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By Ariella Cohen Workers wearing gardening gloves ic asbestos and then demolishing the workers used grocery carts to haul odd will be demolished before the mega- The Brooklyn Papers and knit caps arrived at the moody 19th-century structure. pieces of furniture and mixing bowls project is even approved. Samuel Underberg Building at the in- Five other buildings nearby will fol- still wrapped in plastic from the Un- The initial demolition work fol- It has begun: Bruce Ratner has tersection of Atlantic and Flatbush av- low — the historic beginning of a proj- derberg building, which once housed lowed a report issued by a Ratner- started clearing the site of his pro- enues around 11:30 on Tuesday morn- ect that may take more than a decade to a food supply store. hired engineer that recommended the Carolers posed Atlantic Yards arena, resi- ing to begin what will be a complete and cost $3.5 billion. The buildings — all owned by Rat- building be torn town to prevent a col- dential and office mega-project. months-long process of removing tox- In this first step this week, the ner or in contract to be sold to him — See RATNER on page 13 to Bruce: You’re a Scrooge! By Emily Keller TAKE A HIKE for The Brooklyn Papers At first glance, the carolers — with their red- and-green felt hats, their sheet music and their Transit union strikes, Brooklyn walks accordion accompaniment — appeared to be just another group of holiday mirth-makers on Park By Gersh Kuntzman urns and using up several rolls of toilet paper, a Slope’s Fifth Avenue this week. The Brooklyn Papers Markowitz spokeswoman said. And then they broke into song. “On the 12th day of Christmas, Bruce Ratner took He was there when they went to work in the Welcome to Brooklyn from me/12 months of taxes/11 blocks of sidewalks/10 morning, trudging over the Brooklyn Bridge One Upper East Sider who decided he’d walk acres peopled/nine cultures mixing/eight unclogged sub- in their sneakers or walking their bikes, and to work in DUMBO got hopelessly lost — ways/seven days a-strolling/six sportless months/DE- he was there when they came back, a little while he was still in Manhattan! MO-CRA-CY!/four years in building/three neighbor- worse for wear, but still in good spirits. hoods/two thoroughfares/and an apartment for my The confused pedestrian started down Second family!” Many bi-ped commuters just assumed Borough Avenue, which would have led him to the If the lyrics didn’t give them away, a closer inspection President Markowitz spent the entire first day of Manhattan Bridge — but when foot traffic was of the jaunty hats revealed the words “eminent domain the strike on the bridge’s fabled footpath. too heavy, he shifted to First Avenue. abuse” with a red slash mark through them — a symbol “Welcome back to the big time, Brooklyn, When he got to the eastern spur of Canal Street, of groups opposed to Ratner’s sports, residential and com- USA!” the irrepressible Beep told his constituents he turned left instead of right, and “ended up get- mercial mega-development at the Atlantic Yards. as they returned home during the evening rush ting lost in that crazy off-the-grid tangle down The so-called Prospect Heights Action Carrollers hour on Tuesday. there,” his boss, who requested anonymity for (sic) were mostly well received in Park Slope, but they Despite the hassles of the day, most were everyone involved, told The Brooklyn Papers. smiling. “When he finally got to work, he was tired, “Were you here all day, Marty? God bless yes, but far more mortified that he had gotten you,” one woman said. lost on the island of Manhattan.” “No, just a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours now,” Markowitz told A timely class trip her. But he got a hug anyway. For a Fort Greene school, the transit strike On a practical level, Markowitz was steering the made for an exciting class trip. mass of humanity towards Borough Hall, where More than 40 students from the Urban his staff was dispensing coffee, tea and little Assembly School for Law and Justice — the Entenmann’s carrot cakes (not bad, by the way). ones who actually made it to school on Tuesday This being Brooklyn, there were some who — headed to Cadman Plaza, where a group of viewed Markowitz’s caffeinated offering warily. transit strikers were walking the picket line. “Is it free?” asked one man. “We decided this was a good chance to show the “Of course it’s free!” Markowitz said. “Oy, students something relevant to their lives and the the last thing I need is to charge people for cof- legal issues they study,” said teacher Julian fee. I’d be on the front page of all the papers!” Sciammarella, who handed out clipboards and On a less-practical level, Markowitz said he told the students to interview the strikers.

felt an obligation to entertain the troops during “They really want their money,” said ninth- Callan / Tom the strike. grader Edania Heslop, who lives in Flatbush. “I Amy Greer The Prospect Heights Action Carrollers (sic) sing out “What else can I do? I don’t have a seat at the understand where they’re coming from, but if against the Atlantic Yards project in Park Slope. negotiating table,” he told The Brooklyn I’m going to be a lawyer, I need to understand Papers. “I feel that this is the least I can do to both sides.” did quickly overstay their welcome at the new Com- keep people’s spirits up.” But, Heslop added, even standing in the cold Papers The Brooklyn merce Bank on Fifth Avenue. Dozens of people took Markowitz up on his to interview strikers was “more fun than a regu- Mayor Bloomberg marches over the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday morning from At first, an unsuspecting bank employee let the revelers offer, drinking the contents of three large coffee lar day at school.” the Office of Emergency Management building in DUMBO. inside — but once there, the singers broke into some of their big hits, turning “Jingle Bell Rock” into “Ratnerville Sucks” and “Silent Night” into “Blighted Heights.” “Ratner’s a shmoe and Ratnerville blows,” they sang to frightened employees, including bank manager Eileen Holmes, who worried the new branch’s image would be tarnished. Real New Yorkers LOVE the transit strike “We can’t get political,” said Holmes. “We’re not supposed to have this stuff. We’ll get hate mail.” HE TRANSIT STRIKE is the sie (from Canarsie, Jerry! Canarsie!). network!” Brooklynite, would have ensured But one customer threatened to close his brand new best thing that could ever hap- THE BROOKLYN Naturally, reporters ignored the real “This is a transit strike,” Barowitz that there was coffee and good account if Holmes booted the singers. pen to us — even if some of us story and chose to lead the gripe pa- retorted. bagels. I will talk to him about that.” The customer, Jon Crow, told The Brooklyn Papers T By Gersh can’t see it. Kuntzman rade. At the mayor’s digs — the Of- The mayor, hatless, eventually Fortunately, the mayor was told, that he had opened an account with the bank because it ANGLE “Transit chaos!” screamed the fice of Emergency Management head- emerged, and gave his first exclu- La Bagel Delight has finally opened showed good faith when it abandoned a plan for a biking or walking in the cold to a quarters under the Brooklyn Bridge, sive of the day to this bike-grease- on Front Street. drive-through window after local complaints. front page of the Post. “We’re Stuck,” added the Daily News. job you probably hate when you can where he slept on a double-wide cot stained wretch. Bloomberg walked a few more “If I hear different[ly], I’m going to close my ac- whine all day about it and be com- and an air mattress — news producers “The hospitality I’ve experienced blocks in his faded jeans and tasseled count here,” Crow warned Holmes. And these people call themselves New Yorkers? pletely justified? screamed at mayoral spokesman Jor- in Brooklyn has been extraordinary,” loafers, and then he was off, bound- After filling the bank with holiday cheer, the carol- dan Barowitz after he said the mayor Hizzoner said, although he did echo ing up the stairs of the Brooklyn ers headed towards Seventh Avenue, where they en- Let’s face it, the only time a New New Yorkers generally don’t talk countered giggles, smirks and indifference. Yorker is truly happy is when he to each other, but the transit strike ac- would not do live interviews with the most persistent culinary complaint Bridge towards the world beyond. Some pedestrians said they thought the lyric, “Rat- gets to complain about how tough it tually brought us together, as we Matt and Katie or Harry Smith. of DUMBO residents: No bagels. People travel from all over the ner hell time/Something smells time/To line pockets at is to be a New Yorker. shared cars and shared war stories. I “You don’t understand,” one of “I would have thought that our globe to walk over the Brooklyn the MTA,” was about the transit strike. So what’s the inconvenience of even talked to a woman from Canar- the producers screamed. “This is a commissioner, Joe Bruno, a lifelong Bridge. So who am I to complain? But the singers were undaunted. “Our caroling is one of those little events that drive the big guys crazy,” said Schellie Hagan. But it was unclear how crazy. Joe DePlasco, a spokesperson for the big guy himself, said simply, “For what it’s worth, we hope that they — and the handful of people they speak to — have a wonderful holiday season.” Boro’s biggest New Year’s nightlife guide P10

