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Activists gear up for fight over R’Hook library privatization plan
The Brooklyn Paper
Spaceworks
A plan to rent out a big chunk
of the Red Hook library branch
that would close the prose palace for at least eight months is
an unnecessary privatization
of public reading space, say
bookworms who plan to pack
public hearings next week and
voice their opposition.
The space-sharing arrangement will have the arts group
Spaceworks take over three or
four tenths of the library for
dance and performance digs
that Spaceworks will rent at
A rendering of the renovated Red Hook library branch
de-emphasizes the dance studio in the back.
supposedly affordable prices.
The plan has been in the works
since early last year, but the
library system and the organization are now seeking approval from Community Board
6 for the renovations. Activists
are gearing up for a fight over
what they say is a handout at
the expense of taxpayers that
threatens the very notion of a
library for the people.
“I don’t know why it’s necessary to add another layer in
order to allow people to use
public space,” said Eric Richmond, proprietor of the embat-
tled Gowanus cultural space
Brooklyn Lyceum. “A library
is a public commons.”
The community board’s land
use and landmarks committee
approved the plan on June 26,
but on July 7, the panel’s executive committee decided there
had not been enough time for
public comment and kicked the
discussion back to the landuse committee, which has one
more meeting scheduled this
summer on July 31.
The renovations are supposed to create two perforSee LIBRARY on page 3
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
By Noah Hurowitz
Kae Burke, left, and Anya Sapozhnikova model and flaunt the
handmade booty-shorts inside the new home of the House of Yes,
which they’ve already decked out with mirrored tile.
Booty prize
Pie in the sky
Seeking salvation in short shorts
By Danielle Furfaro
BAM South rendering skips realism
The Brooklyn Paper
It looks too good to be true, and it
is.
New renderings of the planned public
plaza at the base of the BAM South tower
that is slated to rise on Flatbush Avenue
show a rooftop garden at the point of
the triangular park with an expansive
view of a Manhattan-like skyline. The
trouble is, the swath of skyscrapers in
the mock-up stands where low-slung
Park Slope, Boerum Hill, and Cobble
Hill should be. And though a glimpse
of the ocean appears on the horizon in
the rendering, the three-story height of
the plaza at Lafayette Avenue would
mean the view would be obstructed by
Atlantic Terminal Mall, the Barclays
See FANTASY on page 2
Grain Collective
By Matthew Perlman
The Brooklyn Paper
Apart from the butterflies, the terra firma, and the Williamsburgh
Savings Bank tower at left, this rendering of a green roof for the
BAM South tower plaza is a work of speculative fiction.
Get some booty for your booty.
The circus and theater company
House of Yes is giving away handmade booty shorts and unitards as gifts
for its online Kickstarter fund-raiser
campaign to finance the construction
of its new Bushwick venue. An acrobat and troupe leader said the crowd
that comes to see House of Yes’s do-ityourself circus shows could certainly
use some mobility-friendly garb.
“Most of our audience are super active and they love partying and working out and riding around,” said Anya
Sapozhnikova, an aerialist who runs
House of Yes with artists Kae Burke
and Elena Delgado. “They will wear
booty shorts to rehearsal or to a performance or anywhere.”
Booty shorts are form-fitting, sparkly affairs usually made of spandex or
other stretchy material. The garment
and its cousin the unitard, a leotard
See BOOTY on page 2
Goats are put out to pasture
After chomping on clover for art project, they may go from farm to table
Manhattan Bridge before
construction begins on a
12-story luxury tower by
the developer Alloy on
the site. All that went as
planned, but what became
of the goats after they finished chowing down on the most
heavily publicized meal they ever
ate was a little less clear.
The five goats came from Madani Halal, a Queens meat seller
By Matthew Perlman
Smack Mellon Gallery
The Brooklyn Paper
Goats were enlisted to help remove an agrarian art installation along the shores of the East River.
The feast a herd of goats made
of a field of clover planted in
Dumbo as an art installation could
have been their last supper.
The masticating mammals
were deployed last Thursday
afternoon to level the crimson
clover temporarily occupying a
John Street lot at the foot of the
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catering to Muslims. The outfit
dropped the goats off at noon, and
art-show organizers tweeted that
the animals would be on hand until 6 pm. But they were nowhere
to be found when a reporter visited at 5 pm and the new website
Gothamist rang the alarm with a
post around that time headlined
“Those Goats in Dumbo Just Got
Loaded into a Halal Truck :(.”
A call to Madani Halal initially confirmed the intuitive notion that the goats had been given
a hearty meal before heading back
to the slaughterhouse to become
part of a feast for the Islamic holy
month of Ramadan, which began
on June 28.
“They’re moving on to the next
chapter of their lives,” said Imran Uddin, whose father owns the
business. “They were just brought
down to clear the clover.”
A representative of the gallery Smack Mellon claimed not
to know how Madani Halal was
involved and said that the deSee GOATS on page 2
Surprise appearance amid rap round robin
By Nathan Tempey
Brooklyn was most definitely
in the house.
Seven-thousand rap fans turned
out on Saturday afternoon for the
10th annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop
Festival in the sun-soaked Williamburg parking lot called Williamsburg Park. The bill featured
big-name, Brooklyn-born veteran
Raekwon, enigmatic New Orleans
MC Jay Electronica, whose breakout songs are peppered with Kings
County references, and up-andcoming Bedford-Styuvesant native CJ Fly. But four times as many
guests took the stage during their
sets, all but a handful of them
hailing from the borough, including the biggest name in the rap
Photo by Joe Conzo
The Brooklyn Paper
Jay Z, right, hugs his protege Jay Electronica after joining
him on the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival stage.
game, Jay Z, making the concert
more local hip-hop revival than
music festival.
“It feels good to be home,” said
Marcy Houses–raised Jay Z after joining his Roc Nation artist
Jay Electronica on stage.
Nor were all of the cameos
by rappers. Between the Southern performer’s songs, legendary
filmmaker Spike Lee made a brief
appearance, referencing the hotbutton February rant he delivered
at Pratt Institute about how gentrifiers in his onetime home neighborhood lack respect for what was
there when they arrived.
“Fort Greene!” he yelled as he
took the mic. “Dare I say, nongentrified Fort Greene?”
Meanwhile, Jay Z was waiting
in the wings, ready to turn the audience into a sea of raised phones
See JAY Z on page 2
Photo by Elizabeth Graham
Corpse by B’Bridge Park
By Matthew Perlman
The Brooklyn Paper
The body surfaced near
Pier 6.
Police found a man’s body
floating in the water near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 on Monday morning.
A caller reported a person in
the East River at 6:20 am, police
said. The Police Department’s
Harbor Unit responded to the
pier near the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Furman Street
and found the body, cops said.
The man appears to have been
in his 20s, according to law enforcement officials.
The medical examiner is trying to determine the fellow’s
identity and how he died.
Pier 6 is situated at the end
See DEAD on page 4
Photo by Paul Martinka
Jay Z joins Bklyn fest’s finest
Kids out for opening day at the new Brooklyn Bridge Park roller rink had access to nifty
skate-assisting cubes, but some said they didn’t mind falling on the plastic floor.
A wheel good time
First rides at Brooklyn Bridge Park roller rink
By Matthew Perlman
The Brooklyn Paper
The new roller rink at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 officially opened last Friday, drawing hundreds of skaters young
and old to get their glide on.
One attendee brought her
grandchildren in an attempt to
pass along the skating bug.
“I’m trying to get them into
skating,” said Joy Howard, who
came from Canarsie. “And this
is the perfect place to do it.”
The Brooklyn Paper’s roller
bureau took a few turns on the
rink by the river and found a
smooth ride, with the plasticbased surface offering a softer
landing than the concrete rink
at LeFrak Center in Prospect
Park. And Howard’s granddaughter concurs.
“I like falling, because then I
get right back up and try again,”
said 8-year-old Deja Swaby.
The rink’s operator New York
Skating is offering rental inline- and roller-skates for $6
See RINK on page 10
Knight gets nixed
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Nets retire a mocked mascot,
but who should take his place?
By Matthew Perlman
Illustrations by Sylvan Migdal
The Brooklyn Paper
Mr. Net
Crummy the Pigeon
Condo the Inexplicable
Luxury Housing
Nimbie the Arena Protestor
Jerzy the Vintage
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It is lights out
for the Brooklyn
Knight.
The Brooklyn
Nets cut one of their
most animated players last
week, saying so long to
their medieval mascot after less than two years.
“We put a lot of energy
and thought into Brooklyn
Knight, but we’ve decided to
go in a different direction,”
said Barry Baum, a spokes-
man for the Nets.
The team refers to the costumed cheerleader,
who wears a black
spandex suit, a shiny
metallic mask, and
a cape, as a superhero,
and Marvel issued a comic
book staring the Knight. The
team’s website describes him
as the guardian of the Nets
who “draws strength from the
beating heart of the borough that
birthed him.”
So much for that.
See MASCOT on page 2
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FANTASY...
WHAT IS ROTARY?
Rotary is a group of local business people who get together weekly
to network and do charitable work in their community.
The Brooklyn
Bridge Rotary
Club meets
every Thursday
in Downtown
Brooklyn.
This year we’ve focused on helping
disadvantaged pregnant women to
become self reliant, and we also brought
a 5 year old Haitian boy to NYC to have
open heart surgery.
