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Kiddie rocker Dan Zanes will headline this weekend’s big rally against an even bigger development — Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project. Zanes and a troupe of acrobats, activists, beat-boxers and actors — Steve Buscemi, anyone? — will convene at

Grand Army Plaza on Sunday afternoon and entertain (and exhort, in the case of the politicians) an expected 10,000 fellow travelers in the fight against Ratner’s 16-skyscraper, 6,860-unit, 19,000-seat arena project in Prospect Heights. Months in the planning, the Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn rally has the air of an old-time barn-raising, as more than a hundred volunteers promoted the event, local businesses contributed mate-

rials, and artists honed their acts. Sunday’s rally comes as Ratner finishes up a final study of the project’s environmental effects, the first step in the public-approval process. Although Sunday’s fight will take it to the streets, DDDB won a smaller, behind-the-scenes victory last week after catching the Corcoran real-estate firm putting Ratner’s Frank Gehry-designed horse before the public-approval cart.

Broker Paul Zumoff had advertised a vacant commercial property on Flatbush Avenue near Pacific Street as near the “new Nets Basketball Stadium.” But when DDDB spokesman Daniel Goldstein reminded him that the project hasn’t yet been approved by the state, he rewrote the ad. Now the $10-million parcel’s listing describes its possible neighbor as the “proposed Forest City Ratner Mega-development Project.”

Goldstein was crowing over the small linguistic victory. “He did the right thing,” he said. “The project has been sold as a done deal since day one [but] nothing is a done deal.” Zumoff agreed. “I am a Park Slope North resident and have attended DDDB rallies,” he told The Brooklyn Papers, adding that he is “interested in the preservation of Brownstone Brooklyn.”

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More than 2,000 New Yorkers lined up this week hoping for a shot at a cheap rental within Bruce Ratner’s proposed $3.5-billion Atlantic Yards development — but many left the developer’s affordable housing presentation disappointed by the harsher reality. “I’m not sure what kind of chance I have to get one of their nice apartments,” said Canarsie resident Jennifer Haynes, a retiree who left Tuesday night’s presentation at the Brooklyn Marriott before it ended. Ratner billed the event as an “affordable housing information meeting,” promoting it with fullpage newspaper ads and targeted postcard mailings in neighborhoods far removed from the site of the 22-acre, 6,860-apartment, basketball arena and office space development, which the developer says would include 2,250 units of low, moderate and middle-income rentals. Attendees shared a common frustration over the lack of affordable options in the city. Those frustrations were not resolved on Tuesday. Some complained, for example, that they received a survey rather than an application for an apartment. Others wondered if they would quali-

fy for the housing if their earnings didn’t fit into any of the development’s income-dependent programs. Even one of the project’s biggest boosters — Bertha Lewis, executive director of New York ACORN — didn’t paint a pretty picture. “We’re not going to blow smoke in your faces,” explained Lewis, whose group endorsed the project last year in exchange for the promise from Ratner that half the housing in the project would be affordable — a promise that has already been broken. “It’s too early for an application and all that, but we want to hear about your needs,” she said. The standing-room-only crowd offered up an earful, including concerns about the ACORN-run lottery that would choose who gets one of the affordable units, and the cost of rent. “They are offering what is already out there,” said Queens resident Rachel Giordiani. “They aren’t talking about anything new to create eco-

Bensonhurst’s 18th Avenue erupted in jubilation after Italy’s stunning World Cup win on Sunday. See page 2.

nomic empowerment.” Forest City Ratner officials said 225 apartments will be reserved for families of four that earn between $21,270 and $28,360. Most of units will go to families that earn above $42,540. FCR Vice President Jim Stuckey conceded that the audience was less-than-enthusiastic about the salary figures, but said afterwards that the numbers wouldn’t change. “We can’t revise based on a few question,” he told The Brooklyn Papers. “Maybe I will explain the answers to their questions better next time.” The numbers are based on federal housing guidelines, an FCR spokesman said later. The tremendous turnout Tuesday demonstrated not only the strength of Ratner’s public relations effort, but also the dire need for affordable housing in New York City. “People don’t leave Brooklyn for a better life, they leave because they can’t afford it,” Borough President Markowitz said at the event. But many in the predominantly-black crowd See RATNER on page 8

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Keyspan Park hosted its first wedding on Saturday night — the marriage of Dave Kerpen and Carrie Fisher — and despite the kitschiness of the setting, the union of the two big-time baseball fans was a moving celebration of love. More than 1,000 people lingered after the July 8 loss to the State College Spikes — rising for several standing ovations for the bride and cheering wildly when Kerpen smashed the traditional wine glass at home plate. The Jewish wedding was nontraditional only in so much as the groomsmen and bridesmaids were arranged on the foul lines and virtually all the guests were strangers munching peanuts and Cracker Jack. It was even traditional right down to the rabbi, who stuck a little too closely to his script. “Play ball!” one bored fan yelled out at one point. Kerpen and Fisher, both 29 and both Mets fans, met years ago when they worked for Radio Disney in Boston. Kerpen was smitten, but Fisher was married, so he had to bide his time. When she divorced, he made

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Dave Kerpen, of Brooklyn, and Caroline Fisher, of Queens, married on July 8 in front of 1,000 friends, family and baseball fans after the CyclonesSpikes game at Keyspan Park.

his move (some Cyclone fans wish the hometown pitchers had such a good move). The groom’s brother said Fisher was perfect for Kerpen. “She’s the most-similar person to my brother I’ve ever met — except that she’s a beautiful woman and he’s not,” said Phil Kerpen. To pay for the wedding, the couple shilled for some of their sponsors, including appearing in a cheesy video for their jeweler that was shown on the Keyspan video screen, which did elicit a groan from the sellout crowd. Sandy the Seagull even wore a tuxedo. Cyclone players, who participated, creating a “Field of Dreams”style canopy of baseball bats through which Kerpen and Fisher took their first married steps. “I think he’s found someone who will be there for him forever,” Cyclone relief pitcher Grady Hinchman said of Kerpen. Hinchman, 24, is T R IP LE the only player on the C OV E-T H R E AT team who is married R AG E (for all of a month!), but he had a good feeling about the KerpenFisher nuptials. “If he’s found a PAULY woman who will get SHAKESP EARE married on a baseball KUNTZM AN field, he’s found the right SEE P AG E 16 girl,” he said.

Lawsuit leaves dog owners fit to be tied By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Papers

Brooklyn dogs will have their offleash privileges curtailed — no more Frisbee in Prospect Park’s Nethermead, no more swimming at its Dog Beach, no more romantic walks in the Long Meadow — if a Queens community group has its way. In what city officials believe is the first lawsuit of its kind — and one that could forever change the way the city’s one mil-

lion dog owners use public parks — the Juniper Park Civic Association has sued the Parks Department, claiming that its off-leash “courtesy hours” violate the law and endanger the public. During the “courtesy hours” — between 9 pm and 9 am in most parks — dogs are allowed to roam unleashed as long as they are under the supervision of their owners. At other times, dogs are required to be on a leash of six feet or less. This policy of not enforcing the on-thebook leash laws in city parks during off-

hours has been in place for nearly 20 years. The informal rule was devised by former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, and current Commissioner Adrian Benepe has continued the practice, calling the courtesy hours “a very Solomonic policy.” “The system has worked pretty well for the last 20 years,” he said on WNYC this week. The Queens lawsuit not only seeks to compel the city to enforce its leash laws, but to get the court to throw out the very notion of informal “courtesy” hours.

The lawsuit has its share of Brooklynbased supporters, who argue that parks have become, for all intents and purposes, dog runs. One of them has even started a blog — brooklynparks.blogspot.com — to document abuses of courtesy hours. “Dog owners display an attitude of entitlement when it comes to using public places as dog runs,” said Rob Jett, the founder of the Web site. “I used to enjoy walks in the park in the morning or late afternoon. [But] because of the ubiquity of unrestrained dogs, I no longer enter the

park during those times.” Meanwhile, the assault on the courtesy hours has dog-advocacy organizations in a lather. “Everyone is extremely concerned, to put it mildly,” said Mary McInerney, president of FIDO (Fellowship in the Interest of Dogs and Their Owners), a Prospect Park group. To put it less mildly, McInerney added: “People are freaking out.” McInerney has two dogs — a Labrador retriever named Angie and a Golden re-

triever name Scout, both of whom favor Prospect Park’s Peninsula in the wee hours of the morning. When McInerney walks her dogs then, she rarely encounters anyone but dog owners — aside from a few joggers and birders, she said. The presence of dogs — and their owners — increases public safety, she argued. McInerney said she once came to the aid of a park patron who had just been mugged on the Lullwater Trail. McInerney See DOG SUIT on page 8

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“Happy families are all alike,” Tolstoy once wrote, but “every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The great novelist may have been presaging the bizarre relationship between a Fort Greene mother and daughter. The action began on June 30, when the 46-year-old mom lent her 15-year-old daughter a pair of pants. After the teen left the Walt Whitman Houses apartment on Washington Walk, the mom quickly remembered that she had stowed $100 in the pocket — cash that was no longer in the pocket when the daughter, still wearing the pants, returned home. In the ultimate display of tough love, the mother called the cops, who wrote up the girl for the crime. Four days later, the police were back at the dysfunctional duo’s doorstep, responding to a second distress signal from the mother. This time, the girl had pulled a knife on her mom, shouting, “I’m gonna stick you!” Cops again wrote up the girl and referred the pair to city social workers.

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Perp stole her heart A 22-year old female had her heartstrings tugged — literally — on July 7 by a man who approached her on the Manhattanbound C train platform at Fulton Street. After offering a friendly, “Hello, how are you doing?” the man extended his hand, snatched the woman’s 14-carat gold chain — with its attached heart pendant — and took off. The heart-stealer has not been apprehended.

Ambushed A trio of thugs ambushed a 38-year-old woman on the corner of Willoughby Street and Carlton Avenue as she walked past Fort Greene Park on the afternoon of July 7. Choking her from behind, they forced her to the ground, and grabbed her purse. They made a quick getaway with the woman’s digital camera and cellphone. Police escorted the woman through the neighborhood, but they were unable to find the perps.

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Bearing witness A quintet of witnesses detained a wouldbe purse-snatcher after he bit a woman and tried to steal her bag on the corner of York and Jay streets on June 28. Shortly after 10 am, the perpetrator — a 47-year-old man — approached his victim and screamed, “Give me the [expletive] bag!” police said. When she refused, he bit her on the hand — but a band of witnesses rushed to her aid, cops said. When the thug pulled a knife, one of the witnesses disarmed him. Cops recovered the knife and arrested the man.

Educated guess A woman who entered a Department of Education office in Downtown Brooklyn on June 27 repeatedly punched and kicked two employees after they asked her to leave, police said. It is unclear why the woman, 27, showed up at the 65 Court St. office in the first place, but she started to “strike, kick and punch” the two workers “multiple times,” according to the police report. Cops arrested her and charged her with two counts of felony assault.

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A woman assaulted a police officer — and dug her fingernails into two men who tried to help the cops — after he tried to arrest her friend on the corner of President Street and Fifth Avenue in the wee hours of July 8, police said. Cops had asked the women to move along, and when they refused, officers attempted to take one woman into custody for disorderly conduct. That’s when the second woman went wild and attacked the officers, her arms flailing about, cops said. For bad measure, she kicked and scratched two Good Samaritans who tried to assist the officers. The woman was finally subdued with Mace, and was charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Fourth foiled A Park Slope teenager was mugged by two teens, ages 15 and 16, as he was walking along Seventh Street at 5 pm on July 4. The victim, who was carrying $300, was tackled to the ground and one of his assailants yelled, “Give me your money. I want all your money!” He handed over the money and the perps fled. Police soon caught up with them, returned the cash to the victim and ar-

July 9 proved to be the wrong day to park on Park Place, two Honda CRV owners discovered. The first unlucky victim went to retrieve his SUV at 9:10 am, only to discover that the rear passenger-side window was smashed and both airbags and stereo system were missing. The keen thief had disabled the car’s alarm system by cutting its connection to the battery. Five minutes later, a second CRV was discovered with a damaged rear-window. The victim was dismayed to discover that his stereo system and airbags were also missing.

Subway snatch A Ditmas Park woman had the iPod snatched right out of her hand as she waited for a Manhattan-bound R train at Ninth Street at just after 6 pm on July 7. The victim resisted the thief and managed to push him to the ground, but he gained possession of the popular digital music device anyway. When a group of straphangers formed around him, he brandished a knife and fled. Police are searching for the man, but a description was not readily available.

Bad neighbor A 12th Street apartment was burglarized on July 5 — and an upstairs neighbor ad-

POLICE BLOTTER mitted that he saw the thief leave the apartment, but didn’t stop him. The resident of the ransacked first-floor apartment, near the Gowanus Canal, returned home at 6:30 pm to find his front door ajar and two $1,000 laptops, a $300 digital camera, a $400 CD player, and a $300 mini-disk player missing. To add insult to burglary, the fourth-floor neighbor told police that he saw a man leaving the victim’s apartment a few hours earlier. The $3,000 worth of electronics, and the brazen thief, remain at large.

Laptops lifted A Seventh Avenue man came home on July 5 to find his front door off its hinges and his two laptops missing. But police could not get any clues from the home, near Sixth Street, because the man replaced the door and the lock before reporting the crime.

Live-in crook A woman returning home to Seventh Street after midnight on July 3 found her residence a little less crowded than when she left. Examining her home office, the woman noticed that her stereo system was missing. She confronted her live-in cousin, who said he

had pawned the stereo. The victim demanded the claim ticket so she could retrieve her stuff, but the relative admitted that he had actually sold the property for $20. When the woman made a fuller search of her Gowanusarea home, she noticed that her Bose five-disk changer, a digital camera, a portable CD player and an electric drill — valued at $1,335 — were also missing. The cousin no longer lives there. Police are looking for him.

A big stick An old man beat up a friend — 40 years his junior — with his metal cane after an argument turned violent on July 1, police said. The 76-year-old man attacked his pal with the cane at around 10:30 pm, repeatedly striking him on the head, arm and back and causing lacerations and abrasions. Police soon arrived on the scene, which was on Third Avenue between Douglas and DeGraw streets, and arrested the perpetrating pappy.

