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Contentious East Williamsburg Club, The Brooklyn Mirage, Secures a Full Liquor License 6,000-Person Venue Set to Reopen in May Or June LEFT: The controversial pop‐up club The Brooklyn Mirage, which was shut down sev‐ eral times last summer for a host of violations, secured a full liquor license from the New York State Liquor Authority on Monday.

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By Scott Enman Greenpoint Gazette

The controversial pop-up club The Brooklyn Mirage was indeed living up to its name last summer after city officials repeatedly shut down the venue for a host of violations. continued on p. 3

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Do You Know The Way to the Newtown Creek Nature Walk?

Here’s a view from the shoreline of the unusual nature walk, which was built by the city Department of Environmental Protection. It’s one of 10 spots you should see in Greenpoint if you want to claim you know the neighborhood well. To read more about Greenpoint spots visit brooklyneagle.com Brooklyn Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

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Contentious E. Williamsburg Club The Brooklyn Mirage Secures Full Liquor License continued from p. 1

However, following a long struggle with local law enforcement, Community Board 1 (CB1) and a series of botched raves, the club seems to be on the right track to reopening permanently after the New York State State Liquor Authority (SLA) granted the venue a full liquor license on Monday.

The SLA issued the license despite CB1 — which encompasses Greenpoint, Williamsburg and East Williamsburg — voting to deny the company a

certificate, since the club’s operators refused to close the venue at 1 a.m.

The Brooklyn Mirage is run out of an industrial lot at 111 Gardner Ave. in East Williamsburg and is operated

by Zurich-based entertainment company Cityfox.

The club encompasses an outdoor portion of a 6,000-person, 80,000-square-foot complex that also includes indoor and year-round facilities. The entire compound is known as Avant Gardner.

The venue is slated to re-

open in May or June and its hours of operation will be 2 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.

“We are excited,” Cityfox's Marketing Director Simar Singh told the Greenpoint Gazette on Wednesday. “For the last many months, our team has worked hard to meet requirements and requests of all agencies and local officials while demonstrating our commitment to safety and the community.

“We'll continue the same until doors open and always afterwards.”

Cityfox is the same business that attempted to throw a massive rave on Halloween in 2015 inside the NuHart Plastics Factory, a deserted Greenpoint warehouse filled with toxic waste that is partially a Superfund site.

That event was shut down after Cityfox sold 6,000 tickets

for a space cleared for only 3,500 people. Authorities also canceled the party because there were combustible substances and hazardous materials on site.

Cityfox founder Billy Bildstein has attempted to open The Brooklyn Mirage since last spring, but it was shut down on

The NuHart Plastics Factory in Greenpoint, where Cityfox tried to throw a massive party on Hal‐ loween in 2015, but was shut‐ down by local authorities.

Brooklyn Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

several occasions for safety and fire-code violations and for selling alcohol without a liquor license.

Bildstein attended a Feb. 15 CB1 meeting where he apologized for his company's previous actions and vowed to make improvements at the location.

"I want to apologize to you, the community, about many things we could have done better," Bildstein said at the gathering, according to DNAinfo.

"We made mistakes and we didn't do our homework right before we approached the board last year. I know we didn't make a very good impression last year, and we’re here to show you the improvements."

At the meeting, Bildstein pledged to run a neighborhood “beautification plan,” hire 171 Brooklynites and that his club would generate $7.2 million in

local income. He also alerted CB1 members that he had gained the support of more than 20 local politicians and neighborhood activists.

In addition to hosting the world's top underground DJs, The Brooklyn Mirage will host movie screenings, fashions shows and art events. It will be adorned with street murals and roughly 15,000 plants.

Food options will include a series of Brooklyn vendors serving tacos, pizza and German street food.

“We look forward to providing hundreds of jobs, increased local economic activity and a unique space to host a wide variety of events for Brooklyn,” Singh told the Gazette. “We hope to become an indelible contribution to the thriving cultural landscape of New York City.”

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Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), the first international, competitive film festival in New York, has closed submissions for its 20th anniversary program.

BFF received a total of 2,650 films from 120 countries and will select roughly 130 film premieres, to be announced in May. The films are divided into six categories: Feature Narrative, Feature Documentary, Short Narrative, Short Documentary, Ex-

perimental and Animation.

Participating films cannot be older than two years. Only those films that go through the submission process can be selected, and all the selected films are shown twice.

All the selected films also participate in the competition. And the smallest film can win the top festival award, “The Grand Chameleon.”

The festival will run from June 2 to 11 at two main venues: Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg and Windmill Studios NYC in Greenpoint.

Additional programming will be presented on June 5 and 6 at Syndicated in Bushwick

and on June 9 at UnionDocs in Williamsburg.

On June 3, BFF will present its 13th annual kidsfilmfest at Made in NY Media Center by IFP in DUMBO. And on June 10, the sixth annual exchange program will be hosted by Kickstarter in Greenpoint.

BFF Executive Director Marco Ursino said, “The 20th BFF is going to be extroverted and fun. More screenings and venues than ever before and a few special events where the audience, the filmmakers, the industry and the media will be able to connect and share. This year’s festival is without a

doubt the most ambitious project to date, and I can’t think of a better partner than Stella Artois to create situations that are both fun and productive.”

In each of the six film categories, BFF’s judges will select Best Film, Spirit Award and Audience Award winners. From all the six categories combined, BFF will award one of each of the following: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Composer, Best Editor, Best Cinematographer, Best Screenplay Writer, Best Producer and Best New Director. Winners will more than $60,000 in products, services and cash.

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Tick Tock: DUMBO’s Clock Tower Penthouse Sells for a Record-Breaking $15 Million

Look over by the staircase — there’s a glass elevator. It’s one of the DUMBO Clock Tower’s unusual features.

By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Eagle

Tick tick boom.

That’s the sound of condo sales records being broken in Brooklyn.

The penthouse of the iconic Clock Tower in DUMBO has finally sold — and it was a deal worth waiting for.

The price was $15 million, according to the Corcoran Group, the brokerage that repped the seller. The firm noted in its recent announcement about the sale closing that this is a record price for condos in the borough.

Two Trees Management, the Walentas family’s company, was the seller.

The four walls of the triplex atop 1 Main St. each have 14foot glass clock faces in them. The clocks actually tell time, in case you’re wondering.

The buyer was an LLC, the Corcoran Group’s announcement said.

The transaction has not yet shown up in online city Finance Department records, so it wasn’t possible to check the deed to see whether the names of anyone who’s a member of the purchasing LLC appear on it.

Corcoran’s Frank Castelluccio handled the listing for Two Trees. Monica Luque of Douglas Elliman repped the purchaser.

The asking price was $18 million.

The sale was a triumph of perseverance: The unique apartment had been on and off the market at various times since 2010.

The very first time it was put up for sale, the asking price was $25 million.

The penthouse appeared in a 1985 Mickey Rourke film called “Year of the Dragon.”

The glam apartment sits at the top of a former industrial build-

Photos courtesy of Corcoran Group

ing that had been constructed in 1914 — which has jaw-dropping views of Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Manhattan skyline.

Two Trees Management’s condo conversion of the Clock Tower was a key move in its successful efforts to transform formerly dangerous and seedy DUMBO into a trendy neighborhood with ultra-expensive home prices.

“One Main was the first condo building developed by Two Trees Management and it’s truly remarkable how the area has been transformed since 1998 when the condos were selling for $250 per square foot,” Nicole Kolinsky, a Two Trees spokeswoman, said in a statement.

The company’s current focus is the development and long-term ownership of properties such as the newly built rental tower 300 Ashland, which is across the street from Brooklyn Academy of Music and has cultural spaces for BAM and the community, she said. It is also developing the 11-acre Domino Sugar Factory site.

How many people do you know who have a 14-foot glass clock face in their kitchen? There’s one in the triplex at the top of the DUMBO Clock Tower.

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BBP Announces Vibrant Spring, Summer Events Calendar Movies With a View, Pre-Show Parties, Beer Gardens, Brooklyn Vendors

By Scott Enman Brooklyn Eagle

On any given weekend, hundreds of thousands of visitors are drawn to Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) for its lush lawns, breathtaking views and state-of-the-art athletic facilities.

People also voyage there for the park’s delectable food and drinks.

The 85-acre space boasts delicious coal-burning pizza from Fornino, tasty ice cream from the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, luscious lobster rolls from Luke’s Lobster and thirst-quenching iced coffee from the Brooklyn Roasting Company.

In addition, visitors are treated to incredible views of the Statue of Liberty, Manhattan skyline and East River bridges.

But another major attraction for residents from Brooklyn and beyond is the park’s hundreds of free events. And on Monday, BBP and Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy announced their 2017 spring and summer season events calendar featuring dozens of lively programs.

Returning is the fan favorite Movies With a View, which will be enhanced this year with a pre-show party featuring a beer garden, DJ and Brooklyn food vendors.

“The pre-show party, we had tested it out last year, but we’re bringing it to a new level this year,” Conservancy Executive Director Nancy Webster told the Brooklyn Eagle. “While folks have always come down early for the movie, we’re hoping that they’ll come down even ear-

lier to grab a glass of wine or beer.

“We’ll also have food options there on the promenade where you can listen to music while you wait for the movies to begin.”

Films being shown this year include “Office Space,” “Pariah,” “Casablanca,” “The Lego Movie,” “9 to 5,” “Selma” and “Mad Max: Fury Road.” The public will choose the final showing.

Webster told the Eagle that the theme for this year’s movie selection — which will take place on Thursday evenings in July and August — is resistance.

“Our movie series brings so many people together on the Pier 1 lawn, [and] has this incredible sense of community and goodwill that I always find very inspiring,” said Webster.

The season officially kicks off on April 8 with the 19th Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K in honor of Eileen Dugan, a New York state assemblymember from 1980 to 1996 who was instrumental in the eventual creation of BBP. Come May, Brooklynites frequenting the park will be able to admire an abnormal-looking 26foot-wide never-ending vortex of black water, which is the latest art installation by Mumbaiborn, Britain-based sculptor Anish Kapoor.

The renowned artist’s whirlpool, dubbed “Descension,” will be installed at BBP’s Pier 1 and will be on display from May 3 through Sept. 10, 2017.