Join us! For questions or information, contact
incoming club president Angelicque Moreno at
(718) 802-1616; [email protected].
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Center, and the hill that carries Flatbush Avenue up to
Grand Army Plaza.
The landscape architect
behind the depiction said it
was always meant to be taken
as pure fantasy.
“It’s just a rendering,” said
Runit Chhaya, principal of
Grain Collective, the landscape architecture firm designing the outdoor space.
“It’s not intended to be anything close to reality.”
He can say that again. Also
making an appearance in the
rendering is a park-goer taking in the sights and smells
of the verdant green-space.
The trouble is that the vegetation roof covering the park
would be closed to the public, and to residents of the
planned 32-story tower.
The butterflies flitting
through the scene might
strike viewers as another obvious put-on, but apart from
the neighboring Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower
and the park itself, it is actually the only piece of the
composition that Chhaya allows is not a fabrication.
“The bigger idea is to create a pollinator garden to attract bees and butterflies,”
Chhaya said. “In the middle
of an intense, dense concrete
jungle you’ll have this little
ecological center.”
The part of the plaza that
is supposed to be open to the
public is meant to evoke the
Spanish Steps in Rome, and
double as an outdoor amphitheater for film screenings or
performances, Chhaya said.
The expanse is meant to complement the community area
inside the residential building, as well as the Brooklyn
Academy of Music across the
street and the other venues in
the area dubbed the Brooklyn Cultural District.
“We wanted to make a
piece that celebrates the
cultural institutions in the
area,” he said.
The building component
of the BAM South project
is a $135-million, 390-unit
apartment building designed
by the Mexican architecture
firm Ten Arquitectos. It is
slated to include a new public
library and retail space in addition to the housing and the
cultural center. Construction
is set to wrap up in 2016.
As for the park, even the
detailed diagrams of its layout and features published by
Chhaya’s firm are far from
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of BAM South shows a more realistic picture of the
surrounding neighborhoods.
set in stone, he said.
“We’re at a very conceptual stage,” Chhaya said.
“Sometimes these renderings provide a flavor, but
are not super-realistic.”
This certainly isn’t the first
time an artist has taken liberties with building plans. Just
three weeks ago, New York
University released updated
illustrations of its planned
overhaul of the former New
York City Transit building
Downtown, revealing that a
set published in 2012 showing
a gleaming edifice were never
seriously considered.
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that extends to the knees or
feet, are so commonly worn
among circus types that inviting someone to a booty-short
or unitard-making party does
not raise an eyebrow.
The organization chose
the elastic articles of clothing as gifts because Sapozhnikova and Burke wanted to
give donors something the
Yes team could easily make
themselves.
“You do not want your
Kickstarter awards to take
over your life, but you want
them to be personal,” said
Sapozhnikova. “These are
something that we can make
right here in Brooklyn.”
The crew initially planned
to make 30 pairs of the shorts,
but is willing go up to 60
if there is demand. Funders
must give $30 to score a
pair of the shorts, while
those looking for the superior coverage of a unitard
will have to shell out $75.
So far, 18 backers have ponied up for the shorts and 12
for the onesies.
Other gifts include a video
message from the performers
for $50, a private aerial class
for $100, and, for a whopping $2,500, naming rights
to sections of the theater. Altogether the tumblers and trapeze artists are trying to raise
$60,000 to build a stage, buy
lights, sound equipment, and
30-feet-tall curtains, and in-
stall seating and a dressing
room, which means they cannot spare much, according to
Sapozkhnikova.
“Because this project is so
financially extreme, we are
trying to give away prizes
that do not cost an arm and
a leg, because we will need
every dollar,” she said.
A big-money funder said
the pitch caught her at a generous time.
“I have been gigging a lot
and I was in a good mood
and wanted to help out,” said
Demi Fyrce, who teaches aerial arts in Queens and pledged
$2,500, a gift that will be memorialized with the naming
of the backstage as the “Fyrce
Backstage.” “I know what it
takes to open your own place
and perform every day in a
theater.”
If the fund-raiser succeeds, it will begin the end
of a yearlong odyssey that began when the House of Yes
lost its lease on the space
it had inhabited on Maujer
Street in Williamsburg. After
a search, the troupe landed a
10-year lease on a warehouse
space on Jefferson Avenue.
The team has been renovating the building since February and construction will
include raising the roof from
17 feet to 30 to accommodate
aerial acts. The new venue
is slated to include a restaurant and a significantly larger
theater space.
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veloper Alloy arranged the
goat visit.
Reached by phone, Alloy
president Jared Della Valle
denied the goats’ days are
numbered.
“They’re not being slaughtered,” he said. “We’re looking
for a place to bring them.”
Della Valle insisted on
patching Uddin in for a threeway call, and the meat man
promptly changed his tune.
“We’re very confident
they’re going to be donated,”
Uddin said. “We’re still trying to plan that out.”
A representative from
Brooklyn Grange, which
helped plant the clover field,
claimed that raising awareness of the birth-to-butchery
pipeline was actually a goal
of the art piece, but toed the
line that the beasts’ demise
is a ways off yet.
“All goats, even dairy
goats, are eventually slaughtered for meat production,”
said Gwen Schantz, one of the
group’s founders, in a statement. “This is the nature of
our food system and one of
the issues that this project
set out to highlight. The five
goats in our installation are
being donated to a local educational farm, and will continue to live a happy life at
pasture for years to come.”
Uddin and Della Valle said
they are in ongoing talks with
the Queens County Farm Museum, but a spokeswoman
for that institution said she
had told Uddin it would not
accept the animals.
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and hands making his trademarked diamond symbol. The
erstwhile Barclays Center investor closed out Jay Electronica’s set trading verses with
his protege in a breathless runthrough of deep cuts.
Later, between sets, Councilman Jumaane Williams
(D–East Flatbush) took the
mic to urge those in attendance to keep the peace in
the streets, erroneously citing the deployment of the National Guard to quell violence
in Chicago after 82 shootings there over the Fourth
of July weekend.
“We do not need the National Guard out here,” said
Williams, a self-described
hip-hop head who attends
the festival annually.
The Independence Day
shootings happened in Chicago, but the National Guard
deployment, despite a prominent editorial and at least
one Illinois lawmaker’s re-
quest, did not.
Leading Wu-Tang Clan
member Raekwon, who grew
up on Staten Island, touted
how formative his experiences as a very young child
driving around Brownsville
were as he closed out the evening. Between songs off the
hit Wu-Tang album “Enter the
36 Chambers” and his own
“Only Built 4 Cuban Linx,”
he performed the anthemic
“Shimmy Shimmy Ya” from
the late Bedford-Stuyvesant
lyricist Ol’ Dirty Bastard and
ushered out a steady stream
of Brooklyn rappers to prove
that his professed love of the
borough across the Narrows
was no idle talk.
Show organizer Wes Jackson said the event as a whole
was nothing short of epic.
“This was a dream come
true,” he said. “It was a culmination of 10 years of hard work
and the greatest hip-hop show
I have ever seen. It will be remembered for years.”
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An informal survey of social media posts indicates that
few Nets fans will miss the
short-lived mascot.
“#FINALLY @BrooklynNets are dumping their moronic #mascot - #Brooklyn
Knight,” wrote one Twitter
user. “#wtf was that about
anyway? So #stupid.”
The concepts behind
most team mascots are
not so complicated, which
might explain why the
Knight never really caught
on. For instance, the Brooklyn Cyclones have Sandy the
Seagull, named for Brooklyn Dodgers hurler Sandy
Koufax.
Nets management did
not announce plans for a
replacement mascot or say
anything further about why
it got the axe.
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New faces at Bushwick flea
Shipping-container bazaar attracts artsier crowd
By Danielle Furfaro
Young artists are setting
up shop in a flea market in
Bushwick that for years has
been the exclusive domain
of vendors selling discount
clothes, DVDs, and secondhand sneakers.
The Broadway bazaar is
a warren of shipping-container stalls in the shadow
of the elevated J, M, and Z
tracks, meaning it fits right
in with the homemade zines
and band-logo patches the
newcomers are hawking.
One budding businessman
was not bothered by the relatively narrow market for and
slim profit margins on such
items.
“We are building this up
from scratch and figuring
it out as we go,” said Avi
Spivak, co-owner of Rebel
Rouser, a record shop that
opened in the flea market a
few weeks ago.
The store, which like
the others takes up a space
Photo by Jason Speakman
The Brooklyn Paper
Dave Morse has plenty of time to read the 5,000
titles at Better Read Than Dead, a bookstore that
he and two partners opened in March at the flea
market on Broadway in Bushwick.
smaller than a typical bedroom, specializes in punk
records, underground and
horror comics, and old cult
movies on VHS.
Another stall that houses
a tiny used bookstore is a big
upgrade for the owners, who
previously had been selling
paperbacks at a table outside
the Morgan L station.
“This is a natural progres-
sion,” Matty D’Angelo, coowner of Better Read Than
Dead, which specializes in
used books and music zines.
“I wanted a more welcoming
environment to sell books.”
The move was simple economics, D’Angelo said.
“We are here because it
is an available space that we
can afford,” he said.
Early last Wednesday afternoon, Better Read Than
Dead was the only microbusiness open in the entire
flea market, though it is unclear how much of that is because longtime tenants have
moved on. The odd hours of
newcomer stores, on the other
hand, have a ready explanation. Spivak and his partners
are still running their stall
as a sideline to better-paying work and sojourns out
of the city.
