The BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR POSTER • P12 IndypendenT #243: FeBRuARy 2019 • IndypendenT.ORG Queens dA RAce WIde Open p9 GRAB ’eM By The cOnsTITuTIOn p16 The neW BOB dyLAn p19 eMpIRe sTATe OF MInd neW yORK Is seT TO cAsh In On cAnnABIs. BuT WhO WILL GeT The GReen? p4 By sTeVen WIshnIA ROB LAQUINTA 2 COMMUNITY CALENDAR The IndypendenT THE INDYPENDENT, INC. 388 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217 212-904-1282 www.indypendent.org Twitter: @TheIndypendent facebook.com/TheIndypendent TUE FEB 5 movement-building con- Special guests Smoke Come ready to dance at ST. MARY’S CHURCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 6PM–9PM • FREE versations, food and drink. & Mirrors, Black Days, this communist anti-Val- 521 W. 126th St., Mnhtn Ellen Davidson, Anna Gold, SCREENING: DECADE OF THE PEOPLE’S PUPPETS SaneInsane. entine’s Day Party. 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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: native Vivian Vazquez The largest U.S. exhibi- brutality, featuring the Bklyn JUDSON MEMORIAL Ellen Davidson, Alina mothers of individuals CHURCH, ASSEMBLY Mogilyanskaya, Nicholas exposes the truth about tion in 10 years devoted to Powers, Steven Wishnia the borough’s sordid his- the iconic painter and the killed by the NYPD. FRI FEB 15 HALL tory and reveals how her fi rst in the United States UNITARIAN CHURCH OF 10PM–4AM • $15 239 Thompson St., Mnhtn ILLUSTRATION DIRECTOR: embattled and maligned to display a collection of STATEN ISLAND MUSIC: BROOKLYN DUB Frank Reynoso community chose to re- her clothing and other 312 Fillmore St., S.I. CLUB: CHANNEL ONE MON FEB 25 sist, remain and rebuild. personal artifacts. 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Join them MUSIC: STRAIGHT TO FRI FEB 15 and the state’s expanded change: the way the Apoorva Tadepalli, Naomi at their new space for a HELL: A TRIBUTE TO THE 8PM–1AM • FREE capacity to trace, track state uses and is used by Ushiyama, and Amy Wolf. night of performances, CLASH PARTY: RED PARTY and monitor us. organized capital, and the VOLUNTEER DISTRIBUTORS: Erik Anders-Nilssen, Eric Brelsford, Chris & Pam Brown, Hank Dombrowski, Joseph Epstein, Kim Frazcek, February 2019 Lew Friedman, Mindy Gershon, Tami Gold, Priscilla Grim, Michael Hirsch, Zack Kelaty, Michael Korn, Jane AdVeRTIse In The Indy LaTour, Dave Lippman, unIQue AudIence • AFFORdABLe RATes • peRsOnAL ATTenTIOn Ashley Marinaccio, Saul FOR MORe InFORMATIOn, eMAIL [email protected] OR cALL 212-904-1282 Nieves, Caroline Rath, Liam Reilly, Norm Scott, and Carol The IndypendenT Smith. The IndypendenT 3 FeBRuARy IN THIS ISSUE power of landlords and develop- THE GALLERY LE POISSON ers at every level of government. ROUGE But crucially, planners also 158 Bleecker St. Mnhtn WheRe The GRAss Is possess some of the powers we GReeneR, p4 must leverage if we ever wish THU FEB 28 New York appears set to legalize to reclaim our cities from real 9PM–4AM • FREE pot. Who will benefi t? estate capital. 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Considered poet FRID-OM: Nickolas A 31-year-old public defender laureate of Skid Row, Bukowski Muray’s Frida with takes on the political machine in was a champion of the lost, the Idol, 1939, as well as the Queens DA race. lonely and the outcast. He wrote numerous paintings by about the human condition — and personal artifacts GuTTed, p10 something that can be applied belonging to the artist New York City is taking initial to any time period regardless of herself are on view at steps to sell off its chronically changes in technology, politics the Brooklyn Museum neglected public housing. or societal conflict. beginning this February. LIVInG heRITAGe, p12 Discover Black History Month DIRTY OLD MAN: events citywide with this free Toast Charles Bukowski pullout calendar. at Le Poisson Rouge on Feb. 28. eBOny & IVORy, p14 Is it time for progressives of color and allies to welcome the We hAVe RAIsed white working class back into the fold? $30,615 eQuAL pAy FOR eQuAL WORK, WINTER As OF JAnuARy 31.