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Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron led the anti-Black rally on the steps of Tweed Courthouse last Thursday
Waiver for Black prompts
protests and lawsuits
BY ALINE REYNOLDS
To say some Downtown educators,
parents and elected officials are unhap-
py about Cathy Black being appointed
the Department of Education’s new
chancellor is an understatement. They
made their opinion loud and clear on
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the steps of Tweed Courthouse last
Thursday, arguing that Black has nei-
ther the qualifications nor the experi-
ence the job requires. And some are
taking their argument all the way to the
state supreme court.
Parent and teacher groups in Lower
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Manhattan and around the city are
now preparing to file lawsuits against
the state for what they consider to be a
faulty hiring process.
Members of the Deny the Waiver
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DECEMBER 8 - 14, 2010
Summer’s protests
positive for Cordoba
and Imam
BY ALINE REYNOLDS
Those who thought the
myriad protests against
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s
plan to build an Islamic
community center blocks
from Ground Zero would
create a movement of oppo-
sition, instead sparked
another kind of movement
altogether.
The result of the media
frenzy surrounding the proj-
ect has lead to a new web-
site, cordobamovement.org,
which just launched yester-
day. It will include an online
forum in which members
of the public can engage in
dialogue about the Cordoba
House at Park51 as well as
learn about the program-
ming that will be offered.
More importantly, the
controversy that began here
in the Lower Manhattan
proved to be a springboard
for a larger initiative, one
that includes the possibility
of similar community cen-
ters popping up all over the
world.
The Imam, who has per-
formed services at a mosque
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the last 25 years, said the
movement is an outgrowth
of an abstract vision dat-
ing back to the 1990s. The
movement’s objective, Rauf
explained, is to reclaim the
discourse from extremists
and radicals that captured
the media’s attention over
the summer, creating what
he calls a “downward spi-
ral.”
Yet the stark opposition
that Cordoba at Park51
incurred from Pamela Geller
and others, Rauf said, ironi-
cally gave the proposed
community center global
recognition that it wouldn’t
have otherwise received.
While on a trip to the
Middle East over the sum-
mer, the Imam was surprised
when he was approached by
officials in Turkey, Slovenia,
Indonesia, and other Middle
Eastern countries. The ensu-
ing conversations ultimately
swayed the Imam to begin
thinking more broadly, both
ideologically and geographi-
cally.
The goal of opening these
centers, he added, would
be to strengthen moderate
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Nadler says country in trouble

BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER
There was little good news and no optimism in
Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s talk to the Downtown-Lower
Manhattan Association on December 6. Nadler, a Democrat
representing New York’s 8th Congressional District, has
served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1992 and
was just elected to his 10th term.
“I think the country’s in a lot of trouble,” he said,
“and I think things are going to get worse.” He called
the recent election “a catastrophe, not only to the
Democratic Party, which is obvious, but I think for any
hope of economic recovery or any cooperation in govern-
ment.”
He said he could only think of two eras in American
history when the two parties were as ideologically far
apart as they are today — the decade of the 1790s, when
the party system was first taking shape. “It’s difficult to
see too much cooperation,” Nadler said, “because they
really have views that are diametrically opposite.”
Nadler said there was a possibility that the lame duck
session of Congress might still pass the “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” bill, which would free gays from the current subter-
fuges necessary if they serve in the military. He also said
there is a possibility that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health
and Compensation Act would pass the Senate.
The Zadroga bill recently passed the House of Representatives
with almost no Republican support. “In the Senate, they need
one more Republican,” Nadler said. “They’re working very hard Downtown Express photo by Terese Loeb Kruezer
to get it, and I think they’ll get it.” Congressman Jerrold Nadler speaking at the Downtown –Lower Manhattan Association breakfast on Monday.
The gravest issue facing this country, according to Nadler,
is the economy. “It is, in my view, not a recession,” he said. Nadler continued, “We had a major crisis on Wall Street consumption crisis. A consumption crisis is when there isn’t
“It’s a depression. A recession is when you have a cyclical that burst the housing bubble… It wiped out about eight- enough aggregate demand — when there isn’t enough ability
downturn in the business cycle. A depression is caused by and-a-half trillion dollars in wealth in the country, plus it and want to buy things — to consume the products that we
major failures of institutions. threw a few million people out of work. So that leads to a produce.”

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NEW LUXURY HOTEL OPENING DOWNTOWN
A new Four Seasons hotel is scheduled to open Downtown
in the coming years.
Real estate developer Larry Silverstein announced recently
he is confident that plans for a hotel and condominium com-
plex will be funded, and that he expects to break ground at
99 Church Street in 2012. The 80-story complex will contain
175 hotel rooms on the first 22 floors and 143 luxury con-
dos above, some of which may stretch to 6,500 square feet.
Renowned architect Robert A.M. Stern designed the plans.
The Four Seasons would be Downtown’s first five-star
hotel, according to Silverstein’s web site. Elizabeth Berger,
president of the Downtown Alliance, said in a statement,
“Larry’s on-going development of the World Trade Center
site and his exciting new Four Seasons project are reasons
why Lower Manhattan’s dynamic live [and] work community
is a global model for urban centers of the 21st century.”
PARK51 OPPONENTS HAVE IT OUT ONLINE
Facebook has become the new digital forum for Park51
opponents to voice their concerns about the project. Last week,
Crain’s New York reported on a page called “Boycott companies
who support Ground Zero Mosque.”
“WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS! Ground Zero is
sacred ground and always will be,” reads the Facebook page
description, which also lists potential boycott targets for
those opposed to the construction of the community center.
Crain’s New York Business interviewed construction fore-
man Andy Sullivan, the founder of the page, who is asking
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mosque at the proposed site.
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“As Americans, New Yorkers and people of faith, we - the
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deemed the “Ground Zero mosque” - deeply appreciate and
endorse the mayor’s principled defense of American rights and
freedoms. We know, however, that many New Yorkers and
other Americans still have real questions and concerns about
our project, and we hope to address them.”
M EE TING S
The upcoming week’s schedule of Community
DOWNTOWN ORGANIZATIONS HONORED Board 1 committee meetings is below. Unless other-
Two Downtown organizations have won the prestigious wise noted, all committee meetings are held at the
Union Square Award along with much-needed funds to con- board office, located at 49-51 Chambers St., room
tinue their work. Chinatown’s Hester Street Collaborative, a 709 at 6 p.m.
non-profit organization that improves neglected public spaces
in under-served N.Y.C. neighborhoods, received $35,000 for ON WED., DEC 8: C.B. 1’s Tribeca Transportation
its efforts. And the New York Community Media Alliance, an and Parking Subcommittee will meet at Independence
ethnic media advocacy group, will receive $50,000. Plaza Community Room, 310 Greenwich Street at
The Union Square awards were created in 1998 to rec- 5:00 p.m.
ognize and encourage New York City community initiatives.
According to the organization’s web site, “The Union Square ON WED., DEC 8: C.B. 1’s Tribeca Committee
Award is a signifier of exceptional work and demonstrated will meet at Independence Plaza Community Room,
commitment.” Eleven other citywide groups were recognized 310 Greenwich Street at 5:30 p.m.
in 2010, in addition to the two Downtown groups, totaling
$545,000 in awards. ON THURS, DEC 9: C.B. 1’s Landmarks Committee
Award recipients will be recognized at a ceremony at Meeting will meet.
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POLICE BLOTTER
Sentence in WTC theft
Emmanuel Reyes, who pleaded guilty in September
to stealing a total of $12,700 from the cash register of
the Tribute World Trade Center Visitor Center while he
worked at the Center, was sentenced last week to six
months in jail followed by five years probation. Reyes was
also sentenced to repaying all the money to the Tribute
Center, a not-for-profit living memorial to the victims of
the Sept. 11 attack. Visitors’ donations are intended for
student education, volunteer programs and the historical
preservation of the Tribute Center.
Now serves Beer and Wine! Fulton St. muggers
A man bought a six-pack of beer at a convenience store
on the northeast corner of Broadway and Fulton St. around
11 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 2 when three men approached him on
the sidewalk. “Can I have a beer,” asked one of them and the
three punched him, knocked him to the pavement and stole
$20 and his iPhone and fled, police said. One of the rob-
bers let his cell phone fall during the attack and the victim
managed to tuck it under his body while he was lying on the
154 Church St pavement, police said.
(Corner of Church & Chambers)
Subway sleeper
A Queens man who fell asleep on an E Train during the early
hours of Sat. Dec. 4 woke up at Canal St. at 3:30 a.m. and dis-
covered his left front pants pocket slashed and his wallet missing,
police said. He lost his credit cards, New York driver’s license and
his Dominican Republic private aviation license.
Left his laptop
A Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. man went to Tauro, 284 Hudson
St. in Hudson Sq. for lunch shortly after noon Fri., Nov. 19
and left with a friend in deep conversation. He remembered
a short time later that he had left his laptop computer and a
camera in his backpack under his chair and returned to the
restaurant at 1:30 p.m. but the backpack was gone.
Lost in the crowd
A woman visiting from Argentina told police she was
bumped and pushed as she got out of a crowded subway at
Prince St. around 2:40 p.m. Sun., Dec. 5. She discovered
that a pocket of her handbag was open and her wallet with
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Ten years old and changing the world

