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RATNER: I WANT A QUARTER BACK Looking to sell 25 percent of Nets By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Papers

The Brooklyn-bound New Jersey Nets need cash. Nets owner Bruce Ratner is trying to sell a $60-million stake in the team he laid out $240 million for in 2004 — a move that would help keep the team afloat while it’s stuck in the Meadowlands pending approvals for an arena in the proposed Atlantic Yards mega-development, the Star-Ledger of Newark reported this week.

The Nets lose between $20 and $30 million annually, according to the Star-Ledger. But the team, which Ratner originally said would move to Brooklyn for the 2007-08 season, is now expected to remain in its New Jersey moneypit until the 2009-10 season or longer, judging from a conference call with investors last week in which Ratner predicted that construction of the entire Atlantic Yards project could take 15 years, up from his earlier prediction of a maximum of 12 years. A spokesperson for Forest City

Ratner told the Star-Ledger that the company was “looking to raise new equity to increase liquidity.” This latest search for new financial backers comes at a critical time for the project, just prior to the release of an environmental assessment that is supposed to detail the project’s impacts and mitigation costs. In addition, Forest City Ratner is

in the midst of the project’s first — and time-consuming — legal skirmish with project opponents. Delays in construction of the most-expensive arena ever are something Ratner desperately wants to avoid. As The Brooklyn Papers reported last month, the developer has said he loses $4 million every month that he does not build.

Ratner’s increasing reliance on private investment partners doesn’t surprise those in the sports world. “The owner of a franchise is often someone who built an empire on private investment,” said David Carter of the University of Southern California Sports Business Institute. “And if you are building a new venue [in addition to just operating the team], it means more risk investors will have to take on for a much bigger return.” If history is any guide, new inSee RATNER on page 18

Seeing red Brooklynite Erin Mullen lets her hair down — or, more accurately, up — at the annual “Best Redhead Contest” last week, part of the pre-St. Patrick’s Day festivities at Manhattan’s Fitzpatrick Hotel.

Home prices in Ridge, B’Hurst booming too By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Papers

Raising the bars Cheap beer and good times runneth over on Atlantic Ave. SEE PAGE 7 A bar’s eye view of Hank’s Saloon on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill.

Who should public schools serve first: rich kids or poor By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Papers

The removal of Joyce Saly as principal of PS 58 in Carroll Gardens has done nothing to dapen the emotions surrounding this question. Controversy still consumes the school, this time over the loss of a music program established under Saly’s tenure. Saly, at once much-loved and much-reviled by parents, left in January following a scandal related to standardized tests; she’s now working in a Department of Education district office. Many of the school’s moreaffluent parents said Saly catered to them — as an exam-

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Do public schools exist for the poor to get a basic education or to discourage middle-class families from fleeing to the suburbs?

Public School 58 in Carroll Gardens is having a hard time adjusting to the gentrification of its surrounding neighborhoods. ple, they cited private funding she located to bring in Guggenheim artists to teach dance. But poorer parents said Saly treated the less-fortunate harshly and acted too quickly to relocate

students who weren’t measuring up to increasingly tough standards. “I’m a nice liberal guy,” said Jim Devor, whose third-grade daughter was learning the violin

in the defunct class. “Everyone agrees that at-risk populations need resources first, but the question is, is there enough left for other programs?” It’s a question that is being asked more and more by both the “haves” in upscale areas like Brownstone Brooklyn, who share the public elementary schools with the “have nots.” Between 1990 and 2002, the number of school-age children living in school district 15, encompassing Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park, rose 12 percent. And many parents of those children are choosing neighborhood schools over the suburbs, local school administrators say. “More parents are willing to consider local schools now,” See PS58 on page 6

According to a new report, the average price of a townhouse in Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights soared 22 percent in the last half of 2005, compared to the same period a year earlier. That means that the average one- to four-family pad now sells for $726,965, according to the just-issued Halstead Property report. Broken down even further, such houses averaged $815,847 in Bay Ridge, $685,633 in Bensonhurst and $678,132 in Dyker Heights. “Things started taking off like hotcakes” in early 2004, said Mary Katherine Spach of Aguayo & Huebener Realty Group, which is based in Park Slope. But not everyone in Bay Ridge likes hotcakes. With real-estate prices going through the roof, many residents of the area are unable to buy in their own neighborhood, incoming renters are having trouble finding apartments, and the neighborhoods’ demographic is changing. “So far, I haven’t sold to anyone from Bay Ridge,” said Spach, who moved to Bay Ridge nine years ago. As it turns out, one Ridgite’s overpriced townhouse is another Park Sloper’s bargain. “People from the Slope and Carroll See BOOMIN on page 4

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Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst homeowners who’ve coveted the soaring real-estate prices in the supposedly tonier sections of Brooklyn have no need for price envy: It turns out they’re raking in the cash, too.

Marty O’Green Borough President Markowitz (left) never comes empty handed. Here he is handing out green bagels to Gerard Chipura and daughter Catherine, age 6, before Sunday’s St. Patrick’s parade in Park Slope. Mayor Bloomberg and Sen. Charles Schumer also celebrated Ireland’s patron saint. Bay Ridge’s version kicks off on Sunday at 1 pm at Fourth Avenue and 95th Street.

A new park at Willoughby St. By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Papers

Construction of new pedestrian plaza between Fulton Mall and the Brooklyn Marriott hotel could begin as early as May, city officials said this week. Community Board 2 voted this week to endorse the project, which

would close the Willoughby Street block to vehicular traffic and place tables, chairs, benches and bike racks over the streetbed, possibly revitalizing what has long been a “dead zone.” Downtown Brooklyn planners and DOT officials believe Willoughby Street could be Brooklyn’s Bryant Park — a

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Money can’t buy love, respect or even a zoning variance. At a Community Board 6 hearing earlier this month, Thor Equities developer Joe Sitt fished for new friends in the neighborhood that surrounds his latest big-money buy — a large, rusting sugar refinery on Red Hook waterfront with an unsure future under a proposal by Mayor Bloomberg to limit residential development along the waterfront. “[This site] deserves to be activated by the community,” he told the board in a plea for an exemption from the so-called Industrial Business Zone scheme so that he can tear down the Revere Sugar refinery, for which he paid $40 million in September. Since then, his vision for a shopping strip that would include a fish restaurant, mixed-income housing and neighborhood shops has been entirely unrealized. “In order to even create a plan, we have to get out of the IBZ,” his publicist, Lee Silberstein, told The

Friday’s cafe In yet another sign that times are a-changing on Fulton Mall, the cacophonous bus lane/retail corridor is getting its first sidewalk cafe. TGIFriday wants to put 10 umbrella-topped tables in front of its restaurant on Fulton and Jay streets — a 127-year-old city landmark that once housed the white-linen Gage & Tollner Restaurant. The sidewalk café crossed its first hurdle this week when Community Board 2 approved it. The plan now heads to the city Department of Consumer Affairs for final approval. But is Fulton Mall, with its idling busses and haphazard bazaar feel, ready for it? “I’m not going to be out there with the busses roaring by,” said Bill Harris, who was one of only two CB 2 members who voted against the sidewalk cafe permit. Gage & Tollner probably would’ve deployed antique teak wood umbrellas, but TGIFriday’s wants something brighter, lighter and more factory-made. “But whatever we do, it’ll be high-quality,” said company spokesman Jamie Galler. — Ariella Cohen

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The owner of the Revere sugar factory along the Red Hook waterfront wants to turn it into housing.

Brooklyn Papers. But getting out may be tricky. Even residents in support of bringing new faces and shops to the neighborhood are warily eyeing the developer. “We can’t just have a block of manufacturing on the waterfront, but we don’t want another boring place with hip luxury condos,” said Kristine Fradenburgh. Following the hearing, the waterfront committee voted against exempting Sitt from the IBZ. In what has become a persistent tug-of-war between residential development and industry in Red Hook, two of the neighborhood’s largest landowners — Tom Fox, who keeps his New York Water Taxis at the Erie Basin; and Robert Hughes, who docks 200 barges there — testified that waterfront condos can’t coexist with the diesel engines of a working port. Sitt is best known for an also-unrealized plan to convert 12 acres of Coney Island land that he owns into a Las Vegas-like pleasure mall. — Ariella Cohen

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The union representing doormen and maintenance workers at hundreds of Brooklyn apartment buildings voted last week to strike if contract negotiations with building owners stalemate.

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The March 15 vote, the first ever held by the union in Brooklyn, took place at the St. James Cathedral on Jay Street — not far from the buildings that employ many of the 368 union members who voted. The majority of unionized buildings are in Downtown, Coney Island or Starrett City in East New York, but handfuls of doorman buildings are scattered throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. And according to the union, the number of members employed in the borough has grown by 10 percent in the last five years. The rank and file told residents of their buildings to expect the

walkout if building owners don’t cough up extra cash. Under the current contract, the average salary for a union porter is $718 a week. Angela Davis, a spokesperson for Local 32BJ, said owners should increase wages and benefits to compensate for the rising cost of health care — and the profits that building owners are reaping in the booming residential market. The Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, the umbrella organization representing building owners, dismissed that claim. “The strong market for co-ops and condos is irrelevant,” said spokesman Jim Grossman. “Operating costs are the relevant issue.” Talks have broken off until March 27. The workers’ contract expires on April 20. The last apartment worker strike occurred in 1991 and made for 12 days of stopped sinks and unsorted mail. — Cohen

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, the MTA cut service along the 4 train — and Brooklyn’s underground green artery won’t be back to full service for the rest of the year.

As of March 14, 4 trains no longer run late-nights and weekends in both directions between Atlantic Avenue and the Brooklyn Bridge

station in Manhattan. The disruptions along the 4 and 5 lines will inconvenience 150,000 straphangers every weekend and 20,000 during the week, said Charles Seaton, a spokesman for New York City Transit. Late-night repairs typically turn Brooklyn-bound commuters into extras in a B-horror movie titled, “Nightmare Transfer of the Zombies.” The lengthy inconvenience is a

result of heavy construction at two lower Manhattan hubs — South Ferry and Fulton Street stations. But transit advocates said that such work is necessary, albeit a major hassle. “Probably one of the deadliest words to the riding public is ‘transfer,’” said Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign. “The short-term pain is worth the long— Dana Rubinstein term gain.”

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While walking past her branch library a few weeks ago, Jackie Meyers saw books laying on the sidewalk and took a few — but what she brought home was a mystery. Days later, Meyers went undercover and discovered similarly discarded books outside several other library buildings. A library throwing out books? It seemed impossible.

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But library officials say throwing out or recycling books is the only way to prevent every branch from turning into the Collyer Brothers’ apartment. “Material [like obsolete diet books] gets old and out of date,” said Janet Kinney, a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn Public Library system. “There simply isn’t a better use than returning it to pulp.” But Meyers, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, believes such books deserve a better fate than the recycle mill.

“They should donate them to thrift shops, charitable organizations or schools,” Meyers suggested. But if the branches started choosing one charity over another, they could quickly get themselves into trouble, Kinney said. Some old books are sold, Kinney added, but it’s up to each branch’s librarian to weed out books that could have resale value. “We’re not just throwing things out willy nilly,” explained Kinney. — Susan Cosier

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HE “NEW” BROOKlyn is being built, stoop-by-stoop, gut-rehab-by-gut-rehab, bluestoneby-bluestone, in neighborhoods like Boerum Hill, Prospect Heights, Gowanus, the South Slope and Clinton Hill. But a big problem has emerged: Where will the “old” Brooklyn be thrown out? In Queens, actually. Last month, the city shut down Red Hook Crushers, a company that played a vital, and often-overlooked, role in the borough’s surging construction industry. For two decades, the company’s crushing equipment along the banks of the Gowanus Canal have taken in broken up cement, demolished brick walls and other debris and churned it into base material to be used again in One of the machines used to crush cement lays lifeless on the grounds of the Red Hook Crushers. roads, runways and sidewalks. But since Red Hook Crushers closed on Feb. 8, hundreds Like Saccomanno, Kiamie without a contingency plan!” contractor. other industry out of the canal of small-time contractors — said he certainly welcomed he said. “What am I supposed “I’d make 10 trips a day, zone. the thick-calloused guys who newcomers. to do?! It’s clinical insanity! but now I make two to The Department of Sanitarip up an old concrete stoop “If they want to turn the It’s a good thing it’s not our Maspeth. Productivity is shot. tion says it closed Red Hook and turn it into a Yuppie’s busy season or I’d never be Plus, it’s more diesel Crushers because the compabluestone dream — are now able to stay calm!” (This is being burned and ny had “honesty and integrity being forced to truck that uncalm?) more air pollution.” THE BROOKLYN issues,” said spokesman Keith wanted cement all the way to As Kiamie was ranting, his Mellis. By Gersh the closest similar facility in N THE CLOSING cellphone rang. Internal documents link Kuntzman Maspeth. of Red Hook Crush“How the hell should I Red Hook Crushers to a And all that driving is drivers, Buscarello saw know? I’m talking to a remobbed-up construction coming them nuts. a metaphor for Brooklyn’s fuGowanus Canal into a new porter about it right now!” he pany that Red Hook Crushers “I work in all these up-andture. Venice, God bless ’em,” he blared into the phone, and says is merely the landlord. coming neighborhoods, fixing “Industry is being pushed said. “It’s great. They’ll need hung up. “It’s guilt by association,” sidewalks, rebuilding stoops, out of Brooklyn,” he said. us to do the work. But I need “It was a friend of mine dosaid co-owner Tony Santilli. renovating backyards,” said “But how can I do all the rena place to dump the garbage ing a job in Bay UT ON THE LARGER John Kiamie, ovation that these new people or else the BQE will be a Ridge,” he said. “He issue — where are guys owner of Sure want if I can’t dump the deparking lot all day and all wants to know like Kiamie and BusFoundation. Now I have where he should bris here?” night.” carello supposed to dump their “Now I have The reality is that the When he looked out on the bring the concrete. to drive to debris — Mellis said the departto drive to Crushers once-desolate Crushers’ empty lot — once What am I supposed ment had little sympathy. Maspeth — it’s Gowanus site has become filled with crushed up conto tell him? MasMaspeth — “Our decision stands,” he two hours, back very desirable. Whole Foods, crete and bricks ready for use peth? He’ll lose a said. “Those contractors have and forth on the whose first Brooklyn superin new projects — he finally it’s 2 hours whole day.” to deal with it.” BQE! — to market is being slowly built got subdued. Kiamie was cerBut dealing with it will dump the old back & forth! tainly not the only next door, is said to covet the “I look at this and see all have lasting ramifications. stoop or sidespace, and new apartment the work that’s not getting contractor complain“If I can’t afford to do walk after I fix buildings are springing up in done in Brooklyn right now,” ing about the demise somebody’s stoop anymore, it. If I make two trips, I lose an area once written off as a he said. Nearby, scrap metal of the Third Street facility. you know who will? Riff or half a day on the road while waste land. workers turned a pile of metal “I would work for a few my workers just sit around Raff — and they’ll just dump “The irony is that Whole junk into next year’s finials, hours, load up the truck, come waiting for me to get back.” their stuff illegally,” Kiamie Foods dumped plenty of condoorknobs and antique-style down here, unload and be Kiamie said he’s now turncrete with us,” said Crushers said. “Every dead-end street tin ceilings. back on the job in a few mining down the small jobs that co-owner Tom Saccomanno will become a dumping But that junkyard is just as utes,” said Jim Buscarello, were his bread-and-butter. Jr., a copy of Pit & Quarry ground. There’s your followsusceptible to the soaring realowner of Jabus Building, a “They shut this guy down magazine on his desk. up story.” estate prices that have driven Red Hook-based masonry

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of the 125 New York soldiers who have died in Iraq. Then, despite plans to picket the pro-war Republican for a few more hours, they went inside for coffee. “It was a cold day, and we didn’t get as many protesters as we’d hoped, so we went to the Tiffany Diner,” said Peter Bronson of Veterans for Peace.