“We are still figuring
out our hours because two
guys are out of town and we
have obligations with our day
jobs,” said Spivak. “I cannot
Playing dead
Green-Wood party pays
tribute to old-time theater
It was the party of the century — the 19th century.
The “Travel Back in Time”
party on July 12 at GreenWood Cemetery transported
revelers back to the 1800s
playhouse Niblo’s Pleasure
Garden, with impersonators
bringing to life the era’s biggest stars, and jugglers and
musicians performing. The
event also celebrated the
launch of a new biography
of owner William Niblo, who
is buried in the morbid metropolis. The book focuses on
the period when the 3,200seat Niblo’s Garden on Brodway was the entertainment
Nachowitz said that,
though Spaceworks will be
renting out the studio spaces,
they will be available to the
public for blocks of time
throughout the week.
The eight-month closure
plan is an increase from the
four-to-six months the library
presented to the board in June.
Nachowitz said the timeframe is too short to open
an alternate space, and that
inconveniencing library patrons is unavoidable.
Another library spokesman emphasized that the
new tenant is not the main
reason for the closure.
“It’s important to note that
we would be closing anyway
to complete the other renovations,” said David Wolloch,
executive vice president of the
Brooklyn Public Library. “We
would rather get in there with
a planned closure than let the
building fall apart.”
Artists interested in using the studios will need to
become Spaceworks members and rent the spaces on
an hourly basis, according to
the a spokeswoman for the
organization.
“People will be able to
check availability either online or at a kiosk at the library,” said Colleen Ross, director of communications for
By Vanessa Ogle
Photo by Arthur De Gaeta
The Brooklyn Paper
Accordion player Albert Behar livened up the
crowd.
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mance studios in the building and fix up other parts of
the facility that are in disrepair. A library spokesman estimated costs for the job at
$1.8 million, of which Spaceworks is supposed to provide
$650,000 to cover the price
of the studios. The library
is then supposed to get rent
from Spaceworks for as long
as the organization uses the
space.
Neither Spaceworks nor
the library would say how
much the group will pay.
Representatives of the library dismissed criticism of
the studio plan, saying the new
digs for dancers and actors
will take the place of underused space and not, as Richmond alleges, bookshelves.
“We don’t feel like we’re
giving up space,” said Josh
Nachowitz, vice president of
government and community
relations for the Brooklyn Public Library. “This project will
really enhance our ability to
serve the community.”
be there every day.”
The freshly arrived bohemian arrived shops may have
a tough time getting into the
black if a recent visit is any
indication.
No one was shopping at
Better Read Than Dead on
Wednesday afternoon and
passerbys whom we quizzed
said they had not patronized
any of the new businesses.
“It does not sound like they
would have much that I like,
but I will check it out,” said
Len Montoya, who lives a
few blocks away on Bushwick Avenue. “It is different than a lot of the stores
around here.”
But a more conventional
new seller says that the vendors are pooling their money
to start advertising. And he is
a big fan of his neighbors.
“I think they are excellent,” said Robert Richards,
owner of Richards Sports,
a soccer apparel shop. “The
things they sell and their personalities are really nice.”
D’Angelo said he is not
sure whether the ongoing
gentrification of Bushwick
will ultimately bolster or sink
his business.
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“It was as big — as important — as Radio City
Music Hall,” said Benjamin Feldman, who impersonated Niblo at the party
and is the author of the tome
titled “East in Eden: William
Niblo and His Pleasure Garden of Yore.” “Anyone who
was anyone — or who wanted
to be anyone — came to William Niblo.”
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Spaceworks. “It will be a lot
like Zipcar.”
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months.
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Broad daylight mugging on Jay Street
84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–
DUMBO–Boerum Hill–
Downtown
MetroHectic
A mugger whacked a
woman in the head while
she sat in her car in front of
MetroTech Center and stole
her cash and money order on
June 30, police said.
The 28-year-old woman
said she was parked on Jay
Street near the Myrtle Promenade at 1 pm when the goon
came over, hit her in the
dome, and yanked away $100
in cash and a $700 money
order. The scoundrel then
jumped in a silver Toyota
and took off on Jay Street
towards Tillary Street, according to the authorities.
Jewels run
A thief stole a ton of jewelry from a Grace Court
apartment sometime between
June 26 and June 29, according to a police report.
The 69-year-old victim
said she left her home between Hicks and Furman
streets at 4 pm on June 26,
and when she returned at 5:30
pm three days later the jewelry was gone.
She also related that painters were in the apartment
while she was away, and
that the stolen items were in
a dresser but not locked up.
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The baubles taken included
a pair of diamond earrings,
two pairs of gold earrings,
and three gold rings, a police report says.
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A prowler crept into a Nevins Street building on June
30 and stole the belongings
of the workers who were repairing the roof overhead, police stated.
A 44-year-old roofer said
he was on top of the building
between Flatbush Avenue and
Livingston Street from 9 am
until 11:15 am, and that when
he came down the items were
nowhere to be found.
The stolen stuff included
two cellphones, $150 in cash,
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a bunch of clothes, and credit
and debit cards, cops said.
Worked out
A thief cleared out a man’s
gym locker while he worked
out in the establishment on
Livingston Street on July 5,
police said.
The 21-year-old fitness
buff said he started exercising
at the fitness center between
Elm Place and Bond Street at
noon, and when he returned
to the locker room at 2:45 pm,
his belongings had been burgled. The locker contained
clothes, shoes, debit and
credit cards, and an asthma
inhaler, he said.
— Matthew Perlman
94TH PRECINCT
Greenpoint–Northside
Closing time
Police arrested a man for
allegedly roughing up a bodega clerk and stealing his
stuff on Manhattan Avenue
on July 6.
The 22-year-old victim
said he was sweeping the
floor inside the store between
India and Huron streets at
10:40 pm when the suspect
came in and started screaming and tried hitting him. The
accused then grabbed the victim’s necklace and shirt and
demanded he come outside to
fight, police said. The suspect
ran off with the victim’s cap
and chain, according to a police report. A few hours later,
the victim saw the suspect
standing outside and called
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A security guard at a store
on Manhattan Avenue chased
a shoplifter down the street on
July 9 and got stabbed with
a stick his trouble, police recounted.
The victim said he was
working at the establishment between Norman and
Meserole streets at 4:05 pm
when he saw the lowlife stuff
a bunch of razors into his bag
and leave without paying. The
merchandise minder ran after
the scoundrel and, when he
caught up to him at the corner of Calyer Street, the fiend
picked up a stick off of the
sidewalk and gouged a hole
in his arm with it, according to a police report. The
guard somehow still managed to grab the goods and the
sticky-fingered knucklehead
scrammed, cops said.
Money matters
Cops cuffed a guy who
they say choked a woman
who asked him to pay a debt
on McGuinness Boulevard
on July 6.
The 28-year-old victim
said she found the suspect
standing in front of a building
between Norman and Nassau avenues at 11:40 pm and
had gotten into an argument
with him over the unpaid debt
when he suddenly punched
her in the face, threw her to
the ground, and started throttling her. The lady suffered
cuts to her nose, lip, neck, and
legs, but refused medical attention, according to police.
Officers found the fellow and
arrested him and charged him
with assault, they said.
— Danielle Furfaro
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Break-in wave
The break ins have not
stopped in Clinton Hill. Three
more residents reported burglaries this week, continuing
a rash of such incidents that
began last week.
First a prowler stole a TV,
two computers, and a pair of
headphones from an apartment on Washington Avenue
on July 7, cops said.
The 31-year-old victim
said he was away from the
apartment on Washington between Lafayette and Greene
avenues from 8:40 am to 7:15
pm, and when he got home
he found the front door unlocked and his things gone.
Then a burglar made off
with an acoustic guitar and
a capo he stole from a Clinton Avenue pad later the same
day, police said.
A 29-year-old resident of
the apartment on Clinton between Park and Myrtle avenues reported the musical
miscreant must have broken
in between 2 and 4 pm. The
sneak thief entered through
a front window, which was
open, cops said.
In the final theft, a crook
snagged some electronics
and jewelry from an apartment between Lafayette and
Greene avenues on July 11
or 12, according to a police
report.
A 31-year-old woman
stated she was out of the
house from 2:30 pm on July
11 until 2:40 am the next day,
and when she got home she
found her DVD player, a laptop, a gold emerald ring, and
a pair of gold sapphire earrings taken.
— Matthew Perlman
90TH PRECINCT
Southside–Williamsburg
Paint her fault
A cretin peppered a lady
with shots from a paintball
gun on Moore Street on July
11, according to law enforcement officials.
The 30-year-old victim
said she was about to walk
into the back door of her
building on between Humboldt Street and Siegel Avenue at 4 am when she heard
a series of pops.
A moment later, she felt
pain on the right side of her
face and her hand and found
that she had been shot with
white paintballs, a police report states. She did not see
the culprit, according to the
report.
— Danielle Furfaro
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of the park closest to Cobble
Hill, near the luxury condo
building One Brooklyn
Bridge Park.
The borough has seen
three drowning incidents this
summer, including a 3-yearold in Prospect Park who
died in Prospect Park Lake,
a 29-year-old who perished
in the water off of in Coney
Island, and a 21-year-old who
was pulled out in a rip current
during a drunken swim below the Williamsburg Bridge.