ALINE REYNOLDS
Last week, ten-year-old Battery Park City
resident Tyler Rose and his family had pizza
for dinner. When they finished up around 8
p.m., Tyler had some free time to kill.
Rather than watch T.V. or play a video
game, Tyler grabbed some colored markers
and sketched a diagram of a solar-paneled
street light on the back of the pizza box.
Tyler began brainstorming about the
interaction between natural and artificial
energy sources two years ago, after powering
an alternative energy car with a flashlight.
“I saw it run on artificial light and
I thought, ‘how could light power itself
through artificial light?’” he said.
A fifth grader at the Independence School
(P.S. 234), Tyler started drawing illustrations
of alternative-energy street lights in art class
last spring. A few weeks later, he contacted
Jason Miller, a family friend and hardware
engineer, for advice. Miller, having never
before heard of the concept, was intrigued
by the prospect that light energy could be
recycled.
“It seems to me this is a really good idea,
that you could have a street light that would
be powered not only by the sun, but actually
bring some of the power it uses to light the
street and re-circulate it back into the light,”
said Miller.
The system, he explained, would include
solar panels and would eliminate the need
Tyler Rose (right), a fifth grader at P.S. 234, discusses his pizza box diagram of a
solar panel powered streetlight that recycles energy.
for external sources of electricity.
The two then began corresponding via
e-mail once every few weeks to discuss the
logistics of the project.
“We had a 20-minute conference call in
September, the day before the first day of
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school,” Tyler recalled.
His friend and “colleague”, fifth grader
Louis Guillemain, sat in on the phone con-
versation. The team settled on using light-
emitting diode lights rather than fluorescent
or sodium vapor lights for the future model
of their design.
“He was kind of using me as a sanity
check as he was proceeding,” said Miller.
Tyler’s precociousness, he added, aston-
ishes him.
While their classmates play outdoors dur-
ing recess, Tyler and Louis toil away at the
project on a nearby bench, drawing diagram
after diagram. The youths are about to begin
crafting a model of the design using copper
pipes and wood.
“I sort of thought it would be, oh, just a
passing thought,” said Miller. “What blew
me away is, he never gave up.”
Tyler said he is determined to see the
project to completion – both to aid the
environment and prove wrong his friends
who say it can’t work. His goal is to convert
a street light and to “actually see it working
on the street.”
Tyler spouted words like “transistors” and
“integrated circuits” as he navigated his moth-
er’s iPad during recess last Thursday, showing
off some digital designs of his invention.
And until they copyright their design, the
duo is cautious about merely talking about
the project with others.
“Anyone we tell, we’re worried they may
copy it… we just want to be careful with the
idea,” said Tyler.
He said his sole source of inspiration for
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On a mission to make room for everyone
BY HELAINA N. HOVITZ
On September 11th, 2001, homeless
men taking refuge at the NYC Rescue
Mission became first responders, hand-
ing out food and other supplies to hun-
dreds of dust-covered workers streaming
uptown. They lead throngs of men and
women in tailored suits to shelter and
gave them food, and even a hot shower.
Nine years later, the mission, located at
90 Lafayette Street, is calling on the com-
munity for help, as its need for additional
space grows more pressing by the day.
The mission began planning a major
expansion project in 1999, but in 2001
had to put it on the back burner. Then
in 2008 they received a gift of six mil-
lion dollars from an estate. A year later,
John Heuss House at 42 Beaver Street
closed its doors for good, and the NYC
Rescue Mission saw a 20 percent increase
in people looking for food, clothing, and
shelter. That number increased another 10
percent this year. Currently the shelter is
forced to refer at least 20 people to other
shelters every night; it expects to have to
turn even more men away once winter
sets in and the temperatures drop.
Tom Hall, director of operations, said
the mission is about halfway to reaching
their goal of $11 million, the projected
construction cost of adding three floors
and 180 beds, expanding the capacity of
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raise a family.
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the chapel, and acquiring 75 emergency
sleep mats.
The mission also wants to launch a
pilot program for women that would
mean adding roughly a dozen emergency
beds.
The mission is not applying for federal
funding due to the stipulations and con-
straints placed on religious-nonprofits,
guidelines that would limit the mission’s
ability to provide services. According
to Executive Director Jim VarnHagen,
because they teach a Christian doctrine,
they must seek private funds rather than
public ones.
“Many funds don’t allow you to con-
duct religious services, even though orga-
nizations that hold religious services are
statistically proven to be the most effec-
tive,” said VarnHagen.
The campaign is currently relying on
individual gifts to raise the rest of the
funds needed.
Hall said the city once encouraged
homeless New Yorkers to visit drop-in
centers during the day and refer people Downtown Express photo by Helaina N. Hovitz
to churches and shelters at night. Now, he NYC Rescue Mission Executive Director Jim VarnHagen (above) is trying to raise
said the city’s focus has moved from drop- funds to provide beds for women in addition to men.
in centers to a housing-first philosophy
where service providers would be charged changed its strategy,” said Hall. “This year commitment to the program are
with finding permanent housing for their puts an enormous amount of pressure on assisted in their job search when they
clients. us now. We need to increase in size.” graduate, and given the skills they need to
“The city has cut their budget and The mission’s staff tries its best to pre- start and maintain a new life.
vent lines from forming outside by keep- If the mission can raise enough money
ing their chapel open to the public until to follow through with its expansion
the mission doors open at 3 p.m. plan, it will be able to give more men
“We try to be good neighbors,” said the opportunity to get their lives back on
Joe Little, community relations manager. track and become self-sufficient. Last
“Nobody wants a long line of homeless year, fifteen men graduated from the
people outside, especially with the NYU program, up from an average of ten in
dorms around the corner.”
The mission serves an average of four
previous years.
“We used to have to reach out to get
hundred people each day, and unlike most enough people in the program,” explained
men’s recovery missions, it doubles as a VarnHagen. “Now there’s a waiting list
drop-in center for women and children. for men who want to join, and new candi-
Anybody can eat, obtain clothes, or take dates every day.”
a shower at the mission, but the beds are Everyone from school teacher to stock
reserved for men only. Twenty-five beds broker appear on that list, men who’ve
are reserved for the men in the mission’s slept in cars and storage closets since
twelve-step recovery program, which their companies went broke.
includes educational and vocational class- “Nobody has chosen to become home-
es as well as spiritual counseling. less,” said VarnHagen. “But everyone is
DOWNTOWNEXPRESSPDF!-
Men who are willing to make a one- worthy of being rescued.”
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Holidays provide
lesson on giving
BY ALINE REYNOLDS
It’s that time of year again, when
schools all around Lower Manhattan are
holding gift drives, coin drives and other
programs aimed at ensuring everyone has
a holiday to remember. From shopping for
toys to dropping change in buckets, the
students are spending their free time help-
ing out children and teens less fortunate
than they are.
Geoff Chang, assistant principal of
the Lower Manhattan Community Middle
School, pointed out that the word “commu-
nity” is in his school’s name. “Community
service is something we think is impor-
tant,” said Chang.
The students, he said, learn about
altruism during morning meeting, a core
class that begins the school day. But
Chang saw the need for a coin drive to get
their kids more actively involved in the
school’s toy drive.
The grade that collects the most pen-
nies is declared the winner of the coin
drive. “Right now it looks to be kind of
even,” said the school’s parent coordina-
tor, Maria Ouranitsas, while eyeing the
load of all three jars that were perched to
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C.B.1 gives thumbs up
to the C.W.G.
BY ALINE REYNOLDS
The Chinatown Working Group is two
steps closer to its goal of meeting with city-
wide agencies to implement its infrastruc-
ture plans for the community.
Four of the C.W.G.’s six preliminary
action plans addressing youth and educa-
tion, parks and open space, transportation
and safety, and immigration and social ser-
vices have now been approved.
Chinatown Working Group Co-chairs
Gigi Li and Mae Lee presented the latter two
plans to Community Board 1’s Planning and
Community Infrastructure committee last
Thursday. After hearing the proposals, the
board voted unanimously in favor of both
plans. The resolutions deemed C.W.G.’s two
plans as “part of a precise, comprehensive,
meaningful timely and broadly supported
community-based plan to improve the great-
er Chinatown community.” They will be pre-
sented to the full board on December 16.
Once all six plans are adopted, the
C.W.G. will reach out to the Department
of Transportation and other city agencies to
discuss the logistics of the various projects.
The organization will then present its entire
plan to City Planning next spring, once it
gains the community board’s approval.
December 8 - 14, 2010
Sixth grader Ethan Reese has a game
plan to win his grade the coin drive com-
petition
“The beauty of [the plans] is they encom-
pass what the community feels it should be
addressing,” said Michael Levine, director
of land use and planning for C.B. 1. “It can
encompass any area we feel needs to be
addressed.”
Sub-groups within the C.W.G. did
research to come up with more job train-
ing, police enforcement, affordable housing,
health care and domestic abuse prevention
programs for the neighborhood.
The group’s transportation proposal
includes a redesign of Chatham Square, an
intersection that is deemed by many as dan-
gerous to walkers and bikers alike.
“It’s just a very complicated intersection,”
said Li. “We’re suggesting… a redesign that
looks at pedestrian safety and cyclist safety,
especially now with a lot of the traffic chang-
es that are going on along the Bowery.”
The C.W.G. is also hoping to increase
public transportation for Chinatown resi-
dents. “We’re discussing the possibility of
there being some sort of traffic hub or drop-
off and pick-up center,” said Li.
She and her colleagues plan to research
the idea further and then propose it to the
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8 December 8 - 14, 2010 downtown express

Fire Museum’s new director is man of all trades

BY HELAINA N. HOVITZ
Now that Damon Campagna has been
appointed director of the New York City Fire
Museum, everyone else can just go home.
Campagna can conceivably do it all himself.
Last Saturday, he commuted from his
Bed-Stuy apartment just to bring the flag
in at half-mast in honor of firefighter Gary
Valentino’s death. On Monday, he fixed the
timer on the lamps outside of the building
so he wouldn’t have to bother the FDNY
Buildings Unit.
The museum originally hired Campagna,
who left his job as director of the Warwick
Museum of Art, to catalogue and photograph
over 10,000 of the museum’s artifacts. Over
the past two years, he has also worked as a
curator and project manager, paying pains-
taking attention to detail. When he designed
all of the graphics for the museum’s current
art exhibit, he made sure that the font on
the show cards matched the typeface on the
back of the FDNY bunker coats.
Campagna is an asset to the museum as a
former graphic designer, artist, and reporter,
but he was born to litigate. Campagna is the
kind of person who will go about his day
thinking of ways to make things run more
smoothly, whether it’s the timing of a traffic
light or how many employees the Starbucks
on the corner needs to run more efficiently.
Now that he is director, Campagna is
ready to get started on a long list of potential
improvements he has been compiling over
the past two years.
“We don’t do a very good job of telling
our visitors what firefighters actually do;
currently it’s the traditional model of sim-
ply putting objects on display with no real
chronology or narrative,” he said. “We also
don’t have any permanent display involving
the diversity of the department, or the role of
women firefighters.
‘I’m also a huge fan of
wrestling, America’s only
truly unique performing
art.’
Aside from updating the exhibits,
Campagna is putting his thinking cap on to
find ways of attracting people who aren’t rel-
atives of firefighters or department employ-
ees to the museum. He wants to dramatically
increase the museum’s community outreach,
host events in the evenings, and, at the very
least, keep the museum open later than 5
p.m.
“This neighborhood is only five percent

Downtown Express photo by Helaina N. Hovitz

Damon Campagna admires a fireman’s speaking trumpet, presented to William

“Boss” Tweed in 1851 when he stepped down as foreman of the Americus Six
engine company to become a New York City alderman.

residential,” he said. “If we stay open later, last one.”

we’ll be able to give access to people all over
the city, especially people within the com-
munity.”
One thing that will not change, however,
is the September 11th firefighter’s memorial.
Changing the monument itself is unthink-
able, he said, because survivors’ families
and the NYFD consider it a sacred shrine.
He does, however, want to create a second
memorial to all of the FDNY firefighters who
lost their lives over the past 150 years.
“One of the tragedies of 9/11 is that it
took the event to remind people of how dan-
gerous the job is every day,” said Campagna.
“It’s important that those individuals are not
forgotten — their deaths are as tragic as the
343.”
Campagna’s colleagues believe his pro-
motion was long overdue.
“Everyone went to him for help even
before he became the director,” said museum
employee Pearl Ramos “That’s probably part
of why he got promoted. He makes it very
easy to go to him for anything regarding the
museum.”
Ramos added that Campagna is more
involved in the museum than anyone else
who has worked there, and is always sug-
gesting new things for the museum.
“I always thought Damon should be the
director,” said Joshua Erazo, the museum’s
store manager. “He’s much better than the
Campagna said he doesn’t do much out-
side of the museum, and often spends a good
deal of personal time working from home.
“I have all this time off that I can take
and I haven’t taken any. I haven’t been on
vacation since April of 2008,” he said. “The
closest thing I took to a vacation this year
was a trip to Baltimore for a firefighting
museum conference.”
So what does Campagna do when he
finally takes time for himself?
“I like adventure movies, I like science
fiction, things that are escapist,” he said.
“I’m also a huge fan of wrestling, America’s
only truly unique performing art.”
Campagna has a special affinity for his-
tory, having hailed from Pawtuxet, Rhode
Island, where colonial houses still line the
sidewalks.
“It’s amazing to have an entire communi-
ty not only care about their history, but be so
passionate about it and still throw grand par-
ties and parades to celebrate it,” he noted.
“That left a huge impression on me.”
Campagna wears his state pride on his
sleeve, or rather, under it, sporting tattoos
of the Warwick’s city and Rhode Island state
seals.
“I plan to get one for New York City —
I’m still thinking about it. Maybe I’ll ask our
members and make it a contest. It might
make a good fundraiser.”
downtown express December 8 - 14, 2010 9

A go-to chef shares










his success









BY ROWANN GILMAN







If you’re looking for information about
the food business in New York City,
Bernard Ros is your go-to guy. But if it’s
good food, easy-going neighborhood-y
feeling and recession-proof prices you’re
after, his restaurant, Meli-Melo, is the
place to be.
Meli-Melo roughly translates as
“mélange,” in this case, a mix of French
and Italian cuisines that combines the
best of both, with a few flourishes tucked
in. The restaurant’s hand-painted wall
mural said it all: maps of France, Italy,
China, and England accompanied by por- '  )
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traits of native fish swimming in the sur-
rounding ‘seas.’ )
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Fair, and decided to stay. Immediately, his
innovative cooking style caught on and he Photo by Chris Oliver 
 


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was able to start the first of five restau- Chef Bernard Ros in front of Meli-Melo.  
 