Other highlights include The BAMcinemaFest Outdoor Screening, an outdoor festival featuring

Runners take part in the Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K in honor of Eileen Dugan, a New York state assemblymember from 1980 to 1996 who was instrumental in the eventual creation of BBP. Photo by Etienne Frossard

BBP visitors enjoy “Purple Rain,” a past feature of the “Movies With a View” series.

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Toddlers look on during the park’s Summer Story Reading Time. live music, curated food and a film screening, which will take place on June 22 at 8 p.m. on Pier 1.

Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself Marathon on the Granite Terrace will take place June 10 at 5 p.m. It will be a marathon reading of the famous poet’s and former Eagle editor’s critically acclaimed poem “Song of Myself.”

Other returning fan favorites include Books Beneath the Bridge, Jazzmobile and All The Park’s a Stage. Free outdoor fitness classes like Zumba, Pilates, Broadway Dance, Hip-Hop Dance Aerobics and Sunrise Yoga will also be available.

In addition to the park’s programs, BBP will add more than 4 acres of new parkland with the opening of the Pier 5 uplands.

“Brooklyn Bridge Park, in addition to its

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absolutely magnificent views of New York Harbor and its lush lawns and natural areas, features amazing recreation areas plus a very rich portfolio of free and low-cost cultural, recreational and educational activities that we hope appeal to folks who live all across New York City,” Webster told the Eagle.

She added, “Our programs really utilize the waterfront nature of the park such as our kayaking programs where park visitors can actually interact with the water. That is really the magical thing about Brooklyn Bridge Park, that we are able to do such a variety of programs and bring so many different experiences to New Yorkers who come to the park to enjoy it.”

To see a full list of events, go to brooklynbridgepark.org.

A group of girls jump rope along the waterfront in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Photo by Alexa Hoyer

Photo by Etienne Frossard

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No End in Sight for Collapsed Ramp at Shore Road Park

Community Board, Parks Department May Be at Odds on Repair Schedule

By John Alexander Brooklyn Eagle

A few weeks ago, the Brooklyn Eagle reported on the Shore Road Park ramp closure at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, which has been closed for more than a year due to foundation collapse.

Recently, News 12 published a letter from the Department of Parks and Recreation, which stated, “This area has been closed off for safety and we have been keeping the community board and elected officials informed on reconstruction of the ramp, which should begin in early summer. In the meantime, there is another entrance at 100th Street.”

When the Eagle reached out to Community Board 10, the board that oversees the district the ramp is in, it said that it could not possibly set a time frame of repair since there is still no approved design.

For some residents of the neighborhood, getting to Shore Road Park without the ramp is not an easy task.

With the 97th Street entrance closed off, the other closest entries are located at 93rd and Shore Road, and 100th Street.

However, both of those entrances require the use of stairs, and the nearest ramp entrance is by the Belt Parkway, which is a greater distance away.

As a result, people continually try to climb over the fence, risking their safety in the process. Once they manage to get over the fence, they must climb down a steep hill.

Coaches carrying large bags of sports equipment, including bases, bats and gloves, must walk for blocks in order to get down to the field. Since it has already taken a year with no progress made, parents of St. Patrick Catholic Academy baseball players have been encouraged to file a complaint with the Parks Department regarding this matter. They were forwarded a form to complete and return from the school’s sports department.

The form strongly urged parents to email Brooklyn Community Board 10 and explain that there is no other easy access to Shore Road Park, and how this seriously impacts individuals with special needs, parents with strollers and elderly individuals who cannot walk the long distance to enjoy the park.

As previously reported on March 24, the Eagle reached out to District Manager Josephine Beckmann, who responded, “Community Board 10 was notified by New York City Parks Department that the collapse of the 97th Street ramp will require

This taped-off ramp leads to the field at Shore Road and 97th Street.

a total reconstruction as the walkway is completely undermined.

The good news is that funds have been allocated for its refurbishment and the process is underway. Unfortunately, this will mean that the 97th Street ramp will not be repaired in time for

this season and the Community Board is awaiting a Parks Department presentation of the new ADA-compliant ramp design sometime in April. The 97th Street ramp must remain closed for public safety, and while we understand the inconvenience, we ask all to please heed the barricades that have been placed for public safety.”

The Eagle recently reached back out to Beckmann, who said, “Community Board 10 was notified that a presentation on the new design of the 97th Street ramp is expected sometime in

April 2017. The members of Community Board 10 are looking forward to NYC Parks Department’s design presentation and release of its construction schedule. The closure of the 97th Street ramp has been a hardship for great numbers of park goers — including those who rely on this entrance daily.”

Councilmember Vincent Gentile also addressed the issue in a letter he sent out to residents in the neighborhood. Gentile said that he shared the community’s frustrations with the limited access to the park, stating, “Unfortunately, what is required for this ramp is more than just a simple repaving or repair job. After the most recent partial collapse, structural engineers from the NYC Parks Department determined that the ramp was completely undermined and needed to be closed for public safety. After many years of piecemeal patch jobs, it was decided that the ramp needed to be torn down and completely rebuilt.”

Gentile further explained that because there is a contract in place, there is no need to wait the normal three to four years to procure a contract. He said that originally, the Parks Department thought they could begin work in the fall (2016), but they cannot replace the ramp as it was because they are now required to make the new ramp compliant with the ADA, which requires a more complicated design and construction process.

The design for the new ramp was initially slated to have been presented to Community Board 10 in late February or early March. However, that did not happen. The hope was for the construction to begin by late spring (2017) but that also did not happen. With the new design now expected in April, there is currently no timeline for when the construction will begin or how long the construction period will take.

The ramp repair work may not begin by early summer, and certainly not until a plan has been approved and put in place by Community Board 10. According to Beckmann, only the Parks Department can answer the question of how soon the work can begin.

INSET: The collapsed ramp can be seen from the sidewalk.

Residents are forced to use a steep, man-made path to get to the park.

Eagle file photos by John Alexander

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Our World In Pictures WASHINGTON, D.C. — People Oppose President: Protesters hold up signs as President Donald Trump speaks at the 2017 North America’s Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference AP Photo/Susan Walsh on Tuesday.

RUSSIA — Remembering Bombing Victims: An Orthodox priest stands at a symbolic floral memorial at the Technologicheskiy Institute subway station in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia’s second-largest city on Monday, killing several people and wounding many more in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform.

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Fine Sights in Cypress Hills — the Cemetery and the Neighborhood

NO SLEEP ’TIL BROOKLYN. THIS SOMNOLENT statue in stunning Cypress Hills Cemetery is a grave-topping monument for Gilbert Thatford, a big Brownsville property owner who died in 1902. The cemetery and the neighborhood that shares its name are full of fine sights — including homes such as this one (inset) in the Highland Park section of Cypress Hills. Find out more in EYE ON REAL ESTATE, pages 7-10INB. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

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elebrates the Cullen-Harrison Act of 1933, which ended the restrictions on limited alcohol on beer. Previously, thirsty fans could only consume “near beer”during Prohibition — that is, beer less than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight.

The Act took effect at 12:01a.m.

April 7, 1933. Beer fans lined up at their favorite bars near midnight on April 6, called “New Beer's Eve.”

National Beer Day is Thursday and Friday, and The Brazen Head has got something special planned. They will be serving a very rare beer for this event. It hasn’t been offered in Brooklyn for several years. Specks: Two Roads Conntucky Lightning. A sour mashed beer that is aged in oak bourbon barrels. You can also find Brooklyn’s own Table 87 pizza at The Brazen Head available from 12 to 4 p.m. and midnight till closing.

Pay tribute to this unofficia holiday celebrating beer in the U.S. Your logo and website imbedded in our article, which will be extensively tweeted and posted online April 5, in print April 6.

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Happy New Beer’s Day 2017!

By John Alexander

So what better way to celebrate the legacy of Pres. Roosevelt than by hoisting up a cold one in his honor, for helping bring beer back for us to enjoy. Happy Beer’s Day to all!

INBrooklyn The Act took effect at 12:01 a.m. April 7, 1933 when President Franklin Roosevelt took the first step toward ending Prohibition.

On that date he signed a law that allowed people to brew and sell beer in the United States as long as it remained below 4 percent alcohol by volume.

Beer fans lined up at their favorite bars near mid‐ night on April 6, known as “New Beer’s Eve.” It had been thirteen long, dry years since they were able to enjoy a cold brew. And April 7 is referred to as “New Beer’s Day.”

Upon signing the legislation, Roosevelt famously said, “I think this would be a good time for a beer.”

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National Beer Day was begun by a gentleman named Justin Smith, a Rich‐ mond, Virginia Craft Beer Examiner, and his friend Mike Connolly from Liver‐ pool, England. April 7 was chosen because that’s when the Cullen‐Harrison Act was signed into law.

Fans have long beaten a path from the Barclays Center to visit the best hidden International Beer Hall in Brooklyn!

Kings Beer Hall has all the trappings of Germany but also serves all the international beers that can fit on their large and growing beer list. Another great place to celebrate National Beer Day.

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Now, the Cullen‐Harri‐ son Act did not mark the official end of Prohibition‐ that occurred months later on December 5, 1933‐but it was a damn good start.

December 5 is “Repeal Day,” another reason to cel‐ ebrate with your favorite pint of suds.

FDR Photo‐FDR signing Beer Bill (Cullen‐Harrison Act) in 1933.

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elebrates the Cullen-Harrison Act of 1933, which ended the restrictions on limited alcohol on beer. Previously, thirsty fans could only consume“near beer”during Prohibition — that is, beer less than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight.

The Act took effect at 12:01a.m.

April 7, 1933. Beer fans lined up at their favorite bars near midnight on April 6, called “New Beer's Eve.” Pay tribute to this unofficia holiday celebrating beer in the U.S. Your logo and website imbedded in our article, which will be extensively tweeted and posted online April 5, in print April 6.

Your deadline to be part of this promotion: Tuesday April 4.

O’Keefe’s is always crowded no matter what time of day you go. White‐ or blue‐collar, Downtown Brooklyn is always on! and O’Keefe’s is right in the heart of it all. You’re always greeted warmly at O’Keefe’s, where the waitress will find you a table and the bartender will set you up. They have 18 televisions to keep you posted about what’s going on in the news or the world of sports.

