June 2011

Hidden Patios

Rocky Sullivans and 5 Burro are just two of a growing number of local restaurants and bars with amazing outdoor spaces to enjoy this summer- see page 6 for a panoramic overview!

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Looking at Helicopters from Both Sides Now

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rom the edge of Valentino Pier, I could hear the rumble as they approached from beyond the Atlantic Basin - shiny metal insects that got larger, and louder, before reaching the pier where they hooked a 90-degree turn out to Liberty Island.

On that clear Memorial Day weekend afternoon, sitting on a bench with notebook and binoculars, I counted twentyfive choppers running the Liberty route in the span of an hour - averaging one tourist-copter every two minutes and twenty-four seconds.

Three days later I was sitting next to the pilot of one of the smaller helicopters, wearing protective ear-muffs. Behind us were two couples, one from Austria, one from Chile. We hugged the coast of the Columbia Street waterfront, coming within feet of the invisible line that separates land from water, and looked down onto the bench where I had been sitting as we made the turn toward Lady Liberty.

Then we went back around the east side of Governor’s Island and up the Hudson River to Central Park, before making another turn and heading down once again to finally land at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (adjacent to the Ferry Terminal), a trip that took little more than 15 minutes.

The heliport pad was full of colorful helicopters and tourists walking in single file along yellow lines that cut at right angles and led them to and from their rides. Sightseeing helicopter tours is a $45 million industry according to the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), which oversees air tourism in

by Matt Graber

New York City. Since tourist flights were banned from West Midtown Heliport in 2010, all five sightseeing helicopter companies have had to share the Downtown Heliport. As a consequence, residents of Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Red Hook have had to put up with the droning and the buzzing.

“It’s beyond intrusive,” says Carey Monserrate, a writer who lives on Dikeman and Ferris Streets, practically under the flight path. Monserrate is one of the more active anti-noise pollution advocates in the community. He was the one who put fliers up and down Van Brunt and Columbia Streets to publicize the “Stop the Chop” rally held at Brooklyn Bridge Park last month. “I can’t conduct a conversation in my living room with the windows open during a flyover, much less in my backyard. I’ve had friends come over and after a few minutes, we’d have to go somewhere else just to hang out.”

When Monserrate first moved to Red Hook, he fell in love with its peaceful atmosphere, a nice contrast to the bustling metropolis. “One of the defining features of Red Hook for me was precisely its tranquility,” he says. “It used to be that I’d hear foghorns more often than I’d here car horns.Then came the Evil Sky Machines.”

People living close to the water are not the only ones affected. Shirley Matos, who lives on Columbia Street in the West Houses, has also noticed an increase in chopper noise in the last few months. “They scare me,” she says while

This picture, shot from the window of a tourist helicopter on May 31st, show just how close the helicopters come to shore. Prominent in the photo is the crane operation of American Stevedoring at Pier 11, on the right side of the photo you can see the side of the helicopter. Photo by Matt Graber

lounging halfway out on Valentino pier.

“I’m like, what the hell is happening?

You don’t know if it’s an emergency or what, until you turn on the news and find out.”

to look at it as just part of living in a major city. “Cities are not peaceful, quiet places,” said George Kornienko, coowner of Rocky Sullivan’s. “If you want peace and quiet, move somewhere else.”

Noise less oppressive for some

Complaints are new

In late May, the Star-Revue conducted an informal survey of passerbys at two locations. When asked if they were aware that some people in the neighborhood are upset by the noise of helicopter flights above, 9 out of 15 Columbia Waterfront Districters did, and 11 out of 15 Red Hookers also knew.

But when asked if the noise bothered them, 11 out of 15 at Union & Columbia Street and 12 out of 15 on Van Street and Pioneer responded “No.” “I honestly have never had a noise problem with the copters,” said Reg Flowers, the director of Falconworks Artists Group. However, he goes on to add that “it’s awful that so many of my neighbors feel disturbed by it and are powerless to change it.”

Others, when asked, dismissed the very concept of “noise pollution,” preferring

The growing number of tourist flights along the Brooklyn waterfront became an issue in 2010, when the EDC responded by adopting a new sightseeing plan. The plan included the elimination of all tourist flights over Brooklyn; the elimination of all “short tours,” which comprised 15-20% of tourist flights out of DMH; and an amended flight plan designed to maximize distance from Brooklyn Bridge Park.

The amended flight route was apparent from where I sat up in the sky as we approached the Buttermilk Channel. The pilot kept his distance from Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Promenade, but by the time we came around Atlantic Avenue, we were right up against the edge of the shore. And yet, he didn’t mention to the passengers that we were flying (please turn to page 3)

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Growing Up Red Hook

Getting set for the Johnny Pump

by Danette Vigilante

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hen it came to cooling off in the summertime, growing up in Red Hook presented me with the best of both worlds.

Not too far from my building on Mill Street, we had a playground which offered the gentle spray of a water spouting whale.

Then, down the back, on Dykeman Street, we had the violent gush of a Johnny Pump (fire hydrant for those who don’t know).

While the whale meant running in and out of no more than a pseudo rain storm, the Johnny Pump meant hold- on- to- your- shorts-and-anything-else-that mightcome- flying- off-of- your- body.

The only preparation needed for the whale was putting on a bathing suit or shorts and a tee-shirt, while for the Johnny Pump, there was much to do before any enjoyment could be had.

First, you needed a can such as an empty soup can straight out of a garbage bag.

Then, the person in charge of obtaining the can, scraped the remaining end of it against the sidewalk until it fell out leaving you with only a metal cylinder which would be used as a water cannon. Next, someone would go through their father’s tools for a wrench then loosen the bolt at the top of the Johnny Pump. It was slow at first; brownish water flowing alongside the curb washing away anything in its path. But soon enough, it’d clear into a cold crisp babbling brook— city style.

If the person holding the can was without heavy weight to him (and yes, it was usually a boy), he’d have to get behind the Johnny Pump and wrap his legs around it all while holding the can to the mouth of the Johnny Pump. In this position, he was able to direct the water surge any which way he saw fit. Sometimes, he’d wave a car on through promising not to take aim only to change his mind and blast it. Usually, the passengers knew better and had already rolled up their windows.

Trust was rare when it came to Johnny Pumps.

By this time, all those not involved in getting the Johnny Pump ready to go did one of two things; took their shoes off and got set for the water, or ran in the other direction in hopes of escaping it. If you chose the latter, you needed to go far, far, away. For there were some— soldiers almost—who were in charge of capturing the dry and well coiffed. Once caught, you’d be carried to the fierce one, otherwise known as the Pump. All hope for the safety of new clothes, nice hair-do’s and make-up, washed away in one big wooshhh.

Of course we visited the Red Hook Pool but sometimes, we just needed to dance around the whale or run like crazy for our lives.

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Tourist Helicopters Bust Up Our Airspace (continued from cover)

over Red Hook. He didn’t say anything like “Red Hook, to your left,” as he did of the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, the Empire State Building and Central Park. Flying over Red Hook was simply a way to get to Liberty Island that EDC settled upon after ruling out traveling over or to the west of Governor’s Island.

The New York City Helicopter Sightseeing Plan was given a year to satisfy residents’ demands for an end to noise pollution. But last month, many of the same politicians that had demanded changes the year before - State Senator Daniel Squadron, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, Councilmember Stephen Levin, Councilmember Brad Lander, Councilwoman Sara M. González, and Councilmember Gale A. Brewer, to be exact - got back into attack mode. They held a rally at Brooklyn Bridge Park, calling for an end to all tourist helicopter flights.

Since the rally in May, the EDC has not publicly addressed the issue of noise pollution in Red Hook, choosing instead to highlight the economic benefits of

A tourist helicopter taking off from the Downtown Heliport last Memorial Day weekend (photo by Matt Graber)

the tourist industry which (according to many economists and politicians) is largely responsible for New York City’s recovery from the Great Recession.

“If sightseeing helicopters depart and return to the Downtown Heliport which we control,” reads the official EDC statement to the Star-Revue, “then it creates jobs here, helps support our tourist industry, and we can exert influence on their flight paths, frequency, and regulate the hours they operate... If

they move operations to nearby heliports in New Jersey and Nassau County then we have zero control.”

This response would come as no surprise to the anonymous manager of Red Hook Noisecopters, the Facebook page that has become a digital hub of opposition against the EDC, the Bloomberg Administration, Saker Aviation (the private company that runs the Downtown Heliport) and any and all of the forces that keep tourist helicopters in

the air.

“EDC is only concerned with generating revenue for the city,” the anonymous web activist wrote during a backand-forth correspondence that I had with him/her on Facebook. “They could care less about how these flights impact our community.”

Just how maddening is the noise produced by these flyovers? Most probably it depends on just where you’re sitting.

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New Knitting Program Added At The Carroll Gardens Library

A new crochet and knitting program has been added to the offerings at the Carroll Gardens Library. This circle can be joined by anyone age 10 and up, at any skill level. The group meets Tuesdays at 4 p.m, Carroll Gardens branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 396 Clinton Street at the corner of Union Street.

Other programs include Wednesday’s chess club with national Chess Master Manual Ugarte which meets at 6:30 p.m. and is appropriate for all ages. Wednesdays are also home to the monthly book discussions for adults, with July’s pick being Brooklyn by Colm Toibin and August’s pick Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. For details and even more programs, please visit the main branch website at http:// catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/iii/calendar/month or call the Carroll Gardens library branch at 718-596-6972. Keep up with the branch news at the Friends of Carroll Gardens Library blog site at http:// friendsofcglibrary.blogspot.com/.

Breakfast Meeting

Friends of P.S. 15 will host a breakfast for the Red Hook real estate community on Monday, June 6th at 9:30 am.

This will be an opportunity for those who “sell” Red Hook to see a gem of a school—rated A+ by the Department of Education for four consecutive years—and to hear about its programs and partnerships and brand new library that will serve all of Red Hook. For more information call Ellen Meyers at 646-244-9989.

Former vacant lot gets fleas!

The first Urban Art Fleas market, the Columbia Street Art Flea & Farmers Market is currently open for business every Saturday and Sunday from 9am5pm at 288 Columbia St. (the corner of Columbia St. and Summit St.)

Brooklyn Greenway Hosts Fundraising Dinner

The annual summer benefit party for Brooklyn Greenway, the group responsible for building a bicycle path and parks alongside the Brooklyn waterfront, is called “New Views 2011: Festa D’Estate.” It will be held on Thursday, June 16th, at 6 pm at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. Guests will include Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez and NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan.

the first session in the summer on Sunday, July 10, and in the fall on Sunday, September 11.

FLAG FOOTBALL: You may sign up for the free summer clinic at any time.

It starts Monday, July 11. For the fall

season, please note that the deadline to sign up is July 31.

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Senators Squadron, Montgomery Honored By Carroll Gardens Association

This year’s party will be a family-friendly Italian summer feast featuring a variety of food from some of Brooklyn’s distinctive Italian restaurants.

For more information about this event, contact Brian McCormick at 718.522.0193 or bmccormick@brooklyngreenway.org.

South Brooklyn Baseball League Signup Deadlines

The CARDINALS and the SBBL have been on the Brooklyn baseball and softball scene for over 10 years. Their home fields are located in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. They announce the following signup deadlines for the following programs: SUMMER BASEBALL (ages 8-17): The deadline for summer baseball is July 1 -- but don’t wait until the last minute or you may risk missing the season.

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From left to right: CGA Training Center Computer Instructor Pablo Sierra; Senator Daniel Squadron, Senator Velmanette Montgomery; CGA Board President Cynthia Gonzalez; Computer Literacy Training Program Graduate; CGA Executive Director Vilma Heramia; Program Graduate; Program Graduate

State Senators Daniel Squadron and Velmanette Montgomery were honored at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 20th for the Carroll Gardens Association’s Training Center on Columbia Street.

CGA Board President Cynthia Gonzalez and Executive Director Vilma Heramia thanked Senators Squadron and Montgomery for their work securing funding for the center, which features 10 computer stations and provides training to around 80 residents per year. The free, six-week Computer Literacy Training Program began this spring with an initial class of ten students, and is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

Borough President Marty Markowitz and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez were also in attendance at the ceremony, at which program graduates were presented with certificates.

The Carroll Gardens Association is located at 201 Columbia Street Brooklyn, NY 11231, telephone (718) 243-9301.

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Artists, farmers, and vendors can apply to participate in this summer event by going to their website, www.urbanartfleas.com and clicking on the “Reservation” tab at the top of the page or by calling 646-481-2589.

Red Hook Museum Presents New Shows

The Waterfront Museum located adjacent to Fairway is introducing two shows during the 2011 summer season.

Circus Lives in May and June is an exhibition of artistic works by perfomer artisans of the circus stage. In July and August, the museum celebrates our marine environment with Creatures of the Deep, a collection of works by a variety of artists. Both shows will viewed on the walls of the Waterfront Museum’s historic Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge’s deckhouse before and after the show as well as our open hours.

Advance tickets are $10.00. If available, tickets are sold at the door for $15 on the day of the show. For more information check their website at www. waterfrontmuseum.org or call (718) 624-4719.

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Letter: More on Larsens Bakery!

Dear Danette, I felt compelled to write to you because you touched me with your story about Larsen’s Baking Company. I grew up in that factory. Your newspaper arrived in my mailbox on Friday and I couldn’t believe what I was reading when you stated that the factory was almost gone.

I live in Carroll Gardens now, just across the highway from where I was born on Henry and 9th street. I run often in Red Hook Park and take different routes to the track and back, and sometimes I pass Mill Street. The last time was a few weeks ago and I always stop and look reverently at that building having spent so much of my childhood inside Larsen’s. For years I could still see the fading lettering on the Henry Street side of the building. It was a script Logo that I copied many times as a child just for the sake of learning: **Larsen’s - bakers of splendid goods since 1898**.

After reading your column I immediately ran over to look, and sure enough most of the building was gone, and the property surrounded by scaffolding.

My mother worked for Larsen’s for 25 years. She was a single mother working two jobs in Larsen’s factory. She started working in the store on the corner in ’53 and after a year moved up to the office as a cashier and then bookkeeper. Her specialty in adding figures was operating the predecessor to the calculator, a mechanical machine called a comptometer. It had a matrix of keys used to add any digit in any column. My mother played that machine as a concert pianist would play a grand piano, all the time reading down the ledger and never looking at the keys.

