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Trash Station Plans Cause Health Worries Advocacy group and local physicians express concerns for children with asthma

By Joanna Fantozzi

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he East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station, which if built, would transfer 5,000 tons of garbage daily from the Upper East Side’s Yorktown neighborhood to New Jersey, has not been popular with the community. Opponents cite the garbage facility’s proximity to Asphalt Green, where hundreds of children play, nearby low-income housing, the plan’s exorbitant costs and pollutants that would be added to the air.

An aeriel view of Asphalt Green and the proposed transfer station site.

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ALSO INSIDE LOCALS RALLY FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS P.7 STUY TOWN RENTS BOOSTED P.5 HEALTH AID SAVED PATIENT DURING SANDY P.43 WHERE HAVE ALL THE HORSES GONE? P.40

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TAPPED IN Sandy Refuges to Stay in Hotels

New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy will continue to be able to stay in city-paid hotel rooms. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that a Manhattan judge ruled the city must continue to shelter hundreds of Sandy-displaced residents. The city currently pays for 890 individuals to stay in hotels, at an average cost of $253 a day. The Legal Aid Society represented Sandy-displaced residents who sued the city over whether it has done enough to help Sandy refugees find housing. An attorney for the city’s Law Department says the hotel program was never intended to continue indefinitely.

She says the city will appeal the judge’s ruling. The city says it has spent more than $60 million over six months housing thousands of families in city-paid hotels.

Group Pushes for Grand Army Plaza

Local preservation advocacy group Landmark West is pushing the city and the Central Park Conservancy to overhaul their plans to restore the park’s Grand Army Plaza, located on Fifth Avenue between East 58th and 60th Streets. Designed as an outdoor room, in the manner of a French garden, the plaza was created in 1916 by the firm of Carrère and Hastings, architects of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. Over time, with alterations and loss of the original site furnishings, the once grand public space has become dilapidated, and is now in need of a complete

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restoration.

Landmark West contends that the proposed reconstruction by the CPC doesn’t go far enough, only restoring the space as is instead of bringing it back to its former glory. The group is calling for “a full restitution of the original site furnishings, including the custom-designed balustrades, benches, lighting, paving and pleached trees that together created a cohesive, elegant garden room in midtown Manhattan.”

The Landmarks Preservation Commission will hear public testimory on the restoration plans this week.

Bloody Installation at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest installation piece mixes images and feelings, conjuring a bloody crime scene at first glance. Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi, known for combining Islamic art influences with modern conceptual approaches, was commissioned to create the work, which covers the roof of the museum and is viewable from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. According to the Met, “the project represents the artist’s emotional response to violence occurring across the globe in recent decades and his earnest hope for regeneration and lasting peace in the aftermath of man-made disasters.”

The work, created from spilled and splattered red acrylic paint, covers nearly 8,000 square feet and is painted into crimson images of leaves that recall both Middle Eastern courts

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and nearby Central Park. Visitors can walk directly on the art as they view it.

“The dialogue between life and death is an important element in my work,” Qureshi said in a statement. “The red reminds me of the situation today in my country, Pakistan, and in the world around us, where violence is almost a daily occurrence. But somehow, people still have hope. The flowers that seem to emerge from the red paint in my work represent the hope that — despite everything — the people sustain somehow, their hope for a better future.”

The exhibition runs through November 3 and is open daily, weather permitting.

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CRIME WATCH LICENSE TO STEAL On May 15, a 46-year-old man living on Park Avenue reported to police that on Friday, May 3, an unknown man withdrew $5,600 from his money market account. The victim stated that the perpetrator had used a copy of the victim’s New York State driver’s license with the thief’s photo substituted for his own ID photo to withdraw the money. The victim is in possession of his real drivers license. The money was withdrawn in New Jersey.

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Stolen Samsung

On the afternoon of Thursday, May 9, a 12-year-old girl had just finished buying a Mother’s Day card when she crossed the street and started walking southbound on Second Avenue to go home. Just then, an unknown female perpetrator snatched the girl’s cell phone from her right jeans back pocket and took off on E. 70th Street toward First Avenue. The girl stated that she did not know what to do, so she went to her school nearby. She canceled the phone, and fortunately no fraudulent charges had been made. The phone stolen was a Samsung Galaxy S Admire 4G, valued at $270.

Ex Factor

On May 10, a 67-year-old woman living on Park Avenue reported a credit card scam to police. She said that her credit card companies had informed her that dating back to Monday, April 29, multiple store cards had been opened using her first name and her ex-husband’s last name, which she had never used legally. Her Social Security number had been used to create the accounts, and cards had been shipped to her ex-husband’s address in Pound Ridge, New York. No arrests have been made, and no charges were made to the accounts.

Purse-Snatching Perp

On the morning of Sunday, May 12, a 56-year-old woman was walking near First Avenue and 95th Street when a 41-year-old

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woman snatched the older woman’s purse from her right shoulder. A struggle ensued, while the victim tried to retain her purse. The victim stated that while the struggle was still going on, the perpetrator opened her purse and removed her wallet, which contained her debit card. The struggle lasted for a few minutes, and eventually a passerby attempted to restrain the perpetrator. When police arrived on the scene, the perpetrator was still fighting. The perpetrator was taken into custody with no further incident. The victim complained of pain in her right hand but refused medical assistance. The perpetrator was arrested on May 12 and charged with robbery. The total value of items taken and recovered was $500.

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Pledge 2 Protect, a new advocacy group that has collected almost 8,000 signatures against the construction of the Marine Transfer Station, recently released reports that broke down the probable impacts of the garbage center. At the top of the list? Health concerns for the children in the community. The reports claim that the hundreds of trucks traveling in and out of the transfer center emitting diesel fumes would aggravate asthma and respiratory problems in children.

“Pollution is all over in an urban environment but concentrated in an area where children are playing is counterintuitive,” said Dr. Jennifer Ratner, a pediatrician and spokesperson for the study. “Where the fine particulate matter from the diesel fuel is going to spew, children will be exercising and breathing faster and breathing in these fuels. Is this really smart?”

Diesel fuel, just this past year, was identified by the World Health Organization as a carcinogen. And according to the study, the fine particulate matter - pollution emitted from diesel trucks - will reach levels of 2.5 parts per million in the area where the trucks will be traveling. This fine particulate matter is so miniscule, that it cannot be emitted from the lungs, and instead remains in the lungs, causing pulmonary issues in

children, according to Dr. York Battey, an air pollution expert from Yale University.

This is enough to increase emergency hospital room visits by 4-8 percent, according to the Department of Sanitation Solid Waste Management Plan. Children in particular who suffer from asthma or other respiratory diseases will be susceptible to the increase in pollution, according to Dr. Jennifer Peel’s 2005 study on ambient air pollution from the Rollins School of Public Health.

And it’s not just Pledge 2 Protect that has expressed concerns with the placement of the Marine Transfer Station.

“This is definitely a concern. All of the different fumes from the trucks may cause airway inflammation in children and chronic inflammation in asthma patients continues to be present,” said Dr. Denise Serebrisky, director of the pulmonary pediatric division at the Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx,

who is not associated with the advocacy group. “We already know that when asthmatic children are always exposed to these particles, their breathing becomes worse over time and they will need more medication.”

Dr. Serebrisky also explained that the garbage center will also attract more roaches and rats, which can also irritate allergies in children. Scientific studies and numbers aside, parents in the community are not too happy about the possible health effects of their children playing next to a waste management facility.

“If this is built, we will stop going to Asphalt Green,” said Jeff Yates, whose 5-year-old daughter plays regularly at Asphalt Green. “It will dramatically impact our lifestyle. They say that in New York, there are more rodents than people. Can you imagine if they put a garbage facility next to a recreational center?”

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Pledge 2 Protect has mapped the nearby schools, churches and recreation areas for kids that would potentially be affected by the transfer station.

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Stuy Town Rents Skyrocket Over 1,000 residents received notice last week that their rent would increase by hundreds of dollars in less than a month

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esidents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Vilage have been battling with various landlords for years. A recent win in court which awarded tenants millions of dollars owed in rent that had been collected from illegally de-regulated apartments has now turned out to be a nightmare scenario for some residents.

Residents recently received notice of rent increases ranging from $100 to $900 a month, with only a few weeks’ notice. The notices give over a thousand tenants the choice to start paying higher rates or to vacate within 60 days.

The sudden rent spikes are technically legal and come as a result of a recent settlement in the Roberts v. Tishman Speyer settlement.

Thast gave management company CWCapital the option to raise rents in the middle of a lease. Tenants receiving the notices had all signed leases that indicated their rent could increase in the middle of their rental term, but many residents say that their leasing agents didn’t do enough to explain the clause to them and that some even assured renters that there would not be any increases.

“A rent mid-lease rent increase of $900 is nothing less than an eviction notice,” said Council Member Dan Garodnick, who lives

in neighboring Peter Cooper Village. “We are tired of this neighborhood being treated like an ATM machine. It shocks the conscience to see a landlord using any means necessary to raise rents with no regard for its effect on a community.”

Garodnick joined with other local elected officials, including Senator Charles Schumer, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, State Senator Brad Hoylman, and Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh.

“The tenants here have been fighting for years against landlords who have ignored tenants’ legal rights and basic fairness,” said Kavanagh. “CW Capital is now giving many tenants two-weeks’ notice to decide to pay up or get out, relying on a clause in tenants’ leases that the landlord’s agents frequently said would not be enforced. This is not the way decent people act and anyone considering signing a lease here should understand that they’re not dealing with an honest landlord.”

“It is hugely unfair that CWCapital would spring drastic rent increases on residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village with such short notice,” said John Marsh, president of the Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association. “This type of action indicates that CWCapital only wishes to add more turmoil and unrest to our community. Residents can’t be expected to shoulder the financial burden of considerable rent increases with just two weeks’ notice.

CWCapital must back down from this midlease increase.”

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Subway Prepping for Next Big Storm After recovering from extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy, the MTA is gearing up for the next giant weather event

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Authority is investigating whether removable panels could be placed over ventilation grates and stairwells. The panels would be sealed shut with foam and should work better than the plywood and sandbags the agency uses now, Prendergast said.

“We don’t have to wait for space age solutions or rocket science solutions,” he said.

Prendergast said the MTA is also exploring other technologies such as an inflatable plug big enough to seal off a subway tunnel.

Eight of the MTA’s underwater tunnels flooded during the storm last October. Most subway lines were out for only a few days but parts of the system have taken much longer to repair.

Prendergast said A train service to the Rockaways will resume May 30 for the first time since the storm.

The MTA is still assessing the closed South Ferry station at the southern tip of Manhattan, where Thursday’s briefing was held in a crew room that flooded during the storm.

Lower Manhattan, home to the financial industry, City Hall and tens of thousands of residents, was where the subway system took its hardest hit from Sandy other than in the Rockaways.

Prendergast said there are 540 places in lower Manhattan where water can get into the system, including stairways, ventilation grates and emergency exits.

He said the MTA hopes to have some mechanism in place to plug them up by the end of the 2013 hurricane season or at least by the beginning of the 2014 season.

Should a hurricane come in the meantime, he said, “we would do what we did last time, which is sandbags and plywood.”

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Local Legislators Lead The Charge for Women’s Equality State Senator Liz Krueger and others trying to push Equality Act onto Senate floor

By Joanna Fantozzi

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ast week, Senator Liz Krueger and other legislators, including City Councilmembers Jessica Lappin and Gale Brewer, forming a Women’s Equality Coalition, held a press conference to call attention to Governor Cuomo’s 10-point Women’s Equality Act. New York gender equality legislation has been in the works for years, and would give women equal pay, protection in cases of sexual and domestic violence, and reproductive health rights. Senator Liz Krueger said that despite opposition from Republicans, the act should hit the New York Senate floor this year.

“It is past time for New York State, the great modern progressive state of this nation, to have up to date laws that protect women in their home and in the workplace,” said Krueger. “We have a conservative Republican minority controlling the State Senate, and they do not want to pass abortion rights. But most

people will vote for this.”

The act is currently opposed by Republican Conference Leader Dean Skelos, and other Republicans, because it would put New York State law in line with federal law, affirming the the reproductive and abortion rights put in place by Roe V. Wade. According to Senator Krueger, Leader Skelos believes that the bill will not pass. But Democratic leaders want the Women’s Rights Act to have a fair chance at debate on the floor.

According to a Siena Research poll, 80 percent of New Yorkers support New York’s abortion law, and 80 percent support equal pay for both sexes. Councilmember Jessica Lappin, co-chair of the women’s caucus, started a petition supporting the plan that over 300 of her constituents signed.

“This is a fantastic, powerful group of women and men saying we demand a vote,” said Lappin. “Well-behaved women don’t always make history, and we aren’t going to be well-behaved today. We demand action now.”

Some of the numbers behind the push for equality are startling. According to the legislators, women in New York earn 84 percent of what men earn salary-wise. One in four women will experience intimate partner violence in her lifetime. And throughout her

State Senator Liz Krueger and City Councilmember Jessica Lappin were among elected officials calling for more robust women’s rights protection in New York state. life, a woman is more likely to experience gender inequality, and twice as likely as a man to live out her life in poverty.

In spite of these sobering statistics, dozens of legislators, both male and female, came out to support the bill, citing frustration that women are still fighting for their rights.

Councilmember Gale Brewer spoke about single-parent families, particularly single mothers with children, who have problems

securing an apartment.

