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CREATING BUZZ FOR SECOND AVENUE SAVING SMALL BUSINESS One entrepreneur is hoping to market her social media services to struggling Second Avenue businesses BY CATHERINE ROBERTS

UPPER EAST SIDE Operating amid the noise, dust and general chaos of the Second Avenue subway construction, Second Avenue businesses need social media. That’s the argument of Yorkville resi-

dent Jocelyn Taub when she pitches the services of her social media marketing company, Second Avenue Social. “In these still-bad economic times, and especially here in this neighborhood with the ongoing construction,” she said, “I think it’s important that these businesses utilize it.” When Taub was laid off from her job in radio promotion at the beginning of the recession in 2008, she turned to digital marketing and social media to bring her skills up to date. Now, she said she thinks local bars and restaurants should

do the same. Before the recession, she had a career in radio promotion and marketing. But then, the company she worked for consolidated and left her behind. Taub said at first she wasn’t worried. She had never had a hard time finding a job. But this was at the beginning of 2008. The Great Recession began in December of 2007. “Once I realized that it was not going to be as easy as I thought, and if I wanted to stay in journalism, marketing, PR, I realized, I have to get up to date,” she said. “So that’s when I went back to school.”

THE MEAN STREETS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE SAFETY Identifying the most dangerous intersections in the neighborhood One corner is plagued by drivers rushing to beat the light and not yielding to pedestrians. Another has a left-turn signal that is timed to pit cars against walkers. Another creates confusion by adding bike lanes and ambulances to the mix. They are among the most dangerous places to walk and drive in New York -- and they’re all on the Upper East Side. Councilmember Ben Kallos has issued a new report tallying the danger, listing 29 intersections in the neighborhood and the toll they have taken in terms of the number of people injured, killed, or involved in accidents. At extended exerpt of the report, called Livable Streets Dangerous Intersections,” is on page 4.

The study began with a survey of 60,000 households in the area, seeking input on how to make the city’s streets more livable. With those results, Kallos’s office created the report for the city to use as a resource as part of its Vision Zero initiative, aimed at eliminating pedestrian traffic deaths. Kallos’s effort coincided with two fatal collision on the Upper East Side this spring, one on York Avenue and E. 84th St., and the other on Second Avenue and E. 93rd St. Both intersections are chronicled in the report. “New Yorkers move quickly,” Kallos said in the introduction to the study. “We are constantly in motion. Because of this, the safety of our streets and transportation infrastructure is of paramount importance.” Kallos’s office has reported the dangerous intersections in the report to the Department of Transportation, while enforcement concerns have been reported to the NYPD.

Taub attended NYU’s School of Professional Studies in digital media marketing. As she began to use social media for herself and for others, “I started to believe in it,” she said. Taub said she thinks social media could benefit businesses who’ve lost customers to the inconvenience of the construction on Second Avenue. “A couple of businesses told me,” she said, as an example, “the ones with the scaffolding in front of them – sometimes they would get business when people would pull over, park, and somebody would sit in the car and they’d run up and get

something.” With construction blocking parking, she said, they can’t rely on that kind of customer anymore. “It’s almost like watching The Price Is Right,” she said. “What’s behind the scaffolding?” She said social media could help businesses, like the ones blocked by construction that are less physically visible, get their name out and reach potential new customers. She said she thinks social media a good option for small,

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In Brief CARS MAY BE BANNED FROM CENTRAL PARK A bill is being introduced before the City Council that would ban all automobiles from the roads inside Manhattan’s crowned jewel. It would begin on a test-case basis for three months, from June to September, 2015. Experts will study the impact on traffic in the area. The threemonth test could then lead to a permanent ban. The bill was introduced Wednesday by two Manhattan councilmembers, Helen Rosenthal and Mark Levine. They say that the bill makes sense due to an increasing number of bicyclists and joggers along the drives. The ban would not apply to the cross-town transverse roads that are largely set off from the park by barriers. A vote on the measure has not yet been scheduled.

CITY POISED TO END SCHOOL CELLPHONE BAN New York City is preparing to end its ban on cellphones in schools, dooming an industry that sprang up near dozens of schools where teens could park their phones in a van for a dollar a day. Mayor Bill de Blasio -apparently the first mayor to have a child in New York City public schools while in office -promised to end the ban during his campaign and acknowledged last month that his own son brings a phone to Brooklyn Technical High School. He gave no date for ending the ban but said that for parents it’s “very, very important to know how to reach their kids.”

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK BRANDEIS TO SELL VANDERBILT TOWNHOUSE ALUMNI CLUB Brandeis University is selling a multimillion dollar townhouse it owns in New York City that once belonged to the Vanderbilt family.

President Frederick Lawrence said in an email to alumni that the home on the Upper East Side, a gift to the university from the Spingold family in 1964 and which hosts alumni events, is too small to accommodate events for the some 11,000 Brandeis graduates now living in the area. The sale was first

reported Monday by The Justice student newspaper. The home is also in an inconvenient location, as most alumni prefer events be held Midtown, and is not accessible to the disabled. The home, at 12 East 77th Street between 5th and Madison avenues, is on the

market for $33 million. A spokesman for the Waltham school says the money will be added to the university’s $766 million endowment. AP

MAN HIT BY COCACOLA TRUCK A Coca-Cola truck hit a

man on Oct. 10 when it was making a right from East 96 Street onto Third Avenue. The man’s identity was not revealed and he was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital. According to witnesses, he was knocked under the side of the truck as it turned. His condition is unknown. According to DNAinfo.com, witness Edwin Rios said there was a lot of blood at the scene. DNAinfo. com

AMANDA BYNES GETS WEIRD IN LEXINGTON AVE. SHOP Inside the mansion at 12 East 77th Street, which Brandeis University is putting on the market for $33 million. Photo via StreetEasy

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Clothing boutique Pookie and Sebastian, on Lexington Avenue and East 61st Street, got an unpleasant surprise when celebrity Amanda Bynes visited the store on Oct. 8, the Daily News reported. The former actress, who has been in and out of rehab, was caught acting strangely on the store’ video surveillance. Bynes was trying on clothes in the middle of the store and carelessly threw her clothes on the floor. While trying on the clothes, she stripped down to her halter bra. She also

insulted a customer, according to a boutique employee. The store owner said he thought the weirdest part of her visit was when she randomly started twerking on her bodyguard in the store. Daily News

PROLIFIC U.E.S. BURGLAR ARRESTED The Upper East side was one of the many areas of the city where Benjamin Guadalupe, 53, burglarized 11 apartments over the past two months. According to victims, Guadalupe left the apartments he hit messy and in disarray and stole jewelry. Police arrested him on Sept. 30, according to DNAinfo.com, when police saw him leaving an apartment at 512 E. 80th St. Police discovered five packets of heroin on Guadalupe when the arrested him. He has been charged with burglary, petit larceny and criminal possession of a controlled substance and in due back in court on Oct. 27. Aside from those he stole from in the Upper East Side, burglarized apartments were located in Midtown East, Kips Bay and Gramercy. DNAinfo.com

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG PHONY ACCOUNT

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You are not an Upper East Side resident in good standing until an identity thief has tried to put you in bad standing. At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, a 35-year-old man told police that when he checked his credit report on Friday, October 3, he discovered that a Verizon account had been opened in his name in December of 2013 without his permission or authority. Apparently, charges of $1,752 had turned up on the account, which was in collections. Police said there is an ongoing investigation.

Dishonest employees have become a staple of modern business. On Monday, October 6, a female employee of a local business reported that between August 22 and the 31st, another employee of the company had charged $11,466 to the business’s account without permission or authority at a Staples store. Video and receipts enabled the business to identify the errant employee, a 28-year-old man who has been arrested and charged with grand larceny.

19 CHARGED IN EAST HARLEM CRACK-COCAINE SALE CASE

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Nineteen people have been charged with selling crack cocaine in the lobbies, hallways, elevators and even playgrounds of an East Harlem public housing complex. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and Police Commissioner William Bratton announced the arrests Friday. The DA’s office says most of the defendants have been arraigned on drug-sale charges and pleaded not guilty. A few are awaiting arraignment. Their ages range from 18 to 38. Prosecutors say all lived or had family in the East River Houses development on 105th Street and many were affiliated with a local gang called “East Army.â€? Vance notes that his office has brought 15 gang takedown cases in the past ďŹ ve years. Police statistics showed that as of early May, gang arrests citywide were up more than 28 percent from two years ago.

A New York man was victimized by a varmint in Texas. At 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7, a 47-year-old Upper East Side resident told police that an unknown person in Texas had withdrawn $3,850 from his checking account without his permission or authority. The victim still had his own debit card in his possession. Police are looking into the matter.

REFRIGERATOR RAID Determined thieves will take advantage of any opening. At 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 3, a 60-year-old employee at a corner newsstand in the East 60s was restocking the refrigerator in the front of the stand when an unknown man entered the kiosk through the open door and removed an unknown amount of money before taking off on foot.

