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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • , NY • ©2016 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/12 pages • Vol. 39, No. 10 • March 4–10, 2016 • FREE DISS AND VINEGAR consider test scores, attendance, and be- City again blindsides V’Hill with school changes havior — though not how. “After the rezoning, DOE said ‘Don’t worry about it, it’s going to be fine,’” — now junior high will handpick its students said Clifford Dodd, whose son attends kindergarten at PS 307. “Now to find out By Lauren Gill that there’s a screening process is really Brooklyn Paper frustrating, they never really took any of The city is bungling its high-stakes our concerns into consideration.” makeover of a struggling Vinegar Hill A rep for the department claims it middle-school, just months after its tone- did engage with the community, and deaf attempt to integrate the neighbor- based its decision to screen on discus- hood’s elementary school made national sions with locals and elected officials headlines. — though Hannah-Jones and Dodd Local parents say they were shocked say it was the first they had heard of it, to learn recently that the Department of and Council members Steve Levin (D– Education is adopting a screening pro- Dumbo) and Laurie Cumbo (D–Vine- cess for the Dock Street School — its gar Hill) refused to comment on their new name and look for MS 313, which it involvement. is relocating to a sparkling new Dumbo “The community decided this was condo building this fall. Applications the admissions procedure they felt was were due this week, but the city still best and we are continuing to work with can’t tell them exactly what its selec- them to implement it,” said department tion criteria will be, leaving families spokeswoman Toya Holness. once again fearful they will be pushed Those involved in designing the make- out of a school that almost exclusively over insist screening does not mean the

serves low-income minority students Photo by Louise Wateridge school will be overrun with rich white in the area. The new Dumbo development where the revamped MS 313 will go. kids. “We’re asking questions and we’re Goldsmith — who is part of an advi- not getting answers,” said Faraji Han- many of whom live in the neighboring received an influx of applications, ac- sory group of locals and officials con- nah-Jones, who is the co-president of sulting on the new-look school — says public Farragut Houses complex, and cording to David Goldsmith, the pres- the parent-teacher association at PS 307 it is exploring models in other schools ignited a city-wide debate over school ident of the local community educa- in Vinegar Hill, which the city contro- that screen prospective students precisely versially rezoned in January to include segregation. tion council. to include kids who don’t speak Eng- future students from Dumbo. “I don’t Nabbing a spot at MS 313 has not And PS 307 parents say they were lish as a first language, or who work think the DOE is being upfront and been a problem before — the school is excited about the new look and digs, well in groups, rather than those who since the rezoning they’ve stopped en- under-enrolled with only 74 students, too — until they learned through an can ace tests. gaging us.” and is on the state’s “persistently dan- article published in Chalkbeat at the “We want a school that could be a Hannah-Jones says Vinegar Hill par- gerous” list due to reports of violence. beginning of February that their off- great fit for a kid who is high achieving ents had been demanding the depart- But the city is making over the middle spring will not be given priority and but also students who are struggling,” ment give priority to kids from PS 307 school with a new name, specialist sci- those who are selected will be hand- said Goldsmith. when it moves the co-located junior high ence and arts curriculum, and fresh fa- picked from all applicants in the local Nevertheless, the city is still months in September. It is shifting the school cilities in Brooklyn’s wealthiest nabe, school district — which also includes away from deciding on what the exact Photo by Angel Zayas to make space for the influx of new- which it unveiled to great fanfare last parts of Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, criteria will be, he said — and middle- PS 307 parents Clifford Dodd and Faraji Hannah-Jones say the educa- comers the rezoning will bring — an month . Fort Greene, and Downtown. school applications were due last Tues- tion department ignored Vinegar Hill families when redesigning the abrupt change that came under fire for The redesign appears to be a suc- The new school application handbook day. Parents will find out where their local middle school. ignoring the opinions of local families, cess — the “new” school has already subsequently revealed the screening will kids have been accepted in April. Money in the banks! Report: Park has plenty of cash, doesn’t need Pier 6 towers