Hospital heist A Queens woman had her wallet stolen as she recuperated in a seventh-floor room in Methodist Hospital on July 1. The victim had left the bill-

fold on a shelf where she could see it, but when a man dressed in blue housekeeping garb entered the room to move some medical equipment, she watched as he moved the wallet from the shelf and into his pocket. It is unclear whether the man was a hospital employee or merely a cleverly disguised thief.

Airbags stolen A 77-year-old New Jersey woman returned to her Chevy Cavalier on July 1 to find the rear driver-side window smashed and the car’s two airbags missing. The woman had parked her car on St. Johns Place between Sixth and Seventh avenues.

Pub pilfered A popular Park Slope ale house was broken into — and $400 stolen — on June 30, police said. The alarm went off at the Sixth Avenue pub, but the thief or thieves were gone by the time cops showed up.

Holy burglary! Yet another Park Slope church has been robbed — the latest in a rash of such crimes in the neighborhood over the past six months. This time, Holy Family Roman Catholic Church on 14th Street and Fourth Avenue was hit early on June 28, police said. A church worker called cops after noticing that a side window was ajar and the church’s

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Library theft An office worker at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza had her wallet stolen after she left it in an unlocked desk drawer for just 15 minutes on June 28. The woman returned to find that her wallet, $20, and credit cards, were gone, police said. The woman cancelled the credit cards.

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68th Precinct Never leave $1,200 worth of sunglasses lying around in your white Cadillac Escalade. A 30-year-old Bay Ridgite learned that lesson on July 8 after someone broke into his tricked-out Caddy to steal $7,800 worth of goodies, including a $600 pair of Christian Dior shades, a $300 pair of Dolce and Gabbana shades, and a $300 pair of Burberry shades. The robber also snagged a $400 32-inch Trinitron TV that was embedded in the Escalade’s roof, a navigation system, and a black three-button suit from the car, which had been parked on Third Avenue near 97th Street. The same day, a 41-yearold Bay Ridgite walked out to his black Cadillac Escalade parked in front of his home at 80th Street near Colonial Road, only to find that someone had broken in and removed his $4,000 radio and navigation system. No arrests were made in either case.

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A group of poorly behaved teenagers wielding a sharpedged pipe got into a brawl in broad daylight on July 10 at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 86th Street, police said. It’s not clear what set off the skirmish, which resulted in minor cuts and abrasions to three of the angst-ridden teens. The injured were taken to Lutheran Medical Center for treatment. No arrests were made.

A 33-year-old Bay Ridgite spent America’s birthday searching for his black Ford F150 pickup, which someone took from a parking space on 84th Street between Third Avenue and Ridge Boulevard. No arrests have been made.

Hot wheels A 72-year-old man left his house on 76th Street near Narrows Avenue on July 7 and discovered that his 1999 white Dodge Caravan was no longer parked out front. There was no broken glass at the site, and no arrests were made.

Motorcycle gone A blue 2004 Harley Davidson was stolen from the corner of Ridge Boulevard and 68th Street on July 6. When the 33-year-old victim went to hop aboard his $15,000 hog that morning, he found a Verizon truck parked there instead. No arrests have been made.

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Before the victim had time to react, the perp smacked the gun at his face and snatched $160. He fled with the money towards 18th Avenue, leaving the victim with a bloody, swelling face. The mugger, who had said he needed the $2 for the subway, was not caught.

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A 17-year old boy knew something was up when he saw three shifty men watching him through the window of a store on 86th Street at 11pm on July 5. When the would-be victim left the store, which is at Bay 25th Street, he was surrounded. One thug pulled a knife from his waistband, pointing it at the victim’s pockets, and shouting in Spanish. The victim started running, pursued by the knife-wielder, until he locked himself safely inside his building. A description of the three men — 27, 30, and 18 years old — was radioed to cops on the field, who arrested them, police said.

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A dog-and-pony show HE TIMING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN more suspect. On the eve of a massive protest rally at Grand Army Plaza this Sunday and weeks before he will release an environmental impact statement, Bruce Ratner and his public-relations minions set up a dog-and-pony show to highlight the lone element of his mammoth $3.5-billion Atlantic Yards mega-development that could arguably be viewed in a positive light: 2,250 “affordable” rental units. In hopes of drawing a huge crowd to his “affordable housing information meeting,” Ratner even promoted the event in Queens and The Bronx — far from his housing-hungry Brooklyn supporters. (Way to back your allies, Bruce!) And, indeed, thousands of people, from all over the city, showed up, eager to put in an application for a cheap rental in a Frank Gehry-designed highrise.

Oh, but wouldn’t you know it: No applications were available — and won’t be for at least three years — because this full-house event was not really about serving apartment hungry New Yorkers, but about using them as props in the Forest City Ratner media campaign. The company did give plenty of details about its 2,250 “affordable” units, but the Devil was hiding in many of those details: the “affordable” units now comprise 32.8 percent of the entire project — down from an earlier commitment by Ratner of 50 percent. Yes, some apartments — a mere 225 — will be doled out to families earning less than $28,000 per year, but 900 of them will actually be set aside for families earning more than $70,000. Forest City Ratner said it worked out the formulas with ACORN, the affordable housing advocacy group the company is paying to support the project,

but many people who attended the information session were disappointed that so many units were being set aside for higher-earning families. Left unsaid, as it often is by Forest City Ratner, is that the developer would be subsidized by the city, state and federal governments to build the affordable units within the larger, lucrative project. He is not doing it out of the goodness of his caring heart, but out of the canniness of his business head. Those subsidies might be a good public investment when they create truly affordable housing — but the plurality of Ratner’s units would be available only to families making $70,000 or more, and would be built after tearing down existing buildings where people, some of them low-income families, already live. In the end, rounding up 2,000 people to the Brooklyn Marriott for a photo-op had more to do with public relations than affordable housing.

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To the editor: Brooklyn owes a debt of gratitude to The Brooklyn Papers, and Pratt Institute professor Brent Porter, for alerting us to the magnitude of the shadows Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project will cast (“Ratner’s shadow looms,” June 24). This easily overlooked issue will cost Brooklynites real dollars over the life of the project. Ratner’s Fort Greene neighbors would forever be denied the benefit of installing available solar technologies: green roofs, solar voltaic and passive solar heating systems. They will lose out the potential saving these technologies offer as oil, gas and electricity costs rise. Adding insult to injury, their own tax dollars are subsidizing these technologies for everyone else. The Empire State Development Corporation must be pushed to calculate these 30- to 60-year costs as part of its Environmental Impact Study of Atlantic Yards. Alan Rosner, Prospect Heights

To the editor: Your recent article on Fairway does not reflect my remarks at the Community Board 6 Economic Waterfront Committee meeting. I did not blame “the new a-list grocer” for traffic. I said Fairway was an all-around good thing and traffic was working OK. My only critical comment about Fairway traffic was that car shoppers seemed hyped up, they honked more and drove faster than many drivers. I suggested that the Bowne Street light, installed for the cruise terminal, was badly timed and causing backups through the Hamilton Avenue light and that DOT re-measure Red Hook sooner than usual. My group, PortSide New York, is not “rethinking the big tourist push.” Our goal is to shape Red Hook promotion in locally sensitive and sustainable ways. We create activities that will bring people into Red Hook.

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To the editor: The opening of Fairway has increased Red Hook’s traffic to a level remembered by only the oldest of the old-timers (“Red Hook rethinking the big tourist push,” June 10). A pedestrian was recently killed on Van Brunt Street where residents have called for a traffic light for more than 20 years. The Queen Mary II got a stoplight on her corner. Will P.S. 15 get one now? Phil Forbes, Red Hook

More ‘Park’ ire To the editor: At a recent update meeting for the proposed Brooklyn Bridge “Park,” the Empire State Development Corporation showed off renderings of floating walkway piers, circular swirling tidal pools, over-water sightseeing bridges, and a sand-filled beachfront (“Foes

lodge complaint: It’s not a park!” July 1/8), But also in this plan is a 30-foothigh, grass-covered landfill wall running the length of Furman Street. And where the 30-foot-landfill cannot structurally work, there is a metal barricade wall covered in wood. Walling off Furman Street shows the real intention of this plan: to limit, rather than encourage, public use. We must continue to fight for a real park and end this charade. Linda DeRosa, Brooklyn Heights

To the editor: In a recent article I was characterized as an “opponent” of the Brooklyn Bridge Park. While I sympathize with those who have brought suit against the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, I have not considered myself a park “opponent.” I have joined the newly created Park Community Council to express my very serious concerns and to work collaboratively to effectuate improved transparency of process/participation and increased community-responsive and environmentally responsible design and programming for the park. We have a long way to go as far as I am concerned, and our approaches may vary, but I think we all share a desire for a world-class park that is the best it can be. Jo Anne Simon, Park Slope The writer is a Democratic district leader

Graffiti is not art! To the editor: Brooklyn Museum of Art director Arnold Lehman and curator Charlotta Kotik should hang their heads in shame for the disgusting, and outrageous attempt to portray graffiti as art, and graffiti-vandals as artists (“Wild Style,” GO Brooklyn, June 24). The term “graffiti-art” is an oxymoron, and Lehman and Kotik are spreading the message to every graffitivandal in the city that it is OK to deface public and private property: “Just mess up your neighborhood, and someday you to can have your foul deeds displayed in the Brooklyn Museum!” Are the vandals, sorry the “artists,” or the Brooklyn Museum, going to donate any of the proceeds from this exhibit to clean up the “beautiful artwork” that covers almost every storefront and wall in my neighborhood? Probably not, considering that the museum has even provided a wall where fledging graffiti-vandals can learn their “craft.” Daniel Colon, Sheepshead Bay

Funk heaven To the editor: In tribute to my local coffee bar, I have written this humble poem: Three chairs for our neighbor, Tea Lounge, Whose furniture earns respect. Delighted to go scrounge For its decor of thrift-shop-reject. Leon Freilich, Park Slope

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Life lessons from retiring rabbi Slope Jewish leader steps down from pulpit after 28 years By Sara Vogel for The Brooklyn Papers


Rabbi Gerald Weider retired last month after 28 years as spiritual leader of Park Slope’s Congregation Beth Elohim — but the biggest lesson he learned about leading a neighborhood’s Reform Jewish community came in his first year. “I remember doing one of my first weddings and the mother of the bride was coming down the aisle,” he said. “I knocked a glass of wine onto her dress. I was horrified.” The sage rabbinical lesson he learned right then and there? “Always use white wine!” he said. Back then, Weider could be forgiven for his shakiness. After all, his colleagues thought he was nuts just for moving to Park Slope from the suburbs. “Brooklyn is finished, New York City is finished,” a friend warned him in the wake of the city’s fiscal crisis and the devastating fires of the blackout of 1977. “Brooklyn burned,” said Weider. “And then I took the job that next winter.” His early days at Congregation Beth Elohim, at Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, were not easy — the average worshipper was 60-yearsold and commuted from Midwood or Flatbush. Many congregants were charting an exodus, not to the land of milk and honey, but to Jewish enclaves in Long Island and Westchester. But Weider stayed. Two hundred wedRabbi Gerald Weider dings, eight hundred bar- and bat-mitzvahs and close to 3,000 services later, he delivered his last sermon on June 24. He said his 28 years hoisting the Torah, delivering the Rosh Hashanah benediction, and blessing the challah and wine were like being married to the congregation. “We make promises to each other,” he said. “We could have divorced each other at any time, but we didn’t.” It doesn’t sound like there was much cause for a split-up. Considering that rabbis deal with the spiritual needs of a thousand people, comforting them in sickness and in mourning, and commiserating their setbacks, he said the “worst” part of the job was those nearly monthly nighttime calls whenever the temple’s burglar alarm went off, a minor nuisance. And the congregation kept its end of the deal, accepting the changes Weider made to the temple’s worship style and religious school. Weider attracted a growing number of Brownstone Brooklynites who flocked to the neighborhood in the 1980s with sing-along services, and programs to get them involved in social action. “You have to do things slowly,” he said. “If it’s fast, it will be alienating and dislocating. And synagogue life is about making people comfortable. “My style was always and still remains the motto of the Israeli army,” he said. “The officer always says ‘Acharai’ [after me].” Next up for Weider is a genuine challenge: He’ll be consulting for a national rabbinic organization. “I hope the Orthodox rabbis will accept me,” he said.

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A state legislator linked to disgraced former Assemblyman Clarence Norman shook down a developer who was hoping to obtain a city-owned vacant lot, authorities said this week. Assemblywoman Diane Gordon (D-East New York) was arraigned on bribery, official misconduct and other charges. Gordon, 57, denied any wrongdoing, but if convicted, she faces 15 years behind bars. “She never profited one cent from this and she didn’t do anything wrong,” her attorney, Bernard Udell, said outside court. Brooklyn prosecutors and the city Department of Investigation devised a sting in 2004 after receiving a tip about a possible scheme involving Gordon and a developer hoping to build on a $2-million lot in Brooklyn designated for low-income housing. “In return, she wanted him to build her [a $500,000] dream house,” said DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn. But the developer pulled a fast one on Gordon, wearing a concealed camcorder during a series of meetings with her. “I want these things to be delivered to you where I can get a home almost for little to nothing,” Gordon told the unidentified developer, according to a transcript. “When you get reward … I get reward,” she said. A grand jury voted earlier this year to indict Gordon — who had been called to testify at Norman’s trial last year, but refused to do so unless she got immunity. Prosecutors refrained from bringing Gordon in to allow her to resign and cooperate with a broader investigation into corruption of the Norman machine being conducted by District Attorney Charles Hynes. But Gordon declined that offer, Hynes said.

