Station 54, a 6,000-square-foot facility located at 222-15 Merrick Blvd., is the first EMS station specifically dedicated to serving the communities of southeast Queens. The station, which cost $5 million to construct, houses six ambulances and about 60 e
The fire was reported just before 7 a.m. and caused a partial roof collapse to the auto body shop, located at 50-14 70th St., a fire spokesman said. It was not brought under control until 10:10 a.m., he said.
Four firefighters were treated for mino
Authorities identified the suspect as a 5-foot-6 Middle Eastern man in his 30s weighing about 130 pounds. Police said he was last seen wearing a black leather jacket and black and blue jeans.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to
The dead man was not publicly identified, but police said he died back on Oct. 21. Authorities then called in the Bomb Squad and nearby houses were evacuated. Also found in the house were an inactive grenade, one 20mm round, a bag of fireworks, other type
The teen told authorities that the store’s glass door broke behind him and he felt liquid running down his leg. But he later told police he made up that story and then said he was shot by 26-year-old Detek Aikens in a fight over drugs, according to
Police said there have been no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.
The medical examiner was to determine the cause of death.
Paul Chandler, 34, of 106-09 27th Ave., was convicted on charges of murder and attempted murder, among other counts, for killing Luis Quizhpi, 52, outside the victim’s Woodside home around 3 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2002, Brown said. The attempted murder cha
Anatoly Zaborsky, 60, of 90-59 56th St., was released on his own recognizance Tuesday night and faces up to one year in jail or a $1,000 fine if convicted on charges of driving while intoxicated, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief, Brown said.
Gung hay fat choy!
Asian-Americans pounded the pavement with jubilation as they ushered in the Year of the Dog with a rollicking, outdoor celebration at Seth Low Park.
Festivities – presented by the United Chinese Association of Brookly
One for the wedding album…
Three is not a crowd as Valentine birthday boy Borough President Marty Markowitz celebrates the day of love at Borough Hall with newlyweds Wanda and Angelo Lopez.
The lovebirds were among more than a dozen cou
As Bay Ridge prepares to be transformed into an emerald empire next month for St. Patrick’s Day festivities, a local planning committee got busy ironing out the kinks in the jubilant jaunt.
The Irish American Brooklyn Parade Committee held an
Budding entrepreneurs received a lesson in the workings of the real world when students from Junior High School 117 visited a local Best Buy store for the industry lowdown.
Twenty-five students spent the day at the store in Caesar’s Bay at Bay
The faithful were feted with fanfare when St. Mark Parish held a Stewardship Dinner Dance at Gargiulo’s Restaurant, drawing close to 375 guests for an evening of support and friendship.
Awards were presented to honorees for their “special
A bitter briny breeze blasted in off the waters of the Atlantic as the scouts of the Brooklyn Council of the Boy Scouts of America congregated on the Riegelman Boardwalk by the Coney Island Aquarium for their annual Klondike Derby.
The competition
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI) is now accepting applications for its new Production Careers Training Program. The free four-week TV and film production job training program begins February 27.
The Production Careers Training Program consists
The Bensonhurst West End Community Council (BWECC) will meet at 8 p.m., February 27 at the FIAO Beacon Community Center at Seth Low IS 96, 99 Avenue P.
Assistant Director of Community Relations Bruce Solomon from New York City Comptroller William C
The Federation of Italian American Organizations’ (FIAO) 29th annual gala will be held at 2 p.m., March 26 at the El Caribe Country Club, 5495 Strickland Avenue in Mill Basin.
FIAO will honor Julia Bastiani with the Italian American Labor Coun
The SUNY Downstate Chinese Cultural Committee, a division of the Cultural Diversity Program Committee, held a Chinese New Year’s celebration in the medical center’s Alumni Auditorium.
Approximately 300 people from the Downstate campus and
Just call him a cover-boy!
Brooklyn real estate titan John Reinhardt can now add “supermodel” to his resume, thanks to an appearance on the front page of “Real Estate Executive” magazine.
The smooth operator, who heads Fi
Council Member Letitia James will welcome Commissioner of Finance Martha E. Stark for an informative discussion on property taxes in New York from 6-8 p.m., February 21.
Poor homeowners, already unable to cope with rising utility rates, heating cos
No matter how much you love someone, it’s not easy being a caregiver 24 hours a day, seven days at week.