 

rants that he has, at one time or another,  
created all over town. East side, west side, “You’ll notice that the places opening now
upper west down to Tribeca and now the are burger restaurants and tacquerias that
Madison Park area, Ros has gentrified his offer low-cost, casual, homey food. Before
 


 
 
chosen neighborhoods with his unclut- the recession, restaurants in need of a
tered, flavor-centric menus. pick-me-up might count on changing the

   

As executive chef and exclusive pastry chef, moving to a new location, or check-
chef, Ros is a believer in letting the taste ing out what the competition is up to.  

of the main ingredient shine through, “These days, you have to be more flex-
without the interference of heaps and ible—develop new, less-expensive menus,    
foams of cover-up flavors. Considered offer comfort foods. We serve a $22 three-      
to be one of the most creative chefs in course lunch and a $24 complete dinner,  
  

the city, he is also known to be among and our menu lists six or seven appetiz-
the most good-hearted people in a hard- ers and entrées that include wild-caught     
driving business. salmon, hanger steak, cod, strip steaks,   
At night, Meli-Melo turns into a hir- and half-a-dozen pasta dishes,” as well as
ing hall for anyone looking for a job, other familiar and comfortable foods for  
  
recommendations, referrals, gossip, and which his customers make repeat visits.
industry news. Out comes the Rolodex; There is always a Special of the Day and 

   
phone calls are made, appointments set. a Vegetarian option. 
      
  
    
     
What’s more, before Ros places a chef, Part of the way Ros keeps his costs
he trains him in his own kitchen, sharing down is by visiting the Hunt’s Point
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his recipes, teaching the prospective chef Market every day to stock up on his pre-
                   
how to prepare them, and offering sound ferred ingredients, rather than order them     
   
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business advice. He will even train the from an industry service. As a result of
wait-staff. Most executive chefs guard Ros’s’ savvy, the 40-plus years he’s been



   
their recipes with their lives, but Ros in business, he’s accumulated customers
believes that no one is in the business
to do a bad job. Well-trained employees


carry that message with them.
“The eyes eat first,” Ros said. In other
words, food must be appealing to the eye
as well as the palate, and for that reason,
he emphasizes plating and presentation.
In the old days, when service was per-
formed tableside, often in the form of
showy flambés and individual carvers,
food didn’t have the same appeal on the
plate. When composed for presentation
in the kitchen, it comes to the table as a
complete visual experience.
“People aren’t interested in elegant
who are now like family. “The idea is to &   '( 
be able to feel that anyone can walk in '!
and find something they’d like to eat,”
he said.
How does Ros, who is 65, stay as
ebullient and active as anyone in the
restaurant business has to be? “You have
to eat your cake and enjoy it,” he said
metaphorically. Ros feels that it’s all in
your head: “It is very stressful to have a
restaurant and you have to be up on your
game. Don’t aim to project plans on your
neighborhood. Instead, switch your rifle



















from your left hand to your right hand. Be


flexible. I’m always waiting for sunshine



































 


























 







dining the way they used to be,” said to walk through the door,” he said, “so








































































Ros. “They don’t want to get dressed up give your local restaurant a chance.”







































  
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for dinner. The hardships of the economy
push change, and you must adapt with Meli-Melo is located at 110 Madison
your pocket, not your palate,” he added. Avenue between 29th and 30th Streets.
10 December 8 - 14, 2010 downtown express

EDITORIAL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PUBLISHER & EDITOR
Time to sunset Wrong on resolution exercise from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. daily. Since it
is neither appropriate nor even feasible to

the L.M.D.C. To the Editor:

allow dogs on the central lawn, we proposed
that a path be utilized instead.
On Friday David Emil announced he would no longer I would like to respond to the article in We would set up the dog run each day,
be able to serve as the president of the Lower Manhattan your last issue, “C.B. 1 says park solution and we hope that the D.D.O.A. would agree
Development Corporation. He will however remain with the is a doggone shame” (December 1-7, 2010 to help maintain it, as dog owner groups do
corporation, in a part time role with the sole responsibility of issue). in other parks.
John W. Sutter seeing the demolition of 130 Liberty, the former Deutsche The headline mischaracterizes the resolu- This offer is consistent with the letter
Bank building, through to completion. tion passed by the full board. In fact, the and the spirit of the resolution passed by
His departure presents an opportunity to take stock as it board modified its original resolution to take Community Board 1, contrary to the tone of
pertains to the agency’s future. David personally told us he into account the Parks Department’s posi- your headline and story.
indeed believed the agency was very close to being able wave tion that off-leash dogs are not allowed on We are trying to meet the needs of the
the “mission accomplished” banner, and we wholeheartedly the lawn in Battery Park. The board simply dog owners as well as the general public that
agree. David’s decision is a signal for the city and the state to called upon Parks to consider establishing a uses and enjoys the park. We hope that the
devise a plan that would allow the L.M.D.C. to close up shop. trial period of off-leash activities in a desig- D.D.O.A. will accept our proposal and give
Now is the time to begin planning for the future, or in other nated area of the park, without specifying this dog run a chance to work during the
ASSOCIATE EDITOR words, to develop a sunset timeline for an agency whose that this area should be the lawn. trial period that it suggested.
impact will go down in history. In response to the request from the
The rebuilding of Lower Manhattan after the attacks of Downtown Dog Owners Association, we William Castro
September 11th would have been much more difficult without have offered to change our policy and cre- Manhattan Borough Commissioner
the focus, guidance, leadership of the L.M.D.C., particularly ate a temporary dog run where dogs can get City of New York Parks & Recreation
in its earliest phases. Their task was nearly impossible to
comprehend when then Governor George Pataki and NYC
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani conceived of the city/state agency
John Bayles shortly after 9/11. The L.M.D.C. was invested with nearly $3
billion of federal money to aid Manhattan south of 14th St.,
thus tying much of Lower Manhattan’s successful recovery to
the success of the agency.
Today, the L.M.D.C.’s mission is almost complete, minus
the allocation of a small portion of the original funds and the
demolition of a single building. We do not believe David
Emil should be replaced. We believe there is no longer a
need for the position. Once the remaining funds are allocated,
ARTS EDITOR most importantly the $17 million slated for the cultural and
community enhancement grant program, the L.M.D.C. and
its board should dissolve.
We are grateful to the board members who served on a
volunteer basis, who put in countless hours to make sure the
community’s needs were met and who kept a watchful eye
over the nearly $3 billion allocated by the federal govern-
ment. Their service to the Lower Manhattan community, the
city, and the nation, and the hard work of the L.M.D.C. staff,
Scott Stiffler should be commended.
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TALKING POINT
True confessions of a Trader Joe’s shopaholic
BY MICHELE HERMAN
In the spring of 2006, when my cost-con-
scious Manhattan mom cohort learned that
Trader Joe’s — the national chain known for
high-quality food at rock-bottom prices —
would finally establish a Manhattan beach-
head, we were primed. One friend plastered
herself against the front window to monitor
the store’s progress like one of those stuffed
animals with suction cups on its paws. On
opening morning, another mom arrived at
P.S. 3 with Trader Joe’s malted milk balls
already in hand. Here, take one, she said,
practically pushing them into our mouths,
as over the moon as a new dad with a box
of cigars.
I fell hard myself. Among recent life-
altering borough improvements, I rank
the arrival of Trader Joe’s right up there
with the new cantilevered segment of the
Riverside Park bike path and the parent
coordinators in the public schools — the
departing chancellor’s one, indisputably
great contribution to the system.
This is not to say it’s been easy — shop-
ping at the mini-Manhattan version of a
normal Trader Joe’s can be something of
a hero’s journey, complete with the call
to adventure, the supreme ordeal of the
line, and the triumphant crosstown return
across 14th St. with the elixir (32 ounces
of maple syrup for the price of 16 at the
Greenmarket!) strapped onto my bike.
I know I’ve fallen smack dab into a
demographic and I know I’m straight out
of the book “Stuff White People Like.”
But really — what’s not to applaud about a
store full of fresh and affordable good food
(but not scary upper-echelon-foodie good,
like that new store on Hudson St. that spe-
cializes in salt)? What’s wrong with a store
where, even when the line follows the entire
periphery of the store and spills onto E.
14th St., the staff never grows surly? Who
wouldn’t want to pay the same amount but
get twice as much vanilla extract, holistic
dog food, grape tomatoes, Irish breakfast
tea, eggs?
I could go on. For quite a while. The
dirt-cheap salsa autentico tastes almost
as fresh as my favorite, Tortilla Flat’s; the
citrus shampoo makes my kids smell like a
grapefruit orchard; the hummus comes in
almost as many varieties as white paint at
Janovic Plaza. The cheap cartons of M.S.G.-
free chicken broth. The big ziploc bags of
brown sugar that never hardens; the milk
that stays fresh for a week; the bran cereal
a third the price of All-Bran; the Hanukkah
gelt.
Not everyone shares my ardor. My
husband, for one, isn’t buying. I think he’s
jealous. The more demented I grow about
Trader Joe’s the more he defends Western
Beef, which he used to spend half his
time maligning. He started to notice the
Trader Joe’s bills on our shared credit-card
account. Of course, I explained. What you
never saw was the even greater amounts
of cash I used to dispense to other local
December 8 - 14, 2010 11
merchants — a 20 here to the drug store, a providing a fine lesson in the Buddhist The thing that worries me is the but-
20 there to various health-food stores with art of nonattachment. Goodbye choco- ter. The price has gone up from $2.49
their various loss leaders, an occasional 10 late-hazelnut spread that was cheaper to $3.29 a pound, and the sticks have
to Gourmet Garage and D’Ag’s. and slightly more pleasingly filberty than suddenly become short and squat like
Actually, I’m lying. It’s what we addicts Nutella! Goodbye sun-dried tomato pesto, European butter. I’m waiting for an e-mail
do to protect our habit. I do buy more Parisian twist Danish, pierogis, pack of reply to my query, which I know will
at Trader Joe’s, all kinds of goodies eight colored candles for $1.50! come, because Trader Joe’s is the kind of
I would never consider anywhere else. In the four years I’ve been braving traf- company that sends chummy e-mails. At
Why? Because they’re under one roof and fic to get to the E. 14th St. Trader Joe’s, I least so far.
they’re cheap and good and I have a good harbored one dream: a bigger store on the There are few things I love more than
West Side. Last summer it arrived with Trader Joe’s chewy bocconcini, but one of
no fanfare whatsoever, in half the former them is the hope the company gives me
Barnes & Noble space on Sixth Ave. and for that elusive third way. Usually, you
I know I’ve fallen smack W. 21st St. It’s much like a Trader Joe’s have to pay a price to get a bargain. At
in Anywhere But Manhattan, U.S.A.: big, the Burlington Coat Factory on the next
dab into a demographic roomy, deep, with an enormous panhandle block, you have to sift through a hundred
in the back just for the dairy cases. of last season’s crappy, unloved acrylic
straight out of ‘Stuff White At the East Village store, by the time remainders. H&M is cheap, but that’s
I got to the checkout, the other people in part because the fabric is so thin and
People Like.’ on line felt like the guys in my platoon. someone is no doubt getting exploited.
I knew the faces and piercings of all the Five years into its Manhattan run,
employees. Now a funny thing has hap- Trader Joe’s is still occupying the per-
pened. I zip to the Chelsea store midday fect niche between the little hippie-dippy
warm feeling because I always run into an midweek when there’s no line. It’s so big California convenience chain it once was
old friend or two. So I bring home apple- that it’s possible not to touch a single cus- and the mega-corporate, upscale sell-out I
cured bacon, brickle-like grahams that tomer. The staff hover on the horizon like hope it will never become. The company
make Nabisco’s seem like particle board, figures in a Brueghel painting. It’s almost wins and the consumer wins. I have only
palmiers, candied ginger, sorbet, frozen too easy, and I no longer feel heroic on the one remaining wish: that it find its way
bake-yourself mini-croissants, brioche, ride home. It’s also impersonal and a little into neighborhoods in far more desperate
sweet-crunchy-salty trail mix, chocolate. suburban. But I can live with that. need than mine for good, fresh food.
My old life had room for two kinds of nut
staples: walnuts and peanuts. Now I keep
toasted almond slices, shelled pistachios
and mixed nuts so fancy they have no
peanuts at all in the freezer alongside the
spare bag of chocolate chips and the extra
pound of butter. And, though we tend to
eschew prepackaged dinners, I do sneak
the coconut curry Thai chicken sticks and
the pleasingly slippery pot stickers into We Have Downtown Covered
our regular menu rotation.
Anyway, my husband talks out of both
sides of his mouth. I see him there on the
sofa when 10 p.m. rolls around. When a
commercial comes on NY1, he moseys to
the kitchen. We both know he’s hoping
to find a nice puffy bag of thick, ridged
potato chips, or white cheddar corn puffs,
or at the very least some restaurant-style
tortilla chips. There’s an unasked ques-
tion on his lips, the same hopeful one the
kids ask regularly: “Going to Trader Joe’s
soon?” And let’s not kid ourselves — on
the day I make the trek, they love me
better.
Not all the products (as he is quick to
point out) are first rate. The peanut but-
ter is weirdly runny. At the bottom of the We Know Our Community
cheddar twists there can be an alarming Like No One Else
amount of oil; the cereals are too sweet.
But Trader Joe’s keeps prices low and
excitement high by instantly discontinu-
ing anything that doesn’t pull its weight
in sales to make way for new products.
I understand — it’s the same system
I developed at Christmas and birthday
time when the kids were young: Before To Advertise, Please Contact
anything new came in, something old had FRANCESCO REGINI
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Dear Transit Sam,
My daughter’s driver’s license is coming
up for renewal soon. I understand that a
new face photo recognition system is now
in place. My concern, in addition to privacy
and identity theft issues, is where is this
information going to be sent or stored or
how will the information be used? Do you
have any idea who is doing this for DMV?
John via e-mail, Lower Manhattan
Dear John,
Yes I do. DMV has a unit called the
Division of Field Investigation, which is
comprised of sworn law enforcement per-
sonnel that operate the technology. Here’s
how it works:
Assembly backs stopgap moratorium against fracking
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
The New York State Assembly voted 93 to
43 shortly after midnight on Monday in favor
of a six-month moratorium on hydrofracture
gas drilling in the state.
The vote during the last minutes of the
legislative session this year, follows a similar
moratorium passed by the state Senate in the
summer. The resolution needs the signature of
Governor Paterson to ban the process known
as fracking until May 15 of next year.
Paterson is expected to sign the morato-
rium soon.
“Even with the tremendous revenues it
would bring in, we’re not going to risk public
safety or water quality,” Paterson said last
week in an interview on fracking.
Welcomed by city officials and environ-
mental advocates as an important but stop-
gap measure that protects New York City’s
Delaware-Catskill watershed from poten-
tially toxic chemicals, the moratorium was
denounced by gas and oil companies as “a job
killer, an Upstate business killer and potentially
an industry killer.”
But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said
on last Tuesday, “I will not let anything stand in
the way of making sure all New Yorkers have
clean, safe water. By preventing hydrofracking
from moving ahead without careful study, we
have protected our water supply and served
notice to the industry that the health and safety
of New Yorkers is our top priority.”
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said
in a joint statement with James Gennaro, chair-
person of the City Council’s Environmental
Committee, that the moratorium was an
important step forwarding protecting New
York City’s drinking water. The Council last
year called for a ban on fracking in the water-
shed area, which supplies 90 percent of the
city’s drinking water, all of this unfiltered. The
other 10 percent of the city’s drinking water
passes through a Bronx filtration plant. The
temporary moratorium goes further and bans
December 8 - 14, 2010
When applying for a New York driver’s
license or renewing the old one with a new
photo, image (facial) measurements are cap-
tured and used to create an algorithm. The
system then makes an analysis looking for
a specific code match against the 16 mil-
lion plus photos stored in a secure database
as well as a one-to-one search based on
an individual’s previous photo. This helps
prevent fraud and identity theft. Since its
inception in February of this year, there have
been more than 2,000 fraudulent document
cases, including one individual who had four
illegal licenses and was also on the federal
“no-fly” list.
The DMV does not share your personal
information, which is also protected by the
Drivers’ Privacy Protection Act of 1994
the drilling process throughout the state.
Fracking involves horizontal drilling into
the Marcellus shale formation, which lies more
than 5,000 feet beneath New York State’s 27
Southern Tier counties near the Pennsylvania
border, including the six counties that include
New York City’s watershed.
The process calls for injecting millions of
gallons of water laced with a cocktail of toxic
chemicals under high pressure to fracture
the formation, releasing natural gas trapped
in the shale.
“It is the first time any state in the country
has passed any kind of moratorium on this gas
drilling technique,” Quinn said. “As accounts of
contaminated water, soil and air due to hydrau-
lic fracturing come in from across the country,
New York is in a unique position to show much-
needed leadership on this issue,” Quinn said.
But the Independent Oil and Gas
Association of New York on Tuesday called on
Governor Paterson to veto the moratorium,
which could halt all fracking for natural gas in
the state, not just in the Marcellus formation.
“It could result in the potential loss of 5,000
industry jobs, threaten the future of more than
300 businesses and temporarily eliminate $1
million in annual revenue that the state collects
from traditional drilling permit fees,” the associa-
tion said in a statement. “Hundreds of millions in
lease payments and royalties to landowners and
tens of millions in tax revenues to local towns
and counties in the state also will be lost during
this moratorium,” the association said.
However, Ling Tsou, a Lower Manhattan
resident for 40 years, said she became con-
vinced in the summer of 2009 that fracking
was a public health danger and not the eco-
nomic boon that supporters claim it is.
“It’s not an Upstate-Downstate issue,” she
said on Wednesday. “If you count the expense
of cleaning up after accidents and repairing the
roads that will be damaged by heavy truck traf-
fic, and add up all the other costs, it’s not such
a great economic benefit. We should explore
Transit Sam
The Answer man
(DPPA). The DPPA only allows the distri-
bution of personal information under very
specific circumstances. While identity theft
is more prevalent across the country than
ever before, the number of reported cases in
New York State has actually gone down. So
John, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I
believe the system in place will continue to
help make identity theft even less prevalent.
Transit Sam
Dear readers,
Adding to the gridlock this holiday season
is the 24/7 closure of one lane on northbound
West St., just a few blocks south of Canal St.
In addition, Canal St. is also in the process of
Dimock Township residents with a plastic jug of gas-polluted, yellow water drawn
from a formerly clean well, the result of nearby hydrofracking.
more sustainable and environmentally safe
energy,” she added.
While oil and gas advocates say that drilling
has been done safely for years in the state, Silver
said, “When it comes to keeping pollution and
dangerous chemicals out of our water, there
is simply no acceptable level of risk.” Silver
thanked Assemblymember Robert Sweeney of
Long Island for sponsoring the moratorium and
organizing its passage this week.
Assemblymember Deborah Glick was
among the co-sponsors of the bill, which
also had the support of Manhattan Borough
President Scott Stringer.
In September 2009 the state Department of
Environmental Conservation issued for review
an 809-page draft supplemental generic envi-
ronmental impact statement on hydrofrack-
ing rules. But New York City officials and
environmental advocates protested that the
guidelines were largely written by gas drilling
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being resurfaced. The Canal St. approach to
the Holland Tunnel via a right turn on West
St. has been the more favorable approach
since the Hudson St. entrance was closed
about two and a half months ago. The lane
closure on West St. will last till at least the end
of May 2011. This makes Broome St. the best
approach which is terrible to begin with. So,
you can only imagine how bad the others are.
Transit Sam
Have a question about upcoming Gridlock
Alert Days, transit problems, parking tickets, or
to get my new parking calendar? Send me an
e-mail at TransitSam@downtownexpress.com
or write to Transit Sam, 611 Broadway, Suite
415, New York, NY 10012. Happy holidays!
Photos by J.B. Nicholas
companies.
Last April, D.E.C. decided to remove the
New York City watershed and the Syracuse
watershed from the generic fracking review
and required gas drillers in those watersheds
to undertake supplemental environmental
reviews for each well.
Environmental advocates acknowledged
that although the D.E.C. decision would dis-
courage fracking in the two watersheds, there
was nothing to stop the agency from issuing
a subsequent executive decision including the
watersheds in the review once it is final.
The federal Environmental Protection
Agency has been holding hearings over the
past year preparing for a nationwide report
assessing the safety of hydrofracking. A sci-
ence panel is expected to draft the report early
next year and complete it in 2012. Silver has
said that he favors a statewide ban on fracking
until the E.P.A. issues the final report.
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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER
WREATH-MAKING WORKSHOP: On
Saturday, Dec. 11 the Battery Park City
Parks Conservancy is sponsoring what it calls
a “Wreath-Making Workshop” — but it’s
really a “wreath-decorating workshop” said
the Parks Conservancy’s executive director
Tessa Huxley. “We don’t really have enough
greens to make our own.” The wreaths
will come from the same source that sup-
plies flowers for the Conservancy’s annual
Swedish Midsummer Festival, where — as
tradition dictates — women weave wreaths
of flowers to crown their heads.
On Saturday, the Conservancy will sup-
ply dried flowers, seeds, pinecones, ribbons,
cinnamon sticks and other objects with
which to decorate the wreaths. Some of
the materials will have been gathered from
Battery Park City’s parks and gardens. “This
is to show that people can do things for
themselves,” said Huxley. “They don’t have
to buy everything pre-made.”
This is the first year for the holiday
wreath workshop. “We think this will be a
nice activity for families,” said Huxley, “but
you don’t have to have a child to partici-
pate!”
Poets House in Battery Park City is presenting an exhibit of books by and
about poet Charles Olson along with broadsides of pages from Olson’s
best-known work, “The Maximus Poems.”
December 8 - 14, 2010
The workshop, which will be led by
personnel from the Parks Conservancy’s
programming and horticultural depart-
ments, will be held at the Battery Park
City Parks Conservancy offices, 75 Battery
Place, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost
is $20 for adults and $10 for students and
seniors. Space is limited and pre-registration
is required. To register, call 212-627-9700,
ext. 348 or 366.
CHARLES OLSON AT POETS HOUSE:
To students of poetry, Charles Olson (1910-
1970) was a monumental man not just in
stature (he was 6’8” tall) but in his vision.
The Beat poets (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory
Corso, Amiri Baraka and others), the poets of
the San Francisco Renaissance and the poets
of the New York School of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s
(such as Kenneth Koch and Frank O’Hara),
acknowledged his influence. In honor of the
centenary of Olson’s birth, through Jan. 29,
2011 visitors to Poets House at 10 River
Terrace will have a chance to look at some of
his work, which was conceived as visual and
auditory rather than being bound by conven-
tions of logic and syntax.
“Olson wrote a seminal essay called
Downtown Express photos by Terese Loeb Kreuzer.
Wade Burch, executive chef for the Merchants Hospitality restaurants, placed first
on the Food Network’s show “Chopped”, where he went up against three other
chefs.
‘Projective Verse,’” said Suzanne Wise, a
spokesperson for Poets House. ”He had this
idea of writing poetry that was not driven by
traditional forms… hcalled it ‘an open field
poetics.’”
The Poets House exhibit includes books
by and about Olson and broadsides of some
pages from Olson’s best-known work, “The
Maximus Poems.” The broadsides show how
Olson arranged words on a page — with
phrases curving around each other and
intersecting.
Olson was born in Worcester, Mass., said
Wise, and lived in the last years of his life
in the seaside town of Gloucester, Mass.,
about which he wrote in “The Maximus
Poems,” published between 1960 and 1975.
“The Maximus Poems” are really one long
poem with many parts about the history of
America,” she said.
A board member of Poets House, André
Spears, owns The Maximus Poems broad-
sides and has loaned them to Poets House
for the exhibition.
One of the broadsides has two lines on it.
“My shore, my sounds, my earth, my place,”
says one of the lines. Intersecting that line
are these words: “afterwards, in between,
and since” — from which the exhibit about
Olson takes its name.
The exhibition is on view during regular
Poets House hours: Tuesday through Friday,
11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
For more information about Poets House, go
to www.poetshouse.org.
HOLIDAY PARTY: You don’t have to
be a Battery Park City resident to attend
the annual Battery Park City Neighbors
Association Holiday Party, which takes place
this year on Sunday, December 12 at the
Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren
St., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be
activities for kids and families with enter-
tainment by the Church Street School of
Music and Art and refreshments from Pan
Latin Catering. Sandy Kraehling of Pan
Latin says that she will be serving hot mulled
apple cider, hot chocolate, organic, all-beef
hot dogs and an assortment of Pan Latin
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sweets and savories, including some of her
signature bread puddings. Admission to the
holiday party is free.
Those who remember Pan Latin Café,
formerly at 400 Chambers St. in Battery
Park City, will be glad to know that
Kraehling now has a catering business and
is selling a full line of bread puddings,
both sweet and savory. The sweets include
guava cream cheese, caramelized apples
and plums and chocolate chunk marshmal-
low. Among the savories are winter roast
vegetable and mushroom herb manchego. A
loaf, which feeds seven to 10 people, costs
$30, including delivery. For more informa-
tion call Kraehling at 917-710-1279 or go to
www.panlatincafe.com.
CHOPPED: Battery Park City now has its
own celebrity chef — Wade Burch. Burch,
executive chef for all of the Merchants
Hospitality restaurants, including Southwest
NY and Steamers Landing in Battery Park
City and Merchants Café just across West
Street at 90 Washington St., was on the
Food Network’s show, Chopped, where he
competed against three other chefs for a
$10,000 prize. Each chef was given a bas-
ket containing four ingredients from which
each had to fashion an appetizer. After that
round, one chef was “chopped” while the
others went on to make an entrée. In the
final round, the two remaining chefs made a
dessert. Chef Burch’s appetizer basket con-
tained oysters, red Swiss chard, a pomegran-
ate and gingerbread cookie dough. Burch
immediately thought of making a version of
Oysters Rockefeller and had 30 minutes in
which to concoct this dish and present it to
the judges. They were impressed and let him
go on to the next round where he was pre-
sented with a goose, blue cheese, Irish cream
liqueur and maraschino cherries. Again, he
passed and went on to the final round where
he fashioned a dessert from boniato pota-
toes, pasilla chiles, sour cream and pepper-
mint patties. Tune in to the Food Network to
find out how he did this. The show on which
Chef Burch appeared first ran on Nov. 28 but
will be repeated throughout December.
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Opposition helped the cause