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So continues the up and down season for the Nets. After losing five out of six in late February into early March, the Nets have played markedly better. This has seen the development of forward/center Nenad Kristic, who is quickly turning the Nets from the Big Three to the Big Four. The second-year Serb is averaging 13.3 points per game and may have had his best stretch of games in his career this week. If you like bad shot selection and ugly basketball, then the Nets-Blazers match-up at the Meadowlands was for you. The Brooklyn-bounders held the Blazers to 1 for 13 shooting in the fourth quarter and won 78-65, despite shooting 39 percent for the game. “They aren’t all masterpieces, but we found a way to win,” Nets coach Lawrence Frank said. “It’s nice that you can win and shoot 39 percent.” It was stifling defense that led the Nets to a win, but they did get key offensive contributions from Richard Jefferson, who led the Nets with 22 points and nine rebounds, while Kristic scored 20. What was interesting was Jason Kidd didn’t score a single point, yet still managed to have six rebounds and seven assists. It’s been six years since Kidd hadn’t scored a point in a regular season game. “Good teams win the ugly games,” Kidd said. “We didn’t play extremely well on the offensive end. Our defense did a wonderful job. We are going in the right direction.” That direction pointed straight into the direction of one Kobe Bryant, making his only appearance at the Swamp this season. But something interesting happened on the way to the Meadowlands. Bryant, who has virtually killed teams by himself, was locked down by Kidd. Sure, Kidd’s shooting was still abominable (2-for-12), but he was able to keep Bryant from exploding in the points department. Bryant scored 24 and passed (!) for 11 assists on the night, giving the Lakers a lead at the half, 48-43. It was a hard-charging second half by the Nets that got them the lead, led by Kristic, who the Lakers had no answer for. He had the biggest basket of the night, tipping in a Vince Carter miss with 13 seconds left in the game and the Nets took a 92-89 lead. Bryant made a desperate call from long distance, but Carter’s tenacity forced Bryant into rushing it. “We preach that regardless of where your offense is at, you have a responsibility to defend,” said Frank. The Nets have been so hot that they did something they haven’t done in six years: beat the Dallas Mavericks in a basketball game. To the national audience on a Sunday matinee, this game was easy as taking a stroll to the lobby for some popcorn. Hard-nosed defense was again the theme for the Swampratners, forcing the Mavs to miss their first 13 out of 14 shots and holding Dallas to just 10 first-quarter points. All-Star Dirk Nowitzki scored 37 for Dallas, but the Nets ran away with this one. Jefferson scored 28 and Kristic had yet another solid game, 18 points and 13 rebounds.

But the dozen or so protesters declared the event a mission accomplished — unlike the Iraq war, which Vice President Dick Cheney famously said 10 months ago was in its “last throes, if you will.”

“We handed out our flyers and told people about Fossella’s support for the war,” said Nora Gordon of Brooklyn Parents for Peace, which co-hosted the rally. “People need to know that he voted in favor of the latest $67-billion appropriation for the war. That’s a clear sign

that he still supports this war even though what we need to do is the opposite: bring our troops home.” Neighboring Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Sheepshead Bay) voted no on the supplemental funding bill last week. Fossella’s Fourth Avenue office has become something of a rallying point for liberals, who see him as

By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Papers

Two businessmen want to open a kinder, gentler strip club across 39th Street from Costco — but they’re going to have to do it without the support of Community Board 7. Earlier this month, the board unanimously rejected Frank Palillo and Kenneth Castellane’s application for a cabaret license for their upscale “gentleman’s club” called Peyton’s, which would occupy the site of Sunset Park’s notorious Wild Wild West strip joint. Castellane, who once managed a Jekyll and Hyde restaurant in Manhattan, and Palillo said they signed a lease for the space, at 3901 Second Ave., in November, but won’t occupy the premises until they get the cabaret and liquor licenses. In addition, they’re waiting until the building’s owner evicts the current occupant, Play Pen Gentlemen’s Club. The quest for the elusive cabaret license had brought Palillo and Castellane to a CB 7 hearing last month — which they attended, they said, because they want to satisfy local concerns. But, they said, they wanted the same respect in return. “Why not work with individuals who are willing to work with the community, who are willing to be bound by the stipulations or provisions that you require?” Palillo asked members of the board’s public safety committee. The board’s unanimous rejection of the license application last week is only advisory. The club will make its case to other city agencies. If eventually successful, the new strip club would occupy the site of Wild Wild West, which became infamous on August 4, 2001, when former police officer Joseph Gray capped a 12-hour drinking binge there by getting into his car and running over an entire family, killing four. If Peyton’s replaces the Play Pen, it will ultimately make little difference to a neighborhood that has become a dumping ground for adult entertainment venues since 2001, when the city dramatically restricted the areas where strip clubs and porn shops can operate. In 2001, there were four such businesses in Sunset Park; now there are 24. “You can imagine that’s a problem for us,” quipped Jeremy Laufer, the board’s district manager. Palillo explained that he and his partner were between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Sunset Park, he said, “is one of the last neighborhoods that’s zoned for adult entertainment,” said Palillo. But Laufer was unmoved. “We at every, every turn, at every, every step of the way, need to be vigilant, and need to block these things to send an appropriate message that the people of Sunset Park count, they matter, and their children matter,” he said. “And that’s why every time one of these establishments comes before us, we say the same thing.”

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A Colonial Road couple lost a lifetime’s worth of critical documents to a pair of burglars who tricked their way into the victims’ home on March 16. Police said the scam artists showed up at the house, near Bay Ridge Parkway, around 11 am with a story about a wallet full of cash they had found. When the tricksters offered to split the bounty with the homeowners — a 96-yearold man and his 86-year-old

wife who happened to be heading out — the couple delayed their departure and invited the strangers inside. But once inside, the grifters snatched a box full of vital paperwork from the basement and bolted for their car before the elderly victims realized what happened. The box held information from the couple’s three bank accounts, their citizenship papers, marriage license, his Army discharge documents, two expired passports and deeds to two homes, police said. The victims described one thief as a black man in his early 40s, 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds, but didn’t get a good look at his accomplice.

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The pipes, the pipes, are calling you to this Sunday’s annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s parade. If a marching band from Fort Hamilton High School, bagpipers in their kilts, and lines of Irish riverdancers aren’t enough, you might also get a rare weekend sighting of Sen. Chuck Schumer (seen below at last Sunday’s Park Slope march). The Bay Ridge parade will start at 1 pm in front of St. Patrick’s Church at Fourth Avenue and 95th Street. For information, call (718) 339-9344.

Nobody “went postal,” but a March 15 visit to the federal mail facility on 13th Avenue left one woman in distress. Police said someone snatced the wallet of the 75-yearold victim around 1:15 pm, as she waited on line at the Post Office, between 83rd and 84th streets. The victim said a stranger asked her a question and then bumped into her while she was on line. The victim later realized her wallet — with $200 — was missing from her jacket pocket. She said the man who jostled her was white, 5-foot-5 and 180 pounds, but she couldn’t recall other details.

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An elderly woman with poor hearing lost $1,650 to a thief who broke into her Jackson Court home during the night, police said. The 77-year-old victim left the cash in an envelope on the kitchen table and went to bed around 11 pm on March 2. When she awokºing morning, the money was gone. The victim, who told police she is clinically deaf, said she fell asleep without locking the door or engaging her alarm system.

A woman protected her pocketbook — but not her limbs — from a purse-snatcher armed with a knife who attacked her in broad daylight on March 19, police said. The thug targeted the 56year-old woman as she walked home along 74th Street, between 20th and 21st avenues, around 12:30 pm. When he tried to snatch her bag, she pulled away, prompting the thief to pull out a knife and slash her right hand. But the blood loss didn’t subdue the victim. She wrenched herself free and the robber fled — empty handed — in a latemodel, dark-colored Mazda, police said.

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The sleight-of-hand master with a penchant for blingbling who struck a Bay Ridge jewelry store may be part of a larger pattern of diamondswapping crimes, the jeweler told 68th Precinct cops. The March 18 heist involved a man who switched a fake stone for a $7,000 diamond ring at the 86th Street branch of Zales, the national chain store. Police said the thief came into the store, near Fourth Avenue, around 12:30 pm, posing as a ring customer. He asked the saleswoman to see a specific model and, after closer inspection of the stone, said he

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Seconds later, the thieves leapt back into their Mazda and roared down Benson Avenue. The victim wasn’t injured and insisted he couldn’t identify his attackers.

High-$ heist A recent trip ended badly for one Bensonhurst man, who returned from vacation to find $6,000 had been swiped. Police said the 41-year-old returned to his home, on West Ninth Street between Avenues S and T, on March 15 to find the door broken and items missing.

A trio of thieves stole a Sony video game from a man’s hands as he rode the N train on March 17, police said. The 39-year-old victim boarded the Manhattan-bound subway at the Bay Parkway station around 2 pm that day, his Playstation Portable in hand. Ninety minutes later, the thugs approached the victim as the train neared the Pacific Street station, on Fourth Avenue, and snatched the PSP

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65th Street rob A Sweet 16 party turned sour for one Bensonhurst resident on March 18. Police said the 65th Street resident returned from the party around 6:30 pm to discover the break-in. Marks showed how the burglar pried open the basement window and, once inside, smashed a safe and removed $5,000.

Teens target A posse of sticky-fingered teenagers attacked a storekeeper during an after-school rampage through the 86th Street shop, police said. The gang of six — three girls and three boys — rushed into the grocery, near 14th Avenue, around 3:30 pm on March 13, and started lifting candy and other items from the shelves. Then the boys and one girl sneaked behind the counter and jumped the 37year-old store employee, forcing him to the floor and leaving him with minor injuries to his right hand and leg. These four thugs rejoined their colleagues and all six thieves fled the shop with their pockets stuffed and their identity still a mystery.

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Quick change The victim might have faced a fashion conflict, but the thief was quick to choose. That was the story at an 86th Street department store on March 14, according to police. When a 30-year-old Staten Island man removed his winter jacket around 4:30 pm to try on a new model, someone lurking nearby snatched his coat and fled from outerwear. When the victim turned around, both his jacket and the thief were gone. Also missing was the victim’s wallet, which he had tucked inside the coat before the thief made his selection. The man lost his credit cards, checkbook, driver’s license, and keys in the heist, police said.

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PS58… Continued from page 1 said Clara Hemphill, director of insideschools.org, a Web guide to public schools. Mayor Bloomberg has made the public school system one of his primary focusses. But parents’ perception that the system is, at long last, improving has come with a downside: Last year, record-high scores on standardized exams clogged the fall enrollment process when too many kids within District 15 tested into elite middle schools, creating longer-thanever waiting lists for programs their parents desire. But when parents in Brownstone Brooklyn went ballistic, the city increased the number of seats in desirable public schools. “And as more parents with political clout choose the public school system, they will demand more, and the city will have to provide more,” said Hemphill. But many worry that if the city responds to the demands of the gentrifying class, less politically pugnacious voices won’t be heard. “When a school improves quickly, poorer students can be left behind,” said District 15 parent Torra Haynes. “It’s a new environment where a lot is expected and the students don’t come to school with the same resources at home. They can’t perform. They get pushed out.” In PS 58, on Smith and Carroll streets, parent Kevin Kolby said one incident really brought home that point for him. Unlike most parents at the 77-percent white school, Kolby is black — and readily calls himself a gentrifier. But one afternoon earlier this year, he translated a conversation between a Latino parent who wanted to transfer her child to the school. Administrators didn’t want to deal with her, directing her to call the Department of Education. “It was clear to me then who was getting the goods and who wasn’t,” Kolby said. “The area has gentrified and the parents who send their kids here have changed. But [the administration] has been really pushy about taking care of those [families] rather than the ones who really need it.” Or as the mother of one PS 58 fourth grader put it: white moms say different things about the school than black moms. “I heard about black and Hispanic students getting sent to sit out in the hall all day,” said parent Jackie Harris. Suspension rates did hit historic highs last year, records show. But at other schools, administrators say allegations of racism surface frequently, especially when policies — and neighborhoods — are changing rapidly. “I’ve been accused of being a racist more times than I care to disclose,” said one administrator at a respected Brooklyn elementary school. “Parents often think other parents are getting something at their expense. But I think many of the accusations come down to the parents’ insecurity about whether they will have a place in a school or whether their voice will be heard?”

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Continued from page 1 dents and workers to hang out,” said Mike Weiss, president of the Metrotech BID. The new village green, which has been in the works since Downtown’s upzoning in 2004, is part of a larger effort by local businesses to attract new developers to an area that some want to see gentrified. Two blocks south of the Willoughby Plaza, on Red Hook Lane in the Fulton Mall, Muss Development is planning a luxury tower. And just north of soon-to-be-plaza, Marriott is constructing a 24-story glass annex to its Adams Street hotel, where the light frequently shines “No Vacancy.” Like the Bryant Park BID, the Metrotech BID plans to hold concerts in the plaza and rent space to vendors for farmer’s markets and art fairs. One supporter of the plan said that he believed the green space would increase the value of his nearby residential co-op. But it won’t do that unless the mall can retain its traffic — without the cars. “It will attract more investment only if the retail can bring in people, without the visibility that cars bring,” said Marya Morris, senior researcher at the American Planning Association.

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Atlantic Avenue beer crawl: (Clockwise from top) Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers perform at Hank’s on March 6; patrons play bocce at Floyd; and Brazen Head co-owner Sasha Katlyar (right) shares a laugh with customers. the time, and trivia games on the first and third Mondays of every month. (Get there by 8:30 pm to register, the place fills up fast.) Karaoke follows Pub Quiz and the place is usually packed on weeknights, mostly by young attorneys from the nearby courts. This crowd clears out early though, and the hipsters move in around 10 o’clock. All the music played (basically a little of everything, leaning more toward the independent but running the gamut from techno to classic rock and hip-hop) is from the owner’s album collection and fits the personality of the place pretty well. The decor is ghastly but fitting, with velvet couches and thrift-store IKEA tables. Wandering down Atlantic Avenue toward Smith Street, one finds The Brazen Head. The name may be a swift double entendre (Joyce reference or flagrant sexual innuendo?), but The Brazen Head is a fun local bar with dart boards and a patio in the back. A wide selection of single-malt Scotches combined with a day devoted to them (Fridays all single-malts are $3 off) is the major reason to come to this bar, which is populated mostly by regulars over 30. Monday nights are an exception to this, designated as “Brooklyn Law School Night” and thus attracting a large student crowd lured in by the promise of free chicken wings and $3.75 pints. During football games, Pabst cans

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are $1 — and $2 all other times. For the less budget-constricted, a full and rotating selection of 15 draft beers are available (including Brooklyn Reserve, Boddington’s Cream Ale, Guinness, Penn Fest, and Victory Hop Devil). Sundays, the place is a great hangover hangout, featuring $5 Bloody Marys and free bagels. Saturdays feature $5 martinis, and I had a couple of these before wandering on down Atlantic to the final stop on my crawl. Hank’s Saloon at Atlantic and Third Avenue is a garish, multicolored one story joint that looks and smells like something out of a Charles Bukowski novel. If you want to recapture the kind of place where your grandfather drank away the Eisenhower years, Hank’s around noon is as close as you can get without a time machine. The men’s bathroom even features an oldfashioned toilet complete with box and chain a la “The Godfather.” When I was there, the clientele consisted of a few old men watching horse racing on television and a welldressed young man passed out at one end of the bar. Cans of Pabst are always $2 and on Sundays, Hank’s features free barbecue and live country or rockabilly music every night. This is part of the paradox of Hank’s Saloon, because shortly after the after-work crowd and See BAR CRAWL on page 12

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The Brazen Head is located at 226 Atlantic Ave. between Court Street and Boerum Place in Cobble Hill. The bar is open Tuesday through Saturday, from noon to 4 am, and noon to 2 am, Sunday and Monday, and accepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa. For more information, call (718) 488-0430 or go to www.brazenheadbrooklyn.com. Floyd is located at 131 Atlantic Ave. between Henry and Clinton streets in Brooklyn Heights. The bar is open from 5 pm to 4 am, Monday through Friday, and 1 pm to 4 am, on weekends. Floyd accepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa. For more information, call (718) 858-5819. Hank’s Saloon is located at 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. Hank’s is open 8 am to 4 am Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 am, on Sundays. Hank’s is cash only. For more information, call (718) 625-8003 or go to www.hanks saloon.com. Last Exit is located at 136 Atlantic Ave. between Henry and Clinton streets in Cobble Hill. The bar accepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa. Last Exit is open 4 pm to 4 am daily. For more information, call (718) 2229198 or go to www.lastexitbar.com. O’Keefe’s is located at 62 Court St. at Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights. O’Keefe’s is open 8 am to 2 am Monday through Friday and 10 am to 2 am on Saturdays, and until 9 pm on Sundays. The bar accepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa, with a $15 minimum. For more information, call (718) 625-8455.

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154 Carlton Ave. at Myrtle Avenue, (718) 8559455 (AmEx, MC, V) Entrees: $9-$24. Chef Abdoul Gueye, who owns this restaurant with his wife, Cassandra, serves up French-African fusion specialties in an intimate, modern setting as 6-yearold daughter Sonia chats with the regulars. Appetizers at abistro, which opened in April 2005, include curry zucchini soup and the “akara”— fritters made of black-eyed peas, served with a spicy tomato sauce. For an entree, try the “moules frites” (mussels, plum tomatoes, mushrooms and scallions in a ginger lemongrass broth, served with herbed fries), or go for the chef’s favorite dish: Senegalese fried chicken served with pineapple-scented jasmine rice cake and wilted baby greens with a Dijonnaise sauce. Gueye also recommends the marinated roasted salmon with a saute of mixed vegetables and plantain gnocchi served in peanut coconut sauce. (Vegetarians take note: Gueye will substitute tofu for most meat entrees and salads for an additional $2.) Desserts range from spicy bread pudding with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream to sorrel and ginger creme brulee. Abistro’s liquor license is still pending, but there’s no corkage fee. Open for lunch and dinner, Tuesday through Sunday, and weekend brunch, from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Closed Mondays.