Downtown Rocco’s Tacos is the ONLY Rocco’s Tacos in the metropol‐ itan area! Again Brooklyn has the first!!!

But we are happy to share!

Bornholm opened their patio in the back this weekend and they would love to have people sitting there for breakfast, lunch, dinner or for a cup of coffee or a drink. They have blankets and heaters out there, so there is a lot of the “Danish Hygge” out there — the best way to “Hygge” is coziness. Great place to celebrate National Beer Day.

If you wish to enjoy the healthy comfort food of home, you need not travel far. Kitchen offers in‐house daily prepared fresh dishes that will keep you coming back time after time. Run, don’t walk, to relish their chicken soup with dumplings! True authentic potato pan‐ cakes! You can sit and gather with fellow diners ‘family’ style and enjoy countless choices of farm‐to‐table meals.

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Arts Light Year 24: Passenger Moments Included in this exhibit are five artists who use their personal experiences in life to expand the relationship between themselves and their subjects and, furthermore, to express their concerns about the surroundings. This presentation is not to celebrate the beauty of nature or to praise the charming, romantic and magnificent. Instead of that, it investigates self and society. Artists: Meng Chih Chiang, Jeremiah Teipen, Poyen Wang, Chinchih Yang and Rosalie Yu + Alon Chitayat.

When: Thursday, April 6, 6-10 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Pearl Street Triangle Liinu Grönlund: It Could Have Been “It Could Have Been” is a video essay — an associative collection of ideas, diary notes and dreamy images combining environmental issues and politics of recent years. The rat — an animal that is controversial, hated, feared and scientifically used — is in the spotlight.

When: Wednesday through Saturday through April 8, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Where: Park Slope/Open Source Gallery (306 17th St.) Susan Silas: The Self-Portrait Sessions In this exhibition, titled “The Self-Portrait Sessions,” Susan Silas will present photographs, bronze and beeswax sculptures and two video works.

When: Tuesday through Sunday, through April 9, 1-6 p.m.

Where: Bushwick/Studio 10 (56 Bogart St.) Foundations A new sculpture by two mid-career Brooklyn artists for whom architecture has been a source of inspiration for many years.

When: Thursday through Sunday, through April 9, 1-6 p.m.

Where: Bushwick/Five Myles (558 St. John’s Place) Hervé Tullet: This Isn’t Trash Wildly imaginative illustrator Hervé Tullet — best known for the beloved children’s book “Press Here” — opens the 2017 Tilt Kids Festival with the first-ever exhibition of new works in New York.

When: Thursday through Sunday, through April 15, 1-7 p.m.

Where: Cobble Hill/Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen St.) Wait Watchers For this work, Haley Morris-Cafiero set up her camera in public areas and photographed herself performing mundane tasks, later examining the images for critical or questioning body language from passersby. Morris-Cafiero considers this work to be a social experiment, engineering a moment when curious strangers become the object of scrutiny.

When: Tuesday through Saturday, through April 21, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/United Photo Industries (16 Main St.) Jim Dow: Eat & Drink Dow painstakingly photographs the light, the atmosphere and the colors of international

“Susan Silas: The Self-Portrait Sessions” will be on exhibit at Studio 10 through April 9.

Image courtesy of the artist

(Russell’s partner) present a selection of materials belonging to the late composer, cellist and electronic music pioneer. This first-ever public

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dining options. Dow’s images capture a sense of place, a sense of longing and a sense of excitement.

When: Tuesday through Saturday, through April 22, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Janet Borden, Inc (91 Water St.) Zeroing See Shanti Grumbine’s intricate cut-paper works, silkscreens and sculptures. The chosen works coalesce around the theme of “Zeroing,” which refers to the recalibration of value as well as the action of aiming a gun at a target.

When: Wednesday through Sunday, through April 23, 12-6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Smack Mellon (92 Plymouth St.) Helen Sear This will be the artist’s fifth solo exhibition at the Klomching Gallery and will feature artworks selected from three bodies of work, all executed since Sear’s successful solo exhibition at the 2015 Venice Biennale, where she represented Wales.

When: Wednesday through Saturday, through April 22, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Klomching Gallery (89 Water St.) Stuart Wallace: Raw A series in which Stuart explores layered watercolors on raw recycled canvas. Through experimentation and use of watercolor in an unconventional means, Stuart investigates the medium through a visionary process that leaves him with surprises, both intended and unintended. The bold compositions use vibrant colors with a careful balance of saturation and dilution, incorporating dreamy, dripped white spaces to provide a visual rest for his audience, sure to delight the viewer.

When: Daily, through April 28, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Creativebloch Gallery (145 Front St.) Robert Swain: Color as Color This is the New York artist’s third solo exhibition at Minus Space and it will feature a suite of new large-format color grid paintings.

When: Wednesday through Saturday, through April 29, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Minus Space (16 Main St., Suite A) Do What I Want: The Experimental World of Arthur Russell Twenty-five years after Arthur Russell’s death, BAM Visual Art, Russell’s estate and Tom Lee

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MYBROOKLYNCALENDAR.COM Continued from page 5INB a selection of Russell’s own notes, scores, photos, test pressings, show fliers and album covers alongside never-before-heard recordings from the artist’s personal working tapes.

When: Daily, through May 14 Where: Fort Greene/BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building (30 Lafayette Ave.) Multilocational See multilocational artworks by Natalia Nakazawa and Cecile

Chong. Multilocational is defined as “of, pertaining to, or being present in more than one location.” It subtly plays on the words multicultural or multinational, or “of mixed ancestry or residence.”

When: Fridays, through June 25, 3-6 p.m.

Where: Park Slope/Old Stone House (336 Third St.) Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern This exhibit takes a new look at how the renowned modernist artist proclaimed her progressive, independent lifestyle through a selfcrafted public persona, including her clothing and the way she posed for the camera. The exhibition expands our understanding of O’Keeffe by focusing on her wardrobe, shown for the first time alongside key paintings and photographs. It confirms and explores her determination to be in charge of how the world understood her identity and artistic values.

When: Wednesday through Sunday, through July 23, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Thursdays, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.)

Where: Prospect Heights/Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway) Forged Worlds This outdoor photography exhibition showcases work by seven artists whose photographic practices revolve around the physical construction of fictional landscapes. Installed on a fence beneath the Manhattan Bridge, this photo installation invites viewers to take a closer look and perhaps allow themselves to be carried away — if even for a moment — in thoughts and lands so strange, yet so familiar, so close to home.

When: Daily, through July 31, 2017 Where: DUMBO/Manhattan Bridge (Adams Street, Plymouth Street and Anchorage Place) Truman Capote’s Brooklyn: The Lost Photographs of David Attie In the spring of 1958, a young photographer named David Attie was led through the streets of Brooklyn Heights and to the Brooklyn waterfront by an unexpected guide: 33-year-old Truman Capote. The images Attie took that day were to illustrate Capote’s essay for Holiday magazine about his life in Brooklyn. Decades later, these largely unseen photographs are being exhibited for the first time.

When: Wednesday through Sunday, through July 31, 12-5 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.) Next Stop: Second Avenue Subway Tracing nearly 100 years of history, the New York Transit Museum’s newest exhibit explores how the Second Avenue line fits into New York’s past, present and future transportation landscapes.

When: Tuesday through Sunday, through Sept. 3, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday hours, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

Where: Downtown Brooklyn/New York Transit Museum (Corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street) Infinite Blue The works of art in “Infinite Blue” feature blue in all its variety — a fascinating strand of visual poetry running from ancient times to the present day. In cultures dating back thousands of years, blue — the color of the skies — has often been associated with the spiritual, but also signifies power, status and beauty. The spiritual and material aspects of blue combine to tell us stories about global history, cultural values, technological innovation and international commerce.

When: Wednesday through Sunday, through Nov. 5, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Where: Prospect Heights/Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway)

Books & Readings

BK Afternoon — Tom Angleberger Presents Rocket and Groot: Keep on Truckin’ In this second rollicking “Rocket and Groot” adventure, Tom Angleberger again channels the voice of Rocket as he uses his space stylus to narrate the story in awesome full-color drawings.

When: Thursday, April 6, 4 p.m.

Where: Greenpoint/WORD Bookstore (126 Franklin St.) Brooklyn Book Launch: “Marlena” by Julie Buntin In Conversation With Kashana Cauley Julie Buntin’s “Marlena” is an electric debut about love, addiction and loss. The highly anticipated novel tells the story of two girls and the feral year that cost one of them her life and defined the other’s for decades.

When: Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/PowerHouse Arena (28 Adams St.) Sam Roberts in Conversation With Pete Hamill Join Sam Roberts as he talks about life, writing and coming home to Brooklyn with writer Pete Hamill.

When: Thursday, April 6, 6:30-8 p.m.

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Welcome to Cypress Hills Cemetery. The distinctive archway at its front entrance is a replica of one that was built in 1893.

Jackie Robinson, Mae West, Piet Mondrian Rest in Peace at Cypress Hills Cemetery

By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

Jackie Robinson. Mae West. Piet Mondrian. A War of 1812 veteran who lived until 1905.

Four VIPs from very different milieus share the same eternal resting place — Cypress Hills Cemetery.

The picturesque graveyard, which was founded in 1848, occupies a 225-acre swath of terrain that stretches across both sides of the BrooklynQueens border.

It gets less media attention than high-profile Brooklyn boneyard Green-Wood. But Cypress Hills Cemetery is nevertheless an inspirational place to visit.

Baseball fans, history buffs and Brooklynites who want to know their borough well should make the trek as soon as spring foliage arrives.

To refresh your memory if you haven’t recently visited the scenic cemetery, take the A or C train to Broadway Junction, then switch to the J train. The Cypress Hills J train station is just steps away from the cemetery’s front entrance at 833 Jamaica Ave. By the way, the entrance has an eyecatching archway topped by a distinctive roof. It is a beautiful replica of the original entrance, which had been built in 1893.

The replica was constructed some years ago as part of a successful effort by Cypress Hills Cemetery’s management to get the historic cemetery into good shape.

Cypress Hills was founded when the rural cemetery movement was just taking hold in America.

This pre-Civil War movement promoted the creation of cemeteries in the countryside, on vast tracts of scenic terrain, as an antidote to overcrowded urban graveyards.