During the day she was the Accounts Payable and at night she made extra money doing piece work, which she used to pay for my schooling at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea, by putting little stickers on the still-flat cake packaging to change the selling price. She did thousands of these per night, five nights a week and sometimes also on Saturday. She brought me with her to work every night. We’d get there around 6pm and up in the offices on the second floor I would do my homework and listen to the radio (WMCA and WABC), then having finished my work, I might help her do the re-labeling, but I would get bored and I would wonder all around the office then down to the factory where the workers were busy cranking out cakes and pastries for the next days delivery. It was truly like growing up in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.

The offices on the second floor in the 1970’s still had all the accoutrements that made it look as though we were still in the 1940’s. It was classic: black Smith Corona Typewriters, old fashioned crank pencil sharpen-

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ers, fountain pens, old desk lamps and the bold quality of these old massive wooden desks. I recall the marble and brass pen sets and blotters on every desk, and the big deal made when Marie, the switchboard operator, got a new IBM typewriter with this fast moving metal ball. No more metal arms jamming or messy typewriter ribbons and now you could change the typeface just by replacing the ball. I did my book reports on those typewriters.

Mr. Larsen’s office was the most impressive, looking like an office of the chief executive right out of 1940’s movie. There was painted filigree and lettering on the frosted wavy glass panels of the heavy wood doors. Inside, the walls were dark mahogany paneling. In the center was an imposing carved desk protected by a thick plate glass top, and on it an old fashioned intercom system made of carved wood with fancy porcelain dip switches and a round ear piece that you lifted off the hook.

There were several big high back leather chairs with brass upholstery nails decorating the seams. Mr. Larsen’s chair, be-

hind the desk, was dark mahogany leather and could rock and swivel. It was huge and comfortable; I fell asleep in it often. I can even remember the musty smell of the office but always in the background was the smell of whatever was being baked a floor below.

Down the hall from the offices were the kitchen and tasting rooms where cakes were checked for quality and also new product ideas were tested and presented.

Besides the scales an measuring devices, some of them quite old fashioned; in that room were jars of all kinds of baking goods used to concoct new recipes, and boy did I love tasting what was in those jars. All kinds of chocolate chips, every kind of nut, M&M’s, sprinkles, peanut butter chips, coconut, and all kinds of creams, jams and toppings were in the refrigerator.

There were even little gimmicky items, like cups made out of chocolate, licorice buttons, or flowers made out of sliced almonds and marzipan.

On one desk in the back of the main office were just boxes of cake, lots of them, fresh, there everyday for the workers to sam-

ple and snack as they pleased. I didn’t really drink coffee or tea which they always had in the kitchen, but there was a vending machine in the hallway, so I used to wash down many snacks with my favorite: White Rock cream soda, I badgered my mom for the 25 cents that it cost. I remember musing at the naked lady on the can.

All the workers at Larsen’s were so kind to me even though I remember a few of the floor workers protesting that there shouldn’t be a child wandering around the factory. Some of the older ladies on the processing line would wear too much make-up, and with the required hair net and plastic gloves, they looked scary to me.

I was a cautious kid so I never got in the way, but boy did I explore that whole factory. I knew every inch of it. And I knew the baking schedule. Mondays were my favorites, they made the brownies. Now mind you, all the ingredients were added into huge mixing bowls on wheels, the bowls the size of a small car; and they were moved around with what looked like adapted fork lifts. The mixing bowls were lifted up high and the batter tipped into a big hopper which squirted the correct amount to fill whatever pan or cup was appropriate to the type of cake they were baking. The pans then rolled on a skatewheel conveyor across to the ovens. There were three long ovens that seemed to me the length of a football field, with slow moving conveyor belts.

To look in the oven from either end presented a mirage as the heat distorted the view an acre of slowly developing cakes rising in their pans along the path; a captivating blue glow from below as the gas jets ran the entire length of the oven.

I specifically remember that the brownies were made in huge 3 foot by 4 foot baking pans and then topped with fudge then cut up to a size to fit in a box.

Sometimes one of these huge pans of brownies would crack during baking and could not be sold, and they were stacked off to the side. So when you wanted a piece of brownie, (now picture this from the point of view of a little seven year old) you would walk up to what seemed like a wall of brownies and rip off a chunk as big as a text book and eat it. The corn muffins used to drop off the conveyor belt like heavy rain drops and I’d walk over to the cooling racks and grab one. If I wanted to put butter on it there was no need for a butter knife, I would simply walk over to a 1 foot square block of butter that was kept on the side and stick the still cooling corn muffin right in it.

There was fresh cake everywhere. It was sampled constantly by the employees both for quality control and also just because… well, because there

was fresh cake everywhere. It was stacked high out of the ovens, or lined up for processing or flying over your head on conveyor belts taking the finished product to the shipping area The air itself in that factory was thick and sweet, it was almost enough to consume with just a deep breath.

There were specialty nights when they made a much loved item called Metropolitans. It was a little hollow cake cup with jelly on top and vanilla icing and coated in coconut.

Then there were the strudels, loafs, all kinds of danish, turnovers, hot cross buns, and crumb cakes; and then they would make specialty Kringels for the holidays. After the baking run I could wonder through a forest of cakes stacked a mile high in cooling racks, or through a meadow of fluffy steamy danish lined up on tables in every direction as far as the eye could see, just waiting to have sugar and nuts dripped on them. Sometimes I wasn’t sure if I wanted to taste the cakes or lay on them!

There was only one set of production machinery, reconfigured to make each item of a diverse and varied product line, all being made in a relatively small factory. Since the limited machinery could only do so much, most of the goods were made by hand.

Larsen’s was bought by Levi’s bread company in the 50’s. Levis made the bread and Larsen’s made the cake, and they had to be shipped back and forth between Larsen’s in Red Hook and Levi’s in Greenpoint for distribution. Several times a week it was my enjoyment to take the ride with Frank Landino, the evening truck driver.

Imagine the fun of a child riding in the passenger seat of an 18 wheeler out on the highway, and then sitting in the driver’s seat as Frank explained how the truck worked. He was a good driver and it was well known that it wasn’t easy to get the truck into the loading dock, as Mill Street is a fairly narrow street for a tractor trailer to attempt to back in. Lesser drivers crashed into the building or scraped nearby parked cars, but Frank was good; successful in every attempt.

My Mother remembers Mr. Larsen well and I remember all the later management such as Mr. Garb and Mr. Berg. There was a great security guard there named Mr. Moore. He worked in the evening and his kindness and attention were a great influence in my life. He let me wear his uniform hat and I’d pretend I was in the military.

Also there was the loading dock manager. A truly Brooklyn working stiff character right out of the Bowery Boys named Johny Popps, he always watched out for me and always entertained me. During the

Larson’s Bakery Building, 64 West 9th Street, which is now a residential building, still maintains some decorations from the olden days (photos by George Fiala).

baking hours most of the staff were in the huge rooms where the cakes were mixed, baked, garnished and boxed. This left me to explore the other areas of the factory. I especially loved going into one of the big roomsized walk-in refrigerators. In this room were boxes and crates stacked to the ceiling of the best ingredients used in the cakes. I would climb up these cases like it was Mt Everest and sit at the top. My reward after conquering these cliffs of ingredients was to find a partially opened case at the top. I’d stick my hand in and eureka; fists full of chocolate or nuts or marshmallows; how did I manage to stay relatively thin?

We moved across the highway to Nelson Street in 1971 so that I could be closer to school, but my mother continued to work at Larsen’s until it’s closing in 1978.

My mom is now 85 and in good health. Today we took a walk over to Mill Street and reminisced about the place. There was a certain comfort in knowing that factory was still there after Larsen’s demise 33 years ago; right next to the apartment house where we lived back then.

In recent years Larsen’s store on the corner of Mill and Henry became a bodega. I went in there often, always gleaming that I had an attachment to the place and just as you stepped up in the catty corner entrance was still a big letter L buried in the tile floor. I wish I had known the factory was going to be demolished I think I would have attempted to get that letter L. - Michael Perez

Thanks for the Mention!

Dear George -Thanks for including our May book sale in your latest issue. We had an incredible turnout of hundreds of people, who bought many of our 8000 books that we collected. Between the book sale, the bake sale and the silent auction, we raised $6,500! We also provided entertainment. And three elected officials stopped by as well as Yvette Clark’s representative. So, all in all -- a success!

- Diane Saarinen

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Hidden Patios

Now that the warm weather is finally here, most of us are eager to spend as much time outdoors as possible. Red Hook and the Columbia Waterfront District have some alfresco dining and drinking spots known to many outside the neighborhood—such as the rooftops of Alma, where well-heeled Manhattanites can admire the view of the skyline, and Rocky Sullivan’s, which has a weekend lobster feast deal that can’t be beat.

Area residents already know they can enjoy a slice in the back area of House of Pizza & Calzones, or find a corner of the small courtyard at Sunny’s Bar. And who can forget Andrew Zimmern and Anthony Bourdain grilling meats on the Moonshine patio during an episode of Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel? But many of the area’s best outdoor dining and drinking spots are tucked away, completely hidden from the view of passersby. Below are some of our favorite summer spots, as well as two Gowanus-area patios that are sister bars to popular Carroll Gardens watering holes.

by Josie Rubio, photos by Tom Rupulo

The Good Fork

391 Van Brunt Street, (718) 643-6636, goodfork.com

The good Buddah watches over diners at Good Fork’s backyard

This neighborhood gem, owned by husband-and-wife team Ben Schneider and Souhi Kim, has a charming patio past the enclosed back dining room. Schneider, a woodworker who transformed the once run-down building into its current welcoming incarnation, has worked the same magic with the outdoor space, finding new uses for old items and incorporating special touches into the design. Chef Kim pays the same attention to detail in the kitchen, where she artfully prepares signature items such as pork and chive dumplings, steak-and-eggs Korean style, flavorful jumbo lump crabcakes and pillow-soft gnocchi. The patio accommodates about 30, and seating is firstcome, first serve, though a large table shaded by a canopy can be reserved for parties of six or more. The restaurant host can take down your name and give you a call when a table is ready, if you choose to head over to Conover Street for a pre-dinner drink at Botanica, serving cacao liquor made at the adjacent distillery, or opt for a brew at Sunny’s, a longtime neighborhood favorite.

The respective principals of the Sugar Lounge and this newspaper powwow in the Sugar Lounge backyard.

Sugar Lounge

147 Columbia Street, (718) 643-2880, sugarlounge.com

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The Columbia Waterfront District is a hot place for pétanque, should the mood strike you; not only does 5 Burros offer the game, which is similar to bocce ball, but nearby Sugar Lounge has it as well. If that’s not your game of choice, Sugar Lounge’s backyard space also has a covered area with a pool table and darts. The patio seats about 24, but can hold about 40, and also has an area for smokers. Patrons are welcome to bring meats and make use of the outdoor grill every Sunday evening. (Sugar Lounge also has a menu of salads and sandwiches.) On Wednesdays, there’s karaoke, and on Saturday nights, deejays provide music from 10 pm until 3 am. Outdoor heaters ensure that the patio can be used in early spring through the fall.

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Old fashioned pinball is a big attraction at Mission Dolores

Mission Dolores Bar

249 4th Avenue, (718) 399-0099, missiondoloresbar.com The owners of Bar Great Harry, 280 Smith Street in Carroll Gardens, transformed a former garage into this spacious Gowanus-area bar that is completely devoted to beer. Twenty frequently-changing choices are on tap, including American craft beers, local brews and imports, often from Belgium, Germany and Denmark; check the website for the latest selections. There’s also one cask selection, as well as a full bar for your non-beer-drinking acquaintances. (Beer-lovers rarely have friends who dislike beer, so we’ll assume you’re not very close with these wine and spirit drinkers.) Mission Dolores is comprised of three areas— the front room leads to an open courtyard, through which you reach the main bar at the back of the space. Much of the rustic décor, such as the drink rails and tables, were made with reclaimed wood. Thanks to retractable walls, the three sections are all completely open to one another. The bar also boasts several pinball games, such as Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings.

This unusual looking Chia pet stands guard over the patrons of 5 Burro

5 Burro Cafe

127 Columbia Street (718) 875-5515 Walking or driving past this Mexican bar/restaurant you would have no way of knowing that the small indoor spot boasts a huge and colorful backyard! But ask to be seated outdoors and you are led past the kitchen to a wide open space complete with benches and umbrellas, an herb garden, a petanque court, horseshoes and various statuaries. This is a kid-friendly patio, as well as a completely relaxing spot to enjoy the varied menu and especially the slushy and potent fruity margaritas.

A couple of off-duty Ikea employees relax at the nearby Rocky Sullivan roof deck.

Rocky Sullivan’s 34 Van Dyke Street (718) 246-8050

Rocky Sullivan’s, for many years a well-known east side Manhattan bar known for their readings and Irish music, relocated to Red Hook after their East 29th Street landlord decided that they need a huge rent increase. Luckily for us, they chose to take over the Liberty Heights Tap Room, which had been the retail outlet for the beer brewed next door. And luckily for sun lovers, Liberty Heights had built a beautiful deck above the bar where one can enjoy a sun drenched afternoon, together with that same Six Point beer, as well as a great lunch or dinner cooked in the kitchen downstairs. And of course, like most of these patios, smoking is tolerated, as is sunbathing.

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They recently celebrated their first anniversary and food and drink specials will be available all summer! In addition to overseeing this bustling nightspot (as well as their Forest Hills sister restaurant of the same name), owner Marla Cornejo is active in local business organizations.

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Hidden Patios

Lowlands’ back yard can be a quiet place to cool off and read during the day

Lowlands Bar

543 Third Avenue, (347) 463-9458, lowlandsbar.com

Could that be a map of Texas on the back wall of Lowlands?

While Abilene, 442 Court Street, is a warm-weather watering hole of choice in Carroll Gardens, thanks to its streetside seating and open feel, its sister bar Lowlands offers a larger, more tucked-away spot for outdoor libations. Settle in at one of the tables near the back door, or take a few steps up to the elevated part of the patio, where you’ll find picnic tables that are perfect for large groups.