“There are so many parents who have been discriminated against because of being single parents, especially woman. Owners will not rent to them. It’s the same thing with the issue of caregivers,” said Brewer. “This 10-point proposal puts all of these points together into one bill of equality.”

The Women’s Equality Act is expected to reach the Senate floor this legislative season.

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Punks Jump Up Culture warp at the Met’s “Chaos to Culture” show

By Marsha McCreadie

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hat punk? An extravaganza prefaced by a non-smelly replication of the club CBGB’s toilet, “Punk: Chaos to Couture” is the Metropolitan Museums of Art’s most recent nod to what used to be termed popular culture. Here, go directly to couture despite some mood-inducing references, in pipedin time-appropriate music and paraphernalia. On opening day there was none of the whiff of rubber either, promised by some promotional bits, though many looks of wonderment from a crowd who had missed it all, taking forbidden pictures — perhaps the only spontaneous expression of authority-challenging at hand.

The exhibit credits an admitted re-colonizer, Brit rock promoter Malcolm McLaren, for packaging punk, quoting him as saying he was first inspired by Richard Hell of the Voidoids when catching his act at CBGB’s on the lower east side at 315 Bowery. Taking home to England the look of spiky hair, sloganned and ripped T-shirts and of course attitude, he and theninamorata Vivienne Westwood, now a high end designer, showcased and sold punk-inspired designs in their store Seditionaries at 430 King’s Road in London. The first room of this show’s seven is titled “A Tale of Two Cities.”

That’s pretty much it for the American side of things, with club-goers described as middle-class kids with dyed hair having a good time watching Blondie, the Ramones, and Patti Smith. The next room/gallery has a background T-shirt display in dim lighting to preserve the precious objects, from Seditionaries. For those who were enlivened by last year’s Alexander McQueen exhibit, which happened to also have been curated by Andrew Bolton, this exhibit’s chief organizer, you understand why Westwood and McLaren went for patched-together tartans, particularly in pants, though you have to make your own fill-in-the blank connection to the juxtaposed, more recent McQueen designs. It helps to remember McQueen’s comments that Scotland was historically raped by the Brits; thus the fabric tears and holes.

Then it’s on to display of today’s world class designers, mainly Europeans and Japanese: fanciful for the Italians, severe and dark for British, etc. I began to believe. Yes, punk—studs, rips, staples, wildly strappy heels — is incorporated, even in an apparently straightforward dress by Rossella Jardini for the House of Moschino. At first it seems Gianni Versace 1992. to only have a sparkly bodice, but up close you can see, indeed, it is composed of teeny-tiny safety pins, making use of one of punk’s tenets: using disposable objects. To the museum’s credit, there is wall text quoting Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols: “Tears, safety pins, ripped over the gaff, third rate tramp thing, that was poverty, real lack of money. The arse of your pants falls out, you just use safety pins.” It’s a short step to “DIY Bricolage” featuring gowns made of garbage bags — real ones, some cut to look ruffly, even of materials designed to look like garbage bags — manneristic but seemingly wearable.

Yet the most sophisticated piece was a man’s evening suit, with the famous punk red splatter-

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Dolce and Gabbana gowns. over-the-heart T-shirt reinterpreted by Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane as discrete but shiny red beads on the breast region. Other fabulous, using the word advisedly, ball dresses from Dolce and Gabbana are voluminous, painted or patterned with pretty graffiti-inspired images, which is supposed to make them punk. But as Joe Strummer of The Clash says in wall text, “All the stuff about Pollock was a veneer. We didn’t have any overalls, so we got covered in paint [after painting a warehouse]. It was a good way to put something together to wear on stage.”

Bondage locks as jewelry, traceable to Sid Vicious, are pointed up. A contemporary red leather S&M harnessed affair by Westwood signals the show. Red (blood) of course, and black (nihilism) are the dominant colors. Even Karl Lagerfeld leaped on board, some. His 2011 Chanel suit of elegantly cut, subtly metallic fabric, with holes-on-purpose, triggered an overheard comment from one woman to another: “Oh, I remember that. I would never wear it of course.”

Yet does the show draw a clear line between punk and high design? Is ripping up a T-shirt really the same as deconstructionism? The canard of fashion starting from the streets is not new, with designers on the look-out for inspirations to create, promote, and make a buck from. And one connection is not made, but then it was easy to miss even in the ’70’s. The Mudd Club, an unmarked door at 77 White Street in pre-monied downtown Manhattan, was also a punk scene for musicians like Lou Reed, David Byrne, Nico, the B-52’s. Artists such as Marisol, Basquiat and Keith Haring, designers like Betsey Johnson, filmmakers such as Amos Poe and Vincent Gallo stopped by: visual and aural artists on the edge. Anna Sui and William Burroughs “PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE” showed up, and how could all these creatives not influence each other? Their impact on ■ Running through August 14th. art, design, even clothing, was breakthrough.

■ The Metropolitan Museum of Art; (212) Upending, if not anger, was the game. Same 535-7710, metmuseum.org. for punk, which probably never intended to have its by-products sold for thousands in boutique stores, or even as knock-offs in malls—or become totems in hallowed museum spaces.

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Thin Man and Woman Why won’t Linklater, Hawkes and Delpy shut up?

By Armond White

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ollowing Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight’s ongoing chronicle of an aging, talkative, narcissistic couple Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy (he’s author of two books This Time and That Time; she’s artistic) threatens to become the The Thin Man series for indie movie hipsters.

And that’s precisely the problem. Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delpy) are

dramaturgically thin. Like any sequel, Before Midnight follows a formula: Jesse and Celine babble, flirt, babble, fight, babble and reunite.

This time they jabber while vacationing in Greece which director Richard Linklater photographs like Hoboken, (not the Mediterranean jewel of Clare Peploe’s Greece in High Season), just to keep the bland franchise aesthetically consistent.

No doubt this talkathon appeals to indie geeks who haven’t realized that cinema is a visual medium; basing the series on dialogue allows its fans to utilize the screen simply as a vanity mirror. This verbal emphasis suggests that the script, (credited to Linklater and his actors), might well include improvisation. But is it the actors or the characters who think every thought

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boasting and self-flattery and philosophizing accurately reflect the utter banality of the half-educated—the essence of all Linklater’s films.

Before Midnight’s most profound observation isn’t a sense of mortality from approaching middle-age, (as suggested by the title), but

sense of being in the cosmos because their world only extends as far as their noses.

Jesse’s scraggy gruffness and Celine’s spreading rear-end displace any eroticism; what’s highlighted is the way these characters still embody all the liberal pieties, biases and affectations. Their constant

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Hawkes and Delpy seem so natural in these roles that their characterizations stress behavior over action; self-involvement over interaction. The opening scene shows Jesse escorting his teenage son to a return flight back to America where he lives with his divorced mother. The possibility that Jesse will deal with the personal complications of parenthood continues when Celine arrives with their angelic twin daughters. His guilt and her self-sacrifice are promising. But the children and their obligations are soon shoved off-screen, leaving Jesse and Celine to imbibe egotism the way Nick and Nora Charles downed martinis.

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a facile agnosticism. Celine accuses Jesse of being “a closet Christian” then behaves blasphemously in an ancient church. Existentialism is offered when an elderly woman mourns “We are important to some but we are just passing through.”

Later, Celine argues “There’s no one human state.

The human state is multiple.”

That’s really funny because Before Midnight, like Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, has but one mode: discursive self-infatuation. Only when the parenthood subject crops up later do Jesse and Celine focus their logorrhea. It gets personal and hurtful. Delpy throws herself into Diane Keatonesque emotional extremes while Hawkes’ exasperates to a draw. It’s what Noah Baumbach can’t do yet Linklater does nothing with it. He makes the mistake of referencing Roberto Rossellini’s marriage drama Voyage to Italy and even imitates the climactic sunset moment of Eric Rohmer’s Le Rayon Vert.

This is hipster filmmaking at its most ignorant: Linklater, Delpy and Hawkes don‘t seem to realize that Rossellini and Rohmer’s masterpieces were about miracles, not mundane naturalism.

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Fast vs. Facile How Fast & Furious 6 crushes Iron Man 3

By Armond White

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he cynicism that makes Iron Man 3 so lousy is defied by the good-time camaraderie of Fast & Furious 6. Dominic Toretto and Brian O’Connor (Vin Diesel and Paul Walker) are more likable than Robert Downey’s snarky Tony Stark and their friendship makes for greater drama and comedy than Stark’s joshing relationship with Rhodes (Don Cheadle). What’s finer is Fast & Furious 6’s sense of solidarity; Dom and O’Connor’s criminal-and-cop alliance avoids the Iron Man franchise’s juvenile brand of excitement, (that shrill blend of exaggerated violence and superheroism), to provide truly heroic lessons in skill, courage, unity and speed.

Both films use previously established characters and rituals to explicate 2013’s Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in Fast and Furious 6. post-9/11 malaise, (it’s remarkable how the low pleasures of mere genre movies can answer the disappointment of a high-serious thriller like Zero Dark Thirty). But where Iron Man 3 offends in Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race or Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin; instead it suffices as lingering fear and doubt and misrepresents the commonweal, Fast & Furious 6 with its gang metaphor for democracy rallying against jumbo jet peril. of outlaws, (including Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez), In Iron Man 3 the terrorist-villain maliciously teases “America, ready for another joining federal agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) to capture a terrorist offers a metaphor for lesson?” That adolescent taunt conveys historical cynicism in the guise of entertainment; recognizable community mobilization. director Shane Black implies that America craves images of its own destruction. Fast & Furious The Iron Man movies cannot overcome their essential cartoonishness. They count on 6 revels in action but it relishes feeling. Just like the Jesus piece Dom carries, a comrade lostinherited comic book fans but the Fast and Furious franchise’s origin in kinetic filmmaking, (the in-battle adds depth and historical resonance to this film’s creation of heroes, not demons. Not first film’s beautiful nighttime chase scenes have not been surpassed), provide a more realistic, malicious in his 9/11 reference, Dom/Diesel in the slowed-down final scene prays “Bless our richer thrill. Fast & Furious 6 doesn’t resort to Iron Man 3’s pessimistic but basically meaningless table.” conceit “We create our own demons.” Such comic-book derived sarcasm insults post-9/11 history.

That fake Bin Laden figure in Iron Man 3, (played by Ben Kingsley at his most Follow Armond White on Twitter at 3xchair amusing), favors a dubious political position on the war on terror — trivializing it — while also exploiting it. Yet Fast & Furious 6’s Julian Assange-like villain Ian Shaw, (played with suave ruthlessness by Jason Statham), updates and upgrades the post-9/11 moral quandary. In fact, Shaw’s threat is uncannily similar to Iron Man 3’s specious promise. Tony Stark’s billionaire intrepidness (like Batman) replaces a democratic ideal with aristocracy. (No wonder critics who hated the colorful class satire in Pain & Gain preferred Iron Man 3’s mediocre, class-denying sarcasm.) In this way Iron Man 3 turns patriotism into elitism — as in the scene where the empty-shirt President of the United States hangs in crucifix effigy wearing an Iron Man suit.

Fast & Furious 6 restores democracy to the people. Its working-class cast of heroes represents ethnic street variety — from Diesel’s bi-racial virility and Walker’s blonde/blue virility to their multi-culti male and female comrades. This accounts for the series’ ongoing popularity.

Its can-do concept of heroism (“Show me how you drive, I show you who you are,” says Over 50 businesses Dom) beats superhero projection. The series has progressed from being an underground noir participating! expressing urban conflicts to confronting international crisis in a homey way.

When Gadot, (as one of Dom and O’Connor’s expert driver-martial artists), boasts Support local businesses “This is what we do!” she improves on President Obama’s expedient “That’s not who we are.” during construction of the Her assertion defines both the gang’s skills and loyalty. Dom puts a fine point on it: “It’s all about new subway line! family.” His implicit soldierly patriotism gives the film significance beyond its genre. In a central role, Rodriguez plays her scenes truculently, dulling the effect of a loved one who loses memory yet bonds through instinct, but in this kind of movie, action is character, (as Walter Hill said), Kick off event: 2nd Ave Street Fair! and director Justin Lin moves quickly between each character’s set-piece. Lin has achieved Saturday, June 1st / Noon to 5pm greater action skills, especially in the airplane/cars chase sequence juggling several climaxes at 66th - 86th Streets on 3rd Avenue once. Too darkly lit, it should have been major and revelatory like the multivalent action scenes

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Magnetic Musicianship Terrence Blanchard brings jazz to opera

By Valerie Gladstone

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errence Blanchard takes big risks.

Ever since his early years with drummer Art Blakeley’s legendary Jazz Messengers, the 51-year -old trumpeter has stepped out to try new things, winning five Grammy’s along the way, most recently for the heartrending song cycle A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), the soundtrack for Spike Lee’s film When the Levees Broke. He wrote his next film score for Red Tails, the story of the Tuskegee pilots, following up with the music for the Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 2012. His first opera, Champion: an Opera in Jazz, based on the story of the gay boxing champion Emile Griffith, will have its premiere at Opera Theater of St. Louis June 1530. “I learn something new each time I start an unfamiliar project,” he says on a recent call from Chicago. “A lot of reassessing and reevaluating goes on.”

Blanchard credits his years with Blakeley with giving him the confidence to lead such a musically adventurous life. He follows his mentor’s example in many ways. “Art never gave us direction,” he explains, “nor do I my musicians. It helped us develop – you make

better music that way. You broaden the net.” For all his high-profile projects, he still likes nothing better than jamming with his group, which he will do at the Jazz Standard May 29-June 2.