At Leeza’s Place at the Park Slope Geriatric Day Center, 199 14th Street, caregivers can find relief from stress, join in fun worksho
Robert D. Vitalo has been named as the new Head of the Berkeley Carroll School, effective July 1, 2006. The appointment was announced by Timothy F. Quinn, President of the Board of Trustees. Vitalo will succeed Richard F. Barter.
The Berkeley Carro
Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens, Office of Pastoral Services, will be holding its Annual Day of Recollection for persons with disabilities from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., February 25 at the Immaculate Conception Center, 7200 Douglaston Parkway, Doug
Much moolah: A “children’s hospital-within-a-hospital” received a financial boost when a lifelong Brooklyn resident and philanthropist, with strong ties to the business community, donated $250,000 to the Maimonides Infants and Children’
The Beth-El Jewish Center of Flatbush is initiating a new Shabbos morning learning program.
The congregation’s rabbi, Rabbi Pinchas N. Pearl, will now conduct a class in the “Mishna B’reura” – the classic work of Jewish law
The Michael E. Berdy School for the Arts-PS 188 in Coney Island, along with the not-for-profit Estella Corporation are planning a Career Education Day Conference for fifth grade students who attended PS 188.
The conference will be held at the Coney
Has Rabbi Abraham Abraham finally lost it?
Nothing seems to stop the members and spiritual leader of the Coney Island Brighton Beach Arctic Ice Breakers and Winter Ocean Swimmers from taking unimaginable sub-zero dips in the frigid Atlantic Ocean.<
The Bay View Houses Residents Association general membership meeting will be held at 7 p.m., February 27 in the Bay View Center Community Center, 5985 Shore Parkway.
The room is wheelchair accessible.
The Seaview Jewish Center-Yeshiva Torah M’Zion has a schedule filled to capacity of activities for area residents to partake in.
Gut Shabes: Kindle your Shabbos candles at 5:15 p.m., Friday, February 17. Mincha and Ma’ariv services are at
One for the wedding album…
Three is not a crowd as Valentine birthday boy Borough President Marty Markowitz celebrates the day of love at Borough Hall with newlyweds Wanda and Angelo Lopez.
The lovebirds were among more than a dozen cou
Congressman Vito Fossella has secured an agreement from the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study on Colonial Road to determine the need for traffic mitigation devices.
The study will focus on the intersections at 83rd
Assemblyman William Colton, at the Ways and Means Committee Hearing, in Albany was the most vociferous member of the Panel questioning Chancellor Joe Klein on the education needs of the city. Questioning the Chancellor on the 37.5 minute longer day that
For those who thought that nature in New York City is no more than weeds popping up in between cracked sidewalks and urban creatures such as rats and cockroaches, a conference on Urban Ecology at Long Island University’s (LIU) Brooklyn Campus will di
Another sell-out crowd filled the Capitale for the latest installment of New York City’s premier kick boxing show.
The competition was fierce throughout the night as some of the best local fight teams squared off in Promoter Louis Neglia’
By Howard Koplowitz and John Tozzi
Council Member Letitia James will welcome Commissioner of Finance Martha E. Stark for an informative discussion on property taxes in New York from 6-8 p.m., February 21.
Poor homeowners, already unable to cope with rising utility rates, heating cos
The Bensonhurst West End Community Council (BWECC) will meet at 8 p.m., February 27 at the FIAO Beacon Community Center at Seth Low IS 96, 99 Avenue P.
Assistant Director of Community Relations Bruce Solomon from New York City Comptroller William C
The Federation of Italian-American Organizations (FIAO) Beacon Center will be offering a Math Prep Class for the statewide test on Mondays from 2:30-4 p.m. for 6th graders, 4-5:30 for 7th graders and 4:30-6 p.m. for 8th graders.
The Beacon Center i
By Bobby Ciafardini
In 17 years, a small grass roots organization in the Bronx has grown by leaps and bounds in the world of professional baseball.
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By Bobby Ciafardini
Renowned jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison, Jr. will bring the sweet sounds of Mardi Gras to the Bronx later this month, providing the musical backdrop for a celebration of the Eucharist and prayer for New Orleans at St. Augustine Church.
