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EVERYTHURSDAY

The community facility received a $15 million makeover

By Joanna Fantozzi

Aft er decades of blood, sweat, tears and fundraisers, the 59th Street Rec Center will fi nally open to the public next month. Th e former Rec Center, aft er operating on a skeletal crew and budget for years, offi cially shuttered its doors two and a half years ago. But plans were already in the making to create a new and better facility for the Upper West Side community.

Right now, the construction is complete, and the Gertrude Ederle Rec Center, which is on 60th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and West End Avenue, is comprised of an original building from the old rec center — an old public bath house — plus a brand new narrow brick building that will house

Rec Center Returns, Better Than Ever

COLUMBIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL TO EXPAND P.5

FAUX FUR CONTROVERSY P.6

MAN SHOT IN W. 63RD ST. PARK P.3

FIRST GRADER OP-EDS P.9

MAURA TIERNEY ON HER LUCKY STAGE TURN P.21

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The outside lot that will be re-opened in two years.

Community Board member Mel Wymore, who worked on getting the center funding as the former chair of the board, outside the new entrance of the 59th Street Rec Center.

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TAPPED INThe grants will be given on a rolling basis leading up to mid-April.

“The City is committed to helping our non-profit partners get back on their own feet as they continue to help our neighbors recover,” said Deputy Major Gibbs. “We are grateful to our donors and our partners at Food Bank for New York City and City Harvest who are working hard to restore and strengthen these networks at such a critical time for our city,” continued Megan Sheekey, President of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City.

“In the first 20 days after the storm, our Emergency Food Assistance Program and our partner agencies distributed over half a million pounds of food to the affected neighborhoods,” said Robert Doar, Human Resources Administration Commissioner.

City Harvest has already distributed close to six million pounds of food post Hurricane Sandy and are eagerly looking forward to the grant program so that they can continue to do what they have done.

Many of the emergency food providers are currently dealing with a need to simultaneously adjust to a growing client base and rebuild/repair their own accommodations. The mini-grants these food providers will be eligible to receive include food grants, benefits outreach (i.e. marketing tools and technical aid), and cash grants.

Local Easter ServicesCatholic

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 213 West 82nd St., Easter Sunday Mass 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. (en Espanol), 12:30 p.m. (Holy Trinity Choir), 5:30 p.m. Lutheran

Resurrection of Our Lord/Easter Day, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 65th St. and Central Park West, 11 a.m. Mass followed by a coff ee hour and fellowship, 3:45 p.m. Pre-Vespers Talk in the Community Room, 5 p.m. Back Vespers with reception that follows. Baptist

Calvary Baptist Church, 123 West 57th St., Traditional Good Friday service 12 p.m., Good Friday Tenebrae 7:30 (Choral Service by the Calvary Choir, soloists and chamber orchestra), Easter Sunday Worship Service 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. (Music by Calvary Choir, Orchestra and Handbells). Methodist

Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, 263 West 86th St., Good Friday walk through Times Square 6 p.m., Good Friday Stations of the Cross service 8:30 p.m., Easter Sunday celebration of the Resurrection at Central Park’s Belvedere Castle at Sunrise, Easter Sunday celebration at the Sanctuary 11 a.m. Presbyterian

West End Presbyterian Church, 165 West 105th St., Good Friday Gospel Service 3 p.m. (procession of the cross 2:45 p.m.), Easter Sunday sunrise service 8 a.m. in Central Park (106th St. entrance), Easter Sunday breakfast 9 a.m., Easter Sunday Bilingual United Communion service 11 a.m.

Local Dem Group Endorses Marc Landis

Community Free Democrats (CFD), the largest Democratic organization on the Upper West Side, announced its endorsement of Marc Landis for New York City Council. CFD is the first neighborhood-based organization to endorse a candidate for City Council in District 6. Landis received 70 votes, representing 81 percent of the votes cast – an unsurprising result considering Landis also serves a District Leader for CFD.

“Marc has always been a champion of our progressive values, a leader for the West Side, and a fighter for working families,” said Tim Foley, CFD President. “We’re willing to work as hard for him to become our next City Council Member as he always has for social justice.”

“Marc Landis is a lifelong community activist, and I’m thrilled that his dedication to the Upper West Side has earned him this endorsement,” said

Senator Adriano Espaillat, who previously endorsed Landis. “Community Free Democrats has been a tremendous force for our neighborhood, organizing service projects, hosting forums to educate West Siders about policy debates, and working to elect candidates that will lead on progressive issues.”

New Grant Program for Emergency Food Providers

Deputy Mayor Linda I. Gibbs and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City have announced a new grant program that will help post Sandy Emergency Food Providers. Over $1.7 Million will go towards Food Bank for New York City and City Harvest to provide grants for Emergency Food Providers.

This funding is designed to help soup kitchens and food pantries in Sandy-affected areas continue to distribute thousands of meals, as well as rebuild and improve their own establishments.

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CRIME WATCH

RELIEVED OF HIS TENSION AND HIS JEWELRY

On March 16th, a 36-year-old man who lives at West 61st Street decided to relax by getting a massage at a local salon on Amsterdam Avenue. Little did he know

that when he placed his belongings in the tray next to the massage table, he would come out of the massage empty-handed. When he left in the late afternoon, the

victim noticed his $2,000 gold and ruby ring missing. The man does not have any pictures, but he provided police with the photo of a similar ring. The ring has not yet

been recovered.

By Joanna Fantozzi

Man Caught in Crossfi re of Park Shooting

A 24-year-old man was walking through a park late at night near West 63rd Street on March 15th when he came upon an unknown group of males. Th ey started shooting. Alarmingly, the victim was shot, and sustained a wound to his left thigh. Th e perpetrators fl ed. Aft er calling 911, the victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. No further description of the gun-toting perpetrators could be provided.

Double (Wallet Theft) Trouble

For one 42-year-old Bronx woman, her stolen credit card problems won’t go away. On January 24th, the victim last saw her wallet at West 72nd Street and Broadway. While eating dinner, she received a fraud alert from her bank, informing her of unauthorized credit card transactions. She immediately canceled her credit cards, and did not think about the incident again. But on March 15th, she got another call from her bank saying that the suspect had been successful in withdrawing $4,900 from her account in two transactions. Police do not have any more information pertaining to the theft .

Teenage Girl Assaulted By Boys for Cell Phone

A teenage girl was walking North on Amsterdam Avenue on March 14th around 4 p.m. when she observed a group of male youths fi ghting. As she crossed the street, she was approached from behind by one of the boys who grabbed her cell phone. Th e victim grabbed her assailant by the jacket sleeve, and fell to the ground. A second perpetrator grabbed the phone again, and they fl ed. Cops did a sweep of the area, but could not fi nd the assailants. Th ey are described as approximately 16 years old with dark skin and dark hoodies.