By Lauren Gill ist groups People for Green Space Department of Finance method- Space Foundation. “It’s going Brooklyn Paper and Brooklyn Bridge Park De- ology to determine its revenue for to be undeniable the park is go- Brooklyn Bridge Park is flush fense Fund to the park’s board the next half-century, resulting in ing to generate excess amounts with cash and doesn’t need to build of directors. estimates that vastly undervalue of money.” any more luxury housing to fi- Parks honchos say they need its future spending money. A rep for the park says it is still nance the sprawling waterfront to build high-rises on the lot to The park will haul in $22.5 mil- looking at the reports, but main- green space, according to a se- pay for immediate “preventative” lion annually from the stores, of- tains that it needs to build at Pier ries of new reports released on maintenance of timber piles built fice buildings, hotel, and housing 6 to stop the docks from disap- Monday. in the 1950s that hold the pier up it has already built, rather than pearing down the guts of tiny bugs The reports claim the park will but are being slowly eaten away the $13.5 million it is predicting, and also stands by its projections, reap some $800 million in extra by tiny shipworms called marine according to appraiser Rosin and which it estimated based on the moolah over the next 50 years, borers — a plan its own engineer- Associates. taxes of condominium buildings proving it doesn’t need to con- ing experts say will save money And it will become more ap- in the area surrounding the park struct its controversial planned in the long run . parent the park is rolling in dough — an approach the Department of towers at Pier 6 — or any other But the new analysis by ma- when the tax revenue comes in Finances doesn’t take when look- buildings — say local activists rine engineering outfit Golden- next year, claims an activist and ing into returns. who commissioned the studies rod Blue Associates says that is financial analyst who assessed the “While some may never ac- from real-estate appraisers and a waste of time and money — it studies — he claims projections cept it, we’ve exhaustively dem- could save $90 million by tack- based on the Rosen report show onstrated that the Pier 6 project is marine engineers. ODA/RAL Development Services / Oliver’s Realty Group “These reports cast significant ling the borers with regular in- the open space will have some essential to the park’s long-term Brooklyn Bridge Park honchos say they need these towers at Pier 6 to pay for the rest of doubt on whether any develop- spections like those conducted on $800 million in cash to splash financial stability,” said spokes- the park — but a new report says otherwise. ment at Pier 6 is necessary for the Lake Pontchartrain bridges in over the next 50 years. woman Belinda Cape, noting the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corpora- Louisiana, which are also held up “It will be very obvious that marine engineering expert the ac- tion to achieve its financial objec- with timber pillars. there’s no need to develop Pier 6,” tivists hired is not an expert in wood — is simply unacceptable.” State Development — a quasi-gov- vote due to the overwhelming op- tives,” says a letter from the lead- The study also claims a July said Henry Richmond, who lives pilings. “To put the financial fu- Park honchos are currently ernment state agency in charge position from residents and local ers of civic group the Brooklyn 2015 report on the park’s finances in a condominium in the park and ture of a park enjoyed by millions awaiting approval for construc- of overseeing development in the pols, according to a Wall Street Heights Association, and activ- used a model inconsistent with is head of the People for Green at risk — as these groups advocate tion on towers from the Empire park — though it has stalled its Journal report. MTA won’t build brand-new L train tunnel By Allegra Hobbs over federal funds set aside for isn’t possible,” said Del Teague, a Brooklyn Paper WILLIAMSBURG DEVELOPERS Sandy fix-ups — a pool of money member of the chair of the local They can’t dig their way out authorities are afraid will dry up community board’s land-use com- of this one. ALREADY PLANNING SHUTTLES if not assigned to a project by the mittee. “Things can be done if the The Transit Author- TO DEAL WITH DISRUPTION end of the year — the train reps government feels people are going ity will not build a new L train tunnel L would be on their own if they had to revolt strongly enough.” as an alternative to the extensive re- SEE PAGE 9 to conjure the billions for a brand The authority is mulling options pairs of the existing tubes that would new shaft, she said. for salvaging the two tubes, said close the line between the boroughs about safety.” could be a derailment But locals insist that digging a Elias — it may halt service entirely for years , say local pols — claiming Transit honchos if cement falls or there new tunnel remains the best op- to get the repairs done in about the atrophying Canarsie Tube is so claim the tubes that would be a signal failure tion for the L-adjacent commu- two years, or shut it on nights and close to collapsing, it may not have carry passengers be- because they are having nities, who would suffer during a weekends for up to seven years. time to construct another passage- tween Williamsburg and trouble with running the long-term closure, and refused to It is also considering fixing one way before it caves in. are in im- cables,” said Elias. accept the authority crying poor. tube at a time, though that would “Before they could complete mediate need of repair The authority also They demanded the city — which reduce service by about 75 percent such a project, the problems they due to damage caused says it does not have is planning to pour $2.5 billion and could take four years. are anticipating on the L train could by Hurricane Sandy in RIVER OF TEARS the cash for a new tube, into a flashy trolley line and $55 Elected officials are still push- happen,” said Minna Elias, chief 2012, said Elias — the according to Elias — million into extending ferry ser- ing transit reps to host a public of staff to Congresswoman Car- tunnels and the underlying wiring it claims the undertaking would vice along the — kick meeting some time in the next olyn Maloney (D–New York) last are falling apart after being rav- cost a $4.5 billion, while repairs in some and implore the Feds to month to provide more answers

