NORMAL”: 624–4719], brooklyncontra.word- in Gowanus, (917) 446–8681], www. press.com. Meserole St. at Bushwick Place in * Rates are based on 8.45% Annual Percentage Rate with automatic loan payments for a term of 60 months. Rates are based on The Gallery Players present a rock mfgallery.net. credit worthiness. Other rates and terms available. Higher loan amounts available. Credit Union membership eligibility is required. Bushwick, (347) 799–1049], www. TALK, WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON musical telling the story of a mother thewicknyc.com. struggling with bipolar disorder, MASS INCARCERATION AND and the effect it has on her family. SAT, SEPT. 20 MUSIC, SECONDHAND SUN, CAR- REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: An af- $18 ($15 children and seniors). 8 DIGAN TERRACE, COLUMBUS, ternoon of conversation and spoken pm. Gallery Players [199 14th St. be- OUTDOORS AND TOURS SHELTER, AND MADALEINE word from formerly incarcerated tween Fourth and Fifth avenues in GREENPOINT THE TRANSITION WOODS: $8. 8 pm. Trash Bar [256 women. Free. 2 pm. Brooklyn Mu- Park Slope, (212) 352–3101], www. BLOCK FESTIVAL: A block party Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Wil- seum [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Wash- galleryplayers.com. with music, dance, workshops, liamsburg, (718) 599–1000], www. ington Avenue in Prospect Heights, DANCE, “DREAMSCAPES AND games, contests, food, and crafts. thetrashbar.com. (718) 638–5000], www.brooklynmu- Advertise your OTHER IMAGININGS”: Perfor- Free. 11 am–5 pm. 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ensonhurst’s newest Vietnam- ese restaurant is pho-king deli- B cious! Pho and Co. opened on 86th Street on Labor Day, and safe to say, these guys are not just phoning it in. Normally, you don’t review a res-

Motorcycle Film Festival Film Motorcycle taurant based on the soup, but with a Helmet heads: Festival founders Jack Drury and Carinna Mantlo on a vintage bike and sidecar. name like Pho and Co., it was a pho- regone conclusion. Pho (pronounced “fuh?” with an upward inf lection at the end) is a tra- ditional Vietnamese soup — usually beef — with rice noodles, herbs and fresh vegetables. The most pho-nda- mental part is the dish’s aromatic broth,

Roadside attraction which here is made from beef stock Community News Group / Max Jaeger cooked with charred ginger, clove-stud- ded onions, star anise, cinnamon, and No pho-nies: Pho and Co. on Film fest celebrates motorcycle movies a pinch of yellow rock sugar. 86th Street in Bensonhurst Pho and Co.’s un-pho-gettable Pho serves up big bowls of pho (pic- By Danielle Furfaro ries of shorts profiling the imental works. On the final cycle folks are pretty wide Special ($7.50) is heavier on the sweet tured above). The Brooklyn Paper personalties in Roper’s niche day, 12 judges will select win- in their interests and their and than spice, but the ever-subtle an- racing community. ners from each category. communities.” ise still shines through. The fledgling brews it fresh using Cafe Du Monde im the lights and start “These guys are all com- The festival received more The Motorcycle Film restaurant avoids two major pitfalls chicory coffee and a traditional metal your engines! petitive with each other, but than 70 film submissions this Festival at the Gutter [200 for pho broth — its take is neither too drip phin filter. D A little-known Amer- there is so much camaraderie year — a response that proves N. 14th St. between Berry salty nor too fatty. All told, Pho and Co. does a great job ican motorbike racing leg- and such a great community,” just how many riders out there Street and Wythe Avenue My helmet-sized bowl came with — especially for a newly-opened res- end is roaring into Williams- said filmmaker Don Lange, wheelie want to share their in Williamsburg, (718) 387– noodles, thin slices of brisket, and Viet- taurant. So if you’re planning on leav- burg on Sept. 25 — but he who lives in Brooklyn part- love for the machines, ac- 3585, www.motorcyclefilm- namese meatballs. To garnish, bean uisite hot peppers in no time. ing Bensonhurst for Vietnamese food, is coming via two reels, not time. “It is a really cool story, cording to Drury. festival.com]. Sept 24–27 at sprouts, Thai basil (Italian Basil’s lic- To wash it down, order a Vietnam- phoghedaboudit! — Max Jaeger two wheels. and Dave is a great guy.” “These are not all movies various times. “Roper #7” orice-tinged cousin), and a lime wedge ese iced coffee — which is essentially Pho and Co. [1927 86th St. be- “Roper #7” is just one doz- The founders of the fest about guys in biker gangs,” screens Sept. 25 at 5:30 pm. — but no chili pepper. Get with the rocket fuel mixed with sweetened con- tween 19th and 20th avenues in ens of motorcycle-themed said their event heralds a said Drury. “It is nice for $10 per screening, $65 for pho-gram, people! After I asked, my densed milk. Mine took a good 10 Bensonhurst, (718) 946–8686]. Open films that will screen at the much-needed rev-ival of people to know that motor- all-access pass. server brought some of the pre-req- minutes to make, because the eatery 10:30 am–9:30 pm daily. Gutter bar and bowling alley hogs on screen. Sept. 24–27 as part of the Mo- “Motorcycles and mov- torcycle Film Festival. The ies have been intertwined short film chronicles the ca- since the teens or the ’20s, reer of Dave Roper, a vintage but now we are trapped in the bike enthusiast who has been world of YouTube and tiny racing for 42 years. computer screens,” said co- Roper motored into the founder Jack Drury. “People history books when he be- are missing out on the expe- came the first American to rience of watching motorcy- ever win the International cles on the big screen. Even Isle of Man Tourist Trophy if you do not ride a bike, it in 1984. Over the years, he is the closest you can get to claims to have broken 25 being in that moment.” bones, suffered a collapsed In addition to shorts such lung, and lost the tips of two as “Roper #7,” the four-day fingers on the track — but festival will feature a broad he is still riding today. range of other motorcycle- The film’s creator said he related films, including ani- hopes to create a whole se- mation, features, and exper-