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He held the brown- Champagne Toast at Midnight! on Myrtle Avenue, across the stairs resident, who said he saw street from the J&W Restau- thought the prowler had left, ac- handled kitchen tool to her cording to police. But when she throat and said, “All I want is a strange man walking down rant, where Morales worked. the fire escape from the second Back by Popular Demand: Morales became belligerent emerged from the bedroom, the your money,” police said. stranger was still there — now Astruggle ensued, and the floor around noon. The man did during an argument with the Bel- not report the prowler to police. “THE lo brothers and the trio “took the with a knife in hand. thief pulled the woman down ANDREW GERARDI dispute outside,” around 3 am, “Shut up,” he demanded. the stoop’s stairs and snatched Whole-y heist according to police. Police said The woman ran toward the her wallet, police said. He then Did it all go through the 2x BAND” one of the Bello brothers pulled a door and the stranger fled — removed the cash — $12 total 4-foot hole? 10:00pm til 5:00am (music cover: $25) knife and stabbed Morales in the without stealing anything — to- — and a paycheck worth $370 A burglar busted out a door 6 ward a nearby subway station, and tossed the wallet into the gut, arm and side. Morales died panel that size at a St. James Inlcuded: & $3 Drink Specials Lite Buffet in the emergency room at Brook- according to police. street, before bolting down Place apartment on Dec. 14 and (Kamikazees, Woo Woo’s and Miller Drafts) lyn Hospital. She described the prowler as Gates Avenue and onto Wash- helped himself to a laptop com- a white man, around age 35, 6- All three men knew each ington Avenue. puter, Sony Playstation console foot-1 and 190 pounds. He was other in their home country, po- The victim described her at- and a half-dozen video games, decked out in a black sports tacker as a black man, around lice said. according to police. Water Street Restaurant coat and black skullcap. age 30, 6-foot-1 and dressed in Murder has virtually disap- The 30-year-old victim said & the UnderWater Lounge peared from Fort Greene in re- Skater attack blue pants and an orange T- shirt, despite the season. he left his home in the building, cent years. In 1990, the 88th Askateboarder became a near DeKalb Avenue, at 10 am For Reservations: (718) 625-9352 • www.waterstreetrestaurant.com Precinct saw 19 homicides, and crime victim on Dec. 17. An inside job? and returned at 6 pm to find the 66 Water Street / DUMBO Brooklyn (just over the Brooklyn Bridge) murder remained in the double- The 21-year-old boarder was Someone removed a pair of door dismantled and his elec- digits until 2001, when the getting radical on Myrtle Avenue hefty, ungainly power tools tronics missing. precinct had 11 homicides. shortly after 2 am that day when from a Washington Avenue job Police recovered at least one But this year, there has only a silver-and-gold sedan packed site locked for the weekend, po- clue, a bloodstained glove. If been one. with four strangers began to fol- lice said. the glove fits, a jury can’t acquit 139 Montague Street • 718.858.5592 low him, police said. 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But he insisted he was searching for a story. owed the money because he Bello brothers and the trio 10:00pm til 5:00am (music cover: $25) Someone snatched a bag be- ence Norman was convicted “took the dispute outside,” 6 last week of stealing $5,000 had paid campaign workers out longing to a news service em- around 3 am, according to po- Inlcuded: Lite Buffet & $3 Drink Specials that was donated to his re- of his own pocket. (Kamikazees, Woo Woo’s and Miller Drafts) ployee working in a building at “It was a reimbursement,” lice. Police said one of the Washington and Front streets in election committee in 2001. Bello brothers pulled a knife Astate Supreme Court jury Norman told jurors. “I was DUMBO. trying to get my money and stabbed Morales in the The 48-year-old victim said found Norman guilty of gut, arm and side. Morales grand larceny, falsify- back.” Water Street Restaurant his possessions disappeared Norman was died in the emergency room at from the wire-service’s fourth- ing business records Brooklyn Hospital. & the UnderWater Lounge and filing a false in- named in four floor office, sometime between All three men knew each strument. The jury indictments 4 and 6 pm on Dec. 13. The other in their home country, For Reservations: (718) 625-9352 • www.waterstreetrestaurant.com deliberated for a stemming from 66 Water Street / DUMBO Brooklyn (just over the Brooklyn Bridge) bag contained various credit Brooklyn Dis- police said. week. Murder has virtually disap- and charge cards and miscella- Norman, 54, trict Attorney neous papers and records. Charles Hynes’s peared from Fort Greene in re- was released after cent years. In 1990, the 88th State crime posting $100,000 probe into whether he and Precinct saw 19 homicides, Like a gambler raising the bail. 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The cancellation comes in the midst of an ugly legal battle be- HE OTHER DAY,Smartmom their careers for motherhood, while which made Smartmom feel like a adorable, and smartly dressed 2-year energetic, and, most importantly, or- tween the non-denominational congregation and the condo own- found this invitation in her others worried that they’d sacrificed jaded, older mom. Thankfully, most old and a big box of books for sale. ganized. Otherwise, how else did she ers, who have argued that a having a church in a residential build- in-box: “If you are getting motherhood for their careers. Who of them were suffering from acute MARTMOM RECOGNIZED Lo- manage to get out of the house, let ing lowers property values and disrupts lazy Sunday mornings. T “apartment fever” and feel the need had time for a therapy hour let alone sleep deprivation and a form of post- wenstein as the kind of alone washed and showered, when her Sovereign Grace is to get out and meet other local par- a Happy Hour? partum OCD. woman she would have hated kid was 18-months-old? Think Joyce the first church to in- S ents, then come to the City Baby But sometimes a Two Boots Mar- The toddler moms were having a passionately when she was a new Carroll Oates for the mommy-set. habit the 150-year-old Brooklyn Holiday Happy Hour.” garita after a long day imprisoned tougher time of it in the cafe, and, mom. She made new motherhood And her book is an essential sur- Romanesque cathedral AHappy Hour for new moms? (er, playing) in the apartment sound- not coincidentally, they were the ones look too easy. And, she had the vival guide for living in Brooklyn since it was converted Wow, things have really changed ed pretty good (even ordering up the Char- nerve to complete “City Baby with a baby. Read about Willie Bee’s, for residential use 25 in the Bambino Borough since Teen if a ball of pizza donnays. Getting up Brooklyn,” as well as her first mom- a hip kid’s play space/cafe in years ago. Spirit (now 14) and The Oh So dough might land in and down from the my-lit novel all before her well-be- Williamsburg; Book Mart, a child- The residents are su- Feisty One (8 going on 30) were but your drink). Perhaps comfortable velvet haved daughter was 2 1/2. She has a friendly bookstore in Bensonhurst ing to evict the church babes-in-the-Slope. the new moms of SMART cushions, they chased book out and an agent — all with a with an enormous back area for kids; from the former church Sure, Smartmom and her friends Park Slope are tak- after their energetic toddler! Damn her! Saturday art classes at Pratt Institute building. used to joke about the two-martini ing better care of mom toddlers, who were Write a novel? Smartmom barely in Clinton Hill; and more. Lowen- “That’s not the only play date. But it was a JOKE. Real- themselves. running around the had time to READ a short story (and stein’s book is sure to become a must- irony, ” said Jean Miele, ly. She and her friends were too busy Maybe they are cafe like a mom at it took two weeks). Smartmom had have resource for Brooklyn parents who owns a condo that watching over their babies and con- even re-defining Slope Little Things shop- literary aspirations, make no mis- from Coney Island to Greenpoint. includes an atrium — structing IQ-enhancing black-and- motherhood and hav- ping for a gift 10 min- take, but they somehow never got Smartmom walked out onto Fifth which he subleased to white mobiles to put over their cribs. ing a little more fun utes before a birthday past her nightly ritual of reading Avenue to ponder her original ques- the church. in the process. Sound- party. / Tom Callan / Tom And they would never have open- “Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?” tion: Were these new moms really “When I was ap- ly mixed drinking with mothering, let ed like Smartmom Ah yes, SM remem- with different voices for the animals. proached by a church, I that different from Smartmom and alone breastfeeding. Who would needed to accept that bered the days when Not only does she write, but her friends? thought it was perfect. want to compromise their child’s Happy Hour invita- it was impossible to Lowenstein teaches English part-time ELL, THESE MOMS KNOW Who knew that proper- Stanford Binet scores for entrance to tion. Call it a “fact- have an uninterrupted at a local college and is pregnant with how important it is to get ty values could dictate a Saint Ann’s for something as banal as finding” mission. conversation with any- her second child. Blonde and with a

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn out and have some fun. church’s right to prac- a drink — no matter how much it At The Comfort one. When OSFO was small “bump,” she looked fabulous in W And they’re much more comfortable tice?” was needed? Zone, one of the a toddler, Smartmom chic black maternity gear. Sovereign Grace City Church, being stay-at-home-moms than The small congrega- Heck, back when Smartmom was newer additions to threatened to call the Grrrr. OSFO was born nearly nine tion celebrated with car- which is housed inside this former Fifth Avenue’s rest- Society for the Pre- Smartmom’s friends were back in a new mom, all her comrades were By Louise Crawford years ago and Smartmom’s “bump” ols and a short candle- church and present condo on so darn serious. Having inhaled aurant row, more vention of Cruelty to looks bigger than hers. So Smart- the “Supermom ’90s.” lighting ceremony on Court Street in Carroll Gardens, Penelope Leach, Dr. Sears, and than 30 mothers fill- Children every time mom had to ask: “How do you do But are they different? Not really. December 23. has canceled its Christmas service. “What to Expect When You’re Ex- ed the cafe’s cozy backroom. Manhattan Granny (“I’m just trying it?” That first year of motherhood is still The fact that a legal pecting,” they’d set the bar pretty Happy hour? Only if you were 6- to be helpful”) suggested a playpen “Well, my daughter was just so a long journey from innocence to ex- skirmish could disrupt a high for the mommy Olympics. It months-old and your drink was and a leash. good about it. She was 18-months- perience. Like Smartmom, the cur- centuries-old holiday ritual says more about the borough’s hous- wasn’t enough to be with your tiny breastmilk, straight up. Finally, Smartmom found Alison old, and every day we’d pick a new rent crop of new mothers are as ing boom than any secular turn. offspring 24/7, but you had to be in- Smartmom checked right away if Lowenstein who had invited her to neighborhood to explore. Research- nervous, serious, high-strung, and “The need for housing may be greater than the need for large, teracting, reading, singing, dancing any of the breastfeeding moms were the Happy Hour in the first place. ing the book was really fun.” sleep-deprived as she was. soaring grandly inspired spaces,” said local realtor Christopher and playing with them incessantly boozing. Nope — strictly herbal tee- Lowenstein is the author of the par- Smartmom remembered that And one day, they, too, will prob- Thomas. “In high-density areas, there are going to be conflicts, (and it did get incessant, even for totalers here. Still, they enjoyed each enting book, “City Baby Brooklyn: when OSFO was 18-months, she ably feel just as impatient and old in whether it’s a discothèque, bar or church,” Smartmom, not that she feels guilty). other’s company, comparing preg- The Ultimate Guide to Parenting was lucky if she could answer an e- a roomful of breastfeeding moms. The number of buildings undergoing conversion for residen- And then there were the post-fem- nancy weight gain, epidurals, and From Pregnancy to Preschool” (Riz- mail without OSFO unplugging the They just don’t know it yet. And tial use has surpassed its recent peak in 1973, records show. Over inist conflicts: some of her mom pre-school waiting lists. zoli/Universe). Lowenstein was sit- computer. since no one was there to tell Smart- the past few years, the Brooklyn Diocese closed 26 parish friends worried that they’d sacrificed They were all well under 40, ting alone by the window with her Lowenstein is obviously talented, mom that at the time, Smartmom schools, many of which are now apartment buildings. Three historic churches in Fort Greene are also undergoing conversion — prompting many to wonder whether the borough of churches has become the borough of condos. “What’s changing is the way we use buildings,” Thomas said. “My suspicion is that there are just as many churches as there FAMILY MIX IT UP! were 50 years ago. They are just in different spaces. Maybe we Day should call it the borough of conversions.” At KIDS COOK!, our eight-week program CLASSIFIEDS teaches children essential kitchen skills and School, techniques. 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The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Take it easy Shopping for the holidays has just been made easier with cars that are parked around Brooklyn for members to drive by the hour — instead of owning their own vehicles. In June 2000, an American spin was put on a Eu- ropean idea: Zipcars were placed around key cities and neighborhoods for short-term auto rentals (car sharing) where people could drive cars by the hour — or day — on their terms. In June 2002, the com- Live art pany opened its first lot in Brooklyn. Zipcar offers everything from MINI Coopers to Ford Escapes, which can really hold a lot of gifts. Curators celebrate 25 years Gas, designated parking, maintenance, and XM Satellite radio are included in the hourly and daily rates. of marriage that spawned “Customers first become members at a cost of $50 a year, along museum, artworks & 2 kids with the one time $25 application fee,” Zipcar representative Kim By Lee Cabot Walker experience [with ‘3-D TV’], where you actu- Hamelburg told GO for The Brooklyn Papers ally participate,” Kathleen says. “Everything Brooklyn. Cars are re- is so passive now.” served online or by telephone at rates that start at here is no sincerer love than the love Kathleen and William, 50 and 56, respec- $8.50 an hour. “ of food,” the armchair says. tively, moved to New York City in 1980. In Customers then let themselves into the cars, T Strange that an armchair would her early 20s, Kathleen was trained in paint- which are parked in satellite lots throughout the city, speak? Sure, if it’s a run-of-the-mill armchair. ing, though she later switched to mostly using the Zipcard — cards similar to the safety de- But the seat in question is called “Blabber- “eclectic” performance art choreography. vices used to enter office buildings. They return cars mouth,” and it’s a sculpture on display in Mi- William, who by day is a telecommunica- to the same locations, and charges are billed to cred-