Photo by Stefano Giovannini Wednesday at the first meeting of aged by salt water, and the author- to the crumbling tubes would fall preserve the expiring pile of Sandy to freaking out straphangers and The transit authority may shut the battered L train tube to the L Train Coalition, a group of ity says concrete could begin rain- closer to $700 million. funds, said one local. local businesses, said Elias, but so Manhattan for years of repairs, but won’t entertain the idea local businesses rallying to fight ing down within years. And while the city could cover “I don’t think we should just ac- far the tight-lipped authority has of building a new one. the closure . “They are concerned “What they’re afraid of is there most of the repair costs with left- cept the idea that the third tunnel refused to commit to a date. 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 4–10, 2016 Bay Ridge | Carroll Gardens | North Slope | Park Slope | Windsor Terrace Prospect Park liquor license approved Local panel gives the thumbs up to cocktails at Smorgasburg By Allegra Hobbs If the state body gives its But locals have not always Brooklyn Paper blessing, the Brooklyn Flea welcomed the presence of li- Forget Brooklyn’s Back- spin-off market will be of- quor in the garden — city yard — Prospect Park is now fering libations alongside its parks officials booted out Brooklyn’s Beer Garden! usual array of wacky finger short-lived music and food The organizers of hip- foods by its seasonal April festival the Great Googa- ster food market Smorgas- 3 opening, according to the Mooga three years ago af- TRADITIONAL DAY CAMP burg want to stick an open-air market’s co-founder Eric ter drunken hoards laid waste ON WHEELS TRAVEL CAMP cocktail bar on the Prospect- Demby. to its grassy meadows. CIRCUS CAMP | SOCCER ACADEMY Lefferts Gardens side of the Several park-goers wel- Demby insists his weekend LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE park, and locals say why not comed the new drinkery, bar will be on the right side — it is already full of booze- but some were skeptical that of the park’s mixed history hounds, anyway. it was really geared to the of consumption, however — SPRING BREAK MINI-CAMP “On any nice day on our nearby neighborhood. claiming it will ease into the April 25–29 | Grades Pre-K – 6 side of the park people drink “It’s nice to have an outdoor change by first serving only all over the place, barbecue, bar, but I wish they’d invest wine and beer before intro- OPEN HOUSE and leave lots of garbage,” in the surrounding commu- ducing cocktails made with Saturday, March 19 said resident and Commu- nity and neighborhood and not artisan liquors from borough 339 8th Street nity Board 9 member Tim just in entertainment that local distilleries. Presentation at 1 & 2:30pm Thomas, who first reported people can’t afford,” said Ben “Once we have the oper- the news on his blog the Q Childs during a stroll through ation down pat, we’ll think at Parkside. the greenery. about expanding,” said “It’s been that way for Photo by Jordan Rathkopf The pop-up bar would not Demby. years, and frankly it’s not Prospect-Lefferts Gardens locals and neighbors Gloria Guzman and Ben Childs be the first park outpost to “We understand it’s a peo- that big a deal and totally are all about enjoying a cold one in beautiful Prospect Park. sling intoxicants — the eat- ple’s park, and we not only www.parkslopedaycamp.com | 718-788-PSDC (7732) tolerated.” ery at its skating rink, Blue- have to show up in a way that Board members voted the Sunday food-fest to sell market moved from Brooklyn own Narragansett tall boy stone Cafe, has been quietly doesn’t disrupt the park, but 26–5 to recommend the wine, beer, and spirits within Bridge Park last summer — outside the zone would re- serving wine and beer since adds to people’s enjoyment    State Liquor Authority allow a roped-off area where the though cracking open your main prohibited. its 2014 opening . of the park.”    St. Joe’s takes the ‘LEED’ ON THE RADIO   t '! ( #" $" $ # Lander questions t )*# &!(+  & (  t  &! # ***! ( +*!   Bklyn trolley plan

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This band wants you get moving — but they are staying in place! Brooklyn afrobeat band Antibalas has returned to its Williamsburg roots with a monthly res- idency at . The 12-piece outfit aims to spend the final three months of its per- formance series freeing crowds from their ev- (718) 260–2500 March 4–10, 2016 eryday worries and getting their feet moving, Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings says the crew’s leader. “We’re committed to the idea of making mu- sic you can lose yourself in and you can find yourself in,” said Martin Perna, who founded the band in Williamsburg in 1998 — though he notes that no one in the band can afford to live in the neighborhood anymore. Since November, Antibalas — which is Span- ish for “bulletproof” — has used its residency to perform with special guests, such as Grammy- winning singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo. A Bard typical gig includes original material from the band and its guest, improvised music, and covers, but each performance is unique, says Perna. “Every artist has a different relationship with collaboration,” he said. “Anybody that goes to the Brooklyn Bowl will get to see the beginning of this new musical friendship formed right be- fore their eyes.” The band is also using the shows to test out back material from its new record, due out this sum- mer. Antibalas’s music blends jazz, funk, and Nigerian rhythms, and usually carries themes Shakespeare’s ‘lost’ of change and social justice, just like the band’s influences — African icon Fela