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All those Cellular Island stores on Fulton Mall were no paradise for hundreds of customers who were bilked out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in an identity-theft scam. Mayer Vaknin, who owns eight Cellular Island stores in and around the Fulton Mall, admitted this week that he ran a racket against his own customers. According to federal prosecutors, between January 2004 and this January, Vaknin and co-workers used credit card information from 900 of their customers to purchase 1,940 cellular phones, which were then resold to unsuspecting new customers. Vaknin and his pals also cheated T-Mobile out of $500,000 in commissions — some from the original fraud sales and, in a particularly audacious bit of double-dipping, additional commissions from the illegal resale of the ill-gotten phones. In all, the scheme netted Vaknin’s businesses close to $750,000, according to the feds. United States Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf said the prosecution will send a message to shady vendors. “We are committed to prosecuting those who misuse [credit card] information for their own personal gain,” she said. Vaknin’s guilty plea doesn’t mean he’ll get off easy. He’s fac-

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Life in Brooklyn keeps getting better — but lack of parking is the borough’s biggest complaint, a new survey revealed this week. First, the good news: According to the Citizens for NYC survey, 83 percent of Brooklynites think their neighborhood is getting better or remaining stable, as compared to 75 percent of residents citywide. Now, the bad news: there’s no place to freakin’ park. Lack of parking was ahead of poor recreational opportunities for teens and litter as the borough’s thorniest problem. Street noise is the biggest problem citywide, according to the Citizens for NYC survey, released this week at City Hall. The group’s president, former Congressman Peter Kostmayer, admitted that the survey, which was conducted online, was not perfectly scientific, but said the high marks by Brooklynites were gratifying anyway. “Our neighborhoods are experiencing a change for the better,” he said. Yes, but would he say that if he had — Kuntzman a car?

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Dionne Mack-Harvin, who started in the Brooklyn system 10 years ago as a librarian at the Crown Heights branch and has climbed the ladder ever since, took over in May after the abrupt departure of Ginnie Cooper, the former Portland Public Library director who resigned after a short tenure at the top. Mack-Harvin’s interim appointment as executive director became official last month, freeing her — Kuntzman up to talk about her vision for the fifth-largest library system in the country. Number one: Courtesy. “One of my goals is to make the staff more customerfriendly,” she said. Number two: Increase the library’s all-too-limited hours, The Brooklyn Papers many worry about the side-effects of letting which are down 10 percent, thanks to city budget cuts. Rep. Anthony Weiner last month renewed New Yorkers pull out their Razr on the subway — which many people already do This year’s budget did not his demand for full cellphone service in the when the F-train goes above-ground berestore funding that would’ve subway system. The Sheepshead Bay De- tween Carroll Street and Fourth Avenue. allowed Mack-Harvin to add mocrat says truly mobile mobile phones are Here are some of the vital conversations evening and weekend hours an important tool in fighting terrorism, but we’ve overheard: — not that she actually thought City Hall was going to come through. “I’ll be home in 10 minutes…What?! … Chicken? Boneless or on the bone? OK.” Those who know her have said her background in New “Yeah, the train’s going slow. What?! Fourth Avenue. I said ‘Fourth Avenue’! I’ll call York — she grew up in you later.” Harlem and used the Central Library on Grand Army Plaza “What are you doing later? What?! I’ll call you when I get off the subway!” often as a teen — is already providing a refreshing change “Nyet! Nyet! Pochemy? Potomushta ya eto skazal!” * from Cooper’s bubbly, touristlike persona. “The whole thing is freakin’ retarded. Joey, we broke up. What? What? I can’t hear But even Mack-Harvin’s you. If you can hear me, I told you we broke up!” champions worry that she will have trouble attracting deep“I’m on the subway. Can we get Chinese? You call it in and I’ll pick it up on my way pocketed corporate and home. Which restaurant? What? What? I can’t hear you!” celebrity donors. After all, Cooper was stymied by an in“Just passing over the canal. It’s sort of a putrescent aqua today. What? I’ll be home ability to raise the dough for in three minutes.” an $80-million, glass-walled Visual and Performing Arts * “No! No! Why? Because I said so!” (roughly translated from the Russian) branch near the Brooklyn

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Pavilion sold!

Buyer says it will remain a theater By Gersh Kuntzman A real-estate developer with no history as a movie theater owner has bought Park Slope’s Pavilion multiplex — and the sale has local movie-goers worried that he will convert the much-loved theater into a residential building.

residential. Local concern over the fate of the 80-year-old moviehouse began even before Hidary’s purchase was inked on June 12. Word that a developer had his eye on the property — a 1920sera building that was a defunct shell for decades until it reopened in the mid-1990s — sparked concerns that the buyer would push for an immediate

But new owner Abraham J. Hidary — who plunked down $16 million for the building last month — told The Brooklyn Papers that he’s in the movie business to stay. “The Pavilion is where I go to the movies,” said Hidary, a Midwood resident. “If this was a broken-down building, then we’d think about conversion, but it is a popular movie theater.” When asked for a guarantee that the building will remain a movie theater, Hidary hedged just a bit, saying, “I highly doubt” it will be converted to

The Pavillion movie theater, then known as the Sanders, in the late 1920s.

The building housing Park Slope’s Pavilion movie theater has been sold, but the new owner promises it will continue screening films for years to come.

conversion of the property. “It’s under contract to be turned into a condo building,” one woman wrote in a widely distributed email blast. “It’s a shame to lose the only movie theater in the neighborhood.” She and others pointed out that the company that runs the movie theater has a lease through 2022 — but the building is zoned for high-rise resi-

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dential, making a condo or coop conversion possible without public review. And with movie attendance decreasing, some feel the building will inevitably go condo. “As you might imagine, we received some calls of concern about that,” said Craig Hammerman, district manager of Community Board 6. “People were surprised to find out that it could simply be converted to a high-density residential use without a public review.” The concerns were heightened by the fact that Bay Ridge lost one of its two movie theaters last year — and nearly lost the remaining one until a movie-loving Queens man plunked down $5 million. The manager of the Pavilion said she understood her customers’ concerns, but is convinced that Hidary does want to keep the projectors rolling in Park Slope. “I spoke to him and he’s ex-

cited about the theater,” said Lauren Goffio, the Pavilion’s general manager. “He knows it’s a cozy, popular neighborhood theater.” It wasn’t always that way, of course. There has been a theater at the intersection of Prospect Park West and Bartel Pritchard Circle since 1908, when Harry and Rudolph Sanders opened a nickelodeon there, theater history buffs say. The current structure — named The Sanders — was built in 1928. It thrived until the late 1970s, when it closed and began a descent into ruin. For two decades, many plans were floated to restore it or turn it into a residential building. At one point, the building was even seized by the feds for non-payment of taxes. Finally, in 1993, movie exhibitor Norman Adie and some partners restored the building. It reopened in 1996 with three screens. It now has eight.

By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Papers

Community Board 2 wants to slam the brakes on the city’s plans to add more miles to an emerging network of bike paths — one of the first bumps in the road for Brooklyn’s increasingly powerful cyclist constituency. In a vote so tight it resembled Spandex on a cyclist’s

rump, the board voted last month not to support a Department of Transportation proposal to add five miles of new bike lanes along Carlton and Willoughby avenues and Cumberland Street. The timing of the vote was striking. A few days before, a group of bike advocates rallied at the memorial of a cyclist who was killed by a truck last year on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.

And a few days later, another Brooklyn resident was mowed down and killed on Houston Street in Manhattan, the latest evidence that the city’s byways are mean streets for two-wheelers. Bike advocates have enjoyed a string of recent coups, including a dramatic reduction of car hours in Prospect Park this summer, and bike paths spreading down borough streets like

lines on an Etch-a-Sketch screen. Bike advocates have even gotten the city to admit that it needs to fix the maze of Grand Army Plaza. But CB2 was unmoved. “This is one of the first times that a community board has spoken out against such a common-sense plan,” said Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives, who happens to live in the area.

CB2 members who voted “no” rejected the notion that bike lanes calm traffic. “What they do is create bottlenecks,” said board member Cheryl Goodman. “New lanes will narrow Carlton Avenue and will make the street more congested.” The board voted to support the bike lane plan, 16-15 — one vote short of the required majority, thanks to two abstentions.

The Community Board vote is only advisory, and the work is expected to proceed as planned. The city said it would be completed by the fall. The Carlton Avenue bike lane will stretch from Flatbush to Flushing avenues. In the southbound direction, a bike lane will run along Cumberland, from Flushing to Pacific. The bike lane on Willoughby will run from Washington Park to Myrtle Avenue.

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three, four or five — to make suggestions, nitpick, and grumble about bus service in their neighborhoods. It was a long day’s journey into gripe. “I’ve actually had a bus operator flip me the bird,” said one angry Downtown Brooklyn resident. He said he’d also seen bus operators hit on female passengers, use profanity, and talk on cellphones while driving. “And that step up,” added one woman, referring to boarding the B69 at rush hour. “If the bus moves, you could be on your, um, gluteus

tion and then read it aloud, listing ways we can use transportation to “win the War on Terror.” Others were more to the point, but no less assertive. Armed with a petition from 100 residents in Canarsie, Shaniqua Rice explained that when some area residents miss the last rush-hour B17, they are forced to walk 15 blocks through an unsafe neighborhood to another bus stop. “They’ve found bodies out there,” she said. “Probably walking to catch the bus.” The MTA will take it under advisement.

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whose leg was so deformed by club foot that she refused to leave her house. The doctors repaired such injuries, and also taught local caregivers how to perform gall-bladder surgery, a sorely needed procedure in the illserved region. And there was at least one happy reunion. “There was one girl whom we operated on last year [who] came back to show us how well she was doing … [S]he’s a happy kid now,” said Lutheran spokesman Neal Gorman. The New York Honduran Committee has facilitated 10 such trips since 1999. Additional funding came from passing the hat around the hospital. “A lot of it was people just putting cans on their desks,” said Gorman. The costs went beyond housing the docs in the relative luxury of the former United Fruit complex, but also to ship all their equipment and supplies. Participating doctors said they learned a lot — not just about their patients, but about themselves — from the trip. “We take so much for granted here,” said Haher.

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Material girl: In Williamsburg, Cinders Gallery co-owner Sto (above left) and Mandate of Heaven fashion designer-proprietor Carissa Ackerman (above) exhibit their variety of wares with flair. events for the community. While Ackerman hosts weekend parties inside her store, Szczesny holds formal exhibitions and concerts when the interior takes on a new show. Hosting events helps gallery-stores twofold, as they attract both potential contributors and customers alike. This forum allows designers to sell their artwork in a retail setting without compromising their creative ambitions. Cinders, a store that divides its space into a front-room gallery and backroom store, also hosts frequent events and exhibitions — the most recent of which was the launch of “Everything Went Slanted,” a display of collaged wooden phrases by co-owner Sto. At Cinders, which opened in 2004, each exhibited piece is for sale (ranging from $15 to an intimidating price tag marked “ask”). After the show, unsold items make their way into the store section, where they join remnants of exhibits past. On the brick back wall, mounted tanks, skirts, and cartoon tees mingle with original paintings, unspooling like a highlight reel of previous shows. According to co-owner Kelie Bowman, the store helps contributors sell art without selling out. “I think it’s a trend among artists that aren’t working for a corporation, but themselves,” she said. “It’s a reaction against things like Wal-Mart.” There are no Wal-Marts in Williamsburg. And that’s probably a good thing. For stores in the neighborhood, the competition of big-name brands is far less intense than Manhattan. Sandra Ardito, a clerk at Maiden, was hopeful about the borough’s preference for

the individuality of grassroots shops. “I think the gallery idea is catching on here,” Ardito said, “because the whole area’s trying to bring back the idea that you don’t have to be a Gap or American Apparel. You can be more artistic.” Especially in a creative community like Williamsburg, the store-meets-showcase setting attracts a clientele that relishes all things experiemental. Currently at Maiden, there are several silkscreen tote bags by Tobias Wong, an artist whose work has been featured in the Museum of Modern Art. Using Maiden to work outside the more rigid museum structure, Wong contributed the oneof-a-kind bags, decorated with Warhol-esque colored handguns, to the store. “I like how most people who contribute to the store also do other things, but want to try something new,” Ardito said. “I’m sure that the woman who makes the Jack Daniel’s cozies doesn’t only do that.” In order to maintain this fresh, experimental atmosphere, some gallery stores — like an actual gallery — are forever changing faces as they exhibit new work. Maiden switches setups every month, while Cinders starts a new show every five weeks. Ackerman, on the other hand, doesn’t plan on changing her layout quite so quickly. For her, the revolving art display of the gallery-store is its customers. “I feel like all the pieces of art should be together because they complement each other,” said Ackerman. “The people that come in complement that, too. Especially, I think, because, with clothes, you can even make yourself a piece of art.”

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The Prospect Park Junior Committee invites revelers to enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dancing, rides on a canopied electric boat and the thrill of a silent auction at their fourth annual “Summer Soiree” in and around the park’s boathouse. And this year’s theme — “Bollywood” — promises to be another crowd pleaser. Vogue’s Sally Singer and Emma Bloomberg, daughter of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, (pictured left to right), will return as “Summer Soiree” co-chairs. All proceeds from Thursday’s event will benefit the restoration of Prospect Park.

Ever wondered about the man, immortalized in bronze, who you pass while on your way to the post office in Downtown Brooklyn? Well, Debby Applegate wrote the book on that towering figure — “The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher” (Doubleday, $27.95) — and she’ll regale a congregation of listeners with the discoveries she made after seven years of research and writing at the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on Tuesday. In the 19th century, Beecher was a famous preacher in Brooklyn Heights’s (still operational) Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, an abolitionist, a brother to author Harriet Beecher Stowe (“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”), a newspaper columnist and novelist. He was also accused of seducing his friend’s wife, and Applegate recounts the scandal that birthed “more newspaper headlines than the entire Civil War, and culminated in a six-month trial and media circus.” Applegate will read from her book on July 18 at 6:30 pm at the Brooklyn Heights Library [280 Cadman Plaza West at Tillary Street]. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (718) 623-7100. — LJC

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Talk about breaking the fourth wall. “The Cradle Will Rock” the audience out of its seats and into the middle of Steeltown, USA. Kingsborough Community College’s Performing Arts Society is going old school with their production of the revolutionary “The Cradle Will Rock.” The actors, comprised mostly of Kingsborough theater students, will perform in the audience, just as it was done 69 years ago. “Expect nothing you would ever expect before,” said director Jay Michaels, a professor at Kingsborough. “Actors could be sitting next to you and all of a sudden start singing,” he explained. “Scenes could happen anywhere.” Except, of course, on the stage that will be completely empty, aside from a piano. The original 1937 production (pictured above), written by Marc Blitzstein and directed by Orson Welles, went down in theater history. “The Cradle Will Rock,” a musical about labor unions and corporate corruption, was shut down by the Federal Theatre Project because of “budget cuts” — or fear that the musical was promoting communist propaganda, said Michaels. The theater company was met by armed guards at New York’s Federal Theatre, and could not perform on opening night. Michaels said that instead of accepting defeat, the company found another theater a mile away and walked there with the audience, where they performed literally in the seats and aisles because the government said performing “on stage” was forbidden. “This is a great theatrical and learning experience,” Michaels said. “It’s about time people see ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ in its original form.”