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Drivers are rushing to “beat the light” and not yielding to pedestrians Injuries: 2 Collisions: 24 Killed: 1

The M79 cannot make the turn on the street and cars turn without yielding for pedestrians. Drivers are speeding and failing to yield to pedestrians. Injuries: 4 Collisions: 24 Killed: 0

EAST 91ST STREET AND YORK AVENUE Cars leaving the FDR turn and do not yield to pedestrians Injuries: 1 Collisions: 24 Killed: 0

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EAST 91ST STREET BETWEEN YORK AND FIRST AVENUE Drivers are speeding, failing to yield to pedestrians, and turning improperly. See above.

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EAST 85TH STREET AND YORK AVENUE Drivers are speeding and failing to yield to pedestrians. Injuries: 3 Collisions: 12 Killed: 0

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Drivers are speeding and failing to yield to pedestrians Injuries: 12 Collisions: 114 Killed: 1

EAST 79TH STREET AND SECOND AVENUE Drivers are speeding, failing to yield to pedestrians, and turning improperly. Injuries: 11 Collisions: 54 Killed: 0

EAST 79TH STREET AND YORK AVENUE Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians, turning improperly and speeding. The cross light does not provide enough time to cross the street. The crosswalk markings are not visible on the streets. The uptown/downtown traffic lights appear to be out of sync. Injuries: 8 Collisions: 34 Killed: 0

EAST 79TH STREET AND FIRST AVENUE Timing of the left-hand turn onto First Avenue encourages rushing to “beat the light,” endangering pedestrians. Injuries: 7 Collisions: 42 Killed: 0

EAST 79TH STREET AND THIRD AVENUE Cars speed and fail to stop for the red light. Injuries: 6 Collisions: 49 Killed: 0

EAST 77TH STREET AND YORK AVENUE The streets are uneven making it difficult to cross. The markings on the street are not visible leading to confusion on where pedestrians should cross. Drivers fail to yield to pedestrians. Injuries: 5 Collisions: 20 Killed: 0

76TH STREET AND PARK AVENUE

Cars rushing to make the turn onto Park Avenue have struck pedestrians. Adding direction signals to traffic lights would limit this behavior. Injuries: 3 Collisions: 21 Killed: 0

EAST 72ND STREET AND FIRST AVENUE Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians, turning improperly, and speeding. Injuries: 8 Collisions: 42 Killed: 0

WEST CORNER OF EAST 69TH STREET AND FIRST AVENUE Vehicles are speeding and failing to yield to pedestrians. The Bike lanes and ambulances pulling in and out of the hospital make it a particularly confusing intersection. Injuries: 2 Collisions: 28 Killed: 1

AND THIRD AVENUE Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians, turn improperly, and speeding. Injuries: 5 Collisions: 54 Killed: 0

EAST 62ND STREET AND FIRST AVENUE Cars are speeding and failing to yield to pedestrians. Injuries: 14 Collisions: 97 Killed: 0

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EAST 61ST STREET AND FIRST AVENUE Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians and turning improperly. Injuries: 11 Collisions: 64 Killed: 0

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Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians, turning improperly and are speeding. The cross light does not provide enough time to cross the street. The crosswalk markings are not visible. Injuries: 14 Collisions: 139 Killed: 0

EAST 65TH STREET AND SECOND AVENUE Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians, turn improperly, and speeding. Injuries: 6 Collisions: 71 Killed: 0

EAST 64TH STREET AND YORK AVENUE Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians and turning improperly. Injuries: 4 Collisions: 30 Killed: 0

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EAST 57TH STREET BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND AVENUE Drivers are speeding, failing to yield to pedestrians and turning improperly. The cross light does not provide enough time to cross the street.

EAST 57TH STREET AND SUTTON PLACE Drivers are failing to yield to pedestrians and turning improperly. Injuries: 1 Collisions: 24 Killed: 0

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CREATING BUZZ FOR SECOND AVENUE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 mom-and-pop businesses, because for the most part, it’s free. So far, however, Taub said response to her ideas from businesses has been lukewarm.

“Everybody’s afraid,� she said, “I guess because everybody’s trying to take a piece of their pie.� Taub said she understands that reluctance. She said she was lucky to work in radio, and she always made good money. She never expected to have to work for herself. “It’s been very humbling,� she said.

She can relate to businesses’ struggles, and, she said, she puts that into her pitches. “I’m having a rough time; they’re having a rough time,� she said. “If they don’t do well, I’m not going to do well.� Taub said she likes that Yorkville still feels like a real neighborhood. “Every day it’s like, hey, it’s my neighbor, hey to the dry

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CRIME VICTIMS CENTER FACES SEVERE BUDGET CRISIS NEWS Center for victims of violent crime could lose vital programs BY MEGAN BUNGEROTH

An organization that serves New Yorkers in crisis is facing a crisis of its own, which could affect hundreds of crime victims in the city. The Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC) of St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital serves survivors of sexual and domestic abuse, and has recently expanded its programming to serve all victims of violent crime. The staff and volunteers - currently 177 people participate in the volunteer advocate program - provide crucial services, from helping rape victims navigate the system from the emergency room to dealing with the police, to offering counseling and support groups for survivors of severe childhood sexual abuse, domestic partner violence, and domestic and international trafficking. All of these services are free of charge to clients, and the CVTC’s operating costs are covered through a combination of state and federal funding, grants and private and institutional donors. But earlier this year, when re-applying for funding from New York state - a process that only happens every 10 years - the CVTC staff was dismayed to discover that a revenue source they’ve counted on for the past decade won’t be renewed. Due to technical changes in the application process, and increased need elsewhere in the state, the funds were allocated instead to 26 new victim treatment programs upstate. CVTC executive director Susan Xenarios said that while she understands that other cities and rural areas of the state need similar programs, she and her staff were still taken by complete surprise when denied the funding - about $350,000 annually, or 46 percent of their public funding. “We were devastated, obviously, because our program is 37 years old. We were the first rape crisis program that was established in New York City,” Xenarios said. She noted the superior rat-

ings they’ve received from state agencies, and the fact that the program has taken on additional clients since St. Vincent’s closed in 2010. “I didn’t get any clear reason why we did not get what we needed to get, other than there’s a strong effort on the governor’s platform -- this is an election year -- to reallocate funds upstate,” she said. Now the CVTC staff are reaching out to local legislators, private donors and institutions to try and make up the sudden financial gap for this year. If they don’t, it could mean cutting four or five staff employees from a staff of about 12, and eliminating services for Spanish- and Mandarin-speaking clients, as well as putting programs like the teen survivors group, the only male sexual assault survivor group in the city, and free therapy offerings in jeopardy. “It’s everything. It doesn’t feel like people understand the implications of that,” said Christopher Bromson, assistant director at CVTC and the program’s volunteer coordinator. “It would mean about 600 victims of violent crime won’t get services.” Staff members at CVTC take on many overlapping responsibilities, so the loss of each person would mean multiple programs will suffer, Xenarios explained. CVTC also faces uncertainty at a time when colleges are bearing national scrutiny for their handling of sexual assault cases, and several New York City schools have turned to CVTC as a resource for their students as well as for training college staff. Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, who represents the district the CVTC serves and has helped allocate state funds for rape crisis counseling centers throughout the state, said that the center “does transformative and lifesaving work in both the areas of preventive services and education and treatment of survivors of sexual assault.” She said that she’s working with the Cuomo administration to find additional funding sources for CVTC. Bromson and Xenarios said that they’re turning their attention to finding private funding and applying for grants to

stay fully operational. They may face challenges, however, that other non-profits don’t have to contend with in a campaign for private money. Where some organizations might tell the success stories of people they’ve helped to attract donors, for example, CVTC is bound by strict confidentiality of its clients. And for some, discussing sexual violence is a difficult or uncomfortable topic, making it harder to strike up cocktail party chatter about supporting the cause. Catherine Chapman, a Certified Fund Raising Executive who works through her company Fullanthropy to create philanthropic partnerships, said that domestic and sexual violence advocacy groups need to connect with passionate donors who don’t shy away from often-controversial topics. “Organizations like RAINN and The Joyful Heart Foundation have raised significant funding, created successful partnerships and media campaigns, and engaged celebrities,” Chapman said.”What works in these cases is being authentic, telling the story of the victims with the details and demonstrating how, with the organization’s help, they become victors instead of victims..” Bromson agrees that the work CVTC does can and should be seen as positive. “We heal people and we give people their lives back after they’ve been so devastated by violent crime,” Bromson said. “It’s difficult, but it’s happy. People get better.” To learn more about CVTC’s free and confidential services, visit cvtcnyc. org.