Kuti and the legendary James Brown. play takes the stage “There’s so much uncertainty and fear going on in the world so we want to replenish people’s spirits and give them the energy to go out and By Dennis Lynch fight another day,” said Perna. Brooklyn Paper THEATER For this month’s show, on March 9, the band will welcome jazz and soul musician Brian Jack- “Double Falsehood” at t’s a new show from a the Irondale Center [85 son, best known for his collaborations with Gil 452-year-old writer. S. Oxford St. between Scott-Heron in the 1970s. Perna said they have I The little-known play Lafayette Avenue and an extra-special show planned for their April “Double Falsehood” — pos- Fulton Street in Fort edition, which falls on international stoner day Greene, www.lomthe- sibly written by Shakespeare atre.org, (718) 246–2211]. (April 20), and he vows it will be the freaki- — will make its Brooklyn March 5–April 9 at 7:30 est show yet. debut at the Irondale Cen- pm, April 14 at noon. $20 Antibalas with Brian Jackson at Brooklyn ter on March 5. The pasto- (free with online reserva- Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. at N. 12th St. in Williams- ral play, about the schemes tion, $50 VIP). burg, www.brooklynbowl.com, (718) 963–3369]. of a villainous Spanish no- March 9 at 8 pm. $15. — Lauren Gill ble, has everything a lover though the source material is of the Bard wants in a play, more than 400 years old, its the director said. treatment of rape culture, iden- “There’s four young lovers tity, and redemption are deeply BOOKS and involved fathers, there’s relevant to today’s audiences‚ a sword fight, they go to the says the director. mountains, girls dress up as “The play is unapologetic boys, people go crazy, there’s about how men treat women Reading picks talk of marriage — it almost and about men who don’t think feels like a greatest hits of of themselves as villains,” he Word’s pick — “A Brief History of Seven Shakespeare,” said Andrew said. “The speeches by the Killings” by Marlon James Borthwick-Leslie. women feel very proto-fem- This acclaimed novel, winner of the 2015 Man If the Bard of Avon did inist and the play as a whole Booker prize, follows the collision of many different in fact write “Double False- speaks to how class and gen- lives after the 1976 at- hood” — which recent linguis- der relate to each other.” tempted assassination of tic analysis suggests is true The Letter of Marque The- Bob Marley, with a story — the play is a literary and ater Company will perform the that spans decades and theatrical all-star collabora- script exactly as written — stretches across Kings- tion. Eighteenth century edi- whoever did write it — but it ton, Miami, and New tor Lewis Theobold produced is not a straight-and-narrow pe- York. A frenzied read, the play, claiming it was a col- riod piece. Older characters, it blends the plot with laboration between William like Henriquez’s father the an examination of geo- Shakespeare and playwright Duke, are dressed in period politics, gender, and the John Fletcher, based on a story garb, but the younger charac- War on Drugs. in Miguel de Cervantes’ clas- ters wear modern sneakers and — Kelly Stacy, sic “Don Quixote.” hoodies. The music is a similar Word [126 Franklin The story is driven by a rich, mash-up of period and mod- St. at Milton Street spoiled young man named Hen- ern pieces, all of it performed in Greenpoint, (718) riquez, who uses his position live by the actors. 383–0096, www.wordbrooklyn.com ]. to take advantage of women — The company will also host including the girl his friend Ju- a series of “Full Frontal Panel Community Bookstore’s pick — “The lio is in love with — along with Discussions” before three of the Knack of Doing” by Jeremy M. Davies assorted other crimes. Saturday performances, speak- If there is a certain knack that Jeremy M. Borthwick-Leslie called it ing with experts on Shake- Davies has, it is for breaking apart a story, the work of an older and wiser speare themes, and using the guts and all, right in Shakespeare, weathered by play’s themes to address equal- Smith Theik front of the reader. In loss. It revisits many themes ity for women, and men’s roles Family matters: The new production of “Double Falsehood” stars Adam Huff as the evil nobleman Hen- his first collection, Da- of his earlier plays, but is darker in creating a more safe culture rique, Nolan Kennedy as his father Duke Angelo, and Welland H. Scripps as Henrique’s good brother Rod- vies shows off his bril- and more sophisticated. And for women. erick. The show starts at Irondale Center on March 5. liant, bizarre short fic- tion, including a tale of two young lovers torn dancing duo love the space they apart, literally, by fall- now have to accommodate all ing glass; a lynch mob of their programs, they said. in pursuit of a magi- “Dumbo is probably one of cal tax man, told from the most exciting areas in New the perspective of the Pas de new York and we love St. Ann’s mob; and the story of Warehouse,” said Chernov. an executioner with a Ballet duo debut dance “You can’t get space like this penchant for breeding in Manhattan, it’s not pos- mice. These 13 heady, hilarious stories reaf- By Julianne Cuba sible. This is the most per- firm the author’s place as one of the best and Brooklyn Paper BALLET fect space.” brightest of modernist writers. Chernov, a dancer and cho- “Stealing Time” at — Hal Hlavinka, Community Bookstore [43 t’s a new home and new Gelsey Kirkland Arts reogrpher for more than 45 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- show! An acclaimed bal- Center [29 Jay St. be- years, is excited for his show’s field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. I let company that made the tween Plymouth