During the gig, he’ll be introducing tunes from his newest album, Magnetic, due out from Blue Note Records on May 28. Written by him and his musicians, the original numbers range from bop to electronic. As a convert to Buddhism, he says, “My music reflects my spirituality and beliefs. Whatever I’m dealing with in my life comes out in the music.”

By showing a willingness to change, adapt and grow, Blanchard developed the skills to write music for all kinds of works, though none have been more different nor more challenging than an opera. “I had to write for a range of voices rather than instruments,” he says, “and consider different registers and focus on melody.” But Emile Griffith’s story grabbed him emotionally, making it easier for him to write.

Griffith was enjoying a successful career as a boxer when he unintentionally killed Benny Paret in the ring, ostensibly because Paret called him a derogatory word for gay. What especially got to Blanchard was Griffith saying later in life, “I kill a man and most people understand and forgive me. I love a man and to so many people this is an unforgiveable sin.” This kind of compassion and sense of humanity infuses Blanchard’s music and makes listening to him such a rich experience.

Terence Blanchard plays at Jazz Standard May 29 through June 2.

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Summer means different things to New Yorkers. Stay put or get away. immerse in the city or retreat to a cooler, calmer place. Or, a combination of both.

Whatever your pleasure, we’ve created a summer guide to help you plan the next three months.

From lectures and music to getaways and activities for kids, we’ve highlighted an array of options to make your summer sizzle. If you like theater, there’s Shakespeare in the Park. If you want to stimulate your brain, there are lectures on subjects from U.S.-China relations to children’s authors. If you want to please your palate, there are food festivals and benefits of every flavor from the traditional Feast of San Gennaro to the Central Park Conservancy Taste of Summer benefit.

If it’s music you crave, there are a wide range of places to go: Midsummer Night Swing, Mostly

Mozart, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Naumburg Concert Series, and Summergarden and MoMA Nights at the Museum of Modern Art. When you long to get out of town, head to points north, south, or west in Westchester, Orange or Dutchess counties, Long Island, or New Jersey.

An assortment of botanical gardens, historic homes, and sculpture parks await you.

Flip through our pages so you’ll be sure not to miss any of the great events of summer. We hope you’ll get out of your usual routine, and take a chance on some places to which you’ve never been. We hope you’ll search for what’s new and different for you, and enjoy every second of summer because it only comes once a year.

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raymoor, often called the Holy Mountain, is home to the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Atonement. Nestled in Putnam County, fifty miles north of New York City, Graymoor’s picturesque grounds, shrines, and chapels are open to the public year-round. The summit of Mount Atonement provides a sweeping Hudson Valley view and a life-size replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta. A few steps away is the gorgeous St. Francis Chapel. Its altar once marked the spot where St. Francis received the holy stigmata in 1224.

Of special interest is the World Trade Center Memorial Cross. Erected by ironworkers assisting at Ground Zero, it is made from steel girders and ash from the north and south towers. Located in St. Jude’s Pond and Prayer Garden, with its statues, benches, water fountain and pond, this is a setting of serenity and remembrance.

Every June, thousands pilgrimage to Graymoor’s St. Anthony Shrine. Summertime beckons others who come to picnic or hike the Appalachian Trail, which crosses through miles of Graymoor’s expansive grounds.

Throughout the year, the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center welcomes hundreds to spirituality retreats and workshops, recovery programs, and special events. Many come for Bible study, Centering Prayer, and Reconciliation.

While you are here, you will also find the perfect gift at the Graymoor Book & Gift Center, the Bethlehem Gift Shop, and the That Nothing Be Lost Thrift Shop.

Graymoor welcomes people of all faiths. Spend a day on the Holy Mountain You will discover the celebration of the spirit that is found here.

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Movies

By Armond White

The Tribeca Film Festival gave a good headstart to this year’s summer movie releases. Tribeca’s best offerings previewed what to look forward to, taking the guess work out of Hollywood blockbusters and art house fare. Fact is, some of summer’s most exciting and challenging films got their New York premieres at Tribeca as well as some of the other local festivals.

Here are the best films to see again or for the first time: Byzantium by Neil Jordan was Tribeca’s best. This vampires of the modern city tale is one of the Irish auteur’s finest excursions into contemporary mythology.

Fast & Furious 6 is another in the ongoing, sometimes reliable franchise, featuring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, two of Hollywood’s most appealing actors.

I’m So Excited brings Almodovar (Pedro to the uninitiated) back to humorous turf. Ought to be joyous and provocative.

Omit the Logic is about legendary comic Richard Pryor and it is one of the most probing cultural biographies ever put on screen. Watch for writer Cecil Brown’s incisive on-screen commentary.

Passion asks the question, Has Brian DePalma lost it? This remake of a French programmer shows DePalma’s misunderstood feminist side. Stay tuned for the results.

L’Avventura is one of the greatest films ever made and Michelangelo Antonioni’s ultimate masterpiece.

Summer won’t get any hotter--or cooler.

Be there. At Film Forum July 12-25.

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet shows Alain Resnais extraordinary renaissance.

Colleague Stuart Lee of WNYN Channel 39 made the definition description of this one: “It’s like a chinchilla coat--heavy to wear but beautiful.”

Dutchess County, New York Just 90 minutes north of New York, discover Dutchess! Our historic sites and museums tell unique stories, from Dutch Colonial life to WWI and barnstorming-era airplanes.

Stroll past rooftops, then treetops on the Walkway Over the Hudson; soon you’re 200 feet above the river. Catch the view from the Ferris wheel at the Dutchess County Fair. See a double feature at the drive-ins. Spend “unplugged” time enjoying our scenic landscapes. Hike the Appalachian Trail. See the world from a hot air balloon or from a sightseeing boat on the Hudson.

Visit www.DutchessTourism.com or call 800-445-3131 for a free travel guide.

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by John Kirby (award-winner at Tribeca 2005 for The American Ruling Class) takes a witty, even-handed look at green and media politics.

Humor, humanity and insight.

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Despicable Me 2 follows up one of the few cleverest animated films in Hollywood’s recent glut. Even if it’s disappointing it’s likely to show Pixar how it should be done.

The World’s End puts Edgar Wright back on screen after the sensational Scott Pilgrim, and with his teammates Frost and Pegg no less.

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Museum Mile Festival

Tuesday, June 11, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

This is Museum Mile unencumbered by autos and buses between 82nd and105th streets.

The event takes place rain or shine.

Ten museums participate beginning at 110th and Fifth Avenue with the Museum for African Art, and continuing south to the Museum Del Barrio, the Museum of the City of New York, The Jewish Museum, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Neue Galerie New York, Goethe-Institut New York/German Cultural Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art . Admission to all museums is free but long lines tend to wind around the area so start early. Enjoy live music, magic, face painting, and balloons.

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Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1, in the Grand Tent on Columbus Avenue between West 76th and West 77th streets. The two-night gastronomic extravaganza features 40 New Taste of the Upper West Side 2012 under the Big Tent Upper West Side chefs preparing dishes. The event benefits the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District’s Streetscape Project as well as supports the O’Shea School complex and P.S. 87.

The two-day program kicks off Friday, May 31 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with Comfort Classics. Best of the West takes place Saturday night, June 1, from 7 p.m. to 9: 30 p.m., showcasing seasonal fare under the Grand Tent. Daniel Boulud, JeanGeorges Vongerichten, Michael Lomonaco and Jacques Torres, among others, will create signature dishes. General admission is $135 per person; VIP reception at 6 p.m. is $250 per person. For tickets, visit www.newtasteuws.com or call the 212.721.5048.

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The River To River Festival

June 15 to July 14. From large outdoor stages to empty warehouses, from university theaters to the intersection of Broad and Wall streets, River To River is the place to explore experiences within the festival. The free event features music, dance, visual arts, and film for 28 days indoors and out in celebration of Lower Manhattan.

Among the events is the Bang on a Can Marathon, Sunday, June 16, from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St. It’s nine hours of music from around the corner and around the globe.

For a complete schedule, visit www.rivertoriver.com.

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Celebrate Bastille Day on 60th Street between Fifth and Lexington avenues, Sunday, July 14 from noon to 5 p.m. during the French Institute Alliance Francaise’s annual street fair. Free and open to the public it celebrates French culture with crepes, éclairs, and fromages, wine and beer mixed with live music. Shop for classic crafts, gourmet treats, and special gifts while children enjoy face painting and arts-and-crafts activities at the Kids’ Corner.

The event celebrates the friendship between France and the United States, and commemorates France’s Independence Day, July 14, 1789.

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Free Events Summer in New York is many splendid things. A certain number are free, and many of those are quite good. Here are our picks for places to go. Even though they are free, some require tickets.

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Shakespeare in the Park

May 28 to June 30 July 23 to Aug. 18 The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park is one of New York City's most beloved summer traditions. Gather at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park for the free performances. This summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup is The Comedy of Errors from May 28 to June 30 and Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Labourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost, a New Musical from July 23 to Aug. 18.

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Lincoln Center Out of Doors July 24 to Aug. 11 The 43rd season of free concerts and events at Lincoln Center is set for July 24 to Aug. 11 at three locations at Lincoln Center: Damrosch Park at West 62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues; Hearst Plaza/Barclays Capital Grove, north of the Metropolitan Opera House in front of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Lincoln Center Theater near West 65th Street, and Josie Robertson Plaza, main plaza of Lincoln Center facing Columbus Avenue between 63rd and 64th streets.

Twenty-one premieres and debuts highlight the free, outdoor festival; LCOutofDoors.org, 212.875.5766.

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Scandinavian Music Festival 2013

Sunday, June 16 Hear the Musicians of the New York Scandia Symphony Sunday, June 16, at Billings Lawn in Fort Tryon Park, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Scandia Brass Quintet will perform music by Scandinavian composers Anders Koppel, Esko Heikinen, Asgeir Steingrimsson Jukka Vitasaari, Edvard Grieg and Oscar Borg.

The event, organized by Northern Manhattan Parks, is free; 212.795-1388; info@ forttryonparktrust.org.

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Barbra Streisand Films

Wednesdays June 26, July 10, 17, 24, 31, and Aug. 7 If the films of Barbra Streisand appeal to you, this is your chance to see six of them during free screenings at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, in Lower Manhattan. Films begin at 6:30 p.m. except for the June 26 program that begins at 6 p.m. with a series introduction by Streisand biographer William J. Mann, author of Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand.

The schedule includes Funny Girl, June 26; What’s up, Doc? July 10; The Way We Were, July 17; A Star is Born, July 24; Yentl, July 31, and The Prince of Tides, Aug. 7.

Tickets will be available at the museum box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 4 p.m. the day of each screening.

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Harbor Nagila Dance Program Sunday, June 23 Here’s your chance to learn how to dance the hora and other Israeli dances with Ruth Goodman, director, Israeli Dance Institute. Head down (or over) to Harbor Nagila, a dance program on Governors Island, from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 23, in conjunction with Hava Nagila: A Song for the People, an exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park.

Participants of all ages and dance levels are welcome. The event is free and tickets are not required so just show up! Free ferries available; visit www.govisland.com.

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June 19 to Aug. 7 Free live musical performers headline the Madison Square Park Conservancy lineup for the 11th season of Madison Square Music: Oval Lawn Series, Wednesdays, June 19 to Aug. 7, at the park, 23rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues.

All performances are for the entire family; bring blankets and picnics as no chairs are permitted. Concerts, which take place rain or shine, include folk, jazz, bluegrass, soul/R&B, and Americana. Start time is 7 p.m. unless otherwisenoted. The schedule includes Suzanne Vega, June 19; Anat Cohen Quartet, June 26; The Grascals/Joy Kills Sorrow, July 3, at 6 p.m.; Rene Marie’s “Experiment in Truth”; Ben Sollee, July 17; Dafnis Prieto Sextet/Yosvany Terry Quintet, July 24, at 6 p.m.; Erin McKeown/ Lake Street Dive, July 31, at 6 p.m., and Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Aug. 7.

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Friday, July 26 Nica Ross and collaborators from Joshua Light Show will stage a live-mix video performance at the International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street in conjunction with the exhibition, A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial. It’s scheduled during voluntary admission hours, at 7 p.m., Friday, July 26.

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Carl Schurz Park Conservancy

The Sandbox Music Series is slated at 4 p.m. Tuesdays, July 16, 23, and 30, Aug. 6 and 13 at Carl Schurz Park, 86th Street and the East River. The Summer Sounds concert series, open-air music overlooking the river, are planned, weather permitting, at the promenade from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 and July 24, at the top of the stairs at 86th Street and the East River.

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Seating is limited, on a first-come, first-served basis. Performers include Kenn Morr and Band, July 10; and Steve Shaiman and Swingtime Big Band, July 24.

The Sunset Film Festival includes two movies suitable for the whole family.

Movies are scheduled at 8:30 p.m. in the Basketball/Hockey Courts.

They are: Finding Nemo, Monday, July 29, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Tuesday, Aug. 13. Seating is limited; popcorn is free.

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Hidden Treasures Hidden between retail shops, on nearby islands, in Central Park, and in other public spaces are little-known places to go and things to do in Manhattan.