BROADWAY UNLOCKED BENEFIT Support CVTC by attending their upcoming benefit, a night of music, stories of healing and a worldwide support network. Broadway Unlocked: the #giveback concert Monday, November 3 The Greene Space NYC 44 Charlton St. between Varick St. & 6th Ave. 7:30 p.m., $100 general admission; $225 VIP With performances from Kirstin Maldonado (Pentatonix), Barrett Wilbert Weed (Found, Heathers), Kate Wetherhead (Submissions Only) and more. Tickets at eventbrite.com

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JILTED CUSTOMERS STILL AWAITING ANSWERS FROM SHUTTERED CONSIGNMENT SHOP In February, we published a story “What Happened to Full House Antiques?” about a consignment shop on 3rd Avenue that closed with no notice. We received the following letter from a former Upper East Side resident. “I am one of the unfortunate individuals who had consigned some antiques to Full House when he absconded. (The owner) had sold some of our stuff (and paid for it by depositing

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the money in my account at Chase, just a few steps away). Nevertheless, he still had several of our items on consignment when I moved overseas in December 2012. He signed an agreement to purchase those objects for a discounted price. He promised and promised, but never came through. I practised law for 40 years, four of which

were spent at an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. I met plenty of crooks in my time, but none were as brazen and duplicitous. Even though I live 6,000 miles away from NYC, I’m damned if I want to see him get away scot-free with my goods. Do any of your readers have any information on what happened after he absconded one

night in 2014? Does anyone have an address in Riverdale for the guy? Any information that any of your readers can supply will be most gratefully received.” Win Robins

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M.T.S. HEALTH CONCERNS ARE REAL Comments from the web on our story “M.T.S. Opponents Turn Attention To Health Concerns,” October 9, 2014. “I saw several people holding traffic clickers in their hand standing on York Avenue and 90th street. I gather they were city employees monitoring traffic density on the area. Are they really doing their job? Are they really counting right? As Yorkville residents we shall hire our own agency to monitor current pollution and calculate future figures in case will have 800 trucks/day driving around our neighborhood. I drive on York Avenue everyday and it is very busy; where would we put 800 trucks? This will affect also the Corneil Medical Center!” Fms “Just FYI, this is not new. The residents of Yorkville/East Harlem have been pointing out the health hazards of the M.T.S. for years. This is an extremely densely populated residential area, with already high levels of air pollution (due to the FDR running along side, among other things) and asthma, and putting a 10 story industrial facility in such a location is inappropriate.” nnm

KUDOS TO OUR TOWN Just saying thanks for the great publication that Our Town is.I look for it every Thursday up here in Yorkville. There are always interesting articles and local news. I also appreciate your coverage of our 91st Street M.T.S. concerns. Ellen Brecher

WEIGHING IN ON THE BIKES VS. PEDESTRIANS DEBATE Last week, we ran an editorial from editor-inchief Kyle Pope arguing that cyclists bear the onus of responsibility for safety on the streets and in the parks. Readers weigh in below, with some dissent, and some ideas for improving safety overall.

it that the driver of a car can run people over, kill them, and be allowed to go completely free of punishment? People are run over by cars all the time in this city. It is what it is. This city was not designed for a population of this size. But it seems it’s here to stay. And so is my bike.” Westside Guy

BLAME THE CARS, NOT MORE REGULATION THE BIKES FOR ALL IN THE PARK

A comment from the web on our editorial “Go Ahead - Blame the Bicycles,” October 9, 2014. “You seem to be dumping an inordinate amount of blame on those of us who ride bikes. The reality is that some cyclists are jerks. And others are not. Some pedestrians seem determined to be hit by cyclists while others exercise caution. Question: what do ‘sleek designer tights’ have to do with public safety? Would you prefer that bicyclists NOT wear helmets? Another question: how do you know when a ‘steel vehicle’ is going well above the speed limit? (It’s extremely difficult for a bicycle to travel well above the speed limit. I gather you have a bike. I encourage you to try it.) It is frustrating and sickeningly tragic that a cyclist was riding so recklessly that he caused that woman to die in Central Park. Yet you feel comfortable putting all the blame for all of the congestion in Central Park (or perhaps everywhere in New York City) on people who ride bikes? Are pedestrians who cross the roadways against the light or outside of cross-walks free from blame? How is

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A letter to the editor: Seen on yesterday’s run: a racing cyclist hits an elderly pedestrian attempting to cross West Drive in the cross walk near Delacorte Theatre; both go flying, both get up, both apparently okay, if shaken up. Seen on today’s run: a racing cyclist actually stops to berate a mom who is pushing baby in a stroller in the cross walk near the Ramble. “Don’t be a fool, wait for the light” he shouts; mom ignores him and pushes ahead. Moments later I watch the same cyclist run a red light. Here are a few ideas (we runners cannot witness scenes like this without processing angry ideas, etc. for the duration of the run): 1. The traffic lights in Central Park were installed to regulate cars, not bicycles. Bicyclists should not have to pay attention to them; cars should. 2. The moment any pedestrian sets a single toe inside any cross walk, he or she has absolute

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right of way over any bicycle who MUST come to a complete stop until there are no pedestrians in the walk. Obviously this will suck for racing cyclists and likely cause them to abandon the park entirely, which would be okay. Dedicated safe hours for racers could be set, as has been done for owners who want to walk dogs off the leash.Also, we would need more cross walks, along with signs mid-road that say yielding to pedestrians in a cross walk is a State/City law (you see these signs on the Main Streets of many small town across the country). Police on bikes and scooters will need to patrol the cross walks and enforce the law, first-time violators would have their bikes impounded, face stiff fines, etc. My guess is once we had more cross walks, with signs, and fewer/no racers, 99 percent of the problem would likely be solved. 3. In cases where pedestrians, runners or anyone else on foot tries to cross a park road without using a cross walk, the person on foot still has right of way, but accidents that occur outside the cross walk would be treated simply as accidents. I suggest we start a movement to get the Park and the police to establish this (or another) common sense usage hierarchy on the roads in Central Park. Actually it would be pretty simple to establish; a little harder to enforce because it would mean cops actually getting out of their vehicles. But I’m certain order can be brought out of the chaos you so rightly describe. Peter Jurew

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The Noah’s Ark of U-Hauls

BY BECCA TUCKER e’re moving. Not far – 10 miles. We’re leaving our quaintly dilapidated cottage on the 48acre farm that we co-own, for a place of our own: a sturdy, handsome log cabin on 6.6 acres that back up to a mountain. Our mountain hideaway, we’ve started calling it, even though it’s not yet officially ours.

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The house itself is a major upgrade from anywhere either of us has ever lived in our grown-up lives. Ah, the slovenly East Village tenement I was living in with two roommates when Joe and I met, the cozy little bedbuginfested apartment on the Lower East Side that was our ďŹ rst joint residence, the monstrously oversized suburban 1970s period piece, and ďŹ nally, the farm. The farm was the ďŹ rst place we’d actually thought of as home. It was a major coup to secure a residence on this heavenly swath of real estate directly across the street from one of the best disc golf courses in the world. Leaving the farm is bittersweet. The sweet part is that our new place has oak oors and vaulted ceilings, two bathtubs (our current place has zero bathtubs, which makes bathing a child so challenging that we only do it at friends’ houses), a front porch and a back deck, and a mountain full of maples waiting to be tapped. The bitter part? With one-

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seventh the farm’s acreage, the mountain hideaway can only house a fraction of all the farm animals we’ve acquired over the past few years. Our current roster includes 14 pigs, eight goats, four cows, one Guinea hen, and about 280 chickens – 30 laying hens and 250 four-month-old pullets. We have some major cuts to make. As I go about my daily chores now, I’m sizing up each species, calculating space requirements versus return on investment (eggs, meat, milk), contemplating the qualities that make an animal a good candidate for living in closer quarters. The pigs get docked a point for eating the duck. We know it was the pigs because Joe spotted one of them with a beak in its mouth. But of course, all that logical stuff gets trumped by fondness. Nothing says instant-family like witnessing a birth. That’s why my ďŹ rst-round pick is our dairy goat, Rebeca, and her doeling, Saturn, who was born on the farm this spring. Skittish she may be, but Rebeca has turned out to be a capable mother, and she even

lets us milk her sometimes before she kicks over the bowl. Bonus: she appears to be pregnant again, so we’ll probably be welcoming two more kids to the family next spring. Then there are the chickens. Every homestead needs laying hens, but how many? We went wild this summer, thinking we’d launch a sideline business selling eggs. Now that we’ve raised 250 chicks into good-looking “chickagers� it’s almost time to reap the rewards in the form of 150 eggs a day – but just before that happens we’re going to have to get rid of most of them.