Grilled octopus salad at Scopello. lamb filling and served with “tzatziki” (a yogurt dipping sauce laced with cucumber and garlic), are especially popular with diners, says co-owner Dan Demarti. For dessert, Demarti recommends the panna cotta duo, two ramekins of chocolate and vanilla Italian custard. The terracotta-tiled restaurant seats about 40 in a decor that is “wonderful, Mediterranean-like, lofty and airy.” On Wednesdays, there’s a live accordion player and a prix fixe four-course tasting menu is available for $25. Open for lunch and dinner Monday through Friday, with brunch and dinner services on weekends.

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Laurent and Catherine Saillard’s “modern Brooklyn bistro” serves up French cuisine with primarily organic ingredients. Devour your meal in their 40-seat dining room, on the ground floor of a brownstone, or the rear garden, weather permitting. To start, indulge in the wilted dandelion salad with bacon, anchovy cream and poached egg or the pan-roasted cockles flavored with lime and cilantro. Entrees include “orechiette” pasta with braised dandelion and collard greens and Swiss chard in garlic and goat cheese dressing; hanger steak with pan-roasted potatoes and green beans with pesto sauce; and skate with brown butter, lemon and cauliflower. For dessert, try the honey yogurt panna cotta or the chocolate cake with creme fraiche gelato. Open Tuesday through Sunday, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A special brunch menu is offered 8 am to 4 pm on weekends. Closed Mondays.

At Chelsea Altman’s Pequena, Spanish for “little one,” authenticity is the goal — from the decorations to the Mexican meals. Nibble the house-made chips with pico de gallo or smoky chipotle salsa while gazing at the intricate “mache” figurines hanging from the original tin ceiling; manager Erica Crawford will tell you that they are folk art treasures brought from Mexico City’s Frida Kahlo crafts plaza. Indulge in a margarita made “strong, with fresh lime juice,” Crawford boasts. She says that executive Chef Johannes Sanzin (also of Olea) runs a collective kitchen here with three Mexico-born chefs, who dish out traditional entrees like tostadas, quesadillas, enchiladas and tacos; or try the “poblano relleno,” a poblano pepper stuffed with cheese or spicy beef hash and topped with a piquant tomato salsa. Dessert ranges from flan to key lime pie. Daily luncheon specials. Patio seating is available, weather permitting. Brunch served from 10 am to 4 pm on weekends. Open daily for lunch and dinner.

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Stepping into Madiba is like bursting into the Kasbah; billowy interior canopies, wooden bar and pillowtopped benches transport you to a fantastic getaway. Madiba has a South African menu — the name “Madiba” means “Father of the Nation” and is a tribute to Nelson Mandela — with exotic dishes and a state-of-the-art wine list. Chef-owner Mark Henegan’s unique South African recipes include the Durban samosas (lightly curried vegetables in a pastry triangle served with mango “archaar,” spicy pickled mango), “potjie bredie” (a slow-cooked stew served in a threelegged, cast-iron pot) and ostrich carpaccio with marinated sweet peppers. Also on the menu, Durban “bunny-chow” is a quarter loaf of bread filled with a curried stew of chicken, mutton and vegetables and served flanked with “sambals” (spicy relishes). Desserts include the Klipdrift brandy tart and Jenny’s malva pudding (a classic South African dessert served with custard sauce and vanilla ice cream). Terrace seats available, weather permitting. South African cultural events such as book signings are frequently held at the restaurant, see their Web site or call for details. Open daily for brunch, lunch and dinner.

Olea 171 Lafayette Ave. at Adelphi Street (718) 6437003 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$20.
The menu at this pan-Mediterranean restaurant takes “a little bit from each country of the Mediterranean Sea,” says co-owner Johannes Sanzin. The cuisines of Italy, Greece, Spain, Morocco, Turkey and others come together to create dishes original to Olea, which opened on Sept. 1, 2005. Sanzin recommends a starter of falafel-crusted artichoke hearts with Turkish eggplant salad and tahini sauce. Follow it with a trio of lamb: Merguez sausage, roasted leg and lamb tagine with herbed couscous and market vegetables. Olea has now added a raw bar and a tapas menu: the “Turkish cigars,” phyllo dough wrapped around ground


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This tiny soul food joint only seats about 20, but its cuisine is hefty enough to feed big appetites — and relatively inexpensively. Boasting a clientele of both new converts and “customers that have been with us since the very beginning,” says the owner’s daughter, Yanya West, this eight-year-old business serves up reliable “southern-American cuisine” like fried chicken with “special seasoning”; turkey wings smothered in fresh gravy; baked salmon marinated in garlic and butter; and brown-stewed oxtails. West suggests the German chocolate cake or sweet potato pie to complete the meal. If the restaurant is crowded, don’t despair: Ruthie’s has now opened a second location [560 Myrtle Ave. between Emerson Place and Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 3992400]. Open Monday through Saturday from noon to 11 pm. Closed Sundays. Delivery available.

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was being an optimist when I peered through the huge windows at Lodge and assumed that the diners inside wore heavy sweaters and knit hats to match the ski-themed decor. I quickly realized that the woolens were as much a style choice as a necessity. Lodge, a corner spot on Grand Street in Williamsburg, is sided with floor-to-ceiling glass panes that try — but don’t entirely succeed — in keeping out winter’s chill. The eatery, which opened in June, resembles a ski chalet by way of Williamsburg. Reindeer inspired the enormous, antler-like ceramic chandeliers; some walls are paneled; others feature stacked slabs of gray slate. In the two-level space, tables are crammed together, which makes the

Lodge (318 Grand St. at Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg) accepts American Express, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $10-$14. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily. Brunch is also available from 11 am to 5 pm every day. For information, call (718) 486-9400.

ambience intimate and occasionally unnerving. Although being jostled by other diners is okay if it happens once or twice, being bumped throughout an entire dinner becomes tiring. What the setting lacks to complete the resort fantasy is a good-looking, wind-burned guy with his leg in a cast and a fireplace. If there was ever a room that cried out for a warm hearth, it’s this one. The cuisine, says manager Peter Cornell is casual.

“It’s not comfort food exactly,” Cornell told GO Brooklyn. “It’s something more elegant than that, with all the bread — even the ketchup — made here.” I didn’t taste the bread, because a basket of it never made it to our table, but diners’ enthusiasm for the stuff is one reason Lodge’s owner, Dan Cipriani, is creating the Lodge General Store adjacent to the restaurant. The General Store, which joins Lodge and Cipriani’s Tainted Lady, a bar one door down, is scheduled to open on April 15 and will offer house-made loaves as well as sandwiches and baked goods. Sean Hammond, formerly of Black Betty, a popular Williamsburg bar and cafe, is the executive chef. Hammond’s dishes may not be comfort food exactly, but with French fries and onion rings served as appetizers and

entrees of turkey meatloaf with stuffing, chicken potpie and burgers, most of the dishes come close. There are a few sophisticated choices — shrimp and endive salad and a nicely grilled whole brook trout for example — but in this laid-back setting, and for the prices charged (most entrees are $10$12 with one, a pan-seared salmon, topping out at $14), more-ambitious fare would be over-reaching. A generous serving of fresh mussels can’t help but satisfy on a cold evening. The shellfish were surrounded by a winy, garlic-laced broth that would be helped considerably by a lighter hand with the salt-shaker. Dinner salads are served in generous portions and employ top-grade ingredients. The avocado salad was heaped with an interesting mix of lettuces and ripe halved cherry tomatoes, but slices of the under-ripened fruit and too much not-tart-enough dressing marred the dish. At a table where 10 inebriated diners sipped martinis from comically large glasses, I counted six forking up slices of turkey meatloaf dinner. Hammond’s version is moist with little filler and arrives topped with a tangy, diner-like brown gravy. Stuffing — especially one made with cubed challah and caramelized onions — makes a novel side, but I couldn’t detect any seasoning. I did enjoy the sauteed cherry tomatoes and watercress, but I needed to hold a candle to the plate to see what I was eating; those antler lamps might be fetching, but they don’t throw off much light. There was no mistaking the clean, sweet flavor of fresh brook trout beneath a nicely charred skin. A bit of simple tomato sauce complements its delicate flesh, and a few stalks of thin, grilled asparagus made a welcome touch of spring on the frigid night. The dessert roundup is straight up, mostly American fare. There were two pedestrian choices on the evening I dined there: A brownie sundae and carrot cake with ice cream. The others were gelato or sorbet, which aren’t appetizing in a drafty room, especially without a dish partner. The sundae was sold out, which left a better than expected, buttery, spicy carrot cake with a fluffy cream cheese icing and a scoop of luscious maple walnut ice cream. The coffee is brewed to order and on the weak side. You can get a reasonably good, fairly priced dinner at Lodge. Come warmer spring temperatures, when the windows are rolled back and diners swap sweaters for tank tops, reasonably good should be good enough.

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Scopello 63 Lafayette Ave. at Fulton Street, (718) 8521100, www.scopello.net (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $11-$19.


Another Applebee’s grows in Brooklyn. Now, Bed-Stuy residents can chow down on the chain’s “boneless buffalo wings” as well as “shrimp fettuccine alfredo.” The newest Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, which opened on Feb. 21 in Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Restoration Plaza, joins one in Flatbush and another in Sheepshead Bay. Mayor Bloomberg and Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz were in attendance on opening day. Bloomberg said the opening of the new Applebee’s “shows that Fulton Street is coming back to life.” Applebee’s is part of The Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Project’s $700,000 transformation of Restoration Plaza into a suburban strip mall, preceded by Foodtown, Duane Reade and Washington-Mutual Bank. This Applebee’s falls under the umbrella of Harrison, New York-based franchisee Apple-Metro, Inc., a company that includes the 25-restaurant chain, two

“Our dishes are influenced by the Greeks, the Arabs, the Normans and the Spanish,” says Sicilian-born owner Fabrizio Di Mitri of the eclectic menu offered at Scopello. The menu, prepared by Chef Michelangelo Vitale, is dominated by Italian seafood delights, accompanied by freshly baked breads and house-made pastas. Start with the sardines stuffed with breadcrumbs, raisins and pine nuts; the “grigliota di calamari” (grilled calamari served with a green salad with lemon arugula emulsion and olive oil); or the pepper crusted tuna carpaccio with fennel caper salad. For the main course, there’s pastas like “caserecci” with house-made sweet sausage, mushroom and tomato, or “ravioli neri,” black ravioli filled with fresh crab, shrimp and cherry tomato. Di Mitri also recommends the “castrato al forno,” organically fed leg of lamb roasted with herbs and Malvasia wine. For dessert he suggests the “cassatelle,” fried pocket of white wine dough filled with ricotta cream, dusted with powdered sugar and served hot. On warm days, sidewalk dining is available; diners can also enjoy the sun through large windows and skylights. Open daily for dinner. Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via e-mail at [email protected].

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Chevy’s Fresh Mex eateries and one Zanaro’s Italian restaurant. Zane Tankel, who co-owns AppleMetro with Roy Raeburn, referred to the restaurant’s “eatin’ good in the neighborhood” motto when he told GO Brooklyn he chose Bedford-Stuyvesant because, “How can you be America’s favorite neighborhood place and not go to every neighborhood?” Tankel plans on hiring 180-200 “servers” to deliver dishes such as the shrimp “three different ways,” and the “apple chimicheesecake,” a tortillawrapped, deep-fried version of the dessert served with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce (pictured). Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar (1360 Fulton St. at New York Avenue in Restoration Plaza in BedfordStuyvesant) accepts American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $10.99-$19.49. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily. For information, call (718) 943-8000. — Tina Barry

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n the last couple of years, some Brooklyn brides have decided that five nights in a Vegas penthouse suite with an a la carte menu of sugary cocktails, skanky strippers and racks of lamb wouldn’t quite reflect the uniqueness of their engagement; that a wedding reception at the foot of a Spanish castle with a 300-name guest list, 1,000 imported orchids, air-conditioned dinner tents and elephant rides for the little ones wouldn’t exactly express the poshness of the occasion. Bensonhurst native Dennis Briganti was there to help. For $975, Briganti’s cigar company, CF Dominicana, will cater your bachelor party, bachelorette party or wedding reception, sending a professional “master roller” to about 50 cigars for two hours as your impressed guests observe. “It’s a powerful image,” Briganti says. “Cigars are equated with status, money, success. When you have a cigar roller at an event, the visual is so unique that it makes a very strong impression: The bride and groom really went over-the-top. It’s an upscale flair.” Briganti will even send cigar servers to work the reception. He has catered events for many clients from Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. CF Dominicana offers about 25 different cigars, varying in size and shape, all filled with “ligero” tobacco leaves — medium-mild leaves — from the Dominican Republic. While Cuban tobacco still has the

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The bride-to-be says: “On Labor Day weekend in 2000, I went to the Salty Dog in Bay Ridge with one of my best friends, James. It was kind of empty in the bar, and I was a little bored. Then I saw him. It was as if a neon sign, with my name on it, was over his head with an arrow pointing down. I had never seen a more beautiful man in my whole entire life. Every attractive detail I like in a man was in one package: Tall, blonde, tattoos, gorgeous face, etc. I didn’t know what to do; I had never hit on a man before. “So James gave me all kinds of pickup lines! Then I got up the nerve to approach him, but lost the nerve to use a pickup line. I just said, ‘Hi, my name is Gissette.’ He told me later that was the best pickup line ever. We started talking and he really loosened up when I told him where I lived. He lived in the same housing project as me! I didn’t believe him, and he had to take out his driver’s license to prove it to me! “We dated on and off until January of 2002, when we became more committed.” Who proposed, and how?

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The bride-to-be says: “This past Valentine’s Day, we made reservations at Pazzo’s in Bay Ridge. It was very dark and romantic with live singing and everything. When the male singer started singing ‘Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady,’ Will sat next to me. All I heard him say was ‘I know you waited a long time for this,’ and I saw the ring. I don’t

Cabrera – Edmonds Amanda Cabrera, 30, and Sherod Edmonds, 32, both from Brownsville, plan to be married on Nov. 3, 2006 at the Historical Chapel in Woodbury, NY, with Pastor Marie April Gismondi officiating. The reception will be held at Crest Hollow Country Club, in Woodbury, where the couple expects 250 guests. The theme of the wedding is “Autumn Love,” with a color scheme including burnt orange, light orange, gold, beige and bronze. They plan to honeymoon in Tahiti and Bora Bora, and will reside in Brooklyn for a year, before moving to Atlanta, Ga. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Judith Cabrera of Canarsie and Ancell Cabrera of Queens. She attended Nazareth Regional H.S., class of 1992, continued her education at John Jay College, earning a bachelor’s degree in business, in 1996. She is currently employed at Morgan Stanley as a marketing associate. The groom-to-be is the son of Annette Curry and Harold Edmonds of Canarsie. He attended Westinghouse H.S. in Downtown Brooklyn, class of 1991, and obtained a business degree at Blake Business School in Seattle, Wash. He is currently employed at the American Bible Society as an editor and youth ministries strategist. How did you meet?

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ou thought you had it all: the love of your life, a rock that’s weighing heavily on your left hand, and your dream dress. But there’s one problem: The man who’s soon to be your husband hasn’t worn a tux since his prom. And how’s a gal supposed to know what’s in style when it comes to “The March of the Penguins”? Fret not. The Brooklyn Bride has consulted the experts — read three local formalwear store owners — for tips that will turn your clueless sweetheart into a tuxedo-wearing Prince Charming. In fact, we’ve discovered that choosing the right tux isn’t exactly brain surgery, and it’s not nearly as complicated as, say, picking out your dress. For one thing, there aren’t that many options. “There’s not much you can do to a suit,” said Ziad Elal, 31, owner of Jay Mills, a two-floor formalwear shop in East Flatbush. He explained that the tuxedo look consists of basic elements that don’t vary a great deal from season to season. Veil of smoke: For a variety of wedding-related celebrations, Bensonhurst entrepreneur Dennis Briganti, of CF Dominicana, can dispatch a master roller to make 50 cigars, over two hours, for your guests. (Inset) DF Dominicana can customize cigar bands, too. any family in Chicago?’ We knew a guy in LA. We networked.” Briganti says that in February, during the NBA All-Star in Houston, CF Dominicana catered ’Zo & Magic’s 8-Ball Challenge, a charity fundraiser hosted by Alonzo Mourning, Magic Johnson and Queen Latifah. CF Dominicana has also appeared in scenes in “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City.” “It used to be that you had to fly a cigar roller in from Miami for your

event. You paid for the guy’s lodging and food, and you paid him to be at the party. It was unbelievably expensive. It wasn’t a streamlined operation like a Brooklynite would make it! “Now I’ve got 15 cities going. It’s unbelievable.” For more information on CF Dominicana’s catering service, purchasing cigars and custom-designed cigar bands, call (888) 467-8400 or visit the Web site, www.cigarcatering.com.