The body of Williamsburg
fashion designer Jay Ott, who
went missing in March, was
also found in the East River
off the Williamsburg shore
in May.
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MUSIC
The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings
July 18–24, 2014
Future Folk
(718) 260–2500
Beat the summer heat with a taste of the
Cold War.
On July 19, Port Royal in Park Slope will
host the first-ever Brooklyn performance of
Kino Proby, a high-energy tribute to the music of Kino, one of the
most important musical acts born in the Soviet Union.
The original Kino
provided the voice for
disaffected Russians
during the era of perestroika, through its
fuss-free New Waveinflected pop-rock and
the raw emotion of front-man Viktor Tsoi.
“The music itself is simple but it has a real
power,” said Kino Proby singer and guitarist Adam Kurtz. “Viktor was speaking for a
generation of youth disillusioned by the government and ready for change.”
Kurtz first heard the music of Kino while
studying abroad in St. Petersburg, where a tribute to the band was held in the local hockey
arena to honor the 10th anniversary of Tsoi’s
1990 death.
When he returned to the States, Kurtz and
fellow exchange student Jarlath McGuckin decided to start playing Kino’s music around
their hometown of Portland, Maine.
“We would go to open mics and pretend that
we didn’t speak English,” Kurtz remembered.
“We really hoped no Russian would hear us.”
When word of Kino Proby did get out, Russian
emigres in the region started flocking to the band’s
shows for a taste of home-cooked culture.
The band — Kurtz, McGuckin, and drummer Jess Greer — was also able to pay the ultimate tribute to its inspiration in 2007, when
the band travelled to St. Petersburg and played
a pair of shows in Kino’s hometown.
“The people there loved it,” Kurtz said. “We
had 200 people in this venue singing, dancing,
partying, and having an awesome time.”
Kino Proby hasn’t been able to do many
shows lately, as Kurtz has been living in Nashville, while his band mates are still in Maine.
But the trio isn’t concerned about finding an audience for its shows when they do happen.
“In our experience, if people hear about
three Americans paying tribute to Kino, they’ll
come,” said Kurtz. “They’ll also make sure
other people hear about it too!”
Kino Proby at Port Royal (837 Union Street
between Sixth and Seventh avenues in Park
Slope). July 19 at 8 pm. $10. — Robert Ham
Space jammers
BEER
Winter cheer
Extraterrestrial folk band finds fame on the big screen
The Brooklyn Paper
I
t is life imitating art imitating alien
life.
A tongue-in-cheek Brooklyn folk
duo has found fame thanks to an indie
feature film that cast the band members
as their on-stage alien personas.
Guitarist and actor Jay Klaitz and banjo
player Nils d’Aulaire (pictured top) have
been playing together under the name Future Folk for the past decade. The band’s
schtick is that the pair are really extraterrestrials from a distant planet, who came
here with the aim of taking over Earth —
but when they discovered the joys of musical creation, they changed their tune and
decided to stay.
“We’re really from Hondo,” said Klaitz,
who plays the part of the Mighty Kevin.
“When we got here, we were really surprised
to learn that humans speak Hondian.”
Future Folk might have continued on
in relative obscurity, if not for one of its
first fans, filmmaker Jeremy Kipp Walker,
who had attended many of the duo’s early
performances at small venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Walker had worked
with Klaitz on a short film, and when he
was searching for a subject for his next
movie, he realized the alien act would
be a good fit.
“It was always just a ton of fun,” said
Walker. “It’s a great juxtaposition between
ridiculousness and beautiful music.”
“The History of Future Folk” was filmed
in and around Brooklyn, with most of
the interior shots taking place in Walker’s building near the Lorimer L stop, and
concert scenes taking place at Trash Bar
in Williamsburg.
The low-budget film went on to make
unexpected waves on the festival circuit
in 2012, and Future Folk’s fan base has
been growing in number and devotion
CINEMA
Future Folk film screening and performance at the Knitting Factory
[361 Metropolitan Ave. between Havemeyer Street and Marcy Avenue in
Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696, www.
futurefolk.com]. July 23 at 7 pm. Free
with RSVP.
ever since. Audience members often come
dressed in their own home-made versions
of the band’s signature red bucket-like helmets, said the band members.
“One of the things that has been just
jaw–dropping is how many people show
up to our shows wearing costumes,” said
d’Aulaire, also known as General Trius.
“When you look out into the room and
see two–dozen helmets it makes you think
you’re doing something right.”
Capitalizing on their new-found fame,
the pair is now touring the United States,
with a show that includes a screening of the
film, a live musical set, and an in-character question and answer session with the
audience. They will come home to Brooklyn for a free performance at the Knitting
Factory in Williamsburg on July 23.
Walker likes the tour concept because
the stops are mostly music venues, which
he said is the proper atmosphere for the
show. He also really enjoys the experience of seeing the movie and then watching the characters perform live right after. It helps show that the band is no mere
gimmick, he explained.
“It’s a really weird mash-up of bluegrass and sci-fi, but it’s also earnest and
sincere,” said Walker.
And toeing the line between parody
and musicianship is exactly what these
guys are trying to do.
“We’re trying to find that sweet spot
between exposition and entertainment,”
d’Aulaire said.
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
By Matthew Perlman
Pushing pills — away
Marni Kotak goes off her meds for new work
By Danielle Furfaro
Marni Kotak / Microscope Gallery
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A medication installation: Marni Kotak is going off her meds,
and turning the experience into a performance piece.
lot of art is created under the influence of drugs — this piece is
attempting the opposite.
On July 18, performance artist
Marni Kotak will start gradually
weaning herself off the psychiatric
medication she has been taking for
the past two years. It will be done
under supervision from her psychiatrist — but also under the gaze of
the public eye, as Kotak is turning
the experience into a performance
installation at Microscope Gallery
in Bushwick.
This is not Kotak’s first slice-of-life
performance. In 2011, she famously
gave birth to a healthy baby boy in a
gallery, as a gaggle of people watched
and the media snapped photos. Kotak’s husband subsequently made a
painting with the afterbirth.
The Brooklyn Paper caught up
with Kotak to find out what life is
like when life is art.
Danielle Furfaro: What inspired
you to do this project?
Marni Kotak: As I don’t clearly
delineate between my life and my art,
whatever I am focused on in my present life becomes the content of the art
exhibition I am simultaneously working on. Right now I am dealing with
how to be a whole person in today’s
crazy world, without just taking a pill
to numb myself. Not an easy task for
See MARNI on page 8
It may be hot out, but Santa is coming to
Brooklyn — and he is bringing beer.
A group of local beer enthusiasts is throwing a “Christmas in July” party on July 20 at
Prospect Heights beer hall Covenhoven, in an
effort to collect toys for a children’s charity. The
organizers will bring
a Christmas tree and
12 rare winter brews
— and in return, guests
should come with an
unwrapped toy and
their finest Yuletide
duds.
“It wasn’t part of
our original idea, but
people should absolutely bring their ugly sweaters and Santa
hats,” said Meredith Heil, a member of the
Beerded Ladies blog and one of the organizers of the event.
Heil said Covenhoven’s beer buyer has been
hard at work collecting difficult-to-find seasonal winter beers for the occasion. There is
no one definition for what constitutes a “winter beer,” but expect brews that are heavy in
hops, body, and alcohol. Beers at the party
will include an imperial stout from Gowanus
brewers Grimm Artisinal Ales, a bright red
ale made with cherries and honey from Troegs Brewing Company in Pennsylvania, and
a dry-hopped barleywine from Colorado’s Avery Brewing.
The toys collected at the event will go to
Room to Grow, a charity that provides support to parents living in poverty with children
three years and younger.
“We thought we would further the giving
spirit by giving to charity,” said Heil. “Toys
are fun because of the whole Christmas thing,
but people can bring books or anything else
Room To Grow accepts.”
Anyone who brings a donation will receive
a drink ticket, and any subsequent brews can
be purchased with cash. Items for donations
must be new, unwrapped, and suitable for children ages 0–3.
Christmas in July at Covenhoven [730 Classon Ave. between Prospect and Park places,
(917) 449–6783, www.covenhovennyc.com],
July 20 at 5 pm.
— Noah Hurowitz
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July 19
SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY
July 20
July 23
Magical
history tour
Fair deal
Let’s face it — most
street fairs are tired
affairs, with the
same faces showing
up at every one to
flog generic wooden
beads and funnel
cakes. But the Summer Stroll on Third
Avenue is the real
deal, turning 10 Bay
Ridge blocks into a
pedestrian plaza full
of local vendors,
food, and music.
You know the Fab
Four, but this is Fab
Faux — a Beatles
cover band that
focuses less on trying
to look like the original act, and more on
trying to recreate the
songs exactly as they
were originally
recorded — even
songs the Beatles
themselves never
attempted live.
8 pm at the Music Hall of
Williamsburg (66 N. Sixth
St. between Kent and
Wythe avenues in
Williamsburg, www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com).
$40.
July 24
Blunt talk
We all
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Want the scoop on
Brooklyn Flea’s annual
Ice Cream Bonanza?
At Fort Green Flea on
July 19 and Williamsburg Flea on July 20,
the creme de la creme
of New York City’s frozen treat vendors will
be dishing up their
summer specialities,
including ice cream
sandwiches, ice cream
floats, Mexican paletas, and even vegan
ice cream.