We’ve been giving a few away to friends and will probably sell some (email me if you’re interested), and in the meantime, we’re looking at creative ways to max out the space at the mountain hideaway. The above ground pool, for instance. At ďŹ rst, we’d asked the seller to get rid of it; we’d rather have the space for the garden. Then I woke up one morning and said: Hold it. A strategy was taking shape in my mind. Drill holes along the bottom of the pool. Hose it down with water and vinegar to get rid of chemical residue. Fill it a few feet with leaves,

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compost, manure, whatever, along with some red wigglers that specialize in speeding up the decomposition process. Seed it with some fast-growing, cool weather crop (my winter rye seeds just arrived in the mail). Keep it partway covered with the tarp, and cover the other part with poultry netting, to keep the chickens in and predators out. Voila: an additional chicken coop and run. I don’t know how many birds will ďŹ t comfortably in there, but if we can take along 20 more of our crewmembers, that’s a feat worth the sweat. I have a feeling the pool idea is a good one, too, because I Googled it and nothing came up. My most outlandish ideas to date have always turned out to be disappointingly welldocumented on homesteading or permaculture or backyard chicken forums. No one else has tried to turn a pool into a chicken coop? Bring it on.

Becca Tucker is a former Manhattanite now living on a farm upstate and writing about the rural life.

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Tuesday, October 28th 9:10AM-10:30AM

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Free with admission Walk through art galleries with MET art instructors to gain inspiration for and improve your own artistic work. The class focuses on the museum’s Ancient Near East work and is open to visitors of all ages. Materials are provided, but artists can bring their sketchbooks and pencils only. metmuseum.org

11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Do you love books? Do you love New York City? Bring your favorite book about the Big Apple to the Museum of the City

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CHICAGO IMPROV IN NYC Jan Hus Playhouse, 351 East 74th St. at 1st Ave. 8 p.m., $25, 50% off with valid student ID Improv comedy group Chicago City Limits will once again be performing their 5 person show at Jan Hus Playhouse. See a show with material entirely fueled by current events and whatever the audience suggests. The group worked at Jan Hus previously for 14 years and has just recently returned to the venue. chicagocitylimits.com

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of New York to create a book cover in the style of artist Mac Connor. He is best known for his work illustrating ďŹ ction book covers in the 1950s. Attendees can view his work at the museum’s “Mac Connor: A New York Lifeâ€? display as well. mcny.org

Dairy Visitor Center in Central Park, 65th Street 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Free Environmental Educators from Central Park Conservancy will teach others to care for the park as they do. Families will come together and work on mulch and leaf racking projects with park specialists. The initiative is a great way to tour the park and keep it beautiful. The event is for families only and pre-registration is required. centralparknyc.org

NEW YORK OPERA PRESENTS OPERA AT LIBRARY 67th Street Public Library, 328 E 67th St 1 – 4:30 p.m., Free Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena will be presented at the 67th Street Public Library. The work will be performed in recital with piano accompaniment. The event’s co-sponsor New York Opera Forum aims to give trained musicians the opportunity to learn opera in its original language. The performance is suggested for adults. nypl.org

CHILDREN’S AUTHOR READS IN PARK Central Park 12 – 1 p.m., Free Children’s author Elizabeth Frogal will come to Central Park to read her book “Charlie Girl,� a tale about the life of a poodle living in New York City. The illustrator of the book’s watercolor pictures Don Kossar will be there as well to talk to young readers along with Frogal after the reading. “Charlie Girl� can be purchased for $25 at

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the event and all proceeds go towards the care of Central Park. centralparknyc.org

4 p.m., Free The cross between learning and fun is at the Yorkville library. Join others in using iPads, the Wii, making music and other activities using various forms of technology. The program is an easy way to make new friends and relax. For ages 9 to 18. nypl.org

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PRESENTATION HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SOUND Lexington Ave. at 92nd St. 9 a.m., $24 Joel Beckerman and Tyler Gray’s new book tells people that sound is something to be understood as much as it is something to be heard. “The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transforms the Way We Think, Feel and Buy” explains using sound to help companies AUTHOR DISCUSS’ themselves by NELSON ROCKEFELLER advance connecting emotionally with BIOGRAPHY listeners. Beckerman has worked on branding for Disney, Mercedes and AT&T and Grey is Hunter College Roosevelt the editorial director for public House - 47-49 E. 65th St., relations firm Edelman. A book between Park & Madison signing will follow the talk. 6 p.m., Free Famous American 92y.org businessman and Vice President under President Ford Nelson Rockefeller is the fascination of historian Richard Norton Smith and the subject of his latest book, “On His Own terms.” Smith will discuss his work at Hunter College with FAMILY CRAFTING AT Sam Roberts, Urban Affairs THE MET Correspondent for the New York Times and host of NY1’s The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Times Close Up. 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Free 212-396-7919 The MET gives both children and parents alike the chance to ADULT BALLET relax and get crafty. Spend time EXERCISE CLASS AT with your children listening to LIBRARY stories, sketching pictures and other gallery activities within 67th Street Public Library, this month’s theme of Gold! 328 E 67th St. Recommended for families with 2 – 3 p.m., Free Join ballet instructor Jennifer children ages 3 to 6. Grambs in her effort to show metmuseum.org people that physical fitness doesn’t have to be boring or LATIN AMERICAN arduous. Grambs, a trained LITERATURE FESTIVAL professional in ballet and BEGINS exercise for seniors, is teaching a basic ballet class that helps El Museo Del Barrio, 1230 people keep in shape and 5th Ave, New York cultivate dancing skills. This 6:30 – 8 p.m., Free, RSVP event is recommended for recommended people over 50 years old. Attend the kick-off of the Festival Della Palabra, nypl.org a conference celebrating writers, book publishers and reading enthusiasts for Latin America, the United States and Spain. “Life, Legacy and the Centennial of Julia de Burgos,” the opening ceremony and special presentation, will feature LIBRARY BECOMES Puerto Rican author and actress TWEEN HANGOUT Esmeralda Santiago. The festival runs until Oct. 26. Yorkville New York Public Library elmuseo.org

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Gather some vegetarian cooking tips from journalist Karen Page. At Barnes and Noble, she will talk about hundreds of vegetarian ingredients and great ways to season and prepare perfect dishes. For her new book, “The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs,” she worked alongside her husband Andrew Dornenburg, credited for the book’s photographs. 212-369-2180

ITALIAN TALK AND TASTING 92nd Street Y, Lexington Ave. at 92nd St 7 p.m., $45 Attend “Undiscovered Italy: Tuscany Talk and Tasting” to learn and experience the ins and out of Tuscany. Leader of the talk and author of Italian food books Francine Segan will guide people on a tour of Tuscan foods, like wine and olive oil. Those interested in visiting Italy should attend for information about Italian cities Florence, Pisa, Siena and Lucca. 92y.org

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CHANGING WITH THE SEASONS AT THE CLOISTERS MUSEUMS

IF YOU GO

Autumn at the Met’s everevolving northern outpost BY MARY GREGORY

Nothing escapes the march of history, not even The Cloisters, New York’s beloved, magical oasis of art and nature. Though time seems to stand still at the Upper Manhattan branch of the Metropolitan Museum, The Cloisters is very much in the moment. This is particularly clear as the seasons change. Barbara Drake Boehm, one of the curators at the Cloisters, realizes that many New Yorkers have visited the galleries, and may be familiar with the collection, but, she says, “It’s always changing. It changes with the weather, it changes with the plantings in the gardens, it changes with our special exhibitions.” Fall is the perfect time to spend a day exploring the art and the season at the Cloisters. As the sun slides lower in the sky, the slanting light shines differently through the stained glass windows, spilling pools of jewel tones across the cool stone floors in the Early Gothic Hall. It’s a collaboration between nature and art. When the museum was designed, the entire collection of stained glass, save one, was situated to receive natural light. Not only the seasons change. The collection does, too. There are new things to see, and some of them tie in with the outdoor cloister gardens. “We have the blessing of making really important acquisitions in the field of medi-

The Cloisters is located at 99 Margaret Corbin Drive in Fort Tryon Park Information: 212-923-3700 Open 7 Days a Week March–October: 10:00 a.m.– 5:15 p.m. November–February: 10:00 a.m.–4:45 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1 eval art,” Dr. Boehm said. One of her favorite new works is the 15th century Falcon’s Bath tapestry. In rich reds and blues, with fantastic details, it depicts noblemen and ladies in front of a blooming rose arbor, stirring the water, tempting a falcon into its bath. They’re seated on a bench of turf, and when one of the garden’s fountains was removed for conservation, the new horticulturalist, Caleb Leech, built a reproduction of the turf bench to fill the space temporarily. There are lots of moments at the Cloisters where the art seems to come to life. That’s just one. Leech is also busy planting boxwoods, so that when a special exhibition on boxwood sculpture opens in the future, there will be living shrubs to tie in with the works on display. The hops in the garden are just for show, but when the recent Oktoberfest presented through the Spectrum group at the Met was held, there was artisanal beer on hand. Ripe apples on their espaliers outside recall the red fruits in the Cloisters’ magnificent Unicorn tapestries, and also yield a surprising side story. The Cloisters, it turns out,