and debut, though he hopes ev- commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. grand jeté from Manhattan to John streets in Dumbo, erything comes together (212) 600–0047, www. Dumbo last year will debut gelseykirklandacade- smoothly, he said. Greenlight Bookstore’s pick — “The an original production this myofclassicalballet.org]. “I’m nervous as hell. It’s a Minotaur” by Benjamin Tammuz month. Creating the piece March 17–20. $20–$59. lot of work, trying to make ev- Europa Editions “Stealing Time,” which opens erything happen at the same brought this lost clas- on March 17, is a bold new the scenario of “Stealing time is very complex,” he said. sic back into print as step for the Gelsey Kirkland Time.” The new ballet uses “It’s very rare there is a new part of its “World Noir” Ballet, said its founder. the music of German com- full-length ballet that gets put series. Despite its spy- “It’s the first time we’ve poser Kurt Weill in a surreal on, and there is a return to story trappings (Israeli had a full story ballet, origi- comedy about love, time, and story ballet with narrative, so spy in London in the nal story,” said Gelsey Kirk- conflict, said Chernov. this is an important event.” 1960s develops ob- land, who is also the show’s “It’s about people who have Working on the show has session with a young co-artistic director. “It’s of trouble with time,” he said. “It’s been a great learning expe- English woman, trade- course our mission to grow time itself, like when you’re rience for 22-year-old Dawn craft ensues), it is re- and create new works.” born and when you die. And Milatin, who plays Venus, the ally a love story that Kirkland, once the princi- love has no time, so it’s this wife of the main character in unfolds over the course pal dancer for the American conflict in human beings, be- “Stealing Time.” of decades, evoking Ballet Theatre, has danced the tween love and structure.” “It’s really cool the process all the great literary lead in ballets including “The Kirkland and Chernov since it’s a new work. We’re questions of love, fate, and the consequences Nutcracker” and “Romeo and moved the Gelsey Kirkland working together with the direc- of deceit. Graham Greene loved it. I loved it. Juliet” for audiences across the Academy of Classical Ballet tors and choreographers figur- You will love it. globe. She now teaches at her and its associated ballet com- ing out everything for the first — Christien Shangraw, Greenlight Bookstore Travis Magee own studio in Dumbo, along pany to Dumbo last June, into time. 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By Crowther Bosley son and Christian Camargo’s enjoyable. For Brooklyn Paper Pericles, have a fine sense of “Pericles” at the Polon- when to keep it simple and sky Shakespeare Center he little-produced Shake- when to indulge in a little scen- [262 Ashland Place between speare play “Pericles” is ery-chewing for comic or melo- Lafayette Avenue and Fulton T pretty much bonkers, and dramatic effect. Two of the vil- Street in Fort Greene, (212) this new production leans lains, the incestuous Antiochus 229–2819, www.tfana.org]. right into it. (Earl Baker) and a wicked fos- Through March 27, Tue– “Pericles” feels more ter mother (Nina Hellman) are Fri at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 pm like an forerunner of an ac- deliciously bombastic. The and 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. tion movie than the poetic boldly colored costumes, live $75–$100. drama we expect from the music, and clever design give Bard of Avon. The produc- the piece a bright freshness. But tion currently running at the there is so much journeying Polonsky Shakespeare Cen- hither and yon, and so much ter, from celebrated British parallel action in different lo- director Trevor Nunn, work- cations, that any deeper themes ing with an American cast for get obscured. Still, there are the first time, fills every inch plenty of incidental pleasures: of the stage with vivid colors the parade of knights vying in and original music. the jousting tourney; the genu- The plot is packed: Dur- inely touching reunion between ing the show’s two hours and Pericles and his daughter after 45 minutes, we get three ship- 16 years of separation; and the wrecks, two foiled assassina- racy brothel scenes — espe- tions, a joust for the hand of a cially a terrifically entertaining princess, a pirate kidnapping, Henry Grossman sequence in which a madam the 17th-century equivalent of Low blow: The saintly Marina (Lilly Englert) suffers at the hands of an over-the- (Patrice Johnson Chevannes) trafficked sex workers, a burial top brothel-owner (Patrice Johnson Chevannes), in the production of “Pericles” and her enforcer (John Keat- at sea, a famine, an incestuous currently running at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center. ing) attempt to turn the virtu- king struck by lightning, and ous Marina (Lilly Englert) into a hero constantly on the run action as if it were a Grimm’s to my ear — to make the poet The narration and the music a prostitute, but are defeated by from would-be killers. The poet fairy tale. Nunn has reassigned a master of ceremonies, guid- give the evening an archetypal, her implacable goodness. Gower (Raphael Nash Thomp- some dialogue and added a few ing the action with a cluster of folk-tale feel. It hardly feels like Shake- son) sonorously narrates the lines — which stuck out a bit, musicians at his beck and call. The actors, led by Thomp- speare, but it is thoroughly