21 Illegal Transactions From Woman’s Credit Card

On March 18th, a 31-year-old woman from New Jersey discovered that not one or two, but 21 unauthorized transactions had occurred from her primary checking account. Th e victim states that in total, almost $4,100 was taken from her checking account without her permission. Th e transactions occurred on Columbus Avenue. Th e victim stated that she had never lost her debit card in this process. Police are on the lookout for any suspects.


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facilities like an indoor pool, several dance and exercise rooms, as well as one room that will be fl ooded with sunlight from south-facing windows.

“We are happy to cut the ribbon this spring on the reconstructed Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center, providing New Yorkers with a state-of-the-art facility with expanded programming space to get active and stay fi t,” said Manhattan Borough parks commissioner William Castro.

Mel Wymore, Community Board 7 board member, and city council candidate, has been working on this project since 1997, and 15 years and 15 million dollars of fundraising later, he is excited to see the facility fi nally getting ready to open its doors.

“Th is Rec center started off as an isolated building in an industrialized area and now its going to be a jewel in the middle of a highly developed residential area,” said Wymore. “By hook or by crook we ended up with a real public asset.”

Th e entire project began in the early ‘90s when the community wanted to fi x the outdoor pool, but the project kept being delayed. Th e city eventually told the community not to fi x the pool. Instead, said Wymore, they were told to raise money, and the city council allocated $2.2 million for the project. Wymore, along with other elected offi cials and the Friends of the Rec Center, had to come up with ideas of how to use the money and how to raise the rest of it.

“We worked together for almost two years coming up with the hybrid plan that took into consideration everyone’s needs,” said Wymore. “We waited a long time for this and we want to make sure everyone enjoys it.”

But once the plan was put into place, it took 15 years for the community to raise the total $15 million to fi nally open the new facility. Councilwoman Gale Brewer, Borough President Scott

Stringer, and developers in the area all contributed money. Slowly but surely, the funds came together and construction began. Wymore said that he was especially proud that the community did not have to sell the air rights to developers, so the building will never have to be built up.

Right now, the Rec Center may not have an outdoor pool, but they do have a slew of programs and activities for locals: from a teen room and computer lab, to a dance studio, indoor pool and weight rooms. Wymore said that they specifi cally focused on bringing teens and senior citizens to the rec center. Th ey collaborated with the schools to bring aft er school sports and arts programs back to the rec center, as well as exercise programs and computer training classes for seniors. Th e outside area will have playgrounds, a soccer fi eld and a seating area for adults.

Th e new rec center is not just going to bring the old center back to life. No one knows that better than Mary Rosato, the president of the Friends of the Rec Center, who has been working on the refurbishment of the rec center since the 1980s, when there were many false starts and stops on the project. Th roughout the years, she organized protests and rallies to vamp up the original rec center.

“Th e rec center was very run-down; it didn’t have good showers, the locker room was rusty and dilapidated, the outdoor pool had also collapsed,” said Rosato. “It was neglected over the years. Th e community actually took over running the center. At one point it was so understaff ed that our volunteers would be mopping the fl oors and the locker rooms, as well as at the front desk checking people in.”

With the memory of the falling-apart rec center still fresh in her mind, Rosato said that while she is excited that the center will fi nally be open, she is determined not to let the new rec center fall into disrepair. She said that the Friends of the Rec Center will continue fundraising so that it will be kept like new and running smoothly.

Rosato is also determined to get the outdoor pool open again.

“People used to call this place the Coney Island on the west side,” she said. “During the three months of summer, we would get 10,000 users in here.”

Th e Recreation Center is set to open in April with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. An annual adult membership is $150, seniors are $25 and children under 18 can use the facilities for free. Th e opening ceremonies will coincide with the beginning of construction on the outdoor facilities, which will open in two years.

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The building originally opened in 1906 as a public bath house, in accordance with a 1895 law requring the construction of free public baths in cities of populations of 50,000 or more.

The revamped center will feature programs for teens, seniors, and families of all ages.


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Residents of West 92nd and 93rd Streets are battling a proposed development by Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

By Beth Mellow

Community Board 7 Manhattan, Upper West Side residents, and representatives for Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School convened on March

20th to continue the heated debate over a proposed expansion of the school’s building at 36 West 93rd Street. In the midst of residents’ concerns over increased traffi c, possible pollution, and blockage of sunlight, the school and their appointed architectural fi rm, Gruzen Samton, are working to allay doubts and secure support as they get ready to present their application to the Board of Standards and Appeals later this spring.

Howard Weiss, a representative for Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, explained that the purpose of the add-ons was to consolidate their junior high school students in one building. Currently students in fi ft h and sixth grade occupy the facility with the high school students, while seventh and eighth grade students attend class elsewhere.

Th e planned expansion would add two stories to the West 93rd Street side of the building and build out an existing set back area on the West 92nd Street side, adding about 12,000 square feet to the facility. Based on feedback received at last month’s meeting, Gruzen Samton has tweaked some of the build out plans. Th is includes reduced storage space for the building to minimize shadowing, and a rooft op garden on the West 92nd Street side to add visual appeal for neighbors with windows facing down on the building.

One attendee commented, “Greenery doesn’t make much of a diff erence when you are putting a building in our space.”

Other residents of West 92nd and 93rd Streets at the meeting agreed. Alison Murphy, who lives on West 92nd and

anticipates that her view will be aff ected by the proposed construction, said, “Th ey are expanding at the expense of the neighborhood.”

While sunlight and impeded views are among the chief concerns of residents attending the meeting, others living in the neighborhood worry about the increased traffi c and noise. Weiss stated that even with more space, the school only expects to add ten more students per grade. However, Dr. Bertha Bauer, who lives on West 93rd Street, anticipates student body growth will be higher, which will add to already-existing traffi c issues caused by vehicle drop-off s and pick-ups each morning and aft ernoon.

Bauer said, “Traffi c and noise pollution around the school has continued to increase over the past ten years. It’s a worrisome situation for children that are crossing and ambulances trying to pass by. With additional students coming to and from the school, the situation is only going to get worse.” Bauer also claims that she has video of an incident where school traffi c blocked an ambulance for nearly seven minutes.

In an eff ort to fi ght the proposed construction, Bauer and her neighbors in the aff ected areas formed the West Side Partnership for Responsible Development. Th e group, which originated late last year, has grown to more than 100 members, including six pro-bono lawyers and one lawyer on retainer. Bauer, who is treasurer for the organization, said, “We’re going to fi ght this to the very end.”

Community Board 7 will vote on whether to support the application for enlargement on April 3rd; however they can only act in an advisory capacity, off ering the Board of Standards and Appeals feedback to consider. Th e Board of Standards and Appeals will make a decision on the application within the next few months.

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Marble Collegiate ChurchDr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister1 West 29th St. NYC, NY 10001212 686 2770 www.MarbleChurch.org

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March 28, Maundy Thursday 7pm: Garden Prayers (Luke 22:39-42)

Dramatic readings with music by the Marble Sanctuary Choir. Holy Communion.

