Our Town Downtown October 13, 2011

Wall Street Bourse

The Museum of American Finance celebrates capitalism (P10)

Occupy Wall Street Protests Continue

Protestors take to the streets to make their point (P3)

The Final Days of The Grey Dog Lease disputes force the Carmine Street café to shutter (P10)

Underground Rebel Bingo

Seniors beware! This isn’t your usual game of bingo (P5)

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Armed with nothing but a brave stomach and a taste for curious cuisine, Regan Hofmann strays from the bland and revels in eating adventurously

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� N E I G H BO R H O O D C HAT TE R Lower Manhattan SQUADRON WEIGHS IN ON OccUpy WAll StREEt In “Beyond the Occupation,” an op-ed co-written by State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblyman Rory Lancman and recently published on the Huffington Post, the two politicians outline many concrete solutions to increase accountability on Wall Street, make the income tax system more equitable and limit corporate influence on politics.

“While the energy driving these protests in cities across the country may be new, the issues are not—and there are ‘shovel-ready’ solutions in the form of existing bills currently before the New York State Legislature and legislatures across the country,” the politicians wrote.

To read the full piece, visit www.nysenate.gov/senator/daniel-l-squadron. tribeca DANGEROUS INtERSEctION After a 3-year-old boy was hit by a cab at the intersection of Greenwich and Duane streets in Tribeca in late September, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer recently held a press conference with other elected officials and community members calling for the implementation of traffic light or stop sign at the spot. According to Stringer’s office, there have been at least 10 injuries reported at the intersection since 2000, and the politician himself called for safety traffic measures to be undertaken in 2008.

The NYC Department of Transportation has reportedly said that gaps in traffic volume and other factors at the intersection do not meet mandatory federal guidelines for installing a stop sign or traffic light. Instead, the DOT has proposed “bulb outs,” a change in signal timing and the placement of louvers in the traffic light at Chambers Street.

Council Member Margaret Chin also wrote to DOT Commissioner Janette SadikKhan, imploring her to install a stop sign or traffic light. “The delay in improving safety conditions at this dangerous intersection is unacceptable,” said Chin. worLd trade center AMERIcAN cHOppER At 9/11 MEMORIAl Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg was joined by 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels and Paul Teutul Jr. of the Discovery Channel’s American Chopper to unveil a

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Over 450 people participated in the first annual Harbor School Regatta, Oct. 6.

While spectators watched from Lower Manhattan, MSNBC’s Willie Geist and NBC Today Show host Savannah Guthrie provided the entertainment for the event, which raised nearly $125,000 for the public school. The Harbor School, located on Governors Island, is New York City’s only public school dedicated to maritime and environmental education. custom-built motorcycle commissioned by memorial board member Daniel Tichman.

The bike was built by Teutel’s company, Paul Jr. Designs, to commemorate the rebuilding of the WTC site. Another will be constructed and raffled off to support the memorial.

“I’ve built some incredible bikes to commemorate events, but few have the significance and meaning of this one,” said Teutel. The bike will be featured on American Chopper on Nov. 14 and 21. Raffle tickets for the second bike can be purchased at 911memorial.org and the raffle will run through Jan. 20. Tickets are also available at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site at 20 Vesey St. and the 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center at 90 West St.

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Dispatches from Occupy Wall Street | By reBecca chapman Occupy Wall Street declared Wednesday, Oct. 5 National Student Walk-Out Day, and many unions joined the protesters at a rally in Foley Square. Although the day began jubilant and hopeful, by evening tension prevailed. I spent the entire day with the protesters and saw for myself how quickly the mood turned—and how precarious the relationship between protesters and police can be.

The legality of the occupation is something that is a bit of a point of pride for the protest organizers. Even though the park is privately owned by Brookfield Office Properties, a provision of their ownership is that the park be made available to the public at all times. The city is unable to evict the occupiers because they do not own the park and Brookfield Office Properties has no precedent to bring a lawsuit against those residing in the park, according to an organizer who wished to remain anonymous.

At 3 p.m. I went to Foley Square, the starting point for the day’s march. Slowly, unions and student groups trickled in, marching and chanting their way into the square. According to the Occupy Wall Street website, among the unions that were

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part of the crowd that day were members of TWU Local 100, the United Federation of Teachers and United Auto Workers (for a full list of all of the organizations and unions, go to otdowntown.com).

Although the march was fully permitted, organized by United NY, many participants were frustrated with the setup. Indeed, even though the police had barricaded off many streets, they did not allow protesters to walk anywhere but on the sidewalk. Since over 20,000 people were participating in the event, it became extremely crowded and slow. The huge crowd slowly made its way down one side of the sidewalk from Foley Square to Zuccotti Park.

Perhaps it was the frustration and seeming impotence of the day’s march that spurred the night’s violence. At around 8 p.m., frustrated protesters formed a breakaway march from Zuccotti Park and attempted to take Wall Street. They were met by a police barricade and a line of police officers. The crowd pushed up against the barricade and attempted to engage with the police. One renegade protester began a shouted countdown from 10—when he reached zero, the protesters rushed the barricade. They were met with a field of pepper spray and police batons.

A female protester shouts across the barricade to another protester while an NYPD officer looks on during the Wednesday, Oct 5. protests. PHOTO BY ZaCH D ROBERTs | ZDROBERTs.COm

Approximately 20 protesters were arrested in the confrontation.

As marches spontaneously gathered and left the park (aided by the ingenious projection of text messages onto the sides of the surrounding buildings) the police hustled to keep up with the protesters. Every march was fully flanked by officers in the street. As one march started down Broadway, a woman in a taxi shouted out the window, “Go home and get a job!” No one bothered to respond.

Rebecca Chapman is a writer and lifelong New Yorker. She completed her MA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 2010.

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he first rule of the Underground Rebel Bingo Club is you don’t talk about it—however, like any secret, this one is worth sharing. Last Saturday night I headed to the Gramercy Theatre, where attendees indulged in the most hardcore game of bingo I have ever played. Some of the luckier club members VERONICA HOGLUND won stellar prizes, like a giant stuffed animal, while the rest were satisfied with dancing in the tightly packed crowd.

The group, which originally got its kicks in London, has been hosting events around the country—of course, New York would appreciate an event as obscene as Rebel Bingo.

By Roland Li Designed and built by Catskill Farms, Cottage 28 is a charming 1,276-square-foot home with two bedrooms, one-and-a-half bathrooms and a covered porch. Courtesy of Catskill Farms.

When Charles Petersheim left the city for the upstate county of Sullivan, he sought, like many new arrivals, to renovate his own historic home. Although he was a builder by profession, Petersheim soon learned the process took time – and money – a realization that was reinforced when he did the same for others.

Petersheim realized that while typical buyers craved the aesthetic of a centuries-old building, there might be a market for new properties, if he could capture the same atmosphere. In 2003, he founded Catskill Farms – a designer and builder of new single-family homes that are customized for buyers, mostly Manhattan residents looking to stretch their legs. His typical customer is a 30to 45-year-old, many in a design or creative industry, who have been sheltered from layoffs or a plummeting 401(k).

By using classic materials like cedar, local stone, plank walls and ceilings and salvaged barn wood, the company not only emulated older neighbors, but exceeded them with energy efficient utilities and features. Spray foam insulation and high efficiency gas boilers reduce the costs of heating and cooling.

“Our homes have a sense of history and style to them,” said Petersheim. “And as importantly, they work.”

The company has completed over 100 homes with around $32 million in sales.

And although the recession has stymied virtually all new construction outside of major cities, Petersheim continues to churn along, finishing a home every three weeks, at prices comparable to the peak.

Homes are sold for around $290,000 to $420,000, starting at 1,300 square feet on five acres of land. Prices have stayed stable, with slight increases due to additional features like security systems, surround sound speakers and on-demand hot water.

“I think the real marvel is that our prices have held our own,” said Petersheim Although construction labor prices have lowered slightly, materials remain about

the same. The key to the company’s profits is its organization.

Catskill Farms takes a comprehensive approach to development, with in-house land acquisition, construction management, architectural design and relationships with local banks that provide financing for building, and occasionally buyers as well. Having been in business for eight years, Catskills has developed relationships with such lenders, and while underwriting standards are tougher, the company’s buyers are all well qualified for mortgages.

One of the developer’s first tasks, after securing a buyer, is locating a sprawling parcel of land. And while upstate doesn’t have the furious density of Manhattan, an ideal plot is still elusive.

“There is a real challenge of marrying good land with the right house,” said Petersheim. But Catskills saves the buyer the headache of searching, and it assumes the risk of construction by assuming ownership over a project until it is completed, after which it is sold to the buyer.

Catskills also managed to shift one ubiquitous profession in-house: real estate brokerage.“We found brokers couldn’t sell our homes,” said Petersheim. Instead, the company uses digital and social media marketing, connecting directly with buyers.