Continued from page 1

groups worldwide, to bridge cultural and

religious gaps, and to encourage peace.
“We need to build a coalition of mod-
erates of all faiths and traditions and to
strengthen that coalition, amplify that
relationship, and we will [shine] the light
on the voices of moderation,” Rauf said.
Many of them, he said, seemed to
readily embrace the concept. Rauf said
he plans to periodically follow up with
the leaders to discuss the logistics of the
projects.
Rauf’s intent, he said, is to clarify the
misconceptions associated with the name
“Cordoba,” which has fueled the opposi-
tion to the center. The protestors associate
the term with Islamic imperialism starting
in eighth century A.D., when Muslims
erected a mosque in Cordoba, Spain.
What some don’t realize, he said, is
that Cordoba became a thriving, bustling
city in the centuries that followed, where
Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in Downtown Express photo by Aline Reynolds
harmony. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf in his Upper West Side office.
“People are afraid of what they don’t
know,” Rauf said. “When people know closed doors with 9/11 families from the concept of Park51 containing a Muslim He too, lost community members that
[about the Cordoba movement], this various support groups to give them a bet- prayer space are still reeling from their attended Masjid al-Farah, his mosque on
knowledge breeds friendship and trust, ter understanding of Cordoba’s mission losses, and he relates to their feelings. West Broadway.
good relationships.” both in Lower Manhattan and abroad. “I understand very much the feeling of
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“We’ve lived with this community, we’ve died with this

community,” he said. “What we want to do is serve the needs
of our community.”
Cordoba House at Park51 will be a separate entity from
the Cordoba Initiative. Regardless, the community center
still has a long way to go. The board must still secure the
funds for the estimated $100 million in construction costs.
An informed source said they’re hoping to get the majority
of the funds from federal sources. Rauf, however, wouldn’t
comment, since is not involved in the fundraising aspect of
the project.
He will, however, play a role in deciding on the specific
parts of the space. In addition to a Muslim prayer space, the
future community center, as planned, will include a memorial
for 9/11 victims, an auditorium, a gym, prayer space, cafete-
ria, and a restaurant.
When asked whether it would include separate prayer
spaces for other religions, something he is considering for
similar centers in other countries, the Imam replied, “It’s a
possibility.”
One floor, he added, will be parceled out for people of dif-
ferent religions to use for “interfaith dialogue.” But the build-
ing’s interior layout is still a work in progress.
Rauf emphasized that the he seeks to localize the move-
ment he hopes to proliferate overseas.
“We want to somehow take that concept of the space
where we assert religious freedoms, encourage people to
pray, and have religious activities to bond us as a com-
munity,” he said. Downtown Express photo by Aline Reynolds

“Eid Mubarak” translates into “Blessed Festival.” This poster (above) hangs in the Cordoba Initiative’s front office.
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Waiver issue not over
Continued from page 1
Coalition, formed in part by Community
Education Council District 1 President Lisa
Donlan and C.E.C. District 2 member Shino
Tanikawa, filed suit Tuesday challenging
Black’s appointment. The coalition claims
Mayor Bloomberg’s decision is “arbitrary”
and “capricious,” according to Donlan, who
is privy to the case. Civil rights attorney
Norman Siegel, the lead prosecutor in the
case, did not respond by press time.
The former publishing executive has
neither a master’s degree nor three years’
worth of teaching, two of the state require-
ments to become chancellor. New York
State Education Commissioner David
Steiner granted Black a waiver, but only
after the mayor agreed to a compromise.
To make up for Black’s lack of educational
experience the mayor appointed a second-
in-command, 38-year-old Shael Polakow-
Suransky, a former teacher and a member
of the former chancellor Joel Klein’s admin-
istration. Bloomberg maintains, however,
that Black’s vast managerial experience as
chairwoman of the Hearst Corporation puts
her in good stead to lead New York City’s
public school system.
“[Black’s] innovations are critically
important to success in the 21st century,”
the waiver reads, “including success in
the learning environment.”
But according to Lower Manhattan
attorney Peter Herb, the argument for
granting the waiver likely wouldn’t pass
muster in state supreme court.
“There’s a reason the regulations were
written this way – because an educator
is supposed to be in charge,” said Herb,
who sent his two children to P.S. 3 and is
a former member of the school’s Parent-
Teacher Association. “I believe that if
[Steiner] is found to have acted contrary
to the [state Department of Education]
regulations, the court would void the
improper grant of the waiver.”
A waiver can be granted to those
whose “exceptional training and experi-
ence are the substantial equivalent of such
requirements and qualify such persons for
the duties of a superintendent of schools,”
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according to the regulations.
Herb noted that these “substitutes,”
however, are not clearly defined. The
waiver would likely be deemed inap-
propriate in state court, he added, since
Black has none of the qualifications.
“If she didn’t have teaching experi-
ence, and never completed her [edu-
cational leadership] certificate, but she
taught for a while, that might be one,”
Herb said. “But she doesn’t meet any of
the criteria.”
“It’s called, in layman’s terms, cheat-
ing,” said State Senator Bill Perkins to
a group of citywide protestors of Black
— and of mayoral control, as a whole —
that demonstrated on the steps of City
Hall last Thursday. “We’re teaching our
children that cheating counts.”
Others at the rally said that Black’s
appointment is an example of the auto-
cratic nature of mayoral control, imple-
mented by Bloomberg shortly after taking
office in 2002.
“She has no clue about educational
values,” said Corinna Lindenberg, a mem-
ber of C.E.C. District One and a Lower
East Side parent. She and others at the
rally were worried that Bloomberg sim-
ply hired her because of her prestige in
Downtown Express photo by Aline Reynolds
corporate publishing, and because she is
a friend of Bloomberg’s girlfriend, Diana The steps of the Tweed Courthouse on Chambers Street were packed as commu-
Taylor. nity members protested Cathy Black’s appointment as the new chancellor for the
But Downtown educators are dissatis- Department of Education.
fied with this move as well.
“If we have a hiring freeze, how can
we afford to have two people do one posi-
tion? Just because the mayor wants it that
way?” said protestor and Spruce Street
St. Peter’s Chelsea
School parent Maria Muentes.
“Having him by her side is not a solu-
tion to her not having [education] cre-
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“I can’t imagine anything the chancel-
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echoed Herb. “The person who’s got the
Christmas at St. Peter’s
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the project is his physical surroundings. “I think about our
environmental issues… and I was thinking about how much
electricity [N.Y.C. street lights] use being on for 12 hours at
night. I was thinking about a way for there to be no wires in
the ground going to an external source.”
He sent a description of his proposal to Mayor Michael
Bloomberg in July. The mayor wrote back, thanking him for
his letter and his desire to help the environment. The letter
read, “I am always happy to hear from young New Yorkers,
especially when you write about the issues that are important
to you, your family and your community.” Tyler plans on
approaching the mayor again once he and Louis complete
the model.
Tyler has been unusually inquisitive since his toddler
years. He showed interest in technology and electronics
starting at age four, teaching himself the basics through
reading and practice. By age eight, he was fixing com-
puters.
He recalls the first time he took apart a computer, spend-
ing seven hours fixing his father’s broken laptop after soccer
practice. By the end of the day, it was working.
“He’s the kid that while everybody else is running around,
jumping on each other, he’s sitting in the corner doing his
homework,” said Tyler’s mother, Yvette Rose. Tyler designed
her health and fitness company’s website using the software
program Adobe Dreamweaver.
In his spare time, Tyler is also learning how to fly planes,
accumulating hours towards earning a junior pilot license
when he turns 14. And he plays lead guitar, performing with
his rock band at bars like the Bell House in Brooklyn.
When asked what he wants to be when he grows up,
Tyler replied, “That’s hard.” He paused. “Probably a business
owner or a hardware engineer.”