Who proposed, and how?

The bride-to-be says: “On Dec. 25, 2005, we were at home, getting ready to go over to my aunt’s home for Christmas dinner, and as usual, we were running late. We were both at the front door heading out, when he stated, ‘Wait, I forgot something.’ I turned to him and said, ‘What now? We are always late!’ But when I turned and looked at him, he was on his knee asking me to marry him. I was extremely ecstatic, for I had been waiting for five years! I immediately said, ‘YES!’ ” Concerns about the wedding?

The bride-to-be says: “Trying to please everyone, but knowing that it is impossible.”

Montauban – Wolff Marilyn Montauban, 26, and Matthew Wolff, 31, plan to be married on Aug. 6. They envision a Victorian wedding theme, with a horse and carriage, with a reception at the Sand Castle in Franklin Square, Long Island, surrounded by a large wedding party of close friends and family. The ceremony location has not yet been determined. The couple will reside in Canarsie. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Clarelle Abellare and Verel Montauban of Canarsie. She attended John Dewey H.S., graduating in 1998, and went on to study at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, earning a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies in 2002. She plans to attend law school after the wedding. She is currently the director of the Brotherhood Community Center in Canarsie. The groom-to-be is the son of Marie Pierre and the late Boniface Pierre of Canarsie. He attended Washington Irv-

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ing H.S. in Manhattan, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Baruch College in 1994. He is currently a police officer in the New York Police Department. How did you meet?

The bride-to-be says: “It was so weird. On Election Day, I was working the polls, and this handsome man just winked at me as our eyes met. I just could not believe a man could be so bold to do that. Then he walked over to me and asked for my number. “I still couldn’t believe it, so just to get rid of him, I wrote down a wrong number. But for some reason, after writing the number, I realized I wrote the right number, so I quickly changed my three into a two. “He suddenly looked at the number and said something about my funny writing. I started laughing so hard and something took hold of me, I gave him the right number. We spoke on the phone for long hours. He persisted about meeting me. I told him that I needed more time getting to know him on the phone, and then we would go out. “We spoke on the phone for two months before I felt ready to go out on our first date. And four years later, he proposed.” Who proposed, and how?

The bride-to-be says: “My sweet Matthew proposed, and it happened without a hint. He took me to an awesome restaurant in the city called Bed New York where a lot of celebrities hang out. I was wearing a gorgeous outfit. He pretended that he didn’t have a reservation, and his name wasn’t on the list. Here I am, like an idiot, thinking that we don’t have a reservation, and little do I know the security guards and all the workers were in on the joke. “After eating a delicious meal, our waitress comes out with a huge decorative plate and everyone crowded around our table to see an incredible chocolate mousse cake in the shape of a mouse. When I looked at the plate a second time I saw, written in the chocolate mousse, ‘WILL YOU MARRY ME?’ “I really thought my Matthew was joking until I saw lots of people crowding around us. And all of a sudden, he got down on one knee and proposed to me. “When I said ‘yes,’ he lifted me up in the air with great jubilation. I will never forget that day.” Visit www.TheBrooklynBride.com to submit your wedding or engagement announcement. Announcements are free and run on a space-available basis.

Lesson 1: Size him up The best tuxedo is one that fits well. Local pros, like Russell Zerov, owner of Elegant International — a Cobble Hill shop specializing in tuxedo rentals — will recommend different styles based on the groom’s body size and shape. “If they ask for suggestions, we have to evaluate them,” said Zerov, who opened his store in 1989. The general consensus is that, if your sweetie is tall and thin, he can wear pretty much anything, from the contemporary single-breasted, three- or fourbutton jacket to the classic doublebreasted, broad-shouldered look. If he’s tall but on the huskier side, however, he should steer clear of double-breasted jackets and pleated shirts because they add bulk. And skip the cummerbund, since it highlights the gut. Instead, your honey should opt for a single-breasted, shawl-collar jacket — the rounded lapel has a slimming effect — and a vest, which conceals the imperfections. Pay special attention to sizing around the neck, if your man has that footballplayer build. You want to be the one to take his breath away, not his tie. Short honeys should stick to singlebreasted jackets with a low-button stance for an elongating effect. The slim ones should opt for a twoor three-button jacket and ask the tailor for extra padding if they want to look broader. The ones with a more generous shape should go for a one- or twobutton jacket with a shawl collar and skip the broad-shouldered European styles. Not all men follow these rules, however. Most of Elal’s customers break them. “They say shorter guys or guys with big bodies want one- or two-button suits, but I have not seen that,” Elal said. “The threebutton has been the popular standard for years now.”

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Lesson 2: Something borrowed You won’t be the only one wearing something borrowed on your wedding day. He will too. Most formal attire experts recommend renting a tuxedo instead of buying, unless the groom plans on wearing it at least four times a year. “If someone wears a tuxedo two or three times a year, it makes no sense to buy it,” Zerov said. “People gain weight, lose weight.” Simon Mord, 31, manager and owner of Tuxedos and Limos for U, agrees that renting is the better option. “Average people don’t wear tuxes often,” he said. “And if they buy tuxedos, they might grow out of them, or the styles may change and then they are stuck with them.” And there are plenty of rentals to choose from at Mord’s warehouse-like store, at Avenue U and Bedford Avenue, with 20,000-square-feet of tuxedos. Follow these tips from the Black Tie Bureau of the International Formalwear Association (yes, this association really exists) for a satisfying rental:

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ast week, I said that a good corkscrew should put the least amount of steel into the cork, and grip the most amount of cork. I recommended the Waiter’s style of corkscrew. How about other types of cork removers? There’s a cork “lifter” that’s been around for years that has a hollow needle that you insert into the cork and then pump air into the bottle, either by a very awkward to use pump, or by pressing a button that releases carbon dioxide from a cylinder in the handle. The pressure, in theory, raises the cork, effortlessly. Years ago I knew a waiter who just had to show off and use one of these magical devices to open a very old and expensive bottle. The cork was stuck firmly in place, so he gave it a second blast of gas, and then a third. The bottle cracked, the wine leaked out all over the table, while the cork remained stubbornly in place. I know a few people who swear by a cork puller sold under the name “Ah So”, most of them lefthanders who aren’t comfortable with the standard waiter’s style corkscrew. To remove a cork using this one, the two thin steel blades are wiggled back and forth until they are all the way down the inside of the neck of the bottle, one on each side of the cork. Then you turn and lift, and the cork comes out. Not bad, once you get the hang of it. The Rabbit came out years ago, and makes life easier for those of us who sometimes have to open dozens of bottles at a time. Two handles clamp around the neck of the bottle and are held in one hand while the other hand pushes a lever forward to pierce the cork. Pulling the lever back removes the cork from the bottle, and repeating the motions pulls the cork off the screw. The entire operation takes about three seconds. The problem here is that it will not work with synthetic corks or composite corks, and can break the corkscrew if you try.

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met at the tender age of 14. I took the bus to school every day and in order to get home, I had to pass his house. One day, I was walking home from the bus stop, and I passed his home as I normally did. It was a warm spring day, and as I passed his house, he called out to me, asking my name. As most young ladies do, I never give out my real name to strangers. So, like a flash, I said, ‘My name is Madonna.’ He chuckled, and then said, ‘If you are Madonna, then I’m Sean Penn.’ I thought that was just the cutest thing I had ever heard, and we became friends from that moment on. “As we grew older, our paths took different turns. When he graduated high school, he moved to Atlanta for a number of years. But our paths took the same turn, down the same street in 2001 and we have been inseparable ever since.” know what else he said, because I started crying. I mean, really bawling. Will said he was planning the speech all day, and I didn’t let him finish it!”

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or a hip trendsetter? Look through catalogues and fashion magazines for a look that fits him best. • Choose your accessories, such as tie and vest or cummerbund, wisely. His colors should not clash with yours and the groomsmen should be coordinated with your bridesmaids. • And let’s not forget those spotlessly shiny patent-leather shoes. Rented or purchased, they are a must. The trendier the look he’s going for, the earlier you need to rent. The IFA also suggests paying for the rental in advance, so that the groom will avoid any unforeseen delays on your big day. “They should rent three to four months in advance,” recommends Mord. But if you are crunched for time, Zerov offers same-day service, although your choices might be limited. In that case, your best bet is what he calls the “Tuxedo 101.” This classic fit, with satin lapels on the one-button, singlebreasted jacket, is also one of the most

Jacket required: (Clockwise from top) At Elegant International Service in Cobble Hill, store co-owner Russell Zerov models the “Tuxedo 101,” which offers a classic fit and satin lapels. At Jay Mills in East Flatbush, co-owner Ziad Elal says a cummerbund is unnecessary with this three-quarter suit. Also at Jay Mills, tuxedos with Mandarin (rounded) collars are available. popular tuxes, Zerov said. It’s the best option for customers who aren’t too picky, he said.

Lesson 3: Know the lingo Get yourself familiar with tuxedo jargon, so that you can talk the talk with your formalwear specialist. When it comes to jackets, the most common is single-breasted, which has a symmetrical front, buttons in the center and can be worn buttoned or unbuttoned. The double-breasted style is an overlapping coat that has two rows of buttons and fastens to the side, instead of down the center. In addition to a regular tuxedo jacket, there’s the less common tailcoat, usually worn for very formal occasions. The cutaway, or morning coat, which is short in the front and long in the back, is suitable for daytime weddings. A Mandarin jacket has a standup style collar without lapels. Your sweetie will have to choose the perfect lapel that suits his body, style and the occasion. Peak lapel is V-

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shaped and it points upwards; the notch lapel has a triangular indentation and the shawl collar is rounded and has a long, continuous lapel line. When it comes to shirts, the most popular formal choice has a wing-tip collar, a standup collar with two small downward pointing triangular tips. The Mandarin is a standup collar without the points. The lay-down formal shirt has a full collar like a dress shirt. “Wing-tip shirts are most suitable for weddings,” said Mord. “The regular shirt collar is for black-tie dinners.” Cuffs come in two categories, French and convertible. French cuffs are folded over, while the convertible ones are not. Both are closed with cufflinks.

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Lesson 4: Fashion trends If you want him to be fashionable, keep these trends in mind. Basically, tails are out and so are top hats, although some people still ask for them, say the three local formalwear store owners. Double-breasted jackets are a fashion don’t. Single-breasted ones with notch lapels are the way to go; the three-button notch is the most popular this season. If you want him to look relatively hip, have him opt for a necktie, instead of the somewhat outdated bowtie. But don’t hesitate to ask the pros. Zerov said that he only makes suggestions and never pushes his customers in any direction, because he wants them to be happy with their choice. “Very often, they come in clueless and they leave satisfied,” said Zerov. Help your sweetie out, he needs you. “Women are in charge,” said Elal, explaining that he mostly deals with women when it comes to picking out the tuxedo. “Men just say, ‘Let’s get married.’”

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“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” Traces of Soju live on in the form of the house-made spicy peanut snacks; meanwhile, chef Diane has poured her creativity into a unique drink menu. Offerings include the almond jelly martini, a blend of almond liqueur, vodka and almond jelly; the sake mojito, made with the Japanese rice wine, basil and fresh lime juice; or the “Zen martini,” a concoction of green tea and vodka. Weekly events include happy-hour-all-night on Tuesdays, for students with ID, and “lady lovers” night on Wednesdays; and contestants are now being sought for “Dragon Idol,” an upcoming talent contest the DiMeos are planning. In another month, they’ll also offer bloody mary brunches on weekends. Weekend nights feature guest DJs and dancing. The Dragon Lounge is located at 145 Atlantic Ave. between Clinton and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights. Well drinks and beer are $4-$6; specialty cocktails are $8-$10. The lounge is open daily at 5 pm, with $1-off happy hour till 9 pm. For information about upcoming events, call (718) 624-7658, or visit www.dragonloungebklyn.com. — Rebecca Migdal

Barbes

147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, www.club-exit.com.

Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednesdays: Night of the Ravished Limbs, 9 pm, $8; March 25: Queen Esther, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, Scott Kettner’s Nation Beat, 10 pm, $10; March 26: Sam Bardfeld’s Stuff Smith Project featuring Anthony Coleman, Brad Jones, and Smith Bardfeld, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation, Stephane Wrembel, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; March 27: Patty Feral and the Half-Wind Hamburgers, 9:30 pm, $8 suggested donation; March 28: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation; March 29: Jim Staley/Sylvie Courvoisier, 8 pm, $8, Russ Lossing Group, 10 pm, $8; March 30: The Balkan Brothers, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; March 31: Hank Bones & Friends, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation, Howard Fishman, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation.

Bembe 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. Saturdays: Rhum, live DJs alongside live Latin percussion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: No Selectors with live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Unintripited, 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 MonkOne with live percussion by Isabel, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: World Beat Flavors, 9 pm, FREE.

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: Yah Supreme & Brohemia with DJ Concerned, 9:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Brian J and the Pimps of Joytime, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne, 11 pm, FREE.

Cafe Steinhof 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com.

249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. Saturdays: (Main floor) DJs Daryl Raymond & BK Brewster, 10 pm, $5; Sundays: PJ’s Tea Party featuring rotating DJs and the latest L-Word viewings, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: (Downstairs) Trivia Night with Sancho, 7 pm, FREE, (Upstairs) After work party with rotating DJs, 5 pm, $5, FREE after midnight; Wednesdays: (Downstairs) “I’m Okay, You’re Okay - Kara-Okay,” 9 pm, FREE to watch, $5 all you can sing, (Upstairs) “Oink!” with DJ Floyd for dirty boys hosted by PJ, 9 pm, $3; Thursdays: (Upstairs) Schoolhouse with DJ ’Lina &

Wiancko and the Jones St. Boys, 7:30 pm, FREE, Sid & Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; March 28: (Backroom) Punch Puppetry, 8 pm, $5, (Frontroom) Brooklyn Comedy Company, 10 pm, FREE; March 29: (Backroom) Ultra, 10 pm, $5 suggested donation, (Frontroom) Amnon Wolman and Friends, 8 pm, FREE; March 30: (Backroom) Zombie Party, 7 pm, $TBD; March 31: (Backroom) Superstar Duets, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret, 10 pm, $15.

Sugarhill Restaurant & Supper Club

Glass House Gallery

837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com.

Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE.

Le Dakar Cafe 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakarcafe.net. Mondays: Keswa, 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.

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; March 25: Mamiko Wantanabe Trio, 7:30 pm, $10 (students free before 8 pm with valid ID).

Five Spot 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespotsoulfood.com. Mondays: Open turntables hosted by DJ Copa, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Dinero, 6 pm, FREE, DJ Tommy Talkz, 8 pm, FREE, Hot Damn Tuesdaze (comedy night) with Dave Lester, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, Soul F’Real, an R&B open mic for Soul Singers, 9 pm, FREE, back-up band Da Feel, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Large Professor presents “Timbuktu,” 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Soul in the Hole, midnight, $5; March 25: DJ Tek, 6 pm, FREE, Tondrae, 10 pm, $TBD; March 31: Optimus Foundation featuring Open Mic, Open Turntables, Open Beats, OpenExpression featuring Buyu Ambroise and the Blues in Red Band with The Souljah DJz and special guests Jah Powaz, Loer Velocity & Ayanna, $5 donation with flyer, $7 donation without flyer.

Galapagos 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; March 25: (Backroom) Slow Learner’s Record Release Party, 10 pm, $8, (Frontroom) Nadsat Fashion, 9 pm, FREE; March 26: (Backroom) Open Zone, 7 pm, $6, Ferris Wheel, 10 pm, $TBD, (Frontroom) Michi

Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor At Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org.

Hank’s Saloon 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com.

Join us for these upcoming meetings: March 8: COLOR PRINTERS, BLOGS, & PODCASTS: Using Technology to Promote Your Business April 12: NETWORKING FOR NEW BUSINESS: Secrets of Successful Marketing May 10: DRESS YOUR BUSINESS FOR SUCCESS: Appearances Make a Lasting Impression BROOKLYN BUSINESS BASE meets on the second Wednesday of each month, from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m., at Brooklyn Economic Development Corp. 175 Remsen St., Suite 350. Free with advance registration or $5.00 at the door. Advance registration or Questions? E-mail us at: [email protected]

March 29: Matthew Silberman & Press Play, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 30: Shaul Besser Group, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 31: Blue Rooster Pie Blues Band, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Trash Bar Mobius will perform at Warsaw on March 28. with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; March 25: Hot Cops, 7 pm, The Tattletales, 8 pm, Nancy, 9 pm, Steinway, 10 pm, FREE, “Barcore,” industrial hardcore live DJ sets featuring DJs Toma, Stahlin and Merk, FREE; March 29: Terapith, 8 pm, $TBD; March 30: Brooklyn Rocks! with Jennifer Richman, 7:30 pm, The Thing in Itself, 8:30 pm, American Popular, 9:30 pm, 2 Days Gorgeous, 10:30 pm, $8; March 31: Chris Cubeta’s Liar’s Club, 9 pm, $TBD.