March 29, Good Friday Noon: Compassion (Luke 23:32-34, 39-43; John 19:25-27)

Marble Festival of Voices, Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

March 31, Easter Sunday 9 &11am: Victory (Col. 3:1-4; Matt. 28:1-10)

Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal weighs in on the ongoing fi ght to have animal fur properly labeled in retail stores

By Alissa Fleck

Have you ever stopped to think what you’re wearing might not actually be what it claims to be? Th is past fall, the Humane Society of New York went

undercover and found numerous clothing items in Century 21 stores, labeled “faux fur,” in fact contained real fur. As of March 2012, all retailers are required to indicate when real animal fur is used in a product, regardless of the fur’s dollar value. Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, who passed legislation to require better fur labeling in 2007 and continues to fi ght for the issue, having just proposed new legislation to increase fi nes for violations of 2007 law, answers our questions about why this is still a problem for retailers who may not even be aware of what they’re selling, and consumers, who are oft en even more in the dark.

Can you talk about why this mislabeling of animal fur in stores like Century 21 is such an important issue?

Th ere are many people who would prefer not to wear fur, either for ethical or other reasons. In 2007, I passed legislation to require all apparel with real or fake fur to be labeled as real or fake, so that shoppers could have easy access to this important product information. People rely on the labels to make informed and ethical decisions about the kinds of products they are buying. Incorrect or missing labels mislead the public. I am a staunch advocate for truth in labeling. When people are spending their hard-earned money, they should get what they think they are paying for. Why this happening in the fi rst place — why is actual fur being used in clothing products and not being properly labeled? Is it often just cheaper to produce?

I’m really not sure why retailers are not taking this issue more seriously. People who care about animal welfare are oft entimes very committed to this issue. Th ey have chosen to live their lives ethically, in every respect. From not eating meat to not wearing fur, this decision represents a

lifestyle choice, and one that is entitled to respect from retailers. Th e fact that retailers claim little or no responsibility on this issue demonstrates a critical misunderstanding of their market, and frankly, disrespects the choices made by thousands of potential customers.

In addition, I think many major retailers would like to hide the fact that they are using Raccoon dog fur, a “less luxurious” fur according to those in fashion. Raccoon dogs are native to Asia, and though social animals who live in couples in the wild, they are held in captivity in China and Finland and skinned alive for their fur. I doubt that anyone would willingly sport fur from raccoon dogs. Federal law requires retailers to list the country of origin and species of animal of any fur garment sold in the United States. Rather than reveal that the fur is in fact raccoon dog, the fur is labeled as faux instead. How widespread an issue do you think this is in the City?

It would appear, based on the results of the HSUS investigation, that the problem is incredibly widespread. Major retailers, such as Saks Fift h Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale’s and Century 21, have all been found guilty of violating the New York State law requiring clear labeling of real and faux fur. I venture that these stores represent only the tip of the iceberg, and it is clear that retailers need to become better educated with respect to their duties. How can we better regulate labeling systems and what steps should be taken to make sure this doesn’t continue to happen?

It’s critical that we hold retailers accountable to abide by all the laws governing their industry. Th is investigation has uncovered some major wrongdoing by a number of major retailers, and hopefully these companies will recognize their misdeeds and take immediate action to correct the problem and prevent it from happening in the future.

In addition, I will be introducing legislation that will increase the fi nes associated with violating the law I passed in 2007. Th e original fi nes, $500 for the fi rst violation and $1,000 for each successive violation, were clearly too small to compel compliance. Particularly when you are dealing with million or billion dollar companies, ensuring that the amount of the fi ne is directly correlated to the seriousness of the violation is key. Th is new bill will increase the fi nes to $1,500 for the fi rst violation and $3,000 for each successive violation. Th is will be a good start.

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Thursday, April 4

Nonfiction Dialogues Series: Mary Karr7:00 p.m.413 Dodge, Morningside campus

An award-winning poet, memoirist and songwriter, Karr is the author of Lit, the sequel to her critically acclaimed memoirs The Liars’ Club and Cherry. For more info, call (212) 854-2875 or visit www.arts.columbia.edu.

Composer Portraits: Rebecca Saunders8:00 p.m.Miller Theatre, Morningside campus

Conductor Richard Carrick and composer Rebecca Saunders perform. Tickets $25/$30. For more info, call (212) 854-7799 or visit www.millertheatre.com/events.

Friday, April 5

Stargazing and Lecture: Eyes in the Sky8:00 p.m.301 Pupin, Morningside campus

Speaker: Ximena Fernandez, Columbia University. Lecture will be followed by stargazing with telescopes, weather permitting. For directions, weather and more info, visit http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu.

Women’s Tennis vs. Harvard2:00 p.m.Dick Savitt Tennis Center, Baker Athletics Complex, 218th Street and Broadway

For more info, call (212) 854-2535 or visit www.gocolumbialions.com.

Saturday, April 6

The Age of Indulgence8:00 p.m.Miller Theatre, Morningside campus

Cleveland-based French Baroque specialists Les Délices makes its Miller debut, recreating the opulent sound world of a 1750s Paris salon. Tickets $35/$40. For more info, call (212) 854-7799 or visit www.millertheatre.com/events.

Women’s Lacrosse vs. Penn1:00 p.m.Baker Athletics Complex218th Street and Broadway

For more info, call (212) 854-2535 or visit www.gocolumbialions.com.

Monday, April 8

The Future of Online Feminism7:00 p.m.James Room, Barnard Hall, Barnard campus

Editors Courtney Martin and Vanessa Valenti present the latest New Feminist Solutions report, which details the devel-opment of a robust network of online feminist activism. For more info, call (212) 854-8021 or visit www.barnard .edu/events.

Tuesday, April 9

Looking Down on Modernity: Aerial Photography and the Science of Social Space6:15 p.m.Common Room, Heyman Center, Morningside campus

Speakers: Jeanne Haffner, Harvard University, and Anthony Vidler, Cooper Union. For more info, call (212) 854-8443 or visit www.heymancenter.org.

Tuesday, April 9

Music at St. Paul’s: Timothy Smith6:00 p.m.St. Paul’s Chapel, Morningside campus

The University organist recites masterpieces, from Johann Sebastian Bach to Charles-Marie Widor. For more info, call (212) 854-1487 or visit www.columbia.edu/cu/earl/music.html.

Restoring a Double Architectural Icon: Notre Dame de Paris6:30 p.m.612 Schermerhorn, Morningside campus

Speaker: Chief Architect of Historic Monuments, Paris, France. For more info, call (212) 854-3414 or visit www.arch .columbia.edu/events.

Wednesday, April 10

Other People’s Money: Inside the Housing Crisis and the Demise of the Greatest Real Estate Deal Ever Made6:30 p.m.523 Butler Library, Morningside campus

Speaker: Charles Bagli, The New York Times. For more info, call (212) 854-7309 or visit https://alumni-friends.library .columbia.edu/news.html.