has woodchucks. Boehm laughingly described them as “fat and lazy” from munching so many of the garden’s ripe apples. The experience of wildlife can also be found in one of the stained glass roundels in the downstairs gallery. There’s an image of gathering quails into a net that offers a fascinating view of how people in the middle ages made things work. In this painting on glass, the fellow herding the unsuspecting birds is hiding behind a wooden plank with a cow painted on it, and two little peepholes drilled out. Either quails are shortsighted, or they had a very talented cow painter in that town. While there are many special presentations and lectures, tours and concerts at the Cloisters, some of the greatest moments are so subtle they might escape notice. In the Gothic Chapel, a knight’s stone sarcophagus is being lovingly cleaned with little more than cotton swabs by con-

servator Lucretia Kargère. In the past year, the transformation has traveled from the neck to halfway down the chest, which works out to about an inch a month. The knight is “gradually losing his blackened patina and turning back to a golden tone,” Boehm said, adding, “It’s really exciting to see him emerge.” Visitors who return often and pay attention, find that the pages of the precious illuminated manuscripts are turned seasonally. At the moment, The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, one of the most famous and beautiful medieval manuscripts in the world, is turned to a page depicting St. Jerome, whose feast day was September 30th. A close look reveals a fascinating story and a surprising sentiment. Dr. Boehm relates a tale from the history of St. Jerome, and not necessarily the kind you’d expect to find in a work from the church-dominated Middle Ages. St. Jerome lived in a

monastery, where the monks had to get up in the middle of the night to pray. One night, the young monks replaced St. Jerome’s regular cowl. In the darkness, he sleepily pulled it on. In the facing image, you see St. Jerome in church wearing a woman’s dress. “It was like a fraternity prank,” she laughed. It’s hard not to chuckle. The pages will be turned again in December. Till then, there’s still a chance to see the light-hearted illumination. After that, another masterpiece will be on view in its place, proving there’s always something new to see. “Something can be ancient, but it can work for us,” Boehm said, “something that you have a sense of reverence about, but you can also laugh about. It’s quite a varied experience. If you only come once every thirty years, you might love the Cloisters, but you might experience something entirely different next time. We want people to know that.”

View of the Cuxa Cloister From the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel-deCuxa (San Miguel de Cuixà), near Perpignan, France, ca. 1130–40 Marble The Cloisters Collection, 1925 Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

BOOKS

FESTIVAL ALBERTINE The recently-opened French bookshop Albertine, located in the Payne Whitney mansion on Fifth Avenue, hosts a celebratory six-day festival inaugurating the new store. Curated by iconic music journalist and cultural critic Greil Marcus, the festival includes conversations on French fashion with haute couture designer Anne Valerie Hash, and pop culture’s portrayal of women in the workplace with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, as well as a discussion between graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi and New York Times film critic A.O. Scott. Through October 19 Albertine Books 972 Fifth Ave., between 78th and 79th Streets Assorted times FREE For festival schedule, visit frenchculture.org/books/festivals/festival-albertine

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As a way to pass the sleepless hours brought on by insomnia, Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks snapped a series of self-portraits on a Polaroid camera during the late evening hours. The often ethereal portraits, taken in the 1970s and never seen by anyone but Nicks, capture the beguiling singer in her home and in hotel rooms while she was on the road with the band. Through October 31st Morrison Hotel Gallery 116 Prince St., second floor, between Wooster and Greene Streets Gallery hours: Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday noon-6 p.m. FREE

Young folk music stars Sarah Jarosz and guitarpicking and strumming duo Milk Carton Kids bring their harmonic collaboration to the 92nd Street Y. Since meeting at the 2013 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, 22-year-old Jarosz and Milk Carton Kids’ Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan have worked together to blend their traditional styles, resulting in melancholic harmonies. Saturday, October 18 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street 8 p.m. Tickets $65-$90

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HOW LIKE AN A ANGEL This six-person per performance piece combines the gravity-defying aacrobatics of Australian circus group Circa—with aer aerial movements reminiscent of Cirque de Soleil—with Soleil—w the Renaissance, medieval, African gos gospel and modern choral songs ensemble I Fagiolini. This of English vocal ens original piece, wh which makes its U.S. premiere as part of Lincoln Center’s White Light Lin Festival, was created exclusively for performance in cathedrals. perfor October 22 through October Oc 24 James Memorial Chapel, Ja Union Theological Seminary Unio 3041 Broadway, between 3 West 120th and West 122nd We Streets St 7:30 p.m. Tickets $75-$100; to ppurchase tickets and for more information, call 212m 721-6500 721-65

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“Celebrating The Caregiver: A Free Symposium for Family Caregivers of Older Adultsâ€? ! $ " % Ronald Adelman, MD Co-Chief, Div. of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Jane Gross New York Times Old Age Blog Carol Levine, Recognized Expert in Caregiving United Hospital Fund GrifďŹ s Faculty Club, 521 East 68th Street This event is for family caregivers only. Registration is required. To register, call 212-746-4365.

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New Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Established at Weill Cornell Medical College Immunologist Dr. David Artis to Lead Institute Designed to Rapidly Translate Research Discoveries in Inflammatory Bowel Disease from Bench to Bedside

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eill Cornell Medical College has established the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease through the generosity of longstanding benefactor Jill Roberts and the Jill Roberts Charitable Foundation. Dr. David Artis, one of the world’s leading immunologists, was recruited from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to direct the institute, which is dedicated to understanding the molecular underpinnings of inflammatory bowel disease with the goal of translating basic research breakthroughs into the most advanced therapies for patients. Mrs. Roberts’ gift will also enable Dr. Artis to recruit a team of leading scientists to work at the institute and pursue innovative research to improve treatments and preventative therapies for patients who suffer from IBD and other chronic inflammatory diseases. The institute builds off the successes of Weill Cornell’s already robust research and clinical care programs for IBD under the auspices of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery. Dr. Artis, the Michael Kors Professor of Immunology at Weill Cornell, is a distinguished investigator who is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. His research focuses on the body’s immune system, how it fights infection and how its normal function can become dysregulated, leading to the development of chronic inflammatory diseases including psoriasis, arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory bowel disease is a group of inflammatory conditions of the intestine that affects an estimated 1.4 million people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The main forms of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Symptoms include intestinal bleeding and severe abdominal pain and discomfort. The mission of the research institute is to establish a multidisciplinary center of excellence

that will accelerate new scientific discoveries, enabling personalized translational medicine to better prevent and treat inflammatory bowel disease in patients. A team of basic, clinical and translational scientists within the institute will investigate how these diseases are influenced by patient genetic factors, the body’s immune system, beneficial microbial communities that live in the intestine, and other environmental factors. Their collaboration with the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, led by Dr. Ellen Scherl, the Jill Roberts Professor of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell, will establish a new patient tissue biobank and employ patient-oriented basic research and clinical trials to investigate the factors that influence the development of inflammatory bowel disease. Using model systems to develop discovery efforts, coupled with patient-based clinical studies and trials, researchers hope to develop innovative translational treatments and therapies for inflammatory bowel disease.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, located in Manhattan on the Upper East Side at York Avenue and 68th Street, comprises NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College.

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do for your allergies and there really isn’t a erek Lacarrubba was allergic to need for suffering.â€? New York City. Lacarrubba, 31, Doctors have been using immunotherapy got stuffed up around cats, dogs, to desensitize patients to airborne allergens three kinds of dust mites and several for a century, but its efďŹ cacy in helping the varieties of native New Yorkers — trees, estimated 50 million allergy sufferers in the that is. As an attorney, he was too busy United States has been limited because to commit to the years-long treatments it is time consuming, inconvenient and doctors typically recommend: weekly shots patients sometimes forget to use it, said at the doctor’s ofďŹ ce or holding liquid Dr. Reisacher, who has an equity ownerdrops under his tongue for a few minutes ship in Allovate and serves as an unpaid every morning. consultant to the company. And in order to That’s when he found Dr. William enjoy the full beneďŹ ts, patients would have Reisacher, an ear, nose and throat doctor to continue the therapy, uninterrupted, for at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell four years. Medical Center, who developed an allergy Dr. Reisacher scoured the literature for toothpaste to help people like Lacarrubba. William R. Reisacher, MD a different approach and discovered a The toothpaste, called Allerdent, which paper that showed that the immune cells most responsible for Dr. Reisacher is testing in clinical trials, is designed to seamdesensitization were in the highest density in the gums. Then lessly integrate into patients’ everyday routines, boosting their he had an epiphany. “I was at home brushing my teeth,â€? he immunity to the very airborne substances that cause allergy said. “I remember looking into the mirror and thinking, ‘All sufferers to sneeze, cough, wheeze, drip and tear. It contains the foamy residue I’m brushing my teeth with is covering the an extra ingredient other toothpastes lack — extracts of exact areas I want my extracts to go.’ “That ignited an inferno common airborne allergens, among them, trees, grass, dust, inside my brain,â€? he said. “It was my aha! moment.â€? mold, cats, dogs, cockroaches and feathers. By exposing He and his business partners formed Allovate in 2012, hired patients to these allergens in a controlled way, he hopes they a toothpaste formulation expert to help design the paste and will develop a greater immunity to them and be able to withteamed up with a compounding pharmacy to make it on stand them for longer periods of time. a large scale. Allovate makes the toothpaste’s base and has “The allergy patient is the professional sufferer,â€? said supported Dr. Reisacher’s study, which compares how adult Dr. Reisacher, an associate professor of otolaryngology at Weill patients 18 years and older respond to Allerdent in comCornell Medical College who specializes in allergies and is a coparison to the liquid drops patients place under the tongue founder and chief medical ofďŹ cer of Allovate, an early-stage over the course of a year. If all goes well, Dr. Reisacher hopes biotechnology company which is commercializing Allerdent. to expand patients’ access to Allerdent beyond the Tri-State “They are the walking wounded. Unfortunately, many people Area, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where the toothpaste is believe there’s nothing they can do about allergies and that’s currently available by prescription. why they don’t even go to the doctor. That’s such a shame and that’s what I want to change. There are things you can