Magnetic Field 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magneticbrooklyn.com.

The Hook

Sundays: John McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8 pm, $6 and 1-drink minimum; Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Night on the Town, 9 pm, $10 and 1-drink minimum ($5 for students); Tuesdays: Songwriters Showcase with Kevin Ray, 7 pm, FREE with 1-drink minimum, Live jazz jam hosted by the Dan McCarthy Trio, 9 pm, FREE with 1-drink minimum; March 25: The JTeam, 9 pm, $10 and 1-drink minimum; March 29: Candace Debartolo, 9 pm, $3 and 1-drink minimum; March 30: Deanna Witkowski Trio, 9 pm, $5 and 1-drink minimum; March 31: Nathaniel Chura, 7:30 pm, 1-drink minimum, Andy Guthrie, 9 pm, 1-drink minimum.

18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. March 25: Emergenza Festival with Local 5, 7:30 pm, Noah, 8 pm, Kelly Fanning, 8:30 pm, Tenebrae, 9 pm, Streetlights, 9:30 pm, Last Will, 10 pm, Lost and No One Knows, 10:30 pm, Mad Face, 11 pm, Dead Men Dreaming, 11:30 pm, Durtneck, midnight, $10 in advance, $15 day of the show; March 26: Emergenza Festival with Ditching Scott, 7 pm, Come Out Fighting, 7:30 pm, Ready, Willing, Disabled, 8 pm, Neutral Ground, 8:30 pm, A-Life, 9 pm, Demise of Sanity, 9:30 pm, Under Surveillance, 10 pm, Burning the Memory, 10:30 pm, $10 in advance, $15 day of the show.

Jazz 966 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, (718) 639-6910, www.jazz966.com. March 31: Houston Person Quartet, $5 and $15 donation.

The Jazz Spot 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 4537825, www.thejazz.8m.com.

March 25: The Bluebeats, 8 pm, $6; March 31: The Fabulous Soul Shakers, 8:30 pm, $8.50 in advance, $10 day of the show.

Night and Day Restaurant

Northsix 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. March 27: Th’ Faith Healers, Faith Killers, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show; March 28: (Downstairs) The Silver Arrows, Haram, Tigercity, 9 pm, $8, (Upstairs) Behold…The Arctopus, Time of Orchids, Seductive Sprigs, 9 pm, $10; March 30: Triple Creme, Pants Avengers, The Vibration, The Shondes, 9 pm, $10; March 31: I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Bon Savants, The Diggs, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show.

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Jolie Restaurant

709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com.

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, $TBD.

Dang-It Bobby’s, 11 pm, FREE; March 26: Sam Corbin, 8:30 pm, Jennifer Sygit, 9:30 pm, The Nailbiters, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 27: The After-School Comedy Special, 7:30 pm, Pierce Woodward, 9:30 pm, Matthew Peverly, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 28: Bingo, 7 pm, Norsworthy & Jared Woods, 9 pm, Beau Jennings, 10 pm, Tony Moore, 11 pm, FREE; March 29: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Tom Brosseau, 10 pm, Matt Bauer, 11 pm, FREE; March 30: Peg Simone, 9 pm, Reid Paley, 10 pm, Old Springs Pike, 11 pm, FREE; March 31: Tom Rosenthal and the Elder States, 8 pm, Milton, 9 pm, Benjamin Cartel, 10 pm, Sand Machine, 11 pm, FREE.

Ray’s Comedy Club 9807 Third Ave. at Marine Avenue in Bay Ridge, (718) 748-6400. March 25: Mitchell Walters, Johnny Rizzo, 9 pm, $15 and 2-drink minimum.

230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com.

Mondays: Jam session, 8 pm, $5; March 25: Bertha Hope with Luciana Padmore and Kim Clarke, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight, $15.

Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; March 25: Richard McGraw, 8 pm, Damien Quinones, 9 pm, Seamus Blake, 10 pm, The

Sista’s Place 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-1766, www.sistasplace.org. March 25: Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $20 per set.

Southpaw 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. March 25: JellyNYC presents Jelly, Dr. Dog, M’s, What Made Milwaukee Famous, 8 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show; March 26: The Minus 5, Richard Buckner, White Mud Freeway, 8 pm, $13; March 29: Nethers, Phonograph, Heroes in the Seaweed, Time TBD, $TBD; March 30: Contraband, Cinemechanica, Mussels, The Volts, and more, 8 pm, $8; March 31: Cordero, Contramano, Andrew Vladek, 8 pm, $8.

Spoken Words Cafe

256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. March 25: Billy Ann Crewes & The Jibbs, 8 pm, The Inklings, 9 pm, Achyllis, 10 pm, Full Minute of Mercury, midnight, $7; March 26: White Man Kamakazie, 8 pm, Mighty Fine, 9 pm, The Fairies, 10 pm, Kickstart, midnight, $6; March 27: Radio Pirate DJ, 9 pm, Pirates on Cassette, 10 pm, $6; March 28: Sharon van Etten, 8 pm, Flasher, 9 pm, Kadafi, 10 pm, Death Mask, 11 pm, Blanks, midnight, $6; March 29: Lil’ Isaac & the Dirty Stank, 8 pm, The Humanoids, 9 pm, The Supersoul Challenger, 10 pm, Outsideman, 11 pm, Lumis Glyde, midnight, $6; March 30: Candy From Strangers, 9 pm, Dirty Dick, 10 pm, Hollow, 11 pm, $8; March 31: System Noise, 8 pm, The Boroughs, 9 pm, Strange Attractors, 10 pm, Swinger Eight, 11 pm, Ghost Runner, midnight, The Bound Stems, 1 am, $7.

Two Boots Brooklyn 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. March 25: Bob Cunningham, 10 pm, FREE; March 30: Shotgun Shack, 9 pm, FREE.

Vox Pop 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; March 31: Frenkie Wilson, 8 pm, $5.

Waterfront Ale House 155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-3794, www.waterfrontalehouse.com. March 25: Melissa Shetler & Patty Carpenter with The Scott Shetler Trio, 11 pm, FREE; March 31: Black Coffee Blues Band celebrates Popa Chubby’s Birthday, 11 pm, FREE.

The Wicked Monk

226 Fourth Ave. at Union Street in Park Slope, (718) 596-3923, www.spokenwordsonline.com.

8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com.

March 28: The Blake Cohen Group, 8 pm, John Wagner Group, 9:30 pm, $8.

March 25: 3 Sheets to the Wind, 8 pm, 24 – Seven, 11 pm, $TBD; March 31: Real Big Easy, 8 pm, Rock Junky, 11 pm, $TBD.

Stain 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; March 25: Kelly Project, 9 pm, Matthew Logan and others, 10 pm, FREE; March 28: David White jazz trio, 8 pm, FREE; March 31: “The Ends of March Party,” a costume party, 8 pm, FREE.

Zebulon 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. March 25: Africa Connection, 10 pm, FREE; March 26: Amayo’s Fu-Arkist-Ra featuring The Antibalas Horn & Rhythm Section, 10 pm, FREE; March 28: Burnt Sugar, 10 pm, FREE; March 29: The Tall Firs and Effie Briest, 10 pm, FREE; March 30: Anistar, 10 pm, FREE; March 31: Baye Kouyate et les Tougarake, 10 pm, FREE.

Laila Lounge 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. Mondays: Karaoke with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 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; Fridays: All Night Cookin’, 9 pm, OHM, 11 pm, FREE; March 25: Kitty Cat, 10 pm, FREE.

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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; Wednesdays: Hex!

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Sundays: Shotgun Shack, Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; March 25: A Southern Rock Showcase with hosts Jack & Grace featuring Early Grace, 10 pm, Coppersonic, 11 pm, The New Heathens, midnight, FREE; March 27: Live band kuntry karaoke with Rob Ryan and the Brooklyn Country All Star Band, 10 pm, FREE; March 28: The Dirty Stank, Lisa Lightening, 10 pm, FREE; March 29: Love jazz big band night, 10 pm, FREE; March 30: 1984, 10 pm, FREE.

Shanghai Circus

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March 29: Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival with Billy Harper Quintet and vocalist Judy Bady, 7 pm, 9 pm, $20 suggested donation.

March 29: USAisaMonster, Privacy/ Adrian Orange & the Future Flag of Sky Thanksgiving Band, Awesome Color, A John Henry Memorial with the Watery Graves of Portland, 8 pm, $6.

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609 DeKalb Ave. at Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 797-1727.

38 S. First St. at Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 387-4942.

March 31: Dale Miller and Frank Fotusky, 8 pm, $15 adults, $6 children.

329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 789-7896.

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295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org.

March 26: Todd Sickafoose Group, 8 pm, 10 pm, $5 (includes both sets).

March 25: Mary Sherhart’s Balkan Cabaret, 9:30 pm, $10 food/drink minimum; March 31: Ayyoub, 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum.

March 29: River Alexander & his Mad Jazz Hatters, 10:30 pm, FREE.

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Center for Improvisational Music

444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park Slope, (718) 832-9800.

30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org.

376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com.

ALL YOU CAN EAT!

Daryl Raymond, 9 pm, $TBD; Fridays: (Main floor) All-request after-work party with DJ Lugnut, Cirrah with DJ Mark James, and rotating go-go with Maine & Sarah and Cinnamon & Keisha, 10 pm, $5; March 30: Boys Party, 10 pm, $3.

Saturdays: Express a.k.a. open mic poetry talent showcase, 10 pm, $7 (performers), $10 (spectators), Sexy Lounge After-Party with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning house, classics and rare grooves, 12:30 am, FREE; Sundays: Krazy Nanny’s Sunday Karaoke featuring Lisa Love, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Femme Elite Entertainment music by DJs Candy and Inez hosted by Lisa Love, 6 pm, FREE ($5 after 9 pm); Wednesdays: Comedy Showcase hosted by Ray DeJon, 9 pm, $10; Thursdays: A Taste of the Underground, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: After Work Karaoke hosted by Lisa Smiles, 6 pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 11 pm, $5.

BAM Cafe

11:00am - 4:00pm (Mon. - Fri.) $10.95 (Sat. - Sun.) $12.95

Soju, the Asian fusion restaurant that opened a year ago on Atlantic Avenue, has come out of the closet — as the Dragon Lounge, Brooklyn Heights’s new upscale, gay-friendly bar. The expanded space is now decorated with dashing swaths of red and chocolate, polished wood, hanging lanterns and wraparound banquettes piled with jaunty cushions. Owners Diane and Joe DiMeo wanted to get just the right atmosphere. “Joe did all the major construction,” says Diane. “I made the cushions and pillows. You can feel the homey, warm, sensual quality.” There’s also a garden seating area, weather permitting. The DiMeos, who are connected to the GayLesbian-Bi-Transsexual community through family members, felt that there was “a need of an environment that is not seedy” for gays in the neighborhood. Three weeks after reopening as Dragon Lounge, the response has exceeded their expectations. “I can’t believe how many people are coming in here,” boasts Joe. “Soju’s food got high ratings,” he added, “but there wasn’t the foot traffic.” “[This stretch of Atlantic Avenue] is known more for the bars in the vicinity,” says Diane.

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OUTDOORS AND TOURS 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. URBAN RANGER WALK: Learn about the history of Fort Greene Park. Ranger-led walk discusses 148-foot fort’s role in the Revolutionary War and the prisoners of war who are entombed in a vault. 1 pm. Meet at Visitor’s Center, Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park. Call 311. Free. BROOKLYN BRIDGE WALK: Big Onion Tours takes a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and through Brooklyn Heights. $15, $12 seniors, $10 students. 1 pm. Meet at southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street, lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090.

PERFORMANCE MORRIS DANCE: Mark Morris Dance Group performs “Solos, Duets and Trios.” $40. 5 pm. 3 Lafayette Ave. (718) 624-8400. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. BAM DANCE: Mark Morris Dance Group performs “Cargo” (2005), “All Fours” (2003), “Candleflowerdance” (2005) and “Going Away Party” (1990). $20 to $70. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. CHORAL MUSIC: Imani Singers of Medgar Evers College perform music reflecting the African-American religious choral experience. $20, $10 for children. 7 pm. Flatbush-Tompkins Congregation Church, 424 E. 19th St. (718) 282-5353. BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents the premiere of “Something Blue,” a TV pilot about the local lesbian community. 7:30 pm and 9 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. Free. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts hosts an evening with comedian-actor Bob Newhart. $20 to $40. 8 pm. Walt Whitman Theater, Brooklyn College, one block from the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. FRENCH MUSIC: Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra performs. $5. 7:30 pm. 75 Hicks St. (718) 622-3300. NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Cate Blanchett in Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler.” $30 to $85. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. SAHAMA ENSEMBLE: presents “Miss Saigon” in association with Poly Prep Country Day School. $22. 8 pm. Richard Perry Theater, 9216 Seventh Ave. (718) 717-0995. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The Wooster Group presents Eugene O’Neill’s “The Emperor Jones.” $37.50. 8 pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. PLAY: “Total Faith in Cosmic Love.” $10. 8 pm. The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-3457. RIDGE PLAYERS: presents the play “Steel Magnolias.” $15. 8 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish Center, Fourth Avenue and 81st Street. (718) 836-3103. BAX: presents Thread Dance Theater’s

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CHILDREN STORYTIME: Barnes and Noble invites children to a springtime story session. 11 am. 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. BAM FAMILY: presents a screening of choreographer Mark Morris’s “The Hard Nut” (1992), a take-off on “The Nutcracker” ballet. $10. 11 am. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. MUSIC FOR AARDVARKS: Music for toddlers at 10:30 am; for babies at 11:30 am. Soda Restaurant, 629 Vanderbilt Ave. (347) 581-5740. Free. 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. RUN AROUND: Brooklyn Lyceum opens its theater stage for a “Kid Runaround.” Bring your kid in to burn off some energy. 10 am to 2 pm. Food is available. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Kids are invited to learn how to make butter by hand. $4, free for members. 1 pm to 2 pm. Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. IMPACT THEATER: presents “Rudy Rutabaga and the Terrible Dragon of Amsteryork.” All ages welcome. $10, $7 children, ages 12 and younger. 1 pm and 4 pm. 90 Underhill Ave. (718) 783-1348. HOUSE TOUR: Weeksville Heritage Center invites families to take a tour. Free. Also, kids, ages 7 to 10, are invited to a book-making workshop. $4 donation. Reservations necessary for workshop. 3 pm to 5 pm. 1698 Bergen St. Reservations required. (718) 756-5250. MUSICAL: Brooklyn Family Theater presents “Snoopy,” sequel to “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” $12 for all ages. 4 pm and 8 pm. 1012 Eighth Ave. (718) 989-2449.

OTHER WOMEN’S HEALTH CONFERENCE: Medgar Evers College hosts “Pause... Breathe... Renew.” Screenings for cholesterol, oral hygiene, glaucoma and hypertension offered. Prizes and continental breakfast and box lunch. 9 am to 2 pm. 1650 Bedford Ave. (718) 270-6975. Free. ADOPTING FROM CHINA: Learn how to adopt a child during an informative workshop. Couples, between the ages of 30 and 60, are invited to attend. 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Heights branch, 280 Cadman Plaza East. (845) 988-6033. WALK FOR AUTISM: Kick-off luncheon for the second annual NYC Walk for Autism Research. 1 pm. C&C Catering, 7611 18th Ave. (917) 846-8891. BAMCINEMATEK: presents the series “Morris and Movies.” Today: “Nashville” (1975). $10. 2 pm, 5:30 pm and 9 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: hosts “Found Footage Festival,” a celebration of odd and hilarious found videos. $10. 7 pm. 70 N. Sixth St. (718) 384-4586. VOX POP: presents Haitian author Michael Deibert. 7 pm. 1022 Cor-

MUSIC FOR AARDVARKS: Music for toddlers at 10:30 am; for babies at 11:30 am. Soda Restaurant, 629 Vanderbilt Ave. (347) 581-5740. Free. READING: Long Island University presents two authors of Asian ancestry. They read from their works as part of the “Voices of the Rainbow” series. Noon. Health Sciences Building, room 119, DeKalb Avenue at Flatbush Avenue Extension. (718) 488-1109. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “Morris and Movies.” Today: “Martin” (1977). $10. 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. Mark Morris introduces the 6:50 pm screening. Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777FILM. www.bam.org. BOATING COURSE: US Coast Guard Auxiliary offers a course. $65. 7:30 pm. Gateway Recreational Center, Ryan Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field at Flatbush Avenue South. (718) 258-7687. TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes Bar presents “Don’t Look Back” (1967). 7 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. PICK POCKET TALK: 62nd Precinct offers a talk, “What to Do Before You Get Pick-Pocketed.” 8 pm. FIAO Beacon Center, 99 Ave. P. (718) 946-0234. Free.