Comment
By Jon Minners
Nirka Vasile struggled to hold back the tears as she discussed the hardest decision of her life: closing the jewelry store in Throggs Neck that she has owned and operated for two decades.
Comment
By Bret Nolan Collazzi
A once-controversial, Zerega-based manufacturer of radioactive drugs will hold a public meeting in early March to answer concerns about its planned move to a larger space closer to Zerega Industrial Park.
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Paulette Sansone, Ph.D., has been named the director of the new Research Center for Bon Secours New York Health System (BSNYHS). Formerly the Director of Social Services and Research for Schervier Nursing Care Center-part of BSNYHS-Dr. Sansone will now f
Dr. Sansone received her Ph.D. in Social Welfare and Gerontology, as well as her M.S.W. from Fordham University. She also holds a post-master
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By Bret Nolan Collazzi
The Ciampa Organization has already sold the 11 two-family homes now rising on Jarvis Avenue, prompting the firm to again boost prices and hurry construction at the 47-house Waterbury Estates complex, officials involved in the sales said.
Comment
By Bobby Ciafardini
Parents at P.S. 121 are outraged that the Department of Education is seriously considering placing portable classrooms in the schoolyard of the 2750 Throop Avenue elementary school this September to accommodate the temporary relocation of Sports Professions High School.
Comment
Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., an internationally recognized researcher and endocrinologist who serves as director of the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive Diseases & Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has been appointed
The announcement of Dr. Spiegel
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By Bret Nolan Collazzi
The Department of Buildings (DOB) notified two more architects last week that the two-family homes they designed in Throggs Neck and Waterbury-LaSalle include too few parking spaces, and ordered them to file revised plans.
Comment
By Jon Minners
In just over a week, the only thing anyone will be able to rent at Blockbuster Video in Throggs Neck will be the entire store.
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By Bret Nolan Collazzi
The Department of Education has no immediate plans to open a high school in a factory building at Bronxdale and Van Nest avenues, although the city has not ruled out the site for future schools, community leaders reported at a meeting of the Morris Park Community Association on Wednesday, February 8.
Comment
By Jon Minners
First it was commercial buildings and then it was private homes, but now even religious institutions are succumbing to the scourge of cellular phone antennas popping up throughout Throggs Neck and other areas, a trend that disturbs two local elected officials.
Comment
By Jon Minners
The streets were lined with blue as throngs of police officers showed up in White Plains earlier in the week to pay their respects to Police Officer Eric Hernandez, the off-duty 52nd Precinct cop who was beaten by a gang of thugs inside a Bronx fast food restaurant and then mistakenly shot by a police officer, resulting in his death on February 8.
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By Bobby Ciafardini
In the spirit of Black History Month, the Harlem River and Hudson River North Marine Station and Ecology Center will open a new exhibit at the southern end of Roberto Clemente State Park this week.
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By Bret Nolan Collazzi
Confronted by a foot-wide tree bending into his property and a neighbor unwilling to let him chop it down, the developer of two three-family homes in Zerega went out on a limb last month: He built the 50-foot tree into his project.
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By Bobby Ciafardini
The Bronx will welcome nine new small secondary schools in 2006.
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By Jon Minners
January was National Mentoring Month and the 49th Precinct Explorers took the opportunity to honor their mentors while appointing officers that will serve as mentors for young members in the program through 2006.
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By Bret Nolan Collazzi
The city may have gotten its way when it began construction on a massive underground water filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park last year, but community leaders long opposed to the project have not given up their fight to limit its impact on surrounding neighborhoods.
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By Bobby Ciafardini
An early morning blaze Monday destroyed a three-story home on Revere Avenue, but also left a tremendous void in the community, claiming the life of John Pye, a well-known resident, a regular at the Crosstown Diner near his home and the former longtime owner of P & P Builders Supply.
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By Jon Minners
The Woodlawn community finally got answers about the fate of Ladder 39, but they were not the answers residents and leaders wanted to hear.
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By Bobby Ciafardini
When Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, the famous groundhog becomes the bearer of bad news, signaling another six weeks of winter, as he did this year.
Comment
By Jon Minners
A previously announced business deal between Hudson Valley Holding Corp. and New York National Bank has become official, providing Hudson Valley with four additional banks in the Bronx.