Catskills has grown from three employees in 2008 to 14, occupying a historic steel building that has been converted to an office loft. It is now expanding to the neighboring Ulster County, and its pace of development has made it a small, but steady job creator and economic engine for the area, said Petersheim. The new arrivals also contribute thousands to the county in property taxes.

Although he’s carved a niche for himself in upstate, and has experience in constructing commercial buildings in the city earlier in his career, don’t expect to see Petersheim breaking ground in Manhattan.

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THE DAY OF EATING DANGEROUSLY Try something new to appreciate New York’s culinary diversity | BY REGAN HOFMANN

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Century eggs might look inedible, but a taste reveals a wonderfully salty, creamy bite. At Congee Bowery, they are served with sliced pork and rice porridge.

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ggs, starches and meat are the building blocks of the morning meal around the world. Breakfast, therefore, is a good opportunity to ease your way into the brave new world you’ve set for your-

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idewalk seating and taco trucks notwithstanding, we spend our time on the streets getting from one place to the next, rarely getting the chance to really take in the

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ou wake up one morning and everything seems off. Your breakfast cart just doesn’t cut it anymore, that Thai place near the office you love for lunch seems blah, and dinners are a dime a dozen.

You try to break out; have a smoothie, an everything bagel for breakfast. You try that new place you’ve been meaning to get to, the one everyone’s raving about that does American classics all grown up with the supposedly amazing fried chicken. You even— gasp!—cook at home.

It’s no use. Everything tastes gray.

Everyone reaches this saturation level at some point with New York City food. Trends rise up, flooding the marketplace with kitschy Sino-American fusion, Eastern European haute cuisine or yet another region of Italy, but when the furor starts to ebb, they fade and merge into a homogenous tapestry of “This again?”

self today. Simply playing some tetris with the way the blocks are arranged—longaniza instead of bacon, tortillas instead of toast—is a quick way to knock your worldview sideways and prepare yourself for a day of surprises.

Baby steps: Sizzling sisig at Maharlika (111 First Ave. at Seventh Street). Picture a dish of corned beef hash topped with a fried egg, all crusty edges, meltingly tender meat, starchy potatoes and rich yolk—a riot of textures and flavors deeply ingrained in the cultural imagination. That’s much like what sisig is to the Philippines, a nationally beloved dish of stewed, fried meat and whatever else is on hand (onions, peppers, etc.) served on a hot plate topped with a fried egg alongside a bowl of rice. Never mind that the meats here are pork

belly and anything that can be gleaned from the pig’s head— primarily snout and ear—just focus on the crispy and meaty bits and enjoy.

Full throttle: Sliced pork and preserved egg congee at Congee Bowery (207 Bowery, between Rivington and Spring streets).

Like all great breakfasts, this salty-creamy-crunchy combination is also a superlative hangover cure. Rice is simmered overnight until it breaks down into a mild, thick porridge fit for the sickest of sickrooms. Sprinkled on top are shreds of ginger and sliced scallion to add occasional bursts of bright flavor, and connoisseurs swirl in soy sauce to taste.

Any number of meats are available as add-ins to the cauldron, the most traditional of which are

tenor of a neighborhood. But this city is full of public spaces, from unwieldy hexagons where side streets converge to beautifully maintained community gardens. Grab some interesting looking dishes from the specialty grocery store you perpetually pass by in favor of the utilitarian Food Emporium or from a hole-in-the-wall lunch counter, walk six blocks in any direction and have yourself a city picnic.

Baby steps: Despaña Foods (410 Broome St., between Lafayette and Centre streets) is the city’s most thorough, loving importer of Spanish food for both wholesale and regular Joes. Their retail space at the lower edge of Soho has a sweet café at the rear of the shop, where you could go straight for the pintxos, tapas-like dishes stacked high on

rounds of bread. If you do, be sure to get their housemade morcilla, blood sausage, and a croqueta de bacalo, a fried, breaded ball of whipped salt cod, an oddly pleasant starch-on-starch combination when eaten on the requisite bread.

However, more fun would be to pick out a few packages from the ready-to-eat section of the market (try piquillo peppers stuffed with seafood, packed just like the more pedestrian sardines next to them, or confited quail in glass jars, whole birds cooked in their own fat and jarred with peppercorns and herbs), a packet of olive oil tortas, a cheese and some sliced lomo, airdried pork loin, from the butcher counter and building your own pintxo towers.

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When this ennui starts to set in, many people go on vacation. Sure, lots of people spend the time and the money and the effort to plan a vacation—but you live in New York. Walk two blocks off your normal path and you’ve opened up an entirely new set of possibilities. Look down where you usually look up (or vice versa) and you’ve revealed a brand-new city.

So here’s what you do: you go on a food safari.

You’re on the lookout for anything different, unexpected, below your radar. Nothing that seems like your sort of place is allowed—no eating anything even remotely similar to your everyday fare. Today, you scrap all of your preferences and routines and start over.

Be a tourist. Go on an adventure. And when you get home tomorrow, you’ll have plenty of photos to bore your friends with, a few new favorite meals and a rediscovered respect for the city around you.

sliced pork and preserved egg. The eggs (also known as century eggs or 1,000-year eggs) are actually covered in a mixture of clay and lime and wrapped in straw for anywhere from a couple of weeks to months, during which time they take on the texture of a poorly hard-boiled egg and the color of a particularly spectacular bruise.

Their vaguely ammoniac smell (just think of a good Roquefort) is stronger than their salty, creamy bite and, quartered and buried in

the congee bowl, they provide a flavor jolt to the mildly meaty pork and soothing rice. They’re a lovethem-or-hate-them delicacy; those who love them can also stock up in any Asian supermarket (try New York Market, 128 Mott St., between Grand and Hester streets).

They’re usually found near the regular dairy items, but the bits of straw poking out of the carton are the giveaway you’ve not picked up a plain old dozen of Eggland’s Best.

Despaña Foods, a specialty food shop in Soho, slices up some morcilla — otherwise known as blood sausage. mi craze hit this city hard, Sau Voi Corp. (101 Lafayette St. at Walker Street) became the darling of those in the know—a dingy record shop/lottery ticket counter on the border between Chinatown and Tribeca that also happened to make a contender for the best Vietnamese sandwich in town.

Those sandwiches are fantastic, but more exciting are the contents of the refrigerated case behind which they’re constructed: rice noodle salads topped with the same French-influenced pork patés and terrines that grace the

banh mi, sweet and savory banana leaf-wrapped packets of sticky rice, puddings and pastries.

While some of the cakes are labeled, imported from bakeries in the Vietnamese enclave of Sunset Park in Brooklyn, most everything else is not. Fly blind and point out a few things that look interesting—everything is ridiculously cheap (most items in the case hover around $2), so even if you aim for a wide margin of error and over-order, you’d be hard-pressed to break the bank here.

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Exploration is hard work, and the temptation to throw in the towel at the next Starbucks may grow too strong to resist. To keep up your strength, a sugar rush is just the thing to carry you through to the next adventure.

Baby steps: Most of the candy at Sockerbit (89 Christopher St., between Seventh Avenue and

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he Far West Village has a large contingent of Caribbean/South American restaurants, unexpected for the

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nd if midnight rolls around and you’re still hungry for more, head to Kenka (25 St. Mark’s Place, between Second

Bleecker Street), neatly arrayed in gleaming white tiers along one wall of the shop, is simply delicious, sour gummies, chocolates and lollipops in every shape and size. Everything is clearly, charmingly labeled, with its Swedish name and a line or two of description underneath each bin. The Swedish apparently wrote the book on chocolate coating, and here you can find everything from marshmallows to muesli dipped in milk, dark or white chocolate.

Gorge yourself on treats like these but branch out, too, to their wide range of licorice-based confections. Northern Europe shares an affinity for the strong, black stuff, and it can be found in an astonishing array of shapes, textures and salt levels. Yes, salt. Before people were putting pretzels in chocolate bars and salting caramels, Scandinavian and Dutch licorice makers were engaged in a game of salty-sweet chicken, pushing their wares to the brink of mutually assured sodium overdose.

Here at Sockerbit, the most dangerous is Turkish flaska, presented with the taunting label “Scandinavian challenge.” A salt-coated licorice-flavored hard candy is filled with dose of salmiak powder, a variety of licorice that assaults the tongue with an intense salty-sour sensation with none of the attendant mouthpuckering. Try it, but keep some gummy bears on hand to chase the taste.

Full throttle: Lining the walls of Aji Ichiban (37 Mott St. at Pell Street) are packaged salty snacks, a vast array of flavored nori, rice crackers and chips. The breakout star is the kanikko, Japanese baby crabs, dried, candied and spiced.