While the list is subjective and the options endless, here are a few treasures.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park

At 1 FDR Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island, takes its name from the speech FDR gave on Jan. 6, 1941 during which he delineated four freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Designed by architect Louis I. Kahn, the park opened on Oct. 24,

Paley Park

Between Madison and Fifth avenues at East 53rd Street is a small â&#x20AC;&#x153;vest pocketâ&#x20AC;? park in midtown, developed by William Paley, former chairman of CBS. Completed in 1967, the tiny park similar in size to a storefront, includes 4,200 square feet of space. Created by Zion and Breene Associates for the William S. Paley Foundation, it is designed to create an oasis of serenity in the center of midtown. The parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20-foot cascading waterfall running at 1,800 gallons per minute masks the sounds of the surrounding city. Drop by and relax at the wire mesh table and chairs. Besides the rush of water, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ensconced in ivy and honey locust tresst. have lunch and stay awhile in thei provately-owned public space.

2012. Though tens of thousands already have visited the park, it is still relatively unknown to New Yorkers. Littleleaf Linden trees are among the attractions.

Free and open to the public; daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. The Four Freedoms Park Conservancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Historic First Sunset Garden Party is scheduled for Tuesday, June 4, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a beneďŹ t evening; 212 .486.0194.

YOU DESERVE A BETTER VIEW.

Like the one from the top of the Walkway Over the Hudson, or a water view from your kayak.

Take in the scenery as you stroll the formal gardens of historic estate homes, or meander along back roads. Get the best view in the house from the front row of a historic theater, at the chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s table at a buzz-worthy restaurant, or from the top deck of a river boat cruise.

Find yourself among 800 square miles of breathtaking vistas, fascinating sites, and colorful events. Dutchess County, NY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where a rejuvenating getaway comes with picture-perfect views.

Less than two hours away, and easily accessible by bus, train, or car.

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Fraunces Tavern Museum

The Skyscraper Museum

Located in lower Manhattan at 39 Battery Place, The Skyscraper Museum celebrates the City’s architectural heritage and examines the historical forces and individuals that shape its skylines. One of the permanent exhibits covers the world’s tallest buildings with models of Burf Khalifa, Taipei 101, and Shanghai World Financial Center. Museum hours:noon to 6 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday. General admission is $5; students and seniors, $2.50; 212.968.1961.

Whispering Gallery

If you like secrets, this may be a well-kept one. The Whispering Gallery, located in Grand Central Terminal, is an unmarked archway that has an intriguing ability to transfer the sound of one’s whispering voice from one diagonal arch to another. For the uninitiated, head to the spot just outside of the Oyster Bay Restaurant, and start, well, whispering.

At 54 Pearl St. in lower Manhattan The Fraunces Tavern Museum is best-known as the site where George Washington gave his farewell address to the officers of the Continental Army in 1783. After the Revolutionary War when New York was the first capital, the space was rented to the new government to house the offices of the departments of war, treasury, and foreign affairs. Built in 1719, it opened as Fraunces Tavern Museum in 1907. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. daily; $7, general admission; $4, seniors and children under 18; children 5 and younger, free.

Gracie Inn

Who knew there was an unassuming bed and breakfast very far east on the Upper East Side where you can put out-of-town guests who simply don’t fit in your Manhattan apartment. Located at 502 East 81st St. just off York Avenue, the Gracie Inn features “urban farmhouse” décor in a more than 100-year-old residence.

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Eat If you want to eat your way through summer, we can count the ways.

Citymeals-on-Wheels 28th Annual Chefsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tribute

Chefs from New York and California will congregate at Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza between Fifth and Sixth avenues, and between 49th and 50st streets, Monday, June 10, for the beneďŹ t of Citymeals-on-Wheels. Besides renowned chefs the event will feature signature cocktails and wines. Last year more than 1,000 guests gathered for the event that raised more than $828,000, enough to provide 128,900 meals for the New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frail, older neighbors.

A general admission ticket is $600; contact 212.687-1290 or jean@ citymeals.org.

Generation Harvestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer in the City Tasting

Wander over to The Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, Wednesday, June 19, for a beneďŹ t featuring more than 30 New York City chefs and restaurants, wine, specialty cocktails, entertainment and a silent auction. Musician Howie Day will perform. The event kicks oďŹ&#x20AC; with a VIP Hour at 6:30 p.m. followed by general admission at 7:30 p.m. Summer in the City is Generation Harvestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major fundraising event of the year, and is geared for young philanthropists and tastemakers. City Harvest helps provide food for more than one million people facing hunger each year. The organization donates food to nearly 600 community food programs.

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Central Park Conservancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taste of Summer

Sample culinary fare from top New York City chefs and restaurants on the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at the annual beneďŹ t for Central Park Conservancy and its mission to restore and maintain the park. The event features a luxuryďŹ lled silent auction and music by Alexandra Richards. Individual tickets are $400. To reserve for the beneďŹ t contact RSVPevent@ centralparknyc.org or 212.446.2242.

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59th Summer Fancy Food Show

A collection of 2,400 exhibitors from 80 countries regions will be on hand Tuesday, June 30 to July 2, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 W. 34th Street at 12th Avenue.

Showcasing 180,000 products, including confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, and organic items, it’s a gastronomes delight.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, June 30 and July 1; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, July 2.

Javits North Hall opens at 9:30 a.m. each show day.

The Special Food Association, presents the 2013 Sofi Award Ceremony from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 1, featuring chef Marcus Samuelsson. www. specialtyfood.com

Chef Marcus Samuelsson Chef at the restaurant Red Rooster Harlem and author of Yes, Chef, Samuelsson will deliver the keynote address and announce award winners.

2nd Annual Spirits of New York

evening. VIP admission is from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.; general admission from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Local, artisanal spirits producers are developing small scale, regional, spirits production by supporting local farmers.

The event is sponsored by Slow Food NYC, the New York City chapter of Slow Food, a non-profit, membershipsupported organization founded in 1989 to counteract the fast food culture. www.slowfoodnyc.org

87th Annual Feast of San Gennaro

century. An annual celebration of faith, the Feast of San Gennaro features religious processions, colorful parades, free musical entertainment, ethnic food delicacies, charming restaurants and cafes and a cannoli-eating competition.

One million people are expected to attend; Mulberry Street between Canal and Houston streets; for event and performance schedules, visit www. sangennaro.org

Sample cocktails and snacks at the Slow Food NYC Spirits of New York Cocktail event are set for Wednesday, July 10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Astor Culinary Center, 399 Lafayette St. The event features spirits made in New York, and includes regional producers of vodka, gin, shine, white brandy, rye, and bourbon.

Cocktail and snacks highlight the

Amélie Wine Bar

Food from Le Singe Vert

French Restaurant Week

Last year more than 53 restaurants participated in the event in its third year. This year’s edition is scheduled for July 8 to July 14, with a special price of $17.89 in honor of the French Revolution. Among the restaurants participating are Amélie Wine Bar, AOC, PicNic Market & Café, Le Bistro D’à Côté, Maison Harlem, Gaby Restaurant at Sofitel Hotel, Bar Tabac, Le Singe Vert, Cercle Rouge, Café Noir, Jules Bistro, Bistro Vendôme, and Tree Bistro. The event highlights French chefs and sommeliers throughout the city. www.frenchrestaurantweek.com

AOC

This yearly event turns the historic streets of Little Italy into a food extravaganza for 11 days from Thursday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. It’s set in the lower Manhattan neighborhood, which was the first home of Italian immigrants who came to the United States in the early 20th Mushroom risotto from Maison Harlem

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Tues, June 25 at 7pm in Bay Hall (Staged Readings FREE) He Won’t Marry Me

by Dave Carley Sea Chanty

by Stanley Toledo Dear Uncle Langston

by De’Anna Lynne

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Wed, June 26 No Performances

Thurs, June 27 at 7pm in Bay Hall (Staged Reading FREE) The Devilman

by Adam Seidel

Staged readings and productions of new plays and musicals.

Fri, June 28 at 7pm and 9pm LQ WKH 1HZ &KDSHO¦ (Full production $10) Gossip

by Brian Hampton

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in the New Chapel (Musical Cabaret $10) The Superhero Suites

by Roy Chicas and Rosa Odenwalder

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Balthazar

Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle

Bemelmans, named for Ludwig Bemelmans who created the classic Madeline books for children, mixes jazz with socialites, politicians, movie stars and moguls just inside the Carlyle Hotel at 35 E. 76th St. on Madison Avenue.

We slipped inside one weekday night, and a waiter almost whispered that the cover for a table is $25 per person.

Restored in 2002 by designer Thierry Despont, the interior sports chocolatebrown leather banquettes, nickeltrimmed black glass tabletops, a black granite bar and a 24-karat gold leafcovered ceiling. If you want to relax for a tete-a-tete, go here; $30 per person cover at tables on weekends; www. rosewoodhotels.com 212.744.1600.

Boat Basin Café

You’ll be in good company with others seeking a circular open-air restaurant with a view. Head to the patio or the rotunda area with its limestone arches. To find this place, walk as far west as possible on West 79th Street, cross Riverside Drive, and look for a green highway overpass bridge. Walk underneath the bridge to the staircases on both sides that lead to the café; www.boatbasincafe.com; 212.

496.5542.

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Once a leather wholesaler’s warehouse, this space has been transformed into an eatery and bar that accommodates more than 200 people.

At 80 Spring St. between Broadway and Crosby, it captures the essence of SoHo. A bit of clatter contributes to the downtown atmosphere that many crave. A good late-night spot; www. balthazarny.com; 212.965.1414.

City Winery

If you’re looking for wine, food, and music head to City Winery, 155 Varick St., for just the right mix. There’s winemaking as well as the Barrel Room, a 30-seat tasting room and restaurant featuring 11 wines on tap . The main venue space opens two hours before a musical performance; daily hours including a Sunday Klezmer Brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; www. citywinery.com; 212.608.0555.

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Jazz Standard

Downstairs from the restaurant Blue Smoke in the Flatiron District at 116 E. 27th St. between Park and Lexington avenues, you’ll find Jazz Standard, where worldclass jazz meets barbecue. Classic jazz to blues, funk, and soul meld with American barbecue – ribs, chicken, brisket, pulled pork, wings. Try specialty cocktails, wine or beer during weekend evening sets at 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30; Sunday through Thursday nights sets at 7:30 and 9:30. Cover charge ranges from $20 to $35 per person per set; www.jazzstandard.com; 212.576.2232.

Our front yard is a scream.

The Rose Club

Overlooking the Fifth Avenue lobby at The Plaza Hotel, hear jazz every Wednesday and Thursday night in The Rose Club.

It’s situated where the legendary Persian Room once hosted Bob Hope, Kay Thompson, BobFosse and Liza Minnelli.

Sample the Raspberry Rose, a mix of gin, green tea, fruit juices, fresh raspberries with a splash of soda or another cocktail. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily; www. theplazany.com 212.546.5311.

Hotel Chantelle

Slip into an altogether different decade at Hotel Chantelle on the Lower East Side, where the décor and the cocktails hark back to the glam 1940s. If you can find the unmarked entrance at 92 Ludlow, you can chill in the stylishly dark lobby or make your way to the rooftop. Brunch is a specialty, and often features live musicians as well as $0.92 cocktails, or the White Sangria Punch Bowl that serves 10-12 people, or fewer. Concocted from white wine, Don Q rum, peach puree, pineapple and orange liqueur, it’s a winner. www.hotelchantelle.com. 212.254.9100.

Jacob’s Pickles

You wouldn’t necessarily think that a place known for pickles would also be a place known for cocktails. But this newish Upper West Side joint has got “craft” down to a science, and their Southern-style drinks-with-a-twist go perfectly with their homemade pickled veggies, biscuit sandwiches and updated comfort fare, like catfish tacos and mushroom mac & cheese. For the ultimate summer drink, served in Mason jar to boot, taste the Rosemary Vodka Lemonade.; 509 Amsterdam Avenue. www.jacobspickles.com. 212.470.5566

Surf, sand, sun and playful screams. Family memories

are created here. We’re open 52 weeks a year—and so is our Victoria’s Restaurant. Call (800) 33 BEACH or (302) 227-7169 or visit www.boardwalkplaza.com to reserve your oceanfront getaway today.

Newest Beer Hall

Houston Hall just opened this winter, bringing a bit of the outer boroughs’ massive beer hall magic to Manhattan. The Village spot has been transformed from an old garage, and the cavernous inside can get loud and crowded, but there are plenty of tables and waitresses to navigate the throngs. The best part of this place, aside from their specially-brewed beers from Greenpoint Brew Works, is that beers are all offered in three sizes, from $5 for a small. There are also Milk Truck sandwiches and tasty apps like Chicken Tikka Masala Wontons to facilitate more beer drinking. 222 W. Houston Street. www.houstonhallny.com. 212.675.9323.

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Day Trips One way to beat the heat of summer is to roam within an hour or so of the city.

Beyond its borders, there’s less cement, a dearth of skyscrapers, and, generally, fewer people. There’s a lot to see and do. Here are some of our favorites for a day away.

Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture

Pocantico Hills, Westchester, NY Located just 25 miles north of Manhattan, Stone Barns is a world away. The 80-acre farm is a respite from the rush of the city, and a place to learn about seasonable and sustainable food. Farmers are trained in restorative farming techniques and children (and everyone else) can learn

Storm King Art Center

New Windsor, Orange County, NY One of the world’s leading sculpture parks, it’s comprised of 500 acres of fields, hills, and woodlands in New Windsor, and features more than 100 sculptures. The collection includes the works of Roy Lichtenstein, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Jean Dubuffet, Louise Nevelson, and Barbara Hepworth, among others.