Compiled by Susan Rosenthal telyou Road. (718) 940-2084. Free. AUCTION: Congregation B’nai Jacob hosts its seventh annual auction featuring live music, buffet dinner, open bar and door prizes. $18. 8:15 pm. 401 Ninth St. (718) 398-7753. MEET AND GREET: Meet Saquan Jones, candidate for Brooklyn’s 43rd Assembly seat. $15 to $50 donation requested. 9 pm. Brooklyn Exposure, 1401 Bedford Ave. (917) 776-3261.

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OUTDOORS AND TOURS TRAIN RIDE: NY Transit Museum offers a tour: “Exploring the Brighton and Franklin Lines from Past to Present.” Subway historian Joe Cunningham leads. $20, $15 members. Noon. Call for reservations and location info. (718) 694-1867. CROSSING NEWTOWN CREEK: Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment hosts a tour through Greenpoint and across the Pulaski Bridge, connecting Brooklyn to Long Island City. $11, $9 members, $8 seniors and students. 1 pm to 3 pm. Meet outside the Greenpoint Avenue station. (718) 788-8500. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big Onion Tours takes a walk through this landmarked cemetery. $15, $12 seniors, $10 students. 1 pm. Meet at main entrance, Fifth Avenue at 25th Street. (212) 439-1090.

PERFORMANCE CONCERT: Old Stone House continues its series called “Zeemeeuw”(“seagull” in Dutch). Today, Barry Kornhauser, jazz cellist. $10. 2 pm. JJ Byrne Park, Fifth Avenue between Third and Fourth streets. (718) 768-3195. CHAMBER MUSIC: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin performs. $15. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Oxford St. (718) 855-3053. CONCERT: Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music performs a program of works by Strauss, Moravec, Meltzer and Tchaikovsky. $15, $5 students. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Avenue at South Oxford Street. (718) 855-3053. CONCERT: Imani Winds performs a repertoire of South American, African and classical European rhythms. 3 pm. Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd. (718) 368-6680. Free. NEXT WAVE: “Hedda Gabler.” 3 pm. See Sat., March 25. SAHAMA ENSEMBLE: “Miss Saigon.” 3 pm. See Sat., March 25. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. 4 pm. See Sat., March 25. BAX: Brooklyn Arts Exchange presents a dance program. 4:30 pm. See Sat., March 25. Also, BAX Platform, a hybrid conversation series. $5. 6 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. RIDGE PLAYERS: “Steel Magnolias.” 5 pm. See Sat., March 25. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The Emperor Jones.” $25. 8 pm. See Sat., March 25.

CHILDREN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: presents a workshop for families with special needs: “Giddy Up, Cowboy!” Kids experience western life. Arts and crafts project follows. $4, free for members. 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.

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Timbuktu alive: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents West African dance company Manding Jata at the Walt Whitman Theatre on April 1 at 8 pm. Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. SEA STORIES: Storyteller Luann Adams tells marine-life tales at the Aquarium. Appropriate for children, ages 3 to 7. Program takes place at 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm. Included in admission charge of $12 adults, $8 children, ages 2 to 12 and seniors. NY Aquarium, West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue. (718) 265-3454. CONCERT FOR FAMILIES: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music presents “I Hear America Singing,” with Tales and Scales. $15, $5 children. 3 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. MAGIC SHOW: Father Jerry Jecewiz, The Conjuring Clergyman, appears and disappears in “Priesto! A Magic Spectacular.” $8. St. Finbar Center, Bath Avenue at Bay 20th Street. Call for time. (718) 236-3312. PUPPETWORKS: “The Wizard of Oz.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., March 25. MUSICAL: “Snoopy.” 5 pm. See Sat., March 25.

OTHER CARDIO DANCE: at Church Avenue Fitness Club. 8 am. 2228 Church Ave. Call. (800) AEROBIC. MEDITATION: $10 per class. Two locations: 11 am to 12:15 pm at Micro Museum, 123 Smith St. 2 pm to 3:30 pm at Timeless, 147 Front St., #208. (718) 496-5514. BRUNCH: Young Judea hosts a fundraiser. $18 donation. 11 am to 1 pm. 1566 E. 29th St. (718) 382-6454. NANNY WORKSHOP: Learn how to find the best care for your child during a workshop lead by a social worker. $55 per couple. Babies welcome. 11 am to 12:30 pm. Gumbo, 493 Atlantic Ave. (718) 928-2421. MUSEUM MOVIES: Brooklyn Museum

presents shorts and videos by William Wegman. $8, $4 students and seniors. Free to members and children, ages 12 and younger. Noon to 6 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. MONSTER GALLERY: March Movie Marathon “Sundays in the City.” Screening of shorts, features and documentaries. 2 pm to 10 pm. 234 Fourth Ave. Call for ticket info. (914) 318-4280. GALA: Federation of Italian-American Organizations hosts its 29th annual event. 2 pm. El Caribe Country Club, Sheepshead Beach. Call. (718) 2592828. BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “Morris and Movies.” Today: “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T” (1953). $10. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. PLAY: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch presents a one-person play: “Comfort Women.” 4 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents “An Evening of the World’s Best Short Films.” $10. 7 pm. Also, “Sense of Need: The Story.” $8. 5 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. BAX PLATFORM: Brooklyn Arts Exchange presents Judith Sloan and Warren Hehrer in “Crossing the Blvd: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America.” $5. 6 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018.

MON, MARCH 27 NATURE BABIES: Toddlers, ages 1 to 3, are invited to a nature-themed music, storytelling and crafts program. 9:30 am to 11 am. Call for fee info. Prospect Park, Audubon Center at the Boathouse. (718) 287-3400, ext. 101.

Garden hosts its annual “Greenest Block in Brooklyn” event. Block leaders who have won in the past reveal their secrets. Learn about street trees, front area gardens, containers and window boxes and more. $5, $3 seniors and students. 5 pm to 7 pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7200. BUSINESS TALK: Church Avenue Merchants Block Association offers a talk, “How to Start Your Own Business.” 6 pm to 8:30 pm. 884 Flatbush Ave. (718) 282-2500, ext. 242. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “Some Kind of Horror Show.” Today: “Demon Pond” (1979). $10. 6 pm and 9 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. DANCE PARTY: Learn tango and salsa. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Call for registration information. Families First, 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. BOOK GROUP: Barnes and Noble hosts a discussion about “Against Gravity,” by Farnoosh Moshiri. 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The Wooster Group hosts a fundraising performance of “The Emperor Jones.” $150. 8 pm. Drinks and dessert follows. St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water St. (212) 966-3651.

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WEDS, MARCH 29

PREDICTABLE PATTERNS: Families First hosts a two-part seminar in problem solving, decision-making, communication and leadership skills to help care for and guide children. $25 per session; $40 for both sessions. (April 4th is next session.) Session is offered three different times: 9:15 am to 11:30 am, noon to 2:30 pm and 7 pm to 9:30 pm. 250 Baltic St. Pre-registration necessary. (718) 237-1862. SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS: Resources for Children with Special Needs Inc. hosts a talk on “Early Childhood Services: Birth to 5.” 10 am to 1 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Heights branch, 280 Cadman Plaza West. (212) 677-4650. Free. SUPPORT GROUP: Alzheimer’s Association offers caregiver support. 10 am to 11:30 am. Young Israel of Bedford Bay. Call. (516) 484-3188. Also, adult children in Bay Ridge, caring for parents, are offered a support group. 6 pm to 7:30 pm. Lutheran Medical Center. Call. (718) 921-5949. Free. MUSICAL DRAMA: American Females for Righteousness, Abasement, Ignorance and Docility presents a musical drama in two acts. $20. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. FINE ARTS SYMPOSIUM: Pratt Institute presents its 26th annual event in which fine arts critics review work by graduate students. Noon to 2 pm. 200 Willoughby St. (718) 636-3554. Free. LINE DANCING: Jubilee Senior Center invites dancers of all levels for fun. 1 pm. 55 Pierrepont St. (718) 680-2142. Free. JAZZ CLINIC: Long Island University hosts a clinic with jazz guitarist Mark Elf. He gives a guitar master class and a lecture on “Promoting Yourself in the Music Business.” 4 pm. Flatbush Avenue Extension at DeKalb Avenue. (718) 488-1015. Free. STREET GREENING: Brooklyn Botanic

SEMINARS FOR THE ARTS: Brooklyn Arts Council offers information on a healthcare initiative for NYC artists. Learn about affordable health plans for uninsured artists that offer the option of exchanging creative services for health care credits. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Woodhull Medical Center, 760 Broadway. (718) 625-0080. Free. JEWISH COOKING: Park Slope Jewish Center offers a Passover cooking course. 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Call for cost. Eighth Avenue and 14th Street. (718) 951-7104. BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “Some Kind of Horror Show.” Today: “My Bloody Valentine” (1981). $10. 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. CANDIDATE FORUM: Jacob Gold, District Leader of the 44th AD, hosts a forum for the NY State Attorney General election. Mark Green, Charlie King and David Yassky are guests. 7 pm. Temple Agudath Shalom, 3714 18th Ave. (718) 382-6900. Free. JAZZ FEST: Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium hosts its seventh annual event and features The Billy Harper Quintet. $20 cover. 7 pm to 9 pm. Sugarhill Restaurant and Supper Club, 609 DeKalb Ave. (718) 797-1727.

THURS, MARCH 30 TOPICAL DISCUSSION: Dr. Charles La Cerra discusses communism, Darwinism, fascism, pragmatism and other “ism’s.” 2 pm to 3 pm. Brooklyn College, Boynton Hall, room 3119, one block from the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-5647. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents series, “Some Kind of Horror Show.” Today: “The Witch” (1952). $10. 4:30 pm, Continued on page 17...

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BCAT Turns Over a New Lief by J.M. Rivera

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RIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture recently announced the appointment of Brooklynite Jonathan Lief as associate executive producer for programming at BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television program, a new position funded in part by a grant from Independence Community Foundation.

Lief, whose past experience includes producing and writing for CNN, A&E, ABC and CBS, will oversee the creation of new Brooklyn-centric programming for BCAT’s Brooklyn Independent Television initiative. “I've lived in Brooklyn for almost 26 years – raised two kids and sent them through public schools here – and I was excited at the chance to create programming that was about my own community,” said Lief. “I've spent many years working for news networks and what some call “info-tainment” channels (A&E, for example); both are equally corporate and commercial. In many cases the news has become less serious and less informative than the commercials that pay for it. You get pretty tired of feeling like you're just adding to the noise. Working at BCAT has the added attraction that the shows we'll be producing have the potential to actually help people.” The Brooklyn Independent TV initiative is part of a five-year master plan prepared by BRIC entitled “Public Access TV in Brooklyn – Expanding Its Contribution to the Brooklyn Community.” This master plan, prepared based on assessment of BCAT initially undertaken in 2002, reflects the input of numerous Brooklyn constituencies. Since January 17, 2006, all programming on the BCAT channels has sported a logo identifying it as either “Brooklyn Free Speech TV” programming or “Brooklyn Independent Television” programming. This clarifies for viewers whether the programming they are watching was produced by members of the community (Brooklyn Free Speech TV) or by BCAT (Brooklyn Independent Television). “As Brooklyn’s public access organization, we were given a dual mandate: provide meaningful media access to the community and facilitate and develop television created with Brooklyn and its diverse populations in mind,” said Leslie

Schultz, BRIC’s Executive Director. “Our master plan was designed to further both of these vitally important ends. Jonathan is an ideal person to advance the content side of the equation; someone local with a wealth of very sophisticated television production experience to benefit the borough.” Greg Sutton, BCAT’s Executive Producer, noted that Brooklyn Independent Television already includes a number of programs that were developed in response to increasing viewer demand for Brooklyn-centric television, and that Lief will be key in the development of new programs to be launched as part of implementing the master plan. “We currently produce Reporter Roundtable, a weekly roundtable show on Brooklyn issues; BCAT SportsTalk, a weekly wrap-up of local sports; Brooklyn Review, a bi-weekly news magazine; Brooklyn Elected Officials, a weekly platform for local representatives and their constituents; and the Neighborhood Beat series featuring more than a dozen of Brooklyn’s diverse neighborhoods. These programs, and others, like A Date at the Library, which is coproduced with the Brooklyn Public Library, fall under the moniker of ‘Brooklyn Independent TV.’ Jonathan will be focusing first on developing programming about public health issues affecting the borough and doing business in Brooklyn.” “BCAT has great potential to bring more of Brooklyn to Brooklyn,” noted Lief. “I'll be part of an ongoing effort to expand its coverage of key issues and developments. My goal is to help make the new programs as interesting to watch as anything I've ever done at CNN or CBS – and much more real than most of what those places are offering these days.” The master plan also contemplates increasing the educational resources available to those providing programming for Brooklyn Free Speech TV. In January, to

Brooklynite Jonathan Lief will oversee the creation of new Brooklyn-centric programs for BCAT. advance this goal, BCAT launched a new educational initiative called Brooklyn Center for Media Education and Access (BCMEA), expanding the number of low-cost courses available to the Brooklyn community from two to eight classes at a median cost of $30. In addition to two basic television production workshops, new workshops include interviewing tips, sound, lighting, and advanced editing. Brooklynites can also learn to become better viewers via a new media literacy class and master computer basics with a computer literacy class. “We’re serving Brooklyn in many wonderful ways,” added Sutton.“Our new educational initiatives are having a tremendous impact on the Brooklyn residents who participate in the BCAT training programs – and will impact viewers down the line as community producers put their new knowledge to use in the enhancement of their programs. Our goal is to enrich the lives of viewers, as well, with the creation of more Brooklyn-centric programming. This is an exciting time in BCAT’s history.” BCAT, Brooklyn’s public access station, is a program of Brooklyn Information & Culture (BRIC), a leader in the development of arts and communications programs in Brooklyn that benefits nearly one million people each year through its four major program units: BCAT; Celebrate Brooklyn; the Rotunda Gallery; and BRICstudio. BCAT produces and presents non-commercial television by Brooklyn, for Brooklyn and about Brooklyn, its people, culture and diversity. BCAT offers training and access to production equipment, studios, and editing facilities at the state-ofthe-art BCAT Media Center in Fort Greene. Serving more than 429,000 households in Brooklyn, BCAT may be watched on Time Warner Cable channels 34, 35, 56 and 57 and Cablevision channels 67, 68, 69 and 70. For more information, visit www.briconline.org.

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Summer at Open House!

The Brooklyn Papers’ 2006

A welcoming place

SUMMER CAMP GUIDE

• A warm, nurturing place for preschoolers, aged 2-6 • A gentle introduction to preschool, with special attention given to first-time campers • Experienced early childhood educators lead every group • Uniquely flexible hours • Central Cobble Hill location Come to a “summer tour” April 4, 6pm. Please call to reserve a space. 718-625-5252 or email [email protected]

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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WE PROVIDE: • Academic enrichment through exciting electives and performing arts • Weekly field trips to fun and cultural venues • Outdoor pool; Instructional Swim • Daily lunch & snacks • Mature, experienced, and licensed staff who enjoy working with kids • A quality experience with affordable rates Licensed by NYC Department of Health

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Beth Elohim Summer Day 274 Garfield Place, Park Slope • (718) 768-3814, ext. 210 congregationbethelohim.org Preschool Division Ages: 3 to 5-1/2 Directors: Maura Lorenzen and Jaci Israel Ages: 3 to 5-1/2 Full Day (9 am to 3 pm) and Half Day (9 am to 12:30 pm) Activities: swimming, weekly trip for 4- and 5-year-olds Elementary Division Director: Bobbie Finkelstein Ages: entering 1st to 4th grades June 29 to Aug. 18 (extended week available Aug. 21 to 25) Full day (9 am to 5 pm) • Extended hours (8 am to 6 pm) available Activities: swimming (instructional and recreational), arts and crafts, music, nature, sports, gymnastics, trips 2 days per week Movin’ On Travel Camp Director: Bobbie Finkelstein Ages: entering 5th to 9th grades June 29 to Aug. 18 (extended week available Aug. 21 to 25) Full day (9 am to 5 pm) Activities: Daily trips, swimming, two overnights

Better B’klyn Community Ctr 408 Jay St., 5th floor, D’Town (718) 624-1992 www.bkcenter.org Ages: 2 to 15 • July 3 to Aug. 25 Fees: $1,000 for full summer or $250 per 2-week session Full day: 8 am to 6 pm Activities include: dance, music, arts & crafts, lunch & snacks, swimming in indoor pool, bowling, weekly trips, gymnastics, team sports, rock climbing, horseback riding, mathematics, writing, reading, library visits. OPEN HOUSE: Wed, March 29 and April 5, 6:30 pm

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421 Fifth Ave., Park Slope (718) 832-0018 www.bax.org Director: Pene McCourty Junior Summer Arts Ages: entering grades 1-5 July 5 - August 18 Full day: 9 am to 3pm • extended hours 8:30 am to 4 pm Activities: each week has a different performing arts therme (dance, theater, video, circus, etc.). Young Artists Community Ages: entering grades 6-8 July 10 - August 18 hours 9 am to 4 pm Activities: performing arts and community service. Teen Intensives Ages: entering grades 9-11 July 10 - 21 hours 10 am to 4 pm Activities: PerformanceXperience, Theater with Falconworks. Open House: Sat., April 8, 1:30 pm

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763 President St, Park Slope (718) 230-5255 Directors: Randie Bader and Gary Siegel Ages: 2.3 to 5 years June 19 to Aug. 1 Full day (9 am to 4 pm) Half days (9 am to noon or 1 pm to 4 pm) Activities: private backyard with water play equipment, trips, art, music, indoor gym.