Weekend reading Booksellers give their recommendations tion of a band of dangerous Word’s pick mystics—and their enemies. “Through the Woods” This one weekend results in by Emily Carroll: If you’re an unsolved mystery will squeamish or easily spooked, echo through every decade maybe you should keep the of Holly’s life, affecting all lights on — this book will the people Holly loves—even make you shiver. In her debut the ones who are not yet born. graphic short story collec- “The Bone Clocks” is a must- tion, Emily Carroll melds art, read this fall. GBX · Gowanus Bay Terminal fairy tales, and fear into the — Bina Valenzano, The perfect witching-hour read. BookMark Shoppe [8415 If Kate Beaton and Edgar Al- Third Ave. between 84th len Poe had a kid, it might and 85th streets in Bay aka “Grain Elevator” in South Red Hook - Brooklyn create a book as thrilling and Ridge, (718) 833–5115, www. lovely as Carroll’s, but prob- bookmarkshoppe.com ]. ably not. With a color scheme SEPT 17 to 21 & SEPT 24 to 28 at 8:30 PM heavy on the black, white, Greenlight’s pick and red; stories of monsters “The Paying Guests” and spirits only the protag- by Sarah Waters: While I Theatre Banned by the Government of Canada onist perceives; and a mon- always hesitate to do so, if I ster seemingly made up of had to make a list of my fa- red tentacles and teeth, Car- vorite authors, Sarah Waters PG 13. TICKET PRICES AT THE GATE: for the 99%: $10; for the 1%: $100. roll has created an intensely would absolutely be among http://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacked-the-treasure-of-the-empire-tickets-12961481139 beautiful and delightfully them. In her latest mesmer- horrific book that is utterly izing novel, “The Paying unique. Guests,” we’re transported 904-944-3698 — Emma Nichols, Word to 1920s London where we [126 Franklin St. at Milton meet 20-something Frances. Street in Greenpoint, (718) Having recently lost her fa- Location brought to you by: 383–0096, www.word- ther to illness and two broth- brooklyn.com]. ers in the recent war, Fran- Quadrozzl STUDIOS,inc. ...we’ll make your scene come true! s [email protected] ces and her aging mother are BookMark’s pick forced to take in two lodg- “The Bone Clocks” by ers in order to make ends David Mitchell: The best- meet — and it’s from there selling author of “Cloud At- we’re taken on the most won- las” is back with a novel that derful and eerie ride. As al- transcends space and time. ways, Waters’ work is sinis- Fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes ter and sexy. Perfect for fans is no typical teenage run- of Patrick McGrath (“Asy- away. Contacted by voices lum”) and Patrick Suskind she describes only as “the (“Perfume”). radio people,” Holly is a — Emily Russo Murtagh, lightning rod for psychic Greenlight Bookstore [686 phenomena. As she wan- Fulton St. between S. Elliott ders aimlessly in the Eng- Place and S. Portland Av- lish countryside, visions and enue in Fort Greene, (718) coincidences follow her. For 246–0200, www.green- Holly has caught the atten- lightbookstore.com]. 10 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 19–25, 2014