1 Museum Road; hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, April 3 through Dec. 1; grounds are open until 8 p.m. Saturdays, Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend; admission is $12, adults; $10, seniors 65+; $8, students K-12 and college students with valid ID; free, children under 5 and members; 845.534.3115; www.stormking.org/.

Cradle of Aviation Museum about where food comes from and how to protect the land that provides it.

630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, NY; open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 914.366.6200; www. stonebarnscenter.org

East Garden City, Long Island, NY The Cradle of Aviation Museum, part of Nassau County’s Museum Row, is home to 70 legendary aircraft including Charles Lindbergh’s Jenny and a Lunar Excursion Module built on Long Island. For anyone intrigued by flight, it’s worth a visit. Check out the Planetarium and IMAX domed, high-tech theater with constantly changing shows.

Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Garden City, Long Island, NY 516.572.4111, information; 516.572.4066; www.cradleofaviation.org

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Nassau County Museum of Art

Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, NY A gem of a museum, the Nassau County Museum of Art, just 25 miles east of the city, is the former estate of Childs Frick, son of U.S. Steel cofounder Henry Clay Frick. The attraction here is the permanent collection, the mansion itself, neo-classical in style, the changing exhibitions, and 145 acres where outdoor sculpture is displayed.

Included in the permanent collection are works of Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Chaim Gross, Robert Rauschenberg,

Moses Soyer, Robert Indiana, Auguste Rodin, Georges Braque, Alex Katz, Frederick Warren Freer and Irving Ramsey Wiles.

One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, NY; 516.484.9338; www.nassaumuseum. org

Kykuit

The Rockefeller Estate, Pocantico Hills, Westchester, NY You can taste the life of the Rockefellers when you visit Kykuit (Dutch for lookout), the family home of four generations of the famous merchantile and political family, beginning with philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, who was known to give out dimes in what was the Village of North Tarrytown, renamed the Village of Sleepy Hollow. Now a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Kykuit has been maintained for more than 100 years. The six-story stone hilltop includes the works of Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Alexander

Lyndhurst

Tarrytown, Westchester, NY Home during distinct periods to three different families, Lyndhurst, just 25 miles from the city, is appealing for its sweeping views of the Hudson River and its Gothic Revival architecture, most notably faux finishes and fanciful turrets and asymmetrical outline.

Often known as the home of railroad magnate Jay Gould, it had two prior owners as well.

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Planting Fields Arboretum

Museum, a 65-room Tudor Revival mansion, stands on the grounds, landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts.

1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay; Park hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, $8 per car until Nov. 13. Coe Hall open 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily through Sept. 30; $3.50 non-members; members and children under 12, free. www.plantingfields.org

Skylands

of historic places, is the center of a property that Francis Lynde Steton assembled from pioneer farmsteads in the Ramapo Mountains.

Hours are 8 .m. to 8 p.m. daily; admission is free; $5 state park fee per car summer Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day; 973.962.9534; www.njbg. org.

Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY Some of the best gardens on Long Island are at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, a public arboretum and historic site that includes 409 acres of greenhouses, rolling lawns, formal gardens, woodland paths, and plant collections. Coe Hall Historic House

Calder, Louise Nevelson, and David Smith.

Kykuit, part of Historic Hudson Valley, is open for tours May 4 to Sept. 30; Nov. 1-11, Wednesday through Sunday; holiday Mondays: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day; www. hudsonvalley.org 635 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, Westchester, NY; Tours Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., last tour departs at 4 p.m., $14, adults; $13, seniors, AAA, students, military; $10, children 6-12; $7, members of National Trust for Historic Preservation, grounds fee of $5 Friday through Sunday; no charge for grounds, Monday through Thursday, open dawn to dusk; www. lyndhurst.org/

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Ringwood Bergen County, New Jersey The New Jersey Botanical Garden in Ringwood is 96 acres of specialty gardens surrounded by 1,000 acres of woodlands. It’s a place to wander and explore miles of marked trails, formal gardens, and paths winding through the woods. Skylands, which appears on both the state and national registers

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With Visitors When guests come to town, you want to show off the city. Where to take them?

Here are some options we think they’ll like.

The Carousel in Central Park

Situated mid-park at 64th Street, The Carousel draws close to 250,000 riders each year, Even so, there are those who don’t know where it is. The fourth to stand at this location since 1871, the carousel sends calliope Carousel in Central Park, New York City music into the air while Photo courtesy of the Central Park Conservancy its 57 horses carry riders.

The current carousel, crafted by Brooklyn firm Stein & Goldstein, dates to 1908.

Open April to October, daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting. Tickets, $3 per ride, cash only; 212.439.6900, ext. 12. To reach the Carousel, enter the park at 65th Street off Fifth Avenue or at 59th Street off Central Park South.

Frick Collection,

It’s an ideal place to go with guests. It’s known for its Old Master paintings and European sculpture and decorative arts. Arrive between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday and pay what you wish. Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) collected the works that are displayed in his former residence at 1 E. 70th St. on Fifth Avenue. The collection includes works by Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Gainsborough, Goya, and Whistler. Stop by The Garden Court, modeled after a grand Roman atrium.

Hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday; closed Mondays and holidays; regular admission is $18, adults; $15, senior citizens 65 and older; $10, students with valid identification; children under 10 not admitted.

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The Morgan Library & Museum

Take vistors to see the onceprivate library of financier Pierpoint Morgan at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street. Admission is free Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Of particular interest is the 2006 expansion, adding 75,000 square feet to the campus. The Morgan continues to focus on the written word, the history of the book, and master drawings. Hours are Tuesday through

Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Open on Memorial Day. .

Metropolitan Museum Neue Galerie Want a smaller venue for guests? of Art and MOMA

You’ll never go wrong with a visit to the The Mertopolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street or the Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Both are the best in their class. Whether you visit the permanent collections or spend time at a current exhibition, your guests will be impressed. Besides, when it’s hot and humid, museums are a place where the air-conditioning keeps up as the temperature soars and humidity soaks.

Stop at the Neue Galerie at 1048 Fifth Ave. at 86th Street, which focuses on early 20th century German and Austrian art and design. Wander the two-story townhouse, and you may just enjoy the smaller scale. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday through Monday. General admission is $20; students with a current ID and seniors 65 and older, $10; children under 12 not admitted; children ages 12 to 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Admission is free from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. the first Friday of each month.

Gallery at the Bard Graduate

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and Hall of North American Mammals

Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, located in a six-story townhouse at 18 W. 86th St. between Columbus and Central Park West. The BGC Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday. Admission is $7; $5 for seniors and students (valid ID).

View the recently restored dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History at 81st Street and Central Park West which depict wilderness areas and wildlife that Roosevelt’s policies helped to preserve. The project was three years and $40 million in the making.

Roosevelt set aside five national parks, four game preserves, 51 bird refuges, and 18 national monuments in addition to creating or expanding 150 national forests.

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Admission is free Thursdays after 5 p.m.

Museum of Arts and Design

In Columbus Circle, visit the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, at 59th Street and Eighth Avenue, for a visual treat. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday and Friday. Closed Monday but open Memorial Day and Labor Day. Admission is $16; seniors, $14; students, $12; members and those 18 and under, free. Pay what you wish from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday.

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Music

Music is one thing that makes summer in New York worth it. When the mercury soars, the city sings, rejoices because of the sounds of summer. Live music from doo wop, jazz, and swing to rock, Broadway, and classical herald in a season that has something for everyone.

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Making Room on Broadway: A Musical Theater Cabaret

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Naumburg Concert Series June 25, July 9, July 30, Aug. 21 The Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park is the setting for four classical music concerts this summer with 900 first-come, first-served seats available.

The free series dates to 1905 when founder and philanthropist Elkan Naumburg initiated the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts.

The Knights headline the opening concert on June 25 and the July 30 concert. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs July 9; the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is set for Aug. 21.

The July 30 concert features tenor Nicholas Phan. www.naumburgconcerts.org.

Tenor Nicholas Phan

Saturday, June 15, Sunday, June 16 If you love Broadway, the Museum of the City of New York is the place to be Saturday or Sunday, June 15 and 16, at 3 p.m. for Perform! a musical cabaret written and directed by Michael Montel. The show weaves together stories about living in New York. Reservations and prepayment required; $35, museum members; $40, general public; Register by phone at 917.492.3395; https://boxoffice.mcny.org/ public/show.asp

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Midsummer Night Swing

June 25 to July 13 One of the hottest outdoor tickets of the summer is Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, West 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 15 nights – Tuesdays through Saturdays -- of music and a huge elevated dance floor where you can dance the night away.

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Orchestra, and Boogie Woogie from Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra.

The evenings begin at 6:30 p.m. with a dance lesson for all skill levels; live music and dancing are from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Dancing for the live “Silent Discos” through headphones on July 5 and July11 continues until 11:30 p.m. Tickets for one evening are $17; four nights for $60; for six nights $84, and $170 for the full season at Swing Box office, lobby, Avery Fisher Hall, Broadway and 65th Street or through CenterCharge, 212-721-6500; www.MidsummerNightSwing.org.

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Summergarden and MOMA Nights

Summergarden: Sundays July 7, 14, 21, and 28, doors open at 7 p.m.

MOMA Nights: Thursdays – July and August, sets at 6:30 p.m., nine concerts.

The Museum of Modern Art brings two music series to New Yorkers: Sunday nights in July are free and Thursday nights during July and August are included with museum admission.

Summergarden: New Music for New York, established in 1971, takes place in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden on the four Sundays July 7, 14, 21, and 28 with doors opening at 7 p.m. and concert at 8 for between an hour

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and 90 minutes. Admission is free; firstcome, first-served.

Museum exhibitions are closed during Summergarden.

MOMA Nights is scheduled for every Thursday night in July and August from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and is included with the price of regular admission. Sets begin at 6:30. Local and international musicians will perform a variety of styles. Among the musicians are a Brazilian singer, a Congolese guitarist, and a musician from Sierra Leone who performs with a band from Brooklyn.

In case of rain, music moves to Theater 1 at the music except for Aug. 9 when music moves to The Agnes Gund Garden Lobby with standing room only.

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Tickets for the concert are free at the box office first-come, first served beginning at 11:30 a.m. the day of the program. A separate ticket is required for museum admission.

Founded in 2005, the ensemble has performed throughout New York City at Merkin Concert Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Lincoln Center’s David Rudenstein Atrium. The group focuses on the performance of music by living classical composers including Reich and Philip Glass. Contact 646.437.4202.

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Music of Jewish Heritage Concert

Iván Fischer guest conducts the 2011 Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra.

Courtesy of Budapest, Palace of Arts/Zsuzsanna Peto

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Mostly Mozart Festival July 27 to Aug. 24 For a month beginning at the end of July Lincoln Center will come alive with the sounds of the Mostly Mozart Festival 2013. All are ticketed events except for the Saturday, July 27 preview concert featuring the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Tickets for this free performance will be available July 27 at 10 a.m. at the Avery Fisher Hall box office, first-come, firstserved with a limit of two per person.

The 47th season showcases more than 50 events from concerts, opera productions, preconcert lectures and recital, late-night performances, and a film screening, One of the highlights of the festival is the Budapest Festival Orchestra performing the entire comic opera Le nozze di Figaro Aug. 11, 13 and 15, at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall. Performances are Aug. 11 at 5 p.m., Aug. 13 and Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 to $125; contact www.lincolncenter.org or CenterCharge at 212.721.6500.

For all Mostly Mozart Festival performances, visit www.mostlymozart.org.

Sunday, June 2 Face the Music, the avant-garde teen ensemble, will present Different Trains,

by Steve Reich, in a concert at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place in lower Manhattan, Sunday, June 2, at 2:30 p.m. The performance is one of the selections in their repertoire.

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Seaport Music Festival

June 7, 14, 21, and 28 The Seaport Music Festival draws thousands of people to the Seaport’s Pier 17 Fridays at 7 p.m. in June, the “indie-rock” series books bands from Brooklyn to across the Atlantic. Music wafts through the area against a backdrop of cool breezes and views of downtown Manhattan. It’s all free.

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Lectures

Want to challenge your brain, even when it’s hot, hot, hot in the city?

When it comes to lectures, Manhattan has it covered Here are some ways to build your brain power this summer.

Managing U.S.-China Relations

‘Unprecedented in the History of Nations’: Managing U.S.-China Relations; part of Asia: Beyond the Headlines, a series of conversations with policymakers; Wednesday, May 29, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Ave. at 70th Street; speakers include James B. Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell School and University Professor of Social

Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for the Next One? The program ‘Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for the Next One?’ is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., at 34th Street, 1201 Elebash Recital Hall. The program includes three panels that will address public health, disaster preparedness, and scientific prediction and assessment. Experts will discuss

Science, International Affairs and Law, formerly Deputy Secretary of State under Hillary Clinton; and Susan Shirk, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton Administration, in conversation with Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society in New York and the author of 14 books, nine of them about China; $10, members; $12, students/seniors; $15, nonmembers; www.asiasociety.org.

lessons learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation.

Among the participants are Dr. William Solecki, professor of geography; director, Institute for Sustainable Cities, Hunter College (CUNY), and co-chair, Mayor’s Panel on Climate Change; Dr. William J. Fritz, professor of geology and interim president, College of Staten Island (CUNY), and Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg, distinguished professor of urban public health, Hunter College (CUNY). Admission is free, first-come, first-served; 212.817.8215.