Nothing boring
about this. Boerum
Hill scribe Jonathan
Ames — best known
as the creator of TV’s
“Bored to Death” —
will drop by the
Brooklyn Historical
Society to talk about
three things that he
deeply cares about
for a live recording of
Randy’s Cohen’s Public Radio Exchange
podcast “Person,
Place, Thing.”
6:30 pm at Brooklyn
Historical Society (128
Pierrepont St. at Clinton
Street in Brooklyn
Heights, www.brooklynhistory.org). $5.
10 am at Williamsburg
Flea (50 Kent Ave.
between N. 11th and N.
12 Streets in
Williamsburg, www.
brooklynflea.com), Free
entry.
6 pm on Third Avenue
(Between 69th and 80th
streets in Bay Ridge,
www.summerstrollon3rd.
com). Free.
THURSDAY
Busk ’til
dawn
It is just like waiting for
the subway, but without the smell of urine.
The Busker Ball returns
to Spike Hill for its seventh iteration, featuring some of the city’s
best street and subterranean performers. On
the bill this go-around
will be the silver tonsils
of Mr. Reed, singersongwriter Cathy
Grier, the Theo Eastwind Band, and more.
7:30 pm at Spike Hill
Tavern [184 Bedford Ave.
at N. Seventh Street in
Williamsburg, (718) 218–
9737, www.spikehillmusic.
com]. $10 suggested
donation.
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Space on July 25.
Street in Red Hook (718) 395–3214],
www.jalopy.biz.
MUSIC, THE GODDAMN GALLOWS,
THE GREEN GALLOWS: $12 ($10).
8 pm. Knitting Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street
in Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696],
bk.knittingfactory.com.
MUSIC, THE CLIENTELE: $20 ($15
in advance). 8:30 pm. Baby’s All
Right [146 Broadway between
Bedford and Driggs avenues in Williamsburg, (718) 599–5800], www.
babysallright.com.
MUSIC, AVA LUNA, MAN FOREVER,
WAREHOUSE: $12. 9 pm. Rough
Trade (64 N. Ninth St. between
Wythe and Kent avenues), www.
roughtradenyc.com.
MUSIC, THE FAB FAUX: $40. 9 pm.
Music Hall of Williamsburg [66 N.
Sixth St. between Kent and Wythe
avenues in Williamsburg, (718)
486–5400], www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com.
MUSIC, BAD REPUTATION: $10. 10
pm. Jalopy Theatre [315 Columbia
St. between Hamilton Avenue and
Woodhull Street in Red Hook, (718)
395–3214], www.jalopy.biz.
MUSIC, TAUK: Album release party.
$10–$12. 11 pm. Knitting Factory
[361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, (347)
529–6696], bk.knittingfactory.com.
SUN, JULY 20
MUSIC, TUMBLING BONES, TRICKY
BRITCHES: $12. 8–11 pm. Jalopy
Theatre [315 Columbia St. between
Hamilton Avenue and Woodhull
Street in Red Hook, (718) 395–
3214], www.jalopy.biz.
MUSIC, HANNIBAL BURESS, MONROE MARTIN, WYATT CENAC,
SHERROD SMALL: $12 ($10). 9
pm. Knitting Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street
in Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696],
bk.knittingfactory.com.
DOG FAIR AND ADOPTION EVENT:
Cats and puppies for adoption,
free samples, local vendors, food,
and a sidewalk sale. Free. 12–4
pm. The Green Pup, Yuppy Puppy
[544 Union St. at 3rd Avenue, (347)
799–1812].
COMEDY, “WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID
OF?”: Storytelling show with Mara
Wilson. $10. 8 pm. Union Hall [702
Union St. at Fifth Avenue in Park
Slope, (718) 638–4400], www.
unionhallny.com.
COMEDY, COMEDY NIGHT: Hosted
by Hannibal Burress. First come,
first seated. Free. 9 pm. Knitting
Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at
Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg,
(347) 529–6696], bk.knittingfactory.
com.
ART, DRINK & DRAW: Weekly figure
drawing class; model, crayons, and
paper provided, or bring your own
materials. Free (2-drink minimum).
10:30 pm. Macri Park Bar [462
Union Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue
MUSIC, CORMEGA WITH MEGA
PHILOSOPHY: $20 ($15 in advance).
8:30 pm. Knitting Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street
in Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696],
bk.knittingfactory.com.
COMEDY, STAND UP COMEDY: Free.
9 pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth Ave.
between 17th and 18th streets in
Greenwood Heights, (718) 768–
0131], www.freddysbar.com.
COMEDY, NIGHT TRAIN: With guests
hosts the Kondabolu Brothers,
plus Kevin Avery, Gina Brillon, Erin
Judge, Josh Rabinowitz, Jake Weisman, and KC Arora. $5–$8. 8 pm.
Littlefield [622 Degraw St. between
Fourth and Third Avenues, in Gowanus, (718) 855–3388], www.littlefieldnyc.com.
MUSIC, “THE SHIFT”: Union Hall bartenders host a show from behind
the bar, also featuring performances by other staff members.
$5. 8 pm. Union Hall [702 Union St.
at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718)
638–4400], www.unionhallny.com.
TUES, JULY 22
THEATER, “THE ESCAPE”: New
Brooklyn Theater reads the 1858
play by escaped slave and abolitionist William Wells Brown. Free.
4 pm. Akwaaba Mansion [347 MacDonough St. between Lewis and
Stuyvesant avenues in Prospect
Heights, (718) 638–5000], www.
newbrooklyntheater.com.
MUSIC, PHOX, TRAILS AND WAYS:
$12 ($10 in advance). 7 pm. Knitting
Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at
Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg,
(347) 529–6696], bk.knittingfactory.
com.
COMEDY, “THE FANCY SHOW”:
Producers Michael Joyce, Langston
Kerman, Lane Pieschel, Simmons
McDavid and Jenny Zigrino share
the stage with local talent. Free.
8 pm. Bar Reis [375 Fifth Ave. between 5th and 6th streets in Park
Slope, (718) 974–2412].
MOVIE TRIVIA: Six rounds, including famous movie quotes, not so
famous movie quotes, and Nicolas
Cage quotes. Free. 8:30 pm. Videology (308 Bedford Ave. at S. First
Street in Williamsburg), www.videology.info.
FILM, “THE INCREDIBLES”: Outdoor
screening. Free. 8:30 pm. Valentino
Pier (Coffey Street and Ferris Street
in Red Hook), www.nycgovparks.
org.
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MUSIC, DELTRON 3030, NOMADIC
MASSIVE: Free. 7:30 pm. Prospect
Park Band Shell [Prospect Park West
and Ninth Street in Park Slope, (718)
965–8900], www.bricartsmedia.
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MUSIC, ROBIN AIGNER AND PARLOUR GAME: $10. 8 pm. Jalopy
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“WALKING WITH DINOSAURS”:
Arena show featuring 20 life-size dinosaurs. $30–$115. 10:30 am, 7 pm.
Barclays Center [620 Atlantic Ave. at
Pacific Street in Prospect Heights,
(917) 618–6100], www.barclayscenter.com.
ART, “UNCONTROLLED SUBSTANCE” OPENING: An exhibit of
five contemporary Brooklyn artists.
Free. 6–9 pm. Wisteria [498 Court
St. between Nelson and Luquer
streets, (646) 734–0899].
MUSIC, KARLIE BRUCE AND CHRIS
PARRELLO: $10. 7:30 pm. Jalopy
Theatre [315 Columbia St. between
Hamilton Avenue and Woodhull
Street in Red Hook, (718) 395–
3214], www.jalopy.biz.
MUSIC, BEBEL GILBERTO: Free. 7:30
pm. Prospect Park Band Shell [Prospect Park West and Ninth Street in
Park Slope, (718) 965–8900], www.
bricartsmedia.org/cb.
MUSIC, HECTOR’S PETS, ORGANS,
NANCY: $10. 8 pm. Union Pool
[484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue
in Williamsburg, (718) 609–0484],
www.union-pool.com.
MUSIC, STATION, TEMPT, RAVE LA
KILL: $12 ($10 in advance). 8 pm.
Knitting Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in
Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696],
bk.knittingfactory.com.
MUSIC, RED BARAAT: $15. 9 pm.
Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. between N. 11th and N. 12th streets
in Williamsburg, (718) 963–3369],
www.brooklynbowl.com.
MUSIC, OOIOO, LICHENS, RYAN
SAWYER: $18. 9 pm. Rough Trade
(64 N. Ninth St. between Wythe
and Kent avenues), www.roughtradenyc.com.
MUSIC, KARLIE BRUCE AND CHRIS
PARRELLO. THE WOES, HOWARD FISHMAN: $12. 9 pm. Jalopy
Theatre [315 Columbia St. between
Hamilton Avenue and Woodhull
Street in Red Hook, (718) 395–
3214], www.jalopy.biz.
THEATER, “HENRY V”: The Gallery
Players take on the Bard’s historical
play. $18 ($14 seniors and children).
7:30 pm. Gallery Players [199 14th
St. between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Park Slope, (212) 352–3101],
www.galleryplayers.com.