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the mouth while it complements the heat of the vegetables. And, if you’re a liver freak like me, you’ll love the “chicken liver mousse.” Like everything I’ve tried on KitchenBar’s new summer menu, the spread, which thickly coats crisp, buttery slices of toasted country bread, is richly seasoned, but not so assertive as to overwhelm the ingredients. In other words, it’s delectable. It wasn’t love at first bite for an entree of fusilli (long, curly pasta) tossed in truffle butter with sauteed arugula and a tangle of portabella and shiitake mushrooms. But the next taste — the slightly salty, nutty, ricotta salata (Italian ewe’s milk cheese) that crowned the dish — brought the earthiness of the truffles and mushrooms into high relief, while the arugula’s slight bitterness lent complexity to the works. If one dish can sum up the chef’s take on simple food pairings — as well as capture the uncomplicated way diners prefer to eat this season — it’s the brook trout with olives. The smallish, crisp skinned, head-on fish is centered in a sea of quickly sauteed green and black olives and halved cherry tomatoes, as if the creature snoozed on a bright, polka-dotted Setting the Bar: Fusilli tossed in truffle butter, with sauteed arugula and mushrooms, is a beach towel. The fish is moist and sweet instandout at KitchenBar. side; the olives’ briny assertiveness tamed by their quick sit on the heat; and the tomawas the cuisine with its something-for- call it a night. The “tapas burger,” a house favorite toes add color and a sunny note to the everyone, Mediterranean leaning dishes. The dishes now favor only Italy, judging by the number ordered on the works. I could eat the dish until fall and are lighter and cleaner tasting, with evenings I dined at KitchenBar, remains chills the air and be a happy woman. So many restaurateurs set up shop a stronger greenmarket take on ingre- on the menu. The burger is actually three smallish, juicy patties topped with either hoping to draw in the entire communidients. The weak point in the round up was Parmesan, manchego or feta cheeses on ty. But visit some of those places and — and remains — desserts. During my delicate brioche rolls. They’re gobble- the majority of patrons seem to be first visit, I ordered the KB Sundae worthy as is, even better paired with culled from the same age and economic group. On made with house-churned vanilla ice crisp steak fries Tuesday evening cream, brandied caramel sauce and treated to a heavy at KitchenBar, a candied pecans. It sounded great and shake of sea salt. jazz trio headed Another signatasted fine, but the sweet was long on KitchenBar (687 Sixth Ave. between up by Greg Rugnostalgia and short on flair. The sum- ture KitchenBar 19th and 20th streets in Park Slope) acgerio played quimer dessert roundup is still heavy on dish is the housecepts American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $7-$25. The etly; a woman gelato (they use the excellent Il Labora- made sausage, restaurant serves brunch, lunch and dinshared the tapas torio del Gelato brand), with the sundae with a different ner daily. For reservations, call (718) burgers with her variety served swapped for a grilled banana split. 499-5623. little girl; a guy in evening. The ricotta cheesecake with fresh each dusty work clothes berries should be avoided. There’s no The boozy pork crust, the strawberries are not yet ripe, sausage spiked with bourbon and polished off a family portion of grilled and the fruit’s soak in balsamic vinegar green onions is worth a trip over to the skirt steak; and a couple in their 20s were letting their parents pick up the only adds to their sourness. You’re bet- South Slope. So are creamy-centered, fried egg- tab for the meal. ter off following the example of many Whether you think of KitchenBar as a of the restaurant’s patrons: order one of plant slices with a crisp crust of a pepthe house-infused grappas, with flavors pery, chili-enhanced topping. A dollop of gastropub, a bistro, an arts venue or a like honey or sage, and the cheese plate creamy “tsatsiki,” (the Greek yogurt dip jazz club, its appeal to all of the South with a selection of Italian varieties, and made with cucumbers and mint) cools Slope community is undeniable.

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t’s been a year or so since I’ve heard the word “gastropub,” yet here it is again in the form of KitchenBar, a newcomer to south Park Slope. This restaurant/bar ups the ante as a gastropub-family-style-dining-restaurant-artand-performance venue. Phew! That’s a heavy load for one small place. Christine Iu, who opened her new eatery in March, modeled the place after The Golden Heart Pub in London, a restaurant-bar situated in a neighborhood of artists, musicians and writers. “The community around the Golden Heart is a lot like the people around here,” Iu told GO Brooklyn. “I wanted a place where our neighbors could eat a good meal at around $25 per person, see their art hung on the walls and listen to great music.” (Fifteen percent of the sale of artwork goes to Free Arts New York City, a nonprofit organization that offers arts mentoring for at-risk children and families.) The space Iu has fashioned is one part rec room (with lots of wood, a beamed ceiling replete with wagon wheel chandelier and Woodstock-esque murals) and one part swank bistro (with a few chic upholstered benches and a long bar lit with woven, conical shaped fixtures). The music — mostly jazz played at a conversationally tolerant level — is conducive to a good time. On Tuesdays, Iu hosts a jazz jam session where anyone can join the scheduled band. On Thursday evenings, she plays hostess to different jazz, rock-a-billy, country and funkjazz ensembles. The moniker KitchenBar is apt, as the bar is well stocked and there’s a cohesive, reasonably priced wine list and a cocktail menu. Two drinks with compelling ingredients are the “KB Bellini,” made with prosecco and mango nectar, and the “Guava Cosmopolitan,” a fruity blend of Absolut citron, guava nectar, cranberry juice and a slice of candied orange. When Iu opened her eatery, she offered tapas and “family sized” tapas, which were actually huge plates of food that could sate at least four hungry diners. Since one chef has departed and a new consulting chef has reworked the cuisine, the word “tapas” has been dropped. Now you begin with “firsts” followed by “entrees” in large single servings or the bigger, group-sharing plates. The word “tapas” applied to KitchenBar’s early menus was confusing. So


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Carried away: Paul Giamatti plays a building superintendent with a swimming pool problem in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film “Lady in the Water.” versity graduate says he first felt a real kinship with his own neighbors when he moved from Manhattan’s Lower East Side to Brooklyn Heights several years ago. With that experience under his belt, Giamatti was better able to understand

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ays and lesbians have made it to prime time — in a big way — on television shows such as “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” “Will & Grace” and “The L Word.” They’ve been there so long, in fact, that “Will & Grace” just ended its final season. It’s hard to remember that there was a time when gays and lesbians on the big screen — let alone television — were hidden from view, or hidden in plain sight. There is quite a history of “queer cinema” and on July 16 the Independent Film Channel will premiere a fascinating documentary, “Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema,” which explores the beginning, middle and no-longer-curiosity

phases of this area of film and film study. And there’s no end in sight. Park Slope resident — and “very proud mom” of a P.S. 39 student — Lesli Klainberg last spoke with GO Brooklyn in 2004 when her film “In the Company of Women” played at the Sundance Film Festival. Klainberg co-directed that documentary on women’s place in the cinema and Lisa Ades produced it. Now Klainberg and Ades have joined forces as codirectors on “Fabulous.” The filmmakers spoke with GO Brooklyn by phone last month about how they made the decision to focus their energies on this sexy topic. “Lisa and I were working on a documentary project for the Independent Feature Channel called ‘Indie Sex Taboos’ about sexuality in American

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Purple passion: Violet (played by Jennifer Tilly) and Corky (Gina Gershon) have a steamy romance in the Wachowski Brothers’ 1996 film “Bound.” independent cinema,” recalled Klainberg. “While researching it, we quickly realized there was a whole other world within the independent film movement. It had always been in

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here: I said it, loud and clear. I hate Margarita mix! Now, I love a good, cold Margarita, straight up, salt the rim, please. It’s one of my favorite cocktails, and one that becomes even more popular when the weather turns hot. It’s potent without being overpowering, refreshing, and has a delicious balance of sweet and sour that keeps you coming back for just one more sip. But, make a Margarita with one of the mixes and you end up with something other than a Margarita. Take a minute to read the list of ingredients on the Margarita mix package and ask yourself if you really want to put that chemical swamp into your body. Like all classic cocktails that have lasted over the years, a good Margarita is fairly easy to make. Here’s my favorite recipe, from my friend Dale Degroff. Dale is known as “The King of Cocktails” and is the author of: “The Craft of the Cocktail”, the finest book that I know of on the Barman’s art. It should be on every bartender’s bookshelf, amateur and professional.

his latest character’s relationship with the people who live closest to him. “It definitely feels like this weird little community,” he said of Brooklyn Heights. “In a way, it freaked me out for a while. I was frankly a little freaked out by the Mayberry quality of it, which is my own cynicism … I’m getting more used to it now. People being like, ‘Hey, neighbor!’ I was like: ‘Jesus! God! Creepy!’ I had lived on the Lower East Side where you were like, ‘Hey, junkie!’ ” In the movie, Giamatti plays Cleveland Heep, a heart-broken, former doctor who withdraws from the life he knew after his wife and children are murdered. Aside from helping the people in his building, he pretty much keeps to himself. When the flame-haired nymph — named Story — enters his life, Heep is forced to believe again that he has the capacity to save another being after he couldn’t protect his own family. With her arrival, he also returns to dealing with people on a more personal level again and, in a tale that seems to be about a damsel in distress, both the enchanting creature and her rescuer help each other return to their respective worlds. “I would think that it’s fairly mutual,” Giamatti said when asked who needs who more: Story or Cleveland? “I think, in a way, she needs him more because, in the story of the film, if she doesn’t get back [to her world] like the world is going to end or something; we’re going to be covered by grass wolves, eating people. Know what I mean? Green wolves are going to come out of everywhere and kill everybody, if we don’t get her back. “So, maybe she needs him more because humanity needs her to get back,” Giamatti continued. “But, certainly, it’s a huge thing for the guy to be fulfilled in a way that he wasn’t before, to feel like he’s found his purpose.”


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“Lady in the Water” opens nationwide on July 21 and will also play at the Bay Ridge Alpine Cinemas [6817 Fifth Ave. at 68th Street, (718) 748-4200] and the Brooklyn Heights Cinema [70 Henry St. between Cranberry and Orange streets, (718) 596-7070]. Call the theaters for more information about schedules and ticket prices.

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Brooklyn Heights actor Paul Giamatti plays super/hero in ‘Lady in the Water’ fantasy haracter actor Paul Giamatti says living in Brooklyn Heights helped him understand the sense of community one has with his neighbors — a theme at the core of his new movie, “Lady in the Water.” In M. Night Shyamalan’s magical new film, Giamatti plays a Philadelphia building superintendent who discovers a water nymph (Bryce Dallas Howard) in his swimming pool. With the help of various tenants and their assorted untapped talents, he tries to save her from the fierce, green, dog-like monsters chasing her and, as a result, confronts his own demons and rediscovers his own sense of purpose in life. “It was really nice because it’s basically an ensemble thing and there were fantastic actors in it. Everybody’s just great in it,” the “American Splendor,” “Sideways” and “Cinderella Man” star told GO Brooklyn last weekend. “Night very much wanted to set up this fun, communal sense among all of us and we had a really good time together.” Revealing how the building was constructed just for the movie, Giamatti added: “It really felt like a real apartment building, and I would forget sometimes that it wasn’t. It was an incredibly evocative set because it seemed like a real place.” The married father of a 5-year-old boy went on to say that the sense of connection to one’s fellow man permeated the set because it was so essential to the story Shyamalan (“Signs,” “Unbreakable,” “The Sixth Sense”) was trying to tell. “Night wanted it to be kind of the opposite, the reverse of ‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ ” the 39-year-old Giamatti confided. “He wanted it to be lighter, not a

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we still drink today came out of those bad old days. Since we have a wide selection of liquors available to us at reasonable costs, start with good alcohol. True Tequila is made from 100% blue agave. Most of the commercial brands use the bare minimum of 51% agave required by Mexican law, with the remaining 49% nothing more than cheap grain spirits. Most of the cheap Tequila made in the US is really nothing more than artificially flavored Vodka, with no agave at all used in making it. My Tequilas of choice for a Margarita are Centenario Plata, Herradura Silver and Patron Silver. Plata, or Silver, is unaged Tequila. It is clear in color or may have a faint greenish cast. Añejo is slightly aged, traditionally in redwood barrels, but more recently in oak. The law requires a minimum of only six months of aging, but better houses hold their Añejos longer. These will have a light smoky taste, still good for a mixed drink. The oldest, darkest and most flavorful Tequila is labeled Reposado, and is aged the longest. I don’t use Reposado for mixing, preferring to enjoy it the way I would a fine brandy, sipped slowly after a meal, no lime or salt, thank you. Why Cointreau? Cointreau belongs to the group of brandy-based liqueurs called Triple Sec, which means “triple dry”. In reality triple sec is sweet and has a tart, slightly peppery orange peel flavor which should come only from Curaçao (ku ra SAH oh) oranges. Cointreau is the finest triple sec available, and one of the only brands to use Curaçao oranges instead of artificial flavoring agents. If you’ll take the time to taste it alongside other triple secs, you’ll understand why I use nothing else. It will only cost a few pennies more per drink for the real thing, and your drinks will taste much better for it. Nothing beats fresh fruit juice for making drinks. Bottled juices can’t compare. Be your own judge: taste a bottled lime juice (or a mix) next to the real thing and make up your own mind. I think that you’ll agree, a well-made Margarita is a delicious drink, and it’s really simple to make an authentic one: no mix required!