cro Museum’s “Silver” exhibition, a celebra- tions engineer, specializes in video-art and / Jori Klein it cards already on file. tion of the curators’ 25th wedding low-tech optics in his other life as an artist. If you are looking to shop outside of Brooklyn, anniversary and artworks they’ve created to- Living first in the East Village and then in or if you’re just planning to head across town and gether. SoHo, the pair collaborated on choreo- load up with bulkier gifts or supplies for a holiday “We’re interested in living art,” says Mi- graphed performance art in the 1980s. party, Zipcar might be your answer.

cro Museum co- Pushed out of Man- Papers The Brooklyn Zipcar has satellite parking lots in Cobble Hill, owner, curator and hattan by ever-rising Hugs and kisses: (Above left) “The Kissing Installation” is one of the artworks on display at DUMBO, Flatbush, Brooklyn Heights, Park artist Kathleen Laziza ART rent, the Lazizas the Micro Museum’s “Silver” exhibition, celebrating the fruitful decades of collaboration be- Slope and Prospect Heights. For more informa- about the philosophy moved to Boerum tween artist-curators Kathleen and William Laziza. (Above) Kathleen takes a call from her tion on lot locations and to reserve a Zipcar, e- she shares with her On Jan. 7, 2006, Andy Cohen, a pianist Hill in 1986. mail [email protected], call (866) 4-ZIPCAR, or and composer, will perform an original work loveseat, “Phone-I-Ture.” husband, William. tailored to the “Lumiano” at 2 pm and 4 pm “We loved this visit the Web site at www.zipcar.com. Micro Museum’s at the Micro Museum (123 Smith St. at Pacific neighborhood as — Monserrat Cabral Street in Boerum Hill). Refreshments will be mission is to exhibit served. The Micro Museum is open to the soon as we found it,” their best work for the world and for New gluing craft flowers and leaves onto them. “impressive, labor- public Saturdays, from noon to 7 pm. Admis- Kathleen says. “It York City. We’re really dedicated to that.” The jackets are meant to be worn — often in intensive,” ground- sion is $2. Admission to all special events is was Arabic, and The Musician’s General Store on Court street performances. One shrug that is com- breaking work by liv- $10; $5 for students and seniors. Event tickets William grew up in Street rents space at the Micro Museum, pletely covered in rose petals took Kathleen available at the door 15 minutes prior; reser- EVENT ing artists. Most of vations recommended. the Middle East. I where it conducts three classes a week. 40 hours to create. the works on display, was Puerto Rican, “Holding music lessons in the Micro Muse- “We’re interested in labor-intensive art,” whether they’re live and I grew up in um has certainly helped us,” says Musicians she says. That is also one of the criteria by performance art or interactive installations, like Texas. Diversity is important to us, and here General Store co-owner Mingo Tull. “It’s a which the Lazizas evaluate potential ex- “Blabbermouth,” are, in a sense, living. you encounter lots of very interesting people.” creative entity, so it’s sort of a no-brainer to do hibitors, with whom the museum is very se- GAP fireworks “Blabbermouth” is a pastel-upholstered music lessons there. I wish we had more ven- lective. Highlighted artists in the past have in- armchair with a computer keyboard built in Good neighbors ues like that. There’s such a lack of facilities to cluded Stephen Schriver, who made At the stroke of its right side, below the arm. When the visi- In 1986, the Lazizas and their then 3-year- showcase different types of media.” minutely-constructed, detailed collages; J.T., midnight on New Year’s tor sitting in the chair touches a key, state- old son (they now have two, ages 17 and 22) The Lazizas pride themselves not only in who makes huge paintings covered in “tiny, Eve, pyrotechnic chrys- ments by the likes of George Bernard Shaw, moved into the second floor of the three-sto- running a space that helps other artists, but in tiny” peaks of paint; and Kari Ortez, a photog- anthemums, peonies Katherine Cebrian, Mark Twain and Oscar ry building at 123 Smith St. In 1997, they creating an exhibition space that is family- rapher whose photos represent “highly craft- and weeping willows Wilde boom from speakers in the room. bought the building, moving their living friendly. ed, bizarre narratives,” according to Kathleen. will light up the night Another prominent work is “The Lumi- space to the third floor, continuing to exhibit “We really pride ourselves on being acces- In 2006, Micro Museum debuts a new Callan / Tom sky above Grand Army ano,” an upright piano with built-in colored art and to rent out rehearsal space on the sec- sible to children,” Kathleen says. The exhibit program, “Open Walls,” for which the muse- Plaza in the borough’s circles that light up at the touch of a key. ond floor. currently visible through the museum’s front um will hold an open call for artists’ work annual 20-minute fire- Then there’s “Phone-I-Ture,” a loveseat with In 2002, when the first floor tenant moved window is called “Pond Effect,” and incorpo- every week, and will exhibit a different selec- works display. a phone built into each arm. Lifting the re- out, the Lazizas renovated the space, and the rates stacked, metallic-colored, cylindrical, tion of work each Saturday. After the fiery ex- ceiver automatically rings the person next to museum moved to its current, street-level lo- plastic building blocks arranged in circles “Most museums are for showing the work citement, produced by you, and pressing the phones’ buttons cation. They continue to rent out the second and swirls, placed at floor level so that chil- of dead artists, but we’re really looking from Papers file The Brooklyn the Prospect Park Al- prompts colored cylinders placed inside a floor, mainly to performing artists, on an dren can rearrange them. the living artist’s point of view. What is the liance, Borough President Markowitz will be sworn furniture-style TV, called “3-D TV,” to light hourly basis. The floor’s front room serves One installation, “Videograph,” allows the artist trying to say?” Kathleen explains. “The in for his second term. No drama there; up. musicians and the 19-foot by 38-foot re- viewer to manipulate color patterns on an up- name of the museum is metaphoric. It’s rela- Markowitz’s re-election was the surest bet since All of these works were created by Kath- hearsal space in the back gets used by ward-facing TV monitor by placing shapes tively small — ‘micro,’ and it’s about look- Secretariat. leen and William from the late 1980s to dancers and martial arts classes. on the monitor and by spinning the table in ing very closely at living artists’ work.” The Beep’s re-election party will start at 11 pm at 2000. Whereas the museum’s primary pur- “Artists need a place to be — a place to be which the monitor is embedded. “Video- The museum also produces “Spontaneous Grand Army Plaza with free drinks (alas, non-alco- pose is to invite other artists to display their understood, a place that’s clean,” says Kath- graph” was called an example of “The art of Combustion,” an arts program that airs on holic cider) and a live 10-piece band, Deja Blu. work, the art and performances by the Laz- leen. “I used to practice dance in the East Vil- the future” in the New York Times’ millenni- BCAT the third Saturday of every month. The event is free and open to the public. For izas are the exclusive focus of “Silver.” The lage, and there would be sewage dripping um section on Jan. 1, 2000. “Complete strangers come up to me and more information, all the Park hotline at (718) 965- intricate nature of their art defies description; from the ceiling! Am I going to roll around in Another piece, “Spring Fever,” is a collec- say, ‘It’s so great what you’re doing,’” Kath- 8999 or visit the Web site at www.prospectpark.org. it has to be actively experienced. that? No way! tion of about 30 wearable blazers of varying leen says. “The neighbors are very proud. There are no fireworks on the East River this “We’re trying to create the old ‘Yule Log’ “It’s important to us that people are doing styles that Kathleen “built” by meticulously We’re like the couple that made good.” year. —Ariella Cohen Happy Holidays! 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Bites Mango / Greg This week: SUNSET PARK The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn / Greg Mango / Greg Bar BQ 689 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street (718) 499-4872, www.brooklynbarbq.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6.50-$22. It’s all Texas casual at this Sunset Park barbecue joint that’s furnished with faux wood tables, a big wood bar Papers The Brooklyn and mirrors holding postcards in their corners. Heaps The “Kadayif” dessert at Elite Turkish of barbecued and smoked meat — pulled pork, ribs, Restaurant. brisket, pulled chicken — are served in red-checkered paper boats and are “amazingly moist, fall-off-the- Jazz joint bone” delicious, says GO Brooklyn’s Tina Barry. (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6.95-$18.95. “I suppose it’s Texas-style, but I think of it as Stone dragons have guarded Jade Plaza’s marble Brooklyn barbecue,” says Bar BQ owner Frank facade since it opened nine years ago, but don’t let Proprietor of Greenwich Village Turnitza. Of his secret dry-rub recipe, he’ll only them intimidate you away from experiencing dim reveal that salt, pepper, cayenne and paprika are in sum or dinner at this Sunset Park eatery. The spa- the mix. Cole slaw, mac & cheese, potato salad and cious interior is inviting and the waitstaff’s formal icon opens Night and Day in Slope baked beans serve as sides, and there’s chocolate black dinner jackets with pink lapels are fantastic.