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By Jon Minners
After 27 years of dedicating their time to help save lives in the local community, the Throggs Neck Volunteer Ambulance Corps is getting a good dose of the thanks and support it deserves.
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By Jon Minners
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. continues to show its commitment to New York and the Bronx by giving back to the community.
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Another sell-out crowd filled the Capitale for the latest installment of New York City’s premier kick boxing show.
The competition was fierce throughout the night as some of the best local fight teams squared off in Promoter Louis Neglia’
Family frolics were on the books as mom, dad and the kids teamed up with staff to celebrate a milestone anniversary at Public School 312.
The school gym, 7103 Avenue T, was transformed into a reveler’s haven as visitors enjoyed a benefit eveni
Showmanship stole the limelight when talented students ushered in a new season with a winter concert at Marine Park Intermediate School.
Playing to a standing room only crowd, the sixth grade Beginning Band joined musical forces with the seventh gr
The Public School 177-Marlboro School Council for Unity will host a Multicultural Fair from 12-2 p.m., March 20 at the school, 346 Avenue P.
Local politicians; representatives from Region 7; 60 esteemed visitors from Belgium; as well as the student
As Bay Ridge prepares to be transformed into an emerald empire next month for St. Patrick’s Day festivities, a local planning committee got busy ironing out the kinks in the jubilant jaunt.
The Irish American Brooklyn Parade Committee held an
The Bensonhurst West End Community Council (BWECC) will meet at 8 p.m., February 27 at the FIAO Beacon Community Center at Seth Low IS 96, 99 Avenue P.
Assistant Director of Community Relations Bruce Solomon from New York City Comptroller William C
Council Member Letitia James will welcome Commissioner of Finance Martha E. Stark for an informative discussion on property taxes in New York from 6-8 p.m., February 21.
Poor homeowners, already unable to cope with rising utility rates, heating cos
Classes
& Lectures
Genesis Tree of Life Yoga & Wellness Center - Yoga for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. Pre, post-natal and children’s yoga also. 102-19 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills. 718-544-5997.
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Classes
& Lectures
350 Years of American Jewish History - Conducted by Rabbi Gerald Solomon, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon., Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center, 193-10 Peck Ave., Fresh Meadows. 718-357-5100.
The Wisdom of Love -
Boys’ basketball
Christ the King 55, Bishop Loughlin 47.
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By Mitch Abramson
You know a team is young when they hardly react to a down-to-the-wire, heart-pumping victory. August Martin's girls' basketball team is so young they're still teething. With two freshmen and only one senior in the starting lineup, the Angels are as youthful as their coach, Joel Ascher, is old.
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By Dylan Butler
Chris Francaviglia knew exactly what to call Archbishop Molloy's 5-4 loss to Iona Prep in Game 2 of the CHSHL Class A semifinal series Thursday at Murray Rink in Yonkers.
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By Joseph Staszewski
Part of Bradd Wierzbicki's game was struggling, but that didn't mean he was.
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By Adam Pincus
The 32-year-old Forest Hills man charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend and leaving her 4-year-old daughter on a Middle Village street pleaded guilty to manslaughter and child abandonment Thursday, Feb. 16, the Queens district attorney said.
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Auditions
& Rehearsals
The Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill - Rehearsals on at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 86-20 114th St., Richmond Hill, Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. 516-223-7236.
The Outrageous Fortune Company - A
Although New York has some of the strongest firearm laws on the book, gun violence in this city and across the nation continues to wreak havoc on the lives of our law-abiding citizens. It’s time that we all unite to stop this madness. We, the peop
There are about eight long-established civic associations in Little Neck and Douglaston. We publish our names and contact information. There is no registered association listed by the name used on these fliers. Anonymity is very suspicious. Who are they
Yesterday, I found a picture in the press of smiling Bloomberg and Klein proclaiming 36 more of these make-believe schools, slated to open this year, with names such as “Academy of Hospitality and Tourism High School,” “East-West School
After 30 years of dire predictions of horrific consequences of having group homes in residential neighborhoods, none of which ever came to pass, reasonable people have moved on to other things. Those few stalwarts who remain opposed, despite a mountain of
As a Bayside resident, I was at the forefront of seeking and getting legitimate reform for that neighborhood. The thousands of hours spent was to the detriment of family, friends, business and if several late-night threats were to be believed, even my per
This letter is a small tribute to a man big in stature, heart and passion for his neighbors, friends and constituents. To paraphrase and old Irish ballad, Brian, we wish you one more day to stay and lift a cup or two with us. If you must however leave us,
The law clearly states that holiday displays that are temporary in nature may include religious symbols. We are talking about a display, not an educational lesson plan. Why is it discrimination when it is against anyone else but Christians? Why is the ACL
Haros has become a nearly invisible master of manipulation when it comes to dealing with the agency that was created to protect the rights of the millions of people who rent apartments in New York City. Thirty-five of his buildings appeared on HPD’s
As the testimony of the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency showed last week, FEMA put the “b” in “bungling.” Fortunately, the number of families remaining in the Queens hotels is limited. We hope the city will p
Morales Saintilus, 53, of 92-24 Rockaway Beach Blvd., allegedly sexually abused his 19-, 14- and 12-year-old daughters, according to authorities.