The surrounding buildings create walls to the space, for a cozy-yetoutdoorsy spot comforting to city-dwellers, and a tree purported to be a Buckeye shades the space, which seats about 40 to 50 people.

(Though it’s done blooming for the year, it later drops what the bartender recently described as “spiky bombs,” which sounds like it could be a drink at an establishment with less class.) Other greenery includes potted ferns and a hops plant—appropriate for an establishment that has 12 rotating beers on tap. Choices often include selections from Sixpoint, Captain Lawrence and Lagunitas. Buckets of six 7-ounce beers also are available for $10, and there’s a full bar.

To soak up the beer, try one of the sandwich selections, such as the grilled cheese or the Cuban Mojo. The bar also offers free wi-fi and has live music on Mondays and Tuesdays, as well as a Bring-YourOwn Vinyl night on Wednesdays.

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Most readers will know of the right half of the two feisty local bars that define Red Hook’s night life.

And most readers will also know of their famed pulled pork sandwiches that highlight their texmex oriented menu. A trip to the backyard on a warm evening will go further to remind one of a trip to Texas. The PBR’s are cheap and the chicken wings and sweet potato fries are also beloved.

As the sun goes down and the night time sky arrives, you might also find the Ice House a surprisingly romantic spot for the right person.

A couple of locals cool off in the friendly confines of the Ice House backyard

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Hidden Patios

Lilla Cafe

126 Union Street, (718) 855-5700, lillacafe.com Owner and chef Erling Berner takes great care with the classic American dishes at this delightful addition to the Columbia Waterfront District dining scene, which opened last fall. Many of the herbs in the dishes are grown in the back garden, which also has 32 seats for alfresco dining. “I can’t think of a dish that isn’t touched with the freshly picked herbs from our garden,” says Maria Berner, Lilla’s co-owner, restaurant manager and resident gardener. The garden herbs can be found in such dishes as the arugula salad with tomatoes marinated in oregano, housemade rosemary foccacia with herbed butter, and the seared hangar steak’s chimichurri, created with a blend of sage, oregano and parsley. Though the garden is home to an array of herbs and vegetables, pops of color are provided by quite a few flowering plants, including petunias, clematis, hollyhock, begonias, sedum and yellow yarrow. The courtyard at the back of the restaurant—which Maria Berner says is reminiscent of New Orleans—gives way to a brick path shaded by an arbor that is home to a grapevine, trumpet vines and wisteria. Lilla serves brunch from 11 am to 4 pm Saturdays and Sundays, offering dishes such as homemade buttermilk biscuits and sage sausage gravy and fried chicken with carrot and raisin slaw.

The patio will be home to romance and drama for three consecutive Thursdays in June—in a good way, of course. On June 12, 23 and 30 at 7 pm, the garden will host “The Food of Love” dinner theater, directed by Phillip Gates. Call for reservations to the medley of love scenes; the $35 entry also includes a three-course prix-fix dinner of an appetizer, entrée, dessert and coffee or tea. (Note to diners: Lilla is BYOB, so if you want drinks with dinner, remember to pick up a bottle of wine from Old Brooklyn Wine & Liquor across the street.) Additional plans for the garden this summer include installation of a water feature and a few flowering trees, as well as additional vegetable harvests. Diners can expect fresh radishes in July and homemade French onion soup, courtesy of the garden, in late September and October.

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rowing up, Captain Jack Lewis did not want to be a cop. “I really had no idea I wanted to be a police officer,” he says. “But after I became a police officer, I loved it.”

For twenty-three and a half years, Jack Lewis has been building people’s trust.

So, he’s actually good at catching bad guys because people could help him by telling him which way the criminal went. “What I find to be the most effective way to know who the bad guys are is to get out into the community and talk to people,” he says. “The most important thing is to establish trust with people on the street.”

On Thursday, May 12th, us junior reporters took a trip to the 76th Precinct to interview Jack Lewis. While we waited near the entrance, we looked at “WANTED” pictures until the captain arrived. He was very tall, he had a white uniform, and a bandage on his right arm from giving blood. And then we went into his office and did the interview with his lieutenant in the room.

While doing the interview, Captain Jack Lewis informed us of how he uses a variety of techniques to improve the lives of New Yorkers. “There’s a billion ways that we can address a problem,” he says. “Sometimes the way to address a problem is to arrest somebody; sometimes the way to address a problem is to write a summons; sometimes it’s just going to a street corner and saying, ‘Hey listen fellas, you’re bothering your neighbors, you’ll have to move on to some other place.’”

In more than 23 years, Captain Jack has never had to fire his gun. He doesn’t have to use violence to solve his problems. He has been in a situa-

tion where he had to draw his weapon, but he never had to fire it at a criminal.

Before he became captain of the 76th precinct, Captain Jack got several awards from the 67th Precinct. One of the awards was the Dynamic Man Award. He also got a couple of cop of the month awards from his former precinct. “It’s good to get awards,” he says. “It makes you feel like people are recognizing you for your efforts.”

There has been some incidents where the captain has been required to work for a very long time. “The longest I have ever worked was 42 hours straight,” he says. After our interview, he took us on a tour and showed us his own little room where he goes when he has to work overtime. The little room has a desk with a computer, a bed, a locker, windows, and an extra pair of clothes. Sometimes it’s been hard for his family. But they understand how important his job is to him.

Captain Lewis loves to be a cop. But if he ever wants to be something else, he would like to be a nurse. “After I retire from being a police officer, I would like to be a nurse. It’s just another way to help people.” First he has to do some things before he can be a nurse. “I have to go back to school.

Right now I don’t have the time. And I don’t have the money either because I’m sending my boys to college.”

When Captain Jack retires, they will transfer him to a different place.

“They’ll pick someone who has an aptitude to lead,” he says. Captain Jack doesn’t want to retire, even though he can retire any time he wants to. As of right now he says: “I’m having too much fun.”

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Two Area Garden Center Transplants: Gowanus Nursery and Red Hook Urban Garden Center

By Josie Rubio

Liberty Sunset’s truck now parks up the street from the Chase Bank (photos by George Fiala)

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his spring saw the move of two popular area garden centers, which are now poised to take root in new locations in the neighborhood. Gowanus Nursery closed its Summit Street location in October of 2010, and recently reopened on the adjacent block, at 9 Carroll Street. And in May, the owners of the shuttered Liberty Sunset Garden Center opened the Red Hook Urban Garden Center at 410 Van Brunt Street, home last year to the Red Hook Mercado.

As the name implies, the Columbia Waterfront District was not the first home of the Gowanus Nursery, which was established by owner Michele Paladino in its namesake neighborhood in 2003. Development planned for the lot of the original location spurred the relocation to Summit Street in 2006— but shortly after the move, a zoning change meant the center would have to move yet again.

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After several years of uncertainty, Paladino says she’s happy to be settling into a new space, which is open from 10 am to 6 pm Friday through Sunday while renovations are completed. “Perseverance pays off, and it’s going to be a truly inspiring space when we’re done,” she says. Shoppers at Gowanus Nursery will continue to find many native plants, such as Jeffersonia, also known as Twinleaf, a spring wildflower endangered in New York. The nursery also grows many plants from seed, which is a challenge, Paladino notes, but also fun and rewarding.

Paladino also notes she’s glad to stay in the neighborhood. “You know, last Sunday I was standing at the cash wrap and I realized that I talked to maybe 20 or more people that day intimately about their lives and their garden,” she says. “Where else do you go to these days where a shop-worker knows you and asks how the last thing you bought is doing? We really have spent a lot of time building people’s gardens. It’s a relationship.”

The Red Hook Urban Garden Center may be a new name in the neighborhood, but you’ll see some familiar faces.

Sandor Gubis and Gloria Acosta, former owners of the recently closed Liberty Sunset Garden Center, run the new spot with Gubis’ daughter, Monica. The space has many of the same offerings as Liberty Sunset, but on a smaller scale.

In addition to annuals, perennials,

Gowanus Nursery in their new location on Van Brunt Street.

herbs and vegetable plants, Red Hook Urban Garden Center also offers potted plants and ornamental trees and shrubs, as well as some tropicals.

Through Sunday, June 19, Sandor Gubis says that the Red Hook Urban Garden Center will offer 10 percent off of new stock and 20 percent off of old stock. He also says that customers can enter a raffle to win prizes such as a tree and an EarthBox; only one ticket is allowed per person.

Red Hook Urban Garden Center is open on weekdays from 9 am to 7 pm

and on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 am to 7 pm, says Gubis. The center also will be selling plants at the new Columbia Street Art Flea & Farmers Market on the corner of Summit and Columbia streets. The market is open from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday and will eventually expand to some weekdays.

Gubis also will sell plants at a location nearby, off of Woodhull.

For more information, visit gowanusnursery.com, redhookurbangardencenter.tumblr.com and urbanartfleas. com.

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Weekend Excursions

by Carmella Manns

Liven up your weekends with our picks of what to do and see in the neighborhood and surrounding area.

Please see our calendar on page 22 for additional events.

Week 1: Summer has arrived!

Friday, June 3

Kick off the summer by celebrating the accomplishments of our youth. Begin by viewing the 21st Century Urban Masters at the Gallery Small New York, 416 Van Brunt Street. Works were submitted by the master class in painting at New York’s High School of Art and Design, proceeds help artists pay for college next year. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm, and the exhibit runs through June 11. [smallnewyork. com (347) 782-3729].

Then spice things up at the Red Hook Fest, an 18th annual celebration of community and culture, presented by Dance Theatre Etcetera.

The event begins tonight at P.S. 15 Patrick F. Daly School, 71 Sullivan Street, with hip-hop theater duo Climbing PoeTree from 7 to 9 pm. [dancetheatreetcetera.org (718) 6436790]

Saturday, June 4

Red Hook Fest continues Saturday, with an outdoor celebration at Louis J. Valentino, Jr. Park & Pier, Ferris St. between Coffey & Van Dyke streets, with performances by more than 200 young people and national progressive artists. The free event includes vendors, kayaking and other activities from noon to 7 pm. In the event of rain, the event will be held June 5. [dancetheatreetcetera.org (718) 6436790]

Sunday, June 5

Attend and support the Post Plastic Project: Art & Music Benefit Group Art Show at Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street. The fundraiser to keep plastic out of the ocean includes a group art show, live music and a raffle to benefit Project Kaisei (projectkaisei. org). The event begins at 6 pm, and the 21 & over show starts at 7 pm.

Admission is $10. [littlefieldnyc.com] Also take time this month to exhale with Forrest yoga. Join instructor Anna Mumford at Element Natural Healing Arts, 518 Henry Street, for a rooftop yoga class to help you stretch your muscles and ease your mind.

These classes will be held Sundays from 5:30-6:45 pm, and admission is $16. Mumford also teaches free classes at the Red Hook Rec Center and bydonation classes at Valentino Pier and Urban Meadow. Check her website for details. [annamumford.com (718) 710-1773]

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This was the scene at last years Red Hook Jazz Festival, at Cabrini Urban Meadow,corner of President and Van Brunt. This year’s fest promises to be bigger, encompassing the middle two weekends of the month.

Week 2 Festivals Galore

Thursday June 9

Fans of country pop can trek over to Hanks Saloon at Atlantic and Third Avenue to hear the Union Street Star Theater’s House Band UNION, performing their original standards at 10 pm. Free Admission. www.hankssaloon.com

Friday, June 10 through 12

The third annual Brooklyn Folk Festival commences on June 10 at 6 pm at the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, 315 Columbia Street, and the festivities continue June 11 and 12 at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), 499 Van Brunt Street. Musicians from Brooklyn’s folk scene and luminaries from NYC’s folk music revival will perform throughout the weekend, which also includes workshops, a square dance and a banjo-throwing contest. Admission is $20 per day, $55 for the weekend, and workshops are an additional $10 each. [jalopy.biz or brooklynfolkfest.com (718) 395-3214]

Sunday, June 12

The fourth annual homegrown Red Hook Jazz Festival at Urban Meadow, President & Van Brunt streets, features mostly local talent. The festival is today, and the following Saturday, June 18, from 1 to 6 pm. Admission is $5, children are free. [urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com, Facebook/RedHookJazzFestival.com]

Week 3: Music for All

Thursday, June 16

Trekkies can attend “The Shat Ball 3” at the Bell House, 149 7th Street, at 8 pm, for live Star Trek themed comedy, a costume contest, trivia and drinks.

And no Shat Ball would be complete without Kirkaoke and William Shatner records played all night long. Admission is $8. (718) 643-6510

Friday, June 17

For karaoke that doesn’t require a vast knowledge of Star Trek, check out the karaoke scene at Hope & Anchor, 347 Van Brunt Street. The restaurant/diner hosts karaoke Thursdays through Saturdays from 9 pm to 1 am. (718) 237-0276

Saturday, June 18

Catch the second set of performances of the Red Hook Jazz Fest at Urban Meadow from 1 to 6 pm Step outside the box at Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street, and say “Farewell to Normal Scene” with Gato Loco, Yula & the Extended Family and New Beard. Female vocal trio the Bandana Splits begin the show at 8 pm. For preview, check out the trailer created by the bands at normalscene.com, which promises “BIG music from large bands with even larger personalities.” Admission is $8, $10 the day of the show.

Sunday, June 19

Enjoy the Americana- and bluegrassinfluenced stylings of Abbie Gardner and Bobtown at the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, 315 Columbia Street, at 8 pm. Admission is $10. [jalopy.biz (718) 395-3214]

Week 4: Random Assortment Thursday, June 23

Test your knowledge at Rocky Sullivan’s World Famous Pub Quiz with Sean Crowley, at 34 Van Dyke Street.

Either establish your claim to fame or redeem yourself every Thursday at 8 pm. [(718) 246-8050]

Saturday, June 25

If two weekends of jazz from the Red Hook Jazz Fest wasn’t enough, treat your ears to the Undead Jazzfest, Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street, featuring music from Jamie Saft’s New Zion Trio, Anthony Coleman Trio with Brad Jones and Satoshi Takeshi, Darius Jones Trio, Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman, and Jeff Lederer’s Sunwatcher. Doors for the 18-and-over show open at 7 pm and the show at 8 pm, and tickets are $25-$50. [littlefieldnyc.com] Don’t forget to check out the dayong schedule of local music at Carroll Park.