Exhibition: Cambodia, the Memory Workshop6:00 p.m.The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Ave., Morningside campus

Opening reception for work by Vann Nath, Séra, and other Cambodian artists. For more info, call (212) 854-2306 or visit www.italianacademy.columbia.edu.

Thursday, April 11

The Writing Lives Series: A Reading by Uzodinma Iweala6:15 p.m.Morningside campus

Physician Uzodinma Iweala is the author of the multi-award-winning novel Beasts of No Nation and of the nonfiction Our Kind of People: Thoughts on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. For more info, call (212) 854-8443 or visit www.heymancenter.org.

Friday, April 12

Barnard Dances at Miller7:00 p.m.Miller Theatre, Morningside campus

Performance includes works by Faye Driscoll, Francesca Harper, Heidi Henderson and Bill Young. Tickets $20/$12 with CUID. Additional performance April 13. For more info, call (212) 854-7799 or visit www.barnard.edu/events.

Tuesday, April 16

Music at St. Paul’s: Karine Poghosyan6:00 p.m.St. Paul’s Chapel, Morningside campus

Pianist Karine Poghosyan. For more info, call (212) 854-1487 or visit www.columbia.edu/cu/earl/music.html.

Tower and Slab: Histories of Global Mass HousingNoonLehman Center, 406 International Affairs, Morningside campus

Speaker: Florian Urban, Glasgow School of Art. For more info, call (212) 854-2927 or email [email protected].

Tuesday, April 16

Corporations Are People Too: The Strange History of Corporations and the 14th Amendment6:30 p.m.523 Butler Library, Morningside campus

Speaker: Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Yale University. For more info, call (212) 854-7309 or visit https://alumni-friends.library .columbia.edu/news.html.

Softball vs. Marist3:00 p.m. Baker Athletics Complex, 218th Street and Broadway

Game two of this doubleheader will begin at 5:00 p.m. For more info, call (212) 854-2535 or visit www.gocolumbialions .com.

Wednesday, April 17

The Galley Slave’s Dilemma: Juan Latino, African Freedman of Granada6:30 p.m.Ella Weed Room, Milbank Hall, Barnard campus

Born in 1518, former slave Juan Latino was the first person of sub-Saharan African descent to publish a book of poems in a Western language. This conversation unpacks his poem Austriad to explore issues of identity and translation. For more info, call (212) 854-8021 or visit www.barnard.edu/events.

Thursday, April 18

Nonfiction Dialogues Series: Richard Rodriguez7:00 p.m.501 Dodge, Morningside campus

Editor and journalist Richard Rodriguez is the author of Hunger of Memory, Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father and Brown: The Last Discovery of America. For more info, call (212) 854-2875 or visit www.arts .columbia.edu.

Composer Portraits: Oliver Knussen8:00 p.m.Miller Theatre, Morningside campus

Conductor Brad Lubman. Tickets $25/$30. For more info, call (212) 854-7799 or visit www.millertheatre.com/events.

Friday, April 19

Stargazing and Lecture: Extragalactic FM8:00 p.m.301 Pupin, Morningside campus

Speaker: Destry Saul, Columbia University. Lecture will be followed by stargazing with telescopes, weather permitting. For directions, weather and more info, visit http://outreach .astro.columbia.edu.

Book Launch: Diller Scofidio and Renfro: Architecture After Images6:30 p.m.East Gallery, Buell Hall, Morningside campus

Speakers: Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Edward Dimendberg, University of California-Irvine; Giuliana Bruno, Harvard University; Alexandra Lange, writer; Reinhold Martin, Columbia University; and Michael Sorkin, CCNY School of Architecture. For more info, call (212) 854-3414 or visit www.arch.columbia.edu/events.

Sunday, April 21

Volcanoes and Vents: A Hidden World Beneath the Sea3:00 p.m.Monell Auditorium, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY

Speaker: Emily M. Klein, Duke University. For more info, call (845) 365-8998 or email [email protected].

Monday, April 22

Café Columbia: Health Reform: What Happened and What Happens Next6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.PicNic Café, 2665 Broadway at 102nd Street

Speaker: Michael S. Sparer, Columbia University. $10 per person. Seating is limited. For more info, call (877) 854-2586 or visit www.cafes.columbia.edu.

Tuesday, April 23

The Lionel Trilling Seminar: Trilling, Leavis and the Limits of Cultural Criticism6:15 p.m.Common Room, Heyman Center, Morningside campus

Speaker: Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge. For more info, call (212) 854-8443 or visit www.heymancenter.org.

Pop-Up Concerts: New Music by Laura Kaminsky6:00 p.m.Miller Theatre, Morningside campus

Ensemble Signal takes the audience on a miniexploration of the wildly different ways composers confront complexity and virtuosity. For more info, call (212) 854-7799 or visit www.millertheatre.com/events.

Wednesday, April 24

Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum AmericaNoonLehman Center, 406 International Affairs, Morningside campus

Speaker: Myra Beth Young Armstead, Bard College. For more info, call (212) 854-2927 or email lehmancenter@columbia .edu.

Friday, April 26

Verdi’s Messa da Requiem8:00 p.m.Union Theological Seminary

Verdi’s hauntingly beautiful funeral mass comes to life in this rendition by the Barnard-Columbia Chorus. Tickets $5/$3 students and seniors. For more info, call (212) 854-5096 or visit www.barnard.edu/events.

Tuesday, April 30

Music at St. Paul’s: Bolivian Baroque6:00 p.m.St. Paul’s Chapel, Morningside campus

Bolivian Baroque performs in conjunction with Americas Music Society. For more info, call (212) 854-1487 or visit www.columbia.edu/cu/earl/music.html.

Friday, May 3-Friday, May 10

26th Annual Columbia University Film FestivalFilm Society of Lincoln Center 144 W. 65th St.

The 26th Annual Columbia University Film Festival premieres short films, feature screenplays and tele-plays created by graduate M.F.A. students. For a complete schedule and ticket information, visit www.cufilmfest.com.

It’s happening atin Columbia April

All events are open to the public. This is a sampling of them. For additional events or general information, visit www.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2871. For Columbia sports info, visit www.gocolumbialions.com. Guests in need of disability services should call (212) 854-2284 prior to the event.

Getting to Columbia

The Morningside Heights campus is located at 116th Street and Broadway.

By subway: No. 1 train to 116th Street station. By bus: M4, M11, M60 or M104.


DINING

Pancake Breakfast SandwichYield: 4 servingsPrep Time: 15 minutes; Cook Time: 15 minutesPancakes: Crisco Original No-Stick Cooking Spray 3/4 cup Buttermilk Pancake & Waffl e Mix 1/3 cup water 1/4 cup Hungry Jack Original Syrup 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese 1 cup frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed, chopped bite-sized 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 3-inch round sausage patties*Eggs: 1 tablespoon butter 1/3 cup diced red pepper 4 large eggs 1/8 teaspoon salt

Easy Easter Brunch with a Pantry Punch

(Family Features) Th e ingredients for an easy weekend breakfast or a special Easter brunch may be in your pantry right now. Holidays are the perfect time to sprinkle additional creativity or fresh new thinking into meals for family and friends and - by using staples like pancake mix, syrup and instant mashed potatoes in unexpected ways - you can craft new and delicious dishes sure to make everyone smile.