The little guys are completely edible, though the first time you pop an entire crab in your mouth you will definitely have the fleeting thought that you’re doing it wrong. Once you get past that you realize they’re delicious—they make a great bar snack—and you

rest of the neighborhood’s twee Sex and the City tourist reputation. Just a few blocks past the Marc Jacobs and Magnolia Bakery set, where people live peacefully, are a string of tastes of home.

To a city that only recently discovered that Mexican food was more than just tacos, the southern half of our hemisphere remains an almost total mystery—a shame, because the shifting colonial influences from country to country are a thrill to trace in the flavors, meats and techniques of their cuisines.

Baby steps: With its strong Portuguese and African influences, the fare at Brazilian Casa (79 Bedford St. at Commerce Street) looks vaguely

European, vaguely Southern and altogether baffling.

Top on the list there is feijoada, the workingman’s-supper-turnednational-treasure that stews up beans with whatever meats are available, long-cooked and served with white rice and collard greens. As in most working-class specialties, the meats traditionally available were generally of the offcut variety, which means that while every recipe is unique, feijoada must be made with some combination of salt pork, pig ears, belly, trotters and tails.

Alongside this should be ordered any of the yucca prepara-

and Third avenues), a latenight Japanese izakaya that gets louder and more animated as the shochu and cheap pitchers of Sapporo flow. The décor is anime-chic at its best, and the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink menu dives deep into the core of Japan’s love of the absurd. Stay traditional with the natto, fermented soybeans with an earthy, funky flavor that form a sticky, stringy mass to be pulled apart with your chopsticks to the delight and horror of those around you. Your safari complete, close the night with something your inner 8-year-old wouldn’t blanch at—make-it-yourself cotton candy fresh off the restaurant’s own machine. You’ve earned it.

Natto, a sticky, stringy foodie delight is served alongside pitchers of Sapporo at Kenka.

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SNACK TIME

AJi Ichiban brings the promise of bins upon bins of salty snacks, from nori to rice crackers. The culinary risk-taker should sample kanikko, baby crabs, which are sold dried, candied and spiced. can pretend you’re a giant as you toss handfuls of crustaceans into your mouth.

In the store’s bulk bins are candies, many of which have helpful icons on their wrappers to indicate their flavor, alongside dried fruits, meats and fishes. Sample

dishes are set out for everything, so while you wonder at the concept of “pork floss,” dare yourself to try at least a couple of the more arcane fruits. Salted plums may not be to your taste but spiced tamarind might be right up your alley. There’s only one way to find out.

tions, but especially the farofa, toasted yucca flour with bacon.

The powered root is not meant to be eaten alone (though the texturally adventurous might enjoy a forkful or two to really appreciate its slightly sweet starchiness, here tempered by smoky, rich bacon) but rather sprinkled over stews or soups to add heft. We’re working hard, remember—we need to build our strength.

Full throttle: Lima’s Taste (122 Christopher St. at Bedford Street) is a raucous, gothic introduction to Peru by way of ceviches, grilled meats and, most importantly, pisco, the national beverage they promise will make you “the best drunk you can be.” Pisco, a strong grape brandy

similar to Italian grappa, is mixed with lime juice, simple syrup and egg whites to create a suspiciously drinkable cocktail.

After a couple, you won’t bat an eye at the salchipapas, French fries topped with sliced hot dogs, or beef heart anticuchos, grilled and served with a vibrantly hot sauce of cilantro, garlic and peppers. Heart is, after all, just another muscle—while slightly stronger in flavor than steak, the texture is remarkably similar, if more tender. The smokiness of the grill and the bite of the sauce turn the entire flavor profile of the dish up to 11, until you’re convinced all beef tastes this beefy—or maybe that’s the pisco talking.

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The event, hosted by TaskRabbit, the website that finds reliable people to finish any household errand or job you might have, asks guests “What would you promise yourself if you had more time to do the things you love?”

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Edible Adventure: Mistura Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St. (at Laight St.); 7:30 p.m., $55, $85 VIPs. Steeped in history and culture, Patricia Perez’s documentary, Mistura, tells the story of an annual fair in Peru and Peruvians’ relationship with cooking and eating. Following the screening, dig into some of the dishes featured in the film. (Part of the annual NYC Food Film Fest.)

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The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre plays host to Ray Munoz. The native New Yorker will be telling true stories about growing up in NYC and running into the law.

477 Broome St. (at Wooster St.); 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

This pop-up shop event, hosted by BRIDES Magazine, is a wedding bonanza featuring an appearance by cake boss Buddy Valastro at 2 p.m., fashion shows, makeovers, hairstyle trials, cake and cocktail tastings and much more. Everything in the shop will be on sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit Operation Smile and Dress for Success.

Policing a Changed City New York Police Museum, 100 Old Slip (betw. South & Water Sts.); 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, Adults $8, seniors, children and students $5.

This exhibit chronicles how the New York Police Department has used new technologies, intelligence gathering and community outreach to combat crime and terrorism in the wake of 9/11.

Visit otdowntown.com for the latest updates on local events.

Phil Collins vs. Peter Gabriel Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. (at Astor Pl.); 7 p.m., $25.

The Loser’s Lounge series returns with a battle of the bands tribute to two great artists. Local tribute bands will battle it out to put an end to the debate: Collins or Gabriel? Head down to Joe’s and find out.

The battle rages from Thursday to Saturday.

Mark Twain Walking Tour The Mark Twain Circle of NY, 500 Broadway (betw. Broome & Spring Sts.); 1 p.m., $20.

Join a two-hour tour of Mark Twain’s New York led by city-based writer and Twain expert Peter Salwen. The tour will stop at nearly two dozen locations in Lower Manhattan. Fans will be able to see where the late Huckleberry Finn author lived, worked and made a name for himself as one of the greatest writers in American history.

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Lyons Wier Project Space, 175 7th Ave. (betw. 20th & 21st Sts.); 11 a.m.-7 p.m., through Oct. 22.

Bowery curator extraordinaire/artist Derrick B. Harden unveils mixed media, monochromatic pieces exploring issues around race. Exhibit includes the debut of Harden’s side music project, Christmas in the Summer with Dear Derrick and Laura O.

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Monk The Moldy Fig Jazz Club, 178 Stanton St. (betw. Clinton & Attorney Sts.); 8 p.m., $20.

Rome Neal directs and stars in this oneman show that chronicles the life of jazz great, Thelonious Monk. Written by Laurence Holder, the piece features a musical score by Bill Lee. A jam session immediately follows the performance.

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We Can’t Go Home Again Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (betw.

6th Ave & Varick St.); 7 p.m., $12.50.

Film Forum unearths a restoration of Nicholas Ray’s final work. An experimental film done in collaboration with SUNY Binghamton students, the 1976 movie was called “the most advanced and audacious film of its era” by The New Yorker.

Love’s Labour’s Lost The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. (at Astor Place); 7:30 p.m., $15.

The King of France and his best friends swear off romance and withdraw into their studies…until a few girls show up. As the young couples stumble their way toward love, the others in their circle work through their own mad dilemmas. In celebration of the New York State Marriage Equality Act, a free pair of tickets will be offered to any couple (gay or straight) married in New York State between July 24 and Oct. 18.

New Sound New Moves The Joyce Theater, 155 Mercer St. (betw.

Houston & Prince Sts.); 10 p.m., $15.

As part of The Sonic Festival, Joyce SoHo presents four collaborative works of dance and music. Choreographers Deborah Lohse, Miro Magloire, Darcy Naganuma and Rebecca Stenn teamed with composers David Fulmer, Michel Galante, Michael Klingbeil and Konrad Kaczmarek, respectively. Live music will be performed by the Argento Chamber Ensemble (left).

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The Catechism Cataclysm IFC Center, 323 6th Ave. (at W. 3rd St.); various times, $13.

When eccentric young priest and ex-Christian rocker Father Billy is caught telling inappropriate parables to his flock, he is forced by his superiors to go on sabbatical. He embarks on a canoe trip with his high school idol, Robbie, and things take a turn for the weird.

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Just at the time people have descended on Wall Street to protest the American economic system, the Wall Street Bourse arrives at the Museum of American Finance Oct. 21 and 22 to celebrate it, attracting collectors and 22 dealers from around the country in search of coins, currency, bank notes, stock certificates and other ephemera related to money and its history.

For most New Yorkers, both the name and concept of a bourse may seem a bit foreign. Mark Anderson, president of the Society of Paper Money Collectors, explained: “Well, the word ‘bourse’ itself actually means exchange, but it comes from the French word bourse, for ‘purse,’ which comes from the Latin bursa, for ‘pocket.’ So, really, it’s just a fancy way of saying people standing around trading.”