ally dark and depressed, it’s secretly pointing an arrow toward appreciating life,” said Amos, who plays Union Pool on Sept. 25. “It’s a blueprint to get out of those modes of thinking.” Ever the work-horse, Amos played every note of “The Fact Facer” him- Heavy workload self — as he did with every other Holy Sons release. He doesn’t need to go it alone — es- pecially considering how many mu- Lefferts Gardens rocker has three bands sicians he collaborates and consorts with — but Amos said he has very By Robert Ham time solo project Holy Sons. album “The Fact Facer” — is best de- good reasons for doing so. for The Brooklyn Paper It might all sound very rock and scribed as dour. The record has a noose “When one person has the opportu- roll, but keeping it all together is less prominently feature on its cover and nity to touch every single instrument f idle hands are the devil’s workshop, about musical chops and more about contains track titles such as “Back in a song,” he said, “they’re telling this Holy Son is very holy, indeed. serious scheduling, Amos said. Down to the Tombs” and “Doomed you that much more information about I Lefferts Gardens musician Emil “It’s all about figuring out the Myself.” And the songs themselves am- what they’re going through. It’s a to- Amos is currently working on at least workload,” he said. “I need to know plify this theme, with tempos rarely tally authentic expression of how they six different albums, including new what’s the next deadline for which getting above that of a resting heart- are feeling in that moment.” releases from his psychedelic-leaning record. They have totally different beat, plus plenty of moody keyboard- Holy Sons at Union Pool (484 Union instrumental band Grails and iconic moods and personalities and I can’t playing and vocals. Ave. between Skillman Avenue and

Photo by Eliza Sohn doom metal outfit Om. And when he blur those lines.” But Amos views the album as a Conselyea Street in Williamsburg, Holy man: Emil Amos plays in popular bands Grails and Om while is not in the studio, he is rehearsing The mood of his work in Holy Sons hopeful one. (718) 599–1450, www.union-pool. maintaining his own solo project, Holy Son. with a new touring band for his long- — particularly the recently-released “I think even though it sounds re- com] Sept. 25 at 9 pm. $10.