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funded season, one of Carter’s minions — a boy who brought jars of water to the workers — Lenore goes crazy for dug into the sand to make a lit- tle hole to hold one of the jars. He always did this, to make them stand upright. But this this Tutankhamun show time, his hand hit a smooth, flat surface. It was the top of a long- n Nov. 26, 1922, Howard buried staircase. Carter took out the little The rest is ancient history. chisel his grandmother O But the exhibit is so vibrant, had given him on his 17th birth- 3IZNFTXJUI this history doesn’t feel that day when he, an English lad, far removed. In an era when was already obsessed by an- ISIS is blowing up monuments cient Egypt. Now pushing 50, a $3";: because it wants to erase the middle-aged archeologist who past, Tut’s successor chiseling had seemed promising, then By Lenore Skenazy his name off of statues seems washed up, then possibly prom- familiar. And once you learn ising again, Carter was stand- centric aunt. There are beds own — missing Tut’s name the soap opera of Tut’s family ing in a hole in Egypt’s Valley shaped like animals, wheels on the back. — his grandfather was a great of the Kings, sweating. leaning against each other like An ancient cup also in- and beloved ruler, his dad re- Hoping against hope, he a bunch of ancient bike tires, scribed with Tut’s name made versed everything the grandpa tapped his childhood chisel trunks, stools, vases and — oh Carter increasingly certain had done, even changing the on the underground doorway yes — a baby throne made out that history had not accounted country’s religion and capital, of what looked like it could be of gold. It is sitting in the back, for King Tut, and neither had then Tut changed all it back a tomb, or at least some kind — the young king doesn’t of repository. Once he finally abandoned as any highchair archeologists. But who was seem so unreachable. You made a hole, he poked a can- you’d put in your attic once your Tut? There was no other trace see the tiny coffin that con- dle through. child-king outgrew it. of him. If he had ruled, where tained his stillborn daughter. “Can you see anything?” Weirdest of all are the doz- was he buried? Why had no You learn there were flow- asked his companion and ens of egg-shaped containers one found him yet? Perfection On A Plate slightly larger than footballs. Carter convinced Herbert, ers still on his casket when benefactor, George Herbert. Carter uncovered it. “Yes,” Carter replied. “Won- These held food for the after- the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, life — the sacred lunch boxes to fund his search, and spent Then you exit back to the derful things.” modern kingdom of New York And I just saw them, too: The of their day. years digging fruitlessly, Extraordinary Food As you wind your way searching for Tut’s tomb. City, dazzling, magnificent, gold and glories — and tchotch- through the exhibit, chock- Carnarvon was about to call invincibl.e And you wonder: kes — of King Tut’s tomb. Who will wander the exhibit At the Discovery of King a-block with dazzling golden it quits when Carter begged coffins and surprising hiero- him for one more season of about us? Tut, a midtown exhibit that The Discovery of King Tut Impeccable Service faithfully recreates exactly glyphics (including a whole funding. Reportedly worried wall done in a baboon mo- that Carter would finally find (417 Fifth Ave. at 38th Street, what Carter saw when he be- www.tutnyc.com).Mon– came the first human in 3,000 tif), your audio guide informs the tomb just when he pulled you of the fact that Carter had out, the earl signed another Thur, 11 am–7 pm; Friday, years to lay eyes on Tut’s tomb, 11 am–9 pm; Saturday, 10 check. (And, weirdly enough, Rave Reviews you wander through room af- been searching for King Tut’s am–9 pm; Sunday, 10 am–7 ter room of amazing artifacts, tomb ever since he learned you can see how the Earl could pm. $27 ($17 children; $22 with the special excitement of that the statue of a later pha- have afforded this hobby if seniors; $65 for a “Family 4 seeing them just the way they raoh once actually had another you watch public television: Pack” (2 child minimum). were when first discovered. name on it: “Tutankhamun.” “Downton Abbey” is filmed in Lenore Skenazy is a key- The room full of “amazing The later pharaoh had chis- his modest little home.) note speaker and author Enjoy Premium Hand-Cut Steak Nightly, things” that Carter saw looks eled off Tut’s name off the But back to Egypt: At and founder of the book Prepared To Perfection exactly like the attic of an ec- front and replaced it with his around the time of this final, and blog Free-Range Kids. 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Free. 9 performance by the Erica READING, DAVID SCOTT Third Avenue in Gowanus, Essner Performance Co-Op; (718) 643–6510], www.the- pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth Saturday & Sunday KASTAN: The author dis- Ave. between 17th and storytelling by Queer Mem- cusses his book “A Will to bellhouseny.com. oir; beatboxing by Ashley Believe,” a surprising and 18th streets in Greenwood “Saywut?” Moyer; and mu- often-moving examination Heights, (718) 768–0131], sical performances. Free. of how religion animates WED, MARCH 9 www.freddysbar.com. 11am – 3pm 5 pm. Brooklyn Museum Shakespeare’s plays. Free. 7 FILM, AUSTRALIA’S FOCUS [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Wash- pm. Theatre for a New Audi- ington Avenue in Prospect ON ABILITY SHORT FILM FRI, MARCH 11 Heights, (718) 638–5000], ence, Polonsky Shakespeare FESTIVAL: Enjoy a selec- www.brooklynmuseum.org. Center [262 Ashland Pl. tion of fi lms, refreshments ART, DREAMCATCHING See menu @ between Fulton Street and and great company. Enter OPENING RECEPTION: COMEDY, IN COOL COM- Lafayette Avenue in Fort PANY WITH EVAN BERKE: the 2016 festival drawing A group show, with work Greene, (212) 229–2819], to win cash prizes and a trip exploring dreams from 37 A comedy and music party. www.tfana.org. www.AtlasSteak.com $12 ($10 in advance). 