Police said his daughters filed a complaint, which led to their father’s arrest. Saintilus has
The measure would require the city Department of Education to translate all forms distributed in large quantities into eight foreign languages and provide translators at all PTA meetings.
The bill, known as the Education Equity Act, was introduced
Cuomo, a Queens native and son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo, was President Bill Clinton’s housing secretary.
Michael Reich, the Queens Democratic Organization’s executive secretary, said Cuomo’s qualifications made him the most like
The institution’s headmaster, Dr. Richard Marotta, delivered an inspirational speech, stating, “This is one game of the year I have mixed feelings about attending. This is the last game in which we can say goodbye to our seniors. It is an emot
music * dance
Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing, 624-4061, sat. 2/11, 7:30pm, sun. 2/12, 4pm, Beethoven, Adams, Messiaen, w/Chris Gross, cello * thurs. 2/16, 7:30pm, Bach, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mihailova, w/Katya Mihailova, piano * fri. 2/17, 7:30pm, Beethoven, Mozart, Poulenc w/The Royal Concertgebouw Ensemble.
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Smith Street
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens
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From February 17-22, BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas, in collaboration with The African Diaspora Film Festival, presents The Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival. This one-week series showcases 12 feature films, and
A highlight of The Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival is Tsotsi (2005), a deeply affecting South African film about a young gang leader who winds up caring for a young child in the sprawling ghettoes of Johannesburg. The film will screen on February 19 and 22. Another South African film features in the series, Boy Called Twist, is a retelling of Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist. This screens on February 17 and 18.
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Step through the front door of one of the historic Hunterfly Road Houses in Brooklyn and you are transported back in time to the parlor of a free Black New Yorker in the Civil War era. Step over the threshold of another house and you’ll find yoursel
The Weeksville Heritage Center, which makes New York City's African American history come alive all year long, invites you to discover how black New Yorkers really lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The center is opening its newly-restored, National Historic Register houses In February for special tours, storytelling sessions and children's craft workshops to commemorate African American History Month and to continue the celebration of its own 35th anniversary year.
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Baroque music ensemble Les Arts Florissants, led by its renowned founder William Christie, returns to BAM in Handel’s dramatic English opera, Hercules. This acclaimed Aix-en-Provence Festival production is presented at BAM in its U.S. premiere.
Director Luc Bondy - making his NY debut - modernizes this rarely performed, secular oratorio depicting the tragic return of the hero after a triumphant military campaign. This ancient myth is performed on a sparse stage, carpeted in sand and evoking a Greek amphitheater. A monumental, shattered statue is the central scenic element, surrounded by moving platforms.
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The Fantasticks @ KCC Performing Arts Society at the MAC Playhouse at Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd.,, 347-680-2460 * showtimes: fri. 2/9 thru sat. 2/11 * thurs. thru sat. 8pm, sat. 2pm * tickets: $15 adults * synopsis: The legenda
Side show @ Gallery Players, 199 14th Street, Park Slope, galleryplayers.com, tickets: www.theatermania.com, 212.352.3101 * showtimes: sat. 2/18 thru sun. 3/12 * thurs. thru sat. 8pm, sun. 3pm. * tickets: $15 adults, $12 children 12 & under, senior citizens * synopsis: Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell, Music by Henry Krieger, Directed by Matt Schicker. While only playing for 120 performances on Broadway, the musical Side Show, which tells the true story of Violet and
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This week, just before Valentine’s Day, the Performing Arts Society of Kingsborough Community College will present Jones & Schmidt’s longest-running musical love story, The Fantastiks.