VANDERMEER: Authors ARIEL SCHRAG: Liz Prince — ANIMAL MUMMIES: YOU — A NIGHT OF ALL discuss all things weird, fan- (“Tomboy: A Graphic Egyptologist Ava Forte ROBYN EVERYTHING: tastical, and magical in lit- Memoir”) and Ariel Schrag Vitali will discuss the Dance party celebrating 9 DAYS... erature. Free. 7 pm. Word (“Adam”) discuss gender variety of reasons the Robyn. $5. 11:30 pm. Glass- Bookstore [126 Franklin St. identity and their newest Egyptians had for mum- lands (289 Kent Ave. at S. Continued from page 8 between Milton and Noble works. Free. 7 pm. Word mifying animals. $8. 8 pm. Second Street in Williams- PERFORMANCE streets in Greenpoint, (718) Bookstore [126 Franklin St. Morbid Anatomy Museum burg), www.glasslands. 383–0096], www.word- between Milton and Noble [424 Third Ave. at Seventh com. MUSIC, WOLF AND LAMB: brooklyn.com. streets in Greenpoint, (718) Street in Gowanus, (347) $15–$20. 2 pm. Output COMEDY, SACK MAGIC: 383–0096], www.word- 799–1017], www.morbidan- [74 Wythe Ave. at N. 12th Weekly comedy show brooklyn.com. atomymuseum.org. SAT, SEPT. 27 Street in Williamsburg, hosted by Grant Gordon TALK, EMPIRICIST LEAGUE: (917) 333–1000], www.out- and Louis Katz. Free. 9 pm. Scientifi c experts discuss putclub.com. Legion (790 Metropolitan genius, expertise, and cre- FRI, SEPT. 26 OUTDOORS AND TOURS MUSIC, MICHAEL DRABIK, Ave. at Humboldt Street in ativity. $10 ($8 advance). 8 CHILE PEPPER FESTIVAL: MARC DELGADO, BECKY Williamsburg), www.legion- pm. Union Hall [702 Union PERFORMANCE Fiery food from more than MIMIAGA: $8. 8 pm. bar.com. St. at Fifth Avenue in Park MUSIC, KEIJI HAINO AND 45 vendors, plus chocolate, Cameo Gallery [93 N. Sixth Slope, (718) 638–4400], TONY CONRAD WITH and live music. $20 ($15 St. between Wythe Avenue www.unionhallny.com. OKKYUNG LEE: $20. 8 students and seniors, kids and Berry Street in Wil- TUES, SEPT. 23 pm. Issue Project Room under 12 free). 11 am–6 liamsburg, (718) 302–1180], [22 Boerum Pl. at Livings- pm. Brooklyn Botanic www.cameony.net. PERFORMANCE WED, SEPT. 24 ton Street in Downtown, Garden [1000 Washington MUSIC, SCOTT AND CHAR- MUSIC, BIG & RICH: “Grav- (718) 330–0313], www.is- Ave. at Eastern Parkway in LENE’S WEDDING, FREE ity” release party. $69. PERFORMANCE sueprojectroom.org. Crown Heights, (718) 623– TIME: $10–$12. 8:30 pm. 6 pm. Brooklyn Bowl [61 MUSIC, KILLER WAILS, MUSIC, PARK SLOPE BLUE- 7220], www.bbg.org. Glasslands (289 Kent Ave. Wythe Ave. between N. HEAVY DUTY SUPER at S. Second Street in Wil- GRASS AND OLD TIME 11th and N. 12th streets EGO, THE UNION FOR- JAMBOREE: Featuring PERFORMANCE liamsburg), www.glass- in Williamsburg, (718) EVER, THE GRAND CAN- lands.com. James Reams and the MUSIC, KEIJI HAINO, XNOB- 963–3369], www.brooklyn- NONS: $8–$10. 7:30 pm. Barnstormers. Free. 8 pm. BQX, X WAVE: $20. 7 THEATER, “LUNACY”: The bowl.com. Rock Shop [249 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn Society for Ethi- Gallery Players perform pm. Issue Project Room MUSIC, JEFF KING BAND: A between Carroll and Presi- cal Culture [53 Prospect [22 Boerum Pl. at Livings- a play based on the work dent streets in Park Slope, Park West between First of Jules Verne. $10. 7 pm. tribute to John Coltrane. ton Street in Downtown, Free. 6–8 pm. Restora- (718) 230–5740], www. and Second streets in Park (718) 330–0313], www.is- Gallery Players [199 14th St. therockshopny.com. tion Plaza [1368 Fulton Slope, (718) 374–1086], sueprojectroom.org. between Fourth and Fifth MUSIC, THE DEFIBULATORS: www.jamesreams.com. avenues in Park Slope, (212) St. at Marcy Avenue in MUSIC, THE GIRAFFES: Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) $10. 7:30 pm. Bell House 352–3101], www.gallery- [149 Seventh St. at Third OTHER Reunion show. $15. 9 pm. players.com. 636–6996], www.restora- tionplaza.org. Avenue in Gowanus, (718) ART, DUMBO ARTS FESTI- The Wick [260 Meserole St. at Bushwick Place in MUSIC, WINDY BANGS, 643–6510], www.thebell- VAL: Dumbo’s annual arts Bushwick, (347) 799–1049], MON, SEPT. 22 PAINTING SOLDIERS, SKY houseny.com. festival, featuring hydro- PICNIC: $8–$10. 7:30 pm. MUSIC, BAY OF PIGS, ponic tomato plant sculp- www.thewicknyc.com. Rock Shop [249 Fourth Ave. GLAMOUR GIRL, GASH, tures, a traveling dance OTHER OUTDOORS AND TOURS between Carroll and Presi- DANSE DE SADE: $7. 8 party, and more. Free. AUTUMN EQUINOX CEL- dent streets in Park Slope, pm. Trash Bar [256 Grand 6–9 pm. Various locations FILM, “VAMPYR”: Silent hor- EBRATION: A sunset (718) 230–5740], www. St. at Driggs Avenue in Wil- around Dumbo, www.dum- ror classic set to a live score ceremony. Free. 6:30 pm. therockshopny.com. liamsburg, (718) 599–1000], boartsfestival.com. by band Black Lodge. $15. Grand Army Plaza (Union MUSIC, TRIBUTE TO LAU- www.thetrashbar.com. ART, “RUB ME THE WRONG Noon. Nitehawk Cinema Street between Flatbush REN BACALL: Perfor- MUSIC, THE DAYSLEEPERS, WAY” OPENING RECEP- [136 Metropolitan Ave. Avenue and Prospect Park mances by Roddy Mc- MONICA LIONHEART, TION: Artist Traci Talasco between Wythe Avenue West in Park Slope). Dowell, Ossie Davis, Carol SEASONAL BEAST, ZETI- transforms gallery into an and Berry Street in Wil- PERFORMANCE Lynley, Stuart Whitman, ZEN: $10. 8:30 pm. Glass- interactive, domestic envi- liamsburg, (718) 384–3980], lands (289 Kent Ave. at S. ronment created entirely www.nitehawkcinema.com. MUSIC, THE BLACK KEYS: and more. 8 pm. Black