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Medical College were out in full force for the 2014 Third Avenue Fair. Joining in the festivities were (from left) Cam Patterson, MD, MBA, senior vice president and chief operating ofďŹ cer, NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center; Gregory A. Petsko, DPhil, director of the Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute, and Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College; Joseph Saladino, MSN, NPP, RN, director of undergraduate programs, Hunter School of Nursing; Christopher Schultz, MD, Weill Cornell Medical Associates; and Jifeng (Jeff) Zhu, MBA, community research, relations and outreach manager, Weill Cornell Medical College Clinical and Translational Science Center.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PARK? HALLOWEEN PARADE

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Halloween is getting close! Don’t miss this year’s Parade and Pumpkin Flotilla on Saturday 10/26 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. There will also be music, live pumpkin carving demonstrations, arts and crafts and more!

The pines near Green Bench and also the Wildower Meadow have offered sightings of Red-eyed Vireos, Swainson’s Thrushs, Hermit Thrush, American GoldďŹ nch, Swamp Sparrow, House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and several more Common Yellowthroats. Jeweled patches have been very notable for Hummingbirds and Vireos. There have also been many warblers along the Loch, as well as Hummingbirds, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, several Red-eyed Vireos, and a perched Red-tailed Hawk. Check out these birds and more on a birding walk by www. birdingbob.com.

TREES AND FLOWERS TO ADMIRE Nature is lovely and abundant this time of the year and the leaves are already starting to turn beautifully. You can also take a relaxing stroll through the Conservatory Garden to see the beautiful Japanese Anemones, Water Lilies, Ornamental Grasses, and Roses. Send a virtual bouquet to someone special at: www. centralpark.com/virtual-bouquet

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ROLLER SKATE TO LIVE DJ MUSIC Sat 10/18 from 2:45 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Grab your skates and join the Central Park Dance Skaters Association (CPDSA) this Sunday for free rollerskating at the “Skate Circle.� www.cpdsa.org/calendar

PILATES MAT: CORE FITNESS BY JANA Tuesdays & Thursdays 9 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Led by a certiďŹ ed trainer. Reservations required. www.centralpark.com/ pilates

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY DEMONSTRATION 10/18 at 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Come and learn about culture and nature in calligraphy. Email xinde_s@yahoo.com for location.

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The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden Thanks the East Midtown Partnership for its support of the community.

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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in front of the sculpture “Night Presence IVâ€? by Louise Nevelson. The sculpture was originally installed at Park Avenue at 92nd Street in 1973. It took nearly 3½ years and $280,000 to restore the work, after it corroded due to water becoming trapped within the steel structure. Milly Glimcher, who, along with her husband Arne Glimcher, established the Pace Gallery in New York, raised over $100,000 for the restoration.

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? East Side Councilmember Ben Kallos led a health fair at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House on Oct. 7. Forty u shots were given and 13 seniors were helped to ďŹ nd unclaimed funds from the state. Also on hand were tables from the Jewish Museum; Asphalt Green Exercise Instructor; Carter Burden; Stanley Isaacs; Lenox Hill; New York Foundation for Senior Citizens; 19th Precinct; NYLAG; American Heart Association; Medicare Rights Center; and others.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 10, 2014 The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml. Shanghai Chinese Restaurant 1388 2 Avenue

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Go Burger

1450 2 Avenue

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4th Floor Cafe

221 East 71 Street

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Neil’s Cofee Shop

961 Lexington Avenue

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Mckeown’s

1303 3 Avenue

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Jean Claude French Bistro

1343 2 Avenue

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Szechuan Gourmet

1395 2 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (20) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Belaire Cafe

525 East 71 Street

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Afghan Kebab House

1345 2 Avenue

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Food Mart Deli

1321 York Avenue

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Bistro Le Steak

1309 3 Avenue

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McDonald’s

1499 3 Avenue

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East 86 Cinemas

210 East 86 Street

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Lexington Candy Shop

1226 Lexington Avenue

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Alice’s Tea Cup

220 East 81 Street

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Shake Shack

152 East 86 Street

Grade Pending (24) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/ refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/ refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Mumtaz

1582 York Avenue

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The Gilroy

1561 2 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (29) Food not cooked to required minimum temperature. Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

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1219 Lexington Avenue

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Domino’s Pizza

200 East 89 Street

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Merrion Square

1840 2 Avenue

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Butterfield Catering

346 East 92 Street

Grade Pending (16) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/ refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/ refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Baluchi’s Indian Food

1724 2 Avenue

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Lex Restaurant

1370 Lexington Avenue

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Rizzos

1426 Lexington Avenue

Grade Pending (25) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation.

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Food & Drink

HONORING WOMEN IN THE FOOD BUSINESS Les Dames D’Escoffier New York, the largest chapter of a 40-year-old association supporting women in the food, wine and hospitality industries, inducted new members, including: • Amanda Cohen, chef/owner of Dirt Candy in Manhattan;

In Brief EPAZOTE OPENS Mexican restaurant Epazote opened earlier this month, Gothamist reported. The restaurant at 1606 First Avenue (between 83rd and 84th Streets), moved into the former Pitch and Fork location and boasts dark wood floors, chairs and leather booths, with cream-colored walls and accents, and executive chef Agustin Sanchez offers a menu with variations on the usual salsas, guacamole and ceviche. Guacamole is made with pumpkin seeds and served with homemade chips, and tuna, salmon or bass ceviche can be ordered individually or as a trio. Epazote is located at 1606 First Avenue, near 83rd Street, and is open for dinner daily starting at 5 p.m., and for weekend brunch from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Jacqui Lombard, culinary director of Fairfield University, chef and sommelier; • Jennifer Flanagan, founder and president of Feast Public Relations; • Pnina Peled, senior executive chef at New York Presbyterian/Columbia Milstein;

• Lynne Weems Ryan, chief operating officer of Chefs to Dine For; • Surbhi Sahani, chef/owner of BittersweetNYC; • Elizabeth Schaible, Assistant Professor/ Chair of the Hospitality Management Depart-

OLD-SCHO0OL TEA CEREMONIES THRIVING ON THE EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD GETAWAY The Urasenke Chanoyu Center on the Upper East Side teaches the ancient Japanese practice of the tea ceremony BY KATHERINE ROTH

CRUMBS BAKE SHOP REOPENS Crumbs Bake Shop, which abruptly and unceremoniously shuttered all its 48 locations nationwide this past July, reopened its 1385 Broadway location (near 38th Street) in the Garment District on Tuesday, Oct. 14, with 24 additional locations slated to open nationally in the next month, with nine opening in New York City. Following a bankruptcy filing this summer, the company was acquired by entrepreneur and CNBC star Marcus Lemonis, in a joint venture with Fischer Enterprises. In addition to the bakery’s signature, super-sized cupcakes, Crumbs introduced new cupcake flavors, including salted caramel and key lime pie, as well gluten-free treats, new lines of cookies, ice cream and chocolate bars and the Baissant, a bagel and croissant hybrid. The first Crumbs location opened on the Upper West Side in 2003. In addition to the Garment District outpost, nine more Crumbs locations will open throughout the city this fall, including an Upper East Side (1418 Lexington Ave., at 93rd Street) and Upper West Side locations (775 Columbus Ave., near 97th Street).

ment at New York City College of Technology, • Kathleen Squires, food writer, cookbook author; • Julia Stambules, owner of JS Public Relations, specializing in communication and promotions for culinary equipment clients.