The Fantasticks tells the story of the courtship and relationship of Matt and Luisa. Thanks to a timeless and beautiful score, witty dialogue, and ample touches of theatricality, we see how love courses through the heart ... and the mind. The Fantastiks was a highlight of the off-Broadway movement; ran for 42 years; and gave the world Jerry Orbach as the original balladeer, El Gallo.
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85 S. Oxford St., 625-7515, sat. 2/18, 7:30pm, Voodobillies perform, also a dinner and cook-off at 6pm.
Backroom, 485 Dean St., 622-7035, fri. 2/10, 8pm-2am, Plastic Beef Variety show w/host Pat O'Shea * sat. 2/11, 9:30pm, US Free * 10:30pm, Sons of Dawn * 11:30pm, Mickey Western and the Magnum 44's * sun. 2-7pm, Improvised and Otherwise experimental Jazz Benefit * 9:30pm, Pub Quiz * mon. 2/13, 9:30pm, Live jazz w/Fay Victor and her ensemble and guests *
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By Joe Maniscalco
I saw witches in bikinis flying through the air/Drinking black martinis/And throwing back their hair.
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When a Stranger Calls, PG-13 for intense terror, violence and some language.
While babysitting, a high school student is terrorized by a stranger who calls her, asking "have you checked the children lately?" The police eventually notify her the calls are coming from inside the house. Starring Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy, Brian Geraghty, Tessa Thompson. Directed by Simon West.
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Murder in Harlem
mon. 2/14, 7pm, @Barbes, 376 Ninth St., 965-9177, barbesbrooklyn.com * US. 1935. (100 min). Oscar Micheaux is one of the few early Black directors to have made it into cinema history books. From 1919 to 1948, he produced 48 feature films. His most famous is probably Body and Soul, in which Paul Robeson made his screen debut. Murder in Harlem is the story of black watchman falsely accused of murdering of white woman. Directed by Oscar Micheaux
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Kent Theatre 1170 Coney Island Avenue, 338-3371
Final Destination R (fri. 10) 3, 5:15, 7:30, 10 (sat. 2/11) 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:30 (sun. 2/12) noon, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:30 (mon. 2/13) 7, 9:15 (tues. 2/14) 3, 5:15, 7:30, 10 (wed. 2/15) 3, 5:15, 7:30, 10 (thurs. 2/16) 7, 9:15
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Rockaway Artists Alliance
Brooklyn College Performing Arts Center
Doll and Toy Museum
@ Social Hall of the Ethical Cultural Society
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Symphonic Poem: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, on view at the Brooklyn Museum, February 24-August 14, presents nearly 100 works by the celebrated African-American artist. Robinson’s mixed-media pieces draw on cultural identity, travel to an
In addition to traditional paintings, sketches, and sculpture made with paint, ink, charcoal, and clay, Robinson's major works are composed of found objects such as fabric, buttons, pieces of leather, stones, leaves, bark, twigs, and a special medium she calls "hogmawg," made mainly from mud, grease, dyes, and glue.
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Invading bombers roar across the sky, flying saucers harass a busy stretch of blacktop and upended city buses teeter in the high wind.
Boys’ basketball
No. 1 Cardozo 64, No. 8 Flushing 44.
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Brooklyn’s trendy waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO has long been hailed as up-and-coming. Recently, the neighborhood was designated as a Business Improvement District (BID) by Mayor Bloomberg.
Tucker Reed, formerly the Senior Advisor and Po
Robert D. Vitalo has been named as the new Head of the Berkeley Carroll School, effective July 1, 2006. The appointment was announced by Timothy F. Quinn, President of the Board of Trustees. Vitalo will succeed Richard F. Barter.
The Berkeley Carr
As Bay Ridge prepares to be transformed into an emerald empire next month for St. Patrick’s Day festivities, a local planning committee got busy ironing out the kinks in the jubilant jaunt.
The Irish American Brooklyn Parade Committee held an
Council Member Letitia James will welcome Commissioner of Finance Martha E. Stark for an informative discussion on property taxes in New York from 6-8 p.m., February 21.