Second Street in Williams- Carpaneda Fernando out of sandpaper. Free. $40–$115. 8 pm. Barclays Bear Bar [N. Sixth Street SPORTS, BROOKLYN STICK- betweebn Kent and Wythe burg), www.glasslands. Cat person: This work by Fernando Carpaneda is part of an art show exploring 6–9 pm. Brooklyn Arts BALL OLD TIMERS: 46th Center [620 Atlantic Ave. com. Council Gallery [111 Front at Pacifi c Street in Prospect avenues in Williamsburg, annual game and reunion. (718) 347–9149]. punk rock, horror, and psychedelia at MF Gallery opening Sept. 20. St. between Washing- Heights, (917) 618– 6100], ton and Adams streets in Free. 1 pm. (80th St. be- www.barclayscenter.com. tween Third and Fourth OTHER THURS, SEPT. 25 town, (718) 488–1624], therockshopny.com. Dumbo, (718) 625–0080], MUSIC, GYPSY SHIP, BA- OTHER avenues in Bay Ridge). TALK, MICHAEL H. WEBER: www.brooklyn.liu.edu/ www.brooklynartscoun- NANA BREAD, PLANET “The Fault in Our Stars” PERFORMANCE MUSIC, THE NEW ORLEANS READING, CAITLIN MORAN: cil.org. BROOKLYN POUR CRAFT RAWK, RED LUCY: 8 pm. KumbleTheater. screenwriter discusses THEATER, “THE DEFINITIVE SUSPECTS, THE RAD Launching her new book SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- BEER FESTIVAL: Featuring Trash Bar [256 Grand St. screenwriting. Free. 6:30 MUSIC, FRONT COUN- “How to Build a Girl,” in LANDERS V. NEW JERSEY more than 100 craft beers at Driggs Avenue in Wil- LOSER’S GUIDE TO WIN- TRY, CRICKET TELL THE TRADS: $10. 8 pm. Brook- pm. Kumble Theater at NING”: One-man show conversation with Hanna DEVILS: $15–$279. 7:30 from around New York and liamsburg, (718) 599–1000], Long Island University WEATHER, ASTRO- lyn Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. Rosin. Free. 7 pm. Power- pm. Barclays Center [620 beyond. $55–$85. 2–6 pm. www.thetrashbar.com. written and performed by [DeKalb and Flatbush av- Dui Jarrod. $20 ($15 with GRASS: $8–$10. 7:30 pm. between N. 11th and N. House Arena [37 Main St. Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Skylight One Hanson [1 Rock Shop [249 Fourth Ave. at Water Street in Dumbo, OTHER enues in Downtown, (718) student ID). 7 pm. Kumble 12th streets in Williams- Street in Prospect Heights, Hanson Pl. at Ashland Place 488–1624], www.brooklyn. Theater at Long Island between Carroll and Presi- (718) 666–3049], www. (917) 618– 6100], www.bar- in Fort Greene, (718) 230– READING, LAUREN BEUKES, liu.edu/KumbleTheater. burg, (718) 963–3369], powerhousearena.com. clayscenter.com. LEV GROSSMAN, JEFF University [DeKalb and dent streets in Park Slope, 0400], www.villagevoice. READING, LIZ PRINCE, Flatbush avenues in Down- (718) 230–5740], www. www.brooklynbowl.com. TALK, FUR-EVER FRIENDS THIS PARTY IS KILLING com/brooklynpour. Join the BROOKLYN HEART WALK Have fun and fight COMING SOON Heart Disease, the Vote for your favorite “Best Of Gay City” #1 killer of men & women for a chance to win an iPad, iPad Mini, in the U.S. David Barton Gym Membership, Hornblower Cruises and more!