Imagine Tomorrow Computer Camp 241 Prospect Park West,Windsor Terrace, (718)768-0271 [email protected] Director: Maureen Pynn Ages: 3 to 8 years Activities include: crafts, snack and innovative computer learning mission. Open House: April 1 and 29

Jewish Sports Academy 215 Pacific St., Cobble Hill (718) 596-4840, ext. 15 [email protected] Director: Simcha Weinstein Ages: 5 to 9 years June 26 to Aug. 11 Full day: 9 am to 3 pm, extended hours 8am to 6pm Fee: $450 per 2-week session Activities: supervised instructional swim, soccer and tennis, arts & crafts, computers, dramatics, , karate, trips, gymnastics, Jewish culture, music & dance.

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Locations in Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, and Bay Ridge (718) 788-7732 www.parkslopedaycamp.com email: [email protected] Director: Ronny Schindler Ages: entering K to 8th grades June 29 to Sept. 1 Full day (9 am to 5 pm), early dismissal optional for young children; extended hours (until 6:30 pm) available. Transportation: free morning shuttle from all Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods and Bay Ridge Activities: outdoor camp with sports, trips, gymnastics, drama, nature, olympics, sports academy, travel camp (with overnight trips). OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 23, 12 and 1 pm

Summer at Open House 318A Warren Street (718)625-5252 eshannon@ openhousenurseryschool.com Director: Eileen Shannon Ages: 2 to 6 years • June 19 to August 11 Full day: 9 am to 6 pm, flexible hours available Activities include: water play, music program, exploration of summer themes, trips to parks, zoo, Puppetworks Open House: Tues., April 4, 6 pm

Kim’s Kids Summer Camp Park Slope location (718) 768-6419 Director: Dan Moinester Ages: 5-1/2 to 11-1/2 years Activities: swimming in lakes, pools and beaches, hikes, trips to Sesame Place, amusement parks, museums

LES Summer Camp 440 Ovington Ave., Bay Ridge (718)748-3624 Director: Victoria Hofmo Ages: 5 to 14 years June 19 to August 11 Full day: 8 am to 4 pm Extended day 8 am to 6:30 pm Activities include: cooking, environmental science projects, fencing, tennis, swimming, 3 trips per week Open House: Sat..,April 29, 11 am

Park Explorers 611 Eighth Avenue, Park Slope (718) 788-3620 www.parkexplorers.com Director: Chris Altman Ages: 4 to 14 June 29 to Sept 1 Full day: 8:30 am to 3:30pm, extended hours until 6:30 pm

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HE OH SO FEISTY One’s ninth birthday is here — and that means it’s time to make the cupcakes. Homemade cupcakes for the classroom birthday party? Who’s kidding whom? It’s a rare mom in Park Slope who makes those cupcakes from scratch anymore. Smartmom’s friend JollyBeMom is that rare mom — but then again, she’s a professional baker whose luscious chocolate cupcakes are to die for. Not every mom can bake a cake that looks like Chartes Cathedral. But like everything else in the Slopeosphere, cupcakes are fraught with socio/political and psychological meaning. They have, in fact, become synonymous with good mothering. Trouble is, for the vast majority of moms — those who work full-time, parent full-time, volunteer full-time or juggle it all — classroom birthday parties mean Duncan Hines Devil’s Food Cake mix, Betty Crocker frosting, and a smattering of red dye #5 sprinkles, prepared in a kitchen still stacked with dirty dinner dishes. Gross. Betty Crocker frosting is so sickeningly sweet that five out of five dentists don’t recommend it, even for their patients who like lousy frosting. But it’s so easy. To say that Smartmom was in denial about this year’s cupcakes would be a vast understatement. So busy was she working on an assignment for Dumb Editor that there were no cupcakes dancing in her head — until the day before the party. When, she wondered, would she have time to make those

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By Louise Crawford cupcakes? Smartmom tried to reach Hepcat at the Edgy Computer Startup, but he gave her a quick “gottagorightnowbye” and said he’d call her right back. ESPERATE, Smartmom called Harried Harriet, who regaled Smartmom with tales of what happened last year. “At 2:30 on the day of the party, I was hurtling down Eighth Avenue in my Volvo with cupcakes on the passenger seat.” She was stopped by cop in front of Saint Saviour’s church (God help her), who accused her of bypassing a school bus that was discharging kids. “He threatened to give me a ticket. I didn’t say anything about the cupcakes — how could I?” Heart racing and slightly traumatized, Harried Harriet arrived at the school with seconds to spare. “It was fairly ironic, when you think about it: I had endangered the lives of children on a school bus in order to get to my daughter’s classroom in time to deliver cupcakes.” There’s got to be another way. So Smartmom called Designer Mom, who’s always good for a time-saving parenting tip. “I get mine at Two Little Red Hens,” she said. “I can’t make them as well as they do. Plus, I’ve got better things to do.” But then her voice changed and she said with barely concealed bitterness: “But last year, Thrifty Mom looked at them scornfully and said, ‘Jeez that must have cost you a bundle.’” Indeed, there is a stigma attached to bringing bakery-made cupcakes to class. In private school, it’s downright unthinkable, according to Smartmom’s emissaries from Berkeley Carroll, where the rule seems to be: the more money a parent spends on tuition, the more time she is expected to spend baking. Thank goodness OSFO and Teen Spirit went to public schools, where it is acceptable to use a cake mix — or even bring cupcakes from Costco. Late Thursday afternoon, Smartmom decided once and for all that she was going to get OSFO’s cupcakes at Two Little Red Hens, but when Smartmom broke the news, OSFO looked stricken. She loves to spread that canned Betty Crocker frosting — high in transfats — onto hot, just-baked cupcakes. But Smartmom wasn’t about to bow to a 9-year-old. Nonetheless, she slept fitfully that night, fearful that Two Little Red Hens would be sold out when she showed up the next morning. What happens if some other mom swoops and grabs the entire stock of miniatures? At 8 am, Smartmom and OSFO took Eastern Car Service to Two Little Red Hens and asked the driver to wait. To her great relief, there was a full tray of miniature cupcakes behind the bakery

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Where to GO ... Continued from page 13... 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. ENERGY FORUM: Park Slope Greens and The Sierra Club present a public forum on conservation and alternative energy. 7 pm. Fifth Avenue Committee, 551 Warren St. (718) 788-2260. Free. MILITARY HISTORY NIGHT: Film “To Hell and Back” (1955). 7 pm. Harbor Defense Museum, 101st Street at Fort Hamilton Parkway. (718) 630-4349. Free. CARIBBEAN DIALOGUE: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch presents “Telling My Sister’s Story: Examining the Underbelly of the Caribbean Woman’s Reality.” 7 pm to 9 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. READING: Carl Blumenthal, self proclaimed Poet Laureate of Windsor Terrace, reads from his poems: “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden...Just a Thorn in Your Side.” 7 pm. Crossroads Cafe, 1241 Prospect Ave. Call for info. (718) 972-1852. WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: YWCA of Brooklyn celebrates the month with a performance by The Urban Bush Women in “A Batty Party.” A discussion of race, class and social inequities, beauty and sexism follows. 7 pm. 30 Third Ave. (718) 875-1190. Free. ONE-ACT PLAY FEST: Three plays presented in “Intimates.” $15. 7:30 pm. Bread for Jam Cafe, 333 Henry St. (917) 359-3744. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of Bach’s Cello Suites. $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The Emperor Jones.” $37.50. 8 pm. See Sat., April 1. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Take Me Out.” 8 pm. See Sat., April 1. WRITERS CONFERENCE: Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College hosts its eighth annual event. $60 pre-registration; $75 on-site registration. Conference lasts until Sunday. Visit: www.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc for details.

FRI, MARCH 31 MUSIC FOR AARDVARKS: Music for toddlers at 10:30 am; for babies at 11:30 am. Bay Ridge Jewish Center, Fourth Avenue and 81st Street. (347) 581-5740. Free. FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch presents a screening of “Roman Holiday” (1953). 6 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “Obsessive Genius.” Today: “Madame Curie” (1943). $10. 7 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777FILM. www.bam.org. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of Bach Cello Suites. $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. 651 JAZZ: Pianist Jason Moran plays, hosted by 651 Arts. 8 pm. Call for ticket info. 57 Rockwell Place. (718) 636-4181, ext. 2229. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret. $15, $5 discount for clowns in make-up. 10 pm. Also, Kenny Mellman performs. $12. 8 pm. 70 N. Sixth St. (212) 868-4444. GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Dale Miller and Frank Fotusky perform acoustic blues guitar music. $15, $6 kids. 8 pm. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. GASLIGHT BALL: St. Saviour Church of Park Slope celebrates its 100th anniversary. Event takes place at The Palm House, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave. Call for ticket and time info. (718) 768-4055. ONE-ACT PLAY FEST: “Intimates.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., April 1. SAHAMA ENSEMBLE: “Miss Saigon.” 8 pm. See Sat., April 1. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The Emperor Jones.” $37.50. 8 pm. See Sat., April 1. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Take Me Out.” 8 pm. See Sat., April 1.

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PERFORMANCE BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of Mozart, Brahms and Mendelssohn. $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. ONE-ACT PLAY FEST: Three plays presented in “Intimates.” $15. 7:30 pm. Bread for Jam Cafe, 333 Henry St. (917) 359-3744. BRIC STUDIO: presents “Improvised and Otherwise: A Festival of Sound and Form.” $15, $10 students. 8 pm. 647 Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. Free. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents The United States Coast Guard Band. 1 pm. Free. Also, Manding Jata performs the music and dance of West Africa. $15 to $30. 8 pm. Walt Whitman Theater at Brooklyn College, one block from the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4600. SAHAMA ENSEMBLE: presents “Miss Saigon” in association with Poly Prep Country Day School. $22. 8 pm. Richard Perry Theater, 9216 Seventh Ave. (718) 717-0995. DRAMA: Chapel Players presents “Fools.” $10. 8 pm. Tuohy Hall Auditorium at St. Joseph’s College, 245 Clinton Ave. (718) 636-6880. CONCERT: Brooklyn Philharmonic performs “Love and Betrayal,” a concert celebrating Mozart and Shostakovich. $20 to $60 ($10 students). 8 pm. BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Take Me Out.” $15, $12 children and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th St. (212) 352-3101. www.galleryplayers.com. PLAY: “Total Faith in Cosmic Love.” $10. 8 pm. The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-3457. OPERA: Opera Company of Brooklyn presents Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” $25, $15 students. 8 pm. Long Island University, Kumble Theater, corner of DeKalb and Flatbush avenues. (718) 488-1624. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The Wooster Group presents Eugene O’Neill’s “The Emperor Jones.” $37.50. 8 pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. RIDGE PLAYERS: presents “Steel Magnolias.” $15. 8 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish Center, Fourth Avenue at 81st Street. (718) 836-3103. IMPROV NIGHT: at The Brooklyn Lyceum. Several groups entertain. $10. 9:30 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816.

CHILDREN RUN AROUND: Brooklyn Lyceum opens its theater stage for a “Kid Runaround.” Bring your kid in to burn off some energy. 10 am to 2 pm. Food is available. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. AQUARIUM: Kids, ages 5 to 8, are invited to celebrate April Fool’s Day by learning how some sea animals fool others. $25 child/ adult pair, $18 members. 11 am to noon. West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH. 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. NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: Children’s illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg reads from her books. Appropriate for ages 4 and up. $5 adults, $3 children, ages 3 to 17, and seniors. 1 pm. Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. (718) 694-1600. IMPACT THEATER: presents “Rudy Rutabaga and the Terrible Dragon of Amsteryork.” All ages welcome. $10, $7 children ages 12 and younger. 1 pm and 4 pm. 90 Underhill Ave. (718) 783-1348. BAM FAMILY: presents “Fools in Love,” a rock ‘n’ roll re-imagining of “A Midsummer Nights Dream.” Millennium Talent Group performs. Appropriate for ages 6 and older. $15. 2 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum invites kids, ages 4 and older, to look at art and have an arts and crafts session. $8 adults, $4 seniors, free for children, ages 12 and younger. 11 am and 2 pm. Also, experience a dog’s-eye-view of the world. Video artist Peng Hung Chih is on hand to discuss his film. 5:15 pm to 6 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. FAMILY NIGHT: Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts an evening of humor at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Family Night. $7 per person, $5 members. Includes light refreshments. 6 pm to 8 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400.

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OUTDOORS AND TOURS WILLIAMSBURG WALK: Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment hosts a walk around Williamsburg, exploring the Hasidic Jewish, Hispanic, Slavic and Arts communities. $11, $9 members, $8 seniors and students. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Meet at southwest corner of Broadway at Hewes Street. (718) 788-8500.

PERFORMANCE DANCE: Young Dancers in Repertory performs its spring program. 1:30 pm. Beacon IS 220, Ninth Avenue between 48th and 49th streets. (718) 567-9620. Free. AFTERNOON SINGING: Congregation Beth Elohim hosts its fourth annual Brownstone Brooklyn Jewish Choral Festival. Choruses from six synagogues perform. $5. 3 pm. Congregation Beth Elohim, Eighth Avenue and Garfield Place. (718) 768-3814. CONCERT: Regina Opera Company hosts a concert of Broadway tunes and Neapolitan songs. $10, $5 teens, free for children. 4 pm. Regina Hall, corner of 65th Street and 12th Avenue. (718) 232-3555. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Take Me Out.” 3 pm. See Sat., April 1. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert. 4 pm. See Sat., April 1. RIDGE PLAYERS: “Steel Magnolias.” 5 pm. See Sat., April 1. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The Emperor Jones.” $37.50. 8 pm. See Sat., April 1.

CHILDREN SPRING SING: Kids rocker Suzi Shelton and friends perform. $12 adults, $7 kids. 11 am and 1 pm. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents “Berenstain Bears on Stage.” $10 to $20. 2 pm. Walt Whitman Theater at Brooklyn College, one block from the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4600.

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Getting storm-ready T HAS BEEN said that everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it. That’s not entirely accurate. Yes, we are still complaining about the weather — when will this spring start already?! — but a handful of New York legislators are actually trying to do something about the perfect storm that could cause Hurricane Katrina-like devastation to low-lying communities in Brooklyn. Led by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Sheepshead Bay), the group is pushing the Bush administration to restore funding to a successful Army Corps of Engineers program to strengthen our flood defenses. As Weiner, and colleagues Jerry Nadler (DConey Island) and Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), have pointed out, funding for shore protection in New York City, which was roughly $4 million

in the last year of the Clinton Administration, hit a low of $500,000 in 2006. And next year, the Bush Administration is planning to spend nothing. That’s $0. Seven months after Hurricane Katrina is the wrong time to be playing budget politics with homes and livelihoods in New York, which, after Miami and New Orleans, is the most hurricane-prone city in the country, according to the Weather Channel. Cuts to the program leave tens of thousands of Brooklynites vulnerable to the kind of massive hurricane that hits the city every 70 years or so. The last one was in 1938 — about 68 years ago by our reckoning. The city’s Office of Emergency Management is doing the best it can to prepare — but its evacuation routes and “reception center” locations are unknown to all but the most obses-

sive browsers of the city’s Web site (poke around at www.nyc.gov/html/oem to find the official disaster plan). And as The Brooklyn Papers reported earlier this year, Allstate, which has 25 percent of the market share in New York, used Hurricane Katrina as an excuse to stop writing new policies here. The combination of funding cuts, a misunderstood city plan and an insurance industry pullout is a prescription for disaster (the snarky Web site Gawker headlined its story, “New York City’s Hurricane Preparedness Plan: Prepare to Die”). That’s why it is incumbent on the Bush administration to learn from its famously inept handling of Katrina — a storm that was similarly predicated by all the experts and ignored by all the policy-makers — and protect New Yorkers.