Performances start at 2 pm and go until around 8. Bands playing include The Remnants, Union and The Other Side.

Promoter Vince Musacchia has been putting together these shows since the 1970’s. Carroll Park is between Court and Smith and Union and President, up the block from Caputo’s Bakery.

Sunday, June 26

If you’re looking to learn a new hobby, head to Brooklyn General, 128 Union Street, to learn 3-D toy design from 1 to 4 pm. The class is $75, and pre-registration is required. [brooklyngeneral.com (718) 237-7753]

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Red Hook History by JJ Burkard

The Story of Fort Defiance part 2

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ast month we read about the young commander at Fort Defiance. Major Shaw arrived at Defiance (according to his own memoirs) on June 11, 1776. Immediately he got his men working to prepare this redoubt to be a strong superior deterrent to any foreign vessels attempting to penetrate the Buttermilk Channel. Major Shaw was proud of his men, and proud of his accomplishments. On numerous visits by superior officers he was often times told about the wonderful work he had done.

George Washington himself noted the superiority of this fort and also congratulated the young army officer. But his time at Fort Defiance was soon to end.

In the early part of August, 1776, he was transferred to Fort Washington to replace another young man who had taken ill. It can be said he certainly did justice to his new appointment, in fact he excelled at anything he set out to do. He went on after the war to be appointed by Congress as the first American to represent this country in Cancun, China. There he developed trade procedures, and successfully opened first time relations with China. Major Shaw served his country honorably, right up until his death in Cancun, China, at the early age of 40 in 1794.

An incident worth mentioning, not available when I began this series, about two visits to Fort Defiance by Major General William Howe, and his brother Lord Viceroy Admiral Richard Howe.

This was obtained from the journals of Major Samuel Shaw, just recently released to the public by the possessor of these precious documents, a descendent of Samuel Shaw. These journals contain unknown information on events that took place at Fort Defiance.

It was Thursday July 16, 1776, and General Howe had already arrived with his army from Halifax and was encamped on Staten Island, and many of Admiral Howe’s ships had anchored in the narrows together with the personnel carrier vessels. The following Sunday Lord Howe sent two of his ships round the point and directly past Fort Defiance.

They took advantage of a swift current and strong gusts to sail swiftly past Fort Defiance as the fort cannon’s greeted her with many a gun salute. Shaw wrote in his diaries, “Later we learned she sustained considerable damage as she was hulled a number of times. and they would not stay to return our salute, even though it was given with much cordiality and warmth.” Shaw’s personnel journals revealed the Roebuck was seriously damaged. The first time when she ran the gauntlet mentioned above. The second time when she tried to make it round the point in Red Hook, when Fort Defiance batteries really did a number on her, and she was taken out of service at a later date. This fact is born out by the reports of British Navy personnel removing two nine pound cannons to use in Red Hook against the Americans on Governors Island. Once again, part of Major Shaw’s memoirs.

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Howe’s official explanation for not storming the lines that “he was protecting his troops” - may have been offered to conceal another motive: his unwillingness to wipe out the American Army.

On Sunday of that same week, Lord Howe sent up a boat with a flag, which was met by one from the general. About halfway between the fleet and Fort Defiance, after mutual compliments, the captain of one of the ships acquainted with our Adjutant General that he had a letter for Mr. Washington. After much discussion among the crew, the ships Adjutant handed back the letter and told the messenger, “There’s no such a person with that name among us.

The messenger returned to his ship and related the consequence of his attempt to deliver the message. A second attempt was later made, this time the letter stated Mr. George Washington Esq. Once again, the deliberate refusal to recognize George Washington as General of the Army. The ships Adjutant once more rejected the letter, despite great pleas by the messenger of its utmost importance.

The letter was a very mysterious missile in itself. Since upon attempted delivery to the Fort Defiance officers for Washington, the intended recipient was told it contained nothing of a military nature, but something if well understood and rightly attended to would produce the happiest consequences. Nevertheless, no negotiation were successfully carried out, since every one of the Howe brothers' offers included a return to rule

by Great Britain, and this was unacceptable by General George Washington and the American patriots. But there will always remain the mystery of the contents of the letter which was never revealed for history.

During the Battle of Brooklyn, some maneuvers by both the British forces as well as the Americans will perhaps never be fully explained either. At one point after the decimation of the brave Maryland Regiment by General Howe’s forces, and having the Colonial Army on the run. It was thought that general Howe could have completed his demonstrated superiority by one final attack upon the tired, weary, wet, and wounded American Army. Instead, he ordered his men to halt and camp for the night.

can Army. William and Richard Howe’s older brother George was killed in the French and Indian war, while leading Massachusetts troops, and the younger brothers remained grateful for a large monument to him in Westminster Abbey. Paid for by the Massachusetts Government. Spurred by this bond of friendship with the Americans, Lord Admiral Howe had convinced the British Government to appoint himself as well as his brother, Major General Howe, as co-commanders in chief.

Against the (rebellious) Americans' provocations.

Many causes have been attributed as reasons for the revolutionary war. Some factual. But some a little fabricated.

Probably the main issue was the issue of taxation by the British Parliament. The colonies resented Parliaments' ability to raise taxes on imports and exports, and just about anything they wanted.

The resentment was due to the fact that there was no right to vote in the colonies for British subjects. This was considered taxation without representation and justly so. They reasoned, why should Parliament be allowed to control our taxes, when we have no say in their elections?

Boston Tea Party These complaints took place under these dire conditions and added to the many emanating from the colonies. But the tea protest was mostly between the British East India Tea Company who was experiencing financial problems, and the Colonists who objected to the tea act which raised the tariffs’ on import and export tea. This in order to bolster the financial standing of this tea company. Again, the issue was British Parliament imposing taxes, while the Colonists objected to a body of politicians not responsible to these colonists.

The act of destroying the tea was looked upon as vandalism by both sides of the issue. And was not viewed with favor by either side. Some interesting points, the story is told of Colonists disguised as Indians, steeling onto the boat dressed as Indians. This impression came about in 1846 some 43 years later with an iconic lithograph by Nathaniel Currier entitled “The Destruction Of Tea at Boston Harbor.” The phrase “Boston Tea Party” had not become standard yet. Also, contrary to Currier’s depiction of many Indians, very few of the men were disguised as Indians. But the event became a battle cry for many other foreign nations. And noted foreign activists. Even Mahatma Ghandi used the incident as a rallying cry in his attempts to persuade his people.

Religious intolerance did also play a major role in setting the stage for revolution. There was a number of different denominations, and each was obliged to swear allegiance to the King. This was frowned upon by the men of the cloth, many whose religious beliefs forbid such vows of allegiance and they wanted no part of the imposed rules. The appointed British Governor of each state would use his power to punish such belligerent acts on the part of these ministers. Problem was, if these ministers succeeded in bypassing the rules, they were almost as strict as the rules imposed upon them by the British, but without the necessity of having to swear allegiance to the King.

Next Month, part 3: How could they not know???

Shapiro’s Corner:

This maneuver by the British was questioned by many on both sides of the war.

And for which a satisfactory answer was never put forth, and opened the door for many opinions, some favoring the move, but many criticizing it as making no sense.

Howe’s official explanation for not storming the lines - that “he was protecting his troops” - may have been offered to conceal another motive: his unwillingness to wipe out the Ameri-

“You’ve been a sugar daddy for so long you finally contracted Diabetes!”

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Music: T

he third annual Brooklyn Folk Festival, hosted by Eli Smith of Down Home Radio, an internet folk music program, will be held at two locations this year to accommodate the growing number of participants. The festival will start at the usual location at the Jalopy Theatre on Friday, June 10, but for the first time, the festival will move to the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) in Red Hook on Saturday, June 11, and Sunday, June 12, 2011.

Originally conceived in 2008 by Smith, the festival began in the summer of 2009 with a mission to exhibit the folk music contributions of young performers from diverse Brooklyn communities. “It’s like an art piece for me; it’s something I do in a very specific way,” Smith says. “I emcee the festival, introduce all the bands, and make sure everything runs smooth.”

The festival is a celebration of folk music and traditional music from around the world, and has consistently sold out since the inaugural year. “We’ve never had any trouble filling Jalopy,”

Live Show Review: The Feelies Play a Sold-Out Show at the Bell House

By James Pellegrino Just a quick trip past the Smith and 9th subway stop, brought me to the Bell House in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn to see the Feelies. The respected indie band may not be a household name, but influenced many bands from their formation in 1976 until their split in 1991.

As a fairly recent transplant to Red Hook and to Brooklyn, it was my first trip to the venue. Even filled to capacity at the sold-out show, the 500-person venue has plenty of seating and vaulted ceilings to keep the place from filling up with body heat. But I didn’t

Third Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival Expands to Two Area Venues Bringing Banjo-Tossing to the Masses!

By James Pellegrino

says Smith of the decision to expand the festival to a second venue. “People have turned out for the festival, and it’s a shame we’ve had to turn people away, so of course, we wanted to get a bigger space.” With two venues, Smith says the festival can now accommodate 800 to 1,000 people.

Local talents playing the festival include old-time string band The Dust Busters (which counts Smith as a member), acclaimed blues musician Blind Boy Paxton, ballad singer Elizabeth Butters, country-folk artist Alex Battles and blues musician Feral Foster. Grammy Award winner Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders and the Fugs and Pat Conte of the Canebrake Rattlers will represent some of the luminaries from the 1960s New York City folk music revival scene.

Folk styles of Mexico, the Balkans, West Africa, India, and more will be played along side the American folk standards. Radio Jarocho, a Mexican folk music collective will perform a variety of styles of music and dance from across have much time to enjoy the hobnobbing and wide beer selection since the Feelies started five minutes early. (And the band opted to play two sets in lieu of an opener.)

The audience for the May 13 show was a subdued monster. The Feelies, who hail from Haledon, New Jersey, have played a few dozen East Coast shows since reuniting in 2008, including several shows at their old Hoboken haunt, Maxwell’s. But the Bell House show was the first since ending their 20-yearhiatus from the recording studio with their newest album released on Bar/ None, Here Before, awakening their fan base and reaching number two on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums.

Here Before is right on track with other Feelies albums despite the

Mexico, while Clifton Hicks of Boone, North Carolina, will be playing his style of traditional banjo music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

The festival kicks off at 6 pm at Jalopy Theatre, wrapping up at midnight with a special mystery film screening. In addition to the weekend performances at BWAC, there will be workshops in various musical styles, for singers, banjo players, fiddlers and more. The fee of $10 per workshop also includes special film screenings. On Sunday afternoon, the festival holds a square dance, as well as the first annual Brooklyn Folk Festival Banjo Toss, where the person who throws a banjo the farthest will win a free banjo. “They win a new banjo, not the broken one they threw,” Smith adds.

If you’re looking for banjos, fiddles, mandolins, guitars, people blowing on jugs and harmonicas, a world champion whistler and original, old time and international folk music, then the Brooklyn Folk Festival is where you want to be. The festival costs $20 per day or

Blind Boy Paxton will be appearing at the Folk Festival Saturday the 11th at 9 pm.

$55 for three days, and includes access to all performances; the workshops have the additional $10 fee. The festival is co-sponsored by Down Home Radio and Jalopy Theatre.

The Brooklyn Folk Festival will be held at the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, 315 Columbia Street, and the BWAC exhibition space, 499 Van Brunt Street. For more information and the full lineup and schedule, visit brooklynfolkfest.com. Also visit jalopy.biz,

decades-long interlude, and the energy of the crowd reflected a collective excitement for this newest album. As one man standing near me yelled out, “Play something from your new album!” the band launched into the title track, and seamlessly blended the rest of their first set with old songs with those from the new record.

Singer/guitarist Glenn Mercer slowly unfolded his orchestrated plan to play slower songs in the first set. After a short break the Feelies kicked it into overdrive for the second set, allowing Mercer to show off some of his finer skills at shredding the guitar. Aside from songs from their own catalog, Singer/guitarist Glenn Mercer of the Feelies such as “Away,” “The Last Roundup,” “Too Far Gone” and “Slipping (Into on the Bell House stage May 13. photo by Something)” the band also played covStephen Slaybaugh ers of the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Jonathan Richman.

The band was not very talkative with the audience. They moved effortlessly from one song to the next and never took a single song request despite the plethora of outdone fans crying out for their favorite songs.

My favorite part of this show was the array of ages. Bald heads were dancing along leather-clad youth, and couples calling up the babysitter to say that the band is playing another encore and they might be home a little late. Only one person in the audience was holding up an iPhone to get a picture of the Feelies in action, leaving me to believe that the average age was higher than mid-30s.

By the fourth encore about 350 hardcore fans remained, and their reward was long drawn out covers of the Velvet Underground and The Beatles. The Feelies played for over three hours with several small stage (Continued on page 19)

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Music Review: M

aybe you’ve seen Hilary Hawke around the neighborhood. She teaches banjo at Jalopy and works as a music specialist for the Cobble Hill Playschool. And on Thurs., May 19, she and one of her four bands, the Flipsides, opened the New York City Opry at Southpaw.

her man gets her name wrong, offering full moon eyes from a sepia photograph.

And maybe that’s the allure of oldtimey/Americana/roots/bluegrass: evoking a forbidding mood of loss, of times past, but having passed, the hard times turn to implacable nostalgia. And the

NYC Opry founder Alex Battles, whose band the Whisky Rebellion, was set to play later that night, welcomed the crowd to a night of “electrified and accoustified” music before Hawke and company launched into the kinetic “Glow a Dream” from their debut album Crow’s Heart. Hawke’s thin, plaintive voice sailed over oompah bass and steady, shuffling snare and as the song raced along, guitarist Rick Snell and mandolinist Jacob Tilove took turns racing solos up and down staircases.

The men in the band, which was everyone other than Hawke, shared backing vocal duties, with upright bassist Ian Riggs leading the charge. They loosed long, haunting ah-oohs to punctuate Hawke’s question, “Thirty years from now, will you remember you had a dream with me?”

There’s heartache in much of

There’s heartache in much of Hawke’s music, even as it skips along at a toetapping pace, her high, wispy voice pleading to be let in, complaining that

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Hilary Hawke and the Flipsides at Southpaw May 19

by Perry Crowe

Hawke’s music, even as it skips along at a toe-tapping pace Flipsides worked that bittersweet tooth around until your knees buckled.