FILM, KICKSTARTER FILM FEST:
Screening of films, shorts, webseries, animations, and documentaries that were all funded through
Kickstarter. Free. 7 pm. Fort Greene
Park (Myrtle Avenue and N. Portland Avenue), www.kickstarter.com.
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Street-crossed lovers
‘Romeo and Juliet’ on Fifth Avenue
By Sarah Iannone
for The Brooklyn Paper
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
F
Parking is such sweet sorrow: South Brooklyn
Shakespeare actors rehearse “Romeo and Juliet.”
is no walk in the parking lot,
Molnar and his company
have discovered.
“The stage will be on an
uneven surface so we will
have to shim the stage and
we can’t really tell how high
or low the stage will be,” he
said, adding that they will
also have to wrangle power,
lights, and a sound system.
“These are all big challenges
because we are counting on
the kindness of our fellow
“Romeo and Juliet” (Fifth
Avenue between 17th and
18th streets in Park Slope,
www.southbrooklynshakespeare.com), July 25 at 7:30
pm; (Seventh Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets
in Park Slope) July 26 at 2:30
pm; and (Fifth Avenue at
Dean Street in Park Slope)
August 15 at 7:30 pm. Free.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Granite
Prospect (Old Fulton Street at Furman Street in Dumbo, www.brooklynbridgepark.org). July 18–20 at 7
pm. Free.
‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Smith Street Stage takes to Carroll
Park for a modern-day take on “Much
Ado About Nothing,” arguably the
best comedy in Shakespeare’s ouvre.
The production promises a live rock
band, original music, and choreography by a Radio City Rockette.
Carroll Park (Carroll Street between Court and Smith streets,
www.smithstreetstage.org). July 23
and 24, and Wednesdays through
Sundays July 25–August 10 at 7 pm.
Free.
‘Othello’
Gravesend theater school Act-Out!
Productions will feature a combination of new students and professional
Photo by Chris Montgomery
It is Shakespeare in the park season, which means Brooklyn’s public gardens are lousy with actors murdering their family members, falling in love with the wrong people, and betraying each other left and right. Here is a run-down of all the
shows coming to a field near you.
Random Access Theatre’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew”
at Brooklyn Bridge Park will put a
retro, 1950s twist on the controversial comedy of disguise and domestication.
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this summer for swingin’ good time.
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orget Shakespeare in the
park — this is Shakespeare
in the parking lot.
A local theater troupe is
bringing a free, outdoors production of “Romeo and Juliet” to the streets of Park
Slope on July 25–26 and
August 15. The three-night
run follows on from South
Brooklyn Shakespeare’s onenight production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” last
year, which the company says
drew 300 people to a lot on
Fifth Avenue.
Company co-founder Paul
Molnar said he was inspired
by the original Shakespeare
in the parking lot shows in
Manhattan, which took place
across the street from him
when he first moved to New
York City in the mid ’90s.
“I was so amazed that a
group of artists could come
together and produce work
like that,” said Molnar, who
staged the first show near his
bar, South, between 17th and
18th streets.
The lot wasn’t available
this year, so the shows will
take place in the middle of
Fifth and Seventh avenues
during the neighborhood’s
Summer Strolls events, when
the streets will be closed off
to traffic.
But putting on a production in an urban environment
business owners to get on
board with the project and
help us with power.”
And that is not accounting for the weather — the
group was hit with a torrential
downpour when it was setting up last year, Molnar said.
The massive storm lasted until 30 minutes before curtain,
when the clouds parted and
it became a beautiful night
in the parking lot. Even with
the rain, he said, hundreds
of people showed up.
“I kept wondering how
many would have come if
it had been clear all day,”
said Molnar, who has been
performing outdoor theater
as an actor since 1991.
The three performances
will be free and audience
members will need to bring
their own seating and concessions, but Molnar said they
can still expect a show worthy
of an indoors theater.
“Telling the story through
staging, emotion, understanding, and music is how
I approach any play I direct,”
he said.
actors in its production of the tragedy
“Othello”, at Narrows Botanical Garden for four shows.
Narrows Botanical Garden (Shore
Road between 69th and 72nd streets
in Bay Ridge). July 19, 20, and 26 at 7
pm, July 27 at 2 pm. $10 suggested
donation.
This program is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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A place for (old) friends
By Vanessa Ogle
The Brooklyn Paper
A
t this party, everyone is
friends with Tom.
An event at Glasslands Gallery in Williamsburg on July 25 will harken
back to the glory days of
Myspace — a time before
the dull blue uniformity of
Twitter and Facebook profiles, when glitter text, animated cursors, and angsty
profile photos ruled the social web.
“It was an early era of
internet heathenism,”
said Russ Marshalek, a
DJ from party collective
adventure[s], which is organizing the show. “You
could impose your personality on them — you could
play My Chemical Romance, your background
was bleeding hearts.”
This will be the fourth
MySpace-themed party
that adventure[s] has thrown.
Marshalek and fellow soundtrack spinners Chris Choyce
and Marley Magaziner originally wanted to create an
BAR SCRAWL
PA R T Y
“Myspace: The Party Episode
IV: A New Mope” at Glasslands Gallery (289 Kent Ave.
between S. First and S. Second streets in Williamsburg,
www.theglasslands.com). July
25 at 11:30 pm. $5. Send song
requests to adventuresbk@
gmail.com.
event dedicated to the music
of Myspace-era bands such
as Dashboard Confessional,
Saves The Day, and the Killers, but eventually decided
By Bill Roundy
to extend the bash to the
whole website.
“One of the first genres
we agreed upon was the
pop-punk-screamo-emo
genre,” said Marshalek,
who lives in Greenpoint.
In that spirit, attendees
can pre-request the songs
that auto-played on their
own Myspace pages back
in the day.
Party-goers are encouraged to dress the part — think
heavy eyeliner (for men and
women), white belts, wrist
sweatbands, and comically
long bangs — and MySpace
itself (yes, the site still exists) has donated some Ashton Kutcher-esque snap-back
hats to be given away.
And for those who want
to take the Myspace look beyond clothes and makeup,
there will be a contest to see
who can do the best “duck
face” — the popular profileimage pose that saw users
pout so hard, their lips looked
like a duck’s bill
A sentimental celebration
of Myspace might seem a bit
premature — after all, the site
was still going strong less
than a decade ago. But Marshalek said it is able to evoke
a sense of nostalgia because
it represents a more innocent
time in our digital lives. Today, internet privacy is frontpage news, while teens in the
Myspace era felt free to spill
their inner-most thoughts
and secrets online — written in neon-colored text and
punctuated with emoticons,
of course.
“The younger generation used Myspace the way
the generation before them
would have used a notebook
for really bad poetry,” said
Marshalek.
MARNI...
Continued from page 5
anyone, I would say.
This is real endurance art, finding
a way to be truly happy, centered,
fulfilled in a world that doesn’t really
support art or real life, that is focused
on profit, rather than people.
DF: I understand that you suffered from postpartum depression.
What has your life been like since
the birth of your child?
MK: It’s really wonderful and
very busy. It has been a little difficult balancing everything as a working mother. As for the medical system, my experience in the hospital
WED, JULY 23
READING, “WAITING FOR
THE ELECTRICITY”: Book
launch with author David
Shapiro. Free. 7–9pm. PowerHouse Arena [37 Main St.
at Water Street in Dumbo,
(718) 666–3049], www.
powerhousearena.com.
‘ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’
BINGO: Win free drinks
and frozen bananas while
watching episodes of cult
comedy series “Arrested
Development.” Free. 8:30
pm. Videology (308 Bedford Ave. at S. First Street
in Williamsburg), www.vid-
MUSIC, BUTLER, BERNSTEIN
AND THE HOT 9: Free.
Free. Noon. MetroTech
Commons at MetroTech
Center (Metrotech Center
between Lawrence and
Bridge streets), www.bam.
org/metrotech.
ART, “ART OFF THE WALL —
ACCORDING TO WHAT?”:
Performances and interactive works inspired by
the art of Ai Weiwei. $18.
6:30–9:30 pm. Brooklyn
Continued from page 6
Sugarburg [519 Metropolitan Ave. at Union Avenue in Williamsburg, (718)
599–1219]. Open Sun–Thu, 5 pm–2 am; Fri, Sat, 5 pm–4 am.
Needs more duck face: DJs Christopher Choyce, left, and Russ Marshalek of
party collective adventure[s] with some classic Myspace-era albums.
was very traumatic for me and not one
I’d like to relive. Follow up treatment
has been problematic. I am addressing these struggles through my work
in this upcoming exhibition.
DF: What meds are you currently on?
Why did you decide to get off them?
MK: The medicines I’m dealing
with are Klonopin, Wellbutrin, and
Abilify. Medicines, as you know, can
have serious side effects. I know that
medication works for some, especially in short term acute treatment
situations. But there is conflicting
evidence on whether or not longterm treatment is actually beneficial, and I am concerned about the
risk of side effects growing the longer I take them, so I don’t want stay
on meds indefinitely.
eology.info.
MUSIC, SMOOTA, BIG
MONO, MY WIFE: $8. 9
pm. Union Pool [484 Union
Ave. at Meeker Avenue
in Williamsburg, (718)
609–0484], www.unionpool.com.
9 DAYS...
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Myspace-themed party celebrates site’s golden years
THURS, JULY 24
DF: I know you intend to make
videos, photography, and sculptures.
Will you also be doing things in person in the gallery?