Try these recipes from Hungry Jack(r) using simple pantry staples, and turn them into what will become new brunch favorites:

-Put a unique spin on brunch food with a savory Ham, Egg and Cheese Pizza.

-DIY Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches: You can assemble them for your guests, or get everyone involved by letting them build their own and add some custom touches like eggs, cheese or bacon.

-Combine sweet, spicy and smoky fl avors for Spicy Candied Bacon, a defi nite crowd pleaser.

-Set out some fl avored or Greek yogurt and a bowl of Good Morning Granola so guests can create their own breakfast parfaits.

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For pancakes:1. COAT griddle or skillet with no-stick cooking spray. Heat griddle or skillet on medium heat (350°F).2. WHISK pancake mix, water and syrup in medium bowl. Stir in cheese, potatoes and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook sausage patties as directed on package.3. POUR 2 tablespoons batter on griddle, spreading batter to make a 3-inch circle or by using 3-inch pancake molds, coated with no-stick cooking spray. Repeat to make 7 more pancakes. Cook 2 minutes or until golden brown. Turn. Cook second side 2 minutes.

For eggs:1. MELT butter in large skillet. Add red pepper. Cook and stir about 1 minute. Whisk eggs and salt in small bowl. Pour into skillet with peppers. Cook slightly, then shape into four 3-inch circles about the same size as the pancakes and sausage.2. PLACE one pancake on plate. Top with cooked sausage patty, egg and another pancake to make breakfast sandwich. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 3 more sandwiches.*TIP: If using pre-made sausage patties, fl atten slightly into 3-inch rounds, if necessary.

Good Morning GranolaYield: 5 cups Prep Time: 10 minutes; Cook Time: 30 minutes

3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats1 cup sliced almonds1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut (optional)2 tablespoons wheat germ1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon2 tbsp Crisco Pure Vegetable Oil1/2 cup Sugar Free Breakfast Syrup2 tbsp fi rmly packed brown sugar1 cup dried fruit, raisins, golden

raisins, cherries or cranberries1. HEAT oven to 350°F.2. COMBINE oats, almonds, coconut, wheat germ, salt and cinnamon in large bowl. Combine oil, syrup and brown sugar in another bowl. Pour over oat mixture. Toss until well coated. Spread evenly in 13 x 9-inch pan.3. BAKE 30 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Cool completely. Stir in dried fruit. Store in airtight container at room temperature.


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First graders at P.S. 6 write op-eds for the community

Teacher Beth Pereira’s fi rst grade class at P.S. 6, Th e Lillie Devereaux Blake School, on E. 81st Street between Madison and Park Avenues, is learning to express their opinions in a persuasive writing unit. Th e six- and seven-year-olds wrote about consumerism, civic responsibility, bullying and the value of animals. NYC might be a nicer place if people heeded their advice.

Fiona McGrath, 6I personally think that American Girl

dolls should be less expensive. Girls and even some boys want American Girl dolls but their parents can’t aff ord it. And they’re just dolls! Th ey should not cost that much. For example, when I was walking in American Girl Doll my friend told me American Girl dolls are about 200 dollars or more! I freaked out. It was very surprising. And even as a kid when I see my friends that have American Girl dolls, I feel really sad. American Girl dolls should not be 200 dollars. It seems like all of my friends have American Girl dolls but me. But even I know what you are thinking. My parents can buy

an American Girl but it is too much for them to spend on a doll. I feel really sad. And one of my friends has about seven American Girl dolls! When I see her it makes me feel like I’m never, ever going to get an American Girl doll so I feel really upset. In conclusion, I think that American Girl dolls should be less expensive.

Ethan M., 7I think that everyone should have a dog

because if you are afraid of the dark and

you buy a dog without a bed, it would sleep on your bed. If your Mom and Dad go to work and you have a day off and you have a dog, the dog can play with you. A dog is fun to train and play with. Dogs are cute and cuddly. Dogs will and can protect you. Th ey’re good friends. Th ey are also good mates. If you train them well, they will be nice too. If you have a baby brother or cousin, they are going to like it. If you buy two dogs or more you can see them play. If your mom or dad is allergic to cats and they want to buy a pet for you, they can buy a dog. You can walk a dog so you can be fi t. In conclusion, I think everyone should have a dog.

Allie B., 6I personally think people should not litter

because it is really dirty and it is not healthy for the world. Do you see any black spots on the sidewalk? Th at’s gum that people spit out on the sidewalk! I think that is bad and gross. When my babysitter gives me a piece of gum I ask her if I could throw the gum wrapper away. I want everybody to throw away their trash. I also don’t think people should throw trash on the ground because if you step on it, you will

feel yucky when you walk. For example, I was walking in the street and guess what? I saw a salad tray with salad in it! I don’t think anyone should do that! And most importantly, I want everyone to throw away trash in the trash can and not on the street and sidewalk.

Harrison Preslier, 6If you are lonely you can get a fi sh! You

could get three or four fi sh! Did you know that a fi sh is a good friend? You will have fun...lots and lots of fun. Th ey are easy to take care of and they are quiet. Fish are funny. Th ey go like this...bloop, bloop,bloop. Th at’s why I think that fi sh are funny. In conclusion, I think that everyone should have a fi sh.

Kalina Andonova, 7I think that everyone should be nice to each

other. When you are nice with people you can make new friends and people will be nice with you! If you fall, ask “Are you going to be okay?” Someone is going to help you because he cares! And EVERYONE say good words like sorry or please and thank you. If everyone on the Upper East Side is nice to each other than this is going to be so, so, so good! One time when my pen fell off the table my friend picked it up and gave it to me. Th at’s nice! Th at’s why I think that everyone should be nice to each other on the Upper East Side.

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The last bastion of this stationary store franchise boasts great Easter fi nds

By Laura Shanahan

And then there was one – Paper House, that is. Longtime city residents may recall when there was a chain of Paper Houses (PH,

henceforth) dotting Manhattan. Th ey’re all gone, save this one – the original, at 269 Amsterdam Ave., near 73rd Street – which dates back a good 30 years or more.

Pretty unique, eh? (I know it’s illiterate to modify “unique,” but give me this one pass.) I mean, invariably we start with one indie store that proliferates into a chain; here we have a backward sequence. What’s weird is that I don’t think this lone remaining outpost gets the respect it deserves. Its long, seemingly endless aisles are chockablock with greeting cards, stationery, party and seasonal merchandise and a treasure trove of novelty items. Yet where do most of us go for many of these items? Right – Duane Reade or Rite Aide. C’mon, yea of so little imagination.