layer cake or pie-of-the-day for dessert. Manager Herman Lee recommends the “sue mai” Mango / Greg (pork and seafood dumplings) and the “har kaw” And don’t forget you’re at a bar — at Bar BQ you (shrimp and bamboo dumplings) during dim sum, By Tina Barry ambience. In the back of the restaurant, can choose from 25 varieties of bourbon. Bar BQ is which begins at 8 am. Among the menu’s new spe- for The Brooklyn Papers named for the Cole Porter tune, is a reopen Monday through Friday, from 3 pm to 11 pm, cialties are the diced filet steak with housemade cently completed, skylight-lit backroom and weekends from noon to 11 pm. sauce and the sauteed grouper fish cube with black olives. Open daily from 8 am to midnight. ew restaurants come with a pro- that serves as a jazz club and a literary Elite Turkish prietor whose history is as colorful performance venue. Papers The Brooklyn Restaurant and Cafe Johnny’s Pizza Fas Night and Day’s Judy Joice. Her goal, Joice says, is “to recreate Salad days: At Night and Day restaurant in Park Slope, chef Simon 5806 Fifth Ave. at 58th Street, (718) 492-9735 Joice owned the Lion’s Head, a leg- the elegance, sophistication and the Glenn’s deconstructed niçoise salad (above left) features confit of yel- 805 60th St. at Eighth Avenue, (718) 633-3535 endary Greenwich Village bar that, for high-flying good times of the 1940s and (Cash only) Entrees: $7.75-$14.95. (Cash only) Pastas: $7-$10; large pizza: $12. lowfin tuna. (Above) server Meredith McBride arrives with the niçoise sal- Since 1968, this second-generation family business 30 years, served as a gathering place for 1950s jazz era” with her partner Robin Sample a taste of the exotic in this spacious, friendly ad (left) and roasted beet with watercress salad (right). atmosphere of Elite, decorated with silver and wood has served Sunset Park residents. Although limited the city’s literati, journalists and anyone Hirsch, owner of Manhattan’s Cornelia from Turkey, where owner Hasan Ustun says “we try in seating capacity, the pizzeria’s full kitchen cooks up a full repertoire of pasta dishes, heroes and else who liked a stiff drink and could Street Cafe. to keep our prices lower than anybody else while hav- hold up his end of a conversation. To set the mood for their modern- creamy mushroom soup with truffle oil braised lamb shank “osso buco.” Glenn ing the best food to offer the people.” Open since appetizers such as wings, chicken fingers and moz- March, Elite bakes everything on the premises to zarella sticks. Co-owners Johnny Miniaci Jr. and The “Head” as it was known to regu- day salon, the partners transformed the that brings the freshness of a wooded gives the Italian dish a Mediterranean keep its fare authentic. Ustun recommends the “lah- Rocco Coluccio’s specialty squares (Sicilian slices) and chicken rolls (thin crisp Sicilian bread, fresh lars, was opened in 1966 by Wes Joice, former site of Bibi’s into a golden- glen, the scent of pine needles, and an twist by accompanying two meaty, fall- macun” (Turkish pizza), a thin, crispy crust topped a former New toned dining room earthy, mineral aroma to the bowl. off-the bone pieces with baby artichoke with ground lamb, tomato, onion and seasoned with basil, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan parsley and mint. Hot appetizers include falafel and cheese) are a treat. For another customer favorite, York City cop and brought alive with The appetizer of pan-seared duck liv- halves and oven-dried tomatoes that have “elif boregi,” pan-fried crispy phyllo dough filled with Miniaci recommends “Grandma’s Pizza” — fresh Judy’s husband. DINING jazz tunes. Amber ers are crisp-crusted and pink inside. The absorbed the wine and lamb juices. A feta cheese, parsley and dill. mozzarella, fresh basil, “Grandma’s special sauce” She joined him as lights cast a first taste of their sherry sauce was a sprinkling of feta lends a piquant touch of and grated cheese on a thin, crispy crust. Catering Night and Day (230 Fifth Ave. at For an entree, try the chicken kebab flavored with and delivery are available. Open daily, Sunday a partner in the President Street in Park Slope) accepts serene glow over touch sweet, followed by a hint of vine- saltiness, while fresh oregano adds a red bell peppers and paprika, or go for the “manti,” through Thursday, from 10 am to 11 pm; Friday and bar from 1970 un- American Express, Diners Club, Discover, linen-covered ta- gar that balanced its spices and richness. bright peppery note. It’s a bold interpreta- poached beef dumplings served with yogurt sauce. Saturday, from 10 am to midnight. til his death in MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $11-$22. bles, and the long I found the white wine broth spiced tion on the classic entree that held my at- Desserts include baklava and “sutlac” (sweet rice The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and pudding). Free Turkish tea for all. The restaurant can Kakala Cafe 1994. It closed dinner daily. Brunch is available on week- wooden bar, that with garlic, lime and chili that accom- tention from the first to the last bite. be reserved for parties of up to 50 people. Open for two years later. ends from 10 am to 4:30 pm. For reserva- runs the length of panied another starter of perfectly Aroasted, free-range chicken was breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 5302 Eighth Ave. at 53rd Street, (718) 437-9688, tions, call (718) 399-2161. (Cash only) Entrees: $2.25-$7.25. In his memoir, the main room, is cooked steamed mussels to be slightly everything it should be: crisp-skinned George’s Restaurant This serene diner-style cafe serves dishes ranging from “A Drinking already abuzz sharp, but plenty of butter and basil and moist-fleshed with well-seasoned “rice/spaghetti plates” (chicken, pork, fish, egg or Life,” reporter and with sounds of the mellowed the mix. pan juices and a few small, oven- 5701 Fifth Ave. at 57th Street, vegetable served atop your choice of rice or spaghet- Lion’s Head regular Pete Hamill paints chatty clientele. In the spring, an Aniçoise salad is nothing special un- cooked potatoes and pearl onions. www.georgesmenu.com (718) 439-1403 (AmEx, ti) to dim sum or udon noodles. It’s the perfect place Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.95-$25. to enjoy an afternoon of Chinese soap operas (playing a picture of the setting: awning is erected over the patio. til it’s deconstructed and served in a do- Like the chicken, Glenn keeps the While its decor will satisfy your appetite for dim on a television mounted in the corner). “I don’t think many New York bars The food was the establishment’s it-yourself mode. Glenn serves the yel- desserts simple with a French twist. His lighting and mirrored walls, George’s restaurant will Kakala’s specialty is its pearl teas — a colorful blend of ever had such a glorious mixture of weak point until November when Joice lowfin tuna as a confit poached in extra chocolate souffle is not too sweet or fill your belly with their popular dish: a hunk of scrod chilled or hot tea sweetened with fruit flavoring and filet, deep-fried with chunky cuts of potatoes, newspapermen, painters, musicians, sea- replaced the former chef with the talent- virgin olive oil and stored with an an- runny-centered and the pistachio gelato gooey tapioca balls or “bubbles.” Also offered are fla- men, ex-communists, priests and nuns, ed Simon Glenn (the third cook since chovy in a little glass jar. It’s slightly that melts over the top has just enough served with creamy coleslaw. You haven’t had a real vored milks, such as papaya or honeydew; pudding meal until you’ve tried owner Ted Planzos’s famous drinks in flavors like mango, almond and chocolate; athletes, stockbrokers, politicians and the restaurant’s opening) in the kitchen. salty and great as is, or mixed in a dish nutty pieces to add a pleasant crunch to T-bone steak, served with salad, potato and vegeta- and fruit-flavored red or green tea. For the more folksingers, bound together in the level- Glenn, who has cooked for Jean- with housemade mayonnaise. You pile the dish. bles. For breakfast, get a load of their egg-citing adventurous: try the baby octopus or the shark-fin fish ing democracy of drink.” George’s Spice Market, has a menu that the fish on a slice of toasted French It took awhile for Joice and Hirsch to omelets, served with home fries, toast and roll, muf- paste soup. Open daily from 10:30 am to 9:30 pm. fin or bagel. At George’s Restaurant, breakfast is With Night and Day, which opened traverses the world, but each country’s bread and nibble it with a cornichon find the right person for the kitchen. served all the time. Inquire about special menus for on Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue in July, ingredients stay on one plate so nothing (gherkin pickle), or a tiny black olive, or Now that this piece of the puzzle is in holidays year-round. Delivery available. Open daily Mas Que Pan Joice hopes to establish a setting similar gets too fusiony. top it with a half of a ripe cherry tomato. place, the change in the food is, well, as for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 5401 Fifth Ave. at 54th Street, (718) 492-0479 (Cash only) Sandwiches: $1.70-$2.80. to the Head’s egalitarian, easy-going You’d be wise to start a meal with the One standout entree is the red wine different as night and day. Gia Lam II True to its name, Mas Que Pan is indeed “more than 5606 Eighth Ave. at 56th Street, (718) 567-0800 bread” — there are mounds of cookies, cakes, pas- (Cash only) Entrees: $4-$18. tries and tarts to choose from at this Latino bakery. Joseph Peña opened the bakery with his father, The original Gia Lam has vanished from Eighth Jose, eight years ago, and now he’s brewing “the Avenue, but fortunately its sequel dishes their best cafe au lait in New York,” according to one Family ‘Kitchen’ Vietnamese cuisine down the street. It’s still a “neigh- Sunset Park resident. Another customer was recent- borhood restaurant,” says manager Lam Dang. “A lot ly overheard saying, “They make a hell of a Cuban Rosemarie Motta doesn’t want to brag, “It’s the kind of food I enjoyed in my of people don’t even need to see the menu; they sandwich.” Open daily from 7 am to 7 pm. already know what they want,” Dang explains. but she makes a “killer carrot cake.” grandmother’s kitchen, and the sort of Appetizers include grilled shrimp paste on sugar Nha Trang Palace Her desserts come out of Grandma cooking I prepare for my own family,” cane, or jelly fish with shrimp and shredded pork Motta’s Italian Kitchen, whenever Rose- says Rosemarie, who is pictured beneath salad. Rice dishes and “pho” (rice noodle soups), 5906 Eighth Ave. at 59th Street, (718) 492-8916 which are the most popular dishes according to (MC, Visa) Entrees: $4.50-$18.95. marie and her sister-in-law, Catherine a portrait of Grandma (Adele) Motta Dang, make for quick and inexpensive lunches. Sample traditional Vietnamese fare in this modern Motta, have a moment to bake. (Rose- with Catherine, left. The women will Specialty dishes featuring eel, frog and an occasional restaurant amidst bamboo and mirrored walls. Every marie says Catherine “makes cookies to also make anything to order that a cus- beer-steamed lobster are a refreshing change of dish on the extensive menu can be altered in spici- die for.”) The rest of the time, they’re tomer craves; hero sandwiches are in big pace. Wash it down with an exotic drink, such as the ness, according to your preference. Appetizers “soda sua hot ga” (soda with egg yolk and con- include Vietnamese spring rolls, clams with coconut dishing up traditional Italian fare to take- demand, so they’ll fill a fresh Italian roll densed milk), or the “che ba mau” (three-color sweet juice, and crispy squid served in garlic sauce. For out; heat and serve; or if one of the 12 with sausages or chicken Parmesan. bean ice drink). Open daily from 11 am to 10 pm. entrees, Nha Trang Palace offers barbecued shrimp seats is unoccupied, eat in-house. The same goes for the pasta dishes. roll with sugar cane and vegetables; grilled beef with lemongrass and lettuce atop rice vermicelli; The Kitchen, which opened in “Whatever they want, however they Jade Plaza Restaurant crispy red snapper with tomato sauce and more. March and is owned by Rosemarie’s want it, we’ll fix it for them,” says Rose- 6022 Eighth Ave. at 61st Street, (718) 492-6888 Vegetarian options include sauteed mixed vegeta- brother Joseph Motta, has been draw- marie. “We try to make everyone happy.” bles in oyster sauce and fried soy bean cake with lemongrass, onion, green pepper and chili. Try the ing a crowd of meatball aficionados. Grandma Motta’s (8407 Third Ave. = Full review available at “banh flang” (sweet egg custard) for dessert. Free “First one person came in and or- between 84th and 85th streets in Bay delivery with a $15 minimum order. Open daily for dered a couple of meatballs. Then Ridge) accepts American Express, Dis- lunch and dinner. someone wanted six. Good meatballs cover, Diner’s Club, MasterCard and are hard to find, even in [Bay Ridge],” Visa. The restaurant serves lunch and Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants

in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not / Jori Klein says Rosemarie. dinner Monday through Saturday. comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to Peek under the restaurant’s burgundy- Closed Sundays. Entrees: $6-$12.95. Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your and-green striped awning, and you’ll see Catering is available. The kitchen will Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via the women filling display cases with trays deliver in the immediate area. For in- e-mail at [email protected]. of eggplant Parmesan, stuffed peppers, formation, call (718) 836-2110.

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Santlofer, an author and a [163 Court St. at Dean Street in Cobble painter, writes about what he knows Hill, (718) 875-3677] and Barnes & No- light tomato sauce & basil best — New York’s art world — so ob- ble [267 Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street in Park Slope, (718) 832-9066]. Secondi Piatti viously, that’s where his charmingly Combinazione Mignonette & Scampi idiosyncratic characters must be slain. Sautéed filet tenderloin al Barolo with mushroom sauce & Broiled Prawns “The Killing Art” was inspired by Santlofer’s stint as an assistant to painter telling me to ‘put the insanity into my art- Dessert George McNeil while he was a graduate work and keep my life sane.’” Prelibatezza ai due Cioccolatini Salsa Mou student at Pratt Institute in Clinton Hill. 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McKinnon, after McKinnon — the heroine is rebuilding all, is “a woman, 345 Court Street at Union St. CARROLL GARDENS Ellen Page Wilson her life after the murder of her husband rich and tall — all Brush with death: Mystery writer Jonathan Santlofer (above) (718) 852-5015 • www.marcopoloristorante.com by researching a book and documentary the things I am not,” painted the murderer’s clues (hanging on the wall behind (Also offering a special Christmas & New Year’s Eve Ala Carte Menu) about New York’s Abstract Expression- Santlofer laughed. the artist) for his latest book, “The Killing Art.” ists of the 1930s. (Much of his research Make Your Reservations Now! But when one of her friends is slashed in establishing McKin- All Major Credit Cards Accepted – Free Valet Parking — along with his valuable Franz Kline non’s metamorphosis wiggled out of it. But has agreed. painting — McKinnon offers to help the from cashmere-wearing Dan Brown doesn’t “But she will only meet me in her go- New York Police Department’s Art high-society girl to say it, and it was real- rilla mask,” he said. Squad. downtown hipster was ly smart of him to do Further helping the reader suspend dis- THIS WEEK AT Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Real artists of the New York School — supplied by his daugh- that.” belief in “The Killing Art,” are reproduc- like Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pol- ter, Doria.) Santlofer asserts tions of Santlofer’s real paintings. In the lock in addition to Kline — make an ap- Like Dan Brown’s that many of the book, the killer sends a painting as a call- THE BACK ROOM BEGINS pearance in both Santlofer’s and McKin- blockbuster “The DaVinci most outlandish as- ing card to his intended victim. McKin- non’s work, but fictional artists are also Code,” Santlofer’s novels pects of the art non scrutinizes the paintings for clues to woven in. fold art history into their sto- world that he the killer’s identity and to predict where The character of Phillip Zander, for ex- rylines. Brown’s novel so chronicles in “The Killing Art” he might strike next. Santlofer painted the ample, was inspired in part by McNeil, skillfully wove together fact are too crazy to be fiction. There really is, black and white works that are repro- particularly “the kindly aspect of him.” and fiction that some readers found it dif- for example, a secret club of women who duced in the book so that the reader can “I loved him,” said Santlofer. “I think ficult to remember that the book was en- adopt the names of famous female interpret the symbols along with McKin- there is a whole generation of [Pratt] tertainment only — not history. painters, like Georgia O’Keeffe, and dis- non. Restaurant artists who feel similarly. I run into them But Santlofer sets the record straight guise themselves with gorilla masks to “Seeing is believing,” said Santlofer. “I Bar • Jazz • Performance Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner from time to time. George was an ex- about “The Killing Art” in his acknowl- protest museums that don’t give female made the paintings to confirm [the story] Weekend Brunch traordinary teacher and person. edgments: “There are many wonderful artists a fair shake. In “The Killing Art,” was true.” Parties • Champagne “He died a few years ago, and I was books about the early years of New visitors to an exhibition are tagged with The exercise proved to be so enjoyable Escargots • Tuna Confit close to him, so I think he would have York’s art world which have been helpful, “Guerilla Girls” stickers, which makes for Santlofer that his next book will also Flights of Wine • Tequila thought it was a hoot [that he inspired and I recommend them for a deeper (and the activists suspects when a costly paint- weave together “prose and graphics.” But Single Batch Bourbon Zander]. He had a great outlook on the factual) understanding of the period.” ing is slashed. the book, which he’s working on now at world, and he would have thought [the He told GO Brooklyn, “It’s kind of a Here again, the lines between McKin- the Saratoga Springs artists’ colony, Yad- depiction] was really funny — especially split responsibility. [Novelists] are telling non and her creator are blurred. do, won’t have Kate McKinnon. A touch of Celebrate a spectacular New Year’s Eve in a majestic Victorian ballroom. Ring in the New Year with live music, delicious food that he was a grand old man of success. you off the bat it’s not all true. If [readers] Santlofer said that since the book “I’ve given her a vacation,” said New Orleans and amazing entertainment in one of the most beautiful He would have liked it. want to be informed, they have to do re- was released last month, he has been Santlofer, quickly assuring the fans of locations in all of New York. “At the end of the book, I thank him search. At the end of my book, I write contacted by one of the Guerilla Girls. his suspenseful trilogy that “she’s alive in the kitchen for his inspiration and paraphrased him ‘read the following books,’ so I kind of She has asked to meet with him, and he and well.” and dining Sat., Dec. 31, 2005 9:00 pm - 3:30 am under the stars Featuring: - Stowianie Dance Band with Andre Jewska in the most - Professional D.J. Music Between Sets beautiful - Prospect Follies Dance Troupe Knitting nations - A Spectacular Light Show back room No New Year’s Eve Celebration would be together in Brooklyn complete without excellent food and drink. The Menu: By Lisa J. Curtis - Elaborate Cocktail Reception Complete course, for nightclubs with poor light- Judy Joice of The Lion’s GO Brooklyn Editor ing, Matthews recommends wearing a Grand International Buffet 9pm - 10pm Head and Robin Hirsch - Complete Five Course dinner Package: of Cornelia Street Cafe miner’s hat.) Filet Mignon Bordelaise 10pm - 3:30am n person, British author Rachael Matthews’s book sets itself apart from have joined forces to open –––– Night and Day. - Complete Open Bar $ Matthews is just as outlandish as the the usual manuals with instructions on Liquor, Wine, Beer & Champagne Toast! We are delighted to 175 Iillustrations in her new guidebook, how to make clothing by encouraging welcome Simon Glenn, - Full Viennese Hour & Breakfast To Go! per person “Knitorama: 25 Great & Glam Things readers to tackle soft sculptures: knitted who comes to us from ten Plus: –––– to Knit.” The self-appointed knitting cakes, ham sandwiches and pints of years in New Orleans, Seats are limted as our new chef. - Valet Parking on Site so act now! ambassador made a special appearance stout. One might call these examples of - Noise Makers, Hats and Party Favors at the “Holiday Craftacular” in Green- Matthews’s “extreme knitting.” 230 Fifth Avenue point on Dec. 17. While wielding four- “It’s a 3-D medium,” said Matthews. at President Street in Park Slope For Reservations Call (718) 788-0777 ext. 2006 foot-long knitting needles (“to knit car- “There are so many different yarns and (718) 399-2161 263 Prospect Avenue (bet. 5th & 6th Aves) PARK SLOPE www.nightanddayrestaurant.com pets and curtains,” of course), needle sizes, you can work in 2-D and 3- email: [email protected] Matthews (pictured) wore a knitted D. There’s a lot more freedom once you duck, perched on a knitted nest full of get past the idea of knitting clothing.” knitted eggs — on her head. But she does include patterns for Her whimsical hat couldn’t help but wearable art, too, including fried-egg draw attention to Matthews’s mission to earmuffs and a hip (and seemingly easy raise enthusiasm about “knitting in pub- to make) cardigan made of 30 rectan- lic,” her personal catch-phrase. gles and four buttons. 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Robo Sapiens by local author Laura Lonshein Ludwig, playwright, actress, The Art of Making poet, director & producer of a long-running top-rated TV show. Robo Sapiens is a full-length book of comic screenplays & poetry. Legs Perfect • “Laura Lonshein Ludwig’s love for the Earth and reverence for what is fair shine through her work. She pulls you into her rare prism of reality, which reflects back on your own, bringing on the inevitable AH-HAHH- HHM” – Al Lewis, Actor, Green Party Candidate for Governor of New York • “I think of Laura Ludwig affectionately and respectfully as the first new poetry superstar of the Millennium.” – Veins of all sizes treated – Joe Franklin, Broadcaster, WOR-AM, WBBR-FM – Varicosis and spiders treated • “Laura Lonshein Ludwig’s narrative poetry takes her driven characters on a frenetic ride through a science fiction landscape that resonates with the world around us., leaving us seeing the familiar for the first time” – 20 years experience – Frederick GeoBold,Producer/Host, The Light Show, WBAI-FM – Most work done in our office • “I read Laura Lonshein Ludwig’s poetry, screenplays and short stories. She is incredible, and so good that I collaborated with her on a screenplay that I am producing with Joe Franklin, The Desk. Laura has a great imagination, terrific wit. Laura Ludwig is my definition of Mel Brooks, she is genius.” – Richard Ornstein, Producer, Screenwriter