For “Black Mountain,” Hawke switched from acoustic guitar to banjo and plucked out a simple repetitive rhythm, working in tandem with the knife blade of her voice and atmospheric mandolin and soft cymbals that rustled like dead leaves in the wind. The song slowly built its haunting tone, hinting at a coming storm until the full band kicked in and Hawke’s claw hammer was off to the races. The patrons hunkered down at the bar howled at the broken tension.

Hawke rocked back on her heels as her bandmates harmonized spectral howls and the crowd raised a cheer.

The connection established, Hawke performed a public service announcement, reading aloud from select

Hilary Hawke and Rick Snell at Southpaw, photo by Devon Glenn

Craigslist Missed Connections, as the Flipsides provided subtle support, Snell’s guitar bleeding out an electric whine.

Once Hawke had done her part to help someone named “Subway Beard” find that special someone, the band eased into Crow’s Heart’s “Tennesse,” played more slowly, seductively than the album version. As the vocals soared in the ether, Snell unleashed crashing waves of electric guitar. Hawke’s voice moaned like a bent saw, taking on a Grace Slick feel, drawing a fleet-footed

couple to the dance floor.

For its old-timeyness, Hawke and the Flipsides are modern folks. Crow’s Heart’s titular song has the same whirling propulsion as the band’s other songs, but a distinctive repeating atonal fournote riff that marked the band as contemporary or at least unconventional.

And maybe unconventionality is the old-timey-est concept of all, prompting a fish to try dry land or a man to start a fire. Some of the Flipsides songs (continued on next page)

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Perry Crowe’s musical highlights for June:

Perry’s Picks

The Library Members of Chappell Hill’s favorite sons the Mayflies USA and the Comas have combined to form Brooklynbased the Library. The sound is sleepy but bops along with power pop panache, with notes of alt-country and ethereal vocals, perfect for the shoegazer whose greatest complement is the subtle bobbing of his head.

Standout song “When I Loved You Part 2” rocks with a light touch anchored by an irresistible guitar lick that leads you by the nose right back to the best part of the ’90s. 8 p.m., Wed., June 8, $8, The Bell House, 149 7th St., 718-6436510, thebellhouseny.com

David Borden & the Mother Mallard Ensemble.

Celebrate Brooklyn Is there anything more summery than outdoor music? And is there anything more casual than a free concert? So thanks, Brooklyn; we celebrate you. Starting with June 10th’s opening night with folksinger Andrew Bird and running throughout the summer, this beloved borough of ours rolls out something for everyone, from Los Lobos to Ra Ra Riot to the Mark Morris Dance Group to Dan Zanes to Rosanne Cash to Night Tripper to a West Side Story Dance& Sing-along. And if you want to fork over some dough, there are benefit concerts, though only Sufjan Stevens and Cut Copy have yet to sell out, so get creative Animal Collective fans. Take your pick, starting 6:30 p.m., Fri., free, benefits $35, June 10, Prospect Park Bandshell, bricartsmedia.org/performing-arts/celebratebrooklyn/2011-season

Fresh from his stint as a Fulbright scholar in West Berlin in the ’60s, composer David Borden arrived in Ithaca, NY, which just happened to be near 20 minutes away where Robert Moog was busy inventing voltage-controlled synthesizers. The two struck a deal and Borden got to experiment with Moog’s groundbreaking, complex instrument and Moog got a guinea pig with which to idiot-proof his Moog synthesizer before it hit the market. And out of that, the world got Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company, the original electronic ensemble. The hypnotically repetitious counterpuntal minimalism makes you feel like you crawled inside an 8-bit videogame and evolved into a being of pure energy as “Harpischord Truck” trots out your level-up anthem.

And now Borden and the current Mallard line-up come to Brooklyn’s home of unfettered artistic expression. 8 p.m., Wed., June 29, $10, Issue Project Room, 232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, 718330-0313, issueprojectroom.org

Opera of Color Native New Yorker Nkeiru Okoye’s folk opera about Harriet Tubman may still be in the works, but you can hear excerpts from it this month at Galapagos. So end the weekend on a classy note as Opera Grows in Brooklyn presents Okoye’s excerpts as well as soprano and Carnegie Hall soloist Adrienne Danrich’s tribute to the Harlem Renaissance with particular attention to the work of poet Langston Hughes, and high-brow populists Opera on Tap’s performance of “Give and Take,” a chamber piece by Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize nominee David N. Baker. So take a stroll under the Brooklyn Promenade and say hello DUMBO. 6 p.m., Sun., June 16, $20, Galapagos, 16 Main Street, 718222-8500, galapagosartspace.com

Hilary Hawke Review (continued from previous page)

Laetitia Sadier No one is happy about Stereolab going on hiatus, but vocalist Laetitia Sadier keeps the ’Lab’s Bunsen burners burning on her new solo album The Trip. She pours her airy, controlled siren’s song of adorably translated and explicitly philosophical lyrics over the big-bottomed lush electronic sound that made Stereolab so utterly embraceable. They crafted smooth, lush soundscapes that poured down your ears’s throat like sonic ambrosia, going down so easily that you hardly noticed that they put out 17 consistently solid albums and compilations over 19 years. Hearing Sadier occupy the same space as ever is pleasing, but makes you wonder what she could sound like in a completely different context.

Album highlight “Un Soir, Un Chien” pings and chimes and shuffles along with loops and electronic beats as Sadier riffs in French, feeling vaguely like space age hiphop but mainly just the perfect mix of fresh and familiar. 8 p.m., Wed., June 15, $14, The Rock Shop, 249 4th Ave., 718-230-5740, therockshopny.com

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feel inflected with jazz, others tilting toward adult contemporary. However you defined it, it was well received: “I love a girl with a banjo,” someone cried.

Another complimented Hawke’s dress, which, Hawke admitted, was on the verge of falling off.

The band launched into the speedy “Yellow Rose,” with its scrambling mandolin and relay race of backing vocals.

It was a thing of rhythmic beauty. Snell walked his guitar with ease and confidence, each note easily ascending and descending. In the final song each band member took a solo and tipped their hat. Cheers!

For as pleasant and solid as the sound was, it made some songs indistinguishable, verses and choruses ripping along, dipping into solos then wrapping themselves up in about four minutes.

But still, one could do worse than consistently produce and perform energetic music. That’s the kind of stuff that’s supposed to last long enough to become old timey.

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Dining:

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feel like an interesting and especially welcome evolution has taken place in the restaurant world over the last 10 years or so. Emphasis has shifted from formal to casual, from extravagant and fussy dishes to simpler ones. The quality and freshness of the ingredients matter more than the complexity of the preparation. But, perhaps most significantly, the center of New York’s restaurant universe has shifted just somewhat, from Manhattan towards the outer boroughs. No longer must you wait for a special occasion to eat out well, go to the fancy parts of town, or ponder the trade-off between going to a great restaurant and paying your cell phone bill on time. Fort Defiance, a gem on the corner of Van Brunt and Dikeman is emblematic of all these things, and they happen to serve some great food and truly excellent cocktails at very moderate prices.

Housed in a charming storefront in the middle of Red Hook’s main drag, this café-bar—named after a Revolutionary War-era fort that once stood in Red Hook—might be the friendliest restaurant I have been to in a long while, I was made to feel like a regular by my second visit. The interior has just the right amount of cool kitsch, with tables that seem salvaged from a dozen grandmothers’ patios. Vintage cockfighting posters and other artistic randomness decorate the walls. The New American fare and delectable bites conceived by executive chef Adam Baumgart are served by a young, attractive, friendly staff.

Whenever possible, your meal at Fort Defiance should start with a cocktail.

(After all, the brunch menu includes a breakfast martini.) Pound-for-pound, the care and imagination with which Fort Defiance slings drinks can compare favorably with any spot in the city. Owner, master mixologist and food-and-drink scribe St. John Frizell has obviously leveraged all of his considerable experience at SoHo’s excellent Pegu Club and Red Hook’s own Good Fork into making Fort Defiance a superlative place to wet your whistle.

He often tends his own bar, and you can see all of his experience on display as he meticulously prepares each drink.

Proportions are perfect, and all the thoughtfully chosen elements of your drink are perfectly combined. Cocktails come with names like the Breuckelen Corpse Reviver, the Sazerac, or the Vieux Carré, all remnants of a different drinking era, some with a local angle (the Corpse Reviver is made with locally-produced Breuckelen Gin, for example). A couple of well-chosen draft beers round out the offerings.

The menu is short and focused, with more appetizers than entrees, and seems to suggest a sharing strategy, which is, in my opinion, a more fun way to dine anyway. Choosing from a rotating list of wonderfully fresh oysters is a great starter for the summer. The absolutely delicious deviled eggs come with an eye-popping beehive of yolk

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Fort Defiance Offers Excellent Cocktails— Even For Breakfast — As Well As Delectable New American Fare, by Erik Penney

piped on top. Yet the best small plate of them all is the Chicken Liver Pate with grilled toasts. This version is light, whipped almost, wonderfully creamy and mild but still with that great rich flavor that liver brings. A ramekin of rhubarb jelly serves as a sweet counterpoint. White anchovy filets come atop a salad of watercress and thin slivers of raw radish, a move that expertly uses the cool bitterness of the greens against the salty fishiness of the anchovies.

The larger plates have a tough act to follow but perform admirably, and the current menu features two. First is a skirt steak sourced from the house of Pat LaFrieda, butcher to the stars in the New York area. Served with ramps and roasted fingerling potatoes, this is a dish that I could order as my last on Earth and feel completely at peace with my choice. Other diners seem to share in this belief, as it took three visits before I was there on a night when it wasn’t sold out. The second entrée is a plate of big, fat whole sardines served with a nice char from the grill, atop a buttery pile of white beans. They’re delicious and adventurous, the fish served whole on the plate, but the delicious crispy char on the skin and the sweet oiliness of the fish itself makes it worth the effort.

It’s rare that I order dessert when I go to restaurants, and rarer still are desserts that are memorable for me. The sticky toffee pudding at Fort Defiance was one of those, and despite being left off the new spring menu, it still bears mention. It is of the English style, more cake-like than the creamy custard as we know pudding in the States. It’s at the same time sweet and gingerbread-cookie spicy, lathered with a sugary brownish sauce (bourbon?) and whipped cream, and I promise you that once this was put on our table, it was set upon by everyone in a fencing match of forks and spoons. Hope for its return to the menu is a good reason to long for the autumn.

These are rustic, accessible drinking wines—real wines for real people, and the same care that has been put into the menu has been devoted to the wine list, and the staff is always helpful in offering well-informed opinions. I had a really nice ’08 Chanton de Garde red from the Rhone region of France for $45, and it worked with everything I ate.

The kind of attention paid to the truly important things—the music, décor, people who work there, and of course, the simple and wonderful food—really makes a difference. It’s the superb pastiche of friends and great food that makes me yearn for my next trip to the Fort.

Fort Defiance 365 Van Brunt Street at Dikeman, (347) 453-6672, fortdefiancebrooklyn. com Hours: Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday through Friday, and brunch and dinner on the weekends.

Prices: Beers, $6; cocktails, $8-$10; small plates, $3-$9; large plates, under $17-$19.

Recommendations: Anything on the cocktail menu, oysters, Chicken Liver Pate, Deviled Eggs, Pat LaFrieda skirt steak.

Fort Defiance does an extremely brisk brunch business. Highlights include fresh buttermilk biscuits topped with sausage gravy and two sunny-side-up eggs, or the grillades of veal cheek and grits, a twist on a traditional New Orleans brunch. There’s usually a brunch special as well; one day it was a burger made from ground short-rib meat, again from Pat LaFrieda. It’s a delicious hot mess of a burger, and perfect with a beer on a lazy Sunday afternoon—or on a Monday night, when Fort Defiance offers a $10 burger special. (It’s $12 for a burger and beer special, and it’s $14 to pair a burger with a glass of wine or a Barbados Buck drink.)

A word must be said about the wine list, which has been expertly curated into a very admirable collection of moderately priced, interesting reds and whites. It’s composed largely of under-the-radar French and Italian bottles that effectively pair with the menu and mostly congregate around the very acceptable $35 to $50 range (a handful are also offered by the glass for $10 to $12).

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Talib Kweli To Play Free Summerstage Show in Red Hook Park, June 21 at 7 pm Though he was raised further east (in Park Slope), Talib Kweli will be the first performer to take the stage at Red Hook Park as part of this summer’s Summerstage events. The Brooklyn-born emcee has long been regarded as a lyrical wizard and dope orator of the highest order, causing Jay-Z to once pay him the compliment, “If skills sold, truth be told, I’d probably be, lyrically, Talib Kweli” (in his “Moment of Clarity”). Kweli’s currently enjoying a creative peak; he reunited last year with his collaborator in Reflection Eternal, DJ Hi-Tek, to release Revolutions Per Minute, a follow-up to their 2000 debut. Kweli put out his fourth solo album, Gutter Rainbows, in January, and is supposedly working on another solo record, said to be called Prisoner of Conscious. Additionally, he is getting back together with his old partner in rhyme, Mos Def, this summer to perform their eponymous 1998 classic as Black Star on the Rock the Bells Festival Series, which comes to New York on September 3. Like past records, Gutter Rainbows finds Kweli melding his lyrical dexterity with banging (read: commercially viable) backing courtesy of producers like 88-Keys, 6th Sense and Blaq Toven. As such, this performance should be off the hook (pun intended).

—Stephen Slaybaugh

Feelies (continued from page 15)

breaks. The Feelies delivered three hours of exuberant, and, at times, introspective nerd rock—unsurprising, really considering the band’s influences can be heard in R.E.M., Weezer and Yo La Tengo. The Feelies are a bunch of nerds, rockin’ out, and people were lovin’ it.

This is a band of downright crazies.

The two drummers, Stanley Demeski and Dave Weckerman, added a lot of fun percussion without all the modern tricks employed by the digital age.

Brenda Sauter, the bass player, stood stoically as if in some form of bassinduced meditation, as Mercer and rhythm guitarist Bill Million danced back and forth. I wasn’t expecting a circus, but I sure did get a rock and roll show. The lyrics fraught with introspection and the atmosphere tinged with nostalgia, from both the band and the audience, also left me with a bittersweet, fleeting feeling, like a glimpse into a high school reunion.