With Easter minutes away, why not explore the back roads and byways of this not-so-little indie. Elsewhere, you will fi nd the usual stamped-out chocolate bunnies – but here you can get a Pez dispenser with a chocolate- – or vanilla-colored – bunny head, which unlike the real chocolate versions, can last in perpetuity, in addition to being a bona fi de collectible. Bundled with two packets of Pez candy, the dispensers are tagged at $2.99 per. And because it’s impossible not to eat more than two packets once you start popping these distinctively tangy sweet candies in your mouth, refi lls are also available.

You may fi nd fuzzy yellow chick toys elsewhere, but the ones here walk when you wind them up; $5.99 per – a dollar less will get you a fuzzy white pink-eared bunny that

will, appropriately, also do a hopping kind of walk.

Attention, my fellow mini lovers: Check out the 12-count boxes of the teeniest yellow chicks – these items do not wind up; but they more than fi ll their function by being impossibly adorable ($4.99). Th ere are also other-size fuzzy cuties, such as the slightly larger (about 1-inch high) 6-packs of toy chicks – what they lack in wee cuteness they make up for in splendid colors: pink, turquoise and pistachio green.

Here you can also pick up an egg-coloring kit that contains 6 coloring tablets, one egg

dispenser, one egg stand, a drying tray and – if all that weren’t enough for $2.99 – an “Easter matching game” (whatever

that is). “Pure food coloring, quick and easy, no vinegar needed!” assures the package label.

Maybe you don’t celebrate

Easter (though you don’t have to be

enamored with those mini toy

chicks) – and maybe you can tell I don’t celebrate either, by my ignorance of the Easter matching game – but PH is fi lled with so much more than just seasonal and celebratory goods. Continuing in the mini vein, there is a tiny clear-plastic packet here fi lled with diminutive (under 2 inches) impossibly skinny pencils, lined up like little soldiers, in a rainbow of colors. I’m told they sell very well, which doesn’t surprise me: Th ey are so cheery and dear and novel, though their price is not as wee as one might hope – $6.99.

Speaking of novel, here you can fi nd the kind of gag gift s normally associated with Times Square joke shops. Consider: Priced at just $2.59 and up are packets of Fake Bed Bugs (oy, not so funny these days); Garlic Candy (“for the breath they won’t forget”); and Fake Kitty Crap.

Th e last is intended for “ages 3+,” because, y’know, you have to be real mature to appreciate it.

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Room 237 lets nerds shine

By Armond White

Following the IFC Center’s very canny “Th e Films of Stanley Kubrick” series, comes the documentary Room 237 which sums up the Stanley Kubrick cult. Comprised of theories spoken by fi ve diff erent Kubrick

nerds over an assemblage of movie clips and diagrams by director Rodney Ascher, Room 237 pretends to dissect Kubrick’s 1980 movie Th e Shining. Ascher’s fi lm—a true mockumentary if ever there was one—is named aft er the Overlook Hotel suite where little Danny sees Kubrick’s most disturbing visions due to his gift for “shining.” Every nerd wants to shine.

But Room 237 is an even more disturbing vision of post-cinephilia asininity. Th e theories proposed by the fi ve unseen nerds and elaborated by Ascher, (whose fondness for eccentricity suggests Escher), are not just wildly diff erent from each other, they demonstrate a current style of cinematic illiteracy that has replaced critical thinking.

Actually an embarrassment to the highbrow Kubrick, Room 237 shows that the Kubrick cult consists of that breed who like to think they think. However, the hypotheses presented, (and seemingly validated by use of actual—pirated?—Kubrick clips), resist rationality.

I’ve long realized that Kubrick’s stature among fi lm geeks certifi ed a paradigm shift from the Hitchcock era when the legendary master of suspense—and of montage—inspired a diff erent, popular breed of fi lm enthusiast than Kubrick whose esoteric, post-WWII misanthropy fed recent generations of kiddie nihilists who, considering themselves especially smart, responded to his stiff (non-sensual, thus anti-Hitchcockian) compositions. (Th ey’re now the Fincher/Nolan kids.) Recall Kubrick’s tracking shots from Paths of Glory and Lolita to Full Metal Jacket that were more deterministic than Max Ophuls who tracked to observe transitory life while Kubrick’s steadicam tracks bore down and confi ned life’s possibilities. No Kubrick fi lm exemplifi ed this determinism like Th e Shining, a horror movie about existential claustrophobia that seems angled to mean much more. But whatever it is exactly, (and that fastidious Stephen King adaptation is surprisingly, unexpectedly sloppy), brings the Kubrick cult of Room 237 to weird ecstasies of obsessive overthinking.

Watching Room 237 you can’t avoid the problem of contemporary fi lm criticism shallowness. Unlike Wim Wenders’ Room 666, a celebration of cinephilia where a range of fi lmmakers discussed their inspirations at the Cannes fi lm festival, Room 237 is strictly concerned with the

fantasies produced by nerds’ uneducated responses to the Kubrick myth and the irrationality of Th e Shining.

Fans seem unable to recognize the fi lm’s failings and so try to make virtues of its mistakes. “Kubrick oft en in many of his movies would end them with a puzzle so he’d force you to go out of his movies saying ‘What was that about?’” So says one zealot who responds to cinema the way a child reacts to a video game, trusting that a manufacturer cares about his response.

Another nerd says “[Kubrick] is like a megabrain for the planet who is boiling down, with all of this extensive research, all of these patterns of our world and giving them back to us in this dream of a movie.”

Sorry to say but this inanity redounds to the global reach of Roger Ebert’s TV reviewing. Room 237 doesn’t raise one’s appreciation of Th e Shining (cue laff track), instead, it confuses response. It features reenactments of Kubrick placing a Calumet baking powder canister, paranoid shots from All the President’s Men, shots of Tom Cruise cruising in Eyes Wide Shut and, for seriousness, there are even purloined images from Schindler’s List to justify the suggestion that Kubrick was actually expounding upon timeless examples of genocide. It is Ebert’s pretense of “criticism” that moves these nerds to insist that Th e Shining must be important because it is more than just a horror movie. Th eir theories concentrate on gaff es and continuity errors which is exactly the sort of “criticism” that Ebert made available to couch potato cineastes.

One enthusiast claims “Its contradictions pile up in your subconscience.” Another recidivist viewer claims “When you see things over and over again their meanings change for you…He’s playing with your acceptance of visual information and also your ignorance of visual information.”

Th is is hero-worship, not analysis. Another nerd says “We are dealing with a guy who has a 200 IQ.”

Reverence for Kubrick overwhelms any understanding of Th e Shining. It is symptomatic of today’s celebrity veneration—the fl ip-side of the feeling of nothingness that makes nerds bow down to the likes of Nolan, Fincher, Soderbergh and Kubrick. So they fantasize about Th e Shining’s supposed profundity as when one professes, “We all know from postmodern fi lm criticism that the meanings are there whether or not the fi lmmaker is aware of them.” Th is is the mess that criticism has come to. Fake erudition causes another to muse, “Why would Kubrick make the movie so complicated? Yeah, why did Joyce write Finnegan’s Wake?” Th is goofy exchange shows they don’t know the diff erence between literary and cinematic erudition. Th ese Shining geeks don’t even know the hotel story of Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad, a truly profound expression of memory and desire.