• “Laura Lonshein Ludwig’s poems are excursions into complex thought and even more complex feelings. They are incantatory, dreamlike, and multidimensional mediations which, in their passionate intellectuality and articulate humanity, come to grips with the frightening aspects of how we live now.” – Dr. Joseph S. 21 Salemei, Poet, Translator Scholar: Dep’t of Humanities, New York University and Department of Classics at both Brooklyn College and Hunter College, City University of New York YEARS Sounds Like a Plot EXPERIENCE Characters from Laura Lonshein Ludwig’s first book, Robo Sapiens, to her new book Sounds Like a Plot – another classic by the recipient of four Poets and Writers grants from the New York Sate Council of the Arts and author of five screenplays. Sounds Like a Plot was reviewed by the legendary comic Professor Irwin Corey. Ms. Ludwig is listed in Who’s Who of American Women 2002-2003. This is a book of satire about city life. Before fter Reflections for the Renaissance A To order, call Xlibris Corp: 1-888-7-XLIBRIS • www.xlibris.com • email: [email protected] $18.69 on the Xlibris website. Price vary due to retail and website costs. (Hardcover or softcover.) Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center Available at: City Lights Booksellers, San Francisco, CA; St. Marks Bookshop, Manhattan, NY 263 7th Avenue, Suite 5E • (718) 499-7755 All major websites. See www.bn.com for other work by Laura Lonshein Ludwig www.perfectleg.com • fax (718) 499-7887 10 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM December 24, 2005

pm. 401 Ninth St. (347) 885-6675. Compiled NEW YEAR’S PARTY: Grand Pros- by Susan pect Hall celebrates the new year with a cocktail reception and Rosenthal international buffet. Entertainment Where to features a dance troupe and light show. Live music. Noise makers, hats and party favors. $175 per SAT, DEC 24 MON, DEC 26 THURS, DEC 29 person. 9 pm to 3:30 am. 263 Prospect Ave. (718) 788-0777. Christmas Eve ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Shakespeare’s Globe Theater of Celebrate the new year Brazilian- PARTY: Hanukkah party. 11 pm. 70 PERFORMANCE London in “Measure for Measure.” style. Arts and crafts projects and Prospect Park West. Followed by lighting of an ice menorah at en- All-male cast, period music and BARGEMUSIC: All-Bach Christmas music. Appropriate for ages 6 and trance to Prospect Park at Third Eve concert. $60. 7:30 pm. Fulton Elizabethan costumes. $60. 7:30 older. $4, free for members. 3 pm Street and Prospect Park West. Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. to 4 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 11:30 pm. Prospect Park West and at the East River. (718) 624-2083. HANUKKAH EVENT: Menorah is lit 735-4400. Third Street. (347) 885-6675. Free. in front of the state Supreme HANUKKAH EVENT: Menorah is lit OTHER Court building. 5 pm. See Sun., in front of the state Supreme CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE: at Good Dec. 25. Court building. 5 pm. See Sun., SUN, JAN 1 Shepherd Lutheran Church. Also, MENORAH LIGHTING: 6 pm. Grand Dec. 25. New Year’s Day outdoor manger display. 10:45 Army Plaza. See Sun., Dec. 25. MENORAH LIGHTING: 6 pm. Grand pm. Avenue M and New York Army Plaza. See Sun., Dec. 25. BIRDING: Ring in the new year. Avenue. (718) 338-6424. HANUKKAH PARTY: hosted by Con- Explore the Lullwater and TUES, DEC 27 Peninsula Nature Trails and learn HOLIDAY SERVICE: at Bethlehem gregation B’nai Avraham of Lutheran Church. 11 pm. Fourth about the behavior of the park’s BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Brooklyn Heights. $18 per person; wintering ducks. 8 am to 10 am. and Ovington avenues. (718) 748- presents “Imagine a Joyous $36 per family. 7 pm to 9 pm. 117 Audubon Center, Prospect Park. 9502. World,” a film about John Lennon. Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. (718) 287-3400. Free. Ages 6 and older. $4, free for BLOWING BUBBLES: Greene Grape YOGA: Start the new year with a

members. 1 pm to 2 pm. 145 champagne tasting. 6 pm to 8 pm. Mango / Greg SUN, DEC 25 yoga class. All levels welcome. Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. 765 Fulton St. (718) 797-9463. Free. Noon to 1:30 pm. 31 Washington Christmas LATKE EATING COMPETITION: and CINEMA NIGHT: Harbor Defense St. (718) 624-5525. Free. menorah lighting by Borough Museum hosts a military history ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents First Night of Hanukkah President Marty Markowitz. In night and presents “Master and Shakespeare’s Globe Theater of front of the state Supreme Court Commander” (2003). 7 pm. 101st London in “Measure for HANUKKAH EVENT: A towering building. 5 pm. See Sun., Dec. 25. Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Measure.” All male cast, period menorah is lit every night in front (718) 630-4349. Free. Papers file The Brooklyn music and Elizabethan costumes. of the state Supreme Court build- MENORAH LIGHTING: 6 pm. Grand Army Plaza. See Sun., Dec. 25. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Measure $60. 2 pm and 7 pm. 38 Water St. ing in Downtown Brooklyn. 5 pm. Hanukkah celebration: Beginning Sunday evening, Dec. 25, a gigantic menorah will be lit in front of (718) 254-8779. Court and Montague streets. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Measure for Measure.” 7:30 pm. See Mon., the state Supreme Court building in Downtown Brooklyn for eight consecutive nights. (Above) Rabbi Dec. 26. SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents Music and hot latkes. Free meno- for Measure.” 7:30 pm. See Mon., Aaron Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham and Borough President Marty Markowitz light the meno- “An Evening of the World’s Best Dec. 26. rahs and candles will be distrib- rah in 2002. (This year, Markowitz will light the menorah — and judge a latke eating contest — at 5 pm Short Films.” $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. uted. (718) 596-4840. Free. FRI, DEC 30 225 Fourth Ave. www.brooklyn- on Tuesday, Dec. 27.) Another large menorah will be lit nightly at Grand Army Plaza in Park Slope. lyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. MENORAH LIGHTING: Celebration WEDS, DEC 28 of Hanukkah with a public meno- BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: HANUKKAH EVENT: A towering rah lighting. Live band, hot latkes Dance party features holiday menorah is lit every night in front BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Street. (718) 694-1823. and younger. 8 pm. Bath Avenue and gifts for children. 6 pm. Grand presents a Kwanzaa celebration. music. Noisemakers provided. $4, SAT, DEC 31 of the state Supreme Court build- BARGEMUSIC: All-Bach New Year’s and Bay 20th Street. (718) 236- Army Plaza. (347) 885-6675. Free. $4, free for members. 1:30 pm free for members. 2:30 pm. 145 ing. 5 pm. Court and Montague Eve concert. $125. 7:30 pm. Fulton 3312. streets. Music and hot latkes. Free HANUKKAH BOWL: Adults, teens and 3 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. New Year’s Eve Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at CONCERT: Congregation B’nai Ja- menorahs and candles will be dis- and children celebrate the holi- 735-4400. TWO BOOTS: Michael Todd and the FIREWORKS: 24th annual display in the East River. (718) 624-2083. cob’s Hanukkah concert with band, tributed. (718) 596-4840. Free. day’s first night with bowling, Midnight Circus play blues. No KWANZAA PARTY: at Brooklyn Prospect Park. Best locations for MENORAH LIGHTING: Celebration dancing and a juggler. $5 includes music, hot latkes, face painting cover. 10 pm. 514 Second St. MENORAH LIGHTING: 6 pm. Grand Society for Ethical Culture. 6 pm viewing the fireworks include any- of Hanukkah with a public menorah latke and drink. 8:30 pm to 10:30 Army Plaza. See Sat., Dec. 31. and pizza. $10 all included. Maple to 9:30 pm. 53 Prospect Park (718) 499-3253. where in Grand Army Plaza, inside lighting. Live band, hot latkes and Lanes, 1570 60th St. (718) 398- West. (718) 768-2972. HANUKKAH EVENT: Menorah is lit the park on the West Drive, and gifts for children. 6 pm. Grand 7753. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Measure in front of the state Supreme along Prospect Park West and near- Army Plaza. (347) 885-6675. Free. by side streets. Just before mid- BARBES BAR: hosts a reading series. for Measure.” 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Court building. 2 pm. See Sun., HANUKKAH EVENT: Menorah is lit in See Mon., Dec. 26. Dec. 25. night. Also, Deja Blu 10-piece big 6 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965- band plays at 11 pm. www.prospect- front of the state Supreme Court LIST YOUR EVENT… 9177. Free. HANUKKAH EVENT: Menorah is lit MENORAH LIGHTING: 3:30 pm. park.org. (718) 965-8999. Free. building. 6 pm. See Sun., Dec. 25. SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents in front of the state Supreme Grand Army Plaza. See Sun., Dec. XPO LODGE: Winter monthly hosted To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids ages 4 to your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite “An Evening of the World’s Best Court building. 5 pm. See Sun., 25. 16 are invited to “Miles of Tiles,” by Expo at Gallerie. Music and dance. Short Films.” $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. Dec. 25. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “Measure an art workshop on mosaic-making. Call. 63 Pearl St. (718) 797-2557. 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed 225 Fourth Ave. www.brooklyn- MENORAH LIGHTING: 6 pm. Grand for Measure.” 7:30 pm. See Mon., $5 adults, $3 children. 1 pm. PARTY: St. Finbar Center party and hot on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. lyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. Army Plaza. See Sun., Dec. 25. Dec. 26. Boerum Place at Schermerhorn buffet. $37.50, $18 for children 12

Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Belly City, 8 pm, $8; Dec. 30: The Slip with spe- dancer Marta, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: $55 Peggy O’Neill’s cial guests Apollo Sunshine, 8 pm, $15 in BROOKLYN prix fixe dinner wtih 2-hour open bar, seat- (two locations) advance, $17 at the door; Dec. 31: New ings begin at 8 pm. 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Year’s Eve with The Rub, 9 pm, $25 Ridge, (718) 748-1400, (includes CDs for everyone, champagne Liberty Heights www.peggyoneillsbr.com. at midnight, and drink specials). Saturdays: DJ Rob and live music, 10 pm, Tap Room FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Rod, 9 pm, Stain 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red FREE; Tuesdays: Beer Pong, 9 pm, FREE; 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Hook, (718) 246-8050, www.libertyheight- Nightlife Wednesdays: Trivia Night, 9 pm, FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, staproom.com. Thursdays: Karaoke with DJ Rob, 9 pm, www.stainbar.com. Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Thursdays: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; Dec. FREE; Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm, FREE; 31: “Kids and Family New Year’s Eve Dec. 31: Peggy O’Neill’s New Year’s Eve Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal open rotating DJs, 5 pm, $5, FREE after mid- Bash,” Cool & Unusual Punishment band, Party, 10 pm, FREE. The Backroom mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, night; Wednesdays: (Downstairs) “I’m Chris Cori, 8 pm wtih buffet, open bar and (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Sixth 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney FREE; Thursdays: Benecio and the Del Okay, You’re Okay — Kara-Okay,” 9 pm, champagne toast at midnight, $15 chil- Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622- Island, (718) 449-3200, Toros, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 26: Joe Song- FREE to watch, $5 all you can sing, dren, $25 adults. 7035, www.freddysbackroom.com. (Upstairs) “Oink!” with DJ Floyd for dirty www.peggyoneillsci.com. writer and friends, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 29: Dec. 24: Owls-largely improvised, 9:30 boys hosted by PJ, 9 pm, $3; Thursdays: Saturdays: DJ Joey, 11 pm, FREE; Mon- Lauren Smith, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: End of pm, FREE; Dec. 26: Open mic night, 9:30 (Upstairs) Schoolhouse with DJ ‘Lina & Lillie’s days: Monday Night Football, 7 pm, FREE. Prohibition Party, circa 1933 featuring pm, FREE; Dec. 29: The Gene Ess Quartet, Daryl Raymond, 9 pm, $TBD; Fridays: 46 Beard St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook, swinging jazz greats, prizes, ball dropping, 9:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 30: Antique Sixgun, (Main floor) All-request after-work party (718) 858-9822, www.lilliessaloon.com. Pete’s Candy New York State sparkling wine toasts, and 10:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve with DJ Lugnut, Cirrah with DJ Mark more, 8 pm, FREE. Thursdays: Nadine’s Open Mic, 8 pm, BASH! The Freaky Fancy New Year’s Eve James, and rotating go-go with Maine & FREE. Store Rock Ball with Funny Video, 8 pm, Hoots Sarah and Cinnamon & Keisha, 10 pm, $5; and Hellmouth, 9 pm, Tom Thumb and the 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Tea Lounge Dec. 24: DJ BK Brewster and DJ Daryl Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Latter Day Saints, 10 pm, MotorMouth Raymond, Time TBD, $TBD; Dec. 31: 11th Liquors www.petescandystore.com. 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park (The Spunk Lads new band), 11:15 pm, Annual Fur Ball with live DJs and go-go Slope, (718) 789-2762, 219 DeKalb Ave. at Clermont Avenue in Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; FREE. stars, Time TBD, $10 in advance, $8 before www.tealoungeny.com. Fort Greene, (718) 488-7700. Dec. 26: Katie and the Instruments Post- 10 pm, $20 after 10 pm. Dec. 29: Rob Wagner Trio, 9 pm, 10:30 Tuesdays: The Patrick Wolff Trio, 8 pm, Christmas Sing-A-Long, 9 pm, Andrew pm, FREE; Dec. 30: Tabachnik Group, 9 BAM Cafe FREE. Field, 10 pm, Gold Sparkle Band, 11 pm, pm, 10:30 pm, FREE. 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Chocolate FREE; Dec. 27: Bingo, 7 pm, George Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. Monkey The Lucky Cat Breakfast, 9 pm, Edward Calls Kelli Rae, 10 Dec. 30: Charanga Soleil, 9 pm, $10 pm, Miwa Gemini, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 28: Trash Bar 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, JP05, 10 pm, FREE; food/drink minimum. 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 789-7896. Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Dec. 29: Brother Reverend, 8 pm, Tyler Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, www.theluckycat.com. Saturdays: Express a.k.a. open mic poetry Ramsey, 9 pm, Damien Quinones, 10 pm, www.thetrashbar.com. Barbes talent showcase, 10 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and Hope and Anchor, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 30: Dec. 28: Hooch Wolves, 8 pm, Stoley P.T., 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, After-Party with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning keyboard karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Gramparew, 9 pm, Pete Fitzpatrick, 10 pm, 9 pm, Area Man, Illimanjaro, 11 pm, $6; (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. house, classics and rare grooves, midnight, Jezebel Music Open Mic Night hosted by The Re-Gifting Comedy Show, 11 pm, Dec. 29: Devia, 9 pm, The States, 10 pm, Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wed- FREE; Sundays: Krazy Nanny Sundays and Claire Bowman, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: FREE; Dec. 31: Milton’s New Year’s Band, Hollow, 11 pm, Blak Milk, midnight, with nesdays: Night of the Ravished Limbs, 9 karaoke with Lisa Love, 8 pm, FREE; Tues- Hex! with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 10 pm, FREE. DJ Steve Blush, $8; Dec. 30: The Love- pm, $8; Sundays: Stephane Wrembel’s Hot days: Femme Elite Entertainment music by 28: Lair’s Club, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. 29: Lo-fi

/ Greg Mango / Greg cakes, 8 pm, Imposter Syndrome, 9 pm, Club of New York, 9 pm, $8 suggested do- DJs Candy and Inez hosted by Lisa Love, 6 Entertainment presents “Brooklyn Rocks!” Puppet’s Jazz Slimfrancis, 10 pm, Sourtongue, 11 pm, nation; Dec. 24: River Alexander & his Mad pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Comedy Show- with Eternal, 8 pm, HongKongathon, 9 pm, Smash Palace, midnight, $6; Dec. 31: Jazz Hatters, 8 pm, Astoriani, 10 pm, FREE; case hosted by Ray DeJon, 7 pm, $10; Sinking Ship, 10 pm, Tin Hollow, 11 pm, $8; Bar Trash presents “New Year’s F***in’ Eve!!!” Dec. 26: Ukulele Cabaret, 9:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Ladybug’s Family Reunion with Dec. 30: …y las flores, 9 pm, $5; Dec. 31: 294 Fifth Ave. at Second Street in Park with The Genders, 9 pm, The Choke, 10 Dec. 28: Reuben Radding Trio with Matt DJ James Vincent & DJ Keith Porter, 6 pm, Bizarre New Year’s Eve party with live DJs, Slope, (718) 499-2627, pm, The Everyothers, 11 pm, The Sex Moran and Oscar Noriega, 8 pm, $8, Dave FREE; Fridays: After Work Karaoke hosted bands, go-go dancers, and more, Time www.puppetsjazz.com. Slaves, 12:05 am, $8 (includes champagne Scott Quintet, 10 pm, $8; Dec. 29: The by Lisa Smiles, 6 pm, FREE, Live music and TBD, $TBD. DJ, 11 pm, $5; Dec. 31: Big party with buf- Dec. 24: Pups Vibes with Bill Ware, 7:15 toast).