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Fundraising and Charity Event Redux

Mark Sitko, Kirsten Kammermeyer and Danny Krueger in the picture booth at Alphabet Arts’ 1st Annual County Fair.

Alphabet Arts County Fair FUNdraiser

Alphabet Arts’ 1st Annual County Fair was held at Jalopy Theatre in Brooklyn on May 2. This entertaining evening was filled with live bands, carnival games, a silent auction, dancing and chili—lots of chili! Cook-off contestants graciously donated chili and baked goods so that all food proceeds benefited Alphabet Arts. Honey Goodenough won First Prize for her Buffalo Blue Chicken Chili, and Barb Busackino won First Prize for her Banana Caramel Pie. All proceeds raised support Alphabet Arts’ 2011 arts and arts education programming, including a tour of their City of Hamburgers puppet play to Brooklyn Public Library branches. Special guest performances included local bands John Foti & Friends and The Monozygotic Eruption, DJ Ca$h Machina, and children’s book and TV/film writer Mike Reiss (The Simspons, Queer Duck). The volunteer-run collective by innovative professional artists who are also dedicated educators was founded in 2009. Alphabet Arts is available for performances, workshops and residences at schools, birthday parties, block parties, parks and community centers. Learn more about the Brooklyn-based non-profit or make a donation at alphabetarts.org.

Honoree Dean Haspiel with friends and R. Crumb “Devil Girl” Lunch Box L - R: Ros Stone, Liz Klenk, Dean Haspiel, Florence Neal (Kentler Director), and Anica Archip Photo by Teri Slotkin

Kentler International Drawing Space 100 Works on Paper Benefit

More than 100 artists generously donated 142 original drawings and works on paper for Kentler International Drawing Space’s 9th Annual 100 Works on Paper Benefit, held May 14 at 6 pm. This year’s honorees were Brooklyn writer Jonathan Ames and comic book artist Dean Haspiel. Ticket holders got to choose a work of art when their number was called, and a special silent auction featured 11 artworks by comic book artists. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez was in attendance, and the master of ceremonies was Reg Flowers of Falconworks Artists Group. Catering was provided by Kevin’s, Baked, Steve’s Key Lime Pies, Dry Dock and Botta di Vino. Kentler International Drawing Space met and exceeded the fundraising goals supporting the 2011 schedule of exhibitions, events and public programs.

More than 150 people attended Cora Dance’s 14th annual fundraiser.

Cora Dance’s Spring Swing Gala Monica Byrne and Leisah Swenson of home/made and Roquette Catering on Van Cora Dance’s Spring Swing Gala was a huge success. More than 150 people Brunt Street, sponsored the event—and made sandwiches, too. showed up on May 7 to help raise $13,000 to support the not-for-profit on a gorgeous night of dancing and laughing on the roof of Rocky Sullivan’s in Red Hook. Guests enjoyed performances from the students of Cora Dance as BWAC Cinco de Mayo Fundraiser The Cinco de Mayo Fundraiser, held on May 5, raised more than $10,000 well as the professional company, along with live music and delicious food. for the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. More than 300 people at- The gala kicked off the organization’s $100,000 capital campaign in support of tended the event at BWAC’s waterfront space, which hosted artwork the expansion into new spaces in Red Hook. Cora is continuing the campaign by hundreds of artists, drinks, food and live music from the Red Hook through June 30, 2012, so if anyone is interested in donating, visit coradance.

Ramblers, Frank Hoier and Smitty & Company. Local caterer, Roquette org.

Catering of Red Hook produced the event, and participating sponsors and businesses included Phoenix Beverages, Realty Collective, home/ made, Diego’s Restaurant, Baked, Dry Dock, Hope & Anchor, Margaret Palca Bakes, Lilla Café, Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies and Birdie & Sage.

“I have always known that the Red Hook community is one that is extremely generous,” says John Strohbeen, BWAC president. “The outTo submit photos and information about pouring of support for this event has touched us. This is truly a collabyour recent event in this new section of oration of all that makes Red Hook such a vibrant community.” BWAC the Red Hook Star-Revue please email has had two synergistic missions since 1978: to help artists advance josie@redhookstar.com. We will include their careers and to make contemporary visual art accessible to the as space permits.

New York City public and, in particular, to its neighbors in Red Hook.

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Star-Revue Restaurant Guide

RED HOOK

BAKED 359 Van Brunt St., (718) 2220345. Bakery serving cupcakes, cakes, coffee, pastries, lunch items. Free wi-fi. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. AE, DS, MC, V. THE BROOKLYN ICE HOUSE 318 Van Brunt St., (718) 222-1865. Burgers, barbecue and pulled pork sandwiches. Open for lunch and dinner daily. Cash only.

DEFONTE’S SANDWICH SHOP 379 Columbia St., (718) 855-6982. Variety of large sandwiches, including roast beef and potato and egg. Open for breakfast and lunch Mon-Sat. Cash only.

DIEGO’S RESTAURANT 116 Sullivan St., (718) 625-1616. Mexican and Latin American cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner Mon-Sat. AE, DS, MC, V. F&M BAGELS 383 Van Brunt St., (718) 855-2623. Bagels, sandwiches, wraps, chicken salad, breakfast plates, burgers, hot entrees and more. Open for breakfast and lunch daily 5 am-5 pm. AE, DS, MC, V. Delivery available.

FORT DEFIANCE 365 Van Brunt St., (347) 453-6672. Brunch, sandwiches and small plates. Open for breakfast Tue; breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon, Wed-Sun. AE, DS, MC, V. THE GOOD FORK 391 Van Brunt St., (718) 643-6636. Fare from Chef Sohui Kim in an unpretentious atmosphere; menu varies seasonally and can include pork dumplings, roast chicken, homemade gnocchi and steak and eggs Korean style. Open for dinner Tue-Sun. AE, MC, V. HOME/MADE 293 Van Brunt St., (347) 223-4135. Seasonal, local and rustic/elegant cuisine, with an extensive wine list of 40 selections by the glass, and local brew and Kombucha on tap. Coffee and pastry Mon-Fri 7 am-2 pm, dinner Wed-Fri 5 pm to 11 pm, brunch Sat & Sun 10 am-4pm, dinner 4-11 pm.

HOPE & ANCHOR 347 Van Brunt St., (718) 237-0276. Large menu that includes burgers, entrees and all-day breakfast.

Open for lunch and dinner Mon-Fri; breakfast, lunch and dinner Sat-Sun. AE, DS, MC, IKEA One Beard St., (718) 246-4532.

Swedish meatballs, pasta, wraps and sandwiches; breakfast items include eggs and cinnamon buns. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. AE, DS, MV, V. KEVIN’S 277 Van Brunt St., (718) 5968335. Seafood, seasonal and local fare.

Open for dinner Thu-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. AE, MC, V. MARK’S PIZZA 326 Van Brunt St., (718) 624-0690. Open for lunch and dinner daily. AE, MC, V. Delivery available.

RED HOOK CAFÉ & GRILL 228 Van Brunt St. (718) 643-0166 or (718) 6430199. Bagels, pancakes, omelettes, wraps,

salads, hot sandwiches, burgers and daily lunch Mon-Sat, dinner 7 days. AE, MC, V. specials. Open for breakfast and lunch dai- Delivery available. ly, Mon-Fri 5 am-5 pm, Sat-Sun 6 am-4 pm.

LILLA CAFE 126 Union St., (718) 855Cash only. Delivery available.

5700. Seasonal fare, hormone and antibiotRED HOOK BALL FIELDS—Clinton & ic-free meats, bread baked on premises and Bay sts. Food trucks serving pupusas, tacos, homemade pasta from Chef Erling Berner. huaraches and more. Open Sat-Sun 8 am- BYOB. Open for dinner Tue-Sun, lunch sundown, through October.

Thu-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. MC, V. RED HOOK LOBSTER POUND 284 MAZZAT 208 Columbia St., (718) 852Van Brunt St., (646) 326-7650. Maine lob- 1652. Mediterranean and Middle Eastern ster rolls, Connecticut rolls and whoopie fare, including falafel sandwiches, kibbe, pies. Open for lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. bronzini, lamb shank, baklava and small MC; V. plates. Open for lunch and dinner daily. AE, ROCKY SULLIVAN’S 34 Van Dyke St., MC, V. Delivery available.

(718) 246-8050. Irish pub with brick-oven pizza, sandwiches; lobster feasts Fri 6-9 pm, Sat 5-8 pm. Open for lunch and dinner daily. AE, DS, MC, V.

PETITE CREVETTE 144 Union St., (718) 855-2632. Seafood, including corn-andcrab chowder, salmon burgers and cioppino, from Chef Neil Ganic. BYOB. Open for lunch and dinner Tue-Sat. Cash only.

TEEDA THAI CUISINE 218 Columbia St., (718) 643-2737. Thai dishes include papaya salad, dumplings and massamun curry. Open for lunch and dinner Mon-Sat, dinner Sun. MC, V. Delivery available.

COLUMBIA WATERFRONT DISTRICT

5 BURRO CAFE 127 Columbia St., (718) 875-5515. Mexican. Open for lunch and dinner Thu-Fri, brunch and dinner Sat-Sun. AE, DS, MC, V. ALMA 187 Columbia St., (718) 643-5400.

Modern Mexican fare. Open for dinner Mon-Fri, brunch and dinner Sat-Sun. AE, DS, MC, V. CALEXICO CARNE ASADA 122 Union St., (718) 488-8226. Tex-Mex burritos, tacos, quesadillas and more. Open for lunch and dinner daily. Cash only. Delivery available.

CASELNOVA 214 Columbia St., (718) 522-7500. Traditional Northern and Southern Italian dishes, brick-oven pizza, pasta, lunch panini. Open for lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Delivery available. AE, DS, MC, V. FERNANDO’S FOCACCERIA RESTAURANT 151 Union St., (718) 8551545. Southern Italian fare, including pasta and panelle. Open for lunch and dinner Mon-Sat. Cash only.

FULTUMMY’S 221 Columbia St., (347) 725-3129. Coffee shop with sandwiches.

Free wi-fi. Open for lunch and dinner TueSat, lunch Sun. Cash only. Delivery available.

HOUSE OF PIZZA & CALZONES 132 Union St., (718) 624-9107. Pizza, calzones and sandwiches. Open for lunch and dinner daily. Cash only. Delivery available.

JAKE’S BAR-B-QUE RESTAURANT 189 Columbia St., (718) 522-4531. Kansas City-style barbecue, including baby back ribs. Open for lunch and dinner daily. AE, MC, V. Delivery available.

KOTOBUKI BISTRO 192 Columbia St., (718) 246-7980. Japanese and Thai cuisine, including sushi, teriyaki, pad Thai and special maki named after area streets. Open for

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Look North Inuit Art Gallery—275 Conover Street, Suite 4E, (347) 721-3995, looknorthny.com. New Artwork from Northwest Alaska, art from Shishmaref and St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, on view through 6/30. Call for hours.

CHILDREN

Micro Museum—123 Smith St., (718) 797-3116, micromuseum.com. Above & Beyond, multi-year art exhibit by Kathleen and William Laziza, thru 12/20/2013. Sat noon-7 pm. Donation $2.

Bait & Tackle—320 Van Brunt St., (718) 797-4892, redhookbaitandtackle.com. Rolie Polie Guacamole, 6/11 at 1:30 pm. FREE. Drop-In Drawing Together—Valentino Pier, Ferris & Coffey sts, (718) 875-2098, kentlergallery. org. Sustainable Group Drawing, with teaching artist Meghan Keane, Kentler Gallery and K.I.D.S. Art Ed invite children and their adults to discover new ways of drawing through the art of knot making, giant growing 3D drawing out of knots and other ways of connecting recycled materials together; materials will include cut plastic bags (also see Festivals: Red Hook Festival), 6/4 from 1-2:30 pm. FREE.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

Brooklyn General—128 Union St., (718) 237-7753, brooklyngeneral.com. Beginning/Project Knitting, 6/7, 14 & 21 from 7-9 pm, $120; Magic Loop Knitting (beginning-intermediate to advanced levels), 6/5, 12 & 19 from 5-7 pm, $120; Embroidered Onsies for Baby Session B, 6/8 & 15, 10 am-noon, $100; Crochet Flower Workshop with Cal Patch, 6/24 from 6:30- 8:30 pm, $50; Teeny Tiny Toy Knits with Anna, 6/19 from 1-3 pm, $50; 3-D Toy Design with Anna, 6/26 from 1-4 pm, $75; Zippered Pouch Workshop with Cal Patch, 6/25 from 10 am-noon, $50.

Everbrite Mercantile Co.—351 Van Brunt St., (718) 522-6121, ebmerc.com. Open-level yoga with Felecia Maria, bring your own mat, 6/1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 from 7:30-8:30 pm; donations accepted.

Jalopy Theatre and School of Music—315 Columbia St., (718) 395-3214, jalopy.biz. Jerron Blind Boy Paxton Guitar Workshop Trio: Part 3, Robert Timothy Wilkins, 6/5 at 1 pm, $35. Vocal Harmony Showcase, all harmony singers are welcome to prepare a duo, trio, or quartet with fellow singers, and come perform it in this year-end showcase, 6/19 at 4:30 pm, FREE. Little Flower School—Saipua studio, 147 Van Dyke St., Red Hook, and 50-52 Dobbin St, Greenpoint, hello.flower.school@gmail.com, little-flower-school. blogspot.com. “It starts in the Garden, class takes place at the New York Botanical Garden Midtown Education Center (MDTN), 20 W. 44th St., Manhattan, with instructors Nicolette Owen and Sarah Ryhanen, learn the basics of cut flower care and arranging, 6/4 from 10 am-3:30 pm. Waitlist free, $300 if accepted.

Forrest Yoga with Anna Mumford—(718) 710-1773, annamumford.com. Red Hook Rec Center, 155 Bay St., (718) 722-3211: Forrest Yoga basics, 6/1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 from 10:30-11:30 am, FREE. Element Natural Healing Arts, 518 Henry St., (718) 855-4850: Forrest Yoga, 6/7, 14, 21 & 28 from 10:30-11:45 am, $16; Rooftop yoga, 6/5, 12, 19 & 26 from 5:30-6:45, $16. Valentino Pier, Ferris & Coffey sts: Red Hook morning outdoor Forrest yoga class, weather permitting, check site for cancellations, 6/4, 11, 18 & 25 from 10-11 am, pay-what-you-can, suggested donation $10.