Poor homeowners, already unable to cope with rising utility rates, heating co
A bi-partisan group of state legislators called for lifting the “cap” on public charter schools at a press conference in Albany. The press conference occurred on the same day the state hit the statutory limit on charter schools.
Among th
No matter how much you love someone, it’s not easy being a caregiver 24 hours a day, seven days at week.
At Leeza’s Place at the Park Slope Geriatric Day Center, 199 14th Street, caregivers can find relief from stress, join in fun worksh
Council Member Letitia James will welcome Commissioner of Finance Martha E. Stark for an informative discussion on property taxes in New York from 6-8 p.m., February 21.
Poor homeowners, already unable to cope with rising utility rates, heating co
Even-year graduating classes went up against odd-year graduating classes as Bishop Ford High School held its annual Alumni Basketball Game, with the even years eking out a close 56-55 victory.
Following the basketball game, a dinner was held for p
As Bay Ridge prepares to be transformed into an emerald empire next month for St. Patrick’s Day festivities, a local planning committee got busy ironing out the kinks in the jubilant jaunt.
The Irish American Brooklyn Parade Committee held an
The YWCA of Brooklyn is offering the following free community programs as it works towards eliminating gender and racial disparities in health.
Æ Free Fitness Classes for breast cancer survivors. On-going dates and times. Call for more infor
Neighborhood Employment Services will be offering an introductory computer class, “Basic Computers with Job Readiness,” designed to give beginning users the tools to carry out successful, internet-based job searches and application processes, b
If you’re the sort of person who shivers at the sight of the Polar Bear Club’s dip in the Atlantic Ocean on New Year’s Day, then this race is most certainly not for you.
This is “The Race for the Hardcore,” the Prospect Pa
The Historic Districts Council will present a panel discussion, “Community Preservation in Brooklyn: Preserving the Past, Planning the Future,” from 6:30-8 p.m., February 21 at the Brooklyn Music School, 126 Saint Felix Street.
Co-spons
A bi-partisan group of state legislators called for lifting the “cap” on public charter schools at a press conference in Albany. The press conference occurred on the same day the state hit the statutory limit on charter schools.
Among th
There is a proposal to wire the New York City subway system for cell phone use.
This is absurd. People will no longer have the legitimate excuse that they were on the subway in response to queries about why they did not answer their cell phones. <
The new top cop at the 76th Precinct is asking the public to hold his cops—and himself—to a higher standard.
Speaking at the 76th Precinct Community Council this week, Captain Michael Kemper said each and every cop in the precinct will b
Even-year graduating classes went up against odd-year graduating classes as Bishop Ford High School held its annual Alumni Basketball Game, with the even years eking out a close 56-55 victory.
Following the basketball game, a dinner was held for p
Hello Stanley Gershbein (“It’s Only My Opinion”), I’ve enjoyed your columns since I moved here four years ago, and I’ll get right to my point.
I don’t know about the impact of building walls on our borders, but Frost
The YWCA of Brooklyn is offering the following free community programs as it works towards eliminating gender and racial disparities in health.
* Free Fitness Classes for breast cancer survivors. On-going dates and times. Call for more informatio
The Historic Districts Council will present a panel discussion, “Community Preservation in Brooklyn: Preserving the Past, Planning the Future,” from 6:30-8 p.m., February 21 at the Brooklyn Music School, 126 Saint Felix Street.
Co-spons
As part of its Independence Day celebration, the Brooklyn B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Alumni Association will be holding a reunion for former members from the 1960s and ’70s.
Alumni, scattered throughout more than 20 states as w
No matter how much you love someone, it’s not easy being a caregiver 24 hours a day, seven days at week.
At Leeza’s Place at the Park Slope Geriatric Day Center, 199 14th Street, caregivers can find relief from stress, join in fun works
Jonathan Slemmer, 29, who grew up in Park Slope, passed away on February 4, after a five-month battle with lung cancer, which he described in detail in his online journal: http://jslemmer.blogspot.com
A previously healthy non-smoker, Jon reached a
By Adam Pincus
A state regulatory commission indicated Wednesday that it would approve the sale of a power plant in Astoria to a company jointly owned by New York and Chicago interests, a person familiar with the deal said.
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