Putting America’s House in Order

Tuesday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m. Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former director of policy planning for the Department of State will speak and Roger Hertog, chairman of the New-York Historical Society, will moderate. Admission is $30; members, $18, 212. 873.3400.

Celebrating Maurice Sendak

book historian Leonard S. Marcus, Sendak’s long-time friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer and others will speak; admission is $15; 212.413.8806; http://www.92y.org/ Tribeca/.

Hear the lecture, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America’s House in Order at The New York Historical Society Museum, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street,

Maurice Sendak’s life will be celebrated at the 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., Tuesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. Children’s

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Ending the War on Wildlife

Actress and conservationist Jane Alexander will speak on Ending the War on Wildlife, Monday, June 3, at The Explorer’s Club’s NYC Headquarters, 46 E. 70th St. Tickets are free for members, $20 for guests, and $5 for students with a valid ID; reservations suggested 212.628.8383 or reservations@explorers.org.

Jane Alexander Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus

Farming the Five Boroughs

vacant lots and warehouses, part of the series, Culinary Conversations. “Eat the City” author Robin Shulman will lead a roundtable of urban agriculture advocates including sustainability expert Derek Denckla of The Greenest and Ian Marvey, director of Red Hook’s Added Value. Local farm-to-table food and drink vendors offer a diverse tasting menu. Tickets are $30; 212.982.8420; http://www.tenement.org/

New York’s NonTraditional Housing

of architecture, Columbia University; Kathy Peiss, professor of American history, University of Pennsylvania, and Donald Albrecht, curator of the exhibit at the museum, to discuss the housing that flourished in New York before the 1950s. Cost is $6, museum members; $8 for seniors and students; $12, general public; 917.492.3395.

Learn how New Yorkers are finding ways to farm in urban landscapes at ‘Eat the City: Farming the Five Boroughs,’ Tuesday, May 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 103 Orchard St. Speakers will discuss how New Yorkers are planting and harvesting crops on rooftops, in

Find out about non-traditional housing in the Big City Wednesday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. during ‘All Shapes and Sizes: New York’s Non-Traditional Housing Types.’ The Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, will host Gwendolyn Wright, professor

Gen. David Petraeus with Charlie Rose

At the 92nd Street Y, Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, Gen. David Petraeus in Conversation with Charlie Rose General David Petraeus Charlie Rose is scheduled for Thursday, June 27, at 8 p.m. in the Kaufmann Concert Hall at the Y. The focus will be on Petraeus’ approach to leadership, military strategy, modern warfare, foreign policy, and his future plans.

Petraeus served in the U.S. Army for more than 37 years. A four-star general, he served four years in Iraq, his final four there as the commander of the surge.

After Iraq, the four-star general commanded U.S. Central Command and then U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. Following his military career, he served as director of the CIA. Rose is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and host of Charlie Rose, the nightly PBS program.

Tickets are $47; www.92y.org; 212.415.5500.

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Kids

Children’s Art

For the younger set in the city there’s lots to do this summer. All kids have to do in some cases is drop in and participate. For others, they have to apply, which means deadlines. Either way, planning helps. Much of what we mention is free. When an activity costs, we’ll tell you that, too.

The Museum of Modern Art’s In the Making

High school students ages 13 to 19 draw inspiration from art work in MoMA’s collection. New York City high school students accepted into this free program discuss ideas and experiment with materials to create their own works of art. While no experience is necessary, applications and letters of recommendation are due Friday, June 7.

Each course meets three times a week for six weeks and culminates in a Teen Art Show. teenprograms@moma.org or Calder Zwicky at 212.333.1252.

Free Tennis Lessons

CityParks Tennis offers free tennis lessons to New York City kids ages 5 to 15 in more than 36 parks from July 1 through Aug. 9. CityParks Tennis is open to New York City residents only.

Registration takes place at each park during program hours.

Contact 212.360.1399 or info@ CityParksFoundation.org.

Locations in Manhattan include: Central Park Tennis Center West Drive at 96th Street Tuesday & Thursday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

East River Park, FDR Drive & Houston Tuesday & Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon Fred Johnson Playground 150th Street & 7th Avenue Monday & Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Riverside Park 116th Street & Riverside Drive Monday & Wednesday, 9 a.m. to noon

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PuppetMobile “Little Red’s Hood” will be presented by the City of New York Parks and Recreation CityParks PuppetMobile Thursday, May 30 at 5 p.m. at Washington Square Park’s Eastern Lawns, Fifth Avenue, Waverly Place, West 4th Street and Macdougal Street.

Little Red’s Hood is a retelling of the classic “Little Red Riding Hood” tale updated with a modern sensibility. The production features a dozen, handmade marionettes crafted by the puppeteers from the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre; free for kids.

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Artistic Director is Bruce Cannon; Liam Hurley has written Little Red’s Hood.

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Tisch Children’s Zoo

Scandinavian Music Festival Children’s Concert

The Northern Manhattan Parks has organized the free program for Sunday, June 9, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Billings Lawn in Fort Tryon Park. The program features the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes with instrumental accompaniment.

Contact 212.795.1388.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Learning Through Art artseducation program is presenting A Year with Children, an exhibition that features selected art work by New York City public school students in grades two to six, through June 19 at The Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street. Approximately 100 works of art including drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, paintings, assemblage, and outdoor site-specific art are on display.

Bookalicious! Book Discussion Group

Located at the Central Park Zoo, 830 5th Ave. at 64th Street, the zoo beckons young explorers to a nature trail that features a barnyard full of friendly sheep and alpacas, a meandering duck pond, and plenty of places for little hands and feet to hop and climb. General admission, which includes the Main Zoo and the Tisch Children’s Zoo, is $12, adults; $7, children ages 3 to 12, and $9, those 65+ who accompany children! www.centralparkzoo.com; 212.4396500.

The New York Public Library sponsors a book discussion group for children ages 9 to 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Children’s Center, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street.

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The free Summer Kids Concert Series at Madison Square Park is getting ready for children and their families Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:30 through Aug. 8, rain or shine.

The concerts in the park, located at 23rd Street between Madison and Fifth avenues in the Flatiron District, are sponsored by New York Life, Clif Kid and Ace Hotel. The programs are geared for infants through approximately age 10.

A lineup of jazz, rock, soul, “hip pop,” and other music is scheduled.

Accompanied children gather on the parks oval lawn. Scheduled programs include 17 different artists: www.madisonsquarepark.org.

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Visual Stops New York is filled with visual stimulation. Colors, shapes, textures, and a combination of all three make the Big Apple the sensory place that it is.

Throughout Manhattan are visual stops not to be missed. Here are our picks:

Conservatory Garden In Central Park

If you’ve never been to the Conservatory Garden in Central Park, now is the time to take a tour of the garden led by a member of the staff. Meet at the Vanderbilt Gate at Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th streets to catch a view of thousands of blooming trees, shrubs, bulbs, and perennials, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturdays through Oct. 26; free; no reservations required; www.nycgovparks.org.

Stargazing On The High Line

Talk about visual. Stargazing on the High Line begins at dusk every Tuesday through Oct. 29 at the 14th Street Passage, The High Line, between West 13th and West 14th Streets. Gaze at

the stars, planets, and moon through the high-powered telescopes of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, and talk with the experts about what you see. Hours are 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; contact Friends of the High Line, 212.206.9922.

Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture

There’s still time to view “Our Global Kitchen – Food, Nature, Culture” at the Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, Manhattan, at 81st Street.

Through Aug. 11. The exhibition explores growing, transporting, cooking, eating, and celebrating food.

It also examines environmental and human health and feeding the world’s population. You’ll learn about cultures, cooking, and ingredients; admission is $25 for adults, $19 for students and seniors, and $14.50 for children.

Take in the permanent collections while you are there; hours are 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit

The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit swings into gear this summer beginning Memorial Day Weekend, May 25, 26, and 27 as well as June 1 and 2, and Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and 2, as well as Sept. 7 and 8.

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art lovers, tourists, faculty and students from the area’s schools as well as interior designers. The show takes place on University Place between East 12th Street, extending along the east side of Washington Square Park to West 3rd Street. The southern end of the show includes Schwartz Plaza, also known as Bobkin Lane, between New York University’s Shimkin Hall and Bobst Library.

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Woolworth Building, west facade, 2012.

Courtesy of John Bartelstone (c)

The Woolworth Building @ 100

office building and expanded to be 60 stories on a full-block. The exhibition traces the advanced technology of its engineering and construction, as well as the abundance and variety of its handmade, terra-cotta ornamentation.

Construction, detailed in the exhibit, took 29 months from excavation to completion of the cooper-roofed spire with gold leaf accents.

The museum celebrates the City’s architectural heritage and examines the historical forces and individuals that shapes its skylines. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

General admission is $5; students and seniors, $2.50; 212.968.1961.

Photography And The American Civil War

war. Each side used photographs to promulgate its cause, and, in the end, it helped to change the course of U.S. history. Hours are Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Recommended admission is $25, adults; $17, seniors 65 and older; $12, students. Members and children under 12 accompanied by an adult, free.

The Woolworth Building @100 exhibition continues through July 14 at The Skyscraper Museum, located in lower Manhattan, 39 Battery Place. When the Woolworth Building opened on April 24, 1913, 80,000 incandescent bulbs illuminated the New York night for the ceremony.

Five-and-dime store king Frank W. Woolworth paid for the skyscraper and was involved in its every design decision. At the time, the neo-Gothic tower was the world’s tallest office building. Located at 233 Broadway, the building was originally to be a 20-story

Photography can chronicle history, the subject of “Photography and the American Civil War,” through Sept. 2 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street.

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DEWING THINGS BETTER

Out of the Darkness Many issues need to see the light of day, despite the media’s persistence in not covering them

By Bette Dewing “Until you stop hiding things, you’re hiding things, and hiding things is not healthy,” Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn told the New York Times last week.

“I just want people to know you can get through stuff.”

Quinn was speaking about her past struggles with alcoholism and bulimia, but her statement on getting things out in the open could be applied to many areas of life. We all need to stop hiding things. Only then can they possibly be overcome. Unlike Quinn, I believe A.A. should not be so anonymous, and stories of intervention, which First Lady Betty Ford so blessedly brought out of the closet, should also really “get out there.”

Instead of the photos and stories of those who commit terrible crimes, we should see more photos and stories of their innocent victims and those who mourn them, and tell about life-changing injuries inflicted, for example, by the ruthless killers at the Boston marathon. Those victims’ stories are needed - so we can help, but also as a deterrent to criminal

deeds.

Old people in general, must stop being hidden and invisible, especially when ill or disabled, especially by customs- and views-shaping mediums. Now 84-year-old Barbara Walters is retiring from The View, which for better or worse, gets top ratings.

While the 80-plus population is the fastest growing agegroup, it’s still the least represented in those influential mediums. So these often age-related problems aren’t adequately addressed or researched – and worse, don’t get the caring and empathic attention they need.

There were so many to salute in the recent City & Suburban Homes 100th birthday event, planned by indomitable civic leader, Betty Cooper Wallerstein and held at Shaaray Tefila Temple. But why had I not heard that one of the honored guests, former state senator Roy Goodman, was now confined to a wheel chair and unable to speak? In the mid 1980s, he was a tireless supporter in saving the City & Suburban Homes complex from becoming four gigantic up-scale high-rise apartment houses. Hundreds of affordable homes were saved along with a number of small businesses. Of course, it’s a citywide problem, including now saving City & Suburban Homes York Avenue Estates.

Again, this column needs to address how few knew that this senator of 30 plus years had become disabled. And how he

Barbara Walters, a cast member on The View, will retire this year, at the age of 84. loved to sing in the complex’s annual Christmas Carol event, Singing is so good for our health. and to lose the ability is no minor loss. Infinitely more must “get out there” about all these commonplace major and minor losses. Senator Goodman reportedly has Parkinson’s disease. Disabled persons must become very very visible and included whenever possible.

Wallerstein also knows that many of us need to sit down at these occasions. The population is aging, and incidentally, outdoors, my cane should really be replaced with a walker.

But my walk home at 8:30 p.m. that night should not have been threatened at every crossing and on the sidewalk by food delivery bikes breaking every law on the books. May 19th is the 29th birthday of my New York Times op-ed piece. “New York Bikers - Too Free-Wheeling, And a Public Menace!”

As I’ve said countless times before, I’d vote for anyone who would address this public problem once and for all. dewingbetter@aol.com

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SHOPPING AROUND

Eye-Catching Specs Jeffrey’s Manhattan Eyeland beats generic chain shops

By Laura Shanahan

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et’s play a little game, you and me.

I’m going to give you clues, and you guess what type of venue we’re visiting today, OK? In the storefront window is a lineup of an artfully wrought painted plaster zebra, tiger and antelope, and an avant-garde rendering of an owl.

Inside, the walls are covered with artwork by famous local painters and photographers, as well as by some up-and-coming types.

The approximately 14-foot wide space, with cherry wood and glass appointments, seems larger than you’d guess, thanks to one arched exposed-brick wall, and a high coved ceiling.

How about if I tell you the beautifully crafted animals upfront are all wearing eyeglasses? Nope, we’re not at a quirky salon that features visually challenged wildlife – but we are at the one, the only Jeffrey’s Manhattan Eyeland, at 2391 Broadway, near 88th Street.