Life lessons via giving

Continued from page 7

the right of the stairwell on the school’s

upper floor. “I hope we get these things
filled up at least halfway.”
Students from the winning grade, which
will be announced on Friday, are awarded
a field trip to the Toys ‘R’ Us at Union
Square.
The toys will be delivered to the Coalition
for the Homeless, a nationwide housing and
social services organization based in Lower
Manhattan, and Toys for Tots New York
City.
Last Thursday, day four of the coin drive,
11-year-old Yasmine Lu eagerly dropped a
few pennies into the sixth grade jar. She felt
grateful to be able to help homeless New
Yorkers. “I never helped out with charity
before,” she said.
Elizabeth Ribauda, who teachers sixth
grade math and science, said her students
often lose to the upper classmen in sports
and other school competitions.
“They usually get the short end of the
stick. I think they have a way to knock out
the older kids and win this,” said Ribauda.
The grade’s winning strategy is to dump
scores of silver coins into the seventh and
eighth grade jars on the final day of the coin
drive on Friday; since the rules of the drive
state that only pennies allowed, the silver
coins would disqualify the other grades.
Sixth grader Ethan Reese, a seasoned coin Sixth grader Yasmine Lu drops pennies into the sixth grade coin jug
drive competitor, came up with the strategy.
The winning grade will be allowed to pick ing lunch break to buy a few Barbie dolls for especially for poorer kids who don’t normal- “We wanted them to do something more
the hair color of the school’s music teacher, the toy drive. “I feel like it’s a good thing to ly get Christmas gifts,” said Debra Cardenas, one-on-one, people-related, so they could
Jude Traxler. “He just wanted to take the give to others who don’t have as much as you Emma Lazarus’ community service coor- actually see the impact they’re having,”
competition up a notch,”, said Ouranitsas on do,” she said. dinator. “They know the families and kids Cardenas said.
Traxler’s behalf. “People don’t realize how privileged they who the donated gifts are going to wouldn’t In Battery Park City, I.S. 89 is also orga-
But in the end, the drive is about giving, are,” said Leinbach. Last year, she made a get gifts otherwise, because they couldn’t nizing a gift drive to benefit Henry Street
not winning. Reese already sabotaged the trip to a nearby bookstore to purchase a few afford it.” Settlement, shopping for presents and gift
other grades by dropping $25 in quarters of her favorite childhood reads. “It’s like Emma Lazarus tenth grader Jenesis cards for children temporarily residing at its
into heir jars. “I always like helping out,” he sharing a connection with people you don’t Alnanvar, who recently emigrated with her shelter and attending its after-school pro-
said. Last year, he helped raise money for an know about,” she said. family from the Dominican Republic, is gram. They’ll be delivering the gifts to the
event at the Harvest Christian Fellowship Schools elsewhere around Lower psyched to help prepare the presents for the center on Friday.
Church in midtown. Manhattan are also integrating holiday char- shelter families. She herself comes from a “It’s hopeful, but in a way it’s kind of
“I like buying gifts for people,” said ity projects into their December schedules. A humble background. “I kind of know what sad,” said eighth grader Laszlo Horvath,
eighth grader Eve Cosper. She and her handful of Chinatown’s Emma Lazarus High it feels like [to be underprivileged],” said who got his peers involved this week by
friend, Mazzy Leinbach, emptied their pock- School students, for example, are volunteer- Alnavar. handing out “Dear Santa” letters from the
ets of loose change, mainly quarters and ing at a local Barnes and Noble to gift-wrap A separate group of Emma Lazarus stu- shelter children to his classmates.
dimes, to throw into the sixth and seventh non-perishable gifts that will be delivered to dents will help seniors at Henry Street “There are kids just like us… they’re
grade jars. impoverished families. Settlement, a nonprofit social services orga- so close, but we’re much more privileged
Cosper was headed to Duane Reade dur- “The kids are really excited to do this, nization on the Lower East Side. than they are,” said Horvath.
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city Department of Transportation in the
New Year.
“We don’t know that every proposal will
make it to the final plan,” Levine explained.
It will be up to the city agencies to determine
whether certain proposals are fit for the final
draft of the plans that will be presented to
City Council.
Board members had questions about
the affordable housing category. Levine
responded by saying that he would arrange
for Richard Lee from Asian Americans for
On the first evening of Hanukkah, youngsters at My Little School, a preschool at
Gymboree, at 100 Reade St. in Tribeca, used olive oil they made to light the meno-
rah. Michoel Albekurk, above right, led the spellbound children through the oil-
making process. Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of one day’s supply of oil that
miraculously lasted not one but eight nights.
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Equality or another affordable housing expert
to present more concrete plans to the board
at Community Planning and Infrastructure’s
next committee meeting on January 6.
Despite a few unanswered questions,
board members praised the C.W.G. plans.
“I’d support this in full,” said Committee
Co-chair Anthony Notaro. Ro Sheffe, anoth-
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and presenting its proposals to the board.
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TRINITY YOUTH CHORUS: HOLIDAY CAROLING CON-
CERT The choirs of the Trinity Youth Chorus and the ISO-Trinity-
Florentine Youth Orchestra (PS 89, PS 315, Chinatown-Florentine,
Peppercorn, Junior and Senior Choristers) invite you to an informal
concert of holiday music — with a reception in the Parish Hall after
the concert. FREE. Fri., Dec. 17, 7-8pm at Trinity Church (Broadway at
Wall St.). For info, call 212-602-0800 or visit www.trinitywallstreet.
org.
PENNY JONES & CO. PUPPETS Penny Jones & Co. Pup-
pets present their own friendly, funny take on two classic tales.
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” tells the familiar tale of an apprentice
whose attempts to have others do his work results in predictable
chaos when he tries magic instead of muscle. “The Fisherman &
the Genie” has a humble fisherman catching a genie who grants a
wish that soon finds the fisherman and his wife missing their fru-
gal, simple life. There will also be a participatory Whale Game — in
keeping with the nautical theme! Sun., Dec. 12, 11am & 1pm at the
Westbeth Community Room (155 Bank St. btw. Washington and
West Sts.). For tickets ($5), call 212-924-0525. Visit www.pennypup-
pets.org.
SEVEN IN ONE BLOW, OR THE BRAVE LITTLE KID It’s not
exactly a state secret: Kids, ever mindful that Santa is watching,
are on their best behavior throughout December — or at least up to
bedtime on the 24th. But a lesson on the value of being true to your-
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FDNY PHOTO EXHIBITION
The FDNY is showcased through the work of New Orleans native, and photographer, Lilli M. Albin — whose exhibition “Selec-
tions from ‘On The Job’ ” features pieces focusing on the public and private space within NYC’s firehouses. As for the sponsoring
venue: The New York City Fire Museum (the official museum of the FDNY) is located in a 1904 firehouse which has been repur-
posed to house over 10,000 artifacts from NYC’s rich heritage of firefighting. The Museum is open Tue. through Sat., 10am
–5pm and Sundays 10am – 4pm. Suggested admission is $7 for adults and $5 for children, students and seniors. The exhibit runs
through Jan. 30. At the New York City Fire Museum (278 Spring St.) For info, call 212-691-1303 or visit www.nycfiremuseum.org.
at Axis Theatre Company ‘s annual presentation of “Seven in One New York Theatre Ballet and promises to make its young audi-
Blow, or The Brave Little Kid.” Adapted from the classic fairy tale by ence feel like they’re part of the show — from the moment Uncle
The Brothers Grimm, this interactive winter play for kids blends tech- Drosselmeyer steps on stage and greets them to the grand finale
nology, music and live performance to tell the tale set just before the (complete with professional baton twirler Diana Reed, who keeps
holidays on a snowy winter day. That’s when a kid who killed seven everyone on the edge of their seats). This production is the first
flies with a single swat lets others believe he’s a tough guy who’s ballet in NYTB’s “Once Upon A Ballet” series — which continues
felled seven people — which leads them to assume he’s up to the in 2011 with “Cinderella” (Feb. 12 & 13), “Exquisite Little Ballets”
challenge of more difficult tasks. In the end, after a surprise twist, featuring dances by Agnes de Mille, Lotte Goslar and Antony Tudor
the kid discovers that a parent’s love and care has no limits. Running (April 9 &10), and “Sleeping Beauty” (May 14 & 15). A subscription
time: 50 minutes. Appropriate for ages 4 and up. Fridays at 7pm, to all four performances is $112 per child, and $140 per adult. A sub-
Sat./Sun. at 2pm. Through Dec. 19. At Axis Theatre (One Sheridan scription to any three ballets is $87 per child, $108 per adult. “The
Square, just off Seventh Ave.). For tickets ($12 for adults, $6 for kids), Nutcracker” will be performed Dec. 11 through Dec. 19, at Florence
call 212-352-3101 or www.AxisCompany.org. Gould Hall (55 E. 59th St. btw. Madison & Park Aves.). Sat., Dec. 11,
18 and Sun., Dec. 12, 19 at 11am, 1pm and 3:30pm. Tickets are $35
THE NUTCRACKER This hour-long version of the classic holi- for children and $40 for adults (includes a $1 per ticket facility fee)
day event is made especially for the attention span of kids ages and can be purchased at www.nytb.org, through Ticketmaster (800-
2 through 12. Keith Michael’s “The Nutcracker” is presented by 982-2787) or at the box office (55 East 59th St., 212-355-6160).
MANHATTAN CHILDREN’S THEATRE Imagination reigns
supreme in the productions of this theater company’s ninth sea-
son — which is dedicated to classic stories and characters (with
a twist!). Through Jan. 2, it’s the world premiere of Chris Alonzo’s
“Lula Belle in Search of Santa.” Then, in 2011, the season contin-
ues with “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”
and “The Complete Works of the Brothers Grimm (Abridged).” Per-
formances are every Sat. and Sun., 12 pm and 2 pm. At Manhattan world of rhyme — through readings, group activities and inter-
Children’s Theatre (52 White St., btw. Broadway & Church Streets;
2 blocks south of Canal St.). For tickets ($20 general, $50 front row),
call 212-352-3101 or visit www.theatermania.com. For school,
group and birthday party rate info, call 212-226-4085. Visit www.
mctny.org.
MIMI & GUSTAV IN LOVE AND PIRATES! This new family-
friendly theater experience is based on Denis Woychuk’s beloved
picture books about a hippopotamus (Mimi) and a mouse (Gustav)
who get what they wish for: adventure, excitement & each other.
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dialogue. Stephen Brennan directs. Original music by Caitlin Rod-
gers. FREE GIFTS FOR THE KIDS! Sat. and Sun., through Dec. 19, at
The Kraine Theater (85 E. 4th St. btw, 2nd Ave. and Bowery). Satur-
days at 1 pm and Sundays at noon. For tickets ($20, and $15 for kids,
students, & seniors), call 212-868-4444 or visit www.horseTRADE.
info.
THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE MUSEUM The “Junior Officers
Discovery Zone” is an exhibit designed for ages 3-10. It’s divided
into four areas: the Police Academy; the Park and Precinct; the
Emergency Services Unit; and a Multi-Purpose Area for program-
ming. Each area has interactive and imaginary play experiences for
children to understand the role of Police Officers in our community
— by, among other things, driving and taking care of a Police car.
For older children, there’s a crime scene observation activity that will
challenge them to remember relevant parts of city street scenes;
a physical challenge similar to those at the Police Academy; and a
model Emergency Services Unit vehicle where children can climb in,
use the steering wheel and lights, hear radio calls with Police codes
and see some of the actual equipment carried by The Emergency
Services Unit. At 100 Old Slip. For info, call 212-480-3100 or visit
www.nycpm.org. Hours: Mon. though Sat., 10am to 5pm and Sun.,
12pm to 5pm. Admission: $8 ($5 for students, seniors and children.
Free for children under 2.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ART Explore painting, collage
and sculpture through self-guided arts projects. Open art stations
are ongoing throughout the afternoon — giving children the oppor-
tunity to experiment with materials such as paint, clay, fabric, paper
and found objects. From Dec. 27-30, 10am-4pm, “Claymation with
Joe Vena” gives students the opportunity to create their own short
films, using stop-motion animation. Regular museum hours: Wed-
Sun, 12-5pm; Thurs, 12-6pm (Pay as You Wish, from 4-6pm). Admis-
sion: $10. At the Children’s Museum of the Arts (182 Lafayette St.
btw. Broome & Grand). Call 212- 274-0986 or visit www.cmany.org.
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER Youth afterschool pro-
grams are happening NOW! For information on swim lessons, bas-
ketball, gym class, Karate and more, call 212-766-1104. Visit www.
manhattanyouth.org. The Downtown Community Center is located
at 120 Warren St.
POETS HOUSE The Poets House “Tiny Poets Time” program
offers children ages 1-3 and their parents a chance to enter the
active performances. Thursdays at 10am (at 10 River Terrace, at
Murray St.). Call 212-431-7920 or visit www.poetshouse.org.
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Suitable for Contemplation