The Museum of American Finance and the Wall Street Bourse are both the brainchildren of John E. Herzog, a sprightly and passionate 75-year-old who now serves as

the chairman emeritus of the museum. After the 1987 market crash, Herzog began to mount exhibitions using his own extensive collection to educate people about economics and financial history. Now, after the latest economic tumble, he’s certain there’s a real reason to expand the museum and encourage financial literacy. “There has never been a more important time to understand how money works,” he said. “It’s the only way to put a halt to the grinding discouragement of poverty—through education.”

The Museum of American Finance certainly provides an education. Located in the spectacular former headquarters of The Bank of New York, the museum tells the story of America’s financial memory through engaging exhibits highlighting moments in national history and their relation to financial documents.

On display, for example, is the Washington Bond, a bond dated Jan. 17, 1792, that was owned and signed by George Washington while he was president. It was for $185.98 of Assumed Debt, part of Alexander Hamilton’s plan for liquidating the debt of individual states and creating a national debt. “It’s the first record we have of national debt,” Herzog said excitedly. “You’re staring at national debt. It’s nothing new. And it’s right on that piece of paper!”

� EAT The Grey Dog Moves Out Owners say lease disputes force the doors to shut at neighborhood café | By mccamEy lyNN The Grey Dog, a fixture of the West Village coffeehouse scene for over a decade, will be closing its doors on Sunday, Oct. 16. Lease disputes with their landlord have forced brothers David Ethan and Peter Adrian to pack up shop at their flagship store at 33 Carmine St. Ethan and Adrian opened the small coffee shop, their first, which also serves food and drinks, in 1996 and have remained successful in the age of Starbucks.

Their other locations, at University Place and West 16th Street, will continue to serve as community hot spots for the java-drinking crowd.

“The goal was to build a small coffeehouse in the world’s great city,” said the

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Anderson reiterated the historical value of collecting and viewing artifacts like those at the Museum of American Finance. “These things have no intrinsic value in themselves,” he said. “They’re the props with which we tell the stories of history. Collecting just isn’t the same without a history. Essentially, the context becomes the object. And people who are collectors are really collecting stories, the stories beyond the objects.”

Those who attend the Wall Street Bourse exhibit will have the opportunity to start their own collection—or at least a chance to observe collectors in the throes of their passion. As Anderson confessed, “Collecting is a serious disease. We should all be in some anonymous program for addicts, probably.”

But even if collecting isn’t an addiction or

even a hobby, there’s plenty to be had from dropping in at the Bourse. “If you enjoyed history, sociology, economics, politics, then you’ll enjoy the Bourse. It’s a free education,” Anderson suggested.

With a twinkle of delight in his eye, Herzog added: “One thing’s for sure. The Bourse is unlike anything most New Yorkers have ever seen. And with the museum free to the public on the days of the [exhibit], there’s just no reason not to come down and check it out. There’s no place else like this anywhere in the world. People will be blown away by what they see!”

The Wall Street Bourse at the Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St. (betw. Pearl & William Sts.), www.moaf.org; Oct. 21 & 22, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

A diner takes in one last bite at The Grey Dog’s Carmine Street location in the West Village. The eatery — a favorite amongst local residents — will close this Sunday. phOTO By AndREw sChwARTz

brothers. “We wanted to concentrate on little things that often get lost in big city life, like getting to know the names of our patrons.” According to Adrian, their client base is roughly 75 percent regulars—many of whom come in multiple times a day. “I was there from the beginning,” said one frequent customer, Bob Brisley. “From that point on I became hooked—not only on the food and some of the best coffee in New York City but also the atmosphere of friendship and neighborhood.”

As the doors of the Carmine Street location close for good, a new Grey Dog will be opening up on Mulberry Street near Chinatown just a week later. Still, the community is mourning the loss of its neighborhood coffee shop. “There really isn’t any other place like it in the neighborhood,” said community member Dar Wallace. “While I do like to think that I will walk to the new location, that’s probably not going to happen very often.”

Ethan and Adrian are equally devastated. “Should we be forced to leave, it will break our hearts a hundred times over,” said the brothers when they announced the possible closing on their website earlier this year.

It is not for lack of popularity that the

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iconic shop is shutting down. The landlord of the Carmine Street location “claimed he had made an oversight on our lease and informed us he was intending to collect property taxes retroactive to the beginning of the term. This fee was not included in the lease and amounted to over $100,000,” alleged the brothers on their website.

The landlord, who, according to the brothers, is Janusz Sendowski of Sarsen Realty, is reportedly citing Bloomberg’s property tax increases from 2001. According to Adrian, the back taxes are not included in the lease and the landlord is allegedly claiming that they must be paid in addition to rent. “We even went so far as to cut him a check every month,” said Adrian.

The brothers claim they have paid $10,000 but are still reportedly prohibited from renewing their lease, which ends Oct. 31.

The Grey Dog’s landlord also owns several other buildings on the block, say the brothers and a neighboring business owner. The Brazilian restaurant Berimbau, operated by Mario Estindola, is running into similar problems. “We have come to the point that we cannot afford to pay anymore,” Estindola said.

The landlord could not be reached for comment, but Adrian and Estindola say he

controls half the block and several other businesses are struggling to pay what he demands. “We feel we have been more than accommodating with him,” said Adrian. “I do not even make a salary anymore with these increases,” added Estindola.

The loss of the Grey Dog marks a sad day in the neighborhood, and it may not be the last business to close on the block.

In fact, Estindola is sure that this will not be. “We will be next,” he said.

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Let’s Talk Union Square — at Flushing Bank’s Newest Location!

On Tuesday, October 11th, Flushing Bank opened its newest location at 225 Park Avenue South at 18th Street. To celebrate, a variety of Opening Day promotions and limited-time offers are now available.

From Queens to Brooklyn to Manhattan, smart New Yorkers have always known that Flushing Bank is committed to serving the community, providing authentic neighborhood banking, and reaching out to individuals, families and businesses with its own special brand of personal attention. Now this dedication to one-on-one service is located in the heart of Manhattan’s Union Square, with the great products and services, competitive rates, and special promotions that Flushing Bank customers have come to expect. It’s no wonder that Flushing Bank has become known throughout the City as the bank that’s, “Small enough to know you. Large enough to help you.”

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location will find everything that makes Flushing Bank a true neighborhood bank, and much more. As part of its Opening Day Celebration, Flushing Bank is offering a host of special programs, products and promotions to welcome area residents to its newest location. In addition to its trademark BestRate and Totally Free Checking accounts, Flushing Bank in Union Square will mark the celebration with special rates on a 29-month CD, opportunities to win free gifts, several limited-time offers, and an array of incentives. Stop by for your Scan and Win flyer and see what you’ve won!

Visitors to the newest Flushing Bank location will enjoy a host of extras, offers and attractions that will make it a local favorite within the neighborhood. At the new Park Avenue South location, customers will find paperless ATMs and free wifi. They’ll also be treated to a fourminute video chronicling the history of the Union Square neighborhood —

produced expressly for the Opening Day Celebration. For generations the Union Square area has been a citywide destination for shopping, entertainment and family life, and emerged as an important focal point for civic and social change. Labor groups and trade unions all converged on Union Square to call attention to their cause. Today the area is a vibrant, eclectic, thriving neighborhood, with Union Square Park at its center.

From all across the globe, students, artists, professionals, entrepreneurs and families converge on Union Square to work, study, create, conduct business, raise children, and enjoy the best that the neighborhood has to offer.

As part of the Bank’s commitment to the community, visitors who log on to FlushingBank.com/parkavenue can watch the video, and download a free audio walking tour of historic Union Square and it’s surroundings.

Flushing Bank is a full-service community bank that has served New York families and businesses for over 80 years. Visit Flushing Bank’s newest location and talk to a representative about your banking needs or call 212.477.9360.

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Christine Lahti, Cotter Smith and Reed Birney in Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling. PhOTO By KEvin ThOmas GaRCia

Dreams of Humanity | By Parker woolf

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n his 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, William Faulkner made an ominous assessment of new writing: “Our tragedy today is a general and universal fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it…Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself, which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about.”

It is, of course, impossible that Faulkner had jumped into a time machine to see Adam Rapp’s Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling in 2011 before making that speech, but he may as well have.

Rapp’s play fits the bill as a fearful and small-minded work of writing that misses the point of the human condition entirely.

The play opens in the dining room of an opulent Connecticut home (the cleanly elegant set is by Andrew Boyce

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and Takeshi Kata), but what promises to be a fast-paced society comedy descends, within minutes, to awkward one-liners about Jesus and poor people.

The play guides us through an absurd dinner party (we’ve never seen an absurd dinner party featuring the wealthy, have we?), in which the hostess is drunk before the table is set. An African-American maid is patronized in Jim-Crow fashion; dopes that still happen in upscale Connecticut homes. Wild goose is served. There are seductions. There is sex on the dining room table. There is poison in a goblet.

There is suicide. And, of course, there is a lion in the basement. Other than that, not much happens.

The actors all put in noble efforts.