One section of wall space, by the way, is

covered entirely by the many children who’ve been fitted with glasses here. Any place that inspires that kind of devotional offering by children whose eyesight was helped you know has got to be doing things right.

Optician and Eyeland owner Jeffrey Erber says of his 18 years of successfully operating as an indie that it’s all a matter of tailoring his services and wares to the needs of his clientele – just as a fine suit is tailored to a specific person.

When you deal with an independent, he says, “you’re dealing with people who are skilled in optics. We’re not mass marketers” – and thus can fine-tune to individual needs.

His selection, which encompasses everything from budget-friendly to high-end frames, is, he says, “eclectic” and eminently “wearable.”

Acknowledging the competition the Internet is giving traditional brick-andmortars, Erber offers a startling value: a pair of frames plus anti-reflective lenses for $99. And the frames are an exceptionally good-looking lot. Standout: A skinny-rectangular model meant to sell for much more ($240 elsewhere) in a traditional tortoiseshell pattern in a very

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non-traditional purple, finely proportioned for a narrow face.

Bigger, bolder frames in a smoky tortoisepattern plastic are packaged in a slightly higher priced deal. As dedicated followers of fashion know, this type of retro ‘50s-‘60s-look frame is, as Erber notes, “very in right now.”

At the higher end of the spectrum, there are the ever-popular Oliver Peoples frames, (approximately $300 to $400). For those who want to pull out all the stops, there are 22-karat-plated gold frames with telescoping temples, (yes, I call them handles, too, but now we know the correct word). Also very

retro, Erber notes of these delicate oval frames; $950. If you’d like a thriftier version without the telescoping temples – fun to expand and contract as you wish – there is the titanium pair for $390 that comes in gold-tone or silvertone finishes.

There are lots more high-end frames from about $500 to $1,000, by such names as Lafont, Airo, Barton Perreira and Alain Mikli partnered with Philippe Starck, (yes, the Starck of furniture design fame).

What you won’t find - because Erber knows his clientele – is look-at-me logos. Why? We say nay, that’s why.

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A Fun Brunch With My Mom, On The DL Dinner on Ludlow extends their menu to brunch, with a nightclub vibe

By Helaina Hovitz

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nfortunately for my mother, the dancing queen of her day, my dad is not a dancer. And, just her luck, dancing was not yet on the menu when we had brunch at Dinner on Ludlow (95 Delancey Street). The popular nightspot began serving its weekend fare last month, and they’ve been bumping music like it’s Friday night — so if you want to extend your weekend just a little while longer on Sunday, or kick it up a notch on Saturday, this is the place to go.

Bordered by floor to ceiling glass windows, the space features a long bar lined with clear jars full of lemon, lime, and cucumber, as well as intimate tables and banquettes, gothic décor, and crystal chandeliers. The dark woods and ornamental metal filigree give the room a clubby feel, but it still works as a restaurant. The velvet ropes were gathered in a corner by the door — no need for them so early in the day, (unless brunch becomes as popular as the rooftop nightclub).

The music started off as light and jazzy, but kicked up around 1 p.m., and all off a sudden my mom and I felt like we were up in the club.

My mom’s only complaint was, “I have to dance when I hear

this kind of music. I have to.”

But she had to fight that feeling and stay in her seat, sipping the mimosa that came with her meal.

We ate Kale Caesar Salad with Asian Pears, Cornflake Crusted French Toast with Dulce de Leche Syrup, Fried Chicken and Biscuits in a rich herb sauce, and Pancakes, still in the pan, sizzling in blueberry compote. The Chantilly (bowl of whipped cream), was served on the side so as not to cool down the hotcakes.

“I like these Parmesan Truffle Fries, even though I don’t really like Parmesan Truffle Fries,” my mom said.

Chef John Keller has lived across the street from the DL for ten years, and brunch has been on his mind for a long time.

He was hesitant, at first, because, “it’s a tough neighborhood during the day, but the warm weather usually lures them out.”

The doors and windows were open, so it was almost like we were eating outside.

“I think we waited for the right time,” he said, leaving us with sugary donut holes dipped in chocolate sauce and ice cream.

Breeze blowing through our hair and bass bumping against the walls, we couldn’t have agreed more.

“All you need now is a midday dance floor,” I said on the way out.

Good news! They’re bringing one in. DJs Jennared and Soni will soon spin for a “brunch party” once a month, and a bi-monthly brunch event, hosted by celebrity Chef Roble, “Everyday People,” will also be happening on the rooftop.

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Where Have All the Carriage Horses Gone?

New study shows high turnover of NYC carriage horses, but the city canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say what happened to them

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new study commissioned by the Coalition to Ban HorseDrawn Carriages shows that over the past seven years, a minimum of 529 carriage horses have fallen off the rolls of the NYC Department of Health, the agency charged with oversight of these animals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we know that some died and a few were rescued, the vast majority have simply disappeared,â&#x20AC;? said to Elizabeth Forel, president of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where did they go?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some 200 horses are registered with the Department of Health annually,â&#x20AC;? Forel said, adding that â&#x20AC;&#x153;for 529 to have no accountability

is deeply disturbing. Did they die of neglect, abuse or just old age? Were they sent to auction and sold? Or did they get a good home? People care about these horses and want to know.â&#x20AC;?

The NYC Administration Code â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Section 17-329 does not require the names of buyers if the horse is sold outside New York City, as most are. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very possible a horse could go either directly or indirectly to the auctions frequented by kill buyers,â&#x20AC;? Forel said. A kill buyer is a middle man who purchases horses mostly at auction with the intent of fulfilling his contract with slaughter houses. The Equine Welfare Alliance reports that 176,223 US horses were sent to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico in 2012 where their meat was processed to be sent overseas for human consumption.

Beginning in 2005, the Coalition periodically requested lists of registered horses through the Freedom of Information Law and compared them to see which were no longer

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Complete records would be required to be sent to the Department of Health. This is quite different from what happens now and is designed to make the owners accountable to the horses they use. The press conference for the proposed legislation was canceled the night before and the bill subsequently died.

Since that time, more than 116 horses have fallen off the rolls.

The Coalition is asking for future accountability for the many horses that continue to go through the system â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and asking the question what happened to all those horses who are no longer in the system. They are also asking for Intro 670 to be revived and passed into law.

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End of Life Care for a Generation that Boomed which Green House residences would become available at a city scale. 10-12 residents would live in each home, which would represent half a floor in the building. Each resident would have their own private bedroom and bathroom, with a shared central dining and recreational area. With eleven floors and two â&#x20AC;&#x153;homesâ&#x20AC;? per floor, the Living Center will be the first of the Green House model in New York City. Building is set to begin in 2014, and the institution hopes to complete plans 32 months thereafter.

New ways of thinking about eldercare could help our aging population thrive

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ewish Home Lifecare and Himan Brown Charitable Trust hosted a Health Policy Symposium at the Alexandria Center on East 29th Street earlier this month to address growing long-term health care needs that stand to confront the baby boomer generation of America, (and New York City) in the decade ahead. Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a former special advisor to the White House, the symposium focused on the massive twin undertaking of both caring for the enormous population the boomers represent while also mitigating an employment crisis that has seen the health care workforce shrink at a time of peak need.

Dr. Emanuel sounded some alarms by noting the enormous cost of our health care system ($2.87 trillion), its unparalleled growth ($100 billion extra in the last year), and the inefficiency of spending, but ultimately struck an optimistic chord with his hope for the forward progress he believes President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Affordable Care Act will usher in.

Emanuel focused on the various anchors dragging the health care budget down, and addressed balancing the needs of the industry to both keep quality at a premium and spend responsibly so as to keep services within the realm of affordability for the cash-strapped state governments and ordinary Americans who face an increasingly challenging marketplace that continues to price more and more people out. For Emmanuel, tertiary out-of-hospital care is a crucial part of that formula, as is psychosocial counseling, and better preparedness by doctors to provide end of life care to the aging populace.

Panelist Jane Rowe, (Senior Advisor for Program Development, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), kept the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of her comments on finding â&#x20AC;&#x153;better models for people to age with grace and dignity.â&#x20AC;? Lowe touted the â&#x20AC;&#x153;village model,â&#x20AC;? in which a pool of resources are available to people as they age, and mentioned specifically the Green House Project as the vanguard in such work.

The Green House Project aims to provide residential care for

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The project, which started in Tupelo, Mississippi, aims to de-institutionalize residential elderly care. They pay staff higher wages and, as a result report lower turnover rate. They also report more visitors, (which they credit to a brighter atmosphere that encourages family to return), less depression in their residents, and a lower rate of hospitalization. Currently, there are 150 such homes in 26 states, and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unlike traditional nursing homes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the project is available for those on Medicaid.

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One of the panelists at the event â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dr. John Rowe, Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University â&#x20AC;&#x201C; showed pointed concern for some of the after-effects the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may bring to the industry.

According to Rowe, the ACA will create similar problems to those that afďŹ&#x201A;icted health care in Massachusetts following the passage of universal coverage under Governor Mitt Romney in 2006. With everyone in the state insured, Massachusetts found themselves with a supply of patients that far outweighed the number of doctors available. As a result, availability of service became scarce and wait times began to extend exponentially. With Obamacare largely shaped on the Massachusetts model, Lowe has a simple solution for both the state and the country: grant greater autonomy to nurses.

According to the American Nurses Association, there are 3.1 million registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For dayto-day patient care, there is no one better than a registered nurse,â&#x20AC;? said Lowe.

The Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act (S.3289/A.5308), a New York state bill, would eliminate the Empire Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mandate that requires New York nurses to always be supervised by physicians. With the mandate, RNs would be able to open private practices and address some of the personnel shortages in the industry. A similar measure for midwives passed the state legislature last year.

RNs are currently allowed to practice autonomously in only 16 of 50 states (and the District of Columbia). Of those states, the majority are in the sparsely populated west (i.e. Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, etc.), where a general shortage of human resources has further exacerbated the problems created by the nationwide lack of qualiďŹ ed medical personnel.

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Intrepid Movies Series: Top Gun ◄FREE: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Pier 86, intrepidmuseum.org, 7:30

Mateo López: A Trip from Here to There MoMA, 11 West 53rd St., moma.org, 10:30 a.m., free-$25.

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Mateo López spent 2 years traveling his native Columbia, while drawing ordinary objects in precise detail. The drawings are a diary representing the contemplation and endurance he experienced while roaming a country stressed by constant conflict. His new exhibit explores these ideas that transpire while walking, wandering, and traveling.

The Intrepid is kicking off its summer movie series with Top Gun. Grab your friends, some snacks and have a relaxed movie night under the stars. Look out for the other screenings over the course of the summer, because you’ll be dying to go back.

New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert

FREE: Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

Expose your children to famous compositions from the Baroque period with compositions by Vivaldi and Bach. They will even have the opportunity to create music of their own in the preshow music fair, where they can get their hands on a variety of instruments and take part in tune-oriented games.

A street extravaganza will take place on East 10th St. featuring acoustic music, dance, comedy, and poetry. The downstairs Cabaret will be transformed into a movie theatre, featuring animated shorts, feature-length films, and documentaries. A youth program will also be hosted by juggler & bubblemeister John Grimaldi.

Avery Fisher Hall (At Lincoln Center), 132 West 65th St., lincolncenter.org, 2 p.m., $11-$34.

Macy Gray

City Winery, 155 Varick St., citywinery.com, 8 p.m., $45-$65.

Theatre for the New City, 155 First Avenue, theaterforthenewcity.net, 12 p.m.

History of Art, Crime, Drugs, and Punk Rock on the Lower East Side

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Astor Place Cube, East 8th St., rocksoff.com/walkingtours, 3 p.m., $35.

Macy Gray, best known for “I try” and her raspy voice; is still creating music and has much more to offer. Leaping barriers from experimental soul, to alternative rock, to hip-hop, Gray is always forging her own path.

This show is guaranteed to make you feel a large range of emotions and be incredibly pleasing to your ears.

Cro-Mags front man John Joseph was exposed to the harshness of the LES in the 70’s and 80’s, and lived to tell his story. This three-hour walking tour, he will share the remarkable tales from his chaotic life, while showing you famous locations such as the CBGB’s - bringing you back to a gritty LES.

Busted ◄FREE: The High Line, Washington St. at Gansevoort St., thehighline.org, 7 a.m.

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Artists and Fleas Pop-Up

Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Avenue, chelseamarket.com, 10 a.m.

Although this indie bazaar has been around since 2003, it is currently expanding on its success in a series of temporary shops in Chelsea Market. Get your hands on eclectic jewelry made out of materials such as snake vertebrae, buffalo teeth, and salvaged bullet casings…if you’re into that sort of thing.

The High Line is featuring a number of sculptures inspired by the streets of Rome, created by nine artists from around the world. They riff on portraits and monuments, and touch on issues such as democracy and representation of the self. The artists are exploring the idea of who today’s heroes are, and who the public expects to see memorialized in monuments.

Gateway to Himalayan Art

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This collection was designed with youngsters in mind. It introduces kids to the Himalayan region’s artwork, which is rife with symbols, figures, and elements that aren’t usually found in Western art. The exhibit is divided into four sections- Figures and Symbols, Materials and Techniques, Purposes and Function, and Tibetan Art in Context. They aid in making the works much easier to understand for your little one.