Exhibits & Events Sure to Conjure Up Questions & Inspire Answers
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER
THE WEST AT SUNSET
The Abrons Arts Center presents “The
West at Sunset” — a multidisciplinary group
exhibition in response to a masterwork of
spiritual literature: Rene Daumal’s 1952
novel “Mount Analogue.” The title of the
exhibition refers to the particular alignment
of the travelers’ ship that allows it to access
the mountain, bridging the invisible and
material worlds. Multiple installations in the
exhibition are likewise modified by the shad-
ows and the light created by the changing
position of the sun, forging a living environ-
ment that shifts from day to night and back
again. As for the novel the exhibit is based on,
“Mount Analogue” is a surrealist allegory of
an expedition to the top of a holy mountain.
It garnered Daumal considerable recognition
in France as a poet and student of mysticism.
Unfinished due to his death from tuberculo-
sis, the text notably provided the premise for
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 film “The Holy
Mountain.” Dec. 9 through Feb. 20. Opening
reception: Thurs., Dec. 9, 6-8pm at Abrons
Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement (466
Grand St. at Pitt). Visit www.abronsartscen-
ter.org or call 212-598-0400.
FUNDRAISER: “CHRISTMAS
SPECTACULAR”
It’s a match made, if not in Heaven,
then definitely for a good cause. New
York artists are banding together with
the Episcopal Church of the Holy
Apostles for the first annual “Christmas
Spectacular” — a fundraiser for the Holy
Apostles Soup Kitchen. Featured artists
include funny lady and actress Susan
Campanaro (seen on “The Sopranos”),
Thomas Cahill (author of “How the Irish
Saved Civilization,” reading from a select-
ed work) and Broadway actor Michael
Cumpsty (recently seen as Richard III
in the Classic Stage Company’s produc-
tion). He’ll be presenting W.H. Auden’s
classic Christmas poem, “For the Time
Being: A Christmas Oratorio.” Jazz artist
Eddie Allen and his band will play their
“Jazzy Brass for the Holidays” — original
arrangements of holiday favorites. To
Photo courtesy of Trinity Wall Street
help make your donation (also known as
your purchased ticket) go further, Holy Here’s one way to get somewhere while walking in circles. See “Labyrinth Walk.”
Apostles has received a matching grant LABYRINTH WALK AT ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL
from the Peter J. Sharp Foundation — so On the third Thurs. of every month (from 2-6pm), the labyrinth at St. Paul’s Chapel
every dollar raised will double in value is open to the public for walking, prayers and meditation. A labyrinth walk is a symbolic
to the Soup Kitchen. Thurs., Dec. 16, pilgrimage — a cathartic act that (if done with sincerity?) leads to salvation, enlightenment
6:30pm at the Episcopal Church of the or consolation. Free. At St. Paul’s Chapel (Broadway and Fulton St.). For info, call 212-602-
Holy Apostles (Ninth Ave. & 28th St.). 0800 or visit www.trinitywallstreet.org.
For tickets ($20), order online at www.
tinyurl.com/spectacular1 or purchase at
the door. Reserved tables are $1,000.
Yeah, that’s a little steep — but unless you PAINTING THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE
skimmed through this listing, you know This exhibition of oil paintings, created
it’s for a good cause! by John Bradford from 2009-2010, marks a
return for the artist to the Bowery Gallery (of
which he was a founding member in 1969).
“Painting the Biblical Narrative” is said by the
artist to be neither irreverent nor pious — but
they do imply a political intent “by celebrat-
ing the radically unadorned, disconcerting
Hebrew Bible as a foundational ethos onto
which we continue to cling, however precari-
ously.” Bradford accomplishes that mission
statement by creating images inspired by the
Old Testament through a process of rework-
ing each painting’s surface with a full brush
“until composition and interpretation emerge
as one.” Through Dec. 31, at Bowery Gallery Image courtesy of the artist
(532 W. 25th St., 4th floor). Gallery Hours:
John Bradford’s “The Drunkenness of
Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm. For info, call 646-230-
Noah” (2009; oil 30x40 in.)
6655 or visit www.bowerygallery.org.

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The Trinity Choir: In demand, December and beyond.

THE TRINITY CHOIR

The 2010-2011 concert season is distinguished by the debut of Julian Wachner — prin-
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destination event, on Dec. 12 and 13, is a presentation of Handel’s “Messiah.” On Feb. 3,
European contemporary choral music is performed under the direction of guest conductor Dr. Martin Gottlieb
Grete Pedersen (Artistic Director of the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir). For Easter, Johann Dr. Raphael Santore
Sebastian Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” is performed on April 14. The season concludes
Dr. Reena Clarkson,
on May 19. With the exception of the April event, concerts will be presented on Thurs. Orthodontist
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Can’t make it? They’ll also be available for viewing via live webcast at www.trinitywall- Dr. Ken Chu,
street.org. The Trinity Choir will also perform free preview concerts at 1pm on most show Dr. Sara Fikree
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days. Concerts begin at 7:30pm, (except for “Messiah” on Dec. 12, which starts at 3pm).
At Trinity Church (Broadway, at Wall St.). Season tickets are $100. For individual concerts,
$20 general admission. $10 student/senior tickets are available only at the door. Tickets for
19 Murray Street
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“Messiah” range from $30 to $50. To purchase, visit www.trinitywallstreet.org/tickets or
call 212-602-0800. For an appointment, call 212-941-9095
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COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER
SAINT MISBEHAVIN’: THE WAVY
GRAVY MOVIE
Those who aren’t children of the 60s
may not know the name “Wavy Gravy.”
Heck, they might not even remember his
namesake Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor
(retired in 2001). The documentary “Saint
Misbehavin’ ” is a cool, breezy way for the
uninitiated to learn about — and come
to appreciate — the Woodstock emcee,
peace activist, shameless jester and aging
hippie. After spending 88 minutes cruis-
ing the highlights of his life, you’ll under-
stand why Gravy’s still fighting the good
fight and turning folks on to the notion
that humor and compassion are the best
ways to get through the day and sleep
well at night. Archival footage from the
counterculture movement — juxtaposed
with contemporary testimonials from the
era’s surviving participants — are what
makes the film click and tick. Directed
by Michelle Esrick. Unrated. December
8-14, at the IFC Center (323 Sixth Ave.,
at W. Third St.). For screening times, call
212-924-7771 or visit www.ifccenter.com.
Wavy Gravy & director Michelle Esrick
will appear, in person, Dec. 8 & 9 — at
the 6:25pm & 8:30pm screenings.
18TH ANNUAL AFRICAN DIASPORA
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Through Dec. 14, this film fest pres-
ents an eclectic mix of foreign, indepen-
dent, classic and urban films representing
the global Black experience — through an
extraordinary range of subjects and artis-
tic approaches.
Sun., Dec. 12 at 4pm & 8:30pm — and
at 8pm on Tues., Dec. 14, it’s the NY pre-
mier of Yousry Nasrallah’s “Scheherazade,
Tell me Story.” A box office hit in Egypt,
the plot concerns a female talk show
host researches and discusses women’s
stories that reveal the human condi- Photo by Mauri Forsblom
tion of women in Egypt. Sun., Dec. 12
Foreground: Rana Santacruz.
at 6:45pm and Tues., Dec. 14 at 6pm,
it’s “Josephine Baker, Black Diva in a RANA SANTACRUZ: MEXICAN BLUEGRASS
White Man’s World.” Both “Baker” and Rana Santacruz — a Mexican musician steeped in the Brooklyn music scene — is the
“Scheherazade” screen at the Symphony originator of “Mexican Bluegrass” (also known as “Irish Mariachi”). Santacruz says it’s a
Space Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway, at sound originating in Ireland, running through Appalachia, swinging through New Orleans
and careening across most of Mexico. The acoustic instrumentation includes the cajon,
upright bass, accordion, guitar, banjo, jarana, violin and trumpet. Hear it for yourself
when Santacruz returns Downtown with an 8pm performance at BMCC Tribeca PAC (199
Chambers St.) on Fri., Dec. 17 at 8pm. Tickets are $15 (with a Spotlight FIVE subscrip-
tion, patrons receive five tickets for $50). Use the tickets all at once or spread out over the
remaining Tribeca Spotlight events during the 2010-11 season. To order, call 212-220-1460.
Visit www.tribecapac.org.