10 pm. to The Land Down Under. artists. With an interactive The Hall at MP [470 Driggs TALK, THE MOTH STORYS- Free. 5:30 pm. ICS Artists talk about your dreams at Ave. between N. 10th and LAM: A storytelling com- on Wheels Gallery [25 Elm petition where the stage is 7 pm. Free. 6–9 pm. Club N. 11th streets in Williams- Pl. between Livingston and 157 [157 Manhattan Ave. burg, (718) 387–4001], the- open to any and all with a Fulton streets in Downtown, story to tell on the evening’s between Meserole and Sc- hallbrooklyn.com. (877) 958–8427], www.icsny. holes streets in Williams- theme. $10. 8 pm. Bell org/our-social-programs. House [149 Seventh St. at burg, (570) 647–9591], www. 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By Allegra Hobbs borough is already stopping Brooklyn Paper straphangers from moving in Yoga rooms and roof- along the line, and Charno top pools be damned — the says the company wanted to next must-have amenity for offer some early assurance. luxury Williamsburg apart- “I think everybody is wor- ment buildings could be sub- ried about how they’ll get to way access. work,” he said. “We decided The developer of a new very early on that if we could waterfront complex is al- avoid our residents having ready promising to shut- any anxiety about that, why tle its charmed residents to wouldn’t we?” nearby subway stations if Agency honchos say they the Metropolitan Transpor- need to fix up the two con- tation Authority goes ahead crete L-train tubes that run with plans to stop L-train ser- between the boroughs, which vice to Manhattan for years were ripped apart by the 2012 of repairs in 2018 , in an effort superstorm, but still haven’t to dissuade the tenants from defecting elsewhere. announced exactly how it “We decided the best thing will do so. we could do is to be proac- Photo by Louise Wateridge The authority may freeze The developer of the luxury high-rise One North tive and position us in the service entirely for a two-year best possible way both for Fourth Place in Williamsburg is promising a free construction binge, fix one existing tenants and filling shuttles if L-train service to Manhattan freezes for tube at a time for around four the building up,” said Steven long-term repairs. years, or perform night and Charno of Douglaston Devel- weekend repairs that could THIS SHOW SUPPORTS THE NYC opment, which opened One and $8,500 — says it will that it will close the L-train drag on for seven years. It has North Fourth Place near the drive residents between its tunnel to fix damage caused already ruled out building a HOMELESSS SHELTERS, SO PLEASE river last year. front door and the JMZ line at by Hurricane Sandy. new tunnel altogether . The North Fifth Street Pier- Marcy Avenue station during Real-estate brokers claim Officials are expected to adjacent high-rise — where rush-hour if the transit agency the spectre of years without offer some answers in a meet- BRING A SWEATER TO DONATE pads range between $3,500 follows through on reports the service to the neighboring ing next month. THURSDAY MARCH 10, 2016 | DOORS OPEN AT 5PM

1029 BRIGHTON BEACH AVENUE Raad Studio Raad Studio’s fantasy of an idyllic rural landscape on top of the old Rheingold factory is not to be. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11235 industrial site — bounded by SPECIAL GUESTS PERFORMANCES BY Melrose Street and Flushing, Bushwick, and Evergreen av- enues — in 2013 to allow for What a crop out! residential buildings, after Read made a non-binding promise to earmark a third Developer won’t yield to architect’s dream of the units there for below- market-rate housing, and locals of giant corn fi eld on old Rheingold site have been demanding the new By Allegra Hobbs avenues, but the architect re- ing up food and drink made owners uphold that pledge ever Brooklyn Paper sponsible says the property’s from its harvest. since it changed hands. Meanwhile, Read still hasn’t They’re all ears! owner has already rejected the “It was going to be half ame- Bushwick residents are fantastical plan. nity, half aggregation point for filed any plans for the Flushing clamoring for answers about “Alas, it’s not gonna hap- people to get involved in work- and Evergreen avenues por- what the developers of the pen,” said architect James ing the dirt,” said Ramsey. tion of the property. TALIB KWELI neighborhood’s old Rheingold Ramsey of Raad Studio, whose Developer Read Property Ramsey said he has no idea JERU THE DAMAJA brewery plan to do with the firm is best known for creating Group owns the site, accord- what the developer has up its “GET BY” “COME CLEAN” site, and now they can cross the Lowline, a proposed sub- ing to city records — it once sleeve, but he is still clinging one thing off the list — a gi- terranean answer to Manhat- owned most of the former bot- to some hope it may see the ant rooftop cornfield. tan’s High Line park. tling complex, but sold some light and give the community Real-estate blogs were Ramsey’s field of dreams of it off to two other devel- the glorious rooftop field he aflutter on Monday after un- envisioned a community gar- opers last year, and all eyes thinks it deserves. covering renderings of an idyl- den atop retail stores, with an have been on the newcomers “It would be awesome,” lic farm covered in golden rows attached hotel and restaurant ever since. he said. “Maybe we’ll actu- of maize on the roof of a build- that would reap the benefits of That is because the city con- ally pressure them to go ahead ing at Flushing and Evergreen the elevated farmland, serv- troversially rezoned the entire and do it.”