According to Zen priests, every aspect of your life is Zen. Similarly, every aspect of your life is tea ceremony.” Masako Soyu Miyahara, a senior instructor of tea ceremony

UPPER EAST SIDE Despite the rapid pace of our high-tech world, or perhaps because of it, the ancient Japanese tradition of tea ceremony is as popular as ever, with tea ceremony schools, demonstrations and quiet tatami-mat tea rooms thriving in cities around the world. The Urasenke Chanoyu school of tea ceremony, founded in the 17th century in Kyoto, Japan, is one of the world’s largest. Guided by the deceptively simple mission of “seeking peacefulness in a bowl of tea,” its network of schools holds classes and demonstrations. In addition, other small Japanese tea rooms can be found hidden away amid the bustle of many large cities. “If you practice tea, you become more attentive to things in general. And some people say concentrating on tea ceremony is therapeutic,” said Masako Soyu Miyahara, a senior instructor at Urasenke on East 69th Street, which has over 100 students. Founded in 1964, the center is on the site of a 130-year-old carriage house. The traditional interiors of its elegant tea rooms, imported from Japan, feature a half-dozen precious woods and carefully crafted paper screens and straw tatami mats. “Students come in from the hectic busy world, and when they leave they feel calm,” Miyahara said. The ceremony involves far more than

taking a handmade bamboo whisk to a large ceramic bowl of steaming water and finely powdered green tea. “A lot of people these days have heard of tea ceremony, and when I tell people I study it they say, ‘Oh, why that’s neat,’” said Gregory Kinsey, who speaks with the soft southern lilt of his native Florida. “But when I say I’ve been studying it for 32 years, they kind of pause and ask why it takes so long,” said the kimono-clad Kinsey, a real-estate finance professional and licensed first-degree instructor at the Urasenke school in Manhattan. (As in martial arts, tea ceremony has specifically proscribed levels of expertise.) He was taking an advanced-level private lesson on a recent Saturday with Miyahara. “It’s just that the more I learned the more interesting it became, and it slowly took over the center of my life,” he said. “I’m always trying to get better.” Serious adherents must be knowledgeable about ceramics, lacquer, metal work, calligraphy, flower arranging and even cooking, as well as philosophy, etiquette, precise body movements, and the exact wording (in Japanese) of the conversation carried on during the preparation and serving of a small meal or sweet dessert, followed by a bowl of bitter green tea. It takes at least a year or two to attain the most basic level of tea ceremony, and it can take a lifetime to master. “According to Zen priests, every aspect of your life is Zen. Similarly, every aspect of your life is tea ceremony,” said Miyahara, of Kyoto. “Tea ceremony is not a show. It is like music or dance or other arts. There is a lot of technique to be learned so that it can really flow beautifully.”

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Both she and Kinsey IF YOU GO said they were first Urasenke Chanoyu drawn to tea through Center of New York their love of the Japa153 East 69th Street nese sweets that traOpen Tuesday ditionally accompany Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. bowls of matcha, ďŹ nely 212-988-6161 powdered green tea urasenkeny@ and hot water whisked earthlink.net until frothy. www.urasenkeny.org But stepping off a bustling city street into the calm of a Japanese tea house, it’s easy to feel the draw even before the ceremony begins. The rustling of kimonos and gently sliding paper screens replaces the sound of honking taxis. Shoes and cell phones are left at the entrance. Tea is prepared alongside a ceramic charcoal brazier and served gracefully in handmade bowls, the best of which are so individual they are given evocative names like “perpetual celebrationâ€? or “summer festival music.â€? The tea ceremony, which is slow and meditative and can last from one to four hours, usually takes place on tatami mats in tea rooms featuring precious woods and paper shoji screens. A Japanese tea room traditionally has an alcove in which a scroll with poetry and some carefully arranged seasonal owers are displayed. Dessert is served, and then the tea, made slowly using ancient utensils over a low ceramic stove. The tea is sipped, and the last sip enjoyed with a quick, purposeful and often sonorous slurp. The tea bowl can then be cradled in both hands to be examined and appreciated, giving way to delicate and carefully choreographed conversation. If the guests have appreciated and enjoyed the shared moment, the gathering is deemed a success.

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< QUEEN SOFIA SPANISH INSTITUTE TO ASK $48 MILLION FOR U.E.S. PROPERTY The New York Post is reporting the six-story mansion that’s home to the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute on Park Avenue at 68th Street will soon hit the market for $48 million. According to the paper, the buyer might choose to convert the 11,000-square-foot

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tips for success: • Co-op boards love documentation. Gather pertinent paperwork that proves your dog is a good canine citizen such as that very certification from the American Kennel Club. • Prepare a “mini” board package for your dog that includes reference letter from previous neighbors, your previous building manager, your vet, dog walker or your groomer. • If the building requests a Board interview for your dog, hire a trainer. Typical concerns are barking at the door, urinating in the halls, and good elevator etiquette. Make sure your dog can sit through the interview without fussing. • If your mixed breed dog looks like a breed that is often discriminated against, get a DNA test. This may prove the perception to be wrong. When it comes time for the interview, Deborah Hoffman of TOWN Residential recommends an extra walk (or better yet, run!) right before the interview. Following Deborah’s advice, a recent customer took their pup on back to back runs in the Park before heading to the cat-loving Board President’s home for the meet and greet. The extra exercise paid off! The sweet, but naturally active dog, paid no attention to the cats and curled up in the corner of the room for the entire interview. The buyers passed the interview and shortly after the pup and her humans moved into their new home.

property into a single-family home but its proximity to Hunter College could complicate those plans. The architect for the neo-federal townhouse is the same architect responsible for designing the original Penn Station: McKim, Mead

and White. The mansion was built in 1927 and later acquired by a member of the Rockefeller family. The Queen Sofia Spanish Institute is dedicated to promoting greater understanding of the culture f the Spanish-speaking world.

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PUBLIC ADVOCATE REVEALS CITY’S WORST LANDLORDS Continuing a tradition instituted by her predecessor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James released a list of the top violators for rental properties BY JONATHAN LEMIRE

Carmen Piniero begrudgingly agreed when her landlord asked her to stay in a hotel for two nights in June. When she returned, her Brooklyn apartment had been torn apart. It remains that way more than four months later, several rooms rendered uninhabitable due to the surprise construction. Piniero, who has lived in the same rent-stabilized apartment for more than five decades, believes the building’s management company is undergoing a deliberately slow renovation to force her out so her apartment can be turned into a co-op and sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. “They even offered to buy me a one-way ticket to Puerto Rico so I would leave,” said Pinero, 73. “They are trying to move me out. It’s terrible. I can barely live here.” Piniero is paying $562 a month for an apartment in a Prospect Heights building where a two-bedroom co-op apartment currently lists for more than $700,000. Several walls in her home remain torn down, and her bathroom is a mess of exposed wires and sheet rock. Calling her situation a “nightmare,” she appeared with Public Advocate Letitia James on Wednesday outside City Hall as the elected official unveiled the city’s annual “Worst Landlords” list. The list is used every year to shine an uncomfortable spotlight on the landlords who oversee the buildings that have been cited with the most housing violations. Piniero’s management company, Gaston Management, is not on the 2014 list but her plight is emblematic of those tenants who feel powerless over their own homes, James said. “Most of these tenants don’t have the resources to address the problem in court,” said James, a Democrat who took office in January. “Too many New Yorkers rent in substandard buildings run by landlords who don’t make repairs.” A call seeking comment from Gaston Management was not immediately returned. More than 6,800 buildings made this year’s list. Many of them have no heat or conditions hazardous to residents. Brooklyn is home to the buildings with the most violations, followed by Manhattan and the Bronx. A Bronx management company, 3525 Decatur Avenue LLC which is run by Robin Shimoff, had the most violations with more than 3,350. A call to Shimoff was not immediately returned. The worst landlords list was created in 2010 by then-Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. De Blasio was elected mayor last November.

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ENCOURAGING BAD THEATER THEATER A comedy writer has created a festival to showcase performances with no expectations BY NICOLE DEL MAURO

CHELSEA Comedy writer Shawn Wickens knows that some people think his work is bad. Troma Films, Blue Man Group and Comedy Central have all rejected his submissions. Wickens is not ashamed of this. His theory regarding the matter is simple: when it comes to performance, nothing is universal. There will always be someone that thinks a thing is bad. But Wickens also knows the stifling fear of rejection performance writers and actors face when presenting their work. So, to assist his theater peers, he created a showcase that dissolves performers’ pressure by first dissolving their audience’s expectations. “It turned into a festival where the bar is set very low,” Wickens said. Alongside comedy writer Gavin Starr, Wickens started a festival that is a “no judgment zone” in show busi-

ness. People submit videos of shows they’ve written for the chance to finally perform or have it performed in front of an audience. Considering the only selection requirement is time, this chance is quite great. “If the artist is willing to try, we are willing to try,” Wickens said. The Bad Theater Fest, as it is known, is a safe haven for various types of creative misfits. First time actors, playwrights and film producers call the festival home. Experienced writers take part, too, submitting works that remain tucked away in drawers for years. It is an opportunity to perform for the heck of it, build confidence or simply work on a New York City stage. “The festival is to give people a chance to be creative and be on stage, which is harder to find with less and less small theaters in the city,” Wickens said. Submissions are not limited to people in New York City. Bad Theater Fest is presenting shows from Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh this year. Minimal selection requirements make for a show that brings surprises with each performance slot. Last year, the audience watched a game show that allotted the winner a golden dildo. They also watched a dramatic dance piece about the prevalence of HIV in the African American community. The festival, an artistic stew of the outlandish and the heart wrenching, the meaningful and the random,

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IF YOU GO The festival spans over the weekends of the Oct. 17, 24 and Nov. 1 at Chelsea’s Treehouse Theater, on 154 W. 29th Street. Four or five plays are shown within a 90-minute time slot each night. Tickets are $15 available on EventBrite through the website BadTheaterFest. com and knock $3 off a drink at Pioneers Bar down the street from the venue. The festival will also host a Halloween party at Pioneers, where people will compete for the worst costume in the bad costume competition. is interesting because you never know what you’re going to see. “It’s totally accepting of developing artists and the risks they want to take,” Jonathan O’Neill, a repeat submitter to the festival, said. Starr and Wicken’s work is no exception. Starr is showing a 15 year-old piece he wrote in college. Wickens, who is a weekly improvisation performer at Magnet Theater, is organizing an improv skit for the festival.