Until the 1830s, in the United States the dead were buried in town, in church graveyards — which sometimes suffered alarming calamities such as floods that washed coffins and human remains right out of the ground.

In a 2011 interview published in The Atlantic, Keith Eggener, who had just written a book called “Cemeteries,” explained that rural cemeteries were designed as places where visitors could step away from worldly concerns.

“Cemeteries we built for ourselves, increasingly after 1830, were places with winding roads and picturesque vistas,” he told interviewer Rebecca Greenfield. “The idea being that you leave behind the mercantile world outside the gates and enter into the space where you can meditate, where you can come into contact with spirituality and concentrate.”

Also, because they were built before Americans had constructed parks, botanic gardens or art museums, rural cemeteries were also places where city-dwellers went for recreation such as picnics and carriage rides, Eggener said.

Chinese-Americans’ Tomb-Sweeping Rituals ‘Rural Cemetery’ Located Alongside Busy Jamaica Avenue Cypress Hills Cemetery is situated on traffic-heavy Jamaica Avenue. Yet it looks like a steep-hilled park with ancient trees, and grassy lawns — which are studded with gravestones old and new, touching memorial statues and stately family tombs.

Though today Cypress Hills Cemetery is surrounded by urban neighborhoods, it is referred to as a “rural cemetery.”

Its acreage was indeed rural when the cemetery was created.

But there’s more to the name “rural cemetery” than that.

INSET: Brooklyn Dodgers superstar Jackie Robinson’s admirers leave tributes such as baseballs and bats at his Cypress Hills Cemetery grave. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

Today, Cypress Hills Cemetery continues to be a green oasis in urban Brooklyn — and a fascinating place of religious diversity as well.

Numerous sections of the cemetery are filled with the graves of Chinese immigrants and their descendants. In late March and early April, their living relatives honor them by observing the Chinese Buddhist festival of Qing Ming, or Tomb-Sweeping Day. The visitors bring gifts including flowers, sticks of incense and fake money to their loved ones’ graves. Some people leave the fake money, held in place by rocks, on top of their dearly departed’s gravestones. Others burn the paper money and paper replicas of useful things such as clothes and iPods in metal containers as offerings to the dead.

Some visitors eat lunch at the gravesides. Roast pig is one customary delicacy that is served.

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Cypress Hills Cemetery is a serene spot that doesn’t look like it’s located in the middle of a city.

Continued from page 7INB Many families make their Qing Ming visits to Cypress Hills Cemetery — and to the Evergreens, a nearby Brooklyn cemetery with a large number of ChineseAmericans’ graves — on weekends before or after the actual date of Qing Ming.

This year, it was April 4.

Non-sectarian Cypress Hills Cemetery is also the final resting place for Christians of various denominations and ethnicities including British and Welsh people who died far from home, and Jews.

Baseball Bats Beside Jackie Robinson’s Gravestone When you visit this historic cemetery, be sure to step inside the office near the front entrance and ask for a copy of the map of notable people’s graves. The map posted on the cemetery’s website does not show whose grave is where.

Having the right map will make it easy for you to find Brooklyn Dodgers superstar and civil rights advocate Jackie Robinson’s final resting place.

The famed baseball player, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in the 1940s, died in 1972.

Robinson’s gravestone has an inspirational saying of his: “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”

INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

The day we went to pay our respects, tributes that other visitors had left beside his headstone included two baseball bats, a tidy pile of baseballs and a sleek pair of Nike athletic shoes.

Brooklyn-born movie star Mae West — a famed sex symbol who wrote nine of the 13 films in which she starred — lived in Hollywood at the time of her 1980 death. Her body was brought back home to be buried in the West family crypt, which is in a handsome old building called Cypress Hills Abbey.

Piet Mondrian, an important abstract painter, is buried on a gently sloping hill that has a view of midtown skyscrapers on the distant horizon.

The Dutch-born painter left Europe during World War II and came to New York to live. He died in 1944.

As for the War of 1812 vet we mentioned at the start of this story, his name was Hiram Cronk. He was just 14 when he enlisted — and lived to be 105. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving veteran of that war.

Cronk’s grave is marked with both a headstone and a wonderful monument topped by an eagle.  See brooklyneagle.com for additional photos of the cemetery where he and hundreds of thousands of other people rest in peace.

ABOVE: This stunning statue stands on a Cypress Hills Cemetery monument for Brooklyn beer brewer Otto Huber, who died in 1889. INSET: Fly Like An Eagle (to quote the Steve Miller Band song) — This monument marks the Cypress Hills Cemetery grave of War of 1812 veteran Hiram Cronk.

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Highland Park and Other Fine Sights in Cypress Hills

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Ah, Wilderness! No, not really. This is Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park, which is located at the edge of Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.

By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

Do you know the way to Highland Park?

And we don’t mean the affluent North Shore Chicago suburb.

That name is shared by a city park with a stunning reservoir and a fascinating mini-neighborhood that’s part of Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.

There are eye-catching mansions in the neighborhood called Highland Park — plus Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St. Joseph Carmelite Monastery — on Highland Boulevard. On parts of Sunnyside Avenue, homes have mountainously steep front yards that call to mind San Francisco’s terrain. Both streets are intersected by Miller Avenue, which is so breathtakingly steep, you’ll think you aren’t in Brooklyn.

By the way, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York bought the monastery property for $2.6 million in 2003 from the Society of the Franciscan Fathers of Greene, Maine, city Finance Department records indicate.

There are actually five buildings on the property that the Diocese purchased. Some of them are used by the monastery, whose address is 361 Highland Boulevard.

And a building that uses 341 Highland Boulevard as its address is the Pope John Paul II House of Discernment. It’s a residence for men ages 20 to 40 who are in college or working and want to figure out whether they should enter the seminary to study for the priesthood.

Arlington Avenue House for Sale Has $2M Price Tag The New York City park called Highland Park is partly located on a dizzingly high ridge, with tennis courts and sports fields down, down, down far below. The jewel in the park’s crown is the Ridgewood Reservoir, whose gate was locked the other day when we made a visit. Nevertheless, it was a dramatic sight — a glittering pond surrounded by tall brown grasses that made creaking noises when the breeze blew.

On Cypress Hills streets outside the Highland Park area, there’s old-fashioned architectural eye candy at every turn.

Arlington Avenue is an especially rewarding place to walk.

For starters, Arlington Library, built more than a century ago with philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s money, is at 203 Arlington Ave. Its meticulously renovated interior has two dramatic staircases, a fabulous fireplace and wonderful wood paneling.

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INBrooklyn photo by Lore Croghan

The house in the foreground is 279 Highland Boulevard, which belongs to Love Fellowship Tabernacle Inc., Finance Department records indicate. Corliss Owens owns the house next door at 283 Highland Boulevard.

This Cypress Hills house, 124 Arlington Ave., is for sale. The asking price is $2 million.

Continued from page 9INB Finance Department records identify the current owner of the house as Gladys Unigarro.

The brick house was built at the beginning of the 20th century and was the home of builder Henry Meyer in 1913, a Brownstoner.com story by architectural history expert Suzanne Spellen

says. It has a Colonial Revival façade on its Schenck Avenue side and a Dutch gambrel roof.  See brooklyneagle.com for more photos of old-fashioned Highland Park and Cypress Hills architectural eye candy.

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MYBROOKLYNCALENDAR.COM Continued from page 6NB Unbound: Alec Baldwin A “Book Launch Series” with BAM and Greenlight Bookstore presents Alec Baldwin for the release of “Nevertheless: A Memoir”, a candid chronicle of the actor’s life in — and out — of the spotlight.

When: Sunday, April 9, 6 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAM Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave.)

Stoop Series BRIC’s “Stoop Series” illuminates the arts and life around us in Brooklyn through artistic performances, presentations, participatory activities and dynamic conversations. Explore music, visual art, film, media, storytelling, comedy and other creative fields. There’s something different every week.

When: Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BRIC House (647 Fulton St.) André Leon Talley In Conversation With Tamron Hall Style icon, cultural commentator and Vogue contributing editor André Leon Talley comes to BAM to discuss his extraordinary life and unique position as observer, critic and partici-

Educational

Creative Writing for Kids NY Writers Coalition invites you to write and share your story in this one-of-a-kind creative writing workshop. Participants discover the power of their own stories, gain confidence and a stronger sense of self and become part of a creative, socially conscious community.

Writing prompts and other materials are provided; just bring yourself (for ages 7-11).

When: Friday, April 7, 2:45 p.m.

Where: Flatbush/Cortelyou Library (1305 Cortelyou Road)

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Book Launch — 100% REAL: 100 Insanely Good Recipes for Clean Food Made Fresh by Sam Talbot Famed “Top Chef” chef Sam Talbot and owner of the new Greenpoint restaurant Pretty Southern celebrates his clean eating cookbook “100% REAL.” When: Monday, April 10, 7 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/PowerHouse Arena (28 Adams St.)

pant in the spheres of art and culture.

When: Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAM Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave.)

Key to the City: A Family Resource Day Free immigration legal consultations thanks to New York Legal Assistance Group (no appointment needed, open to all) and the Mexican Consulate will be offering its services (call 1877-639-4835 for an appointment). There are also resources for health, finances, adult education and more. The event is free and open to everyone.

When: Saturday, April 8, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Where: East Flatbush/P.S. 109 (1001 E. 45th St.)

BAM Rose Cinemas presents “A Woman’s Work,” a movie series, from April 12-19.

NYTM Train Operators Workshop Drop by the computer lab to take control of a New York City subway car and operate it over virtual miles of track, using some incredibly realistic software. Limited capacity. Suggested

Family Fun

for ages 10 and up.

When: Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9, 3:304:30 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/New York Transit Museum (99 Schermerhorn St.)

Little Scientists: Science Kits For Toddlers and Preschoolers Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) activities for toddlers and pre-schoolers.

When: Saturday, April 8, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Where: Sunset Park/Sunset Park Library (5108 Fourth Ave.) Family Bowl Bring the whole family and get your bowl on.

When: Saturday, April 8, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Sunday, April 9, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Where: Williamsburg/Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave.)