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His way is the high way at St. Anthony’s Real estate exec pitches tram network for waterfont EVERY FRIDAY By Noah Hurowitz The Brooklyn Paper SATURDAY & SUNDAY This guy wants to get you high before work. 10 am till Dusk A real estate executive is East River Skyway West Houston Street pitching a network of sky- The last phase of the proposed gondola plan scraping trams as a way to would serve a chunk of the Brooklyn waterfront. Between Thompson St. & Macdougal St. beat the crowded subway commute between waterfront Levy is seeking private that it wouldn’t work without www.themarketplaceatstanthonys.com Brooklyn neighborhoods and funding for the scheme that something feeding it. Some- lower Manhattan. Under the he says could speed commut- thing like a streetcar. (718)332-0026 proposal, the gondola cars ers from Brooklyn to Man- “Gondola service would would whisk Brooklynites hattan in just four minutes, take a lot of muscle, but then between Dumbo, the Navy handling as many as 5,000 again [railroad and shipping Yard, Williamsburg, Green- commuters per hour, and magnate] Cornelius Vander- Affordable Family Dentistry point, and spots in Queens shaving as much as a half bilt started off rowing a ferry in modern pleasant surroundings and Manhattan. Trams, hour off of train transit times. between Staten Island and which are used as a tourist In other words, it is perfect State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Manhattan, and that took Emergencies treated promptly attraction in cities worldwide, for well-heeled Williamsburg muscle, too,” said Bob Dia- are an untapped technology residents looking to escape mond, who once ran a trol- Special care for children & anxious patients that could alleviate the under- the crunch of the Bedford Av- ley along Beard Street in Red WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD ground and roadway conges- enue L stop without having to Hook before the city pulled • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) tion that is mounting due to leave behind those East River • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding development near the water- views. The project would cost the plug on it along with Crowns & Bridges (Capping) the idea of a larger street- • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment front, said Daniel Levy, pres- $225-$300 million, accord- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings ident of CityRealty, a website ing to a rep for the East River car system. “But it needs to • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) for apartment seekers. Skyway group. be planned out properly. You • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) “An aerial transportation A longtime advocate for need a coordinated service Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer system would be a relatively alternative transit networks plan to distribute people into 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens the neighborhoods.” inexpensive and quickly- in Brooklyn, particularly the 624-5554 U 624-7055 East River Skyway Diamond’s Vanderbilt ref- deployable solution here return of the streetcar to Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking in New York,” he said in a The so-called “East River Skyway” would ferry train-weary straphangers Red Hook, said the gondola erence could not immediately and insurance plans accommodated statement. through the heavens between Williamsburg and Manhattan. scheme is not a bad idea, but be verified. CAMP RAMAQUOIS PARENT CAMP RAMAQUOIS, “A day pre-teens and teens a regular camp as complete as sleep- camp program in combina- away camp”, situated on 44 tion with an optional personal magnifi cent acres in nearby choice travel program. Day Talking domestic violence Rockland County. From adven- trips planned for 3rd–10 th grad- turous activities to creative ers; overnight trips planned th th th ay Rice, a star foot- we know fami- I felt like a failure as a dad be the case with Mrs. Rice arts to athletic activities, boys for 6 -10 graders. 10 Grade ball player in the lies who experi- in that moment, worrying I — who gave up working to & girls, ages 3-15 experience a Leadership Program. Hot lunch R NFL, knocked his fi- ence violence in- The had somehow set them up to care for their young daugh- traditional day camp program served in our air-conditioned ance out with a single punch side their homes, become future victims. ter) the victim doesn’t have fi lled with a variety of stimulat- dining room. Brooklyn trans- in an Atlantic City eleva- although these Now, one in high school the resources or support to ing activities. Facilities include portation is provided with a tor. He was charged with incidents re- and the other in college, they break free. felony aggravated assault, Dad have witnessed romantic re- I talk to my daughters an air-conditioned indoor gym, central pickup & dropoff loca- main invisible but entered an intervention to neighbors and By Scott Sager lationships among peers, about careers, work, and group bunks with bathroom fa- tion. We use air-conditioned program that allowed him friends. opining that some are good financial independence, cilities, a 5-acre crystalline lake, mini school buses with profes- to avoid prison and may let Almost certainly, my girls My daughters may quickly and some aren’t. They are but these issues take on 8 heated swimming pools, a sional school bus drivers; a bus his record be wiped clean. each have classmates who face dangerous situations in able to more clearly articu- new meaning in the face Many are outraged that he have witnessed one parent new romantic relationships late what it feels like to be of a violent partner. Hav- splash park, tennis, basketball counselor provides safety, as was only facing a two game physically attacking the and they will need to know treated respectfully. When ing a clear sense of what is & volleyball courts, hockey well as planned activities on suspension from football be- other, most likely a father, what to do. my older girl left for school, and isn’t acceptable in in- rinks, ball fi elds, a soccer fi eld, a the bus. Ramaquois is a magi- fore the video of the incident stepfather, or boyfriend hit- I remember talking to we agreed she could bring timate relationships is es- soccer rink, nature facility with cal camp where children ex- went public. ting their wife or partner. my girls a number of years home any partner as long sential for them to ensure What does this have to do The numbers are alarm- ago when the singer Chris as they treated each other they don’t end up in a bad petting zoo, special events & perience a sense of adventure, with my teenage girls? ing — one in four women Brown was arrested for at- with respect. situation. much more. 7 period programs meet new challenges, create On the long list of things has been the victim of se- tacking his then-girlfriend Janay Rice, Ray’s wife The public drama of Ray planned for each age group. wonderful memories and make my daughters should know vere physical violence by and pop star Rhianna. To my and the woman he flattened and Janay Rice offer me the Visit us as about before heading off into an intimate partner — and shock and dismay, both my with a hard left to the jaw, de- chance to talk with my girls Junior Camp for 3-6 year olds lasting friendships. the world, domestic violence what worries me most is daughters were unwilling to fends her husband. This isn’t about the often hidden issue has a separate campus with www.ramaquois.com or call ranks high. It seems not to that these attacks are most pass judgment on Brown or uncommon among those on of domestic violence. age-appropriate activities and 845-354-1600 to schedule a have touched their lives di- common among women be- say hitting your girlfriend or the receiving end in abusive It is an unfortunate oppor- facilities. Ramaquois off ers our personal tour. rectly, but statistics suggest tween the ages of 18 and 24. boyfriend is never, ever okay. relationships. Often (as may tunity that I can’t pass up. 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By Max Jaeger agency is using the oldest The laboratory-produced The Brooklyn Paper trick in the book to make lucky charms are safe for Come and get it! sure these raccoons take pets to eat, but too many The feds and an upstate their medicine. might cause vomiting, re- college are using vaccine- “It’s like putting a pill searchers said. The vaccine laced treats to inoculate inside some peanut butter can cause a rash in humans, Brooklyn’s raccoons against for your dog,” said the Agri- but only if it gets into an open rabies, the city announced culture Department’s Carol wound, Bannerman said. Agriculture Department of U.S. last week. Bannerman. Cornell University is The vaccine-laced food pellets (left) are printed The U.S. Department of The vaccines are coated funding the project with a with a warning. Feeding stations (right) dispense Agriculture will set up feed- in a “very smelly, fishy- state grant. the treats to raccoons and other rodents. ing chutes full of the me- scented material” made of The undertaking offers