95th St.). ming hall and a reading room. Most events

Fri., Dec. 10, 6pm it’s the panel discus-
sion “A Conversation with Ingrid Sinclair.”
At 8pm, same venue, a panel of indepen-
dent African American Filmmakers asks
“Is making a film easier today?” — and
on Sat., Dec. 11, 2pm, it’s a “Subtitled
Cinema Panel Discussion.” The panel
series concludes Sat., Dec. 11, 4pm,
with the topic “The Future of African
Film Distribution in the US.” For a com-
plete schedule and list of venues, visit
www.AfricanDiasporaDVD.com, www.
AfricanFilm.com and www.NYADIFF.org.
Follow NYADIFF at: www.twitter.com/
NYADFF.
CITY WINERY
Every Sunday, the Klezmer Brunch
Series pairs top tier musicians with top
tier lox and bagels. At 155 Varick St. at
Vandam. Call 212-608-0555 or, for a full
schedule of upcoming events, visit www.
citywinery.com.
HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE CAFÉ
Proceeds pay for Housing Works’ services
for homeless and low-income New Yorkers
living with HIV and AIDS. Housing Works
Bookstore Café is located at 126 Crosby St.
For info, call 212-966-0466, x1104 or visit
www.housingworksbookstore.org.
POETS HOUSE
Their Battery Park City home has a
Image courtesy of Ripple Effect Films
50,000-volume poetry library, a children’s
The man, the legend, the retired Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor: “Wavy Gravy.” room, a multimedia archive, a program-
are $10, $7 for students/seniors and free to
Poets House members. At 10 River Terrace,
at Murray St. Call 212-431-7920 or visit
www.poetshouse.org.
THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
At this unique museum, a series of con-
templative exhibits and talks educate and
enlighten people of all backgrounds — by
giving them a glimpse of Jewish life before,
during and after the Holocaust. On view
through Sept., 2011: “The Morgenthaus:
A Legacy of Service” and through Feb. 27,
“Project Mah Jongg.” At the Museum of
Jewish Heritage (at Edmond J. Safra Plaza,
36 Battery Place). For general museum info,
call 646-437-4200. For ticket info, 646-437-
4202. Hours: Sun.-Tues. and Thurs.: 10am
to 5:45pm. Wed., 10am to 8pm. Fri.: 10am
to 3pm. Eve of Jewish Holidays: 10am to
3pm. For a complete schedule of events, visit
www.mjhnyc.org.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR
EVENT LISTED IN THE DOWNTOWN
EXPRESS?
Listing requests may be sent to scott@
downtownexpress.com. Please provide the
date, time, location, price and a description
of the event (at least three weeks in advance
of the event date). Information may also
be mailed to 145 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10013-1548. Requests must
be received three weeks before the event is
to be published. Questions? Call 646-452-
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KATHRYN LYNCH: CHOPPY WATERS
Whether floating on tranquil waters
against a brilliant orange sky or struggling
amidst a blue-hued storm, the new oil on
canvas works which comprise Tribeca art-
ist Kathryn Lynch’s third solo exhibition at
Sears-Peyton Gallery are intimate contempla-
tions of the bliss and danger we court when
venturing into uncharted territory. “Choppy
Waters” features compositions centered on
a small sailboat navigating stormy waters
and charged climates. Lynch describes her
creative experience as “getting to go on
an adventure.” Go on one of your own —
through Dec. 18, at Sears-Peyton Gallery, 210
11th Ave., Suite 802 (btw. 24th and 25th Sts.
Suite 802). Hours: Tues. – Fri., 10am-6 pm
and Sat., 11am–6pm. Call 212-966-7469 or
visit www.searspeyton.com.
TRIBECA GREENMARKET
Located on Greenwich St. between
Chambers and Duane, this greenmarket is
open every Sat., from 8am to 3pm (year
round), and every Wed., 8am to 3 pm
through Dec. Cooking demonstrations, raf-
fles, and educational activities make the
market a hands-on experience for all ages.
ADVENTURE THEATER!
This annual interactive theatrical adven-
ture for heroes of all ages is brought to you
by The Metropolitan Playhouse. The dynam-
ic improv company Freestyle Repertory
Theatre (which has been known to bring
audience members on stage to become part
of the action) leads this family-friendly
experience in which you invent the plot,
provide sound effects, become the scenery
and play important characters. “Adventure
Theater” is perfect for children ages 5-13.
The details differ every time, but here’s
the plot in a nutshell: The inhabitants of a
magical land desperately need your help. A
wicked leader has risen to power, and an
emissary is sent to the mortal world to seek
a hero powerful enough to return peace,
happiness and prosperity to the inhabitants.
Our Hero — played by a child chosen from
the audience — travels to the magical land,
meets fabulous creatures, makes powerful
friends and faces great dangers. Meanwhile,
the wicked leader is all too aware of our
Hero’s presence and is gleefully making
plans for their ultimate meeting! Through
Dec. 12, at 11am. Saturdays and Sundays,
at Metropolitan Playhouse (220 E. 4th St.
btw. Aves. A & B). Tickets are $10 for
children twelve, $12 for adults. To order,
call 212-995-5302 or visit www. metropoli-
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DEAR EDWINA
After debuting in 2008, scoring two
Drama Desk nominations and enjoying a
successful 2009 holiday season run, the
musical “Dear Edwina” is fast becoming
a seasonal family-friendly tradition in
league with visiting the Macy’s windows
and presenting a long wish list to a cer-
tain jolly fellow on temporary leave from
the North Pole. This heartwarming show
about the joys and frustrations of growing
up. Has our spunky heroine, (advice-giver
extraordinaire Edwina Spoonable) shar-
ing he wisdom on everything from setting
the table to making new friends. That it’s
done through clever, catchy and poignant
songs makes the experience enjoyable
and engaging for kids who know what
Edwina’s going through as well as adults
who remember what it was like. Dec. 17
through Feb. 25 at the DR2 Theatre (103
E. 15th St.). For tickets ($39), call 212-
239-6200. For groups of 10 or more, call
646-747-7400. Visit www.dearedwina.
com for additional details and full playing
schedule.
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Fridays, noon to 1:30 pm. If swimming on your
own isn’t your cup of tea, their Water Aerobics
class is offered Tues. and Fri., 12:45-1:20 pm. At
the Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren
St. For more information, call 212-766-1104 or
visit www.manhattanyouth.org.\
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LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS
Steven Banks, head writer of SpongeBob
SquarePants, is the creator of this holi-
day-themed tale — but leave the kids at
home, because its self-proclaimed “offbeat”
(Dirty? Dark? Sexy?) nature makes this
one suitable only for those ages 15 and
over. Set on Christmas Eve, “Looking at
Christmas” finds an unemployed writer and
a struggling actress meeting while looking
at the famous holiday windows along Fifth
Avenue. What they don’t realize is that the
windows are looking back. This produc-
tion features The Bats (The Flea’s resident
company of actors). Through Dec. 30 at
The Flea Theater (41 White St. btw. Church
& Broadway, three blocks south of Canal).
Tues.–Sun. at 7pm, Sat/Sun at 3pm, Fri.
at 10pm (added show Dec. 27, 7pm; No
performances Dec. 23-26). For tickets, call
212-352-3101 or visit www.theflea.org. All
Tues. performances are Pay-What-You-Can,
subject to availability at the door (1 ticket
per person).
HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE WORLD
FINANCIAL CENTER
You’ll never be bored this December — if
it’s holiday activities you’re in the market,
and mood, for. The World Financial Center
has all the Yuletide bases covered with a
variety of events. Dec. 13, 14, 15, 17 & 22
from 12:30pm to 1:30pm — and Dec. 18 &
19 from 12-2pm — The Big Apple Chorus
performs a cappella versions of holiday
tunes. On Thurs., Dec. 16 at 12:30pm, the
Niall O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe performs
“Celtic Christmas.” Holly and mistletoe get
the thistle-and-shamrock interpretation,
when O’Leary and his dancers blend Irish
and American influences to create a unique
take on holiday songs and tunes. Tues. Dec.
21 at 7pm, America’s premiere postclas-
sical string quartet — “Ethel” — is joined
by vocal legend Ron Kunene and his South
African choral group (“Themba”). Celebrate
Kwanzaa with a performance illustrating
The Seven Principles — presented by Forces
of Nature Dance Theatre. It takes place
Wed., Dec. 29, at 12:30pm. All events are
free and can be found at the World Financial
Center Winter Garden (200 Vesey St.). For
info, call 212-417-7000 or visit www.world-
financialcenter.com.
THE SABBATH VARIATIONS: THE
SPLENDOR OF SPACE
24/6 — New York’s first Jewish theater
company dedicated to Sabbath-observant
artists — presents a workshop perfor-
mance of this diversity-minded brave new
interpretation of what the Hanukkah sea-
son means to Jews, gentiles, ladies, gentle-
man and every possible permutation of
human one can imagine. Inspired by the
writing of theologian and civil rights activ-
ist Abraham Joshua Heschel. “The Sabbath
Variations” explores the concept of work
by riffing on the premise of a mystic who
emerges from a cave after more than a
decade in hiding, and finds himself con-
December 8 - 14, 2010
Christian Adam Jacobs & Betsy Lippitt — as a randy elf and Mrs. Claus. See
“Looking at Christmas.”
founded by the worldly realm. 24/6 draws
on this ancient story to create six radically
new, 10-minute pieces influenced by every-
one from Samuel Beckett to Lady Gaga.
What do a Japanese salaryman and a fam-
ily drama played out in a hospital have to
do with the true meaning of Hanukkah?
There’s only one way to find out. Sat.,
Dec. 11 and Sun., Dec. 12, 6pm, at The
Sixth Street Community Synagogue (325
E. Sixth St.) in the East Village. Suggested
donation, $10. For reservations, email:
twentyfoursix@hotmail.com. Include your
name, number of tickets and date of per-
formance.
ELEANOR REISSA CELEBRATES
HANUKKAH
Humor, pathos and inclusiveness get equal
sharing on a bill headlined by Tony nominee
and international artist Eleanor Reissa — in
her only NYC appearance this season. Hailed
as one of the world’s most gifted interpreters
of Yiddish song, Reissa is accompanied by a
band of musical luminaries under the direc-
tion of Frank London (of the Klezmatics).
Marty Confurius on the upright bass, Rex
Benincasa on percussion and drums, slide
trombone player Brian Drye and pianist/
accordion player Patrick Farrell bring their
talents to the table, as Reissa breezes through
an afternoon of Hanukkah songs and musical
gems from the Yiddish theater — including
Abe Ellstein’s “Abi Gezint” and “Oy Mama
Am I in Love.” Those who aren’t fluent in
Yiddish (and aren’t even Jewish) won’t be left
in the dark: Reissa will intersperse Yiddish
selections with songs like “Que Sera, Sera,”
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” and even
“Yankee Doodle.” Sun., Dec. 12, 2:30pm,
at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (Edmond
J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place). Tickets are
$18 ($15 for Museum and National Yiddish
Book Center Members). To order, call the
box office at 646-437-4202 or visit www.
mjhnyc.org.
Photo by Joan Marcus
Photo by Stephen Kunken
See “Eleanor Reissa celebrates Hanukkah.”
HOLIDAY RECORD & CD SALE
The ARChive of Contemporary Music’s
Holiday Record & CD sale helps support the
ARChive — a not-for-profit music library
which collects, preserves and provides infor-
mation on popular music from 1950 to the
present (ARC keeps two copies of all record-
ings released in America, and their collection
numbers over two million sound recordings).
There will be over 20,000 items for sale — but
don’t worry about depleting the permanent
collection. The items are new donations from
record companies and collectors, and there’s
not a used, returned or defective product in
the bunch. What you will find, though, will
be mostly pop and rock recordings, collectible
LPs priced below book value, hundreds of
CDs priced at $1 to $5 each and cassettes 4 for
$1.00. Not enough? There will also be many
hard to find 7” singles, shelves of new music
books, African, reggae & world-music releases,
classical LPs (most for 50¢ or LESS), videos,
60s psychedelic posters, and Sony Yule log
DVDs (just released by Johnny Cash, Mariah
Carey and Kenny Chesney, for $5 each). For
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the dis-en-vinyled, ARChive’s newly-departed
food stylist neighbors left behind “TONS of
high-end and everyday kitchenware.” Support
the ARChive mission by becoming a member,
and you’ll shop the sale before the general
public and be welcomed at their Dec. 9 cock-
tail party. For membership details and other
info, call 212-226-6967, visit www.arcmusic.
org and check out their blog (arcmusic.word-
press.com). The sale takes place Sat., Dec. 11
through Sun., Dec. 19, daily from 11am to
6pm. At 54 White St. (3 blocks south of Canal,
btw. Broadway & Church. Take the 1 train to
Franklin, or any train to Canal).
HOLIDAY EVENTS AT THE
MERCHANT’S HOUSE MUSEUM
Do you pine for a holiday experience that
harks back to those days of old — as in, say, the
mid-19th century? If so, look no further than
the Merchant’s House Museum. Built in 1832,
MHM exists year-round as a lovingly curated
time capsule offering a glimpse into the lives
— and mindset — of the prosperous merchant-
class Tredwell family (whose various members
occupied the house for nearly a century).
Through Jan. 10, the exhibition “Christmas
Comes to Old New York” uses recreated scenes
of holiday preparation to reveal how modern
holiday customs came to be. Included with
regular museum admission ($10, $5 for stu-
dents/seniors). On Fri., Dec 10 at 7pm, “To All,
Wassail: A Concert of 19th-Century Holiday
Songs & Stories” features The Bond Street
Euterpean Singing Society (MHM artists-in-
residence) in a concert of vocal quartets, solos,
holiday readings and sing-alongs ($25, $15 for
MHM members). Reservations required. On
Dec. 17, 18 & 19, “An Old Fashioned Christmas
in New York: Tours by Candlelight” offers tours
beginning every 20 minutes, Fri., 6-9pm, Sat. &
Sun., 4-8pm. The halls will be decked and the
rooms lit by flickering candlelight as costumed
actors relate the Christmas tradition of mid-19th
century New York ($20, $15 for children 12 &
under, $10 MHM members). All events take
place at the Merchant’s House Museum (29 E.
Fourth St. btw. Lafayette & Bowery). For info
and reservations, call 212-777-1089 or visit
www.merchantshouse.org.
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
AT THE IRISH REP
The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its
23rd season with Dylan Thomas’s holiday clas-
sic. Adapted and directed by Charlotte Moore,
this re-invention of Dylan Thomas’s iconic
tale features both Irish Repertory favorites
and Broadway veterans, and both traditional
and contemporary Christmas music interwoven
within the classic story of that famous snowy
day. Kerry Conte and Ashley Robinson star
along with Broadway favorites Victoria Mallory,
Martin Vidnovic and Simon Jones. Musical
direction is by John Bell. Through Jan. 2 at The
Irish Repertory Theatre (132 W. 22nd St. btw.
Sixth & Seventh Aves.)Wed.-Sat., at 8pm; 3pm
matinees on Wed., Sat. & Sun. (exceptions:
added 8pm performances on Tues., Dec. 21
and 28; 3pm matinee on Fri., Dec. 24; no 8pm
on Christmas Eve; no December 25; no 3pm on
Sat., Jan. 1). For tickets ($55 and $65), call 212-
727-2737 or online at www.irishrep.org.
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