Palooka Swing Project, 8 pm, Bill Carney’s Papers file The Brooklyn fet, 9 pm, $15. pm, $5; Dec. 25: Jam Session hosted by Jug Addicts, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 30: Who’s Toast the New Year: They Might Be Giants will play Northsix on The LuLu Lounge Jaime Aff, 5 pm, $TBD; Dec. 26: Organ Your Crawdaddy, 8 pm, Howard Fishman, Trio with William Ash, 7:15 pm, $5; Dec. Two Boots 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: The Fourth Annual Club Exit New Year’s Eve. (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at 27: Jaime Aff Trio, 7:15 pm, $5; Dec. 28: New Year’s Eve Balkan Bash with the Zag- Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) Brooklyn 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Brazilian Night Trio with Jair Coelho, 7:15 nut Circus Orkestar, 10 pm, $10. 218-7889, www.ricerepublic.com. pm, $5; Dec. 29: Pups Vibes with Bill Ware, 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, $5; Mondays: Open turntables hosted by Mad Conductor, 3 pm, $10. Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: 7:15 pm, $5; Dec. 30: Happy Hour with JC Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.club-exit.com. Elijah, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Karaoke, 8 pm, FREE. Bass, 6:30 pm, $TBD, New Hype Jazz, 9 www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Bembe Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 Dinero, 6 pm, FREE, DJ Tommy Talkz, 8 Dec. 30: Michael Todd & the Midnite 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in (ladies FREE until midnight); Fridays: DJ pm, FREE, Hot Damn Tuesdaze (comedy Hope and Anchor pm, $5; Dec. 31: Jaime Aff and All-Star Circus, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Williamsburg, (718) 387-5389, Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: DJ night) with Dave Lester, 10 pm, FREE; 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Magnetic Field Friends, 9 pm, $TBD. Eve Dance Party with The Hot-Button All- www.bembe.us. Dance Party with food and champagne at Wednesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, Soul Hook, (718) 237-0276. 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Stars “classic rockin’ R&B,” 10 pm, FREE Saturdays: Rhum, live DJs alongside live midnight, $40 before midnight, $50 after. F’Real, an R&B open mic for Soul Singers, Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, Rbar (includes champagne toast), reservations Latin percussion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Large Professor Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 www.magneticbrooklyn.com. 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue in recommended. Sundays: No Selectors with live DJs, 9 pm, Club Xo presents “Timbuktu,” 10 pm, FREE; Dec. pm, FREE. Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 Greenpoint, (718) 486-6116. 30: Frolic, midnight, $5; Dec. 31: New FREE; Mondays: Cold Hands with DJ pm, FREE; Dec. 30: Live band karaoke, 9 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Flatlands, Year’s Eve Bash with DJ Evil Dee, Time Mondays: Guest bartender nights, 9 pm, DiGilog and special guest vocalists, 9 pm, pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve for the 200 Fifth FREE; Tuesdays: Natural Selections with (718) 209-0525, www.clubxonyc.com. TBD, $TBD. Jazz 966 FREE; Tuesdays: Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Rest of Us!!, 9 pm, FREE (includes cham- 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park DJ Jon Bless (JB) and guests, 9 pm, FREE; Saturdays and Fridays: The Best of the 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Party, 11 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: pagne at midnight). Slope, (718) 638-2925. Wednesdays: Convalescence with DJ Ste- Best featuring live DJs, 11 pm, FREE before Clinton Hill, (718) 639-6910. Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Comedy fan Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: midnight, $10 after midnight. Frank’s Lounge Dec. 31: A New Year’s Eve Jazz, Latin & Night, 8 pm, FREE. Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and Toque with DJ Nat and live percussion sets, 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Classic Soul Party & Jam featuring Pucho & National hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: World Beat Flavors, 9 Cornerstone Bar Greene, (718) 625-9339, His 8-Piece Latin Soul Brothers Band plus Ripple Bar Fridays: Friday Night Salsa with a live salsa pm, FREE; Dec. 31: DJ Mok E, DJ Joy www.frankscocktaillounge.com. Pedro & Laurette Carol, 9 pm, $50 in Restaurant band and DJs Blazer One and Big Will 769 Washington Ave. at Sterling Place in 1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs advance, $60 day of the show (includes 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton spinning salsa, reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, Ride, DJ Stefan Andemicael, and live per- Crown Heights, (917) 657-3468, Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. Tyrone and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) ladies $5, men $10. cussion sets, 7 pm to 4 am, $20 at the door. dinner, dessert, champagne toast, party www.ripplebar.com. Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE. Tuesday Night Live featuring KoKo H Live, favors and soft drinks). 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Saturdays and Fridays: Live DJ party, 9 pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednesdays: Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance Black Betty 10:30 pm, FREE; Mondays: Comedy Vox Po p Karaoke with Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe din- Crossroads The Jazz Spot Night, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Live jazz 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Fridays: Ffun Dance Party with DJs ner); Fridays: Live Russian music and dance session, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: DJ Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Saloon Tyrone, Julian and Infinite, 8 pm, $5; Dec. 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe din- www.blackbetty.net. Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453- Victorious, 10:30 pm, FREE. www.voxpopnet.net. 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway 30: DJ Camacho, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: A ner); Sundays: Live Russian music and 7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, FREE; in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. New Year’s Eve Celebration with a live dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe Dec. 31: Ever-Reviled and Vox Pop New Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean performance by The Roughstars, and Mondays: Jam session, 8 pm, $5; Dec. 31: Year’s Eve Party, 8 pm, $TBD (donation Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, dinner); Dec. 31: Show, live music and ban- Sista’s Place Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; music by Eric “E-Man” Clarke, Lono Brazil Celebrate New Year’s Eve with The Drake suggested). FREE. quet, 9 pm, $150. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and his and Tyrone & Infinite, 9 pm, $25 (includes Colley Quintet, 9 pm, $60 (includes appe- Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-1766, Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot a complimentary champagne toast at mid- tizer, dinner, dessert, champagne toast and www.sistasplace.org. Waterfront Ale Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Yah Su- Dakar Cafe night). wine). Night and Day preme & Brohemian, 9:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Craig Harris and group, 9 pm, House 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Restaurant 10:30 pm, $20 per set. Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ Monk- Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakar- Galapagos Kili Bar-Cafe 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park 155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in One, 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Rev. Vince cafe.net. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-3794, Anderson and The Greenhouse, 10 pm, 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, Slope, (718) 399-2161, Saturdays: Afro-Samba, 9 pm, FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, (718) 855-5574. www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. Solomon’s Porch www.waterfrontalehouse.com. $10. Tuesdays: T.K. Blue Ensemble, 8 pm, 10 www.galapagosartspace.com. Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Live jazz jam hosted by the Dan 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in Dec. 30: The Dave Gross Band, 11 pm, pm, FREE Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop McCarthy Trio, 9 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Live FREE. Bodegas FREE; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. jazz, $65 prix fixe menu and champagne Sundays: Open mic, 6 pm, FREE. 860 Fulton St. at Clinton Avenue in Europa Night FREE; Dec. 29: Poughkeepsie is Closed, 7 toast, call for reservations. Zebulon Clinton Hill, (718) 230-3728. pm, $5; Dec. 30: The Love Show, 8 pm, Southpaw 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue Club FREE, Voodo: Phoenix and the Shadow, 10 Laila Lounge Fridays: The Aural Assault Project with DJ in Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve 113 N. 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Dec. 26: Marianne, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 27: 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE burlesque, and more, 8 pm, $25, The Late Sundays: Concrescence Sessions featuring Dec. 24: JDub Records, Brooklyn Jews, Burnt Sugar, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 28: in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Night Amp-Up, 1 am, $10. a rotating cast of musicians and visualists, JFJ, PJA presents Jewltide III featuring Trombone 3-0, 8 pm, Oblique, 10 pm, Cafe Steinhof Sundays: Art Nights, 7:30 pm, $10; 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Madness Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sun- Balkan Beat Box and special guests, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 29: Droid, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 9 pm, FREE; days: Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: $15 in advance, $20 day of the show; Dec. 30: Baye Kouyate et les Tougarake, 10 pm, Slope, (718) 369-7776, pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 Hank’s Saloon Tuesdays: Fruity Loops (Gay Night), 10 Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 29: Split Over Drapes, Bright Lights, Big FREE; Dec. 31: Bonga, 10 pm, FREE. www.cafesteinhof.com. pm; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Party with DJ 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve party Dec. 28: Copper Kettle, 10:30 pm, FREE. Daro, cold and hot buffet, champagne at Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003. Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 pm, live with buffet and champagne toast, 9 pm, midnight, contests and surprises, 9 pm, Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: A New $30. Cattyshack $45 in advance, $55 day of the show. Dec. 26: Kuntry Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE. Year’s Eve Party with a live set by Grits, DJ Fat Tony and more, 9 pm, $TBD (includes Northsix TALK TO US… 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Five Spot The Hook champagne toast at midnight). Slope, (718) 230-5740, 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. 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s s w e aste l for the Holidays Everyone worries about gaining a few pounds over the holidays... Here are some easy ways to reduce New York’s waste:

Recycle your holiday cards and promotional mail This time of year, we get inundated with mail and catalogs. When you’re done with these, recycle them with your mixed paper and cardboard. Do this year round with all unwanted mail!

Recycle paper gift wrap and cardboard boxes Paper gift wrap and cardboard tubes are recyclable. So are the cardboard boxes that contain your presents. Recycle these along with your other mixed paper and cardboard.

Need recycling information? Call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/nycwasteless

Recycle your tree! Remove all lights, ornaments, stands, and plastic bags. MulchFest: Saturday and Sunday, January 7 & 8 10 am – 2 pm Bring your clean Christmas trees to designated parks, where they will be chipped into mulch. Bring a bag if you want to take away mulch for your own use. For MulchFest locations, call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/parks. If you miss MulchFest, the Department of Sanitation will collect clean Christmas trees left at the curb from Wednesday, January 4 through Saturday, January 14. Trees are chipped, mixed with fall leaves, and recycled into rich compost for NYC’s parks, community gardens, and residents like you!

Check the Compost Project website for upcoming workshops and events: www.nyccompost.org

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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT No angels in strike Far be it from us to inject our- But one thing is clear: The agency sold those development yards are, after all, the public’s land, selves into the negotiations between MTA does not own the moral rights to Bruce Ratner for a mere and they should be developed for the Metropolitan Transportation high ground that it has claimed. $100 million, foreclosing a true public, not private, benefit. Authority and its striking union No, the agency’s bargaining po- competitive bidding process. On the other side are Kalikow’s workers, but a few issues seem to sition — namely that new employ- Over in Manhattan, the Hudson 33,000 employees, who earn an be eluding many New Yorkers. ees agree to a retirement age of 62 Yards were appraised at $300 mil- average of $55,000 a year, with Certainly, there are no winners instead of the current 55 and that lion, yet the agency was happy to overtime. That’s slightly below in this strike, and not even strand- workers pay roughly $10 per week accept the New York Jets’ $250- the city-wide average of $60,000, ed straphangers can settle on a towards their health care coverage million bid (which was eventually and twice the Brooklyn average villain just yet, alternating be- — is not unreasonable. killed by a different state board). — but the value of those wages is tween the fat cats on the MTA But the MTA has been a poor “I’m not going to be subject to far greater when MTA workers’ board and the “greedy” workers steward of the very resources that what an appraiser says,” MTA kingly benefits are added in. (as an aside, we still subscribe to could help satisfy the wage de- Chairman Peter Kalikow said at Indeed, the union’s demands are the apparently old-fashioned no- mands of its workers. the time of the Ratner sale. as maddening as the MTA’s “best” tion that the men and women who Lest we forget, the MTA’s own That was dumb talk from the offer. Perhaps we’re in the wrong toil underground for their living appraiser put the value of the At- man who is supposed to make the line of work, but we won’t get to deserve as much respect as their lantic Yards site at $214.5 million trains run on time — not give retire at 55 with a half-salary pen- air-conditioned bosses). — yet the cash-strapped transit handouts to developers. Those rail sion.

TO THE EDITOR Cristian Fleming Mistakes piling up in The Papers’ headlines

To the editor: And another story had a head- century — except at The Brooklyn How could you! My husband worse was that you made fun of our we do not print the names of crime Since when is The Brooklyn Pa- line, “Hangun thrust at woman on Papers, where illiteracy is clearly no was the victim of one of the crimes terrible family situation. victims. But to ensure that stories are Send us a letter pers illiterate? I was shocked to find Smith,” which almost sounds ob- bar to employment. in your police blotter (“62/68 Blot- I agree that you need to publish read and absorbed, we do sometimes Here’s how to send The Brook- typos in not one but two headlines scene. Rosaria Sinisi, Fort Greene ter,” Dec. 17). He had been robbed stories about such crimes to let peo- resort to the time-honored journalistic lyn Papers a letter for publication. on the front page last week (Dec. I have a theory about your grow- Editor’s note: Wee apolagise, butt by a man who smeared ketchup on ple in the neighborhood know that tradition of eye-catching headlines. •E-Mail: 17). In one sub-headline, you wrote, ing illiteracy: We all know that Re- his jacket, and you ran the headline, We consider the Police Blotter an hour cahpee edeater waz ohn vay- there are animals out there, but you [email protected] “Historic sphere found in a hidden publicans aren’t funding education cayshun last ishue. Dis weak, oui hoh- “Hold the mustard.” do not need to mock the victims. important public service, and, in re- draw.” Hello? DRAW? True, some because they know that an educated pe ta do betta. The original crime was extreme- porting scams and the activities of • Fax: (718) 834-9278. of us here in Brooklyn may pro- populace would never elect Repub- ly traumatic for my husband — and Name withheld, Bay Ridge con artists, we hope that our readers • Mail: Letters, The Brooklyn nounce the word “drawer” that way, licans. Their cynicism means that your headline only mocked him fur- Editor’s note: The Brooklyn Papers can learn from the bad experiences of Papers, 55 Washington St., Ste 624 but that doesn’t mean you spell it uneducated young people will have Yellow journalism ther. makes every effort to ensure that vic- others, so they don’t suffer the same Brooklyn, NY 11201. that way! problems finding jobs in the 21st To the editor: We lost $700, but what was tims of crimes are not mocked. In fact, fate. Please include your address and

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