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o the delight of all who swoon over boys in uniform, the 2007 “New York City Firefighters Calendar” is now available for purchase. For two of Brooklyn’s bravest, becoming pin-ups was just another day on the job. Mr. April, aka Dellon Morgan, came straight from Brownsville’s Engine 283, and he is enjoying what he calls his “15 seconds of fame.” Morgan has already been recognized around the borough for his smokin’ calendar picture. “It was a great experience,” said Morgan, an East New York resident. “I’m getting a lot of attention for it, but most importantly, it’s all for charity. It was also great to hang out with the other guys; it keeps the brotherhood tight. Being in the fire department is the greatest job in the world.” Fifteen percent of the proceeds from the calendar sales go to the Children’s Storefront School, an independent and tuition-free Harlem school, and the Thomas Elsasser Fund, which benefits the families of firefighters who die while off-duty. Although Morgan may look hot in his calendar picture — taken in DUMBO with the Manhattan Bridge as a backdrop — he was anything but smoldering during the photo session. “It was February, and I was freezing,” Morgan said. “But the shoot only took about 20 minutes.” Both Morgan and Mr. October, Bensonhurst-native Michael DeMeo, were recommended for the calendar by firefighters who have stripped down for a cause in the past. “Charity is the number one reason why I was in the calendar,” DeMeo, of Engine 284 in Dyker Heights, said. DeMeo was also bare-chested in the middle of winter, his picture taken in front of the World Financial Center in Manhattan’s Battery Park City. Even though these lifesavers mod-

Siren song: Brooklyn firefighters Dellon Morgan, aka Mr. April, (above) and Michael Demeo, aka Mr. October, (at right) bared their torsos for the “2007 New York City Firefighters Calendar.” A portion of the calendar’s sales will benefit two of the city’s charities. eled to benefit charities, they won’t be able to save themselves from firehouse jokes. “They haven’t gotten a hold of the calendar yet, so the abuse hasn’t started,” DeMeo said with a laugh. “I’m sure I’ll find my face on every door of the firehouse pretty soon.” Morgan agrees, “Sure, people have

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OUTDOORS AND TOURS BRIDGE WALK: New York Transit Museum hosts a walk with urban geographer Jack Eichenbaum across the East River and around Ward’s and Randall’s Islands. $20, $15 museum members. 10 am to 1 pm. Call for reservations. Advance payment necessary. (718) 694-1867. WALKING TOUR: The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation hosts a guided walking tour of the East River. Learn about the site’s history, current condition and the design of the future park. 10 am. Tours begin at 334 Furman St., north of Atlantic Avenue. Reservations necessary. (212) 803-3826. Free. BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Park Audubon Center hosts a cruise aboard the electric boat Independence. Tour the Lullwater, a scenic habitat for flora and fauna. $10, $6 kids. Binoculars provided. Noon to 12:40 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. PARK SLOPE WALK: Big Onion Tours hosts a walk through Brooklyn’s “Gold Coast.” $15, $12 seniors, $10 students and N-YHS members. 1 pm. Meet at southeast corner of Plaza Street West and Flatbush Avenue. (212) 439-1090. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts the Metro Tour Service, taking a walk through Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Meet at Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. SUNSET ECO-CRUISE: NYC Audubon Society offers a tour to get up close-and-personal with some of the 3,000 herons nesting on islands around the NYC harbor. $25, $10 children ages 12 and younger. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. New York Water Taxi, South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, lower Manhattan. (212) 742-1969.

PERFORMANCE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: Boomerang Theater presents “King Lear.” 2 pm. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Water and New Dock streets in DUMBO. (718) 802-0603. Free. CITY PARKS THEATER: presents Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” 3 pm. Maria Hernandez Park, Knickerbocker Avenue at Starr Street, Irving Street and Suydam Street at the Plaza. (212) 765-7910. Free. MUSIC: Weeksville Heritage Center presents Quartette Indigo. 7 pm. 1698 Bergen St. www.weeksvillesociety.org. (718) 756-5250. Free. BARGEMUSIC: presents a performance of classical pieces by Haydn, Martinu, Chiara and Schubert. $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 6242083. CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Performing arts festival hosts its annual summer season of music, dance, word and film. Today: Bud Light Latin Music Series present Nortec Collective with Beto and Richie Grupo Sonador. $3 donation. 8 pm. Prospect Park band shell, Ninth Street and Prospect Park West. (718) 8557882. OLD STONE HOUSE: Piper Theatre Productions presents “Much Ado About Nothing.” 7:30 pm. JJ Byrne Park, on Fifth Avenue between Third and Fourth streets in Park Slope. (718) 768-3195. Free.

CHILDREN FISHING CONTEST: RH Macy’s hosts its 59th annual event. Kids learn about fishing and aquatic ecology.

Prizes. Open to kids ages 15 and younger. Equipment provided. 10 am to 4 pm. Audubon Center, Prospect Park. (718) 965-8960. Free. SHOOTS AND ROOTS: Staten Island Children’s Museum hosts an intergenerational gardening program. $5. 11 am to noon. 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. (718) 2732060. PUPPETWORKS: presents a marionette performance of “The Wizard of Oz.” $8, $7 children. Recommended for ages 4 and older. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street. (718) 965-3391. TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids ages five and older are invited to learn about the design of suspension bridges and experiment with bridge-building basics. $5, $3 kids and seniors. Call for time. New York Transit Museum, Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. (718) 694-5100. LEFFERTS HISTORIC HOUSE: Afternoon of activities includes summer songs and stories, from 2 pm to 3 pm. Also, colonial crafts, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Additionally, games from the past, from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Children’s corner, inside Prospect Park’s Willink entrance. (718) 789-2822. Free. STORY HOUR: Storytelling adventures at Imagination Playground, hosted by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. 2 pm to 3 pm. Enter Prospect Park at Ocean Avenue, between Parkside Avenue and Lincoln Road. (718) 965-8999. Free. PROSPECT PARK CAROUSEL: Take a ride. $1.50 per ride. Noon to 5 pm. Flatbush and Ocean avenues. (718) 282-7789.

OTHER SIDEWALK SALE: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School hosts a sale to benefit its memorial scholarship program. 10 am to 6 pm. Lafayette between Clermont and Vanderbilt avenues. (718) 636-9263. FOOD FEST: Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church hosts the International Food Festival and Rally of countries and islands. 144 St. Felix St. Call for time. (718) 7830908. LETTERPRESS TOUR: Proteus Gowanus offers a tour of Ugly Duckling Presse. Learn how a letterpress works. Letterpress poetry books for sale. Enjoy views of the NY harbor and the Statue of Liberty by canoe with the Red Hook Boaters chapter of the Gowanus Dredgers, launching from the Louis Valentino Jr. Fishing Pier. After intro from a Dredger, have the opportunity to canoe or kayak within pier area. 2 pm to 4 pm. Meet at 106 Ferris St., second floor. Call for ticket info. (718) 243-1572. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great Villains in Cinema. Today: “Psycho” (1960). $10, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777FILM. www.bam.org.

SUN, JULY 16

OUTDOORS AND TOURS BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Park Audubon Center hosts a cruise and tours the Lullwater, a scenic habitat for flora and fauna. 10 am, 11:30 am and 1 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. WILLIAMSBURG WALK: Brooklyn Historical Society hosts a walk around this neighborhood of galleries, studios and performance spaces. $15, $10 members. 2 pm. Meet at City Reliquary Museum, 370 Metropolitan Ave. (718) 2224111.

made jokes, but it’s all in good fun.” Behind the camera is photographer Alan “Battman” Batt. This is the second “New York City Firefighters Calendar” he has released, but he’s no stranger to shooting washboard abs and muscular arms. Battman was the original photographer for the FDNY’s official calendar, “Calendar of He-

roes,” when it first came out in 1996 and has worked on all of the “Hero” calendars through 2005. “The FDNY wanted to take their calendar in a different direction, but I decided to keep doing it,” Battman said. “It’s a good thing. The firefighters are happy to do it, and the charities are always delighted. We raised a half-million dollars for charity over three years.” On June 8, the 12 hunky firefighters held a calendar signing at The Original Firestore in the West Village. “It was big, one of the best signings we’ve ever had, and the women who come are always amazing,” Battman said. In fact, Battman recalled that when he was photographing Morgan, “A woman got off of a bus and came up to us, standing in the middle of the street, and said ‘Oh my God, I have to touch you!’ ” Battman said as of June 21, there will be a few firefighters signing calendars every Wednesday at the Times Square Information Center, 1560 Broadway between 46th and 47th streets. On these days, 100 percent of the proceeds go to charity. Sure, you’ll get to meet some sizzling firefighters, but by attending a signing — and purchasing a calendar — you will be doing your part to help these charities, which is what’s truly important. (At least, that’s what you can tell your friends.)

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QUEER... Continued from page 11 making comes “out” big time. In ’85, Gus van Sant makes “Mala Noche,” Donna Deitch makes “Desert Hearts” and the Academy Award-winning documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk” is released. AIDS breaks out in the mid-’80s and in 1986 “Parting Glances,” the first feature film to deal with the plague and its effect on the gay com- Lesli Klainberg, co-direcmunity, premieres. In fact, the tor of “Fabulous: The StoAIDS epidemic seems to ry of Queer Cinema.” push artists to make more his film “The Hours and challenging work. All of this information is Times”; Tom Kalin with given to the viewer in a “Swoon,” a re-imagining of graphic timeline that runs the Leopold and Loeb murthroughout the film and also der trial; Greg Araki with through the words of experts, “The Living End”; Derek Jarman with “Edward the Secprofessionals and fans. In addition to a history of ond”; and on and on. Todd Haynes, another infilm, the timeline mentioned above pinpoints cultural (pop die “name,” recalls that these and otherwise) turning points films were special for more through the years. This is an than their subject matter. “They were all experimeneffective device whose purpose is to give the viewer cul- tal in form,” he says, “not just swapping gay characters for tural touchstones. “It can be a trigger for a topic we’re about to “Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema” will premiere on the Indeintroduce,” said pendent Film Channel on July 16 at 10 pm. Klainberg. “And it can remind us of things we take for granted straight characters.” The reanow,” added Ades. Sure, son for this moment could be everyone knows that Ellen the fact that in 1991 — the Degeneres came out on her year before — two queer television sitcom (“Ellen”) films won the top jury prizes but do you remember exactly at Sundance: Jennie Livwhen? The timeline puts ingston’s documentary on viewers in touch with all of voguing, “Paris is Burning,” these moments and helps and Haynes’ dramatic feature, them to see the cinematic “Poison.” As these films were startmilestones in a broader context. (Ellen’s character came ing to change the landscape, out of the closet in 1997, by however, gays and lesbians were complaining about the way.) According to writer and some of the characters they critic B. Ruby Rich, who found. Famed indie producer serves as a personable, (and sometime writing partcharming and witty histori- ner of Ang Lee, director of, an, gay indie cinema explod- among other titles, the aforeed at the 1992 Sundance mentioned “Brokeback MounFilm Festival. Filmmakers tain”) James Schamus points who will become icons of out that some audience the movement all share this members complained about moment at the festival. Pre- gays being characterized as sent were Chris Munch with “bad guys” in “Swoon.” And

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(718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. FAMILY JAM: Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts a family concert series. Today: Les Femmes Jazz Band. 5 pm and 6:30 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Free. CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Performing arts festival hosts its annual summer season of music, dance, word and film. Today: Princess Cruises Movies Under the Stars Series presents “Blackmail” with Alloy Orchestra and Morley. $3 donation. 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band shell, Ninth Street and Prospect Park West. (718) 855-7882. BARGEMUSIC: 7:30 pm. See Thurs., July 20.

Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay PERFORMANCE CITY PARKS THEATER: presents Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” 2 pm. Sunset Park, 44th Street and Sixth Avenue in the Theater Mobile. (212) 765-7910. Free. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: “King Lear.” 2 pm. See Sat., July 15. BARGEMUSIC: 4 pm. See Sat., July 15. OLD STONE HOUSE: “Much Ado About Nothing.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., July 15.

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SAT, JULY 22

FISHING CONTEST: RH Macy’s hosts its 59th annual event. 10 am to 4 pm. See Sat., July 15. PUPPETWORKS: “The Wizard of Oz.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., July 15.

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OTHER BLOOD DRIVE: New York Blood Center holds a drive at Kings Plaza Shopping Center. Noon to 5:30 pm. 5100 Ave. U. (800) 933-BLOOD. RALLY: against Ratner’s skyscraper city and arena over-development, hosted by Develop, Don’t Destroy, Brooklyn. Singer Dan Zanes to perform. 1:30 pm. Meet at Grand Army Plaza, park side of the arch, Union and Prospect Park West. (917) 701-3056. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great Villains in Cinema. Today: “Rebecca” (1940). $10, $7 children and seniors. 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. NIGHT AND DAY BOOKS: hosts a poetry reading. 6 pm. 230 Fifth Ave. (718) 399-2162. Free. SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents “An Evening of the World’s Best Short Films.” $10. 7 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) 857-4816.

Piper Theatre Productions presents “Much Ado About Nothing” in Park Slope’s JJ Byrne Park on July 15 and 16 at 7:30 pm. Medina and Bobitto. 7 pm. Fort Greene Park, Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park. For more information, www.cityparksfoundation.org. Free. MOVIES AL FRESCO: Brooklyn Film Works presents “Movies Al Fresco.” Today, “Moonstruck” (1987), directed by Norman Jewison. 8:30 pm. The Old Stone House, JJ Byrne Park, Fifth Avenue at Third Street. (718) 768-3195. Free.

WEDS, JULY 19

KIDS CLUB: Games, songs and crafts at Leif Ericson Park. Kids ages 5 to 10 welcome. 1 pm to 3 pm. 66th and 67th streets, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Call. (718) 492-4972. SUMMER ARTS FOR KIDS: Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee presents “Science and Movement,” a class for kids ages 4 and older. 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Pierrepont Playground. www.bhplaygrounds.org. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Animation Around the World.” Today, works from 1973 to 2003 by Paul Driessen. $10, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777FILM. www.bam.org.

WALKING TOUR: The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation hosts a guided walking tour of the East River. Learn about the site’s history, current condition and the design of the future park. 10 am. Tours begin at 334 Furman St., north of Atlantic Avenue. Reservations necessary. (212) 803-3826. Free. DANCING THROUGH BROOKLYN: Young Dancers In Repertory offers dance classes for children, ages 4 to 14. 10:30 am to 11:30 am. McKinley Park, 75th Street and Ft. Hamilton Parkway. (718) 567-9620. Free. BLOOD DRIVE: New York Blood Center holds a drive at the Brooklyn Borough Hall. 11 am to 4:30 pm. 209 Joralemon St. (800) 833-BLOOD. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Cinema Tropical. Today: “El Destino No Tiene Favoritos” (2004). $10, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. CITY PARKS CONCERTS: 17th season of summer performances. Today, Tabou Combo. 7 pm. Brower Park, Brooklyn Avenue and Prospect Place. For more information, www.cityparksfoundation.org. Free.