Film

The Inkblots: Rorschach on Film In the 1940s and ’50s, Hollywood’s infatuation with all things Freud yielded a string of films that plumbed the depths of the unconscious mind. To mark the release of Damion Searls’ new biography of Hermann Rorshach, “The Inkblots,” BAMcinématek revisits two of the best of these vintage psycho-shockers. The series includes: “The Dark Mirror” (Siodmak, 1946) and “Spellbound” (Hitchcock, 1945).

When: Saturday, April 8 (check website for times) Where: Fort Greene/BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.) Major League: Wesley Snipes in Focus Wesley Snipes burst onto the scene in the 1980s and quickly became one of America’s most charismatic, versatile and eminently quotable screen actors. Equally convincing as a powerful dramatic force, comedy whirlwind or action dynamo, Snipes has amassed a remarkable body of work, from much-loved blockbusters to lesser-known indie gems. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of “White Men Can’t Jump,” BAMcinématek highlights a selection of his greatest leading performances.

When: Daily, through April 9, various times and films Where: Fort Greene/BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.) Bamkids Movie Matinees: Babe Directed by Chris Noonan (1995) 91 min — A plucky piglet defies expectations to become a farmer’s prize sheepherder in this delightfully imaginative barnyard tale. With marvelous

visual effects and a surplus of heart, Babe brings to life a fantastical storybook world, complete with a memorable trio of singing mice, that captivates young viewers without condescending.

When: Sunday, April 9, 2-3:55 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.) Documentary: Jackie Robinson On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson first put on a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey and broke the color barrier in professional baseball. To celebrate, the Brooklyn Historical Society is screening Ken Burns’ documentary on the life and legacy of this American icon over the course of two nights. Welcome co-directors, producers and writers Sarah Burns and David McMahon to introduce “Part One,” which looks at Robinson’s journey from his birth in rural Georgia through his successful first season with the Dodgers.

When: Wednesday, April 12, 6-8 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.) A Woman’s Work A series dedicated to the work of the director, writer and actress. Since the mid 1970s, Swiss filmmaker Anne-Marie Miéville has created a singular body of work exploring feminism, capitalism, patriarchal systems and family structure. As the artistic partner to Jean-Luc Godard, her illustrious career has often been marginalized alongside the new wave icon.

This series brings together films she has made as writer, co-director and director (including all seven films she has directed alone) to present an intensely focused oeuvre that has affinities with, but also sits in many ways in opposition to, the work of her famous collaborator.

When: April 12 through April 19 (see website for times) Where: Fort Greene/BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.) Leslie Thorton A full-career retrospective of American filmmaker and artist Leslie Thornton.

When: Mondays, through May 8, various times Where: Fort Greene/BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.)

Health

Shape Up NYC: Saturday Sweat This total-body workout increases muscle strength and endurance while keeping the heart rate up to burn calories and strengthen the cardio respiratory system. Continuous simple moves to great music make it fun.

When: Saturday, April 8, 10-11 a.m.

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MYBROOKLYNCALENDAR.COM Continued from page 12INB Where: Williamsburg/Williamsburg Library (240 Division Ave.) NYRR Open Runs Whether you’re a first-time runner, a seasoned mara-thoner, or you prefer to walk, you’re welcome. There is no need to register in advance; sign-in takes place on-site. Open to all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome.

When: Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m.

Where: Prospect Park/Pier 6

Nightlife Hope Springs High: Benefit for People’s Climate Movement?

Music, dance, raffles and more surprises.

When: Thursday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Where: Bushwick/House of Yes (2 Wyckoff Ave.)

Ladies First DJ Rimarkable will be playing hits from the most incredible, indelible female performers to shape music — and some dudes, too, because there’d be no Gaga without Bowie, no Beyoncé without Prince.

When: Friday, April 7, 10 p.m. - 3 a.m.

Where: Boerum Hill/Littlefield (622 Degraw St.) Game Table Being an adult is pure chaos. Escape all your problems and come for an evening of food-related board-gaming all night.

When: Wednesday, April 12, 7 p.m.

Where: Greenpoint/Archestratus Books & Foods (160 Huron St.)

Theater/Music Sanam Marvi A brilliant vocal interpreter of South Asia’s spiritual, folk and classical poetry, Sanam Marvi makes a rare New York appearance for one night only, presenting an evening of folk and devotional music.

When: Thursday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAM Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave.) Crystal Fighters This band recently released its third album, “Everything Is My Family.”

Come and check out this UK-based band.

When: Thursday, April 6, 8 p.m.

Where: Williamsburg/Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 N. Sixth St.) Mann’s World Family Tour Join Tamela Mann in concert, accompanied by David Mann doing his highly acclaimed comedy show all in one night.

When: Friday, April 7, 8-10:30 p.m.

Where: Flatbush/Kings Theatre (1027 Flatbush Ave.) Bargemusic: Masterwork Series Bargemusic is New York City’s floating concert hall, moored in Brooklyn just under the Brooklyn Bridge. See a performance of Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia in G Minor (from Harpsichord Suite in G minor, HWV 432), Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49.

When: Saturday, April 8, 8 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park BAMcafé Lineup — Rhythm Tolee, Aziz Peerzada And Saboor Aziz Co. “Tolee” means “a free-spirited group of people” in Punjabi, and it’s the perfect word to describe this joyful rhythm collective, which mixes Punjabi folk and Sufi music with hip beats and

ABOVE: Brooklyn Museum presents “Firebird Suite” on Sunday, April 9. INSET: Crystal Fighters will perform on Thursday, April 6 at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Above: Image courtesy of Brooklyn Museum; Inset: Image courtesy of the artist contemporary tunes.

When: Friday, April 7, 9 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAMcafé (30 Lafayette Ave.)

Image courtesy of St. Ann’s Warehouse

DJ Questlove Presents: Bowl Train American music legend Quest-love is continuing his Thursday night residency at Brooklyn Bowl, accompanied by throwback “Soul Train” videos. His vinyl collection contains more than 50,000 records, giving him the ability to tear up the dance floor with the most eclectic sets of hip-hop, house, ’80s, rare grooves and a mix of everything in between.

When: Thursday, April 6, 11:30 p.m.

Where: Williamsburg/Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave.)

Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon” With Live Orchestra Performance Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece will be projected in a new 2K DCP restoration, with live musical accompaniment by the 50piece Wordless Music Orchestra, led by renowned conductor Ryan McAdams.

When: Saturday, April 8, 8-10 p.m.

Where: Manhattan Beach/On Stage at Kingsborough (2001 Oriental Blvd.)

The Composer as Redeemer The fourth and last concert in PhiloSonia’s inaugural season, “Revelations,” explores how composers facing death find solace and redemption in the immortality of their works.

When: Saturday, April 8, 8 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/South Oxford Space (138 South Oxford St.)

St. Ann’s Warehouse presents “946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips” through April 9.

Firebird Suite Guest conductor David Bernard, music director of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, will lead the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra in a program of spectacular musical storytelling — Igor Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite.”

When: Sunday, April 9, 2-3:30 p.m.

Where: Prospect Heights/Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway) Black Angels House of Yes and Ensemble LPR invite guests to experience a performance of “Black Angels,” curated by Ricardo Romaneiro and featuring electric string quartet, harp, clarinet and percussion paired with film, visuals and theatrics.

When: Wednesday, April 12, 7-10 p.m.

Where: Bushwick/House of Yes (2 Wykcoff Ave.) 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips This new play tells a true tale of what happened when AfricanAmerican soldiers met the townsfolk from Devon, England, when they were sent to their shores to rehearse for D-Day and the Normandy invasion. “946” takes its title from the number of casualties sustained during these bungled maneuvers.

When: Tuesday through Sunday, through April 9 (Check website for times) Where: DUMBO/St. Ann’s Warehouse (45 Water St.)

Tours Historic Trolley Tour Experience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join expert tour guides to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood Cemetery’s permanent residents, plus see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn — and much more.

When: Wednesday, April 12, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Greenwood Heights/Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th St.)

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Interfaith Seder Showcases B’klyn As Model for Celebrating Diversity

Left to right around the Seder table: Khatib Ibraham; Carol Elias; Dorinda Angelucci of the Bridge MCP; Abu Khaliquzzaman of the Interfaith Dialogue Project PeaceHeals; Bridge founder Mark Meyer Appel; Assemblymember Dov Hikind; Dr. Rudolph Crew, president, Medgar Evers College; Ed Powell, a former district leader; Katherine Khatari; and Meina Assira, who read a portion from the Qu’ran on Passover. Dorinda Angelucci reflected on the meaning of the Christian penitential season of Lent and on Easter.

By Francesca Norsen Tate INBrooklyn

As communities around the U.S, deal with a rash of hate crimes targeting Jews, Muslims and other groups, Brooklynites recently decided to unite over a shared meal.

Brooklyn, traditionally called the “Borough of Churches,” has transformed into the borough of interfaith ventures. A growing number of interfaith groups around Brooklyn create dialogue events and work together for justice, peace and wider circles of fellowship.

This past Sunday night, April 2, The Bridge Multicultural Advocacy Project (MCP) hosted a model Passover Seder for members of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities and elected officials who have worked with them on civic programs and services.

Mark Meyer Appel, founder of The Bridge MCP, told INBrooklyn that the organization has been doing advocacy work for 20 years. It acquired its multifunctional center on Flatbush Avenue, near Brooklyn College, 2 1/2 years ago. The Bridge MCP does advocacy, and helps change laws to help citizens on issues such as domestic abuse, public safety, education, eradicating poverty and health. Appel saw the need to step up his work in 2014 after a rash of bias incidents, and so opened the center on Flatbush.

The seder brought in more than 200 neighbors and local officials, including U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Central Brooklyn) Public Advocate Letitia James, Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, NYC Councilmember Dr. Mathieu Eugene, Assemblymember Dov Hikind and Dr. Rudy Crew, president of Medgar Evers College.

The Bridge MCP has done an excellent job of “standing by their mission of building bridges across the city rather than walls of divisiveness,” stated Clarke, who then presented Mark Meyer Appel with the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for his work in bringing all communities together.

Highlights of the Seder were the singing of traditional Passover melodies with their theme of freedom. One of the most resonant

U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (left) presents a Certificate of Congressional Recognition to The Bridge MCP's founder, Mark Meyer Appel.