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Hindy’s ‘Yards’ stand causes a brew-haha To the editor, The call to boycott Brooklyn Beer in an effort to protest the Atlantic Yards development is just wrong (“Hindy: I’m all in,” March 11). Steve Hindy and his Brooklyn Brewery have been real supporters of Brooklyn for years. They are current and longtime contributors to the Brooklyn Public Library, the Prospect Park Alliance, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, St. Ann’s, BAM, and at least 100 other local charities and nonprofits. I understand that people might disagree with Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project. That’s their right as citizens. They should protest and be heard. But it makes no sense to attack a man who has raised his family in Brooklyn, built a real community-based company here, and given more to Brooklyn than misguided boycotters might know. As a show of support, my neighbors and I are starting a new campaign. We will wear our Brooklyn Brewery T-shirts proudly and order Brooklyn Beer wherever we go. So please join the campaign: Support Brooklyn, Drink Brooklyn. Jon Scieszka, Park Slope To the editor: Reporting that the boycotters are “reaffirming” their reasons for boycotting is not news. It is free publicity for a misguided and ineffective protest strategy. Steve Hindy’s Brooklyn Brewery is an incredibly successful local company that has donated beer, services, and money to countless Brooklyn non-profits. It is actively concerned with alternative energy sources (the Brewery has been 100 percent wind-powered since 2003), and strongly encourages its 32 employees to get involved in their own communities by serving on the boards of local organizations. Their own philanthropy as a company, coupled with their strong belief that all their employees should be equally involved in their own communities, makes this a business model that produces active, engaged citizens who happen to produce amazing beer that we thoroughly enjoy! As the poet Rumi once said, “There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” There are likewise, hundreds of ways to support Brooklyn. Steve

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Hindy and his brewery have chosen so many already. I urge The Brooklyn Papers to choose some, too. Leslie Gallager, Park Slope Editor’s note: We’d refer our dear reader to our Feb. 18 editorial, “Raise a glass to Hindy,” which concluded, “Let’s drink a toast to Steve Hindy. May the boycott fail.”

To the editor: The coverage of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project brought to mind a similar debate that occurred during the mid-1990s, when Coney Island residents, businesses, and neighborhood organizations were analyzing a minor-league baseball stadium there. When local Coney Island businesses supported the construction of Keyspan Park for the Brooklyn Cyclones, there was no suggestion of a boycott against those businesses. Why not? Because those local restaurants and amusement parks supporting the plan had already spent decades helping Coney Island survive, and the locals knew it. Now, that the Brooklyn Cyclones have been so successful and that Coney Island is poised for further development, it is hard to remember all the voices calling to stop that construction project. That is no proof, of course, that the Atlantic Yards project will be as successful. But I find The Brooklyn Papers’ recent coverage of a suggested boycott of Brooklyn Brewery inflammatory, unnecessary and beneath the sensible reporting I have come to expect from your paper. The Brooklyn Brewery is a local business and important contributor to the Brooklyn renaissance. It is, of course, important to discuss and evaluate development, and even to lobby and protest, if you feel your position is not being heard. But calling for a boycott of a supportive Brooklyn business is to build fences where none exist and create false battle lines that alienate neighbors. Perhaps the boycott organizers and The Brooklyn Papers reporters who gave them ink can enjoy a Brooklyn brew on the Boardwalk in Coney Island this summer, catch a ballgame, fireworks show and a few rides ... and see the vision of the Brooklyn Nets as yet another unifying step forward for everyone working hard to build a better Brooklyn. Kenneth Hochman, Brooklyn Heights The writer is president of American Media Concepts, an ad agency that develops campaigns for various Brooklyn businesses. Brooklyn Brewery and Forest City Ratner are not among his clients. To the editor: You have now twice run a picture of a group of people at the Brooklyn Brewery, yet not identified all the individuals by name. It seems to me that if the three women referred to as “Nets dancers” are important enough to be photographed, they are important enough to be identified by name. Vanessa R. Yingling, Flatbush

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Gerald Jackson Despite a strong economy, black men are still falling behind, and incarceration, unemployment and dropout rates are climbing. Amid such bad news, Gerald Jackson has taken over the Male Development and Empowerment Center at Medgar Evers College, a five-year-old program designed to help black men get to, stay in, and excel beyond, college. A clinical psychologist by training, Jackson joins the CUNY school after stints at Cornell University, Rutgers University, New York University Medical Center, and Howard University. Gersh Kuntzman checked in with Professor Jackson this week. Q: The “Male Development and Empowerment Center” sounds like something out of a 1960s Hippie commune, not something created for today’s urban problems. What are you trying to do there? A: The idea is to combine research, expertise, teaching and counseling to help men get to college and stay here. Q: What is preventing that from happening? A: Today’s black teenagers live in a society that sees them as the archetypical villain — but they don’t even realize it. We help them see that people’s perceptions of them are not in line with how they see themselves. It’s not only the men’s fault. As a teacher, I have seen female students be more attracted to the hip-hoppers rather than to the good students. So that encourages the males to dress a certain way or affect an attitude of not caring. But we tell them it’s OK to do well and still be a man. I want them to get A’s. Q: What are the biggest challenges to helping black men? A: They lack confidence. And many are fatalistic, like there’s nothing they can do, so

why even try? So we bring in people who have been very successful in life to talk to the students about the choices they made. Last week, we had a captain in the police force. We’ve had Ivy League students come and tell us what they did to succeed. Q: What’s the most important thing? A: Jobs. We need more jobs — but jobs that lead to something. The fear that most people have is that they’ll take a job and be doing the same thing for the rest of their lives. But good jobs will allow us to transform the culture. I had a student at Cornell who got a job and found out he had to wear a suit every day. He hated the idea. But then he started doing it and found really empowered. It made him feel like he was part of something. That’s why it’s vital to get these men into jobs where there is some expectation about how they should look, how they should interact. You have to learn how to be a successful person. Some students feel that if the teacher isn’t good, you shouldn’t do your work. But we show them that they should always do their job, even if your boss is a jerk. Q: I’ll tell my employees that.

The writer is assistant professor in Brooklyn College’s Physical Education and Exercise Science department. Editor’s note: We asked the Nets about the “important” dancers in the picture, but, alas, all we got were the names: Jaclyn Sabol, Kesha Nichols, Angelique Bonner, Marla Collins.

Frankenfood lives! To the editor: State Sen. Carl Andrews and the activists at the Park Slope Food Coop are right to fight genetically modified organisms, or GMOs (“Andrews tackles ‘Frankenfoods’ at Coop,” March 11). The proGMO people do not care about our health and the environment’s health, they only care about putting money in their pockets. I urge everyone to read “The Food Revolution” by John Robbins to educate himself on this subject. In it, Robbins tells about the New Leaf potato, which has been genetically modified to incorporate a pesticide into every cell, the better to kill potato beetles. As a result, the potato itself is registered with the EPA as a pesticide! Now that’s scary. Victoria Booth, Bay Ridge

Show some guts To the editor: It is certainly troubling that religious leaders would bar Councilman David Yassky from their candidates’ forum solely on the basis of his race (“White Yassky barred from black debate,” March 18). But it is even more troubling that the other candidates would accept Yassky’s exclusion without apparent complaint. If any of them were denied access to a forum in Brownstone Brooklyn or other non-black majority neighborhoods, I suspect they would be outraged, and rightfully so. Chris Bastian, Brooklyn Heights

Kuntzman clubbed To the editor: The Bay Ridge Paper will be much improved when you hire more reporters. Gersh Kuntzman, as editor, should refrain from mixing his op-ed writing with news and beat reporting when covering for real reporters. Knowing Brooklyn readers have an abundance of news, entertainment, and advertising sources within reach, a smart editor and a profit-minded publisher of a borough-based newspaper will offer something better than Kuntzman’s poorly written and glaringly biased articles. Hundreds of capable writers live in Brooklyn, surely a few can be found to provide fresh perspective. Only Kuntzman’s family members want a newspaper carrying his byline on nearly every piece. If you brought in more writers, perhaps

Kuntzman could focus his energy on clearly defined op-ed pieces. Everybody wins. Before anyone starts blathering about me being a blathering liberal, I am a politically conservative magazine editor who keeps hoping The Bay Ridge Paper will get its act together. Alex McCall, Bay Ridge Editor’s note: In the interest of fair play, we invited Mrs. Bernice Kuntzman to respond. Here is her comment: “Leave my son alone. He’s a good boy.”

To the editor: I am a loyal reader of The Brooklyn Papers and I am not very happy about the recent article on the demolition of the Underberg Building (“Demolition begins for Nets arena,” March 11). I know that Patti Hagan was there when the Ratner crew began work that day. So where are her comments in the story? I know this a free newspaper, but I do not read The Brooklyn Paper to read about someone’s dinner plans. I don’t want to read about what celebrity playboy or actor moved to Brooklyn. I would prefer it if your paper pursued the style of the good old days, which was not too long ago. The current style of this newspaper has become like a carnival. You used to be one of the rare community papers to provide needed information about over-development. Now articles are cut short, and look more like biased reports I watch on New York 1 or read in the New York Times. Daniel McCalla, Fort Greene Editor’s note: As a result of this letter, we have just issued a new policy: Every article will henceforth quote Patti Hagan.

To the editor: In a recent letter to the editor, (“In favor of war,” March 11), Faith Tuohy criticized one protester’s explanation of why the Presidents’ Day anti-war rally featured flag-draped coffins. The protester said, “The coffins represent the very thing the Bush Administration doesn’t want us to see: the deaths that have occurred because of [the Iraq War].” Tuohy replied, “President Bush is not responsible for what ignorant people choose to see and not see. [He] never said that people were not going to die.” But Tuohy overlooked the context of the protester’s remark. In February 2003, shortly before the invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon began enforcing a ban on ceremonies for, and media coverage of, the arrival of deceased military personnel at stateside military bases. In this respect, at least, President Bush is responsible for what people, whether ignorant or not, cannot see. Bradley H. Kerr, Carroll Gardens

Continued from page 1 vestors are a money tree that does not grow in Brooklyn. Only 16 percent of investors who came on board after Ratner bought the Nets

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Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold rocked the house at a Park Slope synagogue banquet last week. The cheese-state Democrat, who has been fighting an uphill battle to censure President Bush for his illegal wiretapping, received a much-warmer reception from Kolot Chayeinu congregants. “He was fantastic,” said Cindy Greenberg, a temple board member. Senator Censure said he was forced into making the extreme proposal because Congress has lost the outrage over the president’s illegal surveillance. Instead, lawmakers have given in, deciding to change the law to reflect what the president did, rather than holding him accountable. More than 300 people — including Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-Coney Island), Borough President Markowitz and Councilman David Yassky (DPark Slope) attended the event at Park Slope’s Grand Prospect Hall. — Gersh Kuntzman

live or work in the 718 ZIPcode, according to a list obtained by The Brooklyn Papers. The most-prominent names on the list are Ratner relatives.

In addition, the project is backed by Brooklyn Museum Chairman Robert Rubin; Brooklyn-born rapper Jay-Z; Lyor Cohen, head of Warner Music Group; and disgraced Tyco executive Dennis Kozlowski. A large number of investors are based in the real-estate in-

To the editor: I am a resident of Concord Village. Recently, as I was leaving for work, a Department of Transportation worker was putting up traffic signs indicating “NO STANDING ANYTIME” except for employees of the U.S. Attorney’s office. The number of spots now designated for the new court building on Adams Street will create an undo hardship for residents of Concord Village — many of whom are waiting for several years for a parking spot on the grounds of Concord Village. These new restrictions will make street parking virtually impossible. It is not bad enough that Concord Village residents have to deal with the lights that stay on all night and illuminate the neighborhood — making sleeping difficult — we now have no place to park our cars. Donna Corrado, Concord Village

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dustry, which critics say shows that the Atlantic Yards project is more about development than athletics. In his conference call last week, Ratner reassured investors that the project would prove lucrative. “I look at as a business challenge [but] one we’re real-

ly up to,” he said, “The arena will be brand new, Frank Gehry [designed]. It will do extremely well.” Ratner predicted that the final environmental review of Atlantic Yards would be done by mid-fall. “And we would start construction four to five months after that.”

Spam-a-little Bruce Ratner is suing 10 anonymous hackers for sending mean emails in his name to supporters of his Atlantic Yards project. According to Ratner’s court papers, 10 computer-savvy John Does sent insulting mail from a fraudulent Forest City Ratner address to “business, community and political leaders in Brooklyn who have endorsed the Atlantic Yards project.” The suit says the intention of the spammers was to inspire mistrust and weaken Ratner’s alliances. But so far only Brooklyn Brewery owner Steve Hindy — whose fake email told him that Ratner prefers Anheuser Busch to his “small time” local brewery — has said he received such an email, leaving The Brooklyn Papers to ask the obvious: Who are the other business, community and political leaders whom Ratner claims in court papers received the mean mail? — Ariella Cohen

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Bertha Lewis

Executive director of the New York chapter of ACORN, a prohousing group allied with Ratner

“I’ll ask her and get back to you,” said Jonathan Rosen, an ACORN spokesman. Rosen never did.

Rev. Herbert Daughtry

House of the Lord Pentecostal Church

“Hmm, some people have a diary of email messages. Not me.”

Roger Green

Assemblyman from Fort Greene who has supported the project.

“In my last conversation with him about this, he had not received the letter,” said Christian Buchanan, his spokeswoman.

Marty Markowitz

Brooklyn Borough President and an early supporter of the project

“It’s amazing how one email generates so much news. If only my emails were so powerful,” said Eric Denby, his spokesperson.

Muss Development

Developer of the Brooklyn Marriott and an ally of Ratner

“What would mean email have to do with a lawsuit?” a spokesperson asked.

Robert Rubin

Chairman of The Brooklyn Museum and a Nets investor

“Mr. Rubin has many interests,” a spokesperson said.

Michael Burke

Executive Director of the Downtown Brooklyn Council

“I’m a little unclear where they got this email list and who’s on it … It would take a little bit of creativity to find the [supporters].”

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The new state of the art, at the Slope facility is now serving the needs of your entrepreneurial spirit. The same spirit that has made RE/MAX the industry leader we are today. RE/MAX links a fair and equitable brokerage management system with a power ful brand, extensive support services including the strongest national advertising for brand name recognition.

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(718) 717-0956

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An unequalled opportunity for you to thrive as never before. We pay the highest percentage, 95% of earned commissions to our agents. That’s the highest payout in the industry. Join “RE/MAX at the Slope” and cover the most upscale neighborhoods in the fastest growing borough of NYC. For further information, call: Lorraine Ferretti at 1-800-543-9217.

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EMAIL [email protected] W29-22

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Specializing in low cost plumbing & heating and drain cleaning service.

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We are also professionally trained to remedy all water leaks. First time customer will get a free repair of a leaking kitchen or lavatory sink faucet. Customer supplies the parts. OR 20% DISCOUNT on all drain clear service. Professional - Reliable - Affordable - Warranty on all Jobs

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Restore old surfaces. Benjamin Moore Paints used. Taping, plastering, wallpaper removal. Free Estimates

Painting $100 per room Days: 1 (917) 371-7086 Eves: 1 (718) 921-2932

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GENERAL CONTRACTING Total Apt. Renovations Kitchens • Bathrooms • Piping Basements • Electrical • Flooring FREE ESTIMATES LIC # 1200326 Insured

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The Total Contractor All types of interior renovation: painting, drywall, flooring, tiling, carpentry, and more for total kitchens, baths, dens, creative closets.

Call 10am-9pm (718)

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Call: 718-893-4006 W25

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Call Nick (718) 331-3210 First time customers get 25% off with this advertisement. Free estimates.

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We do last minute jobs! Expert packers Packing materials • Fully insured Prompt • Cordial

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Specializing in hardwood floor sanding, staining & refinishing and new floor installation. Borders & patterns, ceramic tiles & bathroom renovations, plastering & painting.

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718-646-4540 X29-08

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718-921-6176

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Louie’s Home Improvement Contractor

Contractors

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Family Owned & Operated for over 35 years

License # 904813 • Insured

Dorothy

2367 60th Street

X12

2 coats + free minor plastering From $100. Reliable & Clean. Quality Fences & Firescapes A19

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Painting & Fix It Reasonable Rates Quality Work Brownstone Experience

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Total quality materials

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Installations of All Ceramic Tile, Marble, etc. Custom & Commercial

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ASK US HOW WE BEAT MOST WRITTEN ESTIMATES JUST CALL US!

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License #HIC1099974 and Insured

AMERICAN EXPRESS

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DJ Rubbish Removal Services COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL • Basements • Brownstones • Yards, Construction Debris • Constainer Service Available A COMPANY YOU CAN TRUST

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