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THURS, JULY 20

BLOOD DRIVE: New York Blood Center holds a drive at Kingsborough Community College. 9 am to 5 pm. 2001 Oriental Blvd. (800) 933BLOOD. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Animation Around the World.” Today, “The Best of Ottawa” (2005). $10, $7 children and seniors. 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. ARTS AND CRAFTS: Program for kids, ages 3 to 5, at Harry Chapin Playground. 6 pm to 8 pm. www.bhplaygrounds.org. Free. BOYS OF SUMMER: Brooklyn Cyclones play. Tickets are $7 to $14. 7 pm. Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. at West 19th Street. Call for info. (718) 507-TIXX. CITY PARKS CONCERTS: 17th season of summer performances. Today, Rich

SUMMER SOIREE: The Prospect Park Junior Committee hosts Bollywoodthemed cocktail reception. $50. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse. Enter at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 965-8988. www.prospectpark.org. DANCING THROUGH BROOKLYN: Young Dancers In Repertory offers dance classes for children, ages 4 to 14, 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Sunset Park, 44th Street and Sixth Avenue. (718) 567-9620. Free. PUPPETRY IN THE PARK: Program for kids features giant-sized puppets. 11 am. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Water and New Dock streets in DUMBO. (718) 802-0603. Free. RHYTHM AND BLUES: Brooklyn Academy of Music hosts it’s annual outdoor lunchtime concert series.

MON, JULY 17

Today: music with The Radiators. Noon to 2 pm. Metro Tech Commons, corner of Flatbush and Myrtle avenues. (718) 636-4100. Free. BROOKLYN BRIDGE WALK: Big Onion Tours hosts a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and through Brooklyn Heights. $15, $12 seniors, $10 students and N-YHS members. 1 pm. Meet at southeast corner of Broadway and Chamber Street, lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great Villains in Cinema. Today: “Kiss of Death” (1947). $10, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777FILM. www.bam.org. MOVIES WITH A VIEW: Brooklyn Bridge Park’s series presents “Strangers on a Train,” rated PG. Music at 6 pm; movie at sunset. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Water and New Dock streets in DUMBO. (718) 802-0603. Free. OUTDOOR MOVIE: Narrows Botanical Garden presents the classic film “Topper,” starring Cary Grant. Sundown. Shore Road between 69th and 72nd streets. (718) 748-9848. Free. SEASIDE PARK CONCERT: Annual concert series presents Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Stewie Stone also appearing. $5, or bring your own chair or blanket at no charge. 7:30 pm. Asser Levy Seaside Park, West Fifth Street and Surf Avenue. (718) 469-1912. BARGEMUSIC: presents an enhanced concert of classical pieces by Schubert, Mozart and Schumann. $40, $30 seniors, $20 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 6242083. CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Performing arts festival hosts its annual summer season of music, dance, word and film. Today: Brave New World Repertory Theater presents “The Great White Hope.” $3 donation. 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band shell, Ninth Street and Prospect Park West. (718) 855-7882.

FRI, JULY 21 PUPPETRY IN THE PARK: Program for kids features giant-sized puppets. 11 am. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Water and New Dock streets in DUMBO. (718) 802-0603. Free. BLOOD DRIVE: New York Blood Center holds a drive at HSBC Bank, Montague branch. 11 am to 4:30 pm. Borough Hall Plaza. (800) 833BLOOD. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great Villains in Cinema. Today: “White Heat” (1949). $10, $7 children and seniors. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave.

GET ON THE WATER: The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy hosts an urban river tour of the Erie Basin in Red Hook. Call to register. (718) 802-9874. Free. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts the Metro Tour Service, taking a walk through Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Meet at Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. INWOOD PARK TREK: Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment hosts 1.6 mile hike of Inwood Park with Sharon Seitz. Explore summer wildflowers and several geologic curiosities, including rock caves used as shelter and a glacial pothole. $11, $9 members, $8 seniors and students. 3 pm to 5 pm. Meet at the Indian Road, 218th Street Entrance to Inwood Hill Park. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. SUNSET ECO-CRUISE: NYC Audubon Society offers a tour to get up close-and-personal with some of the 3,000 herons nesting on islands around the NYC harbor. $25, $10 children ages 12 and younger. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. New York Water Taxi, South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, lower Manhattan. (212) 742-1969.

PERFORMANCE CONCERT: Fulton Street Beat presents James Reams and The Barnstormers in a bluegrass performance. 1 pm. Also, Renegade Band plays reggae. 2:30 pm. Also, Arturo O’Farrill plays Latin Jazz. 4 pm. 4 Metro Tech Center. (718) 488-8200. Free. BARGEMUSIC: presents a performance of classical pieces by Haydn, Bartok, Glass and Mozart. $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 6242083. WORLD MUSIC: Dora the Explorer’s Emmy-nominated composer, Steve Sandberg, presents a program of melodies, chants, ambient sound and world rhythms. 8 pm. Sideshow Gallery, 319 Bedford Ave. (718) 486-8180. Free. CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Performing arts festival hosts its annual summer season of music, dance, word and film. Today: Ronald K. Brown and Evidence perform contemporary dance. $3. 8 pm. Prospect Park Band shell, Ninth Street and Prospect Park West. (718) 855-7882.

CHILDREN FAMILY FUN FEST: Fulton-Nostrand Revitalization Projects celebrates its first annual Bed-Stuy Gateway family event featuring carnival-style

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it hasn’t only been indie films that have put gay murderers and psychopaths on the big screen. Who can forget the uproar over gay and lesbian villains in “Silence of the Lambs” in 1991 and “Basic Instinct” in 1992? In addition to the historians and experts who can cite chapter and verse of watershed moments in the history of queer cinema, Klainberg and Ades also interviewed gay and lesbian filmmakers and actors who can recall personal moments of triumph and identification with what they were — and weren’t — seeing on the screen. Actress Heather Matarazzo, who made her film debut as a gawky teenager in Todd Solondz’s 1995 film “Welcome to the Dollhouse,” recalls a scene in that film where her character is derided as a lesbian, and the actress thinks to herself, “Yeah, that’s what I am.” Of course we know that gay and lesbian films have gone mainstream when all the roles start going to straight actors. This had been happening for a while, but when Hilary Swank won an Oscar in 2000 for her role in “Boys Don’t Cry,” the floodgates opened. The filmmakers look at this phenomenon as well as the moments when celebrities started coming out of the closet. With so many issues to cover, does “Fabulous!” cover it all? Klainberg said, “Lisa and I would be loath to say that this is a definitive documentary on queer cinema. There is so much material, so much ground to cover, and understanding how the pieces fit in.” So a definitive treatise “Fabulous!” is not. But an incredible compendium of the pioneers — and heirs — of queer cinema it most certainly is. Marian Masone is managing director of the New York Film Festival and associate director of programming for the Film Society of Lincoln Center, where she is on the selection committee for New Directors/New Films.

games and attractions, vendor booths selling arts and crafts, food and live entertainment. 11 am to 6 pm. 1360 Fulton St. (718) 636-6910. PUPPETWORKS: presents a marionette performance of “The Wizard of Oz.” $8, $7 children. Recommended for ages 4 and older. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street. (718) 965-3391.

OTHER DESIGNERS MARKET: Park Slope hosts an indie designer market featuring apparel, handbags, jewelry, clothing, paper and lifestyle goods. 10 am to 6 pm. Old Stone House, JJ Byrne Park, Fifth Avenue between Third and Fourth streets. (718) 768-3195. WEEKSVILLE FARMER’S MARKET: New York-grown fruits and vegetables for sale. 10 am to 2 pm. 1698 Bergen St. (718) 757-0106. SUMMER ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition hosts a new show: “Food for...A Feast for The Eyes,” in honor of Red Hook neighbor Fairway. Festivities include a Meet-the-Artists reception and jazz performance by Broken Saxophone Quartet at 3 pm. 1 pm to 7 pm. 499 Van Brunt St. (718) 596-2506. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great Villains in Cinema. Today: “A Clockwork Orange” (1971). $10, $7 children and seniors. 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org.

SUN, JULY 23

OUTDOORS AND TOURS TAKE A WALK, NY!: Alan Ginsberg leads a tour through Broad Channel to Rockaway. 10:30 am. Meet at the Broad Channel station. (212) 228-3126. Free. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big Onion Walking Tours offers an introduction to the history, architecture, and people buried at Green-Wood. Stops include the graves of DeWitt Clinton, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Leonard Bernstein and John “The Soda Fountain King” Matthews. $15, $12 seniors, $10 students. 1 pm. Green-Wood Cemetery Main Entrance, 25th Street and Fifth Avenue. (212) 439-1090.

PERFORMANCE CITY PARKS THEATER: presents Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” 2 pm. Von King Park, Lafayette Avenue, between Marcy and Tompkins avenues in the Amphitheater. (212) 765-7910. Free. MUSIC: Weeksville Heritage Center presents Noel Pointer Foundation: Sojourner Strings. 7 pm. 1698 Bergen St. www.weeksvillesociety.org. (718) 756-5250. Free. BARGEMUSIC: 4 pm. See Sat., July 22.

OTHER SUMMER ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition hosts a new show: “Food for...A Feast for The Eyes,” in honor of Red Hook neighbor Fairway. Festivities include a performance of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” by Communicable Arts. 1 pm to 7 pm. 499 Van Brunt St. (718) 596-2506. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great Villains in Cinema. Today: “Peeping Tom” (1960). $10, $7 children and seniors. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org.

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Nightlife Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan

Amarachi Lounge 325 Franklin Ave. at Clifton Place in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (646) 641-4510, www.amarachilounge.com. Saturdays: Global Saturdays, 10 pm, $5; Sundays: Open Mic Artist Showcase, 5 pm, $5; Wednesdays: Laugh Out Loud Wednesdays, 8 pm, $7; Thursdays: Fashun4ward, live fashion show featuring Brooklyn designers and models, 8 pm, $7; Fridays: Baba Jagun and his Ancestral Rhythms, 8 pm, $10.

Anyway Cafe 1602 Gravesend Neck Road at East 16th Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, www.anywaycafe.com. Tuesdays: Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and guests, 9 pm, FREE.

Asser Levy Park West Fifth Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, (718) 469-1912, www.brooklynconcerts.com. July 20: Franki Valli & the Four Seasons with special guest Stewie Stone, 7:30 pm, FREE.

The Backroom (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, www.freddysbackroom.com. July 15: Goddess, 9:30 pm, Not Your Father’s Plastic Beef, 10:30 pm, Leah Coloff, 11:30 pm, FREE; July 16: Zilo Groove, 9:30 pm, FREE; July 17: Ed Sullivan on Acid, stand-up comedy, 9:30 pm, Brooklyn vs. Bush Comedy hour, 11:30 pm, FREE; July 18: Minimalist Brooklyn Chick Jazz with Christina Drapkin and Stephanie Greig, 9:30 pm, FREE; July 20: The Kings County Opry, 8 pm, FREE; July 21: Velvet Grin, 9:30 pm, The Mighty Shakes, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 22: Shana Scudder, 9:30 pm, His Mighty Robot, 10:30 pm, Daniel Lefkowitz, 11:30 pm, FREE.

Le Dakar Cafe 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakarcafe.net. Mondays: Keswa, a cast member of “The Lion King,” sings live, 8 pm, $5; Wednesdays: Soul Session with DJ Op, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: DJ Moh, 8 pm, FREE.

Dragon Lounge 145 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 624-7658, www.dragonloungebklyn.com. Mondays: Mix Master Mondays, 7 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Trivia (music and movie trivia), 8 pm, $1.

Europa Night Club 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, www.europaclub.com. Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; July 16: Howard Fishman Quartet, 7:30 pm, $10 (students free before 8 pm with valid student ID).

Galapagos 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; July 15: (Front room) Ministry of

July 15: Dead Flowers presents A Midsummer Night’s Technicolor Dream, The Black Hollies, and The Insomniacs, 8 pm, $7; July 19: Dick Swizzle’s Sudden Death game show, 8 pm, $5 per contestant; July 21: Sparkle Motion presents The Ballet, May or May Not, The Baskervilles, 7 pm, $8; July 22: Dead Flowers presents A Crucial Barbecue, The Brought Low, and more, 4 pm, $TBD.

Magnolia 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE.

Melt 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 230-5925. Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 pm, FREE.

National Restaurant 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner).

Night and Day Restaurant 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. Sundays: John McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $6 and $7 food/drink minimum; Tuesdays: Songwriters Showcase hosted by Staci & Justin, 7 pm, FREE with $7 food/drink minimum, Live jazz jam hosted by the Dan McCarthy Trio, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 food/drink mini-

Black Betty 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.blackbetty.net. Saturdays: DJs Yah Supreme and Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: The Break Ups, 9:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Kings County Soul Night featuring DJs Monkone, Emskee, Finewine & Nick Cope, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC Gman, 11 pm, FREE.

Bubby’s Brooklyn Pie Company 1 Main St. at Plymouth Street in DUMBO, (718) 222-0666, www.bubbys.com. July 18: Andy Statman, 8 pm, $7 donation.

Cafe Steinhof 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. July 19: J. Walter Hawkes Trio, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Center for Improvisational Music 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org. July 15: Blueprint Trio, 8 pm, $12; July 21: Modular Theatre, 8 pm, $10; July 22: Michael Formanek, Tim Berne and Tom Rainey, 8 pm, $12.

Club Exit 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, www.club-exit.com. Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE.

Club Xo 1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Flatlands, (718) 209-0525, www.clubxonyc.com. Fridays: “The Best of the Best” featuring live DJs, 11 pm, FREE before midnight, $10 after midnight.

Cornerstone Pub 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, www.cornerstonepub.com. Mondays: Happy Hour with The Rachel Eckroth Trio, 6 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quartet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thursdays: Stephane Wrembel’s Hot Club of New York, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Music That’ll Make You Thirsty, 10 pm, FREE.