MK: Yes, there will be videos,
photography, and sculptures and
also I am transforming the gallery,
like I did with the birth, into a place
where I feel comfortable and calm,
this time to get mentally healthy and
detox from psychiatric meds.
I will be resting, exercising, writing
in my journal, meditating, and talking
to family, friends, and gallery visitors
that I welcome into my intimate space.
What I want to show through my performance is an alternative to the hospital model (which, from my experience,
was about staying in bed, being quiet,
and being evaluated by doctors who
Museum [200 Eastern
Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights,
(718) 638–5000], www.
brooklynmuseum.org.
MUSIC, KATY PERRY:
$29.50–$155.50. 7 pm.
Barclays Center [620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacific Street
in Prospect Heights, (917)
618–6100], www.barclayscenter.com.
FILM, “FANTASTIC MR.
FOX”: Outdoor screening
of Wes Anderson’s quirky
take on the Roald Dahl classic. Free. 9 pm. Brooklyn
Bridge Park, Harborview
Lawn (Enter at Old Fulton
Street near Furman Street
in Dumbo), www.brooklynbridgepark.org.
were dispensing pills) — one that is
more active, empowering and involves
authentic communication.
DF: What are you hoping that the
audience will learn?
MK: My performance is taking place
in real-time it is real life. Hopefully the
performance is helpful for others to see
that it is possible to be involved in our
own treatment, to remember that we
are not a diagnosis, despite the prevalence of people prescribed drugs for
mental health issues.
“Mad Meds” at Microscope
Gallery [4 Charles Pl. at Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick, (347) 925–1433,
www.microscopegallery.com]. July
18–Aug. 25 at various times, to be
announced. Opening July 18 at 6
pm. Free
FRI, JULY 25
SAT, JULY 26
FILM, “AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN FOUR-PART
HARMONY”: Free. 7:30
pm. Prospect Park Band
Shell [Prospect Park West
and Ninth Street in Park
Slope, (718) 965–8900],
www.bricartsmedia.org/cb.
MUSIC, THE FILTHY SIX:
Free with RSVP. 11:45
pm. Knitting Factory [361
Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696],
bk.knittingfactory.com.
“DELIRIO”: Circus performance. $20–$30. 7:30 pm.
Galapagos Art Space [16
Main St. between Plymouth and Water streets in
Dumbo, (718) 222–8500],
www.galapagosartspace.
com.
ART, FIRST SATURDAY: Art,
music, and films. Free. 5–11
pm. Brooklyn Museum [200
Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Prospect
Heights, (718) 638–5000],
www.brooklynmuseum.
org.
MUSIC, WARPAINT, YELLOW
BIRDS: Part of Celebrate
Brooklyn! Free. 7:30 pm.
Prospect Park Band Shell
[Prospect Park West and
Ninth Street in Park Slope,
(718) 965–8900], www.bricartsmedia.org/cb.
MUSIC, BRAID, A GREAT BIG
PILE OF LEAVES, MARIETTA: $20. 8 pm. Music
Hall of Williamsburg [66 N.
Sixth St. between Kent and
Wythe avenues in Williamsburg, (718) 486–5400],
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EYE OF THE STORM
Cyclones 4
State College 0
July 9 at State College
Five Cyclones pitchers
combined to shut out the
Pickney Division-leading
Spikes, and Joe Tuschak had
two hits including a homer to
lead the Brooks’ attack.
Scarlyn Reyes threw five
innings of five-hit ball while
striking out three before Luis
Mateo, Edioglis Villasmil,
Kelly Secrest, and Shane Bay
gave up just four hits the rest
of the way.
Brooklyn’s boys tacked on
two more runs in the third
when Michael Bernal tripled,
scoring Amed Rosario and
Michael Katz. Tuschak’s
homer capped the scoring
in the ninth.
State College 4
Cyclones 1
July 10 at State College
Spikes’ pitchers held the
Brooks to just two hits on
the night in a disheartening loss.
The Clones were kept
off the bases until the third
The
Ride
when Tomas Nido singled
with one out, but he was
erased one batter later on a
double play.
State College pitchers threw to the minimum
through the sixth, and the
only Clones run came in
the eighth, when Tyler
Moore led off with a triple,
and later scored on a Nido
ground out.
State College 4
Cyclones 3
July 11 at State College
The Cyclones rapped nine
hits but still fell short as the
Spikes took the rubber match
of a three-game set.
Clones starter Carlos Valdez put his teammates in a
hole early, giving up two
runs on a double in the bottom of the first, but the offense answered with three
runs of its own in the top of
July 14 in Connecticut
Joe Tuschak hit a ninthinning homer, and then
everything went south.
the second — thanks mainly
to State College miscues, including a passed ball and hit
batsman, that helped score
the runs.
Gaither Bumgardner gave
up just three hits in three
innings of relief, but was
charged with the loss when
he gave up the deciding run
in the seventh.
Connecticut 4
Cyclones 3
July 12 at Connecticut
The Cyclones couldn’t
hold an early 2–0 lead and
fell in the ninth on a basesloaded walk by pitcher Josh
Prevost.
Connecticut 6
Cyclones 0
July 13 in Connecticut
The Cyclones’ losing
Fog halted play on Monday
night and left the Cyclones in
a haze as the team dropped
its fifth straight game in a
shortened, six-inning contest against the Tigers.
Marcos Molina got the
ball for the Cyclones and
got his first loss of the season, tossing four-and-twothirds innings, striking out
five and giving up two runs
on five hits.
Still, Molina’s earnedrun average is a microscopic .094
The Clones only hits came
from Jhoan Urena, Michael
Katz, and Adrian Abreu.
Urena had two singles on
in the first and one in the
sixth, the only batter who
would be seen in the sixth
before the game was called,
Katz also had a single in the
first, right after Urena and
one in the fourth, Abreu had
a single in the third.
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he Cyclones had a tough
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games of the season, but
the front office has stepped
up, and for $2.97 million just
purchased a whole bunch of By Brooke Lynn Cortese
them.
Oregon State slugger and
Mets first-round draft pick Mike
Conforto will join the Cyclones outfield after Major League Baseball’s
All-Star Break, adding the middleof-the-order punch the team so desperately needs.
Need proof? During the four
games leading into the break, the
Clones were out-scored 18–7 and
the now below-.500. club has an almost league-worst .234 batting average, and has scored only 102 runs
in 32 games. Compare that to the
league’s most-prodigious run scorers, the State College Spikes, who
knocked in 66 more runs than the
Clones, thanks mainly to the team’s
ungodly 30 home runs, tops in the Lefty slugger Mike Conforto
is coming to Brooklyn.
league.
Enter the big lefty, who finished
his last college season with a .345
He also cut down on his strikeaverage, seven home runs, and 58 outs during his last year in college,
runs batted in.
whiffing 38 times as compared to
The Team USA alum, who led 47 the year before.
his team in hits, run, runs batted
The Beaver outfielder and somein, home runs, slugging percentage, time-third-baseman was named a fiand walks, had the highest on-base nalists for the Dick Howser Trophy,
percentage on the squad.
an honor given to the top college
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Tough week
on the road
streak reached four — and
the team’s record fell back
to .500 — as the Brooks got
shut out by the Tigers.
With the loss, the Cyclones
get bumped to third place in
the McNamara division. The
worst news, though, is that
the hated Staten Island Yankees have now leapfrogged
our boys, moving a half game
ahead into second place.
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the first Beaver to be a three time
All-American. He was also named
the Pacific-12 Conference Player of
the Year two years in a row.
Conforto made his first trip to
New York on July 11 where he finalized his signing with Mets’ general
manager Sandy Alderson, scouting
director Tomy Tanous, and super
agent Scott Boras.
He then took part in the Mets pregame workout and donned his very
first professional uniform with the
number 88, and his first professional
batting practice with the team.
The draft was over a month ago,
and until last week there was no talk
of the Mets signing the first-round
pick, which left many fans wondering if Conforto was going play out
his senior year at Oregon State.
But now, Cyclones fans’ prayers
may well be answered, as Conforto’s
presence in the lineup will protect
some of the Clones’ better prospects,
including shortstop Ahmed Rosario, who so far has under-whelmed
with his .260 average.
Add that to a pitching staff that
is still one of the best in the league,
and that signing bonus could pay
dividends quickly for the secondplace Cyclones — with a championship in Brooklyn.
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Aviso de asamblea de información pública
Part 360 Permit Modification
Application Number 2-6104-00010/00002-0
To Permit the Installation and Operation of Source Separated
Food Waste Processing Equipment
Solicitud de modificación del Permiso de la Parte 360
número 2-6104-00010/00002-0
para permitir la instalación y operación de equipo de procesamiento
de residuos de alimentos separados según su origen
Project Location: Waste Management of New York, LLC
215 Varick Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11237
Ubicación del proyecto: Waste Management of New York, LLC
215 Varick Avenue
Brooklyn, Nueva York 11237
Waste Management of New York, LLC (WMNY), has made an application to
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
to modify the existing Part 360 Permit for its Varick I solid waste transfer
station at 215 Varick Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.