U.S. Department of Agriculture Department of U.S. dicinal morsels in Brook- vegetable fat, icing sugar, the Ivy League agricultural woman Laura Bigler. shaped food chutes as well, U.S. Wildlife Services biologists take a tissue sample from an anesthetized lyn’s green spaces, agency and marshmallow flavor- school a rare research op- “Once the vaccine is in Bannerman said. raccoon to determine whether the animal ingested enough rabies vaccine. representatives said. The ing, she said. portunity, said spokes- the field, animals are live- But neither the city, the trapped and we take a sample Agriculture Department, of blood from the raccoons nor Cornell could confirm to determine what propor- that the vaccine dispensers tion have been immunized would reach Bensonhurst, and see how to work more where city workers discov- effectively,” she said. ered a rabid raccoon attack- The exact locations where ing a pack of feral cats on the biologists will set up the Aug. 20 . inoculation stations is still The feds and Cornell are under review, Bigler said. waiting on location approval Generally, feeding sta- from the city, which they ex- tions will stretch along pect will come this week, Brooklyn’s waterfront from Bigler said. Canarsie to Coney Island, “As soon as we get the and Prospect Park will get go-ahead, we’re ready to do its share of the beer-bong- it,” she said. MUSEUM... Continued from page 1 2006 to allow for more col- But the shows drew people in laboration among scholars droves and the criticism that who formerly worked only they did not keep up the high- within a specialized niche falutin standards expected of — a move observers ques- an art museum never stung, tioned at the time. Lehman said. Another feather in Leh- “ ‘Populist’ was never man’s cap was the 2007 open- considered a dirty word ing of the Elizabeth A. Sack- here,” he said. “You have ler Center for Feminist Art, to be willing to take some featuring Judy Chicago’s High energy bills risks. Taking risks is really famed installation “The Din- important.” ner Party” as a centerpiece. As a matter of fact, the But even that did not pass making you uncomfortable? hip-hop exhibit marked a without controversy, as long- turning point in how the time feminist artists staged borough sees the museum, a counter-show to coincide as well as the first time that with the center opening, say- Lower your energy costs with FREE energy upgrades kids dragged their parents ing they were shut out. to see a show rather than Today, as Lehman eyes Everyone should be comfortable at home. That’s why the EmPower New York the other way around, Le- the exit — he wraps up his hman said. stint as director mid-2015 program provides income-eligible residents* with free energy upgrades—all at no “It was a key change agent — First Saturdays are still in how the museum was per- running, though the dance cost to you. To learn more and see if you’re eligible, visit nyserda.ny.gov/comfort. ceived,” he said. parties that at times drew On Lehman’s watch, the crowds as big as 20,000 got average visitor age has dived the kibosh in 2012. And out » EmPower New York. A better life begins at home. from more than 55 to 35 and in front stands a permanent reminder of his tenure in the RES-EMP-cons14-ad-2-v1-8-14 the annual attendance and * You may be eligible for EmPower New York if you are eligible for HEAP benefits, participate in a utility payment assistance program or have a household income below endowment have more than form of a grand glass en- 60 percent of the state median (around $50,000 for a family of four). doubled, the museum said. trance pavilion flanked by Lehman also re-imag- fountains, the result of a ined the way the museum three-year, $63-million re- was managed, restructuring vamp that he oversaw in the the curatorial department in early 2000s .