SLICK RICK LORD JAMAR MUSIC BY Deadly hit-and-run in Slope “MONA LISA” DJ DREWSKI By Zach Jones Street at approximately 4:56 cording to a spokesman. san Altima sedan with a dam- & SADAT X for Brooklyn Paper am on Sunday morning when Authorities found the vic- aged passenger-side bumper, BRAND NUBIAN Authorities are looking for a Greenwood Heights-bound tim badly injured on the scene, missing passenger-side mir- “PUNKS JUMP UP” a hit-and-run driver who fa- driver mowed into him, then and paramedics took him to ror, and inoperable passenger- tally plowed down a pedes- motored down Fifth Avenue New York Methodist Hospi- side headlight. trian in Park Slope early Sun- without stopping, according tal, where he was pronounced Police ask anyone with in- day morning. to police. dead, cops said. formation to call (800) 577– MUSIC BY The 41 year-old victim was They still don’t know which Cops describe the suspect’s 8477, or submit tips at www. crossing Fifth Avenue at Ninth party had the green light, ac- vehicle as a tan or gold Nis- nypdcrimestoppers.com. SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO DJ BIG KAP DJ JAHMEDICINE Hillary and my daughters ALL AGES | 21 TO DRINK oth my daughters will ground equipment Interested in the sciences be voting in a presi- with huge smiles on and film, my daughters are en- DONT MISS THE FINALS B dential election for the their faces, while The tering fields notoriously unwel- first time this year, symbolic fending off the coming to women. The prom- Monday, April 18 & Tuesday, April 19 of their emerging adulthood. criticism of other ise of their childhood — being Perhaps more importantly, for parents for allow- judged for their work and their the first time there may be a ing such risky be- Dad ability — could be an empty woman candidate for president havior, or spotting By Scott Sager pledge. The election of a qual- of a major party, and, symbolic them as they hung ified woman, and it is hard to of the hope I have for my chil- upside down on the monkey fewer positions and oppor- say that Hillary Clinton isn’t dren’s futures, a female Presi- bars, at the same time shush- tunities remain denied to my more qualified than any other dent of the United States. ing my wife’s nervous and cau- daughters. Still, there is the big candidate in the field, to lead I’m not in favor of voting tioning utterances, these were one in the United States, that of our country signals there are for a candidate simply because experiences I could make pos- president, leader of our coun- no limits to what my girls may of their sex, but in this case, sible for my girls. try. Other countries of almost strive for and achieve in their Hillary Clinton’s gender is They’ve had access to every type of government, re- 620 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 lives and that the time has come incredibly relevant. My girls, sports and a range of experi- ligion, and region have elected 18- and 20-years-old, are en- ences, and I’m not saying my female leaders, but my girls when they can expect the same Sponsored by tering the work world, emerg- kids haven’t had role models. have yet to see a single woman chance to succeed as men in ing as adults with increasing Starting with their successful be put forward as a candidate any field. responsibilities and ambitions. mother, female teachers in all by either major political party. As with so many firsts, it is Leaving a supportive home, disciplines, relatives and moth- Plenty of women have run for only important that a woman FOR SEATING & TICKETING INFORMATION the world around them is less ers of friends, my daughters’ president, from Victoria Wood- serves as president until it’s likely to treat them equally, or world is filled with smart, cre- hull on the Equal Rights Party happened, then becoming an even fairly, as women. ative, successful women who (never heard of them, right?) historical footnote like Ken- WWW.MASTERTHEATER.COM As young children on the have exciting, demanding ca- in 1872 through Jill Stein for nedy being Catholic. It will HTTP://DAILYNEWSGOLDENGLOVESSLICKRICK.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM playground, my ability to en- reers. Still, I fear the glass ceil- the Green Party in 2012 (who be unimportant, I hope, to courage them and help them ing awaits my girls. received about 470,000 — or my granddaughters, but to handle new challenges and take The list of first accomplish- .36 percent of votes cast), but my daughters, Hillary’s elec- TICKET PRICES: $10.00 $20.00 & $30.00 SEATS risks was great. Letting them ments for women gets longer none with a legitimate chance tion is incredibly relevant to climb on the outside of the play- every year, accelerating as of winning. the rest of their lives. March 4–10, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 10 11 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 4–10, 2016 12 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 4–10, 2016