Jessimae Peluso is an up-and-coming comic with beauty and brash wit. She is currently featured on MTV’s newest hit show Girl Code, where she easily doles out hilarious and blunt advice to her fellow females. We advise you to catch her act as soon as possible, because we have a feeling you won’t be able to see her for free for much longer.

Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St., rmanyc.com, 11 a.m., free-$10.

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Grand Central Terminal, Main Concourse, 42nd to 44th St., watsonadventures.com, $18-$22, May 25th.

This is a scavenger hunt for kids and adults to work together in uncovering the secrets of the world’s most famous train station. In order to win, you’ll have to spot surprises in the stars in the “sky”, learn the arrival time of a “ghost” train, and find funny details in the latest exhibit inside the Transit Museum Gallery. You will find out things you could have never imagined in the place you usually just run through as opposed to ogle at.

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Grand Central Scramble Family Scavenger Hunt

Comedy Punch

Village Lantern, 167 Bleecker St., villagelantern.com, 8 p.m.

Bookrageous BEA Bash ◄FREE: Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby St., housingworksbookstore. org, 7 p.m.

The book podcast Bookrageous will be showcasing some of its favorite writers, including Nathan Lawson, Sarah MacLean, and Rosie Schaap. Library Journal Reviews editor and librarian Etta Thornton will even be joining the party, to share the secrets of readers’ advisory.

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Design(in) the New Heart of New York

AIA Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, aiany.org, 9 a.m.

A dramatic transformation of Manhattan’s West Side Highway is underway at Hudson Yards, and the public is invited to connect with the design and architecture of the historic development. An eight week speaker series will complement the exhibit, and enable visitors to understand the vision behind the plan.

FREE: Spencer Finch: Fathom

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This is an installation which meditates on the different meanings of the word, you guessed it, fathom. What you don’t know is that one of the definitions is “a unit of measurement for the depth of water”, which is also a key reference point for the exhibition. Finch reenacted Henry David Thoreau’s 1846 survey of Walden Pond, and the 120-foot long rope he used is also featured and labeled with coordinates and colors.

Dennis Hopper is known as a legendary actor and filmmaker, but he was also extremely fond of photography. He snapped almost 18,000 photos in the 1960s alone, his children calling his Nikon his extra appendage.

These photos were presumed to be missing until his 2010 death, when they were found in a closet. They display an intimate look into Hopper’s life, as well as a time capsule of the era.

James Cohan Gallery, 533 West 26th St., jamescohan.com, 10 a.m.

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Aid Honored for Service During Sandy Home health aid Vietta Horton stayed by the side of her 92-year-old client for a week straight when the storm hit

By Helaina Hovitz Lower East Side resident Connie Moscarella, 92, was afraid to fall asleep during Hurricane Sandy. Fortunately, she was with her home health aide of nearly seven years, Vietta Horton, 61, who knew that her patient was afraid of the dark. Horton lit a candle and sat by Connie’s side every night that week, and the two of them weathered the storm and its dark aftermath together.

Moscarella, who has Parkinson’s and is wheelchair-bound, lives on the 11th floor of a high rise building on the Lower East Side at 455 FDR Drive, and said she was not afraid of the storm as long as Vietta was with her.

Vietta reported for work on the Sunday before the storm just like she did every morning and stayed for six days, going without electricity, water or much contact with the outside world. Three times a day, Vietta walked up and down 11 flights of stairs carrying buckets of water for drinking, bathing and flushing.

Moscarella’s nephew, Joseph, lived nearby, but just had surgery the day before.

“I had to walk down 15 flights and over to my aunt’s

Fedcap Home Health Aide and 2013 Amalia Betanzos Distinguished Service Award recipient Vietta Horton, left, poses with Fedcap President and CEO Christine McMahon, at Fedcap’s 2nd annual Spring Cocktail Party on May 14 at Lincoln Center.

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Vietta Horton and Joseph Moscarella at the ceremony.

building, where I found Vietta downstairs,” he said. “She told me not to worry, that she’d take care of my aunt. It’s a blessing to know that your relative’s in good hands.”

Vietta had no contact with her own family during this time, but they were all by her side on Tuesday, May 14 at Fedcap’s Annual Spring Cocktail Party at The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse (70 Lincoln Center Plaza), where she was being honored for her work with the Amalia Betanzos Distinguished Service Award.

Rather than make an acceptance speech herself, Horton brought twenty of her colleagues on stage with her to accept the award.

The humble home health aide of 20 years insists she was just doing her duty, saying, “of course” she wouldn’t have left her patient. But the heroism isn’t strictly in her actions that week — it’s in her daily job description. As all good home health aides know, a patient’s needs must come before their own, even on Mother’s Day, Christmas, and Thanksgiving.

“This kind of work is going on by the thousands every single day,” said Fedcap President and CEO Christine McMahon, adding that Horton is routinely assigned more difficult cases because of her caring and good natured ways.

This was news to Horton.

“I hadn’t thought about it, but I guess I do always work with difficult patients,” said Horton. “I suppose they’ve been cases that no one else wanted to deal with. Some might say [Moscarella] is difficult, but she’s not difficult to me.”

Horton’s younger sister, Coleta, knew Vietta would get through the storm okay. “She raised me and six other sisters when our mother died. She was only 16 then. I knew she’d be able to handle it,” she said.

Fedcap tries to accommodate all seniors, whether or not they are insured.

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your community that you need help,” said McMahon. “In the absence of some emergency situation, frail elders are often isolated and silent. Communities who could help them are unaware of their plight as they grow increasingly weak and vulnerable.

Many elderly people have no children.”

Horton’s is just one among hundreds of stories of selflessness that Fedcap home health aides, and health aids citywide and nationwide, live every day.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOUR LOCAL HEROES Communities are made great by people like Vietta Horton who go above and beyond to assist their neighbors, both during times of crisis and in everyday life.

We’re looking for local heroes - ordinary men and women who selflessly serve others in their neighborhoods, in ways large and small.

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Residents Furious Over Photos People living in the Zinc Building became unwitting subjects of photographs now for sale in a Chelsea gallery

By Jake Pearson

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n one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.

In all the photos, taken by New York City artist Arne Svenson from his second-floor apartment, the faces are obscured or not shown. The people are unidentifiable.

But the residents of a glass-walled luxury residential building across the street had no idea they were being photographed and never consented to being subjects for the works of art that are now on display - and for sale - in a Chelsea gallery.

“I don’t feel it’s a violation in a legal sense, but in a New York, personal sense is there

was a line crossed,” said Michelle Sylvester, who lives in the Zinc Building at 475 Greenwich Street in Tribeca, which stands out with its floor-to-ceiling windows in a neighborhood of cobblestone streets and old, brick warehouse buildings.

Svenson’s apartment is directly across the street, just to the south, giving him a clear view of his neighbors by simply looking out his window.

“I think there’s an understanding One of Arne Svenson’s photos on display at the Julie that when you live here with glass Saul Gallery. windows, there will be straying eyes but it feels different with inherited a telephoto lens from a friend, a someone who has a camera,” Sylvester said. birdwatcher who recently died.

Svenson’s show, “The Neighbors,” opened “For my subjects there is no question last Saturday at the Julie Saul Gallery in of privacy; they are performing behind a Chelsea, where about a dozen large prints are transparent scrim on a stage of their own on sale for up to $7,500. His exhibit is drawing creation with the curtain raised high,” Svenson a lot of attention, not for the quality of the says in the gallery notes. “The Neighbors don’t work, but for the manner in which it was know they are being photographed; I carefully made. shoot from the shadows of my home into Svenson did not respond to a request for theirs.” comment, but says in material accompanying That explanation has done little to satisfy the exhibit that the idea for it came when he some residents of the Zinc Building, where a

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penthouse was once listed at nearly $6 million.

In an email circulating among the building’s owners and renters this week, a resident whose apartment was depicted in Svenson’s photographs suggested legal recourse against the artist.

“I am not an expert in this area of the law, but I do think we may have some rights and the ability to stop this,” the email reads. “I love art, but find this to be an outrageous invasion of privacy.”

Civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel said that according to New York civil rights law, there may be a way for Svenson’s subjects to challenge him in court but the case will depend entirely on context.

“The question for the person who’s suing is, if you’re not identifiable, then where’s the loss of privacy?” he said. “These issues are a sign of the times. How do you balance the right of privacy vis-à-vis the right of artistic expression?”

Linda Darcia, an exchange student from Colombia living with a family on the sixth floor facing Svenson’s studio, said she had no idea whether or not she was depicted in any of the pieces but she was anxious to go to the gallery and find out.

“I’m not really upset about it because that’s his job,” she said. “But maybe he should have asked before the gallery opens. Everybody’s talking about it.”

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Nashville Comes to New York Nashville star Jonathan Jackson will rock B.B. King’s

By Angela Barbuti

J

onathan Jackson recently landed another dream job. On ABC’s new series Nashville, he gets to combine two of his talents — acting and singing. “It’s a dream come true.

I never thought a role like this would come along,” the thirty-one-year old said about playing country singer Avery Barkley. When we spoke, the fate of Nashville wasn’t yet known, but because of its compelling storyline and soundtrack, the show has been renewed for a second season. With five Daytime Emmy Awards for his role as Lucky on General Hospital, the film and TV veteran still makes time to perform with his band, Enation. This Indie Euro Folk Rock band comes to B.B. King’s in Times Square on June 13th, a show that Jackson promises will be an intimate experience.

Your band Enation is Indie Euro Folk Rock. How would you explain that genre to people who haven’t heard your music?

The folk aspect comes down to the approach to the lyrics and a certain amount of intimacy that we try to have in our music. And the rock part means that it gets kind of anthemic and big at times. I think Bruce Springsteen and U2 are artists that have a rock side, but also have a folk side to some of their music. We keep in that tradition — walking the line between intimacy and big, rock music.

What does your band name mean?

Enation is like a birthing, coming into existence. We liked the name because we thought it had a sense of movement and creativity. That is how we feel when we are making music.

You’re in the band with your brother.

How long have you been playing together?

Richard and I have been playing music together since I was 11 or 12. A long time.

When we formed Enation, that was probably eight years ago.

What do you expect the demographic to be at your B.B. King’s show?

It’s sort of a mixed group. Some people come out who are just fans of the music. Other people primarily know me from General Hospital or Nashville. I’ve been doing music long enough that most people who follow me also follow my music.

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What can fans expect at your concert?

An awesome rock show that’s also going to have some more intimate music. We’re gonna play some of the songs that have been on Nashville. We like to spend time taking pictures with the fans and signing autographs.

We love playing live and really rocking the house.

How did your role on Nashville come about?

Nashville was an audition I had in Los Angeles. They asked me to bring my guitar and play some songs, which was not the normal thing they usually do for an audition.

It was such a great script that Callie Khouri wrote. I was very excited about the project and when I learned that T Bone Burnett was producing the music, I was even more excited.

It’s been an amazing experience.

Besides the music aspect, what’s the difference between working on Nashville versus General Hospital?

Well General Hospital’s filming schedule is very different. You’re doing 20 to 30 pages of dialogue a day, but your hours are kind of short. You’re only there for five or six hours a day usually. On Nashville, you’re only doing 5 pages a day — so there’s a lot less memorizing.

But you might be on set for 12 to 15 hours.

So the hours are longer on Nashville, but the memorizing is more on General Hospital.

They’re both kind of demanding in different ways.

You divide your time between living in L.A. and Nashville. Do people in Nashville come up to you about the show?

Yeah, it’s really amazing how the city has embraced the show. In a sense, they feel like the show is theirs because it’s representing their city. There’s a real fondness from the people here towards all of us on the show.

You were 11 when you started on General Hospital and went on to win five daytime Emmys. I read that you are open to the possibility of someday coming back to the show.

Well yeah, General Hospital is something I never close the door on cause it’s like a family to me.

What happened to Lucky?

I left the show originally in 1999 and was gone for 10 years doing films. When I came back, Lucky was a detective and had been through a lot. He was a drug addict, alcoholic, had some kids, was divorced. On soaps, everything’s very tumultuous and dramatic.

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I had 10 years of drama that Lucky had been through. And then, even when I was on the show this last time for a couple of years, he lost his son; his fiancé died. He’s such a fun character to play. Now, he’s just out of the country.

You met your wife on the set of General Hospital.

first part. I’ve already written the second part; I just don’t know when we’ll release it. I’ve also written an epic poem and my first novel.

Would you ever go back to doing films?

She was just coming onto the show when I was leaving, so we never really worked together. We didn’t really become friends until later, away from the show.

You have three children. Do they follow in your artistic footsteps?

Yeah, very much so. My son is nine and is always playing the piano and loves composition music. He’s being creating music like movie scores and has written a couple of books as well. My daughter — she’s seven — is a really awesome singer and has already written her own songs. I’ve written a couple of songs with her, so we’re probably going to perform around here sometime soon for fun.

You even wrote a book of poetry.

Yeah, films have always been something I’ve done over the years. Even was I was on General Hospital the first time, I did Camp Nowhere and The Deep End of the Ocean. I love film work and I’m sure they’ll be more opportunities to do some films as time goes on.

What are your future plans?

We’re waiting to see whether or not Nashville gets picked up for a second season.

That will determine the near future. I’m working on some films as well; my brother and I write screenplays together. I’ll keep doing music with the band and maybe get some of the other book projects out there.

For tickets to Enation’s show at B.B. King’s, visit www.bbkingblues.com

That one is called Book of Solace and Madness. It’s a series of books, that was the

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