INBrooklyn photos by Francesca N. Tate moments: people linked arms and sang, harmonizing, the Civil Rights anthem “We Shall Overcome.”

“We are brothers and sisters, who worship the same God,” declared Abu Khaliquzzaman, a prominent leader in the Muslim community and the president of The Interfaith Dialogue Project Peaceheals. Mr. Khaliquzzaman told INBrooklyn right after the event, that his own youth and education were interfaith. With a twinkle in his eye, he said, “I went to Catholic school. I’m a Muslim.” He then des-cribed his journey of wanting to learn all he could about Christianity and Judaism.

“The informal communal togetherness that took place at the Interfaith Unity Seder is truly the best of New York City,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “Let’s use the example of Mark Appel and the Bridge as a model for how to go forth as a united for the common good. We owe the great people of our city nothing less.”

Councilmember Mathieu Eugene (left) enjoys a jubilant moment with Mark Meyer Appel.

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Interfaith Coalition of Brooklyn Hosts Passover Seder The Interfaith Coalition of Brooklyn, composed of the East Midwood Jewish Center, Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church, and members of the Muslim community, joined forces recently for its Interfaith Passover Seder.

“For nearly two decades, the Interfaith Committee has worked together to help educate our community about our culture and faith traditions,” reads a flyer for the event. Likewise, Sally Hipscher of the Interfaith Coalition told INBrooklyn that this event focused more on the meaning of the Seder: “learning, share, listening, singing, connecting and nibbling.” This year’s event featured snacks and hors d’oeuvres rather than a full meal; but with the same amount of care and love poured into the preparations.

The Interfaith Coalition has been especially active so far in 2017, with silent vigils at Newkirk Plaza in support of immigrants and refugees; as well as its ongoing food pantry, blood drives, shelter, Music of Our Faiths series and educational field trips.

The Choir of First Unitarian Church, with director Adam Podd.

Photo courtesy of First Unitarian Church

‘Take Pärt’ Music Service Launches Holy Week at First Unitarian Church The works of 20th century Estonian composer Arvo Pärt heads off Holy Week and the spring holiday music season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn The First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn will continue its decades old Palm Sunday tradition with a program of choral and instrumental music. This year, Adam Podd, the congregation’s music director, is planning a program featuring the world’s most performed living composer, Arvo Pärt.

The First Unitarian choir and soloists will perform Pärt’s Salve Regina, a substantial 12-minute setting of the popular Latin text which dates to the Middle Ages. Accompanying the ensemble will be Jason Asbury, conductor of the Brooklyn Heights-based Grace Chorale, and violinist Kiku Enomoto.

First Unitarian’s professional quartet will sing Pärt’s beloved setting of The Beatitudes accompanied by First Unitarian’s historic pipe organ. Kiku Enomoto will perform Pärt’s famous violin solo, “Spiegel Im Spiegel,” a transcendent and meditative

instrumental piece that has been used in more than 20 films and documentaries and is probably his best-known work.

The Rev. Ana Levy-Lyons, First Unitarian’s senior minister, will preach a sermon addressing the “war on meaning” in the time of Jesus and in our modern world. Through the story of Palm Sunday and Jesus’ encounter with Jerusalem, we will explore the tensions we all face when our spiritual and secular values come into conflict. The Palm Sunday service takes place at the church’s normal Sunday worship time of 11 a.m.

First Unitarian Church will offer its annual Good Friday Commemorative Communion Service. This poignant service of consolation has a long and solemn history; it commemorates the suffering in the world and recognizes all those who work to alleviate it. The Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason will preach her sermon, “Two Thieves, Four Nuns, Seven Monks, and Us: Good Friday in This Time and Place”. This service takes place on April 14 at 5:30 p.m.

B’klyn Priest Named Vicar for Community Justice The Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, last week announced the appointment of the Rev. Marie A. Tatro as vicar for community justice, a newly-created position.

Provenzano said, “I am very grateful to Mother Marie Tatro for accepting my invitation to join the staff of the diocese to shepherd the efforts of our clergy and people to serve the vulnerable in our communities in areas of immigration, housing, and equal rights and treatment. Mother Tatro will provide strong and focused leadership in areas of community justice and provide direction to the diocese in tangible ways of living the Baptismal Covenant. She will be a resource to parishes and a liaison to the many commissions and agencies that serve atrisk populations.”

Tatro, a longtime Brooklynite with a background in law and advocacy, began her new position on March 29. As vicar for community justice, she has primary oversight of diocesan representation regarding social justice ministry and will serve as

a key adviser to the bishop and to diocesan staff on social justice issues. She will also work closely with the staff of Episcopal Ministries of Long Island to develop funding support for social ministries within the diocese.

Tatro earned her M.Div. from The General Theological Seminary and her juris doctorate from CUNY Law School.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College.

Prior to seminary, Tatro worked as an attorney in non-profit organizations that provide free legal representation.

Tatro was curate at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, where she launched The Messengers of Justice Project, a service providing legal and pastoral support, referrals to individuals, and educational workshops for the community. Over the past year, she served as supply priest at churches in the Bronx and Queens. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Faith in New York and has worked closely with other interfaith social justice organizations including The New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC.

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Our World In Pictures VATICAN — Walking Through the Crowd: Pope Francis speaks to a child as he tours through the crowd in St. Peter’s Square during his weekly general audience on Wednesday.

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NEW JERSEY — Derailment Disrupts Service: A commuter ferry crosses the Hudson River to New York City on Wednesday in this photo taken from Hoboken. Many commuters shifted to the ferry service following Monday’s derailment of a NJ Transit train, which led to reduced train service into AP Photo/Mark Lennihan New York.

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Author Launches Historical Novel On Brooklynite Clara Bow Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn Author Explores A ‘Shattered Family’ In His New Book

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INSET: Author Laini Giles

Photo by Allan Giles

‘Conviction’ Has Believable Characters, Intriguing Twists

By Oline H. Cogdill

Brooklyn Eagle When a 12-year-old boy and his older brother side with their father through a bitter divorce and custody war, they are united by the exciting possibility of carving out a new life together. They move from Kansas to Albuquerque where they enroll in a new school, begin to make friends and join the basketball team, but what started as a grand adventure soon deteriorates into a desperate game of survival. The boys watch their father become an erratic and violent embodiment of the man they loved and trusted. They share a confined apartment in sprawling suburban New Mexico while their father descends into addiction. With stunning prose and chilling clarity, Daniel Magariel’s “One of the Boys” conveys a young boy’s desperate struggle to hold onto the dangerous pieces of his shattered family.

Booklist compared the book’s “scenes of paternal neglect under the Southwestern sky” to “certain chunks of Donna Tartt’s ‘The Goldfinch.’” George Saunders, author of “Tenth of December,” called “One of the Boys,” “brilliant, urgent, darkly funny, heartbreaking — a tour de force with startling new things to say about class, masculinity, addiction, and family.”

Magariel, originally from Kansas, received a B.A. from Columbia University and an MFA at Syracuse University, where he was a Cornelia Carhart Fellow. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife.

Published by Scribner, “One of The Boys” was released in March.

Daniel Magariel

Torn between her loyalty to Clara and her love for her family, Daisy has to make a difficult choice when Clara and Rex have her arrested for grand theft.

“Here, Daisy sets the record straight, from her poor Kentucky roots to her failed marriage; from a father in San Quentin to her rollercoaster time with Clara, leaving out none of the juicy details.”

The “It Girl and Me” is the second in the “Forgotten Actresses” series that began with 2015’s “The Forgotten Flapper,” about silent film star Olive Thomas.

A native of Austin, Texas, Laini Giles was the daughter of bookworms and became a Nancy Drew devotee early on.

When she realized there might be no escape from hairy tarantulas and bad guys with guns, she put off her detective dreams and wrote about them instead, finishing her first mystery novel with custom illustrations when she was eight.

A graduate of the University of North Texas, she put the writing on hold for a while when real life got in the way (i.e. she met and married her Canadian husband and headed north for maple-flavored goodies and real beer). She highly recommends moving to another country and not being able to work for a year for finishing any novels you may have laying around.

Laini and her husband live in Edmonton, Alberta with their two cats.

Image courtesy of “The Book Designers”

Set in Hollywood and its environs, New York City, Brooklyn and Tijuana, Mexico, “The It Girl and Me” is a historical novel based on the real life of Clara Bow, the it girl of 1920s Hollywood, narrated by her personal secretary, Daisy DeVoe. Description follows: “Daisy DeVoe has left her abusive husband, her father has been pinched for bootlegging and she’s embarrassed by her rural Kentucky roots. But on the plus side, she’s climbing the ladder in the salon of Paramount Pictures, styling hair for actress Clara Bow and they’ve become good friends.

“Clara Bow is a handful. The it girl of the Jazz Age personifies the new woman of the 1920s onscreen, smoking, drinking bootleg hooch and bursting with sex appeal. But her conduct off the set is even more scandalous. Hoping to impose a little order on Clara’s chaotic life, Paramount Studio persuades Daisy to sign on as Clara’s personal secretary.

“Daisy moves in and gives Clara valuable advice in all matters from finance to romance. Thanks to Daisy, Clara and her bank account are soon flush with cash. And thanks to Clara, Daisy can finally shake off her embarrassing past and achieve respectability for herself and her family.

“The trouble begins when Clara’s newest fiancé, cowboy star Rex Bell, wants to take over, and he and Daisy battle for control.

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Julia Dahl’s examination of the myriad communities that exist — sometimes not so harmoniously — in Brooklyn fuels her third novel featuring freelance reporter Rebekah Roberts.

In “Conviction,” Dahl effectively uses the backdrop of the Crown Heights riots that pitted the Hasidic and black communities against each other during 1991 that had ramifications for decades. Racism and anti-Semitism are smoothly woven into the plot as Dahl shows how a violent nature can be formed and that ethical journalism matters and can change lives.

Rebekah agrees to look into the case of DeShawn Perkins, who has been in prison for 16 years for the death of his foster parents and foster sister in 1992. DeShawn claims he’s innocent, but Rebekah knows that almost every convicted murderer says that.