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BAY RIDGE Photo by Stefano Giovannini to. But the two companies say money system. FEDERAL that, beyond making money, “We’re creating a self-suf- they are trying to make a dif- ficient complimentary econ- (Above) Sean Auriti, a ference. Both propose to cul- omy,” said Max Volsky, co- founder of Emrals and tivate a community of like- founder of Igobono. “We’re Alpha One Labs, is also minded users and incentivize not competing with the reg- working on a smart gar- good deeds with online cur- ular economy.” bage can that can track rency, but that is about where Volsky wants to facil- trash and even sort it. the similarities end. itate the exchange of un- (Left) Mike Dolan and The founder of Emrals used household items and Max Volsky founded the hopes to encourage people various kinds of services, company Igobono to cre- MAIN OFFICE: to clean up their neighbor- but in a system where users ate a new, online econo- hoods by awarding them have more of a stake than the my that can exist parallel 1TH3TREETs"ROOKLYN .EW9ORK points for performing tasks. Craigslist “Free” section. In to the current one. 0HONE   The points, in turn, can even- other words, a person who is tually be exchanged for cold, short on cash but needs some- is sponsored by Bloomberg BRANCH: hard cash. thing like a mop or a washer- “We want to create a com- dryer hookup installation can igobono Philanthropies. !VENUE:s"ROOKLYN .EW9ORK munity of people who want • • • trade his or her own items or Both startups are looking campaigns can be created in to clean up, who want to get Dumbo craft powerhouse 0HONE   labor for “bonos,” which can to become profitable, but also those countries now, but they their hands dirty,” said Sean then be exchanged for what Etsy participated in a day of in different ways. cannot be launched until Oct. Auriti, who also founded the they need. action along with Kickstarter Emrals skims a percent 21, the company said. www.brfcu.org Greenpoint do-it-yourself He got the idea for the last week in support of net neu- off of each transaction made, • • • trality . The companies posted space Alpha One Labs. site from watching people while Igobono hopes to even- The idea behind Emrals, he knew fail to capitalize on Instagram will host a messages on their websites tually incorporate advertis- pair of installations at this and urged their users to sub- which was a finalist in the latent talents and cool stuff ing and a fee for businesses city’s BigApps competition they had lying around, and year’s Photoville exhibi- mit comments to the Fed- that want to participate. tion in Dumbo. “Here in eral Communications Com- 
 
  this year, is for users to ad- he cites the fact that the aver- Each are in early stages of 


 dress litter problems in their age American household has the World: Voices of the mission, which is considering user recruitment, with Em- Instagram Community,” regulations that would allow communities by posting pic- $7,000 worth of knick-knacks rals at about 300 users, and tures to the website, then as- includes images posted to internet providers to charge 
 
 sitting idle as evidence that Igobono at 3,000. 


signing a value to the task of the idea will catch on. Instagram by 70 artists se- content companies for faster 
The latter has a base lected by the company. “The service, relegating others to

 cleaning it up. The offer is “I saw my friends strug- spread across the country,  
not in cash though; it is in a gling to monetize their idle Everyday Projects,” features slower loading times and ef- 
 

but the founder said his home photos from the various “@ fectively giving large corpo- 



 currency, also called Emrals, assets and skills,” he said. “I borough is ripe for socially   that is unique to the site. But thought we could use those everday” accounts that are rations greater control. minded startups because the based around the globe. The • • • Emrals can be bought with things to create a social econ- people here are up for trying and converted back to regular omy.” project is meant to show the A team of New York City things out for reasons beyond everyday lives of people in College of Technology stu- cash. The current exchange Once people agree to buy making money. rate is 100 Emrals to $1. and sell using his currency — parts of the world normally dents who we suspect have “Brooklynites are espe- seen in the media in the con- read their share of comics After users clean up the called bonos — then the sys- cially willing to experiment text of war and strife. won an international hard- problem area they take a pic- tem will function just like a with new technology for so- • • • ware design competition in ture, mark the listing as com- regular economy, with peo- cial change,” Volsky said. plete, and when the poster ap- ple buying and selling goods Brooklyn Museum is Shanghai earlier this summer. proves the cleanup, they get and services for agreed-upon Techno Files launching a new app that Eugene Babkin, Bijan Mokh- paid the promised amount. amounts, Volsky said. The Greenpoint-based crowd- will allow its visitors to in- tari, and Angjelo Kuka devel- 


“I want to empower peo- more people that use the ser- funding platform Kick- teract with the institution’s ex- oped TOBiAS, or Tele-Oper-






 
 
  ple to clean up the city,” Au- vice, the more types of prod- starter is going Scandinavian perts about the exhibits they’re ated Bi-Manual Augmented riti said. ucts and services can be ex- and Irish. The company an- looking at. The initiative is System, which controls a ro- The Dumbo-operated changed, he said. nounced on its blog this week slated to include more inter- botic torso by mimicking the VISIT SAFERCAR.GOV/THERIGHTSEAT website Igobono, on the “With scale, diversity that it will expand its services active visitor features that movements of the person sit- other hand, plans to keep its kind of takes care of itself,” to Denmark, Norway, Swe- will be rolled out over the ting inside it. Y’know, a lot proprietary currency sepa- he said. den, and Ireland. Fund-raising next three years. The project like Iron Man. Great rates like ours don’t grow on trees.

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