WMNY is proposing to install and operate source separated organic (SSO)
processing equipment at the Varick I solid waste transfer station to support
a food waste recycling project. Food waste will be delivered by DSNY
collection vehicles and commercial collection vehicles to WMNY’s Varick
Avenue Transfer Station. WMNY will use the SSO equipment to homogenize and liquefy the material, and transfer the resulting Engineered Food
Waste Product (EFW Product) by sealed tanker truck to the Newtown
Creek waste water treatment plant operated by the NYC Department
of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP). The Newtown Creek plant will
introduce the EFW Product to its anaerobic digestion facilities to recover
energy inherent in the EFW Product.
The goal of this project is to capture organics for recycling by diverting
additional materials from the waste stream and increasing renewable
energy production, to help New York City achieve its sustainability goals.
WMNY will hold a public information meeting in Brooklyn Community
Board (CB) District 1 to explain the Part 360 Permit Modification application and process and to offer the public the opportunity to ask questions
and comment on the permit application. The meeting will take place on
August 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM, at the Swinging 60’s Senior Center, 211 Ainslie
Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11211 (Corner of Manhattan Avenue).
Documents related to this application are stored at: Brooklyn Community
Board No. 1, 435 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11211, and will be
available to view online at: http://www.wm.com/NYCMA/.
For further information, contact: Joanne Persad, Waste Management
of New York, LLC, 123 Varick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237, telephone
718-533-5267.
Waste Management of New York, LLC (WMNY) ha presentado una solicitud
al Departamento de Conservación Ambiental del Estado de Nueva York
(NYSDEC) para modificar el Permiso de la Parte 360 existente para operar
su estación de transferencia de residuos sólidos Varick I situada en 215
Varick Avenue en Brooklyn, Nueva York.
WMNY propone instalar equipo de procesamiento de residuos orgánicos
separados según su origen (SSO) en la estación de transferencia de
residuos sólidos Varick I en apoyo de un proyecto de reciclaje de residuos
de alimentos. Los residuos de alimentos serán transportados por vehículos
de recolección comercial y vehículos de recolección de DSNY a la estación
de transferencia de WMNY en Varick Avenue. WMNY utilizará el equipo
SSO para homogeneizar y licuar el material, y transferirá el Producto de
Residuos de Alimentos Procesados (Producto EFW) en camiones tanque
sellados a la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales Newtown Creek que
es operada por el Departamento de Protección Ambiental de la Ciudad de
Nueva York (NYCDEP). En la planta Newtown Creek, se introducirá el
Producto EFW en sus instalaciones de digestión anaeróbica para recuperar
energía inherente en dicho Producto.
El objetivo de este proyecto es capturar las materias orgánicas para su
reciclaje, al desviar otros materiales de la corriente de residuos y aumentar
la producción de energía renovable, para ayudar a la Ciudad de Nueva York
a alcanzar sus metas de sostenibilidad.
WMNY celebrará una asamblea de información pública en el Distrito 1,
Junta Comunitaria de Brooklyn para explicar la solicitud y el proceso
de modificación del Permiso de la Parte 360, y brindar al público
la oportunidad de hacer preguntas y comentarios sobre la solicitud del
permiso. La asamblea tendrá lugar el 7 de agosto de 2014 a las 6:00 PM,
en el Swinging 60’s Senior Center, 211 Ainslie Street, Brooklyn, Nueva York,
11211 (esquina con Manhattan Avenue).
Los documentos relacionados con esta solicitud se preservan en: Junta
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11211, y se pueden ver en línea en: http://www.wm.com/NYCMA/.
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Boerum Hill basks in Bastille Day
By Noah Hurowitz
The Brooklyn Paper
To the barricades! To
eat, drink, and have a
good time!
Crowds flocked to Smith
Street in Boerum Hill on
Sunday to celebrate Bastille Day a day early.
The French holiday
commemorates the storming of a medieval Parisian
fortress in 1789.
But you wouldn’t know
it from the happy crowds
sipping drinks, cheering
and jeering the World Cup
final on the big screen, and
playing petanque, a boccelike French game, on a temporary court.
“Petanque is a classic
pastime,” said Apoftolos
Valleras, general manager
of Bar Tabac, the French
bar that hosted live music,
grilled-fresh French eats,
installed the petanque
court, and projected the big
soccer game for the throngs
on the blocked-off section
of Smith Street. “People
play it at parks, anywhere
they want. It’s a fun, competitive sport.”
The bar carted in more
than 100 50-pound bags of
sand to build the court for
the occasion.
The street fair was a
draw for French expatriates and Francophiles hungry for a taste of that je ne
sais quoi they last experi-
Photo by Elizabeth Graham
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Alex Barber, of Williamsburg, draws on a refreshing
beverage in the comfort of her large hat.
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a pair. Admission varies
depending on the day of
the week and the time, but
some sessions on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays are free. There will
be adults-only skate sessions with a disc jockey on
Tuesdays and Sundays.
New York Skating
wants to roll out hockey
in the coming weeks, as
well as roller derby.
Some new skaters said
the combination of the facility and the expansive
harbor vista have them
hooked.
“It’s wonderful here,”
said Nascha Streng, who
rolled in from Williamsburg for the opening-day
free ride, which was her
second-ever time on skates.
“This view is great.”
The newly opened Pier
2 portion of Brooklyn’s
front yard also offers basketball, handball, bocce,
and shuffleboard courts,
and the park’s head said
the rink is a crucial piece
of the puzzle.
“There really is something for everyone here,”
said Regina Myers, president of the Brooklyn
Bridge Park Corporation.
Roller rink at Pier 2
in Brooklyn Bridge Park
[Near the Pier 1 entrance
at Old Fulton and Furman streets in Brooklyn
Heights, (718) 300–2401,
w w w.b roo klyn b rid g eskating.com]. Monday–
Sunday, 10 am–10 pm.
Prices vary.
enced on vacation.
“I went to France in
April and I loved the food
and wine,” said Alex Barber, who came to the fair
from Williamsburg. “It was
nice to go spend the day outside.”
Barber, who is originally
from Australia, said this was
her second time coming to
Smith Street for the celebration of all things Francais.
The World Cup game, in
which Germany shut out Argentina for global domination, was a big draw this year,
Valleras said.
France, of course, was
knocked out by Germany in
the quarter-finals by a goal
from Mats Hummels.
Getting wild, with help
I
t was at least five years
back the day we were in
the car playing “Would
You Rather?” and the question arose, “Would you rather
live out the rest of your days
in Burger King or in the
wild?”
Upsettingly, my husband
chose Burger King and the
boys followed suit. I thought
I would throw up. I thought I
needed to get a divorce and
disown my children too, trade
them in for new ones. Burger
King? I couldn’t even go into
that flourescent-lit place happily for a minute, let alone
live out my days there. I’d
much rather take my chances
in the wild.
How could they have made
that decision, I wondered.
“Burger King may not be
great,” my husband agreed.
“But in the wild, you’d get
eaten by a lion pretty fast.”
That’s when my campaign
began to sell The Wild as a
concept in the abstract, to try
to help my family see the error of their ways relying even
theoretically on factory-made
versus facing up to the potential dangers and wonders
of nature.
The kids’ sleep-away
camp has been helping make
some inroads for years, but
Fearless
Parenting
By Stephanie Thompson
it was on our recent vacation
camping in the Adirondacks
that I was finally vindicated:
the wild wins in my family,
hands down.
Now, granted, paying
Adirondack Mountain and
Stream a fair sum to pack
in food and gear to get us
through two nights and three
days feeling sated and pretty
comfortable in zippered tents
might not “technically” be
considered “living in the
wild.” But canoeing out to
a remote piece of woods off of
Round Lake, setting up camp
around a firepit and downwind from the wooden “toilet” and living out of doors
amidst the many biting insects for a few days to fish,
swim, and build fires was
certainly proof enough that
we could potentially do the
wild thing over the corporatecreated thing pretty happily
if it came to that.
Cody Frasier, our trusty
guide, was a great inspiration
as he strung tarps between
trees as a makeshift roof over
the stove and table he set up.
He showed the kids how to
pick the best wood and saw
it into small enough pieces
to feed the fire. He showed
them how to cast out fishing rods to catch the local
bass, and how to filet it and
cook it for a yummy dinner. (Note to self: kids like
fish better when they catch
it themselves.)
There was, strangely
enough, a good Verizon signal out there in the woods,
among the great tall varieties of birch and fir trees, but
the kids agreed not to use
their phones, and we even
opted not to stream music
after a short burst of it left
us feeling bereft of the calls
of our favorite birds and the
intermittent dramatic cries
of the loons.
We played in the rapids,
learning how to navigate the
rocky bottom and be mindful of slipping away into the
forceful part that could carry
us, fast, into the felled log
downstream, or underneath
it and beyond. I was nervous
at times, but also thrilled as
the kids followed Cody’s lead
and went forth unafraid but
cautious, as is necessary. Water is powerful and it is great
to be reminded of that.
The kids were blissed out.
Even as Eli’s thighs swelled
with mosquito and black fly
bites, he waved off the irritations and slept soundly in
his sleeping bag. The hot cocoa Cody offered just upon
waking didn’t hurt. I’m not
sure we could always have
that in the wild so easily, but
I don’t think Burger King offers it, either.
Our maiden camping
experience was a big success thanks to Cody, without whom we wouldn’t have
had the confidence to go so
remote. It gives me hope that
we all (including me) can live
happily with less attachment
to man-made things, that we
can learn a little about appreciating life as humans
once lived it, at the mercy
of the elements, for better
or worse.
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