COMEDY

Littlefield—622 Degraw St., littlefieldnyc.com. Kurt Braunohler, 6/2 at 8 pm, 21 & over, $8; Hot Tub With Kurt and Kristen, Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal, with Desiree Burch, Teen Girl Scientist Monthly and more, 6/6 at 7:30, $5; The Glas/Zer Family Reunion, with Jon Glaser, Nikki Glaser, Eliot Glazer and Aaron Glaser, 6/28, doors at 7 pm, show at 7:30 pm, 21 & over, FREE.

EXHIBITIONS

Art Lot—206 Columbia St., at Sackett St. All Jokes Aside, works by Aimee Burg, Erin Burke, Jessica Canon and Philip Stearns, curated by Natalia Zubko, thru 8/31. On view 24/7.

Proteus Gowanus—543 Union Street, (718) 2431572, proteusgowanus.org. Bedevilment in Paradise, thru 7/16. Thu-Fri 3-6 pm; Sat-Sun noon-6 pm.

Red Hook Initiative—767 Hicks Street, (718) 8586782, rhicenter.org. JustArts: Photography Program Exhibition Opening, Brooklyn artists between the ages of 14-18 have one-hour show of work they created during a 15-week program under the guidance of teaching artists Nura Qureshi and Yamini Nayar, 6/18 from 4-5 pm.

The Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge—290 Conover St. at Pier 44, (718) 624-4719, waterfrontmuseum.org. Circus Lives, paintings, drawings and mixed media by Karen E. Gersch, Carisa Swenson, Carlo Pellegrini, Josiah Dearborn and a mystery Russian painter, thru 6/26 (Also see Museums). Thu 4-8 pm, Sat 1-5 pm. Opening reception: 6/17 from 6-8 pm.

WORK Gallery—65 Union St, (917) 566-8041, redtinshack.com. Kim Holleman: Museum of (Un)Natural History, new sculptures, and Trailer Park: A Mobile Public Park, a public street installation on Union Street, 6/3 thru 5. Opening reception: 6/3 from 6-10 pm. Artist’s talk: 6/5 at 6 pm.

FESTIVALS

Brooklyn Folk Festival—third annual festival featuring talent from Brooklyn’s folk scene and luminaries from NYC’s folk music revival, with concerts, workshops (See Classes/Workshops), film screenings, square dance, banjo toss and more, brooklynfolkfest.com. 6/10 at Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, 315 Columbia St., (718) 395-3214, jalopy. biz: Winston Fleary and the Big Drum Nation Dance Company at 6 pm, Gandhi and Nitin Mitta (North Indian Classical Music) at 7 pm, Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers at 8 pm, Uncle Monk at 8:45 pm, Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob at 9:30 pm, Feral Foster at 10:15 pm, Jake Sanders Sextet at 11 pm, Mystery Film Screening at midnight.

6/11 at BWAC, 499 Van Brunt St., (718) 596-2506: Nathan Salsburg at 2 pm, Jake Sanders performs Mexican folk tunes at 2:30 pm, Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins at 3:15 pm, The Americans at 4:15 pm, Hubby Jenkins at 5 pm, Lankandia Cissoko at 5:45 pm, Walker, Jay & Steve from Baltimore at 6:30 pm, Black Sea Hotel at 7:15 pm, Roulette Sisters at 8 pm, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton at 9 pm, The Dust Busters at 9:45 pm, Radio Jarocho at 10:30 pm, Clifton Hicks at 11:15 pm, The Whiskey Spitters at midnight. Saturday Workshops: Hazel Dickens Singing Workshop taught by Don Friedman and Jenny Glenn, 6/11 at 2 pm; Tunings and Styles in Old Time Music: A Fiddle Workshop taught by Craig Judelman, 6/11 at 1 pm, each workshop $10.

6/12 at BWAC: Tamevate Kapelye (The Foolish Band) at 2 pm, Alan Friend at 2:45 pm, Willy Gantrim at 3:30 pm, Jackson Lynch at 4:15 pm, Elizabeth Butters at 5 pm, The Pearly Snaps at 5:45 pm, Boom Chick at 6:30 pm, Brotherhood of the Jugband Blues at 7:15 pm, Little Brothers at 8 pm, The Tillers at 8:45 pm, The Whistling Wolves at 9:30 pm, The Newton Gang at 10:15 pm, Kerri

Lowe at 11 pm; downstairs stage: Banjo Toss and Banjorama, person who tosses banjo the farthest wins a free banjo at 3 pm, Square Dance at 4 pm, Veveritse at 5 pm. Sunday Workshops: Beginning Old Time Jamming, lead by Alan Friend, 6/12 at 1 pm; Intermediate Old Time Jamming, lead by Alan Friend, 6/12 at 2 pm; Tunings and Styles in Old Time Music: A Banjo Workshop taught by Eli Smith, 6/12 at 3 pm; A Film by Mike Seeger: Talking Feet: Solo Southern Dance of the Appalachian, Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountain Regions included with price of admission, 6/12 at noon; each workshop $10. Festival adm $20 per day, $55 weekend.

Red Hook Fest—18th annual celebration of community and culture, presented by Dance Theatre Etcetera; hip hop theater duo Climbing PoeTree, 6/3 at 7-9 pm, P.S. 15 Patrick F. Daly School, 71 Sullivan St. Outdoor celebration with performances by more than 200 young people and national progressive artists, including La Roka RPM and Full Circle, Tato Torres y Yerbabuena, Paul Josephs and MetroSonics, one of Brooklyn’s hottest new bands, and INSPIRIT, the all-female dance collective led by Christal Brown, plus interactive art (also see Children), vendors, kayaking with the Red Hook Boaters and more, 6/4 (rain date 6/5) from noon-7 pm, Louis J. Valentino, Jr. Park & Pier, Ferris St. between Coffey & Van Dyke sts, (718) 643-6790, dancetheatreetcetera.org. FREE. Red Hook Jazz Festival—4th annual homegrown jazz festival featuring mostly local talent, Urban Meadow, President & Van Brunt sts, Facebook/ RedHookJazzFestival.com. 6/12 from 1-6 pm: On Davis’ Famous Original Djuke Music Players, Vinnie Sperazza and Matt Blostein Band, Marco Capelli Project, The Wee Trio, Andrea Wolper Trio, Jeff Newlett’s New Trad. 6/18 from 1-6 pm: Renku, Stephane Wrembel’s Django Experiment, Jeff Davis Band, Josh Sinton’s Holus-Bolus, Ingrid Laubock Trio. Adm $5, children free.

Undead Jazzfest—Jamie Saft’s New Zion Trio, Anthony Coleman Trio w/ Brad Jones and Satoshi Takeshi, Darius Jones Trio, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman and Jeff Lederer’s Sunwatcher, 18 & up, 6/25, doors at 7 pm, show at 8 pm, Littlefield, 622 Degraw St., littlefieldnyc.com. Tickets $25-$50.

FILMS

See Fundraisers/Parties for information about the Red Hook Films Fundraiser.

FOOD/DRINK

ticket price includes show and three-course prix-fix meal, 6/16, 23 & 30 at 7 pm. Tickets $35, call for reservation.

FUNDRAISERS/PARTIES

A Paradise Bizarre—2011 benefit for Proteus Gowanus: a fairground of acts, exhortations and seductions, including sermons, burlesque, a poetry brothel, sleep tours, music by Goddess, dancing, wine and food, 6/11 from 7-10 pm, Proteus Gowanus, 43 Union St., (718) 243-1572, proteusgowanus.org.

Tickets (available through Paypal at proteusgowanus.org) $60, $100 for two, $120 for a family of four, $200 for four, $500 for admission for four, plus the opportunity to return for a private curator-led history tour of the Gowanus Canal for up to 16 people.

Post Plastic Project: Art & Music Benefit Group Art Show —group art show, live music and fundraising event to keep plastic out of the ocean, with Little Grey Girlfriend, The Robin Electric, Panoramic & True and Whale Belly, raffle to benefit Project Kaisei (projectkaisei.org), 6/5 at 6 pm, show at 7 pm, 21 & over, Littlefield, 622 Degraw St., littlefieldnyc.com.

Adm $10.

New Views 2011: Festa D’Estate—benefit party for Brooklyn Greenway Initiative with guest speaker and NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, food from several of Brooklyn’s Italian restaurants, wine, and beer, 6/16 from 6-9 pm at One Brooklyn Bridge Park overlooking Pier 6, 360 Furman Street, (718)-522-0193, brooklyngreenway.org. Tickets $100, $150 for two people, $20 per child (under age 5 free), tickets plus acknowledgement in program/ sponsorships $250-$10,000.

Red Hook Films Fundraiser—free food, short summer film and an opportunity to vote for final film in the season, to support outdoor summer movie series kicking off 7/12, fundraiser 6/12 at 6 pm, Red Hook Bait & Tackle, 320 Van Brunt St., redhookfilms.org and redhookbaitandtackle.com. FREE, ballots $1.

MISC

Columbia Street Art Flea & Farmers Market—288 Columbia St. (at Summit St.), (646) 481-2589, urbanartfleas.com. Artwork, farm-grown produce, renewable energy services and more. Sat-Sun 9 am-5 pm; hours will eventually expand to some weekdays.

Botta di Vino—357 Van Brunt St., (347) 689-3664.

Wine tasting with cheesemongers from the Fairway and Rosenthal Wine Merchants, 6/26 from 7-9 pm, cost is the purchase of one bottle of wine; Friday night candle light blind tasting, every Friday at 8:3010 pm, cost is purchase of one bottle of wine.

Littlefield—622 Degraw St., littlefieldnyc.com.

Summercon 2011- two days of alcohol-fueled technical presentations conclude with the best afterparty in hackerdom, 6/10 at 9:30 am, students $30, $50 adv, $60 door; Booze, Babes & Bicycles, DOBC’s Pride kick-off party, 6/10 at 9 pm, adm $5-$10.

Dry Dock—424 Van Brunt St., (718) 852-3625, drydockny.com. Tierras Tequila, USDA-approved organic tequila, 6/3 from 5:30-8:30 pm; Paumanok Vinyards, 6/4 from 4-7 pm; St. Germain, 6/10 from 5:30-8:30 pm; tasting TBD, 6/11 from 4-7 pm; Mackmyra Whisky, 6/17 from 5:30-8:30 pm; Polaner Wine Selections, wine from France’s Loire Valley and Italy’s Piedmont region, 6/18 from 4-7 pm; Domaine Select Wine, 6/24 from 5:30-8:30 pm; IKEA Midsummer Tasting/Krogstadt, 5/25 from 4-7 pm.

FREE.

Proteus Gowanus—543 Union Street, (718) 2431572, proteusgowanus.org. Writhing Society, methods of constrained writing invented by French group Oulipo, open to writers and non-writers, 6/1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 7 pm, $5 donation; Fixers Collective, improvisational fixing, bring in broken item to be fixed, 6/2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 7 pm, $5 per object.

Lilla Cafe—126 Union St., (718) 855-5700, lillacafe. com. The Food of Love, Shakespeare dinner theater, directed by Phillip Gates in Lilla’s back garden,

Red Hook Boaters—Louis J. Valentino, Jr. Park & Pier, Ferris St. between Coffey & Van Dyke sts, redhookboaters.org. Club kayaks available for a short paddle inside the protected park cove to enjoy harbor views and wildlife of the estuary, 6/5, 12, 20 &

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Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition—499 Van Brunt St., (718) 596-2506, bwac.org. BWAC Spring Pier Art Show: Convergence in Red Hook, 1,000 pieces of new art from more than 200 artists, thru 6/12 (Also see Music). Sat-Sun 1-6 pm.

Everbrite Mercantile Co.—351 Van Brunt St., (718) 522-6121, ebmerc.com. Cusp of Conflux, paintings and drawings by Design Glut’s Kegan Fisher, who deconstructs the industrialized world and implores the viewer to acknowledge the power of land against technology, 6/25 thru 7/31. Wed-Sat 11 am-7 pm, Sun noon-6 pm. Opening reception: 6/25 from 1-7 pm.

Gallery Small New York—416 Van Brunt St., (347) 782-3729, smallnewyork.com. 21st Century Urban Masters, the master class in painting at New York’s High School of Art and Design, proceeds help artists pay for college next year, thru 6/11; The Red Hook, Blues, 6/11 thru 7/23. Thu-Sun 11 am-6 pm.

Kentler International Drawing Space—353 Van Brunt St. (718) 875-2098, kentlergallery.org. Marked Differences: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles, 49 drawings by 27 artists guest curator Roberta Waddell, 6/3 thru 7/24. Opening reception: 6/3 from 6-8 pm. Curator’s talk: 6/18 at 4 pm.

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MUSEUMS

UDEC Enviromedia Mobile—IKEA Erie Basin Park, One Beard St., (347) 224-5828, EMMRedHookPirates.BLOGSPOT.com.

Walk-through mobile museum with exhibits that inspire learning and discovery about the living nature of the urban estuary, and ecological and cultural history of the Hudson River Estuary and tributaries; numerous artifacts, plus exhibits on Ama-Japanese Women Pearl Divers, in collaboration with the Minimoto Pearl Museum of Japan, and the Onrust, the first Dutch ship to sail to Brooklyn. The Art and Environment Gallery showcases the annual Submerge Art and Environment Festival Exhibition, featuring work of nature photographer Steven Sachs. Take the mobile museum’s Quizonart for a chance to win an IKEA Kids prize, or a play raffle for chance to win an IKEA furniture or gift certificate (Also see Festivals).

Open 6/25 from 11 am-5 pm. FREE. The Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge—290 Conover St. at Pier 44, (718) 624-4719, waterfrontmuseum.org. Open boat tours when docked in Red Hook, Thu 4-8 pm, Sat 1-5 pm, FREE; group tours available daily by appointment.;Showboat Shazzam, variety series that bring professional performers from around the globe to two Brooklyn ports, 6/5, 19 & 26 at 1 & 4 pm; for advance $10 adult and child tickets, go to smarttix.com (search “shazzam”) or call (877) 238-5596, door tickets $15.