New York favorites Cotter Smith and Reed Birney turn in likeable performances and are convincing Yalies (which is about as much nuance of character as they’re permitted). Christine Lahti steals the show with her wicked, husband-poisoning turn

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Despite the upscale milieu, adam rapp’s new play is as sordid as ever

as the lady of the house.

It’s difficult to know whether Katherine Waterston and Shane McRae, as the incompetent adult children, were directed to be quite so changeless, but the text does seem to call for static insipidity, and they perform that nicely. In any case, Neil Pepe directs with an eye firmly on the cheap laugh—given the material, one can’t blame him for finding something to keep his eye on. In a play in which no one transforms, grows or learns anything, character development is out the window.

When the 80 minutes of soulless contrivance wind to an end and a giant, maimed lioness in chains appears onstage (apparently an emblem for the brutality and brokenness of the rich), one is tempted to weep for Lahti, until then playing a character with no feelings, placing her hands inside the wounds of the dying lioness, trying to weep over an emblem that has been permitted no meaning. To watch such talented actors wasted

on such soulless material, trying to make meaning out of it, becomes a play unto itself. A tragic one.

The real shame in all of this is that absurdity, when applied appropriately, holds the key to opening and implicating an audience. The absurd in theater creates a primal and universal symbol system through which meaning can be accessed democratically. But absurdity sans meaning is just…boring.

The day Rapp writes a play about the human heart in conflict with itself (rather than the human ego masturbating itself ) is the day we’ll have the next great American play. He’s a playwright of great talent and potential and needs only to find his heart. Let’s look forward to that, shall we?

Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling Through Oct. 30, Classic Stage Company, 136 E. 13th St. (betw. 3rd & 4th Aves.), www.atlantictheater.org; $65.

� DWE LL A Weekend of Urban Exploration OHNy opens up city’s best architectural sights

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nspired by similar architectural tours in his hometown, Londoner Scott Lauer started openhousenewyork (OHNY) in 2002 with roughly 80 sites sprinkled throughout the city.

The weekend-long event, this year taking place Saturday, Oct. 15 and Sunday, Oct. 16, has exploded to include almost 200 spaces in all five boroughs, 150 additional programs and almost 200,000 visitors.

“People now ask, ‘When is OHNY happening?’ rather than, ‘What is OHNY?’” reported board president Margaret Sullivan. Some of her Downtown favorites include the Eldridge Street Synagogue and 123 Baxter, which includes an automated garage—an elevator for your vehicle.

While almost all of the events and tours are free, a point in which the organization takes great pride, sites and programs that require a reservation will now charge a $5 fee. If you are unable to attend this weekend’s festivities, check the

The Nolitan is a 55-room newly opened hotel in Nolita — on Kenmare Street to be exact — that includes floor-to-ceiling windows and a rooftop garden. PhOTO COuRTEsy Of OhNy

recently launched OHNY website for their year-round events, happening monthly.

Of the ninth annual open house weekend, Sullivan said, “Enjoy, have fun and discover the hidden gems in the city that you may walk past every day. You appreciate your city the more you know it.” Top picks for the weekend are listed below.

Lower east side Henry Street Settlement (ca.

1832) 265 Henry St., Saturday, Oct. 15, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Three federal row houses have been occupied by the Henry Street Settlement organization since it was founded in 1893.

The buildings feature a restored dining room, the site of one of New York City’s first playgrounds and rooms where the first visiting nurses in the area lived. eldridge Street Synagogue (ca.

1887) 12 Eldridge St., Sunday, Oct. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Founded by Eastern European immigrants, this National Historic Landmark has been restored to its original grandeur.

The building is an exuberant combination of Moorish, Gothic and Romanesque styles, featuring hand-painted decorations and Victorian-era lighting. Stunning stained glass includes a new window by artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans.

NoLita nolitan Hotel (ca. 2011) 30 Kenmare St., Sat., Oct. 15 & Sun., Oct. 16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

A 55-room boutique hotel features a groundfloor glass lobby.

Guest rooms have either private balconies or floor-toceiling windows with unobstructed views of the skyline. east ViLLage new york marble cemetery 4 ½ 2nd Ave., Sat., Oct 15 & Sun., Oct. 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Not to be confused with the nearby New York City Marble Cemetery, this resting place is hidden down a private alley in the interior of the block and is one of the city’s oldest nonsectarian burial grounds.

The half-acre garden contains 156 familyowned underground vaults. There are no markers on the grass, only plaques on the walls indicating the family name and vault location. nyc dot bike tour Astor Place near The Cube, Sun., Oct. 16, 9:30 a.m. RSVP required.

Join Department of Transportation

Urban Art Program staff for a bike ride to various public art sites around the city.

The ride will begin in Manhattan and end in Brooklyn. Bring a bike and a helmet.

FiNaNciaL district 99 JoHn deco loftS (ca. 1933) 99 John St., Sat., Oct 15 & Sun., Oct. 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

This Depression-era building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, the architects behind the Empire State Building. The resemblance is clear, from the classic limestone and granite façade to the tiered setbacks on higher floors.

Today, John Deco Lofts is home to 442 condos.

For a full list of the apartments, buildings and programs featured during the OHNY weekend or to make a reservation on a particular tour, visit ohny.com.

� DI G ITI ZE iHospital Comes to the Rescue in Manhattan | By GEORGIA SUTER

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Hospital, a burgeoning repair company devoted to the health and happiness of all things Apple, recently opened its first New York location inside Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers on Broadway, across from the NYU campus. With the recent release of the iPhone 4S, followed by the death of the great founder himself, Steve Jobs, the business’ expansion into New York comes at a time when Apple seems to be on everyone’s mind.

Rapidly growing across the United States, the repair center functions as a kind of “one-stop shop,” with myriad services for Apple iDevices and computers along with knowledgeable, Apple-certified “DID”s (Doctor of iDevices), some of whom were referred by Apple Store Genius Bar experts.

From dead batteries and damaged headphones to hard drive upgrades and

data transfers, the iHospital is quickly establishing itself as an alternative to the Apple Store, priding itself on free diagnostics and speedy, thorough fixes. Unlike the Genius Bar, there is no appointment scheduling required.

William Sharpe, an expert at the New York iHospital, says the problems people come into the shop with are vast, though a majority of them do involve earlier iPhone models—most notably cracked and broken screens.

Despite being in the heart of the NYU area, Sharpe says the customer base at the new location has been diverse, beyond just students and teachers.

“It’s a really wide demographic—people from all over the city, from New Jersey and Brooklyn are coming in. Apple stores have all been referring to us, even Best Buys.”

Dr. Ross Newman, founder of iHospital, has previously said, “The new iHospital location blends the classic

bookstore character of Shakespeare & Co. with the high-tech expertise of iHospital.

The combination of old-world charm and literary excellence of Shakespeare & Co. makes this a one-of-a-kind experience. When you combine the tradition of Shakespeare with the leading-edge technology of Apple products and our stellar repair services and accessories, you create a revolution.”

The location also ran a recent Groupon promotion that shed light on the vast number of iPhone users and attested to the demand for Apple service.

“We sold over 400 Groupons—so far, only 30 people have come in to use them,” noted Sharpe, hinting at the large customer group bound to appear at some point in the future.

Sharpe added that many of these people may have purchased the Groupon not for immediate help but to have as backup should they ever need service on their device.

In late 2009, after Newman was able to repaire a customer’s shattered iPhone screen within minutes, the iHospital idea was born. Newman, who previously worked as an Apple developer and writer of custom software for iPhone and Mac operating systems, was dubbed “the king of the global Apple community” within a year of the business’ founding by several global Apple forums.

Newman became an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician and, after posting a few ads, developed a following in a matter of weeks. He opened his first flagship store in Tampa, Fla., before opening three additional locations. This year, iHospital plans to open a second New York location, on 68th Street and Lexington Avenue near Hunter College, providing further service for the ever-growing Apple product line.

“Our whole goal,” said Sharpe, “is to make it so that people can walk in and get help right away. Most repairs can be done while you wait or by the next day.”

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Forty is Still the New 40 Many breast cancer experts say it’s the right age to begin mammograms

By Laura shin Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 34. She said it was breast self-awareness and a mammogram that saved her life.

“My doctor initially said, ‘You’re too young to get a mammogram and you’re too young to have breast cancer,’ but I insisted on having a mammogram and it turned out that I had breast cancer,” said Richardson-Heron, a 14-year cancer survivor and CEO of the Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

There is no universal set of guidelines when it comes to mammograms. In fact, changes to some mammogram guidelines in recent years have stirred debate, leaving many women confused about when and how often they should get mammograms.

“I think the confusion has led to a complacency among women,” said Richardson-Heron. “Since they don’t know what to do, many of them are just not doing anything. My concern is that these women will be diagnosed later, and a later diagnosis is far more difficult to treat.”