Crossroads Cafe 1421 Prospect Ave. at Reeve Place in Windsor Terrace, (718) 972-1852. July 16: Impossible Fork, 7 pm, Shakers and Bakers, 8 pm, FREE; July 20: Bizingas Trio, 7 pm, Thomas Eaton, 8 pm, FREE.

Crossroads Saloon 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE.

709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; July 15: Murzik, 8 pm, Tiagaa, 9 pm, Joy, 10 pm, Finian McKean and Wild Palms, 11 pm, FREE; July 16: Maestro Echoplex & Katie Mullins, 8:30 pm, Paul Hogan, 9:30 pm, Clock Hands, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 17: Remote Islands, 9:30 pm, Meric Long, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 18: Bingo, 7 pm, Kristen Holly, 8 pm, Bombshell, 9 pm, Tom Leach, 10 pm, Jihae, 11 pm, FREE; July 19: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Matthew Hebert, 10 pm, Lissa Schneckenburger with Paddy League, 11 pm, FREE; July 20: The Rosemont Family, 8 pm, The Inlets, 9 pm, Casey Dienel, 10 pm, Sarah White and the Pearls, 11 pm, FREE; July 21: Adam Levy’s Nice Place to Visit, 6:30 pm, The Government & Friends, 9 pm, Attention Driver, 10 pm, Grace Church, 11 pm, FREE; July 22: Deertick, 8 pm, The Shivers, 9 pm, Joe Moore, 10 pm, Lucinda Black Bear, 11 pm, FREE.

Ray’s Comedy Club 9807 Third Ave. at Marine Avenue in Bay Ridge, (718) 748-6400. July 15: Richie Triola, Comedy Central’s Rob Falcone, and Quentin Heggs, 9 pm, $15 and 2-drink minimum; July 21 and July 22: From Showtime at the Apollo, Joe Recca with Angel Salazar from “Scarface,” 9 pm, $15 and 2-drink minimum.

Southpaw 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. July 15: Phonograph, Kara Suzannes & the Gojo Hearts, Annie Keating, The Coydogs, 8 pm, $8; July 18: Listen Vinyl Records presents Music is My Weapon with live DJs, 8 pm, $TBD; July 19: Loki da Trixta and special guests, Time TBD, $TBD; July 21: Swerve with DJ Roy Baron, 9:30 pm, $10 before 1 am, $TBD after 1 am; July 22: American Underground presents Moisturizer, Roughstars, Apsci, Love Mas, Time TBD, $TBD.

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81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. Saturdays: Rhum, live DJs alongside live percussion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: No Selector with live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Uninterrupted Trip Hop, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Natural Selections with DJ Jon Bless and guests, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Convalescence with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Toque with DJs Busquelo and Captain Planet with live rumba by Romain Diaz and Pupi and the Oriki Omi Oddra Rumba Ensemble, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: World Beat Flavors, 9 pm, FREE.

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46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344. Saturdays: Sweet Saturdays with Da Union’s DJ Snatch 1 “The Fireman” and GMC’s own Country, 11 pm, $TBD.

444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park Slope, (718) 832-9800. July 16: Ben Monder Trio, 8 pm, 10 pm, $5 (includes both sets).

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365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, (718) 788-2830. Sundays and Thursdays: Live Jazz, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; July 15: Kyle Struve Trio, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation; July 16: Michael Petrosino Trio, 8:30 pm, (two sets), $5 suggested donation; July 20: Christina Drapkin, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation; July 21: Nikhil Yerawadekar Quintet, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation; July 22: Cosmo D, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation.

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Wingate Field Winthrop Street between Brooklyn and Kingston avenues in East Flatbush, (718) 469-1912, www.brooklynconcerts.com. July 17: Sweet Summer Soul with Stephanie Mills, The Whispers and Melba Moore, 7:30 pm, FREE.

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Zebulon 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 2186934, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. July 15: Meta and the Cornerstone, 10 pm, FREE; July 16: Yah Supreme & Brohemian, 10 pm, FREE; July 17: The Flail, 8:30 pm, Shanir Blumenkranz Trio, 10 pm, FREE; July 18: Jon-a-Thon, 10 pm, FREE; July 19: Tomchess & the Lovedogs, 10 pm, FREE; July 20: Cooper Moore, 10 pm, FREE; July 21: Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat, 10 pm, FREE; July 22: Konga-I, 10 pm, FREE.

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Stain Sojourner Strings will perform at Weeksville on July 22. Sounds presents The Naughty Sessions with live DJs, 11 pm, $15 in advance, $20 day of the show; July 16: Rapid Response Team, 8 pm, $7, The Paff-Butrin-Orus presents Orus-S-Sphere, A Game Like No Other Game is Like, 10 pm, $5; July 17: (Backroom) North Palm Wrestling, 9 pm, $5, (Front room) Once Bitten Twice Thigh Burlesque presents The Darlinda Just Darlinda Story, 9:30 pm, $5.

Goodbye Blue Monday 1087 Broadway at DeKalb Avenue in Bushwick, (718) 453-6343. July 17: The Good Anna, Blizzards, True Primes, 9 pm, $5 donation.

Hank’s Saloon 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; July 15: El Jefe vs. Demons, 9 pm, E.C.T., 10 pm, Outpatients, 11 pm, The Chasers, Midnight, FREE; July 21: Jim Waive & the Young Divorcees, Lindy Loo’s Hillbilly Hayride, 10 pm, FREE; July 22: Coppersonic, 10 pm, FREE.

The Hook 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. July 15: Proton Proton, 9 pm, Roxy Pain, 9:30 pm, The Rogers Sisters, 10:30 pm, Radio 4, 11:30 pm, $10 in advance, $13 day of the show; July 22: True Metal America presents Victim of Pain, 8 pm, Magus Beast, 9 pm, Elixir, 10 pm, Attacker, 11 pm, Halloween, Midnight, $TBD.

Hope and Anchor 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Hook, (718) 237-0276. Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE.

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mum; July 15: Bob Stewart Trio, 9 pm, $TBD and $7 food/drink minimum; July 17: Whit Shaffer, 9 pm, $5 and $7 food/ drink minimum; July 19: “Speakeasy,” stories from the backroom, hosted by Sherry Weaver, 7 pm, $8 and $7 food/drink minimum, Stephanie Rooker, 9 pm, $10 and $7 food/drink minimum; July 21: Greg Diamond Band, 7 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 food/drink minimum, Davy Mooney Quartet, 9 pm, $5 and $7 food/drink minimum; July 22: Jerome Covington Trio, 7 pm, FREE with $7 drink minimum, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb Group, 9 pm, $5 and $7 food/drink minimum.

Nig ht of the Cookers 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE.

Northsix 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. July 15: (Downstairs) Dear Tonight, Murdock, Autokinoton, Ricky Fitts, Heartwarmer, 6 pm, $7, (Upstairs) Murder Mystery, Clock Hands Strangle, Phantom Buffalo, 9 pm, $10; July 16: Heineken & The Onion present Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, O Death, Wrong Reasons, 9 pm, $10; July 17: Blackpool Lights, House of Heroes, Night Kills the Day, Rookie of the Year, 8:30 pm, $8 in advance, $10 day of the show; July 18: Currituck Co., Citay, 100% Storms Ensemble, 9 pm, $8; July 19: (Downstairs) An Angle, Controlling the Famous, Push to Talk, 9 pm, $8, (Upstairs) Cities, Cataract Camp, Best Inventions, 9 pm, $10; July 21: Stoley P.T., Jesus H. Christ, Lorraine Leckie and her Demons, Alexa Georgevich, 9 pm, $10; July 22: Deli Magazine presents A Place to Bury Strangers, Lions and Tigers, Jealous Girlfriends, Earlymay, Schwervon, Radio America, 9 pm, $10.

766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompanied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal open mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; July 15: Ward White, 8 pm, Jeremy Elijah, 9 pm, FREE; July 20: Sean Sonderegger Quartet, 8 pm, Va Va China, 10 pm, FREE; July 21: Ernesto Cervini and Amy Cervini, 9 pm, FREE; July 22: Launch party for Suitcase 2 magazine, 8 pm, FREE.

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Tea Lounge 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. July 20: Troglodytes, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 21: DBQ+++, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Trash Bar 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. July 15: West, 8 pm, The Shorebirds, 9 pm, Conshafter, 10 pm, The Johns, 11 pm, God Fires Man, Midnight, $7; July 16: Grubstake, 8 pm, Kimono Dragon, 9 pm, Repellent, 10 pm, Dealer, 11 pm, Tigercity, Midnight, $6; July 17: Maniacal Plan, 8 pm, The Heathens, 9 pm, Dan Maxwell & his Band, 10 pm, $6; July 18: The Hecklers, 8 pm, The Swimmies, 9 pm, Lucky Bitch, 10 pm, Grasshopper, 11 pm, 45 High, Midnight, $6; July 19: DJ Mojo presents Family Business Records Party with Object, 8 pm, Telenovela Star, 9 pm, Goes Cube, 10 pm, The Gritty Midi Gang, 11 pm, Haunted Horses, Midnight, $6; July 20: Viva la Venus, 8 pm, Modern Electric, 9 pm, Sexor Suicide, 10 pm, Newbreed, 11 pm, Imogene, Midnight, $6; July 21: Legionnaire, 9 pm, The Shames, 10 pm, 7 and Counting, 11 pm, Matt Macaulay, Midnight, $7; July 22: Monster Eiffel Tower, 9 pm, Z02, 10 pm, Rock City Morgue, 11 pm, Machine Equalizer, Midnight, $10.

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320 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill, (718) 488-0777, www.jolierestaurant.com. Tuesdays: Bonne Ambiance Mardi Night featuring live music with Peter Davenport, 9 pm, FREE.

Kili Bar-Cafe 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, (718) 855-5574. Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Laila Lounge 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. Sundays: Bloody’s, 4 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: APA League, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; July 15: The Local Epiphany with John Hodel, 7 pm, Christina Mason, 8 pm, Chaos Frame, 9 pm, Particle Board, 10 pm, Ranjit, 11 pm, FREE; July 21: Sweet, 10 pm, $TBD.

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Les Babouches 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 833-1700. Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE.

The Lucky Cat 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and keyboard karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Night hosted by Dave Cuomo, 7 pm, FREE, Fear of a Whack Planet, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Finger on the Pulse with live DJs, 11 pm, FREE; July 15: The Saturday Night Stomp, 10 pm, $5; July 16: Fabl-Olympics, 8 pm, FREE; July 18: Organ Grinder Tuesday with The Mercy Killers & Turnpike Wreck, 10 pm, $TBD; July 19: Gold and Gunmetal, 9 pm, $TBD, The Situation, 10 pm, FREE; July 20: The Lovekill and more, 9 pm, $TBD; July 22: Armed Citizens, Disassociate, Communion and more, 9 pm, $TBD.

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By Moses Jefferson for The Brooklyn Papers

Hot-dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi ate his way to a stunning, come-frombehind victory against the first true American threat to his five-year reign, winning the annual Nathan’s contest last week at Coney Island by the slim margin of 53-3/4 hot dogs and buns. American record-holder Joey Chestnut pushed Kobayashi for the first eight minutes of the 12minute contest, jumping to an early lead, but Kobayashi ate methodically, sometimes chomping down on three dogs at a time, en route to a new all-time record. By comparison, Chestnut struggled for most of the entire contest, the veins in his forehead bulging even more grotesquely

than his distended abdomen. “I just got tired and couldn’t keep up with him,” Chestnut said afterwards, groaning in agony as the world’s media gathered around him for a postmortem. “That’s why he’s the greatest champion who ever lived.” Despite suffering yet another American loss on the nation’s 230th birthday, contest organizer George Shea could not have been more pleased. “There are tears today in Coney Island, but I believe they are tears of joy,” said Shea, who is president of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, the governing body of all stomach-centric sports. “We may have lost this battle, but I believe we will win the war. Joey Chestnut is the future of this sport.”

Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, a perennial also-ran, finished third with 37 HDBs. This year’s stuff-your-faceoff finally lived up to years of Shea-driven, America-vs-Japan hype. Ever since Kobayashi won his first Nathan’s contest with 50 HDBs in 2001 — doubling the existing record — America has been searching for someone who could win back the coveted, bejeweled Mustard Yellow International Belt, the symbol of gustatory gluttony. But America had not found that hero until Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, a 22-year-old civil engineering student from San Jose, stunned the world by eating 50 HDBs in a qualifying match in May — immediately putting him on a collision course with Kobayashi. With more than 10,000 spec-

tators in front of the famous Nathan’s stand at Stillwell and Surf avenues in Coney Island — which some Kobayashi fans have renamed “Koby Island” — Chestnut gulped to an early lead, but struggled as Kobayashi came back. The champion looked cool throughout, until a controversial burp at the 10-minute mark threatened to undo his comeback. “It was just a burp,” he said later. “I felt much better after.” He felt better, but Chestnut and other observers thought Kobayashi had suffered what competitive eaters call a “reversal of fortune,” better known as the “Roman Method” or “exhibiting reflexes contrary to swallowing.” But Kobayashi’s judge, Gersh Kuntzman of The Brooklyn Pa-

pers, refused to disqualify the champ, ruling that he caught the upchuck and returned it to its rightful place — his mouth — before any landed on the table (see below). “Maybe I was eating a bit too fast,” Kobayashi admitted, “but I was watching Joey’s score. He really did push me.” Kobayashi was docked onequarter of a hot dog when Kuntzman and IFOCE Commissioner “Hungry” Charles Hardy inspected the champion’s water cup and noticed some bits of hot dog, but Hardy determined that the rogue protein was not enough to strip Kobayashi of the belt. Coney Island would remain Koby Island for at least one more year.


Kobayashi fends off American; remains,frankly, Nathan’s top dog

American challenger Joey Chestnut (right) stuffs his face en route to downing 52 weiners during Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating contest on July 4. It wasn’t enough, as Takeru Kobayashi ate 53-3/4 dogs in 12 minutes to keep his world title.