With its topic of depression within the comedy community, the show will be a sort of tribute to an issue long-faced in the entertainment world, relevant now in the tragic wake of comedy superstar Robin Williams’ suicide. Its improv style is a tribute to the Bad Theater Fest itself. “I think improv actors feel like the red-headed step children of the comedy and theater worlds,” Wickens said. “There is, for improv actors, a very

‘root for the underdog’ mentality, and that’s what we’re all about as well.” Right now, the Bad Theater Fest is merely fun for viewers and actors. The three-year old event is still ironing out its kinks; organizing skits is a challenge and smooth transitions between sets are never guaranteed. But Wickens said he hopes it can be seen by future audiences as a pool of untapped talent.

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FROM FACTS TO MYSTERY ON THE PAGE Q&A Journalist, writing teacher and crime novelist Charles Salzberg on his latest detective tale BY ANGELA BARBUTI

As a writer born and raised in New York City, Charles Salzberg has done it all, from working in the mailroom of New York magazine to teaching the author of The Devil Wears Prada. A journalist turned crime novelist, Salzberg employs his experience in getting the facts to craft intriguing stories. For his newest work, Swann’s Lake

of Despair, the third in the Henry Swann detective series about a skip tracer (someone who tracks down people who don’t want to be found) in Harlem, he used a piece of a student’s memoir as part of his mysterious puzzle. One of the 82-year-old woman’s stories was about dating a photojournalist whose pictures of Marilyn Monroe went missing. With that, Salzberg asked permission to use her as a character in his novel, and have Swann search for the lost photographs. Another tale in the book is based on the true story of a socialite whose body inexplicably washed up on shore after a party on a yacht. “I weave in real life along with these stories,” he explained. “I think it’s the journalist

in me to do that.”

As a journalist, you used to interview celebrities. I hated it. You would get the stock answers all the time. They would give me all the people that didn’t want to be interviewed. People like Kevin Kline and Amanda Plummer. I usually did a good job because I wasn’t threatening to them and they would open up.

How did you transition to fiction writing? I started with fiction, but I couldn’t sell it, so I had to become something else to pay the bills. So that’s when I became a journalist, accidentally. It was never planned. I got a job at the

MORE ON CHARLES For more information, visit CharlesSalzberg. com and HenrySwann. com Come meet Charles at these book events: Barnes and Noble on 86th and Lexington on November 7th The Mysterious Bookshop on Warren Street on November 19th 2A on 2nd and Avenue A on December 15th

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mailroom at New York magazine and thought maybe I wanted to be an editor, which looked like a boring job. But the writers’ job was incredible. They’d stroll in at 10 or 10:30 and talk on the phone, smoke cigarettes and talk to the editors. Then they’d leave at noon and come back at 3 smelling of alcohol and leave at 4 or 4:30. And I thought, that’s a much better job than being an editor. I gave them some story ideas and did the research during those long noon to three lunch hours when no one was in the office. My coworker, Karl, covered for me and I wrote the stories at night and on the weekends. The first one I did sold to the Daily News Sunday magazine, and New York magazine bought the second one. I quit a week before I sold those pieces. I had no idea what I was doing. I had never taken a journalism course, but I was writing fiction, so I knew how to tell a story.

Who is Henry Swann based on? Well, the idea came to me from interviewing a skip tracer. I found this job very interesting. The character was originally supposed to be just a oneoff, a takeoff on the classic ‘40s and ‘50s PI. I was never supposed to write another one. People have asked me, “Are you Henry Swann?” and the only answer I can give is, “Henry Swann is the person I’d like to be.”

I read that you use your friends’ names for your characters. It was an accident at first. I was writing and I needed a character and couldn’t think of a name, so I just used the name of one of my friends. And then it sort of felt right. And now my friends are vying to get in. They all want to be bad guys. No one wants to be a good guy. I don’t know why.

Who are your favorite crime novelists? Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler. James M. Cain, and Ross MacDonald. When I decided to write a detective novel, I started reading them voraciously. I just read every detective novelist I could find.

You based your book, Devil in the Hole, on the John List murders. List murdered his mother, wife and three children in New Jersey in 1971 and then went on the run for almost 18 years. When I was just starting out as a journalist, that story hit the news and I was fascinated by it and wanted to do a true crime book about it. Everyone said I couldn’t do a book on it because the guy wasn’t caught and there was no ending to the book. And so it stayed with me for years because I just wanted to know how someone could plan as meticulously as he did, to kill his family and then just disappear. In real life, he was missing for 18 years and “America’s Most Wanted” did a story on him and someone recognized him. He was living in Denver, he got remarried, and had a whole new life. In my

book, I use all the facts of the crime, but everything else is made up. When I started it, List wasn’t caught. He died in prison a couple of years ago.

You also wrote a book on the history of the NBA. Actually because of it, I’ve appeared in the New York Times’ obituary section about six or seven times without having died. And that’s because, as these basketball players died, they often take information from my book.

You teach nonfiction at the New York Writers Workshop and one of your students was Lauren Weisberger. I had a woman come to my class years ago sent to me by an editor friend of mine. She said, “Look, she’s really smart, but I think she needs some structure in writing.” The first piece that she handed into class was about her first day at work and was called, “The Devil Wears Prada.” So that was Lauren; she was in my class for about a year and a half. She wrote all these essays about work. I told her she had a book and she didn’t think she did. If you look at The Devil Wears Prada, she thanked me in the front, with something like, “If you don’t like this book, blame Charles Salzberg.” Word got out that she was in my class, and I started getting these people who wanted to write novels and I had a hard time turning them away. And I said I’ll do it if the novel is based on something real. That’s the way I got away with it.

As far as future plans go, I saw you’re writing another Swann novel. I am. It’s called Swann’s Way Out. I never know if it’s going to be my last or not because if I can’t think of titles, I’m screwed. I don’t really think of ideas to write about until I can figure out a title. Nothing is planned out. I don’t know what’s going to happen on the next page or in the next paragraph. I just sit down and write.

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Part-Time Driver Drive me within metro-area in my car. Require mature adult, 8 yrs driving exp., fluent in English, avail on short notice. Live in or near Upper East Side. Call David 973-746-3530 Research Participation. Health excellent or good? Non-exerciser? If yes to both questions you may be eligible to participate in research studies to help understand the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Reimbursement for time and efforts. For more info or to register for this study 212-844 -6665 or PainandFatigue.com HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Anthony Pomponio, Allstate 212-769-2899 apomponio@allstate.com Rick Bryan, Attorney & Counselor at Law. Wills, Living Trusts, Probate, Elder Law, Guardianships, Legal Advice. Home Visits Available. We honor all AARP and Legal Service Plan Discounts, 237 1st Ave, 2nd Fl, S.W. Corner of 14th St and 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003, 212-979-2868.

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Marble Collegiate Church Dr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister, 1 West 29th St. NYC, NY 10001, (212) 689-2770. www.MarbleChurch.org New-York Historical Society Making history matter! 170 Central Park West www.nyhistory.org (212) 873-3400 Riverside Memorial Chapel Leaders in funeral pre-planning. 180 W 76th St (212) 362-6600 SPORTS CENTER at Chelsea Piers ChelseaPiers.com/SC 212-336-6000 TEKSERVE NYC’s Store For Technology Apple Repairs & Services Business Support 119 W 23rd St www.tekserve.com (212) 929-3645 Vamoose Bus Providing premium bus service between: NYC|MD|VA www.vamoosebus.com SITUATION WANTED

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ANTIQUES WANTED Top Prices Paid. Chinese Objects, Paintings, Jewelry, Silver, Furniture, Etc. Entire Estates Purchased. 800-530-0006.

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Frank E. Campbell The Funeral Chapel Known for excellence since 1898 - 1076 Madison Ave, at 81st St., 212-288-3500

CASH for Coins! Buying ALL Gold & Silver. Also Stamps & Paper Money, Entire Collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY: 1-800959-3419

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