Richardson-Heron recommends women begin receiving annual screening mammograms at age 40—earlier if the woman has higher risk factors such as a strong family history of the disease, like she did.

The American Cancer Society, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The Mayo Clinic and Susan G. Komen for the Cure all currently support a set of guidelines that recommends routine mammograms beginning at age 40

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‘I think the confusion has led to a complacency among women,’ said Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron. for women at average risk.

But in 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of health experts that reviews research and makes recommendations on preventive health care, revised their guidelines to include a recommendation that screening mammograms should be done every two years beginning at age 50 for women at average risk.

The task force reported that the benefits of screening mammograms do not outweigh the harms for women ages 40 to 49. Potential harms include false positive results that could lead to unneeded biopsies along with anxiety and stress.

There are, however, some issues with the task force’s findings, said Dr. Laurie Margolies, chief of breast imaging at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

“The studies they looked at were very old, and there are several problems with that. One is that they’re all on analog mammography,” Margolies said.

Analog mammography takes images on film, whereas most mammogram machines sold now are digital, she said. Digital mammography finds more cancers in younger women than analog.

Even the disputed report emphasized it was not suggesting that women ages 40 to 49 not have mammograms at all, but rather that they should not be done routinely and should be conducted based on a woman’s values regarding the risks and benefits of mammography.

Margolies acknowledges that there are instances of false positives in screening mammograms and there are some associated harms, but she believes the risks do not outweigh the benefits.

“Anxiety is painful and having a benign biopsy is not great, but I would rather have a benign biopsy than die from breast cancer,” she said.

While women in their forties have a lower overall incidence of breast cancer, younger women tend to have more aggressive types of breast cancer, said Richardson-Heron.

“If you wait to diagnose these women, you potentially decrease the chance of detecting the cancer before it is spread to different parts of the body,” she said.

“The most compelling stories are the women who tell me that they were diagnosed on their first screening mammogram at age 40, so I shudder to think what would’ve happened to them if they had waited to age 50 to get a mammogram,” she said.

In addition to beginning regular mammogram screenings at age 40, it is also important to get a mammogram every year as opposed to every other year, said Mary Gemignani, MD, a surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

“Yearly screening may potentially decrease the risk of interval cancers, cancers that occur between screenings, which occur more commonly in younger women,” Gemignani said.

Mammography has been proven to save lives, said Margolies.

“The death rate from breast cancer has decreased 30 percent since 1990, and that’s predominantly due to mammography screening,” she said.

Richardson-Heron encourages women to know their family history and to be able to identify changes in their breasts. As far as mammograms go, she hopes women can move toward one set of guidelines.

“I want to cut through the confusion altogether.

Don’t even think about it. Get a mammogram at age 40 or earlier if you have any risk factors that make you more likely to get diagnosed with breast cancer,” she said.

Women’s Healthcare Services Returns to Tribeca Following the closure of St. Vincent’s Hospital, many physicians came to New York Downtown Hospital so they could continue to serve their patients on the West Side. With the opening of a new Center on 40 Worth Street, we are pleased to welcome two exceptional physicians back to the community. They will be working in collaboration with physicians from Weill Cornell Medical Associates.

Seeking Advanced-Stage Cancer Patientswith Anxiety For Research Study Seeking Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients with Anxiety For Research Study We are looking for volunteers to participate in a scientific study exploring the effects of spiritual or mystical states of consciousness on anxiety and emotional distress associated with a diagnosis of advanced cancer ___________________________________________ A person receiving a diagnosis of advanced cancer is faced with multiple and severe physical, emotional, and spiritual or existential challenges. Often, the feelings of hopelessness, anxiety, and questions around meaning and spirituality contribute to more overall suffering than physical symptoms. It is now widely believed that issues related to meaning, spirituality, anxiety, and depressed mood are at the core of the suffering that patients with advanced cancer may experience.

Researchers at New York University School of Medicine and Bluestone Center for Clinical Research are conducting a scientific study using a novel drug, psilocybin, a psychoactive agent found in a specific type of mushroom and used for centuries for religious and spiritual purposes. Entheogens, the class of plants and chemicals that includes psilocybin, have been used for thousands of years as sacraments to induce mystical or spiritual states of consciousness as part of spiritual and healing observances.

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This research study is fully approved by and adheres to the strict regulations of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 76, have received a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer, and be experiencing anxiety or mood changes secondary to their diagnosis. Further information regarding eligibility is available upon inquiry.

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Dr. Robbi Kempner, Chief of Breast Surgery at New York Downtown Hospital, will sponsor our Hospital’s first Mammogram-a-thon at its new Wellness & Prevention Center, on Thursday, October 27th, from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Please call (212) 312-5179 on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to schedule your screening mammogram appointment for that day.

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In 2010, an estimated 207,000 U.S. women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. In 2010, there were more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. “A mammogram takes ten minutes and can save your life. If problems are found early, new treatments can be most effective.”

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Raynaud’s Disease: Cold Feet Not Related to Weddings Symptoms include numb fingers and toes, particularly for younger women

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Red, white and blue may be patriotic colors, but when they occur on your fingers it may be a sign of something known as Raynaud’s disease. The condition is characterized by a vasospasm and in some cases can be associated with autoimmune diseases such as lupus or scleroderma.

In Raynaud’s, areas of your body such

as your fingers, toes, the tip of your nose, ears and, on rare occasions, tongue will feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures and stress. Smaller arteries that supply blood to the skin narrow and go into spasm, causing the numbness.

The symptoms experienced depend on the severity, frequency and duration of the vasospasm; the first thing a patient notices is that the area, usually the finContinueD Pg 17

Healthy Manhattan continued from pg 16 gers, turns white due to inadequate blood flow. As oxygen is depleted in the tissues they turn blue, and when the spasm stops and blood returns, the skin turns bright red and can be tingling or painful. The attack can last from less than a minute to several hours.

Dr. Robert Dickerson, a rheumatologist in Manhattan, said Raynaud’s often affects women between the ages of 17 and 25.

“The problem with trying to diagnose the disease is that they look very normal,” he said. “The first line of treatment is to give the patient an understanding of the event, because that reassures them and [helps them] understand the triggers that will cause this problem.”

The two most common triggers are cold temperatures and stress. In both cases the body’s normal response is to preserve core temperature— in people with the disease, this response is exaggerated.

Dickerson also stressed that other triggers that can cause the event are “smoking, caffeine, estrogen-based birth control pills, occupations where vibrations are constant, such as working with a jackhammer” and perhaps vinyl.

“I once had a patient many years ago who was a disc jockey. She was working with vinyl records and developed symptoms of Raynaud’s disease,” said Dickerson.

Certain over-the-counter medications that contain pseudoephedrine can also act as triggers. Beta blockers used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease such as Lopressor, Toprol, Corgard, Inderal and Innopran XL have also been know to trigger Raynaud’s disease.

The problem with Raynaud’s is that if attacks increase in frequency, poor oxygen supply to the tissues can cause the tips of the fingers to ulcerate and become infected. With a continued lack of oxygen, gangrene can occur—although this is very rare, it does happen.

When an attack occurs, Dickerson advises, “Warm your hands

by putting them in warm water. If that’s not available, gently massage your hands or, if it’s your feet, wiggle your toes. Make wide circles like a windmill with your arms or place your hands under your armpits to warm them up.”

Prevention is the best way to minimize the attacks. In cold weather wear gloves, a hat, a scarf and boots. Dickerson advises, “Wear socks and gloves to bed. If you are drinking a cold drink, use a napkin or insulator around the glass to keep your hands warm.”

If you are taking food out of the refrigerator or freezer, wear gloves or oven mitts to keep the cold from your hands. Air conditioning may trigger the attack, so set the temperature higher to prevent attacks.

Dickerson reassures patients that “80 percent of people will do well with prevention and avoidance of the triggers that cause the attacks.” The most common drugs used for treatment are calcium channel blockers such as Adalat, Procardia, Norvasc and Plendil. They work by relaxing and opening up the small vessels in your hands and feet, thereby decreasing the frequency and severity of the attacks. They also can be used to heal ulcers on the fingers and toes.

Another class of medication used is alpha blockers, which counteract the effects of the hormone norepinephrine, which constricts the blood vessels. Minipress and Cardura are commonly used alpha blockers.

Niacin, also known as vitamin B3, has been used to treat the problem and biofeedback has been used to cope with stressful situations.

One of the more unusual treatments is Viagra, which is a potent vasodilator.

Raynaud’s disease can’t be cured, but its symptoms can be minimized by eliminating the triggers that cause it—cold, stress ( easier said than done), smoking and caffeine.

So, the next time you feel inclined to go for the 60-ounce cup of coffee, think about switching to green tea instead and maybe booking a nice trip to Hawaii in December.