Th ey ignore the human signifi cance of Jack Nicholson telling his son Danny “I would never hurt you.” In this warped cathexis, the cynical gotcha coincidences carry hidden importance that means more than the clear, apparent behavior and imagery.

Th e Kubrick cult dispenses with traditional humanist notions of art appreciation. Th ey prize Kubrick for Th e Shining’s horror movie ugliness, perverting Diane Arbus’s twins, turning an elevator into a bloody diluvium (although as Pauline Kael observed “No one takes an elevator in this movie anyway”). Without any schooling in visual or literary interpretation, the Kubrick cult is left to bizarre fantasizing. One nervously giggles “I’m trapped in this hotel. Th ere’s no escape, there’s like this endless loop.”

So we’re subjected to ideas about Kubrick’s face subliminally photoshopped in clouds, an actor’s erection, a Rodeo poster turned minotaur and a Dopey dwarf decal. Ascher subjects his witnesses to humiliation that’s no better than his unidentifi ed steal from Murnau’s magnifi cent Faust, where a silly narrator adds Kubrick “found the Holocaust of such evil magnitude that he just couldn’t bring himself to treat it directly.”

When Ascher isn’t holding Kubrick obsession up to ridicule, his presentation yet implies the same credibility the Internet gives fanboys. Like Internet criticism, Room 237 resembles the kind of conspiracy theory mania that kooks used to put on single-spaced mimeographed sheets and pass out on street corners.

Th e ultimate nerd testimony says “In your own life, your point of view is being altered by your study.” But this isn’t study which means to examine, this is mere obsession. Room 237 is another confi rmation of the end of cinephilia.

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Langston Hughes’ “Ask Your Mama” gets a one night only revival

By Valerie Gladstone

Emmy-award winning composer, Laura Karpman, started thinking about staging Langston Hughes’ twelve-part, epic poem, “Ask Your Mama:

12 Moods for Jazz” when she came across it in a bookstore six years ago. Begun by the great poet in 1960 while attending the Newport Jazz Festival, where the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker performed, it celebrates the African-American fi ght for artistic and social freedom. Th e poem was revived in Karpman’s one-night staging at the Apollo theater last weekend.

“It’s gorgeous – a masterpiece,” Karpman says on the phone from Los Angeles recently. “What persuaded me to take it on was Hughes’ explicit musical direction. His hand is everywhere. He’d planned to produce it with [bassist] Charlie Mingus. Th e diff erent elements, like a mash-up, actually fi t more in the present than even in his own time. I thought, what an opportunity. I can work with this amazing poet.’”

Inspired by the work’s passion and complexity, she transformed Hughes’ haunting poetry into a multi-media production, combining video clips, spoken word performance, samples of original jazz recordings, German lieder, gospel, Jewish liturgy and African drums with Hughes

as the primary narrator. Th e Manhattan School of Music Sinfonia, under the direction of George Manahan, and a superb cast, featuring singers, Jessye Norman and Nnenna Freelon, Meshell Ndegeocello on bass and the spoken word artist, Roger Guenveur Smith, add layers of meaning and emotion to the overall concept.

Karpman’s fi rst move when she started the project was to enlist Norman as her co creator. Th e singer’s story somewhat replicates that of Leontyne Price, one of the fi rst African Americans to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House and a historical character featured in Hughes’ work. Once she was on board, nothing could stop Karpman. “Th e poem tells an incredibly artistically nuanced story of race, slavery and poverty and who benefi ts in our society,” she says. “It takes everyone out of their comfort zones.” A seasoned collaborator, she not only writes music for fi lms and television but also for video games and thrives on bringing together diff erent artistic forms. .

Freelon credits Karpman with creating a groundbreaking work, without using any tricks or sacrifi cing the poem’s beauty. “When Laura and Jessye put their heads together, all that talent they both have came together in a new cultural high,” she says. “Jessye’s kindness and beauty as an artist gave us all space. You come to realize that the music is more important than you are. It’s been the ride of a lifetime - and I’ve been on the road for 35 years.”

“Ms. Karpman’s music, melding Ivesian collage with club-culture remixing, morphed from one vivid section to the next in a dreamlike fl ow,” wrote Steve Smith in Th e New York Times at the premiere at Carnegie Hall in 2009.

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A hip-hop icon’s chronicle of reincarnated rap culture

By Elena Oumano

Rapper Snoop Dogg’s not the first African-American musician to be smitten by reggae culture. For the most part, though, Black

American traditions, both religious and musical, are too entrenched and compelling themselves to cede to Haile Selassie worship over the one drop riddim. Still, old school Rasta-reggae’s fiery moral rhetoric, loping beats, and marijuana-laced visions of peace, love, and equal rights haven’t lost their appeal, as evidenced by the newly converted Snoop. This well-crafted documentary, Reincarnated follows an older, perhaps wiser Snoop, now distanced from the violence of his O.G. rapper persona and his penchant for walking girls on leashes, as he explores Jamaica, the birthplace of Jah music, and joins in its effort to revive a flagging cultural dream that the universal language of reggae will bring the world together.

There’s always been a Jamaican flava to Snoop, as some observe in the film, and it’s not just the permanent wreath of ganja smoke encircling his head; it’s also in his own cranked-down rhythms and the left turns in his personal style. Over the course of 98 minutes, as he divides his time between lushly filmed touristic sites such as Port Antonio’s seaside Geejam compound of state-of-the-art recording facilities and luxury guest cottages where he knocks out Reincarnated, his surprisingly authentic—Jafaikan accent included—debut reggae album, and the harsher realities of downtown Kingston’s Tivoli Gardens and Trench Town, he morphs from Dogg to Lion before the viewer’s eyes.

It would be easy to dismiss Reincarnated, film and album, as an aging American rapper’s desperate scramble for currency. But there’s no denying Snoop’s sincerity here and the film neatly interlaces its Jamaican scenes with footage from his American experience accompanied by his perceptive commentary on the parallels between ghetto life in urban California and Jamaica. Despite on-screen interactions with reggae icons like Bunny “Wailer” Livingston and Marley’s son Damien, Snoop doesn’t come across as overly Bobish or making what would be a foolish bid indeed for Marley’s mantle. In this

film, at least, he’s modest and gracious, a reformed man trying to practice the One Love he’s now preaching.

A telling moment takes place in Tivoli Gardens, where over 70 people recently died trying to keep the government from extraditing their “don,” Christopher “Dudus” Coke, to the U.S. where he’s now imprisoned. When a rum-addled local gets in Snoop’s face, he smiles and mildly counters, “You need some of this Cali weed,” passes him a spliff, and everyt’ing is irie, mon.