Before the murders, DeShawn had been rebelling against his very loving foster parents — a situation well-known in the community and at the tight-knit church the family attended. The pastor and several of his parishioners were quick to blame DeShawn, who says he was coerced into confessing and that a policeman took a crack addict’s identification without questioning it.

“Conviction” easily moves between 1992, showing a neighborhood still reeling from the tensions that sparked the riots, and the present with a gentrifying Crown Heights community.

Rebekah’s investigation leads to ex-cop Saul Katz, a former Orthodox Jew who is now involved with the reporter’s mother, politicians and area landowners. Dahl succinctly shows the drudgery of real reporting — slogging through court files and paperwork, interviewing those who remember the murders — and how this sleuthing for facts can pay off.

Dahl proved her skills as a strong storyteller in her debut “Invisible City,” which won several awards and was nominated for an Edgar. “Conviction” illustrates how her talents continue to grow.

A formidable view of a changing neighborhood, believable characters and intriguing twists that keep the reader guessing the outcome until the satisfying finale meld for the uber-smart “Conviction.”

This book cover image released by Minotaur shows “Conviction,” a novel by Julia Dahl.

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B’klyn Resident Explores Life in New York in Debut Novel

By Ellyn Gaydos Special to Brooklyn Eagle

Hannah Lilith Assadi’s debut novel “Sonora” is a dark, coming-of-age tale best suited for those coming of age themselves. The book dips in and out of the young adult lives of Ahlam and her best friend Laura. They befriend each other going to school in Sonora, a place dominated by desert, violent weather and packs of coyotes. Ahlam’s father is a Palestinian refugee who drives a cab while her Israeli mother waits tables. The strangeness of their pairing and their mutual displacement is what keeps them together in the not always sympathetic desert town.

Laura and Ahlam too share a bond unique to outcasts as small-town goths working at a pizzeria, practicing drinking and meeting boys together. When their classmates begin to die inexplicably at the hands of the desert the friends become convinced Sonora is cursed and as soon as they finish high school, escape to Brooklyn.

Ahlam dreams of becoming a ballerina and Laura a singer.

The two crash with Dylan, an artist who makes $100,000 “chandeliers” in his Gowanus loft, strewn with half functional instruments and graffiti. They move in soon before 9/11 to escape the desert, but what they find along the abandoned and polluted Gowanus Canal and the rundown streets of their new neighborhood provides little comfort.

Neither one “makes it” in New York. Ahlam tears her meniscus and eventually stops dancing, spending her time waiting tables and going to parties. Laura burns bright, singing a few shows at first, even getting the chance to record an album, but is soon consumed by drugs, her infatuation with Dylan and her own fragile mental state.

Ahlam reflects, “I slowly lost any dream of myself … No one told me that you can wake up years past and not understand the person you are, the things you did the night before, the things you said, the things left undone, that it can feel like a nightmare, a wildly seductive spinning nightmare.”

Arranged in intermittent months, the narrative is interspersed with Ahlam visiting her father at the hospital while he recovers from surgery years later. The book is a reflection on the past told with an easy exchange between the waking and dreaming world, the living and the dead. Losing site of her dreams and the friendship to Laura that tethered her, Ahlam inherits the displacement of her immigrant parents. After many lost years in Brooklyn, she moves back to Arizona with the possibility of new beginning in the very place she started.

Hannah Lilith Assadi

Photo by Ulysse Payet

Like Ahlam, author Hannah Lillith Assadi was raised in Arizona by a Palestinian father and Jewish mother. She now lives in Brooklyn. Assadi read in the borough earlier this

month and will appear at the New York Public Library in June. “Sonora,” published by Soho Press, was released in March.

The Adventures of a 10-Year-Old Author: Young Australian Debuts First Book in Brooklyn

By Johanna Mayer Special to Brooklyn Eagle

Book cover by Nadia Ackerman

Sam Wylde has been writing for as long as he can remember … but that might not be as far back as one would imagine, considering Sam is only 10 years old. After traveling from his home in Melbourne, Australia, Sam will give a reading from his debut book “The Adventures of Feather Man” at Berl’s Poetry Shop in DUMBO this weekend.

Sam worked on the book for two years. “I write because you can write about anything and it’s a way of expressing feelings or making someone happy,” he said.

Eventually, the book became a family collaboration. Sam’s mother sent a copy of the book from Australia to her sister, Nadia Ackerman, who lives in Brooklyn. Ackerman is the owner and creative force behind natchie, a retail store in DUMBO filled with her illustrations, and she saw potential to incorporate art into the book.

“When I was reading it, I started to see so much imagery that I felt the overwhelming desire to help Sam put the book together and add some ‘natchie’ illustrations,” she said.

The two collaborated on “The Adventures of Feather Man” from halfway across the world, with Sam writing and Ackerman illustrating.

“Working with Sam all the way across the other side of the world was easy! Basically I did the drawings and waited for Sam to ‘OK’ everything,” she says. “Funnily enough, he actually has some strong ideas about design and how he wants things to look.”

The reading at Berl’s will officially be Sam’s first, although he’s read the book aloud to family and friends before. Still, he said he’s more excited than nervous about the reading … and also about visiting Brooklyn and NYC. “I am going to experience everything I can — I am really looking forward to seeing my Aunty Nadia again, seeing the Empire State building and the Statue of Liberty and of course, eating in an American diner,” said the young author.

Ackerman isn’t worried about the reading either: “I know that Sam will be spectacular and charm the pants off everyone with his sharp wit and thick Australian accent!”

Readers will have a chance to see and hear him this weekend at Berl’s Poetry Shop on Sunday, April 2 at 3 p.m.

Ten-year-old author Sam Wylde

Photo by Maryke Wylde

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Born in Brooklyn: ‘The Rifleman’ Star Chuck Connors

Iconic Western Actor Was Born and Raised in Bay Ridge

By John Alexander Brooklyn Eagle

Many people may be surprised to learn that actor Chuck Connors, best known as the star of the hit TV series “The Rifleman,” grew up in Bay Ridge. The show, which ran from 1958-1963, still lives on in reruns decades after its finale.

Connors played the iconic role of sharpshooter Lucas McCain, the widowed Civil War veteran who moves to the fictitious town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory to raise his young son Mark, played by actor Johnny Crawford.

The show allowed Connors to demonstrate his rapid-fire skills with a Winchester rifle.

Although Connors appeared in a number of TV series and movies during the 50s, including a major role in the 1958 Disney classic “Old Yeller,” it was “The Rifleman” that ultimately brought him fame and recognition.

He was born Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors on April 10, 1921, in Bay Ridge, and his entire youth was spent in the borough. His parents had emigrated from Newfoundland, and they struggled to make ends meet in Bay Ridge. They lived in three different houses in the neighborhood.

Connors was raised Roman Catholic and attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica School in Sunset Park. He played baseball for the Bay Ridge Boys’ Club as a member of the Bay Ridge Celtics and was a lifelong fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers, even dreaming of one day playing for the team.

Connors attended Manual Training High School (now John Jay) in Park Slope. His athletic ability earned him a scholarship to Adelphi Academy, a private high school at 8515 Ridge Blvd., where he was a star athlete. After graduating from Adelphi, he attended Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. With America entering World War II, Connors left college in 1942 to enlist in the Army. Upon his discharge from the service, he focused once more on sports and played for major league baseball and basketball teams. He was a member of the Rochester Royals basketball team from 1945-’46, and in 1946 he joined the Boston Celtics basketball team, with whom he remained until 1948.

Connors fulfilled his childhood dream when he served a short stint with the Dodgers. He played first base in the Dodgers’ farm system (the Montreal Royals). According to The New York Times, “He had one at-bat in Ebbets Field but haplessly hit into a double play, and he was promptly sent off to Montreal.”

He also played with the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago Cubs for one season each before returning to the minors. He eventually ended his baseball career due to physical injuries he had suffered throughout the years.

Connors was discovered by an MGM casting director in 1951 who helped land him his first role as a police captain in the 1952 movie “Pat and Mike,” starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. In 1953, he appeared with John Wayne in the film “Trouble Along the Way,” and that same year, he was in “South Sea Woman,” starring Burt Lancaster.

Other notable projects he appeared in were “Designing Woman,” starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall in 1957; “Old Yeller” in 1957; William Wyler’s “The Big Country,” with Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston in 1958; “Geronimo” in 1962 and “Flipper” in 1963.

But it was “The Rifleman” that brought him into American’s living rooms every week and helped make him a star. He also starred on the TV series “Arrest and Trial” with Ben Gazzara, which ran from 1963 to 1964; and the cult favorite “Branded,” in which he portrayed Jason McCord, a U.S. cavalry captain who was forced to leave the service because he was falsely accused of cowardice.

In 1977, Connors appeared in the landmark TV miniseries “Roots,” in which he played the brutal and ruthless slave owner Tom Moore. The role earned Connors an Emmy nomination.

His last role was in the 1991 TV movie “The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw,” starring Kenny Rogers as the title character.

The movie featured a number of classic western TV stars including Connors and Johnny Crawford reprising their roles as Lucas and Mark McCain. Connors died on Nov. 10, 1992 in Los Angeles. The Brooklyn native was married three times and had four sons.

Connors’ Brooklyn roots run deep and his connection to the community still resonates today, as expressed by Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn Head of School Iphigenia Romanos.

“Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn is proud to count a number of accomplished athletes and celebrities among its distinguished alumni, dating back to the Academy’s founding in 1863,” said Romanos. “Kevin ‘Chuck’ Connors excelled as a member of the Adelphi Panthers Boys Varsity Team during his time at the academy and later went on to achieve stardom as a professional athlete and Hollywood performer. His accomplishments are still celebrated at Adelphi, serving as an inspiration to student-athletes and members of our acclaimed Theater Arts Program alike.”

Chuck Connors starred as Lucas McCain in the classic TV western “The Rifleman.” Photos courtesy of ourchuckconnors.com

INSET: Chuck Connors during his stint as first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949.

358 Senator St., one of the houses where Connors grew up in Bay Ridge.

Chuck Connors (front row, second from left) in a 1940 group photo for the Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn baseball team.

455 60th St., a residence in Bay Ridge where Connors lived.

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A Shout-Out to Brooklyn Artists With Works in the Whitney Biennial

By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Eagle

Three cheers for Brooklyn artists.