‘I once had a patient many years ago who was a disc jockey. She was working with vinyl records and developed symptoms of Raynaud’s disease,’ said Dr. Robert Dickerson.

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For many women, the path to fertility preservation begins with freezing eggs or embryos. Before beginning cancer treatment, women can undergo a cycle of ovarian stimulation. The eggs are then removed and either frozen or fertilized with available sperm. Both frozen eggs and embryos can be used after cancer treatments are completed.

Women who cannot delay their treatments and take the time for an IVF cycle can have their ovarian tissue frozen.

Using a state-of-the-art minimally invasive technique, surgeons can remove tissue from the ovary and freeze it.

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A Tough Cancer to Treat Pancreatic cancer is often detected late because symptoms do not seem serious

By Ashley Welch Last week, pancreatic cancer took the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Several days earlier, Dr. Ralph Steinman, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for medicine, died from the same cancer, just days before the award was announced.

The National Cancer Institute estimates that there will be 44,030 new cases and 37,660 deaths resulting from pancreatic cancer in the United States this year. The American Cancer Society says pancreatic cancer patients have only a 20 percent chance to live at least one year after diagnosis, and fewer than 4 percent will be alive after five years.

Many doctors agree that the reason for such daunting numbers is that pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Why is this and what is it about its nature that makes it so deadly?

Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of the pancreas, a six-inch-long organ located horizontally behind the stomach in the abdomen. It secretes enzymes that aid in digestion and produces hormones that help regulate the metabolism of sugars.

Cancer occurs when cells begin dividing uncontrollably and form lumps of tissue, which become tumors and interfere with the main functions of the pancreas.

The first reason pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat is that it is often goes undetected until it’s in its advanced stages. This is because the early signs of pancreatic cancer are varied and are common with many other, less serious health conditions.

“Most of the time, pancreatic cancer presents very nonspecific symptoms that

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do not necessarily give any indication of a serious disease,” said Dr. Chandan Guha, a professor and vice chair of radiation oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center.

These early symptoms include bloat-

ing, nausea, indigestion and abdominal pain, things Guha said people may often ignore because they are minor ailments that they expect to experience in their day-to-day lives. continued pg 21

Healthy Manhattan continued from pg 20 By the time more serious symptoms, such as severe weight loss and jaundice (the yellowing of the eyes and skin), occur, the cancer has often reached advanced stages and has most likely spread outside the pancreas.

At this stage, the cancer is almost impossible to remove because it often spreads to vital blood vessels that are in close proximity to the pancreas.

“The pancreas lives in a very protected location,” said Dr. Steven Standiford, a surgical oncologist and chief of staff at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia. “A small tumor in the pancreas can involve the portal vein, the major vein that drains the intestine into the liver, the hepatic artery, the artery to the liver, or the mesenteric artery, which is the main artery to the intestine, making the cancer inoperable at that point.”

Doctors must then turn to radiation and chemotherapy for treatment. Yet, according to Standiford, although some progress has been made in treating pancreatic cancer with these methods, they do not yield the same dramatic results as for other types of cancer, such as breast cancer and Hodgkin’s disease. The reason for pancreatic cancer’s weak response to these methods, he said, is not known.

“It could be that we haven’t found

the right drugs,” he said, “or is it that the tumor is just that resistant, that it’s much harder to find the right drugs.”

Such limited treatment options, coupled with late detection, are the main reasons for the low life expectancy and high mortality rate associated with pancreatic cancer.

So what hope is there for the future treatment of this deadly disease?

Scientists are working all over the country on different ways to extend the lifespan of pancreatic cancer patients and possibly find a cure.

Some methods under development include trying new chemotherapy drugs and improving the delivery of the drugs to the cancer site. Others are experimenting with “targeted therapy” drugs, which would attack the unique aspects of cancer cells while causing little harm to healthy cells. Still other doctors, including Guha at Einstein Medical College, are working on vaccines for pancreatic cancer.

Though vaccines are typically thought of as a means to prevent a disease, this type of vaccine would help treat an existing cancer by strengthening the body’s natural defenses against it.

Guha said this is essentially done by “trying to educate the body’s own immune system to consider the tumor as dangerous and to fight it.”

He is studying whether a vaccine, coupled with chemotherapy, would improve overall survival and induce strong tumor-specific immunity in patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer.

Though this vaccine is still in experimental trials, Guha said he has hope that such treatments will soon make for more positive outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients.

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50/50 The buddy comedy genre faces cancer.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is helped through crisis by Seth Rogen. Decent emotions get cheated of depth by blithe, nonspiritual approach. Dir. Jonathan Levine.

COLumbIANA Striking entertainment but also an emotional action movie. As a sexy, damaged assassin hunting down drug dealers to avenge her parents, Zoe Saldana gives the movie star performance of the year—a soulful, modernday Irma Vep. Dir. Olivier Megaton.

The DebT Shameless-bordering-on-ludicrous Holocaust exploitation, as a Mossad trio brings a Nazi war criminal to justice. In flashbacks, Jessica Chastain plays the same rueful agent as Helen Mirren—a cipher out of a spy novel. Dir. John Madden.

DrIve Fake toughness, fake sentimentality, fake style infected by Michael Mann.

Brooding existential stuntman and petty criminal Ryan Gosling is so laconic and cool he’s inadvertently comic. This second-rate actor occasionally drops his Steve McQueen impersonation and lets slip Mickey Rourke’s old smile. Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn.

GAINsbOurG: A herOIC LIfe An inventive political, cultural, ethnic defense of France’s 50s pop icon and rebel Serge Gainsbourg shows a caricaturist’s whimsy—especially in the subtext of Jewish self-consciousness, psycho-political anime effects and Eric Elmosnino’s lead performance. Laetitia Casta does a worthy, knockout Brigitte Bardot impersonation. Dir. Joann Sfar.

The heLP America’s Jim Crow history reduced to sisterhood entertainment about servants and masters. Still, the white actresses (Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard) take center screen, squeezing out the black actresses (Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer).

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TAke sheLTer Midwest laborer (Michael Shannon) becomes unstable, sensing apocalypse in the changed wind (as Bob Dylan would put it). Political paranoia takes elemental, eschatological form driving wife (Jessica Chastain) and blue-collar buddy (Shea Whigam) to the edge. Tipping into horror movie cliché, the political tension gets unbearably overwrought. Dir. Jeff Nichols.

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You’ve been with Film Forum for 39 years; that’s a long time.

Yes, it certainly is. I became the director of Film Forum in 1972, back when we had just 50 folding chairs in a space uptown. We’ve been in a total of four different locations over the years. We moved into our space on West Houston in 1990.

Have you seen your demographic change as you’ve moved around Manhattan?

Certainly. Movie houses are all parts of a community, so neighborhoods definitely affect the demographic. Where we are now we tend to attract people from the nearby neighborhoods—SoHo, The Village, Tribeca. That said, we are a destination theater. Sooner or later, you find your way to West Houston.

How have you seen audiences change over your 39 years at Film Forum?

Like every audience based in the arts, it’s harder to draw folks into the cinema now. It’s a matter of fact that moviegoing has gone down, even though revenue has gone up. The revenue is only going up because ticket prices do.

People have many, many more ways to invest their time than they did 20 years ago. Computers have had a profound impact on our society. These days, people can download and stream most films onto their computers. They can sit at home checking email after work instead of going to the movies.

So why go to the cinema?

Oh, there’s a huge difference in terms of experience. To be in a social setting like that, surrounded by people, and to be in a dark room without interruption—there’s a great deal of concentration to that, to the experience of being in a movie house. But beyond that, the films we premiere at Film Forum are not films you can download.

They’re films that you haven’t seen and can’t see anywhere else. Your only option is Film Forum, really; we premiere films exclusively, for the most part.

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What do you look for when you’re selecting films to premiere?

Well, I try not to look for anything in a film.

I think that’s dangerous. There are so many ways that a film can be good—if it has something new or something old, it doesn’t really matter. If it touches you, moves you, entertains you, then it does what it’s supposed to do.

I think, in general, entertainment is much more complicated than the way Hollywood sees it. People don’t just want car chases and girls and explosions. I believe entertainment is much more oblique and complex than that. We want to see something much closer to the way we live our own lives. New Yorkers do, at least.

Could this explain why documentaries have been such a passion for you?

Probably. They really show us to ourselves. Since the early ’70s, I have been focused on politically and socially vital issues. Right now, through October 18, we’re screening a wonderful documentary called Hell and Back Again, about a young marine returning home to North Carolina after being seriously wounded in Afghanistan. It’s an incredible achievement in cinema verité filmmaking and it’s a film that can’t be seen anywhere else.

What do you love most about your job?

Discovering new work, most definitely.

That’s the best moment. I would say that my colleague Mike Maggiore [coprogrammer of premieres] and I see nine films that don’t work theatrically for every one that does work theatrically. So when you see that one film that grabs you, it’s like winning a treasure hunt. It’s incredibly exciting.