MUSIC

Bait & Tackle—320 Van Brunt St., (718) 7974892, redhookbaitandtackle.com. Jan Bell and the Maybelles, 6/3 at 9 pm; Tin Roof Trio 6/5 at 3pm; Singer Songwriter Revue, 6/5, 12, 19 & 26 at 8 pm; Risha Gorin Music and Performance Art, 6/10 at 9 pm; Paul Rosevear, 6/17 at 9 pm; Great Republic of Rough and Ready, 6/24 at 9 pm; The Loyal We and Friends, 6/25 at 9 pm; Tin Roof Trio, 6/26 at 3 pm. FREE. Bargemusic—Fulton Ferry Landing, 2 Old Fulton St., (718) 624-2083, bargemusic.org. “Theme and Variations” with Victoria Korchinskaya-Kogan, piano, 6/1 at 8 pm; counter)induction, 6/3 at 8 pm; Mark Peskanov, violin, Edward Arron, cello, and Jeewon Park, piano, 6/4 at 8 pm, 6/5 at 3 pm; Timothy Andres, piano, 6/9 at 8 pm; Mark Peskanov, violin, Adrien Daurov, cello, and Olga Vinokur, piano, 6/10 at 8 pm, 6/11 at 8 pm; “Festival for Toy Piano,” also includes electronics, singers and spoken word parts, 6/12 at 3 pm, $25, $20 senior, $15 student; “Here and Now” with Kathleen Supove, piano, 6/15 at 8 pm; “Homage A Andres Segovia a la Japonais” with Shiro Otake, guitar, 6/16 at 8 pm; Philip Edward Fisher, piano, 6/17 at 8 pm; Mark Peskanov, violin, Nicholas Canellakis, cello, and Adam Golka, piano, 6/18 at 8 pm and 6/19 at 3 pm; Luigi Attademo, guitar, 6/23 at 8 pm; Luigi Attademo, guitar, 6/24 at 8 pm; Paul Galbraith, guitar, 6/25 at 8 pm; A Renaissance Songbook, 6/26 at 3 pm; Inna Faliks, piano, 6/30 at 8 pm. Concerts $35, $30 senior, $15 students, unless otherwise noted.

The Bell House—149 7th St., (718) 643-6510, thebellhouseny.com. Electric Six, Township and Les Sans Culottes, 6/2 at 8 pm, $15; Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Eilen Jewell and Smokey’s Roundup, 6/3 at 8 pm, $12 adv, $14 door; Dennis Coffey and the Dirtbombs, 6/4 at 8 pm, $20, aftershow DJs Miss Mary Clancey and Ambassador Hazy spin monster Michigan jams of the ’60s; Pirate Vinyl Label Launch Party, with Pete Sinjin, Neil Nathan, Caren Levine and Susannah Conn 6/5 at 4 pm, $10; The Soundtrack of Our Lives, 6/6 at 8 pm, $20 ($35 includes Le Poisson Rouge show); Keren Ann and Chris Garneau, 6/4 at 8 pm, $15 adv $18 door; The Library, The High Irons and Bel Air, 6/8 at 8 pm, $8; The Soul of Jonathan Toubin, 6/9 & 23 at 9 pm, $5; Jonny and Apex Manor, 6/10 at 8 pm, $22; R. Stevie Moore, Jonny Corndawg and Tropical Ooze, 6/12 at 7 pm, $10; Joan as Police Woman and Ambrosia Parsley, 6/15 at 8 pm, $13 adv, $15 door; Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 and The Vacant Lots, 6/17 at 8 pm, $15 adv, $20 door; James McMurtry an Jonny Burke, 6/18 at 8 pm, $15; Amy Lynn & the Gunshow and Adam Shenk, 6/20 at 8 pm, $10; Haley Bonar, Holocombe Waller and Daniel Martin Moore, 6/21 at 8 pm, $13 adv, $15 door; Syl Johnson and The Sweet Divines, 6/24 at 8 pm, $20.

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition—499 Van Brunt St., (718) 596-2506, bwac.org. Jon Braman, father of ukulele hip-hop, 6/5 at 3 pm, FREE. Brooklyn Folk Festival, 6/11 & 12 (See Festivals).

Hope & Anchor—347 Van Brunt St., (718) 2370276. Karaoke, Thursdays through Saturdays from 9 pm-1 am.

Jalopy Theatre and School of Music—315 Columbia St., (718) 395-3214, jalopy.biz. Roots & Ruckus, 6/1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 9 pm; Andy Statman Trio, 6/2 at 9 pm, $10; Brownbird Rudy Relic, Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues and Alex Battles & and The Whisky Rebellion, 6/3 at 9 pm, $10; Matt Munisteri and Paul Geremia, 6/4 at 9:30 pm, $10 adv/$12/door; Jordan Shapiro and Jennifer Milich, 6/5 at 8pm, $10; Ken Walkman, 6/5 at 9:30 pm, $10; Hooklyn Holler! singer/songwriters from local to national touring musicians, 6/7 at 8:30 pm, $5; Dina Maccabbee and Veveritse Brass Band, 6/9 at 10:30 pm, $10; 3rd Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival, 6/10 thru 12 (see Festivals); Tony Scherr Trio, 6/13 at 9 pm, $5; Mamie Minch presents Midnight Hours, 6/16 at 8:30 pm, call for adm info; M. Shanghai

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Wanted: Experienced barber with license or an apprentice. 917-701-9902

String Band and Friends, 6/18 at 10:30 pm, $10; Abbie Gardner and Bobtown, 6/19 at 8 pm, $10; Summer Solstice Celebration, with Elle King, Kerri Lowe and Free Advice, 6/20 at 9 pm, $5; Æ and Mamie Minch, 6/23 at 9 pm, $10; Steve James with The Second Fiddles, 6/24 at 9 pm, $10 adv, $12 door; Radio Jarocho and Cascada de Flores, 6/25 at 9 pm, $10; Homemade Supper Show, with music, comedy and more, 6/28 a 8:30 pm, $5; The Hunts and Dive Bar Dukes, 6/30 at 9 pm, $10.

Littlefield—622 Degraw St., littlefieldnyc.com.

Oren Bloedow’s Servants of the Worm and Plastic Spoon, 6/1 at 8 pm, $12; Black Tape For a Blue Girl, Copal, Walter Sickert and the Arm of Broken Toys and Jaggery, 6/3 at 8 pm, $10; Shindig Presents: The Hip Hop with DJ Ayres, 6/4 at 3 pm, all ages, $10; Reggae Retro 1st Saturdays Party, 6/4 at 11 pm, $15; Dustin O’Halloran, 6/7 at 8 pm, $15; The Barr Brothers and Other Lives, 6/8 at 8 pm, $12; Primary Records Night, with In One Wind, The Building, Names of War, Pony of Good Tidings, Gym, Dear and more,I6/9 at 7:30 pm, $7; Farewell to Normal Scene with Gato Loco, Yula & and the Extended Family, New Beard and Bandana Splits, 6/18 at 8 pm, $8, $10 DOS; Danny Fox Trio Album Release Party, 6/21 at 8 pm, $8; The Defibulators, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Hoots and Hellmouth, 6/23 at 8 pm, $10; Martin Bisi, Quiet Lights, Zaza and more, 6/24 at 8 pm, $8. All shows 21 & over, unless noted.

Micro Museum—123 Smith St., (718) 797-3116, micromuseum.com. Music Made Easy, with musical guests Fredrix, Livendirect, and guitarist John La Macchia of Crooked Man and Candiria, 6/4 at 6 pm (Andy Cohen’s 3 Simultaneous Guitars at 6/4 at 5 pm, gallery hours noon-8 pm); Music Made Easy, with Lina Paul, 6/18 from 6-7 pm. Adm by contributions, $3 beers, $2 sodas.

Proteus Gowanus—543 Union Street, (718) 2431572, proteusgowanus.org. Sounding Paradise, a sound installation with Andrea Goodman, singer, composter, voice teacher and sound healer; culminates with all participants’ voices in the courtyard at dusk, 6/5 at 6:30 pm.

Red Hook Park—Red Hook Recreation Area, 155 Bay St., SummerStage.org. Talib Kweli, 6/21 at 7 pm. FREE. The Rock Shop—249 Fourth Ave., therockshopny. com. Daniel Knox, Lewis & Clarke and Judson Claiborne, 6/2 at 7:30 pm, $10; ABC Collision, The Zambonis and Spike Priggen, 6/3 at 7:30 pm, $10; The Woes, Elk City, Old Monk and Royal American, 6/4 at 8 pm, $10; The Wowz, Turner Cody and James Levy, 6/7 at 8 pm, $8; Doug Paisley, Old Calf and Hans Chew, 6/8 at 8 pm, $10; Chris Mills, Bird Of Youth and Niall Connolly, 6/9 at 8 pm, $10; Chris Bathgate and The Long Eye, 6/10 at 8 pm, $10; Yourself & The Air, Ume, The Foxx and Man Your Horse, 6/11 at 8 pm, $10; Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds) and Field Theory, 6/12 at 7:30 pm, $8; Eastern Conference Champions, Fredrik and Archie Powell & the Exports, 6/13 at 8 pm, $8; Rebecca Gates & The Consortium, 6/14 at 8 pm, $10; Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab, 6/15 at 8pm, $12 adv, $14 DOS; Kathryn Calder of The New Pornographers and Mattison, 6/17 at 8 pm, $10; Kris Delmhorst and Session Americana, 6/19 at 7:30 pm, $12 adv, $14 DOS; The Roof Walkers and Sleepy Vikings, 6/21 at 7:30 pm, $8; Alberta Cross, 6/21 at 9:30 pm, 6/22 at 9:30 pm, $15; My Gold Mask and Smoke Fairies, 6/22 at 7:30 pm, $8; Unwed Sailor and Edmund II, 6/23 at 8pm, $10; Matthew & The Atlas, 6/24 at 8 pm, $10 adv, $12 DOS; Josiah Wolf, 6/30 at 8 pm, $8.

Rocky Sullivan’s—34 Van Dyke St., (718) 2468050. Seanchaí and the Unity Squad, 6/4, 11, 18 & 25 at 8 pm; Monday Night Trad Seisiun, 6/6, 13, 20 & 27 at 8 pm, FREE; Tuesday Night Trad Seisiun, 6/7, 14, 21 & 28, FREE. Call for adm info not listed.

Sunny’s Bar—253 Conover St., (718) 625-8211.

Smokey’s Round-up, 6/1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 9:30 pm; acoustic jam every Saturday. FREE. Union Street Star Theater—101 Union St. (between Columbia & Van Brunt), (718) 624-5568, redhookstar.com. Monday Night Acoustic Jam, musicians welcome, coffee served, 6/6, 13, 20 & 27 from 8-11 pm; Thursday Night Music Jam, open to musicians and listeners; stage, PA, bass amp, drums & mic provided, BYOB, 6/2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 from 7-11 pm. FREE.

Classes

Movers

COOL HAND MOVERS Friendly local guys that can relocate your life, or just shlep your new couch from Ikea. We’ll show up on time, in a truck or van if necessary, and basically kick ass -- you might even have a good time! Call for a free estimate at (917) 584-0334 or email at coolhandmovers@gmail.com Customer reviews on YELP.COM

Help Wanted

available to HELP YOU! Sheilasavage75@ gmail.com 646-591-5620.

Fused Glass Classes Wednesday evenings 7 until 9 PM. Maximum 6 students per class, 3 week. Series with 3 projects, one 5’’x7’’fused glass picture frame, a 4’’x 6’’ soap dish and a 6’’x10’’ tray. Cost $165 includes material, use of hand tools and firings.

Glass Art of Brooklyn 543 Union St. @ Nevins St. www.ErnestPorcelli.com More info call 718-596-4353

Union Street Carpet & Linoleum - sales and service, commercial and residential. Expert carpet installation. Eric 347-356-0545

Household Help

Photo Digitizing

Real Estate Classified ads are $8 per listing per month. Neighborhood Services are $10 per month or $100 the year. Display classifieds are also available. Call Matt for details, 718 6245568. You may email your ads to us, or drop them in the mail. Credit Cards accepted. Ads@ RedHookStar.com; 101 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231 All other line ads are $5 per listing per month.

Natural Green Cleaning, Organization, & Lifestyle Consultation. Call Alexandra 516-668-1919.

Need your old family photos scanned, retouched and archived? Want your VHS tapes and home movies transferred to DVD? Would you like to digitize all your music CDs so you can get rid of the old discs? I’m a local mom with editing and archiving expertise and I’m

Immacolata Giocoli Lic. Real Estate Salesperson 917 569-9881 igiocoli@elliman.com

Roseanne Degliuomini Lic. Real Estate Salesperson 718 710-1844 rdegliuomini@elleman.com

Douglas Elliman Real Estate

189 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Office: 718 935-6152 Cell. 718 710-1844

www.prudentialelliman.com

The Red Hook Star-Revue The News of the Hook and the Arts Beyond

Volume 2 No.6, June 2011

Founded in 2010 by Frank Galeano and George Fiala

Feature/Arts Editor......................................................................... Josie Rubio Visual Arts Editor....................................................................Krista Dragomer Reporter.......................................................................................Matt Graber Advertising Manager........................................................................ Matt Silna History Specialist.........................................................................John Burkard Cartoons........................................................ Vince Musacchia, Harold Shapiro Contributors.........................Perry Crowe, Danette Vigilante, Stephen Slaybaugh, .............Macklin Veitor, Sophie Slesinger, James Pellegrino, Eliza Ronalds-Hannon Supervisor for all the above........................................................... George Fiala The Red Hook Star-Revue is published monthly by Select Mail.

It circulates by mail and on newsstands throughout the downtown Brooklyn area. Our mission is to be the tie that binds our dynamic communities together, by providing one place for local achievements, art and history to be celebrated, local problems to be identified and solutions discussed, and also by providing an affordable advertising medium for local shops and institutions.

Our offices are at 101 Union Street, where you can take an ad, buy a coffee mug, make copies or simply tell us what’s on your mind in-person, and we can be reached by phone at 718 624-5568 and by email at editor@RedHookStar.com or info@RedHookStar.com.

We welcome letters to the editor as well as press advisories which can be mailed to:

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