They’re out in force at the Whitney Biennial, a recently opened exhibition at the glam museum on the High Line in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.

The giant blade of an industrial saw.

Magnificent fake stained-glass windows. Mysteriously draped furniture. Monumental paintings.

These are some of the works by Brooklyn artists on display through June 11 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was founded in 1930

by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

The museum moved from the Upper East Side to a newly constructed building at 99 Gansevoort St. in spring 2015. The new venue is a popular tourist attraction as well as a magnet for art aficionados.

On the weekends, long lines of museum-goers wait outside the building for their turn to view the exhibition, which is a survey of new or recent work by emerging and established American artists.

This is the 78th Biennial that the Whitney has staged — the event was launched in 1932.

INSET: This monumental painting, “Elevator,” is by Dana Schutz.

These striking stained-glass windows

by Brooklyn artist Raúl de Nieves aren’t actually made of glass.

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But it’s the first one to be held in the Meatpacking District museum building.

The mammoth saw blade, to which the artist has attached painted rocks, is a work called

“Painting.” It was done by Brooklyn artist Torey Thornton, who was born in 1990 in Macon, Georgia.

The fake stained-glass windows, designed

by Raúl de Nieves, cover an entire wall of win-

dows at the Whitney.

Instead of being glass, they’re made of paper, wood, glue, acetate, tape and beads.

The site-specific work is called “beginning & the end neither & the otherwise betwixt & between the end is the beginning & the end.”

De Nieves was born in 1983 in Morelia, Mexico and has lived in Brooklyn since 2006.

Brooklyn artist Jessi Reaves, who was born in 1986 in Portland, Oregon, has turned sleek furniture into sculptures by wrapping a gauzy slipcover over an Eames Herman Miller sofa and adding zippered vinyl covers to shelves.

Dana Schutz, born in 1976 in Livonia, Michigan, has a painting on display called “Elevator” that’s as big as the Whitney’s freight elevator, which it hangs near.

Schutz, whose studio is in Gowanus, is the artist whose painting at the Biennial called “Open Casket” has stirred controversy about cultural appropriation and censorship.

That painting is based on a 1950s photo of Emmett Till in his casket. The black teenager was murdered by white racists after being falsely accused of flirting with a white woman.

“I knew the risks going into this,” Schutz

This chrome chameleon is part of an installation called “Childermass” by Brooklyn artist Ajay Kurian. said in a recently published story by Calvin Tomkins in The New Yorker. “What I didn’t realize was how bad it would look when seen out of context.

“Is it better to try to make something that’s impossible, because it’s important to you, and to fail, or never to engage with it at all?” she said to Tomkins. “I just couldn’t do it any other way.”

Buzz-worthy: This work, which is called “Painting,” is by Torey Thornton, one of several Brooklyn artists included in the Whitney Biennial.

Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Carroll Gardens Composer & Rocker Tells How He Brought ‘Amélie’ to Broadway

The cast of “Amélie, A New Musical”

Photos by Joan Marcus

Interview with Daniel Messé, Composer & Co-Lyricist Of ‘Amélie’ and Founder of the Brooklyn Band HEM

By Peter Stamelman Special to Brooklyn Eagle

A spoonful of whimsy seemed the perfect antidote to the cold and rain of a recent Saturday night. So, it was fortuitous that I was headed to the Walter Kerr Theatre to see the new musical “Amélie,” based on the wildly successful 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurent that made an international star of Audrey Tautou, who was only 23 at the time. A hint of the capriciousness to come was signaled by the hopping rabbits and fluttering butterflies projected on the Walter Kerr stage curtain before the musical even began.

The film was a hyperactive, romantic confection set in 1997 Paris (we know this because Princess Diana’s death is a touchstone) that didn’t bear much resemblance to the real city. (But, then, no less an authority than Ernst Lubitsch once said “I’ve been to Paris, France and to Paris Paramount. I prefer Paris Paramount.”) The film was filled with Tautou’s adorable fourth-wallbreaking mugging.

That, plus her Louise Brooks bob, chipmunk cheeks and rosebud mouth, made her completely irresistible.

Phillipa Soo, who plays Amélie in the stage version, has all of these attributes plus a gorgeous soprano voice.

Naturally, the play cannot duplicate the hyper-kinetic cinematic shenanigans of the film, but it does retain the movie’s swooning sense of romance.

The composer/co-lyricist Daniel Messé, who was the founder and principal songwriter of the Brooklyn band Hem, has co-written with Nathan Tysen a clever, enchanting score.

Messé, a child of the Midwest, has been living in Brooklyn since 1991. As he told me in a recent telephone conversation, he adores the borough.

The following are excerpts from our conversation: Brooklyn Eagle: What were the particular challenges of writing an original Broadway score for a much-beloved French film

from more than 25 years ago?

Daniel Messé: When I was asked by Craig Lucas [who wrote the book for the play] what film I would most want to adapt into a Broadway musical, without hesitation I answered, “Amélie.” The themes that run through the film — how do we get over our past?; how do we connect with other people?; what are the pitfalls and perils of isolation? — all resonated for me. At the beginning, I wasn’t at all sure that “Amélie” was adaptable — there would be a lot of heavy lifting — but I was sure it was something I had to do.

Eagle: By my count there are 24 original songs in “Amélie.” That’s certainly heavy lifting!

DM: (Laughing) Actually, I wrote 76 songs. And it was very difficult to have to choose what stayed and what went. Because some of the songs that didn’t make it into the show are among the best I’ve written.

Eagle: What about using some of them for Hem or in some other way?

DM: Yes, the songs that broke my heart to cut from “Amélie” will definitely go on to have some kind of life outside the show.

We’ve been discussing the possibility of an album full of these outtakes as well as alternative versions of the songs that did make it into the show. This idea is certainly appealing to me.

I’ve always loved hearing songs and shows in “process,” whether it’s reading Sondheim’s “Finishing the Hat” and “Look, I Made a Hat” or listening to Marvin Hamlisch sing demos that never made it into “A Chorus Line.” For me, songs are never truly finished, and given the opportunity, I would continue working on songs that remain in the show, let alone the ones we cut.

Eagle: Growing up in Michigan, did you listen to Broadway cast albums and movie-musical soundtracks?

DM: Yes, I did. As a kid, I loved the songs and score from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Mary Poppins” — all

Daniel Messé

Photo courtesy of Daniel Messé

those Disney musicals. I also loved the sets, how they were imbued with this magical hyper-reality. For example, the London street scenes in “Mary Poppins.” You knew those weren’t really how London streets looked, but that was how they should look for a fantasy like “Mary Poppins.”

Eagle: Aside from the Disney musicals, what else did you watch and listen to?

DM: “All That Jazz” was definitely one of the movie-musicals that captured my imagination. I distinctly remember my grandmother taking me to see it as a very young boy and then trying to get me to leave halfway through when she realized it was not a movie for kids. (Laughing) I didn’t budge of course! I also remember the first time I saw “That’s Entertainment” on TV and being completely mesmerized by it. Of course, movies such as “Grease” and “Fame” were also influences. But even more than those films, it was catching older films on cable — “Oklahoma,” “South Pacific,” “My Fair Lady” and “Brigadoon,” to name just a few.

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How Carroll Gardens Composer Brought ‘Amélie’ to Broadway Continued from page 15 Eagle: Did you also continue to listen to Broadway cast recordings?

DM: Oh, most definitely. Even more than with movie-musicals, I think I developed my own particular sensibility just by listening to all the Broadway cast recordings that my mom collected: “Gypsy,” “Camelot,” “A Little Night Music.” If you noticed, “Amélie” is mostly sung-thru, and I think this form is a result of my discovering those great classics of that form through listening over and over to the albums.

Eagle: Living closer to New York than you did — and being, unfortunately, older — I remember my parents taking me to see “The Pajama Game.” It amazed me to see, in the finale, John Raitt and Carol Haney and the full company in only tops for the women and bottoms for the men. If this was what Broadway shows were like, I was all in! Of course, then they took me to see “The Sound of Music” and I had a rude awakening. From pajamas to nun’s habits.

DM: Living in Michigan I had to wait for the movie versions.

Eagle: Where exactly in Michigan did you grow up?

DM: East Lansing. It’s a lovely Big Ten college town, the home of Michigan State University.

Eagle: Yes, I know East Lansing because I went to the University of Wisconsin and actually attended a couple of games between the Badgers and the Spartans in East Lansing. You guys always kicked our butts. Anyway, what was it like for you coming to New York? When did you move to Brooklyn?

DM: I moved to Brooklyn as soon as I arrived in 1991. Carroll Gardens. And I still live there!

Once I was in New York my musical education continued. I listened obsessively to Jonathan Schwartz on 1560 AM, WQEW (“the high spot on your AM dial.”) His show was where I really learned the craft of songwriting. It wasn’t just that I heard all the great standards from the

Phillipa Soo, David Andino and fellow cast members Great American Songbook, but [Schwartz] also would explain how these songs related to one another, how song forms grew and changed over time and how this tradition was still playing out in contemporary songs. The whole station was really an extended masterclass in songwriting.

Eagle: Getting back to Carroll Gardens, since you’ve been living there for 26 years, I gather you like Brooklyn.

DM: I love Brooklyn. Talk about hyper-reality [and] idealized city scenes. The patrician, stately brownstones in Brooklyn, for me, represent what the perfect urban landscape should look like. Manhattan skyscrapers and high-rises don’t give me that same feeling. In Brooklyn, there’s a palpable sense of community, of stability. Daily interactions that contribute to the tapestry of city life: the barista at my local coffee shop, the woman at the dry cleaners, the guys at the corner deli — they’ve been there for years and they remember their customers.

Neighbors out taking their children to school or walking their dogs, familiar faces. All the old, regal trees — certainly more trees that you see in Manhattan!

Phillipa Soo and fellow cast members

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Photos by Joan Marcus

Eagle: The way you rhapsodize Brooklyn, if you ever decide to quit your day job, you can go to work for Borough President Eric Adams

Phillipa Soo and Adam Chanler-Berat or for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce — I’m sure they’d love to have you!

“Amélie” opened April 3 for an indefinite run at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

INSET: Phillipa Soo in “Amélie, A New Musical,” 2017 ABOVE: Soo and Savvy Crawford