And what do you love least about your job?

Raising money is a constant challenge.

I probably like that least. Showing movies is an expensive business, particularly as an independent movie house. It’s sort of like the difference between being the mom-and-pop shop and the supermarket.

The basics can always be had at the supermarket, but if you’re the specialty store, you have the best or you have nothing

at all. And we do have the best—the best films and the best service—but there’s a lot of cost involved in having the best.

We’ve got 22 full-time employees and more than 40 part-time employees.

As a nonprofit organization, we’re always looking for corporate, private and individual donors. We raise approximately 37 percent of our operating income from public and private sources, which allows us to take risks on emerging filmmakers and challenging films.

Really? Film Forum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit?

Yes—to my knowledge, we’re the only free-standing nonprofit movie house in New York City. It’s probably my fault that more people don’t know that. In the early days, I didn’t really emphasize it because it seemed so important to be a lovely, comfortable and professionally run movie house, and I didn’t want to undermine that with focus on being a nonprofit. But now there are so many for-profit independent movie houses looking like nonprofits that are definitely for profit that it seems we should really let people know that we’re a dyed-in-the-wool nonprofit, the real thing.

So, after 39 years, what’s next for you and Film Forum?

Keeping up with the technology, most definitely. We’ve always prided ourselves on keeping up with that. We’ve just invested $70,000 in a DCT digital projection system. Now we need to raise another $140,000 to get another two systems for the other two theaters. So, what’s next?

Raising money to keep the theater on the cutting edge, that’s what!

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If New York that night was a rainslicked street and dirty puddles on the subway stairs, the café was the opposite: a sanctuary of bronze, butter and mahogany.

My last visit was a month later. I arrived around 1 o’clock and sat at my usual table.

At 3 the owner came in for a few minutes. At 5 I left for an errand. I planned to return for a glass of wine with my boss and some late work. But when I returned, the waitress informed me of a new policy: no laptops after 6:30.

By the time I reached the nearby Starbucks I was nearly in tears. How could a no-laptop policy have been so crushing?

The answer begins with a rain-slick city.

In my immigrant imagination, New York

attains mythical size, as vast and incomprehensible as the sky and sea once were.

Imagine arriving, attempting to understand it only able to live in one room, one street at a time. A Baton Rouge, a Providence—these can be understood. A handful of museums, a district or two of bars, two or three theaters. New York overwhelms.

But the café was always apprehensible. The menu was always the same and the check identically delivered. Outside loomed Broadway, Chelsea, villages East and West—these could not be understood.

But I could understand the list of pastries and five kinds of wine. By the middle of the month I was coming every day, for tea and work, feeling that I owned, if not a city, at least a piece of one.

One day the Japanese tourists arrived, 10 of them, grinning and laughing. One wore an oversized white dress shirt and

seemed immaculately pleased to be in New York, taking photographs. I felt a paternalistic pride. The café was finally making it. Soon there would be other tourists and a Groupon.

But on the day of the first Groupon, the owner went to every table, telling jokes and making introductions. He didn’t come to mine. He caught my eye briefly on his way to the bathroom. After this, I began to feel misplaced. My fellow workers were replaced by elegant, conspiratorial wine-sharers. I lingered in the back and felt ashamed when I stepped outside to take a call, like I was interrupting something.

The day before the 6:30 rule, I stayed until 7:15, drinking wine and sending emails. I left a big tip and smiled broadly on the way out. It was nearly fall—soon hot tea would be a necessity, soon the café would become even more essential.

The waitress, at least, looked sorry as she told me. I think she understood. My entire time at the café I had seen just two others working so Corley Miller late. Perhaps they were a menace. But it seemed more likely I was. Someone had a vision of his café. It did not include me.

When I arrived at Starbucks, I had to wait in line. Behind the counter, the attentive beauties had been replaced by wage slaves, barely stopping their conversation to take your order. I was served a tall, chemical coffee in a paper cup and took it to an unclean table. Everything was worse than it is at the café. But I felt a little better—I knew no one would reject me.

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The lightly roasted Jersey boy, looking like an amateur bodybuilding version of Snooki, was at a loss for an answer. “I don’t know...a people person?” That would be a phrase, buddy. Better send this one back to adjective school.

John C. Reilly to read children’s stories in support of Children of Bellevue Reach Out and Read program, made sure to keep her son Caleb fed. evan MUlvihill When a waitress came by with a tray of big cheese balls on sticks, Moore jumped at the chance to feed Caleb something to his liking. “All the food here is, like, too spicy or weird,” she frowned, instructing the waitress to find her swoopy-banged kid and feed him the inoffensive cheese balls. Don’t you hate it when your mom does that?

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Anderson Cooper comes out of the closet with a unicorn-and-flamingo-themed gala! Jennifer Aniston kicks new beau Justin Theroux to the curb in a good ol’ West Village fistfight! Julianne Moore commands an hors d’oeuvres server to find her 13-year-old son and feed him cheese balls!

Alright, only the last one is true, but I wanted to make a dramatic entrance. This is, after all, my first monthly Bash Compactor column for Our Town Downtown, though attentive readers may recall my escapades from the New York Press column of the same name.

On the slate this month: Emeril Lagasse blames me for making him miss his “second mother’”s funeral, some homos throw a tragic Mr. Gay New York pageant and Julianne Moore orders her son some tasty balls.

Cooked Up I don’t want to heat the waters with Emeril in the wake of his personal tragedy, but when I met the ur-celebrity chef last week, he rubbed me with a bit of sour lemon juice instead of with a sweet Louisiana Cajun marinade. Having read the news that the lady who had inspired and taught him to cook had passed away two days earlier, I asked if he’d be taking time out of his busy schedule to pay his respects.

“Unfortunately, I’m talking with you right now, so I won’t be able to make the funeral,” he said.

Maybe I’m jumping on a pedestal here, but if I had to choose between showing my face at press events (to shill a Macy’s Thanksgiving cookbook) and attending the funeral of the woman who sparked my lucrative livelihood, I’d cancel my contractual obligations and hightail it to the funeral. But perhaps I just have an overblown sense of gratitude. BAM! Jersey Boor

Moore Balls, please Julianne Moore used to be bullied in elementary school. Not for anything serious, really, but her cruel classmates dubbed her “Strawberry Freckleface.” (Sounds a lot less harsh than Cartman’s crusade against “daywalkers” on South Park.) Anyway, she wrote a kid’s book starring a character called Freckleface Strawberry about it—all by herself.

After I asked whether a ghostwriter helped out, she insisted: “You can’t do that.”

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Wall street party The hottest new club around is way, way downtown...on Wall Street. “The music has been great and there are some pretty attractive hippies roaming around,” a friend tells me.

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@occupywallStnYc Just expanded our partnership with Migliorelli Farmers Market! We r helping local small business. #occupywallstreet #OWS @evgrieve Upon further review, there are actually *two* three-floor-high IHOP signs at the East Village location. @tribecaGrandnYc Join us Sunday for the ’90s American gangster #film Miller’s Crossing by the Coen brothers #NYC 6 p.m. @curbednY 283 West Broadway didn’t work as a condo, so how about a rehab center, amenities intact? @boweryballroom Just Announced: Family Records Holiday Extravaganza on Dec. 15 w/Pearl and the Beard + Wakey! Wakey! + Rosi Golan + Casey Shea! On sale Fri. @scottmstringer Turning my twitter and tumblr pages purple this week for #DomesticViolence Awareness month. Learn more at mbpo.org/shinethelight. @GVSHP The First Monday in October, another day without Landmark Protections in the South Village. @tribeccaFilm Watch movies AND eat the food you see onscreen at the @FoodFilmFest starting this Thursday in NYC

Actors Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore read out loud at the Starry Night Stories benefit for Children of Bellevue’s Reach Out and Read program. PHOTO COuRTEsy Of maTCHBOOk

@downtownnYc Crumb’s is opening soon at The Setai at 40 Broad Street! Yum.

OCTOB E R 13, 2011 | otdowntown.com

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WHEN IT COMES TO RETHINKING EDUCATION, EIGHT HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.

MEET THE AVENUES EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

Benno Schmidt Chairman Former President of Yale

Gardner Dunnan Academic Dean & Division Head: Upper School Former Headmaster, The Dalton School

Tyler Tingley Co-Head of School Former Head of Phillips Exeter Academy

Robert “Skip” Mattoon Co-Head of School Former Head of The Hotchkiss School

Sarah Bayne Director of Educational Design Former Head of Hillbrook School

Nancy Schulman Division Head: Early Learning Center Former Director, 92nd Street Y Nursery School

Libby Hixson Division Head: Lower School Former Middle School Head, The Dalton School

Tom Bonnell Division Head: Middle School Former Associate Head of School and Middle School Head, The Dalton School

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