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P.J. Hogan’s Mental off ers a compassionate screwball masterpiece

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P.J. Hogan, Australia’s most appealing yet least heralded filmmaker, returns to prominence with Mental, a kind of musical screwball

comedy about social misfits that at first seems perfectly designed for the era of “It Gets Better” nostrums. But Hogan is bolder than the politically correct pandering of TV’s fatuous Glee and The New Normal or films like The Kids Are Alright; he goes to the heart of social alienation with visionary wildness.

The opening scene of Aussie housewife Shirley (Rebecca Gibney) twirling in the backyard of the suburban home she shares with five daughters and an estranged husband imitates The Sound of Music’s extravagant opening. To recognize this berserk parody is to be inside

Shirley’s disaffection and that‘s the key to Hogan’s unique, antic sensibility. Still twirling, he launches into her household chaos and social rejection, using fast-paced Aussie dialect that may bewilder some before playing his wild card: Shaz (Toni Collette), a heroine-catalyst even crazier than the housewife.

The aggressive Collette, who starred in Hogan’s debut film Muriel’s Wedding, always suggested a commedia dell arte performer unfortunately stuck in neorealist contexts. She finds perfect placement here as a kind of Mary Poppins who brings balance—self-acceptance and self-defense—to the unfair circumstances of housewifery, motherhood and girlhood. Far beyond a feminist, Shaz declares herself “the avenging angel of the perpetually humiliated.” Her vengeance is both funny and scary (especially a menstrual protest that is surreal where Bridesmaids was merely gross). Shaz hates the social order that has wronged her and means to “upset the delicate balance of its vanity.” She also recalls Renoir’s archetypal anarchist Boudou come to save Shirley and her daughters from drowning

in abuse. Daringly, Hogan always snaps back

from Shaz’s pain with equally manic humor. Mental is driven by Hogan’s identification with the dissatisfaction of social customs (“roles give you cramp” sang Lesley Woods of The Au Pairs). Such emotional affinity also allowed Hogan to achieve his astonishing, adult-worthy version of Peter Pan in 2003 and his superb though little-known Unconditional Love where his underdog compassion was first articulated through the appeal of popular music. Like Britain’s Terence Davies, Hogan understands how pop music sustains otherwise inexpressible longings. These artists find depth is what gets dismissed as camp (what TV’s Glee diminishes into camp). Mental staves off psychosis through the spirit of out-loud expression.

Shaz is an out-loud outlaw and so is Hogan who depicts Shaz and Shirley’s world in ostentatiously vibrant colors. Mental has a frantically optimistic look comparable to Wes Anderson stylization but with an intentionally psychedelic edge—on the verge of a breakdown or break-out. Shirley’s teenage daughter’s love scene at an amusement park flume ride is a yellow and blue night fantasia reminiscent of the pubescent flying

scenes in Peter Pan. (It’s balanced by Shaz’s own red-tinted underwater trance.) Hogan’s sympathy with his male characters (Anthony LaPaglia and a striking Liev Schreiber) also puts him at the forefront of gender issue artists. Gus Van Sant and Todd Haynes can’t touch Hogan’s egalitarian humanism. He doesn’t promise that life will get better without a fight but he is most moving when he uses music as part of the personal-political arsenal. Mental also pays tribute to Stephen Elliott’s Rodgers & Hammerstein cult film Welcome to Woop Woop which similarly redefined Down Under identity in pop terms. Shaz does a hilarious monologue on exported pop stars as test mice, satirizing Hogan’s native allegiance. It’s part of Hogan’s emotional abundance and visual daring, gifts that confirm him as a major filmmaker.

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MURRAY LOUIS Four Brubeck Pieces (1984)Music by Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond

PAUL TAYLOR Sunset (1983) Music by Edward Elgar (and recorded loon calls)

WILLIAM FORSYTHE One Flat Thing, reproduced (2000)Music by Thom Willems

JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA George Stelluto, Conductor

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Monster Beverage Corp. is changing the labeling on its cans so that its energy drinks will no longer be considered dietary

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Th e fi ndings are especially important in light of the growing number of older riders, the researchers added.

Th ey analyzed U.S. government data collected between 2001 and 2008, during which time there were 1.5 million motorcycle crashes involving adults aged 20 and older who required emergency department treatment. Men accounted for 85 percent of these cases.

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The actress talks about Margaret Thatcher, Hudson River Park, and Tom Hanks

By Angela Barbuti

Maura Tierney has a lot to feel lucky about. Not only has she moved back to NYC, but she won a leading role in Nora

Ephron’s Lucky Guy, where she gets to work alongside Tom Hanks every night. Th e 48-year-old, who has been on screen with roles in television and movies, now graces the stage in her Broadway debut. A Boston native who studied theater at NYU, Tierney said, “I love theater, so hopefully I’ll do some more theater at some point.”

How did you get started in the business?

I went to NYU and studied theater. And then I moved out to LA for a couple of months for fun aft er I graduated - and I ended up getting a job in a television movie.This is your Broadway debut. What made you want to do a Broadway show?

I’d never done it before, so it’s something, as an actor, I’ve always wanted to do. And I really wanted to work with George C. Wolfe and Tom Hanks. George has directed some really amazing plays and Tom is - as everyone knows - a wonderful actor.

Can you give us a synopsis of Lucky Guy?

It’s a play about a journalist named Mike McAlary. He worked for the New York Post and Daily News in the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. He was a very accomplished, ambitious, raucous rousing tabloid reporter who then won a Pulitzer Prize. You never met Nora Ephron.

No, I never did. I wish I had. Tom and Nora were friends and he is paying tribute to her with this role, which she wrote for him to play.

I just think he’s a great actor and a really hard worker. I know they were very close, so it’s a nice thing. What was moving to NYC for college like for you?

It was really fun. When I was looking at schools, I saw New York City and said, “Th is is where I want to be.” Where are you living now?

I live in the West Village. What are some of your favorite places in the city?

I love Hudson River Park all the way down to where you get the ferry. I go there all the time. I think it’s a really beautiful part of the city. I’m always downtown; I hardly ever come uptown. The Highline, I think, is really beautiful. I really like the East Village, and I don’t get to go there very often. I think it’s more of an alive place than the West Village, even though where I live is very pretty.

I saw on Twitter there was an ER reunion at the show the other night.

Oh - cause Angela Basset was there. We worked together on [the television show] ER. You are very open with your own battle against breast cancer, which you were able to beat. Do people come to you for advice?

Sometimes. A lot of people, unfortunately, get diagnosed with cancer and a lot of them are okay. Th ere are people in my personal life I’ve talked to, and sometimes I meet people in the street, but not so much.

You were recently on The View, and they called you “the thinking man’s sex symbol.” Is that going to keep coming up now?

I don’t know, but Joy Behar said it used to be Margaret Th atcher and now it’s me. I thought that was a pretty funny joke. What are you future plans?

I don’t know. I have been working on this play since January and will be doing it until July. I don’t know beyond that. My head is very much into what we’re doing right now.

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