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his amazing 50 HDB victory, I made him stuff a OOK, I KNOW WHAT I SAW. As the acquarter hot-dog back into his mouth when it fell companying photo shows, something haponto the table. In 2003, I noticed he was dunkpened at the 10-minute mark of last week’s ing his buns into his cup of water more than usu91st annual Nathan’s hot-dog-eating contest at al, so I made him slurp Coney Island. On the left is up the water-logged American record-holder Joey carbs. And last year, Chestnut, pointing at five-time THE BROOKLYN when a sneeze late in world champion Takeru By Gersh the competition sent a Kobayashi. On the right is Kuntzman stream of chewed-up newcomer Patrick Bertoletti, hot-dog out his nose, I pointing at Kobayashi. made him snort it back in. And in the center – that disembodied arm – That he did it without flinching, without queswell, that’s me, pointing at Kobayashi. tioning, showed what a true champion he is. A bit of background first: For the past six Controversy is as inseparable from the comyears, I have served as Kobayashi’s judge and, petition to be greatest eater in the world as hot as such, have had a spittle-and-bun-covered dog is from bun. But with 10,000 spectators front-row seat to history. Over those six years, packing the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues I’ve had a chance to watch the greatest athlete in — and with almost as many camera crews from modern history crush all comers. For five of New York, San Jose and Japan on hand — I those years, Kobayashi’s closest competitor didknew I had to be at the top of my game. n’t even come within a dozen hot dogs and buns I watched Kobayashi like a mother cow watch(HDBs in competitive eating circles). I may think Kobayashi is the greatest coming her calf’s brain. He ate his game – not worrypetitor since Secretariat, but I’m no pushover. In ing, even when Chestnut jumped out to a two-dog 2001, when this calf-brain-eating champion lead. He passed Chestnut for good around the from Japan burst onto the American scene with nine-minute mark, but I watched with even greater


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intensity, knowing that this was the only time Kobayashi had ever been pushed. And then, the belch. Yes, Kobayashi burped and, yes, the force of the belch propelled parts of four chewed-up hot dogs from his mouth. But, ever the champion, Kobayashi caught it all in his hand — and some in his water cup — and pushed it all back in. Chestnut and Bertoletti pointed to alert the judges, but as the photo shows, I was pointing, too — reminding Kobayashi of the rules: a competitor will be disqualified if the effluvia hits the table. If it’s caught in the hand, and shoved back in, well, no harm, no foul. S THE LATE JOHNNY COCHRAN might have said: Kobayashi caught his regurgitate and didn’t hesitate. Yes, bits of hot dog did remain in his cup at the end of the competition — so I docked him a quarter-dog, making the new world record 53-3/4 instead of 54. From where I sat, there was no controversy: Kobayashi had stared defeat in the face and pushed it right back into his own jaws of victory. What a champion. What a judge.

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“Transit Workers”: The Real Story of Employees of New York City Transit By Marianna Hernandez

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onovan Smith is not your typical 9-to-5 New York City Transit worker. “Riders who ride the subways and buses don’t see what transit workers go through – they don’t see the working conditions. I want them to see this aspect of life from our point of view,” he says. “That is why I decided to produce a show that would tell people the real story.”

The result is Transit Workers, a weekly show on Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT). “I can express myself and show people what I and so many other transit workers do. But the best part about it is that I can show how a community comes together, both the riders and the transit workers in a time of crisis, and that could make a big difference,” he says. The long-time power cable maintainer for the New York City Transit developed his new fascination with the camera lens in 2001 when his wife told him about a video editing course she was taking at BCAT. Smith decided he would take a couple of courses as well. After a year, during which he studied studio production, field production, and AVID non-linear editing, Smith wanted more than anything to hone his newly-learned skills. His guinea pig became his show, Transit Workers, which first ran on BCAT as an occasional special but is now produced monthly. According to Smith, his most memorable show was created during the time of the blackout in the summer of 2003, when token booths were closing down and the hot issue of the day became OPTO-conductor-less trains scheduled to run on the L line. He produced a program

that showed how the community joined transit workers and elected officials to fight the initiative. “It didn’t make sense to us to put these trains in operation, especially after 9/11. It would have posed more of a threat. Thanks to BCAT and the opportunity to produce my show, I had the chance to show this fight.” During the transit workers’ strike in December 2005, Smith not only marched on the frontlines: he enlisted his camera lens into action, producing an episode illustrating a timeline of various events that had taken place over the course of the year leading up to the strike. Another episode discussed how the MTA planned to raise the fare and the response of the local elected officials and straphangers through what became the “Save the Fare Campaign.” “I wanted to get my point across, to give a voice to the people, and so I taped different campaign events, press conferences, and even had footage of the MTA board itself. It was important for the episode to show the facts from all different angles. That’s always the best footage,” he says. But, for the diligent producer, one of the most important

Donovan Smith, producer of the monthly show Transit Workers on BCAT. aspects of working with public access television, is volunteer work. And so, besides working on his own project, Smith busies himself with helping on other BCAT shows, like working audio for the Ina Dillon Show, a weekly Caribbean-American talk and entertainment show. “It’s a good cause to volunteer and being a part of BCAT makes you realize that there’s still some good things in the world,” he says. A graduate of LaGuardia Community College, Smith says that even though he took a video course in high school, which mainly focused on screen writing, he never expected to have the opportunity to learn about video again and, because he has, it has changed his world. “Everything you do changes you, it helps you grow. There’s a lot of information out there, and editing and the studio tools that you have help you to get your message across.” ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Why (left field) — Now? Elvis is still in the building. And still in left. That’s Elvis Cruz, and like his namesake, this Elvis likes showmanship. Unfortunately, he tried a one-handed catch of a simple fly ball that would have ended the game and have given Jacob Ruckle a complete game one-hit shut-out. But Cruz embarrassingly dropped the ball, and Ruckle left the game (he was at his pitch-count limit). The Cyclones bullpen, fortunately for Cruz, retired the next batter to win the game.

Because (centerfield) — Now? Opening-week starter Will Bashelor has been sent down to Kingsport and Joe Holden, who was hitting .300 at Hagerstown with six homers, was sent down to take his place.

Right Field — Now? Although Abbott and Costello had no right fielder in their skit, the Cyclones have been using Dustin Martin and now Jonathan Sanchez, down from Hagerstown, in right.

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Talk show host Larry King returned to Brooklyn for a nostalgic visit on June 29. “My son [Chance] and I went back to where Ebbets Field was and I sang ‘There Used to Be a Ballpark’ for him,” said King. The CNN yakker also showed off his old high school, Lafayette and took his 7-year-old son to Coney Island’s batting cage. “Chance plays tee ball in California and his favorite player is Jeff Kent, who gave him one of his bats,” King said. The Brooklyn heritage tour ended with a Cyclones game, where Chance took some tossed grounders behind the Keyspan batting cage. Later, King could be heard rooting for the Cyclones and doing a play-by-play for his son — Shakespeare on a double play.

Hooray for the hora The much-hyped “World’s Largest Hora” on June 10 should have been billed as the “World’s Largest Hora … at Keyspan Park … this year.” The Cyclones promotional team hoped to break its 2005 mark of having 144 people participate in the ceremonial Jewish circle dance (can you say, “Aveinu shalom alachem!”?), but only a paltry 67 — including the Cyclones Beach Bum dancers — turned out. And what a pathetic hora it was! As the dancers kicked off, their ring immediately snapped into pieces, thanks to some fans not knowing which direction the circle was supposed to turn. The group never fully recov— Nick Pauly ered.

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Jake Eigsti does give a darn. He’s is the only member of the infield’s opening-week line-up to stay in his position with Brooklyn. He has good range and hands, and is hitting .269.

Floyd became the sixth Met — after Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Tom Martin, Joe McEwing, Mike Stanton and infielder Kaz Matsui — to rehab with the Brooks. Some rehab: Floyd played left field for six innings and went 0-2, hitting into a double play and striking out. But he did manage a walk. After the game, Floyd, who is still nursing a severely sprained left ankle, said minor-league pitching was hard to get used to. “These guys throw harder, they just don’t know where it’s going,” he said. He also praised Cyclones starter Tobi Stoner and Ironbird hurler Jeffrey Moore, who pitched six shutout innings in relief. “What I saw tonight, they have legitimate shots [at the major leagues],” explained the one-night Cyclone. Against Moore, Floyd was clearly swinging for the fences, but missed on three straight fastballs from the flame-thrower. “My swings were a little long,” he admitted. But the fans were thrilled. “Those last three swings were Ruthian,” said Cyclones announcer Warner Fusselle. And in keeping with rehab tradition, Floyd bought his one-night teammates a post-game pasta spread.

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Sloper Adam Ottavino of the State College Spikes.

The setting may have been minor league, but the swings were big league all the way as Mets star Cliff Floyd played for the Cyclones on June 29 in a rehab appearance.

Jon Malo is back in town. Malo was in Port St. Lucie, two steps above Brooklyn, where he was playing fairly regularly and hitting .253. Back in Brooklyn, he took the third-base job from Grogan.

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“But he wanted to play baseball, so that’s what he did.” Ottavino did it well enough to be picked in the first round of the 2006 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. Ottavino won’t be tormenting the Cyclones for too long: He’s allowed only five hits in 19.2 innings, and has a 2-0 record with a 0.00 ERA. In the game against the Cyclones, Ottavino didn’t let his hundreds of hometown supporters make him nervous.

mates will miss him when he’s promoted — especially on those Brooklyn road trips. “I took some of the guys to dinner at Spumoni Gardens,” said Ottavino. — Shakespeare

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Two weeks ago, Armand Gaerlan was the Clones’ keystone. But Gaerlan was promoted to Hagerstown, and the Cyclones brought in Jon Schemmel to play second. Schemmel plays a fundamentally solid game, but he swings an inconsistent stick. Waiting in the wings at Kingsport is Ivan Naccarata at Kingsport. After hitting a record three homers in one season into right field at Keyspan Park, Naccarata is hitting .563 in five games at Kingsport and slugging 1.063 with two homers. Did someone say, “The Big Nac attack”?

Jacob Ruckle (2-1) has excellent control and a fine change-up. The Jason Jacobs (r). righty pitched a gem on July 6 (and again on July 12), allowing only a single hit and no walks in the aforementioned “shoulda-been” complete game against the Staten Island Yankees. Jorge Reyes (0-3) is resuming his career after sitting out a 60-day suspension for steroid use. Returning to Brooklyn for the second year, the rightly has not pitched well, allowing 27 hits in only 16 innings with a 6.48 ERA. Jeramy Simmons (2-2) has shown great control (only four walks in 21 innings). Tobi Stoner has a 2.70 ERA and a 1-1 record. He impressed rehabbing Met star Cliff Floyd with his stuff. He also hit .420 in college — but unfortunately Cyclones pitchers don’t get to swing the stick. Nelson Portillo (1-1) is a righty with good control, maintaining a 2.57 ERA. Reliever Joe Smith, a right-hander with a submarine delivery, has proven to be an able closer (after a debacle in his first appearance in which he committed an error, walked a batter and hit a batter to force in a run). He has a 1.13 ERA. Fellow right-hander Tim Haines is also a submariner. He’s 1-0 in seven appearances. Lefty reliever Grady Hinchman – who has “the heart of a lion,” according to Cyclones’ pitching coach Hector Berrios — battles hitters all the way. A great competitor, he’s 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA.

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“Before the game, it did seem a little surreal to be pitching at Keyspan,” he said. “But once the game started, I just focused on the batters.” Cyclones’ manager George Greer was impressed. “He has the makings of a good prospect,” he said. Ottavino’s team-

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New York Mets outfielder Cliff Floyd during his June 29 rehab stint with the Cyclones.

Grady Hinchman comes set. And the pitch — explosive! Cyclones reliever Hinchman was on the mound late in the game on June 30 when Astroland’s weekly firework spectacular began without warning. Cyclones fielders looked stunned. Aberdeen Ironbird batters looked shell-shocked. Fans — who had been lulled into complacency by a scoreless tie — were temporarily revived. Although in year’s past, Friday night home games have been temporarily suspended dur-

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Park Slope native Adam Ottavino made a triumphant return to Brooklyn on Sunday, July 9, throwing six scoreless innings for the State College Spikes.

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Y FIRST COLUMN OF THE YEAR reviewed Ottavino grew up a block the Cyclones’ position players in a format modfrom Prospect Park and eled on the famous Abbott and Costello routine, played there and at the Who’s On First? Parade Grounds with the Since then, the Cyclones have Youth Council League been playing their own verand later for the Berkesion, complete with the “I ley Carroll HS team. don’t know” on third base. T His father told The A The Brooks started the seaRE H -T Brooklyn Papers that E son by losing their first seven IP L R AG E R T the right-hander algames. The team didn’t panic, OV E C ways wanted to be a per se, but upper management baseball player. made some quick moves to bol“If he wanted to ster the lineup. do opera, he would Here’s how the “new, imhave been hanging proved” Cyclones shape up. around fat women Who’s On First — PAULY AN with horns,” said KUNTZM John Ottavino, an Now? PEARE SHAKES actor. Junior Contreras wasn’t so junior at 6-foot-5 and 262 pounds, but he had trouble hitting the curve and the change-up. He was sent down to Kingsport and the Cyclones moved third baseman Tim Grogan to first. Who’ll be on first tomorrow? Probably Junior. He’s batting .483 at Kingsport with three homers and three doubles in eight games — for a slugging percentage of .897.

Jason Jacobs is now doing the bulk of the receiving. He joined the Cyclones shortly after their opening-week debacle and has been a giant behind the dish, surviving full-on collisions. His hitting has, alas, been inconsistent.

July 15, 2006

B R O O K LY N C Y C L O N E S C O V E R A G E

The Play’s the Thing

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Brooklyn native Larry King, 72, with son Chance, 7, at Keyspan park on June 29. ing the fireworks, both managers agreed to keep playing, despite the rocket’s red glare. The show lasted most of the 11th inning. Neither team managed to get a baserunner during the fusillade, but Jon Malo claimed that the players had no problem focusing on the little white ball, despite the bombs bursting in air just beyond the centerfield fence. “The batter’s eye did a great job of blocking them out,” he said. Then again, Malo may simply have a deeper appreciation for fireworks. After all, it was his hit that won the game for the Cyclones in the bottom of the 15th. Fireworks, indeed. — Pauly

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